Zhang Xian and Jiang Yongcheng accompanied Lu Wenhuan to drink for three rounds, and after the five flavors of the dish, Lu Wenhuan looked at Zhang Xian and Jiang Yongcheng, thinking that he should also ask for some dry goods, Lu Wenhuan finally began to get to the point and said:

"The two little brothers are both dragons and phoenixes among people, and Ben will tell the truth. Since the general has been stationed in Junzhou and guarded Xiangyang, now the Tartar Koubian, eight or nine times out of ten will start from this Junzhou City, although Junzhou also has a city, but relatively speaking, the Junzhou City is low, it is difficult to form a countermeasure against the Tartars, and can only threaten the Tartar cavalry and logistics supplies. The current situation is that as long as the Tartar cavalry is on the side, they will burn and loot around Junzhou, and then withdraw immediately, our army can defend the city, but the cavalry field battle is not good, so we can only watch the Tartar cavalry swagger away! If the Tartar cavalry goes deep alone, our Great Song army can still intercept in sections, cut off the Tartars' retreat and supplies, so the Tartars do not dare to be too arrogant, so the enemy and us have now formed a stalemate situation, I don't know the two little brothers, but there is any good way to break the stalemate? . ”

This time, Lu Wenhuan and Zhang Xian looked at Jiang Yongcheng in unison, not that the two of them had a good heart, but mainly because Jiang Yongnai was a family member of the ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, and he had to pay attention to the experience of military deployment, after all, there may be courtiers who have their views on the situation, which has imperceptibly affected their families, so Lu Wenhuan and Zhang Xian both want to hear Jiang Yongcheng's views first.

Jiang Yongcheng saw that Lu Wenhuan and Zhang Xian both looked like good students, looked at himself seriously, and his heart fluttered inadvertently, and it was always a happy thing to be valued and respected. So Jiang Yongcheng said:

"General Lu and his junior brother are going to be ugly, in the army, the lower officials don't engage in the hypocrisy and politeness of the literati, so let's talk about my own opinion directly, even if it is a brick and a jade!"

Lu Wenhuan smiled and said:

"Although Little Brother Jiang is outspoken, what he likes is a straightforward gentleman, but it doesn't hurt to say it!"

Jiang Yongcheng clasped his fists at Lu Wenhuan and Zhang Xian, stood up, and said:

Although Xia Guan had just dropped his books and asked his grandfather for this food and salary official chore, it was not a whim, but he was worried about the ruin of the country and the death of the family, and thought that he should do something for the country and the court. Some time ago, from the emperor to the courtiers, they were all talking about this important place in Xiangyang, in fact, everyone knows that Xiangyang is the gateway of my Great Song Dynasty. However, the opinions of the ministers of the DPRK and China on how to pass through Xiangyang were divided into two factions. One faction is dominated by my grandfather, advocating sticking to Xiangyang and pouring the country's financial resources to consolidate the city defense of Xiangyang, as long as Xiangyang is not lost, the Great Song Dynasty is safe! The other faction is headed by the right servant Lang Mengyan of the Ministry of Officials, who advocates giving up Xiangyang, retreating to Ezhou, and operating the Yangtze River defense line, after all, the cavalry of the Tartars has no scruples in the field, but they are not good at water warfare, and they can even be said to be laymen, and the Tartars must use sailors to cross the Yangtze River. Regarding the dispute between the two rows, the lower officials advocated on-the-spot investigation and then making a final conclusion, and should not listen to and believe partially, so as not to miss the major military affairs. ”

When Jiang Yongcheng said this, he saw Lu Wenhuan also stand up, his eyes looked up into the distance, and he was also savoring Jiang Yongcheng's words, and after a while, Lu Wenhuan continued to ask Jiang Yongcheng:

"Since Brother Jiang said that they want to conduct field investigations, they must continue to Xiangyang after arriving in Ezhou?"

Jiang Yongcheng nodded and said:

"That's true, General Lu, the lower official handed over the emperor's mission, and he really wants to prepare to continue to go to Xiangyang to inspect on the spot and avoid being untargeted!"

