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The Tartars have fought back! Just as predicted by the staff officers of the Fujian Metropolitan Governor's Office, the Northern Yuan Dynasty will not move, and it will be like thunder when it moves. When the Dadu Governor's Mansion received information on the battle situation on Jiangnan West Road, Lin Qi's men and horses had already retreated to the area of Chaling and Laishui. Gave way to all the passage of the Mongol army to the south. Although on the way to evacuate, Lin Qi used the tactics of cavalry sneak attacks to achieve several small victories in Yongxin and Ninggang, but from the overall point of view, Jiangxi Independent Standard suffered a big loss this time and was no longer able to threaten the baggage line of the Northern Yuan army.

Coincidentally with Dachun, Zhang Hongfan's army, which had been grinding slowly on the road since the expedition, suddenly accelerated, marching at a speed of 100 miles a day for more than ten days, and now the forward has arrived in Xinfeng, and can choose to attack the east road of Guangnan at any time, or march east to threaten Fujian.

The mountain rain is coming, and the wind is full of buildings.

Fuzhou City, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and the faces of the staff officers became a little dignified overnight. The atmosphere was so oppressive that it could almost wring out water, and the continuous sound of rain beating on the window edge had a low charm.

Based on the analysis of intelligence from all parties, Wen Tianxiang had to admit that Kublai Khan played a beautiful game. As if he had seen through the weakness of the Great Song Dynasty, he unceremoniously raised hundreds of thousands of troops to pounce on them with the momentum of a boulder. vowed to strangle the Great Song who had just taken a breath in a state of winning and weakening.

No matter in terms of military strength and political strength, at this moment, the Northern Yuan, which occupies nine-tenths of the Han family, is as strong as a young man in his early twenties. And Da Song is just like a dying old man who has a serious illness and has just gotten up from the bed. Since last winter, many places have not come back to life. An effective government structure has not been established, and the magistrates sent by the imperial court have not even sat on the chairs of the yamen.

In the traditional way of administering the government, if the local government affairs are not properly managed, the officials will not be able to collect money and food. The officials could not collect money and food for the imperial court, and the supply of the army could not be effectively guaranteed. In the face of lack of food, lack of salary, and lack of equipment, it is impossible to win this decisive battle that came ahead of schedule with the enthusiasm of the soldiers and the appeal of the commander-in-chief.

The situation in Fujian was slightly better than that in Guangnan, and under the call of Wen Tianxiang's personal prestige, and the strong promotion of Chen Longfu, Liu Zijun and others, they were almost recovering the lost ground while implementing the new policy. The pace of the promotion of the New Deal was at the same time as the pace of the Broken Army, a way of governing that was not based on agriculture alone, and the number of officials was reduced to a minimum, and it was not affected by the ripening season of crops, and it was profitable all year round.

However, what Wen Tianxiang lacked most in his hands at this moment was not silver taels. Shao Wu's novelty utensils, glassware, Haiyan in Putian and Customs in Quanzhou brought much higher income than the original tax and Tianfu. And with the financial support of Dayuan's counterfeit banknotes, even if it takes three years or two years to deal with Beiyuan, there will be no more money to pay the soldiers

Nor did he lack soldiers in his hands. The successive victories of the Broken Army on the battlefield greatly encouraged the people's enthusiasm for resisting the Yuan. Coupled with the guarantee of land defense certificate and pension, there are many people in southern Fujian who are willing to join the army and serve the country. It is not uncommon for fathers, sons, and brothers to join the Breakers at the same time. After Chen Hangyan took the initiative to merge his revival army into the Broken Army, Wen Tianxiang's hands could mobilize nearly 100,000 people, although the quality of low-level officers and the combat effectiveness of soldiers in the newly organized regiments were much different from those of the old Broken Army, but it was no longer the original situation where the army was overstretched.

Originally, the qualified equipment that the officers and soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty lacked the most was no longer a problem that plagued the broken army. After more than a year of experiments, exploration, and repeated adjustments, Shao Wu's ordnance production capacity has also made great progress. Although it is not possible to equip every soldier with chain mail at the moment, the needs of junior officers and warriors in charge of attacking fortifications can be met. After the trial implementation of streamlined production and assembly methods, the output of broken bows (steel crossbows) and grenades can basically meet the requirements of front-line troops.

What Wen Tianxiang lacks most now is a general, a general who can coordinate the overall situation. Speaking from his heart, Wen Tianxiang knew that he was not a qualified general. Especially after waking up on Baizhang Ridge and getting Wenzhong's memory. In another world, after the outcome of the various battles of the Great Song Dynasty, he was painful to the bone marrow, and he realized more clearly the lack of command ability of himself and all the generals of this era.

