Yanzhou is 334 miles northeast to Jinan, 360 miles to Xuzhou in the south, and more than 1,000 miles to Dadu in the north. In the Spring and Autumn Period, it belonged to Lu, and in the middle and late Warring States period, it belonged to Chu, and it was also the frontier of Qi and Song.

Its place is based on the river, Jizhihui, control Huai, Si of the intersection, north of Mount Tai, east with Langya. It is an important town between the Central Plains and the south of the Yangtze River. If you get Yanzhou, you can include Sanqi to the east, you can ask about Sanchu to the south, go straight to Song and Wei, and drive Chen and Xu for a long time, which is enough to go in Zhongxia. The Song Kingdom, the Wei Kingdom, the Chen State, and the Xu State were all vassal states located in Henan during the Spring and Autumn Period. The location of Dati is in the area of today's Shangqiu, Huaiyang and Yexian. In other words, after occupying Yanzhou, you can take Shandong directly to the east, to the south you can hold the gate of Jiangnan, and to the west you can run rampant in Henan. The strategic location of this place is very important.

Therefore, Chakhan Timur placed one of his most elite troops,—— the "Mao Hulu Army" in Yanzhou. Moreover, as soon as he heard that Deng She was moving westward, he immediately sent Wang Baobao to take the lead in meeting the challenge of Polo Timur and could not pull his hand.

What is the "battleground of soldiers"? This is the "battleground of soldiers"!

And the most important point is that now that Deng She has controlled the Bohai Strait, Zhang Shicheng has no way to transport grain to Dadu by sea, and has changed to land. However, if he transported grain by land, the Yanzhou area would be a must-pass place. The Jeju River, a grand canal connecting the Huai and Si rivers, passes through the west of Yanju City. Once this place is lost, first of all, the road from Jiangnan to Dadu will be completely cut off, and once the grain route is cut off, secondly, the pressure of Dadu's grain will be transferred to Polo and Chahan.

How could Chahan not pay attention to this?

Although it is said that his fundamental place is in Shaanxi and Shanxi, once most of the capital hears the news that Deng She is using troops on the road to Yanzhou and Jining, imagine how can the emperor and crown prince of Mengyuan, including the ministers of the court, not be in a hurry? Definitely give Richardan a urging. And even if Li Chahan didn't care about the urging of the Mengyuan court, Yanzhou and Jining Road were related to the safety of Henan, Xuzhou and other places, which was Chahan's immediate illness. Therefore, whether it is public or private, even if he really can't spare his hands from Polo, he has to send Wang Baobao to sit in the town, and when he improvises the army and mobilizes the people and transfers the Henan army to help.

The two armies fought fiercely, in the land of Yanzhou.

After a small temptation that seems to be a prelude, there is a siege of the Haidong army to lure the enemy, and there is an attempt by the Yanzhou army to save the emergency, and the current result is that Haidong has a slight victory, but after both sides are full of wisdom, after the enemy and I have wise generals in the town, and after it seems that the wisdom cannot play a decisive role, what is now available is that for the Haidong side, it is only to take the city by force.

Therefore, Qing Qianxing made the decision to lead the enemy out of the city, promote the enemy's field battle, and take the opportunity to conquer the city before the enemy's reinforcements arrived and were ready. The topography of Yanzhou is intertwined with rivers. If you want to lure the enemy out of the city and fight in the field, the first thing is to choose a good battlefield.

Qing Qianxing chose the battlefield in the south of the city.

It is not good to put it in the east of the city, there is Surabaya on the east side of the city, and there is Yishui below, the place is too narrow, and the turn cannot be opened. The north of the city is not good, the north of the city is not far from Ningyang, Ningyang is now in the hands of Yidu, no matter how stupid He Zongzhe is, he will not rush out of the city and fall into the situation of being attacked by the enemy. The west of the city is even more not, one is too far, and the other is adjacent to Jeju, Juye and other places, which is the rear of Yanzhou, which is not good for Haidong.

Only the south of the city. First of all, there are large areas of open ground, enough for field battles. Secondly, if He Zongzhe went out of the city, the cavalry would definitely strike first, and the terrain in the south of the city was also conducive to cavalry activities. Again, the south of the city is the camp of Qing Qianxing, Yang Wanhu, and Li Monks, and there are more than 10,000 people stationed in Haidong's main force, which seems to be a lot of people.

After receiving Tai'an's military reply,—— Zhao Guo agreed to Qing Qianxing's field plan, and the generals of Yidu outside Yanzhou City began to implement the strategy of attracting the enemy according to Qing Qianxing's plan.

Qing Qianxing's strategy is actually very simple. How can you turn the main battalion into a tasty bait? How could He Zongzhe be able to ignore the threat of more than 10,000 people in the Yidu camp and dare to attack? Without it, there is only one solution. "Self-chaos". pretended to be Yingxiao and deliberately showed his illness to He Zongzhe.

The so-called "camp roaring" is to bomb the camp. Although it was not common in the era of cold weapons, it was not uncommon.

