"Zhao Tidian, please come in. My husband is waiting for Zhao Tidian in the living room." Jia Sidao's kindness was attentive, and his voice maintained the humility that his servants should have, and he was not as arrogant as a seventh-rank official in the prime minister's rank in the hall.

Zhao Jiaren strode into Jia Sidao's residence, which is the residence provided by the government to pass by high-level officials. As soon as he entered the brightly lit living room, he smelled the chrysanthemum and mosquito coils, and Jia Sidao was already waiting inside. This is a very high-level courtesy. Even in his own home, the host with a respectable status rarely takes the initiative to wait for the guests. For ordinary guests, it is only after the guests are settled in the reception place that the host appears under the guidance of the servants.

There was only Jia Sidao in the living room. After the servant invited Zhao Jiaren in, he stepped down. Zhao Jiaren was actually a little hungry and even hungry when he saw several dishes on the table. However, Jia Sidao's attitude was obviously about to talk about things. Zhao Jiaren warned himself not to eat too much.

Seeing Zhao Jiaren's performance, Jia Sidao laughed, "Haha, Jiaren, our two families are family friends. You stand so straight and swallow your saliva secretly. It's too exaggerated."

After hearing this, Zhao Jiaren was no longer polite. After sitting down, he claimed guilty. He fucked the chopsticks and picked up a large piece of fish and stuffed it into his mouth. He swallowed the fish and picked up a large piece of scrambled eggs to continue eating. Jia Sidao didn't care at all. Zhao Jiaren was fighting on the river all day for the past two days, and would be surprised if he was not hungry. He poured wine for the two of them, and ate grass slowly while drinking slowly.

After a burst of blockage, Zhao Jiaren felt so hungry. He picked up the teacup and drank it for two. He asked Jia Si, "Mr. Jia, I don't know what instructions to ask me to come."

Jia Sidao held the wine glass and said with concern: "Today, ships were sent in Ezhou City. I will enter the city tomorrow, and you must send them to me."

During the day, Zhao Jiaren did receive two ships driven from the Ezhou Water Gate. Since the Mongolian Navy defeated the Song Dynasty Navy and seized a large number of ships more than a month ago, the Ezhou Navy has shrunk into the city and dared not come out. Seeing Zhao Jiaren swept the Mongolian Navy for several consecutive days, and there were no Mongolian warships on the river, the Ezhou Navy finally dared to send ships to Hanyang City on the other side of the river. Zhao Jiaren did not expect that the ship that came actually invited Jia Sidao to Ezhou.

"Jiaren, there is no need to rescue the soldiers, no need to defend the city. Only by protecting the waterway can the city of Ezhou feel at ease. This important task will be handed over to you." Jia Sidao was worried when he said this, and it was obvious that he was under great pressure.

Before Zhao Jiaren could persuade him, Jia Sidao suddenly sighed and suddenly became energetic. "Since ancient times, I was the only one who died in the hardships. This time I was at the time of serving the country. But I looked forward and really asked for trouble."

Hello! Don’t change so much, okay! Zhao Jiaren secretly complained in his heart, but he could fully understand Jia Sidao’s reaction. Zhao Jiaren’s ability to achieve today’s victory was the result of his hard work and hard preparations over the past few years. Zhao Jiaren knew every ship, every soldier, and every cannon. But Jia Sidao did not have such conditions. With the title of Privy Councilor, he assumed the important task of the ambassador of the west, Hunan, and Sichuan Xuanfu, and Jia Sidao’s subordinates were basically unaware of people, and many of them had just met the first time. It would be strange if they had a clue in their hearts.

Before Zhao Jiaren could come up with words to encourage Jia Sidao, he saw Jia Sidao move the plates, bowls and chopsticks on the table. Several chopsticks were arranged in an arc shape, with a plate of dishes on both sides of the arc-shaped left end, and two plates of dishes on the right end of the arc-shaped top. After the arrangement, Jia Sidao asked Zhao Jiaren, "Do Jiaren think this picture can be understood?"

Zhao Jiaren picked up chopsticks from the scrambled egg plate on the left and said, "This is Hanyang and Ezhou, and the other is Huangpi and Yangluobao in Jiangbei. If it were someone else, they would either only put Yangluobao or only put Huangpi. They probably wouldn't feel that the two places were related to each other."

