Chapter 2 Xuzhou

"Who's coming?"

When the middle-aged man walked into the lobby, Zhang Mao had already sat behind the case, no matter what the purpose of the other party's coming, he wanted to hear it, because there was a faint uneasiness in his heart, a Song man appeared in the heart of Henan, it was impossible for him to serve Dayuan. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The man didn't have time to speak, but put his hands on his sleeves, and looked around the hall for a long time, a circle of sergeants stood by their swords, the public hall was not like a public court, but a little bit of the smell of a green forest cottage, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

"I came from afar, and I wanted to say some private words to the general, so I didn't know how to speak."

"Don't make a fuss here, no matter who sent you here, if you want to ask for surrender, there will be someone in front of you, if you want to find a background, the official can also recommend it on your behalf, but Hugh has to make amazing words again, there is no privacy here for the official."

"In the next white clothes, I won't bother the general, but what is the future of the general, it is difficult to predict, and a certain person has come to solve your doubts."

The man's words made Zhang Mao's face sink, he endured the impulse in his heart, and looked at the unashamed person in the hall with motionless eyes, trying to figure out the confidence on the other party's face, and even called it arrogant, where did it come from?

"This officer doesn't have time to talk nonsense with you, if you don't say what you mean again, don't blame the military law for being ruthless."

"Do you have to deal with military law even for ordinary people?" The person who came smiled fearlessly, and said a sentence before he turned his face: "No, the surname is Qin, and he has come from Jiankang." ”

"Jiankang!" Zhang Mao stood up, the two places were separated by a complete Huainan and Huaibei, separated by thousands of miles, and it was not just the Song Land that he wanted to cross, no wonder he couldn't believe it: "What did Li Tingzhi send you to do?" ”

"Without him, Li Xiang has some things, and he can tell it at a glance by holding it with the general."

When he reached into his arms, the surrounding sergeants made a gesture of drawing their knives together, until he took out a small cloth bag and put it on the large case, Zhang Mao opened it suspiciously, and found that there was nothing strange in it, and then motioned for them to return the knife into the sheath.

The moment he saw those things, Zhang Mao's eyes straightened, his breathing became even faster, and before he reached out to pick them up, he glanced left and right, and the sergeants gathered in the hall immediately turned around and retreated.

The lobby was so quiet that it could be heard that a needle was falling, Zhang Mao picked up the top piece of paper, the piece of paper did not write a word, only a portrait, of course, it was not a splashed ink landscape or a gongbi figure, but a person, a person with a frightened face, surrounded by a group of Han soldiers.

He is very familiar with this person, he is the master of this place, the envoy of Zuocheng, Chu, Yang and other places in Xingzhongshu Province in Henan, and the deputy commander of the southern capital...... Instigation!

Naturally, these pieces of paper are all from Liu Yu's hand, not ordinary portraits, but color photos taken by high-definition digital cameras, and even the facial expressions, skin and hair are lifelike, he can't help but believe it, because in this world, no one can do it at all.

The photo itself has exceeded his imagination, this is only the first one, with his trembling hand, more than a dozen photos with different expressions were placed on the big case one by one, recording the whole process of instigating the capital from being tied up to entering the prisoner car, of course, he is not alone, almost all the generals in the army are all in it, and the Mongols, including the thousand households led by the Shifter, are also a lot, but this is not all.

In the last few photos, it is not a living person, but the head of two people, one is Yang Tingbi of tens of thousands of households, and the other has a scorched face, but what can barely be recognized is that it is the father and son of the instigated capital, a hundred slaves, as if to confirm his judgment, pressing at the bottom of the photo is a tiger striped silver talisman, Zhang Mao picked it up with a sluggish expression, and the back of the tiger talisman is engraved with the name of the giver in Han and Mongolian characters, which is the Mongolian warrior who has become coke.

There is no need for the other party to say anything, the matter has already been revealed, the instigation of the capital army was annihilated, and even the commander of the first army was reduced to a prisoner, this result is more complete than the failure of Boyan in Jiankang City, what does the other party want to do, do you still need to say?

Zhang Mao sat down on the chair in a dejected manner, he really couldn't believe such a result, you know, there are 80,000 troops under the command of the instigated capital, and the plan is to penetrate the entire Huaidong all the way, and join the main force under Jiankang City, but even a small Chuzhou City has not been able to cross, how can he accept it?

What's more important is that the fall of the instigation of the capital will mean that the entire Henan province has no troops to defend, and the largest one is in this Xuzhou city, with a total of only six thousand, in case Li Tingzhi crosses the Huaishui, what will he do to block this victorious army?

"Say, what conditions, you are willing to put back the instigation of the prime minister, the official is not heavy, can not be promised, can only report to the capital, if you are willing to wait, just rest here, there will be a result, it will be ......" Even in this case, he still didn't believe that the Song people would cross the Huaishui, only when the other party came to propose some exchange conditions, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted.

