"Yes, the Southern Song Dynasty was originally rotten, and I didn't have the intention of rescuing, but the Yuan army slaughtered my city, and it was already a sea of blood! Didn't their Yuan Dynasty spend years trying to capture Xiangfan? Then I will try my best to protect Xiangfan, but I will not let them succeed! ”

Zhao Rui actually thought like this!

Xia Guixian on the opposite side, as well as Zhao Gong and other generals heard the next plan from Zhao Rui's mouth for the first time, and they couldn't help but be a little shocked in their hearts, the Yuan army's army of nearly one million, is it really something they can shake?

The current Yuan Dynasty not only invaded the Southern Song Dynasty, but also made achievements in the country in the west, and it was in the limelight for a while.

Seeing that the generals were a little hesitant, Zhao Rui pouted and smiled: "Don't worry, the Tartars are essentially just a group of robbers, who only know how to burn and loot, in my opinion, they are just a group of paper tigers. ”

Everyone nodded yes, and after thinking about it, it is indeed the case, as the rear of the cochin is indeed stable at present, Thang Long has a workshop park, and the production of cloth brings rolling money. Wanya Prefecture is a smelting and manufacturing center, and it is also constantly forging, as well as the shipbuilding industry in Anbang Prefecture, it can be said that over time, Jiaozhi can completely compete with the economic prosperity of the Southern Song Dynasty.

At this time, the reinforcements from various cities were almost there, and even Chen Xuan sent 10,000 troops to support, and also provided a large amount of grain and grass materials.

Now Zhao Rui's own 40,000 troops plus 10,000 Jiaozhi soldiers formed a 50,000 army and marched towards Xiangfan in the east.

This may be the largest number of troops sent by Zhao Rui, and it also means that Zhao Rui is going to make a move against the Yuan Dynasty without reservation.

Because of the time-consuming preparation, the artillery shells from Wanya Prefecture were delivered again, and now Zhao Rui's army has a full 230 mortars, plus 5,000 shells.

In addition, there is a just-completed Mauser gun sent to Zhao Rui for trial, although because of the limitation of ammunition, the caliber is made to 5.56, which may have an impact on distance and power, but Zhao Rui is still very satisfied, and when there is no problem with the use, it can be made in batches, and then it can be equipped with the whole army.

Touching the polished and delicate wooden gun body, Zhao Rui is also full of longing for the future. So Zhao Rui took this gun and waited until he got to the battlefield to try the power.

Everything was ready, Zhao Rui waved his army north, and Xia Guixian talked about the route, and then Xia Gui took the first step to find out the news, for others, Xia Guixian was a general of the Southern Song Dynasty, and he could learn some news that ordinary people could not know.

It's the middle of October, and there are less than three months to go from next year's month, and it will take more than half a month to travel from Pernak Prefecture to Xiangyang, which is enough in terms of time, but will the Yuan army really let itself go north to support so smoothly? Zhao Rui doesn't think so.

Since this trip must not go well, it is better to give the Yuan army a surprise blow!

The first foothold of Zhao Rui's research is Juzhou, which seems to be barren, but it is located in the hinterland of the southwest, compared with the closed Shu land and Dali leading to South Asia and Southeast Asia, the domestic hub position of Juzhou is more obvious, it can be connected to Huguang in the east, and Sichuan and Yunnan can be controlled in the west, which is of great military strategic value.

For Zhao Rui, controlling the Guizhou region is equivalent to having the possibility of attacking the southwest of the entire Chinese territory in all directions.

If Zhao Rui is still entrenched in Jiaozhi, since he wants to compete with the Yuan army now, then Juzhou is the first place that needs to be occupied.

Although there is nothing wrong with the speed of the soldiers, Zhao Rui also wants to take advantage of the Yuan army to fight defenseless, but after all, the scale of the army is now large and there are many baggage, so the speed is generally not ideal.

During this period, the scout team also found that someone was spying on, but there was no way, Zhao Rui also had a natural attitude towards this, and every force in the war would do its best to obtain information.

After walking for three days in a row, when he finally arrived in Juzhou, Zhao Gong came to report, and Zhao Rui was surprised to learn that the team had fallen into a state of water shortage!

"Why, haven't we been walking on the route near the water source?" Zhao Rui asked in surprise.

"Yes, yes before, at that time you said that there were too many mosquitoes, and they were all caused by the river, but since we entered the mountains, we have not found a water source, I thought there was a water source in front, but after walking for a long time, many soldiers' water bottles have dried up, and we have not found a water source."

This is serious, Zhao Rui muttered, if people don't eat, they can still hold on for a few days, but now they are on the march, and if there is no water replenishment for a day, it will be torture for everyone.

"Alright, order the team to rest, and send people around to investigate the water source!"

"Yes, young master!"

Zhao Gong took the order to go, and everyone in the army found a shade to rest, Zhao Rui looked at the soldiers and saw that they felt a little wilted, which should be the impact of the lack of water.

However, Zhao Rui is still not worried about this, as long as animals can be found nearby, then you can find a water source, but just spend more time.

