Chapter 466: Get the first step

The rumors of the birth of the King of Ming did go to the capital, but it did not make Kublai Khan feel panicked, on the contrary, he was still a little happy, since Wu Shaogang called himself the King of Ming, and became the so-called imperial court in Kaifeng Fucheng, it would take great energy to form and maintain this court, so many people who followed Wu Shaogang to do things, at this time they all wanted to be rewarded, if Wu Shaogang was not even, there must be big trouble, if Wu Shaogang could be settled, it would also take time. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Under such circumstances, how could Wu Shaogang have the energy and time to worry about the battle, and the so-called Ming army officers and sergeants under Wu Shaogang's command were thinking about the reward, how could they fight hard.

As the emperor, Kublai Khan knew the mystery very well, and he laughed in his heart that Wu Shaogang, who had never been an emperor, was too anxious.

One after another, the holy decrees were sent out from Dadu to the Mobei grassland, Shandong, and the south, and Kublai Khan finally showed his position and was about to start the battle to completely destroy Wu Shaogang.

Kaifeng Mansion City is very lively, an endless stream of people come here, there are scholars, businessmen, and even ordinary people, the officials of the Ming Dynasty Mansion are also busy every day without touching the ground, shuttling back and forth, as for the left prime minister Li Tingzhi, as well as assisting Li Tingzhi in the important affairs of Pingzhang Liu Bingzhong, the imperial historian Xu Heng, it is almost difficult to free up time for dinner.

The busyness of Kaifeng Prefecture and the calmness of Haizhou Prefecture are indeed two extremes.

Wu Shaogang did not return to Kaifeng Prefecture, but stayed in Haizhou Prefecture.

Just when Li Tingzhi and the others left Haizhou Prefecture, Wu Shaogang had already begun to move, and the deployment of his large-scale troop dispatch was fully rolled out.

The nearly 300,000 troops under the jurisdiction of the Ming Wangfu have all been renamed the Ming Army, and the titles of its officers at all levels are about to undergo major changes, and their establishment and institutions will be subversively changed, but all this has not been revealed for the time being, and the entire command system is still in accordance with the original pattern.

At the critical moment, the army cannot be easily moved, and the military spirit cannot be shaken, and stability must be maintained.

As a person who crosses, Wu Shaogang is very clear that the change of every dynasty, including the establishment of the dynasty, is the beginning of the time of the big reward, which is an unavoidable thing, people follow your hard work to lay down the country, if you can't get anything, your heart must be uncomfortable, based on this reason, Wu Shaogang is temporarily unwilling to be the emperor, but the original officials within the Wei Palace, have been appropriately adjusted, and the title has changed.

When Li Tingzhi left Haizhou Prefecture, Wu Shaogang repeatedly emphasized that at present, the main responsibility of the Ming Wangfu is to stabilize the people's hearts and stabilize officials at all levels, as long as the local situation can be stabilized, the rest of the things will naturally be easy to deal with.

Li Tingzhi, Hao Jing, Li Siqi, Liu Bingzhong, Zhang Wenqian, Xu Heng, Dou Mo, Cai Siwei, Zhang Binghui, Ma Long, and others all understand this and will not have any objections.

Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan and Yunnan and other places are very calm, and the rumors of the birth of the Ming King can only make these places more stable and the people more at ease, which Kublai Khan and the Great Yuan court did not expect at all, and it can also be regarded as a major mistake in Kublai Khan's decision-making.

Wu Shaogang's eyes had already looked to the south, and looked at the army of the Great Yuan Imperial Court to conquer the south.

When they first entered Shandong, the main combat goal was to defeat and annihilate the Mongol army's expeditionary army.

Wu Shaogang, who crossed over, thought of the three major battles after a thousand years before making detailed arrangements, and all the battles he began to plan this time were like several major battles after a thousand years, as long as these battles could be smoothly advanced, the unification of the world was just around the corner.

The garrison of the place under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty was reduced by the greatest margin, except for a small number of garrisons in Henan and Sichuan, the rest of the troops were all mobilized, some of them marched in the direction of Shandong, and some of them marched towards Lianghuai.

The stability of the Monan grassland allowed Wu Shaogang to confidently and boldly deploy troops, and there were local officials at all levels and patrol houses to maintain law and order, and there was no need to station many troops.

The competition for the two Huai has become the top priority of Wu Shaogang's next strategic implementation.

Wu Shaogang judged that the army led by Ah Shu would definitely march from Lianghuai to Shandong, and as for whether Ah Shu would enter Shandong along Chuzhou on Huainan East Road, or enter Henan from Maozhou on Huainan West Road, and then enter Shandong, it would be necessary for scouts to make a detailed reconnaissance.

Chuzhou, Gaoyou, and Xuyi on the Huainan East Road, as well as Haozhou, Anfeng, and Guangzhou on the Huainan West Road, must be occupied, and the Mongol army led by Ah Shu to conquer the south could only enter Henan or Shandong from these places.

The Ming army must move quickly, occupy these places with lightning speed, and then control these places, so as to be able to truly block and destroy the army led by Ah Shu.

