Chapter 444 Strategic Layout

Hao Jing said: "Hui Da Khan, by the middle of next year, about May or June, the first batch of Hui Hui cannons should be produced. Elder Wadin and Ismain assured their ministers that at least 10 crosses could be made by the end of June, and that they would be ready for mass production by the second half of next year. ”

"Well, the prototype of the return cannon Ben Khan has seen, and it is indeed far better than my existing stone throwing machine. Zhenjin, Ben Khan has decided to set up a cannon battalion, with Ismain as the commander of the capital, under the Privy Council, and this matter will be handled by you. After the first batch of return artillery was made, Yi Si Ma Yin led the artillery battalion to Xiangfan, and all the stone throwers in our East Road army also belonged to the artillery battalion. ”

"Yes, Father Khan."

Boyan said: "Great Khan, our army's stone throwers have always belonged to all armies, will it be ...... to use them in a centralized manner?"

Kublai Khan interrupted: "Boyan, judging from the incident of the Ashu artillery bombarding Xiangyang, the effect of the concentrated launch of the catapult is more effective. Ben Khan carefully considered this, and it was decided, and after Yismayin's artillery battalion arrived in Xiangyang, it was directly commanded by Ah Shu. ”

"Yes, Great Khan."

Yin Tianya followed: "Boyan, the deity also thinks that the Great Khan's decision is correct, concentrate on attacking the enemy, and the effect is indeed much greater when attacking the city. ”

Kublai Khan smiled, and then ordered: "Boyan, order the eastern and western armies to closely monitor the movements of the three major military regions of Sichuan, Luzhou, and Yangzhou in the southern dynasties, but not rashly, it is best to let the imperial court of the southern dynasties think that there is no war in the east and west for the time being, so that troops can be transferred from these three military regions to Xiangyang for reinforcements, so that our army can defeat them outside the city of Xiangyang, and save them from being broken one by one in the future." ”

"Yes, I obey."

After talking about the conquest of the Southern Army, Yin Tianya said: "Great Khan, Yang Lian Zhenjia has sent a letter asking for instructions, when can Fang Chenqian raise troops?" ”

Kublai Khan said: "Divine Venerable, how many people are there in Fang Chenqian?" ”

"Great Khan, about two thousand."

"Two thousand?"

Yin Tianya nodded slightly and said: "The number of people is indeed not much, Great Khan, after the little emperor ascended the throne in the Southern Dynasty, the lives of the people gradually improved, and it is becoming more and more difficult for them to recruit members of the Heavenly Dao League day by day, however, although the number is only two thousand, according to Yang Lian Zhenjia, these two thousand people are all masters of one as ten." ”

Kublai Khan thought for a while and said: "Let Yang Lian Zhenjia continue to train his troops, there are not many soldiers, the Heavenly Dao Alliance is located near Lin'an, and there are more people but the goal is big, and when the Southern Dynasty again sent troops from the Lin'an Military Region and the Royal Forest Army to Xiangyang for reinforcements, Fang Chenqian attacked Lin'an with lightning speed." ”

"Okay, the Great Khan can do this." Yin Tianya said, "At that time, the deity will also send Tianya masters to help, and strive to take Lin'an first, even if it fails, it will make the Southern Dynasty court and its people panic and uneasy." ”

"The specific plan will be discussed at that time, everyone, go to the new palace with Ben Khan to have a look."

It's a new year again.

In a heavy snowfall, Lin'an City ushered in five years of Xianchun.

Due to the war, the officials of the military affairs system and related departments only took three days off, and they started work on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, and the rest of the departments will also start work on the seventh day of the first lunar month.

During the three days of the New Year, except for one of the New Year's Festivals, when I received a pilgrimage from a hundred officials in the Daqing Palace, I spent the rest of the time in the imperial study or war room of the Funing Palace.

Early in the morning of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, I convened the first military affairs meeting of the fifth year of Xianchun in Yanhe Hall to make arrangements for the tasks of various military regions.

"Ladies and gentlemen, during the war, everyone worked hard."

"Your Majesty is hard."

I motioned for everyone to sit down and said straight to the point: "Yin Aiqing, you can first talk about the distribution of troops in the Lin'an Military Region. ”

"Your Majesty." Yin Yinglei got up and said, "My Lin'an Military Region has a total of four compartments, the third compartment of General Wu Songhan's headquarters is stationed in Yingzhou, the second compartment of General Zhao Bao's headquarters is stationed in Lin'an, and the first compartment of General Zhang Shun's headquarters is divided into three places, one part is in Yingzhou, one part is in Ryukyu Province, and some are stationed on Jeju Island, and the rest is the independent compartment that has just been formed, which is currently in intensive training. ”

"Okay, I got it. Ladies and gentlemen, I plan to drive the expedition in the middle of this year, and the Imperial Forest Army will go with me, and the independent compartment of the Lin'an Military Region has another task, and the city defense of Lin'an City will be handed over to General Zhao Bao's second compartment, what do you think? ”

"Your Majesty, no." Almost all the ministers spoke out against it.

"Why is that?" I didn't understand why everyone objected, so I was stunned for a moment and said, "Lin'an is inland, with the Yangzhou Military Region in the north and the East China Sea Fleet in the east, will the Mongols cross Xiangyang and arrive directly in Lin'an?" What's more, there are more than 10,000 elite soldiers in the second compartment of the Lin'an Military Region. ”

Jia Rudao coughed dryly: "Your Majesty, Lin'an is my trip to the court, although it is far away from the front-line battlefield, but only more than 10,000 soldiers to guard it is indeed too little, if, if there are people with bad intentions to rebel secretly, then it is likely to be in danger of Lin'an." ”

"Yes, what the master said is very true, please think twice about it."

