Gao Huaiyuan took advantage of this rare truce time on this day, took a turn in the entire Xuzhou army, inspected the situation of the outer earthen fortresses, and just returned to the Shuaifu, Meng Hui and a group of generals followed into the Shuaifu. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info: "It seems that Wokotai is trying to drown us with people!" The enemy's casualties during this period were at least three times more than ours, but their strength still increased unabated, how many soldiers and horses did the Tartars have! One of Meng Hui's lieutenants hung one arm and said to Gao Huaiyuan with a look of doubt.

"What? Scared? Gao Huaiyuan raised his eyebrows, glanced at the lieutenant general, and asked him.

When the lieutenant heard this, he immediately furrowed his eyebrows and stood up and shouted: "Don't be afraid! I, Feng Yishan, am by no means greedy for life and afraid of death, please be handsome and wise! As long as Dashuai says a word, even if I let Feng Yishan kill it alone now, if I, Feng Yishan, frown, will not be born by my mother! The humble post is just thinking again, when will our reinforcements arrive, it is really not pleasant to be surrounded and beaten by Tartars like this! ”

"Presumptuous! Why do you talk to Dashuai like this? Don't quit yet! Meng Heng's eyes glared at Feng Yishan and shouted...

"Not necessarily! General Feng is a strong general, you fought well in the first battle yesterday afternoon, I believe that you are by no means greedy for life and afraid of death! Otherwise, you wouldn't be hurt! How's it going, is the arm hurt severely? Gao Huaiyuan stopped Meng Heng, smiled and asked Feng Yishan.

Feng Yishan immediately straightened his chest and replied, "Thank you, Dashuai!" Don't worry! It's just a small injury, tomorrow the Tartars dare to come, and the last general can still go into battle to kill the enemy! ”

"Excellent! If you are really a strong general under General Meng, you are all good men of our Han people! I am so proud that I am so fortunate to have your help, I am really ashamed!

As for the question asked by General Feng just now, when will we wait for reinforcements to arrive, it must be something that everyone wants to know, so I will tell you today! If nothing else, the reinforcements will arrive in Xuzhou within ten days, and then it will be time for us to counterattack! Gao Huaiyuan optimistically estimated. He said this not without any basis, but according to the plan he originally set, ten days later, the Western Route Army Yue Kun's department should attack the area of Taiyuan Mansion, and Fu Daquan's department should also take and see a clear spot with Polu, and Huang Yan's department should also completely control the area west of Henan Mansion, Zhao Mansion Department should also completely solve the matter around Caozhou, Zhou Jun and Luo Zhuo should also attack in the direction of Xuzhou, and then it will be the time for them to counterattack...

Gao Huaiyuan still had a lot of trust in the abilities of these generals, so according to the plan, they should complete their respective tasks in mid-July, and then it would be time for their Song army and the Mongol army to face off completely.

As soon as everyone heard that it would take ten days, they didn't ask any more, although the battle in Xuzhou was fierce, but they were still confident that it would be okay to hold for another ten days and half a month, so they could be regarded as the elite division of the Song army, if they didn't even have this confidence, it was really a little unreasonable.

"Handsome! After yesterday's battle, the outer earthen fortress has been dilapidated, although our army is still repairing, but it can't catch up with the destruction of the Mongolian army, especially in the past two days of rain, we can't use the Shenwei cannon to suppress the Mongolian army's throwing car, so that the repair speed of the earthen fortress is getting slower and slower, so that once the Mongolian army attacks again at any cost, our army's losses are too great! After Meng Heng quieted down in the hall, he said to Gao Huaiyuan. Several lieutenants and preparation generals who were in charge of guarding the outer earthen fortresses also nodded one after another, during this time, their subordinates suffered heavy casualties, and they could not be replenished by personnel, which made the outer earthen fortress defense line precarious, so they also wanted to ask Gao Huaiyuan's opinion.

Gao Huaiyuan pondered for a moment and asked, "How many troops are still in the city?" ”

Meng Hui replied: "In addition to the surrendered troops that have been replenished to the periphery, there are still more than 7,000 Jin troops in the city, but does the marshal want to use them to supplement the losses of our army?" ”

"Why not? Our defense of Xuzhou is actually equivalent to protecting them, and they have the obligation to help our army defend it! Scatter them and replenish them to the army with heavy losses, and strengthen us! Gao Huaiyuan immediately said...

"But this batch of Jin troops is greedy for life and afraid of death, afraid of war like tigers, and basically they are all soldiers forcibly recruited by the Jin army, without much training, once they are incorporated into the army, I am afraid that not only can not enhance the military strength, but may affect morale, once they collapse first, it will inevitably affect morale, and it will cause the collapse of the whole front!" Meng Hui put forward his opinion with some relief.

"Humph! Our soldiers are human beings, and they are human beings, so why can our soldiers fight to the death to kill the enemy, but they hide in the city and eat and drink for nothing for us to protect?

I never believe that people don't have a little ambition, the key is to let them understand a truth, that is, their life and death should not be responsible for us, if they want to live, they must fight for themselves!

