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Recently, many adults in the court have been clamoring to ask for aid to Ezhou to resist the attack of the Mongol army.

But Xia Gui didn't want to take on this task of rushing to help at all.

When he came to the Privy Council, Xia Gui quickly entered the wing, while Jia Yidao was waiting in the wing.

Without waiting for Xia Gui to speak, Jia Rudao waved his hand and spoke.

"General Xia, I think you also know what task you have to undertake, the country is in danger, the Privy Council decided to send you to lead 20,000 soldiers to rush to the aid of Ezhou City, I hope you and Gao An's deputy envoy will work together to defeat the Mongol Tartars...

Xia Gui choked in his throat and couldn't speak for a long time.

In fact, before coming to the Privy Council, Xia Gui thought of countless reasons to shirk, such as his age, physical discomfort, etc., but Jia Yidao didn't seem to give him any chance, and a big hat was directly put on.

In terms of competing for power, Xia Gui had good intentions, and he thought that he could compete for the position of the envoy of the two Huai systems, and the wealth of the two Huai made Xia Gui salivate, but unfortunately in the end Lu Wende became the envoy of the two Huai systems, and all Xia Gui's efforts were in vain.

In order to be able to take revenge on Lu Wende, Xia Gui chose to spare no effort to take refuge in Jia Nidao, and was able to stay in the capital and serve as the commander of the guard Ma Junsi, but this position is incomparable with the envoy of the two Huai systems.

The Mongolian army began to besiege Xiangyang Fucheng, Lu Wende's strength suddenly increased, and the army under his command was more and more, faintly qualified to fight against Jia Nidao, Xia Gui at that time, it can be said that he was not pleasing at both ends, and led the army to aid Xiangyang Fucheng several times, and was defeated several times, and suffered a lot of reprimands, and later Xia Gui simply pretended to be sick and tried to resign from all his positions, but the court did not allow it.

Xia Gui and Fan Wenhu both led the troops to aid Xiangyang Mansion City, and Fan Wenhu was greedy for pleasure and made a lot of noise in the process of galloping to Xiangyang Mansion City, but nothing happened, because he was Lu Wende's son-in-law, Xia Gui was different, although he said that there was Jia Yidao behind him, but if he lost the battle, he still had to be reprimanded.

The confrontation between Jia Nidao and Lu Wende ended in a short period of time and ended with Lu Wende's complete defeat, but unfortunately, Jia Nidao had not yet experienced the joy of victory, and Lu Wende surrendered to the Yuan court.

The situation began to deteriorate unprecedentedly, and in Xia Gui's opinion, the imperial court was no longer able to resist the attack of the Mongol army, and the only aspect to rely on was Wu Shaogang, the king of Wei, who was in the capital of Kaifeng.

The Great Yuan Imperial Court issued an edict against the Song Dynasty, and told the world that the army began to attack towards Jinghu Road, in this process, Wu Shaogang, the king of Wei, did not show the slightest performance, which already made Xia Gui see that Wu Shaogang wanted to be self-reliant, and did not want to mess with the court.

Xia Gui once thought about going to Wu Shaogang, but during the Battle of Huaibei, Xia Gui united with Lu Wende to calculate Li Tingzhi's affairs, which made him hesitate and did not dare to go to Kaifeng Fucheng.

The Great Song Dynasty was unreliable, and the road to Wu Shaogang, the king of Wei, was not working, and Xia Gui seemed to have no way to go.

It was also at this time that the Privy Council actually sent him Xia Gui to lead the troops to aid Ezhou again.

Isn't this a pot that can't be opened?

After Jia Rudao finished speaking, Xia Gui finally relieved his breath and slowly spoke.

"Wei Guogong, the lower official is old, it is difficult for the lower official to adapt to the conquest of the battlefield, and he also asked the Privy Council to select young generals in the court and lead the army to help, and the lower official is willing to follow and assist, but the matter of commanding the army, the lower official is really incompetent. . . ."

Jia Yidao seemed to be confident, looked at Xia Gui, and opened his mouth with a smile.

"General Xia, the situation in the court, you also know, now Gao Anfu deputy envoy and you, are the pillars of the court, in times of crisis to show the true character of the hero, you must know that the lord of the court, but also recommended you General Xia to lead the troops to help, this battle of Ezhou, and the battle of Xiangyang, there is a big difference, Gao Anfu deputy envoy is brave and good at fighting, resisted the attack of the Mongolian army, as long as you lead the troops in the periphery to disrupt the deployment of the Mongolian Tartars, you can effectively rush to the aid of Ezhou City...

Xia Gui was unmoved, the so-called attack on the periphery is more dangerous than rushing to aid the city of Ezhou, Xia Gui led only 20,000 people, and the Mongolian army is known as one million, if all of them are surrounded, take the strategy of besieging the city in the battle of Xiangyang that year, I am afraid that none of these 20,000 people will think that they can survive, only with the Gundam inside and outside, there may be a meager hope.

Jia seems to understand military affairs, he can't deploy at all, and his words are not worth believing at all.

But Xia Gui couldn't refute it, he still couldn't offend Jia Rudao, who was in power.

