Late at night, shouts of killing suddenly rang out in Ezhou City, and the soldiers who were lying on their backs quickly got up.
"Nancheng! Meng Tatar dug a hole and came in..."
"Kill the enemy."
Groups of firelights immediately lit up, illuminating Ezhou City, and more and more Mongolian troops were seen.
The fight lasted for a long time.
Some Song soldiers rushed to the tower.
"Report! General Zhang Sheng died in battle..."
Zhang Sheng was the hero who pretended to surrender when the Mongolian army first arrived and took the opportunity to defend Ezhou, but he actually died in the battle. The soldiers of the Song army were shocked.
Jia Sidao didn't take it seriously.
He stood on the battle tower, looked toward the southeast of the city for a while, and said: "Now that the Mongolian army has opened the secret passage, if it can be blocked for a while tonight, its troops will still have an endless supply..."
Gundam was in a panic, clasping his fists and saying: "General, go and defeat the Mongolian army and block the tunnel..."
"It's useless." Jia Sidao said loudly.
"I have already said that if you kill, the Mongolian army can still enter the city; if you block it, the Mongolian army can still dig in. This matter is like treating a disease, and quack doctors only know how to treat the symptoms, and I, Jia Shixian, disdain to learn from quacks. What I do is to treat the root cause.
Cure the root cause!”
Gao Gao felt that Jia Sidao was arrogant and secretly unhappy. He said: "The Mongolian army is in a hurry to attack the city. I hope you can come up with a strategy to defeat the enemy."
Jia Sidao chuckled lightly and shouted: "Gaoda, you lead the troops to surround the Mongolian army. Jiang Gong, please lead people to build wooden walls, build them along with the battle, and do not allow the Mongolian army to enter the city."
Gao Da found Jia Sidao annoying, but he had to admit that he was really capable.
He and Jiang Wanzai agreed and immediately led reinforcements.
…
Jiang Wanzai was the younger brother of the famous minister Jiang Wanli. He was fifty-two years old but still in good health.
When he was young, he was selected as an official by the military. He once recaptured Kuizhou with Meng Gong. At the age of 21, he was appointed the commander of the imperial army in front of the palace for his meritorious service.
After that, he took part in the imperial examination, passed the imperial examination, transferred to the civil service rank, and was promoted repeatedly.
Last year, Mou Zicai became an official, and Jiang Wanzai was appointed Minister of Rites.
The path Jiang Wanzai took in his official career was also what Jia Sidao wanted to arrange for Li Xia.
Only by entering the officialdom through martial arts and passing the civil service examination can one hope to become a prime minister.
Of course, this road is very long. Didn’t you see that the 21-year-old commander of the front army has already reached the age of 52...
At this time, Jia Sidao looked at Jiang Wanzai's back and suddenly thought of Li Xia.
That young man has actually recovered Hanzhong?
To be fair, Jia Sidao admitted that he admired Li Xia, regarded him as his disciple, and even paved a broad road for him to follow.
Li Xia didn't leave.
Want to climb the ladder?
When he took out his hand, Jia Sidao was about to smash the ladder to pieces and watched Li Xia fall with a bloody head.
Only then would he step forward, stretch out his hand, and tell Li Xia.
"Follow the truth honestly and don't hurry."
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Zhang Rou originally thought that once the tunnel was dug, the Mongolian army would be able to enter the city in a steady stream, and Ezhou would be defeated.
But after a night of fighting, he had to admit... Jia Sidao was a genius.
Other Song generals who were defending the city would only fight desperately against the Mongolian troops entering the city; but Jia Sidao fought while building a wooden wall at the entrance of the tunnel.
When the Mongolian army entered the city again, their troops could no longer be deployed, like turtles in a urn...
Finally, Zhang Rou had no choice but to order the troops to retreat.
By noon, Kublai Khan ascended the observation deck.
I saw that in Ezhou City, wooden walls surrounding the four walls were built overnight, and it was useless to dig tunnels into the city.
Not just a section, but the entire four walls.
The time was so short and the fortifications were so heavy... Kublai Khan couldn't help but admire Jia Sidao's talent, so he sent people to surrender.
The envoy went and returned, but he reported back: "King Monan, Jia Sidao asked the king with a smile... Why don't you return to fight for the throne?"
Before he finished speaking, a Mongolian general came out and shouted angrily.
"Song people are too arrogant!"
The general's name was "Ba Tu'er" and he said: "If King Zong hadn't listened to what these Han officials said like shit, how could Ezhou have the courage not to surrender?"
After Ba Tu'er scolded him, he asked for orders: "As long as the king of Zong allows me to massacre two small cities, I will definitely make the Song army in Ezhou City kneel in front of the king of fright... I won't want rewards at that time, as long as the king of Zong rules."
Zhang Wenqian, Hao Jing and other scholar-bureaucrats are guilty!"
Kublai Khan glanced at Tu'er lightly, seeming to understand more deeply where his roots lay.
"Shut up! Jia Sidao is also a scholar-official. He stopped an army of 100,000 men by himself, but you dare to blame my gentlemen?!"
