Chapter 206 Royal Driving Expedition,

At night, Quan Jiu asked, "Official, are you going to fight?" ”

I saw that Quan Jiu was a little nervous, so I comforted: "Don't worry, Jiu'er, I will deal with it." ”

"Well, Jiu'er believes in the official family, by the way, the Queen Mother came to Ningqian Palace this afternoon."

"Ah, why didn't you call me."

"The Queen Mother saw that you were discussing things with Lord Lu, and Lord Wen didn't bother you, and the Queen Mother asked Jiu'er to tell the official family, the soldiers will block, the water will cover the earth, and there is nothing to be surprised about the war."

For more than half a year, I have been in front of the Son of Peace, Xie Daoqing is worried that I have never experienced war, afraid that I will not do anything in a panic, so I came to cheer me up, in fact, Xie Daoqing is right, there is nothing to be afraid of war, I am obsessed with the original history, but forget that my own strength is the foundation of defeating the opponent, as long as the soil is thick, it will naturally be handy to deal with it,

If there is a strong Song Dynasty, no matter how history changes, it can be invincible.

I nodded and said with a smile: "The queen mother is right, the soldiers are coming, there is nothing to be afraid of." ”

"Hmm." Seeing me smiling confidently, Quan Jiu also relaxed and said, "Official, this is the manuscript of the Great Song Dynasty Royal Newspaper, and it was sent by Huang Yong and Liu Huang for review, and the official family will take a look at it first." ”

I took the manuscript and asked, "Jiu'er, have you read it?" ”

"Well, Jiu'er has seen it, Lord Huang Yong, Lord Liu Huang is worthy of being from Taixue, the writing is smooth, focused, reasonable, well-organized, really a contemporary writer, but Jiu'er has a suggestion, I don't know whether to talk about it or not."

I smiled dumbly and said, "Jiu'er, why are you suddenly polite, what can't you talk about between you and me." ”

Quan Jiu smiled shyly: "Official, the name of this newspaper is approved by the official, Jiu'er thinks it's a little inappropriate." ”

"Why?"

"Jiu'er once heard the official family say that this newspaper is to express the affairs of our dynasty from a neutral point of view, if it is named after the Great Song Dynasty, it will make people feel that this is just the opinion of the royal family, will it make people feel a little, a little biased."

"Well, Jiu'er, I have also considered your concerns, so my plan is to set up two newspapers, one is the Great Song Dynasty Royal Newspaper, which represents the meaning of me, mainly based on the current affairs of the court, for example, I want everyone in the world to know, I want to promote our dynasty, to oppose [***], to let the people of the world have enough food and clothing, the purpose is to let the officials and people everywhere know my thoughts at any time, and at the same time, through the royal newspaper, I also want to convey confidence and hope to the people, The other newspaper commented on the government as a private person, and what this newspaper said was a truly neutral statement, such as the Jama lawsuit published in this issue of the Royal Newspaper, which would be much better if it were put in this newspaper, and I thought that such a two-pronged approach would have a greater effect. ”

Quan Jiu said: "The official family has a long-term vision, Jiu'er admires it, and the official family will read the draft first." ”

The content of the manuscript is written in accordance with my instructions, the first page is full of anti-corruption policies, measures and determinations of the imperial court, including the establishment of the Supervision Office, Nanya and other supervisory agencies, as well as a brief introduction to the upcoming "Code of Conduct for Officials", etc., the other pages are about the Great Song Dynasty Imperial Silver Village, the introduction of the newly established Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Agriculture and Lin'an University this year, and the introduction of the Ministry of Education that is also being prepared, and finally about the recent heated discussion among the people of Lin'an, the cause and process of the two lawsuits in Jiama,

After reading it, I made two changes, one is at the end of the introduction of Lin'an University, a short advertisement was added, Lin'an University recruits all kinds of talents, as long as there is a skill of the elderly, you can go to the university to register, and the selected ones are treated preferentially, and the second is to add a sentence at the end of the Jama lawsuit, the people of Lin'an are looking forward to the ruling of the government,

Later generations know that the media will imperceptibly affect people's thinking, and the role of public opinion is quite large at any time.

"Jiu'er, you go to sleep first, I will think about Luzhou again."

