The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 461 Promoted to Deputy Commander

After eating for a while, Concubine Yang suddenly asked: "Officials, how can you be sure that the child in the concubine's stomach is a prince and not a princess?"

"Ah," I said with a mocking smile, "Concubine Shu, I am the Emperor of the True Dragon, of course this kind of thing is clear."

Fang Ling chuckled, and said, "Yes, Concubine Yang, sister, brother, the official family is a god."

"Yes, I also believe it," Xie Daoqing said, "Officials, you will be away from the palace for a long time this time, and the workload of instructing the court memorials will naturally increase, so I propose to let Concubine Qiu to assist the empress together Let's deal with the memorial, "

Among my concubines, Quan Jiu and Concubine Qiu have the best writing styles, and Concubine Qiu is the one who is most interested in government affairs, so I nodded and said, "Okay, Concubine Qiu, after I leave Lin'an, you will come to assist the queen." to handle official business,"

Concubine Qiu said excitedly: "Yes, officials and concubines will definitely help the queen well,"

For this personal expedition, although I was fully prepared and confident, but just before the expedition, like the recruits, I was excited and excited, but also a little nervous.

Back at Funing Hall, I lay on the bed for a long time and couldn't fall asleep. After making out with Quan Jiu again and again, I fell into a sleepy state in exhaustion.

In a daze, I suddenly heard a burst of gunfire outside.

"The battle has begun," I quickly put on my clothes, picked up the gold pistol from the bed, and walked out.

The outside was filled with gunpowder smoke, and the sound of killing was loud. I looked around, but only heard noises, but no one was there. I panicked and shouted several times, "Come here, come here," but my voice quickly disappeared. Covered by the deafening gunfire, which could not be heard at all, I checked the pistol and walked forward boldly. After walking about ten steps, I saw two people running on a horse in the thick smoke. Wearing the uniform of the Song Army, when I saw it, I immediately shouted in surprise: "Lingshan,"

Hearing my voice, Le Lingshan hurriedly turned around and ran towards where I was. More than ten meters behind her was a Mongolian man in a yellow robe and holding a strong bow. On a maroon-red war horse, he walked forward calmly and unhurriedly. Although I had never seen this person before, the three words "Kublai Khan" suddenly appeared in my mind. Seeing that Le Lingshan had already run up to me, Bi Lie sneered, drew his bow and set an arrow, and shouted, "Meteor chases the moon," and immediately, a dark green feathered arrow shot over.

I let out an "ah", and didn't think of shooting with the weapon in my hand. I just took a step forward subconsciously, then turned sharply, and hugged Le Lingshan in my arms. At this moment, the extremely fast gun The Feather Arrow was already less than one meter away from my back, and the strong wind brought by the Feather Arrow made my back ache. I said to myself, "My life is over,"

However, the feather arrow did not hit me. At this critical moment, Fang Ling who came from nowhere suddenly appeared behind me and blocked the arrow shot by "Kublai Khan" with his body.

I let go of Le Lingshan and turned around to look, only to see blood oozing from the corner of Fang Ling's mouth, and a feather arrow pierced through his chest. I felt a great pain in my heart, and I raised my hand to shoot, which just hit the opponent I threw "Kublai Khan" off the horse, and I threw away the gun, and immediately sat on the ground, holding Fang Ling in his arms, and Fang Ling reluctantly He blinked, looked at me and smiled, then closed his eyes.

At this moment, Le Lingshan patted my shoulder, and suddenly smiled at me, then turned into a puff of light smoke and entered Fang Ling's body.

I suddenly felt my brain go blank for a while, and then I fainted to the ground.

That night, Kublai Khan received the latest battle report sent by Ashu and Boyan in six hundred miles. In this battle report, Ashu and others reported four points. Captured the outer city of Fancheng and drove all the defending Song troops into the inner city; second, the remaining two brigades of the second division of the Southern Dynasty Yulin Army arrived in Yingzhou on April 24; A group of naval warships tentatively engaged in two battles with the Southern Dynasty navy, and the outcome was not decided. Fourth, Boyan personally led Xue Xue to the south of Yingzhou, but had no chance to see the muskets of the Imperial Forest Army.

What interested Kublai Khan the most was the second article in the battle report. The Imperial Forest Army increased its troops again. Of course, Kublai Khan knew that the Imperial Forest Army in the Southern Dynasty had only two divisions in total, and half of the troops had already arrived in Yingzhou. The probability of the emperors of the Southern Dynasties personally conquering Xiangfan also increased greatly.

After reading the battle report, Hao Jing said: "Your Majesty, I also agree with the Emperor's deduction that the Song Emperor will definitely conquer himself."

"Well," Kublai Khan nodded, and said to Zhenjin who was on the side, "Zhenjin, you choose a day to go south and join General Oruchi in the Nanyang camp. The [-] Central Route Army went straight to Xiangyang, "

"Yes, Father,"

Hao Jingdao: "Your Majesty, it seems that the emperor of the Song Dynasty is quite courageous, but if he conquers himself, it can save the second step of our army's southern expedition. In this way, our army only needs to kill or capture the emperor of the Southern Dynasty in Xiangfan area. , and force it to surrender, maybe there is no need to take the third step, "

"That's right, what the emperor said is very much in line with my wishes,"

In the plan formulated by Mongolian Kublai Khan and Ashu, the plan to conquer the south is divided into three major steps. The first step is the battle of Xiangfan, taking the land of Xiangfan, controlling the north and south, and dividing the east and west; the second step is to go straight down In the south of the Yangtze River, take Lin'an directly and force the royal family of the Southern Dynasty to surrender; the third step is to go west to Sichuan, go south to Guangdong and Guangxi, and go north to Jianghuai to defeat the remaining military forces of the Southern Dynasty in one fell swoop.

