Chapter 468: Between Fiction and Reality
The movements in the two directions of Xuyi and Chuzhou, all the scouts were detected, and the positions of the two armies of the Mongolian army were very large, and the scouts and reconnaissance troops were more than 100,000 people, which made the atmosphere suddenly become tense. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
If the Mongolian army chooses to march from Xuyi, then there is a big problem with the deployment of the Ming army, and it can even be said that there is a fatal loophole, once the Mongolian army enters Henan, it will make the Ming army unable to take care of the beginning and the end, and the pursuit of the operation takes time, and the huge Mongolian army will cause fatal threats and injuries to Suzhou and other places, and even make the city of Kaifeng shake.
Even Zhang Wenqian, who had made a suggestion earlier, fell silent.
Unfortunately, this is not the time for silence, but for a decision.
At the critical moment, Wu Shaogang still needs to make judgments and decisions.
Wu Shaogang is not an immortal, he has always believed in the reconnaissance of the scouts, and also believes in the analysis made by the Intelligence Agency, and finally makes a judgment based on these analysis, but this time, the Intelligence Agency does not know where the main force of the Mongolian army is attacking, and the analysis provided by Yuan Shichun believes that Ah Shu is very likely to attack from the two directions of Xuyi and Chuzhou with the strength of his troops.
It is impossible to launch an attack from two directions, not to mention Wu Shaogang, even Hao Jing and Zhang Wenqian and others also think that it is impossible for Ah Shu to do this, and the practice of dispersing troops will rarely be adopted by the commander when the war is coming.
Time is extremely short, and Wu Shaogang must make a decision in the shortest possible time.
Wu Shaogang locked himself in the room for nearly an hour.
When Hao Jing, Zhang Wenqian, Cai Siwei and others entered the room, Wu Shaogang's expression had calmed down.
Wu Shaogang's calm expression gave everyone great encouragement, and everyone's demeanor began to relax in an instant.
On the map on the table, several symbols have been drawn, these are all marks made by Wu Shaogang, and almost all of them point to Chuzhou.
It is clear to everyone that Wu Shaogang has made a decision to maintain the original strategic deployment.
"The intelligence and information obtained by the scouts and the intelligence department indicate that the Mongolian army is marching from the two directions of Xuyi and Chuzhou, at first glance it seems that we really can't make an accurate prediction, we don't know where the Mongolian army and Ah Shu will attack from, if we make a mistake in judgment, it may cause heavy losses, or even an irreparable situation."
"Like all of you, I'm in a state of confusion, but the calm thinking that I have just calmed down suddenly makes me understand something."
"According to a lot of information detected by the Intelligence Agency, after the Mongolian army led by Ah Shu left Lin'an Mansion City, they have been marching in the direction of Chuzhou, and the route they took is almost the same as the route chosen by Ali Hague at the beginning, and they also passed through Jiankang Mansion City, but why when they were about to arrive in Chuzhou, Ah Shu suddenly decided to march from Xuyi."
"This is very intriguing, it seems that Ah Shu is smart, but in fact, this kind of ecstasy array exposes Ah Shu's true intentions, and it also makes me understand that Ah Shu is currently in a state of extreme confidence."
"As the commander of the Mongol army's expedition to the south, Ashu's military exploits are incomparable to those including Hedan and others, after all, Ashu destroyed the Great Song Dynasty and helped the Great Yuan court occupy the entire south, regardless of whether some places in the south are actually controlled or not, at least the Great Song Dynasty has surrendered, and it has been said that all places in the south belong to the Great Yuan court."
"Ah Shu, who is extremely confident, how could he choose to attack from the direction of Xuyi, wouldn't that show weakness to us, and choose to attack from the direction of Xuyi, for Ah Shu, it has come full circle, and the offensive momentum will naturally slow down."
"As for the Mongolian army that appeared in both directions of Xuyi and Chuzhou, it made me think that there are two people next to Ah Shu, Lu Wende and Lu Wenhuan, these two people's abilities are good, and they used to be capable people in both civil and military affairs in the Great Song Dynasty, they will definitely give Ah Shu suggestions, I think the Mongolian army appears in the two directions of Xuyi and Chuzhou, I'm afraid it is their suggestion."
"The confident Ashu will not waste time, not to mention that Jinan Mansion is still stationed with reinforcements from the Mongolian army led by Hedan, in Ashu's view, the Mongolian army has an absolute advantage and can drive us out of Shandong in one fell swoop."
"Since you have such a great certainty, why bother to attack from the direction of Xuyi, so I have made a judgment that the Mongolian army led by Ah Shu will still pass through Chuzhou and enter Haizhou."
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Hao Jing, Zhang Wenqian and others nodded frequently.
At this time, Yuan Shichun took a document and entered the house.
Yuan Shichun had an excited look on his face, Wu Shaogang frowned slightly, quickly opened the paperwork, and looked carefully.
Slowly, a smile seemed to flash on Wu Shaogang's face.
After reading the paperwork in his hand, Wu Shaogang spoke calmly.
"This time Tong Weihua and Yao Shu and Shi Tianze have made contributions, and there is information from Dadu, Kublai Khan and the Dayuan court, asking Ah Shu to escort Empress Dowager Xie and Li Xian and others to Dadu, I almost forgot this stubble, Empress Dowager Xie and Li Xian and others are still in the army of the Mongolian army, so it seems that Ah Shu is even more unlikely to make a detour, and must enter Haizhou from Chuzhou, and strive to open a passage to Dadu as soon as possible."
