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Chapter 358
In the First World War in Western Sichuan, because Jianmen Pass was occupied by the Mongolian army, Pu Zezhi finally chose to return to Chongqing.

Fortunately, the casualties of the Song army were not too great, and they took back a lot of people and supplies, and beheaded the Marshal Du and the Mongolian Zongwang.

In the future, the Song Army, which has preserved its combat power, may have the possibility of recovering Chengdu, provided that it conquers Jianmen.

Pu Zezhi seems to be planning on this matter.

As the county magistrate, Li Xia couldn't be away from office for too long. On August 23, he set off to return to Qingfu County, and Nie Zhongyou went out of the city to see him off.

"The soldiers all wanted to see you off, but I stopped them." Nie Zhongyou led his horse, looked at the rushing Minjiang River ahead, and asked, "Why didn't you stay in Pu Shuai's army?"

"Civilian officials are more promising." Li Xia said casually.

Nie Zhongyou was very serious, and said: "I thought, if you follow Pu Shuai, sooner or later you will become a general and lead us to continue to kill the enemy."

He is 37 years old, his eldest son is 14 years old and only three years younger than Li Xia, but since he said he sold his life to Li Xia, he has willingly obeyed Li Xia's orders, so he said "Lead us to kill the enemy" .

"If there is a chance, sharpen the knife and chop firewood by mistake."

"Presumably after Lin'an's reward comes down, you can still be promoted?"

"There should be rewards, I hope I won't leave Syria."

Li Xia didn't care about being promoted, and he didn't even want to be promoted. He cared more about his growth during this battle, the connections and prestige he had established in the army.

Even if the various Song troops were not assigned by him in name, Li Xia's name is now well known.

As he said, there will always be opportunities to fight the enemy side by side in the future.

Nie Zhongyou occasionally felt that he couldn't see through Li Xia, but he was not a talkative person, so he just stretched out his hand to straighten the saddle for Li Xia, and said, "Take care, send someone to tell you when you are married, and I will go congratulate you."

"It's just a few months. If you don't pay close attention, I'm afraid the war will start again next year."

"Yes."

Li Xia finally confessed, saying: "The rewards of the officers and men in the army must not be too thin. You must remember to try your best to fight for it. If you encounter difficulties, you will find Pu Shuai."

As if joking, he said again: "In the future, when I become Shu Shuai, they will all be generals under my command. Let's train them as soon as possible."

Nie Zhongyou raised his mouth in a rare way, and said: "It's spread in the army that Li Feiyu, the magistrate of Qingfu County, was determined to conquer Shu when he was young, and his ambition is high."

"That's right, aim high...you don't have to give it away, goodbye."

Li Xia got on his horse, raised his hand, and rode straight away, followed by more than fifty Qingfu horsemen behind him, raising a cloud of dust.

Nie Zhongyou stood there, staring at it for a long time, and finally muttered: "It's too easy to leave, you don't want to part with it at all?"

He was actually very reluctant.

But on the banks of the Minjiang River, those dozens of riders have gradually disappeared between the mountains and rivers and the sky.

"I can only see the Yangtze River flowing in the sky." Nie Zhongyou groaned in a low voice.

He doesn't know how to recite more poems, but Han Chengxu recited this sentence when he went north to Caishiji last year. Looking back now, the situation at that time seems like a lifetime ago.

In just one year, Li Xia has gone from being a prisoner on death row to being famous in Sichuan and Shu, beheading the Mongol king...

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Luzhou.

Jia Sidao has been re-appointed as the Xuanfu ambassador of Lianghuai, and he is in command of Luzhou.

Last year, Meng Ge sent Tachaer and Tiligai to attack Lianghuai to match the battle situation in Sichuan and Shu.

This information was brought back from the north by Li Xia and others. Jia Sidao, the only one in the court, took it seriously and sent someone to Shandong to contact Li Fen.

Li Fen then accused Tacha'er and Tie Ligai of "plundering the people's sheep and hogs" when they passed through various places in Dongping, cutting off the army's supplies.

When Wuliang Hetai was defeated, the Mongolian army that attacked Huaihe and Huaihe Rivers really stopped going south.

It seemed easy for Jia Sidao to arrange this matter, but in fact he had an insight into the conflict between Meng Ge and Kublai Khan, and he knew that the Mongolian army in the north was unwilling to go deep into the land with many rivers and lakes in the Huaihe River and Huaihe River.

Such a great achievement, but it is a pity that it is a secret conspiracy of spies, and he cannot be on the stage, and his achievements cannot be displayed. Jia Sidao is not in a hurry, but instead invites himself to Lianghuai to guard.

In his opinion, as long as the officials know that he is capable, it will be fine.In the future, there will be more opportunities to increase political achievements, and to avoid the limelight of the DPRK Zhongding Daquan.

After arriving in office, Jia Sidao not only organized troops to fight against Mongolia, but also secretly collected all kinds of criminal evidence of Yuan Jie, Ding Daquan's confidant and deputy envoy of Huaixi Zhizhi, just waiting to overthrow Ding Daquan in the future.

Everything in this world seems to be a cricket in his cage, fiddle with it at will.

He was quite a strange person, when he was in Lin'an, he enjoyed luxurious clothes and fine food, yet he could eat and sleep with the soldiers when he arrived in the barracks, and he could sleep on thatched mats crowded in the stinking barracks.

On this day, Jia Sidao was gambling with others in the camp.

