Zheng Yunming handed over the document and said, "After you lose Xiangyang this year, the imperial court hopes that it will not waste time and you will start trading immediately, this is a matter that is beneficial to both sides, and I hope the king will not shirk." ”

This is certainly good for both parties, but Tath is not happy.

Expecting the Mongol army's southward march would turn into a defeat before the war had even begun, such a contemptuous attitude would make any bloody man angry.

From the time of the war with the Jin State, there were unscrupulous merchants who received the temptation of the Jin Kingdom, the Song Kingdom, the Liaodong Kingdom, the Western Xia Kingdom and the Goryeo Kingdom, and secretly trafficked war horses, horn tendons, wood for bows and arrows, cowhides for making armor and other war materials to the enemy country. This action inflicted additional casualties on the Mongol army.

Tath himself was an absolute Wujin faction, and having ascended to the throne at a young age, he did not want to live a leisurely life like the pot-bellied chiefs and old ministers who lay on the caravans of the vultures and Han merchants.

A man's riches must be made with the blood of his enemies.

He was resolutely opposed to this kind of trade with the enemy that might be an enemy, but he could also imagine that there were many people in Helin who were interested in trade with the Southern Dynasties, and now Helin is no longer as united as the scene by the Onen River in the past, and the brave men who could not buy the gold and pearls of the Jin people in the past are gradually getting old and becoming addicted to glitz and pleasure.

If he had reported the matter truthfully, he would have almost been sure that the voices in favor of the palace would have trumped the voices of opposition.

He decided to take a big risk. He took the paperwork and said, "I will report to Lu Shang truthfully, and of course the final decision will be made by the Great Khan." However, I would like to warn you that in the event of a war between the north and the south, the Great Khan would probably not agree to this proposal. ”

"Things that are beneficial to both sides must be done, if it is left in the year of Temujin Khan" Zheng Yunming paused for a moment and said: "The Great Khan of Ogedai is also a generation of Ming monarchs, and he will definitely understand this truth." ”

He stood up and said to Tath: "The great war is coming, the king and Zheng are both generals, don't waste much time here, say goodbye, I hope that when peace comes in the future, you and I will have the opportunity to meet again." ”

Tath nodded and said, "It's a pity that you were born in the Southern Dynasty, if you were born as a Mongol, after the frost, rain and snow, you will definitely become a true warrior no less than Jebe and Subutai." I hope that the Immortal Heaven will bless you and me in the future and have the opportunity to fight side by side under the Great Khan. ”

After that, he lowered his voice and sang: "The eagle flies under the sky, the blue wolf running on the grassland, the warrior who can defeat a hundred people, why not fight for Genghis Khan?" The mountains can be flattened, the rivers will eventually dry up, and the faithful and brave warriors, why not gather in front of the Great Khan's tent? ”

His singing voice was pure free dantian, and the thick and long singing voice seemed to go straight to the sky.

Zheng Yunming was stunned for a moment, he knew how much Mongolians like to sing, but for no reason, he suddenly came to such a voice but he didn't expect it at all, pondered for a while, he raised his head, his eyes lit up, and chanted aloud: "The feather pavilion is up, the beacon fire enters Xianyang, the strength of the Yan Qiu tendons, the strength of the captive formation, the strength of the captive formation, the Son of Heaven is angry with the sword, the messenger looks at each other from afar, the drum stays Hansi, the armor is back with frost, the wind rushes up, the sand and gravel are fluttering, the time is in danger to see the ministers' festival, the world is chaotic, the loyalty is good, the sacrifice of his body to report the Lord, and his death is the death of the country." ”

Not to mention that, he hugged his fist at Tasi, got on his horse and whipped away to Xiangyang.

Tath didn't know what he was singing, but he felt that the resolute expression of this Sinan Si people naturally carried a heroic and heroic spirit, and he admired it in his heart, and shouted at Zheng Yunming's galloping back: "If you insist on not surrendering, after catching you in the next day, I will put you in a cowhide and give you a bloodless death!" ”

When the enemy really besieged the city, the city of Xiangyang was not so panicked, the people hid in their huts and did not dare to come out, and the soldiers on the streets ran back and forth in silence, and there was no longer a roaring and noisy appearance.

In front of the west gate, there were densely packed soldiers of the Zhenwu Army, all of whom showed nervous expressions. This was inevitable, and for the first time since the Tulong Army was founded, they faced the cavalry group of the Mongol army.

Wang Deng's intention was that it was enough to dispatch 3,000 troops from the three armies of Zhenwu's front army, the left army, and the right army, after all, this was just a cushion battle to prevent the enemy army from pressing in front of the city wall. Defending the city can not only defend the city wall is the first common sense of defensive warfare, if you can take the initiative to attack, attack the enemy's main point so that the enemy's offensive plan can not be carried out at all, it is the best art of war. Fighting with the enemy on the periphery, not letting the enemy army approach under the city wall is a medium military technique, the worst, when the enemy is approaching under the city wall, you must also send troops to kill first, to give the enemy a head-on attack. Yue Fei swept the two states of Deng and Tang and went straight to Henan, taking the superior art of war. Zhao Kui and Zhao Fan sent Meng Heng to fight with the Jin general Wuxian in the north of Xiangyang, and broke the army of Wuxian in the south on the periphery of Xiangyang, which was a medium art of war.

