The city was lost under the onslaught of the Song army in one day, which greatly exceeded the imagination of Tuhuan and others, which not only included the previously defeated Batu and other generals, but also included Ma Shao who was stranded in the city, no one thought that the Song army could counterattack and defeat them in the field battle, and it was still unstoppable in the case of their own defense of the city. In particular, they were deeply impressed by the continuous and invincible artillery fire, and the whole city was in a panic.

The combat effectiveness of the Song army once again refreshed Tuhuan's previous understanding, and he had always thought that the reason why the Song army lost repeatedly was because of the strength of the Song army's navy, which made it impossible for them to cross the strait, allowing them to survive by chance. Although the scale of the battle was not large, it can be seen that they fought in an orderly manner from building bridges to covering the attack with artillery fire to destroying their trebuchets, showing their well-trained and superb skills and tactics.

But Tuhuan is still lucky, after all, the city is a hastily piled earth city, and it is not strong. And the troops defending the city are also temporarily formed from the private soldiers who are signed from the wealthy families in the city, they usually take care of the family and the hospital, and they are good at fighting alone, but the army not only pays attention to bravery, but also has a tacit understanding with each other. However, these private soldiers were formed for a very short time, and in the past, they were not subordinate to each other, they did not know each other, and they were not trained, so they could not talk about tacit cooperation at all.

As for Ding Zhuang, who was requisitioned, Tuhuan had long understood that it was delusional to expect a group of rabble to be able to kill people with knives for the first time. In addition to being a coolie, at best, it is just standing on the feet and cheering, and the scene is strong. Therefore, the casualties of the Mongol army, which was the main force defending the city, only appeared in the counterattack battle, and the casualties were not large, and more private soldiers and Ding Zhuang died.

In his heart, these people are not only cannon fodder, but also always enemies, even those wealthy and wealthy businessmen who bow down to themselves are no exception. At the beginning, they rebelled against the Song Dynasty and surrendered to the Yuan, and when they were at a disadvantage, they would also rebel against the Yuan and surrender to the Song Dynasty, as long as they used the hands of the Song army to remove their minions, even if they had the heart to surrender, there was no help, and they could easily suppress them with the army in their hands.

However, the combat effectiveness shown by the Song army still made Tuhuan cowardly, and they occupied the city, and they had to face the fierce artillery fire of the Song army. Even the seemingly solid city walls made the fear unstoppable, and the Song army shot a letter to persuade him to surrender after capturing the city, so he encouraged Ma Shao to go out of the city to negotiate peace, delay the Song army's siege time, and wait for the situation to turn around. He still believed that the emperor's brother would not abandon himself and would definitely send troops to help, because it was not a decent thing for a dignified prince to be captured or killed, and the emperor's brother with a good face could not afford to lose this person.

After this period of contact, and looking at what he did, how Marsho still doesn't know who Tuohuan is. He used himself to usurp the military and political power in Yangzhou City, and it can be said that he turned this place into his private land. It was only then that he woke up, and he never gave up the idea of regaining the throne, nor was he willing to be a free king for a lifetime, and still fantasized about restoring his former glory and being a real king of the town.

As for whether Tuhuan harbored the intention of usurping the throne, Ma Shao did not know. However, it can be concluded that this time it completed the integration of the military strength of Yangzhou City by besieging the city, and held an army of tens of thousands of people. If Yuxi Timur is defeated, he will be the most powerful prince in the Lianghuai region, as long as the city is not lost, he can use this to blackmail the imperial court and the Great Khan, and become the king of Zhennan who guards the north of the Yellow River.

It's a pity that Ma Shao woke up too late and was powerless to change the current situation, and even he himself was caught up in it and became his accomplice. And it was not his reluctance to go out of the city to negotiate peace, but Tuhuan persuaded him with 'great righteousness', asking him to think about the soldiers and civilians in the city, endure humiliation and bear the burden of dealing with the enemy. This reason made Ma Shao unable to justify, so he could only sacrifice his reputation to achieve the overall situation, accepted this humiliating task, and went to the Song army camp to beg for peace.

"Team Zheng, let's hurry up, or we won't be able to drink Laba porridge!"

"Laba porridge?!" The words of the Song Army scout, who was leading the way, made Ma Shao, who was sullen all the way, can't help but prick up his ears.

"Yours are indispensable, even if it's too late, the fire army will keep a share!" The team said with a smile.

"Team Zheng, let's hurry up, you can only eat once a year! Think about the addition of walnut kernels, pine nut kernels, lotus seeds, red dates, longan meat, and lychee meat to Laba porridge, and I drool when I think about it. The little soldier licked his lips and said with a look of intoxication.

"Zhang Pu, adding these things is Jiankang's way of eating, sweet and greasy. Our Laba porridge in Lin'an is added with mushrooms, water chestnuts, walnuts, pine nuts, seeds, red dates, chestnuts, and fungus, which is called delicious. The other scout scoffed.

"Hu Qing, if you don't want to eat sweet, you can eat salty, and green vegetables and cooked oil will be added to it." Zhang Pu sneered.

"The salty way of eating is the Central Plains people, and it is even more unpalatable!" Hu Qing shook his head and said.

