Chapter 1
Zhao Bing deeply thought that it was true about Liu Zhixue's analysis. He connected Yingtian Prefecture, Xuzhou and Fuli on the map like an inverted triangle, and Fuli was at the bottom corner, controlling the waterways leading to the two places. When attacked, both places could be rescued quickly. And as long as Fuli was ensured that Xuzhou was attacked on both sides, it could also block the path to Yingtian Prefecture. Now the Mongols took the lead in controlling Fuli and formed an iron triangle. If the Song army wanted to realize its strategic concept, it had to break this situation. Fuli was the place that must be attacked.
Zhao Bing looked at the map for a long time, and the generals gradually stopped arguing and focused their attention on the little emperor to listen to their decision. They knew that Fu Li's position was important, and the generals of the Mongol Yuan were naturally aware of it as long as they were not fools. It was impossible to force him to retreat, and besieging the city and attacking aid seemed to have become the only choice.
However, it is not easy to adopt the tactic of besieging the city and attacking the aid. The besieging the city and attacking the aid have always been complementary and indispensable. If you only besieging the city and not blocking the aid, you will easily be attacked from both sides. If you attack the aid heavily and sieging the city, it will be less than worth the loss. Fu Li is in a well-connected area, and it is very easy for reinforcements from all sides to go to aid, which will cause great trouble to the attacking party.
If only the Yingtian Prefecture came to help, Zhao Bing thought that the West Road Group could still deal with it, but the enemy's reinforcements were too short of strength. Therefore, the point is that the East Road Army also faced the same dilemma. They not only had to try to capture Xuzhou, but also had to guard against the second reinforcements formed by the King's Army of the Mongolian and Yuan Sect in the northwest, and faced greater pressure. Now the main force of the Song army has basically been put into various battlefields, and it is difficult to mobilize more troops in a short period of time.
In addition, the Mongolian Sect King's Army stationed on the grasslands was the most elite unit of the Mongolian Yuan, and still maintained the traditional nomadic living customs, the harsh living conditions and the system of unity of military and civilians, which made them much more powerful than the Mongolian army stationed in the Han area. In addition, the open terrain of the Central Plains allowed them to better exert combat effectiveness. Their own troops have been fighting for several months and have become exhausted, so Zhao Bing is still afraid of this and does not want to confront him at the moment of the decisive battle of Huaihai.
"You just try to seize Fu Li. Don't worry about other things. I will deal with everything!" Then how to prevent the enemy sect's army from moving south became the key. Zhao Bing's heart lit up after pondering and said, "After thinking, he became scheming."
"What good advice does Your Majesty have to make the King of the Mongyuan Sect not go south to Xuzhou?" Ni Liang thought about it after hearing this, and felt that there seemed to be no good way to stop him from going south to reinforce. With his understanding of the little emperor, he might have to take risks to deal with the enemy in person. He also felt that it was difficult to stop him by himself. It would be better to reveal it on the spot and let the generals persuade him to persuade him, so he asked intentionally.
"Sailing Army!" Zhao Bing smiled and said with two words.
"Sailing Army?" All the generals were stunned when they heard this, and looked at the little emperor at the same time. Everyone knew very well that the three major navy were all dealing with sea combat. Although ships could also enter the canals and rivers and lakes, they were not as good as in Jiangnan at the moment.
There are not many large rivers that can navigate sea ships in the Central Plains, and the largest river, the Yellow River, cannot be navigated as a whole. Only some sections of the upstream and downstream can be navigated, and there are many restrictions. However, floods have frequently occurred in the downstream for nearly a hundred years, and several major diverters have been generated. Now it is the Huai River and the sea is trapped into the sea, causing large-scale silt. Now it is the dry season again, making the river channel more shallow and it is easy to get stranded when it enters.
Let’s take a step back, even if the navy enters the inland river to participate in the war, it can only go up and down the canal. The Mongolian Yuan reinforcements are cavalry, and the Central Plains are mostly plains, with roads crisscrossing, so they can completely avoid the canal south. How can the navy block the enemy reinforcements? Besides, the navy relies on warships as a platform to fight, and fighting off ships is not its strength, and using one's own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strength is also a taboo in using troops. What is the reason for your Majesty to be so confused?
"Is Your Majesty trying to send a navy to Dadu to the north, and the troops will threaten the enemy's capital, so that in order to ensure the safety of the capital, he dare not send troops south to reinforce Xuzhou?" Liu Zhixue did not believe that Your Majesty would be confused about major issues related to the rise and fall of the country, and suddenly woke up and realized the truth when he looked at the map.
"Tong Liu is worthy of being a veteran on the battlefield, it is easy to do it at a glance!" Zhao Bing turned his face and looked at Liu Zhixue with great satisfaction.
"I can't bear the praise of Your Majesty, but I have experienced more things. But at the moment, the first navy was at the mouth of Jiangkou to prevent the enemy from crossing the sea and entering Jiangdong. Second, the navy was all on the coast of Fuguang, so I'm afraid it's difficult to get there for a while!" Liu Zhixue said a little embarrassedly. This is the truth. When I was in Qiongzhou, due to geographical conditions, the army was the opposite of the present. At that time, the navy was given priority and the navy was mostly dependent on the navy. The infantry mainly carried out island defense operations, showing a situation where water was strong and weak.
