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Wen Tianxiang's meaning is actually very clear, the reason why this battle of Loufu is called an unprecedented victory, not only because of the death of Kublai Khan in this battle, since the battle of Ezhou in the former Song Dynasty to today, the most powerful enemy in China has been defeated, but also because of the performance of the Mongol army that is about to collapse, which also proves the fact that the Mongol Tatars, who once made China feel terrified and rushed to kill, finally collapsed in the continuous defeat. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The tragic experience of hundreds of thousands of troops unable to withstand the charge of a Mongol troop of 10,000 people has become a thing of the past, and now it is the Mongol army that has collapsed without a fight in front of the mighty Ming army!

The morale of both sides has been completely reversed, and Ye Yingwu's many efforts in the army since the Battle of Xiangyang have achieved great success at this time, and as the leader of all this, Ye Yingwu deserves such praise from Wen Tianxiang. Not only because it saved a nation from peril, but also gave it hope for rejuvenation and strength, and it also brought this nation a high-spirited and courageous spirit, which has been dimmed for a hundred years since the former Song Dynasty Nandu.

The scale of the battle of Loufu is not large, in fact, the army of the two sides participating in the war is not even 50,000, and the real time of the battle is only one or two hours, but this is like a watershed, representing a bleak era has finally passed, and China has ushered in another rising period, a period of expansion and glory comparable to the Han and Tang Dynasties.

Ye Yingwu exhaled lightly, picked up a letterhead from the table and handed it to Wen Tianxiang: "You two look at this, this is Jin Yiwei's analysis of the situation on the grassland." ”

"The situation on the steppe?" Wen Tianxiang was stunned for a moment, and Su Liuyi beside him stepped forward to take it, Su Liuyi was born as a general, as the right prime minister and in charge of the military, almost when Ye Yingwu said that he understood what he meant, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows:

"Your Majesty is planning to continue to use troops on the grassland?"

"It's not that I plan to, but I have no choice," Ye Yingwu stretched out his hand and rubbed the corners of his forehead, obviously mentioning this matter He also had a headache, "Bara is really a good-stirring stick among the Mongols, originally after Kublai Khan's death, the Mongolian Kublai Khan Department will definitely restrain his arrogance, and even give up Helin and retreat to the depths of the grassland to prevent our army from entering, but now Baila has rushed all the way to the city of Helin, and Kublai Khan's department has no chance to leave, so he can only defend Helin, relying on that little army, and want to defend a lonely city on the grassland like Helin." Isn't it that easy? ”

"The Eight Rak and Kublai Khan have a deep blood feud, and the Eight Rak is definitely not the kind of person who will not be held accountable for the past, otherwise with his ability to march and fight, he would have been able to gather his subordinates and fight against the Haidu, and he would not have been subservient to the Haidu, and he will not have a bright future until now, so he will definitely not let go of the remnants of the Kublai Khan Department in Lincheng," Su Liuyi nodded and said in a deep voice, "The Mongolian Kublai Khan Department must also understand this truth, so the battle with Lin must be endless." ”

Ye Yingwu sighed with emotion: "When Haidu is escorted to the capital, I really want to meet this guy and ask him how he restrained Ba Ra in the first place, this thorn is really troublesome." ”

Wen Tianxiang and Su Liuyi looked at each other and smiled, in fact, the relationship between Haidu and Bara was more inclined to the alliance than to subordinates, otherwise Haidu would not have annexed the land and subordinates of Bala in one go, and Bala would not have been unwilling to attack Xingxing Gorge.

The two sides have always been wary of each other and coveted each other, Ye Yingwu definitely wouldn't know this, so he just sighed and even complained about the magical-stirring stick ability of Ba Ra.