Zhang Rouzheng stood aside and saw Zhang Wenqian and others were moved to kneel down after hearing these words.
Although he was full of thoughts, he could only shed tears of gratitude along with him.
…
With Jia Sidao's reinforcements, Ezhou became increasingly indestructible.
After Zhang Rou heard about the death of the Great Khan, her reputation began to increase.
For more than twenty days after that, he attacked the city, but to no avail.
On the ninth day of April, sentry horses detected that Song Army Lu Wende's troops had moved down the river from Chongqing and were about to arrive in Ezhou.
Zhang Rou was ordered to lead the army to intercept Lu Wende in Yueyang, and was defeated.
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On April 11, Lu Wende's reinforcements entered Ezhou City.
At the same time, Jia Sidao had just met a group of people.
…
"Enxiang, that person who went out just now...is from Lin'an, right?"
Lu Wende strode into the hall, and after paying a flattering visit to Jia Sidao, he turned back and glanced outside the door again, muttering: "There are a few people I know familiarly."
Jia Sidao looked calm and said calmly: "You don't have to worry about it."
"En Xiang told me to leave it alone, so I won't dare to ask any more questions." Lu Wende laughed innocently and added, "I won't dare to talk too much."
With his giant-like figure and ferocious face, he looked like a ghost in front of others. But in front of Jia Sidao, he appeared as well-behaved as a puppy.
"The imperial court has transferred you to serve as an envoy for Jinghu." Jia Sidao threw an edict over and said, "There is no need to return to Chongqing."
Lu Wende was stunned.
If he was called to aid Ezhou, he still thought he could go back, but now he felt like he was hit hard.
He shouted: "Enxiang, why are the officials doing this?! Then Li Xia wants to come to Ezhou, and I want to control Sichuan and Shu. Why are those who want to come not transferred here, and those who don't want to come..."
"Why?" Jia Sidao seemed to sneer and spat: "That's why you ask why?"
Lu Wende was stunned, his eyes widened and he still couldn't believe it.
This is too official...
"Then who is the Sichuan envoy?"
Jia Sidao was displeased, slapped the table and shouted: "Lu Wende! You have just arrived in Ezhou, and you don't ask about the war. Your seventh brother Lu Wenxin died in the battle, and you don't ask about it. You only care about your official position and wealth, right?!"
Lu Wende's eyes turned red.
"Enxiang! I feel miserable! Of course I feel uncomfortable and panicked when Lao Qi dies. But he died for state affairs. This is the glory of the Lu family. What else can I do? Kill more Meng Tatars to avenge him.
Even if I die, the same will happen to other brothers."
After he finished speaking, he took two steps forward, got close to Jia Sidao's ear, and said: "I also know that the status of the Jinghu Zhizhi envoy is higher than that of the Sichuan Zhizhi envoy, but does Enxiang know that the boundary of Hanzhong is
Open for discussion..."
Jia Sidao chuckled and pushed Lu Wende away.
"To be so big, you don't have a brain."
Lu Wende wanted to curse "little beast" right away, but this was in front of Jia Sidao, so he could only hold it back.
With a sad face, he said: "Enxiang, I was tricked by that little beast Li Xia, and I feel so miserable..."
"enough."
Jia Sidao waved, and Lu Wende quickly put his ear towards him.
"Even if there is mutual trading, who has the final say on where the market will be located?"
Lu Wende was stunned for a moment, and then he realized what he was doing.
"Eun Xiang, are you going to have peace talks? Those people just now... the officials..."
"Don't ask questions that shouldn't be asked. Even if we want to talk, we have to let the Mongolians give up their intention to go south first, and then we can talk about it after the war is over!" Jia Sidao ordered: "Since you are here, guard Ezhou City."
"Where's Eun-sang?"
Jia Sidao raised his hand and clicked on the map and said: "Ashu's troops have arrived in Tanzhou. The imperial court is afraid that he will go east and kill through Jiangxi. I want to move the town to Jiujiang and take charge of the two Huaihe and Jiangxi defense lines."
Lu Wende knew the terrain of Jinghu very well, and he exclaimed without looking at the map: "But the Mongolian army has surrounded Ezhou, how can Enxiang break through and reach Jiujiang?"
"It is enough to bring seven hundred elite troops."
"Eun Xiang, this is too risky..."
Jia Sidao was still laughing, waved his hand, and said: "When I broke through the siege of the Mongolian army and deployed the eastern defense line, Kublai Khan knew that he could not attack Lin'an in a short period of time. Otherwise, he would be the one to fight for the Great Song Dynasty.
A piece of meat to swallow before taking the position, do you understand?"
~~
Seeing Lu Wende retreating and Jia Sidao leaning there, the smile in his eyes gradually dissipated.
He was thinking about why Li Xia was appointed envoy to Sichuan.
Is it just based on the great achievement of recapturing Hanzhong? Impossible.
Li Xia must have used other means, and he knew that Lu Wende was one of his own.
Obviously, Li Xia still doesn't understand what awe is...