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More critically, the roads are no longer so muddy.

Huangzhou, the military camp of the Mongolian army, the Chinese military tent.

The expression on Kublai Khan's face was quite calm, not particularly anxious.

He had been leading his army for a full year, during which time he had won numerous victories.

Kublai Khan was able to lead a large army this time, but it was not so simple, before this, he was relieved of military power by Meng Ge Khan Meng Ge, which is equivalent to being idle at home, if it were not for the county king Ta Cha'er to attack Jingxiang and other places in the Southern Song Dynasty was blocked, hindering the overall deployment of Mongolia to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty, Kublai Khan would not have had the opportunity to lead the army to fight.

Because Möngke was already very wary of him.

Meng Ge can be said to have done his best this time, and he planned to completely destroy the Southern Song Dynasty.

In July last year, Meng Ge personally led a large army from the Mongolian camp to attack Sichuan, and in November, Kublai Khan led a large army to attack Ezhou, Huangzhou, Qizhou and other places from the Mongolian steppe.

After some conquest, Kublai Khan successfully took Huangzhou and Qizhou, and used Huangzhou as the base camp of the army.

At the same time, Kublai Khan sent his general Batur to lead his troops to attack Yuezhou and Tanzhou, and occupied these places, completely isolating Ezhou.

Batuer captured Yuezhou and led his troops to Tanzhou, but Wuliang Hetai, who was in charge of the co-subordination, was slow to reinforce him, which caused Batuer to be unable to succeed and had to withdraw to Yuezhou.

When Kublai Khan heard the news, he was furious, but Wuliang Hetai was Meng Ge's personal entourage and confidant, and won Meng Ge's trust.

Kublai Khan's target was still Ezhou, and in early September, he made all the arrangements and prepared to start attacking Ezhou.

It was also at this time that King Moge sent an envoy to Huangzhou to inform Kublai Khan that at the end of July, when attacking the Diaoyu City of Hezhou, Sichuan, Meng Ge, who was supervising the battle, was hit by a bow and crossbow, and was seriously injured and died, and the army attacking Hezhou had withdrawn to the Mongolian steppe.

Many of his confidants and generals also persuaded Kublai Khan to return to Mongolia and inherit the position of Great Khan.

However, Kublai Khan did not agree, in his opinion, the position of the Great Khan of Mongolia belonged to him, whether in terms of personal strength and prestige, or in terms of military merits, no one could compete with him.

After careful consideration, Kublai Khan resolutely decided to continue attacking Ezhou, he was unwilling to give up such a good opportunity, as long as he could take Ezhou, then the army under his command could guide the Song capital Lin'an.

Kublai Khan ordered Batuer, who was stationed in Yuezhou, to quickly rush to Ezhou, blocking the reinforcements from the Southern Song Dynasty along the way, and at the same time ordered his army to launch a general attack on Ezhou.

The Battle of Ezhou was fully fought in October of the first year of Tianqing.

The battle to attack Ezhou was not as smooth as Kublai Khan expected, and more than a month passed, the army encountered the desperate resistance of the imperial army of Ezhou in the Southern Song Dynasty, and was not able to reach the city of Ezhou, and was not able to launch a direct attack on the city.

At the same time, the reinforcements sent by the Southern Song Dynasty court came from the direction of Sichuan and Tanzhou towards Ezhou, and Batuer was making every effort to block the rush of the Southern Song Dynasty army, and the peripheral resistance battle was also extremely fierce.

At this time, the climate changes suddenly, with heavy snow falling and icy roads.

Kublai Khan had to order the army to suspend the offensive.

Zhang Rou, Yan Zhongfan, Dong Wenbing and others looked at Kublai Khan, who was sitting at the bottom and looked at Kublai Khan with a calm face.

All three were previously generals of the Jin Dynasty, and after the fall of the Jin Dynasty, they surrendered to the Mongols and were reused under the recommendation of Kublai Khan.

This time, they followed Kublai Khan on the expedition, desperately serving their lives, and they could all be on their own.

Zhang Rou led the troops to capture Huangzhou, Yan Zhongfan led the troops to capture Qizhou, and Dong Wenbing led the troops to defeat the naval army of the Southern Song Dynasty, allowing the army to approach the city of Ezhou.

After more than a year, the three of them were impressed by Kublai Khan's courage and courage, and they had long become Kublai Khan's hardcore henchmen.

Upon learning of Möngke's death, the three of them repeatedly persuaded Kublai Khan to quickly return to Mongolia and inherit the throne.

At the critical moment, Kublai Khan showed self-confidence and calmness, decided to continue the attack on Ezhou, and pointed to Lin'an, the three of them were deeply impressed by Kublai Khan's vision, they no longer mentioned the matter, but commanded the army, and launched a continuous attack on the imperial army of Ezhou.

Although the attack was not so smooth, the three were still very confident, and they firmly believed that as long as they fought according to Kublai Khan's requirements, they would be able to win a complete victory in the end.

Kublai Khan looked at the three people sitting at the bottom and finally spoke.

