Chapter 16: Mutations

The results have come out, in addition to mourning, there are more important things to do, that is, what to do about Jingdong Road?

According to the information recorded, the reaction speed of the Yuan people far exceeded Liu Yu's previous expectations, and they did not expect that they would choose the direct and lethal means of 'Inchon landing', if it wasn't for Jiang Ning desperately crushing their conspiracy, this would have been unimaginable. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"From the lion's mouth to the capital, more than two thousand miles, although the Yuan army is numerous, most of them are foot soldiers, according to the daily travel of sixty miles, it will take more than a month, and then from the capital to the south, it is another ten days of effort, considering their eagerness, this time should be subtracted by thirty percent, can only be used as twenty days to prepare, Lao Jin, is this considered appropriate?"

Several people stood around a clearing place, and on the table was a topographic map of the north side, Liu Yu marked the two places with a red pen, Jin Ming stared at the line for a while, and nodded.

"Jinan City is too close to the capital of the Yuan people, and it is a newly attached place, so it is not worth putting all the people there." His words were concise and shocking, completely from a military point of view, and Liu Yu also heard another meaning.

"Li Xiang, is there any news on their movements?"

Yang Xingqian had been listening to their discussion, but he didn't expect this sentence to be said to him, he was stunned for a while, pointed to a place on the map and said: "I received the news three days ago that they intend to march into Bianliang, and at this time, I am afraid that they have already passed Suiyang City." ”

That's troublesome, in Liu Yu's plan, Henan and Shandong are two in one that rely on each other, if something happens to either party, they must get the support of the other party, and Shandong is closer to the ruling center of the Yuan people, this support is very important, but unfortunately, he only has the right to suggest, what to do, whether it is Li Tingzhi or Zhang Shijie, he will have his own thoughts.

For the Song people, Bianliang is an eternal pain, perhaps when he fooled the two, people have already moved this kind of mind, the current three-month march period is less than half, has already laid Xuzhou, smooth unimaginable, but on the contrary, this kind of easy victory is also easy to breed the idea of underestimating the enemy, from the map, the position of Bianliang is too far from the war zone, where the distance to Jinan and most of the difference is not much, once there is any change, it is difficult to support each other.

Jin Ming's gaze was the same as him, he was staring in that direction, how could the former, as a senior general of the Great Song Dynasty, not think of it.

"I can't count on it, Bianliang will shake, the Central Plains will shake, the tower out of the department has no back road, the enemy in Huaixi does not return to the division and has to return to the division, the enemy army in the middle is quite prosperous, and will take over the siege of Luzhou City with the department along the river, if it is a certain one, it will never sit in the city of sorrow and defend Bianliang."

"You mean, Ta will attack Xuzhou directly?" Liu Yu's heart was suddenly shocked.

"I have to guard against it, they are alone in the Central Plains, and a certain Yuan person will fight like this." Jin Ming's fingers drew a line between Huaixi and Xuzhou, and Liu Yu changed the pen of a color to draw it.

From the distance point of view, this line and Xuzhou to Bianliang is almost the same length, and for the tower, the attack on Xuzhou is far closer than the straight gallop Bianliang, once the place is taken, it is equivalent to cutting off the return of the Li Department, in the territory of the Yuan people, even if they have the help of spies, they are still facing a helpless situation, no matter where the enemy puts the battlefield, it will lead to unfavorable results, and even there will be the danger of annihilation.

Counting on the enemy to make mistakes? Kublai Khan's subordinates are all the best strategists of this era, don't look at the excellent battle of Chuzhou, it is the result of many calculations, it does not mean that the instigation is incompetent. Henan is the jurisdiction of the tower, geographically more familiar than the spies under his hands, the occupation of the Song people is only a few days of effort, the people's aspirations can be imagined, the time, the place, the people have no advantages, in such an environment to fight, the result can be imagined, so Jin Ming's guess is almost inevitable.

"Xingqian, send an urgent telegram in the name of this official, and be sure to state these situations clearly." Liu Yu was a little anxious, he couldn't watch a good situation be lost, the more than 100,000 horses under Li and Zhang were the last strategic forces of the Great Song Dynasty.

