On June 15, the Mongolian prince Moge left the city of Chengdu and left from the direction of Chongqing under the escort of the sergeants of the Hezhou Imperial Army. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although Brother Mo didn't say anything, and in the later stage of the negotiation, he didn't see Wu Shaogang, but for Wu Shaogang's arrangement, Brother Mo admired it in his heart, Brother Mo really wanted to go to Jingnan Road to see the situation of the Battle of Xiangyang, so that when he returned to Dadu, he would report to the emperor well, Wu Shaogang seemed to know his thoughts, and actually escorted him directly to Jingnan Road. Of course, Brother Mo was more worried that the agreement he signed with Wu Shaogang must be used well, and this agreement is enough to drive a wedge between the Great Song Dynasty and Wu Shaogang.

Mo Ge arrived on Jingnan Road, entered the area controlled by the Mongol army, and was warmly received by Hedan and Ashu.

Brother Mo finally regained his pride again, leaving behind the love of children in his heart.

It wasn't until the beginning of July that Brother Mo left Jingnan Road and headed for Dadu.

What Brother Mo would never have imagined was that during this time, many major things happened.

On June 20, Cai Siwei, Zhang Binghui and many soldiers were all ready.

The Hezhou Imperial Army and the Dingkun Army of nearly 100,000 soldiers were divided into two armies, one army was responsible for directly attacking Jingzhaofu, and the other army was responsible for guarding, opening up a convenient offensive channel for the main army attacking Jingzhaofu, as well as capturing many other states and counties controlled by Jingzhaofu Road.

The actions of the two armies were carried out at the same time, on the one hand, to save time, and on the other hand, to be able to end the battle on the Jingzhaofu Road in the shortest possible time.

Everything was as Wu Shaogang expected, although there were a lot of new Mongolian annexes stationed on Jingzhaofu Road, they were not the slightest guard, and they did not expect that the Song army on the Sichuan side would take action, and the army led by Cai Siwei and Zhang Binghui was invincible, and did not encounter any decent resistance until they arrived in Huxian and Qindu Town.

Huxian is less than 70 miles away from the city of Chang'an.

The attack was so smooth, Cai Siwei and Zhang Binghui didn't expect that, and more importantly, the Dingkun army was not used at all in the expedition along the way, that is to say, firearms such as Dingkun artillery and earth-shaking thunder were not used at all.

Everything is the same as the Scouts and the Intelligence Agency's investigations.

Wu Shaogang did not follow the army, his journey was about fifty miles away from the army, under the escort of three thousand guards, following behind the army, Wu Shaogang only had Cao Wengang and Yuan Shichun and others around him, and Hao Jing stayed on Lizhou West Road, waiting for the many officials that Yunchuan Academy was about to send.

Every day, the battle reports are sent in a steady stream.

Wu Shaogang originally planned to follow the army to act, but in the end he still didn't do so, he was worried that he would follow the army together, Cai Siwei and Zhang Binghui and others would not think too much, everything depended on him to make judgments.

In fact, later, Wu Shao just understood that even if he was far away, many strategies and campaign deployments still needed him to make a decision before Cai Siwei and others would take action.

There are too many things to worry about when a person has the action of making people worship and mystifying.

After receiving the report that the army occupied Huxian, Wu Shaogang did not hesitate at all, and quickly issued an order, the army should not rest, do not rest, do not hesitate, and quickly began to attack the city of Chang'an, and the army responsible for the vigilance all the way was to change the direction and quickly occupy Xianyang, Lintong and other cities.

The transmission of wartime orders and information was all rapid, Wu Shaogang had not yet set off, and the army under the command of Cai Siwei and Zhang Binghui had already begun to move, heading towards the city of Chang'an and the cities of Xianyang and Lintong.

At this moment, Wu Shaogang is no longer particularly concerned about the process of fighting, his attention has gradually begun to shift to the people's livelihood in these places, which is also a matter of no choice, from the situation observed along the way, these places are too poor, not only the sparse personnel, but also the barrenness of a large amount of cultivated land.

On the fifth day of the seventh month, the army led by Cai Siwei captured the city of Chang'an.

On the seventh day of the seventh month, Wu Shaogang and his entourage arrived in Chang'an Fucheng.

Chang'an Mansion City, in Wu Shaogang's impression, has an unusual status, in the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an Mansion City is known to the whole country, and even has an unusual influence in the world.

But after entering Chang'an Mansion City, Wu Shaogang was disappointed.

The deserted streets, old buildings, and sparse pedestrians all show that this historic ancient capital has long since sunk.

Only those ancient buildings with the color of the Han and Tang dynasties can still show the prosperity of Chang'an Mansion City in the past.

