Wen Tianxiang smiled bitterly: "The cavalry is the source of soldiers, and the ministers have nothing to do. Many Han people in the northwest can fight on horseback. But the distant water does not quench the thirst of the near, and these sources of soldiers cannot be obtained. ”

"Don't worry about this, sir, let's take a look at what my firearms are talking about." Li Luodao.

Li Luo asked Wen Tianxiang to watch the fire gun cannon be fired, and the fire gun used a three-stage strike tactic. The three hundred only musketeers were divided into three batches and fired the demonstrations in turn.

In the sound of swans' chirping muskets, the tree target a hundred paces away was hit and sawdust flew immediately.

And the only four three-pound small copper cannons, once fired, also roared loudly, and in the thick smoke rising, the dirt bag two hundred steps away was splashed with earth and stones.

Wen Tianxiang didn't expect the Tang army's firearms to be so sharp, and couldn't help but say excitedly: "This kind of firearms is powerful!" It is really a weapon of the country! There are many firearms in Shengyuan! ”

Li Luo asked: "Sir has fought with the cavalry of the Yuan army many times, and from what Sir has seen, if there are tens of thousands of such firearms soldiers, they may be better than the Mongolian iron cavalry?" ”

Wen Tianxiang's somewhat excited expression had fallen silent, he stroked his beard and thought for a while, and sighed: "There is no problem in restraining the Mongolian army from charging into battle, but it is difficult, difficult, difficult to win!" ”

Li Luo nodded, the more he knew about the Mongolian cavalry, the more he felt that what Wen Tianxiang said was right.

Many people think that with firearms in hand hundreds of years later, how can they defeat the Mongol cavalry at this time, this is purely simple. You know, it wasn't until after World War II that countries officially eliminated cavalry.

The most powerful thing about cavalry is not its aggressiveness, but its high mobility and low dependence on logistics lines.

Firearms and cavalry are facing each other, even if the cavalry can't beat them, can't they still withdraw? Can't you come back and harass again after withdrawing? In this way, within 10 days and a half months, the firearms soldiers who rely heavily on the logistics line will be dragged to death.

Unless, the Mongol cavalry can be stupid enough to fight a decisive battle with the firearms soldiers, and do not use the most tricky reckless tactics. In that case, there would be no Yuan Dynasty and no four khanates.

Wen Tianxiang continued: "The Tartar cavalry tactics are like wolves. In the event of a weak enemy, they will assemble a cavalry formation and charge, and go down with a drum. If it encounters a strong enemy, it will continue to harass, gather and disperse, drift and drift, so that the strong enemy's rear road is not smooth, left and right isolated, tired of running, and self-collapse without a fight. ”

To put it bluntly, the most powerful means of the Mongol cavalry was not cavalry shooting, but endless harassment and siege of the enemy. The enemy could not be beaten, could not retreat, was blockaded on all sides, became deaf and blind, and in the end either the supply was cut off, or the morale collapsed.

What is the use of more firearms? People don't fight with you, they keep playing with you, can you still keep the formation? Soldiers don't eat or rest? God has a heavy rain, you can only bear it, but the cavalry can hide from the rain, and when the weather is clear, they can catch up again and continue to harass you.

Li Luo can imagine that his infantry group relied on firearms to defeat the Mongol cavalry, but then the Mongol cavalry no longer confronted him head-on, but waited in ambush not far away, cutting off the logistics channel and cutting off his contact with the reinforcements... I didn't dare to think that this battle would not be fought at all.

Unless, it's a rainforest like Annam.

How were hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops wiped out? That's how it was destroyed.

As for Zhu Yuanzhang's ability to defeat the Mongolian cavalry, the most fundamental reason is that the Mongolian cavalry at the end of the Yuan Dynasty was really bad, and many people couldn't even ride horses well and became old soldiers. But now, the combat power of the Mongol cavalry is still very strong, and it is completely different from eighty years later.

Even if the Mongol army was corrupted at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, it took nearly 20 years and a lot of effort to drive the Yuan Dynasty out of the Central Plains, and it was not possible to completely destroy it. Not to mention the beginning of the heyday?

Li Luo said: "The widow plans to restore the southeast first, blockade the coast and the Yangtze River with water divisions, and isolate the Mongolian cavalry reinforcements from the north. Take down the South first. Wait for the unification of the south, and then go all out to the north. ”

This is Zhu Yuanzhang's strategy, and Li Luo decided to follow it for the sake of insurance.