I spread out the military map of Luzhou from the Privy Council, and looked at it carefully, there is Chaohu Lake in the east of Luzhou, which is not conducive to cavalry attack, and the west to Anqing, although there are many mountains, but it is where the official road is, if it is not the size of the 100,000 army, thousands of cavalry is very convenient to pass,

On the premise that Kublai Khan would not invade the south on a large scale, I basically accepted Lu Xiufu's view that the Mongol soldiers coming to Luzhou may be just a random work, there are 20,000 troops in Luzhou Prefecture, plus the people in the city, there should be no problem in defending the city, and Anqing Mansion plus the water division also has nearly 10,000 soldiers, and it should also be no obstacle to defend the city.

If so, then is there still no need to send out the forbidden army?

The next morning, Jia Rudao took the lead in playing: "Your Majesty, last night the Privy Council and the Ministry of War have worked out a plan for the battle of Luzhou. ”

"Master, please speak."

"First of all, according to His Majesty's instructions, order the garrisons in various places to assist the government and the people to clear the wilderness, and organize young and middle-aged people to go to the city to assist in defense, second, order Fan Sheng, the commander of Luzhou, to strictly guard Luzhou City, Anhua Town and Anfei Town, and not to send troops at will, third, order the Beijing Forbidden Army to be ready to go out at any time, fourth, order Yangzhou Li Tingzhi's troops to go west and respond at any time, and fifth, order Anqing Mansion to enter a state of emergency alert."

"Okay, Shichen, everyone Aiqing, hard work, is there any latest news from Luzhou Mansion?"

"Back to Your Majesty, not yet."

"Well, the battle in Luzhou will be discussed later, Li Beiyang."

"The minister is here."

"How is the reorganization of the sailors?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the number of warships and naval divisions in various places is currently being verified, the places under the jurisdiction of the Coastal Control Division have been checked, and the jurisdiction of the Yangtze River Control Division is being verified."

"Li Aiqing, judging from the current situation, the river is more important than the coast, I intend to appoint a person to inspect the river defense, and by the way, urge all parts along the river to speed up the inspection, who Aiqing thinks is suitable."

Li Beiyang thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thought that the Wailang of the Navy Division of the Ministry of War (in the Song Dynasty, Shangshu was equivalent to the minister of each ministry today, Shilang was equivalent to the deputy minister, Langzhong was equivalent to the director of each ministry, and Wailang was equivalent to the deputy director) Chen Yi was suitable, Chen Yi came from the Yanjiang System and Placement Division, and later served in the Navy Division, and he was very familiar with the situation of my Chaoshui Division. ”

"Chen Yi, Fan Wenhuan, as the secretary of the Ministry of War, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, what Lord Li said is completely true, and the minister thinks it is feasible."

"Okay, Xiao Qi, pass on the decree, order Chen Yi, a member of the military department, to be the envoy of the Yangtze River, and give 200,000 yuan to the military defense along the river and supervise the verification of the Yanjiang Division."

Xiao Qi said: "Yes, official." ”

After I made a little arrangement for the affairs of other departments, I received a second battle report from Luzhou,

The war report is still written by Fan Sheng, the commander of Huainan West Road, after verification, the Mongolian army is about 40,000 people, including 10,000 Mongolian soldiers, 30,000 Jinhan mixed soldiers, Ashu besieged Anhua at the same time, sneak attack on Anfei, at present, Anfei Town has been broken by the Mongolian army, the ministers and others shrink the defense line, so that the Anhua army and civilians retreat to Luzhou, relying on the city wall of Luzhou, will be able to hold,

"An fat is lost." Everyone was a little surprised, and muttered in private,

I think the speed of loss is also a little fast, after all, this Anfei is an important military town outside Luzhou City, but I know that now is not the time to review the gains and losses: "What do the Privy Council and the Ministry of War think. ”

Fan Wenhuan said: "Your Majesty, yesterday the Privy Council and the Ministry of War analyzed the situation after receiving the report, if Anfei Town is lost, then there is no danger to defend the front line of Luzhou, but our army can defend Luzhou City to wait for reinforcements, the Mongols can besiege it and attack it, and the other can also besiege it without attacking, bypassing Luzhou, and going straight down to Anqing from the west, if the Mongols want to forcibly capture Luzhou, they will have to pay a considerable price, so the ministers think that Ashu will take the second way, that is, it will not attack more likely to be surnamed. ”

