When Jinghu North Road's pacification deputy envoy and Ezhou Zhizhou Gundam was escorted to Ah Shu, there was a sad and indignant look written on his face, he never dreamed that the guard Ma Junsi who rushed to the aid of Ezhou commanded the envoy Si Xia Gui, and would actually rebel after entering the city, and the victory he was looking forward to, as well as the counterattack plan he was trying to carry out, were all lost in an instant. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Ah Shu had a smile on his face, and Lu Wende, Lu Wenhuan, Xia Gui and the others who were standing beside him bowed their heads slightly, embarrassed to meet Gundam's sad and angry gaze.

"General Gao, this marshal admires you as a fierce general, and he doesn't want to kill you, how about submitting to my Great Yuan Dynasty."

Ah Shu's words are also simple, the battlefield is a life-and-death fight, and there are not so many crepe words.

Gundam looked at Lu Wende, Lu Wenhuan, Xia Gui and the others, and spat vigorously on the ground.

"Mongolian Tartars, needless to say so much, I was born as a minister of the Great Song Dynasty, and I died as a ghost of the Great Song Dynasty, Lu Wende, Lu Wenhuan, you scum, Xia Gui, I will not let you go even if I go underground..."

Gundam didn't have time to finish speaking, and the Mongolian sergeants next to him made a move, and they twisted Gundam's already firmly bound arms so hard that Gundam's face turned pale in pain, and naturally he couldn't speak.

Ashu looked at Gundam and sighed slightly.

"General Gao, this marshal will give you another chance."

Gundam, whose face turned pale with pain, could no longer speak, he looked at Ah Shu hatefully and shook his head firmly.

Helplessly, Ah Shu waved his hand and motioned for the sergeant to take Gundam away.

Until this time, Ah Shu still couldn't bear to kill Gundam, after all, this Gundam had been confronting him for nearly a year, with a small number of troops, he was able to firmly defend the city and resist the attack of his army, and he did have a good ability, the Mongols respected heroes, and the emperor and the court also expected to be able to recruit heroes from all over the world.

After Gundam was escorted away, Lu Wende spoke first.

"Marshal, I think that Gundam has made up its mind, I'm afraid it won't be submitted, the army still has many expedition missions in the future, if you take Gundam, I'm afraid it will affect the hearts of those surrendered soldiers, it's better not to stay, while losing a big one."

Lu Wenhuan and Xia Gui still lowered their heads and did not speak.

Ah Shu turned his head to look at Lu Wende, Lu Wenhuan, Xia Gui and the others, with a somewhat strange expression.

After a long while, Ah Shu finally spoke.

"Ben Shuai looks at this Gundam, I'm afraid that he won't submit to my Great Yuan Court, so let's deal with it according to what Lord Lu said."

After saying these words, Ah Shu's expression became cold, he looked at the Ezhou city that had been taken in front of him, and spoke to Ali Hague, the deputy marshal beside him.

"The sergeants of the Song army, who were destined to return to obedience, all withdrew from the city of Ezhou, stationed outside the city, waiting for disposal, and the army marched into the city of Ezhou, which can be indulged for three days.

This order given by Ah Shu is actually an order to slaughter the city.

Lu Wende and Lu Wenhuan's faces changed, but Xia Gui didn't have any other reaction.

The so-called indulgence for three days is actually the time of burning, killing and looting for three days, and tens of thousands of Mongol troops entered the city and faced the unarmed people, the outcome of which can be imagined.

When Lu Wende was about to speak again, he saw Lu Wenhuan, who raised his head slightly, and shook his head at him slightly.

Lu Wende also bowed his head, Gundam's performance just now had made their status in Ah Shu's mind suddenly decrease, and Gouda was unwilling to submit to the Great Yuan Court, for fear that he would be appreciated by Ah Shu.

Tens of thousands of Mongolian soldiers drove into the city of Ezhou, these soldiers had a greedy smile on their faces, of course they knew what they could do after entering the city, and they worked hard to follow the commander to conquer, in the final analysis, it was for money, and now that the opportunity has come, they will be able to get a lot of money by entering the city and plundering.

The tyrannical atmosphere instantly enveloped the city of Ezhou...

On May 16 of the ninth year of Xianchun, the city of Ezhou Prefecture was lost, and the entire Jinghu North Road was completely occupied by the Mongolian army.

From the 16th to the 18th, the Mongolian Tatars burned and looted in the city of Ezhou, and after the three-day slaughter, less than one of the ten survivors of the people in the city were killed, and the prosperous city of Ezhou became a ghost town in an instant.

The city of Ezhou was lost, the imperial court was shocked, the gate of the capital had been lost, and then the soldiers of the Mongolian army would directly point to the capital, and there were not many imperial army guards on Jiangnan Road.

Xia Gui's wishful thinking was completely broken, Lu Wende promised to take his family out of Lin'an Mansion City, but now it seems that there is no such possibility, Ezhou City is being slaughtered, this news will definitely spread as soon as possible, and the news of his Xia Gui's surrender to the Mongolian army will also follow and spread.

Xia Gui was calculated by Lu Wende again, but unfortunately at this time, Xia Gui no longer had any capital that could be used to compete, and the 20,000 soldiers under his command had long been absorbed by the Mongolian army marshal Ashu, Xia Gui himself did not have any command power, and these 20,000 soldiers were all scattered and settled.