Who knows, Wen Tianxiang shook his head slowly, and said in a deep voice: "The king forgives the sin, the old minister thinks that if he does not occupy Sichuan Shu Jingxiang, it is difficult to have a chance of winning the Yuan." Even if the southeast is restored, if the Sichuan Shu Jingxiang is still in the hands of the Mengtars, it will still be in danger. ”

Li Luo's heart moved, isn't this his earliest idea? But Li Luo himself was not confident in this strategic assumption, so he overturned it and planned to use Zhu Yuanzhang's strategy.

Unexpectedly, Wen Tianxiang also saw it this way. So, is your original strategy really right?

"The widow is willing to hear the details, Mr. Wen, but please speak up." Li Luo really wanted to hear if Wen Tianxiang's reason was tenable.

Wen Tianxiang squatted down, scribbled a picture with a tree branch, and said: "Your Excellency, please see, the main force of the Mengyuan army, there are seven places in total. ”

"One is Jiangbei, including Hebei, Henan, Hedong, Qilu, Jinggi, with at least 200,000 elite cavalry. The second is the desert south and desert north, which is where the capital and Lin are located in the Yuanshang, and it is estimated that there are tens of thousands of cavalry, and the Yuan court looks after the family's capital, just like the cavalry of the Dragon City of the Murong family, which is said to be the most elite. ”

Wen Tianxiang's branch is a little northeast, "The third is the department of the king of Liaodong Sect, Naiyan, and the cavalry is no less than 100,000." "A little more Yunnan and the northwest," the fourth is the southwest, mainly in Yunnan, no less than 100,000 riders. The fifth is Ganliang in the northwest, and the army of the king of Anxi, which is estimated to be above 100,000 horsemen. ”

"Sixth, in the west of Tubo Sichuan, there are tens of thousands of Mongolian Tubo cavalry. Seventh, the Khans of the Western Regions, there should be hundreds of thousands of cavalry. The main force of the seven cavalry is estimated to be more than one million. ”

Li Luo agrees. Wen Tianxiang only got two points wrong. The first is that Naiyan and the Yuan court in Liaodong are not of the same mind, and the second is that the khanates and Kublai Khan are not of the same mind. But even so, the Yuan court still controlled five cavalry heavy groups, and the mobile cavalry strength was still as high as five or six hundred thousand.

And that's not counting the hundreds of thousands of old and new Han troops.

Besides, the war is really going to be big, who dares to guarantee that the major khanates will not give up their past suspicions and send troops to help Kublai Khan? After all, they are all members of the Golden Family. In the face of the resistance of the Central Plains, their attitude must be the same.

Wen Tianxiang continued: "If you don't regain control of Sichuan, Shu and Jingxiang. The cavalry of the Yuan Army was counted, all the way out of Wuguan, and went down to the south of the Yangtze River through Jingxiang. All the way through Sichuan and Shu out of Qutang Pass, east to the south of the Yangtze River. One route detoured through Yunnan and attacked the southeast. ”

"This is the path of the Yuan army to destroy the Song Dynasty. The three-way army is overwhelming, divided into joint attacks, and the follow-up is continuous, how can the southeast be defended! The Great Song Dynasty had nearly one million soldiers and horses, and there was no shortage of elite soldiers and strong generals, but they still couldn't hold it. Even if Datang can hold it, the southeast will be devastated, and ten rooms and nine empty rooms. ”

"At that time, people of insight knew that if they lost Sichuan Shu Jingxiang, the Great Song Dynasty would be in danger. Therefore, once the king raises troops, it is necessary to divide the troops into three ways. ”

"All the way is a naval army, blocking the great river and the sea, isolating the northern Yuan army. The second road was stationed in the southeast, restored governance, and recruited troops. ”

"The third road is the main force of the land division, with the momentum of thunder, directly attacking Jingxiang, seizing Wuguan and Jiannan Pass, and then restoring Sichuan and Shu."

As a result, the main force of the Mengyuan cavalry was all isolated by Guanshan and could not go south. And the main force of the Southwest Yuan Army is lonely. And I, Datang, can operate with peace of mind in Jingchu in the southeast and accumulate strength. ”

Li Luo sighed in his heart, Wen Tianxiang's strategy was basically the same as his earliest strategy. This suggests that this should be the most feasible strategy.

The Yuan army is so strong, if Zhu Yuanzhang's strategy is used, then the southeast will not be able to hold it at all. The Tang army, which was insufficient in number and weak in cavalry, could not withstand the endless cavalry of the Yuan army. took the initiative to go on the Northern Expedition in the early stage, and it was even more desperate.

As for attacking Dadu across the sea through Tianjin, it is even more nonsense. What can you do if you lay down the capital? Other than to inspire people, it is not strategic at all.