Although everyone was able to kill the page last year, cut all of them, and achieved a series of complete victories. But on the one hand, it was due to the fact that the Northern Yuan generals underestimated the enemy, and on the other hand, Wen Tianxiang knew that he had a little bit of good luck.

After all, Lao Tianping Bai Sai gave me so many memories, not for me to watch the fall of the Great Song Dynasty. Drawing a map full of soldiers and horses of the Northern Yuan, Wen Tianxiang thought.

But Wen Tianxiang was not sure how long his good luck would last. After the analysis, whether it was the defense of Shaowu or the battle of Quanzhou to lure the enemy, it was all a pot of raw rice. If it is not a critical moment, there is an unexpected intervention of external forces, and the battle plan formulated by the Broken Army alone may be overturned by the enemy at any time.

After the tempering of the war, the quality of the low-level officers of the Broken Army is improving, the level of the staff officers in planning campaigns is improving, and the comprehensive ability of leading generals is improving, but no one has yet raised to the height of being able to compete with peerless famous generals such as Zhang Hongfan, Li Heng, and Da Chun. In the army, Zhang Tang and Zou Wei can't do it, and Wen Tianxiang himself can't do it. On the other side, Zhang Shijie is not Zhang Hongfan's opponent, not only Zhang Shijie, but all the generals who have fought with Zhang Hongfan in the north and south have never bargained under him.

And now, Zhang Hongfan, who has the prestige of the Yum General, and Lu Shikui, who swept the invincible opponent in the south of the Yangtze River, are here, and their battle flags are erected at the junction of Guangdong South Road and Fujian Road. At any moment, it is possible to deliver a surprise blow in one of these directions.

Wen Tianxiang frowned and repeatedly paced in front of the table covered with a large cloth map. To be honest, he has a little bit of emptiness in his heart, but he can't show it on his face. At this moment, everyone is looking at him, waiting for his decision. If he shows even a little bit of weakness, everyone's confidence will be greatly damaged, and the entire battle situation will be adversely affected.

But where is the solution?

"Otherwise, let's write a letter to the saint, and ask the two soldiers and horses to coordinate with each other and coordinate with Zhang Hongfan!" Zou Xun arched his hand to the southwest and suggested in a low voice.

Ever since he heard about the Wenpu Mountain Incident, the general, who had been wandering between the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Xing Dynasty in his heart, felt a deep despair of the actions of the imperial court. Although when it comes to the imperial court, it is still respectful on the surface, but in terms of specific actions, it has gradually distanced itself from the original partners who are interested in the court.

"I mean cooperate with each other, regardless of the main and secondary!" Seeing if Wen Tianxiang was noncommittal, Zou Xun said again.

Wen Tianxiang firmly held the command of the Broken Army in his hands by reorganizing the ranks of military generals, awarding military ranks, and sending low-level generals to night schools for rotational training. Zou Wei gained the rank of lieutenant general, and at the same time lost the actual command of the army. On the contrary, he personally felt more relaxed because of this, and rarely mentioned the affairs of the imperial court except for the matter of battle planning and the training of recruits. I can't mention it today, and I am cautious in my words.

"I'm afraid that this time the court can ignore us, but we have to take care of the state of the court!" Wen Tianxiang tapped the map with his index knuckle and said with a sigh.

Let Uncle Zou Feng, who is known as a hero, be cautious like this, it is really not what he wants. However, if the few people in the army who obeyed the will of the imperial court were not marginalized, the Fujian New Deal would not survive. It's a choice that has to be made, no matter how painful the process may be for everyone involved.

"Is the prime minister afraid that General Zhang won't be able to block Zhang Hongfan's blow?" Zou Xun was stunned for a moment and asked tentatively.

"After a few months of training, with the team of Jianghuai soldiers, plus the grenades, artillery and steel crossbows we provided, and Lu Xiufu by his side, General Zhang and the Yuan army should be hard for a while, there should be no problem!" Wen Tianxiang used his fingers to draw a virtual mark on the four prefectures of Mei, Xun, Xiong, and Shao, and replied worriedly. "However, what I'm afraid of is Zhang Shijie and the hard top, he is famous for being good at guarding, these four states are mountainous, the terrain is dangerous, and it is indeed a good place to defend!"

"If I were Zhang Hongfan, I would confront General Zhang in these four mountainous states!" Staff officer Zeng Huan interjected a sentence next to him, mentioning a few triangular pin flags, pinned at the junction of Jiangxi South Road and Guangnan East Road, representing Zhang Hongfan's army.

"The best way to take a corner of the country is to wear hard with the other party. Let's see who gets tired of the war first and drags it out of the civil strife! Zou Xun nodded and agreed with Zeng Huan's words.

