Chapter 369: Soldiers Descend on the City
Guo Shoujing squinted his eyes and said: "There are so many tribal leaders who want you to return to the grassland, and many people have told me privately that although the water and soil in the south are fertile, they are not suitable for grazing cattle and sheep. A warrior who grew up on horseback would lose his innate courage if he stepped off his horse and sat on a comfortable silk chair, and he was not far from destruction. ”
Although he is already drunk and hazy, but after speaking, he also has to look at Kublai Khan's reaction, at this juncture, Kublai Khan has almost no one to talk to, but it does not mean that you can speak freely, you can say whatever you want.
Kublai Khan nodded and said, "Maybe they are right, warriors who leave their horses do forget the courage to fight and become fond of enjoyment, I already know these things." But how did they know that if they wanted to build a stronger dynasty, they had to learn the knowledge of the Han people, and then use the Han people to rule the Han people, which was the way out for the Great Mongol Empire.
To learn how to build a ship, to learn to sail at sea, to train our strong forces at sea, to go to sea on huge warships, to conquer one country after another that cannot be walked on horseback, that is the future I want!
In the future, I have already caught it in my hands, and I can even lower my head to smell it, the smell of this fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River, their emperor has surrendered, they have failed, why, why don't they listen to the emperor, why don't they surrender......"
Kublai Khan became more and more angry, and the exquisite gilt wine glass in his hand was pinched flat by him and thrown to the ground with a snap, which was the third wine glass destroyed by him today. And this set of exquisite wine utensils from the former Tang Dynasty selected from the treasury of the Song Dynasty in Lin'an only had four cups in total, and the last one was placed in front of Guo Shoujing.
Guo Shoujing was full of excitement, and most of the wine he drank woke up at once, and now there are only two of them, what should I do? Bring the wine glass to Kublai Khan and let him use the wine glass he has drunk?
Could it be that he pretended to be drunk and couldn't see it, and let Kublai Khan drink it himself?
Kublai Khan did not embarrass Guo Shoujing, reached out and picked up the wine jug in front of him, and poured a large mouthful of wine into his stomach with his neck up.
"Great Khan, it's not too late to retreat at this time, there are still countless warriors loyal to the Great Khan, and there are still millions of clansmen in the steppe, you can always remobilize a stronger team."
"Haha, Guo Shoujing, do you think I'm drunk? It is estimated that the four major khanates on the steppe are discussing together to discuss when to send troops to recruit me, and they would have been reluctant to do it when I became the Great Khan, if it weren't for the fact that they couldn't beat me, they would have rebelled a long time ago.
Back to Mobei? I'd rather be killed by the cannonballs of the Song Dynasty than let those vile villains humiliate me and want to take the throne of the Great Khan from me, haha, let's wait until I'm dead! ”
Guo Shoujing squeezed out a smile, looked at the drunk and excited Kublai Khan wordlessly, and after pouring two large sips of wine, he suddenly collapsed on the wide seat, tilted his head and fell into a deep sleep.
"My Great Khan, the Song army will not wait for the warm flowers to bloom, soon they will attack the city, if they don't leave, they will probably not be able to leave, they will be left forever!"
Guo Shoujing muttered softly, drank the residual wine in the wine glass in front of him, and ate two mouthfuls of food before swaying and staggering away.
Miyue in Daxing Mansion wanted to see Zhao Tianyou several times but was politely refused, and gradually understood that this matter could not be done by her with a few words of begging, and the hatred of the entire country and the whole nation was not something that she could control as a little girl.
Only by relying on war, relying on bloody killings can we eliminate grudges, and previous hatreds need more killings to be eliminated, and I don't know when we will be able to complete a cycle if we continue like this.
This year's spring came exceptionally early, and the land blocked by ice and snow was unwilling to be lonely, instigating countless plants and trees to sprout first, and completed the first stretch before the spring breeze arrived.
"Okay, I'll give the order right away, our artillery and ammunition have already been prepared, the cavalry and infantry are fat and strong, and they have long been holding back their strength to attack the city, just waiting for your order!"
Li Yiming ran out of smoke and gathered all the officers and generals, and Zhao Tianyou prepared to hold a pre-war mobilization meeting on the last day of the first month to convey the precautions for attacking Yuan Dadu.
At this time, there were two military villages in the south of the Yuan capital, and there was an acropolis at the foot of Yanshan Mountain in the north, which was guarded by Kublai Khan's two roads to the north, but they would not guide themselves to become the target of Zhao Tianyou's attack first.
After some discussion, Zhao Tianyou brainstormed and adopted the most prudent method, the troops were divided into five ways to fully surround it, the first target of the attack was set on the acropolis in the north, and the military fortresses in other directions were surrounded but not attacked, waiting for Li Yiming to take the Acropolis and then make more decisions.
Chen Longfu and Du Hu were also assigned tasks, and Chen Longfu led the army to bypass the Nancheng military wall, set up camp thirty miles west of the Yuan capital, dug a back ditch to secure antlers, and prepared to block it again without letting a Yuan army pass.
Du Hu led a team of men and horses from Daxing Mansion to the north for fifteen miles, and turned around to block the travel route of Yuan Dadu to the east, and the task was only one purpose, mainly to encircle and defend, and not let a Mongolian war horse escape from this.
And Zhao Tianyou, as the main attacking force, is mainly to eliminate the Yuan soldiers in the two military villages in the southern city, and then he can directly threaten the Yuan capital, and even ask Kublai Khan to stand at the head of the city, and everyone can come to chat when they meet.
The Song army's siege of the city had long been expected by the Yuan army, and it was particularly nervous on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, for fear that the Song army would play a surprise attack and launch an attack on Chinese New Year's Eve when the battle should not be.
The Yuan army defended the city to prevent thieves, but the thieves did not come to steal, and it was difficult to slack off after a long time, Guo Shoujing, who had warned Kublai Khan, felt that he had misestimated, and the Song army must wait until the weather was warmer before attacking the Yuan capital.
More than 300,000 Song troops drove out of Daxing Mansion in a mighty manner, without the slightest scruple of the Yuan army scouts who were reconnoitring the military situation in the distance.
"Report ......"
"Report ......"
"Report, another group of people from the Song army is heading to the west......"
Kublai Khan sat in the center of the seat, with generals on standby, and a group of soldiers ready to deliver orders, all waiting for the Great Khan's battle arrangements and orders, but Kublai Khan and the two clerks talked in a low voice, and there was never a complete order.
The military fortress was only protected by low fences and not deep trench seats, and several generals who Kublai Khan could trust agreed that the Song army would concentrate its firepower and attack the military village first, otherwise the military village would give up its forces and transfer it into the capital of the Yuan Dynasty.
"How many garrisons are there on the Acropolis to the north?"
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