"The Yuan and Song dynasties have fought for many years, with countless casualties and misery, the so-called heaven has the virtue of a good life, if the Great Khan is willing to collect troops, then the Song Dynasty is willing to pay a lot of gold, silver and cloth!"

The envoy did not say the specific amount, just to probe Borkin's tone, if agreed, the amount of compensation will have to be negotiated later, at least the war may be stopped.

"Hehe, do you Song people think that if you take Fancheng, you have the right to argue with me?"

Borkin's words were gritted and the hatred was still clearly captured by the messenger, and he was about to explain something, but Borkin interrupted him.

"I don't want any money and cloth, your Song Dynasty wants a truce, there is only one point, bring Zhao Rui to me, life or death, as long as others arrive in Dadu, I will immediately order a truce!"

"This ......"

The face of the envoy of the Song Dynasty was full of surprise, isn't the war just to seek benefits, why did Emperor Yuan attach so much importance to Zhao Rui?

But Zhao Rui is not a good person, for many years in the Southern Song Dynasty, only he took Fancheng, and the power of his firearms is not a joke, it seems that he still has force, just ask the entire Southern Song Dynasty, who can have the ability to take him down?

However, the envoy of the Song Dynasty kept in mind the purpose of his trip, and stopping the war was the first priority, not to mention that Borgin wanted Zhao Rui, even if it was the moon in the sky, he would promise to go back and think of a way.

"Yes, the Great Khan's request is reasonable, I will return to discuss, it is estimated that the problem is not big, and I will definitely give the Great Khan a satisfactory answer at that time, I just hope that in between, there will be no more attacks on Xiangyang."

When he mentioned this, Borkin was angry, and said hatefully: "You Song Dynasty have a good plan, I won't attack, you actually let Zhao Rui lose my troops, bastard, you go back and ask Zhao Rui, when did he stop hurting my Yuan army?" ”

"Oops, the Great Khan misunderstood...... the envoy wiped his cold sweat and hurriedly defended: "The military order for the armistice has already been issued, but the words of the Great Khan will not be wrong, that Zhao Rui doesn't know what kind of ambitious leopard guts he has eaten, and he actually clearly disobeyed the military orders of the imperial court, Great Khan, you can rest assured, I will immediately pay attention to the imperial court after I go back, and deal with Zhao Rui strictly!" ”

"Humph! You'd better not lie to me! ”

Borkin pointed to the envoy's face and said: "I can write down your appearance, if Zhao Rui doesn't solve the problem and you come to me again, I won't listen to your nonsense, and directly skin you and feed the dog!" ”

"Yes, yes! I'll do it when I get back......"

The messenger was terrified and hurriedly agreed.

Thinking that next time he can't keep it or come to Dadu by himself, that Zhao Rui doesn't know what's going on, and he does something that is contrary to the decision of the imperial court, if he still insists on going his own way, maybe he will be killed by him next time! It seems that this matter has become a top priority, and taking Zhao Rui is the key to the truce!

This visit to the Great Khan went well, and the envoy quickly stepped up and returned to Lin'an ahead of schedule.

At this time, it was already the month of Layue, and Lin'an City gradually had some New Year's flavor, and there were more vendors in the market, and some red paper door gods were selling very well.

The envoy went to meet Jia Yidao first, because Jia Yidao didn't have anything important to do, but the major matters of the war between the two countries still had to invite the Taishi to be present, after all, he was the first person to assist the government.

Jia Yidao's house was hung with a quilt at the door, and inside was a charcoal stove, which was so warm that people wanted to sleep, and as soon as the messenger entered the door, he saw a group of miscellaneous people fighting crickets in the inner room.

Jia Yidao saw that the messenger was coming, and surprisingly did not linger, but went out to find another room and asked the messenger to explain the details.

"Are you saying that Borkin wants to be Zhao Rui, whether he lives or dies?"

After hearing this, Jia Yidao also understood the seriousness of the matter, and immediately gave an order, preparing to discuss the matter in the court the next day.

At this time, Zhao Rui still didn't know anything about the imperial court, and as the ammunition became less and less, he looked forward to Zhao Gong's return soon.

After he came back, not only was the most effective **** medicine supplemented, but what made Zhao Rui even more fascinated was the Mauser gun.

It can be said that Zhao Rui is very uncomfortable because of the limitation of the number of muskets, and the 30,000 soldiers brought this time only have 5,000 rifles, so it is naturally no problem to deal with ordinary small forces, but for a behemoth like the Yuan Dynasty, it is too stretched.

As long as the Mauser gun can equip the troops in large quantities, then Zhao Rui's previous worries no longer exist, and it will be over just starting to fight, even if the Mauser gun can only hold five bullets, and the bolt must be pulled every time, but so what, for the ancients of cold weapons, it is still completely suppressed!

Zhao Rui tried his best to consume the troops of the Yuan Dynasty, on the one hand, he was still supplying materials to Xiangyang, which can be said to have contributed a lot, but it was inevitable that he would be criticized in the court.

On this day, Jia Yidao came, and Zhao Yuan, who was full of alcohol, was also dragged here, and the ministers also arrived at the most days.

