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Outside Gwangju City.

"Quick, keep up with so-and-so!" A Mongol military general stood on a hill and shouted, "Gwangju Fortress is ahead, we must seize Gwangju Fortress before the Southern Barbarians!" Otherwise, if you let the southern barbarians take control of this Gwangju City, you all know what will happen. ”

A man dressed as a civil official came over panting: "Ali Hague, I have already passed Caizhou half a day ago, and it is not far from Gwangju, and it is estimated that I will soon reach the boundary of the Southern Barbarians." But this area is so peaceful, it always makes people feel weird in their hearts. ”

The Mongolian military general, who was called Ali Hague, nodded, stretched out his hand and dragged the civil official up the hillside, pointing to the faintly outlined city in the dawn in front of him: "Cheng Zhao Lord Jiyan, there is Gwangju City in front, as for why there is peace and tranquility around here・・・・・・

Seeing that Ali Hague didn't speak again, the Han civil official subconsciously followed his gaze, couldn't help but open his mouth wide, and didn't know what to say for a while.

Just below the hillside where the two of them stood, there were densely scattered wheels, axles and other parts of the carriage, and they stretched into the distance, submerged in the barren grass, these scattered wood everywhere had burnt marks, and not far from this hillside, there was an obvious mound of earth built by man, perhaps because the construction time was not long, so there were only some green grass on the mound, which was extremely abrupt in the field outside Gwangju Castle where even the official road was almost submerged in the barren grass.

Taking a light breath, the Han official lowered his head.

And Ali Hague coldly said the heart-wrenching facts: "This is the battlefield where Ye Yingwu raided Gwangju, if I remember it well, the Gwangju guard at that time, Mu Huali, sent the last grain team along the official road behind you and me to Caizhou, but was stopped by the Nanbanzi, and then the Nanbanzi burned the carriage that was inconvenient to carry, and the mound of soil is probably my Mongolian son who died in the battle of Gwangju." ”

"This is a blood vendetta, and it must be avenged!" The Han official also gritted his teeth and looked at the prospect in front of him.

Ali Hague looked at his colleague in some surprise, although he knew that this Han man was loyal to the Mongols, he still did not expect him to have such hatred for the Southern Barbarians. Perhaps this was the most interesting thing for all the Mongol generals and officials, including Ali Hague, whose Han Chinese officials who were loyal to the Mongol dynasty were sometimes more conscientious than them, and many Mongols were embarrassed.

Perhaps this is what the Han people call "loyal to the king", in other words, they are loyal to the master.

Although he despised this obviously traitorous behavior from the bottom of his heart, Ali Hague still had to say that without the full assistance of these officials, the Mongols who had just fallen off the horseback would not have the ability to govern the towns and villages, and I am afraid that they would have been in a mess long ago.

"Lord Zhao, let's hurry up and go to Gwangju." Ali Hague didn't want to miss too much about the past when the Mongols had been defeated here, and he didn't have much interest in mourning these humiliating defeats, but he was more interested in how to seize Gwangju as soon as possible, so as to block those southern barbarians from Anqing and Huangzhou from fighting another northern expedition.

Now the Song army that has marched straight to Nanyang is enough of a headache, and for a while, Marshal Boyan was dragged by Ye Yingwu in Huainan and there was no way to return to help, and the only ones who could be transferred out of the entire Central Plains to urgently fill the gaps were the guards led by Mongolian Pingzhang, Zhao Bi, the provincial secretary of Xingzhongshu, and Ali Hague, the provincial minister of the signing line.

Originally, Zhao Bi was ordered by Kublai Khan to travel to Nanjing, Henan, Daimyo, Shunde and other places to implement the policy of recalling the marquis and changing the relocation policy, and at the same time, Kublai Khan gave him the power to save trouble in the middle of the book, so as to avoid some conservative local officials to delay and obstruct, and because Kublai Khan was afraid that Zhao Bi was a civil official, it would be difficult to deal with any threat when he really encountered it, and it was also to monitor and inspect him, so he specially sent his own guard commander and confidant Ali Hague to lead two thousand cavalry to accompany him.

