In the Zaoyang City, the Ningwu Army Camp, the Jinghu War Zone, dozens of generals of all sizes, from all over the Ningwu Army gathered in the commander's tent. The Jinghu Army Governor, the Ningwu Army Jiedushi, the Ningyuan Army Chengxuan Envoy, and the Governor's Office Staff Office Chief Meng Gong ranks above the commander's tent.

"Master, now our army has fought in succession, and the soldiers are exhausted. In addition, the food and grass are not enough, why don't the court send the food and grass to arrive? After the army is resting and ready, then occupy Xiangyang City? I can't figure it out."

The person who spoke was Zhang Jun, the commander of the left army on Ningwu Army Day, and the commander of the light chariot commander.

Before a stick of incense, Meng Gong beat the drum and gathered the generals and announced a news that surprised everyone. That is, the Ningwu Army, Ningyuan Army and other armies, three days later, they set up their camps and raised their troops and attacked Xiangyang City.

This sudden order surprised the Ningwu Army, Ningyuan Army and the generals of the Jinghu War Zone. Because all the troops stationed in Zaoyang on the spot to rest and rest, waiting for the opportunity to enter the palace after the food and grass was delivered by Meng Gong. It was only half a month later, but Meng Gong completely overturned the previous order. How could he not surprise these generals?

In the past month and over the past month, the various armies in the Jinghu War Zone basically did not stop. They advanced along the Xiangyang defense line set up by the Mongols, and fought for hundreds of miles in a row to capture important towns in more than 20 days. Although they did achieve unprecedented victory, all armies were seriously reduced. More importantly, they were exhausted and exhausted.

Even the generals who commanded the troops knew about these situations, how could the commander Meng Gong be unclear?

Such a tired army is really not in line with Meng Gong's way of using troops. More importantly, the army has not had much food and grass. It would be fine if it could take down Xiangyang City in one go. If it was not taken down, it would be dragged to Xiangyang City by the Mongols instead. If the food and grass were cut off at that time and the morale of the army was in chaos, no one dared to imagine the final consequences.

Once the hundreds of thousands of troops gathered in Xiangyang City were defeated, the Jinghu War Zone of the Song Dynasty would become completely empty. The Mongols could easily cross the Yangtze River. It would be fine if the court moved quickly enough to drive the Mongols back to Jiangbei. If the court was slow, it would be difficult for the Mongols to move back to Jiangbei after the Mongolians crossed the river and gained a foothold. At that time, it would be difficult to drive the Mongols back to Jiangbei again.

At that time, the Mongols can attack and retreat or defend, and only a few hundred miles away from Lin'an City, the capital of the Song Dynasty, can reach Lin'an City in two or three days. Then these people will be the eternal sinners of the Song Dynasty.

"Yes! Grandmaster, think twice!"

"If this matter is an order from the court, we can write a letter to the emperor in collaboration and ask the emperor to take it back!"

"That's right, handsome man!"

...

With Zhang Jun taking the lead, the other generals who consciously had the right to speak in front of Meng Gong all spoke out.

Meng Gong, who was sitting upright on the handsome throne, remained silent, his eyes just stared at the thin letter on the table in front of him and frowned.

He also knew how worried his generals were? It was precisely because he knew that after taking Zaoyang, he did not take advantage of the victory, but chose to set up camp in Zaoyang to prepare for war.

But things will never go as expected.

The thin letter just arrived today, and it was Jia Sidao's handwritten letter.

In five days, Wang Bing and the other four were exhausted, and eight war horses were exhausted. They rushed from Lin'an City all night and finally delivered the letter to Meng Gong in the shortest time. Meng Gong could imagine the urgent matter.

Jia Sidao's letter did not say anything else, but just briefly explained the major events that have happened in the court today, including Yu Tianxi leaving in order to resist Zhao Yun's news of sending another 10 million yuan of yuan to buy grain. Finally, Jia Sidao made a request to Meng Gong, which was to ask Meng Gong to occupy Xiangyang City in the shortest time, and it would be best to keep all the food in Xiangyang City for military purposes to reduce the pressure on the court.

At the end of the letter, Jia Sidao even gave Meng Gong some ideas to build a line of defense after capturing Xiangyang City, including Xiangyang City as the center, and overhauling the fortress and fortresses into a line of defense and reclamation around Xiangyang City within the line of defense. Fortresses were originally used to limit the mobility of Mongolian cavalry. As long as the Mongols lost the most powerful and most mobile cavalry help, relying on the infantry, relying on many fortresses and fortresses, it would be a dream to capture Xiangyang City.

These things were originally tactics and tactics that Meng Gong had adopted after he re-occupied Xiangyang City in history, and were also the origin of Meng Gong's name as a master of mobile defense. Jia Sidao just said what Meng Gong had to do before he had thought about it, so he naturally said it to Meng Gong's heart.

Although I don’t know why Jia Sidao opposed the emperor’s use of Jiazi to buy food, or even opposed the issuance of Jiazi, Meng Gong still knew something about Yu Tianxi. Yu Tianxi was able to stand on the same front as Jia Sidao, and even left for this, which is enough to show the importance of this matter.

Therefore, after reading the letter, Meng Gong thought for a moment and chose to respond to Jia Sidao's request without hesitation and launched the battle in Xiangyang early.