Lu Wenhuan still agrees with Jiang Yongcheng's approach, and it is really helpless to be like some ministers of the imperial court, just relying on some specious book records, and easily deciding the court war and plan on paper. Lu Wenhuan looked at Zhang Xian, who had a calm face, always giving people a light and breezy look, as if everything was confident, so Lu Wenhuan couldn't help but ask curiously:

"What Brother Jiang said is very pertinent, it is much better to see it in person than the exaggerated talk of the important ministers of the DPRK and the central government, I don't know what Brother Zhang thinks?"

Zhang Xian put down the wine bowl, about the battle of Xiangyang, he had also studied it carefully in the military history class in his previous life, and the reason why Xiangyang fell was in the final analysis was two words: no help! But to what extent he can change this situation, to be honest, Zhang Xian himself has no bottom in his heart! Because Lu Wenhuan didn't understand the importance of aid to Xiangyang, but he knew it very well, so Zhang Xian clasped his fists at Lu Wenhuan and Jiang Yongcheng, and said in a deep voice:

"Xiaguan has to pay tribute to Senior Brother Jiang here, even if there are people in the court, they must personally investigate the situation around Xiangyang, this spirit is really commendable!"

Jiang Yongcheng also shook his fist at Zhang Xian and said:

"Senior brother is polite! Senior brother, I also want to hear what my junior brother thinks about defending Xiangyang? ”

Zhang Xian was not polite, and said directly:

"The opinion of the lower officials is: Xiangyang must be defended, and it must not be lost! Xiangyang is here, the Great Song Dynasty is here, and if Xiangyang dies, the Great Song Dynasty will die, saying that those who abandon Xiangyang should be exterminated! Abandoning Xiangyang is tantamount to opening the door to thieves, although the Yangtze River is dangerous, but it stretches for thousands of miles, how can the Great Song Dynasty naval army defend thousands of miles of Yangtze River waters? ”

With a snapping sound, I saw Lu Wenhuan's face flush with excitement, stretched out his right hand and slapped the table heavily, and said:

"Good! Well said! The little brother is so knowledgeable, this vision is enough to shame how many mediocre nerds in the court! Little brother go on, brother, I'm listening! ”

Zhang Xian walked to Lu Wenhuan's desk, picked up the banknotes, rolled up his sleeves, sketched the general outline of Xiangyang City in a few strokes, and simply stretched out his right hand, pointing to the location of the map, while saying:

"General Lu Da, senior brother, please see, this is the general terrain of Xiangyang, below this is the Yangtze River that stretches for thousands of miles, here is Junzhou where General Lu is stationed, here is Xiangyang, the upper line of Yuzhou is occupied by the Tatars, and then below is our current Ezhou. Xiangyang is located at the southern end of Nanyang, Xiangyang and Fancheng north and south between the Han water are interdependent, "across Jingyu, control the north and south", the terrain is very dangerous, since ancient times for the soldiers must fight for the place, the lower official said a presumptuous word, even if the Yangtze River is not defended, as long as Xiangyang is not lost, the Tartars will never dare to cross the Yangtze River to attack the Central Plains! ”

Zhang Xian turned around, pointed to Junzhou on the map and said:

"General Lu, you see this is Junzhou, and it is also the city where General Lu is stationed, if the Tartars want to attack Xiangyang, they must first take Junzhou, because Junzhou directly guards Xiangyang, and they can't take Junzhou, and the Tartars to Xiangyang are also facing the danger of being cut off by General Lu, so the lower officials are broken, even if the Tartars don't attack Xiangyang City for the time being, at least they will attack Junzhou first, and if the nail of Junzhou is not pulled out, the Tartars will not move an inch! If Xiaguan's guess is correct, this time the Tartars are tentatively attacking Junzhou, the purpose is to grasp the reality of Junzhou's city defense, and at the latest next year, as long as the Tartars want to attack Xiangyang, they will first attack Junzhou with all their might. Unless Tartar is so stupid that he is not afraid that Junzhou will send troops to cut off his back road, if Kublai Khan, who loves to eat mutton shabu, is really so stupid, then there is really no way for the lower officials! ”

Lu Wenhuan and Jiang Yongcheng heard Zhang Xian finally tell a joke, they are all rumored that Kublai Khan loves to eat mutton, whether it is true no one knows, the two of them can't help but laugh, Jiang Yongcheng now admires Zhang Xian from the bottom of his heart, they are both scholars, Zhang Xian has put the topography of Xiangyang into his mind, and in an instant he drew a map of Xiangyang, clearly marking the situation of the enemy and me, with this ability, Jiang Yongcheng has to admit in his heart that he is far inferior.

