"Great Khan, you still have to know the trade-offs, don't lose the overall situation on impulse!" Seeing that the real gold was crazy, everyone in the hall was dumbfounded, worried that he would do irrational things under his rage, and at this time, Li Qian, the state affairs of Zhongshu Pingzhang, stepped forward and said.

Li Qian, Xu Yan, Meng Qi, and Yan Fu are equally famous, known as the "Four Masters of Dongping", and they are the first. He was recruited into Hanzhong as an official by Wang Pan, a predecessor of the Dongping School, and during his work in the court, he set up a constitution for the country, formulated a program and discipline, provided decision-making for Kublai Khan's governance, and became an important minister of the Yuan Dynasty. In addition, Li Qian was ordered to teach the prince's real gold, and later contributed a lot to his succession, serving as the Zhongshu Zuocheng.

However, due to financial difficulties a year ago, Zhenjin reactivated Sang Ge, and made him the state affairs of Pingzhang of Shangshu Province and the state affairs of Shangshu Zuocheng, and Li Qian was excluded and reappointed as the state affairs of Zhongshu Pingzhang. This position seems to be a very popular minister, but in fact, it has a position but no power, which is equivalent to being hung high, but has no actual power. But he is an emperor and has a transcendent status, and he is often summoned to the palace by real gold to consult on state affairs.

"Sir...... I lost my temper! Zhenjin was immediately silent when he heard this, looked at Li Qian fixedly, and said after a while, "At present, the Southern Dynasties have launched an all-out attack along the Yangtze River defense line from Ezhou to Jiangkou, and the two important towns of Huai have been lost one after another. However, most of our army, the two Mongolian capitals of Jiangbei, Wanhu Prefecture, went south to Jiangdong, and some of them were surrendered or defeated, but the Song army still advanced northward, as if they were going to enter the Central Plains and threaten Gyeonggi. Where to go now, please ask Mr. for advice. ”

"Great Khan, the Song army coming north this time is fierce, but there is no need to worry. As long as you deal with it properly, you will definitely be able to expel the Song army from Jiangbei! Li Qian stroked his beard and said calmly.

"Li Pingzhang, the Song army did not attack from one place this time, the battle line was thousands of miles long, and the only troops that our army could mobilize at the moment were the guards and pro-troops in the Gyeonggi area, and they were scattered in many places. Even if we could call in immediately to intercept it, the battle line would be long and our troops would be insufficient. If the reinforcements are scattered and fortified everywhere, there is a possibility of being annihilated one by one; And if it is used intensively, it is impossible to stop the enemy army in other places, and it is also possible to be surrounded and annihilated by a roundabout. It is better to retreat to Shangdu, mobilize all the troops of the grassland to attack the enemy's main force, and force them to withdraw their troops! Seeing that he was confident, Sang Ge said disdainfully.

The Mongolian bureaucratic system is not as clear as that of the Song Dynasty, but as before the Han Dynasty, the boundaries between civil and military officials were not clear, and they completely changed their identities according to their needs. For example, although Sang Ge, Boyan, An Tong and others are in the phase, they all have the experience of leading troops to fight, but people like Li Qian, Ye Li and Xu Yan are all Confucian scholars and have no experience in commanding troops and joining the army. Therefore, Sang Ge looked down on these Confucian scholars who talked about the army very much, and now Li Qian said that he had a strategy to withdraw from the army, so he naturally didn't believe it.

"Great Khan, the Northern Expedition of the Southern Dynasty can be said to have mobilized the troops of the whole country, but its strength is only 400,000, and in order to encircle and suppress the Yuxi Timurid army of our dynasty that penetrates deep into Jiangdong, there must be heavy troops, in addition to dealing with the war in Sichuan, Shu and Yunnan. In this way, the troops that can be used for the Northern Expedition are only half of them at best, but they have to face a thousand-mile front, and the troops are not sufficient. Li Qian ignored Sang Ge's provocation, but analyzed.