Dozens of generals in the general's tent, when they saw Meng Gong pondering silently, they whispered and discussed.

Meng Gong coughed softly, and the coach's tent suddenly became silent.

"I am not hiding you. This time, I am taking troops into Xiangyang in advance is not the emperor's order, but the general... and the meaning of Jia Xueshen in the court." Meng Gong hesitated for a moment and decided to say Jia Sidao.

"Scholar Jia is the current prefect of Lin'an Prefecture, the commander of the Palace Front Office, and the direct scholar of Fuwen Pavilion... Well, he is also the younger brother of the emperor's favorite concubine, Concubine Jia." When Meng Gong saw the generals below want to interrupt, he waved his hand and interrupted, "Listen to me, I finished speaking."

"Yes, Grandmaster!"

"The assassination of this general was also the assassin captured by Jia Guojiu."

The generals below, who were still dissatisfied, suddenly became aware of Meng Gong's words.

"Of course, I will never use the lives of my brothers to repay Jia Guojiu's favor. I believe that the generals can trust me."

"What the Grand Marshal said is! If the Mo Jiang and others don't believe it, no one can refuse to believe it."

"That's it!"

Zhang Jun and others said in a verbal way when they heard Meng Gong's words.

Meng Gong raised his hand and calmed down in the coach's tent again.

"In fact, if we can carry out the Battle of Xiangyang smoothly this time, if Jia Guojiu had not settled all the millions of refugees gathered in Lin'an City and let them eat enough, I am afraid that the emperor would not have food to carry out the Battle of Xiangyang for us. I and you have prepared for the Battle of Xiangyang for more than a year, so I can only give up.

This time, the emperor was unable to give us food and grass, and I don’t know what idea he had made, so Jia Guojiu thought he had encountered a difficult situation and needed us to carry out the battle of Xiangyang in advance, conquer Xiangyang City, and use the food from Xiangyang City to support ourselves.

In the Battle of Xiangyang, I and you all have all been promoted to the title. Should I help the Prime Minister Shi, Duke Yu and Uncle Jia, who have always supported us behind our backs? Oh, by the way, in order to stop the emperor, Duke Yu has resigned the Minister of Revenue and went to retire and return home seven days ago."

"this……"

The dozens of generals below looked at each other when they heard Meng Gong's words.

They never expected that after their successive victory, the court was already in chaos. Yu Tianxi, the Minister of Revenue, who had been sitting firmly for six or seven years, went straight away, which was enough to show the chaotic and severe situation in Lin'an City.

When everyone thought of Yu Tianxi, they were unhappy and thought of Jia Guojiu who was shouting from Meng Gong.

They were not stupid, so naturally they could hear that the three words "Jia Guojiu" mentioned in Meng Gong were obviously not called with a derogatory meaning, but rather he was willing to call it like this or even with a little respectful tone.

With Meng Gong's current status and status, a small uncle obviously doesn't need to treat him like this. Meng Gong is not the kind of person who flatters the royal relatives. This is enough to explain the problem.

Obviously, Meng Gong admired Jia Guojiu very much and even treated him as an equal status and status as himself.

This made them unsurprising.

Although they were far away from the center of the court and didn't know much about Jia Guojiu, the emperor's favorite concubine, Concubine Jia, and others, still heard of it. How old is Concubine Jia? That Jia Guojiu is still Concubine Jia's younger brother, isn't that too young?

Such a young man could be treated like this by Meng Gong. Even after Meng Gong's tone, Mr. Yu left for the sake of Jia Guojiu. Fortunately, Meng Gong still owed him a favor, but Mr. Yu is the son of the emperor's wet nurse. He is respected. How could he care about a small relative?

Inadvertently, Zhang Jun and other generals began to become so curious about Jia Sidao whom they had never met.

Looking at the expressions on the faces of the generals below, Meng Gong's mouth slightly raised a curve, and finally did not waste so much talk. He reached out and knocked on the case a few times: "Here, this is a letter sent by Jia Guojiu, you can take a look."

Naturally, some personal soldiers took Jia Sidao's handwritten letter on the case to the generals to read.

"Master, is this really written by Jia Guojiu?"

Zhang Jun took the lead, finished reading it at a glance, and asked in awe in a slight sense of the letter.

"If you want to change it, it's a fake one! Is Deheng very surprised that Jia Guojiu, as a scholar and civil servant, would know about this marching and war?" Meng Gong looked at Zhang Jun and sighed: "Actually, I am more surprised than you. In Beijing, I knew that Jia Guojiu was not a person in the pool. Now it seems that I still underestimated him. Haha, how can a person who can kill giant bandits in front of tens of thousands of people at the age of twentieth crown really be an ordinary person?"

"Hiss!"

This last sentence made the generals who were still rushing to circulate the letters all breathed a sigh of relief.

"Master, kill the giant bandit with his hands? Then Jia Guogong? Tell me, listen, listen!"

"That's right, Grandmaster, let me tell you about the generals and others. Is this uncle really a man?"

"Okay, let me tell you."

The smile on Meng Gong's face became increasingly loud. This was the effect he wanted to achieve, so he naturally would not hide it at this time. As he said that, he began to tell the story of Jia Sidao's half-death smashing to the generals under the tent.

The originally tense atmosphere instantly became a place for Meng Gong to "storytell" and cheers came from time to time.

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Chapter completed!