"As the most backbone role of the Mongols' southern expedition, it must be the elite soldiers led by the princes of the Tuolei Department, some of these people are very familiar to us, such as Yang Weizhong, the new Xuanfu envoy of Jinghu South and North Road, who has invaded the Central Plains all the year round, but more importantly, we have never encountered Meng Ge's elite in person. Among them were three princes and one colt who followed Montgosi's expedition, all of whom were wise and brave generals. According to secret reports from the north, the Möngke army, including part of Kublai Khan's army, totaled more than 100,000 men, which was the backbone of the Mongol Empire's fighting force, and it was also the essence of the Mongols' use to cross the seas. Only by completely eliminating this force can we say that the great trouble in the north can be solved once and for all. ”

To sum up, the total number of Mongol troops is also about 400,000, and in previous years, the Mongol army has carried out several expeditions with 100,000 or 100,000 cavalry, so there is no doubt about the ability to organize large-scale wars. In recent years, the wheat in Henan and Hebei has matured, and the Mongolians have learned the technology of transporting grain and grass from China for long distances, and have used gravel roads and carts to transport enough grain from the Western Regions. It can be said that the Mongol army is indeed planning an unprecedented expedition to the south, and we are facing an opponent that has never been stronger than ever. Zheng Yunming said without changing his face: "But before this, we have already lost 70,000 elite soldiers and lost Xiangyang City, the biggest reliance of Jinghu. ”

Half of this is a fact known to all the ministers of the DPRK and China, and now that the news has reached the news, it is completely impossible to understand the strength of the Mongols, and the old master who only looks for chapters and excerpts and does not ask about the affairs of the world, and it is absolutely impossible for a slightly knowledgeable reader to have no understanding of the true strength of the Mongols. If it is fully mobilized, excluding the troops that can be mobilized by the Han land, it should be around 200,000, this is a horse army equipped with horses in the whole army, and there is probably no armed force in the world that can compete with such a powerful army, let alone add 200,000 Han strong troops. What's more, before the war began, the Song Dynasty had already lost most of the defenders of Xiangyang City and Jinghu, which had relied on it as a base of resistance in previous years.

How many means Zheng Yunming needed to reverse this disparity between heaven and earth, no one could understand it, not even the emperor sitting on the throne hall. That's why he asked in a rare tone full of worry: "Qing thinks that with the current situation of the country with few soldiers, how should it be deployed?" I have already ordered the Qing family to set up ambassadors for Jinghu to control the military horses on the front line, and the Qing family does not have to worry about it, and will play it to me in detail. ”

Zheng Yunming looked at the wat board in his hand intently, and tried his best to make every word so that the ministers in the palace could hear it clearly, this was a life-and-death battle, and there was no need to hide anything from everyone.

"Our general strategy is to conserve an unnecessary number of troops on the remaining fronts and assemble a large army to intercept the enemy in the hinterland of Jinghu." He said loudly: "At that moment, Yang Luo led 50,000 horses and horses in Yunnan to fight the Mongols in the jungle. Yang Luo's subordinates, who already have the advantage, have gathered more than 100,000 soldiers from Dali's old department and the white barbarian and barbarian troops. And the Mongols are already the turtles in the urn, after receiving the holy decree of His Majesty, the minister has already written a letter to inform Yang Luo, asking him to transfer 30,000 soldiers and horses from his headquarters to the north from Jingjiang Mansion to gather near Yueyang and wait for dispatch. ”

"The minister checked the front of Sichuan, the Mongol offensive was scarce, and our army was not ready to continue to advance, and now the western Sichuan region was tired of fighting and deserted, and the army wanted to gradually regain the lost territory, and was trapped by the Mongol city. At present, there are more than 70,000 soldiers in Sichuan, and in addition to the troops defending the mountain city and the strategic counteroffensive in front, another 30,000 people are sent down the east of the river and stationed in Jiangling first, forming a corner for the Mongol army. It is inconvenient for them to drive straight into the hinterland of Jinghu. This is the second response. ”

"The 36th battalion of the Hunan army built by the minister, although the qualifications are still lacking, but the children of Huxiang are brave and warlike, and they have repeatedly made miraculous feats since they became an army, but since Jia Rudao took charge of Jinghu, the Hunan army was far away on the west road of Guangnan, and it was said that the Mongols were guarding against the abdomen, but now Yang Luo led the Jinghu army deep into Yunnan and dealt with the Mongols, and the Mongols had no possibility of attacking the flank of Jinghu from Guangxi, so the Hunan army on the west road of Guangnan could be concentrated, about 20,000 people, first through Jingjiangfu, and then into Hunan to meet the arrival of the main force."

The emperor was excited when he heard this, and blurted out a question: "The main force? What workhorse? ”

This sentence really asks the key point, the transfer of troops and horses from various places is always piecemeal and cannot be integrated into a pure formed armed force, and the lesson of the wars of the past dynasties is that having a small but fully formed armed force as the backbone is better than a large number of coalition troops from all over the country that are temporarily transferred.

