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When attacking Jingzhaofu Road, Lintao Road, Qingyuan Road and Fengxiang Road, the Dingkun Army was ready to participate in the battle, who knew that the guards of these places were all new annexes with weak combat effectiveness, and there was no need for the Dingkun Army to dispatch, Cai Siwei led the soldiers of the Hezhou Imperial Army, and they were able to completely solve the battle.

This made Zhang Binghui, the commander of the Dingkun Army, very depressed, but there was no way.

Another year or so without war.

The Dingkun army has more than 200 Dingkun cannons, and according to Zhang Shijie's estimate, if 200 Dingkun cannons are fired at the same time, it is enough to destroy the walls of a city.

But all this needs to be practiced in real combat.

Zhang Binghui would not have thought that Wu Shaogang was also thinking about these questions.

Since the appearance of the Dingkun cannon, Wu Shaogang has enough self-confidence, he can completely change history, the role of artillery, is by no means as simple as combat, it can affect the rise and fall of the dynasty, especially in troubled times, with artillery, it has enough strength and the right to speak.

The Dingkun cannon has always been kept secret, and the Dingkun army is also secret, so far, Kublai Khan and the Mongol court do not know, the Great Song court and Jia Yidao do not know, and there are not many people who really know the strength of the Dingkun cannon.

Wu Shaogang knew very well that once he started a large-scale expedition, the Dingkun artillery would determine the course of the war, whether it was attacking Dadu, or the grassland, or even Lin'an Fucheng, Jiankang Fucheng and even Luzhou Fucheng, etc., relying on Dingkun artillery, these cities were nothing.

In the battle of Xiangyang in history, Hedan and Ah Shu really captured Xiangyang Fucheng, or relying on the power of the Huihui cannon, they first captured Fancheng, causing Xiangyang Fucheng to lose any support, and forced Lu Wenhuan to surrender.

Compared with the Dingkun cannon, it is a small thing.

The so-called return cannon is just a giant trebuchet after improvement, and its power is even greater than that of the previous trebuchet, so it is also called a stone machine.

The Dingkun cannon is a real artillery, its maximum range can reach three thousand meters, the fired shells can directly destroy the house, and the more important and critical aspect is that the Dingkun cannon can completely destroy the return artillery, but the return cannon is helpless against the Dingkun cannon.

The emergence of the Dingkun cannon will hasten the end of the era of cold weapon warfare to a certain extent.

That's all for later.

"Cai Siwei, Zhang Binghui, Hezhou Imperial Army and Dingkun Army, half a month later, a drill will be held here, you remember, this drill must be a combination of artillery, cavalry and foot soldiers."

"Field combat, artillery as a supplement, cavalry and foot soldiers, Dingkun artillery is the first to attack, after the bombardment of the opponent, the cavalry takes advantage of the situation to attack, completely crush the opponent's fighting spirit, disrupt the opponent's formation, and then the infantry attack, be sure to annihilate the opponent to the greatest extent."

"After the siege of the city, artillery and foot soldiers are the mainstay, supplemented by cavalry, after the Dingkun artillery bombards the city wall, the foot soldiers must seize the opportunity to attack quickly, take the city wall and the city, and prepare for the cavalry charge, as for the battle in the city, the cavalry and the foot soldiers need to be well coordinated."

"You listen to me, I feel very simple, but the real good cooperation is not as simple as words, after the Dingkun artillery bombardment, how to grasp the best attack time, the cooperation between the Dingkun army and the cavalry and foot soldiers, how to achieve the best effect, these are all things that you need to think about."

"This kind of combat method has never appeared before, so you need to practice well, once your drill is successful, then the next city to attack is likely to be Luoyang Mansion City."

When Wu Shaogang's hand pointed to Luoyang Mansion City, Cai Siwei and Zhang Binghui were very excited.

It was Li Tingzhi behind Wu Shaogang, and his body couldn't help but tremble slightly.

The solidity of Luoyang Mansion City, everyone knows, during the Tang Dynasty, Luoyang was once the capital, known as the capital of God, although hundreds of years have passed, Luoyang Mansion City, which can be used as the ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties, has a different status in the minds of all people.

In fact, it is rumored that Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, also thought about building a capital in Luoyang, but later gave up for unknown reasons.

Luoyang is known as the place of contention in the Central Plains, the kings of all dynasties are to occupy Luoyang, even the founding emperor of the Great Song Dynasty Zhao Kuangyin is no exception, and now Wu Shaogang is pointing at Luoyang, is it also beginning to show the wind of the king.

Wu Shaogang didn't care about everyone's attitude, in the eyes of his traverser, Luoyang is by no means the first choice of the capital, to say that through the test of history, Dadu should be one of the best capitals, the north can control the grassland, prevent border turmoil, and the south can be through the canal, the wealth of the south can be transported to the north.

The rich south is not suitable for building a capital, some people may think that Jiankang Mansion is a good place to build a capital, but Wu Shaogang will not see it that way, after all, the radiation effect of the capital is not ordinary, the south has always been richer than the north, and the only one that drives the north is the capital, so that the gap between the north and the south will not be too big.

So in Wu Shaogang's view, Luoyang is also an ordinary city.

