Chapter 467: Confident Ashu
Although the Ming army occupied Haizhou, Kublai Khan's holy decree still reached the hands of Ashu. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
On the one hand, he completed the combat mission and became the general and commander of the Great Yuan Dynasty court, on the other hand, the growth and threat of the Ming army, especially his father Wuliang Hetai was captured by the Ming army, which was the pain in Ah Shu's heart, he always wanted to be able to avenge his father, and always wanted to be able to defeat and destroy the Ming army.
The opportunity has finally come, Ashu, who took Lin'an Mansion City and destroyed the Great Song Dynasty, can start marching towards Shandong, and can officially face off with Wu Shaogang, for the arrival of this day, Ashu has waited too long.
The emperor's decree coincides with Ah Shu's thoughts, but what makes Ah Shu a little dissatisfied is that this time he entered Shandong to fight, it was still Prince Hedan as the commander-in-chief, and Ah Shu still had to accept Hedan's dispatch.
The battle feat of destroying the Great Song Dynasty was enough to make Ah Shu proud, and it also allowed Ah Shu to raise his eyebrows, although in the face of the Mongolian prince Moge, Hedan, Habichi, Ta Cha'er and others, Ah Shu did not have the same worship as before.
Prince Hedan's calculation of his father Wuliang Hetai, Ah Shu will not forget.
Of course, Ah Shu must not go against the emperor's will, but he can find ways to be flexible, such as entering Shandong as soon as possible, and starting a face-to-face battle with the Song army under the command of Wu Shaogang.
Once the battle is unfolded, once the army under Ah Shu's command becomes the main force of the battle, even Prince Hedan will not dare to be willful, and he can only act according to the requirements put forward by his Ah Shu.
Ah Shu also has one of the biggest dependencies, that is, the Empress Dowager Xie of the Great Song Dynasty and the emperor Li Xian and others are escorted to the Great Song Dynasty in the army, these people must be escorted to Dadu, and there can be no accidents, after all, these people need to go to Dadu to kneel down to worship the emperor in order to show real submission.
Therefore, when leaving Lin'an Fucheng, Ah Shu determined the marching route of the army, took Chuzhou on the Lianghuai West Road, and directly entered Haizhou to fight the Ming army, which was the closest route and the safest route.
Ah Shu had already sent scouts to reconnoiter along the road, and the Mongolian troops stationed in various places in Lianghuai also reported the situation along the road to Ah Shu.
The army had been marching for several days, and when it was about to enter Chuzhou, Lianghuai still did not find any trace of the Ming army, which made Ah Shu happy in his heart, and he thought that his judgment was correct.
Temporary military tent.
Ah Shu had a map in front of him, and Lu Wende, Lu Wenhuan and others were standing on the side.
The two of them are already very lucky, when Xia Gui went to Haizhou with Ali Hague to help, but they died, the two followed Ah Shu's side, made suggestions, and destroyed the Great Song Dynasty, this credit, even if it is in Dadu, it can't be erased.
"It will take about a month to enter Haizhou from Chuzhou, and the speed of the army cannot be very fast, you say, will the Ming army wait for us in Haizhou...
Faced with Ah Shu's inquiry, Lu Wende quickly spoke.
"Dashuai, in my opinion, it is not necessary to enter Haizhou from Chuzhou, from Xuyi to Pizhou under the jurisdiction of Shanxi Road, and then enter Haizhou, which is also an alternative marching route."
Ah Shu looked at Lu Wende and didn't speak for the time being, he was waiting for Lu Wende's explanation.
"The reason why I put forward such a suggestion is because the speed of the army cannot be very fast, and the traces of the army will be grasped by the Ming army, in this case, if the Ming army is prepared, the army will encounter certain difficulties, and if it chooses to march from Xuyi to Pizhou, it will catch the Song army off guard. . . ."
Before Lu Wende finished speaking, Ah Shu followed and spoke.
"No, if the army marches in the direction of Xuyi, the speed is also impossible to be very fast, and when it enters Suzhou, which is under the jurisdiction of Henan, the whereabouts of the army will be completely grasped by the Ming army, and the army marches from the direction of Xuyi, making a detour, delaying a lot of time, wouldn't the Ming army be more able to prepare for everything."
Lu Wende lowered his head and did not speak.
Lu Wenhuan spoke at this moment.
"The marshal, the meaning of the eldest brother, in fact, is to let the Ming army not know the direction of the march of the army, in the next think, in order to make the Ming army not able to prepare, the marshal can publicize that the army will march in the direction of Xuyi, so that the Ming army has the illusion, in fact, the army entered Haizhou from the direction of Chuzhou and fought with the Ming army.
Lu Wenhuan's suggestion made Ah Shu nod slightly.
From the bottom of his heart, marching from anywhere other than Chuzhou, Ah Shu is repulsive, he led an army of 150,000, and Prince Hedan led an army of nearly 100,000 galloping aids, the total strength of the two armies is close to 250,000 people, even if Wu Shaogang and the Song army under his command are extremely brave, they do not dare to easily move against the 250,000 army.
