Chapter 18: Thoughts

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The Chinese military account of Lu Wende, deputy envoy of Sichuan Chengxuan, was set up here.

Lu Wende, who is in the Chinese military tent, is already full of confidence.

Everything is according to Lu Wende's expected development, after the army out of the city, the battle in front has become sporadic, the Mongolian army's attack is no longer violent, occasionally there are small-scale fights, but the Song army in a defensive state, also did not dare to take the initiative to attack, until the arrival of the army led by Lu Wende, the Song army launched an active attack, to the surprise of all the sergeants, there are not many Mongolian troops on the position, and the small number of Han troops who hold the position.

In the next two days, the army led by Lu Wende was in a state of forced attack.

After approaching the city of Huangzhou, Lü Wende ordered the army to temporarily halt the attack.

At this moment, there were about 30,000 sergeants under the command of Lu Wende, including the Xingzhou Imperial Army and the Chuzhou Imperial Army on the Sichuan side, and the left army, the right army and the Youyi army of the Ezhou Imperial Army.

After the Mongol army captured Huangzhou, it used it as a base camp, and there is no doubt about the solidity of its defense.

Although Lu Wende has learned a lot of information, it is certain that the large forces of the Mongolian army have withdrawn from Huangzhou and other places, including Kublai Khan, the commander of the Mongolian army, has also evacuated, but he is also worried, that is, the evacuated Mongolian army cannot be very far from Huangzhou, if at this time, Kublai Khan went crazy and asked the Mongolian army to suddenly return the horse gun, then the situation would be very complicated.

There is also the most important and secret mind, which Lu Wende will not say.

For a few days, Wu Shaogang almost did not participate in any fighting, and the two hundred sergeants under his command followed the march of the army, and they also had no chance to fight on the battlefield.

And during the march, Wu Shaogang almost always followed Lu Wende's side.

In the eyes of others, this is a great honor, but Wu Shaogang himself is extremely depressed.

After the army set up camp, Lu Wende summoned all the officers above the general level of the army to go to the Chinese military tent to discuss, and Wu Shaogang, who was the general of the urging army, actually got an order to go to the Chinese military tent to participate in the discussion of combat deployment.

When Wu Shao first came to the Chinese military tent, dozens of people had already gathered inside.

Wu Shaogang, who is not yet a teenager, is unusually eye-catching, but Wu Shaogang himself is very low-key, and after entering the Chinese military tent, he immediately stood in the corner and did not talk to others.

Soon, Lu Wende, accompanied by Li Siqi and others, entered the Chinese military tent.

The inside of the Chinese military tent instantly fell silent.

Lu Wende's prestige among the army has reached the point of no return.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have arrived in Huangzhou City, these days of fighting, the Mongolian army is retreating, according to the peripheral reconnaissance, all the Mongolian troops have entered the Huangzhou city to hold on, today the commander summoned you, just to see if you have the determination, take Huangzhou City in one go, and completely wipe out the Mongolian army that is holding Huangzhou City."

"The peripheral reconnaissance learned that the Mongolian army stationed in the city of Huangzhou, mainly the Han army, the specific number is unknown, more than ten days ago, the Mongolian army continued to evacuate from Huangzhou, towards the direction of Hebei Road, from which the commander concluded that the Mongolian army has been unable to hold on, in a hurry, evacuated in the direction of Mongolia."

When Lu Wende said this, he inadvertently glanced in the direction of Wu Shaogang.

"The Mongolian army fled in a hurry, and the morale of our army is booming, at such a moment, the commander hopes that you will cheer up, lead the sergeants under your command, bravely kill the enemy, and completely exterminate the Mongolian army stationed in Huangzhou. . . ."

In the process of Lu Wende's speech, Wu Shaogang kept his head down, he was a little confused about what Lu Wende thought, on the one hand, he said that he wanted to completely exterminate the Mongolian army stationed in Huangzhou City, and on the other hand, he ordered the army to camp and camp, not to make any deployment to attack Huangzhou City, and did not completely encircle Huangzhou City.

Could it be that there is something greasy in this.

Lu Wende vaguely said that the Mongolian army fled in a hurry, which is a bit ridiculous, but on closer thought, this is also the best way to boost morale.

By the time Wu Shaogang concentrated again, Lu Wende had already begun to give orders.

"All the sergeants are ready to attack the city of Huangzhou and wait for orders at any time."

When he left the Chinese military tent, Wu Shaogang was confused.

What does this mean, all the sergeants are required to be ready for battle, do you still need to prepare, it has been in contact with the march and fighting for several days, many sergeants have long been in the best state, what needs to be done at this moment is to order the sergeants to launch an attack on the city of Huangzhou, or to retreat to the next best thing, and completely surround the city of Huangzhou.

Lu Wende actually asked his army to prepare in the camp, is he ready to watch the Mongolian army swagger from Huangzhou City towards the direction of Hebei Road.

The army hurriedly set off from Ezhou, did not carry a lot of siege equipment, if this is the case, storming the city of Huangzhou, it is not the best choice, but surround the city of Huangzhou, this can still be done, after all, the Mongolian army stationed in the city of Huangzhou, is responsible for the break, once the city is surrounded, the garrison of the Mongolian army will definitely be nervous, they can not stick to the city, will definitely launch a large-scale attack, strive to defeat the Song army, calmly evacuate.

