The emperor arrived in Vazhou two days earlier than Wang Laohu.

In these days when Wang Laohu was marching, the Mongol army captured Qiuzhou and Jingzhou again.

As soon as he arrived in Vazhou, Wang Laohu went to the camp to meet the emperor. I saw that in addition to the emperor, there were several other generals in the tent.

"Your Majesty, I got the news and came here day and night, I don't know what the situation is here?" Wang Laohu looked at the general in the tent and couldn't figure out what the situation was, so he didn't dare to call him a minister.

"Get up." The emperor said, "Let me introduce to you first, this is the king of the folk dart team, last time I heard that he has a 'tiger' dart team, all of them are heroes, so I asked him to help the generals." ”

"The emperor is wise." Several generals replied.

"This one is General Yu, the general of Vazhou Wei." The emperor introduced to Wang Laohu.

"Wang Laohu has seen General Yu."

General Yu looked at Wang Laohu, who had not dried up, and didn't take him seriously at all, but he was invited by the emperor, so he didn't dare to refuse, so he had to politely reply.

"Generals, I will explain to you the movements of the Mongolian army in the past few days." General Yu said, "The Mongolian army is menacing, and they have captured the four states of our Ming Dynasty, and it only took them more than a month to capture these four states. Now the Mongol army is coming towards our state. ”

After listening to General Yu's narration, the people in the tent couldn't help but look at each other, the strength of the Mongolian army should not be underestimated, if at this rate, the Mongolian army could include half of the Ming Dynasty in less than a year. That's how fast.

"Do you have anything to say to the generals?" The emperor asked.

"Your Majesty, although the Mongolian army is fierce, they are in a hurry to run for a long time, even if they are iron-clad, they can't afford such a march, so we will sit and wait in Vazhou. Fight to the death with the Mongol army. A general said.

"It's a good thing to sit back and wait to be killed, this state is seated by the emperor, and it is the last barrier, how can we start the battlefield here?" Another general said.

"What do you mean?" A general asked.

"We're going to take the initiative now, and we're going to take advantage of their exhaustion and give them the initiative to strike."

"The Mongolian army has 100,000 troops, and the captured Sizhou Wei has more than 100,000 troops, the emperor is wise, and he has united the troops of several other states to defend in Vazhou, and has far surpassed the Mongolian army in terms of strength, plus the help of the prince of the tiger dart team, do you think there is an advantage?" General Yu asked.

"The Mongolian army raided my Daming, and in my unprepared situation, took away my four states, and now we are ready, the soldiers are strong and strong, plus the emperor himself is doing the battle to attack the state, we are afraid of what his Mongolian army will do." A general said.

"Now is the time for our army to boost their morale, and we must give them a battle to dissipate their arrogance." The other general chimed in.

"Do you all think that the Mongol army captured the four states in a month by luck or a surprise attack, and there is no strength in them? If their capture of Suzhou is a surprise attack, then Shizhou must be prepared, Shizhou was captured by the Mongol army in a few days, several generals, is this just luck? General Yu said.

"General Yu, what do you mean by that? Are you saying that our Ming army is vulnerable, not even a fart of the Mongolian army, the emperor is sitting here, you say this, where do you put the emperor? A general said.

"Emperor Shengming, generals, what I just said is just to let everyone understand that the Mongolian army is like a bamboo, we should not underestimate the enemy, and I did not mean to belittle anyone."

The emperor said: "Yu Aiqing is reasonable. The fact that the Mongol army was able to attack the four states so quickly shows that their strength is not low, and we must make full plans and fight a battle with certainty. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister asks to be the vanguard, attack first, stop the Mongol army, extinguish their arrogance, and let them see my Ming army." It was General Chung who asked to be the vanguard.

"General Zhong, what are your plans?" The emperor asked.

"Your Majesty, if the Mongolian army wants to go to my Vazhou, it needs to pass through Sanshitun, and I will go from Vazhou, and I should arrive at Sanshitun one step ahead of them, and then I will make an ambush there and take them by surprise." General Zhong said.

"General Zhong, it's a good thing to be full of confidence, but have you ever thought about it, your speed is really faster than the Mongol army? In January, he quickly seized four states, such a speed, you would have imagined. General Yu said.

