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Chapter 527 The Battle of Ezhou
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

In the middle of the night, there was a sudden cry of killing in the city of Ezhou, and the soldiers who were lying on their arms quickly got up.

"Nancheng! Monta dug a hole and came in..."

"Kill the enemy."

A cluster of flames lit up immediately, illuminating the city of Ezhou, but there were more and more figures of the Mongolian army.

Fight 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 join the Mongolian army and took the opportunity to defend Ezhou when the Mongolian army first arrived, but he died in battle so far.The soldiers of the Song army couldn't help being shocked.

Jia Sidao didn't care.

He stood on the battle tower, looked southeast of the city for a while, and said: "Since the Mongolian army has opened up the secret passage, if it can be blocked for a while tonight, its soldiers will still have an endless supply."

Gao Da was anxious, clasped his fists and said: "The last general will kill 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 again. This matter is like curing a disease, quack doctors only know the symptoms, and I, Jia Shixian, don't bother to learn from quack doctors. What I do is to cure the root cause. Cure the root!"

Gao Da only felt that Jia Sidao was arrogant and secretly displeased.Said: "The Mongolian army is in a hurry to attack the city, Wang Gong came up with a strategy to defeat the enemy."

Jia Sidao chuckled, and shouted: "Gaoda, you lead the troops to encircle the Mongolian army. Mr. Jiang, please lead people to build a wooden wall, and repair it as you go. The Mongolian army is not allowed to enter the city."

Gao Da felt that Jia Sidao hated him, but he had to admit that he was really capable.

He agreed with Jiang Wanzai, and immediately led the reinforcements.

……

Jiang Wanzai was the younger brother of the famous minister Jiang Wanli. He was 52 years old at the time, but he was still in good health.

When he was young, he was elected as an official by military force. He once recovered Kuizhou with Meng Gong.

Afterwards, he took part in the imperial examination, became a Jinshi, transferred to the Wen rank, and was promoted through tired officials.

Last year, Mou Zicai became an official, and Jiang Wanzai was appointed Minister of Rites.

The path that Jiang Wanzai took in his official career was also what Jia Sidao wanted to arrange for Li Xia.

Entering an official with martial arts and entering the literary rank in the imperial examination can be expected to be among the ranks of ministers.

Of course, this road is very long, don’t you see that the 21-year-old front army is in command, and he has 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 recovered Hanzhong?
In all fairness, Jia Sidao admitted that he admired Li Xia, regarded him as a disciple, and even paved a broad road for him to walk.

Li Xia didn't leave.

Want to climb the ladder?

After pulling out his hand, Jia Sidao wanted to smash the ladder into pieces, and watched Li Xia's head bleed.

Only then would he step forward, stretch out his hand, and tell Li Xia something.

"Follow the truth honestly, don't hurry up."

~~
Zhang Rou originally thought that once the tunnel was dug through, the Mongolian army would continue to enter the city and Ezhou would be destroyed.

But after a night of fighting, he had to admit that...Jia Sidao is a genius.

If other Song generals guarded the city, they would only fight desperately with the Mongolian army entering the city; while Jia Sidao was fighting, he built a wooden wall at the entrance of the tunnel.

When the Mongolian army entered the city again, their strength could no longer be deployed, like a turtle in a urn...

Finally, Zhang Rou had no choice but to order the troops to retreat.

At noon, Kublai Khan boarded the watchtower.

I saw that the wooden walls surrounding the four walls of Ezhou City were built overnight, and it was useless to dig tunnels into the city.

Not just a section, but the entire four walls.

The time is so short and the fortifications are so heavy... Kublai Khan couldn't help admiring Jia Sidao's talent, so he sent someone to recruit him.

The envoy went and returned, but reported back: "King of Monan, Jia Sidao asked the king with a smile...why don't you go back and fight for the throne?"

Before the words fell, 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 the nonsense words of these Han officials, how could Ezhou have the courage not to surrender?"

Ba Tu'er finished cursing, and asked for orders: "As long as King Zong allows me to slaughter two small cities, the Song army in Ezhou City will surely be scared to kneel in front of King Zong... I don't want rewards at that time, as long as King Zong governs Zhang Wenqian, Hao Jing, these scholar-bureaucrats' crimes!"

Kublai Khan glanced at Potu'er lightly, and seemed to understand more and more deeply where his foundation was.

"Shut up! Jia Sidao is also a scholar-bureaucrat, and he stopped a hundred thousand troops by himself, but you dare to blame my gentlemen?!"

Zhang Rou was standing aside, seeing Zhang Wenqian and others moved to kneel down after hearing this sentence.