And these two thousand cavalry are not ordinary cavalry, and they are even a grade higher than the cavalry of the Mongolian headquarters. Since the time of Genghis Khan, the Xue army has been the protector of the Mongol Great Khan, and it is also the elite of the entire Mongolian cavalry.

Although it was only two thousand troops, Kublai Khan knew very well that as long as Ali Hague commanded properly, these two thousand people could be used as two cavalry troops of 10,000 people, because the loyalty of the cowardly Xue army to Mongolia, the courage to kill the enemy, and the proficiency in tactics were the highest among all armies.

Facts also proved that Ali Hague lived up to Kublai Khan's entrustment, Wen Tianxiang led the Shence Army and the Shenwei Army to break through the Han River and soared all the way, and Ali Hague, who should have been patrolling all over Henan and Hebei safely, saw that the big thing was not good, and it was more than enough for the Heluo area to protect itself by shrinking the troops, but it was no longer difficult to send a single soldier to plug the gap in the line of Caizhou and Gwangju.

In a hurry, Ali Hague didn't care about sending someone to report to Kublai Khan, so he went south directly with his people, and Zhao Bi, who should have obediently returned to Kaiping to restore his life in this situation, didn't know if he was hot-headed for a while, and chased Ali Hague here.

It's just that Zhao Bi was originally the main officer, and Ali Hague was the deputy, but now the two have invisibly switched positions, and Zhao Bi has no complaints about this, as if he can follow the battlefield and see how his cavalry men killed the southern barbarians, which is a great honor for him.

"General, the brethren have entered Gwangju City," said a centurion who hurried over on horseback, "and now the city is still empty, and there is no sign of the southern barbarians to the south." ”

Ali Hague nodded: "Let's go, let's go into the city." ”

Before these words fell, a flash of fire had already risen into the sky, exploding in the sky in an instant.

"Arrow!" Ali Hague's pupils almost subconsciously shrank, and the next moment the entire Gwangju City seemed to be overwhelmed by flames, the sound of explosions extended from the south of the city to the north of the city, and the dense arrows roared like rain, "The southern barbarians have an ambush, they have already been waiting outside Gwangju City, retreat!" ”

Zhao Bi didn't expect that he was full of joy waiting for the Mongolian cavalry to ravage those southern barbarians who didn't know the height of the sky, but what he saw was that the Mongolian cavalry collapsed in the sudden attack of the southern barbarians. The earth-shattering explosion and the dense locust-like arrows completely filled Zhao Bi's vision, and also made Zhao Bi understand for the first time why Ah Shu would be defeated so badly in Xiangyang, and why the southern barbarians drove Heluo all the way, but no one had the ability to resist it.

When did the Southern Barbarians have such a sharp firearm with such a devastating posture?

Obviously, Ali Hague also found that he had underestimated the power of the firearms of the Southern Barbarians before, even the most elite cowardly Xue army in Mongolia would inevitably be defeated under such a bombardment, especially these elite cowardly Xue army cavalry usually think very highly of themselves, and they have not experienced the bombardment of the firearms of the Southern Barbarians, even if they have not put these Southern Barbarians in their eyes, and now as soon as the other party makes a move, the psychological gap caused by it cannot be made up no matter how much they boost their morale.

"Retreat, quit Gwangju!" Ali Hague was almost hoarse and roared, although he was still standing outside the city gate, but through the open city gate, he could already see the flesh and blood flying in the city, just as a black flag that had been flying high slowly fell to the ground in front of Ali Hague, and was immediately trampled by the retreating Mongol cavalry.

"General, watch out for the crossbow!" A cavalryman shouted loudly, and the saber in his hand picked down an arrow coming towards Ali Hague's front door, if it weren't for his quick eyes, I am afraid that Ali Hague, who was caught off guard, would have been shot directly off his horse.

