Zhang Gui boarded the ship and inspected his men, but found that one person was missing. This was because he had been whipped before and escaped. Zhang Gui was shocked and said: "My plan has been leaked. We should implement it quickly. The enemy may not know about it yet, so we can get away with it." Success." So they fired guns and sailed, beat drums to break the siege, and traveled down the river at night to cut off the river, and they were able to fight their way out of danger. They sailed to Xiaoxin River, saw the enemy's battleships in a row, and came to intercept them. Zhang Gui and his men Fighting to the death, they saw the sky burning brightly along the coast, and faintly saw a ship approaching.

At this time, they were approaching Longwei Island. They thought it was Fan Jun coming to help, so they jumped forward. Unexpectedly, the incoming boats were all enemy soldiers, A Shu and Liu Zheng came to kill them. When the two boats approached, Zhang Gui realized that they were not Song troops. He had no time to escape and was surrounded by his enemy troops in Gaixin, suffering all casualties. Zhang Gui suffered dozens of wounds on his body, was captured at the end of his strength, and was killed unyieldingly. It turned out that Fan Jun originally arrived at Longweizhou, but because of the violent wind and strong water, he had to retreat. The village is thirty miles away.

Ah Shu got a secret report from the Song soldier who escaped, so he first occupied Longweizhou and waited for work, and was able to capture Zhang Gui alive. Zhang Gui was killed and his body was laid out under the city by the enemy soldiers. He shouted to the defenders: "You guys know the shortcomings." Is Zhang Dutong?" When the guards saw the body of Zhang Gui, they couldn't help but burst into tears. The whole city was immediately dejected, and the enemy soldiers abandoned the body and retreated. Lu Wenhuan went out of the city to collect the body and buried it in Zhang Shun's tomb. Two temples were built to commemorate the loyalty of the two men. I swear again that everyone will defend you to the end.

A'shu is the grandson of Subotai, the founding hero of Mongolia, and the son of Marshal Wu Lianghetai. During the reign of Emperor Xianzong of Mongolia, A'shu joined the army with his father and participated in the Mongolian army's pacification of Dali and the outflanking expedition from the west. He led the expedition. The best soldiers were waiting for the cavalry, serving as pioneers, and repeatedly performed extraordinary feats. When attacking Achicheng, Ah Shu sneaked in. In Gandege City, Wu Lianghetai became ill, and the army was entrusted to Ah Shu.

A'shu lived up to his expectations and led his troops to fight on the city and captured it. Then he attacked Buhuaheyin. A'shu took the lead in ascending the city and captured the three cities. After he captured Chituge's mountain stronghold, he took advantage of the victory to attack Lulu The Si Kingdom and the Abo Kingdom were both afraid of asking for surrender.

In the ninth year of Emperor Xianzong's reign, Wu Liang Hetai was ordered to lead his troops from the southwest into the Song Dynasty. He wanted to go north to join the main force led by Kublai Khan in Tanzhou. The Song army was at Hengshanzhai near Yongzhou and Laocangguan line. Tens of thousands of Chen troops tried to intercept the advance of the Mongolian army. Under the command of his father, A Shu bypassed the Song army and defeated the Song army, successfully breaking through the Song army's obstruction. After this battle, the Mongolian army progressed smoothly, occupying Guizhou along the way and capturing Xiangzhou, entered Jingjiang Prefecture, broke through Chen and Yuanzhou, and reached the gate of Tanzhou City. Soon he followed his father to withdraw the army and returned to the north, still serving as a vanguard. In the Song Dynasty, A Shu followed his father to fight thousands of miles away. Thirteen battles, big and small, were not fought. Overcome defeat.

After Kublai Khan came to the throne, Ashu entered Suwei. In the second year of Zhongtong, he led his army to assist Li Fen in Shandong and regained Lianshui. The next year, he followed the kings to pay tribute. Tie Ge had contributed to quelling Li Fen's rebellion, so Suwei The general was transferred to the post of Marshal of the Southern Capital and was stationed in Kaifeng. After taking office, A Shu resumed the construction of Suzhou in the north of Huaihe River, and used it as a base to manage the two Huaihe Rivers, conquering and winning, and the army became famous.