At this stage, the main combat task of the Ming army is still to exterminate the living force of the Mongolian army, rather than to control more places, only by completely defeating and exterminating the Mongolian army's southern army, the Ming army can truly control the south, so as to strengthen its own strength, and completely defeat Kublai Khan and the Great Yuan Dynasty with absolute strength.

At the critical moment, the controversy still arose.

The large army of the Ming army had already moved and was rushing towards Lianghuai, but at this time, Zhang Wenqian raised an objection.

Zhang Wenqian's attitude is very clear, the Ming army should not divide the troops, should concentrate on action, that is to say, the Ming army should not occupy Chuzhou, Gaoyou, Xuyi, as well as Maozhou, Anfeng and Guangzhou, this area is too vast, and the terrain is complex, there are many lakes, which is not conducive to the battle of the army at all, and the troops are too scattered, after all, there are 150,000 troops under the command of Ashu, and it is impossible for the scattered troops to shake such a huge army.

Zhang Wenqian suggested that it would be enough for the army to occupy Chuzhou.

Zhang Wenqian's reason is also very sufficient, Huainan West Road is close to Henan, Ah Shu should not march towards Henan, it is too risky to do so, after all, Henan has been controlled by the Ming army for a long time, and the Mongolian army that enters these places will not get any support, on the contrary, it will encounter a lot of accidents, as the commander of the Mongolian army's expedition to the south, Ah Shu will not make decisions that are unfavorable to himself.

Chuzhou on the Huainan East Road was under the control of the Mongolian army, and it was close to Shandong, and the Mongolian army's southern army entered Haizhou in Shandong through Chuzhou to fight with the Ming army, which was the wisest.

Therefore, the Ming army should also concentrate its main forces and make adequate preparations in Chuzhou and Haizhou.

Zhang Wenqian even suggested that the army did not need to occupy Chuzhou and other places, but just waited for work in Haizhou and waited for the Mongol army's army to conquer the south, and then the combat deployment could be completed.

Zhang Wenqian's suggestion has caused a lot of controversy, and most people, including Hao Jing, think that the arrangement of His Royal Highness the King of Ming is more appropriate, after all, there are 150,000 troops under the command of Ashu, if it enters Henan from other places and directly threatens the city of Kaifeng, then the Ming army needs to turn back and follow the fight, and the Mongolian reinforcements led by Hedan, who are stationed in Jinan Mansion, will also take advantage of the situation to launch an attack, and at that time, the Ming army is likely to fall into passivity.

Only Wu Shaogang did not make a clear statement, he locked himself in the room for a whole day, thinking about Zhang Wenqian's suggestion, time is too precious, the army is gathering in the direction of Lianghuai, if it changes the combat deployment, it will lead the whole body, the army needs to immediately change the direction of the march, there is no need to go deep into Lianghuai, and it will not alarm the Mongolian army stationed in Lianghuai.

The Mongolian army that Ashu stayed in the south has a total strength of nearly 70,000 people, and these Mongolian troops not only undertake the task of holding the south, but also the eyeliner that Ashu sends to various places.

Wu Shaogang finally made the final decision.

The army did not directly enter Lianghuai, from the direction of Xuzhou, Shandong, into Haizhou, all the sergeants set up an ambush in Haizhou, waiting for the Mongol army led by Ah Shu to conquer the south.

Wu Shaogang's decision made Hao Jing and others quite worried.

In fact, Wu Shaogang himself was a little worried, but he already had a grasp in his heart.

"Lord Zhang's suggestion is good, we can't divide the troops, the Ming army participating in the expedition this time, the total strength is 250,000, of which 100,000 are deployed in Yizhou and Tengzhou to block the attack of the Mongolian army under the command of Hedan, and the remaining 150,000 soldiers are responsible for attacking and defeating the southern army of the Mongolian army, the Zhengnan army under the command of Ashu has a total strength of 150,000 people, and the Mongolian army under the command of Hedan, the total strength is also close to 100,000, that is to say, the comparison of our strength is about the same, and we can conclude, Kublai Khan and the Great Yuan court will definitely send a large army of Mongolian troops into Shandong to fight and try to exterminate us. ”

"I think Ashu will enter Haizhou from Chuzhou, and launch an attack on us, from the point of view of the marching route, this is the closest, and the purpose of Ashu is not necessarily to defeat us, as long as it can tear a road from Haizhou, it will definitely lead the army to Dadu and report the military exploits to Kublai Khan and the Dayuan court, even if Ashu stays to fight with us, I am afraid that he will send soldiers to escort Empress Dowager Xie and the emperor and others to Dadu."

"There is another point, it is the most beneficial for us, so far, not only Kublai Khan, I am afraid that Ashu and Hedan and others, will not think that we will take the initiative to attack, let alone that we will take the southern army as the target of the attack, the Ming Wangfu was established, the shelf of the imperial court has been erected, wouldn't we be busy making wishes every day, where is there still time to consider the Shandong expedition, so we must concentrate our forces to fight Ashu and the Mongolian army to conquer the southern army by surprise."