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Early in the morning, Bai Ye rushed to Tangzhou.

He hadn't been here a few times in five years, but every time he did, he could feel the change in the city.

Tangzhou, now the center of the White Nights' power, from which all major administrative and military orders were issued, firmly controlled the development of the other four cities.

In fact, using Tangzhou as an administrative center is only an expedient measure at present, because the territory of Baiye is too small now, and Tangzhou is the most suitable existence as a management center. Once the territory expands in the future, with all sorts of problems coming, Tangzhou will no longer be suitable as an administrative center.

The morning sun shines on the city, the whole city is quiet and beautiful, life is on track, and it seems that there is no appearance on the eve of the storm. But in the newly built headquarters in Tangzhou City, people came and went, and it was a busy and tense scene.

Here, orders are constantly being issued, and intelligence is constantly coming from afar.

Bai Ye was looking at the map and thinking, and the news from the intelligence personnel in the distance came that Kublai Khan had gathered 200,000 troops, claiming to be 500,000, and had assembled his troops and horses, sharpened his knives, and rushed all the way to Henan.

The Mongol army gathered all the way this time, and the first stop was Luoyang, where they wanted to recover the Luoyang city that they had lost a few years ago, which not only shocked the White Night forces, but also achieved the purpose of demolishing the morale of the White Night Army.

Staring at the map for a long time, Bai Ye was thinking not about how to win this war, but about the direction of expansion after winning.

The direction of this expansion is very particular, and you can't think that it will win, so you can choose it at will. It is necessary not to completely provoke Mongolia, but also to conform to the rhythm of the development of the entire force to the greatest extent.

In this era, there is no one who is more authoritative than Bai Ye on how to choose how to develop, they often only think about laying down the turf and then managing it, but they don't understand that the turf is the next necessary and most important thing.

The place of expansion is not the richer the better, the bigger the better, but to be suitable, and the key is to make up for the lack of the entire force in the future.

Take White Night now, this battle will be inevitable, so it must be fought and won. However, in order to fight this war, it is necessary to consume all kinds of materials, from food and medicine to steel and artillery shells, everything is gradually accumulated.

In particular, the Iron and Saltpeter of the White Night Forces are very scarce, and this battle may have to empty all their reserves.

Although iron and saltpeter have always been smelted by themselves, most of them are purchased from the Southern Song Dynasty, which is like holding the root of life in the hands of others, and sleeping is very unsteady.

After thinking about it for a long time, Bai Ye decided to take the whole of Henan into his hands first, and then develop to Shanxi and Shaanxi.

Thinking so, Bai Ye circled a few lines on the map, which meant that the entire force was about to march into the occupied area.

"After we win this war, we must have two things to do."

As soon as Bai Ye said this, the officers who had been waiting for Bai Ye to speak around were in good spirits, took a pen and paper in their hands, and stared at Bai Ye excitedly.

"First, we want to take down all the places from Henan to this location, and our goal is mainly this Zhangde Mansion."

The homemade pencil in the base in his hand was drawn, and everyone stretched out their heads to look at it, and they didn't quite understand, it was just a mansion, was it worth pointing out so deliberately?

Some raised eyebrows and questioned their faces, and in their opinion, after the victory, they should expand to the east, where the land is fertile, the rain is abundant, suitable for planting, can produce more food, can feed more people, so that there will be more soldiers.

When one person opened his mouth and was about to ask, Bai Ye had already opened his mouth to explain: "There are very rich mineral resources here, especially the iron ore that we urgently need. You don't want to buy from the Song Dynasty all the time, right? ”

Bai Ye asked for the last time, and the military commanders were shocked, and they also thought of this meaning, if you want to develop, you must not let people pinch your lifeline and be subject to others.

"Second, we are next to the border of the Southern Song Dynasty, marching towards Shaanxi, to take Chang'an, all the way to Lanzhou, with Yan'an, Pingyang, and Luzhou as the boundary."

Bai Ye pointed his finger at a line he had just drawn, and the three points on the map formed a curve. Everyone understands that this is the boundary of the occupied area drawn by the White Night, and it is forbidden to march beyond here.

Some people were a little disappointed, they thought that the territory could be expanded even more, but after Bai Ye made the decision, they also knew that they could not change it, and this drew more than four or five times the current territory.

"It's up to you next, and I won't be in command this time. I'm just in charge of delineating the offensive line after the war and determining what will be good for our development. Now it's up to you! ”

Bai Ye got up with a smile, and at the same time raised his hand in a salute, giving a military salute to the officers present.

