The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 535 Sending troops to Xuchang

"Yes, Your Majesty," Jia Sidao and the others thought to themselves while answering, Your Majesty is really kind to Lu Wende, and the amount of rewards is unexpected.

Lu Wende, a generation of famous generals in the late Southern Song Dynasty, throughout his life, he "struggled himself among the soldiers, dealt with three sides, and fought a hundred battles", creating a series of brilliant achievements. In the process of resisting Mongolian aggression in the Song Dynasty, his role was It should not be underestimated. It can be regarded as the mainstay of the Southern Song Dynasty’s resistance to Mongolia. The Southern Song Dynasty’s court also relied heavily on it. Black charcoal regiment," also shows its important position in the Southern Song Dynasty military.

Of course, Lu Wende also had an extremely corrupt side. He was corrupt, broke the law, ruled out dissidents, and took refuge in Jia Sidao, but at least during his lifetime, he did not surrender to Mongolia. Lu Wende also felt guilty for the losses caused by the establishment of the forum, and because of this, his gangrene was in his back , died on December 1269th in the fifth year of Xianchun ([-]).

I named Lu Wende according to the memory of later generations, so I don't know what Jia Sidao and others are thinking.

"Master, Lu Aiqing, Zhao Aiqing, the three of you rest here for the night, and I will talk to you about the Senate in detail in the evening, and you can return to Xiangyang tomorrow."

"Yes, I will obey the order,"

"Lu Shikui, General Lu Shimeng,"

"The end is here,"

"Now that your father is ill, I order the two of you to return to Xiangyang with the three grand masters to show your filial piety."

Lu Shikui hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the battle is imminent, the last general is the Song Army, at this moment, do you..."

I interrupted: "That's right, you are the soldiers of the Song Dynasty, but you are also sons of man. Although the battle is imminent, there will be a few days left. I will give you fifteen days of vacation. Go and return as soon as possible."

Lu Shikui and Lu Shimeng stopped talking and kowtowed to thank: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

Brother Lu Wende has worked in the Xiangyang Military Region for decades, and has a high prestige in the Xiangyang Army. I ordered Brother Lu Shikui to return to Xiangyang to see his father for the last time.

Of course, no one knew that Lu Wende's time limit had come.

In mid-November, news came from Yin Yinglei that his troops fled around, finally got rid of the pursuit of the Yuan army, and approached Bianliang.

Although Yin Yinglei said lightly in the letter, I am very clear that the hardships cannot be expressed in words, just like the [-]-mile long march of later generations. After Yin Yinglei's troops ran out of throwing bombs, we The original intention of letting him establish a base was changed, but he was asked to join the army.

"Xiaochen, the map,"

"Yes, Your Majesty," Gongsun Xiaochen replied while unfolding the map on the wall.

"Xiu Yan, how many bombs are there in the army?"

Tian Xiuyan said: "Returning to the emperor, there are as many as [-] pieces. According to Lin'an news, the Second Armory Factory under the Gunpowder Supervision has started construction in early September, so the production speed is much faster."

"Okay, it's time to take Xuchang," I pointed at the map and said, "Jiang Aiqing's troops are running out of food and grass, and winter is coming, we should take Xuchang as soon as possible, and get through the connection between Dengzhou and Bianliang, Xiaochen, The herald will come here to discuss the matter,"

A group of generals had been recuperating here for more than a month, and they had long wanted to send troops to attack the Yuan army. At this time, when they heard that the emperor held a military affairs meeting, they were all gearing up and excited.

Gongsun Xiaochen, who was a member of the army, first introduced: "Generals, at present, our Bianliang military region has expanded to the strength of two armies. Although the Yuan army sent a lot of troops to Bianliang, the Yuan army who besieged Bianliang The army is still mainly concentrated in the south and east of the city, and the Yuan army on the west and north sides are all new troops who have not been trained. , the north gate to come and go at will, "

"Let's talk about Xuchang. From what our army knows, there are only more than [-] Yuan soldiers in Xuchang City, and its guard is Guo Kan, a famous general of the Yuan Dynasty. Guo Kan is a descendant of Guo Ziyi, a famous general of the previous dynasty. Expedition to the Western Regions, and victorious in all battles, but our army has the advantage of artillery, it is not difficult to take Xuchang, the only thing to beware of is the attack of the Nanyang Yuan army, generals, please see, "

Gongsun Xiaochen pointed to the large map on the wall, and continued: "It took nearly two months for our scouts to complete this detailed map of Henan. At present, the conditions for attacking Xuchang are ripe. Based on various circumstances, the preliminary plan formulated by our army is as follows. First, the more than 27 troops of General Zhang Shun who are familiar with the route and Wanyan Tianlei The two artillery battalions led by the general arrived at Xuchang via Jia County in the north of the Changwu Army, and gathered with General Yinyinglei's troops to form a forward force to attack Xuchang. At the south gate of Xuchang, at the same time, Wen Zhang's troops in Bianliang City, led by Fan Liangfu, went south through the west gate of Bianliang, bypassed the Yuan army that besieged Bianliang, and attacked the north gate of Xuchang."

