The army took Songzhou and Shaanzhou, a little too easy, the new annexed troops stationed in these places are basically local forces, there is not too strong combat effectiveness, the attack can be described as a sweep, there are not many cruel battles, so that Cai Siwei and Zhang Binghui and others have increased their confidence, thinking that the army can go straight to Luoyang Fucheng. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Wu Shaogang did not make a decision immediately, but he also did not deny Cai Siwei and Zhang Binghui's ideas.

The situation is too strange, it is impossible for the Mongolian army to have no combat effectiveness, strictly speaking, the cavalry of the imperial army in Hezhou, when they fight in the field, they are still no match for the Mongolian iron cavalry, and Wu Shaogang has a completely sober brain in this regard.

It is understandable to say that the Great Yuan court did not make any preparations, or thought that the Song army stationed in Sichuan would not attack Henan Road and other places, so it ignored the measures to strengthen the vigilance, but why the army had already occupied Songzhou and Shaanzhou, and the Mongol army still had no trace.

Wu Shaogang asked everyone this question, Hao Jing and Cao Wengang couldn't answer, Cai Siwei and Zhang Binghui thought that it was the key force of the Great Yuan Imperial Court, which had been invested in the Battle of Xiangyang, and it was impossible to send too many soldiers to Henan Road.

Wu Shaogang did not believe such an analysis, Kublai Khan and the army under the command of the Great Yuan court, the total strength should exceed 500,000, including nearly 200,000 Mongolian iron cavalry, sent to Xiangyang to fight, but only 150,000 people, not to say that he did his best, that is to say, Kublai Khan can completely send a large army to Henan Road to fight, and can send elite Mongolian iron cavalry.

Judging from the information provided by the Intelligence Agency, Kublai Khan will place some large armies to protect the safety of the capital, and at the same time send part of the large army to be stationed in Mobei and Monan, so that the grassland can be temporarily stabilized, but no matter how it is calculated, it will not need so many troops.

After empathy, Wu Shaogang made up his mind, he believed that Kublai Khan and the Yuan court would never give up the Henan Road, and the bloody battle was probably coming soon, that is, Kublai Khan would soon send a large army to Kaifeng and Henan Road.

When discussing the deployment of the next combat plan, Wu Shaogang's analysis was recognized by everyone.

But two different opinions appeared, one was to take advantage of the fact that the army sent by Kublai Khan had not yet arrived, and quickly attacked, took Luoyang Fucheng, and stabilized the entire Henan Road; Another opinion is to act cautiously and send scouts to reconnoiter the situation on Henan Road before launching an attack on Luoyang Fucheng.

The first opinion was held by Cai Siwei and Zhang Binghui, and the second opinion was held by Hao Jing and Cao Wengang.

Wu Shaogang did not immediately express his position, but asked everyone to continue to think about it for one to two days.

The time has come to finally make a decision.

The map on the table, marked has been very clear, if the way of rapid attack is adopted, the army will start from Song County and Yongning County at the same time, attack and advance with 80,000 troops, pass through Longmen Town and Yiyang County respectively, and only take Luoyang Fucheng, if it is a gradual attack, then the attacking army will start from Yongning County, and after passing through Yiyang County, attack Luoyang Fucheng.

The former offensive strategy, the army will not break through the counties along the way, or large villages and towns, but directly to Luoyang City, to surround and capture Luoyang City at the fastest speed, considering that the marching speed of the Dingkun army can not be too fast, so the army is divided into the front army and the Chinese army two roads, the front army is responsible for encircling Luoyang City, after the arrival of the Chinese army, to launch a comprehensive attack.

The latter offensive strategy was for the Dingkun army to advance together with the large army, capture every city, and consolidate the rear.

Both strategies have their own paths, the so-called soldiers are fast, and being able to take Luoyang Mansion City in the shortest possible time means that the battle has achieved a major victory, and the battle step by step is to better stabilize and build the place in the future.

It is a pity that Wu Shaogang does not seem to be very satisfied with the deployment of these two operations.

Before the decision, there was still no other opinion, whether it was a rapid advance or a steady attack, one thing was clear, that is, the army must move as soon as possible, and the sooner the attack was launched, the better.

Wu Shaogang's face has always been very calm, and he listened very carefully, and he spent most of the time looking at the map during the whole process, but if you look closely, you can find that Wu Shaogang's eyes are out of concentration for a long time.

Finally, when it was Wu Shaogang's turn to make a decision, whether it was Cai Siwei or Zhang Binghui, or Hao Jing and Cao Wengang and others, they would all obey Wu Shaogang's final decision, and they had a deep and high admiration for Wu Shaogang.

Wu Shaogang finally spoke, but asked a strange question.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what is the ultimate goal of our attack on Henan Road?"

This question made everyone a little dumbfounded, the goal of attacking and occupying Henan Road had long been clear, that is, to prepare for the next step to take Kaifeng Fucheng, and also to lay the foundation for conquering the entire Central Plains, why in the process of fighting, Wu Shaogang would suddenly ask this question.

