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The Mongols learned to ride a horse from the time they could walk, and they learned to shoot an arrow from the time they could pick up a bow, and they were almost a natural fighting people. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoIf the untrained Jiangnan peasants were armed and driven to the battlefield, it would be tantamount to driving sheep and tigers, and it would have no effect. The difference in combat effectiveness between professional peasants and professional bandits determined the outcome of the campaign.

Therefore, for a long time, the Metropolitan Governor's Office insisted on implementing a policy of elite soldiers. Through the Command Academy, the Shaowu Military Academy, and the garrison system, the training of generals, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers was completed step by step. Only the Broken Army, cultivated through such strict standards, had the strength to fight the same number of Mongol troops.

One of the biggest drawbacks of this lean policy is that it is unable to provide a large number of soldiers in a short period of time. In Jiangnan, this deficiency could be compensated for by the local rebel army, and the hatred between the common people of the Great Song Dynasty, who were accustomed to the relatively comfortable living conditions of the Song Dynasty, and the Mongols, who plundered their property and slaughtered their compatriots, were bitterly bitter.

Once the battlefield shifted to Jiangbei, the support of the common people declined rapidly. The farther north it went, the smaller the support that the Broken Army could get among the people, and the weaker the influence of the banner of the Great Song Dynasty. Since King Kang crossed to the south, the northern land has been abandoned for more than 160 years, and the bloodline replacement of nearly four generations has made most of the northern people lose their sense of identity with the Great Song Dynasty. Including some Confucian scholars who are known for their loyalty and righteousness, the homeland in their eyes is Yuan rather than Song.

Therefore, Chen Hangyan, who only brought 7,000 elites to the north, had absolutely no possibility of victory in front of Kublai Khan's hundreds of thousands of troops. With 20,000 against 500,000, even if the gods are present, they can't create a miracle of victory.

"Transfer the four newly formed musket battalions to Jiangnan West Road!" After repeated consideration, Wen Tianxiang rejected Song Qingxun's suggestion. Instead of letting the musketeers of the three integrated battalions go to Chen Hangyan to complete the impossible task, it is better to supplement them to the Jiangxi battlefield. After all, the Great Song Dynasty and the Northern Yuan Dynasty still maintained an invincible situation there, and the more strength they invested, the more hope they had to win.

"My lord, our recruits for four months in a row have been put on Jiangnan West Road, this kind of refueling tactic is a taboo for soldiers!" Song Qingxun suggested with some urgency. Since the start of the battle on the Jiangnan West Road, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion has invested almost every batch of trained recruits and the recovered wounds in the medical hall, but Zou Xun's defense line is still shrinking. The casualties of the rebels from all walks of life who fought with the Broken Army were even heavier, and there were almost no small-scale rebels left from the cottage bosses to the small minions.

Although the Broken Army also made the Mongol army under Boyan pay the same price, but according to this ratio, the final winner was still the Northern Yuan. Therefore, the young people in the General Staff Department repeatedly suggested that Wen Tianxiang readjust the strategy of Jiangnan West Road, but he vetoed it. Instinctively, Wen Tianxiang has a sense of trust in Zou Wei, or confidence in the military system he created. It is true that Zou Xun's command ability and combat experience are not as good as Boyan's, but the staff system and brand-new way of thinking about operations of the Broken Army should be able to effectively make up for Zou Xun's lack of personal ability. Moreover, the staff of the Metropolitan Governor's Office is far from the front line, and it is possible not to interfere too much with the soldiers at the front.

As for the Northern Expedition advance division led by Chen Hangyan, Wen Tianxiang still planned to consider them as surprise soldiers. Looking at Song Qingxun, who was puzzled, he ordered in a low voice: "Send all the recruits who can be put into battle and the wounded numbers that have recovered to General Zou." Send a fast ship to send a letter to General Chen Hangyan, asking him and Du Hu to try their best to delay Kublai Khan's southward move, and after completing the task, withdraw from the sea to Liangzhejiang and resist the Northern Yuan attack along the river. After the end of spring ploughing, immediately order all the broken army and garrison troops except Fujian, Guangdong and Liangzhejiang to go to Jiankang to assemble, I will ask the Su family and the Fang family for help, and this summer with the Chinese heroes in the Yangtze River to face Kublai Khan! ”

After several years of rapid development, Fujian and Guangnan have become more prosperous than any other period in history, and even the two provinces, which have just recovered more than a year, are slowly recovering their vitality thanks to the efforts of Li Xing, a pacification envoy, and Zeng Qin, a staff officer. Since Kublai Khan unceremoniously robbed the northern people under his rule, he would not show mercy to the southern part of the Yangtze River, which was far richer than the north. The Yuan army under his command was a pack of wolves, and the greater the harvest of the raid, the stronger the combat effectiveness of the group. In order to prevent them from receiving sufficient provisions, the location of the duel between the Yuan and Song could only be chosen along the Yangtze River.

