The sky was getting darker and darker, and the fire on the bridge was even brighter.

Zhao Rui's psychology became a little calm at this moment, like the fireworks that tore through the night, burning all the time, releasing all his brilliance.

If he is a military general of the Southern Song Dynasty, how difficult would it be to rescue Xia Fancheng?

Let's put aside the institutional concept of light military force in the Southern Song Dynasty, the current Fancheng is a dead city, and there are really not enough troops to fill it, if Zhao Rui has no muskets, no mortars, and kills more than 100,000 Tartars today, then how many people will he lose?

Fifty thousand? Eighty thousand? It is possible, and perhaps the number of casualties will far exceed that of the Yuan Dynasty.

Now that God has brought himself over, and there is a back door to bring modern technical information, this is already considered that God treats himself well, Zhao Rui really shouldn't be dissatisfied.

Now the only thing that makes Zhao Rui remember is the people of Xiangyang, those ancients who feel that they are peaceful and prosperous when they have enough to eat, and they suffer a tragic death in vain, which is the most unacceptable thing for Zhao Rui.

As for the confrontation against the Yuan Dynasty, whether it is to vent his anger or to organize them to kill innocents indiscriminately, as long as he does his best, he can be regarded as having a clear conscience.

"Young Master, what should I do?"

Zhao Gong has also been affected by some anxiety by Zhao Rui's side recently, and asked with a frown: "Now that the materials can't be delivered, maybe it's true that as Liu Zheng said, Xiangyang can't hold on for long." ”

Zhao Gong has been getting information, Zhao Rui knew that what he said was true, but said lightly: "It's okay, I will have a way to transport supplies, but the most important thing at the moment is that you have to go back." ”

Zhao Gong knew that he was going to return to Jiaozhi, and listened carefully to Zhao Rui's instructions.

"After returning to Jiaozhi, in addition to the basic defense force, mobilize all the troops and go to Wanya Prefecture to bring back the newly developed Mauser gun and hand **, including rifle ammunition, as well as the **** medicine made by Weilu in the early stage."

"Yes!" Zhao Gong understood that the young master was going to make a desperate bet.

Zhao Rui has seen this war very thoroughly, and knows that Xiangfan is the key between life and death in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the city that has experienced many years of war before will never be easily taken because of the appearance of his musketeers and mortars.

There are more, even several times the Yuan army in Xiangyang, which is stationed and besieged, and wants to rescue Xiangyang in a short time, even with Zhao Rui's current strength, it can only be regarded as a fool's dream.

Therefore, Zhao Rui is ready for a tug-of-war.

As long as Wanya Prefecture's munitions are still being produced, he may wait until the day when he has enough force to defeat the Yuan army.

All this is very practical, although Zhao Rui still has a room of gold, but Zhao Rui himself really does not rely on these to maintain the production of arms, but the textile workshop that is constantly being built.

With the continuous manufacture and improvement of the steam engine in Wanyazhou, there are more and more machines that can be supplied to Jiaozhi, which makes the production speed of cloth continue to accelerate, and it has already broken through the imaginary limit of this era.

And now the overall situation is very favorable to Zhao Rui, it is a good time to carry out a tug-of-war, on the one hand, Arjuna will strike at the city, and on the other hand, Sheliwei will capture Dali, so that both the north and the south can be said to be worry-free in a short time.

And Angkor in the west even regarded Zhao Rui as a dragon god, and naturally obeyed what Zhao Rui said, plus the fabric woven by Jiaozhi was much better than that of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the price was low, so the sales in Angkor were also huge.

There is also a military order to be sent to Anbang Prefecture by Zhao Gong again, and now it is estimated that their second large warship should also be made, and then counting some small ships, they can also form a small-scale fleet, if they put mortars again, then the power and flexibility will be greatly enhanced, and it will definitely be much stronger than the current water military ships of the Yuan Dynasty.

Therefore, Zhao Rui's meaning was to order Jiao Xian, the commander of the navy, to take the warships and the newly trained navy to the north along the sea until the Yangtze River entered, so that all the way to the Han River, the Yuan Dynasty's navy could be effectively contained, and at the same time, the Yuan army could be prevented from using the waterway to threaten the hinterland of the Southern Song Dynasty.

At this time, Zhao Rui's strength had completely scared the Yuan army, although they tried their best not to admit it, but they arranged a lot of arrow towers and trenches along the river, which was enough to prove that they were guarding against Zhao Rui day and night.

Their Yuan army is also making a good plan, anyway, the Yuan army can't compete with firearms, so they can't afford to hide, so they want to use the sweat across the river to completely block Zhao Rui's offensive.

A day passed, two days passed, Zhao Rui had no intention of attacking at all, but he was rebuilding the wall of Fancheng, which made the Yuan army feel a lot more relieved, they didn't know that Zhao Rui was short of ammunition, only when he was afraid of the number of Yuan troops on the other side, he didn't dare to attack.

Through Li Tingzhi, Zhao Rui sent a letter to the imperial court to rebuild the wall of Fancheng, which was originally the work of the imperial court, and Zhao Rui just took the lead with reference to reasonable planning.

But the current court has put the matter of repairing the city behind, if nothing else, because Zhao Rui's current achievements are too great.