In view of previous experiences and lessons, Mongolia began to turn its main target in attacking the Song Dynasty to Xiangyang, an important town in the upper reaches of the Han River. Both sides invested a large number of troops in a battle that lasted several years. As the commander-in-chief of the Mongolian army in the Battle of Xiangyang, A Shu Presided over the entire attack on the city. A Shu observed the troops in Xiangyang and was stationed at Mahutou Mountain to reconnoiter the surrounding terrain and the Song army's defense situation. He led an elite cavalry team

The soldiers invaded Nanjun and captured Xianren, Tiecheng and other strongholds. When he retreated, he avoided the interception of the Song army. He also established a virtual stronghold in the central ridge, set up suspicious fires, laid out ambushes, and wiped out more than ten thousand enemies at once.

The Mongolian army knew that the city of Xiangyang was fortified and deep and could not be captured by force. So Ashu decided to adopt a long-term siege strategy and wait for them to die. At Ashu's request, Kublai Khan continued to increase his troops in Xiangyang. In order to adapt

During the water war, A Shu requested the construction of thousands of ships and trained tens of thousands of naval forces. This strengthened the Mongolian army's control of the Han River and created favorable conditions for crossing the Yangtze River south to destroy the Song Dynasty.

At the same time, A Shu commanded the army to build a long siege around Xiangyang, and successively built castles such as Baihekou, Lumen, Xincheng, Chushan, Baizhang, and Manhetan. He cut off the Song army's water and land aid routes and completed the strategy against Xiangyang.

Encirclement. The Mongolian army adopted the strategic and tactical strategy of encircling a point to fight for reinforcements, repeatedly defeating the Song army who came for reinforcements. A Shu personally commanded and severely damaged the reinforcements of the Southern Song Dynasty, achieving the purpose of isolating Xiangyang and putting it to death. During this period, A Shu also organized many times.

The army attacked the surrounding prefectures and counties of Xiangyang and plundered territory as far as Fuzhou, De'an, Jingshan and other places.

By the ninth year of Xianchun, Xiangyang had been besieged for five years, and Fancheng had been besieged for four years. The two cities of Xiangyang and Fan originally leaned on each other as horns, separated by the Han River. Lu Wenhuan buried huge trees in the river and tied them with iron chains.

It was locked tightly and a pontoon bridge was built on it to facilitate the passage of reinforcements. The Ashu soldiers sawed off the giant wood, split the iron bars with axes, and destroyed the pontoon bridge, so Lu Wenhuan could not go to reinforce it.

A Shu also sent troops to intercept on the river to prevent reinforcements from Xiangyang, and he sent troops to attack Fancheng himself. Fancheng could not hold on and was captured. The defender Fan Tianshun looked up to the sky and sighed: "I am a minister of the Song Dynasty in life, and a ghost of the Song Dynasty in death."

He committed suicide. His general Niu Fu still led hundreds of dead soldiers to engage in street fighting with the Mongolian army. The enemy soldiers suffered many casualties. Niu Fu was also seriously injured. He hit his head on a pillar and jumped into the fire to die.

When General Wang Fu saw Niu Fu's tragic death, he burst into tears and said: "Since the general died in state affairs, how can I live alone?" He also died in the fire. Xiangyang lost its horns and became more critical. The city guards evacuated their houses to prepare for the fire.

Every time Lu Wenhuan visited the city, he looked south and cried bitterly, hoping day and night for the imperial court to send reinforcements. At this time, Jia Sidao could not hide it, so he wrote a letter requesting to guard the border, and secretly ordered Tai

After admonishing Shangzhang to persuade him to stay, Zhao Fu refused to let him leave the capital.

Most of the ministers recommended Gundam, saying that he could rescue Xiangyang. Censor Li Wang also recommended Gundam to Jia Sidao, but Jia Sidao shook his head and said, "If I use Gundam, how can I deal with Lu?" Li Wang sighed:

"The Lu family is safe, and the Zhao family is in danger." Jia Sidao asked again to leave, and Zhao Fu asked the ministers to discuss it. The supervisory censor Chen Jian and others said: "The ministers went to the border and took care of Xiangyang, so they may not be able to save the two Huaihe Rivers. Gu

When we reach the Huaihe River, we may not be able to take care of Xiangyang. It would be more appropriate to arrange things in the middle." Zhao Fu then listened to Chen Jian's words and left Jia Sidao in the capital. Jia Sidao still went to sing and dance in the lakes and mountains, temporarily enjoying the happiness in front of him, and leaving Xiangyang.

disregard.

Xiangyang was even more dangerous. Lu Wenhuan went to the city to defend it day and night, not daring to slack off. One day, while he was commanding the sergeants in the city tower, he suddenly heard someone calling his name from below. Lu Wenhuan looked down, but it was the enemy general Liu Zheng who came to persuade him to come out.