"Drinking laba porridge in the palace has always been salty, in order to show that it does not forget the meaning of the homeland." Zhang Pu said, and suddenly looked at the team, "It's bad, if that's the case, I'm afraid that our imperial camp will also be replaced with salty porridge!" ”

"Wouldn't it? On that day, I saw that a grain boat on the canal was carrying red dates and chestnuts, which must have been used to make porridge. Hu Qing couldn't help but be a little vague when he heard it.

"What two rookie eggs?!" The team listened to their conversation and said with a smile, "Don't worry about it, the guards will make a variety of flavors of porridge over the years, and only Your Majesty eats salty porridge!" ”

"Dare to ask a few little brothers, do you want to eat laba porridge in your army today?" Marsho listened to the conversation between several people in an interesting way, and Tima stepped over his guard and asked.

"Envoy Ma, not only the whole army eats, even the husbands who accompany the army are the same, our emperor will never favor one over the other. Aren't you there? The team turned his face to see the envoy of Meng Yuan, and replied with a slight salute on the horse, and did not discriminate because the two sides were fighting, and of course did not flatter him because he was a high-ranking official.

"Same, same!" Ma Shao was stunned and replied with a smile, but the smile was a little reluctant. After the loss of Jiacheng, the city was paid daily, and he knew that Tuhuan was worried that someone would take advantage, after all, someone would die in battle every day, and it would be possible to cheapen those dead. So not to mention that it is difficult to gather the materials needed to make porridge, it is a problem whether you can eat enough. But in order to save face, he could only slap his swollen face, but he also knew that the Song army was known as a siege of 100,000 troops, and only the daily food required was massive, and it was very difficult to supply it, and he still couldn't believe that the whole army drank Laba porridge.

"I have heard that Yangzhou City is a northern city in the north of the Yangtze River, and it has always been rich, and it seems to be worthy of its reputation!" Team Zheng nodded.

"Huh!" Ma Shao laughed dryly twice with a little embarrassment and said, "Let's go faster, so as not to go back late and delay a few little brothers to drink porridge." ”

"The envoy Ma is too careful, the laba porridge is enough, only all kinds of beans and dried fruits have been sent to hundreds of boats, the material is enough and delicious, the envoy Ma can also taste it, and we are full there." Team Zheng said with a smile.

"With such a large amount, I'm afraid it was already prepared when we crossed the river, right?" According to Ma Shao's thoughts, 100,000 people drank porridge and were full, and it would take a long time to purchase and prepare these materials, so it seems that the Song army had already prepared for a long-term siege of Yangzhou when it invaded Yangzhou, which was a bit strange.

"Where it takes that long, three days is enough. Although our army is currently in Jiangbei, we can eat the vegetables and vegetables harvested yesterday in Jiangnan! The team was waving their hands.

"Oh, it's a day!" Marsho said with some surprise. He didn't expect that the logistics support of the Southern Dynasty was so perfect, although the two places were only separated by a Yangtze River, but such a fast speed of material delivery was also unbelievable. Thinking that if they went north along the canal in this way, the speed would be faster than riding horses, and they would be able to cross the Yellow River in a few days, so that Yangzhou would be unable to stop the footsteps of the Song army's northern expedition, and his mood could not help but become heavy again, and he had no interest in continuing to speak.

"Envoy Ma, let's go into the camp first to report!" In silence, the group arrived at the gate of the camp, and the team was holding the horse and said.

"I came to visit the emperor of the Southern Dynasty this time, and I prepared some small gifts, and I took the trouble to present the gift list on my behalf!" Ma Shao also dismounted and ordered Zhang Ting, who was accompanying him, to give the gift list and stuff a few gold leaves into the hands of the team leader.

"Thank you for the good intentions of the envoys, it is our duty to send the gift list, please take back this bribe!" The team was taking the gift list, but returned the gold leaf handed by Zhang Ting, and the color was authentic.

"This ......" It is common for Mengyuan to bribe men and errands, but it makes people feel uneasy if they don't accept it, Zhang Ting looked at Ma Shao and said in embarrassment.

"Don't dislike the courtesy, a few little brothers have worked hard all the way, buy a glass of wine to drink!" In Ma Shao's eyes, a small team can be described as a sesame petty official, and he can't get into the eye at all, but at the moment people have to bow their heads under the eaves. Thinking that Tuhuan had said that the little emperor was the most greedy for money, then his subordinates must be the same, thinking that he was disgusted with courtesy, and untied a piece of jade pendant hanging from his waist and handed it over.

"Is the envoy trying to kill us? Accepting bribes from the enemy in our army is a capital offense! The team not only did not answer, but also took a step back and said sharply.

"Oh...... It's the official who is reckless! Repeatedly rejected by a small soldier, Ma Shao's old face turned red, and he arched his hands in embarrassment. The team raised their hands and saluted, turned and led the horses away.

"Youcheng, these soldiers seem to be right, there is a sweet smell here, and the army is boiling laba porridge. In this way, they have enough food and grass, and they will not retreat because they run out of food! Zhang Ting sniffled, his face solemn and authentic.