Returned to the Wuliang Hetai in Dadu, completely fell into silence, every day is a deep and simple house, almost no one, as the head of the Mongolian court, the marshal of the capital, actually defeated, and was captured by the Song army, imprisoned in the capital of the Great Song Dynasty for several years, such a shame, almost no Mongolian can bear, let alone the self-esteem of the Wuliang Hetai. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Kublai Khan summoned Wuliang Hetai three times, the first time Wuliang Hetai was unusually decadent, Kublai Khan endured nothing and didn't say anything, to say that Wuliang Hetai suffered such a tragedy, Kublai Khan has a certain responsibility, the original rejection of Wuliang Hetai, so that Wuliang Hetai fell into hesitation and uneasiness, and then enabled and sent Wuliang Hetai to the expedition, there are still worries, did not send the elite of the Mongolian iron cavalry, but also did not send capable commanders, which led to the defeat of the Battle of Sichuan.

The second time, seeing that Wuliang Hetai was still decadent, Kublai Khan was furious and angrily reprimanded Wuliang Hetai, saying that Wuliang Hetai was not a man who stood on top of the sky in Mongolia, and was similar to a woman.

In the face of Kublai Khan's scolding, Wuliang Hetai was in a slightly better mood, and an angry gaze burst out of his eyes, fortunately it was Kublai Khan's scolding.

When Kublai Khan summoned Wuliang Hetai for the third time, Wuliang Hetai took the initiative to put forward an important suggestion, that is, the Mongol army conquered the Southern Song Dynasty, and it was necessary to change the focus of the attack, and it was best not to attack from the direction of Sichuan.

The reason for Wuliang Hetai is very simple, almost the same as that of Moge and others, Wuliang Hetai believes that the Mongol army conquered the Great Song Dynasty, the purpose is to completely exterminate the Great Song Dynasty, the primary goal is the Great Song Dynasty capital Lin'an, if it blindly attacks Sichuan and other places, the impact on the Great Song Dynasty capital is not very large, although the terrain of Sichuan is conducive to the display of Mongolian iron cavalry, but the Mongolian army always needs to adapt to the terrain of southern operations, and needs to fight in Lianghuai, Xiangyang and Lin'an.

There is also one of the most important reasons for Wuliang Hetai, that is, once the Mongol army captures Lin'an, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, Sichuan will not be able to hold on, and the difficulty of the Mongol army's conquest will be much less at that time.

Kublai Khan listened very seriously to Wuliang Hetai's suggestion, and although he did not express his position at the time, he did not refute it in a single sentence.

Later, Kublai Khan suggested that Wuliang Hetai be the commander of the southern army, but Wuliang Hetai refused, believing that he was an unknown person and could never become the commander of the Mongol army, and that according to the rules of the imperial court, the commander of the army should be the Mongol prince.

Wuliang Hetai recommended the Mongolian prince Hedan as the commander of the southern army.

Just after Wuliang Hetai made this suggestion, Kublai Khan followed suit, thinking that there was no problem for Hedan to be the commander-in-chief, and the deputy marshal would be Ashu.

Hearing Kublai Khan's words, Wuliang Hetai stood up and bowed to Kublai Khan on both knees.

Ashu is the son of Wuliang Hetai, only thirty-four years old, so young, he took on a heavy responsibility, which is enough to show that Kublai Khan attached great importance to Ashu.

It is said that Wuliang Hetai once failed miserably and was captured by Song Junsheng, which had a huge impact on Ashu, but Kublai Khan didn't care about this, and still reused and trusted Ashu, which made Wuliang Hetai sincerely moved.

And the princes of Mogo, Hedan, Tachar, and Habichi came to the top of the main hall.

Kublai Khan was already waiting.

After everyone saluted, Kublai Khan slowly spoke.

"I invited your brothers to come today, just to discuss the conquest of the Great Song Dynasty, last year I proposed this matter, your brothers think that the time is not yet ripe, this year I propose it, I don't know what your brothers think."

Brother Mo looked at the other princes and spoke first.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the time is ripe to plan for the conquest of the Great Song Dynasty."

Kublai Khan's eyes swept over the crowd and fell on Habichi.

"Brother Habichi, where do you think my Mongol army should attack the Great Song Dynasty, from Sichuan, Lianghuai, or Xiangyang."

Habichi didn't expect such a question to be answered by him, Habichi has always been known for his ability to fight well, but he rarely thinks about planning matters, especially when it comes to strategic deployment, and he doesn't think about it deliberately.

Seeing that Habichi's face was flushed, Kublai Khan spoke again.

"Brother Habichi, you led the army to conquer the two Huai, won the victory, forced the Great Song Dynasty court to negotiate peace, and if you don't talk about the rest, talk about how you felt when you conquered the two Huai."

Now Habichi understands that he has a lot to say in this regard.

"Your Majesty, the minister can only talk about the battle between the two Huai...

Ha Bichi began to say that the battle of Lianghuai was very successful, capturing many cities in the Great Song Dynasty and Lianghuai, looting a lot of money, forcing the Song Dynasty to send envoys to negotiate peace, and rescued Wuliang Hetai, but the battle of Lianghuai also had unsatisfactory places, that is, the two cities of Jiankang Mansion and Luzhou Mansion City, which were difficult to break for a while, because of the persistence of these two cities, the army led by Habichi was always a little worried, and did not dare to go too deep into the south, afraid that the back road would be cut off.

