Luzhou.

The snow melted and merged into streams that merged into Nachao Lake.

The sound of the cold wind is even more cold, and the person who blows is cold all over the body, so he can only wrap the cotton clothes on his body tightly, so as not to freeze his body.

Although the winter has passed, the temperature has not risen, and the people who are still freezing don't want to move, they just want to huddle in Luzhou, and they don't want to be a corpse in the wilderness.

In a tall and magnificent mansion, Jia Rudao sat quietly on top of the high hall, with two copper furnaces standing on either side.

Inside the copper stove, the charcoal crackled, and the whole lobby was baked warm, just like summer.

Sitting on the Taishi chair, Jia Rudao looked at Weng Yinglong in front of him.

"What did you say?

Weng Yinglong was suddenly frightened, and hurriedly lowered his head and replied, "This." Qi Yu Prime Minister, the emperor first, he ......" The tone was intermittent, which made Jia Yidao feel even more displeased, and scolded bitterly: "What's wrong with Your Majesty? Why didn't I receive his holy decree?"

It has been more than a month since he came to Luzhou, and in the past month or so, Jia Rudao has been sending documents to Lin'an to show that he has not forgotten His Majesty's kindness.

However, since half a month ago, he had not received a letter from Zhao Xuzhi, which made him feel worried, so he asked Weng Yinglong to go to Lin'an to inquire about the news.

Just looking at Weng Yinglong's appearance, I'm afraid it's not good.

Weng Yinglong made up his mind and replied: "Prime Minister Qi." Your Majesty, he's gone!"

"You mean, Your Majesty is dead?" Jia seemed to puff and sat directly on the seat.

Although the surroundings were warm like spring, he felt as if he was in the ice and snow, and his clothes were stripped off, and he didn't know where to go.

Weng Yinglong replied: "That's right. Just half a month ago, His Majesty died in the Funing Hall because of excessive indulgence. ”

"You said that the Holy One has died of illness today, why don't I have any news?"

Jia Rudao raised his eyebrows and scolded again.

Weng Yinglong replied helplessly: "Prime Minister Qi." This incident was not done by the ministers, but Chen Yizhong advocated the blockade of the news without authorization, so as not to let the front-line soldiers know, but to give the enemy an opportunity. ”

"But I'm the prime minister!, how dare Chen Youquan do such a thing?" Jia Rudao scolded angrily, obviously full of dissatisfaction with Chen Yizhong.

Weng Yinglong said helplessly: "This." I'm just a partial general, how did I know that Privy Envoy Chen would do such a thing?"

"All right, I see! You go down first, let me rest for a while. ”

With a wave of his hand, Jia Rudao dismissed Weng Yinglong, and his whole body leaned back on the seat, his face showing a look of chagrin.

"Damn Chen Yizhong, dare to trick me? After I return to Lin'an, believe it or not, I'll be the first to clean you up?"

couldn't hide the anger in his heart, Jia Rudao gritted his teeth, looking like he wanted to choose someone.

"No, I can't stay here any longer, or when Chen Yizhong uproots all the hidden stakes I left behind, I'll be completely finished." ”

After thinking for a while, Jia Rudao immediately made up his mind and planned to leave Luzhou and rush back to Lin'an.

This is not the first time he has done this, he has done similar things during the Northern Expedition in the past, and it led to a series of failures.

It is only natural to make a similar move now.

Of course, this time he also had to be prepared, so as not to arouse suspicion like last time, not to mention that as the real commander of this army, Xia Gui was not a person like Gundam, so he would definitely be prepared.

If you hate Xia Gui because of this, it will not be a good thing for Jia Rudao!

So, when Xia Gui came, Jia Rudao immediately put forward his own suggestion.

"Prime Minister. Are you saying that you plan to lead the army in attack yourself?"

Xia Gui looked incredulous, after all, Jia Qidao has always been war-avoidant here, and he refuses to do anything that is in danger in person.

Jia Rudao closed his head and replied, "That's right. You also saw that the morale of the Yuan army under the leadership of Boyan was like a rainbow, and it was successful. As a result, there were many losses in our army, and it was a time when the period was low. If this situation is allowed to continue, it will be detrimental to our army. Officially, because of this, I plan to take risks myself, so as to boost the morale of the army, so as not to be looked down upon by the Yuan army. ”

If so, it's not impossible. It's just that Yuan Jun Xiaoyong, if the prime minister is in danger, what should I do?" Xia Gui asked with a worried face.

