This battle can be said to be a war undeclared. Although the Mongolian and Yuan dynasties made defensive preparations along the river, they were routinely deployed to deal with small-scale attacks by the Song army and did not have the ability to resist large-scale attacks. Therefore, under the assault of tens of thousands of troops of the Song Dynasty, the forts along the river were lost. After succeeding, the various units of the Song army made a short rest and advanced along the two sides of the canal, handing over the task of clearing out to the troops that followed the landing. They occupied four outer towns around Yangzhou in one day and night, and completed the encirclement of Yangzhou in terms of situation.

"Your Majesty, the troops have seized the predetermined targets and set up camps to organize defenses on the spot. The Jiangzhou Army has taken over the defense of Guazhou Town. The First Land War Brigade cooperated with the Navy to complete the defense of the canal ferry crossings, but there is still a gap between the armies and cannot complete the complete encirclement of Yangzhou City!" Ying Xi, the head of the Imperial Front Office, reported the latest battle report to the emperor and marked it on the sand table.

"Well, what's the situation of the enemy now?" Zhao Bing nodded and asked. After Ni Liang captured Yangzi Town yesterday, the camp moved here as before. The troops then unfolded ten miles away from the city, built camps and organized defenses. The formation of six chariots formed a temporary camp. Although it was a bit narrow, it was enough.

"Report to Your Majesty, according to the information sent from all parties, Badu Wanhu Mansion guards Yangzhou City. There are three thousand-person teams stationed on weekdays. Under the sudden attack by our army, several thousand-person teams stationed around were defeated and retreated into the city. The information shows that Ma Shao, the Secretary of the Shangbei Province of Henan Province, who was in charge of the peace talks in Yangzhou, was also blocked in the city." Ying Xi said.

"According to information from the Bureau of Affairs, after our army launched an attack, Yuxi Timur ordered the two Duwanhu Mansions to gather troops immediately to prepare for war, and ordered the Zuoshou Wanhu Mansion stationed in Taizhou and Duge Wanhu Mansion of Zhenzhou to reinforce Yangzhou. According to the Mongolian Yuan point gathering and marching speed, they should arrive at the latest day after tomorrow."

"According to the customs of the Mongolian Yuan, the Wanhu Mansions will gather and train after the autumn, while Yuxi Timuer has always been in a state of war. These two Wanhu Mansions have always been in war preparations, and the speed of aid should be faster. The command of all troops to speed up the construction of camps and receive baggage, and do not launch an attack on Yangzhou City without authorization!" Zhao Bing thought for a moment.

"Your Majesty, shouldn't our army take advantage of the enemy's reinforcements before they arrived to capture Yangzhou City? Isn't letting the enemy's reinforcements enter the city in this way increase the enemy's strength, and it will be much more difficult to attack the city." Ying Xi was very surprised by the arrangement of the young emperor. According to the rules, he should attack the city at this moment and wait until he gained a foothold before attacking the city, so he reminded him.

"Our mission is to annihilate the enemy's living forces. Only if more enemy troops enter the city, the pressure will double and attract the enemy reinforcements to continue to come. If our army seizes and defends the city, it will easily be trapped by the enemy, lose mobility and strategic initiative." Due to the adjustment and deployment this time, the transformation from luring the enemy into the active attack can be said to have strategically overturned the previous arrangements, so that no one around them can fully understand it. Zhao Bing knew that if it was not explained, it would affect their future judgment of the war, so he explained in detail.

"Your Majesty, if our army just encircles but does not attack and allows enemy reinforcements to enter the city, wouldn't we face the trap of being attacked by the enemy on both sides?" Ying Xi still felt it was inappropriate and asked again.

"What I am most worried about now is the enemy in the city breaking through, rather than reinforcements entering the city." Zhao Bing did not explain, but smiled and kept it a secret.

"Your Majesty's use of troops is mysterious, and his subordinates are dull. Please make it clear!" Ying Xi still couldn't find out the key points and asked.

"It's very simple!" Zhao Bing said a map bit by bit, "Now our army is deeply in the enemy's belly, and the encirclement has not yet been formed. If the enemy feels threatened, they will definitely abandon the city. Even if we pursue it later, the results of the battle are not good, and we only get an empty city, we will lose the meaning of this battle. The enemy reinforcements entering the city can at least make them feel that there is no danger of breaking the city, but Yangzhou's city is small..."

"I understand!" Hearing this, Ying Xi said repeatedly, "Yangzhou's city is small and the storage of materials is limited. If you only increase tens of thousands of people, you will soon face the risk of shortage of food. This can also help lure the enemy. Your Majesty is really a clever plan!"

"The enemy situation is changing rapidly. We must not only seize the opportunity, but also try to lure the enemy into our trap and lead them by the nose to achieve the battle attempt we set, and not just see the small profits in front of us!" Zhao Bing did not deny it or admit his statement, but just nodded.

In fact, Zhao Bing was quite disappointed at this time. After Lin Zhiwu left the office, he appointed Ying Xi to join the curtain. Of course, it was out of the trust of the corresponding Ying family and the intention of repaying kindness and promotion. If he left the imperial office in the future, he could be awarded at least the fifth rank or above, or even stayed in Beijing to serve in the provincial and ministerial positions after a few years of experience. However, judging from his performance, he was a little disappointed, and he did not inherit the talent of Ying Jieliang.