This battle will be the final battle between Huaxia and the Northern Yuan after the awakening. Kublai Khan's southward army consisted of only 50,000 Mongol troops, indicating that after decades of internal and external wars, the combat strength accumulated in the northern steppes had been exhausted to the limit. These 50,000 Mongol troops and 300,000 Han troops are his last cards. Victory, he can echo with Boyan left and right, go straight to Fujian, and no longer give Huaxia another respite. defeated, he would rather lose all his belongings, or even put the entire Mongolian tribe into it.

The same is true for the Metropolitan Governor's Office. If you win, you will always stand, and if you lose, you will never recover.

"Yes!" Song Qingxun responded solemnly. There were still many suggestions to say in his heart, but at this time, he could not interfere with the decision of the Grand Duke.

"I, I still have it, there is another way!" Du Gui, who had been silent for a long time, held back another sentence. The stammering tone was incompatible with the solemn atmosphere of the council room, causing everyone to laugh again and again.

Enough laughter was enough, and the atmosphere in the chamber became lively. If it's really a showdown, there won't be much difference between smiling and being nervous. What's more, after more than five years of recovery, Huaxia may not be without the ability to fight with Meng Yuan.

"Come on, Ziju, what the hell did you come up with!" Wen Tianxiang patted Du Gui's shoulder and asked with a smile. The deep sense of estrangement from Du Gui made him very awkward, and he hoped that the two sides could return to the point where they had nothing to talk about before the Quanzhou incident, but no matter what efforts he made, nothing had been achieved.

What Boyan gave to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion was a long-lasting poison, and when he took over the yellow robe in the hands of Du Gui and others, Wen Tianxiang would have to be called a lonely widow. Now that he has rejected the yellow robe, he has also become a loner. I no longer have a friend, and I am getting more and more lonely on the thorny road with no end in sight.

"It's just, it's just that this plan is too bad, I'm afraid that it is, I'm afraid that the prime minister can't bear it!" Du Gui thought about it and plucked up the courage to say. Wen Tianxiang's personal character made him admire, but his overly noble ambitions obviously hindered the accuracy of the Metropolitan Governor's strategy against the enemy.

"Let's see, when did you learn to be so wordy!" Wen Tianxiang smiled and scolded helplessly.

"Buying grain at high prices forbade everything that could be eaten from going north. Force the people of the north to rebel! Du Gui looked at everyone's faces and said slowly.

After brushing it, all the staff officers' eyes looked at Du Gui. Several staff officers who were responsible for planning war materials even directly copied the abacus.

"Kublai Khan was able to snatch gold and silver from his own people, but he may not be able to grab enough food. Gold and silver can be recycled after use, but grain can only be turned into dung and can only be harvested once a year. Let the eight-character army and the loyal army that retreated into Taihang Mountain abandon Hebei and turn into the southeast and north roads of the river. The Metropolitan Governor's Office sent people to infiltrate the roads of Shaanxi, selling weapons and steel crossbows, supporting bandits to rob the treasury, reselling grain at high prices, and trying to sabotage spring ploughing. Don't do all this in the name of breaking the captive army, there is, there is a wound to the sky and ....." Du Gui was ruthless, and his words gradually became smoother. If it weren't for the final battle, he would rather rot this strategy into his stomach. With this plan, the historian will definitely not write down a glorious stroke for him in the future.

Last year, Chen went north and smashed the two Zhejiang and Shandong. The population plundering policy of the Metropolitan Governorate caused the Northern Yuan to lose a large number of young and strong laborers. After the winter, the Taihang group and the grass-headed kings who rose up destroyed most of Hebei, and now, Kublai Khan's military food sources can only be collected from the originally not rich two roads in the southeast and north of the river (now Shanxi, Henan) and Shaanxi Zhulu. If someone cuts off the official roads in these three important areas and destroys the spring ploughing by the way, the food supply of Kublai Khan's southward movement will definitely not be guaranteed.

