Lizhou.

After a spring rain, it seems to have taken away all the cold air of the past, and the blooming buds on the withered yellow trunks also bring vitality. The sun is shining, and the whole mountain city is full of atmosphere, but at a glance, it looks like a fairy palace, like a place where immortals settle.

In the Shancheng Mansion, Lu Wende was nervous, and occasionally dared to raise his eyes and secretly glanced at Xiao Feng, wanting to know what she meant.

Sitting on a high position, Xiao Feng was looking at the envelope in his hand.

This letter was written by Yu Jue, because there were many Mongolian cavalry on the road, so he entrusted Lu Wende to send it.

"Oh, is this Yu Jue's request?" Xiao Feng finished reading before he stared at Lu Wende.

Lu Wende closed his head and replied, "That's right. Since the Mongolian army entered Sichuan, it has been like a bamboo, and I don't know how many Li people have been harmed along the way. And Lord Yu has compassion for the suffering of all beings, so he entrusted me to come here, only to ask the king of Jin to send troops to help and repel the Mongol army together. ”

"I see. It's just that you also know that this Sichuan and Shu is not the place where I am the king. In the past, I was granted the throne of King Jin, and I was already strict, except to resist the Mongol army, I was not allowed to step out of the fiefdom for half a step. Although I have a heart, I am also powerless!" With a long sigh, Xiao Feng complained in his heart.

When she was in Lin'an and dealing with the ministers, she accepted a series of requests from the other party.

Among them, without the request of others, not to step out of the sealing of the soil for half a step, is one of the requirements.

And what this regulation seeks is to restrict the development of the Red Phoenix Army, so that it cannot go south into Sichuan or east into the Lianghu area.

Lu Wende thought of this for a while, and felt annoyed, and persuaded again: "But the King of Jin is the master of the Red Phoenix Army, and he should know this time and that time." If you stick to these outdated rules at this moment, you are afraid that you will delay the fighter plane and let the Mongolian army succeed. ”

"What do you mean about this?"

Xiao Feng's eyebrows moved slightly, and he glanced at Lu Wende in some surprise.

Seeing the other party's intentions, Lu Wende immediately persuaded: "The king of Jin is familiar with military books, and he should know the truth of cold lips and teeth. And this Sichuan and Shu generation is very rich, and there are nearly 10 million people living here, and it is extremely difficult to break through the external situation. Therefore, someone once said: The world is not decided and Shu is decided, and the world is not chaotic and Shu is chaotic. If this place is occupied by the Mongols, I wonder what the King of Jin thinks will happen?"

Seeing Xiao Feng's heavy expression, Lu Wende said again: "That pair of conveniences can be based on this place, and then attack from north to south, I don't know how the King of Jin plans to resist at that time?"

"There's some truth to your argument. Xiao Feng replied calmly: "But you should also know that there are no rules. Since I have made an agreement with the ministers of the DPRK and China, there is absolutely no reason to break the contract. Otherwise, if it is known by the important ministers of the court, it is inevitable that he will be arrogant and domineering. ”

Lu Wende originally listened with some expectations, but when he heard the words of evasion in the back, he was suddenly discouraged, and he cheered up and persuaded again: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin." You also know that Lin'an is thousands of miles away, how do you know everything about the affairs of Sichuan and Shu? If we continue to delay, we will miss the opportunity and be taken advantage of by the Mongolian army!"

"I know what you mean. But I have already made an agreement with Lin'an, how can I make a precedent for him because of this?" Xiao Feng shook his head, and saw that Lu Wende was disappointed, and said: "But I am grateful for your sincere service to the country, and I am also willing to give generously." When we conquered Lizhou, we once captured a batch of arms from the Mongolian army, if Mongolia does not give up, can you accept it?"

"Then thank you for this!" Lu Wende pretended to be happy and hurriedly bowed, but there was a complaint in his heart, secretly thinking: "These weapons are just a drop in the bucket, what can they change if they are accepted?" It's just that he was afraid of offending the Red Phoenix Army, so he could only thank him again and again.

Retreating from the hall, Lu Wende looked sad and indignant, and secretly thought in his heart: "If there is no help from the Red Phoenix Army, then how can we resist the Mongol army?"

At this moment, Xiao Jingmao walked in from outside the door, seeing Lu Wende's expression in a trance, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised, and asked: "It seems that you have found the lord?

Watching this person leave, Xiao Jingmao shook his head and sighed in his heart: "Alas. Looks like you've been rejected again this time?"

After all, these days, Lu Wende has come to visit him several times, hoping to meet Xiao Feng, but Xiao Feng has disappeared from Lizhou, and she has not returned from a distance until today, making it unclear where she has gone and what she is doing.

While thinking about it, Xiao Feng's voice came from the house.

"Xiao Jingmao, what are you looking for me?"

Seeing Xiao Feng summoned, Xiao Jingmao immediately dispelled the thoughts in his heart, and after patting the dust on his body, he pushed open the door and saw Xiao Feng who was sitting on the seat.

He bowed down, raised his head again, and immediately asked: "Lord, why do you want to refuse Lu Wende? You must know that after a few months, the strength of the Mongolian army has been pushed to the limit, and if we lead the army to attack at this time, we will definitely be able to catch the other party off guard." ”

After several battles, the Mongol army is now scattered in various parts of Sichuan, and the artillery prepared in advance has also consumed a lot, if it attacks at this moment, even if it cannot completely annihilate the opponent, it will definitely be able to inflict heavy damage on the opponent, so that the Mongols will not be able to move south for at least ten years.