But Wen Tianxiang's strategy also has its difficulties. The difficulty is difficult in a fast word. How did the Tang army, which was dominated by infantry, seize Sichuan, Shu and Jingxiang before the heavy cavalry group of the Yuan court.

Hard, hard, hard!

Unless, plot a successful strategic and tactical deception, or take advantage of a great opportunity.

Suddenly, Li Luo's eyes lit up, he already had a way.

That is to seek the post of Pingzhang political affairs in Huguang Province, through the power of authority, hide from the sky and cross the sea, use the Yangtze River, and quietly transport 20,000 elite soldiers up the river to Shudong in western Hubei Province, all the way to attack Wuguan, all the way to Jiannan Pass.

At the same time, it occupied Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, then Huguang, and finally Sichuan.

With Wuguan and Jiannan Pass in hand, they can isolate the main force of the Northern Yuan Army for at least half a year. With this time, it is enough for Li Luo to operate.

"What Mr. Wen said is very true, so take this as a strategy. In a year or two, it is necessary to raise troops! Li Luo finally made up his mind.

Wen Tianxiang asked: "In a year or two, how many soldiers and horses can I have?" ”

Li Luo said: "Seventeen or eighty thousand, there should always be one." ”

Wen Tianxiang nodded: "Seventeen or eighty thousand, if they are all elite soldiers, they can do it." ”

The next day, the recruit recruitment report of Bing Cao reached Li Luo, and the recent 200,000 new immigrants recruited another 25,000 recruits. Of these, 10,000 were allocated to the sailors.

Another good news is that after Cui Xiuning gave the principle of the hydraulic forging hammer, the craftsman finally developed the first hydraulic forging hammer after several months of exploration.

After testing, the efficacy has been increased by three or four times compared to artificial labor. This means that Haidong's armor and weapon productivity will be several times higher than before.

Li Luo took Cui Xiuning to see the hydraulic forging hammer, and he was very satisfied, and he made a great contribution to the craftsman's office at the moment.

The two returned to the inner house and discussed the matter of building a ship.

The large amount of shipbuilding timber stored two years ago is now usable, and the construction of new ships should also be on the agenda.

Because Li Luo captured a large number of small and medium-sized warships in Japan, which was enough to equip 20,000 sailors, he did not plan to build small and medium-sized warships, but to build all Luoning-class sail warships like the Chang'an Luoyang.

"There are five ships that can be built with timber today, so we can start building them at the same time. One Jinyang, one Jinling, one Chengdu. There are two more ships, you will name them. Li Luo said with a smile.

Cui Xiuning thought for a while, "Then there will be a Haidong and a Yangzhou." ”

As for Yanjing or something, the two subconsciously ignored it.

Li Luo suddenly thought of a question, "By the way, how is the Liaodong Branch?" ”

Cui Xiuning said: "It has just been formed, Li You is in charge, and he should not have come into contact with Naiyan himself." ”

"Don't rush, take your time. Of course, it is best to prompt Naiyan to raise troops in advance. Even if you can't, at least you can buy more horses. Also, all the departments in Liaodong are good at cavalry shooting, can you dig up some cavalry sources? Li Luo asked.

Cui Xiuning shook his head: "I have already asked my father-in-law and Li You about this matter, the tribes of Liaodong are wild and untamable, mercenary, and they don't dare to use it at all, if they say the opposite, they are not the Sinicized Jurchen Khitan." With them, can you rest assured? ”

Seeing Li Luo frowning, Cui Xiuning smiled: "However, there is a team of soldiers and horses, all of which are elite cavalry, and it is possible to pull them over." ”

"Which one?" Li Luo was a little surprised.

Cui Xiuning said: "The information obtained from the Privy Council of the Yuan Court shows that Tengchong Mansion, Dali Road, Yunnan Province, has a Tanma Red Army stationed in Tengchong Mansion, with 10,000 soldiers. The vast majority of this Tanma Red Army are Khitans. ”

Li Luo suddenly understood, Tengchong, isn't it Baoshan in Yunnan? In later generations, there were hundreds of thousands of descendants of Khitans, claiming to be themselves, and they turned out to be the descendants of this army.

