In 1261 A.D., Xinyou, the second year of Emperor Lizong of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the second year of the reign of Kublai Khan of Mongolia.

In June, Song Tongchuan Fu Road pacified Liu Cheng and sent 300,000 households in 15 counties of Luzhou to Mongolia.

In 1262 A.D., the Southern Song Dynasty Emperor Jingding was three years, and the Mongolian Kublai Khan was unified for three years.

In the first month, Liu Chuan withdrew from Luzhou to the north, and Lu Wende recovered Luzhou.

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Song Xianchun second year, late June.

Tongchuan Fu Road.

A few fast horses sped north in the smoke and dust, and the banner behind them danced with the hunt. If you look closely, not only these heralds have tired looks on their faces, but even the war horses that are already quite majestic under their crotches are a little weak, if it weren't for the heralds quickly whipping the horse's buttocks, and even splashing wisps of blood, I'm afraid these war horses would have fallen to the ground softly.

Although the Mongol and Southern Song Dynasty forces are intertwined here, it does not prevent some bold farmers from setting up tea stalls on the side of the official road, after all, it is the height of summer, and the business travelers who come and go need to have an herbal tea stall on the side of the road to rest, of course, in fact, the herbal tea stalls here are more for those heralds and sentries who are running around in this smoke and dust.

For the heralds, it is a good choice to take a break and drink saliva at the tea stall here and continue to gallop on horseback. For the sentinels of the two countries, the heralds resting in this tea stall are a good choice to find out the news.

Therefore, whether the Song army or the Mongol army attacked each other or guarded each other in this place, the tea stalls on this road would never be able to cut off business. But today, seeing that the herald didn't even stop, the owner of the tea stall couldn't help but sigh softly, and even subconsciously looked up to see if his big flag fluttering in the wind was too short, so that when these military masters saw it, it was too late to stop?

It's really strange, no matter how urgent the military situation is, I haven't seen such a desperate rush, I think something big has happened, this day, it is estimated that it will not be able to calm down. The owner of the tea stall couldn't help but sigh softly in his heart, no matter what, it was the people who suffered in the end, or they were the ordinary people who were looking for food in the cracks of the war.

Before the owner of the tea stall could recover his strength, the sound of horses' hooves was tight, and another team of heralds galloped by, also from north to south, also wearing the red light armor of the Song army. The billowing smoke and dust spread all the way to the outside of the tea stall, and the owner of the tea stall subconsciously turned sideways to avoid the smoke, but his heart was even more shocked.

"It's three people both times, and it's non-stop, and this time it's really weird." The owner of the tea stall silently muttered in his heart, he couldn't treat it as if he didn't see anything, otherwise his small tea stall was not enough for the Mongolian cavalry to trample on in the chaos.

I secretly made up my mind that I couldn't come out to set up a stall tomorrow, and I went to the nearby Divine Arm City to take a look, no matter what happened, at least I had a bottom in my heart. General Gao, the deputy envoy of Luzhou who was stationed in Shenjian City, although he was also a veteran of the battlefield, it was really unpredictable whether he could calmly respond this time.

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Luzhou, the city of divine arms.

The terrain of the Divine Arm City is high in the west and low in the east, the east is surrounded by water, and it is high on the cliff on the bank of the river, but because it is limited to such a steep terrain, the entire Divine Arm City appears to be a little small, but this does not stop the Divine Arm City on the high slope from having the spirit of looking down on one side.

Looking at a team of heralds speeding through the dust, the two people above the restaurant looked at each other silently, although the dishes on the table were quite exquisite, but it could be seen that the two people did not move at all, but there were already two or three wine jugs.

"Congratulations, this time the envoy wants to come and fulfill his wish." The man in black raised the wine glass in his hand, "But I have to admire you, the news came faster than the garrison here, and I don't know how the other envoy Jun Gao will deal with it." ”

The brown-clothed man on the opposite side smiled to himself, and then drank all the wine in the wine glass, without talking, but changed the topic: "This Luzhou wine is really worthy of its reputation, you and I are not people who are so good at wine, I didn't expect to drink so much." ”

Only then did the man in black realize that there were many people here, and it was indeed not a place to talk about things, so he just nodded slightly to show that he understood: "This god arm city occupies a favorable location, and the army and people here are concentric and there are people, if there is a time, even if Liu Cheng has hard teeth, I am afraid that he will not be able to gnaw this hard bone." ”

"Now it's up to our envoy to do so." The man in brown lowered his voice and smiled slightly, "Look, there is another team of heralds, and this time, even if you don't move your real character, you have to make some cover postures." It is said that the north wants to use troops against Dongchuan, and the direction is Dazhou, and this Liu Cheng is quite good at judging the situation, and here is a posture of attacking Luzhou, I am afraid that General Gao will shrink his hands and feet, and it will be difficult to support Dazhou. ”

"So, we're just going with the flow." The man in black was suddenly a little lost, "This kind of thing still needs to rely on you." ”

Before the words fell, the eyes of the man in black had been fixed on a very inconspicuous brocade on the placket of the man in brown on the opposite side, although the color was very light, but if you looked closely, you would still find that the material used in this brocade was a little different from the brown shirt.

