Chapter 382: The Paving Road is Over
Jingzhaofu Road and other places have good weather and grain, which makes Wu Shaogang greatly relieved, which means that Jingzhaofu Road and other places can be stabilized from then on, and the festival makes the yamen analyze that after the autumn harvest season, there will be a major crisis in Xiangyang Fucheng, and the Mongolian army will definitely strengthen the offensive and strive to take Xiangyang Fucheng as soon as possible. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Prince Hedan, the commander of the Mongolian army, sent Ah Shu to the south road of Jinghu to loot, in fact, he wanted to raise more grain and grass to ensure the next attack, and it can also be seen that more than three years of attack and containment have made Hedan feel anxious.
Judging from the information obtained by the Intelligence Bureau, Ashu's attack was indeed very successful, and the Song army in the area of Jinghu South Road almost did not dare to fight with it, and all they chose was to dodge and retreat, so that Ashu had no scruples, not only robbed a large amount of money and grain, but also robbed a lot of people, and what was even more excessive was that Ashu actually let these robbed people help harvest the crops in the fields.
There has been a situation of 100 miles of uninhabited people in the area of Jinghu South Road.
You must know that this area is a place with a high concentration of people, and it is also a relatively wealthy place in the south.
The person in charge of defending Ah Shu is Fan Wenhu.
Fan Wenhu was not only reluctant to engage Ah Shu head-on, but also covered up the tragic situation of Jinghu South Road, and in the twists and turns to the imperial court and the Privy Council, he said that he successfully resisted Ah Shu's attack and kept the important city of Jinghu South Road.
In fact, the focus of Ashu's attack is not the so-called main cities at all, its purpose is to loot money, food and population, meet the expenses of the Mongol army, and replenish the dead soldiers, it can be said that the plunder outside the important cities is enough for the consumption of the Mongol army, in this case, Ashu will not ask for trouble to attack those strong cities.
What makes people feel strange is that the imperial court and the Privy Council actually believed Fan Wenhu's report, and did not continue to send a large army to aid the south road of Jinghu Lake, allowing the Mongol Tatars led by Ah Shu to wreak havoc in this area.
Li Tingzhi was extremely angry after reading this information, and even couldn't help but scold, in fact, from a realistic point of view, Fan Wenhu did this, which lost the strength of the Great Song Dynasty, which was beneficial to Sichuan, but Li Tingzhi was a member of the Central Committee after all, and there were still some plots in his heart for the Great Song Dynasty, and it was impossible to be indifferent.
Wu Shaogang is actually the same, and his heart is also uncomfortable.
When Wu Shaogang, Li Tingzhi, Hao Jing, Zhang Wenqian, and others analyzed this information, they came to a conclusion, that is, the Duke of Wei, who was ignorant of military affairs, was gradually relying on the two Huai systems to make Lu Wende.
Lu Wende is a powerful general in the Song Dynasty, his younger brother Lu Wenhuan is now the deputy envoy of the pacification of Jingnan Road, the prefect of Xiangyang Prefecture, is leading the army to resist the attack of the Mongol Tatars, and his son-in-law Fan Wenhu is the deputy commander of the palace department, and concurrently serves as the commander of all the armies in front of the Jiankang Imperial Palace, controlling tens of thousands of troops.
It is rare for so many civil and military generals to appear in a family, and they all occupy extremely important positions, and it is also a taboo situation in all dynasties.
It is impossible for Jia Yidao not to know this, but he is selectively blind.
There is a very critical place, that is, Lu Wende, Lu Wenhuan and Fan Wenhu and others, none of them stayed in the capital, after Lu Wende served as the envoy of the Lianghuai system, Fan Wenhu followed to Lianghuai, although he also served as the deputy commander of the palace front division, but he could no longer control the army of the palace front division, and Lu Wenhuan needless to say, he was sent to Xiangyang early.
In other words, Lu Wende and others cannot threaten Jia Nidao's status, so they can naturally be relied on by Jia Nidao.
What does such a situation mean for the Great Song Dynasty, Jia Yidao is probably reluctant to think about it.
When Wu Shaogang was inspecting Jingzhaofu Road and other places, the Intelligence Bureau sent information again, and the area around Jinghu South Road had calmed down a bit, and Ah Shu should have led the Mongolian army to withdraw in the direction of Xiangyang.
The autumn harvest season has ended, and Ah Shu, who has been ravaging the area of Jinghu South Road for nearly four months, can indeed be evacuated, and it will not be much useful to continue tossing.
Back in Chengdu Fucheng, Wu Shaogang ushered in his second daughter, and Li Hanwei also gave birth to a daughter.
Before he had time to experience the joy, the letter from the fourth master arrived at the Intelligence Bureau.
The Intelligence Agency personally handed over such letters to Wu Shaogang.
opened the letter in front of Li Tingzhi, Hao Jing, Zhang Wenqian, and Cao Wengang, and after reading it, Wu Shaogang's face sank.
Everyone didn't know what was going on, but judging from Wu Shaogang's face, it was definitely not a good thing.
"The fourth master went to Xiangyang Mansion on behalf of the imperial court to negotiate with Hedan, but his left arm was cut off and sent back."
Everyone was stunned.
