Zhang Sheng didn't have time to care about everything that happened in the barracks, according to the information from outside the city, the Mongolian army was massing on a large scale, and it seemed that the next round of attacks was about to begin. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhang Sheng is very clear about the bravery of the Mongolian army, and the army under his command, to be honest, cannot resist the Mongolian army.

The upcoming attack, in fact, has been expected by Zhang Sheng, he knows that the leader of the battle is the Mongolian king, the former Mongolian Khan Mengke's younger brother Kublai Khan, this person is extremely brave, resourceful, and in the early stage of the battle has achieved many victories, occupying Huangzhou, Qizhou and Yuezhou and other places, but also almost took Tanzhou, so that the Southern Song Dynasty town Ezhou is surrounded on all sides, almost without foreign aid support, if it is not for the Gundam to lead the troops to break through Kublai Khan's overall defense line, into the city of Ezhou, Zhang Sheng really didn't know what to do next.

All the mobilization and deployment are in full swing, the guerrilla army, the left army and the right army belonging to the imperial army of Ezhou are all transferred out of Ezhou City, and the total number of sergeants stationed on the periphery is close to 20,000, these sergeants are responsible for resisting the large-scale attack of the Mongol army head-on, and the rest of the garrison is guarding the city.

Although the good news kept coming, Zhang Sheng was still sober, he knew the combat effectiveness of the Mongolian army, and also knew that the army under his command could not resist the Mongolian army head-on, and the next battle would be very tragic.

The last time I fought, it was because of heavy snowfall, God willing, and I'm afraid I won't have such good luck in the future.

Of course, at this time, Zhang Sheng was absolutely desperate to resist, and the army led by Lu Wende, the deputy envoy of Sichuan Chengxuan, was fighting against the Mongolian general Batuer, approaching Ezhou City, and the right prime minister and privy envoy Jia Nidao, who had already mastered the power of the court, led the army from the direction of Jiangzhou and approached Ezhou City.

The galloping aid of the two armies gave Zhang Sheng enough foreign aid.

Although the Mongolian army is strong, it is still not so easy to break through the city of Ezhou.

After receiving the information that the Mongolian army was about to launch an offensive, for three consecutive days, Zhang Sheng barely rested, and the commanders of the various armies shuttled back and forth to the Yamen of the Assassin History, waiting for Zhang Sheng's dispatch, and at the same time participating in the deployment of the operation.

It is foreseeable that this battle must be very tragic.

Kublai Khan has made all the preparations, this battle, his goal is to take the city of Ezhou, no matter what difficulties encountered, will not retreat, if there is an accident in the process of attack, then the army will also completely destroy the Song army stationed on the periphery of Ezhou City, and besiege Ezhou City to the death.

Kublai Khan mobilized almost all of his sergeants to participate in this combat attack.

Only the army under the command of Batuer remained on the periphery, they had to resist Lu Wende's gallop aid, and in the direction of Jiangzhou, the Southern Song Dynasty reinforcements were also approaching Ezhou under the leadership of the right prime minister and privy envoy Jia Yidao, and Batuer must also divide his troops to block.

Kublai Khan was not particularly worried about the reinforcements of the Southern Song Dynasty, including Jia Rudao, in his opinion, no matter which army of the Southern Song Dynasty was, it would eventually fall under the iron hooves of the Mongol army, but he should pay attention to any factors that appeared in the battle.

Zhang Rou, Yan Zhongfan, Dong Wenbing, and others had already accepted the order, and Batu'er, who was fighting on the periphery, and Wuliang Hetai, who was in charge of vigilance, also received Kublai Khan's order and made comprehensive preparations.

This time, Kublai Khan was ruthless, no matter what the situation encountered, he would never stop fighting, and he must take Ezhou City, and he secretly determined that after taking Ezhou City, there would be no grass left in the city, so that the soldiers and civilians of the Southern Song Dynasty felt sincere fear.

The time for the general offensive was set at the fifth day of the 11th month of the leap month, and there were still two days to go before the all-out offensive began.

A steady stream of information was gathered to Kublai Khan, and Kublai Khan's most trusted Confucian scholars Yao Shuhao, Liu Bingzhong, Xu Heng, and Zhang Wenqian were collected and summarized, and preliminary analysis was carried out, and the important information was reported, and the rest of the information that was not particularly important was directly handled by the four of them, and then reported separately.

Although the Great War was approaching, Kublai Khan seemed relatively relaxed, he was in the Chinese military tent every day, constantly figuring out the information sent in, and at the same time staring at Lin'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, on the map for a long time.

"Marshal, General Batuer sent an envoy to report, Lu Wende, deputy envoy of Sichuan Chengxuan in the Southern Song Dynasty, avoided the obstruction of General Batuer, bypassed Jiangling, and entered Ezhou by water.

This was originally a major change, but Kublai Khan, who heard the report, had no expression on his face, he looked at Yao Shuhao, and after a little contemplation, he decisively gave an order.

"Pass my order, Batu'er led the army, quickly return to Huangzhou, prepare to participate in the battle to attack Ezhou, the periphery of the guard is all in charge of Wuliang Hetai, the focus is to guard the Southern Song army in the direction of Jiangzhou, the Song army is concentrated in Ezhou is the best, once we take Ezhou, the Southern Song Dynasty court will definitely suffer heavy losses, at that time, see who can stop my army from pointing at the pace of Lin'an."

