The main force of the southern army led by Ah Shu marched in the direction of Chuzhou, and in the direction of Xuyi, there was another Mongolian army, with nearly 100,000 people, marching in the direction of Suzhou. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The scouts sent by Ashu also detected a lot of news, such as that there was movement in the direction of Suzhou, and found that a large number of Ming troops began to assemble, as for the direction of Haizhou, they knew that there must be a Ming army stationed without reconnaissance, and the Ming army would defend Haizhou Prefecture and Lianshui County and other places.

Ah Shu attaches great importance to this information, especially for the information in the direction of Suzhou, and he looks at it carefully.

In terms of strategic deployment, the long-term expedition of Ashu has a good concept of the overall situation, but in terms of strategic analysis, Ashu is still insufficient, after all, the Mongols won by force, and the previous expeditions in the Mobei grassland were all based on strength, even if they entered the south to fight, most of the time they also relied on strength, and the weak Song army was not the opponent of the Mongolian iron cavalry at all, that is, after Lu Wende and Lu Wenhuan came to his side, especially after the victory in the Battle of Ezhou, Ashu began to pay attention to many matters of strategic analysis. He sensed the importance of strategic analysis.

Suzhou found a large number of news of the Ming army, so that Ah Shu was very happy, almost at the same time as obtaining the information, Ah Shu asked the army to speed up the pace of marching, quickly through Chuzhou, into Haizhou to fight with the Ming army.

The 150,000 army was divided into two parts, the front army of 50,000 and the Chinese army of 100,000. The distance between the front army and the Chinese army was no more than fifty miles, so even if the front army and the Ming army were engaged, the Chinese army could arrive within two hours.

Such an arrangement, in Ah Shu's opinion, there is no problem, he also analyzed the Ming army, of course, with the help of Lu Wende and Lu Wenhuan and others, the strength of the Ming army cannot be very large, and the maximum number of people stationed in Haizhou Prefecture and Lianshui County is 50,000, after all, the strength of the Ming army is not very sufficient.

Ashu made two preparations, if the battle with the Ming army, the battle went well, then on the spot and the Ming army to fight, strive to defeat the Ming army, recover Lianshui County and Haizhou Prefecture, if the battle is not smooth, then wait for the opportunity to bypass the Ming army, after passing through Haizhou, and Prince Hedan will make peace, waiting for the emperor's next holy decree.

In short, in Ah Shu's view, the combination of the southern army and the reinforcements led by Prince Hedan is a huge force, enough to defeat the Ming army in Shandong, and it can also be killed in the direction of Kaifeng Fucheng.

The sharpness of the artillery of the Ming army, Ah Shu is also known, but the biggest role of artillery is still in the battle of siege, as for the battle in the field, after the army disperses, the role of artillery is not so obvious, and the artillery is obviously bulky, can not move quickly, if the speed of the army charge and attack is very fast, then the role of artillery is limited.

Based on this understanding, Ah Shu did not have the slightest fear of the Ming army, and the confident Ah Shu even looked forward to being able to completely defeat the Ming army, so that his military exploits in the Great Yuan Court would be within the reach of the five people.

The analysis of Lu Wende, Lu Wenhuan and others is generally optimistic, both of them are important ministers of the former Great Song Dynasty, and they are also brave and warlike people, and they are more or less clear about Wu Shaogang's situation, especially Lu Wende, who was once Wu Shaogang's superior, is even more clear about Wu Shaogang's situation.

However, what Ah Shu doesn't understand is that even if Lu Wende, Lu Wenhuan and others put forward suggestions, they can't put them in their hearts, after all, they are subordinate ministers, and they must do it by observing words and feelings.

The combination of various reasons made Ah Shu make a judgment that the Ming army had been divided, and he believed that the best time had come, and the army must seize this opportunity to enter Haizhou and defeat the Ming army, which was not very strong.

The marching speed of the front army was significantly accelerated, and Ah Shu personally commanded the front army to fight, and the rear army was handed over to the command of Marshal Du, and the distance between the front army and the rear army had exceeded a hundred miles or so.

On the fifth day of the ninth month, the army led by Ah Shu finally left Chuzhou and entered the territory under the jurisdiction of Haizhou, Shandong.

On the fifth day of the eighth month, he left Lin'an Fucheng, and after a full month, the army finally entered Haizhou, Shandong, such a marching rhythm, Ah Shu was very dissatisfied, but a lot of deployment and judgment needed to be made along the way, and escorting the Empress Dowager Xie and Li Xian and others also delayed the rapid march of the army.

What made Ah Shu feel happy was that no trace of the Ming army was found in Chuzhou, and no trace of the Ming army was found when he entered Haizhou, and even in the direction of Lianshui County, he was very quiet.

Ah Shu thought that his judgment was completely accurate, and the Ming army should be stuck in the city and would not take the initiative to meet the battle.

