The Mongolian Tartars launched an attack on the southwest road of Beijing, pointing at Xiangyang, after the matter was made public in the early dynasty, it caused a certain degree of panic, the Privy Council and the Ministry of War all believed that they should quickly rush to the aid of Xiangyang Mansion City, ensure the safety of the South Jingxi Road, and repel the Mongolian Tartars, after the emperor knew about it, he didn't seem to care very much, and he could even say that he didn't care, but he just looked at Jia Yidao, but as the final decision-maker, Jia Yidao seemed to be very stable, without the slightest panicked look, and slowly said that there was no need to rush to Xiangyang Mansion City for the time being, Words to wait and see how things change. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Jia Rudao's high degree of calmness and calmness reassured many officials.

However, Jia Rudao is not particularly relieved, after all, his calmness and composure are largely pretended, in case the focus of the Mongol Tatar attack is Xiangyang Fucheng, then it is still necessary to send a large army to help.

Jia Rudao also thought of Sichuan and Wu Shaogang, but he knew that at this time, he would not be able to ask Wu Shaogang to send a large army stationed in Sichuan to help, after all, there were still Mongolian Tatars stationed in Kaifeng.

From the day Lu Wenhuan arrived in the capital, Jia Yidao paid close attention to the situation in Xiangyang and Sichuan.

The Sichuan side was very calm, and there were no twists and turns, and the twists and turns in Xiangyang suddenly increased.

The situation in Xiangyang began to arrive in the capital in a steady stream, arriving at the Privy Council.

Jia Nidao's nerves are highly tense, every piece of music from Xiangyang, he has to personally see it, and he is the first to see it, the Privy Council official who is responsible for presenting the music has mastered the rules, as long as it is from Xiangyang, no matter what content is involved, it will be sent to the back garden as soon as possible, Jia Yidao's mansion.

The Mongol Tatar offensive did not stop, and they continued to advance in the direction of Xiangyang Fucheng, successively capturing the ancient city, Niushou Town, and Dengcheng Town.

At this time, not to mention Jia Yidao, even the middle and low-level officials of the court knew that the direction of the Mongol Tatar attack was Xiangyang Fucheng.

This made Jia Yidao highly nervous, and he understood what the loss of Xiangyang Mansion City meant.

The first army to rush to help, at the end of August, set off from Jiankang Mansion City and rushed to Xiangyang Mansion City to help, although there were only 10,000 soldiers, but it also made Lu Wenhuan stationed in Xiangyang feel a lot more relieved.

The terrain of Xiangyang Mansion is very special, surrounded by water on three sides, surrounded by mountains on one side, if the Mongolian Tartars want to attack Xiangyang Mansion City, they must rely on the water division, and the combat effectiveness of the imperial court naval division is very good, fighting on land, the imperial army is not the opponent of the Mongolian Tartars, but fighting on the water, the Mongolian Tartars are not the opponents of the Great Song Dynasty Naval Division.

The strange situation began to arise at the end of November.

After occupying the ancient city, Niushou Town and Dengcheng Town, the Mongol Tatars actually stopped their attack.

However, the Mongol Tartars did not rest, and they began to build forts in Niushou Town, Dengcheng Town and other places, hoarded food, and began to train sailors on a large scale.

What is even more disturbing is that the soldiers and horses of the Mongolian Tatars began to move in the direction of Yicheng.

Anyone who can read a map a little understands the meaning of the Mongolian Tartar.

To the north of Xiangyang Fucheng is Fancheng, Niushou Town and Dengcheng Town, to the south is Yicheng, to the east is Zaoyang, and to the west is Fangzhou.

That is to say, in more than two months, the Mongol Tatars have basically completed the siege of Xiangyang Fucheng.

At this point, the battle deployment of the Mongol Tatars was completely revealed.

The strategic goal of the Mongol Tatar attack was Xiangyang Fucheng, and the tactical method adopted was to first encircle, cut off all contact between Xiangyang Fucheng and the outside world, and finally launch an attack on Xiangyang Fucheng after completing all the deployments.

The judgment of Jia Yidao and his staff members made a major mistake.

To say that Jia Nidao misjudged, this is nothing, after all, Jia Nidao is not familiar with the military, but the staff under his command also made low-level mistakes, which is intolerable, but unfortunately Jia Nidao seems to have forgotten this matter, and did not pursue his staff at all, but pointed the finger at the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, thinking that the officials of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War were not able to analyze the situation well, resulting in too few sergeants from the imperial court rushing to the city of Xiangyang.

Jia Rudao said that the officials of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War did not dare to contradict it, and could only bear this dereliction of duty.

However, Jia Nidao, who has a ghost in his heart, did not pursue the officials of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War.

At this time, how to deal with the attack of the Mongol Tatars and how to relieve the dilemma of Xiangyang Mansion City are the most important matters, and the rest of the things can be left to a later step.

Discussions and controversies over how to aid Xiangyang Fucheng began in early December.

