(I wish readers a happy Chinese New Year's Eve and all the best in the Year of the Goat.) Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ）

Haizhou Prefecture City.

Ali Hague's face was pale, he didn't know about the tragic battle in Linhong Town, thirty miles away, what he knew was a precarious state city, and it was difficult to defend it.

The artillery of the Song army is too powerful, this is the artillery that Ali Hague has never seen, the army led by Prince Moge is said to have been defeated under the sharp artillery of the Song army, at that time Ali Hague did not believe very much, where did such powerful artillery come from in this world, I am afraid that Prince Moge underestimated the enemy and caused the defeat, and shifted the responsibility to the artillery.

Ali Hague has seen the return artillery, can throw boulders, and the lethality is very great, especially in the battle of the siege of the city, has a huge role, after learning the artillery of the Song army, Ali Hague really understands that the powerful return artillery is not worth mentioning in front of the artillery of the Song army.

In the daytime battle, the Song army did not oppress at all, and every time they launched a charge, artillery would appear, resulting in heavy casualties among the sergeants stationed on the city wall.

When the Song army attacked the city, the sergeants had to fight on the city wall, and it was impossible to hide under the city wall, but the sergeants on the city wall were too late to escape in the face of the Song army's artillery.

For a whole day, the sergeants did not pose any threat to the Song army attacking the city, and the casualties were close to 3,000.

This made Ali Hague almost collapse, and he couldn't think of a way to deal with it.

The atmosphere of frustration spread among the sergeants, the 50,000 troops from Xuancheng to Haizhou Prefecture have been wiped out by the Song army nearly 40,000 people, it can be said that most of the sergeants have not had time to enter the state city, they have encountered the devastating blow of the Song army, such accurate calculations and operations, so that many sergeants feel frightened, now the sergeants guarding the state city are only more than 10,000 people, a day of fighting, the consumption has exceeded two percent, if it is calculated according to such a progress, the Song army only needs a few days, you can calmly take the state city, And none of the sergeants stationed in the city want to leave alive.

The people of the city have been forcibly conscripted into the army to replenish the shortage of soldiers.

But these civilians who were temporarily conscripted into the army did not have the slightest combat ability, and when it was time to fight, they were not counted as heads, and they could not be counted on at critical moments.

A full moon hung in the sky, and the stars around it were not so dazzling, probably obscured by the moonlight.

Ali Hague stood in the courtyard, looking up at the moon in the sky, and did not say a word.

As the guards, they also stood silently, they lowered their heads, not knowing what they were thinking.

After a long while, Ali Hague suddenly spoke to the guards opposite.

"You say, we're going to be able to hold out for a few days."

The guards looked at Ali Hague and were speechless.

Ali Hague waved his hand and spoke again.

"You don't need to say it, I understand that whether you can survive tomorrow or not is something that you can't say."

Speaking of this, Ali Hague turned his head to look at the several guards around him.

"If the city is breached tomorrow, even if you defect to the Song army, don't care about me..."

The faces of the many guards under the moonlight changed drastically, and they didn't know what Ali Hague meant by this.

Ali Hague probably felt that what he said was a little abrupt, so that everyone couldn't react.

"What I'm talking about is in case, you all have families, and you have been by my side for many years, I didn't expect that this time we met the moment of life and death decision, we can't support it, the marshal doesn't know about the affairs of Haizhou Prefecture, I'm afraid I still think that we have the initiative, and the reinforcements from the capital side, alas, forget it, don't mention it."

In the words, Ali Hague has already revealed a decadent mood.

When he just looked at the sky, Ali Hague thought of the combat mission he undertook this time, and he was extremely happy at the beginning, thinking that if there was a place to play, as long as he held Haizhou City, and waited until the reinforcements sent by the imperial court entered Haizhou City, it would be a great credit, and he would definitely be rewarded by the emperor and the court afterwards, but it was a pity that such an idea was hovering in his mind for too short a time, and the harsh reality quickly shattered this illusion.

If he didn't undertake this combat mission, maybe Ali Hague at this time was already outside the city of Lin'an, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty.

There are no ifs, and the reality is so cruel.

Ali Hague looked at the guards around him, who were still in shock, shook his head, and turned to go into the house.

Outside the city, in the military tent of the great army.

Wu Shaogang's face was very calm, completely different from the anxiety of Cai Siwei and others.

Cai Siwei and others just said that they were worried, in fact, there are many opportunities to attack the city today, but Wu Shaogang did not launch the final charge, and still relied on the Dingkun cannon to kill and wound the Mongolian army on the city wall, the purpose of such an arrangement, of course Cai Siwei and others understood, but they were very anxious, after all, the nearly 100,000 Mongolian army led by Hedan was already fighting with the army led by Zhang Jue in Linhong Town, thirty miles away, and the 20,000 troops stationed in Lianshui County as a reserve will be able to arrive in Linhong Town tomorrow. If there was any accident in Linhong Town before Chang Mingquan arrived, the consequences would be unimaginable.

