Chapter 608: Serial Scheme
Back in the backyard of the Shuaifu, Wang De had already ordered someone to arrange the things commonly used by the emperor, and the bedding and curtains had been replaced. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Zhao Yu came back to wash up and lay on the bed but couldn't sleep for a while, his mind was full of the war that had happened in the past two days, although he saw through the tricks according to the clues in the reports of various armies, but still couldn't figure out a clue. It has been nearly a year since the Battle of Yashan, and there have been few conflicts between the Song and Yuan naval armies, of course, this is also because of the huge difference in strength between the two sides, but the Yuan army suddenly came so suddenly, it is really confusing.
Whether it is based on the art of war or common sense. Before the war, the commander of the attacking side would try his best to hide his strategic intentions and secretly deploy troops in order to achieve the effect of a surprise attack. It is said that the opponent's trick is very beautiful, not only deceiving his own water army, but also deceiving the spies everywhere. Zhao Hao estimated that the number of warships secretly entering Guangzhou should be much more than the number recorded in the patrol logs of each battalion.
It is said that under such favorable conditions, it is entirely possible for the enemy army to take itself by surprise. But what makes Zhao Hao very puzzled is why he blew himself up and revealed his strength? Are they tempting, or are they just trying to kill their own prestige, or are they trying to cover up a larger conspiracy? According to the clues in front of him, it was difficult for him to make further judgments, and he couldn't figure out what the other party was holding in his hands, and he could only defend everywhere and fall into passivity.
"Have they changed their minds? I'm playing with the darkness. Zhao Yu thought of this and sat up suddenly.
"Official, what's wrong?" Wang De, who was sleeping at the foot of the bed, heard the movement and quickly got up and asked.
"It's fine!" Zhao Yu waved his hand, silencing Wang De, wanting to catch the aura that had just flashed. Previously, the Leizhou side had been quiet, but the Guangzhou side was in full swing to increase troops, and the number of warships and troops far exceeded the information obtained. By the beginning of November, there were more than 80,000 ships and more than 1,000 ships of various kinds. Since it had long been known that the instigation was to capture the city, it was normal to move troops, and it was now the time when merchants from all over the country came here to trade one after another, and it was not new for ships to enter and leave the ports frequently.
In addition, Quanzhou was tossed by itself, and Guangzhou was more lively in the past, so it did not attract too much attention from Zhao Yu. Now I think about it, it is under the cover of all kinds of seemingly normal situations that the enemy army has completed the mobilization and assembly of the Jinghu and Jingxi naval forces from north to south. And with Guangzhou as a transit place, he successively transferred to Leizhou, deceiving Qiongzhou's eyeliner.
"It must have been this operation planned by the old fox Ali Hague!" Zhao Hao muttered. Based on his understanding of the current Yuan army's several main generals, only he has this ability, the new Zhennan King is just a fledgling scumbag, and he has not shown any military talent.
Thinking that he has been exhausted since his "debut", but today he was tricked by others, and he couldn't figure out his intentions at this time, Zhao Yu couldn't help but be frustrated. But he knows very well that he can only win and not lose, because God did not give him a second chance, and he could only live in a foreign land if he lost the foothold of Qiongzhou, and it is not so simple to build a country overseas, you must know that the surrounding small countries are more desolate and ignorant than Qiongzhou, living in a grass hut, slash and burn, and drinking blood.
"What the hell does Ali Hague want to do?" Zhao Yu knows that complaining about the sky and others is useless, and the difficulties need to be solved by himself. So he calmed down again and followed the train of thought he had just figured out, Ali Hague took the initiative to expose himself after quietly completing the gathering of troops, and he felt that he was not idle and painful just to demonstrate to himself. Most of what he thought was to attract his attention and cover for another, larger operation, but he couldn't see through what was hidden behind the maze laid by Ali Hague......
'Dong Dong ......' even more drums sounded again, Wang De heard that it was already ugly at the moment, and the little emperor could only accompany him if he didn't sleep. There was no light in the room, and he looked behind the tent by the moonlight that came in from the window, and His Majesty was still sitting there, wrapped in a silk quilt, pulling the corners of the quilt with both hands, and only showing his face, sitting cross-legged and motionless like an old monk, and his mouth was still chanting words from time to time, and he was deaf to the thunderous sound of the tide outside, and did not know what he was thinking.
"Ah......" It's been a day of tossing yesterday, although Wang De is not qualified to participate in military affairs, but the little emperor eats, drinks, Lazar and sleeps in this stall is under his control, and he is not idle before and after running, and he has to accompany him when he comes out and goes in. Finally finished discussing the matter, he spread hysteria again, sat there and didn't sleep, he couldn't stay up, only to feel a wave of sleepiness coming, his throat and eyes tightened, Wang De hurriedly covered his mouth, and blocked the yawn that came to his mouth.