Ye Yingwu stretched out his hand and knocked on the chessboard: "With the death of Kublai Khan, Mongolia will not be able to support long on the western front, and there is a good chance that it will be killed under the city of Helin, and there are still a large number of gold and silver treasures and craftsmen in the city of Helin, I can not want the city of Helin, or even those gold and silver treasures, but I have to be the people of China and those craftsmen who have been captured and plundered by the Mongol Tatars in the north over the years." ”

After a pause, Ye Yingwu said helplessly: "So whether it is me or the front-line army, there is no choice but to rush into the grassland." ”

Wen Tianxiang opened his mouth, although he knew very well that it was very likely that this would be more than worth the loss for Da Ming, and even a great sacrifice, but he knew that as Ye Yingwu said, Da Ming had no choice. Not to mention how many miracles those craftsmen will create under the leadership of the Ming Ministry of Industry once they are obtained by the Ming Dynasty, just those Han people who have been taken captive to the north for many years, the Ming Dynasty has no reason to sit idly by!

Da Ming kept saying that he wanted to be comparable to the Han and Tang Dynasties, when the Han army was once under the leadership of Wei Qing and Huo Quai, they slaughtered all sides on the grassland, and later the Tang Dynasty army also defeated the arrogant Turks, and played the title of "Tian Khan" for Tang Taizong. And now it is the turn of the Ming Dynasty, in the face of the weak Mongolia, in the face of all the Han people who have been captured in the past hundred years, the Ming Dynasty has an unshirkable responsibility.

When Mongolia fell into civil strife, when these Han Chinese people were likely to become cannon fodder, the Ming soldiers had no reason to sit idly by on the border.

This is not only the responsibility of the ruler of a dynasty and his army, but also the unshirkable responsibility of the commander of a nation.

The remnants were in tears, looking south at Wang Shi for another year, and looking forward to the return of Wang Shi, not only the people of Youyan, but also the Han people on the grassland further north. Especially before the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty, the Mongols carried out the strong wall clearing in Youyan, and a large number of people were originally taken captive and went north, and the Ming army blocked more, but after all, only a few were saved.

Ye Yingwu's gaze swept over Wen Tianxiang and Su Liuyi, Lu Xiufu was still in Shanxi, and now only these two of the three prime ministers in the political hall were here, plus Ye Yingwu, the decision of the three of them was enough to determine the direction of this battle.

"Hit!" Su Liu Yi said categorically, "Your Majesty originally taught me that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty fought in the army to protect their families, to protect the mountains and rivers that have been passed down from generation to generation, and to allow our future children and grandchildren to live and work in peace and contentment. ”

Throughout the ages, the war is about "the division is famous", not for gold and silver treasures, not for craftsmen and equipment, but for those suffering Chinese people.

Wen Tianxiang is from a civilian background, and he thinks more about it than Su Liuyi: "Your Majesty, now there will be a war in Nanyang, and the Western Regions have not yet been pacified, if you rashly move troops on the northern front, not to mention that the army is fighting on all sides, once one side loses, it will be difficult to transfer the rest of the army to make up for it, just this grain and grass ・・・・・・"

This time, it was not only Su Liuyi, but even Zhao Yunshu, who was standing behind Ye Yingwu and had not spoken, couldn't help frowning slightly.

Yes, the Ming Dynasty went to war on three sides, pacifying the Western Regions and going deep into the grasslands were long-distance battles, it was difficult to transport grain and grass, and there would be a lot of consumption on the road, and now the South Seas are full of war clouds, I am afraid that the number of grain and grass in the South Seas will be greatly reduced in the future, how can we support the two-front battle・・・・・・

Ye Yingwu smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and pointed to the chessboard in front of him: "Look at this chessboard." ”

Although they didn't know what Ye Yingwu wanted to express, Wen Tianxiang and the three of them still subconsciously focused their eyes on the chessboard. The layout on the board is still the same, although the red pieces rush forward fiercely, but they are at a disadvantage, and the black pieces are defending step by step, but instead eats many of the red pieces.