Taking a breath of cool air, Ali Hague did not forget to beckon the two guards to escort Zhao Bi to take the first step, and then he rushed around the city with a team of 1,000 people that he had finally gathered. Since the Nanban had the ability to bombard Gwangju, it means that their firearms position is not far from here.

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"It's already dawn, haven't you found any trace of Boyan?" Ye Yingwu looked at the white sky, although he had already guessed and even confirmed that Boyan had escaped, Ye Yingwu still hoped to get Boyan's marching route, at least so that he could know who Boyan was going to deal with first.

Jiang Tie smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This Boyan is really cunning, along the way, we found a lot of traces of Mongolian Tatar cavalry passing by, but they are all in a team of more than 100 people, and the directions are also different, mainly towards Tianchang, but there are many who go directly to the Gaoyou army, especially the Mongolian Tatars and a team of 10,000 foot soldiers are also going straight to the Gaoyou army and Yangzhou." ”

Su Liuyi suddenly frowned: "Li Tingzhi in Yangzhou has already led the Huai army north to attack Shandong, there are not many men and horses at all, and we are only the Chinese army led by Zhang Yuhou on the left, do you hurry back to Yangzhou, or directly withdraw to Zhenjiang Mansion?" ”

After all, what Ye Yingwu said just now that the various departments of the Tianwu Army are going out this time, and they must stay to keep an eye on Lin'an, and from here Su Liuyi also vaguely realized that the last time Ye Yingwu went to Lin'an, the contradiction between him and Jia Nidao must be intensifying, and the two sides are irreconcilable, otherwise Jun will not be as wary of Jia Nidao as he is now.

Su Liuyi has no objection to this, after all, it is within the responsibility of the town navy to be optimistic about Lianghuai, not to mention that every Northern Expedition of the Southern Song Dynasty is attacked from Lianghuai, and every time it is a defeat and a fiasco, so as a general who has been tempered on the battlefield for a long time, Su Liuyi is still very clear about the history of the Northern Expedition of Lianghuai and the Southern Song Dynasty, so from the bottom of his heart, he does not expect to take the road of Lianghuai that seems to be cursed.

In fact, every time the Southern Song Dynasty marched north from Lianghuai, it was because Lianghuai was the closest place to the lost Sanjing, especially Nanjing Yingtianfu (now Shangqiu) was actually attached to Lianghuai, and Tokyo Bianliang was closer to Lianghuai than Xiangyang.

But for the Song court, there is no such political appeal to the ministries under Ye Yingwu's own system, although they are the Song army, but in their bones they are actually Ye Yingwu's private army, and the purpose of the Northern Expedition is to maximize the interests of Ye Zhijun, so it seems that it is much better to go to Xiangyang than to go to Lianghuai.

From this point of view, it is better to keep the two Huai and let Wen Tianxiang and them make fun in Heluo to their heart's content.

This kind of account of killing two birds with one stone, Su Liuyi can still calculate it clearly, but Su Liuyi also understands that Ye Yingwu cannot be so triumphant, after all, there are still Mongolian Tatars in Huainan, and after all, Ye Yuanjun has just crossed the river majestically and with high spirits, and only fighting a small encirclement battle is not Ye Zhijun's consistent style at all.

Although Su Liuyi knew that it was impossible for Ye Yingwu to change his mind and take the Northern Expedition of the Zhenhai Navy, he would also toss more or less in these two Huai, and everyone couldn't come in vain.

Ye Yingwu was talking in a low voice with several injured town navy non-commissioned officers in front, and even personally handed the kettle to a non-commissioned officer, asking him to drink more water to recuperate from his injuries. The town navy sergeants who were still moaning in a low voice around them were surprisingly silent at this time, and a pair of eyes stared straight at Ye Yingwu.

