Collision (10)

The city of Luzhou has indeed become a large barracks, and every day in and out is full of Mongolian iron horsemen with armor and armor. The military discipline of the Great Yuan Dynasty has long been "famous", and this time, it is the most "reasonable" Mongolian army among them, so as long as it is convenient for the people to escape, they have already fled to the countryside. Even the court officials and wealthy families who had to stay in the city secretly sent their female dependents to the neighboring villages for "outings", digging pits and buying the valuable things in the family underground, so as not to unconsciously "seduce" the first-class people with these women and gold and silver, and cause people to seek them regardless of their reputation.

The market was depressed almost overnight, and even the birds in the sky fled away with interest. For this ghostly desolate scene in the world, the Mongolian soldiers in it were unaware. They are more concerned about when the army will be able to reach the front line so that they can start slashing and slashing in a fun way than about their surroundings. It's been a long time since the last time Lin'an went down without a fight, and the samurai have assembled on such a large scale. In other words, the Lianghuai area has never gathered so many genuine Mongol troops. Think about it, 170,000, what a huge number. When Genghis Khan conquered the country of Huazim, there were only more than 40,000 real Mongol warriors in the army. Batu Khan extended his territory from the Western Regions to the banks of the Danube, and his Mongol army was no more than 20,000. Everyone didn't know what kind of magic the Han man surnamed Wen in the south had used to let the Great Khan mobilize the country's troops to deal with him.

Some of the soldiers were very old, and strands of white hair were showing out under their helmets. But from their old faces, you don't see a trace of weariness with war at all. On the contrary, in this city, whether it is a veteran of a hundred battles or a teenager who has just entered the battlefield, his eyes shine with bloodthirsty desire.

Most Mongolians do not know how to read and write, and they are also poor about managing their finances. Since their great-grandfather's generation, their family has followed different Great Khans on expeditions to the east and west, killing Han Chinese, Semu people, Jurchen and Khitans, and also Mongols. It can be said that they have nothing but skillful killing skills. Without plunder and war, they simply don't know how to survive in this world.

And the requisition order issued by Boyan is their best chance to change their fate. With the exception of the Mongols themselves, the entire nation of the world was almost conquered by the Great Khan. This southward attack on the Song Dynasty may be the last battle of the Mongol nation. If this opportunity is seized, some of these soldiers will be able to soar to prominence and obtain a large knighthood, as well as the pastures, farmlands, and slaves corresponding to the ranks. Even if you can't climb to a high position because of your military exploits, at least, you can get a wealth that can spend more than ten years and a capital to brag about when you return to the clan through the massacre and looting after the city is broken. Even if they accidentally died in battle, of course, in the minds of most people, this is impossible, how could the Han people, especially the southern Han people, who are known for cowardice among the Han people, have the opportunity to kill the Mongol warriors. So, this analogy is a bad and very inappropriate assumption. Even if they were killed by the Han Chinese on the battlefield, the soldiers did not feel any regrets. What is the regret, on the grassland, everyone has nothing and died in battle, but they don't have to go back to the outside to face the unbearable wind and frost every winter.

Different from the almost boiling state of mind of the soldiers, in the temporarily vacated mansion, Boyan, and several veterans of the Great Yuan Dynasty who had been fighting for decades behaved more and more cautiously.

Today's Han people are no longer the Han people who were slaughtered by others back then, and the person named Wen Tianxiang has reborn them in just five years. There have already been several generals who are known for their strategy in the hands of this Great Song Dynasty champion. Suo Du, Li Heng, Zhang Hongfan, Liu Shen, any one of them is not a mediocre person. Even Fan Wenhu, who was repeatedly defeated and didn't know where to bury his body in the end, was a big man who was ranked number one back then. When Kublai Khan received the news of his surrender, he once jumped off the felt collapse and turned three large circles in the mud barefoot, rejoicing that the immortal heaven blessed him as he turned, so that Dayuan would have no strong enemies worth paying attention to.

And these people were all defeated in the hands of Wen Tianxiang in the blink of an eye, or they were beheaded by the broken army, or they were killed by Kublai Khan. Among the famous generals in the south of the expedition, now only one Dachun is still struggling to support on Jiangnan West Road, his letters for help are one after another, and the messenger team is almost lined up from Ganzhou to the Yangtze River.

With such a brilliant record, if anyone can come to the conclusion that Wen Tianxiang will not fight, then when he slept last night, his head must have been blown by the wind, and he was talking nonsense with his eyes closed at the moment. But if Wen Tianxiang knows how to use soldiers, the generals under Bo Yan's command can't see what this person plans to do, and why as soon as he makes a move, it is a stupid trick full of loopholes.