"Batu'er sent an envoy to report, the Southern Song Dynasty two reinforcements of the army, the offensive situation is very violent, the army is led by Sichuan Chengxuan deputy envoy Lu Wende, from the direction of Jiangling to come to help, all the way to the army led by the Ezhou Imperial Army, the commander of the front army of the urging army, led by the commander of the front army, from the direction of Tanzhou."

Speaking of this, Kublai Khan pointed to the map, and his expression suddenly became serious.

"Don't underestimate this Lu Wende, it was he who stopped the attack of Meng Ge Khan, so that the commander of my army Wang Dechen, and Meng Ge Khan were seriously injured and died, Gao Gao is also a relatively brave general in the Southern Song Dynasty, there is a set of battles, Zhang Sheng, who is stationed in Ezhou, has also had a confrontation with our army before, and it is not mediocre, so the battle of our attack on the city of Ezhou may last for a long time, you all have to cheer up, persevere, and must not retreat."

"My Mongolian steppe athletes, must soar above the blue sky, whether it is Lu Wende, Gao Gao and Zhang Sheng, they will eventually be trampled under my Mongolian athletes."

When Kublai Khan said this, Zhang Rou couldn't help but speak.

"Marshal, my subordinates feel that if they can stop the aid of the Southern Song Dynasty army, it is impossible for Ezhou to hold out for a long time, I don't know if General Batuer will be able to completely stop Lu Wende and Gao Gao's reinforcement."

Kublai Khan shook his head and spoke closely.

"Don't expect Batu'er to completely stop the Southern Song Dynasty armies' aid, we must be prepared, even if all the Southern Song Dynasty reinforcements enter Ezhou, we will not give up the attack, as long as we can take Ezhou and occupy Tanzhou and other places, Lin'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, will be completely exposed to the command of our army."

Speaking of this, Kublai Khan waved his hand.

"I would like to meet this Lu Wende and see how brave he is...

Before Kublai Khan could finish speaking, a sergeant entered the tent and fell to one knee.

"Report, General Batuer sent an urgent military intelligence letter."

The atmosphere in the Chinese military tent became a little silent for a while, what the emergency military intelligence letter meant, Kublai Khan and others are clear, only when there is an urgent and major military situation, will an urgent military intelligence letter be written.

Dong Wenbing looked at Kublai Khan, stood up, walked in front of the sergeant, and took the letter.

Walking in front of Kublai Khan, Dong Wenbing raised his hands and respectfully handed over the letter.

Kublai Khan's expression was grim and he quickly opened the letter.

Zhang Rou and the other three looked at Kublai Khan, and they couldn't get out of the atmosphere.

"Bang...

Kublai Khan suddenly punched the wooden case, and a haze appeared on his face.

Zhang Rou, Yan Zhongfan, and Dong Wenbing knew that something was wrong, and they stood up at the same time.

"The army led by Gundam actually bypassed Tanzhou and launched an attack from the direction of Jiangzhou, Batuer was caught off guard and was not able to stop it, and now the Southern Song Dynasty army led by Gundam has broken through from the waterway and entered the city of Ezhou."

Kublai Khan still didn't hold back, he knew very well what this information meant.

Once again, there was silence in the tent.

Everyone understands what it means for Gundam to enter the city of Ezhou.

The urging army under the command of Gundam is the most elite unit of the Ezhou Imperial Army, and its combat ability is not ordinary.

"Marshal, my subordinates think that even if Gundam returns to Ezhou, it is not a big deal, as long as our army can surround Ezhou to the death and cut it off from the outside world, it is impossible for the Song army to hold out for a long time, and Gundam will lead the army into Ezhou, and it will increase the consumption of grain and grass."

When Zhang Rou said these words, her voice was not very loud, and she didn't seem to have a lot of confidence.

Kublai Khan looked at Zhang Rou and suddenly laughed.

"Well said, don't say that Gundam enters Ezhou City, even if Lu Wende enters Ezhou City, I don't care, the more Song troops concentrated in Ezhou City, the better, so that as long as we take Ezhou and completely defeat the Song army, it will be easy to attack Lin'an next."

Kublai Khan's toughness and confidence once again infected Zhang Rou and others.

After regaining his composure, Kublai Khan took a closer look at the three of them.

"The morale of the soldiers must be high, but the attack must not be negligent in the slightest, I plan to attack again within next month, this time even if it is a knife in the sky, we must stick to the end, never give the Ezhou Song army any respite, you must be prepared and wait for the order of the general attack."

Zhang Rou and the others left the Chinese military tent, Kublai Khan sat down, picked up a letter from the desk, opened it, and looked at it carefully.

He has read this letter several times, it was written by the king of the sect, Brother Mo has always been a staunch supporter of Kublai Khan, and last year he also followed Meng Ge's side and entered the Sichuan expedition.

Of course, the letter written by Brother Mo has little effect in the hands of others, because the letter is written in Mongolian, and not many people can understand it.

Despite his determination to attack Ezhou, Kublai Khan was still concerned about the situation in the grasslands, and he had sent secret envoys back to the grasslands to help Moge stabilize the situation.