The Ming cavalry slowly dispersed, while the Mongol cavalry on the opposite bank retreated. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

It's good that Ye Yingwu is on the front line in person, after all, there is still a Qinshui from the Mongols, and the two gunboats of the naval division also follow Ye Yingwu to protect him left and right in case of emergencies. But Kublai Khan went out a little risky, as Kublai Khan's Mongolian Great Khan, the Ming army is likely to take extraordinary measures, directly concentrate artillery and flying thunder artillery on the tidal flats where Kublai Khan is bombarding indiscriminately, maybe there are some losses in morality and morale, but once Kublai Khan can be killed, it is definitely a good thing for the Ming Dynasty.

However, in the end, Ye Yingwu did not give the order to fire, Zhang Shijie, Yang Bao and others were a little surprised, but they did not take the initiative to mention this possibility to Ye Yingwu from beginning to end. The artillery and the Flying Thunder Cannon were both invented and manufactured under His Majesty's direction, so His Majesty was actually able to outperform everyone present in his understanding of these new types of firearms. Yang Bao and the others could all realize that they could open fire and try to kill Kublai Khan, and Ye Yingwu was naturally more aware of it.

It's just that Ye Yingwu also has his own considerations.

First, for Ye Yingwu and the Ming Dynasty, if they want to occupy the land of Mongolia and appease the Mongolian people in the future, they must need a victory that can convince the people to prove the identity of the conquerors of the Ming Dynasty, and there is nothing more useful than defeating the Mongolian military gods; Second, in order to act cautiously, Ye Yingwu did not need to risk losing his morality to attack Kublai Khan, after all, this might lead to fierce retaliation from the Mongol Tatars.

What Ye Yingwu needed was to drag Kublai Khan, and then defeat Kublai Khan in a dignified manner between this piece of mountains and rivers.

"Your Majesty, the Mongol Tartars have moved." Zhang Shijie said in a deep voice.

A Mongol cavalryman rushed out of the queue again and occupied a nearby high hillside, which could play the role of condescending to probe the entire battlefield, and the brigade of foot soldiers had already gathered outside the river beach, and it was clear that the Mongols were not stupid enough to think that the Ming army had not shelled Kublai Khan's personal guards, and would not have shelled the rest of the Mongol foot soldiers.

Seven or eight boats on the shore of Fenshui were collected, and the Mongols could be seen in a separate line, and twenty or thirty boats, large and small, were pulling them towards the river. Obviously, the Mongol army had already anticipated today's situation, so they prepared a large number of boats, and several other groups of cavalry ran directly upstream along the river bank, apparently trying to find a place where the water is shallow upstream and cross the river directly.

It's just that obviously they just have a glimmer of hope, after all, now is the time of the Spring River heating, even if Fenshui is not a big river that flows, it is definitely not a small ditch and a small ditch, and the place where the river is deep will not be above the head even if it is a horse, otherwise it is impossible for the Ming army sailor warship to enter the river, and even if it is upstream, the depth of the water can reach the waist of the rider, and the water is turbulent, it is easy to directly wash people away. For the Mongol cavalry, who basically did not know how to water, it was almost hell.

But even so, the Ming army immediately divided a team of cavalry to follow, just in case. In this great battle that can determine the fortunes of the country, both sides are equally cautious, because the slightest omission can lead to defeat.

"Don't panic." Ye Yingwu waved his hand while looking at the situation on the other side with clairvoyance, "But the Mongolian Tartars are also prepared, there are more than thirty ships at this time, if we are not careful, it is really possible for them to take advantage of it." ”

"Your Majesty, do you need shelling now?" Yang Bao raised his eyebrows, "The first batch of Mongolian Tatars is ready to cross the river, and it seems that the Mongolian Tatars also understand that the war on Youyan's side is urgent, so they can't wait, otherwise it is impossible to start attacking when they first arrive." ”

Ye Yingwu frowned when he heard this: "The main force of the Mongolian Tatars is coming down from the southwest of the mountain, and what they are doing is to fight a decisive battle with the army under my command, so it stands to reason that they will not consider whether the battle on Youyan's side is smooth or not, because as long as they concentrate on winning this battle, even if Youyan's side fails, there is no big problem, and Da Ming will still withdraw his troops." At this time, the rush to launch an attack could easily lead to greater losses, which was completely more than worth the loss, and was not in line with the cautious and cautious advance of the Mongol Tatars. I can understand this truth, Kublai Khan can't not understand it. ”

Zhang Shijie and Yang Bao both nodded, if it was to take into account the war on Youyan's side, Kublai Khan would not have been able to march slowly or even step by step before this, almost so that the Ming army could not find the main force of the Mongol Tatars, and now they are attacking rapidly, as if there is something they need to do in a hurry.

"There must be a problem in the Mongol Tatar army," Ye Yingwu put down his clairvoyance and said in a deep voice, "Although I can't see anything unusual, it is certain that something must have happened to a certain commander, whether it is in poor health or a conflict with Kublai Khan, resulting in the Mongol army now looking like an iron barrel, but in fact, the army is unstable, so Kublai Khan must rush to launch an attack, so as to ensure that he can defeat us before the army completely collapses." ”

"Could it be that which general wanted to betray Kublai Khan and the Mongols?" Yang Bao guessed.