Ah Shu believes that Wu Shaogang does not have this ability, and the Ming army does not have such ability.
However, it is still possible to adopt the tactics of confusion, so that the Ming army does not know from which direction the army will march, this suggestion is very good, in any case, the battlefield is real and false, all in order to be able to take the lead.
Seeing Ah Shu nodding slightly, Lu Wenhuan spoke again.
"The marshal can make the army stationed on Huainan West Road or even Jinghu North Road gather in the direction of Xuyi, so that it can form a momentum, if you feel that the troops are insufficient, you can even use the people to join the marching team, the scouts of the Ming army observe this, it is definitely difficult to make a judgment."
"That's right, but if the Ming army also launched a reconnaissance in the direction of Chuzhou, how to deal with it."
"I have also thought about this, even if the Ming army sends scouts on both sides to investigate, it does not have much impact, it is difficult for them to judge which way is the real army, in this case, they have three choices, one is to garrison Haizhou, regardless of Suzhou and Pizhou, and wait until there is trouble in these places to send troops to deal with it, the second option is to garrison Suzhou, to deal with our army, and the third option is to garrison troops in Suzhou, Pizhou and Haizhou and other places."
Ah Shu nodded again and again.
"In the following opinion, the first option and the second option, are unlikely, especially the second option, do not need to consider at all, the most likely is the third option, it seems foolproof, but as long as the Ming army makes the third choice, this is the opportunity of the marshal, the marshal concentrates his forces to fight with the Ming army at the same time, can report to the prince of Hedan, please Prince Hedan to help, so that the two armies in one go, will be able to defeat the Song army, and when the Ming army stationed in Suzhou and Pizhou comes to help, the marshal has already won the victory, Defeated the Ming army stationed in Haizhou... ”
A smile appeared on Ah Shu's face and he nodded in satisfaction.
"This arrangement is very good, I think the Ming army will also ensure that it is foolproof, and there is one thing to note, that is, the army assembled in the direction of Xuyi will take the opportunity to enter Suzhou and completely disrupt the deployment of the Ming army. . . ."
Before Ah Shu finished speaking, Lu Wenhuan shook his head slightly, and even Lu Wende shook his head slightly.
Ah Shu looked at the two of them and felt strange, he thought that this arrangement was very good.
"Marshal, virtual and real, real and virtual, so that the Ming army can not make a judgment, if the army moves into Xuyi, according to Wu Shaogang's wisdom, it will be able to find something, such a critical moment, lead but not trigger, is the best deployment, so the Ming army has never been able to guess the deployment of the marshal...
Ah Shu was not angry but happy, and patted his forehead gently.
In terms of mental tricks and planning, Ah Shu thinks that Lu Wende and Lu Wenhuan are indeed very good, to say that the Mongols are not as good as the Han people in this regard, but it is a pity that those Han ministers in the court put too much thought on the aspect of power and strategy, such as Wang Wentong, such as Li Pu and others.
"That's right, don't make any moves on both side of the army, just march silently, Lu Wenhuan, you help write a recital, report our arrangements to Prince Hedan, and at the same time report to Prince Hedan, once our army enters Haizhou, and the Ming army has started a fight, I implore Prince Hedan to help, our two armies are flanked, and the Ming army will be defeated. . . ."
Looking at the excited Ah Shu, Lu Wenhuan hesitated a little and was about to speak, but the look in Lu Wende's eyes made Lu Wenhuan shut up in amusement.
At this moment, Ah Shu is a little too confident, the deployment of the army and the deployment of the battle, and report to the Prince of Hedan, which is completely okay, as for the latter suggestions, it is completely unnecessary, after all, Prince Hedan understands the truth, and will naturally make a judgment, and Prince Hedan is the real marshal, Ah Shu is just the deputy marshal in the upcoming battle, and the deputy marshal asks the commander how to do it, which is definitely not appropriate.
No matter how great the martial arts are, this aspect needs to be paid attention to.
Ah Shu obviously didn't realize this, and was still talking.
"If the Ming army is defeated this time, after returning to Dadu, I will suggest to the emperor that I send a large army to encircle and suppress the Ming army, recover many places in the Central Plains, and force the Ming army to withdraw to Sichuan.
Lu Wende and Lu Wenhuan both had smiles on their faces, but there were not many smiles in their eyes.
The victory in the battle of Dingjiazhou, the victory in the battle of Ezhou, and the victory in the battle of Lin'an Fucheng made Ah Shu a little too excited, you must know that the Ming army is not the Song army, its combat effectiveness is completely different, when facing Wu Shaogang and the Ming army, Ah Shu needs to be calm and cautious, if it is too rushed, I am afraid that it will suffer.
However, Lü Wende and Lü Wenhuan also believed that Wu Shaogang and his Ming army were not yet capable of dealing with the large-scale attack of the southern army, and their only choice was to quickly evacuate Haizhou or even Shandong.