When the marshal Boyan heard that the Song army was supplying Yangzhou from north to south, he was surprised for the first time by the strategic movement of the Song army. The impression of the Song army on Boyan can be described as 'sluggish', they always stubbornly follow the old system to do things, and the same is true in the rapidly changing war. In the war, the Mongol army only had to think about how to defeat the conservative Song army.

Based on this concept, the Mongol army did not use the model of dealing with Xiangyang to deal with Yangzhou at the beginning, but chose to cut off Yangzhou's food supply. Yangzhou has no output of its own, and once the external food import is interrupted, the result will naturally be an internal collapse. Boyan also considered the possibility of Zhao Jiaren supplying through waterways, so he made a lot of preparations in the Yangtze River. Now, all these preparations were wasted.

"Marshal, if there is no new gunpowder available in the near future, we will not attack the city as fast as before." Marshal Ashu made his point of view clear. The reason why the Song Dynasty was so fast this time was because the gunpowder from Zhao Jiaren's side could quickly break through the city. From the moment when Zhao Jiaren's gunpowder was exhausted, the Mongol army's ability to attack the city was greatly reduced.

"Then use the return cannon to break the city." Boyan ordered, and from these words, it could be heard that Boyan also distinguished between gunpowder and return cannon.

"There are 100,000 soldiers and civilians in Yangzhou City, and 30,000 soldiers and horses are needed to attack the city." Marshal Ashu made his own request.

Boyan didn't answer immediately. A total of 200,000 troops marched south this time, and by this time more than 20,000 had been killed. The remaining 180,000 people still have to control vast areas in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It was really difficult to raise 30,000 soldiers. Even when encountering such great difficulties, Boyan did not immediately deny it. He also believed that 30,000 soldiers and horses would be needed to capture Yangzhou.

Looking at Ah Shu's expectant gaze, Boyan replied, "You try to attack the city first." For a month and a half, I used a month and a half to mobilize troops and horses. ”

When both sides on the battlefield can make choices about the same thing, their choices will be basically opposites. If the Mongol army wants to conquer Yangzhou, the Song army must keep Yangzhou. In order to keep Yangzhou, the Song army chose to carry out a second round of supplies to Yangzhou.

After making the strategic decision, Zhao Jiaren was not stingy. He decided to send twenty battalions to Huaidong. The first wave of five battalions of Li Yun and others had already arrived, and five more battalions soon arrived in Haizhou. The first step they took when they arrived in Haizhou was to speed up the reorganization work that Li Yun and others had already begun.

Previously, all the Haizhou Reclamation Militia was dispersed, and after the arrival of 20 battalions, 40 battalions were formed together. At this time, the pacification envoy of Huaidong Road was Liu Meng. The young battalion commanders are still quite afraid of Liu Meng, who was born as a sports commissioner. Wen Tianxiang, who has a lot of work experience in the Ministry of Rites, is still a working life as the deputy head of the logistics department this time.

When he was in Fuzhou, Wen Tianxiang didn't complain, and this time he finally couldn't help but want to complain. Even if he is the champion of the Great Song Dynasty, even if he is considered to be talented, Wen Zhuangyuan still clearly understands that he does not have the ability to undertake these tasks in his real work. So Wen Tianxiang first asked Huaidong Road to appease Liu Meng about this matter, and said that if the situation was always like this, he felt that he really couldn't do it.

Liu Meng didn't think it was incomprehensible at first, because Wen Tianxiang's job was actually to check and check the various inventory materials and accounts. Not to mention Wen Tianxiang, this kind of work can be done by many primary school students. He introduced his understanding of the job, and then asked, "Mr. Wen, I think this work is very tiring and hard. You can't do it with your ability. ”

Nodding, Wen Tianxiang said calmly: "I know what you said, if it's just that, I can indeed sit down." But that's not what I'm thinking, I'm thinking that I can know how everything is used. In the warehouse, I didn't know what the other items were used for, except for the spears. Looking at those things, I felt panicked. ”

When other people hear this, they may think that Wen Tianxiang is troublesome. Just check the accounts honestly and check the materials. No matter what those materials are for, Wen Tianxiang is going to heaven? If it were someone else, Liu Meng would probably have such an idea. However, Wen Tianxiang is the person who Zhao Jiaren guarantors, and so far all the officials of the Lin'an Imperial Court, Zhao Jiaren has only guaranteed two in his personal name. One is Wen Tianxiang and the other is Lu Xiufu.

Now that the cadres of the Navigation Guild occupy most of the positions in the imperial court, the cadres are very much in agreement with Zhao Taiwei's approach. This is what one's own people should do, why give the official position to those who led to the defeat of the Great Song Dynasty. It is precisely because Zhao Jiaren is so little that those in the know have the same high opinion of Wen Tianxiang and Lu Xiufu.