"General Yu, when this person was also tired, the Mongol army had been exhausted outside for several months, and our army had just assembled and its morale was booming." General Zhong petitioned the emperor and said, "Please allow me to be the vanguard and sweep away the military spirit of the Mongolian army." ”

"Your Majesty, please think twice." General Yu said, "The combined strength of our army's four states is more than enough for the Mongolian army, and if General Zhong attacks alone, I am afraid that it will not be enough to pose a threat to the Mongolian army." ”

"There are not many soldiers, but the speed of the sky, the Mongol army is also a human being, and there are times when they are tired, and such a high-density march, men and horses are tired, it is the time to attack them." General Zhong said.

"We lost the four states, what is the situation of the four states, we still don't know, the Mongol army took the four states, because they have many soldiers, or use soldiers like gods? None of this, we don't know. Besides, the army is still so far away from us, and there are many variables in it. ”

"General Yu is afraid? I'm not afraid. The Mongol army is now coming straight to our state, which should be true. They may have heard the news that the emperor had come here, so they rushed to it non-stop. ”

"It's true that I'm here, but there's more than one way to go."

"Wherever he goes, I'm going to compete with him. General Yu, you don't have to worry about this, I will first send the first army to scout their exact position

In the direction of travel, after all, this territory is in the territory of my Ming Dynasty, and he Mongols are presumptuous. ”

"The Mongols marched with great stride, their horses and hooves were raised, and the speed of their march and the means of attack should not be underestimated, and our forced response to the enemy would only increase casualties."

"The Emperor's ......"

"Two Aiqing, I know that both of them are arguing over the expulsion of the Mongol army. General Zhong took the lead, and his pioneering spirit was commendable, and General Yu was calm and sophisticated, thoughtful, and had the style of a general. Then the two of you will not quarrel any more. General Zhong listened to the order, and I asked you to lead an army of 80,000 to stop the Mongol army at Sanshitun. "The emperor said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." General Zhong said.

"General Zhong, there are 100,000 Mongolian troops, and you can lead 80,000 soldiers and horses to deal with it, you can only outwit it, not attack it." The emperor said.

"General Ma, you lead 50,000 soldiers and horses to assist General Zhong from the side."

"Yes, Your Majesty." General Ma replied.

"Okay, two generals, you go and prepare." The emperor said, "The others retreated, and Wang Laohu stayed." ”

After these generals left the tent, the emperor asked, "Wang Aiqing, why didn't you say a word just now?" ”

"Back to the emperor, what does the emperor want me to answer?"

"What do you think of the Mongol army?"

"Wechen has just arrived in Vazhou, and I don't know much about the situation here, and we don't know what the fighting style of the Mongolian army is, so it's inconvenient for me to express my opinion."

"And how are you going to learn about the fighting style of the Mongol army?"

"The art of war is cloudy, knowing the enemy, and not being defeated in a hundred battles. I want to know the fighting style of the Mongol army, only the last battlefield. Wang Laohu replied.

"Wang Aiqing also wants to go to the battlefield?"

"Weichen asks the emperor for permission."

"Do you know why I asked you to recruit troops and horses, why did you come here to war?"

"The emperor asked Weichen to recruit troops as horses, which is to protect the emperor's safety, and let the ministers come to the state to protect the emperor." The emperor brought some old and weak soldiers from the capital, of course he couldn't count on it, but Wang Laohu didn't say this.

"You know my purpose, why do you want to go to war?"

"Weichen went to the battlefield to complete the task of protecting the emperor."

"On the battlefield, how can you still protect me?"

"The emperor was stunned this time, and he threw it alone, and if he didn't succeed, he became benevolent, and the Mongolian army must defeat it in order to establish the emperor's prestige. And to defeat the Mongol army, it is necessary to know their fighting style and characteristics. Your Majesty, please grant the request of the minister. ”

"Wang Aiqing, you are not in the court yourself, this is already difficult for you, it is rare that you think about me everywhere, I grant you permission not to report me every time you take a small action in the future, you can act alone."

"Emperor Xie, the ministers will live up to expectations." Wang Laohu said.

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