The festive atmosphere of Jia Nidao's birthday finally came to an end at the end of May, so Jia Nidao's power in the court has also reached its peak, every time Jia Nidao goes to court, the emperor will get up to greet and show respect, and Jia Nidao does not need to bow to the emperor, and when Jia Nidao goes to court, civil and military officials are to stand and wait. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

There are more and more officials who are talking about Jia Nidao, but another situation is also faintly emerging, that is, there are many officials who begin to unconsciously reject Jia Nidao, they think that Jia Nidao's credit is not as great as the publicity, such as the Gongtian Law, the Planning Law and the Jingjie Push Law, etc., the implementation of these policies did not make the Great Song Dynasty strong.

At the beginning of June, Lu Wenhuan, the deputy envoy of Jingxi and the prefect of Xiangyang, made an urgent note that caused an uproar in the DPRK and China, and even made Jia seem to be uneasy.

The Mongol Tatars began their assault on the perimeter of Xiangyang Province.

The Mongolian Tatar soldiers were divided into two routes, respectively from Dengzhou and Tangzhou, to which Nanjing Road belongs, launched an attack on Xiangyang Mansion, in just more than ten days, the Mongolian Tatars have invaded Guanghua, Junzhou and Suizhou and other places to which Jingnan Road belongs, and Yunxiang County, Guanghua County and Zaoyang County three cities were successively broken by the Mongolian Tartar army.

At the end of the twist, Lu Wenhuan reported that the follow-up situation was under investigation, and begged the imperial court to help.

Jia Rudao never dreamed that the Mongol Tatars would choose Xiangyang as the strategic target of the attack.

The Mongol Tatars were obviously stationed in Huaibei, and when they suddenly arrived on Nanjing Road, the imperial court did not know anything about this intelligence, and suddenly attacked Jingnan Road, and did not choose to attack Xiangyang first, but slowly implemented a breakthrough from the periphery.

The cities of Yunxiang County, Guanghua County and Zaoyang County are not very threatening to Xiangyang Fucheng, and it is Fancheng that is really dependent on Xiangyang Fucheng.

Jia Rudao temporarily suppressed this twist and turn, and did not choose to discuss it at the court meeting, but asked the staff around him to discuss the matter first to see what the Mongolian court and Kublai Khan thought.

In Jia Rudao's view, the Hezhou Imperial Army stationed in Sichuan has become more and more powerful, and the Mongol Tatars did not attack Sichuan first, but chose Xiangyang, which was unfavorable to their own attack, is this a bit of a contradiction, or this is a trap.

The fourth master was fortunate to participate in this discussion.

This can be regarded as a big joke in the world, leaving the officials of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War unused, but letting the staff around them discuss such a major matter, only Jia Nidao, who has reached the peak of power, can do it.

The deliberations took place in the wing room of the backyard.

Those who can enter the backyard wing of the mansion are Jia Rudao's most trusted staff.

The backyard where Jia Rudao's family lives has two walls, which divide the backyard into two parts, the front and back, and the wing room is at the front of the backyard of the mansion.

When Jia Rudao entered the wing, all the staff stood up to greet him.

Jia Rudao's face was very grim, and he waved his hand at everyone, motioning for everyone to sit down and speak.

"The situation is urgent, don't go around the bend, I just want to know, what kind of medicine is sold in this Kublai Khan's gourd, the Mongolian Tartars have always attacked from Sichuan, this time they actually chose Xiangyang, elusive, and incomprehensible, the Mongolian Tartar cavalry is powerful, but when they arrived in Xiangyang, they couldn't play it, and the Mongolian Tartar sailors were weak, and they were not the opponents of the sailors of my court at all, could it be that they wanted to encounter a fiasco...

Jia Rudao didn't wait for many staff members to speak, he expressed his doubts, these words, with a strong pertinence, in short, what he said was the same meaning, I don't believe that the Mongol Tatars would choose Xiangyang as the focus of their strategic attack.

Because of the decline of post stations in various places, the way for the Privy Council to obtain information has been greatly reduced, almost all rely on the government at all levels, and the officials at all levels of the government are either busy with their own affairs, or busy looting the people, no one pays attention to the matter of collecting intelligence, so Huaibei, Nanjing Road, Jingzhaofu Road and Fengxiang Road and other Central Plains, what measures the Mongolian Tartars have, the imperial court does not know at all, this time the Mongolian Tartars suddenly launched an attack on the Jingnan Road, if it were not for Lu Wenhuan's twists and turns, The court still won't know.

After Jia Rudao finished speaking, he looked at the huge map hanging on the wall, and was a little stunned.

One of the staff members stood up, walked to Jia Yidao's side, looked at the map and spoke.

"Guogong, my subordinates believe that the Mongol Tatars will not necessarily choose to attack Xiangyang Fucheng."

Jia Rudao turned his head sharply and looked at the staff member.

"Let's talk about it carefully, why the Mongol Tatars didn't choose to attack the city of Xiangyang."

Jia Yidao's voice was a little loud, and his expression was also very urgent, of course he knew the consequences of losing Xiangyang Mansion City, in comparison, the terrain of Sichuan is complex and far away from the capital, even if it is lost, it will not have serious consequences in a short time.

