The forty-five-year-old Ah Shu finally became the real generalissimo of Zhengnan, commanding an army of 150,000 and responsible for completely exterminating the Great Song Dynasty, while Prince Hedan stayed in Dadu. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although he is not confused, Ashu is still a "young man" in the court of the Great Yuan, he once worked with Boyan, known as the leader among the young Mongolians, and is Kublai Khan's most relied on right-hand man, after all, Ashu is not a Mongolian prince, if you want to be alone, if you want to gain power, you need to make more efforts.

Boyan's death was a great stimulus to Ah Shu, and he hoped for the existence of such a competitor.

Ah Shu is no longer young, since he was a child, he has been in the army with his father Wuliang Hetai, and his experience is quite rich, when his father Wuliang Hetai was snubbed, Ashu tasted the bitterness and bitterness of the world, which cast his tenacious character and the spirit of not admitting defeat.

Ah Shu is indeed an outstanding general.

After being appointed by the emperor as the generalissimo of the expedition to the south, a letter from his father's Wuliang Hetai was also sent to Dadu.

Wuliang Hetai warned Ah Shu that in the next expedition, he must remember to report many battle reports to the emperor and the court in a timely manner, and he will not be subject to the orders of foreign monarchs, such a situation can only appear in special circumstances.

In fact, Ah Shu vaguely understood why Hedan could not continue to lead the troops to fight.

The authority of the emperor is supreme, and the generals under his command, if they are in the process of fighting, calculate each other, affecting the process of the battle, such a situation is difficult for the emperor to accept, Ah Shu followed the side of Prince Hedan, experienced every battle of the Battle of Xiangyang, and it can be said that he did his best, but his father Wuliang Hetai, who was in Dadu, was still sent to Mobei to fight when his health was not very good, which surprised Ah Shu.

Every step of the decision in the battle of Xiangyang, Ah Shu almost reported to the emperor and the court, this is the power given to him by the emperor, even Prince Hedan can not interfere at will, but Ah Shu believes that Prince Hedan is afraid that he did not do this, and his father Wuliang Hetai left Dadu to go to Mobei, I am afraid that he also has a certain relationship with Prince Hedan.

I've experienced too many Ah Shu, and I won't be particularly surprised by such a thing.

After the emperor's decree was issued, Ah Shu immediately threw himself into the preparations, and when he returned to the mansion, he closed the door and thanked the guests, and no one was seen, including Prime Minister Ahma, who came to visit, and was blocked.

Ah Shu understands the cruelty of the power game, and what he thinks about in his heart is the upcoming battle, and what he thinks of is how to destroy the Great Song Dynasty, and he is not willing to get involved in the power struggle at all.

In just ten days, Ah Shu left the capital and rushed to Xiangyang Mansion City.

The army is assembling in Xiangyang Fucheng, and there are not many soldiers guarding Jiankang Fucheng and Luzhou Fucheng, only a few thousand, and these sergeants are also able to lead the city with Ashu, responsible for holding the city and defending against the sneak attack of the Song army.

In mid-May, Ah Shu arrived in Xiangyang Fucheng, accompanied by Lu Wende, Lu Wenhuan and others.

Originally, Fan Wenhu was also ready to follow the expedition, but Ah Shu finally left Fan Wenhu in Dadu, he was still somewhat familiar with Fan Wenhu and his people, the two had fought several times on behalf of their respective courts, Ah Shu won all the battles, and from the mouth of the captured Song army officers, Ah Shu heard their evaluation of Fan Wenhu, when Xiangyang Mansion was in danger, Fan Wenhu, who led the army to help, actually drank and prostituted in the station, looking for fun, and did not care about Xiangyang Mansion City.

Such a person, Ah Shu will not take it with him.

Entering Xiangyang Mansion City, Ah Shu immediately began a series of deployments.

Ah Shu trusted Lu Wende and Lu Wenhuan and other generals of the Great Song Dynasty very much.

Lu Wende and Lu Wenhuan both put forward suggestions that when the army attacked Jinghu South Road, it would not be very difficult to turn around and take the entire Jinghu North Road.

Lü Wende, Lü Wenhuan and others also suggested that the deputy envoy of Jinghu North Road stationed in Ezhou, Ezhou Zhizhou Gouda, was a fierce general, and the battle was very brave, if the Mongol army defeated Gundam, the shock to the Great Song Dynasty would be incomparable, and it could even make the Great Song Dynasty lose all confidence in resisting.

Without much thought, Ah Shu adopted the suggestions of Lu Wende and Lu Wenhuan and others, and he personally led an army of 100,000 to attack Ezhou, and his deputy commander Ali Hague led the remaining 50,000 troops to penetrate the south road of Jinghu Lake, striving to take Yuezhou in the shortest possible time, causing a siege of Ezhou, so that the Great Song generals stationed in Ezhou did not have the slightest way to retreat.

To be on the safe side, Ah Shu ordered Lu Wenhuan to follow Ali Hague to fight and give advice.

