Chapter 550: The oil is out and the lamp is not extinguished

Tai'an Prefecture is located at the southern foot of Mount Tai, its name means "Guotai Min'an", and it is the only way to Jinan from the south. On 17 May, the Third Route Army of the Northern Expeditionary Army on the East Road of the Great Song Dynasty triumphantly joined forces in Tai'an Prefecture. After that, the army received Li Tingzhi's order to rest on the spot. It was completely different from what most soldiers imagined, and they did not go all out and continued to march north to launch the Jinan Campaign.

On the road from Tai'an to Jinan, although most of it is mountainous and rugged, there is also a plain for nearly 20 miles, which is very suitable for the Mongolian cavalry, and the situation is quite similar to that between Dengzhou and Nanyang.

After Li Tingzhi, Xia Gui and a group of generals discussed, they decided to postpone the direct attack on Jinan Mansion according to Xie Daolin's proposal, and while reporting the situation to the emperor, they stabilized the area that had been recovered.

Although he had a reorganized division of musketeers, compared with the Northern Expeditionary Army in the middle lane, Li Tingzhi's firearms were still far inferior.

During this time, officials at all levels sent to Henan by the Lin'an Imperial Court arrived in Bianliang City one after another under the personal leadership of Wen Tianxiang, the president of the Government Council. Many of these officials were graduating students from Lin'an University, and after a short period of training, they graduated early and came to Henan with other officials who had been transferred.

In Bianliang City, Wen Tianxiang discussed with Jia Yidao, Zhao Shunsun, Jiang Wanzai and others, and soon drew up the positions of these officials.

Although it can not be compared with the officials of the first society in later generations, it is much more advanced than the officials of the Yuan Dynasty, especially the young people from Lin'an University, who are passionate and relatively leading, and do not have too many official frames, coupled with the policy tilt of the imperial court towards Henan, so that the officials of the Great Song Dynasty quickly won the support of the Han people in Henan.

For most people in ancient times, as long as they could meet the basic conditions of food, clothing, and housing, they could generally accept it, and if the local parents and officials could be approachable and make decisions for the people, then they would have to recite Amitabha Buddha.

In the last years of the Jin Kingdom, the politics were corrupt, and the Han people in the north could be described as poor. Although it took only 23 years before and after the Mongol war to destroy Jin, it still caused great harm to the local people. After the Mongols came to power, although many Han officials loved the people and were close to the people, the Han and Mongolia were different after all, and the lives of most Han people still did not improve, and their lives were quite difficult. In the last two years, with the beginning of the Song-Mongol War, the Mongol court's taxes have become heavier and heavier, and most of these newly increased taxes have been passed on to ordinary people, making their already difficult lives even worse.

It's like a hungry and thirsty person who gets a steamed bun and will be grateful. The officials of the Great Song Dynasty, who took over the people, not only gave steamed buns, but also gave them a piece of meat, and gave them a bowl of hope for meat, so it was naturally easy to be supported.

Henan, a close neighbor of Hubei in the Southern Song Dynasty, has significantly improved the lives of the Han people in the south in recent years, which has more or less given confidence to these fallen people. Wen Tianxiang not only brought a large number of officials, but also many refugees who had fled from Henan to Xiangfan in recent years, and the return of these refugees has virtually become the best way to publicize it.

In Xiangfan, and even the whole of Hubei, everyone has land to cultivate, something to do, the government's tax is reasonable, enough to make people eat and wear, and in their spare time, they can also go into the city to work for a short time, and subsidize their families, if there is a bit of craftsmanship, they can also get the help of the government to carry out manual production, plus most of the officials of the Song Dynasty will not oppress the people, compared to the fierce officials of the Yuan Dynasty are easy to get along with.

Isn't all this what ordinary people want?

Since late April, the weather has become a bit muggy, and although it rains heavily, it is still hot day by day.

In mid-May, inside the city of Anyang.

"Your Majesty, it seems to be raining again." Gongsun Xiaochen, who had just come in from outside, said.

"Really?" I sat on a recliner and said lazily, "Xiao Chen, have you found out all the distribution of the Yuan army in Hebei Province?" ”

"Your Majesty, after more than a month of investigation, our army scouts, with the cooperation of the local dragon teeth, have basically figured out the situation in Hebei." Gongsun Xiaochen took out a military map of Hebei that had just been drawn. said excitedly, "Your Majesty, please see, this is the result of the past two months." ”

I got up and walked over to the map and looked at it carefully. After reading it, Gongsun Xiaochen said: "Your Majesty, the main force of the Yuan army is concentrated in Zhaozhou and Dadu, of which the garrison of Zhaozhou is the middle route army of Ashu and Boyan, in addition to the original 50,000 horses, nearly 10,000 new troops have been added, and there are more than 100,000 garrisons in Dadu and its surroundings, including 25,000 people in the Xue army, 30,000 elite cavalry troops, 40,000 new troops, and 10,000 capital guards, as for the garrisons in other places, there are very few. The topography of Hebei Province is complex and diverse, with the terrain sloping from northwest to southeast, mountainous areas, hills and plateaus in the northwest, basins and valleys in between, and vast plains in the central and southeast. This is completely consistent with the university geography compiled by the emperor. ”

Speaking of this, Gongsun Xiaochen showed a hint of admiration.

