The first year of Jingding, 1260 A.D., the first day of the first month. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Wu Shaogang followed Lu Wende and entered the city of Jiangling.

Huangzhou City and Yuezhou City have all been recovered, and some of the sergeants under the command of Lu Wende were stationed in Huangzhou and Yuezhou respectively.

In fact, there was no trace of the Mongol army in Jiangling Fucheng, at this time, all the Mongol troops were ordered to retreat to Hebei, and it was Kublai Khan who was about to become the Great Khan of Mongolia who gave the order to retreat, and the loss of the city of Huangzhou gave the Mongol army a lesson, Kublai Khan did not allow the Mongol army to go deep alone, so as not to encounter encirclement and increase losses.

When the army led by Lu Wende entered the city of Gangneung, it did not encounter any obstacles.

In this process, the good news was constantly sent to the capital Lin'an, and Jia Nidao, the right prime minister and privy envoy who had led the army stationed in Jiangzhou before, had already returned to the capital.

For many commanders and officers, this good news means a rich reward, or a higher-grade official position, but for ordinary sergeants, it does not mean much.

During the Chinese New Year, the sergeants were still running on the road, and even Wu Shaogang, who had gained great benefits from this battle, felt unkind.

This is the battle, it is unusually cruel, and it is always the officers and sergeants at the bottom who suffer.

The situation of Jiangling Fucheng, unlike Huangzhou and Qizhou and other places, Fucheng was not really captured and occupied by the Mongol army, but encountered a lot of fright, Wuliang Hetai was responsible for the perimeter of the guard, to ensure that Kublai Khan could lead the army to attack Ezhou, the scope of its responsibility, covering Jiangling Fu and Jiangzhou and other places, the area is vast, so it is impossible to concentrate troops, attack a certain city, it is also for this reason, so that the rich Jiangling Fucheng, from the catastrophe.

Moreover, in the process of vigilance, Wuliang Hetai did not fully follow Kublai Khan's orders, resulting in Batuer, who captured Yuezhou and was ready to continue the attack on Tanzhou, had to lead a large army to hold Yuezhou.

When Lu Wende arrived, the prefect of Jiangling Mansion had already made all preparations, Lu Wende and his entourage entered Fucheng, and were immediately invited to the best restaurant in Fucheng, Cai Siwei, the commander of the Urging Army, planned to invite Wu Shaogang to also go to the banquet, but Wu Shaogang politely declined, and the prefect of Jiangling Mansion invited the officers above the commander of the imperial army in Xingzhou, as well as the Confucian scholars around Lu Wende to the banquet, according to this standard, Wu Shaogang was not qualified to participate at all.

Since you are not eligible to participate, do not join in the fun, lest you bring shame on yourself.

There are meals in the barracks, but the quality of the meals is incomparable with the restaurant.

After settling down in the barracks, Wu Shaogang immediately asked Ma Long, Zhang Binghui and others to go outside to find a good restaurant to contact, set up a banquet for 200 people, and let the restaurant send it to the barracks.

This is not very appropriate, after all, there are a lot of sergeants stationed in the barracks, and it is impossible for every sergeant to have such treatment, but Wu Shaogang is under the command of the Ezhou Imperial Army, which is different from the sequence of the Xingzhou Imperial Army, so the impact will not be too great.

Of course, Wu Shaogang also invited some of the officers of the Xingzhou Imperial Army, who had fought with him to take Huangzhou City.

This banquet began before the time of Shen and lasted until two o'clock, when everyone ate in the dark, and many people were drunk.

After all, after entering Gangneung Mansion City, even if this battle is completely over, everyone should feel fortunate that their lives have finally been saved, which is much luckier than those brothers who sacrificed their lives on the battlefield.

Wu Shaogang didn't drink too much wine, and many times it was Ma Long, Zhang Binghui and others who came forward to help replace him with wine, and others would not say anything, let alone force him, after all, Wu Shaogang's image in their minds was no longer ordinary.

It was late at night, and the hour had passed, Wu Shaogang did not feel sleepy, walked out of the barracks, and walked outside.

Before the crossing, the Spring Festival every year, whether it is lively or dull, is always with the family, but the first Spring Festival after the crossing, is spent in the barracks, there is no one around him, lonely, this does not mean that after the crossing of Wu Shaogang, the road is definitely not smooth, or after the crossing, he must be the four seas as his home, the world as his own responsibility.

Not far away, a dark shadow walked over slowly, looking very leisurely.

Just by glancing over, Wu Shaogang recognized it as Li Siqi.

How could Li Siqi come back alone, it is said that this night, the prefect will definitely arrange rich programs to make Lu Wende and others completely relaxed, these programs are not just eating and drinking, not to mention the barracks where the commanders in the barracks live, there is no light to see, and no one has seen many commanders return to the barracks.

This shows that eating and drinking continues, or that entertainment continues.

