The Heavens: Starting from Traveling through Song Qingshu

Chapter 57 Situation

In the Marshal's Mansion, Lan Yu was ushered in nervously.

A few months ago, he was just a refugee fleeing with his sister. Fortunately, he was recruited into the army and became a soldier of the Hangzhou Army.

But even so, from Lan Yu's point of view, he was just a little big-headed soldier, and he really didn't understand why the commander-in-chief, who was treated as the master of Qingtian by the people of Suzhou and Hangzhou, summoned him?
In the Shuai Mansion, in the back garden, Song Xuan stood in a white long gown, standing on the surface of an artificial lake. The lake water reached his ankles, but it couldn't sink any more.

"Master, Sapphire is here!"

A guard in Tsing Yi stood by the lake, cupping his fists and saluting.

"Well, you go back!"

Song Xuan nodded and gave an order, and then turned his head to look at Lan Yu who was standing there anxiously, with hands and feet that had no place to rest.

Today's Lan Yu is a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old, and he is not the God of War who killed the Tartars in later generations, so he seems a bit young.

"I have seen your assessment, and you are excellent in all aspects. If you practice it, you will be a general!"

Lan Yu stared blankly at Song Xuan who was stepping on the water, her mind was a little confused.

'This young man is handsome? '

'How did he step on the water without sinking? '

'It is said that the commander-in-chief is descended from the stars in the sky, but this is actually true! '

Seeing that Lan Yu was still dazed, Song Xuan smiled, stepped on the water, jumped up and landed on the ground.

"Big, handsome!"

At this moment, Lan Yu seemed to have just woken up from a dream, knelt down on one knee, and hurriedly saluted.

"Get up! I called you here today. I have nothing to do. The main reason is to meet this future general!"

As he spoke, he patted Lan Yu's shoulder and said, "Do you dare to go to the battlefield?"

Sapphire grinned, "Why don't you dare?"

"Okay! I see, you step back!"

"Yes!"

Lan Yu left the commander's mansion under the guidance of Tsing Yiwei in a daze, until he returned to the barracks, he didn't understand why the commander saw him today.
Not long after returning to the barracks, he received a military order from the Marshal's Mansion.

He got promoted!

Became a glorious commander who was envied by countless colleagues!

In mid-October, Song Xuan held another meeting in the Shuai Mansion.

On the main seat, Song Xuan looked at the sixth son of the Tsing Yi Wei Commander, and said: "Ming Army, tell everyone about it!"

Lao Liu got up quickly and said: "The Ming army is as powerful as a broken bamboo. It has several provinces in the north, and now it has entered the border of Henan."

"The Yuan army was caught off guard at the beginning, but now it has slowed down and recruited the Nine Route Army. It is said that there are more than 60 horses and more than 20 cavalry. They have all reached the Henan defense line.

If there is no accident, before the cold winter comes, the decisive battle between the two armies will begin! "

Song Xuan looked at the crowd and said, "Everyone, let's talk about your opinions. Who do you think can win?"

As he spoke, he first looked at Li Shanchang.

Li Shan said: "My lord, I don't know much about military affairs, so I can only talk about my views from other aspects.

Although the Yuan court is corrupt, it is orthodox after all, and can easily mobilize resources from several provinces for logistics.

As for the Ming army, although it is powerful, its foundation is too weak. In my opinion, fighting a war is actually a logistical guarantee for fighting.

Unless the Ming army is able to defeat the Yuan army in a powerful manner at the beginning of the battle, otherwise the time will drag on for a long time, and the Ming army will be defeated! "

Song Xuan nodded noncommittally, then looked at Liu Bowen, "What do you think, Mr. Liu?"

Liu Bowen said with a calm voice, "Actually, my lord already has an opinion in his heart, doesn't he?"

"As Mr. Li said, before there is no absolute advantage, what is fought in war is logistics, money and food! And these are the disadvantages of the Ming army.

To be honest, they are advancing too fast. If they can stabilize for a year or two and manage the occupied land well, it is hard to say whether they will win or lose.

But now, I am not optimistic about the Ming army!
I used to be a Yuan official. Although the Yuan court is very corrupt, it is undeniable that their military capabilities are still the top in the world.

In particular, the flat plains in the border of Henan are suitable for cavalry troops. I really don't know how the Ming army can win in a battle on the plain border? "

Song Xuan looked around at the people in the hall, but saw that most of them nodded in agreement with Liu Bowen and Li Shanchang's opinion.

"Since you are not optimistic that the Ming army will win, let's discuss next. What should we do next?"

In the hall, there was a silence at first.

The first one to speak was Yu Lianzhou from the Wudang sect.

"Qingshu, can you send someone to support Wuji?"

As soon as this remark came out, Li Shanchang, who was still waiting for others to speak first, suddenly tightened his expression, and said anxiously: "Although our army has some strength, but the kind of battle with millions of troops is not something we can intervene now!
Daxia Yu, although you are a master of martial arts, military affairs are not a trifling matter, how can you act on your emotions?
To support the Ming army?How much is appropriate?
Although our army has 20 troops, they are all new troops who have been trained for less than three months. It will be useless to go without them, and it will just cost the lives of the soldiers.

And if we go too much, our foundation will be unstable, and it is easy to be taken over by other so-called rebels! "

Speaking of this, Liu Bowen also got up and said, "Everyone, we are developing very well, but we must also understand that there are actually dangers all around us.

Among other things, for the past six months, relying on the two cities of Suzhou and Hangzhou, we have controlled all the prefectures and counties between the two cities in the name of suppressing bandits. It seems calm, but in fact it has long been controlled by others. Eye on it!
Since Mingjiao raised troops in the north, various rebel armies in the south of the Yangtze River also raised troops under the banner of Mingjiao, captured cities, and robbed resources and territory.

To the west of us, on the border of Jiangxi, the leader of the rebel army, Xu Shouhui, raised an army of 30 in just a few months.His general, Chen Youliang, was born in the Beggar Gang, supported by the masters of the Beggar Gang, and led the army to fight the Yuan army. He won consecutive battles and almost captured the entire Jiangxi!

To the north of us, on the border of Anhui, Liu Futong and Guo Zixing's two rebel armies under the banner of the Mingjiao have also achieved a great momentum, with strong troops and strong horses.

In addition, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan and other places also have dozens of rebel armies, large and small! "

"Everyone!"

Liu Bowen looked serious, and said: "Except for the sea in the east, our north, west and even south have been surrounded!

Yu Daxia still wants to send troops to save people, but to put it bluntly, even if we have the heart, I am afraid it will be difficult for the army to get out!

The two provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang are rich and prosperous places, surrounded by packs of wolves, who wouldn't want to take a bite?
At this stage, everyone is busy stabilizing the foundation, and there is no conflict for the time being.But believe it or not, as long as we show a little weakness, the surrounding rebels will flock to us and eat us up! "

(End of this chapter)