The opponents are all generals under Yuan Jie's command, including Fang Yuanzhong as the commander, Cao Sheng as the deputy commander, Yuan Yizhi as the commander, Lu Fengtai as the deputy commander, and so on.

What they play is "Guan Pu", which is to shake the copper coins in the pot and guess how many heads and how many tails there are.

This time it was Jia Sidao's turn to shake the pot, he casually pushed out a pile of silver in front of the table and said, "Chun Liu."

There are a total of six copper coins in the jar, and if all six are obverse, it is called "Liu Hun Chun".

Liuhun pure nature is extremely rare, and the odds are high.

After Jia Sidao made his bet, the generals dared not not to bet.

Cao Sheng changed his color when he saw the silver on the table. Up to now, he has been convinced by Jia Sidao's gambling skills. That's a lot of money."

"If you lose, just write an IOU."

"Then... Chunwu." Cao Sheng made a bet with a bitter face.

Yuan Yizhi bet on a bunch of Jiaozi and said, "Chun San."

Fang Yuanzhong also pushed the first Jiaozi, saying: "Chun San."

Seeing the table full of money, Lu Fengtai sighed imperceptibly, cupped his fists and asked, "Jia Xianggong, can you stop gambling in the end?"

Before Jia Sidao could speak, Yuan Yizhi shouted, "Lu Fengtai, don't disappoint."

"That's right." Fang Yuanzhong said: "On the gambling table, you retreat when you are afraid, and on the battlefield, do you also want to abandon your comrades and run for your life?"

Lu Fengtai's face became more and more bitter, and he said: "Then bet on pure five, and if you lose, you still owe it."

"I've said it all, you don't have to be so cautious when you're in Guanpu." Jia Sidao just smiled, and the smile was quite playful.

At this time, Gui Hepu came in, handed Jia Sidao a letter, and said in a low voice, "Ah Lang, the battle report from Shu."

"Spread out."

While Jia Sidao looked at the letter in Gui Hepu's hand, he shook the jar casually and pressed it on the table with a "slap".

"open it."

Lu Fengtai glanced over and saw that Jia Sidao was already concentrating on the letter, and he looked at the jar on the table, which had been slowly opened.

"One...two...six? This..."

Lu Fengtai felt his breath stuck in his chest, and his heart ached to death.

Soon, an IOU was placed in front of him, with "860 consistent" written in black and white, shocking.

Lu Fengtai turned his head to look at Yuan Yizhi, Yuan Yizhi stopped talking now, and stared at the table with eyes full of annoyance, his lips parted.

Fang Yuanzhong turned his head to the side, as if he didn't feel his gaze.

Lu Fengtai was helpless, so he had no choice but to put his handprint on the IOU, his face was full of despair.

"Let's end here today." Jia Sidao said without turning his head, "Guihepu, take the money on the table, and as for the IOUs of the two generals... Excuse me, I won't be looking for it The general who killed the enemy is demanding debts."

Cao Sheng and Lu Fengtai were both taken aback for a moment, then turned their heads to look at Fang Yuanzhong and Yuan Yizhi, and the gap between them seemed to be getting deeper and deeper.

"Then... I'll take my leave." Fang Yuanzhong's face was gloomy, and he walked out without waiting for Jia Sidao's answer.

Yuan Yizhi also sneered and followed out.

They are backed by Yuan Jie, and Ding Daquan, who is backed by Yuan Jie, is the hottest figure in the world today, so he is really not afraid of Jia Sidao...

Lu Fengtai quickly cupped his fists, and said in a low voice: "Thank you, Mr. Jia, for forgiving the last general."

He was angry at both ends, and his heart was full of embarrassment.

Just walked outside the door, suddenly heard Jia Sidao muttering something in a low voice, Lu Fengtai couldn't help but stop again.

He took a quick glance at Jia Sidao and saw that he was thinking, so he lowered his head again and left in a hurry.

Just now, he clearly heard Jia Sidao recite a person's name.

"Li Xia."

……

"Damn, this Jia Cricket only knows how to gamble all day long." Fang Yuanzhong spat as soon as he came out.

Yuan Yizhi said: "If he's not cheating, I'll write his name upside down."

"Oh, the court official... is frivolous."

"And you two, don't act like a dog, you've been tricked, you know that?!"

When Lu Fengtai was scolded, he just lowered his head and remained silent.

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"It can gamble money, and it can also do things. It's interesting... Let's spread the money and distribute it to the soldiers who have come here for refuge in the past few days."

"Yes."

"It's ridiculous to say that I'm a cheat after ten years of practice."

"It's nothing more than a wine bag and a rice bag. Ah Lang plays with them and makes some fun, doesn't it?"

Jia Sidao smiled, played with the copper coins on the table, turned his mind, and murmured: "Li Xia has gone to Chengdu again? Pu Ze's formation killed Adahu..."

"What did Aaron say?"

"How long has there been no news from Qingfu County?"

"The most recent news came from the beginning of the year, saying that Li Xia was going to Wuchidao."

Jia Sidao pondered: "So... the person I sent was killed by him? This kid."

Guihepu didn't believe it, and said: "How dare he have such courage? It must be because others are not in the celebration, and it's normal to have no news."

"Send someone to bring a sealed letter and tell him... I've contacted the old things in the north, and I've redeemed the little lady in Lin'an. Ask him again, is it plausible that he doesn't even have a gift during the holidays?"

(End of this chapter)