Everyone looked solemn, stood up straight, and also gave Bai Ye a military salute. Bai Ye nodded, didn't order anything more, but turned around directly and walked out of the barracks headquarters.

After leaving the barracks and coming to Tangzhou City, Bai Ye came once a few months ago, and when he saw the recent and new changes, he always felt a kind of joy leaping in his heart.

There is no restlessness in the city when the war came, and the people are still living as they were yesterday, opening shops when they should be open, cleaning up when they should be cleaning. Workers are toiling in the workshops, the sound of students reading aloud echoes in the schoolyard, and some elderly people are sitting at the entrance of their houses, weaving baskets with bamboo strips, and also subsidizing their own families.

Their faces were calm, and they didn't seem to see the fear of impending war. You know, a few days ago, the administrators informed the whole region of the news of Kublai Khan's arrival with a large army, and they didn't know it!

Of course, in contrast to the calm of these people, some merchants from the Southern Song Dynasty and Mongolia reacted much greater, either closing their doors or simply selling all their goods, taking their belongings and families in horse-drawn carriages, and fleeing to the south or north.

Sometimes, these people also told the people around them with a serious face how powerful the Mongolian iron cavalry was and how irresistible the Mongolian army was.

If those from the Mongolian region said this, there was a reason, but those merchants from the Southern Song Dynasty, few of them had seen the real Mongol army, but they could also depict it vividly, as if they had seen it with their own eyes.

In their description, the Mongolian iron horsemen are like gods descending to earth, not only tall and strong, but also as powerful as oxen, accurate archery, able to shoot down the eagle flying in the sky, and invulnerable, dominating the world, there is no opponent.

The most important thing is that in their propaganda, the Mongol army was very brutal and bloody, and the slightest mistake would slaughter the entire city into a river of blood.

In fact, some of what they said is not wrong, the Mongolian iron cavalry is indeed the most powerful cavalry in this era, how can a people born and raised on horseback not be strong in horse archery? The Mongol army is also the most elite army in the world today, they are strong, they are fierce, and the land they attack will be turned into their pastures.

There was a story of the Mongol army slaughtering the city in the Condor Shooting, and in this martial arts world, that is the real history. The Mongol army likes to slaughter cities, they slaughter when they are happy, and slaughter when they are not happy, all according to the preferences of the general, this army is actually a pack of beasts, a group of wolves on the steppe.

They are very strong, otherwise they would not have been able to conquer such a vast land, destroy so many countries, slaughter so many cities, and plunder so many treasures. It's a pity that in this century that was supposed to be their gallop, they encountered an army that did not belong to this plane.

In terms of individual combat ability, Bai Ye's army is by no means comparable to these guys who grew up eating meat and drinking milk, but relying on modern training methods, modern weapons and equipment, advanced intelligence acquisition and military command system, Bai Ye's army is enough to defeat all enemies of this era.

The White Night Army is almost invincible in this era, and the troops that have been built up in a total of fifteen years are finally about to truly shock the world.

Before and now, the Southern Song Dynasty and Mongolia did not take the power of the White Night to heart.

The Southern Song Dynasty felt that this force was a righteous army, and it was not even as influential as the group of people on Liangshan Bo in the Northern Song Dynasty, although this force did not accept their requirements for vassals, vigorously promoted the spread of martial arts, established a martial arts association and organized martial arts people, disgusting to them, but it did not hinder their understanding, this is just a small force, a small territory, offended the Confucian scholars in the world, and there is no future power.

Mongolia feels the same as the Southern Song Dynasty, but the reason is different, Mongolia thinks that it is strong and strong, the territory is vast, and the people are numerous. The reason why it was defeated at the beginning was because the Great Khan was assassinated, which confused the morale of the army, and the actual casualties were not large. Moreover, this force is despicable, the real strength is not strong, as long as you are careful, you will definitely collapse if you overwhelm the territory with a large army.

Both the Southern Song Dynasty and the Mongols thought that they were big men and adults, and that the White Night Force was just a small and unknown thing, and as long as they used a little trick, this force would perish.

Kublai Khan, who drove the expedition in person, led a mighty army, waited for this force to be leveled, and attacked the Southern Song Dynasty in one go, which is what he thought. His slightly eye-catching opponent is only the Southern Song Dynasty, and the others are floating cloud pigs and dogs. I'm afraid that in his eyes, the Southern Song Dynasty is only a matter of time, and sooner or later it will become his pasture for sheep and horses.