On March 12 of the seventh year of Xianchun, 80,000 soldiers of the imperial army of Hezhou and the Dingkun army completed the siege of Luoyang Fucheng. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The marching speed of the army was not fast at all, and it took about eight days to complete the siege of Luoyang Mansion City on the fifth day of the first month of March, respectively, from Song County and Yongning County, and it took about eight days to complete the siege of Luoyang Mansion City, and during this time, Habichi and Boyan, who were stationed in Kaifeng Mansion City, had already completed the mobilization of the army, and had let the soldiers guarding Luoyang Mansion City exceed 10,000 people.

The battle of attacking the city is far different from the field battle, if it is a field battle, 10,000 people against 80,000 people, if there is no special situation, it is undoubtedly defeated, but it is not the same to stick to the city, if you can work together to win the support of the people in the city, it can support for a long time, and the Mongolian soldiers who stick to the city of Luoyang already know that a large number of reinforcements are in Kaifeng Fucheng, and they will come to help at any time, so their fighting spirit is extremely high.

If there is no Dingkun army, Wu Shaogang's combat arrangement is extremely poor, and he is also looking for death, but now the situation is different, two hundred Dingkun cannons, a large number of thunderstorms, so that Luoyang Mansion City can not be held at all, not to mention that there are 10,000 Mongolian troops in the city, even if it is 100,000 Mongolian troops, Wu Shaogang can guarantee to break through the city in a short time.

However, the strategy determined by Wu Shaogang was not to attack Luoyang Mansion first, but to besiege the city and send reinforcements.

That is to say, Wu Shaogang and his surroundings Hao Jing, Cai Siwei, Zhang Binghui, Cao Wengang and others have long made it clear that the purpose of this battle is to eliminate the Mongolian army to the greatest extent and weaken the strength of the Great Yuan Court.

After besieging Luoyang Fucheng, the Intelligence Agency and scouts became extremely busy.

Wu Shaogang was also thinking about whether to launch a certain degree of attack on Luoyang Mansion City to attract the Mongolian army stationed in Kaifeng Mansion to help, and the most important combat task of the army was to defeat or even completely annihilate the Mongolian army that came to help.

The stakes are enormous.

How many sergeants did the Mongolian army rush to the rescue, what kind of combat effectiveness it had, what kind of way would it take to rush to help, and whether the Mongolian army stuck in Luoyang Mansion would take advantage of the situation to kill it, causing a situation of internal and external attack, etc., all Wu Shaogang needed to consider, and to make the final decision, or what form to meet the battle, the grasp of intelligence is very important.

Strength is of course the most important, but the role of intelligence cannot be underestimated, after all, Wu Shaogang wants to get the biggest victory with the smallest casualties, and he doesn't want to let the lives of Henan Road and Kaifeng Mansion and other places be ruined, if that situation occurs, it is he who will suffer in the end.

Speaking of Kublai Khan and the strength of the Great Yuan court, Wu Shaogang also knows it, to be honest, Kublai Khan's strength is far stronger than him Wu Shaogang, but because Kublai Khan has too many opposites, on the one hand, he must continue to carry out the battle of Xiangyang, on the other hand, he must be tired of dealing with the chaos in Mobei, and at the same time, he must also pay attention to the situation of Henan Road and Kaifeng Mansion, which makes it impossible for Kublai Khan to concentrate all his forces and attack Sichuan and Yunnan on a large scale.

How could Wu Shaogang lose such a precious opportunity, he had to firmly grasp it, maximize the loss of Kublai Khan's strength, and wait until Kublai Khan really withdrew from the Battle of Xiangyang, and then he would find that something was wrong.

The collection of intelligence was extremely difficult, and even paid some price, and the Hezhou Imperial Army lost more than ten scouts.

And it is the Intelligence Agency that really obtains valuable information.

The information from the capital was transmitted the day after the army surrounded Luoyang Fucheng.

This is due to the rapid and fast transmission of intelligence channels that Wu Shaogang has established over a long period of time.

The Great Yuan Imperial Court, with the last brother as the main commander, mobilized 20,000 Mongolian iron cavalry, 30,000 new annexed troops stationed in Huaibei, a total of 50,000 troops galloped to aid Henan Road and Kaifeng Fucheng, plus 10,000 Mongolian iron cavalry stationed in Kaifeng Fucheng, and 20,000 new annexed troops around it, the total strength of the Mongolian army reached 80,000.

This is not counting the tens of thousands of new annexed troops who are clinging to Luoyang Mansion City.

When the information was sent, Wu Shaogang's expression became grim.

The Mongolian iron cavalry that rushed to the aid of Henan Road and Kaifeng Mansion City must be elite, and reached 30,000 people, I don't know what kind of aid method Brother Mo and Habichi will take, now the army has surrounded Luoyang City, so it will not take a long time, Brother Mo and Habichi will be able to obtain accurate information, if they are out of the nest, it will be born a rare tragic battle.

Wu Shaogang had a total of 100,000 soldiers under his command, of which 20,000 were stationed in Songzhou and guarded the rear road of the army.

In terms of the number of troops, the Mongolian army had the advantage.

