Chapter 529 Capital Bianliang

As soon as he said a few words, Fan Liangfu stopped and glanced at me secretly, and then continued: "However, the grass people think that the Mongols have been operating in the Central Plains for decades, and our army wants to win the victory of the Northern Expedition, not a day's work, and we can't rush for quick success.......

"It's good, but it's okay to say it."

Fan Liangfu plucked up his courage and said: "Your Majesty, the grass people think that our army should give up the plan to attack Nanyang for the time being. ”

"Give up?" I was a little surprised, and a little unhappy. Since the Battle of Xiangyang, I have formulated a battle plan for the Northern Expeditionary Army on the Middle Route to take Dengzhou and Nanyang first, but Fan Liangfu proposed to give up attacking Nanyang, which made it difficult for me to accept it for a while.

"Yes, Your Majesty. From Dengzhou City to Nanyang, there is only one avenue through Luhe Town, and this road has open terrain, which is very suitable for the Mongolian cavalry, unless the firearms of our dynasty can completely restrain the Mongolian iron cavalry, otherwise their own casualties will be very large. Therefore, the grass people suggested that they should go north first and take Bianliang directly. ”

My heart fluttered and I asked, "Why?" ”

Speaking of this, Fan Liangfu seems to be more and more fluent: "Your Majesty, the reasons are as follows, first of all, Bianliang is the capital of our dynasty, and the restoration of Bianliang is of great significance and influence, which can not only inspire the people of our dynasty, but also touch the hearts of the northern Han people who belong to the Yuan Dynasty; Secondly, the main Mongolian army is divided into eastern, central and western three routes, the east and west armies are respectively contained by the Jianghuai army and the Sichuan army of our dynasty, the middle route army is all in Nanyang, from Dengzhou to Bianliang, there is basically no Mongolian army stationed along the way, even if it is Bianliang, the defenders are less than 5,000, and they are not elite, as long as our army is fast enough, it should be easy to take Bianliang; Thirdly, it can be seen from the burning of the Wadian Bridge by the Mongolian army in the middle of the road, and their idea is that our army will immediately send troops to Nanyang, so that a large army will gather near the town of Luhe, hoping to attack our army on the wide ground with the speed and impact of the cavalry, so it is also a surprise for our army to go north to Bianliang; Finally, once the city of Bianliang is recovered, the Mongols will inevitably send troops to recapture it, but where will they send troops from? There are two possibilities, one is the Mongolian new army or cowardly Xue in most of the capital, although the cowardly Xue army is strong in combat, but the number is small, and it may not be able to please in the siege war, and the 100,000 new army recruited by Kublai Khan still needs to be trained for at least two or three months to have a certain combat power, so there is no need to worry, the second is the middle route army of Ashu, as soon as the middle route army moves, the army of my Dengzhou City will follow, and at that time, the Ashu department wants to recapture Bianliang, so naturally it will not besiege and not attack. No matter which way, our army can rely on the solidity of Bianliang City to carry out a city defense battle, which may be another battle of Xiangyang. ”

After listening to Fan Liangfu's long remarks, I suddenly realized that I had made a mistake, I was too anxious, I always thought that firearms were invincible, and hoped to destroy the main force of the Yuan army in the shortest possible time. Moreover, the generals under my command have also been imperceptibly affected by their blind obedience to me. Fan Liangfu is young, what to say, and secondly, because he has not had much contact with me and has not been influenced by me, he can comprehensively analyze the current situation.

I made myself a god, but what if God made a mistake? Since the end of the Battle of Xiangyang, the trajectory of history has been completely deviated, and my prescience has also come to an end.

"Generals, what do you think of what Fan Liang said just now?"

Fan Liangfu heard me call her Fan Aiqing, and his heart was overjoyed, obviously, the emperor had approved of his opinion.

After a moment of silence, Lu Wenhuan said first: "Your Majesty, Fan Liangfu's strategy does not conflict with our army's plan, but it only delays the time for our army to attack Nanyang. ”

Lu Wenhuan is experienced, but he just replaced Fan Liangfu's "give up" with the word "delay", which sounds much more pleasant.

Jiang Wanzai said: "Your Majesty, the last general also agrees, our army divided the troops and moved, and took Bianliang by surprise first, so that we can give full play to the strengths of our army and annihilate the Yuan army in the battle to defend the city. It can also allow Ah Shu to take care of one thing and lose the other, so that our army can gain the initiative and the best opportunity to attack Nanyang. ”

"Okay." I thought about it for a while, and made up my mind, "In that case, then immediately discuss the plan of dividing the troops, the so-called soldiers are fast, I have decided to send troops tomorrow, which general is willing to lead the troops to attack Bianliang?" ”

"The last will go." Xie Daolin, first of all, please order.

"The last general, Wu Song, is willing to go." ……

A group of generals are all vying to be the first to recover Bianliang, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, and they should be able to leave their names in history.

Jiang Wanzai said: "Your Majesty, more than 30 years ago, Duanping entered Luo, and the old minister did not participate, this time let the old minister lead the army to recover Bianliang." ”

For Jiang Wanzai's ability, I am relieved. According to Fan Liangfu, it is not difficult to capture Bianliang City, but what will happen after that is relatively unpredictable, and it is not difficult to hold Bianliang, but the grain route from Dengzhou to Bianliang may become the only big problem.

