More than half of the more than 4,000 militia groups left, and the remaining more than 1,000 militia groups sent representatives to meet Zhao Jiaren. Zhao Jiaren thought that these people were willing to stay and fight, and he was a little excited in his heart.

"Zhizhou, they want us to help them collect the bodies of the militias that were killed." The cadres who came to report shattered Zhao Jiaren's small expectations with a word.

"It's fine." Zhao Jiaren replied. Although this matter is very annoying, Zhao Jiaren still hopes that there will be a beginning and an end.

This time, another 3,000 soldiers and horses were dispatched, because there was no need to worry about unreliable teammates, and the action was quite fast. The Mongols took away all their dead and wounded, and the belongings of the dead of the militia were looted and hastily buried.

The militia dug up the dead, cut off their hair or part of their clothes as relics, and then buried the bodies again. In the meantime, these people cried and cried, but they didn't indulge their emotions at all.

After the safe return of the troops, the militia was completely disbanded. Those who were not injured left, and those who were injured were treated and sent to Yingzhou to recuperate. Without these 5,000 people, the once lively walled city seems much quieter. At this time, new information had arrived, and the next reinforcements were Xia Gui's troops. This Xia Gui had a conflict with Zhao Jiaren in the Battle of Haizhou a few years ago, which left a very bad impression on Zhao Jiaren, but Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but start looking forward to the arrival of the regular army of the Great Song Dynasty.

Xia Gui's troops came very quickly, and as soon as the militia was finished, his vanguard troops arrived at the two walled cities controlled by Zhao Jiaren. Knowing that the walled city that had blocked him had finally been breached, Xia Gui immediately arrived by boat. Under the walled city, the old man had a sighing expression on his face. It's kind of revenge.

From the beginning of the Mongol army's attack on Xiangyang, the Song army did not sit idly by. Xia Gui led his troops to attack Hutou Mountain, which was guarded by Ali Hague two years ago, when the wooden fences were all smashed, and he was about to drive the Mongol army away. Ali Hague, however, struggled to support himself by covering the crumbling fence with the cowhide of his tent. In the end, Xia Gui's troops were exhausted and finally had to retreat.

told Zhao Jiaren about the past war, and Xia Gui asked Zhao Jiaren to be careful.

It sounds genuine, but it's interesting to savor carefully. At least Zhao Jiaren understood this to mean that Xia Gui didn't want to lead the army in such a brutal offensive and defensive battle again. Of course, Zhao Jiaren didn't expect Xia Gui to help from the beginning. He replied politely: "Thank you General Xia for your advice, if you don't say it, I don't know General Xia's hard work back then." ”

Zhao Jiaren rarely spoke condescendingly, so even if there was actually some ridicule in his words, Xia Gui felt that the taste was not right. Without waiting for him to taste it, he heard Zhao Jiaren continue: "General Xia, when I am ready to send troops, General Xia will guard the captured city, I don't know if General Xia can agree." ”

After listening to the tasks assigned to him by Zhao Jiaren, Xia Gui felt that Zhao Jiaren was really an informed and interesting person. After fighting a lot of battles with the Mongol army in Xiangyang, Xia Gui knew exactly how difficult it was for the Mongol army to fight. And defending the city means not having to fight in the field, and that's a good thing. Because he had no intention of fighting in the field at all, Xia Gui said with some guilt: "How embarrassing is this, this is really embarrassing......"

With a strong reinforcement like Xia Gui, Zhao Jiaren finally dared to attack the whole army. In addition to the troops guarding the supplies, Zhao Jiaren led 8,000 men and began to attack along the river. The Mongol army has also continued to send sailors to harass them in the past few days, and each time they have to pay dozens to a hundred lives.

Knowing that Zhao Jiaren's troops were going up the river, Liu Quanxin first landed on a big rock, but when he learned that Zhao Jiaren actually marched north along the east bank of the Han River, he couldn't help but get nervous.

