"News came from the Wan'an Army this morning that a Yuan army appeared in Lehui County (now Qionghai, Hainan) in the northeast, which was only a hundred miles away from the Wan'an Army. Is there any soldiers and horses in his successor, how many troops are there, and who will lead the army...... It is not known at this time. The only thing that can be confirmed is that this Yuan army must have come from Qiongzhou. Zhang Shijie paused when he said this, these words were obviously said to Zhao Lie and others who had just participated in the hall meeting, "The Wan'an army is only a few hundred miles away from here, even if the mountains are heavy and the road is dangerous and difficult, at most ten to fifteen days, the Yuan army will definitely come to the city." Ladies and gentlemen, time is running out, we must conquer the Jiyang military city within five to seven days, and then reorganize and defend the palace, and resist the enemy with perseverance, otherwise we will ......"

Zhang Shijie did not continue, but everyone understood the meaning of his unfinished words.

Zhao Lie exchanged glances with Ma Nanbao and others, and thought that Ma Chengwang in the Jiyang Military City had a strange move, it turned out that the enemy reinforcements appeared, and they did not take the sea route but the land route, with the barbaric and difficult dangers of Qiongzhou, I really don't know how this Yuan army rushed from Qiongzhou to Lehui in such a short time.

The Song army crossed the sea with the power of heaven, and was determined to win the Jiyang military city, but it was repeatedly frustrated. Now that the enemy's reinforcements are coming, if we can't fight a quick battle, we will definitely suffer from the enemy on our backs, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

Who wouldn't want a quick fix? But you can only think about it. This is also the reason why after Zhao Lie entered the court, the courtiers frowned and remained silent one by one.

Finding that it was a little cold, Su Liuyi coughed lightly and said, "At present, our army still has more than 1,100 soldiers who can fight, and with the Dragon Bird Army, it will reach 1,500 people. However, at least 300 elite soldiers need to be left to guard the grass palace and the group of officials, and 200 soldiers are needed to guard the base camp and serve as a reserve. In this way, nearly a thousand soldiers can be concentrated to attack the city, and things may still be possible...... It's just that now Wan'an has the enemy's traces again, so our army's flank must be guarded, and it is necessary to set up a fortress in the direction of Jiyang, with 200 Chen soldiers, and take advantage of the mountain-shaped terrain to block the enemy. So there are still 800 soldiers left to attack the city......"

Jiang Fenglie couldn't help but ask: "Dare to ask the palace marshal, how many Yuan soldiers are still in the Jiyang Military City?" ”

"More than 200 Han troops, more than 300 new annexed troops, plus Ma Chengwang's guards and military city recruitment......" Su Liuyi compared his fingers, "It is also eight hundred." ”

Ma Nanbao gasped, the enemy and us were one-to-one, defending the city and attacking the city. The art of war cloud "ten rules to besiege", ten times the strength of the siege of the city. This enemy and our forces are equal, how to attack the fortification?

Zeng Yuanzi, the governor of the political council, saw that the atmosphere was not right, and hurriedly came out to cheer up: "The new annex army of the military city was originally a subordinate of Zhao Heluo, a pacification envoy of Qiongzhou, and after Zhao Zhijun was killed, this army was recruited. Ali Hague was afraid that the soldiers would cherish their old masters and collude with the local villagers to cause chaos, so they transferred the troops and horses of the unit to the Jiyang Army, the Wan'an Army and the Changhua Army respectively. The first time my royal division came to the city, the soldiers of the department had the intention of abandoning the darkness and turning to the light, if it were not for the appearance of Ma Chengwang, the Jiyang Military City would have fallen into my hands. As long as the enemy of the West Gate is concentrated, the new annexed army of the Southeast Gate will be subdued. ”

Zeng Yuanzi is responsible for the political attack, and when he said this, the ministers felt a little relieved, which was a bit of a trouble.

Wen Tianxiang looked at the commander Zhang and asked, "How is the situation of the commander Zhang contacting Li Fang Zhutong before?" ”

Zhang Tongzhi saluted respectfully and replied: "If the palindrome is public, the last general will not be dishonored." The lords of the twelve villages of Luodian in Xiling have asked to meet the queen mother and are willing to send soldiers to help. It's just that the elders of the twelve villages were all summoned to the ancestral altar of Limu Mountain to participate in the deliberations of Li Tong Bafan, and they did not return. It can only be practiced when the elders of the clan return. ”

Chen Yizhong frowned and said, "Did you say when?" ”

Zhang Tongzhi hesitated: "This ......"