"Yes, my subordinates will go and draft the order of the marshal."

"Wait, order Wuliang Hetai, closely monitor the army led by the right prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty and the privy envoy Jia Yidao, the battle in the direction of Jiangzhou needs to be carefully planned, if possible, surround this army to the death, but don't rush to launch an attack, so as not to affect the battle of our army to attack Ezhou."

Yao Shuhao saluted again, turned around and left the Zhongjun tent.

However, a few minutes passed, and the captain of the guard, Hagway, entered the tent of the Chinese army. At this moment, there is only Kublai Khan in the Chinese military tent, and Hagwei, as the captain of the personal guard, is also the only personal guard who can directly enter the Chinese military tent.

"Report to the marshal, someone sent a jade plate, saying that there is an emergency to report to the marshal, and it needs to be stated in person, and the subordinates dare not make decisions at will, please ask the marshal to instruct."

Kublai Khan looked at the jade plaque held up by Hagwe's hands.

It should be said that at this time, Kublai Khan's spirit was not particularly concentrated, and what he thought of was how to attack and capture the city of Ezhou.

However, in the blink of an eye, Kublai Khan's face changed, because he saw the jade plaque in Hagwe's hand.

This is a jade plaque dedicated to the Mongolian prince, and it will not be shown easily.

"Hagwei, let someone enter the Chinese military tent, you are responsible for the vigilance of the Chinese military tent, no one is allowed to enter the Chinese military tent without my order."

Hagaway saluted again and turned to leave.

In just a few minutes, a man in black entered the Chinese military tent.

The man in black showed only his eyes and nostrils, and when he saw Kublai Khan, he knelt down and spoke.

"Report to the marshal, subordinates to the order of the prince's last brother, come to report the marshal, the Khan Meng Ge died, in the matter of the establishment of the Khan, the controversy in the court is extremely fierce, the prince Hedan, Ajiji, Tachar, Brother Shift, Khura Huer, Claw and so on obey the order of the prince, resolutely support the marshal to inherit the throne, but some of the military ministers in the court, intent to support the prince Ali Buge to inherit the throne, and their momentum is very strong, the situation is urgent, the prince argues with reason, the resolution to delay the canonization of the Great Khan, the prince ordered his subordinates to carry a personal jade plate, Reported this news to the marshal, and implored the marshal to return to the court quickly and inherit the throne... ”

The black-clothed people in the Mongolian steppe are called dead soldiers, which means that they will be loyal to their masters for a lifetime and will never change their minds.

Kublai Khan looked carefully at the jade plaque in his hand.

"I know, you have been running for a long time, you have worked very hard, and you have to rest for a day or two, and you will rest in the wing room next to the Chinese military tent, if you need anything, just ask."

The man in black had just withdrawn from the Chinese military tent, and Kublai Khan punched the table, and his face turned pale.

This news caught Kublai Khan off guard, and it seemed that his painstaking deployment was likely to be in vain.

Kublai Khan knew very well that if he could not inherit the throne smoothly and let his younger brother Ali Buge inherit the throne, or even get the support of the prince and the ministers of civil and military affairs, then all the efforts of Kublai Khan would be in vain.

The overriding thing at the moment was to return to the Mongolian steppe immediately and inherit the throne.

Brother Mo sent the dead soldiers to report the news, indicating that the dispute had reached a white-hot level, and at this moment Kublai Khan must not hesitate or delay, and must return to the steppe, inherit the position of Great Khan, and thwart Ali Buge's plot.

If he wanted to make the decision to withdraw the army, Kublai Khan's heart was extremely painful, all the preparations for attacking Ezhou were complete, according to his plan, at most about three months, he would be able to capture the city of Ezhou, and then the army under his command would be able to guide the capital of the Song Dynasty to Lin'an, and even completely destroy the Southern Song Dynasty, so that Mongolia would dominate the world.

It's a pity that there is a premise for all this, that is, he Kublai Khan inherited the throne and became the supreme ruler of the Mongolian steppe, without this foundation, then everything would be in vain.

Half an hour later, Yao Shuhao entered the Chinese military tent.

Kublai Khan's expression was unusually grim.

"Yao Shuhao, pass on my order, all sergeants, stop attacking Ezhou City, prepare for evacuation, the day after tomorrow, start to evacuate Ezhou in batches, return to the grassland, and complete the evacuation within half a month, in order to prevent the Song army from counterattacking, you immediately draw up an edict, saying that our Mongolian army will take Ezhou, will attack Lin'an, completely destroy the Southern Song Dynasty, order Wuliang Hetai, lead the army, and make preparations for attacking Anqing Prefecture and Luzhou."

Speaking of this, Kublai Khan paused slightly.

"Hundreds of thousands of troops evacuated from Huangzhou, we must make arrangements to avoid trouble, order Zhang Rou, lead 10,000 Han troops, garrison Huangzhou, cooperate with Wuliang Hetai, and still prepare to attack Ezhou, so that the Song army stationed in Ezhou thinks that we still have to launch a full-scale attack."

"Order Zhang Rou to evacuate the army to Hebei, so that he can lead the sergeants to evacuate Huangzhou."

"Zhang Rou has a great responsibility to hold Huangzhou this time, leave sufficient supplies, and tell Zhang Rou that I am waiting for him in the Mongolian steppe, waiting for him to evacuate safely and return triumphantly."