The man in brown was the Jinyi Guard, which belonged to the Tianwu Army. And the black-clothed man also has similar imperceptible lines on the placket, but it is just a small circle, slightly raised, some like the nails on the door, but it is the six doors to which the Tianwu Army belongs. Jinyiwei is responsible for the outside, and the six doors are responsible for the inside, in this troubled world, on the contrary, these organizations to spy on military intelligence were quickly established, like spiders weaving webs, gradually extending the web to all parts of the land of China.

And Luzhou, as a place where enemies and friends are intertwined, naturally attracts the most attention, so the Six Gates and Jinyiwei have a good strength here, and there is even a descendant of the Jiang family on top of this, which shows that Ye Yingwu attaches great importance to Luzhou Divine Arm City.

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Warships appeared between the water and the sky.

The fortress of the Luzhou garrison on the cliff by the river immediately raised a red flag.

The red flag fluttered on the cliff. Zhang Shijie looked at Ye Yingwu beside him, took a deep breath, and said cautiously: "If the flag is not displayed, the garrison on the cliff can directly attack the fleet." At this time, there is nothing to hide, I'm afraid that the one in Lin'an is about to receive the news. ”

Ye Yingwu just nodded, and after a while, a red flag fluttered in the wind at the top of the mast, as if it wanted to echo the red flag on the cliff not far away. And the "Zhang" character flag was also slowly raised on the building ship in the middle.

Seeing the "Zhang" flag, there are only two Huai water divisions here with such a scale of fleet, although I don't know why the two Huai water divisions will come all the way from Xing ** thousands of miles to this Luzhou, the defenders on the cliff still dare not be embarrassed, the bed crossbow that has been put on the string is loosened, and the defenders all ordered their subordinates to fire the cannon.

"Bang bang bang!" Three trumpets roared, echoing on both sides of the river.

Zhang Shijie waved his hand casually, and the cannons on several building ships also sounded at the same time, but the bed crossbows on both sides of the building ship did not look like they wanted to let go.

The sound of the cannon gradually dissipated in the wind, the sound of horses' hooves followed, the flag was in the wind, and a group of cavalry had come at a rapid pace along the river beach.

This group of cavalry has about fifty people, all of them are dressed in light armor, with swords on their waists, although they are not as powerful and majestic as the Tianwu Army after a hundred battles are lined up, but they are better than the horses' hooves under the river surging against it, which is very magnificent. But the leader was dressed as a marquis, looking at the fleet unfolding on the river not far away, he took a breath of cool air and shouted:

"It's General Zhang, who is the commander of the two Huaishui divisions?!"

Someone on a building boat near the shore immediately replied: "Exactly! ”

Yu Hou pondered for a moment, and finally nodded slowly, the bed crossbows on these large and small warships were densely packed and ready to go, as well as those soldiers who were standing straight and murderous although the swords were not unsheathed, and they did not dare to let him hesitate at all.

Several cavalrymen broke up from the ranks and hurried back along the road they had come, while the Marquis Yu led the other cavalry to follow the fleet slowly.

Looking at the cliff not far away, I don't know where the dark fort is hidden in the dense woods. And the cavalry that stepped on the river and slowly moved forward was even stronger. Ye Yingwu finally couldn't help but sigh with emotion, it was not without basis that the Great Song Dynasty was still holding on to this important place in Sichuan and Shu until the end. From Yu Jue, Wang Quan to Zhang Jue, the land of Sichuan and Shu has produced many famous generals, which has made the Mongolian army lose its armor in this lofty mountain again and again, and Diaoyu City has become an eternal pain.

Turning the cliff in front of him, the Divine Arm City had already fallen into his eyes.

A majestic city is located on the high cliff of the bend of the river, and has the air of a king overlooking the eight directions. The red flag waving in the wind is even more moving. Outside Luzhou City, there is even the south bank of the river, large and small fortresses and camps that are still standing or have been abandoned, which makes people have to recall the bloody battles between the Song army and the Mongolian army when Liu Quan defected a few years ago.

A lot of people had already gathered on the dock outside Luzhou City, most of them were solemn and upright armor soldiers. And several warships are also anchored in the middle of the river, and you don't have to think about it to know that the weapons such as bed crossbows on it are all in full array.

At this time, just catching up with the Mongolian army in the north, there was a change, so no one dared to relax their vigilance, if this Luzhou was lost, it was not only the crime of killing the head, but the key points here were clear to the soldiers and people up and down in the city of Luzhou.

Zhang Shijie's building boat came out of the crowd with a big grin, and was the first to moor on the dock. Looking at the flickering arrows on the huge warship close at hand, the people on the dock subconsciously took a breath of cool air, but no one flinched.

The pedal was lowered, and a group of armor soldiers first disembarked, not just wearing cloth clothes like the sailors on the ship, this group of armor soldiers were wearing leather armor, which was the sergeant who was responsible for boarding the enemy ship and charging when the water battle was engaged. And on their bodies, there are not only sharp knives, but even divine arm crossbows and rattan cards, and their combat power can be imagined.

