Seeing Liu Xiaoyuan coming in, Liu Yang stood up and greeted: "Mr. Mingjing, sit down!" I haven't seen you for a few days, but I want to die of the poor monk. Still busy lately? He greeted warmly, but Liu Xiaoyuan just couldn't cry or laugh in his heart. King Ming's fine work is really what he looks like, and a lama who is obsessed with lust can play it alive, it's really not simple.

He sat down next to Liu Yang, watched an old lady who was a in Liu Yang's house pour him a bowl of tea silently, and said with a wry smile: "I thought that the master would find a chick for double cultivation, is it a little shy in the master's bag?" If so, you can also help when you fall down. ”

Liu Yang smiled: "The Buddha mothers of double cultivation are all trained by small children, so it is impossible to find a chick at random...... The Buddha's vajra is not something that ordinary little girls can bear, so they have to find such a mature woman. As he spoke, he took out a small ingot of loose silver and threw it to the woman. The woman felt very good, thanked her and walked out, and only Liu Xiaoyuan and Liu Yang were left in the room.

Liu Yang changed his solemn face, looked at Liu Xiaoyuan and said seriously: "The king sent a certain family to the south this time just to find out the strength and deployment of the Mongols...... Not only the Central Plains, but also the Western Regions, the grasslands and the situation in Wusizang. In addition, Liu also wanted to contact several Han soldiers and thousands of households on the Mongolian side. If someone is willing to defect on the battlefield, this credit is overwhelming. When the time comes, you and I will be indispensable to a Wanhu Hou! ”

Liu Xiaoyuan's mind turned, and none of these requirements put forward by Grand Lama Liu were easy to do. But he still has some solutions...... It's just that why did King Ming find out the situation of the Mongols in the Western Regions? Could it be that he wants to enter the Western Regions in a short period of time? Isn't this in a hurry? Even if Da Ming can dominate the world, it will be a mess, should it be ruled by inaction. Resting with the people for decades?

Liu Yang stared at Liu Xiaoyuan tightly, watching him frown and ponder there. I thought things were a little difficult to do, so I smiled and said, "There are a lot of things." You don't have to do it all at once...... It is better to find out when the Mongols sent their troops, the objectives of the attack, and the approximate number of troops used. ”

"The Mongols will send troops on December 20, and the Mongols, Semu, and Han troops will have a total of 180,000 troops! 60,000 people will also be mobilized to accompany him. The target is the Daimyo's Mansion...... It is expected that the Chinese New Year's Eve will pounce under the Daimyo Mansion! ”

Liu Xiaoyuan opened his mouth and said the most secret information - Kublai Khan had many Han advisers, but few were truly trusted. Liu Xiaoyuan is definitely one of them.

"180,000!?" Liu Yang was stunned for a moment, "Chinese New Year's Eve pounce on the Daimyo......"

"That's right!"

Liu Xiaoyuan said: "It's already November 20th, and in a month, Kublai Khan will send troops!" Among the 180,000 people, there were thirteen Mongols, and three were 10,000 people. The Han army was 20,000 people, mainly the soldiers and horses of the Liu family in Shaanxi. The Semu people are the soldiers of the Xiao family and the Yelu family and the Baifan of the Western Regions, and there are also some people from the Tang Wu (party item) Li family.

The formation of the Mongol army was as follows: three cavalry 10,000 people, one man and two horses; a cowardly team of 10,000 people, one person and three horses; These are cavalry. A team of 10,000 people carrying guns, a camel cannon with more than 1,000 people, these are all white fans in the Western Regions. Eight Mongol infantry troops of 10,000 people, all with horses. But there is only one horse for one person. 20,000 Han army infantry, this is Liu Yuanzhen (Liu Heima's son) soldiers. The Xiao family and the Yelu family each have a 10,000-person infantry team, which is an army composed of Khitans and Jurchens in Hedong...... They're all Lusters now. The armies of the Liu family, the Xiao family, and the Yelu family were all horseless infantry. The Mongols also planned to levy 80,000 Han Chinese soldiers, 40,000 carts, and 40,000 mules and horses to transport grain. A total of 500,000 stone was prepared for the grain and straw. It can be eaten by 240,000 people, 220,000 mules, horses, and camels for half a year.

In addition, the Mongols prepared 100,000 stone grain in Jingzhao Mansion and Lingzhou City. Kublai Khan also ordered the national teacher Ba Sipa, who commanded 130,000 households in Wusizang, to raise 100,000 stone grains and 50,000 mules and horses to send them to Gongchang Road. Kublai Khan's henchman, Baturu, also took the 10,000-strong Han army of three thousand people to Beshbali. ”

Liu Xiaoyuan picked up the tea bowl on the table and took a sip. After a pause, he said: "Kublai Khan's wishful thinking is like this, attacking the Daimyo's mansion in vain. The Ming army was led south, and then retreated to Henan. Cross the river from near Kaifeng. Lured the Ming army to Kaifeng City, relying on Jiancheng to deal with the Ming army, creating opportunities for Li Pu to march from Hedong and Yidu to attack Yanjing. At the same time, the Song State will also attack Quanzhou and Zhoushan in the south of the Yangtze River......"

Liu Yang took a sharp breath, and his face was full of surprise. The information provided by Liu Xiaoyuan can be described as extremely detailed!

