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"What a generous Prime Minister!" As soon as Yuan Jizu, Li Liang and the others left, Liu Zijun, the head of the Supervision Yuan, immediately protested with a black face. He was in charge of the internal security of the Great Song Dynasty, and he has always been sensitive to the abnormal actions of officials, and the actions of Yuan, Li and others today are obviously prepared and have long-term plans in his eyes.

"Minzhang is not right, this is the first Tanma Red Army to revolt in front of the battle, and then, as the Broken Army grows stronger, I don't know how many people will come. Therefore, the prime minister is already harsh in doing so. After all, I waited for other people's soldiers to disperse, and I didn't leave any knighthood! Chen Longfu smiled on the side to defend Wen Tianxiang. Among the core figures of the Metropolitan Governor, he and Du Gui both belong to the tolerant faction, and they pay attention to thinking about others when doing things, and do not take advantage of their own side. This is not unrelated to the fact that he was born in Confucianism and has been nurtured by the way of loyalty and forgiveness for half his life.

Du Gui, the head of the household department, also advocated tolerance for Yuan, Li and others, but his perspective on the problem was not in the way of treating people. In his opinion, doing business has to have losses and profits. As long as you plan to cooperate for a long time, you have to make a concession to each other. Unless it is a one-shot deal, it will once push people into a desperate situation.

"I'm not surprised that they're trying to learn the best of the Metropolitan Governor's Office. I wonder how easily they gave up their military power, and when the Prime Minister talked about it, General Yuan and General Li didn't even hesitate! Rubbing his wide face, Du Gui smiled and commented.

"Do you still need those soldiers, just the generals are enough. From tens of thousands of households to centurions, nearly 100 people drilled into our hinterland, two adults learned government affairs, two adults learned military affairs, two adults learned equipment manufacturing and other skills, and two adults joined the army and beat them. There are also two adults who followed Yuan Jizu back to the foot of Qilian Mountain to contact the clansmen. After thoroughly pondering the strengths and weaknesses of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, everyone resigned together, from the Metropolitan Governor to the officials of the six ministries, all of them were ready-made! Chen Zijing, director of the spy department, was also a little dissatisfied with Wen Tianxiang's excessive tolerance. He resolutely advocated that the generals of the Tanma Red Army should be restrained by their false duties and that their words and deeds should be strictly monitored. He has been in charge of the work of the enemy situation for many years, and the thinking of preventing problems before they happen has become a fixed formula in his mind.

"Why are Minzhang and Zijing so anxious?" Wen Tianxiang looked at Liu Zijun and the others, smiled, and explained confidently, "I'm not afraid of them learning, but I'm afraid that they will hold on to their shortcomings and not want to forge ahead." I also understand what General Yuan Jizu is having, but after completing his studies, will his people still want to return to Qilian Mountain, in my opinion, the truth may not be as he wishes! ”

"The prime minister's words are reasonable!" Several young staff members applauded Wen Tianxiang's answer. They came to learn about the New Deal with deep resistance at first, but slowly, they discovered more and more the benefits of the New Deal. Although there are still many things that they are not satisfied with the measures of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, if anyone proposes to restore the system of the Great Song Dynasty, they will definitely be the first to jump out and oppose it.

The corrosive power of the New Deal was so great, and the attitude of the Metropolitan Governor's Office was so tolerant. With their own lives, the young staff members did not think that the party heroes after completing their studies would be willing to go back to Qilian Mountain and start all over again.

"When they rebuild the Great Xia Kingdom under the Qilian Mountain as we waited in Shaowu, I will see what you have to say at that time!" Liu Zijun glanced sideways at a few junior students and said abruptly.

"If there is a Great Xia Kingdom at the foot of Qilian Mountain, I'm afraid it will be Kublai Khan who is even more uncomfortable, not us!" A few young people are quick to react and sharp enough to speak.

Liu Zijun was dumbfounded. The deliberations of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion were led by Wen Tianxiang, and they paid attention to expressing their opinions. For several years, policy-making circles have enjoyed the benefits of this policy, but also suffered its costs. The possibility of poor decision-making is minimized, but at the cost of the loss of authority of some "old people". Under Wen Tianxiang's deliberate cultivation, there are constantly rising stars entering the decision-making level, and there are also new talents challenging the power base of the "old people".

"Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers!" Chen Zijing shook his head and scolded with a smile.

Aides of different ages and backgrounds have a lot of discussions, and most of the governors are not discarded by their words, and they are willing to make their suggestions publicly. This lively scene made Wen Tianxiang feel very gratified, sometimes he would unconsciously compare the current young people with his own high-spirited appearance back then, and sometimes he would imagine whether the people around him would be able to maintain the system he had worked so hard to establish in the past few years if he was gone.

After all, most people see the benefits of the New Deal. He said to himself in his heart, and he also enjoyed the environment he had created more comfortably.

"Okay, now that you've promised someone, don't regret it halfway. Lest we be laughed at by the heroes of the world! Isn't there also your Supervision Yuan and Zijing's Espionage Division? The two of you are responsible for plugging the flaws, and the others are responsible for discovering the best aspects of the Metropolitan Governor's Office. Everyone has their own duties and responsibilities! Seeing that everyone was arguing for a while, the opinions of all parties were still unanimous, and Wen Tianxiang smiled and lived in the mud.

"It's true, the Great Xia Kingdom is still a very distant thing. What is more important now is how to deal with the Jiangnan war! Chen then smiled, carefully leading the conversation to the current war. According to the detailed report, the Mongol army that crossed the river in the Leizhou area had turned to Ezhou. And the army of Boyan, who secretly crossed the river at the mouth of Qiyang, occupied the area of Xingguo and Yongxing. In addition, the Tanma Red Army and the New Annexed Army of Lizhou and Kuizhou also assembled in Ezhou on a large scale. The two roads of Chengdu and Tongzhou were ripe last year, and the grain ships went down the waterway and could reach Jiangling within five days. The Yuan army in Huainan also changed its tactics, no longer following and pursuing Chen Hangyan, but colluding with the new annexed troops in various places, relying on fortresses and ditches, and forcing Chen's troops northward step by step. Based on the analysis of the intelligence sent from all walks of life, Boyan will make a big move in the near future! ”

"Go to the staff room and let Zeng Ziju deduce, what does Boyan want to do!" Wen Tianxiang put away his smile and said with a straight face.

Officials and aides who were qualified to participate in military decision-making stood up and silently followed behind the Grand Governor. The time to relax is always short, just after calming down from the excitement of annihilating Dachun, and then everyone has to face a stronger opponent.

Several staff members in charge of material supply sighed and shook their heads, and everyone had something difficult to do. In the past year, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion has attacked everywhere, and a lot of territory has been grabbed, but the treasury has become increasingly empty. Prime Minister Wen refused to raise taxes, and if the war continued like this, there would definitely be problems with the supply of the captive army.

"Don't shake your head, it's better to shake your head, you can't shake your head. If you have the kung fu to shake your head, it's better to find a way to get more from elsewhere. Send a letter to Li Xiang and Chen Fusong, telling them that if they can't get any more food, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion will not be able to open the pot! Du Gui ordered with a grin.

The officials in charge of material dispatch were busy, all of them were young people trained by Shaowu Academy itself, and their actions were very standardized and very sharp. As they became more familiar with government affairs, Du Gui's life became easier and easier. Now, he doesn't have to do everything himself, and a little guidance from it is enough to get things done.

"It's not easy for us to live poor, and it's even poorer when we're old. The difference is that no matter how poor we are, we will not be poor and the people will not be poor, and no matter how poor we are, we will not be poor and become officials..."Du Gui said a joke as he walked towards the combat staff room.

He has a clever plan to dedicate to Wen Tianxiang, and he is not sure of success, but it is definitely worth trying. And this strategy can't be seen in the north, and there is absolutely no way to crack it.

In the combat staff room, Zeng Huan had already hung a huge map on the wall. The senior staff officers who graduated from the military academy were busy marking the information sorted out by the spy department one by one at the corresponding location on the map. At a glance, along the entire north bank of the Yangtze River, there are black flags representing the Northern Yuan Dynasty moving. After these black flags crossed the river, they converged in Ezhou, like hungry wolves, looking down on the rivers and mountains in the southeast.

"Boyan uses soldiers and always likes to brake quietly. If you don't send it, it's enough, and a shot is like a thunderstorm. According to the information sent from the north, he used this plan to defeat Haidu in the grassland. For the first five months, he had been holding on to Helin, and when Haidu and the others were relaxed, he personally led a large army to attack the middle road. The sea was defeated and fled, and the 100,000-strong army returned less than 700! Zeng Huan explained to everyone with a solemn face.