The rising tide of the 'squeak squeak ......' reached its climax, carrying the cool, moist sea breeze blowing in, and the unclosed window sash made a strange tooth-sore sound, Wang De knew that the little emperor could turn a deaf ear to the noise outside when he was in a daze, and was very sensitive to a little movement around him, so he tiptoed over to remove the pole and closed the window, the squeak was gone, and the room seemed to be much quieter.
"Open the window!" Zhao Yu is not a real monk, and naturally his ears can't isolate the sound of the outside world, so he suddenly quieted down, and he frowned and said suddenly.
"Yes...... Official! Although Wang De knew that there were only two people in the room, he and the little emperor, but the sudden sound still jumped him, and when he looked back, he hurriedly agreed to open the window again, and the voice of 'squeak squeak and ......squeak' made people feel extremely annoying again.
"Alright, close it, let's sleep!" After a while, Zhao Yu suddenly shouted, and then turned over and lay down.
"Alas......" Wang De didn't know what the little emperor was doing, so he had to close the window that had just been opened, and the little emperor who turned around had already made a soft snoring sound, he sighed and pulled the quilt for His Majesty, and also groped to lie down at the foot of the bed, and soon fell asleep......
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As soon as the morning dawned, Zhao Yu was woken up by Wang De, saying that the privy envoy Zhang Shijie took a group of people to wait for the audience in the water camp, which made him very reluctant, and he felt that he had just squinted for a while and took a nap. But thinking that there are still a lot of things to do today, I still got up after a while, washed my face and rinsed my mouth, and ate the breakfast sent before changing my clothes and going to the Shuai Hall to meet the generals.
"See Your Majesty!" The emperor sat down, and Zhang Shijie led the generals to pay homage.
"All the ministers are exempt!" Zhao Yu yawned and raised his hand to help.
"Your Majesty still has to take care of the dragon body, don't work too hard!" After Zhang Shijie received an urgent report from Haikou Pushui Camp the day before yesterday, he went to meet His Majesty, but he didn't expect that the little emperor had already rushed to Haikou to deal with it first. He is still quite dissatisfied with this, he has to deal with such a little thing personally, and what do he have to do as a privy envoy, why don't he take himself with him! But His Majesty didn't return, and he had to report that there was a big battle with the enemy, so he couldn't sit still anymore, and led Liu Shiyong and Lu Shiwen to rush over to meet His Majesty, and when he saw the little emperor's tired face and two dark circles under his eyes, he knew that His Majesty didn't sleep well.
"Yes, Your Majesty still needs to take care of the dragon's body!" Liu Shiyong and Lu Shiwen also followed Shi Lidao. It can be seen that the little emperor's appearance is funny and distressed, thinking that such a young child is an empire and struggles to support it in order to continue the national lineage.
"What happened in the past two days, a few Aiqing can know!" Zhao Yu waved his hand and asked them all to sit down and speak.
"Your Majesty, the ministers have already read the military newspaper and listened to Liu Dutong's face." Zhang Shijie said.
"Then what does the cardinal think, and how to deal with it?" Zhao Yu took a sip of tea and asked.
"The minister very much agrees with His Majesty's opinion, this battle is indeed a trap laid by the Tartars, but the minister thinks that his self-exposure of his strength is not just a show of force, but another conspiracy in it." Zhang Shijie said, "In the humble opinion of the ministers, the current enemy situation is unclear, and we should not act rashly, and we should not change everything." ”
"Well, I also think there is something strange in it, but I still can't guess its intentions." Zhao Hao sighed lightly and said.
"Your Majesty, my subordinates interrogated the captured enemy soldiers last night. It was learned that they were all subordinate to the Jinghu Naval Division, and the main general was the Tartar Yangtze River Naval Division Wanhu Chen Yi, this time not only the Jinghu Naval Division was ordered to transfer south, but also the Jingxi Naval Division also had nearly 1,000 warships going south, stationed in the coastal ports of Guangnan and Nan. Liu Zhu said at this time.
"Liu Dutong, then Chen Yi is the same Chen Yi who commanded the front hall of my Great Song Dynasty rebel generals?" Liu Shiyong frowned and asked.
"I know that this thief is the same thing!" Yoo so replied.
"This thief once served as my Great Song Dynasty defense envoy along the river, familiar with water warfare, and then commanded the two Huai battalions of the water army, and then in Huangzhou with the Lu thief to surrender the Tartars, his people are cunning and cunning, good at tricks, the secret south transfer of the Tartar and the two water divisions is probably out of his hands!" Liu Shiyong nodded and said.
