Yanjing, Zhaoming Palace, Xixiu Pavilion.

There were only four people in the dormitory. Chen Dexing, Li Cuixian, and Guo Fuer sat around a desk. Yang Po'er brought them tea and snacks, and then stood guard at the door of the dormitory.

In the dormitory, it was quiet at this time, and the air seemed to be condensed. All four of them did not speak. Chen Dexing just quietly looked at his princess Li Cuixian, while the big demon girl Li looked at Chen Dexing with affection - as if to say: "Other people's sons have given birth to two for you, and they have long been your people, so what else is there to worry about?" ”

Chen Dexing is indeed a little worried, not worried that Li Cuixian will take the opportunity to get out and never return, but is worried that the old witch will kill the master! This old nun is ruthless!

After a while, Chen Dexing finally spoke: "Master Miaozhen is still in Yidu, right?" ”

Li Cuixian nodded and said, "My grandmother is still there." ”

The old nun's body is tough! More than 60 years of martial arts have not been practiced in vain.

"But the concubine has a way to convince her old man." Li Cuixian is confident.

"Oh?" Chen Dexing shook his head slightly, the door destroyer seems to be very stubborn!

Li Cuixian said: "I can convince, but it won't be without a price!" As long as the price is in place, even my grandmother will be tempted! ”

It must be quite costly to let the Li family's 80,000 army defect or remain neutral! But to eliminate them is likely to be even more costly! Chen Dexing silently calculated the comparison of the strength of the two sides - there were 300,000 regiments in the Southern Song Dynasty to train the army, and if they wanted to make Zhoushan and Quanzhou safe, at least two infantry divisions would be used, and an artillery brigade might be strengthened.

Li Pu could pull at least 70,000 people from Hedong. Although they are a rabble, to defeat them is to use at least two infantry divisions and two banner horse teams. Even if Li Pu is standing still in Taiyuan. This army also had to stay in Yanjing.

In this way, four of the nine divisions of the upper, middle and lower armies of the Ming army. Two of the eight banners had already been deployed and could not participate in the Armageddon with the Mongols. If Li Yanguo's 80,000-strong army would also go north, then Chen Dexing would at least have to send two infantry divisions and two banner horse teams to fight against it.

In this way, the only troops that could be used for a decisive battle with Kublai Khan were three infantry divisions, one guards division, one silver armor division, one guards cavalry division, and four banner horse teams, and one to two directly subordinate troops, with a total of more than 70,000 people.

And Kublai Khan's concentrated forces may be as many as 200,000! 200,000 against 70,000, an almost threefold advantage.

Moreover, the Mongols were after the Battle of the Daqing River. I've been looking for a way to fight the Steelclad soldiers. The known means are to equip at least 3,000 guns and camels. At the same time, a large number of maces and maces were also distributed to the troops—the mace was a long-poleed weapon, about six feet long, with a wooden head like a jujube kernel, and planted iron nails on it, resembling wolf teeth. This weapon was very popular among the enemies of the Song Dynasty and was used against the Song army, who were clad in strong armor. Now the Mongols have picked it up against Chen Dexing's steel-armored soldiers! The mace, on the other hand, is a short weapon, about the same length as a scimitar, and is used for hand-to-hand combat.

What is certain is that the Mongols were in the big war that was about to begin. It will definitely have a better performance than the last battle of Daecheonghe!

To be on the safe side, Chen Dexing hoped to concentrate at least five infantry divisions, one guards division, one silver armor division, one guards cavalry division, four banners horse team, and at least two corps directly subordinate units. That is to say, at most, two flags and eight banners can only be used to guard against Yidu.

"A Tang king plus the territory currently under the jurisdiction of Li Yanguo. How is it? Chen Dexing said lightly.

Li Cuixian smiled: "Shandong is close to Yanjing, and it is actually the heart of the Central Plains. On the side of the king's couch, how can he allow others to sleep peacefully? ”

Chen Dexing nodded and said with a smile: "The sect will be transferred to the Tang Kingdom elsewhere." But that was twenty or thirty years later. Nanshan (Li Yanguo) now only lives in Shandong, and the lonely king will treat him sincerely. ”

Chen Ming's route was Western Zhou style. That is, to occupy the known world by dividing the princes - for Chen Dexing, the known world is of course the whole world! There's a whole world to seal. Chen Dexing would not have crushed all the warlords in the country one by one, and of course there was no need to eradicate the heroes and generals after the victory of the revolution. If they are all crushed to death, they will be eradicated. There is no one to occupy the whole world...... Let their sons occupy it, and it's not okay to make Wang Wuer's family. His sons are still young, and it is difficult to say whether they will be able to become kings in the future, and it is not possible to do things alone to become kings overseas. Go over alone, who knows you?

To be a feudal king, it is necessary to have retainers, qubu and countrymen, and let these people form a close ruling group, unite around a royal family, and also need a lot of wealth for the early development and investment of the kingdom.