"Didn't I say it? It's not time yet!" Xiao Feng shook his head and replied again.

Xiao Jingmao didn't understand a little, and asked: "Isn't it time? When is the time?" After several months of fierce soldiers, the soldiers under his command were already waiting to step into Sichuan and kill all the Tartars.

But Xiao Feng always waited for the time, but it was too much to consume the morale of the army.

"What about Lin'an?" Xiao Feng didn't respond positively, and asked again.

"Lin'an?" Xiao Jingmao looked stunned for a moment, and replied: "According to your instructions, we have already spread the news among the people of Lin'an. It's just that the political hall has never moved, and even the current officials don't seem to know about Sichuan and Shu, and they are dedicated to promoting the construction of the new army. ”

Xiao Feng's eyebrows moved slightly, and he said with a smile: "It seems that this group of guys is quite bearable?

"Yes! With the joint promotion of Ding Daquan and Uncle Xie Fang, the reorganization of the forbidden army is progressing quite smoothly, and 100,000 new troops have been trained so far. Xiao Jingmao said that at this time, he was also surprised, and secretly admired the Song Dynasty's strong financial resources to easily get so many forbidden troops equipped with new firearms.

Just thinking about this, he felt even more worried, and said: "My lord, if they are allowed to complete the training of the new army, then I will never be able to enter Sichuan again." ”

The Song Dynasty trained a new army, and what it sought was to resist the Mongols, and if this group of troops stepped into Sichuan and Shu, then if Xiao Feng still wanted to intervene in it, it was possible to directly face the people of Lin'an.

At that time, if you still want to be like this, it will be completely difficult to do.

"In that case, then why don't we push him, at least we must let the current officials know about it. ”

Xiao Feng thought about it for a while, and immediately smiled: "They have lived comfortably for too long, since this is the case, there must naturally be some stimulation." Knowing about the Mongol invasion, he still chose to hide it. If this kind of thing is known to the officials, what will happen to it? I am very much looking forward to this. ”

"But, what about Yu Jue, do you want to continue dragging it out like this?" Xiao Jingmao was suddenly overjoyed, and when he thought of Lu Wende, he opened his mouth and asked.

Xiao Feng shook his head slightly, the corners of his mouth were full of confidence: "Don't worry, it won't take long." As long as Yu Jue continues to be in this environment, then he will definitely agree to my conditions. Then will it be time for us to truly take our lead. ”

"Then Weichen will go down and prepare. ”

Xiao Jingmao leaned over and thanked him, and after standing up again, he walked from the room, thinking of Lu Wende's lonely scene, he couldn't help but sigh: "Lu Wende, I'm sorry this time." After all, we are our own masters, so you don't have to hate me when the time comes. The words are full of sighs, but they are lamented by the changes in the world, which makes people helpless.

On the other side, Lu Wende has been in a trance since he left, and staggered all the way into his guest room.

Seeing Lu Wende stepping into it, Zhang Yu's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward quickly and asked, "What is the situation this time?"

Shaking his head, Lu Wende replied: "No!"

"No?" Zhang Yu suddenly panicked, and unconsciously shouted: "If the King of Jin is unwilling to help, how can we fight against the Mongol army alone?" Walking back and forth on the floor with his feet, obviously extremely panicked.

Now Wang Jian is seriously injured and has not recovered from sleep, only Yu Jian is left alone, and as for Lin'an, it is even more hidden, I don't know why, he has never helped.

Faced with such a situation, he didn't know what he should do to get out of such a predicament.

"Even so, it's not impossible for us to defeat the other party. Lu Wende exhaled the turbidity in his chest and said slowly.

Zhang Yu snorted lightly and said, "But the King of Jin has no intention of entering Sichuan, how can we succeed?"

With his eyes, he naturally knew that if he wanted to repel the Mongol army, only the Chifeng army could succeed when it entered Sichuan.

As for Lin'an?

More than three months have passed since the war began, but there is still no response, which has already chilled the hearts of all the soldiers!

They will not count on Lin'an.

Lu Wende sneered and said, "Do you think that King Jin really doesn't plan to enter Sichuan?"

"Isn't it?" Zhang Yu retorted.

"Of course not. Lu Wende took a long breath and explained: "If the king of Jin really doesn't want to enter Sichuan, then why should he attack Mongolia and seize Hanzhong? What's more, she also personally led a large army to garrison this place. Such a move is clearly intended to be wrong. ”

Zhang Yu was shocked for a while: "You mean, didn't King Mo of Jin plan to enter Sichuan from the beginning?"

"If I expected it to be right. This plan should have been planned long ago. Otherwise, how could the Red Phoenix Army launch an operation as soon as Mongolia moved, and even completely annexed the entire Hanzhong within half a month?" Lu Wende sighed, but he was full of admiration.

As the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses move, the grain and grass go first, if such a rapid action is not carried out, it is absolutely impossible to succeed if there is no accumulation of several years behind it.

In fact, at the beginning, Mongolia also had the idea of attacking from the north to the south, intending to annihilate the other party in one fell swoop when the Red Phoenix Army did not react.

However, the Chifeng army was so fast, and it made corresponding preparations before the other party attacked, but it really made Meng Ge jealous, so he had to turn around and annihilate the Song army as the leader.

After hearing this, Zhang Yu felt admiration unconsciously, and said: "It seems that this King of Jin is really a generation of heroes, and he has already seen through the other party's actions." Fu You thought about the current battle of Diaoyu City, but he was very annoyed: "I can only hate Yu Jue for being a great talent, but he was trapped by the imperial court." Otherwise, how would we be in the situation we are in?"