Battalion commander Qin Ling is responsible for guarding Yuhuatai in Jiankang (Nanjing). This is a high ground, and to guard Jiankang is to guard Yuhuatai. At this time, the forward of the Song army only advanced here, and when fighting on the front line, it was necessary to be careful at all times.

At the end of the patrol, the sentry brought back one man. After Qin Ling heard this self-reported home, his face became solemn. It turned out that this was a descendant of the Yue family, who had surrendered to the Mongols like many officials when Lin'an surrendered. Now that he learned that the imperial court had returned to Lin'an, he wanted to make meritorious contributions. This Yue's family brought the movement of the Mongol army, and the Ali Hague Department was heading north, and it was said that it was going to Guide Province.

Involved in the great transfer of the Mongolian army, the battalion commander Qin Ling did not dare to delay, and immediately sent the news to Lin'an in the form of flying pigeons. At this time, Lin'an happened to be discussing the issue of Guide Mansion.

Guide Mansion is in Henan, and the Guide Mansion was revoked in the Republic of China era, and it is Shangqiu City in New China. At the end of June of the first year of Song Duanping (1234), Quanzi recovered Nanjing (now Shangqiu), the birthplace of Song Taizu, and Zhao Kui served as the prefect of Yingtianfu and stayed in Nanjing. The Mongol army captured Nanjing in the Song Dynasty and renamed it Guide.

Guide is mainly a plain here, and Zhao Jiaren's impression of this place is that it is a 'national production area'. If this place can be recovered, the food supply can be greatly solved. However, this is a plain, which is suitable for cavalry combat. Many people were more worried about being attacked by the Mongol army. On the contrary, there are many people who think that the terrain here is flat, although the cavalry can run fast and really fight in formation, the Song army can also give full play to its advantages.

Just as everyone was arguing, the news came. Hearing that this was a piece of information sent by a capitulator, many people's faces became very ugly. It's no wonder that everyone is like this, everyone has persevered in the struggle until now when the country is facing the crisis of annihilation. Of course, the capitulators are not eye-catching. Moreover, the surrenderers are still the descendants of the Yue family, which particularly stimulates everyone's nerves.

Zhao Jiaren didn't particularly care about this matter, the Yue family surrendered not only in the Mongol era, but also in the Manchu era. And also in the Manchu era to the barbarians in the service. The descendants of the Yue family cannot be used to insult Yue Fei, just as Yue Fei has no reason to become the eternal talisman of the descendants of the Yue family.

With such thoughts, Zhao Jiaren had already sentenced those traitors to death in his heart. If it can be reused, Zhao Jiaren doesn't think it's okay. What's more, this news has given some less reliable evidence to the military discussion.

"Whether the Mongolian army wants to attack Guide or not, that is two theories. Is there any other information to determine whether the Mongol strategy is to mobilize the Mongol army at the Yangtze River to aid Shandong? Zhao Jiaren asked questions.

"What are you going to do?" The crowd didn't quite understand.

Zhao Jiaren replied decisively: "If they go back to Shandong, it means that we have hurt the Mongols in Shandong." Since we pinched their sore feet, we fought them in Shandong. Wasn't it just to prepare for this by constantly weakening the jurisdiction of the Mongol court in Shandong? ”

You hit yours, I'll hit mine. The strategic logic proposed by Zhao Jiaren was really beyond everyone's imagination, and everyone had a confused expression on their faces.

The Privy Council was puzzled by Captain Zhao's order, but those on the front line were not confused by this side. By the beginning of February, the Song army of 16 battalions of two divisions received an order to assemble the troops in Guide Province. The order told everyone that if the Mongol army came to Guide by May, the troops would engage them. If the Mongol army did not come, the troops withdrew to Xuzhou. If the Mongol army attacked Xuzhou, the troops abandoned Guide and went to Xuzhou to participate in the battle.

The order of the Privy Council was understood by the soldiers to be stationed here until May. If there is an enemy around, fight the enemy, and if there is no enemy, return to Xuzhou to wait for new orders.

The army is very busy, and it has to be drilled and repaired every day. It is also necessary to carry out surveying and mapping, especially for the roads from Guide to Xuzhou and other places. By 11 March, the vigilance had spotted the Mongol forces heading for Guide. The scout cavalry managed to get rid of the pursuit of the Mongol cavalry and passed the news to the Song army stationed in Guide Province.

On 16 March, Marshal Ali Hague's advance arrived outside the city of Guide. Seeing that the Song army did not simply hold on to the city, these Mongol troops opened the city gates and sent troops to confront the Mongol army outside the moat. Seeing the neat array, it was the Mongol advance that ordered a slight retreat. Even if they had not fought with Zhao Jiaren's army, they knew how Zhao Jiaren's army had broken through the encirclement of the Mongol army of Xiangyang. Wait for the arrival of the main force of Marshal Ali Hague, and then talk about whether to engage or not.

Hearing that the Song army was wreaking havoc in Shandong, Marshal Ali Hague originally thought that he had encountered some Song troops wandering around. When he arrived in front of the formation, what caught his eye was the neat military formation of the Song army. The marshal looked at those four-meter-long spears like a forest of horses, and knew that it was useless to charge hard with cavalry. Seeing that the Song army did not have many cavalry, the marshal immediately ordered, "Withdraw to the big battalion." ”

The Mongol army had just begun to retreat, and the Song army's military formation had begun to move. They did not pursue frantically, but steadily moved forward at their own pace. Ali Hague couldn't help but speak, he didn't expect Song Jun to be so violent. The ability to retreat and the order to stop the army immediately and counterattack will only cause confusion. The marshal ordered: "Let the cavalry contain the Song army." ”

The Mongol cavalry, who received the order, immediately turned around and galloped towards both flanks of the Song army. The cavalry didn't expect that the Song army didn't stop at all, as if they didn't see the Mongolian cavalry's bag, and continued to pat the neat queue and continue to move forward. Seeing that they were being ignored like this, the Mongol cavalry continued to ride their horses, cursing at the Song army from a distance and outflanking the rear of the Song army.

At this time, the sixth division of the two divisions of the Song army pursued the Mongol army, and the eighth division was deployed behind the sixth division. As the 6th Division advanced, the distance between the two divisions grew. When the distance between the two sides exceeded 300 meters, the Mongol cavalry decisively inserted between the two armies. I saw the Mongolian cavalry galloping back and forth, shouting peace. The horses' hooves splashed countless dust on the ground, and the 6th Division, which had disappeared, seemed to have been completely swallowed by the Mongol army.

"Do the Mongols have water in their heads?" Xu Qinghui, commander of the Eighth Division, said to the chief of staff.

The chief of staff and he were old acquaintances, and when he saw Xu Qinghui starting to provoke lightly again, he said coldly, "Don't talk nonsense, work quickly!" ”

The promotion system of the Song Army was that officers climbed layer by layer in the positions of schools, commanders, and staff officers. So the chief of staff is not the chief of staff of the commander, but the person in charge of the army who is responsible for developing military plans. was told so by the chief of staff, Xu Qinghui also knew that he had made an old mistake. He bared his teeth and then ordered: "Let those Mongols know what cannonballs taste." ”