After the siege of Xiangfan was like an iron bucket, not to mention that the difficulties were solved, the Southern Song Dynasty troops could not even send supplies, and Zhao Rui now used his own troops to take Fancheng, which undoubtedly gave the stormy Southern Song Dynasty a shot in the arm.

The ministers who were still in trouble before were also in good spirits, but no one thought about how to help Zhao Rui, they just shouted in the court and thought about how to restrain Zhao Rui.

Zhao Rui, who was far away in Fancheng, naturally didn't know this, but just lamented the inefficiency of the Southern Song Dynasty court, and at the same time, Zhao Rui had been observing for the past two days to see if he could find any loopholes in the Yuan army besieging Xiangyang.

But after a few days, Zhao Rui obviously found that what Liu Zheng said at the beginning was right, and now Xiangyang really can't even fly into it.

Since it can't be effectively attacked, let's consume it, but before that, Zhao Rui needs to see someone, and this person's opinion may be crucial for Xiangyang City.

The recapture of Fancheng is undoubtedly great news for Lu Wenhuan, the defender of Xiangyang City, and with Fancheng, Xiangyang is no longer like a rootless duckweed without any expectations.

But Lu Wenhuan was immediately overwhelmed by the chaos in the city, if nothing else, the supplies were too short, and the shortage was so short that the officers and soldiers could not even eat, not to mention the common people, and now the bark and grass roots in Xiangyang City have become rare.

At this time, the deputy general reported at the door, saying that someone was looking for him.

Lu Wenhuan understood that it must be the envoy of the Yuan Dynasty who was looking for him at this time, and their so-called ultimatum before, at the moment when Fancheng was recaptured, even if it was their envoy's own broken promise.

"Well, did anyone pay for the food?"

Lu Wenhuan asked, this is a strange trick he came up with, he himself was impatient by the envoy of the Yuan Dynasty, since the envoy came to persuade him to surrender over and over again, so Lu Wenhuan ordered them to let the envoy enter the city, they need to bring four stones of food, otherwise they will not enter the city.

The Yuan Dynasty knew that this was Lu Wenhuan's way to find food, but he had to do it, after all, the siege of the city required dead and wounded manpower, which was much more valuable than a little bit of food, and a few stones of grain could not change the final battle situation, so the Yuan Dynasty also agreed to Lu Wenhuan's decision.

But the deputy general said with some embarrassment: "Lord Lu, the person who came is not a messenger of the Yuan Dynasty, but a Song person, who says that his name is Zhao Rui." ”

"What!"

Lu Wenhuan was shocked, this person should not appear in Xiangyang City now, it is estimated that the deputy general has the same idea, now the three layers in Xiangyang City and the outer three layers are all Yuan Army, how can he be a person in Fancheng easily, could it be that he flew in?

Not to mention, Zhao Rui really flew in, taking advantage of the haze in the sky, he flew high into Xiangyang City, and there was really no trace of anyone.

For the sake of prudence, Lu Wenhuan was afraid that someone would deliberately assassinate him, so he called a large number of confidants and generals to stay by his side, so he called the deputy general to lead people.

The person who came was only two decades old, the dragon spirit and the tiger were fierce, and everyone was on guard at a glance, what kind of prince is this, it is estimated that the word assassin is written on his face.

At that moment, a military general asked for orders to kill this assassin pretending to be the prince, and Zhao Rui said with tears and laughter on the side: "Don't make trouble, I'm really Zhao Rui, I'm here to bring you food." ”

As soon as he heard the food, Lu Wenhuan's eyes lit up, but he said suspiciously: "Look at your appearance, where is the food?" ”

"Right at the door." Zhao Rui said casually.

The adjutant stepped forward at this time and reported: "Indeed, when this man came, he brought a large iron box. ”

"Tin box, go, go out and have a look!"

Lu Wenhuan glanced at Zhao Rui and walked out first, and the generals around him were still putting on a posture to guard against Zhao Rui, afraid that he would hurt people violently.

Zhao Rui smiled faintly and walked out at the end.

"What tin box, where is it?"

Lu Wenhuan looked left and right as he spoke, but he didn't see the expected box at all.

"My lord, it's on your left." The adjutant deliberately reminded.

Ooh!

Lu Wenhuan noticed that there was an iron box on the side of the house that was taller than a person, painted with white paint, and it was not particularly eye-catching when pasted on the wall of the same color, of course, the main thing was because Lu Wenhuan couldn't imagine how there could be such a big iron box.

This box is a container stuffed in Zhao Rui's carriage, and Zhao Rui temporarily pulled it out for use in order to facilitate delivery to Xiangyang.

When Zhao Rui opened the container, what caught everyone's eyes was bags of sacks.

Zhao Rui introduced: "There is rice, salt, and some herbs......"

Lu Wenhuan was excited, and without waiting for Zhao Rui to finish speaking, he ran forward, found a small cut in the corner of a sack, and sure enough, it was Bai Jingjing's rice.

"Great, it's really rice, so much rice is enough for Xiangyang to slow down for a few days!"

The official said this and this in the back, and Lu Wenhuan couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart.

"Xiaguan see the prince!" Lu Wenhuan knelt down first and said.