"Is the general still obsessed at this time?" The man waved his hand speechlessly: "I guess you think that even if your army is defeated, our army will suffer a lot of casualties, and it will no longer be able to pursue, right?" ”

"You are wrong, in the first battle of Huaishui, there were more than 50,000 Han troops who were disarmed and surrendered, at this moment, Li Xiang led more than 200,000 soldiers of Jianghuai, which has swept through the north of the river, and everywhere you go, you don't want the general and the five thousand defenders in this city to do jade burning."

"What!" Zhang Mao stood up again, pressing his hands on the big case, supporting his crumbling body.

The man rolled up his sleeves, looked at a shiny thing on his wrist, and nodded with satisfaction: "Let's tell you the truth, Li Xiang's army has crossed Pizhou, and the advance has reached Luliang Town, and the cavalry has taken Liucheng Town an hour ago." ”

Zhang Mao's face was full of surprise, Luliang Town is in front of Xuzhou City, and Liucheng Town is the key place leading to the Shandong jurisdiction of Zhongshu Province.

"This is just one of them, the other Zhang Shuai led more than 100,000 people in Huaixi, from Suzhou Road, in one fell swoop, Xiaoxian County, your Xuzhou City, is already in our pocket."

"It can't be!"

Zhang Mao couldn't help but exclaim, if Xiao County was lost, it was indeed like what the other party said, he had no way to escape, but the question was such a big movement, why didn't he even receive any news?

The man looked at him with pity, and just as Zhang Mao was about to send someone to find out, a sergeant stumbled into the lobby, and without even saluting, he stood and reported to him the desperate news.

"Qianhu, no, a large number of Song troops have appeared in front of the county, and they are constantly driving over."

"Why don't you report this kind of military information in time?" Zhang Mao's anger was nowhere to vent, and the sergeant who came to report the news unfortunately became the unlucky ghost.

"The Mongol cavalry left the city two hours ago, and they didn't say what to do, how dare the little ones ask?"

Zhang Mao's eyes were dark, the matter was obvious, this Mongolian cavalry army was his sentry, they got the news, but they didn't come to inform it, but ran away, why, because the enemy army is large, there is only a dead end to stay!

"General Zhang, you still have one last chance, whether to die with the city or go one step further, the people of the city and the five thousand subordinates are all in the general's thoughts."

It was only then that the man arched his hand and told the true purpose of entering the city.

Under the city of Xuzhou, the Song army brigade that came like a tide had already surrounded the city, and when Li Tingzhi, who arrived later, came to the city, it was not only the generals under his command who came to greet him, but also a tall and energetic man.

"Governor Zhang's Mansion, it's been hard all the way." Although the grade is not as good as his own, but for him, Li Tingzhi did not put on any swagger of the ruling minister, and dismounted from a distance, and the two were separated by more than ten steps, both looking at each other and laughing.

Zhang Shijie's body was covered with dust, and in terms of distance, he walked one-third more than Li Bu, but it took almost the same time to complete the pre-war deployment perfectly, and this hard work was indeed worth it.

"Hurry up and hurry, it's better to be one step faster, how dare Shijie say it." Zhang Shijie is not arrogant, as a military general, there are not many Wenchen who can convince him, the one in front of him can be regarded as one, he is in a high position, and he only admires in his heart.

Li Tingzhi understood that he was talking about the agreement in the microphone, but it was obvious that the other party had experienced a battle, even if it was just a county town, and he was all the way smooth, such a comparison between the two, it is self-evident who is fast and who is slow.

The plan went surprisingly smoothly, so that the two of them were in a very good mood, Xuzhou City is a battle or a surrender, it seems that it is no longer a problem, the two sides add up to more than 150,000, and the city is densely packed with red, such a military situation, I believe that the city in front of me will not be able to last a round.

Therefore, Li Tingzhi didn't plan to discuss any siege matters with him, but talked about something else: "The news came from the scouts that Andong Army and Dongxi Haizhou have sent a letter of surrender, and Zhang Shuai doesn't know what to do with this city?" ”

"Zhang, but according to the orders of the minister." The three places have all recently fallen into the hands of the enemy, and the chief officials inside have never changed, they can fall over, and they will naturally rebel back, the trend of the times, and it is the right thing to do, but Li Tingzhi's words made him think deeper, the previous plan was to take Xuzhou within three months, but it was achieved in less than a month, and there was a feeling that it was so smooth that people were overwhelmed.

"Yuanren's Guide Mansion, we have already taken most of it, only one Suiyang is left, it must be difficult to escape the thunder blow, beyond this, the Jingshi is in front of you and me, I don't know if Zhang Shuai has any intentions?"

Zhang Shijie was stunned by his words, and Li Xianggong, who was cautious and reluctant before sending troops, has now set his sights on the heart of Henan Xingzhongshu Province set up by the Yuan people...... Bianliang didn't know how to answer for a while.

Li Tingzhi did not urge, his eyes stayed on Xuzhou City not far away for a long time, until a deafening cheer sounded in the army, Zhang Shijie reacted, followed his gaze, and found that he didn't know when, the gate of the city had been quietly opened.

The enemy army surrendered.