Arriving at Chang'an City, Wu Shaogang received a report from Zhang Binghui at the same time, and the cities of Xianyang and Lintong were all breached.

The army led by Zhang Binghui had already begun to attack Jingyang, Yunyang, Gaoling and other places, trying to completely occupy the entire Jingzhao Mansion in the shortest possible time.

On the day that Wu Shao just arrived in Chang'an, Cai Siwei was ordered to lead a large army to Shangzhou and Yuzhou.

By this time, Wu Shaogang was no longer particularly concerned about the progress of the battle.

The rapid development of the situation also exceeded Wu Shaogang's expectations, in less than 20 days, the two armies almost captured many prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Jingzhaofu, once Jingzhaofu Road was captured, then it would not be too much of a problem to take Fengxiang Road, Qingyuan Road, and Lintao Road, after all, the new annexed troops stationed in these places were not particularly strong in combat effectiveness.

In the course of the campaign, the number of new annexed sergeants who surrendered was particularly large.

When attacking Chang'an City, the Mongolian army originally wanted to fight to the death, but unfortunately the Dingkun Cannon only fired less than 100 shells, so that the new annex army that was stuck in Chang'an City was completely defeated, and finally chose to surrender.

When Cai Siwei described the power of the Dingkun cannon, he said that his eyebrows were flying, and he was as happy as a child, in Cai Siwei's words, Wu Shaogang had already felt that with the power of the Dingkun cannon, it was not a big deal to defeat the Mongolian iron horse.

Needless to say, the power of artillery is enough to change the historical course of the battle, which Wu Shaogang understands, but whether the Dingkun army has such great power still needs to be confirmed in the future.

But the two-way army led by Cai Siwei and Zhang Binghui is like a bamboo, which is true.

It is precisely because of this situation that Wu Shaogang's attention began to shift to the aspect of people's livelihood.

In fact, after a thousand years, Shaanxi and Ningxia and other places, are still underdeveloped places, which are due to the limitations of natural conditions, and now such a situation also exists, compared with the prosperity of commerce and trade in the south, Jingzhaofu Road seems to be a place to be developed, even in Chang'an City, there are not too many merchants.

Wu Shaogang was keenly aware that it was not very difficult to occupy Jingzhaofu Road, Fengxiang Road, Qingyuan Road and Lintao Road, and perhaps Kublai Khan and the Mongol court would not care about these places at all, and how to govern these places was the biggest problem he was about to face.

After thinking about it for two days, Wu Shaogang wrote a letter to Li Tingzhi, in which he particularly emphasized that it was necessary to send the most effective officials to Jingzhaofu Road, Fengxiang Road, Qingyuan Road and Lintao Road.

Wu Shaogang did not make this decision casually, to occupy a place, it is necessary to stabilize a place, today's Chang'an Mansion City, and the Tang Dynasty can not be compared at all, encountered many years of war, did not get the attention of the Great Song Dynasty, the Jin Kingdom and the Mongolian court, the people's livelihood here has long withered.

How to restore the prosperity and prosperity of these places is the biggest problem that Wu Shaogang faces, not to mention whether to make these places completely rich, at least so that the people here can have enough to eat.

Flipping through the paperwork on the table, Wu Shaogang couldn't be happy.

The armies of the two roads have taken out a lot of grain to stabilize the local people, and the people in these places have almost reached the point of exhaustion.

Kublai Khan and the Mongolian court have already regulated the income of officials, but it is a pity that in remote places such as Jingzhaofu Road, local officials still determine their own income, and the source of their income is to exploit the people.

What Wu Shaogang never imagined was that the collection of trade taxes in Chang'an Mansion City had been collected for thirty years, that is to say, if any successor could not persist in Chang'an Mansion City for thirty years, he should not think that he would be able to collect any trade taxes.

Isn't that a big joke?

Because of the suddenness and swiftness of the attack, almost none of the local officials fled, and before Wu Shao just entered the Chang'an Mansion City, Cai Siwei had already issued an order to raid the homes of the chief officials of the Yamen of Fuzhou County, and a large amount of jaw-dropping gold and silver were searched.

Cai Siwei will not touch the money and property that was searched, and all of it has been sealed.

In the face of these gold and silver, Wu Shaogang needed to think about whether to invest this gold and silver in the army's expedition expenses, or use it for the local people.

In mid-July, in the face of the increasingly severe situation, Wu Shaogang made a decision to use seventy percent of the gold and silver to help the local people and merchants, and the remaining thirty percent of the gold and silver to be used for the expenses of the army.

Wu Shaogang's decision caused quite a stir, but later facts proved that Wu Shaogang's decision was extremely wise. (To be continued.) )