Faintly, Wu Shaogang seemed to understand something.

Huangzhou City, Assassin Shi Yamen.

Zhang Rou's face was expressionless, and the number of sergeants stationed in the city reached 12,000, including those fighting in the front, all of whom withdrew to the city.

The Song army outside the city has been encamped, but the Song army has not surrounded the city of Huangzhou.

To tell the truth, Zhang Rou didn't care about the Song army, when he was still the commander of the Jin army, the army he led often fought the Song army could not find the north, the Jin State was destroyed, and after being put into the command of Kublai Khan, the army under his command was even more powerful.

Although it is said that the sergeants after this break are all Han troops, and they are also called the new annexed army, but compared with the Song army, their combat effectiveness is equally strong.

Zhang Rou also had ambitions, that is, to be able to make great contributions on the battlefield and get Kublai Khan's higher attention.

Seeing that Kublai Khan was about to become the Great Khan of Mongolia, it was not expected that Mongolia would rule the world, and at that time, Zhang Rou, who had made great achievements in war, would be able to seek the best future for himself.

It was precisely because of this idea that Zhang Rou did not lead the army to evacuate Huangzhou quickly.

Zhang Rou also wanted to fight with the Song army and defeat the Song army completely.

According to the news detected by the periphery, the total strength of the Song army stationed outside Huangzhou City reached 30,000.

12,000 people against 30,000 people, this is a bit of a moth to a fire, but it arouses Zhang Rou's fighting spirit.

He was ready to fight to the death, and he wanted to defeat the Song army completely.

The sergeants under Zhang Rou's command were mainly cavalry, with a total of 9,000 cavalry, and the most elite of them, the Tanma Red Army, each sergeant was almost one person and two horses.

The Song army was dominated by foot soldiers, and its combat effectiveness was far from being comparable with that of cavalry.

Zhang Rou knew very well that if he could win the battle, he would have strongly supported Kublai Khan to a certain extent.

Kublai Khan returned to the steppe this time, is to inherit the throne, the Mongolian steppe has always been distinguished by the strength of the military status of the high and low, the current Kublai Khan's power is undoubtedly the strongest, if Zhang Rou can win the battle, then Kublai Khan, who returned to the steppe, will have more confidence.

Considering various factors, Zhang Rou made up her mind to fight with the Song army outside the city.

Many officers in the lobby had been waiting for a long time, and they were unusually quiet, and they all looked at Zhang Rou.

After Zhang Rou's gaze swept over everyone again, he finally spoke.

"I have decided to attack the Song army tomorrow."

As soon as these words came out, many officers were slightly in a commotion.

Zhang Rou didn't pay attention to everyone's attitude.

"There are 1,000 sergeants left in the city, and all the rest of the sergeants are engaged in the attack, with the Tanma Red Army as the vanguard, and start a battle against the Song army. . . ."

"General Zhang, such an arrangement seems to be a little inappropriate."

Before Zhang Rou's words were finished, a voice came.

Hearing this voice, Zhang Rou did not get angry, but showed a more respectful look on her face.

"Why did Mr. Zhang say that?"

A middle-aged man with a long figure and a clear face stepped forward.

This person was the most important Confucian scholar Zhang Wenqian under Kublai Khan.

When Kublai Khan evacuated Huangzhou, he left Zhang Wenqian behind to assist Zhang Rou.

"General Zhang's purpose is to defeat the Song army, which I also agree, but how to attack, there is a strange way, the army is pouring out, it can indeed deter the Song army to the greatest extent, and even completely defeat the Song army, but the nest can be dispatched, if it encounters the desperate resistance of the Song army, the outcome is not easy to say."

Zhang Wenqian's face was not very good, and there was almost no expression, after all, Zhang Rou thought about the battle arrangements and did not discuss them with him in detail, which was definitely inappropriate.

"Mr. Zhang, what combat effectiveness can the Song army have, and when it encounters an attack, it is not a complete defeat."

Zhang Wenqian looked at Zhang Rou, and a smile appeared on his face.

"At this time and then, it used to be our army that took the initiative to attack, but now that our army has withdrawn, and the Song army has made an accurate judgment, in this case, what does General Zhang think the morale of the Song army will be."

"This..."

Zhang Rou was dumbfounded and speechless.

"According to my suggestion, first send a small number of sergeants, the number of which is controlled within 500, to launch sporadic attacks on the Song army, day and night, so that the Song army stationed outside the city will not be at peace, so that it will last for a few days, and you can seize the opportunity to launch a large-scale attack."

"The Song army has just set up camp, and after continuous marching and fighting, morale is high, in this case, the first thing we have to do is to wear down the morale of the Song army, and there is another point, the Song army has arrived outside the city of Huangzhou, but there is no encirclement of the state city, which shows that the Song army has no confidence, in this case, as long as we make arrangements and deployment, we can carry out a large-scale attack on the Song army."

Zhang Rou nodded and did not refute.