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Looking at the battle report sent back by Di Meng, there was still a strong smell of blood on it, and the fierceness of the battle on Gao Shupo could even be experienced without Lou Yong opening the battle report.

Even Lou Yong did not expect that the movements of the Mongol Tartars would be so fast, that they were even ahead of the Ming army in charge of ambushing, and these Mongol Tatars could not only be said to be day and night, but their main vanguard followed closely behind the sentry cavalry.

This is definitely a dangerous move or even a faint move in a war, after all, the forward is advancing lightly, and it is easy to fall into the enemy's encirclement because of the lack of clear detection of the road ahead, but on the contrary, if the speed of the forward is fast enough, then it is completely possible to arrive at the place where the ambush can be set up on the road first, whether it is to give the enemy a counter-ambush or to ensure the safe passage of the army behind, it is a good choice. And it is clear that the Mongol generals chose this style of play.

They have absolute confidence in their forward team, and even if they somewhat guessed that the Ming army would definitely set up an ambush, they still let the strikers come regardless of the acceleration. There was a part of arrogance in this tactic, but Lou Yong also sensed the Mongols' confidence in their absolute superiority, and although the battle of Gaoshupo ended with the annihilation of the Mongol Tartar vanguard team, the Ming army did pay too much price.

Di Meng's first division is the trump card of the Dali army, it was the first time to follow Lou Yong to the north to fight the defense of Chengdu, belongs to the Dali army of the divisions of the rare after the war, there are a large number of veterans as the backbone of the elite, Ma Rong took away the main force of the Dali army and the Jingjiang army, but still left the first division to Lou Yong, this is Lou Yong's starting troops, Lou Yong is naturally easier to use, more importantly, if you want to hold Nanyang, you must have a strong elite team as a pillar, so that in the event of a rout, Play a role in supporting the overall situation.

In the battle of attacking Gaoshupo, the first division lost more than one-third, which is equivalent to the loss of more than one brigade of the Ming army gathered in Xihui Town before the battle, and the current Ming army in Xihui Town, even if it is added to the box army that arrived one after another, there are only six brigades, which is equivalent to losing one-sixth of the strength at once, and only the forward army of the Mongol Tatars was defeated.

Even if it is calculated that the first division actually took advantage of the attacking side, not only did the number of casualties be less than the enemy, but also successfully took Gaoshupo, but looking at the approximate battle damage, Lou Yong knew that such a result was unsatisfactory, after all, for him now, the most important thing is not how many enemies are killed and injured, but how many people he has under his command who can be used, after all, the more people who can be used, the greater the room for maneuver.

Sure enough, these Mongol Tatars were not so easy to deal with, and the Ilkhanate was known as the strongest of the four Mongolian khanates, and as soon as he made a move, he almost made Lou Yong suffer defeat.

"See the general!" Su Geli and Sun Jun came together, and when they saw Lou Yong, they hurriedly bowed.

Lou Yong stretched out his hand and patted the battlements and waved his hand: "Have you read the battle report on the high tree slope?" ”

Sun Jun nodded and said, "General, the Mongolian Tatars are not good." Fortunately, however, the two thousand-strong men they had been scouting the road to the south and north had been killed by our men, and now that the strikers had finally been defeated, they could at least stop the Mongol Tartars for a while. ”

"Will the Mongol Tartars Stop?" Lou Yong sneered, "Now that Gao Shupo has fallen into our hands, and it was snatched in the hands of their forward team, the original ambush has completely turned into a strong attack and strong defense, not to mention that the Mongolian Tatar generals need to give an explanation to the following, just because Gao Shupo is guarding the road, they will definitely storm Gao Shupo." ”

After a pause, Lou Yong's gaze swept over his two subordinates who were inevitably a little optimistic: "Don't forget, now our opponent is the Mongolian Tatars, and the combat power and fighting spirit of these guys are no worse than ours at all, and the battle of Gao Shupo is a lesson in blood!" ”

Sun Jun and Su Gree subconsciously glanced at each other, took a light breath, the severity of the battle situation was obviously a little beyond their imagination, after all, they had been in Nanyang for a long time, and naturally regarded their opponents as rebels and thieves of the Zhenla people or Annam, but they forgot that their opponent was the Ilkhanate now.

was knocked out of the striker, if it was those thieves, they would generally retract as quickly as possible, but if such a defeat fell on the head of the Ming army, then the Ming army would definitely not retreat, but desperately continue to move forward to avenge the brothers who died in battle. Obviously, the Ilkhanate is likely to have the same choice as the Ming army, and then Gaoshupo, a place that is not well known and not even marked on most maps, is likely to usher in a sea of corpses and blood.

"Gao Shupo guards the road to Xihui Town, and after Gao Shupo is on the north and south sides of Watai and Lingpo, it is the place where your two brigades are guarded," Lou Yong pointed on the map opened by the guards behind him, "Once Gao Shupo starts a war, the task given to you is to hold these two places to the death, and at the same time do everything possible to support Gao Shupo, if Gao Shupo is broken through, you will be responsible for the task of blocking the enemy, and delay as much as possible!" ”

Sun Jun and Su Gree glanced at each other, Lou Yong didn't give them an exact limit, but they knew very well what the words "stick to the death", "do everything possible", and "do the best possible" meant by these words.

"No!" Sun Jun and Su Gree agreed at the same time. No matter what the order is, as a Ming soldier, they will do their best to carry it out.

In the face of the Mongol Tatars, the Ming soldiers had no choice but to fight to the death.

Footsteps suddenly sounded, and a Ming sergeant walked over quickly: "Qi Qi generals, the natives have sent people over, and it seems that they are still the leaders of their big tribes." ”

"Oh?" Lou Yong raised his eyebrows, and Sun Jun and Su Gree pressed the handle of the knife almost at the same time, and Huo Ran turned around. The reason why the first division had to storm Gaoshupo was because the natives who should have investigated the situation clearly and were ready to connect with the Ming army at any time were gone, so Di Meng had to order to march while exploring, but fortunately, Di Meng and Jiang Shao were prepared for the worst, so they were not caught off guard by the Mongol Tatars.

Therefore, whether it is Lou Yong or Sun Jun, after they understand the cause and effect, they are all holding their breath, these damn natives are really shameless, they promised again and again, but when they saw the menacing Mongolian army, they actually retreated first.

It's better not to have such teammates who may be betrayed at any time.

"They even dared to come!" Sun Jun took a sharp step forward.

Lou Yong waved his hand: "Don't be impulsive, the visitors are guests, since they are here, it means that they have already figured out how to explain, so you might as well listen to it." ”

"General, what's so nice about this?" Sugree also couldn't help but say that as a Zhenla person, he didn't have a good impression of these natives who had been disobedient to Zhenla, and if it weren't for the fact that they were still needed after the Mongol Tatars came over, Sugree even agreed to directly exterminate them.

Sighing softly, Lou Yong's voice was a little low: "I know your thoughts, you are holding your breath, why not?" It's just that now that the Mongol Tartar army is overpowering, the battle of Gaoshupo is enough to tell us how tricky the enemy is, so what we need to do now is to unite all the forces that can be united, even if these guys have done it wrong before. ”

"Could it be that we guessed that we still had to use them, so these guys had the guts to send them to the door?" Sun Jun said in a deep voice.

"It's a mule or a horse, just pull it out and walk it," Lou Yong clapped his hands, "Come on, please come up to our guests!" ”

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Nanjing, Zichen Palace.

For this hat that was suddenly buckled on his head, the imperial history didn't dare to explain much for a while, after all, he was still a young man, and his future career was still long, but he didn't want to be knocked down if he said the wrong thing at this time.

Chen Yizhong, Wang Lixin and the others all frowned slightly, the strength of the family that they thought had been hiding in the shadows at this time still shocked them, after all, it was impossible for Ye Yingwu to really promote all his cronies to be officials in the court, so basically the Shangshu and Shilang of the six departments were loyal to His Majesty and the imperial court, but many of the officials below were inevitably officials from the former dynasty who were born in the family.

Although their positions are not important enough to shake the foundation of the imperial court, when they stand up and speak out together, they are a force to be reckoned with. What's more important is that most of these officials are middle-aged, and their careers are basically more than ten or twenty years old, and some are even many years older than their bosses, although they are reluctant to work hard for so many years, but at least they are much better at being officials than these young people who stand on the side of Ye Yingwu and the imperial court, after all, they can come step by step under the hands of Jia Nidao in the front court, in addition to Jia Nidao's henchmen, how many are idle people?

At this time, Ye Yingwu also somewhat understood why Jia Nidao encountered such great resistance when he reformed the land system in the Southern Song Dynasty, even if Jia Nidao was already in power at that time. After all, in the final analysis, the harm of these system reforms is the interests of the families, so it is obvious that the officials from the lower families are all in violation of the above decrees, resulting in even Jia Nidao having to take some strong measures to forcibly push forward.

Being able to stop Jia Nidao, who is in power all over the world, the ability of these families can be seen, and now they just want to force Ye Yingwu to make a move, so they are naturally more confident.

But it's a pity that their opponent is not a powerful minister like Jia Nidao this time, as a courtier under one person and above ten thousand people, Jia Nidao still has his weaknesses and places to take care of after all, but now Ye Yingwu is the Ming Emperor, although he has similar power as Jia Nidao, but the difference in identity has allowed Ye Yingwu to stay out of the matter, and the advantage of staying out of the matter is that the entire court is actually under Ye Yingwu's control.