"Don't worry, I'm afraid it's not that simple." Jin Ming grabbed him: "Assuming that they have taken Bianliang at this moment, and the tower is out of the station and sets off for Xuzhou at the same time, your suggestion will make them return to the army in a hurry, and the result is no different from what we expected, or even worse." ”

"Encircle the point and send reinforcements!"

Liu Yu immediately understood, Bianliang City still has a city wall to defend, if they are attacked on the march, it is better not to move, the way back to the army must be full of dangers, because this road is farther than Tabi, Jin Ming's words can be said to be in the middle of the point.

"The most important thing now is to get the exact news of the tower out of the department, there are your people under Luzhou City, will they pass the news over?"

Hearing Jin Ming's question, Liu Yu looked at Yang Xingqian, who shook his head: "Huaixi is not an urgent matter, it can't be reported once a day, the news should be summarized by Director Li, and his subordinates will contact him." ”

Yang Xingqian said to go, Liu Yu can't be harsh on this, they are located in a remote area, the news has to rely on manual relays, there will naturally be slowness and urgency, Jingdong and Huaidong are the focus, relatively speaking, Luzhou, which is under siege, is not so urgent.

"Don't worry, it's not the worst yet." Jin Ming comforted him, and Liu Yu couldn't even pull out a reluctant smile at the moment.

Soon Yang Xingqian got back the news they needed, the situation was even more severe than imagined, the tower out of the department had been opened, and the whereabouts were unknown, only a few people were left under the city of Luzhou for containment, and he had too few people in that place, and there were no further instructions, so he did not make a tracking move at all.

At this moment, even Jin Ming, who had always been calm, breathed heavily, the enemy not only did not make a mistake, but was unexpectedly fast, and even withdrew the siege without waiting for the replacement to arrive, and this news was received yesterday, if you count the time required to transmit, it means that this enemy army has at least walked for more than a day and a half! Xuzhou is in danger.

Liu Yu stared at the map without saying a word, the route of the march that he inadvertently chose happened to be a blind spot in the intelligence network, there was no enemy situation there, and there were no spies, and it was of little sense to make a remedy now, if they were close enough to Xuzhou, they would naturally be reintroduced into sight, so the close distance was probably too late.

"Do you know who is guarding Xuzhou?"

Yang Xing rummaged through the previous news and told him an unexpected candidate: "Zhitai Prefecture Sun Liangchen and the five thousand people in the department." ”

"Xuzhou is finished." Liu Yu smashed his fist on the map, startling Yang Xingqian, and Jin Ming also looked at him with puzzled eyes.

Liu Yu didn't have time to explain anything to them, and asked anxiously: "If Xuzhou can't go back, can Huaixi go?" ”

"Whether Xuzhou can hold on or not, the risk of returning to the division is too great, Huaixi?" Jin Ming thought for a while: "Ta Chu may not have left a back hand, he can be so decisive, he will not fight a dignified battle with us, he will inevitably send reconnaissance horses, and when the situation is unknown, he will have to cross the Huaishui, which is also very risky and not advisable." ”

"Then attack Hebei Road and go to Jinan."

Liu Yu said hatefully, and immediately knew that it was wrong, because this would also enter the enemy's encirclement, and when the time came, the soldiers and horses of Liaodong would go south from Dadu, and the tower would block the first line of Henan, just wrapping them together with Jingdong Road, and sure enough, Jin Ming shook his head.

"There are 150,000 of them, what are they going to eat there?" He drew a line on the map with his finger: "If it is so, do not do it endlessly, go straight from Bianliang all the way to the west, cross Yingshui in Xuzhou, and insert it into Nanyang Mansion." ”

Liu Yu followed the line he drew and looked over, and couldn't help but be taken aback: "Xiangyang? ”

"Exactly." Jin Ming nodded approvingly: "Come and see, after the tower goes out to the east, this area is actually extremely empty, he can cut off our back road, why can't we choke his lifeline." ”

"Xiangyang has only been lost for three years, and the people's hearts should be available, and if you go down to the Han River and take Ezhou, the battle will be alive."

