Chapter 310: Hesitation
The two cities of Shouchun and Zhongli were finally breached. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
A large number of Song soldiers guarding the city were killed, and some were absorbed into the new annexed army.
The army led by Batuer, after capturing Zhongli City, marched quickly to the west, and made peace with Shouchun's commander Habichi, and after the two armies made peace, they were about to attack Luzhou City.
Maozhou, Fengyang and other places fell in an instant, countless people were killed, and money was looted.
When the news came out, Lianghuai instantly fell into a huge panic, and countless people joined the fleeing team, they fled to the south, there was no direction, they didn't know where it was safe, and even Luzhou Mansion City and Jiankang Mansion City had huge fluctuations.
The urgent folds were sent to the capital one after another.
The powerful Wei Guogong, Taishi, Pingzhang Military Affairs, and Zuo Prime Minister Jia Nidao are also difficult to stabilize.
There is no news from Sichuan, and Jia Rudao is considering whether to use part of the army of the three divisions in front of the palace.
Lianghuai is stationed in the three imperial front armies, respectively, Jiankang Mansion imperial front army, under the jurisdiction of 50,000 sergeants, Zhenjiang imperial army, under the jurisdiction of 45,000 sergeants, Chizhou imperial army, under the jurisdiction of 20,000 sergeants, the goal of the 115,000 people is to protect the two Huai, the battle of Huaibei that year, the three road army have dispatched some sergeants, but unfortunately are in vain.
The responsibility of the imperial army of Jiankang Mansion and the imperial army of Zhenjiang is to protect the city of Jiankang Mansion, and the main responsibility of the imperial army of Chizhou is to protect the area of Luzhou and Anqing.
Comparatively speaking, the defense of Luzhou City is slightly weaker.
If the Mongolian Tartars attack the city of Jiankang, Jia Rudao is not particularly worried, but if he attacks the city of Luzhou, his heart is hanging, although it is said that the city of Luzhou is strong and cannot be easily captured, but who knows if there will be an accident.
Once the city of Luzhou is breached, I am afraid that it will cause a huge panic to the imperial court.
Jia Rudao had to think about this problem.
In Sichuan, Jia Rudao has a hunch that the Hezhou Imperial Front Army is unlikely to be dispatched, after all, the Mongolian Tatars are also going to invade many places in Sichuan.
The city of Luzhou must be well guarded, and it must not be lost.
As for other states and counties, it doesn't matter so much.
However, mobilizing the army of the three divisions in front of the palace, even if it is Jia Nidao, who is in power, needs to think carefully.
The army of the three divisions in front of the palace is to protect the capital, mainly in front of the palace, and the total number of sergeants under the control of the three divisions exceeds 120,000, firmly guarding the capital and the surrounding areas of the capital.
The courage of the Mongolian Tartars, Jia Rudao is clear, if the army of the three divisions in front of the palace is mobilized, in case the Mongolian Tartars do not want to attack in the direction of the capital, then how to deal with it.
Jia seems to be unclear about the purpose of the Mongolian Tatars attacking Lianghuai this time, after all, such a situation has not appeared before, and the most dangerous place, that is, the place where the Mongolian Tatars like to attack the most, is Sichuan, but this time the Mongolian Tatars actually attacked on two fronts and sent two armies to attack Sichuan and Lianghuai respectively.
After the Battle of Ezhou, he controlled the power of the court, implemented the plan law, and punished many generals who fought against the Mongol Tartars at that time, these generals were brave generals in the court, but because they looked down on Jia Nidao, or their military achievements were too high, threatening Jia Nidao's status, so they suffered from liquidation, and now the Mongol Tatars invaded again, making it difficult for Jia Nidao to find a commander who could lead the troops for a while.
The staff around Jia Nidao are also making suggestions, but unfortunately they don't have many intelligence sources, and it is difficult to make accurate judgments, besides, following Jia Nidao's side, the staff is not to win with ability, but to see who can speak, can find out Jia Nidao's preferences, and can please Jia Nidao, so that he can enter the court and become an official.
The people of the capital do not know about this, the court is strictly confidential, so many people are still immersed in the joy of the coming Spring Festival, the streets and alleys are very lively, the bustling crowd, busy businessmen, constitute a harmonious scene, if it is only in the capital, I think it is really the peace of the world.
The day after the envoys of the Lianghuai system, Jiankang Mansion and Luzhou Mansion arrived in the capital, Li Tingzhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, came to Jia Yidao's mansion.
After the emperor ascended the throne, the favored Jia Nidao basically acted in the mansion, and many officials needed to handle matters that were sent to Jia Nidao's mansion, which also caused a lot of criticism, but unfortunately they only dared to say it in secret.
Of course, Li Tingzhi knew what to discuss, but what made him strange was that Jia Rudao did not convene the officials of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War to discuss the matter of this battle, and asked him to do what he was going to do.
As soon as he sat down, he didn't have time to say hello, so Jia Rudao spoke.
"Li Shangshu, Lianghuai is in a hurry, you also know about this matter, I won't say much, I plan to mobilize part of the army of the three divisions in front of the palace to help Lianghuai, I don't know what you think."
Li Tingzhi was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Jia Yidao's proposal at all.