Kublai Khan's violent seizure of supplies from some bureaucrats and powerful people had already undermined the foundations of his rule, but the developments in the south forced him to break the boat. Du Gui, who is familiar with commercial operations, said that gold and silver can be circulated, but grain cannot be reused after use. As long as the captives could confront Kublai Khan on the Yangtze River for a few months, the Yuan army, which did not have enough food and grass, would either intensify its plundering from the people, forcing the people to no longer survive and rise up, or retreat north and admit the failure of the southern expedition. Regardless of any of the above circumstances, all parts of the Northern Yuan Dynasty would inevitably be drowned in the fury of the peasant uprising.

None of the staff officers spoke, and they all looked at Wen Tianxiang. The means of war mentioned by Du Gui have broken through the moral limit of the Grand Governor's Office. Raising grain prices in the north and sabotaging spring ploughing will certainly be the first to affect the people in the north, and it is foreseeable that once the war drags on until after autumn, the north will be starved to death.

However, if this is not done, once Kublai Khan's army crosses the river, the entire Jiangnan will inevitably be full of bones.

Until everyone dispersed, Wen Tianxiang still did not recover from his confusion. "Was the decision I made today right or wrong?" He asked himself over and over again, but no one could give him an answer.

"Even if Wen Zhong himself comes, he can't think of a better way!" Wen Tianxiang sighed and thought silently. A memory from six and a half years ago completely changed the entire Great Song Dynasty, and in the beginning, he could rely on Wen Zhong's memories of history to figure out the best solution to what was expected to happen. Now, the whole world has long been out of the orbit of Wen Zhong's memory, and no one can say which direction it is heading.

According to the original history, five years ago, Zou Xun committed suicide in defeat and was captured himself. Then, Lu Xiufu jumped into the sea, and now the Song Emperor Zhao Yu, who was against him everywhere, has died.

In the original historical trajectory, Du Hu, the commander of the current sailors, died on a hunger strike, and Wu Xizao, the leader of the artillery division, died in battle. Then, when the Great Yuan Dynasty set out to conquer Annam, it lost all the elites on land. When they set out for Japan, 200,000 new troops were swept away by a typhoon. Having lost its two pillars of force, the Northern Yuan was forced to abandon further expansion.

In the original historical trajectory, the Northern Yuan Dynasty, which had robbed the Great Song Dynasty, had no target to rob, and the economy with looting as the pillar collapsed immediately, prices soared, and there were no officials. Kublai Khan's father and son were suspicious, and Zhenjin fell ill and died.

And because of a memory of Wen Zhong, all the major events that happened in history went off the rails. The elite of the Great Yuan Dynasty is still there, and it is entangled in the Breaking Army. Inspired by the monetary system of the South, Kublai Khan resolutely abolished paper money and saved the Dayuan economy from the brink of collapse. Even Zhenjin, who should have died of illness in worry, was firmly imprisoned as the heir because of the external pressure faced by the Great Yuan Dynasty.

Everything has changed, and Huaxia has come to this stage, and there is no longer anything predictable for his reference. All strategies have to be explored on their own, and the results of exploration are often contrary to their original intentions. In the helpless choices again and again, I watched myself slowly become ruthless and less like myself.

At today's meeting, Song Qingxun, a young staff officer, took the initiative to undertake the task of organizing manpower to secretly go north, contact Shaanxi, Gansu, and Haojie, and sabotage grain production in the Northern Yuan Dynasty. When this member of the royal family, whose real name is Zhao Xing, offered to hide his identity and go north, Wen Tianxiang could even feel the ease in his heart for a moment. The Metropolitan Governor's Office unanimously decided that the content of today's deliberations would never be leaked, and once Song Qingxun's mission failed, the Metropolitan Governor's Office, in order to occupy the moral high ground, would absolutely not admit that his actions were appointed by the Metropolitan Governor's Office. This means that its mission is life-threatening, and if it is not done well, it will be ruined. But Staff Officer Song still accepted this condition willingly.

"This is the inevitable price to be paid for the rejuvenation of China!" Song Qingxun's words at that time still echo in Wen Tianxiang's ears. Other young people involved in the campaign think so. With infinite trust in the Metropolitan Governor's Palace, they went to prepare for the northward journey. All the young people believed that their Grand Governor could turn the tide and defeat Kublai Khan at a critical moment, as he had done in the past. At this time, Wen Tianxiang knew that he was not sure about the upcoming decisive battle.

