Chapter 459 Royal Driving Campaign

The guard who came up with the idea immediately replied, "Yes, General." ”

Ali Hague also had nothing to do, and when he saw that the others had nothing to do, he said, "Okay, then try it." ”

A group of guards quickly took out the ropes, tied a mutilated corpse to several strong and well-versed martial guards, made several "snowballs", these guards with the help of others, lay on the ground, kept rolling back and forth on the wall of fire, when the corpse burned, they untied the rope, re-tied the new corpse, rolled again, and the burning corpse was put aside, the rest of the guards put out the fire, punctured the corpse with weapons, and took out the blood in the corpse, as water sprinkled on the wall of fire. At the same time, the Mongolian army inside also scattered the smashed earthen wall on the wall of fire, and after repeating it several times, they finally extinguished a small section of the fire and successfully opened a gap.

Ali Hague said happily: "The soldiers inside listen, everyone bent forward, held their breath, and rushed out from the gap. Visibility in the smoke was so low that Ali Hague couldn't see the inside at all, just kept shouting loudly.

Under the guidance of Ali Hague's voice, a group of Mongolian soldiers rushed out of the gap, and after a while, a section of the wall of fire was extinguished by Kong Yuan and others ten meters away, and then, more and more soldiers rushed out from the gaps with their bodies bowed.

Through the gap in the smoke, Niu Fu sighed: "It's a pity that there is not enough time, otherwise we can dig a few more trenches, in that case, these more than 3,000 Mongolian soldiers will definitely not be able to escape." ”

Among the three main generals stationed in Fancheng, Fan Tianshun, the youngest, said: "After the war, if I have the opportunity, I also want to go to Lin'an Military University to study for a year and a half." ”

After paying the price of being burned to death and wounding more than 800, the Mongol soldiers finally left the outer city, and 18 of the 30 death squads of the Song army lay forever between the inner and outer cities of Fancheng.

On the afternoon of April 31, the fifth year of Xianchun, I convened a special meeting in the apse of the Lin'an Palace, which was an important meeting I held before I set out on the expedition. In addition, the Empress Dowager Xie Daoqing also sat on my right and personally attended the meeting.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the battle of Xiangyang has gradually entered the white-hot stage, according to the battle report just received, the battle of the outer city of Fancheng has ended, the Mongolian army Ali Hague Department broke through the outer city wall on April 24, of course, there is the intention of our army to take the initiative to retreat, in the fierce battle of more than 20 days, our army killed and wounded more than 16,000 enemy troops at the cost of more than 7,000 casualties, the ratio of the two sides is one to two, which is also in line with the normal ratio of casualties between the siege and the defense of the city. According to the garrison of Fancheng, because of the timely treatment of military doctors, the casualty rate of our army was far lower than usual. ”

I first talked about the latest situation in Xiangfan, and then said: "According to the plan, I plan to take the imperial expedition in person early this month, and the main content of today's meeting is to make arrangements for the affairs of the DPRK and China after I leave Lin'an. ”

Most of the important ministers in the DPRK have heard of the fact that I will drive the imperial expedition in person, and when they hear me formally propose it at this time, they can't help but sigh for a while.

"Before the official start of the meeting, I first announced the commendation order given to the Xiangyang Military Region. Xiao Qi, read. ”

Wei Xiaoqi, as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, attended the meeting, but he stood behind me all the time. Xiao Qi took two steps to the left and read aloud: "In order to commend the defenders of Fancheng who performed well in the battle of Fancheng Outer City, Wei Guohu, the commander of the 228th Battalion of the 17th and 46th Army of the Xiangyang Military Region, is specially awarded a gold medal of Huaxia Huaxia, and he is crowned as a captain of the cavalry, and after he survives, he will be rewarded; He awarded each of the eighteen daredevils who died in the fire attack a gold medal in Huaxia, and was posthumously awarded the title of Captain Xiaocai; He awarded the other twelve daredevils the silver medal of Xianchun, and was crowned as a cloud cavalry lieutenant, and was promoted to three levels according to their original military positions. This commendation order was notified to the whole army by the Military Affairs Yuan for encouragement. ”

Xiao Qi finished reading and retreated behind me again. I continued: "Wen Aiqing, the Government Council will write out the heroic deeds of the soldiers of Fancheng and publish them to the public, so that the newspapers of Lin'an City will widely publicize them, so as to establish the heroes of the resistance against Mongolia, and the relevant materials will be provided by the Military Affairs Yuan, and this will be a practice until the end of the war. ”

Wen Tianxiang stood up and responded, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, this meeting has officially begun, and I will first talk about matters related to government affairs." I said with a serious expression, "After several years of reform, the government affairs of our dynasty have been on the right track, during the period of my absence, all government affairs maintain the original order, in addition to the main task of developing the economy and refreshing the government, the government at all levels needs to cooperate with the military logistics operations in various places, during the war, if there is any delay in military affairs, they will be dealt with in accordance with military law." In this regard, I announced two measures: first, the normal government affairs will be supervised by the Queen Mother, with the cooperation of the Government Council, and all ministries, departments and offices must fulfill their duties; Second, the Government Council needs to hand over the daily summary of the government or uncertain affairs to Jinyiwei, and forward it to Yingzhou through a secret letter from carrier pigeons. ”

The civil officials headed by Wen Tianxiang stood up and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers obey the order." ”

In recent years, a large number of young officials such as Wen Tianxiang and Lu Xiufu have grown up and have become the core ministers of the Xianchun court.