Li Siqi walked slowly, as if he was taking a walk.

When he walked in front of Wu Shaogang, Li Siqi took a closer look, in fact, in the barracks, there was no need to do this at all, there were a lot of torches around the barracks, and the light emitted was enough to see the person on the other side clearly.

"Why, Vice General Wu can't sleep, come out late at night for a walk."

Li Siqi is called like this, Wu Shaogang is a little unaccustomed, but he is not easy to refute, it is not simple for people to call him like this, it is equivalent to reminding him all the time, don't forget to drink water and think of the source.

"It's really hard to sleep, and it's hard to think about it when I'm still running around outside during the Chinese New Year. I'm not used to this situation, and I don't know if Mr. Li feels the same way. ”

"I'm used to it, follow the side of the marshal, and be ready all the time, although it is better than the ordinary sergeants in the barracks, but I don't dare to say that I can decide the time for myself, as for the barracks, this is the norm, Vice General Wu has not been in the barracks for a long time, or it won't take long for him to fully adapt."

The two of them were silent for a while, and walked slowly along the playground of the barracks.

Nearly a quarter of an hour passed, and Li Siqi seemed to have made up his mind and spoke again.

"Vice General Wu, the holy decree may be coming soon, I don't know what you think."

"Thank you to the marshal and Mr. Li for their promotion, so that I can enter the urging army of the front division of the palace, I must keep in mind...

"That's not what I mean, I'm about to enter the capital, I don't know what Vice General Wu is going to do next."

"I haven't thought about this yet, I've always been thinking about the conquest of the army, and I haven't thought about the future yet."

"Oh, I think the expedition of the army has ended, I don't know what Vice General Wu else thinks."

Wu Shaogang turned his head to look at Li Siqi, did not hesitate, and quickly spoke.

"I think that since the army has recovered Huangzhou, Qizhou and Jiangling Province, why not take this opportunity to continue to advance to the north, and take advantage of the situation to occupy Dengzhou, Tangzhou, Caizhou and Yingzhou, if this step is achieved, then Xiangyang and Luzhou and other places will be safer, and there will be a solid line of defense, even if the Mongolian army wants to attack, it is not so easy."

Li Siqi lowered his head and did not speak, obviously thinking.

"Besides, the main force of the Mongolian army should be evacuated to the grassland, and most of the people who are left to garrison various places are newly attached troops, their combat effectiveness is not so strong, and the army is still sure to recover more territory."

Li Siqi finally raised his head slowly.

"Vice General Wu, what you said is very reasonable, but there is one thing, I am afraid you don't know yet, the emperor has made a decision to send an envoy to Henan Mansion to meet with the Mongolian envoy to discuss the matter of collegiality."

Wu Shaogang looked at Li Siqi and was dumbfounded, he really didn't understand that under the situation of a good situation, the imperial court did not think of the Northern Expedition and recover more territory, but thought of negotiating peace with Mongolia.

It's hard to imagine and hard to accept.

"Vice General Wu, I also thought about it for a long time before I told you about it, in fact, I was worried that after you arrived in the capital, you would send a letter to the imperial court for the Northern Expedition, which would be inappropriate, not only would you not be able to achieve your goal, but you might encounter a lot of trouble."

"Vice General Wu, what I said is heart-to-heart words, I know your bravery, but I think that with my own strength, I can change a lot of things, that is unrealistic."

Wu Shaogang was silent, many things that happened in the Southern Song Dynasty in history, like a movie, crossed in his mind, the Southern Song Dynasty court was originally a corner of the court, reluctant and stealing peace, in the bones is weak and happy, whether it is the emperor or the upper officials, what they want is to be able to enjoy it in peace and stability, and they are unwilling to experience any wind and grass, or they are unwilling to face any challenges.

If he proposed the Northern Expedition at an inopportune time at this time, he would definitely encounter tremendous opposition, and this wave of opposition was not something he could bear. Li Siqi opened his mouth to remind that he had the intention of being forced to do so, but no matter what he said, it was just for him Wu Shao, which could not be denied.

"Thank you Mr. Li for the reminder, I understand, I won't mention the Northern Expedition."

Li Siqi sighed slightly.

"People of my generation are thinking about the Northern Expedition all the time, thinking about being able to recover the capital of Kaifeng, but unfortunately after so many years, this goal has become more and more distant, and no one has even publicly proposed it.

A bleak feeling came to my heart, experiencing the glory of the Tang Dynasty, the wars of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and the development of the Northern Song Dynasty.

What makes Wu Shaogang's heart even more cold is that the Southern Song Dynasty has been appeased to the bones, which has become a common character from top to bottom, and it cannot be changed at all.

After walking silently for a while, seeing that Wu Shaogang did not speak, Li Siqi spoke again.

"Vice General Wu, don't think so much, there will definitely be opportunities in the future."