Unlike dealing with Dachun, Suodu, and others, the staff department felt tremendous pressure in this operation. Almost all of the men and horses led by Boyan are Mongol troops, and there will no longer be senior generals like Wu Zhong and Zhang Zhi who are fighting and leaking all the information to the Broken Army. There will be no behavior of preserving strength and wagoning each other between the various Yuan armies, the soldiers are all Mongols, and the commander is the ruler of a country, with extremely high prestige and ability.

It can be said that this is the most severe test since the establishment of the Broken Army, and it is also a duel between the Great Song and the Northern Yuan Dynasty, which has regained its strength. If you win, you will live, and if you lose, you will die, and there is no second way to go.

"The key is to figure out what Boyan is going to do, and strategically, his deployment is clear. The tactical action is very vague! Wen Tianxiang nodded, thinking and said.

Although there is a special spy department and a complete and relatively complete intelligence collection system, the Metropolitan Governor's Office still has a headache for the incomplete information of the enemy at any time. "If only there was a transmitter!" Sometimes, Wen Tianxiang couldn't help but think extravagantly. With the kind of artifact that Wen Zhong remembered to transmit messages in an instant, he could adjust his strategic arrangement at any time, and even send sailors and teaching brigades to block the entire Yangtze River and cut off Boyan's back road. But now, the Academy of Sciences has not even figured out the basic steam power, let alone the development, storage, and application of electricity, which are very vague things in Wenzhong's memory. Therefore, the people of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion can only face this situation of insufficient information. And the consequence of this situation is that only a few days after Boyan's army crossed the river somewhere, the intelligence was collected by the details of Jiangnan West Road. When the information is sent to Fuzhou, the soldiers and horses of the Northern Yuan Dynasty have already passed.

"The last general is derelict in his duties, please punish him!" Chen Zijing thought that the Metropolitan Governor was dissatisfied with his work, and replied apologetically.

"It's not your responsibility, it's not easy for the Espionage Department to do this!" Wen Tianxiang pulled Chen Zijing over, pointed to the map and said, "Send some more people to Ezhou, and mix among the fleeing people." There is information to give priority to Uncle Feng, let him improvise! ”

"Yes!" Chen Zijing agreed loudly, and felt a dilemma in his heart. The Mongol army had a great reputation, and wherever the army passed, all those who could run ran away. At present, Ezhou is almost a barracks, where are people willing to flee to that place. Just as he was hesitating, he heard Wen Tianxiang add: "Boyan is different from other Mongolian generals, his soldiers and horses are very strict and rarely harass the people. When I was forcibly detained in the army by him, I often debated with him whether the Great Song Dynasty National Movement was over. Although his views were ridiculous at that time, it can be seen that he has a deep cultivation of sinology and knows how to win the hearts of the people! ”

"I'll try to arrange some manpower from all over the Mongolian army to transport grain!" Chen Zijing replied in a low voice.

"Give an order to Governor Zou Du, the people's armies from all walks of life who participated in the siege of Dachun in Liangjiang should not be busy turning into garrisons, and the people's armies will assemble on Jiangnan West Road and build cement fortresses on various major roads!" Wen Tianxiang thought about it and issued another order.

There are many mountains and rivers on the Jiangnan West Road, and at the junction of the south and north roads of Jinghu, there are Luoxiao Mountains and Mufu Mountains respectively. If the fortress was built quickly with cement at key intersections, the movement of the Yuan army would be much slower, and the maneuverability advantage of the war horse would no longer be so obvious.

"Yes!" Zeng Huan agreed, and quickly refined and arranged Wen Tianxiang's order. From the point of view of the soldier's combat ability, there is not much difference between the soldiers of the Broken Army and the Mongolian warriors, and the Broken Army still has an advantage in weapons. But in terms of the number of veterans, the disadvantage of the Broken Army is obvious. The first division under the command of Zou Wei and Zhang Tang had just finished a fierce battle, and they had not had time to repair and replenish. Half of the Second Division under Chen Hangyan and Li Xing was in Jiangbei, and on the one hand, they had to stay in Liangzhejiang to sort out and suppress the localities, so that this piece of land, known as the land of fish and rice, could resume firepower as soon as possible. At present, the only one under the command of the Metropolitan Governor's Office is the Third Division, which is fully organized and can be mentioned in combat effectiveness, but they still have to guard the east and west roads of Guangnan, ready to deal with attacks in the two directions of Yunnan and Jinghu at any time. Some people once put forward the idea of transferring some soldiers and horses from the garrison army under Madame Xu's command to form the Fourth Division, but the Shaowu Military Academy and the Command College, two places that provide low- and high-ranking officers, could not train so many generals in a short period of time, and the new ordnance supply and grain and grass supply of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion could not keep up.

