Lianshui County is less than fifty miles away from Jincheng Town, and for a large army that is in a hurry to march, it can be reached in two hours at most, so it is no wonder that Ah Shu did not send scouts to Jincheng to investigate. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The army set off from Lianshui County, full of pride and affection, walking in the forefront of the army, followed by him, was Lu Wenhuan who was in a complicated mood, before leaving, staying in Lianshui County, Lu Wende, who was in a melancholy mood, specially instructed Lu Wenhuan to attack Haizhou City, be sure to pay close attention, Wu Shaogang is not simple.

Lu Wenhuan is not familiar with Wu Shaogang, and he has not even met, Lu Wenhuan has always been an official in the local area, and Wu Shaogang's time in the capital is unusually short, and after Lu Wenhuan went to the capital to be an official, Wu Shaogang has already arrived in Sichuan, but Wu Shaogang's legendary experience, Lu Wenhuan still knows, there is a very extensive allusion in the capital back then, that is, Wu Shaogang received the guidance of a stranger when he was a child, although he has not experienced the imperial examination, he has not read many books, but he is very powerful, His knowledge far exceeds that of the Jinshi of the temple examination.

Lu Wenhuan never thought of being an enemy of Wu Shaogang, even after returning to the Great Yuan Imperial Court, he did not have such an idea, he and Lu Wende both thought that it was difficult for them to really gain the trust of the Great Yuan Emperor, and it was unlikely that they would have the opportunity to lead the troops to fight, at most they would be able to give advice in the capital, and now they all followed Ah Shu to fight in the south and destroyed the Great Song Dynasty.

When the Mongol army's southern army entered the city of Lin'an, Lu Wenhuan was not particularly happy, and the battle of Xiangyang was returned to the Mongol army, and Lu Wenhuan was forced to do so, not willingly, after all, he was once an official of the Great Song Dynasty, and he was an official who was trusted by the emperor and respected by many adults.

This is the difference between Lu Wenhuan and Lu Wende, but once he submitted to the Great Yuan Court, Lu Wenhuan became particularly resolute, and put forward a lot of opinions and suggestions to Ah Shu, the commander of the southern army, and made a lot of contributions in helping Ah Shu to conquer, especially after destroying the Great Song Dynasty, Lu Wenhuan fully exerted his own wisdom, not only in terms of making suggestions, but also in terms of how to gain Ah Shu's trust, but also tried his best.

In the expedition to Haizhou, Lu Wenhuan also put forward a lot of useful suggestions, and they were adopted by Ah Shu, that is, from this time on, Ah Shu's trust in Lu Wenhuan has surpassed that of Lu Wende.

Lu Wenhuan has never had the intention of abandoning Lu Wende to develop and gain trust alone, this is also where Lu Wenhuan is smart, in fact, returning to the Dayuan Imperial Court is to a large extent the credit of Lu Wende, if it were not for the Lu family's possible encounter with Jia Yidao's calculations, Lu Wenhuan would not easily follow Lu Wende's advice, open Xiangyang City and return to the Dayuan Court, if the two of them quarrel over who gets more trust from the Dayuan Court, it will only make outsiders see jokes, And it is impossible for the two of them to really gain the trust of the Great Yuan Court, and it is impossible to gain power.

Therefore, Lu Wenhuan still respects Lu Wende very much, and he also seriously considers Lu Wende's suggestion.

From the battle of Haizhou, Lu Wenhuan's feeling has not been very good, not long ago, the Ming army under the command of Wu Shaogang also completely wiped out the 50,000 troops led by Ali Hague, the deputy commander of the southern army, who rushed to aid Haizhou Prefecture, Xia Gui was forced to commit suicide, how long has passed, is it possible that the commander of the southern army A Shu led the troops to fight, Wu Shaogang and the Ming army under his command will retreat, this seems unlikely.

You must know that it takes a lot of troops to completely wipe out an army of nearly 60,000, and the army led by Ah Shu to conquer the south, excluding the troops left in the south, the total number of troops entering Haizhou is only 150,000, it should be said that Wu Shaogang will not be frightened.

Taking a step back, even if Wu Shaogang was a Mongolian army that was taboo to the aid led by Prince Hedan, it would not reach the level of rumors and soldiers, and it was impossible to give up the Lianshui County that had been occupied for no reason.

The current situation, in Lu Wenhuan's view, seems to be a trap, a trap to lure Ah Shu into being fooled.

Ah Shu's self-confidence, Lu Wenhuan is even more aware of it, after all, with such a great feat, he successfully destroyed the Great Song Dynasty, and anyone with such a merit will inevitably be confident, but as the commander of the army that conquers the south, especially the commander who continues to undertake combat tasks, he must still be cautious, get out of the huge merit as soon as possible, and devote himself to the next battle as soon as possible.

It's a pity that Ah Shu doesn't seem to have such a feeling, Lu Wenhuan even saw Ah Shu's contempt for Wu Shaogang and the Ming army from Ah Shu's feelings, as if to say that in this battle, Ah Shu and the army under his command are already in control.