And the surrounding generals also showed joyful expressions on their faces, obviously such a result was the best for Daming, which meant the strengthening of their own strength and the increase of their chances of victory.

Ye Yingwu didn't speak, just rubbed his chin lightly in contemplation, and Zhang Shijie next to him replied: "This is impossible, because Kublai Khan's troops are Oduchi and Namuhan, both of whom are the sons of Kublai Khan who have become adults and become kings, and they are naturally loyal to Kublai Khan, at least it is impossible to betray Mongolia and defect to the Ming Dynasty." ”

After a pause, Zhang Shijie looked at the disappointed expressions of the generals around him, and couldn't help but shake his head and continued: "And with Kublai Khan's wrist and years of experience in warfare, as long as there is no problem with the marshal of the left and right army, it is impossible to be in a hurry because of the generals below, and it is impossible to change his original cautious way of fighting because of this." ”

The rest of the generals all nodded when they heard this. And Ye Yingwu, who had not spoken, said in a deep voice at this time: "Kublai Khan is famous for his outstanding surprise soldiers, but he is now older after all, and his combat style tends to be steady, which can be seen in the previous Battle of Ezhou. And this characteristic can also be seen in the previous march. Now he suddenly did the opposite, firstly, it may be that he really wants to catch us off guard, but this possibility is not great, and secondly, it is naturally an accident in the Mongolian army, since it is impossible to be the general below, then there is only the last possibility. ”

Looking around, Ye Yingwu's voice raised slightly: "Kublai Khan has a problem with his own body!" ”

"Your Majesty, didn't Kublai Khan ・・・・・・ just now," a division commander couldn't help but ask curiously.

Ye Yingwu glanced at him slightly, and swept over everyone's faces, except for Zhang Shijie and Yang Bao, who had been generals for many years, vaguely understood, although the rest of the generals bowed their heads slightly to show humility, the curiosity and doubt on their faces obviously had no way to hide.

"Kublai Khan did walk in front of the army just now, but he kept his armor and bowed his head slightly, so even in the clairvoyance, I can't see his face, I can only feel that this is indeed the Great Khan of the Mongols, but this does not mean that Kublai Khan is really healthy, it is very likely that he is holding on, but the surrounding Mongolian Tatar generals and soldiers are all humbly bowing their heads after seeing him, and it is also impossible to see what expression Kublai Khan's face is, so even if Kublai Khan's face is pale, we can't detect it, the Mongol Tatar soldiers were even more imperceptible. Ye Yingwu replied in a deep voice, "And Kublai Khan had to come out after I came forward, in order to solve the problem of low morale on the Mongolian Tartar side, if he was given the choice, I don't think he would have planned to come forward, otherwise Kublai Khan would not have just appeared and immediately retreated into the formation." ”

Zhang Shijie nodded and said: "What Your Majesty said is very true, so it is very likely that Kublai Khan is in poor health, but it seems that Jinyiwei has never sent such news before this." ”

Ye Yingwu also frowned, before the Ming Dynasty completed the unification and replaced the Southern Song Dynasty, Ye Yingwu's Jinyiwei and Liumen were actually not qualified spy organizations, and there was even a big gap between them and the Imperial City Division of the former Song Dynasty in terms of scale and personnel strength, but when Ye Yingwu replaced the Southern Song Dynasty, with the national funds as the backing, the Six Gates and Jinyiwei also ushered in a period of rapid development, and soon established a huge and effective enough intelligence network in various state capitals.

When the six doors and Jinyiwei were still in infancy, in fact, Ye Yingwu did not have too high requirements for the intelligence agency, firstly, the battlefield he needed to face was not large, and secondly, Ye Yingwu's own historical knowledge was placed here, and he could roughly guess the movement of the Mongolian army without intelligence at all. But later, as the face of the entire era was changed beyond recognition by Ye Yingwu, the original historical knowledge naturally had no way to help Ye Yingwu, and then whether it was military or civil affairs, Ye Yingwu had to rely more or less on the foundation laid by the Six Gates and the intelligence network established before Jinyiwei.

This made it too late for Ye Yingwu to get a lot of information, or he couldn't get some information at all. For example, Kublai Khan's health problem, this must be the top secret of the Mongols, even if Jinyiwei develops rapidly, it is impossible to break into the central institution of the Mongols in just a few years, and naturally there is no way to obtain news and intelligence in this regard, after all, Kublai Khan's health is sick, I am afraid that even the most trusted ministers will not tell.

In another time and space, Kublai Khan should still be very healthy at this time, after all, he has been alive and kicking until the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty to rule the world, and he also implemented a lot of engineering and institutional changes during his tenure, if Kublai Khan was already sick at this time, with his increasingly aged body, it would be impossible to support it for so long, and he still had the energy to carry out reforms.

