Seeing that the siege vehicles made of thick wooden planks could not defend themselves against shells, the Mongols still did not retreat, they planned to do their best, and actually pushed their homemade rafts into the water, and more than a dozen soldiers standing on each raft rowed into the river, trying to get close to the Haibo and Quanzhou, even if they could not destroy these two big ships, they had to force them to stay away, and not to fire shells back and forth to the high ground.

"All 80 guns are loaded with shotguns, ready to shoot at close range! Go and move the 80 guns on the port side for me too! I don't believe it, I have to see if it's hard iron balls or hard human bones! Kong Pei is steady, but if he wants to bite it, he will resolutely not talk when he thinks he is satisfied. In his eyes, these rafts were for himself, and when he came over, he shot at close range with 80 guns, and there were no living people on them, so he didn't take half a step back, but just withdrew the few 80 guns that were shooting at the high ground for close defense.

The battle lasted from morning to noon, and in terms of the battle for the heights alone, the Mongols finally won, because there were not many shells and gunpowder left on the Haibo and Quanzhou. According to Hong Tao's requirements, every warship was not allowed to run out of ammunition, and at least one medium-sized naval battle must be left, otherwise even if it violated the rules of the fleet, it would be punished at least and demoted at worst.

"Sir is right, relying on the army of the Great Song Dynasty alone, sooner or later it will be wiped out. Signal the cargo ships to set sail and we'll go home and we'll be out of the rage here! "More than a dozen tons of iron balls, all thrown out, the cannon pipes on both ships are red, the port side and starboard side have been changed several times, and the corpses of the Mongolian troops on the shore are almost piling up the high ground into a hill, but there is still no movement in Xiangyang City. If the Southern Song army can come out with a few thousand people at this time. Take the opportunity to cross the river. I don't dare to say that I can annihilate the Mongol army. At least let them evacuate dozens of miles in a hurry, and the supplies, grain and grass in the camp were too late to be transported away.

Can an army that has lost its main generals, camps, and grain and grass still be able to fight? It's a good thing not to starve to death, and you don't need to pursue, and the siege of Xiangyang will be solved. It's a pity that even Kong Pei can understand the truth, but Zhao Fan, the commander of Xiangyang, can't understand why he didn't send troops to help Kong Pei can't figure it out, but Kong Pei understands a truth. You can't cooperate with such allies, and the farther away you are from them, the safer you are.

"I didn't expect the main force of the Mongol army to be so tenacious, but fortunately, you saw it, and it also reminded me that I would have a little bottom in my heart when I met them again in the future. It's a pity...... Yingzhou City was supposed to be a battle of annihilation, but it turned out to be a crushing battle; The city of Xiangyang can defeat the enemy, but it can't even be defeated. Lao Kong, you and I have a long way to go......" Hong Tao couldn't understand why Zhao Fan didn't send troops to help, so he watched Kong Pei's two ships fight there alone all morning across the river. Does it mean that friendly forces that are not under his command deserve to die? Or is he not able to figure out the form, so he does not dare to rush into the army? No matter how you explain it, anyway, Zhao Fan is a fork in Hong Tao's heart. In the future, whenever he participates in a cooperative project, he must be guarded against as the number one enemy. Isn't there such a sentence? Sometimes it's not the enemy who gives you the killer blow...... Hong Tao felt that this sentence was very philosophical.

"Let's go, take the crew to the city to relax, and by the way, help me eat more and play more, don't save money for the two of them, this is to help their country fight, and they should have a treat." By the way, you find a part of the steady crew to bring a hand crossbow, if you don't guard against 10,000, just in case, in case of danger, don't entangle with the other party more, don't care if anyone is captured, lead the team to rush out. As long as I return to the docks, as many people as they capture, I have to release as many people as I want, and if a Jinhewan person dies, I will let them exchange the life of a prefect. "Speaking of chicken thieves, no one can compare to Hong Tao. The Southern Song Dynasty court guarded all those who had military power as thieves, and he in turn did not worry about this Southern Song Dynasty court, and was always on guard against them. This kind of cooperation is really exciting, and it is really an enemy of me and an enemy.

"Sir, aren't you going to celebrate with us? When we stopped in Ezhou when we came back, we heard the Ezhou prefect say that the Mongolian general who was killed under the city of Yingzhou was a big man, he was the son of Mu Huali, named Tasi, also called Cha Tingwen, the youngest was also a 10,000 households, the real Mongolian 10,000 households! Kong Pei was sent out of the hatch by Hong Tao, and suddenly remembered one more thing, and finally a smile appeared on his face. Ten thousand households in Mongolia! It's not a Han army, it's really a big official, not to mention that it's still a well-known family, which is even more valuable.

