Every day, a third of the fleet was sent to cruise on the Yangtze River, and when they saw the Mongolian fleet, they would fight. This kind of 9-to-5 days passed unknowingly.

From September to October, the more astonishing news during this period was probably that Jia Nidao became the right prime minister. Because Zhao Jiaren had never entered Ezhou City, Jia Rudao specially sent his entourage to cross the river to Hanyang to tell Zhao Jiaren about it. Zhao Jiaren wrote a congratulatory letter of praise and sent it. This letter came from the heart, after the war, Ezhou was decided by Jia Nidao, and Zhao Jiaren wished that Jia Nidao, who had long-term cooperation experience, would be promoted as soon as possible.

The Mongol navy did not have the urge to rely on artillery in the short term, and after the loss of six guns on that occasion, the Mongol navy continued to show a stance of being beaten on one side.

On October 20, Jia Rudao sent his relatives to cross the river to Hanyang. Zhao Jiaren opened the letter and looked at it, and Jia Yidao told Zhao Jiaren in the letter that the peace talks with Mongolia had officially begun. Jia Rudao wrote in a relaxed tone that the Mongols wanted to meet Zhao Jiaren on the rampant river.

"You wait for me, I'll write to Jia Gong." Zhao Jiaren gave the messenger an order, and he sat down to write a letter.

Zhao Jiaren believes that the most important thing at the moment is undoubtedly to warn Jia Nidao that there must be no slackness. In history, Meng Ge died, and Kublai Khan could not capture Ezhou, so he had to go back to seize the position of the Great Khan, so he retreated. If the current Kublai Khan still wants to compete for the position of the Great Khan, he probably will not choose to take Kangding, Yunnan, a big bend that can only return to the north for tens of thousands of miles. If he had taken this route, by the time Kublai Khan returned to the north with his extremely tired and broken troops, Abuligo would have become a great khan.

Now the waterway from Ezhou to Hanyang is very smooth, and Jia Rudao got Zhao Jiaren's reply on the same day. The letter did not mention anything related to Meng Ge, and Zhao Jiaren talked about the difficulties of Kublai Khan returning to the desert if he went to Yunnan. Of the 100,000 people in Kublai Khan's hands now, about 30,000 or 40,000 died along the way. Many of those people were Han military marquises, and they probably wouldn't continue to be loyal to Kublai Khan when they returned to the north.

Jia Yidao frowned when he saw it, because Zhao Jiaren emphasized in the back after asking the question. In order to avoid the situation of rebellion and separation, Kublai Khan's best way was to cross the river and return to the north. The problem is that even if Kublai Khan inflicted huge casualties on the Song army south of the Yangtze River before crossing the river, it is impossible not to be hit hard by Zhao Jiaren when crossing the river. Therefore, Kublai Khan will definitely consider ways to weaken or limit Zhao Jiaren's actions. For example, reaching a definite peace agreement with Jia Yidao, such as catching the character who made Zhao Jiaren throw a rat trap......

After reading all the contents, Jia Rudao suddenly felt that he understood why the Mongolian army was so anxious to see Zhao Jiaren. As long as Zhao Jiaren's army could be dealt with, the Mongol army could continue to cross the Yangtze River. Even if there is no way to do anything to Zhao Jiaren at the peace meeting, you can determine who the opponent is.

What if you get it? Jia Yidao also felt helpless. As Zhao Jiaren said, the Song army did not have enough field strength, and as long as the Mongol army set up an array far from the city, the Song army would be blind. Relying only on Zhao Jiaren's more than 1,000 people to defend the Yangtze River is a beautiful fantasy. The Mongol army still took the initiative.

The distress over the battle situation has plagued Jia Nidao for two months, and after putting down Zhao Jiaren's letter, Jia Nidao is still distressed. However, in this distress, Jia Rudao felt a rush of anger in his chest. That Kublai Khan is only the younger brother of Meng Ge Khan, and Jia Rudao is still the brother-in-law of the Great Song Dynasty. Since the two people are equally close and noble, since any agreement signed is actually unreliable. Jia Rudao decided to deal with it with an unreliable attitude.

