Chapter 602 Contingent variables

Kublai Khan ordered Du and Liu Shen to conquer the city by sea, and then attacked Annan by land, and the plan was perfect. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info but the leader of the army is the Yuan Dynasty Zhennan Wang Huande, this person is the ninth son of Kublai Khan, very much loved by Kublai Khan, so he wants to promote him, but this person has been hidden in the deep boudoir and has no actual combat experience. However, his father also knew about this situation, so he made Ali Hague and Li Heng his deputies to assist him in his expedition to Annam.

However, in Zhao Yuji's previous life, some people discussed in the forum whether the leading generals of the conquest of Annam would not have to be happy, and whether they would be able to achieve victory and turn Annam into a province of China again. He couldn't remember the process clearly, but he could remember that the instigation of the capital captured the city and won the victory, and the subsequent Huandu was blocked by Annan but the progress was slow, so he summoned the capital to come to rendezvous.

At the critical moment of victory, Huan escaped the torture of the tropical rainforest and the harassment of the guerrilla warfare in Annam and withdrew his troops without authorization, but forgot to inform the instigation of the capital, which resulted in the defeat and death of the instigated capital, and the loss of more than 100,000 soldiers, so that the battle of Pyongan Nan did not achieve a comprehensive victory several years later, which shows that Adou, who could not be supported, was finally abandoned by Kublai Khan.

This news is full of good news for Zhao Hao, the two sides fought to the death in Annam, containing a large number of troops of the Yuan Dynasty, and the subsequent failure of the second expedition to Japan made the Yuan army greatly injured, which also became the node of the Yuan Dynasty from prosperity to decline, so that the Yuan Dynasty lost the ability to go on expeditions, and since then there has been no war against overseas vassal states, and the Mongol army that once swept through Europe and Asia was finally overwhelmed by the rebel army.

Kublai Khan's arrangement was only two years earlier than in history, and nothing else had changed. However, Zhao Hao felt uneasy in his heart, he could deceive him, and vice versa.

There are two routes to instigate the capital to capture the city and attack by sea, one is to start from Guangzhou and then turn west through the Qiongzhou Strait to reach Zhancheng through the Beibu Gulf, which is the traditional route and the safest route; The second is to go straight south after leaving Guangzhou, and go to Zhancheng through Qizhouyang. This route is relatively fast, but the wind and waves in the seven continents are high, and the risk is high. However, these two routes have to pass through Qiongzhou, and you can go to the island from your belly at any time. And from the land false road to Champang, it is also necessary to cross the border from Guangnan West Road, facing Qiongzhou across the sea, and it is not impossible to change the direction of attack.

Now that Kublai Khan had believed that Qiongzhou had formed an alliance with the two countries, his current strategic consideration seemed to be to cut off the wings of the Song Dynasty first, so that he would lose his offensive point from the road, so that Qiongzhou would be completely isolated from the sea, and the Yuan army could attack Qiongzhou from the west and north at any time. But as a military strategist, Kublai Khan would not ignore the fact that the Qiongzhou naval army would intercept and attack the instigation of the city from the waterway, and the reality was that both the instigation and Liu Shen had been defeated by the Qiongzhou naval army, how could he let the expedition cast a shadow of defeat without starting a war?

"Chief Zheng, do you believe that Kublai Khan, knowing that he was invincible to our naval army, would still let the instigator bypass Qiongzhou?" Zhao Yu said the doubts in his heart.

"Your Majesty, of course your subordinates won't, is that purely looking for death!" Zheng Huchen replied without thinking about it.

"Well, that instigation is likely to be a decoy all the way, trying to transfer our naval army to the south of the island." Zhao Hao saw that Zheng Huchen answered happily, and he became more and more convinced that there was fraud in it.

"Your Majesty thinks that the capture of the city by the Yuan army this time is fake, but wants to attack our Qiongzhou." Zheng Huchen understood, the little emperor suspected that there were ghosts in it, and thought about it.

"It's just an idea of mine, I don't dare to make up my mind yet, but I can't rule out the possibility of this, but maybe I'm too careful!" Zhao Hao sometimes feels that he has obsessive-compulsive disorder and always likes to put himself in a conspiracy. Once miscalculated, it could have extremely serious consequences, so he didn't dare to make a decision, nodded in confusion and shook his head.

"Your Majesty is not thinking too much, this matter is very likely to be Kublai Khan's plan to attack the west!" Zheng Huchen pondered for a moment and said, "With his subordinates thinking, Kublai Khan will definitely attack our dynasty, if he wants to destroy the city from the waterway, as His Majesty said, they will not be able to bypass Qiongzhou in the end, and if they do not achieve their goal, they can only transfer troops to attack Qiongzhou to attract our Korean troops, and they have no time to take care of it!" ”

"Well, there's some truth." Zhao Yu took the map and unfolded it on a few points, looked at it for a moment and said, "If the land of Guangxi commits Qiong on a large scale, even if it is just a bluff, we must defend it with heavy troops in the north of the island, and arrange the main force of the naval army in the strait to prevent the enemy from crossing the sea." Then the instigation of the capital can take advantage of the fact that we are empty and unable to attack in the south of the island, and successfully reach the city of Zhancheng. ”

"Your Majesty's words are reasonable, but my subordinates think that the enemy army will not be bluffing, and it is likely to be a real big battle." Zheng Huchen said.

"Oh, tell me what you think!" Zhao Yu believed that everyone's thinking has limitations, so he did not have the idea of being arbitrary because he became an emperor, but was more willing to listen to the opinions of many parties in order to make correct judgments. Zheng Huchen, on the other hand, is engaged in intelligence work, and is more sensitive to subtleties, and draws judgments closer to reality from them.

"Your Majesty, my subordinates think that there are three: first, Kublai Khan's existence of our dynasty has always been like a fish in the throat, and the presence of His Majesty shows that the Great Song Dynasty has not died, and his goal of destroying the Song Dynasty and dominating the world has not been achieved; Both, since Kublai Khan inherited the throne, the expedition to the east and the west can be described as invincible, and he has long developed a temperament of arrogance, and we have not surrendered for a long time, which has already angered him; Third, although our dynasty retreated overseas, it won many victories so that Jiangnan was shaken, and the people who were committed to our dynasty raised things one after another, and they still took our Great Song Dynasty as the banner, making it difficult for them to be uneasy. Zheng Huchen said.

"Now Kublai Khan is convinced that our dynasty has formed an alliance with Champa and Annam to conquer the two countries, but from the current situation, it is Annam and our dynasty that pose the greatest threat, and even if they only conquer Champa and win, the two roads of Quang Nam are still under our troops, so conquering Champa alone is not helpful to solve the crisis. In addition, although Annan repeatedly refused to respond to the edict, he did not raise troops to rebel, and his alliance with us only left Mengyan on the side of the word, and there was no real evidence, so he could only use the false way to occupy the city to threaten. But if you attack our dynasty and occupy the city first, then Annan will be lonely and difficult to speak, and he will be attacked by the enemy on his back, so he can win without a fight. ”

"Zheng's analysis is reasonable, and the second of the three is that Annan is alone." Zhao Yu nodded and said, "But at present, all this is your speculation, and there is no evidence to confirm, and there may still be variables." Therefore, your bureau should strengthen the monitoring of the ports of the two Guangzhou, especially the movements of Ali The Hague and the movement of troops in the Jinghu area. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, my subordinates will do their best!" Zheng Huchen said......