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Chapter 757 Adjustment
Jinduguan.

Dong Wenbing has become more and more silent recently.

"Brother, another letter arrow was shot at Tongguan, saying that the guard surnamed Mao was killed tonight, and Kaesong surrendered..."

When Dong Wenzhong came to report with another secret letter, Dong Wenbing just took the secret letter, tore it up, and waved it casually.

Debris piled up by the Yellow River.

"Big brother?"

"Don't ask." Dong Wenyong stopped Dong Wenzhong and said, "Obviously it's a fake again... Big brother's plan failed."

"A real failure?" Dong Wenzhong was still a little skeptical.

The reason for this doubt is that Dong Wenbing is really good at recruiting and surrendering enemy generals.

This may have something to do with his experience. He is the eldest son in his family. He lost his father at the age of 16, but he has more than ten brothers. In other words, Dong Jun gave birth to more than ten sons in more than ten years.

This kind of young man's experience of raising many younger brothers made Dong Wenbing very good at mediating conflicts and grasping people's hearts, which was reflected in recruiting and surrendering enemy generals during battles.

The attack on Tongguan this time was thought to be sure.Tongguan was attacked from both sides and had become an isolated city. If the enemy was persuaded to surrender, it would be a two-pronged approach.

But after June [-]th, the attack on the west of Tongguan suddenly stopped, and in two days, a letter arrow was shot, and the time was agreed to dedicate the city.

As soon as Dong Wenbing calculated, he knew that it was the reinforcements from the Song army that defeated Liu Yuan. The reinforcements were either Zhang Jue or Li Xia. It was more likely that Li Xia was able to defeat the Liu family and his son so quickly. The spy sent by him was found out, and then he began to seduce him.

After a few more days, when the other party saw that he did not go, he was probably thinking "What if Dong Wenbing didn't receive the letter? Shoot another one", so he had today's letter arrow again.

It's ridiculous to think of it, but it can be seen that the opposing coach is quite patient.

It was not until more accurate information came that Dong Wenbing summoned his subordinates to discuss...

"The news is true. Liu Zheng was indeed defeated. Nearly [-] troops were lost in Guanzhong."

After this sentence, there was another long silence, Dong Wenbing said again: "I have reported to Your Majesty, the fault in this battle is mine alone, and has nothing to do with you."

"Marshal, it's clear that Liu Zheng is incompetent, how can you say it's your fault?"

Dong Wenbing raised his hand, stopped the people under his command, and said: "Before Li Fen's rebellion was put down, the defense of Guanzhong should be the main thing, but I ordered Liu Zheng to send troops because of Li Xia's attack on Nanyang, I should be blamed.

Li Xia has returned to Tongguan, Tongguan is temporarily unable to attack, and the road to the east of Guanzhong has lost nearly [-] troops, and the first battle was indeed lost..."

This is a summary of what he has done before.

To sum up, let people eliminate the previous frustration and fear of being blamed, and prevent the initial bad emotions from affecting the subsequent battles.

Afterwards, Dong Wenbing adjusted the entire strategy.

"But we still have the upper hand. If we continue to attack Tongguan and contain Li Xia's [-] troops at least, then the offensive from Longxi and Yan'an can still destroy his entire Guanlong defense line..."

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"The Mongolian army does still have a great advantage. The gap has narrowed, but the offensive and defensive momentum has not changed."

Li Xia has also met with Zhang Jue and began to adjust the strategy.

"After the annihilation of Liu Zheng's troops, we have resolved the crisis on the Yellow River line of defense. It is almost impossible for the Mongolian army to train another navy in a short time, but the threats from Tongguan, Yan'an, and Longxi are still there. , the strength of the Mongolian army is still greater than ours."

Zhang Jue said: "No, the threat of the Yellow River defense line is still there. When the Yellow River freezes in the middle of winter, the Mongolian army can still come from the Yellow River. And in winter, there is another threat. If the Mongolian army has already If you defeat Li Fen, you can attack us with all your strength."

Speaking of this, he shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "I'm not afraid of your jokes, I'm really afraid of winter."

"Kublai Khan is not so easy, Brother Alibu will definitely make a comeback." Li Xia said: "I don't really believe that Kublai Khan can mobilize the army to cross the Yellow River before completely defeating Brother Alibu. On the contrary, it is the way of Ashu. It is the idea of ​​'supporting war with war'."

"I don't think the Mongolian army will make the mistake of going deep alone again. They will fight steadily and press us first, and wait until Li Fen is defeated. It is more likely to send troops in winter."

"Steady and steady?"

Zhang Jue clicked on the map, and said: "I think Yang Dayuan means that he is going to build a fortress in Yan'an Mansion. This bird guard is very good at defending the city. I'm afraid it will be difficult to catch up..."

Li Xia was a little annoyed when he heard it.

Because Yang Dayuan's style of play sounds like nothing, but it's annoying when confronted.

This means that this Mongolian army has been stationed in Yan'an Mansion, and it must come out from time to time to harass and rob people to farm.For many years, it has held back the troops along the Guanzhong Road.

It is equivalent to a robber building a nest in front of the house.

These surrendered generals surrendered to Mongolia, and the impact was quite bad. They helped the enemy train sailors and helped the enemy fight offensive and defensive battles.

"I'm afraid we should look at it separately. A Shu, Dong Wenbing, and Yang Dayuan each have their own style of play. You think Yang Dayuan should fight steadily, and I think A Shu should support war with war."

"Then leave Yang Dayuan to me?"

"Well, you take the infantry north as soon as possible."

"What about Ashu?"