However, Wu Shaogang was not in a hurry at all, but asked the sergeant to rest well and prepare to launch a general attack tomorrow.

This made Cai Siwei and others not understand, even Hao Jing and Zhang Wenqian and others did not particularly understand.

To say that the battle has reached this juncture, time represents everything, and if you can buy time, you will be one step closer to victory, and if you delay time, it means losing the best fighter.

Cai Siwei has just said that if he can take Haizhou Prefecture within a day, he can transfer at least 10,000 soldiers to participate in the battle in Linhong Town, which is regarded as the 20,000 soldiers stationed in Lianshui County led by Chang Mingquan, a total of 80,000 people, and the gap between the number of Mongolian reinforcements is almost negligible.

As the deputy marshal, Cai Siwei had to think a lot, and even had to plan for the worst, in case the army led by Zhang Jue could not withstand it, so that the Mongolian reinforcements broke through, at that time he would personally lead the 20,000 soldiers led by Chang Mingquan to desperately resist the attack of the Mongolian reinforcements, and could not let it rush to the aid of Haizhou Prefecture.

The dispatch of 20,000 soldiers stationed in Lianshui County to help Linhong Town was also a decision made by Cai Siwei after repeated requests.

The short silence finally passed, and Wu Shaogang spoke.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I remember when I was a child, when my family was very poor and couldn't eat at all, and I was able to eat steamed buns and full buns during the Chinese New Year every year."

Wu Shaogang opened his mouth, leaving everyone stunned, when did this happen, he actually talked about eating.

Wu Shaogang didn't care about everyone's surprise and continued to speak.

"I ate steamed buns at that time, for fear that I wouldn't be full, with a steamed bun in my mouth, a steamed bun between chopsticks, and my eyes were still looking at a steamed bun in the bowl, thinking that these steamed buns were mine, but in fact, I thought too much, since it was the Chinese New Year, the steamed buns were always enough to eat."

Speaking of this, Wu Shaogang sighed lightly and stopped talking.

Hao Jing understood first, and almost immediately followed his mouth.

"What Your Highness means, Xiaguan understands, the battle of Shandong is related to the overall situation, don't be anxious, you must take it step by step, every step must be steady, but Xiaguan thinks that it is not contradictory to capture Haizhou Prefecture as soon as possible."

Zhang Wenqian also nodded, thinking that what Hao Jing said made sense.

Cai Siwei and others also nodded.

Wu Shaogang looked at everyone and had to speak again.

"Today we were indeed able to take Haizhou City in one fell swoop, but why didn't I do it, think about it, what are we facing while capturing Haizhou City today, it is an inevitable tragic battle, even if we want to rush to the aid of Linhong Town, but how much of a role can the tired army play."

"The so-called sharpening knives do not mistake woodcutters, we have given the Mongolian army enough blows today, their morale is extremely low, after a night of torment, among them, some people should understand that meaningless resistance is a dead end, tomorrow we capture the city, maybe willing to fight the Mongolian army sergeants, there are not many, I can conclude that even the deputy marshal of the Mongolian army stationed in Haizhou Prefecture to conquer the southern army Ali Hague, I am afraid that it has fallen into despair."

When Wu Shao just said this, everyone finally understood.

"Your worries are good, the army led by Zhang Jue resisted the attack of nearly 100,000 Mongolian troops, the battle must be tragic, and the casualties must be huge, I also thought of this, so I agreed to send 20,000 soldiers stationed in Lianshui County to help, with 20,000 soldiers led by Chang Mingquan to help, tomorrow will definitely be able to resist the rush of Mongolian reinforcements."

"Or when it comes to the steamed buns, the steamed buns in the mouth, and the steamed buns sandwiched on the chopsticks, can be regarded as in hand, these two steamed buns are now the city of Haizhou, and the Mongolian army's southern army, as for the Mongolian army led by Hedan to aid Shandong, it is the steamed bun in the bowl, we can only watch it for the time being, don't think about eliminating, and don't say whether we can hold this steamed bun, I'm afraid our digestion ability will also be affected."

"If we completely defeat the Mongol army led by Hedan to aid Shandong, you think about it, what decision will Kublai Khan make, his army to conquer the south is afraid that it will be poured out and come towards Shandong, and Kublai Khan is afraid that he will also lead the elite army to Shandong, although we are not afraid of such a situation, but we should not take the initiative to provoke such a situation."

"Every time we attack, we have seized the opportunity to put Kublai Khan and the Great Yuan court in a dilemma, and we must not lose such a good opportunity."

"The purpose of our battle this time is not the reinforcements of the Mongolian army, but the southern army of the Mongolian army, this point must not be shaken at any time, we can't be too greedy."

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There was silence in the Chinese military tent, and everyone was thinking about Wu Shaogang's words, the Mongolian army's southern expedition army would definitely be divided after taking Lin'an Mansion City, and by that time, the Hezhou Imperial Front Army and the Dingkun Army had already made all preparations and waited for the Mongolian army's southern expedition.