Xiangyang, the capital of the lake, is in the city.

After Jia Yidao took office, he sent Xingyuan over at the first time.

The importance of Xiangyang, Jia Rudao is very clear, here next to the Han River, and Fancheng across the river, the two cities depend on each other, each other is a barrier, like two close comrades-in-arms, firmly locked in the north, south, east and west of the Jianghan to rush.

Meng Heng managed this place very heavily, the granaries in the two cities were piled up into mountains, with no less than 100,000 soldiers, unbreakable, as far as possible to enter Henan and retreat to protect Jiangnan, it was an extremely important fortress and military city in the Great Song Dynasty to resist the enemy in the north.

Jia Rudao guards here, and he has a lot of responsibility, so he is very attentive.

After all, for him, whether he can go further and return to the center in the future is very important to Jinghu's achievements.

Similarly, he also attaches great importance to the movement of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Jinghu controls the Yangtze River, and if there is a mistake in the upstream, Jinghu is very passive.

So when the news from Sichuan was handed to him, his mood was very complicated.

A feeling of joy with an infinite sour taste made him sit still.

So he simply got up from his chair, took the piece of paper, walked around the house, and finally stood in front of the window, and froze.

Outside the window, the spring light is brilliant, a small tree happens to stand in front of the window, and the new buds on the branches are growing vigorously, green like the skirt of the girl wearing a bikara, bright and beautiful.

The paper is the best Sichuan Saiwenkui, the customary paper of official documents in the imperial court, with ink on it and a lot of words written. In detailed language, it depicts the great victory of western Sichuan to recover Longqing Mansion and rebuild Jianmen Pass.

Jia Rudao can fully imagine the monstrous celebration and tide of praise that this letter can set off after it is delivered to various places and in Beijing.

The Great Song Dynasty has been weak for many years, and under the ravages of strong enemies in the north, it has not received good news for a long time.

"Humph!" Jia Rudao looked at the paper again and again, and finally a voice came out of his nostrils: "If you win a small victory, you will talk about it, and you will not be able to jump on the stage!" ”

He said this in his mouth, but he was very honest in his heart, and he was a little panicked.

was robbed of the opportunity, how did he not panic.

He has been here for more than half a year, except for building a lot of peripheral forts outside Fancheng, there are no other achievements, and there are no bright spots in the report, so I am really embarrassed to compare with others.

Things have become like this, all because Meng Hui is too good, he has managed the land of Jingxiang foolproofly, what can latecomers do except tinker on his foundation?

Unless we thoroughly mobilize our forces, exert all our strength, send troops to the north, and take back the territory of Henan, it can be called a shining feat.

But how dare Jia Yidao?

Not to mention whether he was willing to do this or not, when he took office and left Beijing, Li Zong and the two Zaipu talked to him in person, and between the words, the intention of asking him not to use troops and stick to Jingguan was very clear.

The imperial court must keep peace, the rare peace, don't destroy it, everyone live a good life, the Northern Expedition, and then talk about it when there is a chance in the future.

This is what it means, does Jia Rudao dare to follow in the footsteps of Meng Heng and move the mind of the Northern Expedition? Naturally, it can't.

Originally, he guarded Xiangyang well, and after waiting for a few years, his wife entered Beijing to take over, and became a Pingzhang or privy deputy envoy, and his qualifications went up, and then he figured out the position of the slaughterhouse, and this life was complete.

Jia Yidao and some of the bigwigs behind him all planned it this way. The north can't afford to go south, everyone will be full of officials and make a fortune, how good, why bother to wade into a deep pool of troubled water?

However, Jia seems to be reluctant to go, and now someone has visited.

That Wang Kui in Sichuan, this birdman, doesn't he have anything to do?

Jia Rudao gritted his teeth, clumped the piece of paper into a ball, threw it out of the window angrily, smashed it into the small tree, and swayed, and an unknown bird parked on the branch was alarmed and flew into the sky with its wings.

Looking at the bird, Jia seemed to be angry and his face was full of anger.

Wang Kui is not according to the rules, Jinghu to Lianghuai, many systems to appease the envoys, everyone stayed quietly and still, just you, the first bird, to do things, and won a battle, recovering the lost ground, isn't this a sudden comparison of colleagues? What does this do to others?

Jia Rudao walked around the room in annoyance, sat down on the chair, and pondered.

No, Wang Kui came out, whether it was against the will of the bigwigs in the DPRK and China, winning the battle was a fact, and no one could erase it, this achievement could not be escaped. No matter how reluctant the Privy Council and the Levant are, they must also add him to the rank of knight, otherwise public opinion will make them unable to step down.

In this way, the situation changes.

Wang Kui and Jia Nidao are both average ages, Wang Kui may be a few years older, but after all, they are a generation, Wang Kui took the lead, and Jia Nidao was a whip, and he was whipped on Jia Nidao's buttocks, so that he had to think about how to make some merits.

Military merit, you have to fight.

After sitting for a while, Jia Rudao suddenly got up and shouted outward: "Someone! It is rumored that all the battalions are under control, and the officials above the prefect will meet in Xingyuan three days later, I have something important! ”

……

Jia seems to be pondering in Xiangyang, and Wang Kui and Changsun Hong in Sichuan will naturally not know, they are very busy.

The Mongol soldiers of Longqing Mansion were exterminated, and the Chengdu Plain changed from a dangerous situation to a safe and secure pillow in one day, and the barrier in the middle of the river returned to the hands of the Song army.

Wang Kui rushed over on the third day after Changsun Hong took Longqing Mansion.

The two met at the former site of Jianmen Pass, where Changsun Hong had mobilized all the troops under his command to rebuild the gate.

The most important thing in the mountains is the stones, which are cut down and transported to the construction site, and the stonemasons from all over the country carefully smear the mortar mixed with glutinous rice on the stones, and build them into a regulated shape, layer by layer.

The eldest grandson Hong rolled up his sleeves and went into battle in person, carrying stones up the building, sweating profusely.

When Wang Kui saw him, he was like this.

"You are the master of an army, how can you do this?" Wang Kui sat on a stone in the construction site of the Guanlou, looked around, and said with a slight reproach: "Strategic planning is your main business, but you can't do a small thing and waste the right way!" ”

"It's okay, everything is arranged. Anyway, it's idle to be idle, it's better to help, and it can also make Guan Lou stand up as soon as possible, time is very tight. The eldest grandson smiled, grabbed the crockpot and poured a stomach full of water.

Wang Kui looked at him and had no choice but to say: "Let it be, I have brought some people and craftsmen who can help you." ”

"That's a good idea." Changsun Hong wiped his sweat: "But compared to the craftsman, did you still bring good things?" ”

"That's natural, otherwise I'd be embarrassed to see you empty-handed." Wang Kui laughed and patted a wooden box beside him: "This is what you want, but be careful when you look at it later, this thing is very dangerous, if you collide slightly, it will explode." ”

(End of chapter)