And Chen Dexing himself now only has one ruling group, and it is possible to split it into several parts and establish several feudal states. But it was a dream to win the whole world, and he didn't have so many sons, and it was impossible for him to split his group into dozens or hundreds, in that case, his ruling power in the Central Plains would be greatly weakened.

Therefore, for Chen Dexing, there are not many dozens of large and small warlord groups in the Central Plains today. There will be more than 200 countries in the world in the future! Even if a warlord gives a country, there are more than a hundred countries that can be awarded to heroes and sons.

Moreover, before these warlords are transferred out of the country, Chen Dexing has no intention of recovering their territory. Because warlords without territory have no way to maintain their clique, no way to maintain a certain amount of financial resources, and no way to control a certain number of people - they are the source of "nationals" who colonize overseas!

Regarding Chen Dexing's Western Zhou Dynasty-style sealing method, Li Cuixian knew that even warlords from all walks of life had heard of it. At that moment, Li Cuixian smiled again, shook his head and said: "Since Shandong is only temporary, there is no remuneration." The army of Yidu is very important to me, and the king still needs to be more generous. ”

Chen Dexing looked at Li Cuixian and smiled faintly, "Xian'er, you must already have an idea, it's better to listen to it." ”

Li Cuixian nodded slightly, and said slowly: "Nanfen steel and granule H medicine are all unique treasures of my Ming Dynasty, and they are all heroes in the world, and they all want to peek out the secrets." ”

Chen Dexing nodded silently, noncommittal.

Li Cuixian said: "Yidu is a barren land, and only three generations of business have some savings, and after this battle, I am afraid it will be exhausted." If the king is sincere, it is better to let the concubine bring three million Heavenly Dao tickets to Yidu and his party. ”

The secret of Nanfen steel and granule H medicine, plus three million Guantian Daozhuang flying money...... This is the condition for bribing Li Yanguo to defect! Of course, it is also necessary to add the canonization of Li Yanguo as the king of Tang - Li Yanguo is not the legitimate heir of Li Pu!

"Good!" Chen Dexing did not bargain with Li Cuixian, and simply agreed. Because he knew that the conditions proposed by Li Cuixian must have been carefully considered. If it is less, the demon girl is not sure that she will be able to convince Li Yanguo.

He paused for a moment, and suddenly asked again: "So, how can Li Nanshan prove that he is on the side of the Lone King?" ”

"Troops!" Li Cuixian smiled: "Of course, it is to send troops to help the war!" ”

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Outside Kaifeng City, on the colonel field where the Mongolian army was stationed, the neat footsteps stirred up dust. Groups of Mongols formed horizontal formations or columns, formed phalanxes, and then passed in front of Kublai Khan, surrounded by his courtiers, to the beat of briskly drums. Each Mongol soldier was fully armoured, most of them were armed with spears, a few were carrying six-foot maces, and each of them had a three-foot-long mace hanging from his waist.

This is the infantry phalanx of the Mongols! Mainly spears, supplemented by maces. The spear is used to charge the battle, and the mace is used to outflank the opponent's wings. Faced with a large number of Ming troops equipped with steel armor and spears, the Mongols decisively abandoned the main combat methods of bows and arrows and cavalry, and instead played with infantry phalanxes like the Ming army. At the same time, scimitars, which were not very destructive to steel armor, were also abandoned, and spears, maces, and maces were used instead. In battle, first charge the battle with a spear, and then fight hand-to-hand with a mace and mace!

The phalanx of pikemen and mace men passed one after another, followed by a horizontal column of artillery corps.

The first is the 10,000-strong team of the Gun Lifter, and a gun carrying gun requires three people to work together. One person squats to act as a gun frame, one person holds a gun and is responsible for aiming, and the other person lights a fire with a lit incense. Therefore, a Mongolian team of 10,000 people was equipped with only 3,000 guns. However, in addition to carrying guns, these Mongol soldiers were also equipped with wicker shields and maces, so they also had the ability to fight hand-to-hand at close quarters.

After the 10,000-strong army, there is a team of 1,000 camels, and the camel guns are small copper cannons on the camels' backs. Each camel has only one gunner and rider on its back, and needs to independently load and fire the cannon while controlling the camel. The small bronze cannon rests on the first hump of a Bactrian camel by a wooden frame, the upper part of which can be rotated, so that the muzzle of the cannon can be turned to the rear when reloading. The camel squad was armed with a total of 900 small bronze cannons. In wartime, it can cooperate with cavalry, use the mobility of camels to constantly shift positions, and can launch artillery attacks on enemy flanks. It is a trump card in the hands of Kublai Khan!

After the camel squad, there was a large detachment of Mongol cavalry. Although Kublai Khan drastically reformed the tactics and tactics of the Mongol army, he would not really lose the housekeeping skills passed down by his ancestors. In his army, the simple cavalry (not counting the cavalry infantry) was relegated to a more secondary position, but still accounted for a high proportion, and of the fourteen Mongol troops in the Central Plains, four cavalry troops were retained. (To be continued......)