After the naval division of the protectors cut off the enemy's retreat and destroyed the trebuchet at the head of the city, the warships moved forward and turned their artillery fire to the enemy brigade in front of the city. Under the bombardment of artillery, the enemy troops scattered and fled for their lives, but this was already a Jedi, the city could not be returned, and there were large lakes on both sides, forcing them to break through to the east. But the Song army in front was ready, the artillery fired in unison, and the crossbows fired in unison, and they repulsed.

In this way, the Yuan army trapped in it was like a rat in the bellows, but it was like a briquette on a sieve rolling and rolling over, running back and forth. However, with the continuous extension of the artillery fire of the water army, the area of activity of the Yuan army became narrower and narrower, and some Yuan troops could not bear to jump into the North Lake and try to swim to the other side to escape for their lives, and the cold and biting water of the lake made people quickly lose temperature, numb and stiff hands and feet, and became floating corpses in the lake without much effort.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, let ten thousand households pass!" Ezhou Daru Hua Chi Timur did not want to lead the army out of the city to pick up a bargain, but did not expect to be blocked outside the city, but also had to rush left and right to avoid the artillery fire, they are the cavalry running fast, but the infantry is unlucky, not to mention the artillery fire killed, the dead and wounded under their horses' hooves are not a few, seeing that the breakthrough is not successful, they can only retreat again to find the way back to the city.

"Get out ......of the way" tens of thousands of people crowded into a narrow area within a radius of less than a few miles, the war horses were naturally often blocked, the cavalry who opened the road while shouting loudly, while pushing the Han army blocking the way, and from time to time with the back of the knife slashing, many people were injured in their hands. But this time, a cold arrow flew out of nowhere and shot the two cavalrymen off their horses, and they were immediately confused.

"It's the opposite, the Han army is the opposite!" The shooting of the Tanma Red Army immediately made the Mongol army furious, and they shouted loudly and indiscriminately slashed at the Han army around them, as if they were all murderers.

On weekdays, the Han army has always been afraid of the Mongols' Tanma Red Army, and they dare not make mistakes, even if they are bullied, they can only swallow their anger, but everyone knows that the contradictions between the two sides are deep. Now there are assassins, especially at this critical time of war, and the Mongols' consistent distrust of the Han army suddenly exploded, and they immediately slashed and slaughtered, trying to subdue the Han army.

"It's always death, it's the other way around, it's the other way around!" Unexpectedly, the Han army, which had always been obedient in the past, broke out at this moment, and they turned their swords and guns to fight with the Tanma Red Army.

The Tanma Red Army was only more than 2,000 people, and some were lost in the artillery fire, and the Han army still had 20,000 people. And the advantage of the cavalry is in the impact force, and at the moment they are mixed with the infantry army, and their advantage cannot be brought into play. The infantry army can give full play to its advantages in close combat, stabbing people up and down on horses, wanting to run, can't run, want to fight, can't fight, and the situation is extremely passive.

Seeing the Han army attacking in groups, Wang Ying was shocked and shouted continuously, but no one listened, and he was afraid of angering his subordinates and setting himself on fire, so he didn't dare to lead his soldiers forward to suppress it, and there was no way to retreat to the side and do it in a hurry; The Longxing army was defeated twice in a row, suffered heavy losses, and became even more angry, and as a Mongol, of course, he wanted to protect his own interests, and slashed a Han soldier to death with a sword, trying to deter the generals under his command. Unexpectedly, it caused public outrage, and the soldiers rushed up and ripped him off his horse and hacked him to death.

"Your Majesty has an edict, the Song people don't beat the Song people, and those who surrender are not guilty!"

"Your Majesty has a will, those who fight against the king will be killed!"

"Your Majesty has a will, and those who descend are not to blame for the past, but they can return to their hometown and give them land, money and food!" Just when the Yuan army under the city of Ezhou was in civil strife and the Mongolian and Han armies were killing happily, the shelling stopped at some point, but there was a sound of surrender from the opposite side. The Yuan army slowly stopped fighting when they heard this, and looked to the east to listen to the shouts of the Song army, and many people couldn't help themselves with tears in their eyes.

"The Great Khan is not waiting for you, the thief is just deceiving you and waiting, once it is lowered, it will be a knife and axe, remember not to be fooled!" Wang Ying couldn't help but be shocked when he saw that even the guards were looking at him wrongly.

"Hehe, the general is right. If we tie up the general in front of Emperor Song, we will definitely be able to avoid death, and maybe we can receive some rewards! One of the guards beside him said yes with a smile, but when he got closer, he suddenly drew a knife and put it on Wang Ying's neck.

"You...... Are you traitors seeking glory without fear of God's wrath? Wang Ying said with a stiff neck.

