Hearing Zhuo Jing's question, Liu Jing smiled and turned around: "This question will be explained by Lord Wang." ”

In the eyes of everyone, Wang Du stood up and said first: "Your Majesty, please Rong Chen bring the blackboard of the deduction of the General Staff Division, so that it will be more convenient to explain." ”

"Quasi-play."

After a while, two young officers brought in a wooden blackboard, like a screen, about six feet high and about one zhang wide, on which were written in chalk with the words "Deduction of the Battle of Baoding."

Wang Du took the baton, walked to the blackboard, and said, "Your Majesty, please take a look." ”

"On January 5, the rebels marched south, and Xu Kai was ordered by the right general Sheng Yong not to go to war."

"The rebels immediately plundered the areas of Anping, Shenzhou, and Xianxian, and the advance reached Texas."

"In order to save the people, General Zuo Ping'an led 100,000 infantry and 50,000 cavalry north to Baoding."

"The rebels went north to the rescue and fought with our army on the banks of the Tang River, and our army had a slight cold, but also suffered heavy casualties. When the rebels arrived in Baoding, General Zuo insisted on not fighting, and the rebels were in a dilemma. On January 30, the right general's forward arrived in Tongzhou, and two days later, the right general arrived and immediately attacked the city, and Tongzhou was in danger. ”

"The rebels could not fight on both sides, retreated into Xian County, and watched Baoding. General Zuo immediately made a decision to attack Baoding City. ”

"Judging from the situation of the Battle of Baoding, the rebels are cunning and have strong combat effectiveness, if it weren't for General Zuo's advance transfer of Fang Zhao and Li Yuan to attack Baoding City, then General Ping'an is likely to be defeated under Baoding City."

And if General Heian is defeated, the 150,000 elite soldiers of the imperial court will be reduced to nothing. At this time, the Yanshu people still had more than 30,000 cavalry in their hands, plus his son Zhu Gaoxu, and the cavalry that surrendered, there were at least 50,000 people, plus the 30,000 Mongolian troops in Zunhua, and it was not difficult to annihilate the 100,000 army of the right general under Tongzhou City in one fell swoop. ”

"So if it weren't for the emperor's blessings, the two generals Ping'an and Sheng Yong would have been defeated in a few days, and the imperial court would have lost 250,000 elite troops, and then the land of Hebei would probably fall to the wind, and it would no longer be owned by the imperial court."

With Wang Du's analysis, everyone couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, only to understand how hard-won the current good situation is, and if there is a slight mistake, the battle situation will be completely different.

Zhu Yunwen nodded and said, "I know all this, so I rewarded the two generals, Li Yuan and Fang Zhao, and at the same time did not punish General Sheng Yong." ”

"The Emperor Shengming!" "Your Majesty, Yanshu people are so vicious!" Everyone couldn't help but sigh.

"Therefore, the Mongolian army is in a pivotal position in the planning of the Yanshu people, so this official wants to ask you, will the Mongols help the Yanshu people for no reason?"

"This will definitely not be, the Yanshu people must have a conspiracy to collaborate with the enemy and betray the country." Xie Jin nodded.

"This is for sure, according to the analysis of this official, Lord Liu and the General Staff Division, it is most likely that the Yanshu people will abandon Suiyuan, Liaodong and other lands beyond the Great Wall after the successful rebellion, and only such a great benefit can lead the Mongols to venture into the pass."

"What?" Xie Jin immediately stood up and retorted: "Lord Wang, although the Yanshu people rebelled, it didn't come to this extent, after all, he was the son of the first emperor." ”

"Hehe, Master Xie, how do you think the Yanshu people persuaded the Mongols to help him?"

"It can be the children of wealth."

"So, do the Yanshu people have rich children?"

"......" Xie Jin was speechless, sat down dejectedly, and sighed.

Zhu Yunwen looked at everyone and said with a slight smile: "Squire, don't be discouraged, these are just speculations at present, and I will not let the Mongols succeed." ”

"The emperor is shengming, the emperor is shengming!" Xie Jin knelt down and bowed his head.

"Okay, big gentleman, you get up first, Zizhong, you go on."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"At present, there is no updated news from Zunhua, and Xifengkou Pass is heavily guarded, and there are no people from us yet. But the official can be sure of one thing, there must be Mongols in the Xifengkou Pass. ”

"Why?" This time, even Zhu Yunwen was surprised: "How did Zizhong know?" ”

"This is also what the minister thought of by chance, when deducing the battle situation, Staff Officer Xiao said: 'The Mongols are stupid enough, once they are sold by the Yanshu people, I am afraid they will all die in the pass.' This sentence reminded the ministers that it was impossible for the Mongols not to leave a way back, and they would inevitably ask to be stationed in the Xifengkou Pass to prevent the Yanshu people from crossing the river and demolishing the bridge. ”

"Oh, that's quite possible!" "It must be like this!" Everyone thought about it and nodded in agreement with Wang Du's speculation.