I nodded, feeling that what Fan Wenhuan said was quite reasonable: "Then Fan Aiqing thinks that our dynasty should send a forbidden army north to Luzhou." ”

Fan Wenhuan said: "Your Majesty, the forbidden army is already being prepared, and it is up to Your Majesty to decide whether to send troops or not." ”

"Master, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, now I have more than 20,000 defenders in Luzhou, if Ashu attacks, as long as Fan Sheng can hold on to a few days, then Ashu can't attack for a long time, and he will evacuate, if Ashu goes straight to Anqing, then Anqing has nearly 10,000 border troops and sailors, and it can also be a battle, the old minister thinks that whether to send troops or not is between the two, and please ask Your Majesty to decide."

Although Jia Rudao did not say anything, his meaning was obviously that he could hold it without sending troops.

At this time, Ma Tingluan suddenly came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he should send troops." ”

"Oh, Ma Aiqing, tell me the reason."

"Your Majesty, even if our border army can defend the city, it is unable to protect the safety of the surrounding people, and it will take time to clear the wilderness, so the ministers think that they should immediately send troops to the battle, so that the losses of the people can be minimized."

To be fair, if Ah Shu does not want to capture Huainan West Road, but just plunder, then whether to send troops or not is indeed between the two, Jia Rudao and Ma Tingluan's starting points are different, but they both make sense,

When I got up today, I decided to send troops.

The reason is also very simple, the last time Xiangfan reported urgently, Xia Jiangang took away a batch of forbidden troops, this time I will also let people take away another batch, there are 100,000 forbidden troops who are not my descendants stationed around the capital, I am also a little scared, in case the butterfly effect comes, Jia seems to be in a hurry to let the forbidden army rebel, I really don't know how to deal with it,

As for the reason Ma Tingluan said, I really didn't expect it, which made me feel a little ashamed,

I pretended to ponder, and waited for a while before saying: "I remember that the last time General Xiangfan Lu Wende played the battle report, the master said that Mongolia is the biggest hidden danger of our dynasty, and it is better to believe it than to believe it, when I sent the forbidden army to the Xiangfan area to assist the local garrison, I now think back, I feel that the words of the master and the minister are indeed the best advice, so I have decided to send troops to Luzhou." ”

Ma Tingluan immediately played: "Your Majesty Shengming, in this way, you can save the people from fire and water, and you can also establish Your Majesty's heavenly prestige." ”

I used what Jia Yidao said to seal his mouth, and he could only reluctantly acquiesce,

"Ladies and gentlemen, who is willing to lead the troops to the battle." I then asked,

The people of the temple looked at each other, but no one said anything.

I glanced at everyone with some sighs, when I used to read books, I often saw that the generals under the tent were rushing to ask for the command of the army, but now they are all silent, I suddenly remembered that Zhao Gou, the emperor of Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty, once asked Yue Fei: "When do you think the world can be peaceful." Yue Fei replied: "Wenchen doesn't love money, and military generals are not afraid of death, so the world can be peaceful." ”

Are my generals greedy for life and afraid of death?

It is undeniable that the Mongolian iron cavalry is indeed powerful, but the Southern Song Dynasty is not unable to fight, in the thirty years from 1235 to 1264, the Mongolian Great Khan Wo Kotai, Meng Ge, Kublai Khan respectively led the army to attack the Southern Song Dynasty, except for the last time Kublai Khan took the initiative to retreat due to domestic affairs, the first two wars went through hundreds of battles, although the Southern Song Dynasty army blindly defended, but after all, the Mongols did not take much advantage,

In the past 30 years, although the territory of the Southern Song Dynasty has been held, the enterprising spirit has been scattered, which is the most deadly, so that after the battle of Xiangyang, although there are anti-Mongolian heroes such as Sanjie at the end of the Song Dynasty, there is no chance of victory.

I suddenly laughed, stood up and said, "I understand, you Aiqing are not willing to lead the troops, your idea is to let me take the expedition in person." ”