There are a lot of suggestions put forward, the most of which is to dispatch the Hezhou Imperial Army stationed in Sichuan to aid Xiangyang, and the other is to once again transfer the sergeants of the Jiankang Mansion Imperial Army and the Zhenjiang Imperial Army to help, as for the Ezhou Imperial Army, Jiangzhou Imperial Army and Jingnan Mansion Imperial Army, they must go all out to resist the attack of the Mongol Tartars.

The ten imperial armies belonging to the imperial court were almost all involved this time, and the only one that was not dispatched was the army belonging to the three divisions in front of the palace, and these three armies were guarding the capital and would not be easily mobilized.

The Privy Council and the Ministry of War collected a number of proposals, which were summarized and formed into a basic opinion.

December 20, Korakuen Garden, the wing of the middle courtyard.

The officials of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War were reporting to Jia Yidao their opinion on rushing to the aid of Xiangyang Prefecture.

At this time, the situation in Xiangyang has eased slightly, the Mongol Tatars have stopped attacking everywhere, and have entered the stage of training and resting, and nearly 20,000 sergeants belonging to the imperial army in Jiangzhou have arrived in Xincheng to guard the south and west of Xiangyang Fucheng, and the naval division is also ready to deploy around Xiangyang Fucheng.

In the past half a year, Jia Rudao has really worried a lot, so that his face looks a little old, the situation has evolved step by step, and it is becoming more and more unfavorable to Xiangyang Fucheng, and he knows the proposal put forward by the DPRK to aid Xiangyang Fucheng, Jia Rudao is scoffing at mobilizing almost all the troops to aid Xiangyang Fucheng, not to mention other places, just look at Lianghuai, if a large number of troops are transferred from Lianghuai to Xiangyang Fucheng to help, once the Mongolian Tatars suddenly change the direction of their attack and enter Lianghuai, I'm afraid the ending will get worse or even out of control.

When the squire of the military department reported the situation, Jia Rudao half-closed his eyes and rubbed his temples vigorously.

Finally, the report of the soldier was completed.

Jia Rudao opened his eyes, looked at everyone, and spoke with a sneer.

"The Privy Council and the Ministry of War put forward a proposal to solve the crisis in Xiangyang Fucheng, how can I sound so familiar, one is to dispatch the troops in front of the Hezhou Imperial Army, then I have to ask, the Mongolian Tatars stationed in Kaifeng Fucheng, there is not the slightest movement, once the Sichuan army is empty, they take advantage of the situation to attack Sichuan, how do you deal with it."

"The second is to dispatch the imperial army of Jiankang Mansion to aid Xiangyang Mansion City, I also have to ask, if the Mongolian Tartars abandon Xiangyang Mansion City and attack Lianghuai instead, how are you going to deal with it."

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After reprimanding the officials of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, Jia Rudao stood up.

"In my opinion, I still have to inform Lu Wenhuan that the garrison of Xiangyang Mansion City mainly relies on their own, and this war has not yet begun, so we will send a large number of troops to aid Xiangyang Mansion City, is it reasonable, not to mention that there are nearly 30,000 people stationed in Xiangyang Mansion City, nearly 20,000 sergeants stationed in Xincheng, nearly 50,000 troops, and the help of sailors, it is difficult to defeat the Mongolian Tartars."

"The Privy Council and the Ministry of War should think about it, what is really a good way, and then report it."

It was very quiet in the wing, and no one spoke.

Nearly 20 days of deliberation and controversy were terminated by Jia Yidao's final decision.

Jia Nidao's authority has reached its peak, and no one will refute the decision he makes, even if someone thinks of the problem, they will not say it, first, it has no effect, and second, it will offend Jia Nidao.

Jia Rudao should have forgotten the battle of Ezhou that year, at that time, the strength of the imperial army occupied a great advantage, but in the face of the Mongolian iron cavalry, the army was defeated, and the city was lost one after another.

As for the strong sailors of the imperial court, the Mongolian Tatars have begun to train sailors and build warships on a large scale.

You must know that among the new annexed army, there are many armies that originally belonged to the sailors, as long as there are strong warships, these sergeants are strong sailors with a little training, and they can completely fight against the sailors of the Great Song Dynasty.

What's even more strange is that no one mentioned the matter of taking the initiative to attack, whether it was Jia Yidao, the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, or even many officials in the court, all of them were defense.

The Mongol Tatars have disrupted the entire Jingnan Road, at this time, whether it can defeat the Mongol Tatars or not, it is necessary to take the initiative to attack, at least to disrupt the deployment of the Mongol Tatars, so that it is impossible to build fortresses and train sailors with peace of mind, Zaoyang, Guanghua, Gucheng, Fangling and other cities have become the cities that the Mongols hold on, which allows the Mongol Tatars to have a place to live, a base, if you concentrate your forces to attack the Mongol Tatars, you can choose any of these cities, It is impossible for the Mongol Tatars to concentrate their forces in a certain city, and the best way to take the initiative to attack is to choose a city with weak strength, especially the newly annexed army, so that the Mongol Tatars will not be at peace.

In fact, this suggestion was once mentioned, but it was quickly drowned out by the voice of reprimand, and most of the attention was shifted to Xiangyang Mansion City, and no one paid attention to the rest of the place, and the troops stationed and rushing to the aid of Xiangyang Mansion City were originally insufficient. (To be continued.) )