"This is geography knowledge that middle school students know." I thought to myself, and then smiled and said, "Once the state is broken, it can go straight to the capital." Xiao Chen, Xiu Yan, now the political situation in Henan has stabilized, since the enemy situation has been clarified, then you can go out, pass the order, and let the generals come here to discuss matters. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

On the night of the day when I convened a military meeting to discuss continuing northward, Dadu's Cai Engya and Yin Tianya joined forces to conduct a celestial deduction.

It seems that this is the first time that the two most powerful Mongolian warlocks have joined forces to deduce.

This deduction was carried out in extreme secrecy, and even the Yuan Emperor Kublai Khan did not know about it.

At the dawn of the Buddha, when the calculation was over, Yin Tianya, who was full of exhaustion, said to himself: "What does this mean? ”

The also exhausted Cai Engya said: "This celestial phenomenon is very peculiar, and it is called 'the lamp is not extinguished'. ”

"The oil is not extinguished?" Yin Tianya was puzzled, "There is still such a celestial situation?" ”

Cai Engya nodded slightly: "The deity has seen a general treatise on celestial phenomena written by the predecessors of the valley in the Valley of the Emperors, which includes seven kinds of lost celestial phenomena, and the oil lamp is not extinguished. ”

"Your Excellency, what does this celestial phenomenon mean?"

"According to common sense, when the oil is exhausted, the light will go out, and in short, the meaning of the oil lamp is not extinguished means that there is still a variable in the desperate situation. According to the senior's meaning, it means that when you are in a Jedi, a vision will suddenly appear, which is difficult to say whether it is good or bad, but it will create a certain opportunity to make the victory and defeat suddenly reversed. This situation may be the epiphany of what the Buddhist school called during the Li Tang Dynasty. ”

"Your Excellency, what would that chance be?"

Cai Engya looked at the sky, shook his head and said, "This deity doesn't know either. ”

After a while, Yin Tianya continued: "My lord, can I only go into a desperate situation?" ”

Cai Engya sighed and said: "Providence has this omen, although it may not necessarily lead to a desperate situation, but it is an indisputable fact that the situation is not good. Although the muskets of our dynasty have been produced one after another, not to mention how effective they are, the more powerful artillery and shells have never been seen. ”

"Your Excellency, what should we do?"

Cai Enjiya thought about it, and suddenly his expression changed, he changed his previous gentleness and elegance, and said with a fierce look in his eyes: "Although there are many guards around the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, and they are all masters, but there is only one Yuan Thorn who can truly be called a peerless master, and with Fang Chenqian here, there are three people who can match Yuan Thorn." One day, if I go into a desperate situation, then the three of us will mix in the cavalry army and raid Zhao Yu. The fortune of the emperor star of the Southern Dynasty is like the sky, although there are stars arching each other, but its core is Zhao Yu, as long as this person is divided, then my dynasty will turn the danger into safety. ”

Yin Tianya couldn't help but shudder, although there was a certain possibility as Engya said, even if the attack was successful, the three masters of his own side would inevitably be killed by the thousands of troops and horses of the Southern Dynasty.

"What? Don't want to? Cai Engiya seemed to have seen through Yin Tianya's thoughts.

Yin Tianya hurriedly said: "No, Supreme Lord, I was thinking about how the three of us should break through the firearms blockade of the Southern Korean army. ”

"Really?" Cai Enjiya smiled and said to the door, "Ah Da, go and call Ah Er." ”

After a while, Ah Er entered and said, "My lord." ”

"Ah Er, is there any progress in artillery and shells?"

"My lord, my subordinates have checked all the information in the palace, and finally found the remaining Jin Ren information, according to these incomplete information, although the artillery of the Southern Dynasty is similar to the earth-shaking thunder, but its power is not the same, therefore, the subordinates infer that the firing reason may be completely different, if there is no physical artillery, the subordinates have no clue, and the same is true for fireballs."

Cai Engya frowned and said, "Ah Er, if someone asks, just say that it is being studied, maybe, maybe there will be results soon." For now, we must give confidence to the Great Khan and his army. ”

"Yes, sir." Ah Er said, "What if the emperor asks?" ”

"It's the same." Cai Engiya said decisively.

"Yes, my lord, my subordinates understand."

"Okay, you go down first."

After Ah Er left, Yin Tianya hesitated for a moment, and said cautiously: "Supreme Lord, do I want to prepare to withdraw to the desert?" ”

"The end of the world, the rise and fall is determined by the sky, although the will of heaven is so, but as a shaman, I also need to do my best. Judging from the current situation, Zhao Yu is indeed the leader of the Han people, and the firearms of the Southern Dynasty are likely to be passed down by the guardians in the Valley of the Emperors, which we cannot compete with. You're right, I teach you how to prepare. Ah Da, you go and call Fa Jue and Xiao Si. ”

"Yes, sir."