In my memory, there was no uprising and rebellion in the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty, and there was no usurpation of the party's power.

"Ladies and gentlemen, since I ascended the throne, I have been in a myriad of weather, changing with each passing day, and the people are living and working in peace and contentment, how many people with bad intentions can there be?"

The current situation in the Southern Song Dynasty is indeed as I said, the imperial court and government are gradually moving towards a clean and honest government, and the people's lives tend to be stable and wealthy, and naturally there are few people who gather to rebel. The Chinese people are humble and docile by nature, and as long as they have a bite to eat, they generally do not embark on the road of rebellion. It is only when the officials are forced that there will be a civil rebellion, and besides, there are no hostile forces in the DPRK and China, so I am relieved.

Lu Xiufu persuaded: "Your Majesty, let's leave more troops in Lin'an." ”

I know that the kindness of Jia Yidao, Lu Xiufu and others is indeed for the sake of the country, not for their own sake: "Li Beiyang and Li Aiqing." ”

"The minister is here."

"How many Marines are there at the moment?"

"Back to Your Majesty, there are a total of 8,000 sailors in the Marine Corps directly under the command of the Sailor Division."

"Eight thousand?" I thought to myself, Yin Yinglei would bring two or three thousand marines with him when he went north, and there were five thousand who were useless for the time being, and these five thousand marines should be of use.

As soon as I thought of this, I said: "Li Aiqing, if I personally conquer Xiangyang, you will order Zhang Gui to lead 5,000 marines of the Navy Division to garrison Lin'an, and guard Lin'an with General Zhao Bao's second wing. ”

Li Beiyang said: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

"Well, this matter has been decided, there are still imperial guards in Lin'an City, Jinyi Guard, thousands of teachers and students from Lin'an Military University, and tens of millions of people loyal to our dynasty, I believe there will be no problem."

When everyone saw that my tone was resolute, they didn't dare to persuade me again: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

"Okay, let's talk about the current situation. At present, there are 85,000 Mongolian troops in the middle of the road outside the city of Xiangyang, according to the intelligence from Mongolia, there are more than 60,000 people in the road army in Nanyang area training and reorganization, it is expected to be completed in March and April, at the same time, Mongolia has recruited tens of thousands of sailors, Liu Tao and Liu Yi, the younger brothers of Liu Cheng, are responsible for training. I believe that once the 60,000 troops are assembled and reorganized, they will send troops to Xiangyang, and the Mongolian naval divisions will gradually participate in the battle of Xiangyang. Therefore, the heaviest battles will begin around April. ”

I paused and continued: "For this reason, I have decided that when all the Mongol Central Route Army is concentrated in the Xiangfan area, our army will carry out the predetermined plan. First, the Sichuan Military Region, the Guangxi Military Region, and the Miaojia Military Region must make preparations for marching into Dali, and must wipe out the Mongolian defenders in Dali within a short period of time and return to Sichuan in time to prepare for the attack of the Mongolian West Route Army. Second, in order to coordinate the 100,000-strong army of the entire Jianghuai Theater, the Yangzhou Military Region and the Luzhou Military Region have been merged into one since this month to form the Jianghuai Military Region, with General Li Tingzhi as the envoy and promoted to vice president of the Military Affairs Yuan, and General Xia Gui as the deputy envoy. Li Tingzhi was stationed in Yangzhou and was ready for the Northern Expedition at any time, while Xia Gui led the 11th and 12th men and horses to enter Suizhou before the end of March. ”

Li Beiyang asked, "Your Majesty, what about the task of my sailor?" ”

"Li Aiqing, don't worry, I'll talk about the sailor last." I smiled, "As for the current Yingzhou garrison, I plan to have Zhang Shun's troops immediately stationed in Junzhou (now Danjiangkou City, Hubei Province) in the west of Xiangyang, so that a situation can be formed with Xiangyang as the center, and the east, south, and west can be encircled. ”

Shi Yanzhi praised: "Your Majesty is far-sighted, this game of chess is very big." ”

"Shi Aiqing, the Songmeng War itself is a big game of chess. Finally, I will talk about the naval division, Li Aiqing, the primary task of the fleet along the Yangtze River is to hold the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and the Mongolian naval division will never be allowed to pass through Chongqing Prefecture, so the task of reinforcing Xiangyang from the waterway I plan to hand over to Li Zengbo's East China Sea Fleet, Ruan Sicong's South China Sea Fleet will continue to guard the coastal defense line as a mobile for the time being, and the main force of the naval division, the North Sea Fleet, is ready to go north directly by sea. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, my sailor is ready to go on the expedition at any time."

"Well, this is our army's strategic plan this year, do you have anything to add?"

Jia Rudao got up and said: "Your Majesty, not counting the Mongolian naval division, there are a total of 150,000 troops in the Lu army, and the total number of troops invested by our dynasty in the Xiangfan area is more than 100,000. ”

I thought for a while and said: "Well, the words of the master and the minister are also reasonable, let the 13th box of the Jianghuai Military Region be a mobile force, ready to support Xiangfan at any time." ”

I have told the ministers of the Military Affairs Yuan in a sporadic manner before, but this time it is only integrated, so the ministers present here do not have many opinions on this, but have their own opinions on some details.

"Your Majesty, the minister still has this music." Lu Xiufu hesitated.