After being praised by Zhao Jiaren without any trace, Jia Sidao smiled slightly and pointed to this simple topographic map and said: "Originally, the Mongolian army could travel to and from the river and do whatever they want. Now the Han River is in my hands, and the Lu family heads south from Chongqing. The upstream is no longer worry-free. Now Jiaren can cut off the river again, and the Mongolian army has become a trap. How much food and grass can they bring when they cross the river? If they stop in the field like this, they will probably have to wait for death in a few months."

After saying this with great enthusiasm, Jia Sidao stopped. Zhao Jiaren had been considering this for several years, so he asked naturally: "Since Mr. Jia thinks that the Mongolian army wants to break Ezhou to reverse the situation, why does Mr. Jia still have to go to Ezhou?"

Jia Sidao took a deep breath and breathed out slowly. He said with a firm look: "Ezhou must not make any mistakes. If there is any mistake, Ezhou will not make any mistakes. It is only a matter of time before the Mongolian army is defeated. If Ezhou is lost..."

Speaking of this, Jia Sidao paused again.

Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but continue, "Mr. Jia, if I block the Yangtze River, the Mongolian army will jump over the wall in a hurry, and I am afraid it will attack Ezhou."

After hearing this, Jia Sidao did not respond. When Zhao Jiaren felt that Jia Sidao would continue to remain silent, he heard Jia Sidao speak, "With me in Ezhou, Ezhou will never fall!" The momentum in his words made Zhao Jiaren very familiar with it. It was the courage to burn his boats. Zhao Jiaren had made so many amazing choices over the past few years, and he was worried and hesitant before every decision. But thinking about the result of stopping, Zhao Jiaren had to use this courage to put life and death outside of his life and death to force himself to make a choice.

Since Jia Sidao had such an enlightenment, Zhao Jiaren smiled and said frankly: "With Princess Jia, Ezhou will definitely be as safe as a rock. But in a hurry, the Mongolian army would probably intimidate Jia Gong, saying that if they did not allow them to return north, they would lead troops to burn and kill them on Jiangnan West Road and Jinghu South Road."

This time, Jia Sidao did not answer immediately. He understood Zhao Jiaren's meaning. There were about 100,000 Mongolian soldiers outside Ezhou City. If these 100,000 people really could not return to the north as they were, but instead threw a big kill in Jiangnan, it would be a very terrifying thing. After thinking for a while, Jia Sidao sighed, "At this time, we can only negotiate peace."

As soon as he proposed peace, Zhao Jiaren felt very unhappy. However, although he was a 19-year-old boy in his body, his mind was greatly superior. From the perspective of avoiding losses, peace talks at this time were not a wrong choice. The Song Dynasty did not have enough field troops and 100,000 Mongolian troops to fight field battles on Jinghu South Road.

Resisting the dissatisfaction, Zhao Jiaren said: "Mr. Jia Gong, if this time is a peace talk, let Mongolia write a document. We will not cede land in the Song Dynasty, and we will not surrender, and we will not pay tribute every year. Mongolia must compensate us 100,000 taels of silver. The Mongolians probably will not fulfill their contract, but we must not lose our morality. If they do not agree, we will fight them to the end. How long can these Mongolians carry the food across the river last? Two months or three months? Even if they can hold on for half a year, when the plum rain comes, these 100,000 Mongolian soldiers will be unacceptable to the land and will inevitably turn into dry bones."

"...I know!" Jia Sidao said simply. He already trusted Zhao Jiaren very much, and naturally knew that Zhao Jiaren would never want to compromise with the Mongolians. Jia Sidao himself did not want to make any concessions to the Mongolians. However, the situation of the Song army suddenly improved a few days ago, and he has just adapted to the fiercely changing situation.

What should be said has been finished, and the strategic decisions that should be made have been figured out. Jia Sidao picked up the wine glass and drank it all, and said to Zhao Jiaren: "Tomorrow, you will send me to Ezhou."

It was September 14th when Jia Sidao entered Ezhou. In the past few days, Ezhou was sunny and the river surface was quite stable. The escort fleet arrived safely at the water gate of Ezhou City. The Mongolian navy was peeping from a distance, probably guarding against Zhao Jiaren's fleet, which suddenly rushed over to attack their fleet on the shore.

Zhao Jiaren looked at Jia Sidao wearing a purple robe and a goldfish bag, and walked into Ezhou City, which was besieged by Mongolian soldiers in a stern manner. Suddenly, he felt puzzled. At this time, Jia Sidao, who bravely went to the national crisis, did not look like Jia Sidao who left his troops and fled in panic during the Battle of Dingjiazhou.
Chapter completed!