Cao Xiu of the Three Kingdoms attacked Wu, the army had night terrors, the soldiers were in chaos, and there were many abandoned soldiers. In the battle of the former Song Dynasty to rescue Taiyuan, because of the rumors that Zong Han was coming, it caused the 200,000 military camp to collapse. The more military and horse-rich the camp, the more likely it is to cause a "camp roar". Tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of people are stationed in one place, and the soldiers are all carrying their heads to the front line, which is very stressful, and communication is also very inconvenient, especially at night, as long as a battalion is in chaos, if the main general does not press properly, it will soon cause panic in the whole army.

Deng She once mentioned Wei Rui, a member of the Southern Liang Dynasty, in a fierce battle between the Southern Liang and the Northern Wei Dynasty, Xiao Hong, the chief general of the Southern Liang, abandoned the army and fled because of the army's night terrors and poor ammunition pressure, and the Southern Liang army almost collapsed, but fortunately, Wei Rui, Cao Jingzong and others broke the Northern Wei army, which saved them from defeat.

Why is there so much discipline in the military? Rumors are not allowed to circulate, and even if the soldiers go out and see any strange landscapes and rare animals, they must only report to the lord to know? Here's why. If the rumors are not restrained, they will spread more and more widely, causing the morale of the army to fluctuate, and if one is not careful, the slightest movement in the middle of the night may cause a roar in the camp. Eight times out of ten, it was difficult to hold down, and they were defeated without a fight.

Qing Qianxing's plan was to deliberately roar, and suddenly there was chaos in the middle of the night, luring He Zongzhe out of the city to attack, and then deciding the victory in the field. If this strategy is successful, the Yanzhou army will lose three games in a row, and the main force will be lost, and no matter how elite the "Maohulu army" is, its morale will inevitably plummet. Take the city and take it easy.

"No matter how strong the city is, it is the people who defend the city. Therefore, it is said, 'The way of using troops, attacking the heart is the top, and attacking the city is the bottom'. As long as the people who defeat the enemy army, let alone Yanzhou, even if it is 'impregnable', it is not a problem to take it. After Qing Qianxing received Tai'an's reply, he immediately summoned the generals and distributed the tasks.

"General Yang."

"The last general!"

"This time to lead the enemy out of the city and fight in the field, you don't need your department. When He Zongzhe leaves the city, you only need to watch the base camp and send a group of men and horses to the north of Yanju to prevent the Tartars of Jeju from coming to help. ”

"Order!"

"General Lee."

"The last general!"

"In this field battle, you don't need all the people in your headquarters to participate. Divide a thousand people, all of them elite and dare to die, lie outside the north gate of the city, wait for the battle to start, and see if there is a chance to take advantage of the opportunity to enter and seize the city. If you have the opportunity, you can take the city. If you don't have the opportunity, it doesn't hurt, you can cut off the road behind the city tartar instead. ”

"Order!"

"General Fu."

"The last general!"

"In this field battle, your department and the general's department are the main forces. Before the night terror of the bombing camp, you led the army out of the camp and laid an ambush in the southwest of my camp. When He Zongzhe comes out of the city, after he enters my camp, you will outflank him. If you want to be the most important, you must keep in mind that in addition to killing the enemy, you must be optimistic about the southwest. Not a single soldier should be let go. ”

"Order!"

Qing Qianxing paused, but didn't just ask Fu Youde to go down, and added: "When it is, in the middle of the night, there are ambushes in my camp. Our army is inside the camp, General Fu, your department is outside in the southwest. In this battle, Jeju is only a few dozen miles away from Yanzhou, presumably the battle is together, and the reinforcements of the Tartars will arrive at any time, although General Yang can stop it, but our army must win quickly. Therefore, after you have engaged the enemy, you must not fall in love with the enemy. ”

"Quick wins? Can't fight? "How can you win quickly if you don't love a war? Fu Youde was slightly stunned, then understood, and said, "The general wants to?" ”

"Not bad! The south of my camp is Yishui, and the west is Surabaya. At the end of April, the summer water is rising, and the river is *. The battle was again at night. It is expected that the Tartars will be under the middle of the ambush, and it will be difficult to distinguish the way. After you and I have fought for a while, we just urge them to go west, and call the river to do the work for them. ”

All the generals in the tent were overjoyed. A member of the Goryeo general bowed down and praised, and said: "The general is really a clever plan! ”

Qing Qianxing stroked his beard and smiled, pressed the knife and got up, looking at the tent. Although he is not tall, he is fully draped at this time, and when the generals look at him, they only feel that he is like an abyss. Many people invariably thought: "In charge of an army of 10,000 people, the Lord kills the matter." It is precisely because of such courage, knowledge and responsibility that such a courageous, knowledgeable and responsible general can do it. ”

Qing Qianxing was originally a beautiful general, and he had been in Liaodong for a long time, although he continued to fight, his reputation was not obvious in the pass. This return to Yidu can be described as "a fledgling, the first battle in the Central Plains". Whether the generals of Yidu can be completely convinced, and whether they can occupy a higher position among the ministers of Yidu, only depends on this victory.