Just this morning, the commander of the Xuyi Army (now Xuyi) and Wuwei (now Lujiang and Chaoxian) armies sent an envoy at the same time to report that there was a group of broken captives, about tens of thousands of horses and horses, crossed the Yangtze River the day before yesterday, and took Zhenzhou (**) while the defenders were unprepared, and its forward is now advancing rapidly towards the Chuzhou area.

Hearing this news, Boyan, who was preparing to dispatch troops and horses to cross the river from Qiyangkou and Leijiangkou separately, was taken aback, and immediately beat drums and gathered generals to discuss the intention of the captive army with the Nayan under his command.

More than a dozen Mongolian veterans talked about it, and after guessing for a long time, they didn't guess whether the generals of the Broken Army were crazy and why they wanted to kill themselves.

There are three best places to cross the river between the two Huai, all of which were opened up by the famous general Cao Bin of the Great Song Dynasty who went south to destroy the Tang Dynasty. One is the mouth of Qiyang, the second is the mouth of the Lei River, the third is the quarry rock, the river surface of the three waterways is narrow, when the Song army went south, it used to set up a pontoon bridge there successively, and the army crossed the river. After receiving the news that Chen Hangyan had captured Jiankang, the Mongol army had already decided to make a detour to the south. Boyan did not send soldiers and horses to the other side of the quarry rock, which is the closest to Luzhou, and did too much entanglement with the Great Song Dynasty sailors, but directly turned to the west. The north and south banks of the western front were occupied by the Great Yuan, and with such a narrow and long waterway, even if the Song general Du Hu had the intention to send a fleet to patrol, he could not stop the footsteps of the army.

No one expected that Chen Hangyan, who swallowed Jiankang in one gulp, was still unwilling, and actually took the initiative to kill Jiang Lai. Chuzhou is only more than 150 miles away from Luzhou, and if the Mongol army continues to cross the river as originally planned, Luzhou will definitely fall into the hands of Chen thieves. At that time, the supply line of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses will be cut off, and not only will they not be able to support Dachun, but they may not even be able to keep their own way out.

But in this way, Chen Hangyan is equivalent to sending himself to death. Separated by a large river, it was difficult for the Broken Army to get supplies in time. Although the people of Lianghuai have their hearts set on the Great Song Dynasty, this is the land of nine disasters in ten years, and the war has been continuous for a hundred years, and the people are so barren that even the rats are planning to move. Unless the captive army learns from the Mongol army, treats all the places it conquers as enemy countries, and steals food directly from the people.

"According to what I can see, this is Chen Hangyan's suspicious strategy. The water near Jinju is wide, making it easy for large ships to come and go. Chen Hangyan deliberately took Zhenzhou in order to make the prime minister suspicious. If our army goes to suppress the thief, he will flee the river. If you don't suppress it, then this thief will bluff and threaten my grain ,......." After arguing for a while, Boyan's subordinate Nuo Min stepped forward and said.

Born from the Zarat tribe, his family was one of the first tribes to follow Genghis Khan in sweeping the Mongols. Therefore, his position in the army was very respectful, not only Boyan valued him very much, but other young noble generals also regarded him as a model. Before he could finish his words, several young generals stood up in support of this view.

It was also one of the first tribes to be incorporated into Genghis Khan's command, and the young general from his subordinate was the most noble and self-expressive. Seeing that Boyan nodded again and again at Nomin's words, he had the intention to share some benefits from it, took a few steps forward, stood beside Nomin, and said loudly: "The last general agrees with General Nomin's opinion. The last general carefully interpreted the description of the Broken Army in previous battle reports. It was found that the thieves had always avoided the truth and made false use of their troops, and they were never willing to confront the main force of our army. The thief's usual practice is to use a small force as a suspect to drag our main force out of the battlefield. And the thieves concentrated their forces on my periphery, and after my periphery was heavily damaged, even if the main force came, it could no longer save the overall situation! ”

"That's true! In the Fujian War that year, the thieves harassed Ganzhou with Ximen Biao and Lin Qi, which made Dachun unable to go all out. Then, he supported Nayan to oppose me, so that the Great Khan could not concentrate his efforts to go south. Now, our army is about to cross the river, and we have sent Chen to the two Huai streams. It is clear that Chen Hangyan is used as the second Naiyan! Tatarai, a veteran of the Tatar Ministry, said with his beard stroked.