"Yo he! This is a good business, so you should take your brothers to eat the two of them. I won't go, you know, your husband and I are naturally timid, and I can't eat or sleep when I leave the ship. "Hong Tao really doesn't plan to join in this fun, with his own presence, those crew members can't have a good time, the most important thing is that he has to reorganize the way of cooperation with the Southern Song Dynasty court in the future, and try to avoid Kong Pei's incident again. As for talking about Mu Huali's son, he really didn't take it to heart. He had heard of Mu Huali, but it was limited to Jin Yong's novels, as if he was Genghis Khan's general, and the rest was not clear. Not to mention Mu Huali's son, even if Genghis Khan was resurrected and Kong Pei died in one shot, he would not be particularly excited. Dead a few ancients is a fart, and then there is a famous egg to use, and the tropical fish raised by themselves in later generations have died to make themselves pay more attention.

Hong Tao can not care about it, and Kong Pei can also be unaware, but Wen Nan and Luo Youde can't see it so much. As the first action of the grain transport fleet, that is, the ship transfer envoy after taking office, he was able to kill a high-ranking general of the enemy, and also relieved the siege of Yingzhou City. Although it has not been certified by the official channels of the imperial court, Mingzhou is close to Lin'an, and there is any news that is coming from dawn and evening, and many Mingzhou officials already know that the Yingzhou guard has made a great contribution and killed a Mongolian noble general, and the corpse capital has been sent to Lin'an.

As for who killed this Mongolian nobleman, the news from the official channels was a collective act of the Ezhou prefect who strategized, the Yingzhou prefect commanded a proper way, and the boat and ship transfer envoys acted appropriately. For this kind of official article, the officials in Mingzhou are very clear, and they remove all the big hats in front of them, and the small tail that comes out at the end is the main one. So Wen Nanwen became a little star in the officialdom of Mingzhou, many officials heard that the transfer envoy was back, and they came to visit, and no matter how much he had the identity, he would send his family to invite him to the banquet with a name post. This is called political investment, in times of war, whoever can fight can rise to prominence, no matter what position he is currently in, as long as he is not a soldier, it is worth befriending. Wennan's conditions are too in line with the standards of the Southern Song Dynasty officialdom, and he has been born as a literati for generations, which is simply a high-performance stock.

"Lao Wen, let me remind you, don't get carried away, if you want to return to the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty, I will not stop you at all, but we can no longer be called teachers and students, I can't afford this thunder." Seeing Wen Nan lingering in the banquet every day, and a little tired of it, Hong Tao could only come forward to be a villain. He had a back hand for Wen Nan, and when he decided to let him go back to the Great Song Dynasty, he had already prepared for this.

"Mr. misunderstood the student, the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty is more complicated than Mr. imagined. Kong Pei made a big taboo this time, ignored the coach, and provoked a war without authorization. This matter has not yet been officially reported to the imperial court, and the envoy is waiting and seeing, just to see how I, the ship transfer envoy, can report it, and he will see the wind and rudder. There must be some of his students among the officials in Mingzhou, and I have made my intentions clear in private, that the matter of Xiangyang has nothing to do with the transshipment of the fleet, and that after transporting the grain, grass and soldiers, the fleet will sail back. I didn't ask Mr. for advice on this matter, but I didn't want Mr. to be angry, according to Mr.'s character, this credit must not be given to anyone, especially not to give it to people that Mr. doesn't like, I'd rather mess up all of it and don't want anyone. Nan wants to ask Mr. not to do this, this cooperation was facilitated by Mr. Yili, the important ministers of the DPRK and the central government have a lot of opinions on the official family so bent on going their own way, if there is a dispute with one of the envoys, they can just find an excuse to break off the cooperation, then we are really busy in vain......" In the face of Hong Tao's unceremoniousness, Wen Nan's little white face immediately turned into a little red face, and his eyes were watery, but he still stiffened his neck and finished his words politely.

"Bang bang bang...... Old text! You're a lot better than I thought, but you're thinking of me as too mentally retarded. This time in Xiangyang, you are right, Kong Pei is right, and Zhao Fan is not wrong, everyone has their own demands, and they came together rashly, lacking prior communication, it is already a very happy ending to not fight. The credit will be given to whoever wants it, Captain Kong is not a Song person, and it is useless to give it to him. Not long after you took office, you can't bear such a big credit, so give it to Zhao Fan as a meeting gift. This incident also reminded me that I don't have to be so passive when dealing with the officials of the Great Song Dynasty in the future, it's a good thing, don't worry. I don't have any problem with the aftermath you just said, so let's do what you want. In addition, inquire about the specific time and place of the next voyage as soon as possible, and go over in advance to meet and communicate with others, not only to safeguard our principles, but also to take care of their face and interests as much as possible, so that they will not get along like the enemy. Looking at Wen Nan, who was aggrieved like a little daughter-in-law, Hong Tao also slapped his face, but this slap was not sarcastic but approving. Wen Nan is indeed more literate in politics than himself, and the results of his analysis are clearer and closer to the truth.

“…… I'd rather Mr. Rather care about these credits......" Wen Nan let Hong Tao praise him, not only was he not happy, but he was a little lonely. (To be continued.) )