The western border of the Song and Yuan Dynasty is roughly bounded by Huaishui, the south is the Lianghuai Road of the Great Song Dynasty, and the north is the new Henan Jiangbei Zhongshu Province established by the Yuan people. This border has been maintained since the Song Dynasty crossed to the south, and after more than 100 years of repair and consolidation, it has become a barrier for heavy troops to gather to defend the south of the Yangtze River, and has resisted the southern invasion of the north countless times.

The entire Jianghuai region has a river network of vertical and horizontal, fortresses everywhere, and in the rainy season, it is muddy all over the place, and it is difficult for people and horses to walk, so whether it is the Yuan people or the Jin people, once they arrive here, they cannot give full play to their greatest advantage - cavalry. The Yuan people deliberately avoided this line of defense and broke through from Jinghu instead, and they did it very successfully in history, reaching their goal with only about 200,000 people.

Ironically, until the surrender of Lin'an, the defenses of the Lianghuai region were still largely intact, and the total strength of the total force far exceeded that of the Yuan army heading south. But in the end, except for Li Tingzhi and Jiang Cai, who swore to resist to the death in Yangzhou, most of the other places laid down their weapons, and the strong defense line that the Great Song Dynasty had operated for more than 160 years completely lost its due role.

Anfeng army is a military important place in Huaixi, it is across the Huaishui and the Yuan people according to Shouzhou opposite, the main road for three years, the military rule from Anfeng to Shouchun, almost the general town under the nose of the Yuan people, once the Huaishui defense line is broken, it will be directly under the city, it can be said that "put the place of death and then live".

Lu'an County is the most backward county under the jurisdiction of Anfeng Army, its name began in the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu took the meaning of "six places are safe, never rebel", placed Liu'an country, has a long history, because Shun sealed Tao in Gao, so later generations also called Lu'an as Gaocheng. In the county, Weishui runs through the whole territory as the main tributary of Huaishui, and on its south side, the Dabie Mountain separates it from Huangzhou.

Now, who doesn't know that the Tartars have occupied there, and one day they will break through the Dabie Mountain Pass, and this Lu'an County will bear the brunt. Jin Ming, who had arrived many days ago to protect Engong's coffin and the Wang family, learned about this situation, and only then did he understand what Liu Yu said to him before leaving, what should he do now? He was a little at a loss.

Engong has already been buried in the ground, and it is impossible to move out again, in such a hot weather, it will only rot in the end, and he doesn't dare to mention this to Mrs. Wang. But since the person is buried here, with his understanding of the old lady, their family is also determined to refuse to go anywhere else, in front of the huge stone arch tomb, Jin Ming knelt on the ground, muttering the words in his heart, hoping that Engong would have a spirit in the sky to give him a little hint.

His men and horses had already spread everywhere, and the farthest spies and Li Shiyi's men had gone deep into Dabie Mountain together, but what was the use of just being vigilant, with more than 1,000 people, they couldn't hold it, and when the time came, it was not the same to protect the old lady and them to retreat. The only good news is that Li Shuai has gathered his troops and horses to defend against the enemy, hoping that they can block the Tartars.

"Commander, they're back." A personal soldier hurriedly ran over and whispered beside him, Jin Ming was suddenly startled, quickly stood up, and just walked out of the gate of the archway in the cemetery park when he saw two horsemen galloping towards this side.

"How's it going?" He strode forward, grabbed the horse's rope, and asked in a deep voice before the sergeant on the horse came down.

"The Tartars withdrew from Dabie Mountain and did not engage in battle with us, even Macheng County gave up, and Li Shuai's army is now stationed in the county area. The brothers are still on their way to inquire, and we have been ordered to return first. The sergeant gasped and replied, for they had come all night, and were already exhausted, and even the horses under them were trembling, as if they were about to fall at any moment.

Hearing his statement, Jin Ming relaxed slightly, but he didn't dare to let them go to rest like this, but asked in detail, only to understand that the Tartars didn't want to fight like this. Thinking of Liu Yu's actions in Luzhou, Jin Ming suddenly understood that if they hadn't accidentally stabbed Xia Gui to death, with his urine, maybe they would have given up the line of Dabie Mountain at this time, and let the Tartars go deep into Huaixi.

Waving his hand to let them go down and rest first, Jin Ming's brows furrowed a little deeper, Li Shuai could not be stationed there for a long time, and it was impossible for the army to be assembled like this all the time, and when the next time the Tartars launched a real offensive, would it be as late as now? Jin Ming is not optimistic, this is already a very dangerous place, he must make a decision.

"What's going on? Why are you so anxious? Wang Lin's voice came from behind him, he was the eldest son in the family, and it was his duty to live in a house, and almost every move of Jin Ming was in his eyes.

"Da Lang, Lu'an is not peaceful anymore, I am worried that the Tartars will come here one day, you still persuade the old lady and let someone escort you back to your hometown." Jin Ming turned around and watched Wang Lin, who was dressed in filial piety, gradually approaching, vegetarian and sad, he was already a little out of shape, and his face was very haggard.

"You know your mother's temperament better than so-and-so, if you go and say that there is still some possibility, so-and-so will not succeed." Wang Lin shook his head, Wang Lixin's ancestral home is actually in Wuyuan, in Huizhou on Jiangnan East Road, so what Jin Ming said about returning to his hometown is to return there, which is also reasonable.

"You better take someone back to Beijing, send it here, you have done your duty, and there is no need to mention the superfluous things. Don't worry, there really will be a day when my Wang descendants will be martyred like my father, and I will never disgrace his old man. Then he patted Jin Ming on the shoulder and said calmly.