"His march is too treacherous. Li Zengbo said that if he doesn't send reinforcements to Longxi, he won't know when Ah Shu will suddenly enter Guanzhong."

"It's time to send troops to Longxi, but what about Dong Wenbing's journey?"

"There's a letter for you to read, it's interesting."

Zhang Jue looked at it, and saw Li Xia pull out an official letter from the documents on the desk.

One look and you know it's from Lin'an.

"what?"

Zhang Jue saw it, and was surprised, and said, "Jia Sidao is a bit crazy, and he deserves to order us to fight?"

"He is just relying on the name of righteousness, and randomly deploys chess."

Li Xia responded casually, while still rummaging through the documents.

In fact, when the official letter from the center was delivered, Li Xia had already captured Dengzhou and withdrew from Nanyang to Wuguan.

And if he really waited for the imperial court's order before sending out troops, I'm afraid Liu Zheng would have taken Chang'an by now.

Zhang Jue had never met Jia Sidao, but he could feel the arrogance of this Duke Pingzhang from the lines, and he was faintly proud of it.

"Is it possible that he figured we'd go to war with Mongolia? Looks like we're taking orders from him."

"Maybe."

Li Xia had already taken out a letter of information and handed it to Zhang Jue.

"In the latest Henan battle report, the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty are indeed capable of fighting. Before Li Fen is defeated, we must catch up..."

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Jinduguan.

After Dong Wenbing discussed with the generals, he was busy with various trivial matters.

He temporarily acted as the envoy of Henan Economic Strategy for Zhao Bi, and also served as Kublai Khan's commander-in-chief of Qiangu in the Central Plains.

But since he came, there was an endless stream of messengers to the east of Guancheng, all of them were to convey information to him and arrange government affairs.

"Marshal, urgent report from Luoyang..."

Dong Wenbing took a look at the urgent report, and his expression became serious.

He pondered for a long time, then called Dong Wenyong again, and said: "You stay at Jindouguan to sit in the town, I have to go back to Luoyang immediately."

"What happened?"

Dong Wenbing rubbed his forehead before saying: "Bozhou is lost, Xia Gui is not far away from Feng."

Dong Wenyong was taken aback, both surprised and annoyed.

The Song army was indeed beyond his expectations... But on the other hand, the Mongolian army didn't pay much attention to the defense of the city, and the Mongolian country didn't even allow the prince to build the city wall.

"I didn't expect that Xia Gui still has some fighting strength. Brother, don't worry, the Song army obviously doesn't have the strength to attack Kaifeng. This kind of small fight that goes all the way to the division is nothing more than to cooperate with Li Fen."

Dong Wenbing shook his head and said: "In Henan and Shandong, the Song army has invaded the eight prefectures of Bo, Deng, Teng, Xu, Su, Pi, Cang, and Bin, as well as the four counties of Xincai, Fuli, Qi, and Lijin. Xia It's not that Gui and Qingyang Mengyan have some combat power, they have extraordinary combat power."

"It's just that the war with Song was just started, and I didn't pay attention to guard against the Huaihe River."

After chatting for a few words, the astonishment on Dong Wenyong's face disappeared, and he said again: "Let's see, big brother, once Li Fen is destroyed, these Song people can be driven back in two field battles."

"Don't underestimate it." Dong Wenbing said helplessly, "No matter what, I have to go back to Luoyang. You must attack Tongguan steadily and steadily, do you understand?"

"Brother, don't worry..."

Dong Wenbing didn't want his younger brother to underestimate the enemy, so he said with a straight face, "I don't worry. After Li Fen was destroyed, and before Ali Buge was conquered in the north, it was the critical time to recover Sichuan and Shanxi. It's hard to miss the opportunity."

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Lin'an.

When the battle report came from the north, the ruling and opposition parties began to praise Jia Sidao's military exploits after the battle of Ezhou.

The Great Song Dynasty almost reached the most prosperous period after the Nandu.

After recovering Guanlong a few years ago, now Xiagui is attacking Henan, Qingyang Mengyan is supporting Shandong, and has reached the Lijin area, preparing to march to Cangzhou.

Cangzhou, Hebei, is the northernmost place that has never been to the subjects of the Manchu Dynasty.

Why attack Cangzhou?
After going around, they cut off the supplies of the Mongolian army and helped Li Fen break the siege of Jinan.Even after capturing Cangzhou, they can cooperate with the navy and point directly at Yanjing!

When the battle report came, Jia Sidao was also a little surprised.

"It's the same as sending Li Xia to the north to get information back then. It was a casual move. I never thought that such a result would be achieved!"

"Pingzhanggong may really have the possibility of returning to the Central Plains this time?"

Jia Sidao seemed to be waking up from a sweet dream, he rolled his eyes at Liao Yingzhong, and sighed: "Don't imagine, Li Fen will definitely lose. Take advantage of this opportunity, hurry up if you can get some benefits..."

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Luyi.

Zhang Honglue played with a golden tiger talisman, and listened to Jingjie give Zhang Rou's instructions.

"Wait a few more days, and the Song army will become more powerful, and Liu Lang will be able to send troops."

"Don't worry, I have a plan to defeat Xia Gui."

"Uncle also said that after this battle, not only should Bozhou be taken back, but also the suspicion caused by Wulang's defection must be eliminated."

"With the military power and territory in hand, the suspicion will naturally disappear." Zhang Honglue responded with a smile, and put the golden talisman into his arms, "Fortunately, there is such a rebellion as Li Fen."

"Brother Ali Bu, Zhao Song, Li Xia, and us all breathed a sigh of relief for Li Fen's rebellion."

(End of this chapter)