The army led by Ah Shu to conquer the south went smoothly and won a complete victory in the battle of Dingjiazhou, which made Kublai Khan ecstatic, seeing that the grand goal of destroying the Great Song Dynasty was about to be achieved. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In Kublai Khan's view, Wu Shaogang, the king of Wei, is the prince of the Great Song Dynasty after all, once the Great Song Dynasty is destroyed, Wu Shaogang will lose the support of cohesion and manpower, and his strength will be greatly reduced.

It was not until mid-March that Kublai Khan received a report from Shandong, by which time the Song army on the Sichuan side had already occupied Yizhou, Tengzhou, Xuzhou, and Pizhou, to which the Shandong Road belonged.

This report was like a heavy hammer, which made Kublai Khan's eyes bloom, and his first feeling was that Wu Shaogang was too powerful, and he always shot at critical moments, making it difficult for the Dayuan court to deal with.

Kublai Khan has always paid attention to Wu Shaogang's movements, and when midsummer came, Kublai Khan asked Ah Shu to strengthen the defense of Jingnan Road, Lianghuai and Jinghu Road, in fact, to prevent Wu Shaogang from leading troops to attack these places, causing the passivity of the southern army.

Kublai Khan never dreamed that Wu Shaogang actually led a large army to attack the Shandong Road.

This knife was so sharp that Kublai Khan was a little breathless.

What it meant that Shandong was occupied by Wu Shaogang, Kublai Khan knew very well.

For two consecutive days, Kublai Khan was in a state of rage, and while dispatching a large army, he quickly issued an order, asking Ashu to send a large army to conquer the south to encircle and suppress the Song army attacking Shandong.

Two days later, Kublai Khan came to his senses, and he began to think about Wu Shaogang's purpose.

The reason why Kublai Khan did not expect Wu Shaogang to attack Shandong was the result of empathy, the Song army under Wu Shaogang was indeed strong, but it was not enough to be the enemy of the Great Yuan Court, and Wu Shaogang was not willing to fight with the Great Yuan Court in an all-round way, Kublai Khan's plan was also to turn his head against Wu Shaogang after completely destroying the Great Song Dynasty.

Why didn't Wu Shaogang go to the south to help, but launched an attack on Shandong.

There are two possibilities.

The first possibility is that Wu Shaogang wants to occupy Shandong and start a final decisive battle with the Great Yuan Dynasty, so that Wu Shaogang will face the Mongol army from the north and south, and the second possibility is that Wu Shaogang received the will of the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty to send troops to Shandong, forcing the victory in sight to return to the aid of Ashu, and disrupting the plan of the Great Yuan Dynasty to destroy the Great Song Dynasty.

Kublai Khan, who was thinking hard, was unable to make a decision for a while.

To Kublai Khan's regret, Wang E had already died of illness, and he could not consult Wang E's opinion.

One thing is clear, no matter what, Wu Shaogang can't be allowed to occupy Shandong, otherwise it will pose a huge threat to the Great Yuan Dynasty, so send a large army to Shandong to conquer, this is a must, as for whether to let Ah Shu lead the army back to help, this needs to be carefully decided, after all, the army led by Ah Shu to conquer the south has approached Lin'an, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, and give up the attack at this moment, so that the Great Song Dynasty court can come to its senses, and the next expedition will be exhausting again.

The decree calling for the full return of the Ashu troops has not yet been issued.

The two Mongol princes, Moge and Hedan, came to the palace.

Above the main hall, there is only Kublai Khan.

After the two saluted, they stood silently and did not take the initiative to speak.

Kublai Khan can consult the opinions of the people, there are not many people, in the past, when encountering big things, Kublai Khan mostly consulted the Han ministers for their opinions and suggestions, and now there are very few capable Han ministers around him, and when the battle has reached this point, Kublai Khan does not dare to choose to trust the Han ministers.

"Brother Mo, Brother Hedan, I have encountered a problem, and I want to hear your advice."

Kublai Khan didn't say much, picked up the fold on the table, and the guards around him took the fold and gave it to Brother Mo.

Brother Mo saw it quickly, and his face was constantly changing.

After reading it, Brother Mo quickly handed the fold to Hedan.

Kublai Khan looked at Mo Ge and Hedan, and never spoke.

Just when Brother Mo was still pondering, Hedan couldn't help it.

"Your Majesty, this Wu Shaogang is too much, the minister is willing to lead the army to Shandong to conquer, and he will definitely defeat Wu Shaogang...

Kublai Khan frowned slightly, it seems that Hedan still has that temper, he rarely thinks about it after encountering things, all he thinks about is killing the past, and he doesn't seriously think about what the other party's purpose is, and he doesn't even want him Kublai Khan to raise this question.

Brother Mo never spoke.

Kublai Khan spoke again.

"Wu Shaogang attacked Shandong at this time, I was very annoyed, but Wu Shaogang attacked Shandong this time, what is the purpose, I don't really understand, if Wu Shaogang wants to occupy this Shandong, he should first take Jinan Mansion, but I got the report, Wu Shaogang only occupied Yizhou, Xuzhou, Tengzhou and Pizhou and other places, these places are all close to Henan, if Wu Shaogang wants to cut off the connection between the army and the imperial court, he should occupy Haizhou as soon as possible, but I sent people to get the twists, Haizhou has no movement, Wu Shaogang also seems to have stopped attacking... ”

As he spoke, Kublai Khan was clearly also in deep thought.