At the end of May, an army of 100,000 led by Ah Shu set out from Xiangyang Fucheng and took hundreds of warships along the Han River towards Ezhou, while Ali Hague led an army of 50,000 mainly cavalry to go in the direction of Yuezhou by land.

From the emperor's issuance of the edict to the Song Dynasty, by the end of May, the expedition finally began again.

Jinghu South Road and Jinghu North Road, many places have become desolate, there are less than two months, that is, the autumn harvest season, in order to escape the war, save their lives, a large number of people choose to flee, abandon the crops in the field, which also means that many farmers in the coming year will face the danger of running out of food.

During the march, Lu Wende suggested that every place the army passed, they could find ways to harvest the grain in the field to enrich the grain and grass of the army, and Ah Shu thought this suggestion was very good, so he gave an order to Ali Hague, the deputy commander of the land march, that the army under his command could appropriately slow down the pace of the march and squeeze the farmers along the way to harvest the grain in the field.

Ah Shu knew very well that the Great Song Dynasty was close to collapse, and there were not many generals who were really willing to resist the Mongol army, and Gundam was one of them, as for those guarding other prefectures and counties, whether they were officials or officers, they either fled quickly or fell in despair, so Ali Hague did not need to march too quickly.

On the surface, Ah Shu is not smiling and rarely speaks, but in fact, Ah Shu knows all the combat deployments, and in this regard, he is not weaker than the Mongolian princes Hedan, Tachar and Habichi, and can even be said to be stronger than these Mongolian brave princes, because Ah Shu has one of the biggest advantages, judging the situation, not being hot-headed, and not arrogant.

In this regard, Lu Wende and Lu Wenhuan are very admired, and they even compare Ah Shu with Wu Shaogang, thinking about what kind of situation will occur when the two fight.

Everything was as Ah Shu had predicted.

Judging from the documents presented by Ali Hague, Jingmen, Jiangling, Xiazhou, Yanzhou and Changde under the jurisdiction of Jinghu North Road were either empty cities or Song troops waiting to surrender, and most of the Song troops chose to abandon the city and go in the direction of Ezhou.

The warship that Ah Shu rode on, and the places such as Fuzhou and Hanyang that he passed, also did not encounter much resistance.

The march of the two armies was very smooth, and there was hardly much time to lose.

In late June, the army led by Ah Shu, by warship, first arrived at Caidian, which was less than 100 miles away from the city of Ezhou.

Ezhou is close to Huainan West Road in the north and Jiangnan West Road in the south, which is the gateway of Lin'an Mansion in the capital of the Great Song Dynasty.

Most of the Huainan West Road has been occupied by the Mongol army, and there is no support in the north of Ezhou, as for the Jiangnan West Road in the south, it can be evacuated.

Once Gundam evacuates Ezhou and evacuates towards Jiangnan West Road in the south, the army under Ashu's command can drive straight into Lin'an, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty.

After the army arrived in Jiangxia, Ah Shu did not immediately attack.

The attack on Ezhou can be carried out by land and water, and the waterway needs to occupy the critical place of Zhuankou to block the passage for the Ezhou army to evacuate from the waterway, and the Song army stationed in Ezhou, once it encounters defeat, it can only withdraw in the direction of Xianning, or evacuate to Daye, which is under the jurisdiction of Jiangnan West Road.

Ah Shu is waiting for Ali Hague, waiting for Ali Hague to launch an attack on Ezhou from Yuezhou first, occupy Chongyang and Puqi and other places to which Ezhou belongs, and form a comprehensive encirclement of Ezhou City.

This is the first battle since Ashu became the commander, it is necessary to achieve a complete victory, Ashu is not particularly anxious in terms of time, after several years of tempering in the battle of Xiangyang, Ashu has long become unhurried, the most important thing in the battle is to destroy the opponent and obtain a real victory, as for the time, if you can be fast, you can be fast, and if you can't be fast, don't be reluctant.

After the army was stationed in Jiangxia, Ah Shu even went to the fields in person to harvest grain with many soldiers, and almost all the people in the nearby places fled, and those who stayed at home were also old and weak, and it was impossible to harvest grain well when they were caught.

For Lu Wende, who followed Ah Shu, he also followed the harvest of grain, and for Lu Wende, who had never done these things, harvesting grain in the field on a hot day was indeed a torment.

It's mid-July.

Ali Hague's documents were sent to Jiangxia, and the army led by him completely occupied Yuezhou, and was preparing to attack Chongyang and Puqi, to which Ezhou belonged, Ali Hague had made it clear that he would lead the army to attack Puqi first, and after occupying Puqi, send a small part of the troops to occupy Chongyang.

When Ali Hague's paperwork arrived, a smile appeared on Ashu's face.

The 100,000-strong army then began all preparations before the battle.

20,000 sailors took a boat to take the key place of Zhuankou, while Ah Shu personally led the rest of the 80,000 troops to encircle and attack the city of Ezhou by land.

Before leaving Jiangxia, Ah Shu confidently told Lu Wende that he would take Ezhou within the year and clear all obstacles to Lin'an Mansion City.