Since the Song Dynasty, except for the era of Taizu Zhao Kuangyin and the Tanyuan Alliance, the Great Song Dynasty will give the enemy a New Year's coin. For an agreement that is destined to be impossible to achieve, Jia Rudao is ready to put on a high posture to sign a peace treaty that does not cede land, does not claim to be a vassal, and does not pay annual coins. The Great Song Dynasty has been aggrieved for hundreds of years, and someone should raise their eyebrows. Such an impurity agreement is only good for Jia Nidao.

Thinking about this clearly, Jia Rudao picked up his pen and wrote a letter, ordering someone to send it to Kublai Khan.

Kublai Khan knew Chinese, but his knowledge of Sinology was limited. After reading Dr. Song Guoshi's letter, he first handed it to Hao Jing next to him to read. Hao Jing looked at the beginning, and his face became extremely ugly. In the process of watching, the face is even worse. After reading it all, Hao Jing had an insulted expression on his face.

"What is written in the letter?" Kublai Khan found Hao Jing's expression very interesting.

"Najia seems to want to sign a peace treaty with us that will not cede land, will not be vassals, and will not pay annual coins." Hao Jing said indignantly.

"It's hard that you didn't persuade me to negotiate peace with Song Guo before?" Kublai Khan asked Hao Jing with a smile, and before going south, Hao Jing had always opposed this war.

Regarding Kublai Khan's behavior of settling old accounts, Hao Jing replied with some indignation: "My lord, at that time, I advised my lord to send an envoy to the Song Dynasty in advance, order the name to be demoted, the money to be paid, the land to be accepted, and the soldiers to settle the people, and try to raise the latter with all my strength. If you don't obey the order, you will pass it on and show your great faith, so that you can know that His Highness is benevolent and does not kill. Now the Song Kingdom actually wants to sign the agreement of the brotherly state, and it will never work. ”

Hearing these impassioned words, Kublai Khan first smiled, and then asked, "Jia Rudao will not only write these words. If I don't wait, he'll have to say something. ”

Hao Jing's face was even more angry, and he replied indignantly: "Jia Rudao wrote in the letter that he felt that our army did not have much food and less forage. Since our army can no longer travel to and from the river at will, as long as another Song army arrives in Ezhou, our army will be dragged south of the Yangtze River. ”

This was a subtle statement, but it was clear enough to Kublai Khan. I asked for a letter to read it, but I couldn't understand the part of the scriptures quoted, so I asked Hao Jing to help explain. The rest of the book is exactly the same as Hao Jing said, Jia Rudao believes that the Mongol army in Jiangnan will have to pay a huge price if they want to return to the north, and the longer it drags on, the greater the cost. If the cost was so great that the Han princes who followed Kublai Khan were completely disappointed in Kublai Khan, Kublai Khan's strength would be greatly damaged.

Rather than tossing to the point of that, it is better for the two sides to negotiate peace as soon as possible. If Kublai Khan was willing to sign the Jia Nidao version of the contract, Jia Rudao promised to allow the Mongol army to cross the Yangtze River safely.

"Huh!" Kublai Khan laughed. Kublai Khan's performance as a civil official of the Song Dynasty became more and more appreciated, and he not only had the courage to enter the dangerous Ezhou, but also had the ability to hold Ezhou. Now it proves that this man has the eye to see through war. If the Mongol army is short of food, it can loot, but if it can't, it can kill people and eat meat on the way back. But Mongolian horses can't just eat hay. If you want to maintain the deterrence of mobility against infantry, you need to have strong fodder. It's already October, and if it drags on any longer, the hay will turn to dry grass.

Thinking of this, Kublai Khan turned to Zhang Rou and said, "Wanhu, you lead the troops to Baihu Mountain, build a stake in the water, and build a platform." Zhu Guobao repeatedly said that the Song naval army always refused to approach our army to return the artillery, so we put the return artillery on the river. As long as the Song State Navy is not allowed to come and go on the river. We can cross the river calmly. ”

Wanhu Zhang Rou has always thought that it is the right choice to return to the north of the Yangtze River as soon as possible, and when he heard Kublai Khan's order, his calm face was a little happy, and he saluted Kublai Khan, and Zhang Rou replied: "I will go now." ”

After giving the military command, Kublai Khan turned his head to look at Hao Jing, and asked at the same time: "How do you think you can make this Jia Yidao agree to cut the land, call him a minister, and get a New Year's coin?" ”