The Mongol army was stationed on both sides of the Han River. On the east coast are Ashu and Liu Quanjun, and on the west bank are Ali Hague and Zhang Hongfan's army. Unexpectedly, Zhao Jiaren would walk along the east bank if he didn't die, and Liu Cheng found that he couldn't avoid the battle.

Marshal Ah Shu was not so frightened, since Liu Chuan was a naval army, he did not rush the ducks to the shelves to force Liu Chuan to advance. Led 20,000 soldiers and horses, Marshal Ashu lined up near a walled city next to a wide water surface called Longweizhou in Hanshui. Zhao Jiaren was advancing by land and water, and when he learned that there was a large Mongolian army in front, Zhao Jiaren led 5,000 infantry to meet the enemy neatly.

The summer wind warmly blew through the Han water, carrying moisture through the array of the two armies. Zhao Jiaren's army was still a standard Spanish phalanx. Unlike last time, this time he discharged three in each row, two in front and two in the front, for a total of six phalanxes.

Marshal Ah Shu on the opposite side watched the Great Song artillerymen push the gun carriage, and only then did he determine what the wheel tracks he saw on the battlefield were left.

Although the number of people was only a quarter of the opposite, Zhao Jiaren did not feel the slightest fear. The confrontation between cold weapons and firearms no longer requires any special troops. Even if the Mongol army was ten times larger than the Song army, the Mongol army could not win until the Song army ran out of gunpowder and organizational power. Not to mention that the two sides are engaged in a head-on confrontation, and a four-fold difference is basically equal to nothing.

In fact, when Zhao Jiaren began to bombard the Mongol array with artillery, the Mongol army could not bear it. When the 20,000 elite troops braved artillery fire to attack outside the Song army's formation under the pressure of the officers, they were shot at close range by muskets. Although the casualties on the Mongol side in the battle were very tragic, the battle itself did not leave a deep impression on Zhao Jiaren.

Seeing that the continuation of the battle would only increase the number of casualties, the Mongol army retreated.

The purpose of Zhao Jiaren's trip was not to annihilate the Mongol army attacking Xiangyang, but to complete the rescue of Xiangyang. Since the Mongol army was unwilling to fight, Zhao Jiaren was also happy to take it easy. He marched along the waterway on the east bank of the Han River, and the Mongol army in the first few walled cities resisted, and when they understood that the Hui cannon and the thin walls of the walled city were no match for the ten-jin cannon, the Mongol army was also interested. On the road of Zhao Jiaren's march, the Mongol army moved everything inside and took the initiative to abandon the walled city.

After another five days, Zhao Jiaren destroyed the Mongol barrage stakes and transported a large amount of supplies and grain into Xiangyang. Xia Gui, who was following behind, and the other two Yuan armies didn't expect that they didn't have to fight, and they easily entered the besieged iron bucket-like Xiangyang after Zhao Jiaren. They didn't expect that Zhao Jiaren, who had made such a great achievement, would choose to leave like this.

Xia Gui and the others thought that Zhao Jiaren would ask them to go to the court together and blow Zhao Jiaren's great achievements.

Zhao Jiaren didn't bother to explain, he simply chose to leave this battlefield with his tired troops. When the Mongol army saw Zhao Jiaren's banner, they did not make the slightest action to stop it. This allowed Zhao Jiaren to sit quietly in the cabin and think. Zhao Jiaren saw so many things in this aid operation, and the most critical one was that Zhao Jiaren found that his troops were too far from the PLA.

It doesn't mean equipment or training. In this regard, Zhao Jiaren believes that his military is among the best in the world. The gap with the PLA lies in cognition. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is an army with ideas, and the soldiers in this army know that they are soldiers and know their obligations. In contrast, the group led by Zhao Jiaren are civilians who enter the battlefield with weapons. That's all.

If you want to have an army, you can't rely on this method.