When daylight first broke, Li Xia got up early, walked up to the highest point of the oar, and summoned Yan Kai to have breakfast with him and observe the military situation.
"Liu Yuanli's reinforcements arrived yesterday. Fang Qing made a bet with me on whether Lu Wende would call a truce today."
"It's hard to guess. When Lu Wende became famous all over the world, I was just a young clerk in Qingfu County and didn't know much about him."
Li Xia thought for a while and said, "Lu Wende is a miracle."
"Your Majesty actually commented on him like this?"
"He is a miracle. He was born as a commoner and repeatedly performed extraordinary feats, and became a noble official. In an environment like Zhao and Song Dynasty, which valued culture over military affairs, he could establish such a warlord."
Li Xia raised his hand and pointed at the camp that stretched for several miles on the shore.
Fang Yankai nodded and said, "I heard that he is still illiterate. I really can't think of how an illiterate general fights."
"Illiteracy does not prevent him from fighting." Li Xia said: "He used to be more ferocious and reckless than me. He once led only 3,000 people in a boat up the Wuxing River and went straight to Bianliang, catching the Mongolian army by surprise..."
"It can only be said that the times make heroes. In those years, the world's heroes fought with great enthusiasm. If someone is brave and can achieve results, people with lofty ideals will follow him and fight their way out." Fang Yankai said, "The times make heroes.
, maybe without Lu Wende, there would be Li Wende... On the contrary, I think that the Song Dynasty relied too much on him."
"Lu Wende is still capable. He uses his troops flexibly and does not stick to ordinary situations. He may seem rough, but he actually knows how to advance and retreat, and is flexible and flexible. You can see that he defected to Zhao Gui, Xie Fangshu, and Jia Sidao successively, which shows that he is flexible."
"Your Majesty thinks he will call a truce?"
"It's very possible." Li Xia thought for a while and then said, "But it's hard to say. As Fang Qing said, the Song Dynasty relied too much on Lu Wende, which might make him arrogant."
He was talking about Lu Wende, he was actually encouraging himself.
Fang Yankai was about to say something more, but suddenly turned around, raised his telescope and took a look, saying, "There is no truce."
"Then defeat him."
Li Xia was not too surprised.
Whether or not Lu Wende will call a truce is a matter of choice. If we fight, we will fight.
…
The trumpet sounded again.
The Song army launched another offensive.
Lu Wende has already thought it through clearly.
If it is true as Lu Wenhuan said, a truce and wait for the court to negotiate peace with Li Xia... then, does he still have to admit that Li Xia is the emperor?
Zhao in Lin'an City was willing to admit it and even surrendered to Li Xia.
He, Lu Wende, can't do it.
He was also a military general of the Song Dynasty. He fought against the Mongols for more than 30 years and made great achievements, but he could not break the soil and become the king. Why could Li Xia become the emperor?
He was capable of bending and stretching, so he joined Zhao Gui, Xie Fangshu, and Jia Sidao because these people were naturally nobler than him.
Li Xia, on the other hand, came from a lower background and had lower qualifications than him, which only aroused the "jealous and jealous" side of his character.
Then kill.
As soon as the flag was waved, groups of Song soldiers could only attack the rebels.
…
"boom!"
On this day, the rebel reinforcements fired artillery fire at the Song army without mercy or sparing.
They didn't bring many cannons, only one, which was placed on Liu Yuanli's main ship. Liu Yuanli was not good at commanding water battles.
But he was a fresh force, and he attacked from the upper reaches to the lower reaches, and he destroyed the morale of the Song army as soon as he appeared. The time, place and people were more favorable.
Every time the artillery is fired, it is easy to destroy or sink the Song army's ships.
Casualties on the battlefield are getting heavier and heavier.
On the other side, under Lu Wende's strict orders, the Song army also launched the most violent attack on Li Xia's troops.
The soldiers loaded the boats with kerosene, pushed them under the rebel ships, and set them on fire.
"boom!"
The fire was ignited, and a warship gradually sank into the Han River. The sailors swam out of the ship while shouting.
"Fire the arrow!"
The rebels have no more arrows,
However, the Song army was still able to sweep down the arrows regardless of consumption.
The war reached its final stage, and the casualties in one day were greater than those in the previous half month combined.
The river water soon turned red, and the body parts and pieces of meat were splashed on the grassy bank.
~~
On the battlefield, Chen Yuanbin stared anxiously ahead.
He knew that using false news to strengthen Lu Wende's confidence in countering the rebellion could easily be exposed, so he hoped to annihilate Li Xia as soon as possible.