"Wei Guogong, Gao An's deputy envoy Xiao Yong, Xia Guan's suggestion, send a general, leading an army of 20,000, straight to the aid of Ezhou City, and Gao An's deputy envoy should cooperate with the outside, if these 20,000 soldiers can break through the encirclement of the Mongol army and enter the city of Ezhou, then directly under the command of Gao An's deputy envoy, so better...

Xia Gui is still shirking.

The smile on Jia Rudao's face had gradually faded.

"General Xia is right, it just so happens that you will lead an army of 20,000 and join forces with Gao An's deputy envoy Li Yingwai to defeat the Mongolian army."

Xia Gui's face changed slightly, and when he was about to speak, Jia seemed to speak with a straight face.

"General Xia, this is the decision of the Privy Council, and it is the emperor's trust, I hope General Xia will not shirk, okay, the Privy Council has decided to transfer 20,000 soldiers from the Guards Infantry Division, commanded by General Xia, and set off in three days to go to Ezhou to help.

When he left the Privy Council, Xia Gui's face was pale.

The army to which the three divisions in front of the palace belong, the strength of the army in front of the palace is the strongest, with a total strength of nearly 100,000, followed by the guard horse military division, with a total strength of nearly 40,000, and the strength of the guard infantry division is the weakest, with a total strength of less than 30,000 people.

Excluding the situation of empty salaries, the total strength of the three divisions in front of the palace should be about 150,000.

If it is a sergeant who leads 20,000 soldiers in front of the palace, or 20,000 sergeants of the Ma Junsi under Xia Gui's own command, it should be said that it is better to command, even if he can't win against the Mongolian Tatars, he can choose to protect himself, but Jia Rudao actually sent the sergeants of the guard infantry division.

The Guards Infantry Division has always been unpopular in the capital, there is not much status, and the supplies they get are also the best, and the sergeant has a grievance in his heart, and he once caused the officer to be punished for making trouble in the barracks.

No matter who it was, when it came to the sergeant of the Guards Infantry Division, they all shook their heads.

Xia Gui led such a group of sergeants to Ezhou to help, wouldn't it be a bunch of trouble.

It seems that Jia Yidao didn't really think about the intention of rushing to help Ezhou, and let a group of sergeants who were known as old soldiers go to help Ezhou, what kind of role could they play.

Xia Gui knew that he couldn't control the 20,000 sergeants of the Guards Infantry Division, once it was a matter of life and death, these sergeants were afraid that they would be scattered, and no one would go into battle to fight hard.

A deep chill appeared in Xia Gui's mind, and he suddenly understood something, I am afraid that he will lead the army to aid Ezhou City this time, no matter how desperate he is, there will not be a good ending.

It is very likely that Jia Yidao will throw him out as a scapegoat.

Gundam could not support it in Ezhou, and was defeated by the Mongol Tartars, which led to the fall of the city of Ezhou, and the imperial court naturally could not blame Gundam, after all, the people who led the troops to persist for so long, they had already done their best, at this time, the responsibility was the army that went to help, and Xia Gui, who led the troops to help, happened to bear all the responsibility for this defeat.

Xia Gui led the troops to break through the encirclement of the Mongolian army and enter the city of Ezhou, and it was impossible to hold out for a long time, after all, the Mongolian army attacked with all its might, just thinking about occupying the city of Ezhou and completely exterminating the garrison Song army.

When he returned to the mansion, Xia Gui's face still did not change, he locked himself in the room alone, and no one was seen.

A day later, Xia Gui went to the command office of the Guards Infantry Division and went to handle the handover procedures.

Two days later, the 20,000 sergeants of the Guards Infantry Division all returned to the barracks to stand by, and Xia Gui made a special trip to the household department to receive the army's military salaries and grain and grass.

Xia Gui insisted on carrying some of the grain and grass in the household department, and his reason was that he was worried that if the local prefecture and county could not provide food, it would cause the army to be unable to hold on.

In the end, Jia Rudao personally came forward, and the household department allocated 20,000 stone of grain to Xia Gui from the treasury.

On the third day, Xia Gui left the capital and went to the barracks of the guards on the outskirts of the city.

20,000 soldiers are ready to go.

The expressions of these sergeants were depressed, and they couldn't see any fighting spirit, but Xia Gui didn't seem to care.

The pre-departure lecture was not carried out, Xia Gui just ordered the army to set off, and the 20,000 army was divided into the front army and the middle army, the front army was 5,000 people, the Chinese army was 15,000 people, and the grain and grass were escorted by the Chinese army.

By the time some of the adults in the court came to see them off, there were no more sergeants in the barracks.

Privy council.

Jia Rudao was a little surprised, he didn't expect Xia Gui's movements to be so fast, he really left the capital in three days, and went to Ezhou to help, after a little thought, Jia Rudao ordered the Privy Council to give an order to the front of the palace and the guard Ma Junsi, from this moment on, without his Jia Nidao's order, no one is allowed to dispatch a soldier, and the sergeant of the front of the palace and the guard Ma Junsi will be responsible for guarding the capital.