"The Khitans... I'm not a Jurchen, how can you listen to me? The Jurchens listened to me because their father-in-law was the king of the Jin Kingdom. Why do the Khitans listen to me? ”

Cui Xiuning said: "This Khitan people may not be. Do you know where they come from? The reason why they are not counted as Han Chinese is because they are descendants of the Western Liao. Western Liao, but it was destroyed by the Mongol Empire. ”

"Moreover, this Khitan army is not trusted by the Yuan court. Boyan said that the Khitans had complaints and should be allowed to conquer Burma and send them to war. This matter is not a secret in the Yuan Court. ”

"In short, although they are the Tanma Red Army, they are incompatible with the main force of the King of Yunnan. Aren't you trying to get the general of Zhennan? If you can succeed, you can bring this Khitan cavalry, and the Yuan court will definitely agree. ”

"It's not impossible to wait for them to be under your command for a while. Isn't Xiao Bei a Khitan? He should be able to help. ”

Today's Khitan language has not disappeared, but Xiao Bei is a Sinicized Khitan and almost can't speak Khitan anymore. Can he and the descendants of Western Liao, who still speak Khitan, be able to talk?

Li Luo thought for a while, "It's possible." However, it still needs to be investigated. In this way, you send spies to Dali Road and find out their situation. ”

Cui Xiuning said: "Someone has been sent." However, everything still needs to be able to seek the position of the general of Zhengnanda. If there is no such position, then everything is not mentioned. ”

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On the third day after Li Luo left Quanzhou, the Buddha girl worked hard and finally succeeded in blending into the inner house of Pingzhang Mansion.

How did she get in? It's nothing more than a lie.

The little thing let out a rumor that the big officials had taken a fancy to her and asked her to be a bed warmer, and said that if she didn't force her, when she figured it out, she could move into the inner house at any time.

But if she can't figure it out, she can only stay in the outer courtyard and do rough work as a flower girl.

And now, after a few days of consideration, she is willing to be a bed warmer for the big officials. Then, according to the meaning of the big official, she can move into the inner house at any time.

Of course, the big officials also said that if they were not satisfied with her, they would kick her out of the inner house at any time and continue to be a flower girl.

How did the officials and slaves know that she dared to tell such a lie? So, the little things got in.

In the middle of the night, she easily entered Li Luo's study, took out a small wax torch and a slender hook, and easily opened Li Luo's security cabinet.

That's right, these things don't bother her at all.

Soon, hard work found the official documents of the Yuan court, holy decrees and other things. Since she became a Buddhist girl, she was taught by the Buddhist master Li Jieyan by a famous teacher, and she was born smart, she can already know a lot of words, of course she can understand it.

Every time a small thing moves an official document, it remembers its original position and order.

But after looking at it, I didn't find anything particularly valuable.

But soon, hard work found a piece of music that Li Luo hadn't sent out yet. In this recital, there are several things mentioned, and she is not very interested in hard work, but one of them surprised her a little.

It turned out to be about the White Lotus Sect.

Li Luo's recital said that because Qilu and the Huguang White Lotus Sect secretly served the imperial court the previous time, the imperial court asked him to report to the Fujian White Lotus Sect whether it was opposed. Li Luo said that he had not found any objections, and suggested that the imperial court recognize the White Lotus Sect and let it be above board.

Li Luo said that in this way, it can show the generosity of the court and the sage of the Son of Heaven. The important ministers in the court suggested that the White Lotus Sect be recognized, and the ministers seconded Yunyun.

After watching it hard, I was suddenly in a daze.

It's a bit confusing.

Qilu and Huguang Zongtan secretly voted for the Tartars? She didn't believe it, but how could this piece be nonsense? Besides, Qilu and Huguang have a large number of people, but they have not rebelled, which is abnormal.

It turned out that he had secretly joined the Tartars a long time ago.

What a damn one!

Also, there was an important minister in the Yuan court who proposed to recognize the White Lotus Sect? This is a great thing, once the Yuan Court admits it, they will not be sneaky, but can develop their forces openly, and they will be able to grow in a year or two. Once there is a rebellion, there will be more momentum.

Looking at Li Luo's recital, this is likely to be realized!

But if you rebel now, it will mess up the matter. Moreover, in the case that Qilu and Huguang Zongtan have secretly surrendered to the Tartars, once Fujian Zongtan raises troops, there is no chance of victory.

This news is so important.

I was very surprised in my heart, and I was surprised to know about it, and it was finally not in vain. In the end, the little thing carefully put all the official documents in their original form, and they looked almost the same as before.

Even the wax torch oil that dripped on the ground was also picked off by her, leaving no trace.

Then, she didn't forget to check if there were any flaws left.

Well, no.

So, the little thing left with confidence, and in the middle of the night, he ghostly walked out of the back door of Pingzhang Mansion.

It wasn't until dawn that the hard work returned to Pingzhang Mansion again. Her message has been sent. However, she still needs to continue to lurk for a while.

On August 22, Li Luo, who had been in Haidong for several days, finally returned to his official residence in Quanzhou.