Letting Wen Tianxiang take charge of the inspection and verification is completely a heavy responsibility. There are so many things in the logistics system that it is very difficult to ban them completely. Haizhou stole and sold gunpowder and killed many people, and the members of the society thought that Wen Tianxiang should belong to the type of person who had a good character as an official and dared to rise up and fight in the face of unhealthy tendencies and even criminal behaviors.

Since Wen Tianxiang has a kind of reality that he has to understand what he does, Liu Meng, a member of the society, said with a smile: "Since Mr. Wen wants to understand, let's be a little more tired and participate in the study every day." ”

Speaking of studying, Wen Tianxiang showed a rare hesitant expression. He also took courses for a period of time when he was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and even in the first grade of primary school, Wen Tianxiang struggled to learn. This is not because there is any problem with the intelligence of this champion duke, but because Wen Zhuangyuan wants to draw inferences. However, the principles contained in these learning points are not something that Wen Xianggong can draw inferences about.

Liu Meng read some of Wen Tianxiang's information, and the society and the Ministry of Officials would evaluate the officials, and the comment on Wen Tianxiang was that 'the level of basic science is low, and the imagination is rich'. For this kind of person, the society also has its own opinion. Seeing Wen Tianxiang's fearful expression, Liu Meng smiled and said, "Mr. Wen, "The Book of Rites? "University" talks about the eight eyes - Gewu, Zhizhi, sincerity, righteousness, self-cultivation, family, governance, and peace in the world. I think you need to make up for it, it's a foundational job. ”

Zhao Jiaren founded the society, and the members only learn more content, such as Chinese cultural history. If you want to be loyal to the country, you must have an understanding of the country's culture. If you want to oppose religion, the best way to do it is to tell the history of religion. When the bad things in the history of religion are revealed, everyone can have a very clear understanding of the 'business unit' of religious organizations. At least Zhao Jiaren himself really can't have the slightest sacred impression of the religious organization that sells indulgences and uses the money to support his little wife.

Wen Tianxiang knew that although Liu Meng had read books, he had not been able to get any fame. So this person suddenly said something as ancient as 'Eight Eyes', and Wen Tianxiang felt quite stimulated.

Liu Meng is not a simple showman, since he has learned a lot of ideas in the school, Liu Meng will take it out and tell it. "The previous culture was used to cultivate the ruling class. At that time, the history books were at least read by scholars, so they were written with naked facts. Even if Confucius wanted to promote the scope of education and engage in rumors to force the truth to be the Venerable, the concept at that time was sloppy. At least Hachime wrote out the basic flow of learning. ”

Zhao Jiaren did not emphasize that the 'Eight Eyes' was even mentioned in later generations and only mentioned the part of 'self-cultivation, Qi family, governing the country, and leveling the world'. So it's basically an idealistic thing. If you look at it from the complete content, Gewu, Zhizhi, sincerity, righteousness, self-cultivation, family, governance, and peace in the world. It is probably the process of completing compulsory education, going to university, joining the party, taking the civil service examination, and then stepping into a leadership position.

Although I don't know what the new China looks like in the 21st century, Liu Meng, a member of the Zhonghua Society, believes that Wen Tianxiang is still outside the door of the first step of 'Gewu'.

Wen Tianxiang didn't answer immediately, some of Zhao Jiaren's objects are magical crafts that can make people fly to the sky, but there are also inexplicable stubbornness to find out whether the earth is a ball, as well as the ninety-nine multiplication table and the small trick of planning the plate. Such a mixture of things had nothing to do with governing the country, and he felt that it would take a lot of time to learn them one by one, and he was worried about wasting precious time.

Looking at this expression of eagerness for quick success, Liu Meng sighed happily in his heart. He always thought that the champion should be a calm and down-to-earth figure like Zhao Jiaren. These people go fast and are very persistent, and it is inevitable that they are far better than others. And Wen Tianxiang's eagerness for quick success and quick profit made Liu Meng see that the champion also had the problems of ordinary people. So Liu Meng said: "If you don't accumulate steps, you can't reach thousands of miles; If you don't accumulate small streams, you can't become rivers and seas. A leap on a horse, not ten steps; Ten horses, the merit is relentless. Mr. Wen, I'm in my 40s, a little older than you. As far as I feel, it's impossible to rush for quick success. The hurdles that should be passed, let's climb through them first, even if we climb. Whining or something, I'll send it after it's done. After we passed, there was a point in whining. ”

Listening to Liu Meng's words to reason with Xunzi's words, Wen Tianxiang no longer dared to appease the Huaidong Road envoy who underestimated him and did not get famous. As a literati, Wen Tianxiang knew that other people's quotations and classics were often simple imitations. When Liu Meng quotes, he has something to say and points to the crux of the problem. This kind of mastery is not about how many books you read, but how much you have insight.