Fighting after battle, defending the city or defending according to the danger is the traditional combat method of the military generals of the Great Song Dynasty. With this method of warfare, they have successfully held Sichuan for decades. The blind adoption of this method of warfare is of course related to the fact that the soldiers in the south are weak and not good at field warfare. At the same time, from another angle, it reflects that the generals are conservative and do not want to forge ahead.

When he accompanied Wen Tianxiang's troops out of southern Jiangnan, Zou Wei strongly opposed the mode of fighting by sticking to the city or being dangerous. He believed that for the Yuan army, which was known for its roundabout outflanking, the Song army held on to one place, which just gave the other party the opportunity to break through the other cities one by one, and finally turned around and surrounded the people who were holding the front line.

Once the Yuan army bypassed the Song army's stronghold, it would be as if it had been gnawed by locusts, and there would be no grass left. Greatly destroys the defender's resources, making them weaker and weaker the more they defend.

"It's not just about looking for civil strife in us, it's about looking for our weaknesses in exhaustion. Zhang Hongfan was very cunning, and the party and Mongol rebels in the northwest roads called him a lone wolf, saying that he was like a wolf and was good at capturing fighters. You see, his army is distributed on several routes" Du Hu stepped forward and planted more small flags on the cloth map. He and Zou Wei once quarreled because of political disagreements. After being put in charge of the newly formed sailor by Wen Tianxiang, after nearly a year of experience on land and sea, his mind was much broader. This time, seeing that Zou Wei was not suspicious, he took the initiative to offer advice, and also put down the estrangement and stepped forward to help.

"And this time, Zhang Hongfan personally led 100,000 elites in Jiangxi, and Lu Shikui, the governor of the new annexed army of Liangjiang, took nearly 100,000 people to echo it outside the Great Yuling, and Fan Wenhu, the governor of Zhejiang Province, led 200,000 soldiers and horses from eastern Zhejiang to Fuqing and Shouning. Therefore, we have to be fully prepared in all three directions. And the food and weapons in Fujian alone support the military needs of the three places, and sooner or later there will be a mistake! When the time comes, he will rush in from the omission, abandon the defenders from all over the place, and go straight to Yashan."

Du Hu sneered on his face, as if he had become Zhang Hongfan, and the scar on his face was constantly twitching in the sunlight. He took a few more flags and waved them all the way to Guangzhou along the official roads of Shaozhou and Yingde. Every time a flag was lowered, everyone's faces became a little ugly. His personality is similar to Zhang Hongfan, he is extremely ruthless to the enemy, and he likes to go sideways.

According to Du Hu's analysis, as long as there is a gap in the defensive line, Zhang Hongfan will fight with everyone after reaching the Spring Palace, and he will go straight to Yashan himself. At that time, the armies of all walks of life on the front line had to be saved, no matter what kind of independence the Fujian Metropolitan Governorate maintained and what kind of system it established that was contrary to the imperial court, Emperor Song was the call of the world's heroes and scholars, and it could not be lost in any case.

As soon as the emperor is lost, at least half of the anti-Yuan people in the world will be completely desperate. The road ahead will be even more difficult.

And once everyone hurriedly returns to Yashan, Lu Shikui and Fan Wenhu on the periphery will stay over and surround all the anti-Yuan people. Outside the city of Guangzhou, there was a decisive battle of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses.

The Northern Yuan soldiers were able to completely realize the strategy of being strategic against unprepared, and Kublai Khan's quick victory.

In the conference hall, the sound of rain hitting wooden windows was very clear. It is like a golden drum in the ear.

The wind blew, and the white rain curtain swept in all directions. The sound of the golden drum was scarce, and an even more frustrating topic was brought up by Zhang Tang, the commander of the first standard.

"You guys are talking about serious play, and there is a trick, I don't know if everyone has found out!" Zhang Tang, who had not spoken for a long time, said angrily.

"General Zhang, please speak!" Zou Wei politely moved his body to the side, making room for Zhang Tang at the table. It's been a long time since I've communicated with you so warmly, and this feeling makes people feel very comfortable.

"Have you calculated, from which day did Zhang Hongfan suddenly speed up the march?" Zhang Tang pointed with his finger to the north of the Yangtze River, the route of Zhang Hongfan's march, and asked in a low voice as much as possible.

"On the second day of the fifth month, before that, he marched no more than thirty miles in a day!" Zeng Huan quickly reported the number that everyone needed.

Zhang Tang nodded appreciatively and continued: "Yes, the second day of the fifth month. From that point on, it was almost rare to see sunny days. The brothers' grenades had to be covered with their bellies to protect them from moisture. The artillery side was even worse, tearing open the oiled paper bag, and before it could enter the gun, the gunpowder was wet.

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