After receiving the order to lead the army to Luzhou to assemble, Pingsu scattered in various places to guard the center, and the Mongolian generals who suppressed the local area knew that a major war was coming. Therefore, everyone did some research on the characteristics of the opponent's use of troops. Recently, several southern newspapers have become popular, and there are no less than a dozen newspapers and periodicals that can be bought daily. It is not difficult to summarize the above conclusions by extracting and summarizing the above article on the description of the achievements of the Broken Army.

Bo Yan, who was sitting in the handsome seat, nodded slightly, twisting his beard with his hands, but his eyes were closed, as if he had fallen asleep, and his actions were just perfunctory with everyone. These conclusions fit in with what he had in mind, but they were useless for decision-making. Chen Hangyan went north, and the idea of delaying time was not false. However, having seen through the enemy's conspiracy, it cannot be resolved by the conspiracy. Chen Hangyan crossed the river with such fanfare in order to attract the attention of the army. Whether you say that he is sent to death or retreats with a false shot, you must face the fact that his troops have reached Chuzhou. As long as this force exists near Jiankang for one day, even if he retreats to Jiangnan tomorrow, it shows that Luzhou is always under its threat.

"According to the opinion of the last general, at present, our army should be divided into three ways. Two ways to cross the river, all the way to meet Chen Hangyan! Seeing that Boyan was silent, he stepped forward and said tentatively.

Hearing this, Boyan opened his eyes suddenly, his eyes were like torches, and everyone in front of him felt that the top of his head lit up. His eyes swept over everyone, and he suppressed the voices of those earnest discussions, and Boyan Fang opened his mouth and asked: "General Gegen, if this commander and soldiers are divided into three ways, how do you think they will be divided?" ”

"The two roads continue to cross the river, without stopping. Immediately turn the horse's head all the way and shoot back at Chen Hangyan! Seeing his boss's question, Gegen bowed down and replied loudly.

"Nonsense, just a few generals have already analyzed the stakes and disadvantages, and the reason of dividing troops to meet them still needs you to talk about?" The veteran Taray turned around and rebuked dissatisfied.

The Xueliangge tribe was a small tribe located in the far north, and was incorporated into the Mongols by force late in the process, so its tribe was always regarded as outsiders by the generals in the army. The analysis made by the generals just now is close to the answer that Bo Yan needs. It's just that everyone didn't want to show themselves too much before Boyan made a claim, so they didn't put forward a proposal to eliminate Chen Hang's eyes. Gegen's appearance is tantamount to robbing everyone of the credit, and it is inconvenient for some generals with the same qualifications to accuse him, and the veteran Talai, who has nearly 40 years of combat experience, will not give him face.

Gegen's face was flushed from the scolding, he took two steps back, and said embarrassedly, "The last general, the last general is not exactly what he meant. The last general, the last general's words are not finished yet! ”

Talai's eyes widened, and he wanted to reprimand. But he heard Boyan move his body above, and the tiger skin chair made a slight "creak" sound.

Suddenly, Tarei realized he had done it. Lord Boyan has a reputation for justice in the army, although this time everyone was hastily assembled from all over the country, but the power to make decisions was in the hands of Boyan alone. If he hadn't sent troops and had the impression of relying on the old and selling the old, he wouldn't have to think about it in the future.

Thinking of this, Taray withdrew the rebuke that had reached his lips and retreated to his seat. Seeing that the situation was not good, several other young generals who were about to make a move also quickly restrained their behavior. Boyan, who was sitting in the handsome position, saw all this in his eyes and felt a little annoyed in his heart. When he and Kublai Khan went south, the generals didn't have so many fancy intestines. In less than ten years, these guys have learned all the bad habits of Song Jiang, and maybe some places will "carry it forward". With a large army with twilight to deal with a new army rising like the rising sun, the certainty of victory does not seem to be as great as originally thought.

Boyan sighed and suppressed all the dissatisfaction in his heart. This is not the best time for Liwei, and when he really fights with the Broken Army, it is convenient to beat these fierce generals one by one, so that they can restrain their arrogance. With a somewhat encouraging tone, he asked Gegen: "Can you elaborate on how to divide the troops and why you want to attack Chen Hangyan!" Don't worry, Ben Shuai wants to know your views in detail! ”

Hearing the coach's question, Gegen was a little moved in his heart, carefully sorted out his thoughts, and whispered: "I think the reason why the enemy army took the risk and came must be because of their intentions. That is, as analyzed by the generals Tarai and Nomin, it is to attract our army to the outer battlefield, so that they can have ample time to pass through the south of the Yangtze River. That also shows that the battle situation in Jiangnan has reached a critical moment, and the men and horses of General Dachun and General Lu Shikui are in danger. Therefore, our troops should cross the river to reinforce the people, and it is better to set off sooner rather than later! ”

"Alarmist!" Many battlefield veterans frowned and thought. Although strategically, the generals have given enough attention to the Broken Army. But most of them didn't think that the Breakers were really capable of threatening Dachun's security. When Suodu was annihilated, the Broken Army was a concentrated group of all the soldiers and horses, plus Zhang Shijie's 200,000 army, and the task was completed at the last moment. Now one of the broken captives is in Liangzhejiang and one is in Liangguang. Only one-third of the strength can be used to completely annihilate Dachun, unless Changshengtian deliberately helps them and makes the Mongolian army all ineffective overnight!

