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Wu Shaogang, the king of Wei, commanded an army of 200,000 troops, divided into three routes, and began to conquer, Cai Siwei led an army of 50,000 to attack Xuzhou under the jurisdiction of Shanxi East Road, Zhang Binghui led an army of 100,000 to attack Pizhou under the jurisdiction of Shanxi East Road, and Wu Shaogang personally led an army of 50,000 from Suzhou, followed Zhang Binghui, and went to Suqian under the jurisdiction of Pizhou.

Many soldiers of the Hezhou Imperial Army, the Xingyuan Mansion Imperial Army, and the Jinzhou Imperial Army have long been disrupted and redivided, and only the Dingkun Army remains independent.

Li Tingzhi and others once proposed to abolish the titles of Hezhou Imperial Armies, but Wu Shaogang did not agree for the time being.

However, externally, Li Tingzhi and others all called it the army under the jurisdiction of the Wei Palace, and everyone also accepted this title.

The 100,000 troops led by Cai Siwei and Wu Shaogang were mainly sergeants fighting in the Monan grassland, and the cavalry who returned to the Central Plains from the Monan grassland had a total number of 120,000 people, including more than 20,000 Mongols from various tribes in the Monan grassland, all of whom participated in this battle, and the Wei Wangfu also sent 80,000 soldiers to join the army, forming an army of 200,000 people.

Once Xuzhou, Pizhou, Haizhou and Yizhou are occupied, the 200,000 army will be divided into two routes, the 100,000 army led by Zhang Binghui will resist the Mongolian army rushing to the north and prevent the Mongolian army from uniting in the north and south, and the 100,000 army led by Cai Siwei will hit the Mongolian army led by Ashu in the south.

Zhang Binghui mainly carried out defensive operations, holding Yizhou, Haizhou, Xuzhou and Pizhou, and his main forces were cavalry, foot soldiers and Dingkun army sergeants, while Cai Siwei carried out mobile and pursuit operations, and the main force of his operations was the cavalry sharpened in the Monan grassland.

Zhang Binghui's main task is to completely stop the Mongolian army sent by Kublai Khan and the Great Yuan court to aid Ashu, and Cai Siwei's main combat task is to defeat the Mongolian army led by Ashu, and even exterminate the Mongolian army along the way.

Once this goal of the battle is achieved, the strength of Kublai Khan and the Great Yuan court will suffer heavy losses, and the balance of strength between Wu Shaogang and Kublai Khan will also undergo earth-shaking changes.

On February 15, when the Mongolian army led by Ah Shu arrived in Wuwei County, the 50,000 army led by Cai Siwei occupied the city of Xuzhou in one fell swoop, and the 100,000 army led by Zhang Binghui occupied Suqian in one fell swoop.

After occupying the city of Xuzhou and the county seat of Suqian, Cai Siwei and Zhang Binghui did not waste time, and immediately began to occupy Xuzhou and other cities under the jurisdiction of Pizhou.

On 18 February, Xiao County, which was under the jurisdiction of Xuzhou, was conquered, on 20 February, Feng County, which was under the jurisdiction of Xuzhou, and Xiapi, which was under the jurisdiction of Pizhou, was conquered, and on 25 February, Chengxian County, which was under the jurisdiction of Xuzhou, was conquered.

By the end of February, the 200,000-strong army under the command of King Wei had completely controlled Pizhou and Xuzhou.

At this moment, the entire Great Yuan Imperial Court was immersed in the joy of the imminent complete destruction of the Great Song Dynasty, and it was too late to react in time to the great changes in Shandong.

At the beginning of March, the army led by Cai Siwei began to march towards Pei County in Tengzhou, and the army led by Zhang Binghui marched towards Linyi County, which is under the jurisdiction of Yizhou.

The issue of eliminating banditry and stabilizing the situation at the local level is also in full swing.

This time, Wu Shaogang asked many soldiers to rely on the gentry and wealthy households among them to stabilize the place while appeasing the local people, after all, the time is urgent, and it is too late to send officials from Kaifeng Fucheng to rectify the place.

Once the news of the army's occupation of these places spreads, both Kublai Khan and Ah Shu will be shocked, and these places will become the places where Wu Shaogang and Kublai Khan fought fiercely, and local stability will be crucial at that time.

The battle went smoothly, out of the expectations of Cai Siwei and Zhang Binghui and others, when Wu Shaogang issued the combat mission, they thought that they would encounter a fierce fight, but the actual situation was not so, conquered many cities, did not encounter a very fierce battle, except for the two cities of Xiapi and Xuzhou stationed in the Mongolian army of nearly 5,000 people, the rest of the Mongolian army stationed in the city, the total strength of the total strength is only about 1,000 people, in the face of tens of thousands or even 100,000 troops attack, there is no power to fight back.

In many places, the Mongolian troops stationed in the city chose to open the city gate and surrender.

In the battle to attack the city, the Dingkun cannon played a crucial role, especially when attacking the cities of Xiapi and Xuzhou, the Dingkun cannon almost completely destroyed the courage of the Mongolian troops stationed in the city to resist.

Wu Shaogang's order was also very clear, that is, not to delay the slightest time, and to occupy Tengzhou, Xuzhou and Pizhou, which belonged to the Shandong East Road, and Yizhou and Haizhou, which belonged to the Shandong East Road, when Kublai Khan and the Dayuan court had not had time to react too much, and completely cut off all ties between the Dayuan court and the army leading A Shu to conquer the south.

