"The Mongol Tartars from the middle of the first month to the end of February, launched three large-scale attacks on the city of Xiangyang, although the attack was repulsed, but the impact is huge, the imperial court has sent Xia Gui and Fan Wenhu and others, respectively, led the army to aid Xiangyang, the army that can be galloped to help was defeated by the Mongol Tatars, forced to evacuate, the Intelligence Department predicts that the Mongol Tatars will launch a larger-scale offensive next, and strive to capture the city of Xiangyang as soon as possible. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info. ”

"In the capital, the opinions of the imperial court and the Privy Council are unified, they are all trying to rescue Xiangyang, Xia Gui and Fan Wenhu led the army to aid Xiangyang after all the failures, the Ministry of War proposed to dispatch the army stationed in Sichuan to aid Xiangyang, but this proposal was not approved by the Privy Council, the meaning of the Privy Council is still to dispatch the imperial troops stationed in Lianghuai, as well as other troops stationed in the Jingxi Road, to aid Xiangyang.

"In terms of Dadu, the Mongolian prince Habichi is still stationed in Kaifeng Fucheng, but the 20,000 Mongolian soldiers under his command have been transferred back to Dadu, and the Mongolian prince Tachar is still stationed in Mobei, and it is rumored that the 10,000 Mongolian soldiers drawn from Kaifeng Fucheng are likely to have gone to the Mobei grassland.

Yuan Shichun's report is very detailed, and the acquisition of this information has been summarized and sorted out by the Intelligence Bureau in large quantities, especially the information about Dadu, and it is not so easy to obtain, and it is necessary to synthesize a lot of information obtained in the past, and after detailed collation, and make accurate inferences, it is possible to obtain it.

Li Tingzhi, Hao Jing, Cao Wengang and others listened very carefully, while Wu Shaogang fell into contemplation.

Wu Shaogang could never have imagined that once the butterfly's wings flapped, the course of history would change.

In Wu Shaogang's impression, the city of Xiangyang Mansion was strong, and the Mongolian army could not take it quickly, and the Mongolian army attacked Xiangyang Mansion several times, all of which failed, and finally transferred to attack Fancheng, and after taking Fancheng, under the situation that the imperial court was unwilling to continue to rush to the aid of Xiangyang Mansion and the desperate defenders of Xiangyang Mansion City, Lu Wenhuan, who was holding Xiangyang, chose to surrender Kaicheng.

The Mongolian army besieged Xiangyang Mansion City for seven years, until the ninth year of Xianchun, before conquering Xiangyang Mansion City, but in this process, the Great Song Dynasty court also suffered a heavy blow, several reinforcements rushed to Xiangyang, all suffered failure, resulting in the end Jia Rudao was unwilling to continue to send troops to help, and the Mongolian army after taking Xiangyang Mansion City, it only took two years to capture Lin'an Mansion City, resulting in Empress Dowager Xie deciding to surrender, and the Song Dynasty court was basically destroyed.

Moreover, the Mongol army besieged Xiangyang Fucheng, which seemed to be unhurried and impatient, and had been firmly besieging Xiangyang Fucheng, and a large number of attacks only began in about seven years of Xianchun.

But now the situation is different, the Mongol army besieged Xiangyang Mansion City for less than two years, and began a general attack on Xiangyang Mansion City, and the offensive was very fierce, the imperial court sent Xia Gui and Fan Wenhu to help successively, but they all failed.

Wu Shaogang knew that Lu Wenhuan, who was stationed in Xiangyang, was very brave, and the people of Xiangyang Mansion were also very united, hating the same enemy, resisting the attack of the Mongolian army, so that the Mongolian army could not be captured for a long time, but this kind of persistence, there was still a glimmer of hope, that is, behind the Xiangyang Mansion was the Song Dynasty, which could give strong support, once the Mongolian army launched a large-scale attack, the army of the imperial court was unable to break through the encirclement of the Mongolian army, giving hope, then the situation would change.

Now it seems that the situation is moving in this direction.

Hedan should have made up his mind, or was urged by Kublai Khan and the Mongol court to capture Xiangyang Mansion as soon as possible, so he strengthened the attack on Xiangyang Mansion City in the first month.

The Song army, which rushed to the aid of Xiangyang, also suffered heavy losses, Xia Gui and Fan Wenhu all failed, the two can be said to be the most courageous generals in the imperial court, and next, it will become more difficult for the imperial court to rush to the aid of Xiangyang Fucheng.

Yuan Shichun finished speaking, and the room fell silent.

Wu Shaogang, who came to his senses, looked at Li Tingzhi and the others, whenever he pondered, everyone couldn't speak, because at this time, it was the time for him to think about countermeasures.

Seeing that Wu Shaogang had just stopped thinking, Li Tingzhi spoke.

"I think that the imperial court and the Privy Council, I am afraid that they will soon issue an edict to the Sichuan side, asking the army stationed in Sichuan to rush to Xiangyang, take a step back and say, even if the army stationed in Sichuan is unwilling to rush to Xiangyang, it is necessary to start an offensive on the Henan Road to contain the Mongol army's attack on Xiangyang Fucheng, maybe Kublai Khan and the Mongolian court have no choice, and the army that attacked Xiangyang Fucheng will be dispatched to deal with the problems in the Central Plains. . . ."