Based on this situation, it was inevitable to take a defensive position in the early stage of the war with Boyan. It's just that for Boyan, who is good at capturing fighters, defense is undoubtedly the most clumsy countermeasure.

"The soldiers and horses of the new annexed army of the uprising were selected and reorganized into three standards, and those who could not and did not want to remain in the army were paid two years' salary according to the standard of the broken army, and they were allowed to go home. Those who stayed were sent to Xiao Mingzhe and Yang Xiaorong to be reserves. As for how to train the recruits and how to turn these new annex brothers into the main force, please Xiao and Yang arrange it by themselves! ”

"Ahh Everyone was taken aback by Wen Tianxiang's order. The new annexes of the uprising are a bowl of hot soup that is difficult for anyone to digest. Several major generals, Wen Tianxiang, have already met, and Zhang Zhi and Kong Wei, two who are willing to stay in the army, have already gone to the Shaowu Command Academy and the Military Academy for training with the generals under their command who are interested in joining the army. However, Wu Zhong, the greatest hero of the uprising, insisted on abandoning the army and engaging in business, and Wen Tianxiang couldn't keep it, so he had to give him 30,000 silver coins in the name of the governor of the capital as funds, and he went. After the generals left, there were more than 30,000 ownerless soldiers left, and the training level and individual combat ability of these soldiers were slightly higher than those of the civilian army, but the fighting will was not even as good as that of the civilian army. The people's army is good at fighting with the wind, and if it loses, it is at a loss. Once the soldiers of the new annex army lost the battle, they often surrendered in groups, and there was no shame at all.

Wen Tianxiang knew that everyone looked down on the new army, and in his heart, he didn't have a good impression of the soldiers and ruffians who would only oppress the people. But think about Wen Zhong's era, the bandits and puppet army were trained by the Eighth Route for a few months, and they could still be fearless of death, and the current situation of the Broken Army was undoubtedly much better than that of Wen Zhong's time, at least there was a large rear for recruits to train. From any point of view, the work of digesting the new annex should be on the agenda. Otherwise, in the future, a large number of Han troops will be captured by the Broken Army, and they will not be able to be sent to the mountains to dig for matchmakers like they did with Mongolian warriors with blood on their hands. Moreover, when the Broken Army was just started, it was also a large number of new annexed armies that were integrated to form a certain scale.

"How many of us here have been new annexes, and now they are not the same as the Tartars? Xiao Mingzhe and Yang Xiaorong complained to me that they had few soldiers and a large territory. Now send him troops, they will still pick and choose the fat and the thin! Wen Tianxiang summed up humorously and continued to order: "Give the order to the third division, after the recruits are delivered, they will fight while training. Let Xiao and Yang find an opportunity to squeeze north, and don't let Boyan implement his strategic goals too easily! ”

Everyone laughed, using the third division to put pressure on the side was a way to distract Boyan. After more than 30,000 new troops arrived at the Guangnan West Road, they combined with the local army to break the captives, and nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses were placed on the sides of the Kuizhou and Jingnan roads. If Boyan intends to break into Jiangnan West Road in a big way, he must consider the safety of Kuizhou and Jingnan. After all, Saindeqi on Jinghu South Road had been beaten by Yang Xiaorong into a frightened bird, and he didn't even dare to go out of the city gate when he saw the Yang character battle flag.

"I'm afraid that Boyan won't be fooled, if I am the commander of the Mongolian army, and the heavy troops are pressed in Ezhou at the moment, I can ignore General Xiao and General Yang on the Guangnan West Road at all. While looking for the best opportunity to fight a decisive battle with General Zou, he scattered the assault with a small force of cavalry and entered the Jiangnan West Road to destroy. If you encounter a civilian army, you will attack it, and if you encounter a large group of captives, you will avoid it. Just like a pack of wolves attacking their prey, they drain the blood of their opponents first! Song Qingxun, a staff officer who was picked up by Zeng Huan, said in a deep voice.