When talking about his strategic deployment just now, if Ying Jieyan passed a few words, he would probably have understood his intentions. But Zhao Bing found that despite having explained, Ying Xi still could not fully understand his ideas, let alone give constructive opinions. He was really unable to perform his duties in this way, so he made up his mind to transfer him from the Imperial Front Office after this battle, leave Beijing to work in the local area, or take a free time in provincial and ministerial affairs.

"Your Majesty, it's time for dinner!" Tan Fei came in and reported.

"Oh, when you say that, I feel hungry!" Zhao Bing said with a smile on his stomach.

"Your Majesty, is it in the tent or..."

"Go outside, I'll have some breath!" Before Tan Fei finished speaking, he interrupted his conversation, picked up the hat on the table and put it on.

Zhao Bing came out of the car accompanied by Tan Fei, but saw that the camp had just begun to see the scale overnight. The camp had already been erected, and the tent had been erected. The fences had been erected outside the camp and the village gate were erected. However, the construction had not been completed yet. A large stove was lined up in an open space inside the gate, covered by smoke. The soldiers lined up in teams to receive meals, and gathered in front of the campfire and sat on the ground to have meals.

"Your Majesty, the baggage ship has not been unloaded yet. At present, there is only emergency food to satisfy your hunger, so you can only make do with it." Tan Fei said apologetically as he walked.

"It's okay, there's no need to open fire for me alone in the future. I will eat with the troops!" Zhao Bing waved his hand and walked quickly to the stove.

"It smells so good!" Zhao Bing walked closer and sniffed and said with a smile. In fact, the food in front of him was just two different. One was cooked with noodles in a large pot, and the other pot was stacked with several layers of cages, steaming rice in it, and a large pot next to it was cut into large slices of bacon.

"Your Majesty, what are you eating?" The fire army in the guard camp was not surprised that the emperor was queuing for dinner, and asked with a smile.

"Give me a bowl of rice and then a bowl of noodles, you need a big bowl!" Zhao Bing pointed.

"Okay!" Huo Jun took two big bowls from the side, one filled with rice, covered with a layer of bacon, of course, two more pieces were buried secretly at the bottom of the bowl. The other bowl contained noodle soup and a large spoonful of meat sauce, and handed it to the little emperor, and then said, "Your Majesty, if you don't have enough, please be full!"

"Okay, okay!" Zhao Bing took a pair of chopsticks, held a bowl in one hand and agreed repeatedly.

"Your Majesty, let's go here!" Tan Fei also quickly served the rice and pointed to a nearby fire.

"Hey, which unit is there? Why do you look at the black-sen?" The guards of the camp have always been in charge of the internal guard camp and the personal guard brigade is in charge of the periphery, but Zhao Bing looked at the soldiers who were having dinner together, pointed at the other side and asked.

"Your Majesty, there is a newly formed Fourth Brigade of the Guards, who assisted us in establishing a camp. When it was lunch time, my subordinates left them here for dinner without authorization." Tan Fei looked at it and said.

"Oh, then go there and don't follow!" Zhao Bing said.

"Brothers, squeeze!" Zhao Bing brought the bowl over and said with a smile.

"This..." Tan Fei was a little embarrassed, but he did not dare to disobey his orders, so he could only watch the little emperor squeezed over.

"Everyone let me go, my little brother sit here and warm up with the fire!" Those people didn't think it was a pestle, and someone moved his butt and asked Zhao Bing to sit down.

"Thank you, Guzheng!" Zhao Bing looked at his armband and knew that he was a Guzheng, so he thanked him without hesitation and sat cross-legged down next to him.

"Little brother, I have a good appetite. I have to eat so much. Should I have another bowl of soup?" The team leader couldn't see through that Zhao Bing was. His military uniform was an authentic military uniform, but he had no signs and could not judge his identity. He just thought he was young and bullied by other veterans and hid here to eat.

"I still like to eat rice. Noodle soup is just filled with the cracks!" Zhao Bing took a few big mouthfuls of rice and replied vaguely. His eyes swept over and saw that in the two large basins of rice served, there was almost only a bottom left in the soup, but a lot of rice was left.

"You little brother don't know the food. This noodles are delicious. What's the delicious rice?" someone next to him said with a smile on his bowl of noodles serving them.

"Red Noodles?!" Zhao Bing was stunned when he heard this. He knew that the Song Dynasty called soup noodles, some called soup cakes, some called soup rice, but not called rosy noodles. However, he was not unfamiliar with this name. In the past life, there was a place in Shaanxi who called noodle soup noodles, but he was a little surprised when he heard it.

"I must have never been to the Northland, and I have already known it as a trencher." The veteran was stunned when he saw Zhao Bing, and explained with a smile, "When Han Xin attacked King Bao of Wei, he was here and stationed heavy troops on the bank of the Yellow River. In order to solve the problem of urgent war situation and not having time to cook, Han Xin ordered the general to bake the flour into pancakes, and then cut it into long strips. When it needed to be eaten, it was just rolled down in a boiling water pot. But when he arrived in Jiangnan, no one knew his destiny!"
Chapter completed!