Not only that, Zhang Shijie's subordinates are all Hubei soldiers, and if they can fight back to their hometown, they don't need to do any mobilization, he has motivation, and Li Tingzhi probably has to follow, this step seems dangerous, but it is actually more feasible, and the more important thing is that it is the transfer center of the entire Yuan army, and there must be mountains of food and ordnance, Jin Ming is right, if this blow can be successful, the entire battle situation will come alive.

Taking Yangluo Fort and crossing the Dabie Mountain is Huaixi, which is actually equivalent to jumping out of the outer line, which is somewhat similar to the Red Army's anti-encirclement and suppression in later generations, but Liu Yu looked at the map, but never spoke, this decision is equivalent to putting Jingdong in the situation of being attacked on his back, how did he do it.

"There is no other way, let Sister Pheasant and them withdraw into Haizhou, if you move quickly, it will be too late."

"She's not leaving." Liu Yu shook his head and blocked the other party back.

The temperament of their own sisters, how could Jin Ming not understand, their persistence in Jingdong Road will contain more than 300,000 troops of the Yuanren and the two roads, which will make Li Min's actions no longer worry, and their contribution to the war situation is also huge, which is why Liu Yu was in Jingdong early in the first place.

Now, Jiang Ning sacrificed herself to buy time for them, and she will also sacrifice herself to buy time for the Great Song Dynasty, in this case, Jin Ming's brother can't be persuaded, Liu Yu knows that he can't be persuaded either, his heart is full of heartache, and there is even an urge to take her away desperately, the war doesn't belong to women, let alone that kind of woman, he can't bear it.

What to do? Jin Ming didn't persuade him to say anything, Yang Xingqian didn't speak, and the surroundings suddenly fell silent, and everyone was waiting for him to make a decision.

Liu Yu closed his eyes and listened to an unfamiliar voice coming out of his mouth: "Just as discussed before, send an urgent telegram to Li Xiang, the highest priority, it must be delivered as soon as possible, Xing Qian, thank you for your hard work." ”

"Fu Shuai!" Yang Xingqian exclaimed.

Liu Yu opened his eyes and shouted: "Go!" Yang Xingqian couldn't, so he had to stomp his feet and turn around.

Jin Ming looked at the young man's slightly hideous expression, and felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and stretched out his hand to pat him on the shoulder: "When she was very young, she burned unconscious, and she thought she would die on the way to escape, but she never thought that she survived, and only suffered Sister Pan'er." ”

"Later, when she grew up, she worked in the camp all day long, even ordinary men are inferior, I don't know how many times, I thought she would die on the battlefield, but she survived."

"This time, I thought she died in the capital, but I never thought that she would be safe and sound, God treated her well, and it is unknown that she might turn the danger into a disaster."

"I don't believe in God, and I don't believe in fate." Liu Yu's eyes were cold, and his voice sounded even colder: "She can't die, because she doesn't allow it." ”

Throwing down this sentence, he walked away without looking back, leaving Jin Ming standing there alone in a daze, looking at his back and shaking his head, sighing.

The people in Yefu who came with Jing Niang, including Jin Tu, Yinghong and others, all lived in a makeshift camp, before the villa in the mountain was built, they were the same as those people, but these small groups of women, there were not many complaints, but there was a different kind of excitement.

"Thirteenth sister, can we really live in a house like that in the future?"

What they were looking at was an architectural design drawing, the kind of real picture used by later developers to advertise, which looked colorful and beautiful, and asked her a little girl who had not yet grown up, with a pair of innocent eyes and no fear of identity.

"Well, when the time comes, our sisters will live together, do you say it's okay, seventeenth sister." Jing Niang smiled and nodded her forehead.

"Can you really see stars in the mountains?"

"Will there be beasts? I heard that there are also Yi people. ”

"It's on the edge of the city, where is the beast, if you like, go to the mountains behind to catch a big insect and raise it."

