On the not-so-wide Han River, a huge fleet of ships lined up in columns for miles is heading upstream.

The bows of more than 100 oarboats, without exception, are fluttering in the wind, and the huge Song characters tell everyone that this is a fleet of the Great Song Dynasty. The huge ramming horns on the bow of the dozens of ships at the bow of the fleet and the stubborn armor soldiers walking on the ships clearly told the people on both sides of the strait that this was not a merchant ship, but a fleet of sailors of the Great Song Dynasty.

In the middle of this fleet, which is not too large but definitely not small, is a warship that is much larger than ordinary sailor ships, with a hull of more than 20 zhang long and almost 10 zhang high, making the rest of the ships look like giants and children in front of this ship.

On the top of this battleship, in addition to the "Song" flag, there is also a large flag with the word "Jia" written on it, and on both sides of the "Jia" flag, two columns with the words "Ambassador of the Qin Order" and "Doctor Jin Ziguanglu" are particularly eye-catching.

The cabin on the top of the battleship is not too luxurious, but there are not many calligraphy and paintings and other gadgets that are extremely rare in Lin'an City, and there is even a pair of Mongolian armor, obviously the people who arranged this cabin still put a lot of thought into it.

The two people in the small cabin were playing against each other, and they were the two old opponents Jia Yidao and Mo Ye. However, this game seems to have the upper hand of Jia Yidao, and at this moment, Mo Ye is pinching the white son in his hand and has been frowning for a long time.

"Knock knock!"

There was a soft knock on the door outside the cabin.

"Come in."

Zhao Yi flashed in, and saw a smile on the corner of Mo Ye's mouth who was frowning, these days, after the adults had just gotten on the boat, the number of times they saw Lord Mo Ye's face like this was more and more.

"My lord, Jiang Dutong just ordered someone to come to tell you that the fleet in front is about to arrive at the boundary of Jingmen, Jiang Dutong asked your lord how to arrange it, whether he wants to rest in Jingmen for one night to relieve his fatigue. There is also the Jingmen Prefect You Tongyou who has set up a banquet to welcome the adults, and this plan has been waiting at Jingmen Wharf. ”

Jia Rudao glanced at Mo Yedao, who was still meditating: "Tell General Jiang that the army will stay in Jingmen for an hour to replenish supplies and then rush directly to Xiangyang." As for the prefect of You's mansion, you ordered someone to send a message to him, and then come and bother him when the official returns. There is no need for this feast. ”

"The last general obeys!" Zhao Yi bowed in response.

Jia Rudao was directly changed from land to waterway from Ezhou (later Wuhan, Hubei).

The 50,000 Mongolian rangers who did not spend their mouths were raging in Huangzhou, Ezhou, Jingzhou and along the north bank of the Yangtze River in Xiangyang, if Jia Rudao continued to take the land route, it was difficult to guarantee that he would not be targeted by these Mongolian cavalry with a keen sense of smell.

The long Yangtze River has become a natural obstacle to the Great Song Dynasty, but the sailors of the Great Song Dynasty are limited after all, most of the sailors are stationed in the fortresses along the river, and there will inevitably be negligence under the patrol.

The Mongol cavalry dominated the land routes, and the waterways were still the world of the Great Song Dynasty, at least for now. It is much safer to take the water route than the land route, and the speed will be much faster.

Jiangdu Tongjiang Hai is the sailor sent by Meng Hui to pick up Jia Yidao to Xiangyang City this time, and he is also the descendant of Meng Hui.

From the time he uploaded it in Ezhou to now, Jia Rudao has been on the ship for almost seven days. At the beginning, I was still interested in seeing the vast and magnificent scenery of the Yangtze River, but as the fleet turned from the Yangtze River to the Han River, there were fewer and fewer merchant ships coming and going on the river, and Jia Rudao also lost his mind about watching the scenery.

I don't know what Meng Heng thinks, since Jia Yidao entered the Han River, there will be a battle report from Xiangyang sent by Meng Hui every day, the battle damage of the two sides and the process of the war, no matter how big or small, so Jia Yidao's understanding of the war in Xiangyang can be said to be extremely detailed.

Judging from Meng Hui's battle report, this time he was obviously determined to take Xiangyang City again, and he urged the army to attack Xiangyang City every day.

As the besieging party, there is no need to calculate Jia Rudao or know Lu Dao, and the losses of the army will inevitably exceed that of the Song army defending the city. According to Meng Hui's war report, it has been half a month since the station was opened, and in the past half a month, the total number of troops invested in the siege has reached 400,000, and the battle losses of the Mongolian army in the siege battle every day are more than 10,000 people, that is to say, in half a month, the battle losses of the army without spending money on the mouth have at least exceeded 150,000, and the total strength of the mouth temperature is only about 350,000.

In other words, the battle losses of the lukewarm mouth have already exceeded half of his troops. It will be difficult for any normal general to accept when the battle losses exceed one-third of the troops, let alone almost half of the battle losses such as the mouth is not spent.

However, all this seems to have not been seen, and the offensive against Xiangyang City has not weakened in the slightest. At least when Meng Hui's last battle report came, Kouwen Buhua still did not weaken the offensive against Xiangyang City, and more Mongol troops were drawn from all over the Central Plains by Kouwen Buhua to join the attack on Xiangyang City.

In these battle reports, although Meng Hui did not say it explicitly, Jia Rudao could see that now the people of Xiangyang City do not have much confidence in holding Xiangyang City.

The Mongol army with a warm mouth suffered so many casualties, and although the casualties of the Song army in Xiangyang City were less than those of the warm mouth, they were almost 100,000 casualties.

100,000 casualties, and within half a month, this number far exceeded the battle of Mongolia in the past few years in any of the Song army's losses, even in the battle of Duanping into Luo, the Song army's battle losses were only half of this number.

Jia Yidao can understand the panicked atmosphere in Xiangyang City at this moment. You must know that the Jinghu army in Xiangyang City has a total of only more than 250,000 people.

The Mongols paid such a heavy price, once they took Xiangyang City, it seems that it is not difficult to imagine what kind of results will wait for the soldiers and civilians in Xiangyang City.

It's just that I don't know what Lu Dao is for, Jia Rudao always feels a little strange about the actions of the Mongolian army this time, especially the behavior of not paying a warm mouth.

If the Mongols really wanted to have a hard fight with the Great Song Dynasty, then, in the past three years, there have been several times when the Mongols had a better chance than this one, and they could break through any city or even the most rearly barrier of the Great Song Dynasty, the Yangtze River, at a lower cost. But the Mongols didn't. This time, just for the sake of a Xiangyang city, the Mongols paid such a big price, from where you look at it, it is more than worth the loss, right?

It's a pity that history has changed, and there are too few materials and information available, and Jia Yidao doesn't know what kind of plans Wen Buhua is doing in his heart.