Xia Gui also didn't fully trust Lu Wende, as well as the Mongolian army marshal Ashu and others, during the few days of staying in the military camp outside Daye County, he sent his henchmen to the capital to prepare to pick up his family and leave, but unfortunately it was too late in terms of time.

Xia Gui originally thought that the Mongolian army marshal Ah Shu would take into account his Xia Gui's special situation, and after taking the Ezhou city, he would pause a little to send troops and continue the attack, and even completely block the news of the capture of Ezhou City, but unfortunately, Ah Shu did not do this at all, but directly chose to slaughter the city.

What made Xia Gui even more desperate was that the sergeants under his command, as well as the sergeants in Ezhou City, had taken advantage of the chaotic situation to escape, although the number of sergeants who escaped was not very large, but all the news would spread with the mouths of these sergeants, and once the official yamen in other places knew about it, they would urgently report it to the imperial court.

In other words, Xia Gui's wishful thinking was completely destroyed.

When facing Gundam, Xia Gui was the most guilty, he was embarrassed to look at Gundam directly, and now he was in a lonely situation, Xia Gui was not qualified to complain, and it would be good if he could save his life if he surrendered.

On May 21, the news of the loss of Ezhou City, the capture and beheading of Gao Gao, and the return of Xia Gui to the Mongol army reached Kaifeng Fucheng.

At this time, Ashu, the commander of the Mongolian army, had already given the order to march towards Jiangnan Road.

Kaifeng Mansion City, Wei Wangfu.

Wu Shaogang looked at the documents sorted out by the Intelligence Bureau, and his expression was a little solemn.

The army led by Cai Siwei to conquer in the Monan grassland will be able to return to Kaifeng Mansion in about ten days.

According to the strategic ideas determined by Wu Shaogang, once Ashu took the city of Ezhou and marched towards Jiangnan Road, the army under the jurisdiction of King Wei would begin to march towards Jingnan Road.

The capital city of Ezhou was taken by the Mongol army in mid-May, which surprised Wu Shaogang a little, in his opinion, if Ashu wants to capture the city of Ezhou, it will take at least three months, that is to say, to take the city of Ezhou in September or October, which is in line with the actual situation, but Xia Gui's surrender has changed everything.

After returning from the Monan grassland, the army led by Cai Siwei needs time to rest and recuperate, and it is impossible to start fighting immediately, and it also takes a certain amount of time to complete the entire strategic deployment.

There are some things that cannot be rushed, even if the opportunities are good.

The development of the situation made Wu Shaogang fall into contemplation again.

The Mongolian army slaughtered the city in Ezhou, which caused great anger among Li Tingzhi and others, thinking about the army under the jurisdiction of the Wei Wangfu when they were conquering in the Monan grassland, they respected the habits of the local Mongols, and there was never a large-scale massacre of the Mongols, but the Mongol army led by Ah Shu, after taking the city of Ezhou, began to slaughter the city without any scruples.

Li Tingzhi and others suggested that after the army led by Cai Siwei returned to Kaifeng Mansion, they immediately launched an attack on the Jingnan Road.

Wu Shaogang did not express his attitude for the time being.

Everyone in the wing room looked at Wu Shaogang.

Finally, Wu Shaogang raised his head.

"I already know your thoughts, and I have decided to give up attacking the Jingnan Road and choose to attack and occupy Shandong."

As soon as Wu Shao said this, the room suddenly became unusually quiet.

Li Tingzhi, Hao Jing, Zhang Wenqian, Liu Bingzhong, Xu Heng and others, their faces were slightly pale, only Ma Huaxuan's face was better, and even showed a slight smile.

Wu Shaogang looked at Ma Huaxuan and continued to speak.

"Ashu takes Ezhou City, will attack towards Jiangnan Road, Lin'an Mansion City is basically no danger to defend, Ashu captures Lin'an Mansion City is a matter of time, if we take Kanjing South Road, that is, follow behind Ashu to pursue, the battle is quite passive, so I think this way of fighting is not advisable."

"Choosing to attack and occupy Shandong, this is a very dangerous move, once Kublai Khan and the Yuan court lose Shandong, then the connection between Ashu and the Mongolian court will be cut off by us, Kublai Khan is afraid that he will do everything possible to ensure that Shandong is not lost, and even Kublai Khan may personally lead a large army to attack."

"In this way, our decisive battle with Kublai Khan will begin."

"Kublai Khan and the army of the Great Yuan Dynasty are divided into three parts, one is in the Mobei grassland, one is fighting in Ezhou and other places, and one is stationed in Dadu and other places, even if we start to attack Shandong, Kublai Khan will not be able to concentrate his forces in a short period of time, and we will fight against each other, and the Ashu who attacked the Jiangnan Road will never retreat, such a good opportunity to occupy the city of Lin'an, Ashu will never want to lose, Kublai Khan does not want to lose."

"Once we occupy Shandong, we will completely grasp the initiative, Shandong and Henan and other places are like the center point of the flat shoulder, we cut off this central point, Kublai Khan and Ashu will suffer a heavy blow."

"In the end, it's up to us, to be able to gain a firm foothold on this central point, and then fight with the Mongolian army led by Ah Shu."