Although he was full of thoughts, he had no choice but to burst into tears of gratitude.

……

With the addition of Jia Sidao, Ezhou has become more and more indestructible.

After Zhang Rou heard the news of Da Khan's death, her decline began to increase.

After more than [-] days, he attacked the city, but there was no result.

On the ninth day of April, sentry horses discovered that Lu Wende of the Song Army had come down the river from Chongqing and was about to arrive in Ezhou.

Zhang Rou was ordered to lead an army in Yueyang to intercept Lu Wende and was defeated.

~~
On April [-], Lu Wende's reinforcements entered Ezhou City.

At the same time, Jia Sidao just met a group of people.

……

"Enxiang, that person who just left... is from Lin'an, right?"

Lu Wende strode into the hall, and after meeting Jia Sidao flatteringly, he turned around and glanced outside the door, muttering, "I know some people well."

Jia Sidao calmly said, "You don't have to worry about it."

"Enxiang told me not to worry about it, I must not dare to ask more questions." Lu Wende laughed foolishly, and said again: "I must not dare to talk too much."

With his giant figure and ferocious face, he looks like a ghost in front of others.In front of Jia Sidao, he looked as cute as a puppy.

"The imperial court has transferred you to be the envoy of the Jinghu system." Jia Sidao threw away a copy of the edict, "There is no need to return to Chongqing."

Lu Wende was taken aback.

If he was called to help Ezhou, he still wanted to go back, but at this time he felt like he was hit hard.

He shouted: "En Xiang, why is this official?! Then Li Xia wants to come to Ezhou, and I want to Zhenchuan Shu, why those who want to come are not transferred, and those who don't want to come..."

"Why?" Jia Sidao seemed to sneer, and spat, "It is precisely because of this that you still ask why?"

Lu Wende was stunned, his eyes widened and he couldn't believe it.

The official is too...

"Then who is the Sichuan envoy?"

Jia Sidao was displeased, and slapped the table and shouted: "Lu Wende! You just arrived in Ezhou, so you don't ask about the war. Your seventh brother Lu Wenxin died in battle, and you don't ask about it. You only care about the official position and wealth?"

Lu Wende's eyes turned red.

"Enxiang! My heart is bitter! Of course I feel bad when Lao Qi died, and I am in a panic. But he died for the state affairs. This is the glory of the Lu family. What else can I do? Kill Meng Tarzi more to avenge him That’s right. Even if I die, so will the other brothers.”

After he finished speaking, he took two steps forward, but leaned close to Jia Sidao's ear, and said, "I also know that the status of the Jinghu envoy is higher than that of the Sichuan envoy, but Enxiang knows that the boundary of Hanzhong Let's open up..."

Jia Sidao chuckled and pushed Lu Wende away.

"Long such a big man, he doesn't have a brain."

Lu Wende wished he could yell "little bastard" immediately, but this was in front of Jia Sidao, so he could only hold back.

With a mournful face, he said, "Enxiang, I was tricked by that little bastard Li Xia, and I feel so bitter..."

"enough."

Jia Sidao beckoned, Lu Wende hurriedly moved his ear to him.

"Even if there is a mutual market, who can decide where the market is located?"

Lu Wende was taken aback for a moment, already feeling overwhelmed.

"Enxiang, are you going to talk about peace? Just now those people... the officials..."

"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask. Even if you want to talk, you have to let the Mongolian people die of their desire to go south first, and then talk about it after the battle is over!" Jia Sidao ordered: "Since you are here, guard Ezhou City."

"Where's Enxiang?"

Jia Sidao raised his hand and clicked on the map, and said: "Ashu's soldiers arrived in Tanzhou, and the court feared that he would go east and kill Jiangxi. I want to move the town to Jiujiang and take charge of the defense lines of Lianghuai and Jiangxi."

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 did Enxiang break through and reach Jiujiang?"

"It's enough to bring seven hundred elite soldiers."

"Enxiang, this is too risky..."

Jia Sidao was still laughing, waved his hands, and said: "After I break through the encirclement of the Mongolian army and set up the defense line to the east, Kublai Khan will know that he can't attack Lin'an in a short time. Otherwise, the Great Song Dynasty will be fighting for his victory." The first piece of meat to swallow, understand?"

~~
Seeing Lu Wende retreating, Jia Sidao leaned there, the smile in his eyes gradually dissipated.

He was thinking about why Li Xia was appointed as the envoy of Sichuan.

Is it only based on the great achievements in regaining Hanzhong?impossible.

Li Xia must have used other means, and it was knowing that Lu Wende was one of his own.

Obviously, Li Xia still doesn't know what awe is...

(End of this chapter)