Wen Tianxiang and Su Liuyi glanced at each other, both of them were quite interested in chess, and at this time they could also see that this chess game, although the black chess style was very conservative, but in the end, nine times out of ten they would win.

Ye Yingwu stretched out his hand and tapped lightly on the chessboard: "Red chess is the attacker from the beginning, and even has an advantage in the beginning of the attack, but because it rushes forward, it can only rely on rooks, horses and cannons, and the backward pawns have no way to catch up and fight side by side with the chess pieces in front, resulting in the chess pieces rushing in front being blocked by black chess, and the pawns behind have no way to come over in time, so although red chess has several opportunities to general, there is no way to achieve the goal, and in the end he has to retreat because of too many losses." ”

"Your Majesty means ・・・・・・," Wen Tianxiang frowned suddenly.

Ye Yingwu said in a deep voice: "If the Ming Dynasty wants to enter the grassland, he can only break into it with cavalry, and the foot soldiers will play the role of covering the flanks at most in the back, and this game of chess is a truth, so if you want to put the other party to death, it is easy to trap your own army in it, not to mention that Huaxia is the first time in three hundred years to enter the grassland to fight, and the life is not familiar, maybe it will take a few days to get used to the environment on the grassland, let alone fight with the enemy?" ”

"But just now His Majesty clearly said・・・・・・" Su Liuyi couldn't help but speak.

Stretching out his hand and knocking on the side of the black chess, Ye Yingwu raised his head and said: "So I don't ask the Ming soldiers to take down the opponent's generals, and take down all the Helin Cheng and Ba Ra, but just take what we need." ”

The entire imperial study suddenly fell silent, and Su Liuyi muttered and repeated: "What do we need?" ”

Ye Yingwu nodded, and signaled to Wen Tianxiang: "Song Rui, you come to play black chess, black chess can only defend, not attack, because of the current situation of the Mongols, there is no difference between attacking and looking for death, I think the Mongols are not stupid to this extent." ”

Wen Tianxiang did not refuse, and Ye Yingwu's movements were also very fast, the red and black chess on the chessboard changed rapidly, the red chess was no longer in a hurry to rush forward, but began to shrink the troops, the pawns advanced one after another, and the rooks and cannons located behind the black chess defense line alternately covered the black chess defense line by constantly changing their positions.

Soon the three people present took a breath of cool air, because there were soon shocking changes on the chessboard, the defense line of black chess was disrupted, and the rooks and horses were forced to concentrate to one side, while the red chess pieces were successfully assembled in the other half of the chessboard, as long as the red chess pieces were willing, they could easily return all the chess pieces to defend their own territory, even if they could not kill the opponent's general, but there was a lot of room for maneuver, and in this change process, the red chess did not lose much, and the black chess pawn was strangled cleanly, and there was no pawn to resist in frontAs long as the red pieces want to attack, they can intersperse them at any time.

Zhao Yunshu looked at Ye Yingwu silently, did his husband deliberately want to set up this game?

And Wen Tianxiang and Su Liuyi vaguely understood something, and they both carefully studied the chess game. Ye Yingwu's meaning is actually on the chessboard, what Daming wants is not the head of the Xiang Shang, nor the Mongolian Helin capital, but money, craftsmen and people. As long as the cavalry of the Ming army can go back and forth among the various tribes of Mongolia, disrupt the Mongolian front, and even disrupt the Bara, then the Ming Dynasty will have the opportunity to break through Helin and then run away with things.

In this way, the Ming army's dispatch of troops is no longer a once-in-the-death assault, but a rush and looting, and in history, this is not without precedent, such as the Han Dynasty's champion Hou Huo Quai's illness did this. What Wen Tianxiang and Su Liuyi didn't know was that in another time and space, this style of play also had a name that made people smell and change.

Blitzkrieg!

The cavalry of the Ming army, equipped with advanced firearms and crossbows, and possessed Hexi horses, had the capital to fight a blitzkrieg.