Not only that, the army led by Wu Shaogang adopted the strategy of besieging the city and sending reinforcements, so it had to face a two-sided battle, on the one hand, it was necessary to kill the Mongolian army that was holding Luoyang Fucheng, and on the other hand, it was necessary to defeat the Mongolian army that came to help.

On the most critical issue, there is controversy, that is, how Brother Mo and Habichi will rush to the aid of Luoyang Fucheng.

Judging from the information obtained by the Intelligence Bureau, the Mongolian army should adopt a defensive strategy, and will not and will not be able to provoke large-scale battles on Henan Road and in the area of development, after all, Xiangyang Mansion is the focus of the Dayuan Imperial Court's operations.

However, judging from the military strength of the Mongolian army, it is possible for Moge and Habichi to provoke a large-scale battle, after all, the Mongolian princes have a lot of enthusiasm and don't care about anything when they start a war.

Contrary to Wu Shaogang's feelings, Hao Jing believed that Moge and Habichi would adopt a defensive strategy and hold the army back, while Cai Siwei and Zhang Binghui believed that the Mongolian army would adopt the combat method of attacking with a nest.

Hao Jing's reason is very clear, if Kublai Khan and the Great Yuan court take the form of a full-scale attack, it is unlikely that they will send Mo Ge to command this battle, and it is completely possible to be commanded by Ha Bichi, who is brave and good at fighting, and the reason why Kublai Khan sent Mo Ge to command the battle is from a stable point of view.

Cai Siwei and Zhang Binghui and others, just from intuition, they can't say any reason.

The dispute was not over, and the intelligence from the Intelligence Agency was sent again.

This time, the intelligence is even more critical, which is the response of the Dayuan Imperial Court to the crisis situation on Henan Road and Kaifeng Fucheng.

As analyzed by Hao, Kublai Khan demanded that Henan Road and Kaifeng Fucheng should be based on stability, and the Song army would be dragged to the death, and Kublai Khan and the Yuan court would determine whether to continue to send a large army to fight a decisive battle according to the progress of the battle.

Everything seems to be no longer in dispute, the information is transmitted by Tong Weihua from Dadu, and there is no need to question the authenticity.

But Wu Shaogang fell into deep thought.

For a full day, Wu Shaogang stayed in the Chinese military tent, and looked at all the information obtained from Dadu for more than a year.

When the time came, Hao Jing, Cai Siwei, Zhang Binghui, Cao Wengang, Yuan Shichun and others entered the Chinese military tent.

Wu Shaogang's eyes were a little red, but his expression was unusually resolute.

"There is nothing wrong with the information provided by the intelligence agency, but I think that the authenticity of the information does not mean that Moge and Habichi will definitely do what Kublai Khan and the Mongolian court demand, and when they think they can defeat us, they will not lose this opportunity and will fight with all their might."

"I came up with this idea for three reasons."

"First, Habichi has been stationed in Kaifeng Mansion for nearly three years, responsible for all matters of Kaifeng Mansion and Henan Road, but this time we were caught off guard, losing Songzhou and Shaanzhou and other places, the anger in his heart must be huge, and he wants to defeat us completely in every possible way."

"Second, Brother Mo also has such thoughts, the intelligence provided by the Intelligence Agency said that as early as a few months ago, Brother Mo was fully responsible for Henan Road and Kaifeng Mansion, but Brother Mo has always been in Dadu, and did not go to Kaifeng Mansion in person, this time the fall of Songzhou and Shaanzhou, Brother Mo also has an unshirkable responsibility, so as long as the opportunity is right, Brother Mo will also want to completely defeat us, recover Songzhou and Shaanzhou, and even Jingzhaofu Road and other places."

"Third, Brother Mo and Habichi are both Mongolian princes, the Mongolian army has always fought hard, the so-called combat deployment, for them is just a reference, not necessarily in full accordance with the operational deployment, not to mention Brother Mo and Habichi, even if it is Kublai Khan, they are often like this, the battle of Ezhou that year, you should not forget, in the face of such a grim situation, Kublai Khan was unwilling to withdraw his troops, thinking that he could take Ezhou City in one fell swoop."

"In addition to these three reasons, I have another idea."

"The total strength of our siege of Luoyang Fucheng, Brother Mo and Habichi have to figure it out by all means, we can't hide this, the scouts of the Mongolian army are not vegetarians, we treat the people around us well, who knows if there are scouts of the Mongolian army among these people, under the condition of knowing our total strength, Brother Mo and Habichi are absolutely unbearable."

"The Hezhou Imperial Army and the Dingkun Army are indeed brave, but in the eyes of Brother Mo and Ha Bichi, this may not be the case, they look down on the Song Army at all, and their understanding is even more arrogant than that of Wuliang Hetai."

"Such a good opportunity, empathy, I don't want to lose, once we are defeated, the crisis in Sichuan and Yunnan will be comprehensively resolved, and then Kublai Khan's steps to unify the world will be greatly accelerated, such a good opportunity, if you meet it, will you give up easily."

Everyone was silent, looking at Wu Shaogang, whose eyes were a little red, and did not speak.

At this moment, Wu Shaogang no longer hesitated.

"According to the battle plan of the Mongolian army to help Luoyang Fucheng, this time we will face a huge challenge, and the time has come for the Dingkun army and Dingkun artillery to exert their might."