Or let the two warring parties suffer more casualties, so that the Yuan army can reap the benefits.
At least destroy more of Li Xia's warships so that the Yuan army, which is not conducive to water warfare, can fully gain the upper hand.
The war is still stalemate, and there is no sign that either side has been defeated yet. The besieged rebels seem to want to wait until all the remaining 10,000 people are dead before they accept defeat.
Suddenly, a scout came back and boarded the fighting platform.
When Chen Yuanbin saw that the probing horse was coming from the direction of Xiangyang, his heart trembled, and he took a few steps back, ready to leave the fighting platform and head towards the stables at any time.
"Report! Enemy troops are attacking Xiangyang and Fancheng..."
The messenger took a step forward and reported to Lu Wende in detail: "Although the enemy flag belongs to the rebel Liu Yuanzhen, the six generals thought that it was probably the Mongolian soldiers who wanted to take advantage of the situation to take Xiangyang."
Chen Yuanbin was startled, turned around and was about to escape, when he suddenly heard Lu Wende shouting loudly.
"Nonsense!"
Lu Wende shouted: "The Song and Yuan Dynasties have already made an alliance. How dare the Yuan army break the alliance and start a war without authorization? Does Lu Laoliu have evidence?"
"The Sixth General wondered why Liu Yuanzhen was able to attack Xiangfan City overnight, so..."
"Shut up! Let him guard the city until I bring Li Ni's head to rescue him!"
"..."
Chen Yuanbin stopped and calmed down.
He looked at Lu Wende with cold eyes, and could see too many signs of aging in this old man's body.
~~
"Damn, my head is going to split, wine... wine!"
During the day, he commanded the army to fight fiercely. At night, when Lu Wende took off his helmet, his whole face became distorted.
He was obviously not too comfortable.
"My in-laws... Damn it, my in-laws died at the hands of Li Ni. Call my beloved son-in-law here..."
"Shaobao." Chen Yuanbin stepped forward and said, "Qingxi is still observing filial piety..."
"Then find a doctor!"
"yes."
Chen Yuanbin was slightly uneasy, standing by the tent and watching the old doctor slowly take off Lu Wende's robe.
"this……"
The old doctor was obviously taken aback, and his whole body trembled.
"Shao Bao, forgive me."
He slowly reached out and pressed Lu Wende's back. Although the strength was not strong, Lu Wende screamed in pain.
"ah!"
"The back is red, swollen, hot and painful, and the sores look like corns..." the old doctor muttered.
"Say! What's wrong?!"
"Shaobao has too many old injuries, and moisture enters the body. Worrying too much causes heat to accumulate in the internal organs. Drinking alcohol and eating meat excessively causes qi and blood to stagnate, causing evil to block the skin and develop, leading to... a back ulcer."
"Back gangrene?!" Lu Wende exclaimed.
Chen Yuanbin raised his eyebrows and immediately put on an anxious and worried look.
He actually knows a little bit about medicine, at least he knows that in "Lingshu" upper back ulcer, "if the pus has formed, you will die in ten cases." Once the pus becomes pus, it will develop quickly, and it will soon penetrate from the skin to the inside, and the fever will not go away.
Throughout the ages, anyone suffering from back gangrene would almost always die.
But I heard the old doctor say: "Fortunately, Shaobao only has heat and pain for the time being, and I will prescribe two doses of medicine. Please eat lightly, don't drink alcohol, and don't get angry..."
Lu Wende cursed a few more times, waved Chen Yuanbin away, and told him that if Lu Wenhuan came back with any news, he would stay in bed and recuperate.
"Shaobao, will tomorrow be..."
"Continue the attack! I am dead, so let the dog and the hozen be buried with me first!"
Lu Wende seemed to be getting older and more stubborn.
"Don't worry, I just need to rest and you will be cured."
"get out!"
Chen Yuanbin respectfully exited the tent and hurried to the stables.
~~
In the darkness, people quickly rushed to the Sheep Stone Temple, which was more than ten miles away.
Longzhong Mountain winds here, and ten miles further east is Xiangyang, where a team of soldiers and horses is stationed.
"General manager."
"How did he say?"
"I can't hide it from Lu Wenhuan... Fortunately, Lu Wende is still determined to destroy Li Xia first, and both sides suffered heavy casualties today, so the fight probably won't last long."
"Well, pass on the order and send out troops tomorrow."
"In addition, Lu Wende is likely to die soon. Chen Yuanbin said that the manager can both defeat Li Xia and win Xiangyang..."