Thunder (12)

Red, green, blue, white, purple, lightning streaked across the sky, illuminating the tents that swayed back and forth in the storm. The clouds in the sky were thick, so thick that they obscured the light of all the stars. It was so dark that I couldn't see my fingers, only at the moment when every lightning fell, the heavens and the earth would suddenly light up, and when the light dissipated, everything sank into inky darkness, boundless.

"Go, bring General Gegan!" Right Prime Minister Boyan raised his head from a pile of battle reports and commanded loudly outside. A bolt of lightning happened to light up the sky at this moment, and his face was swarthy, like a demon who had just woken up.

"Yes!" The guards agreed, and trotted to summon ten thousand households. There are few Mongolian names, and there are only a few over and over again. But the guards couldn't be mistaken about which Gegen Boyan wanted to see. That kid from Xue Lianggebu has been hot in front of Boyan recently, and the limelight has already overpowered Nuo Min and other hereditary generals.

Nuo Min suffered another disaster in the hands of Chen Hangyan, this is the latest news that Boyan received after sending Li Zhiting and others away yesterday. It was also the reason why he summoned Gegen, and now, an arrangement for the south has begun, and Boyan does not want other variables to appear in Lianghuai.

A moment later, Gegan, covered in water, appeared in the tent. The rain outside was very heavy, and his robe couldn't stop such a heavy rain at all, and at a distance of one hundred and ten steps, the cloth robe was already wet and sticking to his body. This time it was even more symmetrical for him, and the angular muscles peeked out from under his shirt, almost breaking through the white-washed robe.

"Go, get a new set of silk robes for General Gegen!" Boyan pushed away the official document beside him and stood up with a laugh. The young general in front of him is like an uncarved piece of jade, although the appearance is rough, in the eyes of connoisseurs, it is full of unusual luster. Whenever he saw him, Boyan remembered when he first met Kublai Khan when he was a teenager. At that time, I was also so simple and informal. It was Kublai Khan who excavated himself with his discernment, and since then the two monarchs and ministers have written a legendary story in this world.

The only thing that is different from himself is the bloodline. He was born from the noble Balin clan, while Gegen was born from a small tribe at the intersection of grasslands and snowy regions.

"I don't know what the commander called the last general to come, what did he order?" With the help of the guards, he took off his robe, and Gegen bowed to salute, then asked in a low voice.

"Nuo Min lost to Chen Hangyan again, losing 3,000 soldiers. If this continues, the 50,000 horses that Ben Shuai gave him will be lost! Boyan smiled and handed over a few confidential battle reports, "Now, the two Huai are in chaos, I want to see if you have any good ideas?" ”

Gegen was stunned, took the battle report, and looked through them one by one under the lamp. Droplets of water trickled down the corners of his robes, wetting a large patch of the carpet in a moment. Boyan's guards were very dissatisfied, and stepped forward to ask Gegen to change his robe first and then read the battle report, but was stopped by Boyan with a gesture. What a good commander wants is this obsession with war, comfortable carpets and luxurious robes cannot affect the direction of the war, and the degree of the commander's devotion to the war is directly related to the victory or defeat of the war.

After flipping through it twice word for word, Gegen put down the battle report and walked quickly behind Boyan's handsome case. There hung a newly drawn parchment map, on which the positions of the enemy and the enemy, and the circuitous routes and directions of the attack were clearly marked. In the vicinity of Huainan East Road near **, several red crosses were played one after another, two of which were forcefully through the back of the paper, which was obviously hit by Boyan with anger.

Gegen used his thumb and index finger as a ruler, measured between a few red forks, and estimated the distance between Chen Hang's eyes and Nuomin's people, and after a moment of silence, he shook his head and let out a few wry smiles.

"Come, change into your robe first, don't catch a cold. You're the only general in our Mongol army who still wears a robe! Boyan also shook his head, not asking Gegen's countermeasures, but pulling the topic elsewhere.

"Prime Minister Xie Cheng gives him a robe!" Gegen gave a salute and took the silk robe handed over by the prime minister's personal guard. The authentic Suzhou silk has a very delicate feeling on the skin and is very comfortable. With the wind blowing in from outside the tent, the corners of the clothes fluttered back and forth, which actually set off a battlefield general with a bit of elegance.

"This, this is much cooler and drier than my cotton robe!" Gegen said as he touched his cuffs with his big hands. He was poor and honest, and most of the proceeds of the war over the years were sent back to the tribe, so he had no savings and no money to enjoy the luxuries of the Han people in the south. This makes him different among many generals from wealthy families, a little less flashy and a little more calm.

