The food crisis of the Yuan people began only after the middle road led by Kublai Khan himself, and the grain accumulated on the Xiangyang-Ezhou line for half a year was exhausted by nearly 500,000 troops in more than a month. When they attacked Jiangdong Road www.biquge.info they found that all the state capitals had been cleared up, and they couldn't even find a person or a grain of rice all the way from Jiangzhou, and this situation continued until Jiankang City, how could there be a little bit of Jiangnan's rich appearance, just like a bleak scene after the famine, didn't the spies say that this year was a good year in the south?

Jiangnan is like this, the northern state capitals separated by a river, Anqing Mansion, Wuwei Army, Hezhou, Zhenzhou, etc., the Song people gave up their homeland, but did not leave even a single grain, the width of the battlefield was greatly compressed, but where the enemy is, no one knows, when most of the middle route army stopped under Jiankang City, the other part along the river also stopped in Zhenzhou, waiting for the military rations sent from behind.

In desperation, in addition to the supply of Henan, he could only rely on Ali Hague, which had seized the two lakes, to transport, at this time, Kublai Khan realized that even if Fu Jian was not defeated in Huishui, in the face of the united Eastern Jin Dynasty, he may not be able to please in the end. The supply of a million troops is almost an unsolvable problem, he has made the most detailed planning, but he is still stretched, and the biggest problem is that to make such a large formation is to psychologically overwhelm the opponent, so as to achieve the goal of surrendering without a fight, but at present, it seems that this result is still far away.

The situation in Jinghu South Road is slightly better, because Liu Yu is not the local chief, and the time is pressing, so voluntary measures were taken, and most of the people who followed him were left, especially some large families with land, after the arrival of the Yuan people, they all chose to belong, and it was a matter of course to contribute the food at home.

As a result, the Ali Hague Division, which had been going most smoothly and had only been in Tanzhou City for more than a month, had to slow down and organize a large number of people in the newly attached land, and the waterways along the river were full of various ships full of grain, and the official roads on land were the same, the people pushed wheelbarrows, and the cattle pulled carts, and traveled day and night, so they had to allocate a lot of troops to ensure the safety of this supply line, and the candidate for this rear was also a headache.

As the vanguard of the army, Zhang Hongfan's more than 10,000 horses have penetrated into the Yong, the whole line, just one step away from Guangxi, this area is mountainous, the terrain has become complicated, they did not immediately cross the border, but sent a large number of spies, along the Yuecheng Ridge to explore, found that in addition to the only passage Yanguan, there is also a detour of the other road, that is, from the irrigation down, detour Yongming, Gongcheng, Pingle can go straight to Yangshuo County, so as to avoid the frontal defense of Jingjiang Mansion, this discovery made Zhang Hongfan excited, Not only does he want to win the first merit in Jinghu, but it seems that he can't run away from this Guangnan head merit.

"Old ten." At a critical time, of course, his own family has to use it more, looking at the mountains in front of him, which are very different from Jingnan, he will make a move.

"Brother is here!" Hearing his brother's voice, Zhang Hongzheng replied with his fists clenched.

"Don't wait, you take the cavalry and set off, these places are all remote counties, even if there are guards, there will not be too many, a certain is not for you to seize the city, but to surprise its back. You bring seven days' bread, but only for five days, and after five days, you and I will meet in the old way. Speaking of this, his expression was already extremely grim: "Missing the deadline, what is the disposal, you have been in the army for a long time, you don't need to say it, you know it." ”

Of course, Zhang Hongzheng knew, and knew more clearly in his heart that once he really violated the military law, his own ninth brother would be dealt with more severely than an ordinary sergeant, after receiving the order, he turned around without stopping, and said that the five days were long or not, for the cavalry, it was a matter of a blink of an eye, but the problem was that this schedule was drawn on the map, and they were not familiar with the place, as long as they were wrong for so much a day and a half, the loss of time might become a stain that he could not wash away in his life.

Fortunately, this road is not without a trace, irrigation is not far from the Li River tributary Pingle Shui, extending them can go directly to Jingjiang City, the elder brother's mind is obvious, in Guangxi, the Jingjiang Mansion where Lu Zhi is located is undoubtedly a difficult nail to gnaw, take it, the war is probably over, just like Yuezhou and Tanzhou on the two roads of Jinghu, for this he will not hesitate to take risks, but also to annihilate the enemy outside the city, and even wait for the spies to report more accurate news.

Seeing the cavalry leave, Zhang Hongfan did not wait for the fifth day, and led the foot soldiers to cross the border of the two roads, the reason is very simple, the news reported by the spies is that the Song people have no fortification at all, there is no strict pass, there is no other place, even Jingjiang City, the throat place where they think there will be a big war, is already empty!