However, this is completely different from the Duanping Jinluo back then.

I thought for a while and said, "Jiang Aiqing listens to the order." ”

"The end will be."

"I have appointed you as the commander-in-chief, leading the 19th Xiangyang Military Region's Lu Division's Kui Division, the Wenzhang Division of the 1st Division of the Imperial Forest Army, the Donglou Division of the Xingfu Army, and the Meng Tianxiang Division of the Zhongshun Army, and will set off tomorrow night and march into Bianliang."

"Yes, the last general."

"General Zhao Huai listens to the order."

"The end will be."

"I appointed you as the deputy marshal to assist Jiang Aiqing in commanding the battle of Bianliang."

"Yes, the last general."

"Fan Liangfu, I have appointed you as a marching senator and marching guide, and I will temporarily receive the rank of Zhengliu, and I will reward you for your meritorious deeds in the future."

"Emperor Xie, the last general will obey the order." Fan Liangfu was overjoyed and said, firstly, the emperor adopted his own suggestion, and secondly, the exam was passed.

"Gongsun Xiaochen, immediately send someone to Bianliang to inform the dragon teeth in the city to get ready, and to stock up on grain first."

"Yes, the end will be done."

"Jiang Aiqing, you gather relevant personnel to discuss the attack on Bianliang."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"General Lu Wenxin listens to orders."

"The end will be."

"From tomorrow, for three consecutive days, you will personally lead the soldiers of the Black Carbon Regiment to investigate the road to Luhe Town in Nanyang."

"Yes, the last general."

"Tian Xiuyan."

"The end will be."

"You lead the 17th Army of the Lin'an Military Region to investigate the road to Wadian Town leading to Nanyang, and prepare to build a bridge, so that Ah Shu knows that our army will attack Nanyang at any time."

"Yes, the last general."

"General Wu Songhan, you sent a battalion of troops to garrison Dengzhou City, responsible for the security of the city, remember, do not disturb the people, except for this county office, no other places are allowed to trespass, if there is no resting place for the time being, even if you sleep under the eaves of the people, you are not allowed to enter the people's houses, and the violators are the first place."

"Yes, the last general."

"Okay, the rest of the people will return to the camp outside the city with me."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

In the evening of the next day, according to the plan negotiated by Jiang Wanzai and others, 20,000 Song troops marched north one after another. Consistent with what Fan Liangfu said, there was basically no obstruction by a large number of Yuan troops along the road, and even if there was a small Yuan army, it was quickly wiped out by the Zhongshun army that served as the vanguard.

Perhaps Kublai Khan believed that the Song army adopted a step-by-step approach, and would not be like the Duanping into Luo, the lone army went deep, and once the back road was intercepted and the food and grass were not available, they would fall into a dilemma.

Along the way, day and night, bypassing Xuchang and other important towns, the army successfully arrived at Yangzhengmen Village, 30 miles south of Bianliang City, in the early morning of 14 September. The village is built on a hill and is very secluded, just right for hiding soldiers.

In front of the village, Fan Liangfu, the marching guide, said: "Lord Jiang, this is Yang Zhengmen Village, when my subordinates traveled to the north before, they rested here because the gate of Bianliang City was closed at night. About five miles from the north of the village, the terrain is flat after coming out of the mountain. ”

Jiang Wanzai nodded and said: "It's almost dawn, give the order to go down, rest on the spot, General Lu Shikui, send a battalion of troops to block Yang Zhengmen Village." General Meng Tianxiang, your unit will go to the mountain pass in front and be responsible for guarding. ”

"Yes, sir."

At the end of the hour (nine o'clock), Fan Liang changed his outfit and went straight to Bianliang with Wen Zhang, who was also dressed in civilian clothes.

Since the age of fifteen, Fan Liangfu has been traveling alone for two to three months a year under the arrangement of an unknown monk. At the age of eighteen, Fan Liangfu met a low-level officer in the Mongolian Han Army in Bianliang City, Meng Huanshan, this Menghuanshan once worshiped under the master Zhiyun of Bianliang Daxiangguo Temple, learned a good fist, and Master Zhiyun is a named disciple of the unknown monk, it is in the Great Xiangguo Temple, the two were able to meet for the first time, and they also had a discussion when they met, Fan Liangfu won a small victory, so that Meng Huanshan, who likes martial arts, admired, Meng Huanshan saw that Fan Liangfu was young, and he had a good impression, and then became brothers.

Looking from afar, I saw more than a dozen Yuan soldiers standing outside the gate of Bianliang City, checking the people who entered the city.

Fan Liang replied: "General Wen, it seems that the guards of this Bianliang City are much tighter than before, and after a while, you will follow your subordinates, temporarily aggrieved, and be dumb, don't let the defenders hear your southern accent." ”

"Okay, General Fan, let's go."

Everyone entering the city will need to show their identification credentials, which will only be released after being checked by the defenders.

When it was Wenzhang's turn, Fan Liang replied: "Master Jun, this is a scholar below, because he was born deaf and dumb, the government did not apply for an identity certificate for him, and I hope that the military master will make it convenient." ”

The defender soldiers saw that Fan Liangfu was dressed gorgeously, but they were also polite: "This Fan Gongzi, there is an order from the peak, from the beginning of this month, anyone who does not have identity certificates will not be allowed to enter the city, and Gongzi will not be embarrassed for me." ”