In the first year of Xingyan, the battle between the Song and Yuan armies in western Fujian can be described as the world's attention, whether it is the Mengyuan side or the Great Song Dynasty, the idea of fighting a protracted war before the war is the same. After all, this was a war of nearly 200,000 people, and with the characteristics of warfare in this era, it is not surprising that a battle of this scale could be fought for three or five months, or even a year and a half. In fact, since the two armies of the Song and Yuan dynasties set up camp in June, they did confront each other for nearly two months, during which there were more than ten battles of various sizes, each with its own victory or defeat, and everything was no different from the prelude to the great war of this era, until the decisive battle between the two armies on the seventh day of August.

The battle lasted a very short time, lasting only one day, but the results were extremely appalling. The Mengyuan Expeditionary Southern Army, which had absolute superiority in strength and almost occupied the right time and place, was heavily damaged by the Song Army, which had only one-fifth of its strength, with more than 10,000 casualties, among which there were more than 1,000 iron cavalry among the elite cowardly Xue Army and Hebi Red Army.

Cowardly Xue Jun, the Great Khan's pro-army. He is red, and the prime minister is guarded. The two armies can be called the face of the Mengyuan Empire, and the damage is so great that it is simply swollen.

Therefore, the casualties of more than 1,000 iron cavalry seem to be small losses, but the blow to the morale of the Yuan army is worse than the total annihilation of tens of thousands of horses. If Boyan was to choose, he would be 100% willing to exchange half of the men and horses for these more than 1,000 iron horses.

In the end, under the terrible gun and artillery attack of the Song army, Boyan, the commander of the Yuan army, known as the god of the army, had to retreat and return to the camp and admit defeat.

It is rare for a decisive battle of hundreds of thousands of people to be decided in just one day.

At the end of the war, the entire western Fujian and southern Fujian Song Dynasty territories were suddenly boiling, south to Zhangpu, west to Longyan, firecrackers were noisy all day long, and torches danced all night long. The camp of the Song army by the Tonggu Lake was full of condolences from the labor army who ate pot pulp and drove pigs and sheep. On Tonggu Mountain, the Song lord was stationed in the palace, and there were more virtuous people from northern Fujian, Guangnan and even southern Jiangxi gathered to meet him. For a time, the prestige of Zhao Lie, the lord of the Song Dynasty, reached the highest since he ascended the throne.

Compared with the lively and jubilant and soaring momentum of the Song people, the Yuan army camp after the defeat is still heavily fortified, with teeth and claws, but in the eyes of the soldiers who have been fighting for a long time, it can be clearly seen that the entire Yuan army camp no longer has the soaring murderous and sharp spirit of the past, but faintly reveals a kind of weakness and cringe......

On August 20, nearly half a month has passed since the big battle that day, the marshal of the Yuan army marched to the southern capital, Bo Yan'an sat on the head, and on the left and right sides sat the instigation of the capital and Pu Shougeng.

Compared with before the war, in just more than ten days, the prime minister of Meng Yuan seems to have aged a lot, with a few wisps of wind and frost added to his temples, and a deep "Sichuan" character was formed between his eyebrows due to a long period of unconscious wrinkling.

There was no sound in the tent, only the sound of Boyan flipping through a stack of account books.

After a long time, the butter candle on the copper candlestick on the side of the tent suddenly burst into a lamp, which made the corners of Pu Shougeng's eyes jump unconsciously, and glanced at the instigation on the opposite side, the expression on the face of the deputy marshal of the Yuan army has not changed from the beginning of entering the account until now, and he is very calm.

At this time, I saw Bo Yan close the account book, looked at Pu Shougeng, and slowly spoke: "Can Pu Zuocheng know why Ben Shuai decided to end the battle with the Song army before October?" ”

Pu Shougeng bowed and replied: "The southern affairs are nothing more than scabies, and the northern affairs are related to the community." Only when the prime minister goes out of the town and the forest can he deter the likes of Haidu and dare not invade the south. ”

"This is one thing, can you know the other one?"

Pu Shougeng glanced at the account book on the desk, his eyes flashed, and said, "But grain?" ”

Boyan nodded slowly: "Exactly, our army's food can only last until October." ”

Pu Shougeng frowned: "......Isn't Fan Wenhu in charge of logistics?"