This news surprised him a lot, even if the Song people want to strengthen the wall and clear the wilderness, they must have a wall to be strong, looking at the entire Guangnan, Jingjiang City is the first important place, not only guarding the two-way passage, but also a strong city that has been tested by war, the war more than ten years ago, Wuliang Hatai and other famous generals, have no way to take it, originally Zhang Hongfan has been prepared to think that he is very full, and also sent a partial division, but it turned out to be a joke.

However, when he took people to climb the tower of Jingjiang City, he couldn't laugh at all, the Song people did abandon the guard, but they also took away everything they could take, the city gate was removed, only a few door openings were exposed, the drawbridge was gone, and they had to build a temporary bridge with wood to enter this mansion city.

As for the city, except for the bricks and rubble that can't be taken away, not even a single beam and wood has been left, Zhang Hongfan has lived for more than 30 years, and has never seen anyone do such a thing, all the wells are blocked by the toppled walls, there is not a single house in the huge city that can shelter from the rain, and even the complete wall is not seen, along the way, he feels an unspeakable power.

The feeling was all the more intense when he climbed up to the empty tower, where the three rivers and four rivers converged, and there was no sign of human activity on the vast land, and there was a dead place under his feet except for the endless flow of water, and behind the beautiful scenery of the mountains seemed to hide countless enemies, waiting for him to walk past and step into the trap.

"Back to tens of thousands of households, the small ones have explored on the left, and they are the same everywhere, and the entire Jingjiang Mansion is empty." His own soldiers were specially sent out by him, because he did not believe the news from the spies, and the result was that there was no false talk at all, this empty person was really no one, no living people, no dead people, and not even an old man who couldn't run.

For a moment, Zhang Hongfan even thought that these people might have disappeared out of thin air, otherwise how could they be so clean, if it weren't for those broken walls and ruins reminding him, all this was indeed done by the Song people themselves, they destroyed their homes with their own hands, even more than the invaders, because no matter what, they would not even have saliva left.

He finally understood, what was the power he had felt before? ...... Do whatever it takes!

No one will destroy their own things for no reason, and the purpose of the Song people doing this must be for their own troops, maybe they are ambushed somewhere in front? Zhang Hongfan's heart was suddenly shocked.

"Quickly send people down the river, the cavalry of the tenth master should not be far away."

"Isn't that the Tenth Master?"

As soon as his words came out, the soldiers pointed in one direction, Zhang Hongfan turned his head and looked, on the river bank in the distance, a team came up, playing Zhang Hongzheng's banner, calculating the schedule, they arrived in less than four days, which means that there is indeed no one on this road.

The Song people did not intend to put the battlefield here, it was not good news for him, the road ahead was even more rugged, they couldn't even find a usable guide, the only sign was the official road connecting the state capitals, this situation made him more cautious, after all, his 10,000 troops seemed to be a lot, in such a vast area, like a drop of water in the sea, it couldn't stir up any waves at all.

Three days later, the forward of Zhang Hongfan's department, who was stationed under the city and did not move, waited for the army led by Ali Hague himself, and behind the 100,000 army were hundreds of thousands of Jinghu people who had been forcibly recruited.

"Zhong Chou, if you plan to do this, where will you fight this battle?"

Zhang Hongfan's eyes were staring at the map drawn more than ten years ago, and an idea suddenly popped up: "There is something unknown to his subordinates, it is reported that an offensive was launched in the direction of Yunnan early in the morning, where are they now?" ”

The eyes of the two people invariably fixed on one place, which is also an important mark on the line of the advancing army for more than ten years...... Yongzhou.

Ali Hague understood what he meant, the march from Yunnan was not only shorter than their journey, but also more advanced in time, if everything went well, they should at least meet here, there was no sign at the moment, indicating that the other party's march was not smooth, then it was possible that it was still near Yongzhou, of course, it could also be eliminated, in the heart they would not think so.

"If the Song people block that side, it's understandable that they can't spare their hands to defend here, but the subordinates always feel that things are not so simple, if Pingzhang is interested, the subordinates are willing to take people to Yongzhou and see what the situation is over there."

"Do you suspect that there is fraud in it? The Song people deliberately led us south. ”

Zhang Hongfan's face flashed a wry smile, and he replied with an inexplicable complex emotion: "Things are very strange, subordinates can't figure out why they do this, it is reported that there are hundreds of thousands of people here, they go out in such weather, either starve to death or freeze to death on the road, if they don't want to, who can force them to go on the road?" ”

I have to say that his reason is also that Ali Hague can't figure it out, it's easy to kill people and persuade people, this kind of strength, that is, the Mongols do it, I'm afraid that it will make a lot of trouble, how can it be so clean, if it weren't for the heavy stones, they were afraid that they wouldn't even leave a piece of tile.

A strange opponent, Ali Hague looked at the tents covering both sides of the entire Guishui, he didn't believe at all that the Song people had the ability to eat more than 100,000 people here, even if the road in Yunnan was really frustrated, they still used the old routine of stretching their back road and waiting for an opportunity to ambush, but although the routine was old, it worked, and he would not underestimate it.

