It's already the end of October, the Gregorian calendar counts the end of November, and it's snowing heavily in the north, even in the Lingnan area, you have to wear thick jackets, but in Qiongzhou, the sun is still shining and it's extremely hot.

Zhao Lie had insomnia for the second night, not only because of the stuffiness, but also because of the pressure - who knew that there was an army of eight thousand ten miles away, and it was not easy to sleep peacefully.

Counting on my fingers, it has been more than half a year since I came to the end of the Song Dynasty, and I have fought a lot of battles large and small, and I have seen a lot of blood and death. Charge and kill the enemy, treat it as if you were idle, and enter the enemy's lair alone, and have nothing to fear. But when he went from being a soldier who was only responsible for his own lives to a general who had to be responsible for the lives of thousands of people, he didn't feel anything at first, and when the real test came, it became a luxury to sleep as if nothing had happened.

Although he is confident, it does not mean that he is not nervous.

The sky was bright, and Zhao Lie, who couldn't sleep, was fully armed. With two guns in his waist and holsters on his back, he inserted Remington into the holster, and the bullets on his waist and shoulders were filled with yellow bullets of various calibers (shotguns), which looked mighty and solemn. He didn't wear a helmet or armor, nor did he alarm Ding Xiaoqi and other young guards, so he went straight out of the house and went straight to the south tower of the city.

Along the way, from time to time, they came across a fire patrol sergeant, and when they saw the unique three-gun costume, they were surprised to stand up and salute their capital.

Zhao Lie also stood still and solemnly raised his hand to return the salute - this is the unique general return gift system of the Dragon Bird Army. From ancient times to the present (Song Dynasty), there has never been a saying that superiors return salutes to subordinates, but Zhao Lie, who was born as a policeman, has been accustomed to saluting and returning salutes between superiors and subordinates, so he formulated and implemented this etiquette in order to give ordinary soldiers the respect they deserve.

At the beginning, Jiang Fenglie, Ouyang Guanhou, Shi Yang and other generals all expressed opposition. However, Zhao Lie resolutely implemented and set an example, but whenever there were soldiers in and out of the barracks, they would salute in return. Even the commanders who are marquis and commanders of the first army have done this, can you deputy commanders, commanders, and commanders still hold the shelf? The generals had no choice but to obey, and over time, they became accustomed to it. Not to mention, the effect was unexpectedly good, and all the soldiers who received the salute were warm in their hearts - the princes of the Great Song Dynasty and the first army were all in charge, and they all saluted themselves. When a soldier dies for his confidant, everyone's heart is filled with the emotion and impulse to die for everyone.

Zhao Hunt walked all the way, and there were almost no pedestrians on the streets, except for patrol soldiers, patrol officers, and brave guards. Nodding secretly, Zhao Ruo and this magistrate are still quite competent and well-organized. Of course, this is also due to the fact that the Wan'an Military City is a military camp, with many soldiers and few people, and it is known that the Yuan army is attacking on a large scale. Therefore, the soldiers are under the city, and the security in the city is acceptable.

When Zhao Lie climbed the tower, he unexpectedly saw a familiar back, looking out from the railing, and there were no guards around him.

The deputy capital of the Dragon Bird Army is in charge of Jiang Fenglie.

Hearing the footsteps, Jiang Fenglie looked back, looked at each other, and all smiled, it seemed that there was more than one person who couldn't sleep.

Jiang Fenglie sighed: "Su Laoquan's "Heart Technique" of this dynasty has 'For the way of the general, you should first cure the heart.'" Mount Tai collapsed in front and the color remained unchanged, and the elk was on the left and the eyes were not instantaneous'. When I read it when I was young, I saw it at a glance, thinking that it was just like that, but now I know that it is easier said than done. ”

Zhao Lie approached, patted the railing, and said, "Did Shi Yi have a similar experience in the past?" ”

Jiang Fenglie thought for a moment and said, "Yes - but never faced so many enemies with such a small number of troops. ”

Zhao Lie's eyes crossed the mountains and forests, as if he saw the Yuan army camp ten miles away: "No matter how many enemy troops there are, we can hold it, but it's just ......"

Jiang Fenglie said: "It's just that we not only have to defend the city, but also break out of the siege and rescue the Yafu. ”

Zhao Lie nodded heavily, the Yafu Dynasty only had 3,000 troops, and it was necessary to fight against more than 20,000 soldiers, and it was still the Yuan army general Ali Hague to lead the army. The pressure is too heavy, independent support, difficult.

Jiang Fenglie's sword eyebrows tightened: "With our army of less than 2,000 troops, it is okay to defend the city, if we attack the enemy camp, I am afraid that this loss will not be small." ”

Zhao Lie nodded in agreement: "So, I hope to attack me in the Hague." What does Shi Yi think? ”

Jiang Fenglie was about to answer, when suddenly a gunshot rang out from the hill in the distance, followed by several bangs, one closer than the other.