Boyan sighed slightly: "Originally, but most of them have changed, Ahma and Sango have been killed, the upper and lower levels have lost their unity, and the imperial court has been chaotic, which has affected the transportation of various provinces. Fan Dudu sent a letter to complain, saying that the hurricane in the province was raging, half of the farmland was destroyed, the autumn grain was sharply reduced, and the disaster victims gathered around, and the environment was chaotic, and it was already in a state of anxiety, and this grain was ......"

Boyan didn't say more, but Pu Shougeng already understood that as a Fujian native and living in Quanzhou, Pu Shougeng understood the terrible disasters brought about by the typhoon better than any general of the Yuan army. The hurricane rain a few days ago will indeed bring huge losses to the farmland that is about to be harvested, and most of what Fan Wenhu said is true, so what Cheng said to himself ......

Pu Shougeng immediately bowed down and said: "The army is fighting, how can there be no food, as a servant of the Great Khan, how can you not relieve the worries of the Great Khan." The subordinate is willing to invest 100,000 troops to relieve the burning eyebrows. ”

Boyan and Instigation both turned pale, stroked their beards and smiled, and praised them repeatedly. This Pu Shou Geng's official residence in the city has been a foreign envoy for decades, with a huge net worth of millions, and he is full of fat stomachs, so when will he not be allowed to vomit a little at this time?

Pu Shougeng's family has a big business, but he doesn't care too much, as long as he can expel the Song army from Fujian, even if there are several times more grain, he is willing. Otherwise, if the Yuan army fails in the battle, the next step of the Song army will definitely be Quanzhou, and the destruction of the family is just around the corner.

Thinking like this, Pu Shougeng pondered his tone and said, "It's almost the end of August now, I don't know what the prime minister's next plan is?" ”

Boyan said in a deep voice: "There are words before the battle, no matter what the battle situation is, October will definitely return north." The war in the south was presided over by Instigation Capital and Li Heng. ”

Pu Shougeng's heart was cold, listening to Boyan's tone, he was completely unsure of defeating the Song people. There was no way, he could only bleed heavily, Pu Shougeng gritted his teeth and said: "The subordinates have a strategy, please refer to the prime minister." ”

Boyan sighed, looked up at Pu Shougeng, and said, "Pu Zuocheng, please speak." ”

"In the opinion of the following ministers, the Song army has sharp guns, and I am afraid that it will not be possible to fight quickly. In this battle, it is advisable to confront and contain the Song army on land, and then blockade it with a naval division to cut off the Song army's sea grain route. In this way, the Song army's sea and land grain routes were cut off, and it would be self-defeating. ”

"Sailor?" Instigated all frowned, "The Song army also has a water division, with the strength of our army's water division, I am afraid that it will be difficult to block, otherwise why wait until now." ”

Pu Shougeng said angrily: "My Pu clan has a thousand sea ships, and with a little modification, they can be used as warships." The day before yesterday, a letter came from home, saying that the warship was refitted and could be used, and the subordinates were willing to use thousands of warships to help blockade the southeast, and they would not teach a single bomb and a drop to land in southern Fujian! ”

"Okay, Pu Zuocheng is worthy of being the country's minister, if he can defeat the Song army this time, Pu Zuocheng will make great contributions, and he will be the Great Khan. Maybe this is the case, you and I can be ministers in the same palace. ”

Pu Shougeng resigned humbly again and again, and a smile appeared on the faces of Boyan and Instigation, knowing that under pressure, Pu Shougeng was finally willing to make a bloody investment.

"There are thousands of warships in Pu Zuocheng, and this battle has a few more chances of winning, but it is just a blockade of the sea route, and it will take a few months to see its success, and the time is a little longer, and I can't afford to wait." Boyan pushed the case up, paced back and forth with his negative hands, and suddenly stood still, his eyes were like eagle falcons, "Ben Xiang was ordered by the Great Khan to march south, to defeat Buchen, the battle of western Fujian, the world is watching, this prime minister will never take a fiasco and shame to return to the capital and hand it over to the Great Khan!" ”

Pu Shougeng was stunned and muttered: "The meaning of the prime minister ......"

"Only when I get one thing, will I return to the north."

"Yes...... What the? ”

"Song Lord Zhao Hunt's head!"