Even if a large number of troops are sent, it will be difficult to break through in a short period of time, after all, the Mongol army has no good cities to rely on in Lianghuai.

There are a large number of Song troops stationed in Jiankang Mansion City, no matter what their combat effectiveness is, it is always a great threat, and Jiankang Mansion City and Luzhou Mansion City are like the horns of the two Huai, playing a leading role, if you do not take these two main cities, even if you take many other places in Lianghuai, you are not at ease.

The taste of being attacked in the belly and back is definitely not pleasant.

Kublai Khan actually knew these words of Habichi, in his heart, with Lianghuai as the attack point, it was basically excluded, and the rest were Xiangyang and Sichuan.

How to make a choice, Kublai Khan really had a hard time deciding.

After Habichi finished speaking, Brother Mo spoke again.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Lianghuai cannot be used as the main place to attack the Southern Song Dynasty, and this place can be ruled out."

Hedan, Tachar and others also agreed with Moge's suggestion, believing that it was too difficult to attack Lianghuai and that it was not safe.

Strangely, at this time, no one proposed Sichuan as the primary location for attacking the Great Song Dynasty.

Kublai Khan, of course, noticed this.

Both Moge and Wuliang Hetai explicitly opposed Sichuan as the main strategic target, and their reasons were very convincing.

But Kublai Khan still needs to mention it.

"I think it's good to take Sichuan as the main direction of attack."

The hall fell silent for a moment, and after a while, Brother Mo spoke.

"Your Majesty, the minister thought that Sichuan should not be used as the main target of the attack on the Great Song Dynasty, nine years ago, my imperial army conquered the Great Song Dynasty, and chose Sichuan as the primary target, the effect was not ideal, when the emperor led another army, with Xiangyang as the target of the expedition, but achieved a major victory, if it were not for other reasons, I am afraid that the Great Song Dynasty would have been destroyed long ago. . . ."

Kublai Khan narrowed his eyes, of course he remembered the battle nine years ago, and he would not forget the details.

Hedan, Tachar, Habichi and others did not speak, in terms of strategic deployment, they are still relatively poor, not as good as Brother Mo, so at this time it is better not to speak.

After Brother Mo finished speaking, Kublai Khan was afraid of his hands, and soon, two guards came in with a scroll of maps.

The map was quickly spread, and Kublai Khan, with a bamboo whip in his hand, pointed to Sichuan and Xiangyang.

"Excluding the two Huai, the rest is Sichuan and Xiangyang, I have thought carefully these days, countless times to see this map, in the past, my Mongolian court was to Sichuan as the main strategic target, it should be said that this choice is also reasonable, after all, the two Huai and Xiangyang swamp pools are numerous, which is not conducive to the display of my Mongolian iron horse."

"Brother Mo and Wuliang Hetai, both suggested not to take Sichuan as the main target, Wuliang Hetai even said that the purpose of our army's expedition to the Great Song Dynasty is to unify the world, so the goal should be directed at Lin'an."

The whip in Kublai Khan's hand pointed at Lin'an.

"Sichuan is far away from Lin'an, and after our army desperately takes Sichuan, there will be no fatal blow to Lin'an and other places."

"But Xiangyang is different, once our army takes Xiangyang, it is to remove the barrier of the Great Song Dynasty, once Xiangyang becomes the stronghold of our army, then the army can attack from all sides, the east can attack Lianghuai, the southeast can directly attack Lin'an, and the south can conquer Huguang."

"Let's take a look at the Great Song Dynasty, once Xiangyang is lost, the entire terrain is completely divided, Sichuan and Lianghuai and even Lin'an have lost contact, I think Wuliang Hetai said well, once our army captures Lin'an, Wu Shaogang in Sichuan, how can he hold on."

"Brothers may be worried, whether Wu Shaogang will rush to the aid of Xiangyang, I wish Wu Shaogang came to help, so Sichuan is empty, I can send a large army to completely occupy Sichuan."

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At this time, Brother Mo and others finally understood, Kublai Khan played a big game of chess, on the one hand, thinking that he could take Xiangyang, go straight to the Yellow Dragon, and destroy the Great Song Dynasty, on the other hand, he was also waiting for the rabbit, forcing Wu Shaogang, who was stationed in Sichuan, to lead a large army to aid Xiangyang, and at that time he would be able to completely destroy Wu Shaogang with the elite of the Mongolian iron cavalry.

Such a strategic deployment can be described as seamless.

But there is one thing that must be guaranteed, that is, the Mongol tribes will not be able to cause chaos at this time, at least not to threaten the capital.

Mobei's Bala and Haidu are both huge threats, especially Haidu, whose strength has gradually grown and become a force to be reckoned with.

Kublai Khan did not mention this, and Moge and others would not mention it, they had the same idea as Kublai Khan, the Mongol tribes could not be completely integrated in a short period of time, if the main energy was put on the interior, the conquest of the Great Song Dynasty would become far away, and the best way at present was to destroy the Great Song Dynasty, unify the world, and strengthen the strength, so that they could really free up their hands and completely quell the civil strife in the grassland. (To be continued.) )