The imperial armies of Hezhou will not rush to the aid of the two Huai, if he Li Tingzhi is still the envoy of the two Huai system, it is not certain, but now it is Lu Wende who is the envoy of the two Huai system, so Wu Shaogang will never send troops to help.
As for the mobilization of the army of the three divisions in front of the palace, Li Tingzhi also disagreed, judging from the twists and turns of the two Huai, the Mongolian Tatars were about 50,000 people, and the three imperial armies stationed in the two Huai had a total strength of more than 100,000 people, no matter what the combat effectiveness of the two sides was, 100,000 people could always deal with 50,000 people, and the Mongolian Tatars came from afar, and there was no foundation in the two Huai, and there was no good place to live, and in the letter written by Wu Shaogang, it has been clearly analyzed that the Mongolian Tatars will never launch a large-scale all-out attack in a short period of time. Therefore, it is too early to use the army of the three divisions in front of the palace.
However, Li Tingzhi knows very well that he must not rashly analyze the reasons, if any sentence is not said well, causing Jia Yidao's suspicion, it will be more than worth the loss.
Seeing Li Tingzhi's expression, Jia Rudao had already guessed something.
"Does Li Shangshu disagree with the dispatch of the army of the three divisions in front of the palace?"
"Wei Guogong, the lower officials think that under the current situation, it is appropriate not to mobilize the army of the three divisions in front of the palace for the time being."
Jia Yidao looked at Li Tingzhi and did not speak, but his expression was quite serious.
"The army of the three divisions in front of the palace has always been stationed around the capital, and the families of many of its officers and sergeants are in the capital, if the army of the three divisions in front of the palace is mobilized at this moment, it is difficult to keep secrets, once the news spreads, it will definitely cause panic in the capital, and at that time, the situation will be even more difficult to deal with. . . ."
Jia Rudao couldn't help but nodded.
In terms of command and operation, including strategic deployment, Jia Nidao is far inferior to Li Tingzhi, let alone compared with Wu Shaogang, and there are few strategists around him, so Jia Nidao's understanding has not been improved, and Li Tingzhi's simple explanation can make him nod frequently.
"What Li Shangshu said is, but how to deal with the invasion of the Mongol Tatars."
Jia Yidao seems to have become a master of the six gods, and when it is revealed in front of Li Tingzhi, he doesn't care, after all, the two have worked together under Meng Heng for many years, and they are still familiar with each other.
Li Tingzhi pondered for a moment and immediately spoke.
"Lianghuai is stationed in Jiankang Mansion Imperial Army, Zhenjiang Imperial Army and Chizhou Imperial Army, as well as many Xiang Army, the lower official thinks, can order Jiankang Mansion Imperial Army to defend Jiankang Mansion, protect the safety of Jiankang Mansion, Chizhou Imperial Army is responsible for defending Luzhou City, Zhenjiang Imperial Army is to draw a certain amount of troops, gallop to Luzhou City, take the opportunity to harass the Mongolian Tartars, and at the same time, the Xiang Army in many places can also be dispatched to resist the attack of the Mongolian Tartars.
Li Tingzhi said in detail, but did not recommend anyone who is handsome.
In fact, there is no need for Li Tingzhi to recommend, the two Huai system envoy Lu Wende is naturally the commander, in terms of leading the army, Lu Wende still has a good ability, if there are enough troops in his hands, he should be able to deal with the Mongol Tatar attack, and Lu Wende's son-in-law Fan Wenhu is also a fierce general, and he is still the deputy commander of the palace department.
"This, Li Shangshu is right, I see how you are in charge to resist the attack of the Mongol Tatars."
Jia Rudao's suggestion made Li Tingzhi cry and laugh, and also made him feel heavy, when is it, Jia Rudao still can't fully trust Lu Wende, if this situation continues, the situation will definitely not be good.
"Wei Guogong, this move is inappropriate, Lord Lu Wende is the envoy of the two Huai system, and the place where the Mongolian Tatars attacked is also the two Huai, as the envoy of the system, it is the responsibility of the Lu system to defend the territory, this is the unshirkable responsibility of the Lu system envoy, if it is the subordinate to lead the troops, it will be a little nondescript, and not to mention the deployment of the army, just say that there are many inconveniences in raising grain and grass in the local area. . . ."
"Got it, got it, Li Shangshu doesn't have to say it anymore."
Jia Yidao quickly interrupted Li Tingzhi, looking a little impatient.
Li Tingzhi lowered his head and did not speak, and there were huge ripples in his heart.
A few years have passed, Jia Rudao has undergone tremendous changes, and now the speed of change is getting faster and faster, maybe it is because he has been in power for a long time, and he is not at ease with anyone, Lu Wende is well commanded and brave in battle is known to the whole dynasty, at this time, let Lu Wende take command and grant him military power, of course, there is nothing to hesitate.
Jia Rudao hesitated at this critical moment, could it be that he was ready to personally lead the army to conquer.
If it is not done well, the situation of the battle of Ezhou will be repeated again, and in the end, the scene of peace will appear again.
Seeing that Jia Rudao didn't want to speak, Li Tingzhi said goodbye with interest.
When he returned to the mansion, the first thing Li Tingzhi did was to write a letter to Wu Shaogang and inform Wu Shaogang of the conversation just now. (To be continued.) )