"Silk and satin, worn on our grassland, are slippery and cool, and they are definitely not as good as cotton and wool. On both sides of the river, it is the most suitable, dry and breathable! Different things have to be used in different places. Employing people, we must also measure their talents, take their strengths and avoid their shortcomings! Boyan said with a smile, if it weren't for the spirit of the soldiers in the tent, just looking at his expression, it really looked like an old man chatting with his children and nephews.

"What the prime minister said is very true, Gegen has been taught!" Xia Wanhu Gegen blushed for no reason and replied curtly. A few days ago, he had offered a plan to persuade Boyan to defeat Chen Hangyan with heavy troops first to stabilize the rear. Boyan adopted his strategy, but refused to let him lead the army, but let tens of thousands of Nomin lead the troops. This made Gegen feel very unfair, and he complained about Boyan's unfairness in private. Listening to Boyan's comments on "where silk is used" today, Gegen knew that his whining words had been reported to the prime minister.

While he was nervous, he heard Boyan ask with a smile: "If I send you to replace Nuo Min, can you quickly eliminate Chen Hangyan?" ”

Hearing this, Gegen's heart jumped violently. Instinctively, I want to say out loud, "I want to go!" But when the words came to his mouth, he was forced back into his stomach by reason. Why Boyan didn't send himself and sent Nuomin to lead the army, the reason is also very clear. To command a team of 50,000 people, the main general needs to have enough people, otherwise it will not be possible to keep the army in lockstep. And in terms of popularity, it is what he himself lacks. With his humble background and official position, he will never be able to command veterans with noble blood such as Talai, and if he can't do it, he hasn't waited to fight Chen Hangyan, and his own people have become a pot of porridge.

"If I send you to replace Nomin now, can you guarantee that I won't make a mistake in my back?" Seeing that Gegen didn't speak for a long time, Boyan knew that he had understood his original intentions, so he asked in a different way.

"The prime minister will be incompetent!" Gegen blushed, took a half step back, and said.

"Alas! Although you reminded you again and again, Ben Shuai still underestimated Chen Hangyan! Boyan sighed and said. Deep down, he now regretted his decision to send Nomin to lead the army. If it weren't for this guy who didn't know the depth of being played around by Chen Hangyan, the two-way army he placed on the riverside would not be in such an embarrassing situation.

But the current Mongolian army is not the Mongolian army in the era of Genghis Khan, at that time the entire Mongolian nation was in the era of rapid expansion, more and more soldiers, the territory is getting bigger and bigger, no matter which tribe you are from, as long as you are good at fighting, you can become a general in charge. And now, the strength that the Mongols have accumulated for hundreds of years has been used to the limit, and the Great Khans of the East and West have severed their ties. As the pace of expansion slowed, so did some of the clan's internal ills. Running a country is not the same as managing a tribe, and the selection of talents should be based not on descent but on merit. The Great Yuan Dynasty did just not do this, and in this fast-rising state, almost all the bad habits of the tribes were retained.

As the right prime minister of the Great Yuan Dynasty, Boyan knows that the current situation of the Great Yuan Dynasty's declining talents is not unrelated to the excessive emphasis on bloodline. The imperial court did not have a large-scale imperial examination system like the Song Dynasty, and several intermittent imperial examinations since the founding of the country were all aimed at the children of Mongolian nobles. As a system of training officers, it is also the patent of wealthy families. During the period when a person from a small clan like Gegen was not involved, he naturally could not be quickly appreciated and promoted.

But Boyan was powerless against this vice, and to be honest, no one except Kublai Khan could go against tradition, otherwise he would have been crushed by the force of habit. Therefore, knowing that Gegen was more suitable to lead the troops against Chen Hangyan, he could only compromise with tradition.

"It's not the prime minister's fault, the thief Chen came prepared, and our army rushed to the battle. At the beginning, it is inevitable to be passive everywhere, as long as you have the patience to deal with it, after a long time, Chen Thief may not be able to please him! Seeing the coach sigh, Gegen hurriedly spoke out to persuade him.

"Tell me, how can our army defeat the Chen thief?" Boyan shook his head, drove all the irrelevant worries out of his mind, and asked with a somewhat encouraging expression. (12433843 official group of alcoholics, welcome to join)

"Prime Minister and look at the marching route of the thief Chen, it is almost a sawtooth, he always refuses to leave the riverside too far, and always has to return to the shore from time to time!" Ge is not a small-bellied person at all, he was ordered by Boyan, and seeing that the prime minister appreciated him so much, some resentment in his heart had already disappeared, and he pointed to the sheepskin map on the tent wall, and said loudly.