After reading the documents, they were passed to Hao Jing, Zhang Wenqian and others.
Zhang Wenqian's expression was a little complicated, probably remembering what he did back then, not to provide intelligence for Sichuan.
Soon, Hao Jing, who had finished reading the paperwork, spoke.
"The lower officials think that His Royal Highness's analysis is correct, it is impossible for Ah Shu to choose to march from Xuyi, not to mention the delay in time, there may also be accidents, after all, Empress Dowager Xie and Li Xian and others cannot have accidents, the Dayuan court is not at ease, if these people escape in Henan and enter the city of Kaifeng, it will be unbearable for Kublai Khan. . . ."
Zhang Wenqian also nodded, but did not speak.
Wu Shaogang was stunned for a moment, and a smile appeared on his face.
"Lord Hao's analysis is that it is impossible for Ah Shu to take risks, after all, Empress Dowager Xie and others must be escorted to Dadu, if they make a detour into Henan, wouldn't they send Empress Dowager Xie and others to Kaifeng Mansion City, Ah Shu will not do this."
Speaking of this, Wu Shaogang looked at the map and spoke again.
"Since Ah Shu gave us a Ecstasy Array, shouldn't we also say something, so as not to make Ah Shu, Lu Wende, Lu Wenhuan and others unhappy."
The atmosphere in the room has become a little more relaxed.
Soon, Cai Siwei spoke.
"Your Highness, the last general thinks that he will send some of the sergeants to fortify in the direction of Suzhou and Xuyi, and specially leak his whereabouts, so that Ah Shu and them will find out, and the last general thinks that Ah Shu will definitely be fooled."
Wu Shaogang smiled again and watched Cai Siwei speak.
"This suggestion is very good, the army that rushed from Kaifeng Fucheng can leave 10,000 people stationed in Suzhou to defend against the attack of the Mongolian army, but they must make a move, between Suzhou and Xuyi, there are a lot of businessmen and people, and there are a lot of exchanges between the people, through these people, presumably such rumors will soon come to Ah Shu and others, and then Ah Shu will not believe it."
After the operational deployment was completely decided, the atmosphere in the room seemed relaxed.
Wu Shaogang stood up and slowly walked outside.
Nearly a year has passed, Wu Shaogang has hardly been relaxed, thinking about the affairs of Dadu and Lin'an Mansion City all the time, and now at the critical moment, it is impossible for him to get rest, you must know that mental work is the hardest work.
Sometimes, Wu Shaogang even thinks about a headache, which is a manifestation of excessive use of the brain.
Hao Jing and the others followed out of the house.
When he was slowly walking around the courtyard, Wu Shaogang looked at Zhang Wenqian and spoke.
"Master Zhang, what do you think of Kublai Khan, tell me the truth."
Zhang Wenqian looked at Wu Shaogang and spoke without thinking.
"Your Royal Highness, the lower officials feel that Kublai Khan is brave and wise, and can absorb talents for his own use, the Great Yuan Dynasty is in the hands of Kublai Khan, it is indeed developed and grown, which is not comparable to the former Great Khan Meng Ge, but because of the affairs of Shandong Li Pu and Wang Wentong, Kublai Khan became suspicious of the Han ministers, resulting in fewer and fewer Han ministers around him...
After Zhang Wenqian finished speaking, Wu Shaogang looked at Hao Jing.
"Lord Hao, what do you think?"
Hao Jing thought for a while before speaking.
"When Xiaguan was by Kublai Khan's side, he was trusted by Kublai Khan, and Xiaguan had the same understanding as Lord Zhang, and also thought that Kublai Khan was an unborn hero, if it weren't for the rise of His Highness, I am afraid that the world is already Kublai Khan and the Great Yuan Dynasty."
Wu Shaogang nodded.
"What you said is very good, Kublai Khan is the person I admire the most, as the Great Khan of Mongolia, dare to absorb Han culture, reuse Han ministers, for this reason did not hesitate to split the Mongolian court, Abuligo's rebellion, Kublai Khan withstood it, did not alienate the Han ministers, still trust and reuse, Haidu and others in the Mobei steppe, also have a great opinion on Kublai Khan, nothing more than that Kublai Khan is sinicized, in fact, Kublai Khan can be completely important to the Mongols and exclude the Han ministers."
"It is precisely because Kublai Khan trusted the Han ministers too much that Li Pu's rebellion and Wang Wentong's internal and external collusion dealt a huge blow to Kublai Khan, so that his inner anger had nowhere to vent, so all this anger was transferred to the Han ministers, of course, this is not the whole reason, but also because the Mongolian magnates in the Great Yuan court exerted a certain amount of pressure on Kublai Khan, so in this case, Kublai Khan's views have changed, and his practices have changed significantly."
"If Kublai Khan continues to trust the Han ministers and continue to reuse the Han ministers, I am afraid that I will not have such a good opportunity, and it will not be possible to develop and grow in such a short period of time, I just feel sorry for Kublai Khan, why can't I always resist the pressure and persevere."
"Kublai Khan gave me a chance, if I can't seize it, I'm sorry for Kublai Khan and the Great Yuan Dynasty, do you think that's the truth."