"I don't dare to agree with Pingzhang's words, but at present, all the units of the Song army are advancing together, and they are attacking the city again and again, and they are not tired, which shows that their troops are sufficient, not as Pingzhang said!" An Tong shook his head and said.

"This is also what the old man wants to say, the Song army is currently able to advance quickly, because the troops of the two Duwanhu Prefectures stationed in Huainan and Huaibei have been transferred, so that there are no soldiers to fight, so that they can take advantage of the weakness. But even so, the Song army did not advance steadily, but attacked vigorously, and the route of the march was all along the main road or river, and did not divide the army to capture remote states and counties. It can be seen that its purpose is nothing more than to seize the two important towns, and try to control the strategic points and hold them before the arrival of our reinforcements, and then slowly manage the newly occupied land! Li Qian said slowly.

"Pingzhang said that he didn't say a strategy to break the enemy, and what benefit did it have with the current war." Yue Chi Cha'er listened to it for a long time, and felt that there was nothing new, so she couldn't help but say anxiously.

"Don't be in a hurry, this battle is a vast area, not a battle for one city and one place, so we must look at the overall situation, in order to simplify the complex and apply the right medicine!" Li Qian's face was still calm and unshocked, and he was not affected by his evil words and argued, but asked Zhenjin and everyone to move to the front of Dayuan Yutu.

"Pretending to be a ghost......," Sang Ge muttered as he walked behind the Great Khan.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Brother Sang's muttering didn't expect to be heard by Zhenjin, and he scolded in a low voice, "Pingzhang is a talented person, and he can strategize and win thousands of miles away, and it is beyond your reach to wait for these fools." ”

"Yes, yes, little dull!" Brother Sang nodded hurriedly and said humbly.

"Great Khan, colleagues, please look!" Everyone came to the huge map hanging on the wall, and some of the attendants had already removed the curtain to cover it, Li Qian walked to the front and said, "Although the Southern Dynasty is divided into several northern invaders this time, in fact, they have their own goals, namely Xiangyang in the Jingxiang region, Guangzhou, Shouzhou, Zhongli in Huaixi, and Xuyi and Shanyang in Huaidong......

"Everyone already knows this, no need to say more, please also explain the strategy of breaking the enemy!" An Tong saw that he was rambling and talked about the current battle situation, and urged him to get to the point with some displeasure.

"Don't worry!" Li Qian still smiled and said, "You all know that Xiangyang is an important town that controls the waterways of the Great River and the Han River; There are two mountains of Tongbai and Funiu in the territory of Gwangju, which can defend Huaixi; Shouzhou, Zhongli, Xuyi, and Shanyang are important passages to Huaibei. As long as these important towns are controlled, the Central Plains can be approached to the north, and the safety of the two Huai can be guaranteed to the south. ”

"Pingzhang, this is a matter known to all the handsome and generals, and the Southern Dynasty occupies these important places, so it naturally intends to go north!" Zhenjin felt that what Li Qian said was not new, and he was slightly disappointed.

"Great Khan, the minister thinks that it is precisely because everyone knows that it is easier for people to ignore." Li Qian replied, "The puppet emperor of the Southern Dynasty has always taken the restoration of the Central Plains as his own responsibility, but his ministers have always acted cautiously, and he has never been reckless and reckless. And its command of operations is also aimed at depleting the strength of our army, not for the purpose of seizing land. ”

"Is there any evidence for Pingzhang to say so?" An Tong frowned. He felt that Li Qian's words seemed to be contradictory, but he felt reasonable, but he couldn't understand it for a while.

"The puppet emperor of the Southern Dynasty did not reach the name at the beginning, but he captured Guangzhou with a rabble of 3,000 and annihilated the Dalu Huachi who were guarded by 2,000 people, but he went to Qiongzhou in the barren land after plundering Guangzhou's property, and did not stay in Guangzhou, which is rich in the world; Later, he ambushed Liu Shen's subordinates who were pursuing the puppet dynasty in Qizhouyang, Qiongzhou, and sank and captured more than 400 warships, and Liu Shen was only spared! Li Qian said eloquently.

