240. On paper

In the evening of that day, the group arrived at Xinyi.

Xinyi and Maoming are both county seats in Gaozhou, not far from the main capital Gaozhou City, only less than 100 miles away, and distributed in a triangular pattern.

Zhao Youluo led 5,000 Gangzi troops to Xinyi first, and when Zhao Dongting arrived, he and Dongheli and others were all outside the city to greet him.

Why Zhao Dongting deliberately placed the Tianxian Army in Xinyi for mobile purposes was naturally arranged.

Firearms in the army, he is also greatly biased towards the Tianxian army.

This is because in the 15th Army of the Southern Song Dynasty, strictly speaking, only the Tianxian Army, the Tianxiong Army and the Tianyong Army are his descendants.

The Tianxiong Army and the Tianyong Army were formerly Wen Tianxiang's Xingguo Army, and they are still commanded by him, and Zhao Dongting is only available to the Tianxian Army.

The predecessor of the Tianxian Army was the Divine Beggars Army, and in terms of loyalty, it was naturally much higher than those soldiers. In Zhao Dongting's heart, he is also much closer than the rest of the military horses of Toucheng and King Qin.

Originally, he used the guards and the palace guards the most, but unfortunately, in the battle of Guangxi, the two armies and horses were almost completely wiped out.

Although there are guards and veterans in the current Tiankui army and Tiangang army, there are more people arranged from various armies, including bandits who surrender to Cheng, civil rebels, and van soldiers and soldiers. The ingredients were too mixed, and Zhao Dongting didn't dare to take them with him casually, because this mobile force was bound to control a lot of firearms.

When he arrived in Xinyi City, Zhao Dongting immediately ordered Zhao Da to lead two hundred flying dragon soldiers to Cen Xi with two hundred grenadiers.

The Yuan army is still marching towards Guangxi, and it is not known what kind of deployment it will make, so he can only spread the army. So that the armies can help each other.

When Zhao Da left, he instructed Zhao Da to let Zhao Da assist in guarding Cen Xi and Wuzhou, and act at the opportunity.

That is to say, if the Yuan army attacks Wuzhou, then he will bring two hundred soldiers and grenadiers to help defend Wuzhou, and if the Yuan army attacks Cen Xi, then defend Cen Xi. If the Yuan army attacks in multiple ways, then he will do it himself.

However, according to Zhao Dongting's estimate, the Yuan army should not attack in too many ways.

They already have an absolute superiority in troops, and they attack and attack the city in multiple ways, isn't that stupid?

You must know that it is much more difficult to siege a city than to defend it, and it requires at least several times more military power.

If the Yuan army attacked the city in multiple ways, it would be tantamount to eliminating their own military superiority.

Even if there is an army of 500,000 and more than 10 cities with 10,000 people stationed, how many can be captured?

And after Zhao Da left, Zhao Dongting took the remaining Flying Dragon soldiers and Wuding Hall to settle down in Xinyi.

Except for Liu Hongyi's grain and grass, which should not have been transported to the remote cities of Wuli and Taiping Town, the Song Dynasty can now be said to be ready for everything.

At night, Zhao Dongting announced that Qin Han and Dongheli, Zhao and Luo were discussing in the room.

Spread out on the table in the room are maps of Guangxi and Quang Nam.

However, the map of this era is naturally not too detailed, but only indicates the general direction of the mountains and rivers and the location of the city.

On the map, the cities where the Song army was stationed have been marked by Zhao Dongting with circles.

Judging from the map, the iron bucket defense line has been formed.

Tiger general Zhang Jue personally sat in Xuanhua and coordinated the defense of the five cities of Yongding, Xuanhua, Wuli, Taiping Town, and Frozen Prefecture.

Wen Tianxiang sat in Pingnan and coordinated the military of the six cities of Jinjin, Pingnan, Xunzhou, Shimen, Yulin and Ningpu.

Zhao Dongting himself temporarily sat in Xinyi, commanding the military of Wuzhou, Cenxi, Gaozhou and other cities.

In terms of pressure, it is undoubtedly the biggest on Zhao Dongting's side.

He only has 60,000 troops and horses, but what he has to face may be Boyan's army of more than 200,000.

Zhao Dongting pointed to the map with his finger and said, "Do you think there are any omissions in my arrangement?" ”

Dongheli said: "The emperor has arranged a defense line of nearly two thousand miles, connected by cities, echoing each other from afar, and the minister does not feel that there is any omission." ”

Zhao Youluo just arrived, looked at the map and pondered, but did not speak.

Qin Han groaned twice, and then said: "If the two armies of Su'er and Boyan converge, which city can stop their edge?" The emperor's arrangement seems to be omission, but if the Yuan army tears the rift, the entire defense line will be broken. Especially if the Yuan army chooses Cenxi, Xunzhou, and Xuanhua as the breakthrough places, the city will be broken at that time, and our army will have to worry about not being able to take care of each other. The array is like a long snake, and if you are caught seven inches, you will not be able to be flexible. ”

The Cenxi, Xunzhou, and Xuanhua he mentioned are the three cities in the middle of the three lines of defense.

