"My lord, it is impossible for the Mongolian army to have 200,000 people, and this information can never be trusted. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Sir, can you tell me why?"

"It's very simple, if there are 200,000 Mongolian troops in Huaibei, then Kublai Khan must be ready to go out and cross the Huai River to attack."

"Well, I also think that this news is fake, it should be made up by Xia Gui casually, anyway, the situation in Huaibei is confusing, and it is impossible for anyone to be a real detective."

"My lord is worried about the situation of the loyal army, but his subordinates think it is very possible, it is said that the loyal army entered Huaibei, it is to rush to the aid of the army led by Xia Gui, not to undertake the main combat mission, that is, to help hold the city, if Xia Gui leads the army to evacuate in the direction of Shouzhou, the loyal army should be evacuated in advance, no longer stick to the city, the lack of the protection of the army, the city is impossible to hold, and now the army led by Xia Gui has withdrawn to Mengcheng, and the loyal army is still stationed in Qi County, which is a little incomprehensible."

"Sir thought of something, just say it."

"According to the understanding of his subordinates, it should be between Li Zhizhi and Xia Gui, there is a dispute, or even a contradiction, Li Zhizhi thinks that it should be held, Xia Gui thinks that it should be evacuated quickly, Xia Gui, as a commander, naturally has the right to lead the troops, and can order the whole army to evacuate, and the loyal and brave army under the command of Li Zhizhi will not obey Xia Gui's dispatch and is still stationed in Qi County."

Wu Shaogang looked at the map on the table with a stern expression, which was exactly what he was worried about.

Li Tingzhi has an easy-going personality and is known as Bole in the court, but few people have noticed that Li Tingzhi's character has a stubborn side, and once he identifies something, he will not hesitate to insist on it, even if he faces danger.

Chang Mingquan said that when the loyal army was stationed in Qi County, Wu Shaogang felt very bad, the army led by Xia Gui was the main force of the expedition, the main army had withdrawn towards Huainan, and the loyal army was still stationed in Qi County, there must be something wrong here, Hao Jing's analysis just now coincided with Wu Shaogang's thoughts.

Li Tingzhi led the loyal army into Huaibei to rush to help, he must have been full of confidence, and what he didn't expect to see was the situation of taking the initiative to abandon the city and retreating, in this case, Li Tingzhi must be unhappy, and there must be a dispute with Xia Gui.

Wu Shaogang was most worried that Li Tingzhi had reached a dead end, because there was a dispute with Xia Gui, in order to prove that his truth was correct, he did not hesitate to lead the loyal army to confront the Mongolian army and defend the city.

Where is the loyal army is the opponent of the Mongolian army.

Moreover, the Mongolian army that came to conquer, with the army that defeated Li Pu as the main force, and the murderous Mongolian army was like a bamboo, even if the loyal and brave army resisted desperately, it was impossible to hold out for long.

Li Tingzhi must not make any mistakes, otherwise Wu Shaogang will be unable to bear the consequences.

Li Tingzhi is Wu Shaogang's most powerful support in the court, the two are almost one, including Jia Yidao, many powerful people, including Jia Yidao, it is for the sake of Li Tingzhi's face that they will be polite to him Wu Shaogang, just say that this time to the imperial court, Wu Shaogang complained bitterly, begging the imperial court to give a certain amount of money and food to the imperial army in Hezhou, but I didn't expect the imperial court to allow it.

This is the credit of Li Tingzhi.

"Sir, what is the combat effectiveness of the Mongolian army stationed in Huaibei?"

Hao Jing looked at Wu Shaogang and spoke with a firm expression.

"According to the subordinates, the new annex army stationed in Huaibei is by no means as good as the new annex army under Liu Heima, for a long time, the Mongolian army has been in Sichuan as the focus of the attack, and the Huaibei area has never been stationed in the brave army."

"Sir's judgment must be accurate, but is there such a possibility, after all, the leading commander of the army to suppress Li Pu's rebellion is the Mongolian prince Habichi, after the suppression of Li Pu's rebellion, will Habichi lead part of the Mongolian cavalry to participate in the battle of Huaibei."

Hao Jing shook his head.

"This is impossible, Kublai Khan could not order Habichi to lead the Mongolian cavalry to fight, the battles that the Mongolian cavalry will participate in are the most important battles, if Habichi leads the Mongolian cavalry to fight, there is only a possibility, that is, the Mongolian army stationed in Huaibei suffered a devastating blow, and according to the terrain of Huaibei, it is also conducive to the new annex army to fight."

Wu Shaogang nodded slightly, finally relieved.

Shouchun County is three hundred and twenty miles away from Qi County, the rapid march can be reached within two days, the best route is still to take the Mengcheng of Shouzhou, there are many Huaibei rivers, Beiqi River, Juanshui River, Vortex River, Lu River, etc., are all obstacles that hinder the march of the cavalry, only from Mengcheng, there are bridges to pass.

Of course, Wu Shaogang is still worried about whether these bridges have been damaged.

It is impossible to retreat, no matter how many Mongolian troops enter Suzhou, Wu Shaogang must lead a large army with the imperial army of Hezhou as the main force to meet the Mongolian army, and for the time being, regardless of the issue of seizing Huaibei Prefectures, at least Li Tingzhi needs to be rescued.