Liu Zheng surrendered. Lu Wenhuan didn't say much to him and secretly ordered the crossbowman to shoot an arrow. Liu Zheng was unprepared and was hit in the right shoulder. Fortunately, his armor was thick and his feathers

The arrow could not enter, so it could avoid harm. Liu Zheng immediately retreated on Pegasus, hating him endlessly.

Ali Haiya once obtained new artillery techniques from the people of Xicheng, built artillery and attacked Fancheng, and then attacked Xiangyang. The Mongolian army fired one after another, and one artillery hit the Qiao tower. The sound was like huge thunder, the city was violent, and most of the guards left the city.

Surrender. Liu Zheng wanted to attack Xiangcheng immediately, capture Lu Wenhuan alive, and avenge an arrow. But Ali Haiya said: "Wait a minute! Wait until I go to recruit him to surrender. If he is afraid of surrendering, why should we harm more lives? Generals should not always

Just remember that we have old feuds and we are each our own masters, so why bother?"

Ali Haiya immediately came to the city, greeted Lu Wenhuan and said: "You have used the isolated city to defend our army for several years, but now you are invincible. Our emperor really rewards loyal and capable people. If you are willing to surrender, I will respect you as a high official."

, give it heavily to persuade future people not to put you to death!" Zhang Tingzhen also shouted under the city: "Everything my division attacks will be captured. You are alone in the city and there are no reinforcements outside. You want to defend in vain.

Name, but what about the whole county? You should have made plans in advance!"

The Mongolian general Dadali took the initiative to ask for military service, and took the translator Shi Ali and Wang Yuanwai into Xiangyang to persuade them to surrender. Lu Wenhuan hosted a banquet to entertain them. Dadali comprehensively analyzed the situation, the strength comparison between the two sides and the difficulties faced by Xiangyang, and said to Lu Wenhuan: "There are many soldiers gathered today.

, with millions of armors. Given the size of China, the supply is endless. We built a long siege to guard the Lumen, and crossed the river road. We have amazing attack tools, including the machine stone from the Western Regions, which can fly more than 300 paces. Your Yingcheng has been defended for six years.

As a minister, you have already fulfilled your righteousness. If the Holy Dynasty obeys the weather, favors the geographical advantage, and observes changes in the times, the Song Dynasty will definitely be pacified. He will think about it!" In addition, Yuan general Zhang Hong also gave instructions. After passing by the Mongolian generals,

After much work, Lu Wenhuan wanted to surrender in his heart, but he was hesitant. So Ali Hague and Lu Wenhuan broke their arrows to guarantee their oath. Lu Wenhuan wept and went out of the city with his son to surrender and surrendered to Mongolia.

Lu Wenhuan surrendered, and Kublai Khan felt like he had gained a treasure. This was not only due to the strategic importance of Xiangyang, but also the Lu family's pivotal position in the Song Dynasty, so Mongolia decided to treat Lu Wenhuan preferentially and recruit Lu family's children and subordinates to surrender. After Lu Wenhuan surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty,

Lu Wenhuan was ordered to meet with Kublai Khan. Lu Wenhuan arrived in Dadu of the Yuan Dynasty, and took the initiative to plan an attack on Ezhou for Mongolia, and asked himself to be the vanguard. Kublai Khan granted Lu Wenhuan the title of General Zhaoyong, the commander of the bodyguard and all the troops, and the governor of Xianghan.

There is a difference between the general and the school.

At this time, Kublai Khan had changed the name of his country to Dayuan, and Lu Wenhuan went to the Hajj. According to Ali Haiya's words, Kublai Khan issued an edict to worship Lu Wenhuan as Xiang, the governor of the Han Dynasty. Kublai Khan tried his best to praise him, and temporarily ordered everyone to

Rest before planning a big move. This news was reported to the Song court, and Jia Sidao responded: "I have repeatedly requested to go to the side, but I have not received your Majesty's permission. If you had listened to my good advice, you should not have come here."

Lu Wenhuan's brother Lu Wenfu, who knew Luzhou, and Lu Wende's son Shi Kui, who knew Jingjiang Prefecture, all came forward to plead guilty. However, under the protection of Jia Sidao, they ignored them. Zhao Fu once summoned Jiang Wanli and Ma Tingluan as the left and right prime ministers. But in the court, only

They knew that there was Jia Sidao, but they didn't know that there was Zhao Yu. Zhao Fu appointed Jia Sidao as the great ceremonial envoy. After the ceremony, they went to Jingling Palace. It happened to be raining, so Jia Sidao asked Zhao Yu to order to pray to heaven to stop the rain.
Chapter completed!