"Guogong, please look at the map, Lord Lu said in his recital that the Mongol Tatars attacked Junzhou first, and their vanguard troops already had the intention of attacking Fangzhou, in this case, the Mongol Tatars may occupy Junzhou, Fangzhou and Suizhou, forming an encirclement of Xiangyang Fucheng, so Lord Lu believes that the ultimate goal of the Mongolian Tatars is Xiangyang Fucheng."

Jia Rudao frowned, obviously not very satisfied with such words.

Jia Yidao's expression, of course, the staff noticed.

"Guogong, Junzhou and Fangzhou, are close to Sichuan's Lizhou East Road and Kuizhou Road, the Mongolian Tatars are likely to choose a breakthrough from the southwest of Jingxi Road, to drive the breakthrough of Sichuan, subordinates believe that the Mongolian Tatars are very likely to completely take Junzhou and Fangzhou, all the way to the army choose to besiege Xiangyang Fucheng, and the main force is to attack Sichuan in the west."

"Sichuan's Lizhou East Road and Kuizhou's defense is a little empty, Hezhou Imperial Front Army is stationed in Chengdu Mansion, Xingyuan Mansion Imperial Front Army is stationed in Lizhou West Road, Jinzhou Imperial Front Army is stationed in Yunnan Road, Mongolian Tartars must know this information, so they attack, Lizhou East Road and Kuizhou Road, will definitely lead to chaos in Sichuan."

"Another point, judging from the information provided by the Privy Council, there are also a large number of Mongolian Tartars stationed in the vicinity of Kaifeng Prefecture, if Kublai Khan decides to attack from the direction of Xiangyang Prefecture, where is it necessary to station a large number of Mongolian Tartars in Kaifeng Prefecture."

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Jia Rudao nodded slightly.

The staff member wiped the sweat from his forehead and made his final suggestion.

"Guogong, my subordinates suggest that Lord Lu defend the city of Xiangyang and not take the initiative to attack, and at the same time order the sailors stationed in Xiangyang to strengthen their vigilance and be ready to meet the attacking Mongol Tartars at any time."

As soon as the staff finished speaking, Jia Rudao followed and spoke.

"Well, in other words, the imperial court doesn't need to rush to the aid of Xiangyang Mansion City for the time being, but if the Mongolian Tartars attack Xiangyang Mansion City, how should we deal with it."

On the one hand, if the Mongol Tartars attack Xiangyang Fucheng, they will not enter Sichuan, and the Privy Council can mobilize a large army stationed in Sichuan to aid Xiangyang Fucheng, on the other hand, the imperial court sailors are brave, relying on the waters around Xiangyang Fucheng, they will be able to defeat the invading Mongolian Tatars, if the Mongolian Tatars swear to attack to the death, the Privy Council will mobilize a lot of forces to help, and there is also time."

"As you said just now, there are still Mongolian Tatars in the Kaifeng area, are they preparing to attack Sichuan?"

"My subordinates think it's very likely."

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One of the other staff members also stood up and began to talk.

"Kublai Khan is afraid that he wants to be able to get benefits from Xiangyang Fucheng, not a real attack on Xiangyang Fucheng, if the Mongol Tatars' offensive is sharp, then the imperial court must mobilize a large army to rush to help, and the Mongol Tatars will not be able to capture Xiangyang Fucheng in a short time, so they will definitely shift the target of the attack and start from Sichuan."

The explanation and analysis of this staff member made Jia Yidao even more convinced.

"That's right, Kublai Khan is probably thinking of tentatively launching an attack from the southwest road of Beijing, to see if he can take some cities, whether he can directly threaten the city of Xiangyang, if the attack is not effective, he will immediately turn to Sichuan to attack, so disrupted the deployment of the imperial court in the southwest of Beijing, and also disrupted the deployment of the Sichuan side, as for the Mongolian Tartars stationed in the city of Kaifeng, if my guess is right, it may have approached the west road of Lizhou and the east road of Lizhou.

Before Jia Yidao finished speaking, the voice of praise appeared.

Jia Nidao is quite complacent, in terms of military deployment, he has no ability, he has controlled the situation for so many years, and there is almost no suggestion on military deployment, which is also where Jia Nidao is deeply dissatisfied, and he is even more helpless, now his analysis has been approved and responded to by his staff, how can he be unhappy.

The fourth master, who was sitting a little farther away, listened very carefully, he couldn't tell what he felt in his heart, but he just felt strange, since the Mongolian Tartars had launched an attack on the Jingnan Road, then the imperial army stationed on the Jingnan Road would not hesitate to resist the invading Mongolian Tatars, but today's discussion seemed to be the same as overthrowing the meaning that the Mongol Tatars might attack Xiangyang Fucheng, could it be that the Mongol Tatars would not attack Xiangyang Fucheng, and the imperial court would not care.

Military matters, the fourth master is not familiar with, and it is impossible to make any suggestions, he just judges by instinct, since the court and the Chinese know that Kublai Khan is extremely brave, then he will not do strange things, since the Mongol Tatars have launched an attack on the southwest road of Beijing, then its target is likely to be Xiangyang Fucheng.

Such a simple truth, can these staff not understand?

Why no one has raised concerns in this regard.

The fourth master couldn't understand this, so he simply lowered his head, closed his eyes, and listened carefully to the analysis of many staff. (To be continued.) )