"According to Nuo Min, every time Chen Hangyan goes to the riverside, he sends a large number of people to the south of the Yangtze River!" Boyan didn't understand what Gegen meant, and explained according to the battle report.

"I'm afraid it's not an empty ship. The battle report said that Chen Hangyan had a lot of grenades, small cannons, and strange things in the army. He competed with our army for speed, and obviously couldn't bring so much baggage with him! Gegen shook his head and said.

"So he must go around the riverside after every battle, in fact, to replenish!" Boyan's eyes lit up and he exclaimed.

This was a problem he hadn't noticed, and after receiving Nomin's battle report, he had been annoyed by the sharp and swift attacks of the Broken Army, but he didn't expect what it would take to maintain such a powerful attack. With the efforts of General Li Guida and others, fresh products such as artillery and grenades are not mysterious to the Dayuan soldiers. Although the southern conscription horses did not bring too much artillery this time, Boyan still knew the advantages and weaknesses of firearms on the battlefield.

"Therefore, to defeat Chen Hangyan, the first thing is not to chase him, but to cut off his connection with the south and force him to go north!" Gegen tapped the map hard and said loudly.

This was the best way he could think of at the moment, once Chen Hangyan's connection with Jiangnan was cut off, his supply would be problematic. Without supplies, there is no sharp attack. Without his sharp attack ability, Chen Bu would not be able to maintain such a high movement speed.

"With General Nomin's current way of pursuit, he will never be able to chase Chen. The last general heard that the thief gave most of the horses on Tamna Island to Chen Hangyan, and they were all good horses of three or four years old...... "Following the original train of thought, Gegen's analysis became closer and closer to the facts. The humid weather in Jiangnan was not suitable for raising horses, so there were very few cavalry in the Broken Army. But Chen Hangyan's head crossed the river to the north this time, and all the cavalry they brought with them were cavalry. The horses of the Broken Army were either obtained by trading with Nohiko or looted from the pastures of Daewon on Tamna Island. Regardless of the source, the quality of the horses was higher than that of the cavalry led by Nomin. Boyan assembled the army too hastily this time, many Mongolian warriors' war horses were self-prepared, and of course the domestic war horses couldn't outrun the good horses selected by thousands of people on Tamna Island, so they chased from behind, and Nuomin was tired and couldn't chase Chen.

"It makes sense, but now that Nuomin has suffered a lot of losses and low morale, how can I block Chen Hangyan and prevent him from approaching the riverbank?" Boyan stroked his beard and asked, in addition to appreciation in his eyes, there was also an expectation for the success of the younger generations.

"According to the last general's opinion, there are so many new attached troops in Lianghuai, and it is too much to hide when they see Chen Hangyan's banner. The field battle couldn't stop Chen Hangyan, but they were stationed in the fortress and waited for reinforcements. If they want to check passers-by, don't let people bring letters to Jiangnan. If they refuse to exert this little force, I'm afraid that these people's minds don't belong to Dayuan anymore! Gegen's tone changed, and he said in a gloomy voice. (Please go to 17k to support the genuine version, support the drunkard)

The Mongols have a large number of soldiers, and if they are wrapped in a sufficient number of new annexed troops as puppets, it will not be difficult to build a blockade line. The key is to make sure that those new annexes can't find an excuse to passively avoid war. Any Mongolian general is very good at dealing with this kind of thing, but it is just a word "kill". Those who do not fight will be killed, and those who flee from the battle will be punished. Boyan's subordinates are all Mongolian generals, and he will not show any mercy for the new annexed army and the people of Lianghuai.

"Very well, you go and write a letter in the tone of Ben Shuai. Tell Nuo Min all the detailed tactics and tell him that if he still can't stop Chen Hangyan, he doesn't have to lead the troops! Boyan patted Gegen's shoulder and said, "Ben Shuai only found out today how correct it was to not let you chase Chen Hangyan. Ben Shuai is old, I don't know how long this battle will last, and in the future, it will depend on you young people! ”

Speaking of which, if Gegen doesn't understand Boyan's cultivation heart, he will be equivalent to an idiot. He was moved to salute Boyan again and thank the Prime Minister for his kindness. just knelt down, but was pulled up by Boyan.