While sending scouts to reconnoiter along the road, he asked the front army to speed up the pace of the march and head towards Lianshui County.

Golden Town.

All the worries and arguments are settled at this time, the main force of the army led by Ah Shu to conquer the south is indeed from Chuzhou into Haizhou, there is no doubt about this, that is to say, Wu Shaogang's deployment is completely correct, as for the direction of Xuyi, the Mongolian army along the way is still in the direction of Xuyi, and there is no intention of entering Suzhou.

The deployment of the operation was basically completed, but at the critical moment, Wu Shaogang suddenly made an important adjustment, that is, the army left Lianshui County, and ceded the county seat to Ah Shu and the Mongolian army under his command, and the 100,000 troops all gathered in Jincheng City to set up an ambush.

The arrangement made by Wu Shaogang made everyone gasp.

You must know that Jincheng is the place where the Ming army surrounded and annihilated the 30,000 former troops of the Mongolian army sent by Ashu to aid Haizhou, it is said that Ashu should be impressed by this place, and in any case it is necessary to be vigilant, and the army is ambushed here, whether it is appropriate or not, this needs to be considered.

However, every time Wu Shaogang's judgment and decision was completely correct in hindsight, so although everyone was worried, they would not oppose it too much.

There was a map on the table, and almost all of Wu Shaogang's deployments had been implemented.

The 100,000 troops led by Cai Siwei are all soldiers who have fought in the Monan grassland, and their combat ability can be described as the strongest.

Wu Shaogang also arrived in Jincheng, while the total number of Ming troops who stayed in Haizhou Prefecture was only about 10,000.

Hao Jing, Zhang Wenqian, Cai Siwei, Zhang Jue, Ma Long and others were all resolutely opposed to Wu Shaogang going to Jincheng Town, but Wu Shaogang made a decision that he must come, and everyone had no choice.

In the temporary military tent, everyone looked at Wu Shaogang.

"Scout reconnaissance, the former army led by Ah Shu has entered Haizhou, and is approaching Lianshui County, we gave up Lianshui County, it seems inappropriate, in fact, since Ah Shu dared to lead the front army into Haizhou to fight, and the distance between the front army and the Chinese army reached more than 100 miles, this shows that Ah Shu has bursting self-confidence, we just need Ah Shu to maintain such self-confidence, so that he feels that all the deployment is correct, and people's self-confidence has reached a certain level, and there will be an arrogant situation."

As soon as Wu Shao finished speaking, Hao Jing followed suit.

"What His Royal Highness said is that the lower officials think that Ah Shu is also very confident, after all, he led the army to conquer the south and destroyed the Great Song Dynasty, this credit is incomparable in the Great Yuan Imperial Court, but there are many people who are not convinced, after all, the Song Army is weak, but the Ah Shu who entered Shandong, facing us is different, Ah Shu is eager to prove that the army under his command can defeat us, once Ah Shu wins the victory, then many people in the Great Yuan Court have nothing to say."

Wu Shaogang nodded.

"Lord Hao is right, Ah Shu is thinking like this now, the former army of 50,000 Mongolian soldiers, thinking of recovering Haizhou, I don't know if Ah Shu is too arrogant, or forgot the lesson of Ali Hague, everyone, we give up Lianshui County, the purpose is to make Ah Shu more confident and arrogant, so that he will lead the army to advance rapidly, and open a greater distance between the Chinese army, and at the same time we use 100,000 people against the 50,000 Mongolian army, that is, to maintain an absolute advantage, in the shortest possible time, defeat the front army led by Ah ShuAfter all, the front army is the elite of the Mongolian army under Ah Shu, once the front army of the Mongolian army is defeated, it will be much easier to deal with the Chinese army next. ”

Speaking of this, Wu Shaogang spoke to Yuan Shichun.

"Order Zhang Binghui to stick to Linyi and Ganyu, and stop Hedan's aid at all costs."

After Yuan Shichun agreed, he turned around and left the Chinese military tent.

Wu Shaogang looked at Cai Siwei, Ma Long, Zhang Jue, Chang Mingquan, Zhang Shijie and others, and spoke solemnly.

"Completely defeat the Mongol army led by Ashu to conquer the south, in this move, if this battle can be completely won, then we can start a frontal battle with Kublai Khan and the Dayuan court from now on, take an offensive posture, if this battle is lost, then we will be forced to evacuate Shandong, you have to tell all the soldiers, do your best to fight, you must defeat Ashu."

Cai Siwei led Ma Long, Zhang Jue, Chang Mingquan, Zhang Shijie and others to kneel on one knee in front of Wu Shaogang.

"Report to Your Highness, the last general and all the brothers must work together and fight with all their might, and the last general guarantees that he will defeat the Mongolian army and capture Ashu alive."