Chapter 280: The Eagle Fends Its Wings

Yuan Jian explained: "Your Majesty, the martial arts people said that 'one temple, one alliance and three families, there is a world outside the Valley of the Emperors,' this sentence points out several top forces in today's martial arts, and Longhu Mountain has always been good at martial arts, and there are few people in its door who see the elders with martial arts. ”

I nodded, "I see." ”

"Your Majesty, this shadowless technique is a peerless study of the Dragon and Tiger Mountain, even if the people in its sect are rarely practiced, don't look at the Taoist master's light skills, I guess I haven't fully understood it."

"Yes, sir, how can I see it?"

"With the minister's guess, if the Dao Master is completely clear, he will definitely guide His Majesty."

It makes sense when I think about it: "Maybe." ”

The capital of Mongolia, the temporary palace,

The commander of the Mongolian Navy, the supreme general of the Mongolian Navy Division stationed on the south bank of the Huai River, was kneeling on the main hall in fear,

"Ha said Chagai, tell me, what's going on."

Seeing Kublai Khan's calm expression, he boldly said: "Great Khan, in the early morning of October 29, the last general has just finished the Heisulid Festival, most of the soldiers are asleep, the Song people's sailors from Shouchun City along the Huai River westward, launched an attack on our army, the last general immediately organized a counterattack, not long after, I heard a fierce shout of killing on the land, about 10,000 Song troops suddenly attacked our base on the south bank. ”

"Tens of thousands." Kublai Khan frowned and said, "Ha said Chagai, isn't Yangjia Town south of the base, there are nearly 10,000 troops stationed in our army, how could tens of thousands of enemy troops suddenly appear in the base." ”

"Great Khan, the enemy army is coming from the two directions of Yangjia Town and Shouchun."

"That means that Yangjia Town has been lost." Hao Jingdao on the side,

"Emperor, the last general Chagai also guessed like this."

"Ha Chagai, go on."

"Yes, Great Khan, the last general was already on the warship at that time, but seeing that 10,000 enemy troops quickly rushed into our base, the guards in the base desperately met the enemy, but the difference in numbers between the two sides was too great, and it didn't take long for more than half of the casualties, and our warships were attacked by thirteen warships of the enemy's naval division, and they were unable to rescue, and the remaining nearly 1,000 soldiers in the base had to hurriedly get on the warships leaning on the shore, and the last general saw that the base was occupied and the enemy had the advantage in numbers, so he ordered the warships to retreat north and returned to the north bank of the Huai River."

"The number of our troops and the number of ships that will return with you."

"Great Khan, after returning to the north shore, the general will count the number of people, a total of two thousand one hundred and seventy-seven men, and nine warships."

"There are a total of ten warships on the south bank of the Huai River, with nearly five thousand people, and this time you lost one warship, about three thousand soldiers, yes and no."

Seeing that Kublai Khan was still calm, he became panicked in his heart: "Hui Great Khan, exactly." ”

"Ha said Chagai, your name means eagle on the grassland."

In the cold winter, cold sweat broke out on Ha Yu Chagai's forehead: "Yes, sweaty." ”

"Since the eagle has broken its wings, there is no need to stay, come on, drag Ha Yue Chagai out and cut it down." Kublai Khan said lightly,

Seeing this, Hao Jing hurriedly said: "Great Khan, can you show mercy to your subordinates, after all, it is the first time in several years that the Song people have attacked our army on a large scale, and General Ha said that General Chagai was unprepared, although he lost my base on the south bank, but he basically protected the warships of my naval division. ”

Kublai Khan's expression was solemn, and he ignored Hao Jing's plea, and said: "Ha said Chagai, as the commander of the base, you are on guard because of the festival, so that the enemy can easily succeed in a sneak attack, this crime is unforgivable. ”

Seeing Kublai Khan's resolute attitude, the courtiers knew that the rewards and punishments in the Mongol army were extremely strict, and this Ha said Chagai was only a small commander, and he had indeed lost the base on the south bank of the Huai River, so no one interceded for him.

"Zhongshu Lingzhen gold."

Zhenjin, who stood in front of the ministers, came out and said: "Father Khan, son is here." ”

"It is said that all the generals have gathered in the Privy Council."

"Yes, Father Khan."

"Emperor, you too."

"Yes, Great Khan."

Zhenjin, in his early twenties, the second son of Kublai Khan, was a Mongolian Zhongshu Ling and a judge of the Privy Council, deeply loved by Kublai Khan, since childhood, he studied under the Han people Yao Shu and Dou Mo, accepted the Confucian idea of lenient governance, was humble and courteous, and was quite respected by the Chinese military minister,

The Mongols have the custom of setting up a young prince, so that although Zhenjin was later established as the crown prince by Kublai Khan, it was still quite difficult, and the position of the prince was controversial at least among the Mongolian nobles, but the prince of Zhenjin finally failed to ascend to the throne of the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.