With a slight cough, Ye Yingwu broke the tense situation below, and said in a deep voice: "Since so many Qing families think that Li Qing's family is not suitable for this young master, then I should also listen to your opinions, but I appreciate the talent of Li Qing's family very much, please Li Aiqing don't be resentful because of this, after all, these Qing families are also out of public interest." ”

The faces of those officials who belonged to the family suddenly showed joy, of course they didn't care if Ye Yingwu had to explain to them again-if Li Si could forget everything because of Ye Yingwu's explanation, then it would be a hell of a life-but Ye Yingwu finally couldn't resist the pressure and agreed to their request, and was able to block Li Si from ascending to the position of young master, and their goal of exposing themselves and risking to stand up this time was achieved.

After all, this time it was really a bit of a risk, not only exposing all the arrangements of the family for many years, but also to a certain extent, it can be said that it once again tested Ye Yingwu's bottom line, but fortunately, this time it seems that His Majesty's bottom line is much lower than just now, maybe His Majesty also wanted to show favor to the family.

It also made them breathe a sigh of relief, at least the sacrifice was not without reward, the purpose had been achieved, and there was even such an additional gain.

"Don't dare!" Li Si hurriedly arched his hand, and when he raised his head, there was an imperceptible smile on the corner of his mouth, and the corner of his eye glanced at Ye Yingwu who was sitting on it, and bowed his head slightly respectfully, as if the sabre-rattling just now, and even the argument between several important ministers in the court and the central government one after another, had nothing to do with him.

And Liu Shiyong, who was standing in the forefront of the generals, Zhang Shun and the others subconsciously glanced at each other, Zhang Shun wanted to take a step forward, but Liu Shiyong shook his head slightly. Zhang Shun glanced at him in surprise, you must know that the reason why the army generals were able to get rid of the embarrassing position of the former Song Dynasty in such a short period of time and sit on an equal footing with the civil officials, Ye Yingwu is absolutely indispensable, it is precisely because of Ye Yingwu's existence that they will not be inferior everywhere, and now His Majesty is obviously disappointed, if the generals do not stand up at this time, how can they be worthy of His Majesty's kindness and promotion over the years?

However, to Zhang Shun's surprise, not only Liu Shiyong shook his head slightly to prevent him from standing out, but even Li Si in the parallel position on the other side shook his head slightly intentionally or unintentionally, and this action was obviously done to the generals on their side.

Taking a light breath, Zhang Shun finally resisted the urge to rush out and debate with these troublemakers, Zhang Shun also knew that with his own level, he might be led by others, and it would be a bit worth the loss.

Ye Yingwu smiled unhurriedly and said: "Since the Zan Qing family thinks that the Li Qing family is not suitable, then I don't know if the Zan Qing family has a suitable candidate?" ”

Zan Wanshou nodded: "Your Majesty, the minister recommended Huang Yong, the right servant of the Ministry of Officials, Huang Xianggong once wrote a book with Chen Xianggong to denigrate the former Song Dynasty minister Ding Daquan, and the government and the opposition were shocked for a while, praising the six of them as 'six gentlemen', and their good conduct can be seen." And Huang Xianggong has a lot of experience in the court and in the local state capital, and his political achievements are outstanding, so the minister thinks that Huang Xianggong is the young master, which is in line with His Majesty's wishes. ”

Ye Yingwu raised his eyebrows, Huang Yong, the right attendant of the ministry, is definitely not a mediocre person, this person is bold and careful, and he is upright, but he has never liked to participate in the party struggle, and even disappeared from the court for a period of time in the late Song Dynasty because of this, but he didn't expect him to be willing to stand up for the family at this time?

When the eyes fell on Huang Yong, the first look on the face of this not tall squire was a look of surprise, he took a breath lightly, and after a long time, he seemed to realize what he was chosen to do, and immediately stood up: "Your Majesty, the minister prides himself on being incompetent, I'm afraid it will be difficult to ······."

The surrounding officials all showed surprised looks on their faces, and Zan Wanshou pushed Huang Yong out, but who knew that Huang Yong actually retreated by himself?

And Zan Wanshou seemed to have expected such a result, so he immediately said with a smile: "Huang Xianggong is talented, everyone knows, why did Huang Xianggong refuse?" ”

As if he had figured out the way to this, Ye Yingwu gently groped his chin with interest and looked at Huang Yong. In fact, Ye Yingwu didn't have much impression of Huang Yong, after all, even if he met the following officials, he would summon Shangshu at the level, and the squire would basically not summon him, but now this guy made Ye Yingwu a little interested.

Although it is impossible to find out the details of everyone in the six doors, at least the officials of the court and the servants still have a clear grasp, so Ye Yingwu knows the character of Huang Yong, and he understood when Zan Wanshou recommended Huang Yong, Zan Wanshou just wants to launch a shield, or he wants to take this opportunity to brand Huang Yong with the brand of the family.

After all, for normal officials, the identity of a young master is worth paying a certain price.