When he heard that Li Luo had returned to the official residence, he left the inner house with hard work, first hid in the previous flower girl's house and hid for a long time, and then appeared in front of the officials and slaves with a sad face.

When the official came back and saw the slave in the inner house, he was very happy, and immediately asked the slave to fetch water to wash his feet. However, the water fetched by the slaves was too hot, and the officials were annoyed, saying that they would not serve people, so they drove the slaves out. ”

The little thing said while crying pear blossoms with rain, so pitiful.

The officials and slaves already liked her, and they all comforted: "It's okay, the big officials have just come back, they should be tired on the way, and they are not in a good mood, and they will think of you again after a few days." ”

So, this matter was passed by her. Unless the officials and slaves went to ask Li Luo, how would they know that she was lying? The officials and slaves are not stupid, how can they ask Li Luo about this?

When Li Luo returned to the study, the first thing he did was to see if he had been passive.

Hey? I don't think I've ever been moved. Could it be that the little thing didn't even come in?

Li Luo was a little disappointed, he opened the security cabinet where the official documents of the government were stored, and at a glance, the official documents inside were all in their original positions, and they seemed to have not been touched at all.

But soon, Li Luo smiled.

Because, on one of the official documents, he put very small sand and stones, and now, the sand and stones are gone.

Passive!

Li Luo smiled secretly in his heart, as if he was nothing, and then called Yan Falcon, and ordered him like this. Yan Falcon listened and went out with a smile.

At dusk, the hard work of being a flower girl again, and I was tired for another day, which was really hard. She went back to the flower girl's small room and took out two steamed buns and ate them beautifully. Then she pulled out another snake and grinded it.

If you want to talk about her ability to catch snakes, it really has two hits.

At this moment, a young and clear voice came from outside the door, "Ku'er, open the door, I'm Yan Falcon, I have fed you water." ”

I was overjoyed, and quickly tied a knot with the snake in my hand, stuffed it under the pillow and pressed it, and then opened the door shyly and timidly.

"Brother Yan Falcon, you're here! Nunu hasn't thanked Brother Yan Falcon yet. The little girl was like a splendid and childish jasmine, standing in front of Yan Falcon like a painting and said with a smile. And her voice is so pure and childish.

Yan Falcon was speechless, if he hadn't known that hard work was a spy, he would definitely be confused by her childishness.

What a cunning and treacherous little thing, who moved the lord's things, and dared to stay here. Even Yan Falcon has to admire her a little.

Yan Falcon hid her thoughts and showed a bright and sunny smile, "Sister Ku'er, I'm afraid that others will bully you, so I'm here to take a look." ”

It's okay not to mention this, but at this mention, Ku'er's mouth suddenly deflated, and her tears were like beads with broken threads.

"Brother Yan Falcon, no... No one bullied me, woo. "The little thing is sad.

Yan Falcon's stomach is about to burst with laughter, is he so good at pretending? That's amazing.

"Sister Ku'er, someone must have bullied you. Just say, I'll teach him a lesson for you!" Yan Ying patted his chest with an awe-inspiring look.

But at this moment, Yan Falcon suddenly found that a small snake crawled out of Ku'er's pillow as soon as his pillow moved.

Ku'er keenly caught Yan Falcon's expression, she looked back, and suddenly screamed, "Oops! Snake! ”

At the same time, Ku'er, who was so frightened that his face turned pale, suddenly pounced on Yan Falcon, "Snake! There are snakes! ”

Her whole body was trembling, and she seemed to be really frightened.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's just a little snake." Yan Falcon comforted seriously, "It's okay." ”

Ku'er patted her little chest and said pitifully: "I'm scared to death, Brother Yan Falcon, someone must be trying to harm me." Brother Yan Falcon, can you go and beg the big officials to transfer me to the inner house? Whining! ”

Yan Falcon said in his heart, sure enough! He pretended to be embarrassed, and then said, "Well, then I will go and beg the master, and tomorrow, I will write back to you." Hey, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have bothered to care. ”

Ku'er burst into tears and smiled, and the chick nodded like a peck of rice: "Mm-hmm! Thank you, Brother Yan Falcon! The slave knows that Brother Yan Falcon is the best......"

Yan Ying couldn't stand it, so he said a few perfunctory words and left in a hurry.

Seeing Yan Falcon leaving, the little thing's smile immediately became gloomy as water. She closed the door, found the little snake in the corner, and pulled her hands hard, and with a "click", she broke the little snake's vertebrae.

"Hmph, you little worm, you almost ruined my good deeds!" Painstakingly flattened the head of the little snake and threw it out the window.

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