When Li Tingzhi was discussing his views, Hao Jing nodded frequently, and Cao Wengang was pondering.

"My father-in-law thinks that we should launch an attack on Henan Road."

Li Tingzhi groaned slightly, and spoke cautiously with a face.

"In my opinion, everything should be based on the strategic decision of the Yamen."

Li Tingzhi's sentence is very crisp, and the meaning is also very clear.

Wu Shaogang nodded and looked at Hao Jing.

"My lord, the lower officials believe that Lord Li's decision is correct, under the current situation, the Yamen should not be dragged down by the imperial court and Xiangyang, and should act according to their own strategic deployment."

After Hao Jing finished speaking, Wu Shaogang looked at Cao Wengang.

Such a situation is rare, generally speaking, after Li Tingzhi and Hao Jing both expressed their opinions, under comprehensive consideration, Wu Shaogang would come up with his own opinions, and Cao Wengang, who has always been making the yamen do things, rarely directly expresses his opinions, after all, in terms of qualifications and experience, Cao Wengang cannot be compared with Li Tingzhi and others.

But Wu Shaogang looked at Cao Wengang, obviously asking Cao Wengang to also express his opinion.

Cao Wengang still hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke.

"My lord, Lord Li, Lord Hao, Xia Guan has some different ideas."

When he said this, Cao Wengang looked at everyone.

Wu Shaogang's expression was very calm, obviously encouraging.

Cao Wengang finally gritted his teeth and spoke again.

"Xia Guan thinks that the army stationed in Sichuan should still take action, if there is no action, I am afraid it will cause some other discussions...

Before Cao Wengang finished speaking, Hao Jing spoke.

"Lord Cao, sometimes, we can't be rash, I understand what you mean, it's nothing more than thinking about the imperial court's view that Sichuan is not rushing to Xiangyang, it's nothing more than thinking about many people watching Sichuan not rushing to Xiangyang, but have you thought about it, the people in Beijing, Lianghuai and Jingxi Road and other places, how disappointed they are with the officials at all levels and the imperial army, in addition, Jingzhaofu Road, Qingyuan Road, Lintao Road and Fengxiang Road These places have spent a lot of money to make the yamen, If the festival makes the yamen still have to consider galloping to Xiangyang, or attacking Henan Road, is it able to withstand it... ”

Hao Jing is telling the truth, and Cao Wengang also knows this, but in the dark he feels that the army stationed in Sichuan must take action, so that he can give an explanation.

After Hao Jing finished speaking, there was silence in the room again.

Wu Shaogang closed his eyes, he had never been so upset.

He is rational enough, and he has been doing things rationally for so many years, but this time, he doesn't know what kind of decision to make.

The festival makes the yamen unable to support large-scale conquest at present, Jingzhaofu Road and other places have not yet recovered, and the land has not been cultivated for a long time, and the old and weak women and children who originally lived in these places basically rely on the relief of the government to survive, fortunately, those people who moved to Jingzhaofu Road and other places used to have food in their homes, and brought all of them over, plus the money and grain given by the government, there is no big problem in maintaining until the autumn harvest.

Once the autumn harvest season arrives, the festival enables the yamen to collect a certain amount of grain, and at the same time collect a certain amount of trade taxes, and at that time, they can consider what to do next.

But the ruthlessness of history, Wu Shaogang is even clearer, no matter what, Wu Shaogang is still the Taifu of the Great Song Dynasty and the envoy of Yunchuan Jiedu, if he sees the city of Xiangyang being attacked, regardless of it, then the records of the history books in the future will definitely write about this move.

Wu Shaogang can not think about these things, no matter what his history says, as long as he can dominate the world and let the people live a stable and prosperous life in the future, he will achieve his goal.

But in his heart, Wu Shaogang always felt faintly uneasy.

Seeing that Wu Shaogang hadn't spoken for a long time, Li Tingzhi sighed and slowly spoke.

"Cangling, I know what you think, after all, I have received the kindness of the imperial court, if I ignore it at this time, I will always be uneasy in my heart, but I think that at this critical moment, we can't have other actions, if the imperial court edict comes down, I will deal with it, you know, if we act rashly, I am afraid that not only can we not solve the crisis in Xiangyang Fucheng, but also may lead to a huge danger in Sichuan. . . ."

Wu Shaogang finally raised his head and spoke slowly.

"This matter makes me think about it again, maybe Xiangyang Mansion can support it for a long time, if they can hold on until the autumn harvest season, everything is easy to say, my father-in-law is right, in fact, I also know that sooner or later, the Mongolian army will capture Xiangyang Mansion City, and the imperial army will not be able to resist the attack of the Mongolian army at all, but if we don't make any moves, we can't explain to the people of the world, even if we dominate the world, this is our biggest shame."

Wu Shaogang's words made everyone bow their heads.

"Okay, don't think about these things for the time being, no matter what the consequences are, I will bear them, even if I suffer the merciless insults and reproaches of the people of the Great Song Dynasty, and be condemned by the history books, it is my destiny." (To be continued.) )