Whenever Liu Zhixue was nervous, Your Majesty always used the naval army to strike the enemy first, or sent troops to harass the enemy's coastal prefectures, so that the enemy could only turn to defend and prevent the Song army from arriving in 6th. As a result, the crisis was often resolved. Now Your Majesty wanted to use the navigators to threaten the enemy's capital, but it was just a re-use of the same trick. At that time, the power of the imperial guards was still very weak, but the battalions were organized. Ni Liang was still an ignorant boy at that time, and his vision and experience could not match this. It was not surprising that he could not understand His Majesty's intentions for the time being.
"After the end of the Jiangdong Battle, I have ordered the Second Navy Division to carry two 6th battle brigades from Quanzhou to Yancheng on standby as a reserve team to prevent it from being needed. Now it seems that it is unintentional to plant willows!" Zhao Bing said.
"I'm afraid I've planned it for a while!" As soon as the little emperor finished speaking, Ni Liang beside him muttered with a pout face.
"Haha..." Ni Liang's voice was not loud, but everyone heard it and burst into laughter. In fact, the generals were thinking about it similar to Ni Liang. They would never believe that the little emperor's "stingy" spirit was just to mobilize the second navy army from Quanzhou to Yancheng Port for such a little thing.
However, they didn't know what the little emperor thought, but they could guess it. First, the little emperor wanted to continue the victory of Jiangdong, and use the navy to carry the infantry to cross the sea to take Dadu directly, just like the scene of recapturing Jiangnan, and implementing a strategic detour to capture the Central Plains in one fell swoop; second, due to the delay of the Jiangdong Battle, the little emperor was unable to implement the strategy of recapturing the two capitals, so he wanted to use the navy to go around the sea outside Dadu, so that he did not dare to send reinforcements south, so he was able to successfully recover the two capitals.
However, the situation changed too quickly. After Yuxi Timuer's troops were annihilated, the Mongol Yuan sent his personal guards to the south. The little emperor had to let the troops that had just ended the battle and had not yet had time to rest immediately head north. He also used his limited troops to seize Shanyang and Xuyi, and took the lead in seizing the bridgehead that had advanced out of the Central Plains. Unexpectedly, the enemy's march was also very fast, causing Fu Li to lose again. Although the army also arrived at the battlefield, the fighter's opportunity was lost and he could only revise the plan. The Second Navy heading north became an idle and could only act as a reserve team. At this time, the little emperor just reactivated this idle.
"No matter whether it is a black cat or a white cat is a good cat to catch the mouse. Your Majesty's plan is feasible. As long as our navy suddenly appears on the sea near the capital, the Yuan Dynasty will inevitably disrupt it. If it is not done well, it will also send an edict to all parties to serve the king. If we can also recall the guards who went south, then our army can recover the two capitals as long as we cover up the killing all the way!" Liu Zhixue laughed at the generals. Although they were all kind-hearted, he was afraid that the little emperor would be embarrassed, so he beat him up and rescued the siege.
"What Liu Dutong said is so great. Will the dead man Kublai Khan, who I am afraid of, get angry when he learned that His Majesty sent a navy army to cross the sea and head north?" Tian Zhong also interrupted.
"I remember that Kublai Khan spent a lot of manpower and financial resources to open up the sea grain transport route and build the canal from Tianjinkou to Dadu. Now it is used by our army. I guess he will be angry to death if he survives!" Luo Datong also joked.
"That dead person is not scary. At worst, I can hit him a few more shots. What I am worried about is that the sick girl will be scared to death, so that we cannot capture him alive and offer him to the Taimiao!" Ni Liang groaned and said with a very unhappy expression.
"Haha..." Ni Liang's words caused another burst of laughter. Real gold is full of diseases and diseases may still be secret in the Mongol Yuan. Only a few close ministers knew about it, but it was not a secret among the senior generals of the Song army. However, it was true that he was worried that he would die early, which made him lose the credit for capturing the enemy emperor.
"I'm afraid everyone will be disappointed. I heard that there are thousands of good horses in the imperial garden of real gold. When we heard that our army approached Dadu, we were afraid that we would run away overnight. Our navy warships could not get ashore, so it was difficult to capture them alive!" At this time, Tan Fei, who was in charge of the guard and as a waiter, interrupted.
"Haha..." Everyone understood that it was too difficult to capture a king of a country alive. Besides, the situation started on the grasslands in the Yuan Dynasty. The situation was not good and it was gone long ago. How could they wait for them to catch it? Although they knew it was a joke, they still made everyone laugh when they saw Tan Fei saying it seriously.
"It's only a matter of time to conquer most of the people. No matter how big the grassland is, it will sooner or later become the ranch of our Song Dynasty. I just hope that the real money will not disappoint everyone and live to that day!" Zhao Bing had already become thick-skinned. How could he blush over this matter? But he liked the relaxed and pleasant atmosphere of meetings with the generals in the military. Even if there was a dispute, he would just do it because of the matter. He would not hate anyone because of it. Everyone would solve the problem with laughter. On the contrary, whether it was a court meeting or a court discussion, a group of people was like talking serious nonsense with a mask. Not only was it difficult to solve the problem, but he also had to worry that one word was wrong and would cause group attacks. It was really depressing and I couldn't be happy.
Chapter completed!