Chapter 65: The stars shine

"This Guo Kan is really worthy of being a god. In that case, he brought so many supplies. It's really unexpected." When Li Jun thought of Guo Kan's questioning him another big problem, his head was getting bigger. He was helpless. He knocked his forehead hard, and his forehead was banging. His eyes stared at the confrontation between Song Jun and Guo Kanjun, and he didn't move for a moment, as if the map was a magnet.

Liao Shenggong also stared at the map and said with emotion: "Guo Kan is meticulous in military use, and he is really free from water. He handles all aspects just right, making people not know where to start from. Emperor, I really feel like a dog biting a turtle and having no place to mouth." I immediately thought that this was not respectful enough, so I apologized and said: "I am wrong, I am wrong."

Li Jun waved his hand to stop him from apologizing and said, "You are right, I feel this way too. According to our expectations, Guo Kan rushed into the slums and supported the food he brought for at most ten days. Unexpectedly, he used this trick to support one month even if he was fully allocated. If the allocated was cut in half, it would be two months, plus slaughtering war horses and some special measures, it would be fine to support three months."

Liu Hezi leaned on a crutch and stared at the map, saying the conclusion that Li Jun had not said: "So, our original plan to drag him down and then get rid of him will not work. Guo Kan should be solved as soon as possible, so that the people can return to their homes and engage in production."

This is a domestic war. The direct consequence of the long-term war is that large areas of fertile land are deserted and the people are displaced, which is extremely unfavorable to economic development. In order to deal with Guo Kan's army, the entire Jiangnan was mobilized. Not only did the people mobilize to dig trenches, but due to the lack of total troops, they were afraid that Guo Kan would break through and escape, so they also mobilized a large number of strong people to help the Song army defend. The number was at least hundreds of thousands. Hundreds of thousands of people could not engage in production. For the Southern Song Dynasty, which was in urgent need of money and food, the problem was really serious.

"General Liu, don't say it there. Everyone knows that our total troops are insufficient. If you want to gather Guo Kan, a traitor, now, think about it, there is no way to do it." Veteran Gundam felt uncomfortable when he thought that there was not enough troops to eat Guo Kan. When Liu Hezi mentioned this, he felt very uncomfortable and couldn't help but nag.

Liu Hezi endured the funny thing in his heart and said, "General Gao is right, Liu will not say it anymore."

"You General Gao, you can't let others say anything." Li Jun knocked on Gao Da's chest and smiled: "You are not afraid of the doctor."

Gao Da stomped his feet and said, "Your Majesty, I am so angry when I think of this. It's not that General Liu doesn't want to say that I really don't want to hear it."

Li Jun smiled and said, "You really have something to say."

Zhao Qian said excitedly: "Guo Kangou traitors divide the army into three types: the first participating troops, the second participating troops, and the third participating troops. The first participating troops brings ten kilograms of grain each person, the second participating troops brings twenty kilograms of grain, the third participating troops brings forty kilograms of grain and fifty kilograms of horse materials. This is indeed a good method. It not only ensures the normal advancement of the army, but also ensures logistics supplies, which is worth learning from."

As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Han immediately expressed his objection and said, "This method is wrong, it is too hard for infantry. Infantry is not an infantryman, it is purely a porter, and it is absolutely impossible to use it." He is an infantry general, and it is his nature to maintain infantry. When he thinks that Guo Kan's method of infantry is the most difficult, he naturally has to oppose it.

Guo Kan's method is actually very simple. He divided the troops into three categories, called the first, second and third troops in the order of participation in the war. The first troops were on guard when the army was advancing. When they encountered the enemy, there were 50,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry. The cavalry required each cavalry to carry ten kilograms of grain, and each infantry was also ten kilograms. The 80,000 people brought 800,000 kilograms of grain. Ten kilograms of grain were not a burden to the combat department, especially the impact on the cavalry can be said to be very small. (Note: For the sake of easy expression and for easy understanding, I divided it into the first, second and third troops in the war. Cavalry: It is an ancient name, and it is called Yiqin.)

The second participating troops can enter the battle at any time, but according to the battle sequence, they are only the reserve team of the first participating troops. If they are ready, they will generally not enter the battle. There are a total of 50,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry, each of which carries twenty kilograms of grain, which is 1.4 million kilograms of grain.

The third participating troops had zero chance of participating in the battle when the army was advancing, so the marching task Guo Kan gave them was to bring enough food. Each person rode forty kilograms of grain and fifty kilograms of horse feed, a total of 400,000, and there were 16 million kilograms of grain and 20 million kilograms of horse feed. This group of troops was the most unlucky and became porters.

When Guo Kan did this, once he encountered a large-scale battle, all combat troops would put down their food and join the battle. When the battle was over, they would carry the weight and then move forward. According to his judgment, Li Jun's main force would not come so quickly. Unexpectedly, it was intercepted by Liu Hezi, causing him to fall into a trap. (Note: For the infantry carrying ninety kilograms of grain and fodder, plus the total equipment of more than one hundred kilograms, it is absolutely fine if I can march normally with my personal experience. Friends should not doubt this. I won't say much about the specific reason, otherwise some people would definitely think that I was cheating on my friends' Qidian coins.)

In addition, Guo Kan also did something that surprised everyone, that is, he actually brought more than 20,000 hens laying eggs in the army. Like humans, war horses must maintain sufficient nutrition to ensure endurance. