"Let Ah Shu go first?" Wen Tianxiang looked at Ye Yingwu and was a little surprised.

Ye Yingwu nodded: "Ashu's enemy is not us from beginning to end, but Lu Wende, let's just leave the two of them alone, let them fight them, let's concentrate on fighting us, and in the end, what we did was not to support Lu Wende and Xiangyang, but to let Ashu's army from the south suffer a heavy blow, so that Mongolia would not have the vitality to come south for a while, and even ??????"

"It even forced Mongolia to choose another path south." Lu Xiufu was shocked.

From the north to the south, in fact, there are only three roads, the westernmost one is Sichuan, through the Dasan Pass, Yangping Pass into Hanzhong, and then along the Han River straight down or along the Shu Road to pacify Sichuan and Shu, master the upper reaches of the river, this is the original Kublai Khan's brother Meng Ge insisted on taking a road, as a result, the Mongolian army to destroy the withering and decaying momentum into Sichuan and Shu, all the way to sweep, but in the end unexpectedly see this to see the river, but was blocked by Wang Jian with the Diaoyu City.

Meng Ge was killed in battle, the Mongol army retreated north, and the Sichuan-Shu road was rugged, which was conducive to defense and attack, and there was no way to give full play to the strong plain impact ability of the Mongolian cavalry, so after Meng Ge paid the price of blood, Kublai Khan immediately changed direction and changed to take the middle road.

The middle road is actually to go straight down to Xiangyang and Ezhou, blocking the waist to cut off the river, which is also the route of Yue Fei's Northern Expedition. In the battle of Ezhou, Kublai Khan was actually about to succeed, but in the end he had to snatch the throne of the Khan, and after becoming the Great Khan of Mongolia, he was naturally more enthusiastic about it, but the Southern Song Dynasty took the opportunity to renovate the defense of Xiangyang, and the operation was iron-clad, which caused Kublai Khan to have to cultivate and recuperate first, and did not dare to easily talk about this thorny thing.

Ye Yingwu wanted to defeat Ah Shu, just to force Kublai Khan to reconsider the feasibility of the last path.

The eastern front, the eastern line is actually the flattest road from the south to the north, from Shandong and Henan can directly rush into the Lianghuai, which is also the most common road taken by the Northern Expedition of the Southern Song Dynasty and the southward movement of the Jin Kingdom, and the Lianghuai is still the forefront and the most tragic place of the confrontation between Mongolia and the Southern Song Dynasty.

Every inch of land, every city, has changed hands for the first time. And the two generals of the Southern Song Dynasty at this time, Li Tingzhi and Xia Gui, were also in Lianghuai, and it was with these two generals that the Southern Song Dynasty was able to play well on the line from Lianghuai to Jiaodong. Although the attack was insufficient, it was certain that the attacking Mongol army would be deflated.

If the central line is impassable and the western front has been denied early, then Kublai Khan will have to choose the eastern front, which is intertwined with the forces of both sides, and move south along the flat Lianghuai. This meant that the Mongol cavalry would have plenty of room to show what they were capable of. But it also means that the sailors of the Southern Song Dynasty will be ruthlessly suppressed along the way.

Everyone couldn't help but look at Ye Yingwu, this problem was thrown to Kublai Khan, it was really a good choice. It's just that now it's more important to know how to fight Xiangyang.

Ye Yingwu looked at everyone, and only after a moment did he stand up and knock twice on the wooden map behind him. Ye Yingwu's speed was very fast, but Wen Tianxiang, who was relatively close, still saw it at a glance, and couldn't help but exclaim softly: "Tongchuan Mansion, Yingzhou!" ”

"That's right. Two ways to send troops, the Tianwu army directly advanced to Yingzhou, the city of Yingzhou is also strong, and by the mountains and rivers, easy to defend and difficult to attack, so that we have room to attack and retreat, and Yingzhou is frequently near the Han River, and the sailors can go north to support at any time. Ye Yingwu said slowly, "And Tongchuan Mansion is the second most important town in the entire Sichuan and Shu after Chengdu Mansion. If Luzhou advances by water and attacks Tongchuan Mansion, with the defeat of Liu Cheng's remnants who have been killed last time and lost their armor, it will be difficult to hold on without Ah Shu's will. ”

"Chengdu Prefecture and even the entire Sichuan and Shu will be threatened." Zhang Cheng, who had been silent, spoke. "Make you calculating."

Ye Yingwu smiled bitterly: "Whether it's a good calculation or not, now I can only take one step at a time, the situation on the entire Xiangyang battlefield is changing rapidly, and I don't have much certainty." What's more, Liu Cheng and these people can also be regarded as world-famous generals, how can they be so easy to deal with. ”

Glancing at each other, Wen Tianxiang and the others bowed down and said, "Please rest assured." Something must go all out. ”

Ye Yingwu waved his hand: "Xiangyang won't fight so soon, let's put it aside first, there is still an important matter, that is, the civil affairs of the entire Xingzhou." ”

Wen Tianxiang glanced at Xie Fang, Xie Fang did not hesitate at the moment, and stood up straight: "Qi Qi envoy, since the people of Jiangbei such as Huangzhou and Qizhou have moved to Xingzhou one after another, the people of Xingzhou have gradually risen to nearly 200,000, plus the Tianwu army everywhere and the strong men drawn from the state capitals of Jiangnan West Road, the number of people in the three counties of Xingzhou has actually reached 2780,000, although there is no way to compare with the state capitals in the hinterland, but compared to before, it has been much better. But it also means that we now need more wasteland to house these people, and we need more food and some cloth and so on to help them get through the first year. ”

Ye Yingwu gritted his teeth, although the complexity of the situation was not beyond his imagination, but Ye Yingwu also had to admit that he had indeed underestimated it before, after all, the people who migrated from the north one after another were actually old, weak, sick and disabled, and the real middle-aged men were either killed in border conflicts again and again, or they didn't know which side of the people pulled the strong men, of course, from now on, it is Mongolia in the north.

For the current Xingzhou, with the land of the three counties, it is actually difficult to support 100,000 people, even if the state capitals of Jiangnan West Road have been desperately sending manpower and material resources to Xingzhou, if you really want to solve this problem, you still need to work hard by Ye Yingwu and Xingzhou Wenwu.

"Let's talk about it, now is a difficult period for the entire Tianwu Army and Xingzhou, we must grit our teeth and hold on, and we also need to stubbornly defeat the battle of Xiangyang." Ye Yingwu said slowly, he didn't want to express his opinion, firstly, Ye Yingwu's opinion must have a strong idea of the future, Ye Yingwu did not know whether this was in line with the current actual situation, and secondly, once Ye Yingwu spoke first, the possibility of others speaking would naturally be less.

Wen Tianxiang took the lead and said: "Qi Yu envoy, in a certain opinion, you should go down and walk first, after all, what you just reported is only the situation of Xie Zhixian through Yongxing County, and combined with the situation reported by the other two counties, how is the specific development now, no one here has a bottom in their hearts." I don't know what you think. ”

Lu Xiufu nodded slightly and then said: "Yu Shu thinks that the situation is urgent now, and he can't judge when the Battle of Xiangyang will break out, so the envoy and the generals still train the Tianwu Army with their hearts, and Yu and Song Rui are still in charge of the affairs here for the time being." However, it also needs the assistance of the six gate soldiers under General Zhang's command. ”

"There's no problem with that." Zhang Cheng then said, "The Six Doors may be weak in other places, but this Xingzhou is where the Six Doors are rooted, if the two of you are required to be within the responsibilities of the Six Gates, they must go all out." ”

Zhang Cheng said very implicitly. As long as it is within the scope of duty, the envoy will naturally agree, if it is beyond his duty, he will not follow you to toss around.

Wen Tianxiang and Lu Xiufu are both smart people, and when they look at each other, they both smile knowingly.

And Ye Yingwu, who had been silent, breathed a sigh of relief: "That's fine, but what is the situation below, I still have to go and walk in person, in addition, the Tianwu Army has now been reorganized into a town navy except for the right compartment in Zhenjiang Mansion, the Chinese army is in Poyang Lake, and the front compartment is in Tianjia Town, Jiangbei." These three places are the key points of the river and cannot be shaken, so only the left compartment and the rear compartment remain. ”

Since Zhang Gui went to Yizhou Island, in fact, the rear compartment of the Tianwu Army has always been led by Ye Yingwu or Lu Xiufu and Wen Tianxiang who sat in the rear, and the rear compartment was originally trained according to the Southern Song Dynasty's box army and township soldier system, so there is no need to send special personnel to take charge.

Therefore, at this time, only the left wing of the Tianwu Army commanded Wang Jin to subconsciously straighten his waist. The three main forces of the Tianwu Army's front chamber, left chamber and right chamber have all experienced bloody battles, the front and right compartments fought in Huangzhou, and the left wing was the first to face the battle at the foot of Macheng, so now when Ye Yingwu really had no manpower to send, Wang Jin knew that it must be his turn.

Ye Yingwu frowned slightly. After all, he still made up his mind and said: "In addition to maintaining the main force of 5,000 soldiers in the left and rear compartments of the Tianwu Army, the rest of the men are all disbanded on the spot, and they will go to the countryside to help the people cultivate and open up the wasteland according to the demarcated area. ”

"What?!" Wang Jin shouted in shock.

And the gazes of Jiang Ho and the others were not supposed to be gloating, obviously they were also shocked. Instead of expanding the now fragmented Tianwu Army. Instead, the two compartments should be disbanded, isn't this suicide? Of course, this is the opinion of the generals of the Tianwu Army, and after Wen Tianxiang and other civilian officials who seemed to understand Ye Yingwu's helplessness and intentions looked at each other, they were all surprised.

"How?" Ye Yingwu Huoran got up, "Do you have an opinion?" ”

Wang Jin was shocked by Ye Yingwu's sudden burst of breath. Immediately shrunk his neck, and cried out in his heart: If I say that I have an opinion now, won't you kill me.

This is actually Ye Yingwu's only choice now, but to be honest, it is still borrowed from the military and civilian fish and water conditions of later generations, Ye Yingwu also did this in order to make the Tianwu Army better integrate with the people of Xingzhou, so that the people of Xingzhou will not use this army that guards the peace of their side as a shield, but as a soldier.

Only an army with a popular base can have a steady stream of recruits and a steady stream of advancing and expanding strength. Ye Yingwu didn't force himself to have an army that could be sent to the pinnacle of victory by the people in a cart, he just needed an army that someone behind him prayed for when he was out fighting, instead of secretly stabbing the knife.

Ye Yingwu saw Wang Jin shaking his head desperately, and immediately smiled dumbly: "You are quite acquainted, this time it is also a helpless move, after all, now in the entire Xingzhou, except for the left wing of the Tianwu Army, which is in an offensive posture, there are strong enemies in the north of the other compartments, and it is impossible to move, and we do need enough young and strong manpower now, not only the left and rear wings of the Tianwu Army, but also those strong men who have just completed the renovation of the city, they will also go to open up the wasteland one after another, and their relatives and families can also follow from other places." We all have to work out enough rewards accordingly. Other than that?????? Song Rui, Junshi. ”

Wang Jin sat up straight thoughtfully, while Wen Tianxiang and Lu Xiufu hurriedly stood up.

"Now he is not only the small governor of Xingzhou, but also the deputy envoy of the system along the river, since he is sitting in this position now, he naturally cannot let go of the power that this position should have." Ye Yingwu smiled and said, "It's just that a certain has been serving as the deputy envoy of the Yanjiang River for so long, why haven't I seen any of the governors of the other state capitals except for the old minister Jiang of the Nankang Army, is it because the face is not big enough, or their butts are too heavy?" ”

Wen Tianxiang and Lu Xiufu were shocked in their hearts, big brother, don't be mistaken, you, the deputy envoy of the Yangtze River system, are just Jia Yidao to appease you, in fact, you don't have the military and political power to govern the surrounding state capitals as you imagined, otherwise, wouldn't this Jingxiang in northern Jiangxi Province have already let another deputy envoy along the river, Lord Fan Wenhu Fan, clean up the scourge.

If such a deputy envoy could govern five or six surrounding state capitals, then wouldn't an envoy like Wang Yao on the Jiangnan West Road be a dry eater.

What's more, although these Zhizhou are actually figures of Jiang Wanli's faction, it is still difficult to accept that they can simply ******** in front of a young man who is only twenty years old.

It's just that seeing Ye Yingwu's smiling expression, the two of them beat a drum in their hearts, were silent for a moment, and finally Wen Tianxiang stiffened his head and said: "Enlighten the envoy, if those governors are busy with government affairs??????

Ye Yingwu immediately looked at the generals on the other side: "Yang Bao! ”

"The last general!" Yang Bao stood up in response, he is now commanding the main force of the Tianwu Army to sit at the mouth of Poyang Lake, and he has a great responsibility, and even this dressed up is much more than the slick Ye Yingwu pro-guard commander spirit at the beginning.

It's just that the slippery eyes still reveal everything. Ye Yingwu sighed helplessly in his heart, this guy seems to be unable to change: "I ask you, the Chinese army of the Tianwu Army is stationed at the mouth of Poyang Lake, is it for nothing that they eat food there?" ”

Yang Bao straightened his neck without hesitation at the moment: "No!" ”

"Do you know what to do?" Ye Yingwu is like a seductive adult, and Wen Tianxiang and Lu Xiufu on the side are both subconsciously shivering.

Yang Bao smiled: "Please rest assured that the Tianwu Army will definitely live up to its mission!" ”

Nodding with satisfaction, Ye Yingwu stretched out his hands at Wen Tianxiang and the two, meaning that you see that the matter is solved. Most scholars in this era, Ye Yingwu, have seen it thoroughly, as long as the army rushes up, not to mention doing anything, he will be diligent and diligent; But if you respectfully go to the invitation, it will be a push, a kind of high-level.

Of course, it may be that the entire Jiangnan, the entire Great Song Dynasty is not such a scholar, they have been collected into this hall by themselves, the helpless Wen Tianxiang, the wryly smiling Lu Xiufu and the contemplative Xie Fangde, these are all short-lived talents in another time and space, they are the brilliant stars shining in the night, and now they are in front of him, fighting for the beautiful blueprint outlined by Ye Yingwu.

"Time is running out right now, and all we can do is make the most of what we can and do what we do, so I ask you to work together." Ye Yingwu said lightly, stretched out his hand and slapped it heavily on the wooden map behind him, "Tianwu Army, the future belongs to you and me." ”

"Tianwu Army, the future belongs to you and me!" All the civil and military forces stood up in unison, although their voices were a little low, but with irresistible strength.

It's like a rolling tide. (To be continued.) )