However, the power of the Mongol cavalry was unprecedented, and the Song army had very few chances of victory in the field. Therefore, the only way to do this is to use the strategy of killing and wounding a group of enemies outside the city. If they can't first thwart the enemy's sharpness and consume the enemy's strength, so that they can take advantage of the opportunity of the new arrival's high morale to seize the city in one go, then Xiangyang will probably not be able to keep it.

Zheng Yunming was never at ease, the Mongol cavalry force was invincible in the world, how many people could hold the scene and maintain the basic formation, and no one in the entire Jingchu army knew what to do.

What's more, the number of enemies is as many as more than 100,000 people, and the strength is so heavy, if the number of this army is too small, I am afraid that the battle will be lost before two or three rounds, and it is impossible to even withdraw to the city.

The 952 generals and colonels of the trapping army are the assault troops composed of soldiers with stronger combat effectiveness re-selected by Wang Deng when dividing the army, and the trapping army does not have a regular general, led by Wang Deng himself, and when the battle starts, Wang Deng personally commands the assault formation, and Ge Huai is responsible for the overall coordination. From the hats to the clothes to the jackets and cloth skirts, the top and bottom of the trap army were all dressed in crimson, and according to the usual practice of the Song army, these people were dressed as the vanguard to fight the enemy. All the soldiers of the trap army, whether spearmen, sword players, javelinmen, crossbowmen or heavy axemen, were all dressed in iron armor and iron heads, and their equipment was much better than that of most Song troops, except for the firearms men, because of the heavy fire guns on their shoulders, they generally only wore iron armor to battle.

At this time, the general archery army was also very different from a year ago, the most significant difference was that in addition to bows and crossbows, it was equipped with a team of more than 100 musketeers. They were sandwiched between archers who killed and wounded the enemy with a rain of arrows and strong crossbowmen who sniped the enemy with accurate shots, adding a new element to the Song army's traditional bow shooting. Zheng Yunming even developed the concept of ammunition integration, using bamboo to make cylinders, putting an appropriate amount of gunpowder and a lead bullet into the cylinder, and the soldiers went out to battle with this primitive cartridge on their backs, holding a lit pine branch in their hands, just like a Taoist priest who could do it at any time.

It is precisely because the firecrackers have to carry so many bits and pieces that you can understand that the firearms shooters regard the armor as a burden, and they even self-anesthetize and shout "Those who wear armor are cowards, and fighting is a trick to gamble on luck." Zhang Shun also strongly encouraged them to wear armor to fight, but later found that this did not only increase the physical load of the firearms and make the movements of the firearms more clumsy, but in fact the increased defensive effect was limited. Because there are very few crossbowmen on the opposite side of the drill who can ignore the terrifying sound and light of the firebolts and choose to shoot head-on with the firebolts.

The other units of the Zhenwu Army also appeared to be more mature and stable than the soldiers of the other units under Wang Deng's almost harsh training. But before the big war, he still couldn't hide his nervous and anxious look.

Ge Huai put a black gold helmet on his head and asked the Chinese army general loudly: "Where has Commander Wang gone?" He was about to leave the city, why didn't he see anyone yet? ”

In the main hall of the huge martial god temple, except for Wang Deng, there was no one at this time, and everyone was nervously busy with the upcoming war, and no one had time to worry about lying in the tablet of the famous generals of the previous dynasty in the main hall.

Wang Deng was naked, with a headband, armor and a cloak neatly placed beside him, he didn't make any extra movements, just raised his head and calmly looked at the Taigong tablet enshrined in the main hall.

In fact, there is a fierce battle in my heart.

The Mongols used their troops to be cunning, and they could not make a slight mistake when they were enemies, similar to the Battle of Yehuling, the Jin State commander Wanyan Chengyu wavered in the battle and abandoned his position to retreat, of course, it was self-defeating. But what if you see the enemy retreating and hastily pursued? That was also a trick of the Mongols, each of their cavalry carried two horses and three horses, and when the pursuing infantry had exhausted their physical strength, and the pursuing cavalry had exhausted their horsepower, they would change their horses and charge again, and they would win a complete victory in one battle.

What if you don't pursue and hold your ground? The enemy will do everything they can to harass you, lure you, and use all means to break your solid formation. To maintain the formation in front of the large cavalry team, which has an advantage in mobility and combat effectiveness, it requires extremely strong command ability.

He couldn't help but look at the long list of Jiang Taigong's names on the tablet, even if Jiang Shangzi came, he might not be able to guarantee a very good chance of winning in the face of the Mongols.