"Although Meng Ge's own soldiers and horses are elite, most of them have not participated in the Southern Expedition, many of their troops have only recently returned to the Central Plains from the Western Regions, and they are not as familiar with the local operations of the Jiangnan water network as those Han people who have been fighting with us, plus they are invincible during the Western Expedition, and the generals have grown a sense of pride, and the ministers even heard that Marshal Niu Phosphorus said to Meng Ke Khan, as long as the 400,000 iron horsemen gallop together, the sound of the horses' hooves hitting the earth alone is enough to make the ministers die of fear, and they are arrogant for the generals. It can be imagined that the whole army is impetuous, anxious to defeat our army easily. Such an arrogant general, although known as a victorious army, will inevitably be defeated by the word arrogant. ”

"As for the soldiers and horses of the Chagatai and Wokotai lines, they were originally the rats who came to take advantage of the fire to rob, if our army is defeated, they will show off their might, and if our army wins, they will definitely be the first to escape from the battlefield, such soldiers and generals are insignificant."

Zheng Yunming said proudly: "Mongolia has expanded its land for thousands of miles, its military prestige is prosperous, the world has not been seen since ancient times, just by this decisive battle, it is impossible to shake the national strength of Mongolia, but as long as the Mongolian national strength is strong, the Great Song Dynasty will have to worry about being tired sooner or later, so if this battle is won, the ministers will retire, and His Majesty must charge a general to lead the whole army, take advantage of the situation to go north, restore the ancestral foundation, at least occupy the Central Plains, so that the Mongols retreat to the Western Regions of the Desert, which is the fundamental way to stabilize the country. Look at your majesty xià good at observing it. ”

The emperor rarely waved his hand: "Where did Qing say, although I grew up in the deep palace, I also know the art of war, after Qing defeated the main force of the chieftain, he led the soldiers in front of him, swore to the Northern Expedition, I have no reason to control it in the rear, if Qing wins, I will follow Yiqing with soldiers, horses, grain and grass, and resolutely go north, and enter the great cause of Luo. ”

The emperor stood up, his mighty and exciting appearance, as if he was possessed by Taizu, and shouted: "The country has been humiliated for three hundred years, and there is no exciting situation today, the future of the Great Song Dynasty is promising, and it must not be lost to the hands of the Hu people!" I have made up my mind, only my emperor Song can curb the growing fierce flames of Mongolia in the world, and the new army of Shenwu in the imperial front division will be immediately handed over to the command of Zheng Yunming, the ambassador of Jinghu control, and immediately open the front line, and the Hulu army, a duel between male and female! ”

The Jinluan Hall immediately shouted: "The ministers should use their lives to fight with Hulu!" ”

Having said that, the Xianggong who really went to the front line to fight for his life was only Zheng Yunming alone after all. That night, the government hall was brightly lit, the military situation was urgent, and the imperial court stayed up all night to deploy troops and send troops one by one.

Wu Qian's meaning was to wait for the armies of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guangxi to arrive at the front line first, and then Zheng Yunming led the army out. Zheng Yunming was anxious to prepare to go to Jinghu immediately, and he told Wu Qian his reasoning: "The best way for the Mongols is to break through, in the past, the Jin State often used tens of thousands of elite soldiers to rescue the besieged cities, but they were annihilated by the Mongol army separately, and the millions of troops were wiped out, and none of the prefectures and counties could be saved. The fundamental reason for this was that the Mongol army was very powerful and could deal with the enemy in several directions with great speed. This time our army rescued Jinghu, originally in the disadvantage of the troops, so we can not make the mistake of dividing the troops, now I will take the army first, in Ezhou and Wuchang to gain a foothold, cover the arrival of the armies in turn, jointly counterattack the enemy, it is the best policy, if you wait for the reinforcements from all over the country to rush over with 20,000 or 30,000, but for the Mongols to make meat. ”

Wu Qian blinked, turned his head and looked around, at this time, the moon was bright and the stars were scarce, and there were no idle people inside and outside the political hall, which was a good opportunity to speak. He asked in a low voice: "Uncle Mou, there is no one here, you might as well give a real account, how sure can you be of this expedition against the Hu people?" ”

Zheng Yunming smiled and asked rhetorically: "In your opinion, how sure can you be?" ”

Wu Qian glanced at Ma Guangzu, and Ma Guangzu also looked at Zheng Yunming, the survival of the country was decided in this epic battle, how sure Zheng Yunming was, these people who were at the core of the power of the Song Dynasty must know in their hearts.

Zheng Yunming looked at the nervous appearance of the two people, and still smiled and said to the two: "Before you two ask me, why might you answer a fundamental question first, why did Meng Ge Fang ascend to the throne, and the regime has not yet been stabilized, so he is in a hurry to start the battle in the south?" ”

Wu subconsciously replied: "Does this still need to be asked?" The Hu people do not know etiquette and education, only by force, last year in the desert snow, a lot of livestock died, all the departments are in trouble, are anxious to follow the Great Khan to fight to obtain property and food. Meng Ge is not willing to start a war as soon as he ascends to power, but he has to do it. ”

Zheng Yunming nodded, and said, "In addition, there is another factor that makes him have to fight. Möngke faced not only tribal pressure, but also a threat from Kublai Khan. ”