This is a battle against time, Cai Siwei and Zhang Binghui did not have the slightest delay, often after capturing a city, they did not have time to adjust, and then turned to the battle of attacking the next city.

For Cai Siwei and Zhang Binghui, who were well prepared, the task of fighting was arduous, but the process of fighting was smooth, and the army advanced at an astonishing speed every day, gradually occupying Xuzhou, Pizhou, Tengzhou, and other places.

By mid-March, the 200,000-strong army had completely occupied Xuzhou, Tengzhou, Yizhou, and Pizhou, and the next target was Haizhou.

Once Haizhou was occupied, the army would completely cut off the connection between the army leading by Ah Shu and the Yuan court.

Linyi County, the capital of Yizhou.

The broken bricks on the walls show that there was a fierce battle here not so long ago.

State office, wings.

Wu Shaogang looked at the map intently, Hao Jing and the others stood on the side, talking in a low voice, and Zhang Binghui stood behind Wu Shaogang, waiting for the next order.

Also on the table were the documents of the Intelligence Agency.

After a long while, Wu Shaogang finally raised his head.

"The intelligence detected by the intelligence agency, we occupied many places in Shandong, caused a huge turmoil in the Yuan court, Kublai Khan was greatly shocked and panicked, and was ready to mobilize a large army to the south and came towards Shandong."

"As for Ah Shu, who is preparing to attack Lin'an Mansion City, he has not been affected too much, and is still moving forward, but tens of thousands of Mongolian soldiers led by his deputy commander Ali Hague have already taken the Jinghu South Road and are coming towards the Huainan East Road."

"Kublai Khan's purpose is very clear, that is, to drive us out of Shandong, and Ali Hague's purpose is even clearer, which is to consolidate Haizhou's defense and prevent us from quickly taking Haizhou."

"Just now you have all put forward a suggestion, we must completely and cleanly take the entire Haizhou before Ali Hague arrives in Haizhou, and completely cut off the connection between the Mongolian armies in the north and south."

"However, I thought about it for a while, and felt that we should not occupy Haizhou for the time being, but consolidate the defenses of Tengzhou and Yizhou, make preparations to attack Yingzhou, and at the same time in the area of Tengzhou and Yizhou, welcome the Mongolian army that is about to rush to the aid of Shandong."

When Wu Shao first said this, the room quickly fell silent.

Hao Jing looked at the markers on the map and watched Wu Shaogang speak.

"Is His Royal Highness the King of Wei thinking about letting the Mongolian army led by Ali Hague enter Haizhou, and then encircle and annihilate it?"

Wu Shaogang nodded slightly.

"Yes, the purpose of our battle this time is to exterminate the living force of the Mongolian army, not to occupy the city, our ultimate goal is to completely defeat the southern army of the Great Yuan Dynasty led by Ah Shu, it is best to completely exterminate them, and after completing this combat mission, then the entire south will be controlled by us."

"There are about 50,000 Mongolian troops under Ali Hague, and Ah Shu ordered Ali Hague to quickly rush to Haizhou, thinking that we are only launching a small-scale attack on Shandong, or that our attack on Shandong is to prevent the Great Song Dynasty from suffering a devastating blow.

"What Kublai Khan thinks, it is impossible for us to know at present, but the Mobei Rebellion has not been completely quelled, and it is impossible for Kublai Khan to send too many soldiers to the expedition, perhaps in Kublai Khan's view, our attack on Shandong is not the intention of the drunkard."

"Since Ali Hague has enough confidence that he will be able to hold Haizhou, then we will let it consolidate Haizhou's defense, and once the Mongolian army led by Ali Hague enters Haizhou, we will immediately launch an attack on Haizhou."

Speaking of this, Wu Shaogang pointed to the map with his right hand.

"Lianshui County and Ganyu County under the jurisdiction of Haizhou, one south and one north, seem to be the two gateways of Haizhou, Zhang Binghui, Ganyu County will be handed over to you, Ali Hague will never be allowed to withdraw in the direction of Ganyu County, nor will the army of the Dayuan Imperial Court be allowed to break through Ganyu County, we will make Haizhou the cemetery of Ali Hague."

"After Ashu captured Ezhou and other places, the total number of troops under his command has exceeded 250,000 people, Ashu sent Ali Hague to lead 50,000 Mongolian soldiers to aid Haizhou, and the sergeants under his command still exceeded 200,000 people, but the Song army sergeants who returned to Shun were not worth mentioning, and these sergeants would not work hard, let alone get Ashu's attention."

"The Mongolian sergeants led by Ali Hague to aid Haizhou must be the elite of the southern army, after all, in the battle of Dingjiazhou, the Mongolian army won a complete victory, and Ah Shu thinks that the next battle is not particularly fierce."

Wu Shaogang turned his head to look at Yuan Shichun.

"Order Cai Siwei to lead the army to quickly assemble towards Linshu County, Zhang Binghui, your task is to firmly hold Tengzhou and Yizhou, Zou County in Tengzhou, Linyi and Fei County in Yizhou, may become the most important city."

"Ladies and gentlemen, the real war is coming, if we win, then the next expedition will become much smoother, if we fail, including Henan Province, Shanxi Province and Shaanxi Province, we have already encountered a huge threat, we can only win this battle, do not accept defeat."