"Now the efficiency of weaving a piece of cloth with the new method has increased several times." Bai Yijie sighed: "I don't want the textile technology of the local Dongli to be higher than that of the Central Plains. ”

"Yazhou is located in the south, with plenty of sunshine, which is very suitable for growing cotton, and it is not surprising that the locals are good at cotton weaving." Zheng Yunming stroked the cotton cloth and sighed: "It's a pity that Su Zizhan didn't notice the exquisite textile technology of Dongli when he belittled Yazhou. ”

Bai Yijie also shook his feather fan and retorted: "What you said is as if the Dongpo monks are going to visit the mountains and rivers, the land of Yazhou is humid and hot, and it is really a natural prison of exile." I heard that the mosquitoes there are the size of white geese in summer, and the cows faint because of blood loss. Do you still laugh at Su Dongpo for not detecting the subtlety of the Li people's textile technology? ”

Zheng Yunming laughed and said: "If it is really the size of a goose, Su Zizhan's small body is gone, how can he die in one bite?" To get back to the point, in addition to weaving, it is also necessary to improve the dyeing technology, and only by striving to increase the value of cloth can we establish the superiority of local cotton cloth over the world's cloth. If you can weave and dye the color of the cloth, it will definitely sell well. ”

"What you said is too exaggerated, being able to sell well for thousands of miles is already a lucrative business." Bai Yijie shook his head and said, "Can it still be sold overseas?" ”

Zheng Yunming still didn't answer positively: "No matter what, these things will only work your god in the future, not my god." I had to concentrate on dealing with the Mongol ravages in Sichuan. ”

"It's this question I'm worried about," Bai Yijie raised his eyebrows with a worried face: "Now the soldiers of Shu are less than 50,000, and most of them are old and weak soldiers, and they are unbearable to fight, unlike Jinghu, once you enter Shu, you can only rely on this little bit of people and horses in the headquarters, how to compete with the Mongolian army of 100,000?" ”

"Now I can't give you a definitive answer." Zheng Yunming said: "You know that I never make judgments without knowing the details of the local situation. However, the mountains in Kuizhou are steep, and it is very difficult for the Mongolian army to use a strong cavalry to operate and fight. ”

"The key now is to be fast, we must rush to Kuizhou before the Mongols to fully deploy defense."

Once Zheng Yunming has set a strategy, it will be implemented like a thunderstorm. Within three days, 10,000 officers and men had loaded their baggage and ordnance and were ready to set off for a new operation upstream.

On the day the army set off, Zhao Kui and Meng Heng, as well as the civil and military officials of Xiangyang Prefecture, all came to see them off. Zheng Yunming has only been stationed in Xiangyang for a year, but the military discipline is strict, the soldiers are brave, and he treats ordinary people very modestly and politely. It has an excellent reputation among the government and the people. Now the petty officials have entered Shu, and the people have come to see them off. Zheng Yunming was not happy about the send-off ceremony, and according to the usual practice, after paying tribute to his boss, colleagues and local fathers, he secretly went out of the west gate and took his own boat.

As soon as he stepped on the deck, Zheng Yunming heard a noise on the shore, and when he looked back, it was two young people who had an argument because they wanted to rush to get on Zheng Yunming's boat. One of them was slender and tall, and shouted loudly: "I have a letter of recommendation from the envoy, and whoever dares to stop me should not blame my sword for not being sharp!" ”

The other man was a burly figure, although his voice was not high, but he was firm and resolute, and shouted: "I am the deputy capital commander who wrote a letter to recruit me, should I also give way to you?" ”

Zheng Yunming smiled bitterly, it seems that these two young people recommended by others are not easy to get along with.

He commanded, "Go and bring those two noisy fellows to the boat." ”

Han Feng received the order and immediately got off the boat and brought the two of them up. The two saw Zheng Yunming on the boat and paid their respects.

Zheng Yunming said to the burly young man: "Since there is a letter written by me, it must be Gauss's handwriting?" The mourning clothes have not been removed, and the crime of taking love is only on me, but the fierce flames of the Tartars in Sichuan have not been removed, how can the husband sit idly by? ”

Gauss said angrily: "My father was killed by the Mongols in order to protect Shuzhong, and this revenge will be avenged by me personally, so as soon as the letter from the deputy capital arrives, I will set off to meet with me." ”

Zheng Yunming turned to the tall and thin man again and glanced up and down, but saw that this person had an extraordinary face, and there was a look of arrogance in his eyebrows. It seems that Zhao Kui may not be an easy role to be at the mercy of himself, so he asked, "Who is Mr?" ”

The man held Zhao Kui's letter in his hand and presented it, and said loudly: "Yu Yu of Qizhou, now serving as the chief secretary of Qizhou, came to report to the deputy capital with the letter from Zhao's envoy. ”

Zheng Yunming laughed: "Okay, well, now several famous stinky tempers in the Great Song Dynasty have gathered in one place." You are also making trouble everywhere in the province, this time the Mongols claim to be 500,000, we only have more than 10,000, you follow me into Shu, are you not afraid of being cut off by the Mongols? ”

Yu Jue replied loudly: "The eastern part of Sichuan is a continuous mountainous area, as long as the deputy capital is a city according to the mountains and connects the dots into a line, even if Mongolia has a million elite soldiers, how can it be helpless to get the deputy capital?" ”