If the emperor of the Southern Dynasty was killed or captured in Xiangfan, wouldn't it be clear that the first and second steps were combined together? Up until now, the entire senior management of the Yuan Dynasty was still full of confidence in the fighting power of the Yuan army.

Zhenjin said: "Father, General Zhang Rou, the deputy commander of Zhengnan, has passed away from illness for many months. The position of commander in chief of our West Road Army is still vacant. My son suggested that he should be appointed as soon as possible."

"Well, Zhenjin, I have already thought about this matter," Kublai Khan agreed, "Come on, please send Dong Wenbing, Dong Aiqing, and Prince Hedan to the palace to see me."

At the beginning of May, the overall construction of the capital of the Yuan Dynasty was still in full swing. Most of the ministers of the court temporarily lived not far from the imperial palace. Within half an hour, Dong Wenbing and He Dan entered the study of the imperial palace one after the other. .

"See Your Majesty,"

"Excuse me, sit down,"

"Thank you, Your Majesty,"

Dong Wenbing and Zhen Jin and Hao Jing finished saluting each other and sat down at the lower seat.

Kublai Khan cut to the chase and said, "Dong Aiqing, Hedan, Tingfeng,"

"The minister is here," the two hurriedly knelt down again.

"Dong Aiqing, since the end of last autumn, after the old general Zhang Rou, who was formerly the deputy marshal of Zhengnan and the marshal of the West Army, died of illness, his position has been vacant. A tiger head gold medal,"

"My minister Dong Wenbing thanked the emperor for his kindness,"

"Brother Hedan, I have transferred you to be the Marshal of the West Road Army,"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your obedience,"

In the Mongol-Han army, there are three major factions, the historians headed by Shi Tianze, the Zhang family headed by Zhang Rou, and the Dong family headed by Dong Jun, Dong Wenbing and his sons. These three great families all turned to Genghis Khan during the Mongolian gold eradication period. , has become one of the forces that several Mongolian Khans have always valued, among which Dong Wenbing and Kublai Khan have the deepest friendship.

Kublai Khan continued: "Zhenjin, inform the Privy Council that Zhang Honglue, the son of the old general Zhang Rou, will be appointed as the commander of the South Army. He will take over the vacancy left by Dong Aiqing after his promotion. piece, "

"Yes, Father,"

Zhang Honglue, a strategist, well-versed in classics and history, good at riding and shooting, the eighth son of Zhang Rou, who is also the starling of Zhang Hongfan, the pioneer of the South Conquest, was the head of the people in Shuntian Road and marched thousands of households.

"You two lovers, sit down," Kublai Khan continued, "The battle of Xiangyang has been going on for more than a year. What's going on with the Sichuan Military Region and the Jianghuai Military Region in the Southern Dynasties?"

He Dan said: "Your Majesty, except for Xia Gui of the Jianghuai Army who led his troops to Suizhou, the Sichuan Military Region and the Jianghuai Military Region in the Southern Dynasties just strictly guarded the gates of the cities and did not make any movement."

Kublai Khan said: "Today, I received a battle report from the Central Army, saying that the other two brigades of the Second Division of the Imperial Forest Army of the Southern Dynasty have also arrived in Yingzhou. Judging from various signs, the emperor of the Southern Dynasty will definitely conquer Xiangfan in person in the near future. As a result, the situation in the battle of Xiangfan may far exceed our army's expectations. Since the Southern Dynasty troops in the east and west have not moved for the time being, I plan to transfer 5000 people from the east and west armies to Xiangyang. Support, and strive to kill the emperor of the Southern Dynasty in the Xiangfan area, as long as this is successful, the future east and west battles will become much easier,"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers and others obey the order,"

"True gold, after tomorrow's court meeting, you and your two love ministers will go to the Privy Council and complete the procedures for dispatching troops,"

"Yes, Father,"

"You two dear ministers, please make preparations first. As soon as the news of the Southern Emperor's personal conquest is confirmed, the reinforcements will be dispatched immediately,"

"Yes, Your Majesty,"

Dong Wenbing went on to say: "Your Majesty, all the things I have planned in Dadu have been completed. Tomorrow morning, I will set off to go south to the army camp on the East Road north of the Huai River. I will bid farewell to the Emperor first." Finally, Dong Wenbing knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times respectfully.

After receiving the gift, Kublai Khan got up and helped Dong Wenbing up and said, "Dong Aiqing, do you still remember what happened 16 years ago, when you, Wen Yong, Wen Zhong and other 46 people rushed to Dali to join the army, prepared for hardships, and followed Zhennan from then on. Conquering the Northern War, being loyal, and making countless contributions, it is very rare."

Dong Wenbing said: "It's my honor to follow the emperor. The emperor is wise and powerful, which is really a blessing for me. I will use the power of dogs and horses to repay the emperor's great kindness."

Kublai Khan looked at the beloved general and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I have a Qing family, so why worry about failure in my career?"