After that, he entered the dynasty alone to inherit the throne, defeated Zhang Hongfan in Yashan, the two brothers died, and only a thousand people escaped from the tens of thousands of troops of our dynasty; Later, he attacked Quanzhou again, defeated and instigated the capital, and the Pu clan was wiped out by it, and all 30,000 elite soldiers were lost. In the next few years, the king of Zhennan should know best, Ali Hague transferred troops to conquer Qiongzhou several times, and lost nearly 100,000 troops, but failed to set foot in Qiongzhou half a step. ”

"What is the use of revisiting these old things, and what does it have to do with the current war!" Tuohuan listened to it and said with great displeasure.

"Hehe, the minister has no intention of ridiculing!" Li Qian Chong said with a gloomy face, "The king of Zhennan should know that after a few battles, our elite naval army was almost completely lost, and it can no longer compete with it, its warships are rampant on the southeast coast, and it is also unhindered within fifty miles inland, but why is it still trapped in the land of Qiongzhou, but it has never been willing to occupy any big city along the river?" ”

"This can only show that he is timid and does not dare to fight with our army on land!" Tuhuan was exposed, and there was nothing to argue, so he could only say angrily.

"Maybe, but after the great trip of the ancestors, why was it able to quickly enter the south of the Yangtze River and recapture Jiangdong and Huguang?" Li Qian asked rhetorically.

"This king went to Shangdu to mourn at that time, how do you know!" Tuo Huan snorted coldly.

"Please also clear up your doubts!" Zhenjin has always been puzzled by this, and can't figure out why the Mongol army that swept the world was vulnerable in front of the Song army and quickly defeated, and there was no chance to transfer troops after it stabilized the situation.

This is precisely the shrewdness of the puppet emperor of the Southern Dynasty, who knew that he could not compete with our dynasty with his initial strength, and he was unable to hold the territory he had taken, but would quickly lose his limited forces. In Qiongzhou, you can occupy the natural danger, hold the projectile land with limited troops, and use the superior naval army to maneuver with our army at sea, waiting for an opportunity to encircle and annihilate it. Now I think about it, when the Great Khan sent troops to occupy the city and Annam, it was also his deception that induced the Great Khan to send troops to occupy the city, thus reducing his pressure and consuming a large number of troops stationed in Jiangnan of our dynasty. Li Qian sighed lightly, as if he was regretting his hindsight.

"Well, it's possible." Zhenjin nodded thoughtfully and said, "Back then, Father Khan's decision to send troops to occupy the city was related to the news that Liumengyan sent Qiongzhou to bring back the puppet dynasty to occupy the city and form an alliance with Annan to fight against my Great Yuan. Now that I think about it, he is still a young man, and he acts so carefully that he is very scary when he thinks about it! ”

"That's right!" Li Qian pondered for a moment and said, "It is precisely because a large number of our Jiangnan garrison troops were transferred to expedition to Jiangnan, and most of the elite were lost in the previous battles with the puppet dynasty, so that they were able to take advantage of the new funeral of the ancestors, the undetermined position of the khan, and the civil strife in the imperial court to seize Jiangnan!" ”

"The meaning of Pingzhang is that the puppet emperor of the Southern Dynasty repeats his old tricks?" An Tong also seemed to have figured out something, raised his eyebrows and said.

"Well, guarding the river must guard the Huai is the consensus of people of insight through the ages. After the puppet dynasty occupied Jiangnan, it failed to occupy Huainan, so it had to deploy heavy troops to defend on the south bank of the Yangtze River. Although I was able to keep my peace for the time being, it was a trouble for my heart! Li Qian looked at An Tong and said.

"Pingzhang judged that this time the southern and northern offenses were intended to be committed by the two Huai, not the Central Plains!" An Tong said suddenly......

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