Zhang Shijie snorted lightly: "Although the Tibetan people are brave, they have not been trained, but the rabble, they can only cheer when they come, and it is okay if they don't come to the war, and they still need to rely on themselves in this battle." ”

Yang Liangjie, the head of the household, said with a smile: "Mrs. Zhang is full of confidence, very good, very good. ”

Zhang Shijie raised his eyebrows: "What does Yang Shangshu mean by this?" ”

Yang Liangjie said lightly: "I am worried that the army is not strong, and it is difficult to quickly defeat the enemy city, but now I see that Mrs. Zhang is full of confidence and can break the city in just a few days, how can I not praise the festival?" ”

Zhang Shijie said: "It seems that when a certain Empress Dowager is the queen mother, it is right to ask Yang Shangshu to serve as a privy envoy." ”

Chen Zhi, the general secretary of the navy, was busy playing a round: "The dry city of the Xiangguo and the pillar of the imperial court, when this crisis is in this situation, it will be possible to turn the danger into a disaster, and everything depends on the minister." ”

Zhao Lie was stunned, when did this happen? The military situation is like fire, the fire is burning the eyebrows, and it is imminent, these two court bigwigs still have the heart to engage in infighting? Looking at the expressions of the rest of the court officials, it seems to be commonplace, and even the prime ministers of the left and right did not come forward to persuade them.

Zhao Lie didn't know that Zhang Shijie was a strong person, and he had been in the army for a long time, acting arbitrarily and lacking elegance. He not only had a festival with Yang Liangjie, but also had a power struggle with Wen Tianxiang, Chen Yizhong and the deceased Jiang Cheng. And these struggles for power and profit all happened on the way south after Xingchao was driven out of Lin'an by Meng Yuan.

The end of the dynasty, how can it be said that there is no cause?

Zhang Shijie didn't bother to talk to these civil servants who didn't know soldiers, and pushed the case: "The generals listen to the order!" ”

"Report! A man came down from the mountain, saying that there was an important military situation to inform Zhao Dutong. ”

Zhang Shijie, who was interrupted, was displeased, if he hadn't heard the words "important military information", he would definitely have imposed military law on this reckless Fan.

Zhao Lie also saw Zhang Shijie's ugly face, and hurriedly stood up and confessed: "Forgive each other's sins, and I will go back in the end." ”

Zhang Shijie barely squeezed out a smile on his face, signaling that it was okay - Zhao Lie was a clan after all, and he had an elite army of soldiers and horses, so he still had to give this face.

The military discussion was temporarily put on hold until a moment later Zhao Lie returned and presented a piece of origami to Zhang Shijie.

Zhang Shijie unfolded it indifferently, and at first glance, he was surprised, and then his expression became more and more serious. After reading it, let people hand over the origami to Wen and Chen Erxiang to circulate.

After reading it, the prime minister asked the deputy capital of the Privy Council to read out the contents of the origami.

"Zhao Du commanded Junjian: It is reported that 10,000 households in Qiongzhou led 1,000 new annexed troops, 2,000 newly recruited native soldiers and Zhuli Fan soldiers, a total of 3,000 men and horses, and set off from Qiongzhou by more than ten ships ten days ago and went south to Ningyuan. Two days later, a hurricane struck and nearly half of the shipwrecks were scattered. Ma Fuji gathered the remnants of the broken ship, landed in Wenchang, rested for five days, raised grain on the spot to recruit troops, obtained a number of grain and straw, hundreds of soldiers, a total of 2,000 people, and continued to go south along the land route, today has reached Lehui, and the Wan'an army will ...... soon."

It turned out that the reinforcements of the Yuan army that suddenly appeared were actually Ma Fuji. It is not difficult to understand why reinforcements would travel by land rather than by sea - first, the ships were damaged and it was difficult to continue sailing; Then Ma Fuji was eager to save his father, and he didn't wait for Qiongzhou to send ships and troops at all, and he went on the road after a short rest, no wonder it came so quickly.

Although this news corroborates each other with the news that Song Jun has just gotten and is extremely credible, Zhang Shijie still solemnly asked Zhao Lie: "Who is this information from?" Credible? ”

Zhao Lie replied: "The information comes from the native of Linchuan, this person is well-informed, and he has received the grace of the last general's life, so he will not deceive me." This information is credible. ”

That's right, the information came from Hong Siniang. Due to her sensitive identity and the conspicuous Ssangyong ship, it was naturally not suitable to stay in the Xingchao with Zhao Lie. Zhao Lie arranged her to return to Linchuan first to settle down, and then abandoned the boat and car, and rushed to meet by land. Unexpectedly, before the person arrived, he would send a big gift, and as promised, he would repay the favor.

Zhang Shijie and Su Liu Yi were speechless for a while, they stayed in the Jiyang Army for nearly a month, sending scouts everywhere to investigate, and only then did they get some vague news. This Xiuwang nephew has just arrived, and someone has sent such a detailed and valuable information, I really don't know where he got the means......

Now that the information is true, Zhang Shijie is no longer entangled, he stood up, and announced in a loud voice: "The generals listen to the order, time is not waiting, today the whole army is fighting, tomorrow will attack the city with all its might, the target - the west gate of the Jiyang Military City!" ”