Gao Side also said: "The people of Kuizhou are fierce, the people are brave, and the deputy capital is good at making good use of it, and it will definitely be able to make achievements." ”

"Hmph, it's easy to sit and talk about it, but it's hard to put it into practice, since we're on my ship, our fates are tied together. Whether this is life or death, neither of them should complain. Zheng Yunming shouted: "Start the boat immediately and go straight to the east of Sichuan!" ”

In the northeast of Jiading Mansion on Chengdu Fu Road, there is a city called Wuxin City, which is located on the hill of Wuxin City, overlooking the Jialing River flowing slowly, it is a necessary place for businessmen and travelers, so it is very lively on weekdays. However, since the Mongols invaded the West China Plain, people were in fear, and every day a large number of refugees could be seen fleeing eastward along the river. It is said that the Mongols looted near Chengdu Mansion and killed people when they saw them, and they really couldn't escape the clutches of a chicken or a dog. Wuxin City is a military fortress, but there are also many business vendors and dependents on weekdays, and everyone reminds the city defender Zhao to close the city gate quickly, in case the Mongol cavalry suddenly takes him by surprise. But Lao Zhao has his own ideas, there are countless refugees who flee through Guò Wuxin City every day, and the customs clearance fee paid alone makes General Zhao smile from ear to ear, how can he be willing to close the city gate? He was also reminded to control the lights at night, which was also a precautionary measure to prevent the Mongols from the location of the city. But the officers and soldiers under his command are extremely opposed, who wants to patrol in the dark in the middle of the night? As for the Mongols, maybe they should be satisfied after robbing Jincheng Tianfu, how can they come to such a poor place as Jiading Mansion?

But sometimes wars come to the unprepared with lightning speed.

On January 19 of the first year of Jiaxi, it was already the end of the Shangyuan Festival, and the city was still full of lights. Bonfires are lit at night to illuminate the whole city. No one noticed that in the shadows of the mountains, a group of men and horses was quietly approaching Wuxin City. ‘

When the cavalry of the brigade rushed into the city gate, the officers and soldiers guarding the gate did not even have time to react effectively. Seeing the brigade of ironclad cavalry rushing in, although the banner of the army could not be seen clearly in the darkness of the night, the Shukou army with elite cavalry in Sichuan was almost wiped out at this time. Who else could such a large force of cavalry be? So the soldiers defending the city almost threw down their weapons and fled in all directions.

The large cavalry team rushed all the way to the gate of the mansion in Wuxin City, and dozens of armor soldiers got off their horses and rushed into the mansion, and pulled Mr. Zhao, who was sleeping peacefully with his concubine in his arms, out of bed.

As soon as General Zhao saw the menacing appearance of these people, he didn't have time to distinguish them, and immediately shouted: "Grandpa Mongolia, spare your life!" I, I'm willing to surrender! ”

For the "Mongolian" general, he laughed out loud and slapped Mr. Zhao's fat belly with the horsewhip in his hand.

"You can see our outfit clearly, you can't even tell the enemy from me, and what are you talking about marching and fighting!"

After he said this, General Zhao calmed down a little frightened, and looked at the comer carefully, sure enough, the armor and military uniform were all the styles of the Great Song Dynasty. And the person who came spoke in an authentic Jiangnan accent, and it was by no means a military horse in the north.

He immediately picked up the faction of the local city guard, and shouted dissatisfiedly: "What part of you are, why did you enter the city without prior notice, if the generals did not distinguish the flag and fought each other, who would bear the responsibility?" ”

Zhu Sheng whipped him on the stomach again: "You still have the heart to quibble!" Look at this city, the lights are bright, the gates are open, are they waiting for the Mongols to enter the city to kill people and set fires! Or did you have the intention of giving the entire city to the Mongols as a gift? At this time, if there is a real Mongol attack."

Before he finished speaking, suddenly a sergeant outside the door stumbled in, gasped and said: "There are traces of a large number of Mongolian cavalry more than ten miles ahead, they should have seen the lights of this city and are galloping towards here." ”

When General Governor Zhao heard this, he screamed, rolled his eyes and fainted.

Zhu Sheng said angrily to Han Feng: "Just this guts still eats the food of the army, it is really useless to only eat the waste of the people's food and salary." You go and inform Yao Zhong to lead 500 people to ambush at the east gate, and I will take 500 people to ambush at the west gate, and this castle will enter and exit through two gates to see how the Mongol army falls into our trap. ”

Since its departure from Chengdu, this Mongol army has not encountered effective resistance from the Song army, and has slaughtered everyone along the way. The wolf rushed to this point, and saw that there was a city here that was brightly lit, and it was like a hungry wolf showing its prey.

When hundreds of ironclad cavalry swarmed into the west gate of Wuxin City, and had not advanced a hundred steps, suddenly the streets on both sides lit up with continuous torches, and countless arrows flew from both sides, and two teams of musketeers rushed out in front of them, firing at them head-on. A brave general with dozens of death squads burst into the vicinity of the city gate and closed it again, and the Song army relied on firearms to support the enemy in the encirclement, and soon annihilated this small group of enemies.

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