As soon as the words fell, Hedan spoke again.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that no matter what Wu Shaogang's purpose is, he will send a large army to conquer Shandong."

Kublai Khan couldn't help it a little and glared at Hedan.

Brother Mo, who had not spoken, finally raised his head.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what the Hedan brothers said is extremely true, no matter what Wu Shaogang's purpose is, he is going to send a large army into Shandong to conquer, if the army enters Shandong, Wu Shaogang chooses to evacuate on the whole line, it means that Wu Shaogang's expedition to Shandong is to cover people's eyes and ears, and he is unwilling to fall into the charge of not rushing to the aid of the Song Dynasty, if the Song army fights with the army of our court, it means that Wu Shaogang really wants to take Shandong. . . ."

"What Brother Mo said is that I don't know the reason for Wu Shaogang's expedition to Shandong, and I expect that Wu Shaogang will not dare to be an enemy of my Great Yuan Imperial Court, if that is really the case, I will definitely lead the army and enter Shandong to conquer."

Brother Mo didn't finish speaking, but his words were interrupted by Kublai Khan.

Looking at the emperor, Brother Mo chose to be silent again, in fact, he wanted to remind the emperor that Wu Shaogang's strength was not weak, and the Dayuan Imperial Court would attack Shandong, and he must do his best not to leave Wu Shaogang any chance, in addition, he must also be prepared for the southern army, once the situation in Shandong is not right, he must go out to kill Shandong, and there must be no hesitation, once Wu Shaogang has gained a firm foothold in Shandong, the southern army will be in an extremely dangerous situation.

It's a pity that the emperor is still very confident, and even thinks that Wu Shaogang does not dare to go against the Great Yuan court.

The emperor is qualified to be confident, so many years of conquest, the creation of the Great Yuan Dynasty, has countless outstanding achievements and achievements, but this self-confidence should not last forever, you must know that Wu Shaogang defeated the Mongol army several times, and the Song army under his command is completely different from the Song army in the south.

Kublai Khan did not notice the silence of the elder brother, and he thought that the elder brother agreed with his view.

"Brother Mogo, Brother Hedan, I don't want to go all out to aid Shandong when I see Ashu, but I can continue to attack to the south, and take the capital of the Great Song Dynasty in one fell swoop, Lin'an Mansion City, Ashu said in his twists and turns, send his deputy marshal Ali Hague to lead an army of 50,000 to aid Haizhou, this move is very good, 50,000 troops are enough to protect Haizhou, I send a large army, attack Shandong from the Daimyo's Mansion, the two armies attack from the north and south, Wu Shaogang must know the difficulty and retreat. . . ."

Kublai Khan's arrogance came up, as if he had personally commanded the battle.

Brother Mo, who lowered his head, his face changed slightly, he raised his head again and saw the emperor with a determined expression.

opened his mouth, but Brother Mo didn't say anything.

Brother Mo thought about reminding the emperor to send the most elite army into Shandong, and even consider making peace with the sea capital of Mobei temporarily, stopping the expedition in Mobei, and making every effort to deal with the situation in Shandong and the south, but such a suggestion is definitely contrary to the emperor's idea, and I am afraid that it will not be adopted.

The Mobei grassland was regarded as a blessed land and a holy place by the Mongolian magnates in the court, and it must not be completely lost, otherwise the people's hearts will return to Haidu, and it will be difficult for the emperor to maintain the Great Yuan court, so he proposed to make peace with Haidu, and even made concessions to a certain extent, admitting that Haidu controls most of the Mobei grassland, which requires courage, and it also needs to be fully trusted by the emperor before it can be directly proposed.

The current brother Mo no longer has such qualifications.

The development of events proves Brother Mo's worries, but unfortunately this is all a later story.

The emperor's decree has finally come down.

Hedan led 50,000 Mongolian iron cavalry to conquer Shandong, and the Mongolian army stationed in Shandong all obeyed the dispatch of Hedan, including Ali Hague, who was about to enter Haizhou, and also obeyed the same dispatch of Hedan, so the army led by Hedan, the total strength reached about 150,000 people, and the commander of the southern army, Ashu, still acted according to the original deployment, striving to take Lin'an, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, as soon as possible, and forced the Great Song court to surrender.

Brother Mo listened to the emperor's decree.

Back at the mansion, Brother Mo didn't see anyone, he stayed at home alone, I don't know why, there was always a shadow in his heart, and he felt that something big would happen.

On April 10, Hedan, who had made all preparations, led a large army from Dadu to Shandong.

Most of them are more than 1,000 miles away from Shandong, according to the fastest marching speed, the army led by Hedan will also need to arrive in mid-April, but the emperor's decree has been sent to Shandong, Shandong East Road, Shandong East Road and Damingfu Road, all preparations have been made, and the news that the imperial court sent a large army to aid Shandong will make the Mongolian army stationed in Shandong greatly boosted morale, from this time on, the Song army under the command of Wu Shaogang, if you want to capture other cities in Shandong, it is not so easy.

When Hedan led the Mongolian iron cavalry from Dadu, many civil and military ministers in the court went to send them off, but Moge did not go.