This battle can be said to be an undeclared war, although the Mengyuan side made defensive preparations along the river, but it was also a regular deployment to deal with the small-scale attack of the Song army, and did not have the ability to resist a large-scale attack, so under the surprise attack of tens of thousands of troops in the Song Dynasty, the walled forts along the river were lost. After a short rest, the various units of the Song army rushed forward along both sides of the canal, handed over the task of clearing and suppressing to the troops who landed on the shore, and occupied the four peripheral towns around Yangzhou in one day and night, and completed the encirclement of Yangzhou in terms of situation.

"Your Majesty, all the departments have seized the predetermined target, camped on the spot to organize the defense, the Jiangzhou Army has taken over the defense of Guazhou Town, and the 1st Marine Brigade has cooperated with the Navy to complete the defense of the canal crossings, but there is still a gap between the various armies, and it is not yet possible to complete the complete encirclement of Yangzhou City!" Ying Xi, the head of the first room of the Imperial Front Office, reported the latest battle report to the emperor and marked it on the sand table.

"Well, what's the situation with the enemy now?" Zhao Yu nodded and asked. After Ni Liang captured Yangzi Town yesterday, the camp also moved here, and the troops immediately spread out ten miles away from the city, building a camp and organizing defense, and the car formation formed by six chariots became his temporary camp, although it was a little cramped, but it was enough.

"Your Majesty, according to the information from all sides, Batu Wanhufu guarded Yangzhou City, and there were three thousand troops stationed on weekdays. Intelligence shows that Ma Shao, the right Shangshu of Jiangbei Province in Henan, who presided over the peace conference in Yangzhou, was also blocked in the city. Ying Xi said.

"According to the information from the Bureau, after our army launched an attack, Yuxi Timur has ordered the two Duwanhu Prefectures to immediately gather troops to prepare for battle, and ordered the nearby Zuoshou Wanhu Mansion in Taizhou and the Duge Wanhu Mansion in Zhenzhou to reinforce Yangzhou, and according to the speed of Mengyuan's point collection and march, it should arrive at the latest the day after tomorrow."

"According to the custom, the Wanhu Mansions of Mengyuan will gather and train after the autumn, and Yuxi Timur has always had the intention of invading the south, and the two Wanhu Mansions have been in a state of combat readiness, and the speed of aid should be faster. The herald ordered all armies to step up the construction of camps, receive baggage, and do not attack Yangzhou City without authorization! Zhao Yu thought for a moment and said.

"Your Majesty, shouldn't our army take advantage of the enemy's reinforcements to seize Yangzhou City at this time? Allowing enemy reinforcements to enter the city in this way will not increase the enemy's strength, and it will be much more difficult to attack the city again. Ying Xi was very surprised by the little emperor's arrangement, according to the convention, he should attack the city at this moment, and then send reinforcements after gaining a foothold, so he reminded.

"Our task is to annihilate the enemy's living forces, and only when more enemy troops enter the city, the pressure will be multiplied, and the enemy reinforcements will continue to come. However, if our army captures and holds the city at present, it will be easily trapped by the enemy, and it will also lose its mobility and strategic initiative. "Due to this adjustment of the deployment, it can be said that the previous arrangement has been overturned strategically, so that these people around them can not fully understand, Zhao Yu knew that if he did not explain, it would affect their judgment of the war in the future, so he explained in detail.

"Your Majesty, if our army is only besieging but not attacking, and allows enemy reinforcements to enter the city, will we not face the enemy on both sides?" Ying Xi still felt that something was wrong and asked again.

"What I'm most worried about at the moment is the enemy in the city breaking through, not the reinforcements coming into the city." Zhao Yu didn't explain, but smiled and said with a smile.

"Your Majesty's use of troops is subtle, and your subordinates are dull, please make it clear!" Ying Xi still didn't know the point, Shi Li asked.

"It's easy!" Zhao Hao nodded to the map and said, "Now that our army is deep into the enemy's belly, and the encirclement has not yet been formed, if the enemy army feels threatened, it will definitely abandon the city. And the enemy reinforcements entering the city can at least make them feel that there is no danger of breaking the city for the time being, but the city of Yangzhou is ...... small."

"Subordinates understood!" Hearing this, Ying Xi said repeatedly, "Yangzhou City is small and has limited stored materials, so tens of thousands of people will definitely face the risk of food shortages soon." And in this way, it can have the effect of luring the enemy, Your Majesty is really a clever calculation! ”

"The enemy situation is changing rapidly, we must not only seize the opportunity, but also try to lure the enemy into our trap and lead them by the nose in order to achieve the campaign plan we have set, and not only see the small profits in front of us!" Zhao Yu did not deny it, nor did he admit his statement, but just bowed his head.

In fact, Zhao Yu was quite disappointed at this time, after Lin Zhiwu resigned, he enabled Ying Xi to enter the scene, of course, out of the trust of the corresponding clan, and also the intention of repaying the favor and promotion, leaving the Imperial Front Office in the future, at least you can give more than five grades, and even stay in Beijing to serve, and you can stay in the provincial department after a few years of training. But judging from his performance, he was a little disappointed, and he did not inherit Ying Yan's talent.