Brother Meng's words make sense, but Ben Shuai believes that as long as they understand this truth, they will fight against the Mongol Tatars with us!

Find some eloquent generals in this matter, and explain it to them clearly, now we are not enemies, but a community of interests, one is prosperous and one is lost, Xuzhou is not guaranteed, and they will never escape the Mongolian butcher's knife, only by following us to resist the attack of the Mongolian army desperately, they can have the possibility of survival!

If they still don't want to follow us, then we have no reason to keep them! Let them figure it out for themselves!

If they can figure it out, we will increase our strength a lot, and as for the earthen ramparts, we can't give up for the time being, and we must hold out for a while before we can retreat to the city! I'm afraid you still have to work hard! Gao Huaiyuan thought about it and arranged. After hearing this, Meng Hui also nodded and accepted the order, and immediately arranged for two lieutenants with good eloquence to do this.

"There is also a batch of our gunpowder that was damp in the heavy rain yesterday, and the gunpowder is obviously insufficient, and the arrows are also very consumed during this time, so we need to replenish it as soon as possible!" The general in charge of logistics said to Gao Huaiyuan.

"We can't do anything about gunpowder at the moment, but the arrow aspect should be solved, isn't the artisan battalion in the city speeding up the production of arrows these days? In addition, we will send more manpower to build more throwing cars to make up for the lack of firepower of our army! Also, transfer the crossbows out of the city to strengthen the defenses of the earthen ramparts, but you all have to be prepared to rush most of the artillery and bed crossbows back to the city once the earthen ramparts are lost!

The outer city should leave a mobile force, ready to cover the withdrawal of the army into the city at any time, leave this matter to Zhou Hao! My pro-convoy will act as a reserve, so that once they retreat into the city, they will not be defeated! Gao Huaiyuan then arranged...

Zhou Hao immediately went out of the column and returned to the column after receiving the order.

But now Yu Jue, who is now Gao Huaiyuan's general, immediately came out and said: "Handsome! There is a word I want to say! ”

"Say it!" Gao Huaiyuan raised his head and looked at Yu Jue, after Yu Jue was discovered by Gao Huaiyuan, he stayed by his side and entered the staff to do things, and now he is one of the important generals around Gao Huaiyuan, so this time he also stayed in Xuzhou City...

"I feel that it is not wise for us to take a completely defensive position at the moment, so that our army has no initiative at all, it is better that once the Mongol army attacks again, we will send cavalry from the flank to launch a surprise attack on it and disrupt their attack, so that the Mongol army can not concentrate on attacking a little!" Yu Jue cautiously suggested to Gao Huaiyuan.

Meng Hui and Gao Huaiyuan glanced at each other, and after thinking about it for a while, Meng Hui said first: "General Yu's method is not bad, now there are still thousands of cavalry in our city, and it is not a way to let it sit idle, it is better to let the cavalry take the initiative to attack a few times, so that Wokotai can not be so assured and bold to attack with all his strength, but it is more dangerous to do so, after all, the cavalry to fight the Mongolian army is also unwanted, and a large number of elites will be mobilized to encircle it, once it goes too deep, I am afraid it will be difficult to retreat!" Therefore, even if you use cavalry to attack, you can't go deep alone, you should mainly sweep away the enemy's artillery array, and send an army to respond to its withdrawal! ”

After hearing this, Gao Huaiyuan nodded and said, "If it is reasonable, just do what Brother Meng said!" Yu Jue, since you proposed this, are you willing to lead the cavalry to attack? ”

When Yu Jue heard this, he hurriedly came out and said: "The last general is willing to serve his life!" ”

"Don't say dead words at every turn, we all have to live! Could it be that you don't want to see our Northern Expedition succeed? Gao Huaiyuan waved his hand and smiled...

His words made the mood of all the generals relaxed, and the atmosphere in the lobby suddenly relaxed a lot.

At this time, a general walked into the lobby quickly, walked to Gao Huaiyuan's side with a nervous expression, and handed a small note to Gao Huaiyuan.

Gao Huaiyuan opened it and looked at it, his face changed suddenly, but he immediately showed a calm demeanor again, put away the note and instructed the generals: "That's it for today, you guys go down and get busy!" If the Tartars don't stop for a day, they won't stop, and you all go down and think about how to kill the Tartars more! ”

The generals immediately collectively hugged their fists, and then Yuguan withdrew from the lobby, while Meng Hui and Zhou Hao and other most trusted personnel stayed in the lobby, Gao Huaiyuan waved his hand to let the soldiers also exit the lobby, and his face gradually sank.

These people in the lobby were Gao Huaiyuan's most trusted people, and they all saw that the small note sent by the general just now must have brought very bad news, otherwise Gao Huaiyuan would not have shown such a look, so they all came to Gao Huaiyuan's side.

"What the hell is going on? Which army was defeated? Meng Hui couldn't think of anything else that could affect Gao Huaiyuan's mood so much, and guessed in his heart.

Everyone else also looked at Gao Huaiyuan with concern, and Gao Huaiyuan said angrily: "It's not! But I'm afraid it's much worse than the news of the defeat of the army! Lin'an has mutinied again! ”

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