"There should be at least four people who know the specific content of the agreement with the Mongols, Yanshuren, Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaochu and Zhu Neng. Because the negotiations with the Mongols were presided over by Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Neng, it was difficult for us to get the specific content of the agreement. ”

"Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaochu are unlikely, can't Zhu Neng think of a way?" Zhu Yunwen asked.

"Back to the emperor, it's unlikely, this time it was this Zhu who drove the people to attack the city in the river, he can do this kind of thing, it must be the diehard loyalty of the Yanshu people, even if he has something unspeakable, such a person will inevitably be executed in the future, so it is unlikely that he will throw himself into the imperial court."

"Well, there is a point in that!"

"Chen is talking about the rebels going south this time, and our army's strategy remains the same, it is still to hold on to the city and attack it, but General Sheng Yong should be worried about the Mongolian cavalry in Zunhua at present, so there has been no news of its attack on Tongzhou."

"The rebels can't fight, so they continue to plunder the people, but this time is very different from the last time."

"What's the difference?" Xie Jin asked.

"The last loot was to let General Zuo go to war, so in addition to looting food, he also drove the people away from their homes; This raid was to get the right general to come back to help, but there was one difference, the rebels drove the people to the east, which showed that the rebels needed something from these people. ”

"It should be coercing the people to attack the city."

"This shouldn't be," Wang Du shook his head and hesitated: "Although it is cruel to coerce the people to attack the city, as long as the defenders are firm, it will not have much effect." ”

"What does Lord Wang mean?"

"I've been thinking about this for the past two days, and then it was Lord Liu who reminded me that the rebels' target is likely to be the canal!"

"Canal?" Everyone, including Zhu Yunwen, stood up and looked at the map.

Wang Du pointed to the map with his baton and said: "Your Majesty, the supply of Zhending and Baoding comes from Henan, and the supply of General Sheng Yong comes from the canal. ”

"Once the rebels destroy the canal, then General Sheng Yong will soon be short of food and grass and have to retreat, and then the rebels can intercept halfway, and our army will lack food and grass, and it is likely to be defeated."

"Although the canal is not easy to build, it is not difficult to destroy, as long as you find a low-lying place around it and dig it, the rebels drove the people eastward, probably for this purpose."

Xie Jin and Zhuo Jing were a little surprised, they looked at the map, and then Zhuo Jing came back to his senses, looked up at Wang Du, and said in a deep voice: "In this case, the imperial court should gather heavy troops, go straight to Beiping, and complete the battle, otherwise once the rebels dig the canal, then the imperial court's supply to Sheng Yong will be more difficult, and the counterinsurgency will be far away." ”

Wang Du shook his head and said, "What Lord Zhuo said is indeed a good word of Jinshi, but he can't do it. ”

"Why?"

"Even when Emperor Taizu went on the Northern Expedition, Meng Yuan did not do such a thing as digging a canal, if the Yanshu people did it, then what did the adults think he would do when the imperial court gathered heavy troops under the city of Beiping?"

"Do what?" Zhuo Jing was stunned for a moment, and muttered: "The imperial court is encircling Beiping, and the Yanshu people are powerless to fight a decisive battle, even if they add the Mongols, the Mongols? Zhuo Jing suddenly opened his eyes, pointed at Wang Du and said, "You mean, you mean ......"

Wang Du looked at Zhuo Jing and nodded, a trace of sadness, hatred and helplessness appeared on his face.

Zhu Yunwen watched the two of them play dumb riddles, and couldn't help asking, "What will the Yanshu people do?" Say it quickly. ”

Wang Du turned around and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Yanshu people are likely to open the Xifeng Pass and lead the Mongolian army to attack our army, our army has little chance of winning, even if it is defeated, Beiping will be in ruins, and our army has many infantry, and the Mongols have more cavalry, and they are unable to expand the results of the war, so the Mongols will soon flee back to the grassland and make a comeback." ”

"Oh, I see what you mean." Zhu Yunwen closed his eyes in pain and pressed his forehead with his hand.

Everyone looked at Zhu Yunwen and didn't speak.

After a long time, Zhu Yunwen shook his head, looked at everyone, and said, "Zizhong, do you have a countermeasure for the Military Aircraft Department and the General Staff Department?" ”

Wang Du hesitated for a moment and said: "There are dozens of passes on the Great Wall, but there are only two passes that can accommodate tens of thousands of troops, one is Shanhaiguan and the other is Xifengkou. Therefore, in order to prevent the Mongol army from entering the pass, it was necessary to control the Xifengkou Pass. ”

"So the minister has a rough idea, that is, the imperial court should pardon the crimes of the rebels at Zunhua and Xifengkou Pass, allow them to make meritorious contributions, and wait for the opportunity to control the Great Wall Pass."

"The general plan is this, first of all, the imperial court will supply Zhigu by sea to calm the army; At the same time, General Sheng Yong was ordered to go north to Tongzhou, not for the purpose of attacking the city, but just to attract the attention of the Yanshu people, so General Sheng Yong had to withstand the rebels and the Mongol army under the city, and the longer the better. ”

"During this time, the imperial court must control the Xifengkou Pass, and at the same time break through the Juyong Pass and Yongping as soon as possible."

"In this way, the city of Tongzhou will be the burial place of the rebels."