I just talked about my strategic deployment, and if I pass a few words in a few words, I am afraid that I will already understand my intentions. But Zhao Yu found that despite the explanation, Ke Yingxi still couldn't fully understand his thoughts, let alone give constructive suggestions. Such a performance was really not up to his job, so he made up his mind, and after this battle, he was transferred out of the Imperial Front Office, went out of Beijing to serve in the local government, or took a position in the provincial ministry.

"Your Majesty, it's time to eat!" At this time, Tan Fei came in and said.

"Oh, as soon as you say it, I'm hungry!" Zhao Hao rubbed his stomach and said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, is it in the tent, or is it ......?"

"Let's go outside, I'm breathable!" Without waiting for Tan Fei to finish speaking, he interrupted his conversation, picked up the hat on the table and put it on.

Zhao Yu went outside the car accompanied by Tan Fei, but saw that the camp had begun to see the scale overnight, the camp tent had been erected, and there was no edge to be seen at a glance. But before it was fully completed, a large stove was lined up in an open space inside the gate, shrouded in smoke, and the soldiers lined up in detachments to receive food, and then gathered in front of the campfire to sit on the ground and eat.

"Your Majesty, the baggage ship has not yet been unloaded, and there is only emergency food to satisfy hunger at the moment, so I can only make do with one meal." Tan Fei said apologetically as he walked.

"It's okay, I don't have to fire for me alone in the future, I will eat with the army!" Zhao Yu waved his hand and walked quickly to the stove.

"It smells so good!" Zhao Yu walked closer, sniffled and said with a smile. In fact, the meal in front of me is the same, one pot has noodles boiling, the other pot has several layers of high cage drawers, in which rice is steamed, and in a large basin next to it is a large slice of salted meat.

"Your Majesty, what to eat?" The fire army of the guard battalion was not surprised that the emperor was queuing up for dinner, and asked with a smile.

"A bowl of rice, a bowl of noodle soup, a big bowl!" Zhao Yu pointed.

"Okay!" The fire army took two large bowls from the side, one full of rice, and a layer of bacon on top, of course, secretly buried two more pieces at the bottom of the bowl. Another bowl filled the noodle soup with a large spoonful of meat sauce, handed it to the little emperor, and said, "Your Majesty, it's not enough to serve it again, it's full!" ”

"Good, good!" Zhao Yu took a pair of chopsticks and agreed with a bowl in one hand.

"Your Majesty, this way!" Tan Fei also quickly served the meal and pointed to a nearby fire.

"Eh, which unit is it over there, how do you look at the face!" The guards of the camp have always been the guard battalion in charge of the interior, and the personal guard brigade is in charge of the periphery, but Zhao Yu looked at the soldiers who were having a dinner party, and pointed over there with his chin cocked and asked.

"Your Majesty, over there is the newly formed Fourth Brigade of the Guardian Army, who assisted us in setting up camp. When it was time for lunch, his subordinates left them here to eat. Tan Fei looked at it.

"Oh, then go over there, don't follow!" Zhao Yu said.

"Brothers, squeeze!" Zhao Yu leaned over with the bowl and said with a smile.

"This ......" Tan Fei was a little embarrassed, but he didn't dare to disobey his order, so he could only watch the little emperor squeeze over.

"Let's go, little brother sit here, warm by the fire!" Those people didn't think it was a pestle, and someone moved their buttocks and beckoned Zhao Yu to sit down.

"Xie Teamzheng!" Zhao Yu looked at his armband and knew that he was a team leader, so he thanked him politely and sat down cross-legged next to him.

"Little brother, what an appetite, you want to eat so much, do you want another bowl of soup!" That team is not able to see through Zhao Yu is the one, his military uniform is an authentic military uniform, but there is no mark, and he can't judge his identity, just thinking that he is young and was bullied by other veterans so he hid here to eat.

"I still like to eat rice, and the noodle soup is just stuffed and filled!" Zhao Yu took a few big mouthfuls of rice and replied vaguely. And his eyes swept over, and he saw that in the two large pots of rice, there was almost only a base of soup noodles left, but there was a lot of rice left.

"You little brother doesn't know the goods, this noodles are delicious, what is so delicious about rice!" Someone on the side knocked on his bowl with noodle soup and said with a smile.

"Footing?!" Zhao Yu was stunned when he heard it, he knew that the Song Dynasty would call the noodle soup, some called soup cakes, some called soup rice, but it was not called foot noodles, but it was not unfamiliar with this name, in the previous life, there was a convenient noodle soup in Shaanxi called foot noodles, but I was a little surprised when I heard it at first glance.

"The little brother has definitely never been to the Northland, and the name of stepping on the face has long been known." Seeing that Zhao Yu was stunned, the veteran explained with a smile, "Back then, Han Xin's expedition against Wei Wangbao passed through here, and he was heavily stationed on the bank of the Yellow River. In order to solve the problem of the urgency of the war situation and the lack of time to cook, Han Xin ordered the generals to bake all the flour into thin cakes, and then cut them into long strips, which can be rolled down in a pot of boiling water when they need to be eaten. But when I arrived in Jiangnan, no one knew my destiny! ”

"Oh, it turns out that there was this way of eating as early as the Han Dynasty, and the little brother is really lonely!" Zhao Yu said with a smile. He thinks that this legend may not be reliable, and it has a bit of the temperament of folk history, but this kind of military food that he secretly calls 'ancient instant noodles' seems to be passed down from generation to generation......