Jia Rudao comforted: "Ha." The general inevitably died in battle. If I can thwart the Yuan army, I will throw away this life, so what's the matter?" Seeing Xia Gui's eyes tightened, he comforted again: "Of course." If I do encounter danger, it is due to the number of days. It's just that the general must not forget his mission, and he needs to continue to shoulder the task of resisting the Yuan army. After all, the Jiangdong fathers and elders are all watching us. ”

"Prime Minister, don't worry, you will do what you want, and you will not let this Jiangdong area be trampled by the Yuan army. Xia Gui calmly responded.

Jia Rudao felt a little relieved and replied, "That's fine!"

Now that the strategy has been decided, the Song army immediately launched an action.

Because the Yuan army needed to rely on water transportation to transport grain to the rear, the Yuan army deployed a large army in the Chaohu area to protect the safety of its grain routes.

In order to achieve the goal of completely defeating the other party, Jia Rudao naturally chose this place as a breakthrough point, intending to destroy the food hoarded here in one go.

Jia Rudao was in a hurry to go back, so naturally he didn't make much preparations, and immediately led the army to rush away.

Xia Guidun was surprised, and thought to himself: "What the hell is this Jia Rudao doing? Didn't he say that he wanted to boost morale? Why did he do it in such a hurry? If this is the case, he will not be able to achieve victory." ”

He is also a veteran general on the battlefield, so he naturally understands the method of military formation, and such a hasty and unprepared way of fighting will not be of any use at all.

Not to mention anything else, just the difference between a soldier who has enough food and who has not eaten enough is two things, if he doesn't even rest his weapons before the battle, even if he is a soldier in a hundred battles, he will still lose the battle.

The decisive battle on the battlefield has never been a joke.

With a different thought, Xia Gui immediately sent someone to keep an eye on Jia Yidao's ship, wanting to see what this person was doing.

For the front-line soldiers, the thoughts of the two of them naturally have nothing to know, and they only think that Najia Rudao finally plans to take action to save the Song army's declining situation.

"Jiang Cai!"

A shout order made Jiang Cai's blood boil, and he hurriedly stood up.

"The last general!"

Jiang Cai raised his head, looked at Xia Gui with burning eyes, and waited for the next order.

"You lead a thousand soldiers and horses to attack, and we will sweep you in the rear. Xia Gui admonished, then glanced sideways at Jia Rudao, and begged: "As for the matter of suppressing the formation for them, please ask the prime minister to come out, is it okay?"

"Absolutely. ”

Jia Yidao touched his beard and replied with a smile.

Jiang Cai did not doubt it, and immediately replied: "The last general understands! This time, the last general will definitely capture the military camp, so that the Yuan army also understands that there are not no heroes in my Song army!"

As soon as he got the order, Jiang Cai immediately took his men and horses, rode the fast boat, and rushed towards the place where the Yuan army formation was located.

Immediately afterwards, Jia Rudao also approached with the gunboats under his command, and with the guns carried on the ship, they shelled the army together, wanting to completely suppress it and create an opportunity for Jiang Cai to land.

The Yuan army suddenly faced such a formation, and it seemed to be frightened, and the expected artillery fire was also quite thin, and it was impossible to resist the attack of the Song army.

Jiang Cai was overjoyed, and hurriedly shouted: "Everyone come with me to drive that Tartar out of Luzhou!"

All the soldiers were shocked, and immediately took advantage of this opportunity to rush into the Yuan army formation together and start a fight.

In terms of field combat ability, the Yuan army relied on the advantage of cavalry, so it naturally wanted to overpower the Song army, but in the city attack and defense battle, the Yuan army may not be stronger than the Song army.

Just when Jiang Cai thought that he was about to take that position, a warship suddenly sprang out from the side, and the warship was naturally hung with the flag of the Yuan Army.

As soon as they appeared, they immediately launched an artillery bombardment on Jia Rudao's location.

"Retreat! Retreat!"

Suddenly attacked, Jia Rudao didn't think about resisting, and immediately ordered the whole army to retreat, leaving only Jiang Cai and others standing on the shore, no matter how they shouted, they didn't respond.

"Sure enough, I knew that this Jia Rudao dog couldn't change his eating, and he ran away again!"

Jiang Cai stood on the shore, and he was also extremely shocked by this scene.

As soon as this Jia seems to run away, he is equivalent to losing support, and now the front is the position of the Yuan army, and there are warships attacking behind, there are really wolves in front and tigers in the back, and he is in a dilemma.

"No matter, let's get out first. ”

In the face of all this, Jiang Cai was extremely helpless, so he had to rush outside with everyone under his command.

On the other side, Na Xia Gui saw Jia Nidao fleeing, and his eyebrows slightly raised a little anger: "This Jia Nidao is really cunning, and he really chose to escape!"

Before this, Xia Gui had already prepared, and naturally met Jia Rudao's actions, and immediately ordered: "The whole army retreats!"