In the attack and defense of Fancheng, the Qi army did not use any tricks and relied entirely on strength to capture the city.

At this time, the vanguard of the Qi army climbed up the slope. The soldiers in front were poked by the Song army occupying the top of the slope with their spears and rolled down. The soldiers behind took the opportunity to grab the gun barrel and rushed forward, stabbing the Song army's abdomen with their swords.

For a moment, soldiers from both sides were stabbed with spears and chopped down with swords one after another, and corpses rolled down the slope one after another.

During the fierce battle at the collapse site, the main force of the Qi army rushed to the bottom of the city wall with their equipment.

The Song soldiers on the city wall immediately shot down rockets, dropped fire jars, and even thunder to attack the Qi army below the city, and organized the Qi army's siege equipment to approach the city wall.

The large equipment of the Qi army was set alight by the Song army, and the soldiers were overturned by the explosion, but they were unable to stop the Qi army's attack.

Soon, the Qi army stepped on the flying bridge and rushed to the corner of the city wall. They immediately erected a long ladder and the brave Qi soldiers climbed to the top of the city.

The top of the city was thundered with thundering stones and rolling wood. The Qi soldiers who had climbed halfway up fell down one after another screaming. The Qi soldiers were not afraid of casualties, attacked the city head, and risked their lives to climb up the city head.

There is not much difference in equipment between the Qi army and the Song army, but the Qi army has an advantage that the Song army cannot match.

That is the bravery of the Qi army soldiers.

This powerful army, which had gone through the Northern Unification War and was not afraid of the powerful Mongolian cavalry, was not comparable to the Song army that had not fought for decades.

The Song army, which had never fought a tough battle, was able to shoot at long distances with the help of the city wall. Once it fell into hand-to-hand combat, one Qi army could scare off several Song soldiers.

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grassland.

A few months ago, the Qi navy blocked the Bohai Sea and sent the Qi army to sneak attack Gaizhou, which put great pressure on Kublai Khan.

After Meng Ge learned of Kublai Khan's warning, he was worried that the Qi army would march out of the fortress, so he could only stop attacking Guiyou.

Under the threat of the Qi army, Meng Ge did not dare to act rashly. Some Mongolian tribes who were originally prepared to seek refuge with Meng Ge were worried that Meng Ge would be flanked by Guyu and the Qi army, so their attitudes gradually changed.

This made Meng Ge very angry, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Although judging from the intelligence, Zhao Tai most likely wanted to attack Song Dynasty, but Brother Meng couldn't afford the gamble because he was afraid that Zhao Tai would play another dirty trick.

In the upper reaches of the Luanhe River, thousands of tents are distributed on both sides of the river, and countless cattle and sheep are scattered on pastures dozens of miles in radius.

At this time, a group of cavalry galloped over, ran directly to the largest military tent, and then turned over and dismounted.

The first person held up the curtain and entered the tent, attracting everyone's attention.

"Great Khan, Zhao Tai will attack Song Dynasty, it is certain!" the visitor reported.

Brother Meng's face showed joy, he slapped his thigh and stood up, "I knew that Zhao Tai would attack the Song Dynasty first!"

Brother Meng wanted to destroy Guiyou, but was restrained by Zhao Tai.

Now that Zhao Tai is attacking Song, the time has come for him to raise his troops and defeat Guyu.

In order to seize power in Mongolia, Meng Ge gathered troops and horses for many days. He has been waiting for news from Qi.

Now that it was confirmed that Qi and Song would go to war, he no longer had any worries.

Brother Meng glanced at everyone excitedly, and suddenly raised his arms and fists, "Send orders to all the ministries to follow this Khan in the northern expedition and unify Mongolia!"

"Unify Mongolia!" Many Mongolian nobles raised their arms and shouted.

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Lin'an.

Qi State's three-pronged attack on the Song Dynasty made the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty extremely nervous.

In the palace, Zhao Yun sat on the throne and discussed with the ministers how to defend against the enemy.

"Three groups of thieves invaded the border area. Do you have any strategies to defeat the enemy?"

Zhao Yun looked sad and hoped that the ministers in the palace could come up with a way to discuss a strategy to repel the Qi army.

This was not the first time that the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty discussed matters.

It was more than a month after the war between Qi and Song Dynasty, and they gathered together to discuss the situation no less than ten times.

However, these discussions obviously failed to come up with a strategy to defeat the enemy.