"Tongzhi is true, this Chen thief is good at using soldiers, and the two Huai water armies are long-term soldiers, and they are brave in battle. This battle plan seems to be out of his hands, but it is against his usual behavior to take the initiative to provoke before the war! Lu Shiwen said. He knows the two Huai water armies very well, their army came from the former capital Zhao Kui, and then it was controlled by the Lu group, and the leading generals were all from his own sons and nephews, Chen Yi actually did not belong to them, but he was also inextricably linked with the Lu family. In fact, several naval generals here, including Zhang Shijie, have served under him.
"Your Majesty, those captives all claim to have come to conquer the city, and they don't know how to use troops against Qiongzhou. The commander of the army was the Mongol Oluchi, who was the deputy envoy of the Privy Council to Jinghu, who had participated in the battle of Xiangyang and was also said to be very good at using troops, but the details are unknown. Liu Zhu said again.
"Well, judging from the current situation, it is a foregone conclusion that the Tartars will attack Qiongzhou, although the road to Guangzhou is still uncertain, but I think that this enemy provocation is to cover its transit through Qiongzhou, rather than a two-way attack, what do you think?" Zhao Yu said that he understood, and asked again.
"Your Majesty thinks that the enemy troops on Jinghu Road deliberately exposed their whereabouts and deliberately attracted our attention to the Leizhou side. Although they helped the enemy army in Guangzhou to cross the border, wouldn't it be more and more difficult for them to attack Qiong again? Zhang Shijie questioned the little emperor's statement.
"Your Majesty is likely to be the enemy of Jinghu Province's troops transferred to the south, it is precisely if what he said is a false way to attack and occupy the city, and the enemy in Guangzhou is afraid of our naval army, for fear of being intercepted, so he uses this plan to attack the west from the east!" Liu Shiyong said.
"Your Majesty, what the minister is most worried about is that the enemy army first released the rumor of attacking the city, disturbing our hearing and hearing, and then playing tricks to make us misjudge, in fact, the soldiers and horses on both sides are pointing to our Qiongzhou, making it difficult for our army to look left and right!" Lu Shiwen said.
"Zhongqing has a point." Zhao Yu was not surprised by the disagreement between the three of them, this is also what he thought last night, and said with a smile, "What Liu Tongzhi said is the best result for our dynasty, the enemy's two fronts are pointing to Zhancheng, we are sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, so that they can lose both sides of the fight, and they can also take the opportunity to rub some oil; The result that Zhang Shushuai thought of was secondary, with our overwhelming troops to fight hard, I dare not say that we won a complete victory, I think you also have the confidence to hold Qiongzhou; And what General Lu said was the worst result, we have to fight on both sides, and the military strength will inevitably be insufficient, and it will be a vicious battle of life and death. If you win, you will also win badly, and if you lose, you will have to go to sea again! ”
"Hehe, I think Your Majesty has already made up his mind, and he has secretly provoked Kublai Khan with a trick before, so is there a crusade against the city today!" Zhang Shijie, as the head of the imperial court and the head of the military attaché, of course knew that His Majesty was playing with Liumengyan and the others, and he admired it very much. Everyone else here is in the dark, and it doesn't matter if he says something about it today.
"Oh, it turns out that Your Majesty has already calculated and knows today's results!" Liu Zhu was pleasantly surprised. In fact, as early as when he first arrived in Qiongzhou, His Majesty had already set a policy of defending Qiongzhou: the enemy attacked all the way, attacked his rear army with a naval army, and the infantry army was based on the shore to defend and annihilate the enemy on the beachhead; The enemy attacked from two directions, attacked one way with a naval army, annihilated the enemy at sea, and then annihilated the other way with the help of the returning army. He knew that the enemy would attack from two directions, and the navy would be under great pressure, so he did not want to see it. And now that I know that Your Majesty has long been dividing the enemy army, I am of course happy.
"The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and no one dares to guarantee that all plans will be exhausted, so we must prepare for the worst and strive for the best results!" Zhao Hao chuckled, "I thought that the enemy army was trying to take advantage of our weakness that we could not accurately determine the direction of its attack to make a layout, so they first transferred the Jinghu Naval Army to Leizhou by concealing the sky and crossing the sea; Then, after we suddenly learned that the enemy army already had the strength to fight across the sea, we would inevitably panic and turn our attention to the north, so as to create an opportunity for the Canton army attacking and occupying the city to transit. ”
"We all know that after exposing the attack attempt, it will be very costly to attack again, and of course the enemy can think of it, but they still have a move. The transit of the enemy army that captured the city will inevitably attract our attention, even if we know that it is not to attack Qiong, they will also divide the troops on alert, so that they will invisibly weaken the frontal defensive force, they will definitely take the opportunity to attack, so that we will not dare to withdraw our troops to defend Qiongzhou with all our might, and we will not be able to attack the enemy who is going to occupy the city, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone! ”