Several young staff officers who graduated from the command academy with him quickly set up a formation in front of the sand table, with the black flag on one side representing the Yuan army, the red flag on the other hand, and the people's army on behalf of the yellow flag "fighting".

The Mongol army had a very bad reputation, so it could not care about the reputation at all, bypass the Song army's defense line with superior mobility, destroy everywhere, kill people everywhere and set fires. The limited strength of the captive army cannot be dispersed, and it is passive everywhere. Although protected by a newly built fortress, the yellow corner flag representing the People's Army was quickly cleared out of the sandbox.

The faces of the onlookers became more and more solemn, this is the best bloodletting tactic of the Mongols. This is the significance of the Han army going north and the Mongol army going south. Back then, the Mongols, who were at a disadvantage, relied on this trick to eat the Jin Kingdom, which was several times stronger than themselves, and now, they pounced on the Great Song Dynasty who had just stood up.

"I suggest that General Chen Hangyan be withdrawn to Liangzhejiang and a part of the second division will be transferred into Jiangxi!" Zhang Yuan saw Wen Tianxiang's helplessness and stepped forward to suggest. At present, the response made by the Metropolitan Governor's Office is mainly to contain and delay. And Boyan is a famous general in a hundred battles, if he deliberately seeks to fight, the two sides will inevitably have a tough battle on Jiangnan West Road.

He is known for his good defense, and in the first battle of Shao Wu, he once dragged Wang Jiweng's army of 20,000 with a few hundred men. After that, he entered the Xing Song Army to assist Mrs. Xu, although he did not have any major achievements, but he was calm and steady for several years, and he never had a record of missing a shot. So as soon as this remark came out, it immediately won a chorus of echoes, and even the chief of staff, Zeng Huan, looked at Wen Tianxiang, expecting him to consider this suggestion.

"General Chen Ju can't be withdrawn, after Wang Shi crossed to the north, countless people in the world are watching!" Chen Longfu shook his head and said. Although the voice is low, the tone is unquestionably strong. "Besides, there are still many people with hearts, waiting behind us, waiting for ......." he couldn't go on, and he didn't want to say who it was.

The crowd was silent.

From a purely military point of view, the purpose of Chen Hangyan's hasty northward march was to prevent the Yuan army from attacking Liangzhejiang on a large scale and burning the flames of war to the enemy-occupied areas. Now that most of the people and horses of Boyan have crossed the river, Chen Hangyan's original strategic goal has been completed and can retreat south at any time.

But the chances of victory and defeat are not just between battlefields.

In that year, the Metropolitan Governor's Office and the Imperial Family agreed in a provisional treaty that after the restoration of the homeland of the Great Song Dynasty, a convention conference would be held to discuss the state of the country. In the eyes of many people, the understanding is that the day of recovering the homeland is the time when the prime minister returns to power and the emperor. With this compromise clause, the possibility of a further break between the royal family and the Metropolitan Government was avoided. If Chen Hangyan is withdrawn at this time, in the critical eyes of some people, it means that the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion will never be willing to return to the old land. It will not only chill the heroes of the world, but also stimulate the royalists to move.

The destruction behind you is always scarier than the enemy in front of you, because you don't know that you are in danger when you are behind you. Moreover, at this moment, the interior of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is not monolithic.

With the rapid expansion of the territory under his control, the administrative apparatus of the Metropolitan Governor became larger and larger. Due to the differences in their respective responsibilities and work styles, officials have gradually developed their own small circles among themselves. There are also some rising interests who are also trying to find their own spokesperson in the decision-making circle. With more than ten years of experience in officialdom, Wen Tianxiang, Chen Longfu and others carefully maintained the balance within the Metropolitan Governor's Office. Although many times, these jobs make them feel very tired in their hearts.

Wen Tianxiang knew a way to make everyone speak with one voice, but they didn't have the courage to try. It was a clever plan from the depths of Wen Zhong's memory, which had been used by Confucian rulers for thousands of years, and hundreds of years later, by countless people under various banners.

Wen Tianxiang, who had two different memories, knew that this method was too costly, and he didn't want to think about it until it was absolutely necessary.

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