Chapter 324: Heading North along the Coastline

Du Hu and Chen Longfu, who were pretending to be on the south bank of the Yellow River, were collecting timber on a large scale by the river to build boats and pontoon bridges to cross, making a lot of noise, but the soldiers in the barracks behind them were enjoying their vacation.

The remnants of the Yuan Dynasty in various parts of the road were also exhausted, and unlike the large-scale siege warfare group battles, these were scattered in the countryside, and the Yuan Dynasty defeated the army of dozens of people in groups of three or five.

They had already suffered from the strength of the Song army, and after the defeat, they could not find a way out, so they scattered in the wilderness, making a living by robbing homes and houses, blocking roads and robbing, and causing disaster to ordinary people within a radius of dozens of miles. But it is really difficult to catch them, they are extremely alert and do not stay in the same place for a long time, and to annihilate a team, they often have to step down from all sides in advance to be able to catch them all.

"Report to the general, there is a secret report from the other side of the river, all the armies of the Yuan army going south, suddenly stop marching, and then turn around and return to the direction of Dadu!"

"Really? Has General Chen been notified there? ”

"This secret report was transferred from General Chen, and General Chen has already led his army on the way here!"

"Well, go and give the order, beat the drum and raise the tent!"

Du Hu was a little surprised, could it be that his subordinates' performances were not perfect enough? was spotted by the Yuan army, but no, Kublai Khan was only halfway away, and it was impossible to see through the strategy here! Not to mention Kublai Khan, even his own subordinates, most of the generals don't know that it is just a pretense to be so busy preparing here, just to relieve the pressure on Zhao Tianyou.

He is not worried about the safety of Zhao Tianyou's 100,000 horses, Zhao Tianyou's exhaustive strategy and the powerful ammunition depot of the South China Sea Fleet, no matter which way the Yuan army is, it will not be able to stop his march, and it is only a matter of time before he takes the Yuan University.

His own team attracted Kublai Khan in order to gain time, and after Kublai Khan discovered the crisis in Dadu, it was too late to immediately lead the army back. Why didn't General Zhao tell me to cross the Yellow River and flank Kublai Khan's troops from the front and back, wouldn't that be easier?

Du Hu thought well, it was originally a suspicious plan, but in the end, he made a fake shot come true, even Zhuge Kongming didn't have this ability! So the plan formulated by General Zhao is still not perfect, and he must respond flexibly and adjust his thinking according to changes, but General Zhao always talks about it, so he beats the drum and raises the account to discuss this issue with everyone.

Eighty percent of the middle- and low-level generals who have grown up now have emerged from the students of the Lecture Martial Arts Hall, and judging from the actual situation in front of them, it is Zhao Tianyou who taught them the first thing to learn in leading the army to fight.

Every task assigned by the superior is formulated with the current information and has a timely and forward-looking approach, but if you are a commander responsible for execution, you must have the ability to adjust your own combat plan in light of the rapidly changing situation on the battlefield.

Of course, there are restrictions on this, for example, if I ask you to guard the reservoir in Xishan, and you suddenly think that the enemy may go to Nanshan to burn the forest, then you give up the Xishan reservoir and go to defend the Nanshan forest instead, which is a bit blunt.

The first thing you need to ensure is whether there is a deviation in the goal of your own task, if you find something wrong, you should report to your superiors in time, and then adjust your task according to the feedback back. This group of people held a meeting together, and they really listened carefully in the early stage, and only after they understood the problems did they think about it and express their opinions, and Du Hu also learned a lot and benefited a lot from it.

"Ladies and gentlemen, General Zhao's 100,000 troops, with the South China Sea Fleet on the seashore all the way, in addition to ensuring the supply of ammunition, is also equivalent to a mobile retreat, as long as he encounters a difficult situation, General Zhao can withdraw from the sea at any time.

However, Kublai Khan mobilized four or five hundred thousand troops this time, and the original goal was for us to have a general battle on both sides of the strait, but now that they have all turned back, we should continue to carry out the mission and go to Shaanxi, or take the opportunity to cross the river and have a front and rear attack with General Zhao. ”

When Du Hu told these words, anyone could hear it, he had already thought about it and decided to cross the river to the north, and he said it at the meeting and hoped that everyone would say it, but it was not to let these people raise their hands to pass, but to hear different opinions.

Such a meeting has long formed a habit, and when there is no dissenting opinion in unanimous passing, it is not necessarily all good, but after Du Hu finished speaking today, no one expressed a different point of view.

"General Du, support your decision, immediately strengthen the Yellow River, attract the attention of Kublai Khan's army, even if it allows him to divide a part of the army, it is a great achievement!"

Du Hu nodded and asked, "Why?" ”

"According to my analysis, General Zhao's intention to go north along the coast this time must be to raid Dadu and then block the passage for the Yuan army to flee back to the Mongolian Plateau, which is much more important than our westward trip to Shaanxi."

"Well, and then what?"

The general's face suddenly turned red, and then he continued: "Let me tell the truth, to be able to fight Kublai Khan with General Zhao and regain all the land lost in the previous dynasty in a hundred years, even if he died on the way north, I also think it is a glorious thing." ”

"Haha, roar!"

Dozens of middle and low-level generals in the hall laughed, but what this general said was also their heart, this battle can be said to be a rare encounter in a hundred years, and it is impossible to encounter a second time in this life. As a soldier and a general, if you can participate in person, it is really a deed that you can show off when your children and grandchildren are full.

"Okay, pass my order, speed up the preparation of the ferry and pontoon, and inform the rebels on the other side that we will cross the river in three days!"

Chen Long Fu led 100,000 troops to meet peace, not to mention the meaning, they all put down the task of going west and crossed the river to the north to participate in this peerless battle, even if Zhao Tianyou wanted to punish him, the two of them also had to fight with their necks.

At this time, Zhao Tianyou led the army to just take Qingzhou, and after a short rest, he was ready to continue to go north, once the Song army entered the territory of Daxingfu, it was only more than 300 miles away from the capital of Yuan, and it was almost a day for the cavalry to attack with all their strength to kill the city of Yuan Dadu.

However, Zhao Tianyou has been alone here, although the boundary here used to belong to the Song Dynasty, but the Jin and Liao countries have occupied it for more than a hundred years, and the Yuan Dynasty has been in power for decades. In some village and town markets, there was already a mixture of Jin, Liao, and Mongolian and Han people, and the arrival of the Song army did not cause a very strong response, and even there were very hostile eyes in the corners.

Bazhou Mu is the Han official Hu Baofu, and there are 8,000 mixed Mongolian and Han cavalry of the state army under his command, and he has long known the news of the Song army's northward journey along the coast, but he didn't expect it to pass in front of him so quickly.

There were hundreds of thousands of Mongolian troops coming in the middle of the road, and he knew it, so he made a decision to seek wealth and danger, and personally led 8,000 cavalry from the state capital to intercept Zhao Tianyou's 100,000 army.

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