"Everyone, please be seated. The second thing I said was about the defense of Lin'an City. At present, the number of imperial guards in our dynasty has increased to 1,200, this time I will take 100 people, another 100-person team will be stationed in the gunpowder supervision for a long time, and the remaining 1,000 people will be under the control of the guard Lan Yu, under the control of the queen mother, in order to protect the peace of the palace. As for the city defense of Lin'an City, it was handed over to General Zhao Bao, the commander of Lin'an, who was solely responsible, and a temporary garrison force was formed, which was composed of the second compartment of the Lin'an Military Region, the 16th Army under the independent compartment of the Lin'an Military Region, and the 5,000 sailors and marines under the jurisdiction of General Zhang Gui, and the 20,000 soldiers were under the joint control of the Military Affairs Yuan and the Queen Mother. ”

Related to this, Lan Yu, the commander of the imperial guards, Zhao Bao, the commander of the second wing of the Lin'an Military Region, Zhang Gui, the commander of the Marine Corps, and others stood up and said, "The ministers obey the order." ”

"Yes, please be seated. The third thing is that I announce that the entourage of this imperial expedition, Shi Chen, Zhao Shunsun, Zhao Aiqing, Lu Xiufu, Lu Aiqing, and Jiang Wanzai, Jiang Aiqing, the four of you, on behalf of the Privy Council, the Government Council, and the Military Affairs Yuan, accompanied me on the expedition in person. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, your ministers obey."

"Okay, ladies and gentlemen, I want to focus on matters related to military affairs, Wen Aiqing and the Aiqing of the government affairs system, you will retreat first."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers will retire, Shouhe and the Queen Mother, the ministers will retire."

After I saw Wen Tianxiang and the others leave, I said again: "The Battle of Xiangyang this time is the most critical battle in the Song and Mongolian Wars, if our army wins, we can take advantage of the Northern Expedition, therefore, all generals must abide by the military order, move forward bravely, and there must be no mistakes." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Shi Yan's Shi Aiqing, Fan Wenhuan Fan Aiqing."

"The minister is here."

"Shi Aiqing is temporarily in charge of the Military Affairs Institute left in Lin'an, and the two of you coordinate all the logistics supplies of our army to ensure the military supplies of the front-line soldiers, and at the same time need to arrange this year's recruitment work to complete the task of recruiting 20,000 recruits before September."

"Yes, your ministers obey."

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have decided to set up a special unit composed of the independent wing of the Lin'an Military Region and some members of the Marine Corps of the Marine Division, this force will go north from the coast, land on the Shandong Peninsula, and then penetrate directly into the hinterland of Mongolia, this unit I have named the Advance Column, its task is to turn the world upside down within the enemy, this task is very arduous but at the same time of great significance, the success of the advance column will create favorable conditions for our army's all-round northern expedition."

I paused and said, "Yin Yinglei, the commander of the Lin'an Military Region, and Han Jing, the deputy commander of the independent box of the Military Region, listen to the order." ”

"The minister is here."

"Yin Aiqing, I appointed you as the commander of the advance column, sealed the upper guard, gave a gold belt, Han Jing served as the deputy commander, and added the flying cavalry captain."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Two Aiqing, the advance column set off on May 5 and was escorted by the North Sea Fleet to the landing site."

Yin Yinglei said: "Yes, the minister obeys the order." ”

"Next is the military arrangements of the Sichuan Military Region, Guangxi Military Region, and Miaojia Military Region in the southwest, and Tian Xiuyan, the counselor of the Royal Forest Army, listens to the order."

In July last year, after Tian Xiuyan and Gongsun Xiaochen left Lin'an Military University, I arranged for them to join the Imperial Forest Army and serve as military counselors.

"The minister is here."

I looked at the disciple of this great wizard of Jiang Yang and said: "Xiu Yan, I have appointed you as a Qincha, set off tomorrow, hurry to Chengdu Mansion, and convey my instructions to General Gao, the commander of the Sichuan Military Region, and lead him to lead the 22nd compartment of the Sichuan Military Region to go south with you lightly, and defeat the Mongolian army in Dali as quickly as possible." In order to unify the command of the Battle of Dali, I decided to establish the Southwest Provisional Military Region, with General Gao as the envoy, General Fan Wenhu and Grand Wizard Hongyuan as the deputy envoys, Wang Lixin and Wang Aiqing as the military region counselors, and the troops under its jurisdiction were one and a half of the Guangxi Military Region, the Miao Family Military Region and the 22 compartments, with a total of 35,000 people. After defeating the Mongol army in Dali, part of the men and horses formed the Yunnan Military Region on the spot and stationed in Yunnan, while the rest returned to Chengdu with Gundam. I have written a specific plan and sealed it in two bags, the first of which is about the battle plan for the recovery of Yunnan, and the second is about the plan after the end of the war in Yunnan. ”

The young Tian Xiuyan said excitedly: "Yes, the minister obeys the order." ”

I smiled, asked Xiao Qi to hand the two bags to Tian Xiuyan, and then said, "Li Beiyang and Li Aiqing listen to the order." ”

Li Beiyang said loudly: "The minister is here." ”