At two o'clock, Cai Siwei entered the Chinese military tent.

"Report to your lordship, the troops evacuated to Shouchun are the Youyi Army belonging to the Guards Ma Junsi, the Zhenjiang Imperial Front Army belongs to the Xuan Feng Army, the Xuan Feng Army and the Left Army, a total of 17,000 people, the subordinate has just counted the assembled sergeants, about 15,000 people, stationed in the temporary military camps outside Shouchun City, among which the Zhenjiang Imperial Front Army belongs to the Left Army, is the first to evacuate to Shouchun, they have been waiting here for three days, the subordinate sergeants along the road also belong to the Left Army, the rest of the three road army, At that time, evacuate to Shouchun early this morning. ”

"Well, in your opinion, what is the combat effectiveness of these four-way armies."

"This, it's hard for the subordinates to say, just now when the four commanders announced that they were going to enter Huaibei to fight, there were still some sergeants who were restless, and the subordinates had been severely punished, as for the combat effectiveness, the subordinates were a little worried."

"I can't manage so much anymore, these more than 10,000 people are all under your command, and the four commanders, including Chang Mingquan, are all under your command."

"My lord, this is not good, they are all troops under the direct command of Marshal Xia Gui."

"You don't have to think about this matter, I'll arrange it, I've already said just now, more than 20,000 troops, set off tomorrow at Yin, you go to the county office, inform the county order, be sure to prepare enough ships before Yinshi, transport the army across the Huai River, if there is a slight delay, military law will be engaged."

"Obey the order, and the subordinates will arrange it."

"There can be no negligence in terms of grain and grass, each sergeant carries at least seven days' rations, and five days of forage for war horses, once we cross the Huai River, we have no support in terms of grain and grass, everything must rely on ourselves, soldiers and horses do not move grain and grass first, and we must not cause the army to collapse because of lack of food."

"Yes, Qin Zheng is already making arrangements for grain and grass."

"Mr. Hao, before the army leaves, there are a lot of things that need to be prepared, you go and supervise it to see if there is any negligence."

There was silence in the tent of the Chinese army.

Wu Shaogang couldn't calm down, what was the situation of Li Tingzhi and the loyal soldiers, which made him worry.

In fact, Li Tingzhi also encountered a lot of jealousy in the court, after all, many people are jealous of the position of the two Huai envoys, and the two Huai are rich places, and there are loyal and brave troops stationed, and the power of the envoys is very large, compared with other local envoys, it can be said to be the fattest place.

Wu Shaogang was a little puzzled that Li Tingzhi only led 5,000 loyal soldiers to dare to cross the Huai River and enter Huaibei, in case the army led by Xia Gui suffered a crushing defeat, it would be impossible to reverse the defeat with 5,000 loyal soldiers.

It seems that there is only one explanation for this, that is, Li Tingzhi is too anxious, and he always wants to occupy the Huaibei lands to stabilize the security of Huainan.

As an envoy of the two Huai system, it is normal to have such thoughts.

As for Xia Gui's choice, Wu Shaogang also couldn't understand it, after crossing the Huai River, Xia Gui did go to the northeast, preparing to enter Shandong to aid Li Pu, and the army under his command successively occupied Shouzhou, Suzhou, Xuzhou and Pizhou, where the defense was empty, but how could Xia Gui divide his troops to occupy Bozhou, which is incomprehensible.

If it is according to the normal command, Xia Gui should take Sizhou after occupying Shouzhou, Suzhou, Pizhou, Tengzhou, Xuzhou and other places, so that these places are connected.

Wu Shaogang's hand moved in the direction of Bozhou, moving in the southwest direction, fixed in one place, and knocked lightly here, and his face also showed a look of sudden enlightenment.

It seems that Xia Gui's ambition is not small, he occupied Bozhou, and if possible, he continued to use troops in the northwest direction, which is Kaifeng Mansion.

The shame of Jingkang, so that the Song Dynasty court lost the capital Kaifeng, the Northern Song Dynasty perished, the Southern Song Dynasty court since the day of its establishment, is a corner, with Lin'an Mansion as the capital, there were many Southern Song Dynasty generals, all want to be able to cross the Yellow River, recapture the capital Kaifeng City, including Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and other famous generals.

No one has been able to do that.

As a general in the army, Xia Gui naturally has such thoughts.

It's a pity that you can't just have an idea, you don't have enough strength, even if you take Kaifeng Mansion while the Mongolian army's defense is weak, you have to retreat in embarrassment.

Of course, as a military general, even if he captures Kaifeng Mansion in a short period of time, he will go down in history, which Xia Gui understands very well.

It was dark, and the camp had already begun to light a fire for cooking, and according to Wu Shaogang's order, each sergeant had to carry seven days of cooked grain and cooked meat, so as to save time to the greatest extent.

From the many chaotic sergeants outside Shouchun City, the soldiers of the Hezhou Imperial Front Army understood what they were about to face, but no one was afraid, and the mood of wanting to devote themselves to the battlefield as soon as possible slowly spread in the army, after all, they had just defeated the Mongolian army in the eagle's beak.

As for the remaining 15,000 sergeants who were ready to go, there was a look of frustration written on their faces, just now some people were unwilling to cross the Huai River to fight, and were mercilessly beheaded, and the rest of them certainly did not dare to continue to have objections. (To be continued.) )