When Donghe heard Qin Han's words, the smile on his face suddenly froze.

Zhao Dongting could hear that Qin Han still didn't approve of his troop arrangement. Although he didn't object, he was probably still stubborn in his heart.

Zhao Dongting himself is a person who makes up his mind and is difficult to be persuaded by others, Qin Han is a ghost talent, and he is arrogant, so naturally the same is true.

Who doesn't think their approach is the safest?

Zhao Dongting's eyes flashed slightly, and he said: "With the current deployment of the Yuan army, it is impossible for Boyan to go to Xuanhua under a false pretense, his grain and grass cannot be supplied so far, and there is a danger that the grain and grass will be cut off by our army." It is possible that he would have traveled from Kuizhou to Jinghu North Road or the place where Jinghu South Road and Guangxi South Road bordered, and then echoed Boyan, where he was in these two places, and the Yuan Dynasty made it more convenient for him to supply grain and grass. ”

Qin Han said: "Then what if they don't merge together, but do their best to attack Xuanhua and Cen Xi?" ”

Zhao Dongting pursed his lips, "I have distributed so many firearms among the various armies, can they easily attack them?" ”

At this time, he had the same confident look as Qin Han, "As long as I can hold on for two or three days, my reinforcements in the rest of the cities can arrive." At that time, it will just be a duel with the Yuan army. No matter how the battle develops, it is inevitable that our army will die with them. ”

Qin Han stopped talking, and looked at Zhao Dongting with a slight surprise in his eyes.

He probably didn't expect that in just two years, Zhao Dongting would already be able to speak militarily.

He deliberately didn't say anything about the supply of grain and grass for the Yuan army just now, but he still wanted Zhao Dongting to change his mind again, but he didn't think that Zhao Dongting could find the key to it, and he refuted it so quickly. You must know that even the veteran Dongheli has not figured out the key in such a short period of time.

Actually, what he didn't know was that it wasn't how powerful Zhao Dongting was, but that he had been thinking about this question all these days.

Let him lead the army to fight, he may not be able to, but he still has the overall situation.

It can also be said that Zhao Dongting has the ability to talk on paper.

When Qin Han was silent, Zhao Dongting said again: "What I'm worried about is that Boyan and Yesu'er are gathered at the junction of me and the Wen Army's Jiling defense line, and when the time comes, their hundreds of thousands of troops will attack Wuzhou, Rongjin, or Cen Xi, and our army may not have time to rush to help." ”

Although there are mountains and rivers outside Wuzhou City, Wuzhou is nothing in today's war circle.

Whether it is Boyan or Ye Su'er, they can completely bypass Wuzhou. And Rongjin and Cen Xi do not have the natural dangers like Wuzhou to defend.

The horn of Wuzhou is the strongest horn in Zhao Dongting's defensive circle, but at the same time, it can also be said to be the most vulnerable corner.

If there is a problem with this point, it will be really difficult to save the reinforcements from the rest of the city.

A strange light flashed in Qin Han's eyes, and he said, "Then the emperor personally led the Tianxian army, just to prevent Wuzhou, Rongjin and Cen Xi from being broken, right?" ”

Zhao Dongting nodded, and said with a long sigh of relief: "Let's see what kind of deployment the Yuan army makes first, and then our army will be transferred as appropriate!" ”

At the end of the day, everything that is said at the moment is just speculation. War does not follow their speculation.

After that, the three of them discussed in the room for a long time, but even Qin Han was not sure how the Yuan army would attack.

Hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides are at war, and this is no longer something that can be fully predicted by manpower, even if it is a ghost.

When he fought against Ali Hague at the beginning, Qin Han was able to strategize, because the territory was small, and the Song army was attacking and occupying the initiative, he just had to think about what the Yuan army would do. But now, it was the Yuan army attacking, the Song army defending, the Yuan army did not make a move, and he couldn't figure out how the Yuan army would fight.

This is a game of chess, just started, the opponent has not yet fallen, who can predict how the opponent will move first?

A few more days passed.

Gradually, more and more information was sent to Xinyi.

He also waved 220,000 troops and arrived in Anyi County, Sizhou, Kuizhou, not far from Jinghu North Road.

The 200,000 troops of Boyan pressed to Zhaoqing Mansion, which was only separated from Deqing Mansion by Guangnan West Road, and was only 200 kilometers away from the Song army's defense line.

However, Boyan was stationed in Zhaoqing Mansion and no longer advanced.

Zhao Dongting realized that the last thing he wanted to see had happened. Boyan, it seems that there is really the momentum of waiting for the swift army.

Genius one second to remember the address of this site:. Mobile version reading URL: m.