Kublai Khan, who was in the Privy Council, changed his calm posture in the palace, was angry, scolded the generals with his head and face, "hummed", and then sat down on the throne heavily, Kublai Khan looked at the gray-faced generals, and suddenly laughed: "Okay, good, it seems that the southerners still have a little blood surname, such an opponent, it is interesting, Zhao Yu boy, some ability, it seems that he is much stronger than the old emperor of the Southern Dynasty, such a monarch can also become the enemy of Ben Khan, Ashu, what is the specific situation." ”

A Shu, the marshal of Zhengnan and the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, said carefully: "Great Khan, according to the words of the soldiers who fled back from Yangjia Town and the base on the south bank of the Huai River, plus the information obtained by the ministers, the general situation should be as follows, in the early morning of October 29, Xia Gui, the envoy of the Huainan West Road of the Southern Dynasty, led a team of about 1,000 people suddenly appeared in the west of Yangjia Town. ”

Kublai Khan looked at the map and said, "This is a problem of the detailed camp, and the information is not comprehensive. ”

"Yes, Great Khan." Ah Shu continued, "After the ministers and others discussed, it was inferred that Xia Gui found a secret passage and attacked Yangjia Town from the secret passage, and at the same time, the north gate was attacked by the Yangzhou army from the Huainan East Road in the Southern Dynasty, and it was the most elite army in Yangzhou, this team of more than 2,000 people was led by Jiang Cai, the number one general under Li Tingzhi, the commander of Yangzhou on Huainan East Road, and Yangjiaping in the south was also attacked by the main force of the Luzhou Army at the same time, the number is estimated to be about 20,000, and the commander of the army is the general of the forbidden army of the original Southern Dynasty Kuizhou Road, Wang Sheng, who is now the commander of the Luzhou Army. ”

"It seems that the Southern Dynasties are prepared, and it is a joint military operation in the west and east of Huainan."

"Yes, Great Khan Shengming."

Kublai Khan said angrily: "Shengming fart, continue." ”

"Yes, yes." Ah Shu knew that he was wrong and hurriedly said, "After Xia Gui attacked Yangjia Town, our army's garrison commander Hu Chi immediately organized two thousand soldiers in the town to counterattack, and relying on the advantage of our army, he intended to defeat Xia Gui in one fell swoop, and then rescue the north gate, General Hu Chi sent all the soldiers in the town to besiege Xia Gui, and he was about to turn the tide of the battle, but unexpectedly killed one person from the enemy army, and stabbed Hu Chi to death in a few moves. ”

"What." Kublai Khan was surprised, "Hu Chi is also a good hand among my generals, how can he be killed in just a few moves." ”

"Great Khan, later according to the information report in the Luzhou army, this person is from Lin'an, not from the Southern Dynasty army."

"Oh, I didn't expect that there would be such a person in Xia Gui's army to help, it seems that he is well prepared, Ah Shu, go on."

"After the death of Hu Chi, the leader of his personal guard Hu Yan led the army to continue the attack, but the situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse, at this moment, the north gate was broken by Jiang Cai, and then, the Southern Dynasty army sandwiched the defenders of my Yangjiaping in the north and south, although our defenders fought back, and finally because they were outnumbered, they lost the mountain pass, and finally only hundreds of people broke through, and returned to the territory of our dynasty after several rounds, and later, Xia Qing, the son of Xia Gui, led three thousand Luzhou cavalry and Miao Zaicheng, the commander from Shouchun, to join forces and break through our army base."

After listening to Ah Shu's report, Kublai Khan said calmly: "Ladies and gentlemen, let's talk about your views on this battle. ”

Ali Hague, a Uighur in the northwest (a minority in the northwest, known as the Uighurs of Gaochang in the Song Dynasty), first said: "Great Khan, the enemy secretly attacked our army, which is not a heroic act, and the number of troops is three times that of mine, and more than eighty percent of our army are Han soldiers, so the minister thinks that although our army is defeated, it is not a matter of concern at all." ”

Ali Hague, born in the cowardly Xue army, brave in battle, and bold, but has always looked down on the Han people,

"General Ali Hague, there is only victory and defeat in the war, whether it is a sneak attack or an open attack, as long as you can win, where will there be any heroes." Shi Tianze, the old general of the right prime minister of the Chinese book, said, "Great Khan, this battle, although our army was defeated, however, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, the base on the south bank of the Huai River is very important, and we can recapture it if we lose it, what the minister wants to say is that this battle has exposed the idea of despising the enemy from top to bottom, always thinking that the Song people will only defend, and they have no courage to take the initiative to attack. The armies were warned not to take the enemy lightly. ”

Kublai Khan nodded and said: "Prime Minister Shi Cheng said this very well, in this regard, Ben Khan must first review, it is Ben Khan who despises the southerners too much, which leads to all the sons and daughters of Ben Khan also have such thoughts, real gold, pass on Ben Khan's will, strictly order all armies, especially the garrisons at the border junction, to be vigilant, pay attention to the movements of the southern army at any time, and spread this battle to all armies, if there are any more slackness in guarding, they will not be spared." ”

"Yes, father Khan, sons understand."

"Fortunately, it happened too early, and it was not enough to change the fundamental trend of the war, and it also reminded our dynasty that bad things will become good things." Kublai Khan laughed and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the southerners have been shrinking in the city for several years, and since this battle is an attack they took the initiative to launch, let's analyze it carefully and see if the army of the southern dynasty has made progress." ”