It's just that the Great Song Dynasty is still in the era of farming, and shipping is not particularly developed, so the Central Plains is a must-win place in the world in the eyes of many kings.

Wu Shaogang will not be limited to such an understanding, in his mind, commerce and shipping are the most important, the former can gather a lot of money and grain to maintain the operation of the government at all levels, and the latter can expand to the outside world to absorb more wealth for himself.

The movement of the army has always been rapid.

After the drill plan was issued, it took only five days to prepare.

Although the drill is not a formal battle, it can familiarize the sergeant with the process of the battle, especially when artillery, cavalry and infantry are required to work together, and the drill becomes very important.

The drill plan formulated by Wu Shaogang himself was detailed to how dozens of sergeants were interspersed with encirclement, how the cavalry could be surrounded on both flanks, and how the infantry formed a square formation to attack, and so on.

The most important decapitation drill was directed at the enemy manager.

The drill was originally planned to last about 10 days, but it actually took a full month.

All the soldiers of the Hezhou Imperial Army and the Dingkun Army participated in the exercise, and the Xingyuan Imperial Army was sent to Jingzhaofu Road to guard, in exchange for the soldiers of the Hezhou Imperial Army and the Dingkun Army stationed here.

In the course of the exercise, Wu Shaogang was unusually familiar with the changes in the formation of the combat team and how to seize the opportunity to attack, and even personally told many officers, which opened the eyes of Cai Siwei, Zhang Binghui and others, and also gave Li Tingzhi and others a deeper and mysterious understanding of Wu Shaogang.

No one can explain why Wu Shaogang knows so much, and the only explanation is that Wu Shaogang is shouldering the mandate of heaven.

When Wu Shaogang was immersed in army drills, Li Tingzhi was directly responsible for the affairs of the Jiedu envoy Yamen, and it was necessary to raise grain and grass, according to the deployment and plan, before the end of the year, the Hezhou Imperial Army and the Dingkun Army would launch an attack on Henan Road, and in the spring of the first year, occupy the entire Henan Road and gain a foothold here. Once the Henan Road is occupied, Kublai Khan and the Mongol court will definitely panic and send a large army to encircle and suppress it, and at that time, the real fierce war will begin.

The intelligence of Xiangyang has also become extremely important, and Wu Shaogang has already made up his mind to launch an attack regardless of the situation of the battle of Xiangyang, that is, the Sichuan side is ready to deal with the greatest pressure.

Therefore, Li Tingzhi is extremely busy, but fortunately, Zhang Wenqian's ability is indeed very good, he is very familiar with people's livelihood matters, and he can assist Li Tingzhi and deal with many matters of the Yamen very well.

The stability of Sichuan, Yunnan and Jingzhaofu Road saved Yamen a lot of trouble.

At this time, everyone finally understood why Wu Shaogang gritted his teeth and decided to stabilize Jingzhaofu Road and other places, and even did not hesitate to invest a lot of money and grain, so that the Yamen was also overstretched.

At the end of October, news came from the capital, and it was information sent by the fourth master.

Wen Tianxiang, the former Sichuan Chengxuan envoy, was imprisoned in prison for more than a month, and was stripped of all his fame and official positions, and exiled to Qiongzhou on Guangnan West Road.

Qiongzhou is Hainan Province a thousand years later.

Wen Tianxiang's twists and turns did not spread in the court, except for a few aides who knew about it, the rest of the people in the court did not know the existence of this impeachment twist and turn.

The Privy Council's edict also arrived in Chengdu in early November.

The edict explains the situation in Xiangyang Fucheng, the Mongolian army has launched a siege of Xiangyang Fucheng many times, relying on Lu Wenhuan's stubborn resistance, so that Xiangyang Fucheng will not fall, the Mongolian army even drove the captured Song people, directly attacked Xiangyang Fucheng, the soldiers guarding the city had to attack, resulting in heavy casualties among the people.

The edict does not require the Sichuan side to do anything, but the meaning is clear.

Wu Shaogang took this edict and read it for a long time.

On the fifth day of the first month of November, Jiedu made an order to the Yamen, 80,000 Hezhou imperial troops, and 20,000 Dingkun soldiers, a total of 100,000 troops, to march towards Jingzhaofu Road.

Wu Shaogang personally commanded the battle, Li Tingzhi and Zhang Wenqian were directly responsible for the affairs of the Jiedu envoy Yamen, Dou Mo and Xu Heng and others assisted, and Hao Jing and Cao Wengang followed Wu Shaogang to conquer.

The remaining soldiers of the imperial army in Hezhou focused on guarding the city of Chengdu, the army in front of the imperial army of Xingyuan Prefecture was transferred to the city of Chongqing and was responsible for the defense of the east, and the army of the imperial army of Jinzhou was still stationed in Yunnan and was responsible for the defense of the south.

At the moment when the order was issued, the shaking of the yamen can be imagined.

Everyone knows that the expedition to expand the territory has officially begun, and from this moment on, the Hezhou Imperial Army and the Dingkun Army will begin a long-term expedition, and Wu Shaogang is gradually approaching the position of the king who is just around the corner. (To be continued.) )