"Secondly, General Wu Songhan led the troops of the headquarters and one and a half brigades of the Second Division of the Yulin Army, under the unified command of General Wu Songhan, to block the possible arrival of the Nanyang Yuan Army in the south of Jiaxian County. Thirdly, General Fan Tianshun led The soldiers and horses of the headquarters and the two brigades of the Third Division of the Yulin Army were under the unified command of General Fan Tianshun to block the possible arrival of the Nanyang Yuan Army south of Yancheng. The two armies supported or deployed each other depending on the movement of the Nanyang Yuan Army. Mainly use muskets and throwing bombs to prevent Nanyang reinforcements from reinforcing Xuchang City,"

"Fourth, the rest of the ministries, along with the emperor and Marshal Lu, are stationed in Dengzhou. They are loose on the outside and tight on the inside. If the Nanyang Yuan army does not rescue Xuchang and attacks Dengzhou with all its strength, our army can retreat to the city of Dengzhou. Fifth, once Xuchang is captured, The Yinyinglei Division, a brigade of the [-]rd Division of the Yulin Army, and the two armies under General Fan Tianshun will be stationed at Xuchang, and the rest of the units will return to their starting points. Our main force in Dengzhou will take the opportunity to advance eastward and attack Nanyang. The above is the draft plan for attacking Xuchang. Please give your opinions, generals."

Wu Song said: "Your Majesty, all generals, at present, the Nanyang Army is not moving. It's not that they don't want to move, but they don't dare to move. As long as our army moves quickly, Xuchang will be killed before A Shu and Boyan react. Winning is the best policy. Therefore, the final general suggested that General Zhang Shun, who was in charge of the main attack, could sneak northward in batches before the 27th, and only act at night, trying to act secretly. When setting off, each brought 20 taels of virtual gun carts as suspicious soldiers, so that the Yuan army, who was afraid of artillery, would have misgivings."

"General Wu's suggestion is very good," Zhang Shun said. "The final general needs General Fan Liangfu's advice. Last time our army escorted the grain road for the military supplies to be quite hidden. This time, we will be able to reach the outside of Xuchang without anyone noticing."

Wanyan Tianlei followed and said: "As long as we can reach Xuchang smoothly, the twenty cannons of the Artillery Battalion can concentrate their firepower to bombard a city gate, and it should only take half an hour to blast a passage."

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After more than two hours of careful calculation, I finally announced the combat plans of each army.

Since November 21th, all the scouts in the Dengzhou military camp have been dispatched to search for news along the east and north roads. On the evening of the 22st, General Zhang Shun personally led an army and quietly left the Dengzhou camp. , heading north, along the way, General Zhang Shun left soldiers in every key area to respond to the follow-up troops and monitored the roads. At dawn on the 24th, Wu Songhan and Fan Tianshun each led their teams from the Dengzhou barracks.

After getting the news, Boyan and Ashu, the coaches of the Nanyang Yuan Army, immediately called their generals to discuss.

Boyan first said: "Marshal Ashu, all generals, the purpose of the Southern Dynasty army going north this time is nothing more than two. One is to directly enter Bianliang, and the other is to attack Xuchang, an important town in the south of Bianliang. In addition to the musketeers, the army marching northward also has forty sealed chariots. These forty chariots should pull the artillery of the Southern Dynasty. If they enter Bianliang, our army can temporarily stand still and wait for them to enter the city. Let's see if they are besieging the city; if they are attacking Xuchang, then our army can stop the Song army in Jiaxian area."

Ashu said: "Compared with the Battle of Xiangyang, the Yulin Army of the Southern Dynasty Army has one more reorganization division, that is to say, thousands of musketeers. For our army, this is not a good thing, but this time the Southern Dynasty Army As the army went north, the layout of its firearms was obviously divided. Therefore, this commander believes that our army should also be divided into two groups, one way goes north, and fights with the Song army in Jiaxian County, and the other way attacks Dengzhou."

"Okay," Boyan thought for a while, "if the army going south and north took away forty artillery pieces, there would only be fifteen artillery pieces left in the Dengzhou army. Whether there are new firearms arriving, but no matter what, since there is such an opportunity, our army must not let it go, the longer the time, the more firearms in the Southern Dynasty will be, and the more disadvantageous it will be to our army, "

Ali Haiya said: "Marshal Boyan, Marshal, give the order."

Boyan nodded and said: "There are 8 to [-] troops in the Southern Dynasty in Dengzhou, and half of them went north. According to the information obtained by our army, the emperor of the Southern Dynasty should have stayed in Dengzhou instead of going north with the army. Therefore, the key target of our army's attack this time is Dengzhou, the generals will obey orders, and Marshal A Shu will assign the tasks of each army, "

"Generals, if you can kill the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, it will be worthwhile to lose countless Xuchangs," said Ashu, "General Ali Haiya,"

"The end is here,"

"This commander ordered you to lead [-] cavalry to go to Jia County with [-] soldiers and horses, to raise more banners and make great fanfare,"