"I have lost my mountains, and my women have no color; The death of my Qilian Mountain made my six animals restless. ”

Thinking about the songs sung by the Huns after Huo Qubing ransacked the Xiongnu royal court and took the Hexi Corridor, Su Liuyi and Wen Tianxiang were in a cold sweat behind them.

Fortunately, it was their emperor who came up with such a plan, not their enemies.

"But Your Majesty, is it too late to order the main forces on the front line to attack now?" Wen Tianxiang said with some concern, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, who knows if the grassland situation at this time is the grassland situation analyzed by Ye Yingwu?

Ye Yingwu chuckled: "Don't panic, just write a letter and send it to the north as I said today." From Nanjing City to Shanxi, even if it is 800 miles to deliver the news urgently, it will take two or three days, so Shanxi will receive the news from the grassland much earlier than us, I estimate that now the main forces of all walks of life have been dispatched, Zhang Shijie is definitely not an honest person who is stunned to wait for the holy decree from there, otherwise I would not let him lead the armies from all walks of life. ”

At this moment, Xiao Yangzi quickly rushed into the imperial study and held up the letter in his hand: "Your Majesty, the six doors and the two Huai army generals have sent an urgent express report from Youyan for eight hundred miles, and the eight soldiers have entered Helin, and the town navy and the cavalry of the two Huai armies have been dispatched into the grassland!" ”

Ye Yingwu pouted and looked at Wen Tianxiang and Su Liuyi, who were staring wide-eyed: "What did I just say?" ”

Su Liuyi and Wen Tianxiang glanced at each other, thinking in their hearts, no wonder Ye Yingwu put Zhang Shijie and Wang Anjie at the forefront at that time, because these two people were real relatives of the emperor, and even Wang Anjie was still Ye Yingwu's elders, so when the situation was urgent, these two generals were absolutely qualified and courageous to control the armies and attack forward.

This move was obviously arranged by Ye Yingwu as early as the beginning of the Northern Expedition, if the situation on the entire chessboard was controlled by Ye Yingwu later, then the chess pieces that had been arranged in this step long ago were the prerequisites for all the chess pieces on the chessboard to advance according to Ye Yingwu's arrangement!

In the face of the Ba Ra army that rushed straight to Helin, the Ming army lacked time the most, and obviously Ba Ra also knew very well that his biggest advantage was time, so after breaking through the defense of the Mongolian western front, he quickly advanced forward, and what he did was naturally to eat all the savings of Kublai Khan's department in front of the Ming army.

From Nanjing to Shanxi, it takes seven or eight days to come and go, Ye Yingwu's will to Shanxi, and then mobilize the army that has been ready to return to the south to the north, so a toss is ten days and half a month, and when the Ming army rushes to the grassland, I am afraid that the daylilies will be cold.

And now that Wang Anjie and Zhang Shijie are commanding on the front line, they will naturally order troops to be dispatched at the first moment they receive the news, so that they will buy half a month for the Ming Dynasty, and for the cavalry clusters fighting on the grassland, what does this half a month mean, even a real civilian official like Wen Tianxiang knows it very well.

It is no wonder that His Majesty did not return from Shanxi without any concern, because he had already defeated the biggest variable - Kublai Khan's main army, and every remaining move was actually in Ye Yingwu's hands, whether Ye Yingwu was on the Shanxi front or not, these chess pieces would advance like this, and eventually put the Mongols to death.

Wen Tianxiang nodded, and bowed his hand respectfully: "My Emperor Shengming!" ”

And Su Liuyi obviously didn't intend to give Ye Yingwu more opportunities to be complacent, so he stood up and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the minister still has something to play." In this Northern Expedition, the soldiers of our Ming Army drove thousands of miles to recover the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and there were many casualties themselves, and the compensation and sacrifice of the soldiers was a lot of expenses. And if the Ming Dynasty continues to fight, I'm afraid that the people will have some complaints. ”