Just when everyone was still stunned, Wu Shaogang spoke again.

"Specifically, in this campaign, what is our purpose, is it to occupy the entire Henan Road, or is there another purpose, or what kind of combat effect do we need to achieve."

Hao Jing and Cao Wengang nodded slightly at the same time, they already understood something.

However, Cai Siwei and Zhang Binghui were still a little dazed, looking at Wu Shaogang, not knowing what they meant.

"Ladies and gentlemen, even if we occupy the city of Luoyang, will Kublai Khan and the Dayuan court give up, I'm afraid not necessarily, the loss of Luoyang Fucheng will definitely threaten the city of Kaifeng, and then threaten the entire Central Plains, and shake the rule of the Dayuan court in the Central Plains, which Kublai Khan can't bear, so I conclude that this time Kublai Khan and the Dayuan court will definitely send a large army to come."

"Okay, we know that Kublai Khan will send a large army to fight, and then we will see what kind of situation will arise, according to the strategic ideas you put forward, the first possibility is that we quickly occupy Luoyang Fucheng, then the Mongolian army will attack Luoyang Fucheng in a big way, according to my thoughts, they will not do this, because in the battle of attacking the city, the Mongolian iron cavalry is not good at it, the second possibility, we are still acting quickly, step by step, occupying Luoyang Fucheng, but at this time, I'm afraid that the Mongol army is already approaching the city of Luoyangfu, will they take advantage of the situation to attack, according to my opinion, they still won't attack immediately. ”

"Speaking of which, the purpose of our campaign is to have two situations, whether to occupy more places, or to wipe out the living forces of the Mongol army to the greatest extent."

When Wu Shaogang said this, Cai Siwei and Zhang Binghui finally understood the meaning.

Everyone looked at Wu Shaogang at the same time.

"Kublai Khan could not tolerate the defeat on the Henan Road, and would definitely send a large army to help, if the city of Luoyang has fallen, then they are likely to stick to the city of Kaifeng, find the right time to attack, whether it is able to recapture the city of Luoyang, at least we can hold on to the area of the city of Luoyang, so that we are in a dilemma, at this time, if Kublai Khan is desperate and continues to send a large army to the Henan Road, the final outcome of the battle is not easy to say."

"Therefore, our goal is to exterminate the living force of the Mongolian army to the greatest extent, as long as the Mongolian army is defeated and they suffer heavy losses, then it is reasonable to take Luoyang Mansion City, and even Kaifeng Mansion City, on the contrary, no matter how much territory we occupy, as long as we do not touch the Mongolian army, so that the strength of the Great Yuan Dynasty still exists, then the place we occupy cannot be said to be completely stable."

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Speaking of which, Wu Shaogang doesn't need to explain more.

After Wu Shaogang finished speaking, Hao Jing followed and spoke.

"What my lord said is that the lower officials understand that the army should not attack Luoyang Mansion City for the time being, but form an encirclement of Luoyang Mansion City, so that the Mongolian army will come to help, as long as Luoyang Mansion City has not fallen, the Mongolian army will definitely come desperately, if the army can completely defeat the Mongolian army that rushed to help, then Henan Road will be able to take it very smoothly."

Cai Siwei, Zhang Binghui and others also spoke one after another, believing that such a deployment was correct.

Wu Shaogang's face was still calm, but his demeanor became a little more serious.

"Such a deployment, for many soldiers, a lot of danger, after all, we may face attacks on both sides, the Mongolian army in Luoyang City, and the Mongolian army that came to help, which requires us to have enough confidence and strength to be able to deal with the attack from both sides, how many Mongolian troops rushed to the south of the Henan Road, we don't know for the time being, but this information, I believe it will soon be known, if the Mongolian army rushing to the south of the Henan Road, the strength is close to or even more than 100,000 people, then we will face huge pressure, But it is also a huge opportunity, as long as we defeat the Mongolian army rushing to help, then the entire Central Plains will become the venue for us to gallop vertically and horizontally. ”

As soon as Wu Shaogang finished speaking, Cai Siwei immediately clenched his fists and spoke.

"My lord, my subordinates will definitely resist the rush of the Mongol army and completely defeat the Mongol Tatars...

Zhang Binghui also expressed his position.

Wu Shaogang's eyes lost his mind again, and he didn't know where to look.

After a full quarter of an hour, Wu Shao just retracted his gaze and looked at everyone.

"I believe that we will be able to win the final victory, but this battle will be quite tragic, since ancient times, the conquest is indispensable bloodshed, we bet on the future of the people of Sichuan, Yunnan and even the Central Plains, I believe that after this battle, Kublai Khan will also understand that he is also betting on the future of the Great Yuan Dynasty."

"Ladies and gentlemen, we can't have the slightest negligence in this battle, how to completely and completely surround Luoyang Fucheng before the Mongolian army arrives in Luoyang Fucheng, how to grasp the best fighters, we need to make accurate judgment and deployment, a little careless, our losses will be heavy, and it will be difficult to achieve the intended goal in battle."