Today, Zhao Yun brought up the old matter again, but the ministers still had no choice.

Seeing everyone's silence, Zhao Yun couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, and his face became increasingly ugly.

"Your Majesty, although I have no strategy to defeat the enemy, the Qi army has not made much progress at the moment." Jia Sidao reluctantly stepped forward, "I think we should be on the defensive now to dampen the enemy's spirit and counterattack rashly, but we will suffer defeat.

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Qi's three-pronged attack on Song made Zhao Yun unable to sleep and eat well. He very much hoped that the Song army could defeat the Qi army's attack so that he could live in peace.

Therefore, he always hoped that the Song army could win a victory and let Zhao Tai retreat in the face of difficulties. He would then lower his status, allow Zhao Tai to go and proclaim himself emperor, and agree to the parallel establishment of the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

However, many ministers knew how powerful the Qi army was, and also knew that the Song army could only barely defend, so they persuaded him to prevent him from ordering the Song army to counterattack.

After listening to Jia Sidao's words, Zhao Yun knew that his idea could not be realized, so he could only settle for the next best thing.

"Qi bandits are attacking in three directions. Can the frontline soldiers really stop Zhao Tai?" Zhao Yun asked in a deep voice.

Since he could not immediately repel Zhao Tai and seek peace, he could only hope that the Song army could resist the Qi army's attack.

Seeing that Zhao Yun did not mention the matter of counterattack and defeating the enemy, Jia Sidao breathed a sigh of relief, "Your Majesty, don't worry, Sichuan and Shu are easy to defend and difficult to attack. The Qi Army's Western Route Army is dominated by princes like Wang Shixian, and their combat power is not comparable.

The elite Qi army and Sichuan's envoy Zhao Yanna have written a letter that they will never let the Qi thieves enter Sichuan."

Zhao Yun nodded with satisfaction. He still knew Zhao Yanna well.

In recent years, Sichuan has been far away from the front lines of conflicts, but Zhao Yanna has repeatedly made bold statements and stated several times that he would lead Sichuan troops to make Zhao Tai look good.

When Zhao Tai encouraged the Southern Song Dynasty to aid the Jin Dynasty, and later when the Song army entered Luo, Zhao Yanna strongly opposed it.

As a feudal official who was close to Shi Dang, Zhao Yun had no doubt about Zhao Yanna's loyalty.

Therefore, Zhao Yun is most at ease with West Road.

Of course, this has something to do with the fact that Sichuan is far away from Lin'an, and the Qi army entering Sichuan will not threaten Lin'an for the time being. Only Zhao Yun knows.

Jia Sidao continued: "The Qi rebels' Eastern Route Army is now facing off with the Forbidden Army across the river. The elite Imperial Guards of our dynasty are all deployed in the south of the Yangtze River. Our dynasty has a military advantage here, so I think there is no need to worry!"

Zhao Yun reluctantly nodded, "Where is the middle road?"

Jia Sidao actually had some opinions on the layout of East Road.

Judging from the intelligence he received, Zhao Tai's main attack direction should be upstream, and there is no need to deploy so many elite troops downstream.

Jia Sidao hoped that Zhao Yun could send some troops to the upper reaches to reinforce the Mongolian Communists several times, but Zhao Yun refused.

The reason for Zhao Yun's refusal was simple. He did not feel safe if Jiangnan did not deploy heavy troops.

Of course, Zhao Tai is full of tricks. If he attacks the west and attacks the east, it is not impossible to cross directly from the lower reaches and then kill Lin'an.

Because of this possibility, no one dared to disobey Zhao Yun to avoid being held responsible later.

Jia Sidao was not satisfied with the current deployment of troops, but fortunately the Meng Communist Party and the Chu army were strong enough to directly block the attack of the main force of the Qi army.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty! The Mongolian Communists are guarding Xiangfan. As long as the two cities are in hand, the middle road will be as stable as Mount Tai!" Jia Sidao raised his voice, "I have received a promise from Meng Ge. As long as Meng Ge defeats Guyu and unifies Mongolia, he will go south.

Attack Qi State. Therefore, Your Majesty, you can rest assured that as long as we hold on for half a year, we will see a turn for the better!"

Many ministers in the main hall whispered, and their morale was boosted. Zhao Yun's brows relaxed after hearing the words.

Obviously, no one among the emperors and ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty doubted that the Song Dynasty would not be able to survive for even half a year.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yun finally had a smile on his face.
Chapter completed!