Zhao Rui was bored, holding a Mauser gun, that is, 98K to play, and aiming around in the mountains and forests, but he felt that the *** was too low-end, and he didn't know when he could make a scope for it.

Huh! That's right!

Zhao Rui suddenly thought that the previous *** didn't run out of ammunition, just to use its scope, thinking of this, Zhao Rui rushed into the carriage, and finally found *** in the corner.

Such a large-caliber *** used to be a nightmare for the Yuan army, but now there is no ammunition, and it can only lie quietly in the box.

Fortunately, the buckle position of the scope is controlled by screws, Zhao Rui secretly said thank God, and then stuck the scope above the *** quasi-98k.

The next thing is to adjust the crosshair, what kind of experiment is it better to find one?

Zhao Rui used the fingering method to measure the distance, and was thinking about finding an object of five or six hundred meters to serve as a target, but suddenly a black shadow flashed in the depths of the mountain forest.

Kindness? Who?

Zhao Rui hurriedly put on the 98k to aim, but in the extremely clear field of vision of the scope, he couldn't see anything anymore.

Could it be my hallucination?

Zhao Rui shook his head and blinked, looked at it for a while, but still didn't see anything, thinking that it might be an animal or something.

Thinking of animals, Zhao Rui thought of venison, the roasted venison was so fragrant, with a scope, Zhao Rui was ready to transform this 98k into a light shotgun, so that he could hunt on the march, not only to enjoy the delicious, but also a way to regulate his mood.

After a while, Zhao Gong came to report that he had found a small village to the west with a well.

So what are you waiting for, since there is water, let's go over.

The army went to the village, which was located halfway up the mountain, with nearly a hundred houses, and some cultivated fields around the village.

The arrival of more than 50,000 troops obviously frightened the villagers, and they were afraid to take the exam, and finally an old man from the village stepped forward to answer.

When he heard that Zhao Rui's army did not enter the village, but only needed water, the old man couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, saying that there was a well in the center of the village, which was drilled on a spring, which was very sweet and clear.

But Zhao Rui accidentally discovered a strange situation, so he decided to go to the village to see it in person.

A few steps forward to catch up with the old man's pace, Zhao Rui asked strangely: "Old man, why do I see that the crops in your fields are not harvested when they grow, do they want to rot in the ground?" ”

The old man paused, and then said with some sadness: "Alas, the Tartars are in Juzhou, so close to us, and they often come to harass, and most of the young people in the village are captured by them to work, and our fields can't be harvested!" ”

So that's it......

Zhao Rui and his entourage walked into the village, and sure enough, they found that there were not many villagers, and they were all busy harvesting straw.

Walked to the well that the old man said, and sure enough, as he said, the well water was gurgling out of the well, and it should be a spring.

Living water like this is the safest and safest to drink, Zhao Rui dispelled his worries and immediately ordered someone to fetch water. Then, because there were not enough buckets, he borrowed some wooden barrels of water from the old man.

It was evening, just outside the village to bury the pot to make a meal to rest, today the lack of water consumed a lot of energy, the soldiers got the food and water replenishment after the early camp rest.

Zhao Rui was sleeping in the carriage, and suddenly heard Xiao Yi on the other side tossing and turning, and whispering.

"Xiaoyi, what's wrong, what's uncomfortable?"

"Yes, young master, I'm a little nauseous and dizzy." Xiao Yi's voice was weak.

Zhao Rui stepped forward to check, only to see that Xiaoyi was soft and had no strength, thinking that she was sick, so he lifted the curtain and prepared to find a military doctor to see.

The curtain was lifted, and the cool night breeze was much cooler than in Cochin, and the white moonlight made this small village extraordinarily peaceful and serene......

No, Zhao Rui's ears are amazing, and he has already heard the ** voices of the soldiers around him.

Some people also said something like dizziness and nausea, Zhao Rui thought of a not very good situation, could it be poisoning?

Zhao Rui got out of the car, inquired about the location of the military doctor, and found Lang Zhong, who was not in a good state at this time, and he was taking medicine for himself.

"Lord Wang, it's good...... It seems to be poisoned......"

Zhao Rui was shocked in his heart, how could there be such a coincidence, all the people were poisoned, either there was a problem with the water, or there was a problem with the bucket filled with water!

Zhao Rui didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly rushed out to call people on alert, and at this moment, a little fire lit up in the grass outside the camp.

The soldiers here couldn't get up yet, but the firelight in the grass flew into the air one by one!

"Whoosh ......"

It turned out to be rockets, Zhao Rui ran to the place where the grain and grass were stored, and found that these rockets were coming to this position.

Zhao Rui thought that if this village was an ambush, they would not be able to kill all the soldiers with such a small number of people, so they poisoned it, and then burned the grain and grass, making it difficult for Zhao Rui's army to move an inch.

But they still think simpler!

The rockets flew in the air and landed on the sacks of grain and grass, igniting a raging fire.

Zhao Rui was not in a hurry, and immediately drew a rain charm, and in an instant, the sand flew away, the black clouds pressed the realm, and the raindrops of beans fell intensively.