The little girl who was less than ten years old had no concept of being afraid, and when she heard it, she suddenly had a yearning heart, which made them laugh.

Jing Niang is actually slowly getting used to such an atmosphere, in Ninghai before, the sisters lived separately, she is a quiet person, rarely take the initiative to move around, but this trip to Beijing, without the constraints of those rules, I really experienced the kind of family affection between sisters.

A few small sisters were chattering, she still looked happy, did not show the slightest impatience, there was movement and quiet, a girl sat aside, never looked at the picture, did not say a word, attracted her attention.

Perhaps sensing her gaze, Jun Niang turned her head, but her gaze was a little evasive, as if she wanted to stop talking.

"Eleventh sister, but is there any discomfort on your body?"

She asked very lightly, and what she could hear was limited to a few people such as Tingchao who served around her, and was looked at by these people together, a red cloud immediately flew up on Jun Niang's face, she slowly moved to Jing Niang's side, and asked in the same very soft voice: "The one you said, but is it true?" ”

"What?" Jing Niang asked in surprise, she told these people a lot of things about Qiongzhou, and she didn't know which one the other party would be concerned about.

"That's it...... Even if a woman can learn? Jun Niang plucked up the courage to speak, her head was so low that she couldn't even see her expression.

Looking at this sister who is only a few months older than herself, in her, Jing Niang seems to have seen her appearance before she left the cabinet, she will be red when she is looked at more, and her heart will beat if she can't say a few words to others, this is the true portrayal of the daughter of the eunuch family of the Great Song Dynasty, thinking of her husband's plan, she was a little stunned for a while.

"But that's an abrupt question?" I didn't hear an answer for a long time, and Jun Niang didn't dare to look up, the two sisters who were both daughters of the concubine at the beginning are now a county lady, how can they still have the courage on weekdays.

"Nope." Jing Niang came back to her senses and held her shoulder: "Sister Eleven wants to be a female master?" ”

"Well, I want to try."

Jing Niang lifted her head, let her eyes look at herself, and said with a serious expression: "Sister Eleven's literary talent has always been above me, even my father praises it, if those girls can get your teaching, it is their blessing, if you are interested, it is very good." ”

"Eleventh sister wants to be a female master?" When the little girl heard it, she was immediately excited: "Can I go to the school?" ”

"Of course, it's not just you, everyone over the age of three has to go, but if you go to the school, don't be naughty, otherwise the eleventh sister will beat you."

"Eleventh sister, are you really going to beat me?" The little girl showed a timid expression, and Jun Niang, who was asked by her, was a little shy, but the smile in her eyes couldn't be hidden, and when everyone looked at her, she quickly covered her mouth with her sleeve.

There was a burst of laughter in the tent, until a servant woman hurriedly ran in, passed the girls, and saluted Jing Niang: "Lang Jun is here." ”

These two words seemed to have a kind of magic, and the tent that was still noisy just now suddenly fell silent, and the sisters all looked at her with some anxiety, Jing Niang smiled: "Xu is something, you should go back first." ”

Liu Yu just walked outside the tent, waiting for a group of warblers and Yanyan to come out, everyone would greet him softly, even the little girl who was less than ten years old also saluted very standardly, he greeted them a little absentmindedly, did not notice the last girl who came out, and his eyes stayed on him for a while.

Entering the tent, not waiting for others to do it, Jing Niang himself stepped forward to help him take off his coat, the tent was lit with a brazier, a crane-shaped mouth kept spitting light smoke, a warm fragrance came to his nose, so that his spirit was lifted.

"I heard laughter from afar, are they still satisfied?"

"Husband's things are naturally the best."

Liu Yu leaned on the soft couch with her, and Jing Niang said the interesting thing just now, but found that her husband's expression was a little different.

"What's wrong?"

"Jingdong Road is a little bad, Brother Ning is dead."

His words surprised Jing Niang: "That pheasant sister ......"

"She's fine, it's just that Yuanren moves a lot, and she's a little nervous."

Jing Niang understood everything, she didn't ask any more questions, but leaned her body tightly into her husband's arms.