"The general scolded well, your ancestor first rebelled against the Song Dynasty and the Jin, and then rebelled against the Jin Yuan, he should have been punished by God a long time ago!" The soldier pressed the knife down and turned his head to the crowd, "We are all Song people, and now that the Great Song Dynasty has returned to the country, we should return to our homeland." Now everyone has seen the power of artillery fire, if it weren't for Emperor Song's virtue of good life, he would have been able to wipe us out under artillery fire without a single soldier stepping forward! ”

"It's down, it's down, everyone has fallen!" The army listened to it and crowed, they did not get the slightest benefit since the surrender of the Yuan, but they were suppressed everywhere, every time they went out to fight, they were the vanguard, I don't know how many comrades died in Annam, Champong, Japan, and the bones were not returned. And here Emperor Song made a promise not to blame the past and return to the countryside and divide the land, which was too attractive to them.

"In the coming day, the Great Khan will lead the army to kill you traitors......" Seeing this, Wang Ying still wanted to coerce the army, but he felt a cold neck, and the sharp blade had already cut into and cut off his head. The others rushed up, hacked his cronies and the Mongols in the army to death, tore a piece of white cloth to make a flag, carried his head with a spear, took off his helmet and went east to ask for surrender.

Seeing that Wang Ying was cut off by his subordinates and asked to surrender, the new annexed troops in the other armies also echoed each other, and they all killed the main general and defected to the Song army. There are some special residents outside the city of Ezhou, most of them take aquatic fishing as their business, take boats as their residences, and drift on the rivers and lakes all the year round, forming a mobile dwelling of 'docking ships on the shore', which is similar to the Tan people in Qiongzhou.

Timur did not spend his troops to rob their boats and boats, and fled from Beihu into the Yangtze River, but he did not dare to enter the city again, and feared being pursued and killed by the Song army, so he drifted down the river for more than 30 miles before daring to land on the north bank. Because they were not good at manipulating boats and making the tide, many boats capsized and sank in the river on the way, and only more than 300 people escaped with their lives......

When it was dark, a big battle ended, the Yuan army wanted to break the blockade, but did not expect to be controlled by the Song army, the main force was annihilated, the Song army cleaned the battlefield overnight, this battle killed more than 10,000 enemies, collected more than 20,000 people, killed more than 100 generals below the commander of the enemy, only the main general was spared, the captured weapons and armor were piled up, and the war horses were thousands. The Song army suffered more than 3,000 casualties, including more than 500 killed and more than 300 wounded.

Zhao Yu ordered to camp in the first two miles of Ezhou City, properly bury the fallen soldiers, and treat the wounded in time. The enemy troops who surrendered were given food, the wounded were sent to the hospital, personal belongings were not to be collected, and they were not allowed to be abused, so as to ensure the safety of their lives. and register their names and places of origin, inform them of those who wish to stay, and those who pass the examination will be assigned to the army; After returning home, the local government will distribute the land according to the standard, and will not be forced to stay.

After the order to go down, Wen Tianxiang and others went to get busy. Seeing that it was getting late, Zhao Yu didn't want to go back to the Dragon King Temple after tossing for a day, so he ordered to rest on the Sheji nearby, and the people also boarded the boat. He took a hot bath first, changed his clothes and had a simple dinner, the brazier had already been lit in the dormitory, it was very warm, and the nerves that had been tense for a day were relaxed, and he wanted to think about how to attack the city tomorrow, so he fell asleep with sleepiness.

In the early morning of the next day, before Zhao Hao got up, an attendant reported that Wen Xiang had come on the boat to ask to see him. Although he was spared a dream early in the morning, he also knew that he must have been in a hurry to come early to see him, so he hurriedly got up, washed, changed clothes, and went to the lounge to meet him. Without waiting for him to ask, Wen Tianxiang explained the situation and asked for instructions on how to deal with it.

It turned out that in yesterday's battle, Daluhua Chi Timur, who was guarding Ezhou, fled, and the remaining three 10,000 households were killed. Ezhou was originally managed by Zhennan Wang Tuhuan, but he had already led his troops and subordinates to Shangdu to mourn. For a time, there was no leader in the city of Ezhou, and the biggest official was Jiang Fu, the governor of Ezhou, who saw that the garrison army was almost wiped out, leaving only more than 1,000 officers and soldiers left to defend the city. As soon as everyone discussed, such a small number of soldiers were not even satisfied with the city wall, and they could not hold it anyway, so they sent envoys overnight to ask for surrender.

Wen Tianxiang talked with them for half a night, and the conditions they put forward were that they would not harm the people in the city, ensure the safety of the demoted officials, and let the Mongols and northerners in the city and their families return to Jiangbei, as long as they agreed to these three conditions, they would open the city and surrender. In the first two, he can make the decision and agree, but the third one does not dare to agree. So as soon as the morning dawned, Wen Tianxiang hurriedly boarded the boat and asked His Majesty for ideas.

