Zhang Rou has sent scouts to Fengzhou to reconnoiter on Lizhou West Road many times, judging from the situation reported by the scouts, no large-scale assembly or activities of the Song army were found, and it was precisely because of the intelligence detected by the scouts that Zhang Tingrui couldn't help but speak, but unfortunately Zhang Rou thought that this situation was not normal, and it was said that the elusive Hezhou Imperial Front Army must have gotten the news, maybe it was hidden somewhere, waiting for the army under his command to enter the trap. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The army has been prepared, the front army and the Chinese army have already clarified their respective tasks, and the commander and deputy marshal of the front army, Zhang Tingrui, is waiting for the order of the commander Zhang Rou, and once the order is issued, the offensive will begin.

November 28, 5th year.

Zhang Rou finally gave the order to fight.

Zhang Tingrui, who couldn't wait, immediately led the front army of 2,000 people to set off, their task was to reconnoiter along the road, and enter the location of the Fengzhou Prefecture, if the Song army was defenseless, then notify the Chinese army, launch an attack on the state city, if the Song army's defense is tight, then turn to attack other counties.

This is a very strange battle order, the purpose is not clear at all, whether the army wants to capture the state city, or attack other county towns to loot, and finally return to Baoji, Zhang Rou is not clear, and the distance between the front army and the Chinese army, between fifty miles and one hundred miles, you must know that the sergeants of the new annexed army still have a lot of foot soldiers, in case the front army encounters an ambush or siege, the Chinese army is too late to help.

Zhang Tingrui didn't expect this, and led the sergeants of the former army to quickly set off from the barracks and headed for Fengzhou.

Two hours after Zhang Tingrui's front army set off, Zhang Roucai led the Chinese army and set off from the barracks slowly.

Just when the army under Zhang Rou set off, the imperial army of Hezhou had already entered a state of battle.

The lion catches the rabbit with all his strength.

This is Wu Shaogang's request, and it is precisely because of this requirement that Cai Siwei personally led an army of 30,000 from Lizhou and galloped to Fengzhou, where the army set up an ambush in Scalper.

Scalper Fort belongs to the jurisdiction of Liangquan County, which is the location of the Fengzhou Prefecture.

The army led by Zhang Rou, no matter where it came from, if it wanted to attack or reconnoiter Liangquan County, it had to pass through the Scalping Fort.

The terrain of Lizhou West Road is basically mountainous, and the march of the army must rely on official roads many times, and in some places there are layers of mountains, and it is impossible to have other roads to choose from.

Therefore, the Hezhou Imperial Army chose to set up an ambush in Ox Fort, which was the safest.

From the intelligence of the scouts, Wu Shaogang and others have learned that the total number of the new annexed army led by Zhang Rou is only about 10,000, and the 10,000 new annexed army is surrounded and annihilated with 30,000 soldiers of the imperial army in Hezhou.

When Cai Siwei led the army to set off from Lizhou, Wu Shaogang, Hao Jing and Cao Wengang also headed towards Fengzhou Prefecture.

Cao Wengang participated in the battle for the first time, although he was planning in the rear.

When he set off, Cao Wengang was a little nervous.

Hao Jing originally wanted to soothe Cao Wengang's emotions, but was stopped by Wu Shaogang, sooner or later he would have to go through this hurdle, and in Wu Shaogang's arrangement and deployment, Cao Wengang had to take on heavy responsibilities, and some things had to be adapted.

Just when Wu Shaogang and his entourage arrived in Fengzhou Prefecture, the scout's intelligence followed and arrived.

The 30,000 troops led by Cai Siwei have been deployed in Huangniubao, and the army under Zhang Rou has just entered the territory of Fengzhou.

Even Wu Shaogang was a little puzzled, why did Zhang Rou, who was good at fighting, march so slowly, if he didn't want to attack before, he could have hid in Baoji and not come out, but since he started the expedition, he had to act quickly.

Wu Shaogang is indeed wise, but he can't fully analyze Zhang Rou's thoughts.

Kublai Khan's two edicts brought Zhang Rou great pressure, but there was also inner resistance.

The so-called authorities are obsessed with bystanders, and when he left Kaiping City this time, Zhang Rou thought a lot, and he completely figured out a lot of things.

Zhang Rou was originally a general of the Jin State, defected to the Mongolian court for some years, and at the beginning was trusted and reused by Kublai Khan, Zhang Rou also tried his best, but as time went by, Kublai Khan's suspicion of the Han ministers in the court became more and more serious, and Zhang Rou was also difficult to be alone.

The Han ministers in the court, their abilities are very good, including the beheaded Wang Wentong, their ability to act in government affairs is far stronger than those Mongols, and even stronger than the Semu people, although these Han ministers also have a lot of shortcomings, and they have done too much in the struggle for power and profit, including Zhang Rou himself, who has always wanted to be able to serve as the envoy of the Chengdu Mansion Road Army, but the Han ministers are doing their best to do things, and they are thinking about the Mongolian court.