Wen Tianxiang was not stubborn about such an existence, he sighed, "Since Liu appeases and persuades students, I will grit my teeth and try it." ”

persuaded Wen Tianxiang, who was optimistic, Liu Meng was also very happy in his heart. If Wen Tianxiang can grow, Liu Meng feels that Zhao Jiaren will also be happy. However, the pacification envoy quickly put the matter behind him and continued to deal with the war.

Since it was decided to recover Huaidong, giving Yangzhou enough food aid first was the first priority. Listening to those frizzy boys say that the Mongolian army is far weaker than imagined, although Liu Meng doesn't believe it, he can't help but want to believe it. Because Liu Meng also had a similar mental journey.

Before Liu Meng defected to Zhao Jiaren, he also felt that the pirates were fierce and difficult to deal with. After Liu Meng fought a lot of battles with pirates, he felt that pirates were probably not as famous as they met, but in fact they were not as fierce as they were legendary. It wasn't until Liu Meng eliminated more than 2,000 pirates that he finally came to his senses. This has nothing to do with meeting is not as good as being famous, when Liu Meng faces pirates, the factor that determines the future is only who can fight more between Liu Meng and the pirates. At this time, Liu Meng had overwhelming strength, so any pirate looked weak.

has his own life experience, Liu Meng did not say idealistic words to those hairy boys, he asked these people to come up with a plan for how to use troops and arms in reality. In addition to realizing the basic idea, Liu Meng also told the boys, 'Don't underestimate the enemy'.

The top boss was so powerful, these boys immediately gave Liu Meng a drill for combat training, and after watching the exercise, Liu Meng agreed to let them go south to carry out a supply operation. The ten well-trained battalions led by Li Yun began to move south, and the remaining troops continued to stay in Haizhou for training, while training to guard against the Mongol army from the north.

Ten years ago, when Li Pu was still alive, Haizhou and the Lianshui Army had always been the territory that Li Pu and the Great Song Dynasty were fighting for. Even if Li Pu is finished later, the Lianshui Army is also vast and sparsely populated. When the local landlord Hu Hansan was taking a nap, it suddenly became noisy outside. Before Hu Hansan was fully awake, someone rushed in and lifted Hu Hansan into the courtyard.

Hu Hansan, who was frightened, looked at it and saw that these people were wearing some strange military uniforms, and he hurriedly shouted: "Brothers, I am good friends with the Zhijun of the Lianshui Army. Don't get me wrong. ”

The soldier at the head said with a smile: "The Zhijun of the Lianshui Army has been replaced by Zhao Jiaren and Captain Zhao. Now the new Zhijun has taken office and ordered me to come to Mr. Hu and ask you for the food you signed for Captain Zhao. The new Zhijun asked us to tell you, give us back what we took and spit out what we ate! ”

As soon as he heard Zhao Jiaren's name, Hu Hansan knew that the other party was definitely not a bandit. When the Mongols invaded the south, most of the landlords in Huaidong who cooperated with Zhao Jiaren swallowed the grain that should have been given to Zhao Jiaren. Now that he is blocked by someone to ask for an account, Hu Hansan knows that he should not be able to escape.

Although he was distressed, Hu Hansan also felt an indescribable relief. He didn't know how he changed after the fall of the Great Song Dynasty, and now Taiwei Zhao's troops are so arrogant to collect debts, at least it shows that the Great Song Dynasty continues to exist in Huaidong. It shows that the Great Song Dynasty is still early to perish

The ten battalions acted separately in various places, and it took half a month to recover 200,000 stone of grain, and then they regrouped and escorted 200,000 stone of grain to Yangzhou. The previous 45,000 stone grain could only barely make Yangzhou last for half a year, and once the supply was successful, Yangzhou would be able to have enough grain for one year.

Along the way, the young battalion commanders couldn't help but discuss whether to stay in Yangzhou first after the supply was successful, and use Yangzhou as the core to strike at the surrounding Mongolian army. Everyone had previous combat experience, and they all felt that the Mongol army was nothing bad. Walked to the vicinity of Gaoyou, and reported that there were a large number of Mongolian troops outside Gaoyou City, and the signs turned out to be that Gaoyou had been captured.

The young battalion commanders did not show shock, let alone panic. There was no emotion in their eyes other than the joy of eagerness.