Could it be that this was just a trap set by Kublai Khan?

But if this is the case, this trap should have started early, and it should not have suddenly entered the mode it should have at this time. Ye Yingwu stretched out his hand to hold the reins of his horse, looked at the busy Mongolian army opposite, and fell into deep thought.

According to Ye Yingwu's own historical common sense, Kublai Khan should indeed be in good health, but the entire time and space have been changed beyond recognition by Ye Yingwu, and even Ye Yingwu himself has no way to guarantee that Kublai Khan's health is an unchanging condition in this time and space.

The wheel of history is so heavy that there are many things that even Ye Yingwu himself has no way to change, such as the country name of the Ming Dynasty, such as the current year name, but some trivial things actually do not need Ye Yingwu to influence, and there have been obvious differences between the imperceptible butterfly effect and the history that should have occurred, and even the changes of these small things may lead to earth-shaking changes in the end.

It is impossible for a person's body to deteriorate for no reason, especially a person like Kublai Khan who lived a long time in another time and space, unless there is some great change, Kublai Khan's body cannot collapse all at once. Judging from his identity as a Mongolian military god and the many setbacks he experienced in his early years, the current Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty will not make Kublai Khan seriously ill all of a sudden, and if he can't bear such pressure and setbacks, he is not worthy of becoming the heir to the mantle of Genghis Khan, and he is not worthy of becoming the two most respected Khans of the Mongols together with Genghis Khan.

So this is Kublai Khan's trick?

Thinking of this, Ye Yingwu's back was already in a cold sweat, but if Kublai Khan did it on purpose, what purpose was he for, in order to let the Ming army relax its vigilance? This is obviously impossible, after all, there are Ye Yingwu and Zhang Shijie, who have been in the army for a long time, even if the Mongolian army starts to wear filial piety to Kublai Khan now, it is impossible for the Ming army to loosen.

Or is it to induce the Ming army to take the initiative to attack? However, Ye Yingwu knew that as long as the Mongols took the initiative to retreat, he would not pursue them nine times out of ten, in case there was fraud. And Kublai Khan naturally understood this truth. So it doesn't make sense to go to such a length.

Then there is only one possibility left that Kublai Khan's body really has a problem.

Ye Yingwu raised his eyebrows, and he already vaguely understood the key to the matter.

Even the Mongolian god of war has seven emotions and six desires, as well as wives and children, this is the thing that is most likely to hit the Mongolian god of war, and the most fatal thing for Kublai Khan recently is obviously the death of the real golden prince.

In another time and space, Prince Zhenjin died young because of helping Kublai Khan deal with government affairs, which made Kublai Khan very sad and blamed himself, thinking that this is the most suitable as the eldest son of the next Mongolian Great Khan The death of illness has an inseparable relationship with himself, but people cannot be resurrected after death, and Kublai Khan can only start to train the next generation of successors while grieving.

But here it is different, the prince of Zhenjin died because of the defeat of the attack on Chengdu, not only made Mongolia lose the general second only to Boyan, but also made Kublai Khan's efforts to cultivate for many years in vain, and he could only hand over the army to Oduchi, Namuhan and other young sons who had not grown up, and it was also after the death of Prince Zhenjin that Mongolia lost Guanzhong and Hexi one after another, and all fronts were in a mess. If the death of Prince Zhenjin due to illness was just self-blame and guilt for Kublai Khan, I am afraid that this time it is deep regret and hatred, regretting that he sent Prince Zhenjin to the front line, and hating the Southern Barbarians for making him lose his best son.

Coupled with the blow of the defeat of the land, it is very likely to lead to internal diseases, especially how powerful Kublai Khan is, he is already an old man after all.

Ye Yingwu breathed a sigh of relief, if this is the case, Kublai Khan personally led the army south, and Namuhan and Ao Duchi and others followed left and right, which is easy to explain, Kublai Khan wanted to defeat the Ming army in person, so as to avenge his eldest son, and at the same time he was worried that his illness would leak out, so he could only replace all the generals with his own sons, so that he could achieve absolute secrecy, and even in order to confuse the Ming Dynasty, he marched cautiously and cautiously along the way.

It's just that I have seen the main army of the Ming Dynasty, Ye Yingwu, and Kublai Khan's determination for decades, and I can't wait after all.

Because his body may not be able to support it for long, and because Kublai Khan didn't want to see the end of the world finally become the end of the world.

The sound of the horn on the other side of Qinshui suddenly pulled Ye Yingwu back to reality.

A large number of Mongol soldiers rushed to the riverbank, and small boats were immediately lowered into the water.

Ye Yingwu squinted, no matter whether Kublai Khan's body was sick or not, this battle still had to be fought, at least he had to beat the Mongolian Tartars out of temper first.

"Fire!" Ye Yingwu raised the whip in his hand.

The soldier who had been waiting behind him for a long time waved the command flag in his hand violently.

The drums were beating suddenly, rising higher and louder, to compete with the trumpets on the other side.

"Fire!" The commanders of the artillery shouted at the same time as the flag fell.