After a moment of excitement, Lu Wenhuan also began to think, this young man's grasp of the battlefield situation and the analysis of the development of the war were all penetrated, and even he had to be impressed. This is a good thing in itself, but, what is extremely scary is that this little brother who can be said to be unknown, although he is just a small food and salary official can know some major events in the imperial court, but this little brother's family is in distant Yangzhou, it can be said that the situation of Xiangyang analyzed by this little brother is not very clear to his ordinary middle and lower-level generals, but this young man who is 108,000 miles away is very clear, so that Lu Wenhuan is really puzzled, and can only guess that this little brother is a student of Jiang Wanli's son. Naturally, he should also be well-informed, fortunately, this is the people of the Great Song Dynasty, if the Tartars also have such a talent with a ravine, I really dare not think about it, which also strengthened Lu Wenhuan's determination to absorb Zhang Xian.

Lu Wenhuan slowly picked up a bowl of wine and said to Zhang Xian:

"Today, Ben will be regarded as having seen what it means to read people not to go out, and to know everything about the world, little brother Zhang, come, Ben will give you a bowl!"

After Lu Wenhuan finished speaking, he raised his head and drank it to the sky, and when Zhang Xian also drank the Wanzhong wine, Lu Wenhuan walked up to Zhang Xian and said:

"Brother Jiang, Brother Zhang, today can meet you two young talents, Ben Jiang is really happy, I don't hide it, Ben Jiang originally planned to ask the two to assist the general, do a vigorous feat, but Brother Jiang has a meritorious name to be examined, but, Ben will implore Brother Zhang You can stay, assist Ben General to guard Junzhou, this Xiangyang City will be a big battle sooner or later, if you can make meritorious contributions, not to mention the glorious lintel, even if you leave a name in history!"

Jiang Yongcheng was a little embarrassed, after all, after revealing his identity, others no longer dared to want to pull his descendants of important ministers in the court to join the army. As for Zhang Xian, his good impression of Lu Wenhuan has increased a lot, at least, before he loses hope and reason, Lu Wenhuan still wants to make contributions, Zhang Xian said to Lu Wenhuan:

"Thank you General Lu for your kindness, I can recommend the subordinate to serve as a magistrate, to be honest, what the subordinate yearns for is the military career of Jin Ge Iron Horse and the Blowing Horn Company Battalion, but the subordinate official only escorted the grain and grass to this border pass, and the parents at home are looking forward to the early return of the subordinate official, and many things in the family are taken care of by the subordinate official, so it may be temporarily disappointing General Lu, the Qi family governs the country, and the subordinate has to be the Qi family first."

After hearing Zhang Xian's words, Lu Wenhuan showed a disappointed look, but when he heard that Zhang Xian didn't say anything to death, he said:

"What Brother Zhang said, Ben will understand, Baishan filial piety is the first, go home first to settle down the family affairs, that is the duty of being a son of man, in this case, Ben will be waiting for Brother Zhang to come at any time in this Xiangyang, Brother Zhang, if you don't come for a year, I will wait for you for a year, if you don't come for five years, I will wait for you for five years, and if I don't come for ten years, I will wait for you for ten years!!"

Zhang Xian stood up, and was about to say something, but was signaled by Lu Wenhuan and slow, Lu Wenhuan said: "Two little brothers, don't say kind words, drink happily tonight, let's go here, in order to talk about the friendship of the landlord, arrange a good pastime for the two little brothers at night, it is definitely a must in Xiangyang, I hope you like it!" ”