Looking at Zhang Hongfan, who was eager to try, he patted the other party's shoulder, revealing a regretful expression: "The Great Khan personally ordered, you immediately rushed to Jiangnan with the navy." ”

Without waiting for the consternation on the other party's face to disappear, he continued: "Several offensives are not going well, you are still young, some things don't need to be in a hurry, the Song people are not so easy to succumb, understand?" ”

"Pingzhang is to love the last general, and his subordinates don't know the reason, so he will leave." After saying that, Zhang Hongfan knelt on one knee, bowed heavily to him, got up and walked out without looking back.

Ali Hague watched his back disappear, and shook his head imperceptibly, such a talent is like an awl in a cloth bag, sooner or later it will be sharp, and it is natural to be favored by the Great Khan, although he is very reluctant in his heart, but he knows very well that Jiangnan must be preparing for some big war, otherwise he will not transfer all the naval army, even if he can no longer use it now.

After Tanzhou fell into the city, the letters sent to the states received a response, and basically did not kill the soldiers, but from Tanzhou to Hengzhou, Yongzhou, and Quanzhou, the main line has been cleaned up, and the strength is only a little better than the Jingjiang City in front of them, that is to say, the Song people have already started this project when they are still on Jinghu North Road, and in less than two months, more than 500,000 people have been moved to the south, where is this south? Ali Hague also wants to know.

In view of this, he did not lightly attack the enemy, but stationed the army in Jingjiang Mansion, and sent troops and horses to investigate, but the result was not far from what was expected, and the Qingye in Guangxi was far beyond his imagination, and everywhere he went was the standard of Jingjiang Mansion, regardless of urban and rural areas, and at the same time, the news from Yongzhou City shocked him, and he almost couldn't believe what the other party said.

“...... The small ones went all the way down by Qianshui, Liushui, and Yushui, and finally found the place called the Zuo and Right Rivers, but there was no city at all, and the small ones searched around there, and finally found the traces of the city foundation, and also found the remains of the street and the market, if the guess is good, the Song people should have demolished the entire city, as for where to demolish, the small ones really don't know, Guy is full of people, they are in groups of three or two, haunting the hidden places of the mountains and forests, and they will shoot an arrow if they are not prepared, The arrows were still smeared with poison made of unknown amounts, and the small hundred-man team, even the hundred households could not come back, and only seven remained. ”

"There is no trace of the Song army? Didn't find the people either? ”

Ali Hague didn't care about the casualties, this hundred-man team went deep into Yongzhou, nearly a thousand miles away, what kind of accident is possible, why it was the Dong people who attacked them, not the Song people, this is the focus of his attention.

The spies who escaped back shook their heads in frustration: "It's not the Song people, they are wearing strange clothes, their hair is braided, and their faces are painted with oil paint, both men and women, it is definitely not the Song people." ”

"But along the way, we found a lot of rut marks, not only on the official road, but on all the roads to the south, it seems that less than ten days have passed, the little ones guessed that the army of the Song people and those people should go to the sea, I heard that there is a big island overseas, maybe they will move there."

I heard something, Ali Hague has no interest, this is war, any judgment must be based on facts, and the Song people are obviously trying to mislead him, using hidden deeds to make him make wrong judgments, without the people, they not only have no source of food, but also lose the way to find out the news, this is the most deadly.

The spies who came back everywhere are all about the same thing, and there are several directions of spies have not been able to come back, the actions of the people have obvious tendencies, specifically attacking and killing lone people, a team of 100 people was intercepted and killed layer by layer, and in the end only seven came back, which shows a deeper reason, in Ali Hague has not guessed probably, the spies told him a certain result, and this result, let him know, the Song people in front are not cowardly, their appetite may be far beyond their imagination.

"The small ones found in the Yongzhou area, where there is a stake standing every few steps on the side of the road, with a head hanging on it, most of them are southerners, but there are some, like the appearance of the nobles of this dynasty, because the matter is urgent, the small ones dare not stay longer, so they can only return first to pray, and when Pingzhang arrives there, you will know at a glance."

There is no accident, the offensive of the Yunnan side must be a setback, and it is a big setback, at this time Ali Hague has not been idle to worry about that side, the original two-way attack plan is only one of him, how to fight this battle is already up to him, the Song people will definitely open a big net and wait, and when the veterans of his division are tired and cornered, the net will be tightened violently, and then slowly slash his throat.

What if you know? Before leaving, the Great Khan was afraid that he would underestimate the enemy, so he would increase by half on top of the original 100,000 people, but the more people, the greater the pressure on logistics, the current 100,000 people, he had to forcibly recruit twice this number of people, the front is like a desert without people, every day is pure consumption, he is sending people to explore around at the same time, but also accumulating the food and grass needed for the march.

Will the Song people flee to the sea? Ali Hague looked to the south and his heart moved.

"This official repaired a letter and ordered someone to take the envoy and send it to Annam, didn't they belong to it, and now this official wants them to help."