Zhao Yu thought about it, and it didn't hurt to let them go back to the province to try to resettle them. He also knew that he would not be able to stop himself with these remnants, but they set fire to burn the grain, grass, property, and government offices in the city, which was enough for men. So he said that he could promise to let him return to the north, but he was not allowed to leave the city with weapons, and he could only carry his clothes and a small amount of belongings, otherwise the gang would empty the treasury.

Wen Tianxiang pondered for a moment and felt that there was nothing wrong, and then got off the ship to negotiate, and the other party came to the envoy to say that he would reply after returning to the city to report, and the envoys of the two sides exchanged several times, and finally reached an agreement in Chenshi. Zhao Yu did not have the addiction to being in the limelight, so he authorized Wen Tianxiang and Xie Fangde, Xie Ao to coerce the Weisheng Army, and the Huai'en Army to attend the surrender ceremony and deal with the affairs of the city.

"Official, why don't you go and join in the fun!" As soon as Su Lan entered the study, she saw the little emperor standing in front of the porthole and looking down at the city with a telescope, and asked with a smile.

"To recover such a small city, I also have to surrender in person, wouldn't it be too much to lift them up, even if Wen Xiang is gone, it will be enough to give them face. And the two armies of Weisheng and Huaien fought all the way to Ezhou, and finally completed the task, so that they could participate in the surrender can be regarded as a good beginning and a good end! Zhao Yu replied without replying.

"That's what the official said, but you're not afraid of causing dissatisfaction with the guards? After all, they contributed the most to the siege this time! Su Lan said again.

"The protectors have even recovered Lin'an City, how can they care about this Ezhou City!" Zhao Yu said disdainfully.

"Hehe, the official family is always reasonable. Have a hot cup of tea! Su Lan said with tea in her hand.

"You said that he is not afraid of the cold, he is wearing white clothes with his feet and hair, and he looks cold!" Zhao Hao took a sip of tea and looked at the surrender scene, the appearance of the leader was really strange, he knelt down with the big seal in his hand and sent it away.

"Official, the one who descends is like this, to show that he is a criminal minister, and it is likely that I will demote the official of the court." Su Lan also glanced at it curiously and said.

"If this is the case, it is better to find a rope to hang myself, and I will not be insulted like this!" Zhao Yu shook his head and said, thinking about the Empress Dowager Xie and Emperor Deyou when they surrendered in Kaicheng, I am afraid that it will be like this, and I can't help but feel sour in my heart. But when the soldiers of the two armies then entered the city to control the city gate, climbed the city wall to take over the defense, and erected the banner of the Great Song Dynasty, they were quite proud.

"Your Majesty, the people have arrived." Just when Zhao Yu was watching with relish, Cai Ruoshui came in and said.

"Okay, no one found out on the way, right?" Zhao Yu nodded.

"Your Majesty, we are from the boat in the palace, and no one has seen us." Cai Ruoshui replied.

"Well, I'll go see him, and you can just stay with him!" Zhao Yu said, and told Wang De that no one should disturb him when he saw a guest, and the guards retreated to wait outside the three zhangs, and they were not allowed to enter without being summoned.

"Yes, Your Majesty, please move!" Cai Ruoshui Shili said, he is in charge of the third office of the Imperial Front Office, specializing in intelligence management, and acting as a liaison for various intelligence agencies. Last night, His Majesty suddenly asked him to contact the persons in charge of the two base intelligence stations of the Bureau, Fujian, Jiangxi and Fujian, and Guangzhou, and according to the rules, it was strictly forbidden to contact the local intelligence stations unless there were special circumstances, but they were transferred through the Bureau, so he felt that there must be something urgent.

"Hmm!" Zhao Yu got up and went to the small living room of the top cabin to meet the two. And the reason why he broke the rules to summon the two was also a last resort, now that the battle of Ezhou is over, Jiangling has lost the support of Ezhou, and the war will end soon, and Wen Tianxiang cannot stay for a long time, so the candidates for the chief officer and officials at all levels who stay in the Jinghu Theater must be determined, but he found a problem, once he makes a mistake, he may destroy the entire Yangtze River defense line, and then lose the entire Jiangnan.

However, Zhao Yu was relatively lenient in employing people in several base areas before, and he thought that these people must be from reckless backgrounds, and it was not surprising that they paid attention to the righteousness of the rivers and lakes and loved to form a small group, and this was not only a problem of social tradition, but also a means for them to survive and protect themselves. Later, he also adopted the method of mixing sand to divide and disintegrate their small groups by constantly sending military and political cadres, and gradually gained military command and discourse.

Thinking that these dispatched cadres were alone outside, it was okay to take some 'extraordinary' measures in order to gain a foothold, so Zhao Yu did not delve into their small mistakes and mistakes. But yesterday he found out that he was wrong, and it was precisely because of his 'indulgence' that some of the generals had already accumulated small mistakes and made big mistakes, and if they continued to use them, there was likely to be a problem, so he wanted to know more about the situation and see how deep they had fallen into it......