"Regain Sanjing! This, this...... Alas, Deyuan is in a hurry, how can he give Mongolia an excuse at this time, even if they don't want to invade the south this time, they have to invade the south, Zheng Deyuan mistook the country! Zheng Deyuan is also a thief! Wen Nan looked at the crooked simplified characters on the paper, suddenly beat his chest, and scolded the north. There are only two sentences of scolding, which is much less than Hong Tao's vocabulary.

Who is Zheng Deyuan? Hehe, speaking of which, he is also the first senior official of the Southern Song Dynasty that Hong Tao has ever seen, yes, it is Luo Youde's uncle, vice chairman of the Southern Song Military Commission, Zheng Qingzhi. Since the death of Shi Miyuan, he ascended to the throne of the right prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty and became a close confidant of Song Lizong. After the Song and Mongolian coalition forces destroyed the Jin State this time, the Mongol army began to withdraw from Henan and return to the north, and this part of Henan became a terra nullius. Therefore, Zhao Fan and Zhao Kui, who were then the envoys of the Lianghuai system, the general Zuo Xiaowei, and the envoys of the Jingxi system, suggested that Song Lizong should take this opportunity to send troops to Henan, recover Tokyo Bianliang, Xijing Luoyang, and Nanjing to Germany, and then use the Yellow River and Tongguan to deploy defenses and reject Mongolia in the north.

This suggestion was opposed by many court officials, but this Zheng Qingzhi Zheng Prime Minister didn't know whether he wanted the new official to take office three times, or for other reasons, he was actually very interested in this obviously brainless proposal, and finally strongly supported it.

Song Lizong himself actually wants to recover Sanjing, which is the foundation of the ancestors. No matter how good Lin'an is, it is also to accompany the capital, it is estimated that he wants to return to Bianliang in his dreams, it seems that only by staying in Bianliang City, he can be regarded as the real emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, this is called obsession, everyone has obsession, and his obsession is the Bianliang who thinks about it at night. In the end, everyone listened to the emperor, so they began to prepare to send troops to Henan to recover Sanjing.

Can Sanjing be recovered? Under the circumstances of the time. It's not that it can't. But we must work steadily and step by step. Don't rush it. Why? In the words of the minister who opposed the recovery of Sanjing at the time, there are three inconsistencies! First of all, this part of Henan was greatly damaged in the war between the Jin State and the Mongols, and the people's livelihood withered, and the Southern Song Dynasty army could not get effective supplies from the local area after entering, and the time and effort of transporting grain by themselves outweighed the losses. Second, the Southern Song army had limited combat effectiveness and did not have the ability to defend on the long Yellow River defense line. What is especially lacking is mobility. If the battle line is extended, then the Mongol cavalry will be able to find more breakthroughs, and once a certain point is broken, the Southern Song army will face the danger of being divided and surrounded.

But this person, when he sees enough benefits in his eyes, he often puts more dangers behind him, just like being brainwashed by a pyramid scheme, his mind is always thinking about making money and making money, but he doesn't know that the possibility of losing money is greater. Let the Southern Song Dynasty army, which already lacked the ability to maneuver, enter the territory of Henan, where it is all the Great Plains. There is no danger to defend, isn't it just to send meat to the Mongolian cavalry.

If it is placed in the Northern Song Dynasty. This matter is still possible, because at that time, there were still many fortified cities in Henan that could be defended, even if they were surrounded, there were Song people inside and outside the city, and at least they didn't have to worry about eating and drinking. But now, Henan has become a barren land, and the prosperous city of Luoyang has been devastated by several wars, and only a few hundred families remain, let alone other cities. The reason why the Mongols retreated north was to let the few mobile troops left in the Southern Song Dynasty army leave the nest and enter this pre-designed battlefield, and then fight a war of annihilation.

It's a pity that those who really understand military affairs can't be the masters, and those who do the masters are all fools who don't know how to pretend to understand. In June, the operation to regain Sanjing began, and a total of 60,000 troops were gathered, which directly occupied Guide Province, and was marching towards Bianliang, almost sweeping along the way, without encountering any resistance. Every few days, the good news of the recovery of XXX comes back, which is very exciting. But don't talk about a chicken thief like Hong Tao, who is very suspicious, even if a diplomat like Wen Nan knows that this matter is wrong, then this matter is indeed not right.

The farther the Southern Song army went and the farther away from the nest, the less safe it became. Because the long supply line was very easy to be cut off by the highly mobile Mongol cavalry, once the supply line was broken, the Southern Song army would be very few. The Mongol army is very tactical, they rarely do unnecessary frontal hard fighting with the enemy, they always follow you like wolves, harass you, and wait until you are tired and tired, and you are in a mess, and you will suddenly exert force. Infantry hunted by cavalry on the Great Plains? Even if Yue Fei survived, he wouldn't have a problem. This is not that the Southern Song Dynasty army is overwhelmed, but that the Mongol army is luring the enemy deeper.

"Forget it, it's useless for the two of us to be in a hurry now, if this is on the sea, I can still help, but unfortunately this is inland, and I can't help it!" Hong Tao patted Wen Nan on the back, and comforted him very rarely.