This gave Lu Wenhuan a very bad feeling, you must know that Wu Shaogang and the Ming army under his command are extremely brave.

When the army left Lianshui County, Lu Wenhuan looked at Lu Wende who was standing at the gate of the city, and wanted to go up and talk, but he was by Ah Shu's side, so in order to avoid arousing Ah Shu's suspicion, he could only give up.

The 100,000 troops of the expedition to Haizhou Prefecture were mainly foot soldiers, of which the total number of cavalry was only 30,000, and the Mongolian iron cavalry was even less pitiful, less than 5,000 people, but for the battle of attacking the city, the Mongolian iron cavalry did not have much effect, on the contrary, the new annexed army had a greater role in attacking the city.

There are dozens of Huihui cannons in the army, which are specially used to attack the city, the original battle of Xiangyang and the battle of Ezhou, did not come in handy, but the battle of Dingjiazhou, the Huihui artillery made a great contribution, and the stones it threw were fatal to the sailors of the Song army.

Seeing the return artillery, Lu Wenhuan remembered the sharp artillery owned by the Ming army, the Ming army's artillery fired an iron ball, and it was an iron ball with sparks, its power must be stronger than the return artillery, I don't know if this time in the battle of Haizhou, the return artillery can pose a threat to the Ming army's artillery.

The Mongolian army led by Ah Shu set out from Lianshui County, and the news was quickly transmitted to the Ming army's central military tent.

Wu Shaogang's order was issued at the same time.

Cai Siwei sent a small force and began to interfere with the Mongol army leaving Lianshui County.

In fact, Lianshui County is only about 50 miles away from Jincheng Town, and if a small force is sent to interfere, it will inevitably have the consequence of startling the snake, but this is what Wu Shaogang insisted.

When analyzing the reasons for such an arrangement to everyone, Wu Shaogang said very clearly, that is, by sending a small force to interfere with the Mongolian army, he strengthened the self-confidence of Ashu, the commander of the Mongolian army's expedition to the south.

The Ming army withdrew from Lianshui County, leaving the Mongolian army with an empty city, which to a certain extent, made Ashu more confident, but there are obvious loopholes in this arrangement, as long as the strategists around Ashu raise doubts, Ashu will not say it, he must be confused in his heart, and he will become cautious, and he can send a small force to harass the Mongol army, and the situation is different.

Since the strength of the Ming army is insufficient, it is necessary to buy time, and interfere with the march of the Mongolian army along the way, which must slow down the speed of the Mongolian army's march, so as to facilitate the Ming army's plan to concentrate its forces to defend the city of Haizhou.

The interference of a small force on the Mongolian army must have made Ah Shu more confident and more convinced that the Ming army needed to buy time, so Ah Shu would ask his army to speed up the pace of the march, and even order the cavalry to march as fast as possible.

The analysis reached such a delicate level, Hao Jing and others had to be convinced.

And the one who carried out the task of harassing the Mongolian army on the march was Zhang Jue.

Zhang Jue was originally a fierce general, extremely brave in battle, not afraid of death, when he was the commander of all the armies in Xingyuan Mansion, he once led a large army to fight to the death with the Mongolian army.

Zhang Jue, who accepted the combat mission, naturally wanted to fight hard, but Wu Shaogang specifically warned him that the task undertaken by the small force was to harass the Mongolian army, and the speed of advance and retreat was very fast, and it was never necessary to start a face-to-face fight with the Mongolian army, after all, the Mongolian army had 100,000 people, and if they fell into it, they would definitely encounter the end of the annihilation of the entire army.

Wu Shaogang's next arrangement is the Dingkun Army.

The Dingkun army has more than 300 Dingkun cannons, and the 100,000 soldiers led by Cai Siwei have 100 Dingkun cannons.

The army of Zhengnan under the command of Ah Shu has been mainly infantry, and the lethality of the Dingkun cannon against the infantry is huge, even if it is fighting in the field, it can also play an extraordinary role.

In this ambush battle in Jincheng Town, the role of Dingkun artillery will be brought into play.

Of course, in Wu Shaogang's view, the real role of the Dingkun cannon is not in the battle in Jincheng, but in the later battle, the ambush battle in Jincheng, the Dingkun cannon mainly shows its power at the beginning of the battle.

After everything was arranged, Wu Shaogang's expression became relaxed.

Unlike Wu Shaogang, Hao Jing and the others were nervous, after all, they were very clear about the meaning of this battle, if they won a complete victory, then the Ming Wangfu would be in charge of the south at the same time, and the Ming army would start to attack the north.

Everyone thinks that the battle of Jincheng this time must be able to win, but the degree of victory, it is difficult to say, if you can grasp the opportunity well, it is possible to win a complete victory, if you don't grasp it well, it is also possible to let the vast majority of the Mongol army under the command of Ah Shu escape.

Every step of the battle must be grasped well, and there can be no negligence.

Do your best to see the will of heaven, everything is done, it depends on whether God blesses the Ming army.