The first to speak was Li Tingzhi.
"What do you mean, the two countries are at war, and if you don't kill them, Hedan's move is too much."
Zhang Wenqian also spoke.
"My lord, this situation is too strange, Xia Guan has been in the Mongolian court for many years, and he has never seen such a treatment of an envoy."
Wu Shaogang shook his head a little puzzled.
"The fourth master went to negotiate on behalf of the imperial court this time, it was originally nonsense, Kublai Khan and the Mongolian court tried their best to attack the city of Xiangyang, it has lasted more than three years, how can it be evacuated, but the fourth master was cut off his left arm, which is a bit strange, Kublai Khan and the Mongolian court don't have to do this."
Li Tingzhi is still old-fashioned, and suddenly thought of something.
"Did Hedan send an envoy into Xiangyang Mansion to negotiate, and what happened to him...
At this moment, Wu Shaogang could only smile bitterly.
"What my father-in-law said is, why didn't I think of this, it seems that the fourth master just bumped into it, by the way, the fourth master said in the letter, thinking about coming to Sichuan, what do you think."
Li Tingzhi shook his head first.
"I don't think it's appropriate, the fourth master stays in the capital, it's much better than coming to Sichuan, first, Jia seems to trust the fourth master, if the fourth master leaves at this time and comes to Sichuan, Jia like dao will definitely be angry with Sichuan, and secondly, the fourth master is by Jia like Dao's side, and we can also get a lot of news, so that we can grasp the situation in the capital. . . ."
Hao Jing and Zhang Wenqian did not speak.
Cao Wengang nodded and agreed with Li Tingzhi's opinion.
Wu Shaogang sighed slightly.
"The fourth master has suffered a loss this time, as the leader of the guild in the capital before, it is impossible to suffer such a big grievance, and it is reasonable to want to come to Sichuan, but at this moment, the fourth master still has to continue to suffer some grievances and stay in the capital, presumably the fourth master will get more trust from Jia Nidao when he suffers from this catastrophe, or Jia Nidao will feel guilty and trust the fourth master more."
Speaking of this, Wu Shaogang stood up.
"The fourth master has done so many things for us in the capital, we must not forget it, this letter, I personally replied to the fourth master, advising him to stay in the capital, whatever the fourth master does in the future is paving the way for us, so that we can better control the situation."
The grain in Sichuan and Yunnan was bumper harvest, which made the festival make the yamen survive the most difficult days.
The grain stored in Changping and Yicang in various places is full to cope with possible disasters and famines in the future, and the abundance of grain in Changping and Yicang allows the Yamen to save a lot of money, and the harvest of grain in Jingzhaofu Road and other places is to make the Yamen not have to spend more money and grain.
At this time, Wu Shaogang's attention was focused on Henan Road.
Li Tingzhi suggested that first take Dunyan Road and let this place be connected as a whole, but Wu Shaogang did not take this suggestion, he was ready to put Dunyan Road behind, after all, Dunyan Road is too barren, once it is captured here, then the festival will make the yamen pay a lot of money again, on the contrary, the situation of Henan Road is still good, this is also the place where Kublai Khan and the Mongol court are concerned, after all, this is called the core area of the Central Plains.
The difficult time has passed, the army of Sichuan needs to be dispatched, the next target is Henan Road, that is, Kaifeng Fucheng, once Kaifeng Fucheng is taken, it means that Wu Shaogang can maximize the cohesion of the people.
The common people don't care so much about who is the emperor, they hope that they can live in peace and stability, without suffering a lot of hardships, Sichuan and Yunnan and other places, Wu Shaogang's prestige has reached its peak, including the scholars and businessmen here, are all obeying the orders of the Yamen, many scholars in the Yunchuan Academy, are disappointed in the imperial court, plus Ye Li and Xiao Gui, who later entered the Yunchuan Academy, on the one hand, trumpeting Wu Shaogang's wisdom, while denouncing the dictatorship of Jia Nidao in the court, It also makes many readers think that Wu Shaogang is an unborn master.
At least in Sichuan, Yunnan and Jingzhaofu Road, Wu Shaogang already has a strong foundation, and over the years, he has painstakingly run Sichuan and Yunnan, making it his own base camp, and gaining enough strength and support.
Now that the ambition has been clear, there is no need to scruple so much, and do things according to their own plans, no matter what Kublai Khan and the Mongol court think, and no matter what the opinions of the Great Song court are.
In ten years, Wu Shaogang paved the way for himself, and this road has experienced a lot of wind and frost, and finally it is the harvest season.
Kublai Khan's plan with the Mongol court was to turn around and launch a large-scale attack on Sichuan after capturing the city of Xiangyang, Wu Shaogang would not wait for the attack of the Mongol army, he would take the initiative to attack, step by step to take many places in the Central Plains, and when Kublai Khan really understood that his real enemy and opponent was him Wu Shaogang, it was too late.
Li Tingzhi was temporarily in charge of the overall affairs of the Yamen, assisted by Zhang Wenqian, and Wu Shaogang took Hao Jing to the military camp of the imperial army in Hezhou and the Dingkun army to discuss the next move.
The crisp autumn season is the harvest season, and the army must make a move. (To be continued.) )