Tongchuan Fulu pacification deputy envoy Gao Gao looked at the two Huai Naval Division warships that were not small in scale, and frowned. For the relatively narrow upper reaches of the river, there is actually no need to send so many ships to support, and it is Zhang Shijie Zhang Dutong, who has never met before, is personally in command, I don't know what made this Zhang Dutong actually leave the camp of Xing** and the Ashu who is about to move in the north and run to this place.

After all, for the whole of Luzhou, only the Taozhu Beach (now known as Xiaotaozhu Beach) and Zheyu Beach (now known as Forkfish Beach) where the wharf is located outside Luzhou City are still flat.

However, these doubts Gundam didn't dare to show it, and seeing a few faint figures appear, he hurriedly soothed his brows, and a smile appeared on his face. In any case, Zhang Shijie came thousands of miles away, and the etiquette he should have is still indispensable.

However, to Gundam's surprise, it was the two of them who appeared at the mouth of the pedal. A young man in light armor was heroic, while a middle-aged man who was slightly half a position behind him was upright and cautious, and the two looked quite different, but they didn't expect to come over like this. Gao Da knew Zhang Shijie's age, and it was obviously impossible for him to be the young and somewhat excessive youth in front of him.

But who is qualified to let Zhang Shijie follow?

Gundam took a breath gently, and it wasn't just him, Luzhou behind him to appease Wang Shichang also his face changed slightly, but because he had been excluded by Jia Nidao and depressed, he was just sticking to this place wholeheartedly, Wang Shichang was very attentive to the rising stars over the years, and the brightest star among them was the Tianwu Army.

And Ye Mengding, who commanded the four compartments of the Tianwu Army and knew Xing**, was a twenty-year-old young man who had just been crowned! I just don't know how this Ye Envoy, who should lead the Tianwu Army to Huangzhou, appeared here?

Wang Shichang looked at the young man in front of Zhang Shijie, and there was a glimmer of brilliance in his eyes.

"To appease the deputy envoy on Xiatongchuan Fu Road, dare to ask who the two are?" Gundam takes a step forward.

Glancing at each other, the young man smiled and arched his hand: "This official Xing** Zhijun and Tianwu Army are all commanding Ye Yingwu." The person next to him is General Zhang, the commander of the two Huaishui divisions. ”

Hiss! Gao Da and Wang Shichang had already vaguely guessed in advance, and the other officials behind them who didn't know the truth naturally gasped. This Ye Envoy Jun is so bold, he actually came to this Luzhou thousands of miles away, didn't he know that Ah Shu was ready to enter Xiangyang at any time, and the entire Tianwu army could be crushed into powder by the overwhelming Mongolian iron cavalry at any time?

But Ye Yingwu was smiling, just looking at Gundam. After Gundam hesitated for a moment, he arched his hand and said, "It is a blessing for Gao to be able to meet the two of you here, and I also invite the two of you to enter the city with Gao." ”

Immediately after that, Gao Gao introduced the officials behind him to Ye Yingwu and Zhang Shijie, when it came to Luzhou to appease Wang Shichang, Ye Yingwu was slightly stunned, and immediately looked deeply at this young man who was not good-looking, who would have thought that how many years later, it was this Wang Shichang, who was already more old and mature, and composed a sad song in this Luzhou City.

Shichang, Shichang, seven hundred years ago, there was your Wang Shichang's blood stained in Luzhou, and he swore not to surrender; Seven hundred years later, Deng Shichang fought in the Yellow Sea and was full of liver and gallbladder. When the country is in danger, there is no shortage of fearless heroes who stand up after all, even if the dynasty that the two of them want to protect inevitably comes to an end in the end, but it can't hide the shining light on them.

And Gao Gao looked at the slightly moved expression change on Ye Yingwu's face, and was slightly stunned in his heart, and couldn't help but look Wang Shichang up and down, after all, he still didn't say anything, just made a gesture of please.

Gundam didn't know Ye Yingwu's already famous ability to recognize people, but Wang Shichang knew it, looking at Ye Yingwu's eyes swirling around him, he couldn't help gritting his teeth slightly, as a person who was determined to serve the country, he didn't think it was a good thing to follow Gundam who had lost his position and was dying, and when Gundam really fell, he was afraid that he would never come out.

And now, Ye Yingwu is almost the best way to send it to the door! This young Ye Envoy Jun has the sword of the Tianwu Army, as well as the land of Xing** Three Counties as the backing, and standing behind him is the huge Jiang Wanli Group whose strength is second only to Jia Yidao. For Jia Yidao, although Wang Shichang is in Luzhou, which is thousands of miles away, he doesn't have a good feeling, if he can follow Ye Yingwu, it is naturally the best!

It's not enough for Ye Yingwu's accidental gaze to stay, what he needs is a sufficient amount of nomination. Fortunately, Gao Guo invited Ye Yingwu and Zhang Shijie to the banquet, and as Luzhou appeased him, he should also be present, so he could use this banquet to find out the purpose of Ye Yuanjun's coming here.

Wang Shichang's heart was full of thoughts, but he didn't forget to keep up with the footsteps of the three people in front of him.

At this time, you can't afford to be left behind.