Jia Yidao first asked the envoy to explain the detailed situation, and he did not express any opinions first, but let everyone discuss it first.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were a little speechless when they heard such a discussion and conditions, originally their generals couldn't beat the Yuan army and couldn't take Fancheng, but now that Zhao Rui has done it, doesn't it mean that his strength is stronger than the Yuan army.

So, who can match the military generals of the entire Song Dynasty?

If you can't do it on the surface, then play yin, this is a good time for Wenchen in the Southern Song Dynasty to show his scheming.

For a while, he came up with ideas, and finally set up a Hongmen banquet for Zhao Rui, which was the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet in the palace.

Originally, the palace did not have this rule, and everyone in the Chinese New Year's Eve had to go home, so the banquet was ordered on the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, and the letter only said that Zhao Rui had meritorious service in guarding and asked him to come to the banquet.

As long as Zhao Rui's people come, no matter what means are used, Jia Yidao still has some confidence to leave him behind, after all, there are still some methods in the palace......

The letter was quickly passed to Zhao Rui, and it happened that Zhao Rui had been busy with the war recently and it was rare to relax, the most important thing was that Zhao Rui wanted to ask Jia Yidao in person, did the construction of Fancheng really care about the imperial court at all?

Now the progress of the project is very fast, with the help of cement, the city wall is stronger and more reliable, but there is no steel bar, if there is, Zhao Rui may design the city wall to be taller.

As for Fan Wenhu's cement production team of more than 100 people, it is also hard work, Zhao Rui has time to go and see it, they not only have to burn cement, but even dig clay gypsum and other things.

I thought that the process of crushing cement relied on manpower, and the dust was large, so everyone was dirty, and they no longer looked like the guards of any official family, even Fan Wenhu himself lost weight twice, his big belly was gone, and he was also working dirty all day long.

Because the Spring Festival is approaching, Fan Wenhu is also looking at Zhao Rui intentionally or unintentionally, hoping to let him go home, but Zhao Rui doesn't care at all, he loses weight and loses three highs, so he wants to go back, isn't it too cheap for him, and besides, the war can't be separated from the New Year, there is really no need to release people.

The official who sent the letter to Zhao Rui sent a letter, and it happened that he still had Fan Wenhu's letter in his hand, but he couldn't find anyone, but he was also attracted by the city wall built by Fancheng, and said goodbye to Zhao Rui and looked at the new towering city wall alone.

Hearing that this was a cement wall, some gray powder would become extremely hard when exposed to water, and the official was more interested, so he went to the cement production site.

In this way, he discovered the greatly changed Fan Wenhu, the previous image of the high-ranking military attache is no longer there, and he looks just a dirty man.

He really didn't know why Fan Wenhu had fallen to this point, because there were musketeers around him, so this official just secretly folded the letter, put it in Fan Wengo's hands, and then hurriedly walked away.

When Fan Wenhu received the letter in his hand, it was like a lifesaver for him, so he hurriedly stuffed it into his arms while people were not paying attention, and waited for the evening before he dared to take it out to check it.

After reading it, it was just an invitation to the banquet, and it was really nothing, but that day, all the civil and military officials would participate, which was what Fan Wenhu was interested in, as long as he could appear at the banquet and expose the fact that Zhao Rui had disobeyed the military orders of the imperial court on the spot, then Zhao Rui would be arrested immediately.

No matter how powerful he is, can he still be the enemy of the whole country?

A perfect escape plan is also becoming clearer and clearer in Fan Wenhu's mind, just waiting for the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month!

After a few days, Zhao Gong, who Zhao Rui had been looking forward to day and night, finally came back.

But the number of horse-drawn carriages reached hundreds, which is really amazing.

Zhao Rui looked at Zhao Gong's beaming expression, and knew that this time the matter should be done well, Zhao Gong brought another 20,000 soldiers, and at the same time a large number of supplies.

Zhao Rui took over the list of materials, and saw that most of the things needed on it were there, bullets, shells, and the hands that let Wanyazhou step up the research and development were also made, and what interested Zhao Rui the most was the Mauser gun, which reached 20,000, thinking that it must be what kind of machine tool parts Wei Lu made, otherwise there would be absolutely no such production speed.

At the same time, Zhao Rui's heart was also greatly relieved, if he had a Mauser gun, he would not be afraid of the number of the Yuan army, no matter how many people there were, in the end he would just become a ghost under the gun.

Zhao Rui found a handful and conducted a test shot, and felt that it seemed to be better than the previous sample, both the accuracy of the front sight and the design distance had improved.

With the replenishment of ammunition, Zhao Rui distributed all the Mauser guns, one for two, and practiced in rotation to increase the soldiers' adaptability to this long rifle.

The entire Southern Song Dynasty was preparing for the New Year, but in Fancheng, Zhao Rui was still training his soldiers.

This practice was practiced until the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, Zhao Rui let Zhao Gong watch at home alone, and he took Xiaoyi to the banquet.

During this time, Zhao Rui has been busy with the war, often seeing no one during the day, and coming back at night so sleepy that he can't say a few words and sleeps, Xiao Yi has also seen the young master's hard work these days, there is no other way, but to arrange Zhao Rui properly in terms of food and clothing, which can be regarded as a kind of support.

After eating the breakfast made by Xiaoyi, Zhao Rui felt full of energy, feeling the oncoming breeze on the carriage, feeling that it was time to relax himself, and it would always make people feel uncomfortable after being nervous for a long time.