Liu Xiaoyuan looked at Liu Yang, and his brows suddenly frowned, "However, Kublai Khan's use of troops often focuses on making decisions on the battlefield, and the pre-war deployment is only a draft, and it may not be followed." ”

In this era, there was no telegraph, no telephone, information transmission was slow, and intelligence gathering was difficult. Countries that are militarily successful generally give heavy authority to former enemy commanders. Like the Song Dynasty, the emperor Lao Tzu and the ministers of the ruling government held military meetings in the capital court in the rear and commanded them remotely, which was sure to defeat the battle. And Kublai Khan was the Great Khan personally commanding the army, and the pre-war plan was just a reference, and if it really fought, it might be used as butt paper.

Liu Xiaoyuan looked at Liu Yang, who was slightly disappointed, and smiled: "I am not talented in Xia, I have the credibility of Kublai Khan, and I can follow him in wartime." If the judge is not afraid of danger, he can go with Liu. ”

"Really?" Liu Yang was overjoyed.

Liu Xiaoyuan nodded heavily and said with a smile: "But the judge can't pretend to be a lama anymore...... There were quite a few true lamas in Kublai Khan's army. ”

……

Chen Dexing walked quickly into his war room in the Zhaoming Palace—the official name is the Governor's Room, which is also the wartime base camp of the Ming army. However, Chen Dexing, like Kublai Khan, also had to personally lead the army. At that time, those who stayed here were Zhang Shijie, the military division of the General Staff Division, Ren Yijiang, the judge of the Military Affairs Department, Huang Zhishen, the judge of the Government Affairs Department, and Kong Yu, the chief instructor of Dayi. They will assist Guo Fu'er to protect the prince Chen Chang'an in charge of the country.

At this time, Zhang Shijie, Zhang Xizai, Ren Yijiang, Huang Zhishen, Kong Yu, and several generals, Lu Hu, Monk Liu, Wang Wei, Wang Lufei, as well as the commander of the Beiyang Fleet, Gao Da, and Guo Kan, a division commander with incomparably rich battlefield experience, and a number of staff officers, have been waiting here for a long time.

Unlike the last time when the staff officers were a little overwhelmed, the staff officers of the Ming army are now much more confident - the army created by Chen Dexing is unique in the Middle Ages, and it is an army with a strong ability to learn and sum up experience. This is due to the presence of the General Staff Division and the Army and Navy Academies. The lessons and lessons of each war will be collected by the officers of the General Staff and the Military Academy, analyzed and sometimes conducted targeted exercises, so as to summarize and explore the corresponding tactics and tactics, and also formulate corresponding regulations.

Therefore, after the last Hebei-Yanyun Campaign, the Ming Army's General Staff Department and the Army Military Academy spent several months investigating and summing up, and finally completely understood this major battle of unprecedented scale for the Ming Army, and turned it into new regulations and tactical tactics. Moreover, the army staff officers of the Ming Dynasty also knew better how to organize a large-scale battle.

At the same time, a large number of map survey teams were also dispatched to carry out accurate surveying and mapping of the Daming-controlled areas in Hebei Province in accordance with the methods given to them by Chen Dexing. He also secretly sent reconnaissance teams to disguise themselves as caravans and surveyed parts of Mongolia and the Eastern Tang Dynasty. The most accurate military map of North China of the 13th century was produced – major roads, rivers, towns, mountains, passes, ports, and ferries – all on paper.

Seeing Chen Dexing walk in, his face full of joy, Monk Liu was the first to come up, hugged his fist, and asked with a smile: "King, the princess is born?" ”

Chen Dexing nodded and said with a smile: "It's another boy, six pounds and eight taels...... Mother and child are safe. ”

This is Li Cuixian's second child, and the delivery process went very smoothly, and it took less than half an hour to give birth to the child.

When the generals heard that Chen Dexing had an additional son-in-law, they stepped forward to say hello, and Chen Dexing also responded with a laugh. In fact, he is not obsessed with having more children, but people in this era just like to have more children, and he can only follow the customs.

But in a blink of an eye, he restrained his mind and slowly glanced at everyone, "Carefully report that Kublai Khan is already ready to go north...... On the 20th of this month at the latest, he will send troops from Kaifeng! In about ten days, you will be able to come to the Daimyo's Mansion! It's now the sixteenth. In other words, in four days, the Central Plains War will begin! Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think of this situation? ”

Guo Kan reacted the fastest, he said with a smile: "The soldiers are coming, the water is coming to cover the earth, our silver armor division is going to take the lead first!" ”

Chen Dexing nodded and smiled, thinking that if you don't invite the first battle, your silver armor master doesn't want to hide behind. Since Guo Kan is familiar with current affairs, this requirement should be taken as a whole for them.

Hearing Guo Kan's statement, Zhang Xizai laughed low next to him. He is now the principal of the Ming Army Military Academy, and he is also the deputy military division, and he is like the soul of the General Staff Division.

This kind of person who is born with the ability to strategize and think carefully, and who can turn the operational draft proposed by Chen Dexing into a practical and rigorous plan, is probably the only one among the graduates of the previous classes of the military academy.

Chen Dexing smiled and said, "Tingyang, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Xizai shook his head and said with a faint expression: "Gao Jian can't talk about it, but there is a problem." ”

"Just ask."

"What kind of result does the king want? Is it to defeat Kublai Khan, the Great Khan of the Mongols, or to let him continue to be the Great Khan of the Mongols? (To be continued......)