"Sir, this courtesy is also owned by Australia?" Wen Nan finally broke free from Hong Tao's bear hug, his face was red, he was really not used to having a man in his arms, and this man was taller and stronger than him, even if this person was the gentleman he had kowtowed to.

"A must! As long as you don't understand or understand, it's all in Australia, anyway, it's already sinking, hehehe...... Lao Luo, you are the landlord here, take the soldiers to the city to rest and rest, take a bath, eat and drink, all of them are counted in your account, don't be polite, open up! Hong Tao no longer cares whether Wen Nan and Luo Youde doubt their origins, and now that they are from Far South Australia, it is a sure fact, not to mention that they have doubts, even if they want to change it, they can't change it. This is called a lie told a thousand times is the truth, so even if you have a basin to buckle Australia's head, don't be reluctant.

"Brother Hong is also happy and confused, shouldn't you be treated, how can the account be counted on the head of the brother?" Luo Youde is worthy of being a businessman, and in such a situation, he still divides the accounts between you and me very clearly.

"No, I'm not confused, whose country is it that is helping to transport grain this time? It's not mine, is it? It's not Captain Kong, is it? It's you and Brother Wen's. Brother Wen is penniless, can you bear to let him have a treat? With more than 200 soldiers, you can't bear to let them work in vain, and they can't even eat a good meal? Remember, it's your personal account, not the account of the global company, my brother is clearly settled, and my cannonball money is not blown by the wind! Hong Tao began to stare at the triangular eyes again, because he had already found from the hull of the Haibo, and the waterline was high above the water, which showed that the Haibo hull was much lighter.

As a battleship. What's the heaviest thing in the cabin? In addition to fresh water, food, cannons. There were only shells and ammunition. The weight has been reduced so much. It's not a place where fresh water and food are not replenished along the way, so the weight lost is probably ammunition. Why did he consume so much ammunition, Hong Tao didn't ask on this happy occasion, so as not to be disappointed, but he couldn't help but complain, Wen Nan was a penniless poor ghost, so he could only take Luo Youde out of anger.

"Should, should! What Brother Hong said is very true, not to mention inviting the soldiers to eat and bathe. I'd love to let me lose all my money! The eldest husband still has to go to the battlefield once, otherwise his life will not be complete! Brother Wen and Captain Kong, call the generals and soldiers, let's go into the city! "After more than a month, Luo Youde seems to have a more bold taste, and his style of speech is not the same as before. Even in front of Hong Tao, he was no longer as restrained as before, and he was a lot more public, and even gave an order to Kong Pei on behalf of Hong Tao. Hong Tao doesn't care about him being more public, big man. There are always crazy times, especially the first time you go to war. must have been stimulated a lot, and what he cared about at this time was whether Kong Pei would be as carried away as Luo Youde.

"The two adults take the first step, the rules on the ship cannot be violated, and when I finish handling the trivial matters, I will definitely take everyone to disturb me." Kong Pei did not disappoint Hong Tao, he politely rejected Luo Youde's proposal, and did not plan to follow them into the city, nor did he arrange the crew on behalf of Hong Tao.

"It's okay, Brother Wen and I will go to book the restaurant first, and then send someone to pick everyone up on the dock, I'm afraid your husband won't appreciate it, so let him eat soup cakes in the cabin alone, hahahahaha!" Luo Youde didn't feel Hong Tao's psychological changes, in fact, no one could feel it, Hong Tao still had that evil smile on his face.

"Sir, Pei has not failed in his mission, brought back the ship and people, and there are no casualties, but the shells and gunpowder are consumed too much." As soon as Wen Nan and Luo Youde left the dock, Kong Pei came to Hong Tao to report to work. Wen Nan and Luo Youde only saw the appearance, and their positions were not quite the same, the actual controller of this grain fleet was actually Kong Pei, which was also the task given to him by Hong Tao.

"Go back to the cabin slowly, come back safely is a great achievement, and other things are not important." Hong Tao pulled Kong Pei and walked towards his ship, he also wanted to hear why so much ammunition was consumed, could it be that Kong Pei took two warships to the battle? Or did the Mongols already have a naval army on the river?

No, the grain convoy went up the river, and in addition to encountering many Southern Song Dynasty sailors along the way, they couldn't see the Mongolian army at all, so they easily arrived in Ezhou and unloaded most of the grain. According to the plan, the task of the grain convoy was completed, and it was originally planned to return to the sea. But at this time, the battle situation at the front became more unfavorable, and Chuzhou was lost at the end of September, and Quan knew that Gao Jia had been killed in the battle. At the beginning of October, Wang Shixian, the general of Gongchang Jin, surrendered to Kuorui with his subordinates, and was named the commander of the 24 cities of Gongchang, and continued to move south with the Mongol army, acting as the vanguard. Wang Shixian has been stationed in Sichuan and Shaanxi since the beginning of the Jin Kingdom, and he is very familiar with the terrain. Fortunately, the transportation in Sichuan and Shaanxi was inconvenient, and the Mongol army could not travel long distances, so at this time they were uprooting the strongholds on the periphery of Shu one by one, and did not start a general attack on the Sichuan defense line.