Zhang Wenqian, Liu Bingzhong and others, put forward many opinions and suggestions, so that the Mongolian court became stronger and stronger, whether it was according to the layout of the Great Song Dynasty court to plan the Mongolian court, or in terms of standardizing the officials and officials, or even in the major matters such as moving the capital, it was the Han minister's suggestion, which was adopted by Kublai Khan.

After so many years of defecting to the Mongolian court, Zhang Rou has seen these changes with her own eyes.

In suppressing the Abuligo rebellion, the Han ministers also played an irreplaceable role.

At the beginning, Wang Wentong did not commit a crime to death, but it is a pity that Kublai Khan completely ignored Wang Wentong's contribution and killed him without hesitation.

Abuligo's rebellion for so many years has caused great turmoil and incalculable losses to the Mongol court, but Kublai Khan will never kill Abuligo.

It can be seen from this that the Han ministers in the court, no matter how much they have made contributions, will inevitably be abandoned and beheaded once their actions go against Kublai Khan's wishes.

The Mongol court was the court of the Mongols, not the court of the Han Chinese, including those who were lustful, and once they acted against Kublai Khan's wishes, they would also be ruthlessly punished.

This is Zhang Rou's personal feeling.

Under the domination of this feeling, Zhang Rou became war-weary and unwilling to attack, even with the orders of Kublai Khan's two edicts, but when marching, he still dragged his feet.

Deputy Marshal Zhang Tingrui was active and led the front army to march quickly, but they could not be too far away from the Chinese army, after all, they only had 2,000 people, and the number of troops was too small, and there was a huge danger of breaking away from the Chinese army.

So Zhang Tingrui had to slow down the pace of the march.

This gave the scouts enough time to report everything, and also allowed Cai Siwei to calmly deploy in Scalper's Fort.

Yuan Shichun and Du Xiaoqi's detailed reports made Wu Shaogang's face show a pleasant smile.

Many conjectures have been confirmed, and many things that were previously vague have gradually become clear.

Wu Shaogang saw a new continent, maybe he had paid attention to it before, but he didn't pay special attention to it, but now he paid attention to it, if he followed this line of thought, I am afraid that he could weaken the power of the Mongol court in the shortest possible time.

Only with the Mongolian iron horse, Kublai Khan can not really unify the world, on horseback can fight the world, but on horseback can never govern the world, Kublai Khan's ability is extraordinary, can deal with any complex situation, but Kublai Khan's energy is limited, the huge world, he can't manage it, he needs a lot of helpers.

In the process of Kublai Khan's establishment of the Great Yuan Dynasty, the Han ministers made great contributions, and it was the efforts of many Han ministers that made Kublai Khan more and more powerful.

Now the Han people around Kublai Khan seem to have a bit of a taste of detachment, from Zhang Rou's actions this time, Wu Shaogang vaguely guessed this, if his guess is true, then this point needs to be used anyway.

"Mr. Hao, there is a question, I have never been particularly clear before, Kublai Khan is a generation of heroes, I don't know how he trusts the people around him, especially those Han ministers."

A trace of embarrassment flashed on Hao Jing's face, which was seen by Wu Shaogang, but Wu Shaogang didn't care.

"My lord, my subordinates were by Kublai Khan's side back then, and they were indeed reused, but I still don't dare to say anything about trust."

"Oh, since Mr. Hao has been reused, how can he feel that he can't be trusted."

"The Mongol court, after all, is the court of the Mongols."

Hao Jing's words made Wu Shaogang laugh again.

"Any hero in this world, once you can't trust the person you should trust, or don't trust anyone, the crisis will begin, if no one else takes advantage of this crisis, maybe you can get through it safely, I remember that the biggest difference between Kublai Khan and Abuligo is that you trust the Han people, that is, absorb the excellent things in Han culture, Abuligo is the complete opposite, rejecting anything sinicized, it is precisely because of this that Abuligo finally failed, and now Kublai Khan is afraid that he does not trust the Han people so much, If that were the case, I would not be able to sit idly by. ”

Hao Jing stood up and saluted Wu Shaogang.

"My lord, Zhang Wenqian, Liu Bingzhong, Yao Shu and others around Kublai Khan are all very good talents, and their abilities are far above their subordinates.

"Mr. Hao doesn't have to be modest, your ability is something few people can match, in fact, Kublai Khan is afraid that Kublai Khan valued your ability the most, otherwise he would not have let you serve as the envoy of the Mongolian mission, and these things have passed."

Speaking of this, Wu Shaogang's expression became serious.

"Du Xiaoqi, send scouts, quickly inform Cai Du to command, be sure to annihilate the front army of the Mongolian army, no one can escape, after the annihilation of the front army, the army quickly surrounds the Chinese army, don't start the expedition for the time being, wait for my order."

After the order was given, Du Xiaoqi and Yuan Shichun left.

Wu Shaogang looked at Hao Jing, who was still standing.

"Mr. Hao, I'm afraid I will have to worry more about recruiting Zhang Rou."

Hao Jing was not surprised, and nodded silently, while Cao Wengang on the side was dumbfounded and didn't quite understand the truth. (To be continued.) )