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Chapter 168: Battle of Pingnan (Part 1) (1)

Wen Qi's personality follows her father. He resolutely said, "A gentleman is loyal to his promise. My father has already made a marriage for me. Not to mention that she is ugly, even if she is deaf and dumb, I will definitely marry her."

After saying that, he finally realized something was wrong, "You always ask me what I do?"

But the girl reached out and pinched her arm, "You little carrot head, you are deaf and dumb!"

Wen Qi was shocked, "You, you..."

His eyes were round and glaring at the girl, but he couldn't speak. Because the little radish head was the nickname he gave to his playmate when he was young.

The girl shyly replied: "I...I am Yiyuan...Wen, is Uncle Wen okay now?"

"Xiao Dou Ding! You are Xiao Dou Ding!"

Wen Qi was so shocked that he suddenly sat up from the bed, his face full of incredible expressions, "Are you so old now?"

The girl rolled her eyes pretty and said, "Didn't you grow up?"

Wenqi learned that she was her wife who had not passed away, and inexplicably became nervous, scratching her head and said, "That's right!"

Then he said suspiciously: "Xiao Douding, since you know it's me, why didn't you recognize me when you were in the village with your uncle?"

"Call me Yiyuan, how could I call such a big name? "

The girl was slightly angry, but a soft expression like water appeared in her eyes. She looked at Wen Qi and said, "Who knew whether what you said was true or not? I came with you just to see if you were really Wen Qi. If you were not, I would have taken your life on the way."

Wen Qi listened and said unconvincedly: "Can you beat me?"

The girl reached out and twisted him again, making him suck in a cold air.

Then the two of them talked about this tent for a long time. Although they were not married, they had an engagement. They were childhood playmates, so they didn't feel unfamiliar.

It turned out that this girl was Wang Yiyuan, the daughter of Wang Wenfu, the Imperial College Priest of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Wang Wenfu was a close friend of Wen Tianxiang when he was in Lin'an. At that time, the Southern Song Dynasty court was weak and his slandered ministers were in power. Wen Tianxiang was determined to support the country, but Wang Wenfu no longer had much hope for the Southern Song Dynasty court and chose to retire sadly. Later, he took his family to escape the war, from Lin'an to Jiangnan, and then hid in Guangxi from Jiangnan.

When Kublai Khan returned to Zhongdu to seize the throne, the war between the two countries was temporarily suspended. Wang Wenfu thought he could finally live a stable life, so he settled in Xunzhou, opened a school to teach his children. But he never thought that the Yuan army invaded again a few years later, and Guangxi was in war. He didn't know where he could go, and he couldn't bear to leave the villagers who had been adjacent to him for many years, so he could only organize the township to stay in the village.

Although he heard that Wen Tianxiang's troops arrived in Guangxi not long ago, he was worried that he would meet the Yuan army, so he did not rush over to meet him.

Now Wen Qi accidentally ran to the village to borrow horses, which is a fate that was given to him by heaven.

When Wang Yiyuan heard Wen Qi say that his grandmother and elder brother were dragged to death, Wen Tianxiang vomited blood and fainted, and he couldn't help but burst into tears.

She wanted to comfort Wenqi, but she didn't know what to say. After all, she was just a girl who was about sixteen years old.

The two of them talked about this from childhood to the present, and then talked about the dangers of Pingnan until late at night that they fell asleep.

Wen Qi met his fiancée, and saw that his wife was beautiful and righteous, and her mood finally improved a lot.

The next day.

It was dawn and the three armies had already had breakfast. Zhao Dongting led the imperial guards in front of the palace, the guards and the beggars' army to cover their flags and carry a small path to Pingnan. Qin Han led the less than 8,000 anti-Yuan army to continue northward and heading to Zhaozhou. Their flags were high, and each army had flags, and the army stretched very long, and it looked like tens of thousands of people.

Zhao Dongting thought of Wen Tianxiang, so he asked Wen Qi to accompany him in his carriage. Unexpectedly, Wen Qi brought Wang Yiyuan over.

Later, Zhao Dongting heard the story of the two of them in the carriage, which was also very interesting.

He heard Wen Qi say that Wen Tianxiang was just angry and vomiting blood. He had no old diseases before, which made him feel a little relieved.

There are not many capable ministers who can stand alone in the Southern Song Dynasty, only Wen Tianxiang. Others, such as Lu Xiufu, Zhang Shijie, Su Liuyi, etc., have knowledge, but in the end, they are too pedantic. Zhang Shijie was better, but he also had the old habit of rejecting dissidents. They could only take charge of the court, handle government affairs, and lead the army to resist the Yuan army. I am afraid that he will only be defeated.

As for Qin Han, Zhao Dongting still couldn't tell whether he was trustworthy or not. Giving Xingguo Army to him could be said to be a kind of gambling.

At the moment, he had no other way. Only when Qin Han really attacked Zhaozhou, the battle situation in Guangxi might have a turning point.

In this way, the army was walking in a vast way in the mountains and fields.

Below the mountains, the turbid Xunjiang River flows continuously.

When the army walked to a difficult place, it had to stop and dig, but the speed of the march was not very fast.

In the end, Zhao Dongting got a little annoyed, so he simply used a grenade launcher to open the way. Although artillery shells are expensive, he understood that Pingnan County is more important.

If he could not arrive before Pingnan County fell, Xingguo Army would inevitably suffer great losses, and the troops led by him and Qin Han would become isolated. At that time, no one would respond to Guangxi. Even if Qin Han's ability was enough, he would probably have to retreat to Leizhou.

And without considering shells, the marching speed finally made it much faster.

After a few days, the soldiers led by Zhao Dongting finally approached Pingnan.

The scouts who came first were still fighting and the city was not yet broken, which made Zhao Dongting breathe a sigh of relief.

On this day, he ordered the army to camp in the wilderness, and then he announced Yue Peng, Su Quandang and other generals to discuss countermeasures.

Although the Jesur army suffered a considerable loss in the attacks in the past few days, there were at least more than 60,000 left, and the soldiers they led were only more than 20,000. If they rushed over, they would not save the city, but to die.

It is not so easy to fight a surprise attack in this era. More than 20,000 troops are endless. Even though Zhao Dongting has marched these days, he is not sure whether Jesul has discovered the information.

The generals gathered in his tent, and Zhao Dongting asked, "Everyone thinks, how can we win this battle?"

At this time, they were only fifty miles away from Pingnan County.

Yue Peng looked at the sand table made by the scout in the middle of the camp, using the topographic map drawn by the scouts, and said, "Emperor, although there are many soldiers and a wide range of generals, he is dedicated to attacking Pingnan County. We will march lightly and quickly when he attacks the city, and attack his rear army's command camp. At that time, the Yuan army will be in chaos. If we can kill the head of the neck of Jiesul in the chaos, we will almost win."

"What if Najsul didn't attack the city or pretended?"

Su Quandang pulled up the small blue flag representing their own military horses on the sand table and said, "The Yuan army scouts have always been powerful. Maybe they have already found the information about our garrison here by this. If this is the case, Jesul must be on guard. When we attack his rear army, we may hit his mind."
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