Sichuan's grain fleet can't manage the affairs, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River are turbulent, and sailing ships can't go upstream, unless there are motorized boats, no one can recruit them. However, the form of the Jingxiang theater was not very optimistic, in July, the Mongolian army approached the city of Tangzhou, and the deputy envoy of Jinghu stationed here, Quan Zicai, and Liu Zicheng, the ordnance superintendent, abandoned the city and ran away, leaving a large number of engineering equipment and weapons to the Mongolian army. In September, Zhao Xiang, the general of the Jin State stationed in Dengzhou, saw that your high-ranking officials in the Southern Song Dynasty could escape from the battle, and then there was no, I Nima was a general, and I was not subject to the Jinghu control Zhao Fan to see, I always wanted to kill me, and I would definitely not be able to live if I ran back, so simply, I surrendered.

As a result, the Mongol army did not spend much effort, kicked open the north gate of Xiangyang, and directly deployed troops on the north bank of the Han River, preparing to attack Xiangyang. However, he knew that Xiangyang was not easy to fight, not only the city was high but also separated by a Han River, so he did not immediately launch an attack on Xiangyang, but planned to take down the other cities around Xiangyang, and then surround Xiangyang, and use the mobility of the Mongolian cavalry to contain the soldiers and horses in Xiangyang City. If you don't come out, I'll chase you with cavalry, and if you don't come out, then you'll watch the surrounding military strongholds being uprooted by the Mongol army one by one. The tactic of encircling and sending reinforcements was not invented during the War of Liberation, and hundreds of years ago, the Mongols had already played it to the fullest.

The first to be besieged is Zaoyangcheng in the northwest of Xiangyang, the commander of the Mongolian Middle Route Army sent the Han army general Shi Tianze to attack Zaoyang, the magistrate Fan Wenbin here is to resist with all his might, but the troops are insufficient, and he still did not hold it after more than half a month, and Zaoyang City was broken by Shi Tianze. This Fan Wenbin is more backbone, he did not flee after the defeat, he hanged himself directly in the city, and coexisted and died with the city he was stationed in, and in early October, Zaoyang fell. As the supreme military governor of the Jinghu region and the envoy of the Jinghu system, Zhao Fan Zhao could only watch his comrades die in battle in Xiangyang City, and he did not dare to go out of the city to rescue or harass the Mongol army.

In mid-October, the Mongol army began to attack Xiangyang, Zhao Fan defended the city well, made full use of the advantages of the Song army's boats, and arranged thousands of boats along the Han River. Kukou lost a lot of manpower, but he still couldn't cross the Han River, so in desperation, he could only turn the target of attack to the surrounding states and counties.

At the beginning of November, the Mongol Wanhu Tasi led 3,000 of his men and began to move eastward to attack Suizhou. The defender here, Gao Shiying, is brave and brave, but he has no strategy, he actually took the Suizhou defenders out of the city and fought a field battle with the Mongolian army, but the result was that he died and lost the city.

By the beginning of December, Kuo's general Tasi had already led his troops to the vicinity of Yingzhou, which was later known as Zhongxiang in Hubei, and he planned to defeat Yingzhou, and then requisition ships or rafts to cross the river here and attack Xiangyang from the south.

At this time, Kong Pei's grain fleet also arrived in Ezhou, Wen Nan went ashore to chat with the governor of Ezhou, heard that Xiangyang was besieged, and immediately volunteered to take a merchant ship into the Han River to send grain and reinforcements to Xiangyang. The governor of Ezhou was also a fool, and he actually agreed to Wennan's plan, and immediately mobilized 800 tiger wings to board Wennan's ship, along with the grain that had not yet been unloaded from the two ships, and planned to send them to Xiangyang together.

Kong Pei did not object to this plan, because Hong Tao gave him the place of Xiangyang, which meant that he could go, so he took two warships and four merchant ships and began to go up the Han River again. When he led the army to besiege Yingcheng, Kong Pei's fleet happened to pass by along the Han River, and saw that the fighting on the shore was lively, and the besieging army was waving the Mongolian flag.

The city of Yingzhou was built close to the Han River, with Mochou Lake in the northeast corner and Nanhu Lake in the southeast corner, and there were many waterways between the two lakes, which were not suitable for the army to march, so Tasi's army could only attack the city wall from the north against the open land of the Han River. At this time, the Mongol army had not yet introduced the return artillery from the Arabs, so the way of siege was very primitive, that is, to cover the head of the city with long-range bows and arrows, and then carry the ladder to climb the city wall. Slightly more advanced are large siege equipment such as rushing chariots and Hao bridges, but those things are large and difficult to build, and are generally not used by the Mongol army, which is known for its mobility. Just in time for the city wall of Yingzhou, it was very high and strong, and the defenders were not scared, so it was a bit troublesome to attack this city. (To be continued.) )

PS: PS: It's the New Year, as a storyteller, there is only one red envelope that can be sent, which is to tell a little more! This chapter is my New Year's greetings to everyone, from Chinese New Year's Eve to the sixth day of the new year, every day at noon on time...... There are also those overseas book friends, I wish you good health and smooth work in our own New Year, and we can toss them hard outside...... Turn your thoughts into motivation!!