"No thanks, this commander is for the country, not for selfishness. I will guarantee you that the excerpts for tens of thousands of households have been sent to Dadu, and the prince of the prison country will approve it soon. You'll be able to do it for yourself in the future! Boyan said with a smile, and then stuffed a few pieces of information sent from the south into Gegen's hand. This is the information sent by the Southern Xizuo, and there are some urgent military information, you can take a look at it first, and then carefully give Ben Shuai an explanation! ”

Gegen solemnly took over the intelligence, and as a 10,000-strong household, in addition to participating in local military decision-making, he could also participate in the analysis of the entire battle situation, which was a privilege he never dreamed of. Prime Minister Boyan's cultivation heart is clear, and this love not only moved him, but also felt that he had a great responsibility on his shoulders.

All of Gegen's expressions, Boyan saw in his eyes. It is difficult to change the traditional selection method of the entire Mongolian nationality with the power of one person. But with the help of one person to cultivate some pillars for the country, Boyan feels that he can still do it. The war with the Han people in the south may have been a long-term stalemate, and the Han people were resilient and numerous, among which there were many pseudo-Taoists like Li Zhiting who sought their own selfish interests in the name of Confucianism and Zhang Zongyan who pretended to be gods and ghosts in order to seek wealth and nobility, but there were many more national backbones like Wen Tianxiang and Li Tingzhi. After the struggle of this generation is over, it is necessary to look at the next generation, and the war may not all be on the battlefield, and a nation's mind, ambition, understanding of the world, and the way of governing the country are all one of the means of competition. One of the Mongols and the Han Chinese was bound to be crushed by the other, even if the war lasted for hundreds of years.

"Marshal Dachun can't be saved, how does the prime minister plan to deal with the Jiangnan war?" After more than an hour, Gegen finished reading the information in front of him, thought for a while, and said with a frown.

"If you lead the troops, what do you want?" Boyan didn't answer, but asked rhetorically. can see at a glance that Da Chun is hopeless and let him go as an abandoned son, Gegen's calmness and composure are very rare compared to other generals who are clamoring to kill Le'an City within three days. But Boyan expects Gegen to give himself a detailed answer sheet, and can quickly defeat the answer to the remnant Song from the perspective of the overall situation. Da Yuan couldn't afford to consume it, and when he was on the southern expedition, he asked Lu Shirong to urge food, and Boyan clearly saw how big the hole in the empire was on Lu Shirong's account book. Ahmad supported the treasury by plundering people's property, and Lu Shirong was more clever than him, relying on adding checkpoints everywhere and turning official roads and roads and bridges into money collection stations to collect money. If this continues, sooner or later the people will not be able to bear it, and sooner or later the Great Yuan will be destroyed in the hands of the mob who cannot survive like the previous dynasties.

"If General Dachun is irretrievable, the entire Jiangnan battle situation will have to be reconsidered. How well our army fought the remnants of the Song Dynasty back then, and what the recent achievements of the broken army were, are all in the past. We need to start over this game!" Gegen pointed to the south of the Liangjiang River, which had become the bag of the Broken Army, and said with a bright face.

The first time he coordinated the overall situation, although it was on paper, it still made him feel full of pride. It seems that he was born to command thousands of troops, and the bigger the battle, the more comfortable he is.

"Within half a year, the army captured two Zhejiang and two rivers in a row, and it was menacing. However, it has expanded to more than 40 states within one city within five years, and I am afraid that there will be a lot of trouble in the future. My Da Yuan has just defeated Naiyan, and there are many troubles on the grassland. The two sides tried their best to fight this time, and I am afraid that it is not who has the strongest combat effectiveness, but whose negligence is more. In the information that the prime minister gave me just now, two people were highlighted, and I don't know the tasks of the two, can the prime minister inform the last general? The more Gegen spoke, the clearer his thinking became, and the strategy of deciding Jiangnan in World War I had slowly taken shape in his mind.

"Those two people don't have much effect, just create an opportunity for Ben Shuai!" Boyan smiled appreciatively and repeated the orders he gave to Li Zhiting and Zhang Zongyan.

"I'm afraid, that's the opportunity for a decisive battle!" Gegen said with a sneer.

Wen Tianxiang is not Yue Fei, Yue Fei only has a town of soldiers, and Wen Tianxiang has the power to command the world's soldiers and horses. But the sustenance for Boyan's victory is not on Li Zhiting and others, they just need to provide an opportunity to plunge the remnant Song into short-term chaos.

At the critical moment when the two countries are going head-to-head, one chance is enough.

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