Chapter 614: The Imperial Expedition (2)

Fooling Li Zong on the journey, Shi Bin has a great sense of achievement. You must know that Li Zong was born in the early years of Kaixi (1205), and now it is the year of Kaiqing Yuan (1259), he is already fifty-four years old, and he can still be put on a cloth, how can the person who set up this plan not have a sense of accomplishment?

And although Li Zong felt very tired and felt that there was some conspiracy in this matter, he was not afraid and even looked forward to it with the protection of 20,000 loyal palace front divisions. It must be known that if he can really lead the army to recover his homeland in person, he will leave a strong mark and will go down in history.

So along the way, Li Zong did not have any dissatisfaction with Shi Bin, and the two chatted happily like uncles and nephews.

Soon it will follow the waterway to the boundary of Hebei Road, and it is only a few dozen miles away from Hebei East Road. When you get to the front line, you can't be good anymore, you have to do things seriously, even the emperor is no exception. After washing up and dressing, Li Zong went into the tent and talked to Shi Bin, who had been waiting there for a long time.

"Shi Aiqing, if I remember correctly, you attacked Hebei East Road last time, and you have already captured some places, right?" Rizuma asked.

The Li Zong in front of him put on a helmet and armor, but he was still a little heroic, and Shi Bin gradually didn't really want to see the joke, and slowly became serious. Shi Bin still remembered what Li Zong said, but he didn't want to give Li Zong a good answer, so he said, "Yes, Your Majesty." Previously, the minister did conquer a few small counties, but the Yuan people on Hebei East Road were very strong in combat before, and the minister did not capture the entire Daimyo's Mansion with all his might, which is really ashamed. However, this time there is the emperor's personal expedition, not only do we have enough soldiers and food, but they are not unified internally, if the Yuan people hear the emperor's prestige, they will definitely surrender without a fight. ”

Hearing these words, Li Zong's heart was very comfortable, and he said that he would definitely order people to fully support the Northern Expedition, and he would not waste money and food halfway.

In order to consolidate this idea of Li Zong, Shi Bin continued to exaggerate the combat effectiveness of the Song army and the current internal and external troubles of the Yuan people. And said that he was willing to send someone to be a striker to open the way. With Shi Bin's promise, Li Zong was of course more confident, and said that he would not take back the entire Hebei East Road and vow not to return to the army.

After talking to Li Zong, Shi Bin quickly returned to his handsome tent.

The smile that couldn't be concealed made Jia Ling and the others understand that Shi Bin had gained a great benefit. It's just that Shi Bin's views are often different from those of Jia Ling, so in order to be safe, several people still asked.

"Shi Dashuai, can you please tell me what is the reason why you can't control your facial muscles?" Jia Ling smiled wittily.

"Staff Officer Jia, there is naturally good news for my facial muscle twitches, and it is great news. If you hear this, your facial muscles will probably twitch too, and they will definitely twitch even more! Shi Bin laughed loudly.

Since Shi Bin said this, Jia Ling and Sai Xishi immediately remained silent and waited for Shi Bin to say the good news.

"I went to the emperor's tent just now, and after my praise, he personally said that he would fully support the Northern Expedition and would not give up halfway."

This news made Jia Ling and Sai Xishi naturally ecstatic, and even danced with their hands. There has always been no joke in the army, and such a promise cannot be easily changed unless it is absolutely necessary

Once it is changed, it will cause great damage to the prestige of the commander-in-chief.

After being happy, it was Jia Ling, the eldest lady of the official family, who calmed down faster and asked: "Husband, the emperor is not a fool, you didn't pay anything if he was willing to make such a promise?" ”

"Xiaoling is really powerful, and I did make a small promise, that is, to send a general who can fight well to be a pioneer."

It is very common to send a general to be the vanguard, Jia Ling and Sai Xishi don't care, what they care about is whose troops they use, so they immediately asked this question. To the disappointment of the two of them, Shi Bin actually forgot about this important issue. Since Shi Bin sent people, he naturally sent Shi Bin's army to fight, which is not good.

Seeing that the faces of the two tigresses, Jia Ling and Sai Xishi, were getting worse and worse, Shi Bin also thought of the same problem, but war will kill people, which is unavoidable, so Shi Bin didn't feel that this was a big mistake, and after a while, he was comfortable again.

But this mistake must not be admitted, so Shi Bin found a very suitable excuse for himself: "If he does not send some of his men to open the way, Li Zong will be suspicious, and he will not plan to go all out to conquer the Hebei East Road, and the plan will fail." ’

Because Shi Bin's performance was very calm and his words were reasonable, Jia Ling and the others were no longer angry, and Jia Ling even praised Shi Bin for being a lot more delicate. This can make Shi Bin laugh wildly in his heart...

"But having said that, have you ever thought about who to send to be the striker, and how many to send to be the striker?" Sai Xi Shi, the female bandit leader who is very sensitive to the army, asked.

Pointing to Xu Feng beside him, Shi Bin said with a smile: "I plan to send him to lead the troops, as for the number of troops, three thousand." Seeing that the two were in a hurry to speak, Shi Bin immediately said again: "Let me explain first, and then you can talk about it." Xu Feng has followed me for many years, and he is a smart person, but he has not been able to go into battle for a long time to make meritorious contributions, so I plan to give him this credit. The reason why I gave him 3,000 people is because if I send less soldiers and horses, I will lose people's voices, which will make Li Zong suspicious again. ”

These reasons are very sufficient and correct, but Jia Ling still asked worriedly: "The striker won't be like this, right?" ”

"Hahaha..." After hearing this, Shi Bin laughed and said, "Xiaoling, am I so stupid, using my own elite as cannon fodder?" Of course, I also have to get some forbidden troops from other places and the old soldiers of the front division of the palace! Rest assured, there will be no less than fifteen thousand of them! ”

With Shi Bin's words, Jia Ling and Sai Xishi, the two iron roosters, immediately turned their anger into joy.