"Some people say that politicians are selfless!" Wen Tianxiang muttered to himself, his voice as thin as a gnat. Behind him, the light bleached his thin shadow.

"Prime Minister, the servant of the Ministry of Ministers can ask to see him!" The head of the guard, Yan Jingyuan, whispered outside the door. As a close confidant by Wen Tianxiang's side, the lonely back on the glass window made his heart ache. But he was born as a martial artist, but he didn't know how to share the worries of adults, so he could only try to find something to distract Wen Tianxiang's attention.

God may have heard Yan Jingyuan's prayer, and while he was racking his brains to find something to do for Wen Tianxiang, the guards reported that Zhuo Ke, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, came to the gate of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

"Let him have something to say in the council chamber tomorrow, I'm tired today!" Wen Tianxiang came back to his senses from his contemplation and replied with some displeasure.

Zhuo Ke, the secretary of the ministry, is now the most troublesome of the ministers of the Imperial Court. At the beginning, knowing that this person was inseparable from the assassination, in order to avoid internal turmoil, Wen Tianxiang still ordered the supervision department to let him go. As a result, Zhuo Ke, who escaped the catastrophe, did not repent, and spent all his energy on finding fault with every policy of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion in addition to his official duties every day. And instead of using the Confucian classics, instead of the "Provisional Covenant Law", every effort was made to find the stubble of the Metropolitan Governor's Office.

According to Zhuo Ke, since the Provisional Statute stipulated that equality of all persons was the goal of governance, the Metropolitan Government should not be involved in commercial operations. From a Confucian point of view, this is an out-and-out competition with the people. In the light of the provisional statute, such a move would also run counter to the spirit of the statute.

Once an official is involved in business, business involves the vital interests of the official. When it comes to vital interests, officials will inevitably use the power in their hands for personal gain. In the end, the collusion between officials and businessmen leads to greater inequality and fraud, and the majority of the people suffer.

"The prime minister's intentions were good, and they did have a good effect at first. But today, the government must withdraw from various industries other than ordnance and concentrate on what the government should do! Zhuo Ke emphasized his views more than once in newspapers everywhere. Du Gui and Chen Longfu and others, who had a lot to do with the interests of the family and the private industry, were not embarrassed, and they couldn't wait to send someone to break the neck of this crow that was screaming every day and throw it into the sea. Some low-level officials hated Zhuo even more, and wrote to the Metropolitan Governor's Office several times to impeach him, but they couldn't catch any actual mistakes in this person's official duties. After a few tosses, the Metropolitan Governor's Office had no choice but to shelve the impeachment reports.

"Lord Zhuo said that whether you are asleep or not, please see him. He had a great idea for the Northern Army to go south! A moment later, Wan Yan Jingyuan reported again.

"Please let him in, and let someone prepare two cups of tea!" Wen Tianxiang was a little surprised, Zhuo Ke had always had a respectful attitude towards him, the governor of the capital, and took the initiative to come to the door to offer advice, which was the first time that the two sides had known each other for five years.

Wanyan Jingyuan smiled and went out to give orders. After a while, Zhuo Ke, dressed in Confucian clothes, walked in behind him. A guard brought two cups of hot tea, set them up in front of Wen Tianxiang and the guests, and then retreated lightly outside the door.

Zhuo Ke, the servant of the ministry, was of medium stature and was on the thin side. His neck and back were straight, and he looked like he had just had a fight, and his muscles were angry. When he actually spoke, he had a soft taste, which did not match the stiffness of his appearance at all.

"Disturbing each other late at night, I hope that Lord Zhuo will be abrupt. Zhuo heard that the North Chief Keri was heading south, and the striker had arrived in Jinan, I don't know if the news is correct? If it is not involved in military aircraft, please tell the prime minister bluntly! ”

"Specifically, three days ago, Kublai Khan's wool silk had been inserted in the Daimyo's mansion. At present, the Northern Yuan army is divided into three routes, attacking the rebel armies in various places to the east, west, and south. In the next step, whether the main force of the Yuan army will attack General Chen first to the east, or go south regardless of everything, the enemy intelligence department has not yet decided! Tomorrow's newspaper should have more detailed information, and there is also relevant content in the official internal newspaper, so Lord Zhuo can read it as much as possible. Seeing that Zhuo was not here to pick on the thorns, Wen Tianxiang couldn't put on a posture of rejecting people thousands of miles away, so after thinking about it, he revealed a few non-critical news.