Zhao Lie and Jiang Fenglie's eyes froze at the same time.

Sentry reconnaissance fired a warning shot, the Yuan army, coming.

……

On the bank of the Lingshui River, two miles away from the Wan'an Military City, is a high and low hill, with dense trees and overgrown weeds. At this time, more than a dozen sentry cavalry came out of the mountain forest and rushed across the wooden bridge over the Lingshui River. The wooden gate of the horse barrier on the opposite bank was quickly opened, and the sentry cavalry galloped past, rushed to the south gate of the Wan'an Military City, and shouted: "The Yuan army is five hundred, and the guards are suddenly lost in The Hague!" ”

With the shouts of the sentry cavalry, a sound of thunderous hooves came, the river surface rippled, and hundreds of horsemen rushed out of the hill on the riverside, and all kinds of back flags, waist flags, and recognition flags were waved in the wind. The silver-edged white background in the middle is particularly eye-catching.

A general under Daxu, about thirty-five or sixteen years old, has a thick beard, thick eyebrows, high brow bones, and casts the shadow of the eye socket to give people a very deep and heavy sense of cruelty. When the eyeballs turned, I saw the whites of the eyes but not the benevolent eyes, and I looked at people and shuddered. He hung a large scimitar at his waist, and was dressed in chain mail made of fine iron, covered with a pure white mantle. This densely linked one-piece chain mail is soft and close-fitting and can prevent bows, crossbows, arrows, knives and axes, but it is not as protective as scale armor for sharp weapons such as guns and halberds, but it is enough for the general's inspection.

The brown river horse under his crotch is from the Western Regions, tall and powerful, and lined with extraordinarily heroic weapons.

The Yuan conquest of the Great Song Dynasty Wan'an army marched to 10,000 households, and suddenly lost The Hague.

In fact, the mount that was lost in The Hague was a white Arabian horse, and after only a few days and nights of sea sailing, the Arabian horse could not bear it, and it was always thin. Right now, I'm recuperating in the camp, and it's useless. Of the 500 soldiers he led on this trip, they were originally cavalry, and for the same reason, only 100 had horses, and the remaining 400 could only be used as infantry.

Ali Hague's main task for Lost Hague is to block and trap the Dragon Bird Army in Wan'an Military City, but it is not hard to prohibit Lost Hague from attacking Wan'an Military City. In other words, the Hague can still test the attack - what if it really strikes?

Suddenly, the Hague followed his father from Lin'an to Jinghu, and then from Hunan to Guangnan, fighting more and fighting less, and fighting more with inferior forces. In many cases, he dared to attack with only equal or even half the strength of the defenders. As a result of the battle, he often led his army to attack the head of the city and the defenders collapsed.

And right now, his strength is twice as large as the Wan'an defenders, if he doesn't fire a single arrow, he will just sit and wait for Atta to destroy the Song Dynasty and then launch an attack on the Wan'an Military City.

Therefore, this battle must be fought in The Hague, and not only tempted, but also fought fiercely. No matter what the result is, the Song army must be beaten until they dare not have other thoughts, so they can only retreat in the city in despair and wait for death.

Of course, adhering to his father's intentions, before the start of the fight, he routinely persuaded him to surrender.

Soon, a knight of the North Court riding a meandering horse, with a white scarf wrapped around his head and a scimitar at his waist, holding a white flag with a triangular pheasant's tail, galloped down from the high slope, rolling up a wisp of yellow dust.

The knight galloped to the bank of the Lingshui River and shouted at the defenders of the railing wall on the riverside: "By the order of the Marshal Ali Hague, the right man of Jinghu in the Dayuan Province and the Marshal of Menghandu, the ten thousand households in the Qiongzhou Mansion suddenly lost the Hague and others. The Song family will be destroyed, and the destiny of heaven is in Yuan. If they are willing to submit, the court will retain all the princes in the Song Dynasty according to their official positions. If not, the king will break the city, and the example of Jingjiang will be in front of you. Think twice and don't make mistakes. ”

In the second year of Deyou (1276), Ali Hague sent an envoy to surrender the Song army in Jingjiangfu (now Guilin) with the edict of Kublai Khan. The Yuan army attacked Shike for more than 30 days, and when the people heard that the city was broken, they set fire to their houses and died in the water. The resolute and tragic resistance of the military and the people made Ali Hague tremble, so he used Jingjiang as "the people's nature is arrogant, easy to rebel and difficult to obey, and if they are not severely punished, Guangxi and other states cannot be said to be appeased." He ordered the slaughter of the city, the killing of soldiers and civilians, and the beheading of captured Song Dynasty generals such as Ma Ji in the city.

Ali Hague's order to surrender is full of the threat of Chiguoguo and the murderous aura of Sensen.

In the middle of the night, a cold voice came from the other side: "Beiting Xiaoer, let the horse come!" ”