"Siege the city, the next strategy. Now that Liu Quanzhang Hongfan has been defeated and captured, and the navy has been destroyed, His Majesty must not rush to cross the river to seek battle, and should make every effort to restore the navy. The queen pointed to the rivers crisscrossing the map and said, "Although the navy is overthrown, there are still generals who are good at water warfare, such as Zhang Xi, Xie Ruji, Zhang Rongshi, etc., Your Majesty can order them to rebuild the navy and rebuild warships, so that they can advance by land and water, and then attack Xiangfan." This campaign has lasted six years, and His Majesty does not need to rush for a while. ”

"What you're saying is that I'm a little anxious." Kublai Khan nodded approvingly, "Zhang Xi is brave and strategic, but he can be appointed as the marshal of the capital, Xie Ruji and Zhang Rongshi as deputies, and lead the naval army." ”

"Your Majesty will need time to reorganize the naval army, and during this period, you might as well negotiate peace with Jia Rudao, and take advantage of the gap to divide Song Junchen in order to outwit it." The queen continued, "The main force of the Song army is all in Xiangyang, and my 300,000 troops should not be gathered here, so you can divide your troops all the way and send the king of Zong or a heavy minister to lead the attack from Sichuan, so that the Song army can take care of one and lose the other." ”

The empress's words immediately reminded Kublai Khan, and he couldn't help but nod his head again and again when he recalled the past of those years.

"Thanks to your reminder, I was so anxious that I forgot about this good move."

"As for the demon and the enchantress, I'll leave it to Mr. Gao, and I will help the 'angels' to succeed." The queen said again.

"Then it's hard for you, but you must not come forward, lest you be hurt by the demon." Kublai Khan said, his eyes full of concern.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will be careful." The queen replied.

After a few more deliberations, the queen took her leave, leaving only Kublai Khan himself in the tent.

Kublai Khan got up and took two steps, came to the bed and sat down, he put one leg on the bed, pulled up the trouser leg, and removed a piece of ointment that had been glued to it, revealing a bluish and purple mark on it.

This is the scar caused by the cannon that Song Jun destroyed him.

Thinking of the scene at that time, he still has palpitations in his heart.

All his guards died from the explosion of that cannonball, and he was spared, which can really be said to be the blessing of Immortal Heaven.

Perhaps, as Boyan persuaded himself before leaving, his own personal expedition this time was really a mistake......

Kublai Khan put away his chaotic thoughts, put down his trouser legs, and immediately called the guards and summoned Mei Ji to sleep.

He needs to rest well and get back to his best to cope with the crisis ahead.

After the battle of Fancheng, the Yuan army did not launch a large-scale attack on Fancheng, but retreated to Dengcheng, and seven days later, Jia Rudao and Lu Wenhuan led the Song army to conquer Baizhang Mountain and Xincheng successively, completely broke the land blockade line of the Yuan army, and won the victory to Xiangyang, the Song army Li Tingzhi also went down the river on the same day, entered Fancheng, and the Song army of Fan Tianshun defended together, so far the siege of Xiangfan was lifted, and the Song army won a rare decisive victory since the Song and Yuan Dynasty wars.

Although Xiangfan was encircled, Kublai Khan personally led 200,000 Yuan troops stationed in the area of Dengcheng, and still maintained huge military pressure on Xiangfan, Kublai Khan sent Prime Minister Boyan to Sichuan with 100,000 troops to support and control Wang Liangchen's troops to attack Hezhou, forming a two-way offensive situation, so that the Song army could not take care of each other, so the border situation of the Song Dynasty was still very grim.

At this moment, Shi Tianze, the prime minister of Yuanzuo, suddenly sent a messenger to see Jia Nidao and ask for peace.

In the face of the sudden proposal of the Mongols for peace talks, all the generals of the Song army were quite surprised, but Jia Rudao seemed to have a premonition about this and readily agreed.

Lu Wenhuan was puzzled by Jia Nidao's actions, because before that, there were rumors in the market that Jia Nidao secretly begged Kublai Khan to make peace, and exchanged Kublai Khan's withdrawal of troops in exchange for the retainment of his subordinates.

Jia Yidao didn't care about this, and his explanation to Lu Wenhuan and the generals of the Song army was that the Song army needed time to rest and recuperate after repeated battles, and replenished supplies, grain and grass from the south, so it was just the opportunity to take the opportunity of peace talks to gain time. As for the reputational damage that the peace talks might bring him, he did not care. Lu Wenhuan and the generals were all moved when they heard this, and Sun Hui also felt that it was beneficial for Jia Yidao to agree to the peace talks to gain time for the Song army, because Sun Hui needed to bring in a large amount of pig iron to build new cannons, and it would take time to train a powerful artillery unit, so the peace talks were settled, and no one had any objections.

Although Jia Yidao is on the front line of Xiangfan, his orders can still be distributed throughout the country. Before the division, in order to prevent someone from doing bad behind his back, he asked the emperor to "be anxious about side affairs, prelude first, reward and punishment as well", otherwise he would not go out in person, the emperor agreed to his request, and called all the way soldiers, at the disposal of Jia Rudao, so Jia Rudao established the Governor's Mansion with the army, and left Wang Lun and Zhang Jian as the prime ministers in the capital, and the small things were dictatorial, and the major matters were controlled by the Governor's Mansion. After entering Xiangyang City, Jia Yidao's Governor's Mansion also moved into Xiangyang Office.

Because he deeply experienced the power of artillery in previous battles, Jia Rudao actively supported Sun Hui to establish a powerful artillery unit, and in order to cast more cannons, Jia Rudao sent special personnel to the south to purchase a large amount of pig iron and transport it to Xiangyang.

And the merchant who came to Xiangyang to carry pig iron left a deep impression on Sun Hui when he appeared for the first time.

That person's name was Zhu Guojin.

Sun Hui still remembers the scene when Zhu Guojin came to Xiangyang City.

On that day, the soldiers defending the city suddenly blew their trumpets, and the whole city was shaken. The horn was an early warning of the enemy's attack, and Sun Hui flew up to the sky, only to see the black cavalry in the distance, walking on the avenue outside Xiangyang City.

When the sergeant defending the city unsheathed his bow and wound it, and was on full alert, a faint flute suddenly sounded between heaven and earth. At the sound of the flute, the huge "cavalry army" slowly advanced not far from the city wall, and then people saw that it was not a cavalry, but a thousand healthy mules carrying loads, and the fierce servants led the mules, led by a young man. He slouched on the back of the mule and played a jade flute.

"My son-in-law, I would like to give a small gift, please give it to the people of the city," a capable attendant climbed the tower with twenty boxes of gifts.

The chest was opened, and five boxes were exquisite hostas, five were tortoiseshell bracelets, five were spices from the West, and the rest were long gold ingots that were densely stacked. When the people who heard the wind and came out to see the excitement were shocked by this bold move, the young Zhu Guojin patted the mule and walked through the city gate in light clothes, like a breeze from nowhere.