This is their Ye Envoy, I am afraid that the world will not be able to find such a general, not to mention the young, extremely human minister, not to mention that he will win every battle and be invincible, and he can still squat together in the mountains without caring about the dirty wounded soldiers.

For the simple soldiers, this strong sense of belonging and identity makes them cherish.

Ye Yingwu stretched his waist and said with a smile: "You guys, what do you look at, is it possible that a certain Ye Yingwu is still a beautiful little lady in your hearts, and a pair of eyes are staring at it and eager to pounce on it, which makes a certain person flattered." ”

Before the words fell, the injured soldiers who were originally a little restrained all laughed, obviously this kind of joke with some fishy meat was what they were most interested in, even if there was actually nothing to make people laugh, when they encountered this situation, looking at Ye Yingwu, who was so unscrupulous, they couldn't help laughing.

"Envoy, have you ever been injured, is it not painful if you are injured?" A big soldier had a deep wound on his thigh, although it was simply bandaged and treated, but after all, it was still painful, if he hadn't forcibly endured it in front of Ye Yingwu, he would have screamed a long time ago, and there was no ambiguity at the moment, and he said loudly to Ye Yingwu.

A famous soldier looked at Ye Yuanjun curiously, they are all non-commissioned officers of the town navy, and most of them are new soldiers, in their hearts, Ye Yingwu is already the same as a god and a man, will the saint also be injured, is it not painful at all if he is injured, and he can be healed if he is cured?

Ye Yingwu suddenly patted his chest: "Here, right here, when a certain person took the Tianwu Army from Gwangju to Suizhou, he was pierced through the heart by an arrow, and the one who hurt was lying on the bed for a few weeks. ”

An arrow through the heart? Can you still survive like this? All the soldiers looked at Ye Yingwu in surprise, when the Tianwu army raided Gwangju and moved to Suizhou, it can be regarded as one of Ye Yingwu's famous battles, everyone has also heard of it, who would have thought that it was the most fierce and exciting legendary battle before the Battle of Xiangyang, which almost took Ye Zhijun's life!

"Tell me, envoy, tell us about the war in Suizhou, it is said that although the Mongolian Tartar is majestic, he is also led by the nose by the envoy, just like leading an old cow, is it really fake?" Several soldiers opened their mouths to coax, as soldiers who fought bloody on the battlefield, they were also very curious about those robes who were thousands of miles away.

Which of the Xiangfan armies, such as the Tianwu Army, the Shence Army, and the Shenwei Army, is stronger or weaker than our town navy? They are all sons of envoys, will they fight side by side in the future?

Ye Yingwu smiled and nodded, did not refuse, and spoke intently to face the sun rising in the sky, as a standard liberal arts student, it is difficult for Ye Yuanjun to climb the science and technology tree, and it is also to catch ducks on the shelves when he dances with knives and guns, but if he wants to brag about the mountain, then everyone has to bow down.

Looking at Ye Yingwu, who was talking eloquently in the sun, and the more and more non-commissioned officers of the town navy, Su Liuyi shrugged his shoulders helplessly, and Wang Huchen and Li Fu, the two generals, didn't know when they had come to Su Liuyi's side, and looked at the scene in front of them in surprise.

"Ye Yuanjun doesn't need to ask if he wants to come." Su Liuyi said softly, "This battle of Huainan is far from over. ”

Li Fu nodded with deep sympathy, this situation obviously touched her deeply, and she was silent for a moment, and the commander of the rear compartment who had just performed well in the battle of Huaidu said with a smile: "The town navy, after all, is Ye Envoyjun's town navy, whether you and I or those ordinary soldiers, they are the same robe brothers in his heart." ”

"Maybe it's because," Su Liuyi said slowly, "No matter how the years change, your heart will always be hot and hot, and your sincerity is as good as yesterday." ”

"The one who has turned the tide from heaven is waiting for us." Wang Huchen, who had been speechless, suddenly said this sentence.

The three of them smiled. (To be continued.) )