Zheng Yunming raised his head, stared at the emperor's face with some taboo, and shouted loudly: "I will personally lead 70,000 new troops in front of the palace to Jinghu to defeat the captives, so that the country will be safe and secure, and Your Majesty will sit back and relax!" ”

Indeed, if the Great Song Dynasty still has a strategic mobile force that can be deployed, it is only the armed force established by Zheng Yunming since he took office. There were more than 50,000 soldiers and horses in front of the palace, and their equipment and training should have been the best in the Song army. However, the Song-Mongol War lasted for more than ten years, and the defenders in various places faced the great pressure of the Mongol invasion, and both equipment and supplies were much more priority than the so-called Janissaries. And most of the divisions in front of the palace still rely on long spears and short knives.

At this time, the Great Song Dynasty was faintly in danger of strengthening the branches and weakening the cadres, and the troops of the local feudal towns and the Su zhì were stronger than the so-called central army troops. It is no wonder that Zheng Yunming's first task after taking office, the emperor was impatient to use his skillful experience in army building to guide the establishment of a new palace front division army. However, the emperor's diction was extremely ingenious, Zheng Xianggong only had the power to guide and supervise, but in fact, Zheng Yunming did his best to plan, and the command of the troops was firmly grasped in the hands of the emperor.

Zheng Yunming was not unaware of the emperor's attempt to use this new army to guard against the townification of local domains, but for the emperor, he would definitely do his best to forge a new army that could attack and defend well, and the emperor gave him a great authority to reform the military system, so that he could let go of some of the military ideas and ideas accumulated over the years to put into practice. This also constitutes the prototype of the current new army of the former division of the palace.

The new army of the front of the palace is just the common name of the people, the official name of this army is called the new army of the front of the palace, divided into the front army of the gods, the middle army of the gods, the rear army of the gods, the left deputy army of the gods, the right deputy army of the gods, and the six armies of the Jing Navy (navy), each army is set up to control one. Although the emperor vigorously reduced the court expenses, he used all his financial resources to build up this army of 63,000 infantry and 12,000 cavalry. But how to train them into a real army, the hard work in it is only known to Zheng Yunming, even during the period of debasement, all kinds of letters and reports sent to Zheng Yunming's study every day are still piled up.

But then some people objected, and they went out to play: "Now that the old department of the front division of the palace has been abolished in many ways, there are only more than 20,000 people left. ”

Zheng Yunming said angrily: "This is the moment of life and death, Meng Ke Khan has come with all the people of the whole country, if we don't deal with it with all our might, there will be an immediate danger of the mountains and rivers overturning." Although there are not many remnants of the old army in front of the palace, but after the training of the cut, all of them are capable of fighting, and they are usually chaotic, and it is difficult to move in a hurry, as for the sea route strategy, our army now completely grasps the sea key points of the East China Sea, and has been suppressing the enemy on the coast of Jiaodong, and it can also protect Wan'an. The way to fight is to grasp the focus of the opponent's attack. The Mongols have also used the strategy of attacking the east and the west in previous years, but this time they will not, whether they attack Huainan or Sichuan, the terrain and cities here are enough to contain the enemy's attack, only the line from Xiangyang to Ezhou, since Xiangyang has fallen into the hands of the enemy, the Mongolian army will inevitably go down the Han River, go straight to Ezhou, and then attack Jiangnan, this is the general trend of strategy, and any military artist can not resist the choice. And the minister, the general will lead the army, gather in Jinghu, and stop Meng Ge's attempt with all his strength. ”

A trace of hesitation flashed in the emperor's eyes, he did not doubt Zheng Yunming's determination to fight to the death, he was only worried about two things, in case Zheng Yunming was defeated, and in case Zheng Yunming was victorious.

How could Zheng Yunming, the emperor's thoughts, not understand, he raised his eyes and looked at this monarch who had served for many years, and his heart was full of emotion, it was difficult to become a successful monarch, and it was even more torture to play the role of a successful monarch when the country was in turmoil.

"This battle is a matter of national survival, and if some ministers don't say it now, they may not have the opportunity to say it in the future." Zheng Yunming said calmly: "There are two things that Your Majesty is worried about, one is that the Mongols have many elite soldiers, and the ministers cannot resist them, and the other is that if the ministers can expel the enemy army, the situation of the ministers is unstoppable. ”

As soon as he said it, everyone in the Jinluan Palace was shocked, if it weren't for this critical moment, if it wasn't for Zheng Yunming, the speaker would inevitably be suspected of reprimanding public opinion.

Zheng Yunming ignored the consternation of the full courtiers, and said directly: "Although the Mongols have a large number of armor, but in the opinion of the ministers, the eight thousand households in the Han land have been entangled with us for many years, and the losses are very large, in order to pursue the number, it is bound to do not hesitate to absorb a large number of civilians with no combat experience as soldiers at the expense of soldiers, in fact, no matter how many soldiers and horses there are, it is useless. It can be seen that the temporarily recruited military horses must undergo strict training and accumulate experience in order to become qualified combat forces, and such temporary forced conscription of peasants to form a large army is the first mistake of the Mongols. ”

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