Three days later, Zhao Bing returned to Yicheng, drew a map, and modified the sand table. After a brief rest, he summoned the officials of the camp to discuss matters. Wang Yinglin, Ni Liang, Zhang Ba, Lin Zhiwu and others all attended the meeting in response to the imperial edict. Military officials stationed in various military supervision groups attended, and the crowd quickly gathered in the camp.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?" Wang Yinglin was shocked when he saw the emperor. He saw that the swelling on His Majesty's face had not subsided, and many places had broken skin.

"No big deal. The mosquitoes in the mountains may be jealous of me being too handsome and biting them in turn!" Zhao Bing touched his face and said with a wry smile.

"Alas, all of them are incompetent, and your Majesty is letting you personally take risks!" Wang Yinglin said with a shameful look on his face.

"My (subordinates) and others are incompetent. I hope Your Majesty takes care of the dragon body!" The emperor went deep into the enemy's back to reconnaissance. Only a few close ministers knew about this matter and have been strictly kept under strict confidentiality. Although many people don't know the inside story, the emperor's face was bitten like a broken watermelon by mosquitoes, and everyone knows that Your Majesty must have gone to the front line.

"I'm just a little bit of skin on my face. What's the point of having to do with you? What's the crime?" Zhao Bing raised his hand helplessly and asked everyone to politely, "Let's talk about the situation of the army reorganization and training!"

Wang Yinglin and others reported on the military reorganization and leadership over the past twenty days in turn, which was still very good overall. By rectifying some generals who were good at command and were good at leading troops, they were promoted, while those officers who were scattered or transferred from their command posts, which greatly boosted morale. Logistics support was completed with the full line of waterways and the removal of enemy forts that threatened the land transportation line, the situation improved and various materials were successfully sent to the front line.

The military side has selected a series of fortresses through the development of war instead of training and under the guidance of the supervision team, the soldiers' personal skills and tactics were strengthened, and the tactical command capabilities of grassroots officers were improved. The combat command, planning and coordinated combat levels of various types of troops of middle and senior officers have improved as a group of capable officers perform their duties.

However, some problems were also exposed in combat, and officers and soldiers generally reported insufficient support firepower. In mountain combat, heavy artillery and medium-sized artillery are inconvenient to carry, their vision is obstructed by trees and their use is limited by terrain. They are either difficult to open artillery positions or difficult to hit targets. Mortars have the advantages of lightweight, portable, simple opening positions, and able to strike hidden targets, which are popular among grassroots officers and soldiers.

However, the disadvantage of the mortar's weak lethality and short shooting distance is also very prominent, and it cannot destroy the hamlet made of stones and logs. Even if there is a long time of fire preparation, it is difficult to hide the enemy troops in it and cause major casualties. It can still form great obstacles and cause major casualties in the subsequent attacks.

After hearing this, Zhao Bing felt at a loss and expressed satisfaction with everyone's work. Then he asked Xu Wunan to introduce the idea of ​​giving up the inertial attack of attacking Xiangyang first to take down the outer mountain, avoiding the enemy's heavy defense, and choosing to attack Xiangyang City from a weak point in the west. Then he asked someone to move out the detailed sand table, explaining the terrain of the west city and the enemy's defense situation in detail, and finally letting the generals discuss the feasibility of "taking directly to Xiangyang".

"Your Majesty, judging from the deployment situation of the Mongol Yuan, he used the main force to Xianshou in the south of the city and defended it based on the old castle, which did cause great obstacles to our army's attack from the south. When we break into the west of the city, we can avoid the tightly guarded Hutou Mountain City and take two mountain forts, Pipa Mountain and Guishan, and we can drive directly under the city. However, the west of the city is narrow and unfavorable, and as long as one is blocked, we will fall into a state of retreat, which will make a mistake. Please think twice! "Zhang Ba said first, obviously does not support the idea of ​​breaking the convention and taking risks to attack the city from the west of the city.

"I think what Senator Zhang said is very true. Now that our army is well-equipped and has enough food, we don't have to rush to win quickly, but should steadily attack the city from the south. Once the march from the west fails, our morale will be damaged, which will also damage Your Majesty's reputation of winning every battle." Wang Yinglin did not agree with the emperor's risk from the beginning. He also saw that His Majesty came to this after he came back and came back, and he was even more reluctant.

"The King, now it is the beginning of autumn, and it has entered mid-autumn one month ago. At that time, it was the time when the war horses of the Yuan Dynasty were fat and the autumn grain harvest. The kings of the grassland would go south in large numbers. If our army still could not conquer Xiangyang, it would have to divide its troops to block the enemy reinforcements coming from the north, and its troops would be short of force and fall into a protracted war. The money and food consumed were unknown." Lin Zhiwuyan said.

"Besides, the Mongolian Yuan prayer mission has arrived in Lin'an and the war in Xiangyang is not decided, so we cannot hold peace talks with him. After the Mongolian Yuan side received reinforcements from the grassland king army, they will definitely send troops to Huaibei to put pressure, which will put the troops deployed in the two Huaihe Rivers under greater pressure and cannot increase troops to Jingxiang. This will affect Your Majesty's strategy of ending the Northern Expedition as soon as possible, consolidating the two Huai Rivers and Jingxiang, and resting with the people."

"I thought I could try driving directly from the west to the city!" At this time, Ni Liang stood up and said, "Now the enemy's defense is weak in the west of the city, and there is no need for a large army. Just send an elite force to break through the two camps, open the path, and then immediately attack the city."