Jin Ming and Wang Lin are both clumsy people, speaking of which, they all know that this matter can only be like this, if they can't hold it here, Jiangdong Road won't make much difference, the Great Song Dynasty has never been so precarious as it is now, it seems that it is the same wherever it flees.

"Sister Pheasant hasn't seen her for many days, and her mother doesn't know where she went. The two were silent there for a while, and Wang Lin suddenly thought of something and reminded him.

"Take her with you when you go back to Beijing, it's too remote here, how can you say that you are a good person, and when you have good news, send someone to inform you, so that your mother and them will be happy." Seeing that Jin Ming smiled bitterly and didn't answer, how could Wang Lin not know what he meant, comforted him a few words, and went back to the grass house in front of the tomb by himself.

After he left, Jin Ming turned his gaze to the north, he probably knew what the pheasant slave was doing, but he didn't know where she had gone. Li Shiyi's gang is not under his control, and their training methods are also incredible, it is estimated that it was from Liu Yu's instructions, Jin Ming is thinking about this kid a little now, it seems that there is no problem that he can't solve, if only he was here!

What he didn't expect was that hundreds of miles away from the north bank of Huaishui, there was already Xiacai County in Shouzhou under the rule of the Tartars, and the county seat was also the seat of the state government.

It stands to reason that this should also be a strong defensive place for the Yuan people, but the strange thing is that the Yuan people don't seem to be worried that the Song people will suddenly come over, and they are not as heavily guarded as the other side, and all kinds of merchants and even ordinary people can enter the city at will, and the inspection at the city gate is also so-so, which makes the pheasant slave and his party a little staggered.

It was precisely because they saw the laxity of the Yuan people that they dared to enter the city so openly, inheriting Liu Yu's purpose, as spies, they had to go deep behind enemy lines and not let go of any detail. The pheasant slave temporarily decided to take people to the city to see the movements of the Yuan people, those people were originally her old department, which one dared to disobey, but the bottom was the territory of the enemy country, and they all jumped on their faces and looked cautious.

At first glance, there is not much difference between this place and the Song Dynasty, there are many Han people in the city, and there are not a few people dressed in different races on the street, here are also Huaidi accents, she brought these people to listen fluently, but they are not afraid of being recognized, a few people are looking around on the street a little conspicuous, the first pheasant slave looked at a wine shop on the side of the street, and led them in.

"Where are we going?" Ordered some food, a pot of coarse wine, a pro-soldier asked in a low voice, the pheasant slave swept around with a pair of big eyes, and turned around, I really didn't expect that this kind of thing to inquire about the news, I thought it was very simple, but when I came in, I found that I was unfamiliar with life, and it was really not easy to do it quietly, how did Brother Yu do it at the beginning?

"Don't rush yet, wait and see." Although she said so, she didn't know what to wait for, she really couldn't do it, she found a place to settle down first, and then went out at night, she didn't believe that she had entered the city, and she could come for nothing.

A few people listened to the conversations of the people around them while eating, most of them were short parents, and there were relatively few dynamics in the government, and every time they talked about the key points, these people would look at them and then stop talking. Just when they were a little puzzled, there was a sudden sound of gongs and drums on the street, and several people dressed as officials shouted all the way along the street.

Immediately afterwards, the diners in the wine shop got up one after another, and when the servants walked past the door, they swarmed and followed, and the pheasant slave gave a look, and several people also learned from them to pay the bill and got up and left, and squeezed into the crowd separately. The crowd had reached the city gates, where many people had gathered, waiting for them to announce the news.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Yazhong received an edict from the upper peak, and from now on, the county will begin to levy soldiers, grain, and conscription, and all townships and towns will have apportionments. Shangfeng said that those who exceed the quota will be rewarded heavily, and those who fail to meet the deadline will be severely punished, which is newly issued by the imperial court, and they have heard it clearly. A small official shook his head and said something, causing a big uproar among the onlookers.

"Alas, there is another war, Bodhisattva bless, but don't spread it on your head."

"No, damn, I just had a conscription last year, and a few people in the village haven't come back yet."

Hearing these discussions, the pheasant slave and a few people glanced at each other, all of them were moved in their hearts, this news had to be transmitted back quickly, the Tartar's actions were a little unusual, everyone knows what last year's requisition order was for, it will only be in mid-June, it is still very early, what do they want to do?

"I know, you wait to find a loophole, quickly withdraw it, don't go any further, don't protect Sister Pheasant, finish speaking." Li Shiyi put down the walkie-talkie and thought about it in his heart, now he has more than 200 people in his hands, and they are training in batches, and the first thing to teach them is to use the walkie-talkie, but now that the matter is urgent, he can't take care of it much.

"You wait to divide into arrays, sneak into these places separately, see if the same is true elsewhere, don't make more inquiries, report as soon as you have news, and then withdraw it, understand?" As soon as he gave the order, he scattered all the people, and the number of people was enough to fill the entire states and counties along the Huaishui, and he had to confirm a point before he could make a decision.

And he himself had other things to do, and with a few people, Li Shiyi came to the foot of a hidden mountain, where there was a small cave, and two personal soldiers stood at the entrance of the cave. Li Shiyi nodded at them, then bent down and went inside, and there was a man sleeping on a straw mat inside, with his hands and feet tied, facing the mountain wall.

"How's it going? Xie Gongzi. Li Shiyi raised his foot and kicked the man's back and asked.

"How about you wait for the bottom of the day?" Xie Chenggui turned over and said with a frightened face. R1058