Although it is a 'royal expedition', Li Zong is actually only the nominal commander, and the specific arrangement is still done by Shi Bin. Therefore, Shi Bin ordered 15,000 local forbidden troops, 1,000 palace front division forbidden troops, and his own 3,000 soldiers and horses to form a vanguard army, which was led by Xu Feng.

Siege warfare has never been easy to fight, not to mention that now Kublai Khan is caught in a two-front battle? In order not to be severely damaged, Kublai Khan gave an order to the generals defending the city on the Hebei East Road to defend with all their strength and not to take a step back. As a result, the Song army suffered many casualties but few results. This situation made Ritsune dissatisfied and felt deceived. Because the situation is not at all as invincible as Shi Bin said before, but it is difficult to move an inch.

This situation was also somewhat unexpected by Shi Bin, who did not expect Kublai Khan to ask his subordinates to defend the Hebei East Road instead of ordering his subordinates to withdraw to the line of the Great Wall.

"What do you say? Kublai Khan's puppet actually ordered his men to defend and not retreat! The 3,000 men and horses led by Xu Feng have lost nearly two percent. Shi Bin said with a little anger

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"It's a bit troublesome, but husband, I remember what you told Xu Feng before he left, we didn't hear it clearly, now tell us about it."

"Xiaoling, I didn't say anything to him, I just wanted him to be leisurely and let those forbidden troops be cannon fodder, our firearms soldiers are very precious and can't lose too much during the siege." Shi Bin thought for a while and then said.

Hearing the words 'take it easy', Jia Ling and Sai Xishi immediately knew that something bad was going on, and combined with the current situation, it can be speculated that Xu Feng must have misunderstood the meaning. Now that the casualties are a bit large, he was afraid that something would happen so he sent someone to inquire.

Realizing his mistake, Shi Bin had no choice but to write a letter, clearly telling Xu Feng that he wanted him to let the forbidden army rush first, and when the Yuan army defending the city was tired and the firearms bombarded indiscriminately, it was no longer 'leisurely'.

changed the way of playing, even if the Yuan people wanted to carry it again, they were invincible to the four hands, and the cities were recovered by the Great Song Dynasty, and the Daimyo's Mansion and Kaide Mansion were recovered in less than a month. Rizong's confidence and arrogance increased again, as if he was the invincible god of war. And Shi Bin is the icing on the cake, and he praised Li Zong as a natural handsome.

Li Zong's brain congestion directly withdrew Shi Bin's troops from the front for repair, and replaced the front with the forbidden army.

This change made Shi Bin both happy and worried. He was happy that his subordinates would have fewer deaths, but he was worried that the combat effectiveness of the old soldiers of the forbidden army was too poor, and he was afraid that the forbidden army would be defeated with a single blow if they could not stop the counterattack of the Yuanren. Once such a situation occurs, Li Zong's confidence will be greatly shaken, which will be extremely unfavorable to the capture of Hebei East Road, so Shi Bin has to consult with Jia Ling and Sai Xishi again.

"Husband, are you afraid that those old soldiers won't be able to withstand the counterattack of the Yuan people?" Jia Ling smiled, "I'm not afraid." ”

"Why?" Shi Bin and Sai Xishi both asked in unison, and Xu Feng was also puzzled.

"Now that the Yuan people are short of troops, Kublai Khan's most important thing should be to exterminate Ali Buge and consolidate the throne, and he may even want to reconcile with us temporarily. Therefore, the most important thing for the Yuan people to do at present should be to defend the city rather than counterattack, even if there are some counterattacks, it should not cause too much pressure on the forbidden army, and it is impossible to produce a situation of collapse at the touch of a button. ”

"Reasonable, but the speed at which these tens of thousands of forwards are advancing is too slow." Shi Bin complained helplessly.

"It doesn't matter if it's slow, there's plenty of food and grass anyway. The key is to make the emperor happy, and he is happy to be good to us. If he feels that the speed is slow, let's push it hard, wouldn't it? Sai Xi Shi even said, "What's more, husband, think about it, these forbidden troops will return to the garrison after the battle, and our soldiers can recruit by themselves, and we can take the opportunity to hide the soldiers in the people." If you want me to say, the slower the better. ”

This is something that Shi Bin didn't expect, and it is true that the slower the better. So the next day, Shi Bin thought that Li Zong would advise him to march 'step by step' and firmly grasp the recovered land in his hands. He also proposed that Emperor Lizong should leave 800 soldiers to guard a county town, and he himself would only leave 200 auxiliaries.

Such a numerical comparison made Li Zong even more relieved, and once again intensified the attack, ordering Shi Bin to lead an army of 100,000 to attack Bozhou from three directions, hoping to capture it within ten days.

In order to make Li Zong even more fluttering, Shi Bin ordered Xu Feng to come to a high-intensity attack, and the projectile land of Bozhou was broken by Xu Feng within five days. Xu Feng also took the initiative to give half of this credit to the officers of the forbidden army, coaxing Li Zong to be even happier and no longer have any suspicions, and only wanted to restore the prosperity of the Han and Tang dynasties, and ordered the army to move forward at full speed.

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