Ma Guangzu was puzzled and asked: "Kublai Khan is the biggest pillar of his eldest brother Meng Ge on the Great Kuri Platform of Mongolia, and Meng Ge defeated the Ogedai line and ascended to the Great Treasure because of this, why is he a threat to Meng Ge?" ”

"Father Hua, don't rush to conclusions, let me ask you, if it is an emperor of the Central Plains, the imperial brother seeks to quell the rebellion of Qingtang and Tubo, and then leads the army over the snow-capped mountains and swamps, captures the entire territory of Dali, pacifies the Southern Wilderness, and makes such a great achievement, will this emperor not feel threatened? Not to mention that Kublai Khan took advantage of the opportunity of cutting off his belly to control all the elite soldiers of the Mongol army in the Central Plains, and Meng Gean could not be suspicious. Today, Kublai Khan helped Möngke to power with his military exploits and military power, won't he replace him with these two things in another day? ”

Therefore, Möngke Khan's southern expedition, one is eager to establish greater feats than Kublai Khan to establish his prestige in the Han land, and the other is a greater plan to fight in the south through guò, redivide the command of the army, marginalize Kublai Khan, and take most of the elite soldiers and fierce generals into his own hands, you don't see that almost none of Kublai Khan's old subordinates brought to Yunnan participated in the southern expedition, and Kublai Khan himself was appointed as the commander of the Western Route Army, but only handed over 20,000 horses to him, even the 10,000 people originally stationed in Lizhou by Wang Dechen, 5,000 men were also deployed to attack Jinghu. Meng Ge also specially ordered that Kublai Khan was only responsible for supervising the various ministries in the west, and he did not have to enter Sichuan in person, but only needed to be stationed in Hanzhong and wait for the report from the front. This is a clear indication to the world that Kublai Khan has changed from the backbone of the empire to an insignificant person. ”

"The outbreak of internal strife before the war began was the biggest mistake of the Mongols." Zheng Yunming said categorically: "If the sibling brothers are suspicious of this, I, Zheng Yunming, will definitely not lose to this kind of opponent." ”

After a pause, he said: "But our country is a country of etiquette, and we can't learn from Hu Lu to come and go, and we don't even have the necessary politeness." I am going to send a special envoy to Taiyuan to negotiate peace with Meng Ge. ”

Wu Qian could hardly believe his ears, he would never think that Zheng Yunming, who had never fallen behind in the battle of wits and strength with the Mongols in ten years, would say such pedantic remarks, but then he woke up and said: "This string is a good plan. ”

Zheng Yunming nodded and said, "This matter has to be handled by a bold and careful person."

Ma Guangzu smiled on the side: "Is there a second choice besides Gaussde?" ”

Zheng Yunming slapped the table: "It's Gaussley!" There is no more suitable person than him, the military situation is urgent, and there is no need to hesitate for a moment, let him prepare and leave for the north immediately. ”

The wind of change in the Great Song Dynasty can be seen in the traffic conditions, when Peng Daya sent an envoy to Mongolia, it dragged on for several months, which is of course due to the mountain barrier, there are also factors that have not stopped, but the inefficiency of the bureaucracy at that time in the Song Dynasty is also evident. This time, it took only three days to prepare from the official document in the government hall to the preparation of gifts, and it took only three days to prepare for Gauss's departure to the north, and Gauss had to hurry with his entourage for days. On the way, I saw the post station change horses, and rushed all the way to the north, and when I arrived at the city of Xiangyang, it only took ten days.

Lu Wenhuan and Gundam have been panicked and uneasy since they occupied the city and made a rebellion, especially Lu Wenhuan, he usually covets small profits, and has an inexplicable relationship with the north, but he didn't expect to be used by the Mongols to use this reason to move around Jia Nidao, which made Jia Rudao suspicious of Lu Wenhuan, even if Lu Wende as his brother is the second-in-command next to Jia Nidao, he still can't stop Jia Xianggong from killing Lu Wenhuan.

Unlike Gundam, who has successfully sent his family to the north, Lu Wenhuan himself is under tremendous pressure, and Lu Wende writes letters three times and twice. scolded him in an extremely harsh tone for betraying his ancestors, betraying the emperor's grace, and asking him to return to the Great Song camp anyway within a limited time. However, Lu Wenhuan understood that since the beginning of the war, the Great Song Dynasty had never shown a hard-line style, and he had no tolerance for those who betrayed the enemy, and since he had openly rebelled, there was no reason to retreat.

But he was still very polite to Gauss, on the one hand, the clans were all soldiers in the south, and there was no need for him to tear his face now. On the other hand, he was really afraid that Jia Yidao would gather the rest of Jinghu's troops to launch a counterattack on Xiangyang at this time.

Since the mutiny, the soldiers were extremely angry, and the real allegiance to Gundam and Lu Wenhuan was only 10,000 thousands, and the rest of the soldiers and horses had fled within a few days of the mutiny, and of course, they did not dare to return to the harsh and unkind Jia Zhizhi envoy without permission. But Xiangyang's defense was actually extremely weak at this time, if it wasn't for Meng Ge's preparations, on the tenth day after the mutiny, he immediately sent 5,000 Mongolian cavalry to rush into Xiangyang to suppress the whole city, just afraid that the anger of the people in the city could drive Lu Wenhuan out of the city.

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