But the old generals were politely silent, and what happened to Talai lay ahead. Since Lord Boyan has the heart to promote the Xue Liangge kid named Gegen in front of him, there is no need for everyone to sweep the excitement of the commander of the first army.

With this thought in mind, the veterans and upstarts listened patiently. But Gegen's next words surprised them.

"Although there are many soldiers and horses in our army, they are all from the north. I have usually heard of the power of the Broken Army, but no one knows where the Broken Army is powerful and how sharp the firearms are. The only people who can give us details are the two generals Da Chun and Lu Shikui and their subordinates. Therefore, the Broken Army spared no expense, using a Chen Hanging Eye, and exchanging time with us for annihilating Da Chun and Lu Shikui! ”

"Keep talking, keep talking!" Boyan got up from the chair, and his slightly old face had lost the tiredness he had just now. The bright eyes were full of appreciation for the young people.

Therefore, the last will judge. Not only did the Broken Prisoners send Chen Hangyan to the north, but they also sent sailors to patrol along the river and try their best to sabotage our ships and ferries along the river, so as to achieve the goal of delaying our crossing of the river. Therefore, the soldiers who crossed the river on two routes, one bright and one dark. Ming rushed to the mouth of the Lei River, erected pontoon bridges, built forts, recruited civilian boats, and bluffed. If the enemy does not come, they will take the opportunity to cross the river. If the enemy's sailors come, they will rely on the shore batteries and narrow waterways to fight to the death. Secretly, he sent most of the men and horses to Qiyangkou quickly, and crossed it at all costs and by any means. When the enemy destroys our Lei River waterway, the army has already crossed the river from Qiyangkou, and General Dachun can be supported at any time! ”

Gegen continued, as if he had already calculated, one of the two ways crossing the river would inevitably be blocked by the Broken Army and Naval Division.

This is a shocking and unbelievable view. After Jiankang, the Yangtze River waterway narrowed suddenly. In many places, such as Qiyangkou and Leijiangkou, the river is less than a mile wide. Although the river is turbulent, in such a narrow river, the water battle is close to a land battle. Under the threat of strong crossbows on both sides of the strait and countless small boats defending the river, the large ships of the army and the navy division that are going upriver may not be able to take advantage of much. If the thief really sent a sailor to these two places against the epidemic and forcibly prevent the army from crossing the river, it can only show one thing that the thief really let go of his old roots.

"You go on, what about the land route, how many people do we send to hunt down Chen Hangyan?" Boyan nodded and asked. The young Gegen's opinion may not be entirely accurate, but he was indeed the first of the generals under his command to get rid of the old vision and the arrogance of the Mongols, and to give the enemy the same respect as a powerful enemy of the Song Dynasty.

"Thirty thousand!" The number reported by Gegen startled everyone again. "It is necessary to gather several times the enemy's soldiers and horses, and completely annihilate Chen Hangyan. Only by completely annihilating Chen Hangyan's partial division can they deter the enemy army of Jiankang and make them dare not rashly attack the idea of Luzhou. Only in this way can we break Wen Tianxiang's calculation of delaying time. Since the marshal has come with a nationwide army, he might as well regard this battle as a real showdown between the remnants of the Song Dynasty and my Great Yuan. Neither side should leave the strength, the real hard encounter! ”

"Well said, duel!" Dachun laughed, he admired the word "duel". The 170,000 Mongol army, this is indeed all the money that Kublai Khan can come up with. The sailor division blocked the river, the division went deep behind the enemy, and the main force gathered in Jiangxi, and in the south, Wen Tianxiang did take out all his strength.

Gegen is right, this is a real collision between the power of the Great Yuan and the power of the Great Song Dynasty after the rebirth. The strength of the country, the quality of the soldiers, the quality of the weapons, the strategy of the generals and the wisdom of the center of the imperial court, many conditions were combined, and they were all concentrated at this moment. In the future, who can truly dominate the land under our feet will also be seen after this war.

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