"Why didn't the prime minister ban the newspapers from discussing this matter to reassure the people?" Zhuo Ke listened to Wen Tianxiang's introduction and instinctively made a suggestion.

"The mouth of the people is more important than the defense of Sichuan, and besides, the more mysterious some things you make, the farther the rumors deviate from the facts. It's better to lay out the truth, so as not to float people's hearts! Wen Tianxiang smiled and replied. Zhuo Ke's way of thinking is still far from that of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, and it is difficult to understand a person who accuses the Metropolitan Governor's mistakes in the newspapers all day long and enjoys the right to express his opinions to the fullest, but in his heart he always wants to deprive others of the right to speak.

Zhuo Ke was a sharp-minded official, and immediately knew from Wen Tianxiang's smile which of his words had been caught, smiled curtly, and said: "Zhuo is reckless, if most of the governors are willing to scold people because of their words, Zhuo will already enter the mine, where can he still come to visit." ”

Wen Tianxiang smiled again and lowered his head to take a sip of tea. Judging from tonight's speech and demeanor, the household servant Zhuo is not a completely ignorant person, the reason why he was always embarrassed by the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion in the past is probably due to his personality in addition to his dedication to the concept of monarchs and ministers.

"I wonder if the Metropolitan Governor has a strategy to retreat from the enemy?" Zhuo Ke smiled calmly, chased after him and asked.

"There is no way to win, but there is a heart to fight. I finally took a breath, but I couldn't watch the newly recovered country being ruined by the Northern Yuan! Wen Tianxiang replied frankly, since Zhuo Ke said that he was here to offer advice, there were some things that could not be hidden from him.

"If the northern captives win, if Kublai Khan invades the south of the Yangtze River, and Boyan attacks left and right, it is bound to be dangerous. Zhuo thought that the priority of the day was to break Boyan's army before Kublai Khan went south! Zhuo Ke got up and said.

This is an idea that everyone in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion has thought of, but the problem is that there are only three divisions of soldiers capable of fighting under the Metropolitan Governor's rule, and the rapid expansion of the control area last year has used the force of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to the limit. At present, the attack against Boyan has made the dispatch of soldiers and horses stretched. If you want to swallow Boyan's 200,000 Mongolian iron horsemen in one bite, it is not easy to say.

Wen Tianxiang thought about it and decided to speak out about the distress he was facing. "Zou Wei only has less than 30,000 captives in his hands, and with the assistance of the people's army, he can defend against the danger. If you attack, you will be defeated! I wonder if Master Zhuo has a good plan to teach me? ”

He didn't expect someone like Zhuo Ke who didn't understand military affairs to put forward any good suggestions, but he was still happy to see that the opponents of the New Deal took the initiative to share the country's worries. In addition to being happy, even the troubles arising from the day's deliberations were dissipated a little.

"Zhuo doesn't know about military affairs, but he has an old relationship with Xia Liangzuo, the commander of the army of Tanzhou Town, and he is willing to ask for an order and go to say it for the country!" Zhuo Ke saluted again and said.

Tanzhou, Wen Tianxiang paused for a moment, and his gaze quickly swept to the map. The 3rd Division of the Broken Army, which was trying to contain Boyan's flank, was entangled with Seindeji on the South Jinghu Road. The weapons of the captives were sharp, the soldiers were brave, and the Mongol cavalry under the command of Seindeji came and went like the wind and moved quickly. On Jinghu South Road, where there are more plains than mountains, no one on both sides can help anyone for a while. If someone stabs Saindeji in the back of the ass at this moment, I am afraid that the situation of the entire Jinghu battle will be completely reversed. Before going to Jiangxi, he lost Jinghu Lake, and even if Boyan was bold, he did not dare to risk the enemy.

It's just a matter of persuading local generals to surrender before the battle, and the probability of success has never been high. Once it fails, the persuaders who carry out the mission will definitely be cut down. Is it worth it to take such a big risk for Zhuo Ke for the sake of a slim hope?

Wen Tianxiang looked up at Zhuo Ke, and for the first time found that this stubborn and paranoid person still had an admirable side. wanted to explain the risks to him, but saw that Zhuo Ke's eyes looked at him with a bit of negativity and determination.

"Zhuo is different from Prime Minister Dao, but he is also a Song person! Do your best for the country, die nine times without regrets! ”

Alcoholic's note: I've been working on revisions and preparing for publication lately, so I've been slowing down the update.

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