"The Du Zheng, our army only uses one army to attack the city, and the troops are very different from those of the defending enemy in Xiangyang, so it is difficult to win quickly." Zhang Ba shook his head and said.

"Not necessarily, the Xiangyang defenders stationed in the city had about 30,000 troops, and most of them were arranged in the city of Xianshou Mountain, so it was difficult to return to support for a while. Moreover, when withdrawing troops, they would also be chased by our troops in the south. In this way, Xiangyang would be attacked on both sides, and they would not dare to withdraw their troops easily. Once our army captured Xiangyang in a short time, it would cut off the food route arranged in the city of Xianshou Mountain. At that time, they would starve to death in the mountains except for surrendering." Xu Wunan stood up and pointed at the sand table.

"What the governor said is reasonable. If you don't need to mobilize all the troops in Jingxiang to capture Xiangyang, the eight armies will continue to attack Gucheng, so as to cut off Xiangyang's foreign aid. The six armies will still put pressure on the enemy in Xianshou Mountain in the south of the city and make an aggressive move so that they dare not return to aid easily. Our army stationed in Fancheng can also make an attack with the assistance of the navy, forcing the enemy to defend both sides of the city to disperse their troops, and create conditions for the seven armies that attacked the city from the west."

"What needs to be solved urgently now is how to conquer Pipa Mountain and Guishan Village before the enemy Xiangyang reinforcements arrived, otherwise there would be no way to talk about the troops advancing westward." Ni Liang also saw the problem and sighed.

"The key to breaking the two camps quickly is how to use firearms to destroy the enemy's passes in a short time, and use the enemy to kill and kill them!" Xu Wuhan said in embarrassment this time, and he also knew that there is no such powerful weapon in the army at present.

"If I solve this problem, can you guarantee that you will overcome two passes in a row and take the city directly!" Zhao Bing asked in a deep voice at this time.

"Your Majesty, I think I can do it." Ni Liang thought for a while and looked up and bowed.

"Okay, I will come up with a solution as soon as possible." Zhao Bing nodded and asked again, "Surve two passes in a row, break the Iron Fo Village, and the soldiers enter the city. This is a tough battle. Who do you think can take on this task?"

"Your Majesty, you can adjust the brigade of the front guards. They can attack and defend well, and have a firm will to fight. They will definitely succeed in one fell swoop." Wang Yinglin saw that it was difficult to stop His Majesty's determination, so he suggested.

"Well, Wang Xiang's proposal is very good. The Guard Brigade is a powerful brigade of our dynasty. Since its establishment, it has never been defeated in attacking the city and siege." Zhao Bing asked again.

"Your Majesty, I think the Seven Army can take on this position." Jiang Rui, the capital of the Jingxiang General Office, stood up for a moment and said with politeness. Wang Yinglin's proposal can be said to have embarrassed the generals of Jingxiang. This was his own task, but now he has to give way to the main attack to the guest army. It can be said that the 100,000 officers and soldiers of the three Jingxiang armies have all slammed the faces, and they are afraid that they will be demoted to the last place in the future and will be difficult to stand out again.

"Oh, I don't need to say much about the significance of this battle. If it fails, what kind of responsibility should I bear be understood?" Zhao Bing looked at him and said in a deep voice.

"I am willing to issue a military order. If the task cannot be completed, I will be willing to deal with it as military law!" Jiang Rui said politely again.

"The last general is willing to discuss. If the seven armies cannot conquer Xiangyang as scheduled, come and see you!" Zhang Ba gritted his teeth and stood up and bowed.

"We all want to have a letter!" All the military and political generals of the Jingxiang General Office stood up and said politely.

"Okay, then the task of attacking Xiangyang will be handed over to the seven armies. If the army is defeated, you will stop it yourself!" Zhao Bing said coldly, and left his seat with his sleeves.

"I (the last general) thank Your Majesty, I respectfully send you your Majesty!" The generals of Jingxiang bowed again and said loudly...

Wang Yinglin felt that the emperor's proposal was too hasty, so after the meeting, he hurriedly chased him to the back yamen to see him, but saw the little emperor sitting on the couch drinking tea like nothing, with paper and pen on the table, drawing on paper like graffiti.

"Your Majesty, I think you need to be more cautious. Although the Jingxiang divisions have improved after training, they have accumulated problems for a long time and are difficult to eliminate them all!" Wang Yinglin said bluntly without greetings.

"Don't be anxious, sit down and talk!" Zhao Bing smiled and asked him to sit down, and poured him a cup of tea ceremony with his own hands.

"How can I not be anxious? If there is any mistake in it, will all the efforts be wasted?" Wang Yinglin sat down and said with a sad face.

"I know what the King said!" Zhao Bing signaled him to drink tea, and then said, "Today, the generals of Jingxiang dared to issue military orders in front of me, which actually made me very pleased, which shows that they are not without blood, and are still shameless, and have no depravity."

"Is Your Majesty agitating?" Wang Yinglin picked up the teacup, thought about it and put it down.

"As the saying goes, it is better to arouse the generals than to fight. We have suppressed the Jingxiang tribes very strongly during this period, and have aroused their arrogance. If they are still obedient and dare not resist at all, I will look down on them. After the war, they will cancel the military numbers of the Jingxiang tribes and break them apart and reorganize them!" Zhao Bing said with a chuckling.

"Your Majesty is so determined?" Wang Yinglin was shocked when he heard this. The little emperor had such a plan in his heart, which shows how great his courage was.

"Of course, the Song Dynasty spent a lot of money every year, and it was definitely not a waste to raise the whole group, but a strong army that could defend the country!" Zhao Bing said seriously.
Chapter completed!