"Sir! We can go and attack Dengzhou! Or Michigan! The sound of attacking the east and the west gave the Mongol army no time to look west, so as to buy time for the imperial army. Originally, Mr. didn't plan to do this, how about in advance, tens of thousands of lives! Wen Nan is really patriotic, not pretending, he directly grabbed Hong Tao's clothes and knelt on the ground, which is a bit of a posture of taking Hong Tao as God.

"Alas...... What is the difference between your behavior and Zheng Qingzhi? It's useless to just rely on enthusiasm, and it's even more mistaken to talk on paper. Attack Dengzhou? Also Michigan? That's a military port! It's not a fishing village, it's all regular troops, and it's not enough for people to fight in an hour. Besides, just setting fire to Mizhou can mobilize the Mongol army? Do you want to use your brains to speak? Don't take the Mongol army for a fool, and don't take me for a fool. There is no solution to this matter, unless you can make the court withdraw the troops immediately, don't delay for a minute, you don't have this ability, everything is nonsense, you have been an official, and the twists and turns in this should be clearer than me. Okay, get up, this is the school, let the students see that it is not suitable, you slowly grieve, you can take this matter as a warning, don't think about it in the future, these tens of thousands of people will not die in vain. I'm gone, don't send it! Hong Tao told Wen Nan about his difficulties, reached out and dragged him up from the ground, and then went to the students with his hands behind his back to ask for warmth.

It's not that Hong Tao doesn't want to save it, but he really doesn't have the ability. This incident is obviously a trap, as long as the Southern Song Dynasty sends troops, the Mongols will kill two birds with one stone. On the one hand, it can eliminate the living forces of the Southern Song Dynasty, and on the other hand, it can also be used as an excuse to accuse the Southern Song Dynasty of breach of contract, and then justifiably invade the south. Is aggression justified? No! But there's a better excuse than nothing, especially if it's not too much trouble.

Unless Hong Tao has enough landing men and horses, then escort it with warships, force it up the Yellow River, and transport supplies from the waterway to Bianliang and Luoyang City. Then discuss with the Southern Song Dynasty court, how to help the fleet continue to transport supplies to the north, deploy along the Yellow River, and cooperate well with the army and navy, so that the Yellow River can really become a moat and really block the Mongol army north of the Yellow River.

But all this is impossible to happen, even if he bears the guilt of Jing and ties himself up, and honestly goes to Lin'an to surrender to the emperor, the Southern Song Dynasty court will not listen to his own advice and let the Jinhewan Navy and the Southern Song Army conduct joint operations. They are more vigilant than outsiders, which may also be a lesson from history, but it is a bit overkill, turning internal fighting into the norm, taking foreign enemies too lightly, and slowly becoming habitual thinking.

In fact, even if the Southern Song Dynasty court came to beg him, kowtowed and called his grandfather, and handed over all the military power of the Southern Song Dynasty to his command, Hong Tao did not plan to rescue, not because he didn't want to, but because he wouldn't. Did Hong Tao fight? No! Will Hong Tao be a military commander? Not even more! So if Hong Tao snatched the military power and played it by himself, what was the difference between him and the waste in the Southern Song Dynasty court? They don't know how to pretend to understand, maybe they are inferior to others, who dares to guarantee that the army will be able to win if they listen to themselves?

When a person eats several bowls of dry rice, he must know it in his heart, otherwise he will not only harm himself, but also harm others. Hong Tao knows very well what he can and can't do, no matter how good the starting point is, the result is bad, and it can't be said that this matter is done. Moreover, this kind of bad thing is even more harmful to people, how many things in the future world are doing things in the name of exploration, exploration, reform, and patriotism? The result? It's more ruthless than a direct traitor! Countless resources and manpower have been wasted, and in the end, it is better to do nothing. So, what Hong Tao does, he never looks at the motive, only the result. People are separated from each other, you say that you are for the country and the nation, how do I know that you are telling the truth? Needless to say, you can see whether you are for the country, the nation, or yourself!

One year, Hong Tao only needs one year. Within this year, even if Mongolia and the Southern Song Dynasty had a dog's brain, Hong Tao did not plan to go north. He has to lay his foundation first! Don't do porcelain work without diamonds, Hong Tao feels that the diamonds in his hands are not too strong, and he has to grind them again.

The operation to recover Sanjing was just like what Hong Tao said in advance, and it was aborted before it lasted until September. First, Yang Yi's department, which was in charge of the response, was ambushed in the east of Luoyang City, and almost all the troops were wiped out, and then Xu Zimin's troops in Luoyang City also had to retreat due to lack of food, but they were covered by the Mongolian cavalry and did not run back much.

The Luoyang Front Army was annihilated, and the Bianliang side was not much better, Zhao Kui and Quan Zicai originally wanted to retreat, but unfortunately the Mongols used Hong Tao's tricks first, and they themselves opened the Yellow River and drowned the Southern Song Dynasty army.

At this point, the vigorous movement to recover Sanjing came to an end, ending with the Southern Song Dynasty losing troops and fleeing in embarrassment, and tens of thousands of Southern Song Dynasty soldiers and horses who entered Henan did not come back much. (To be continued.) )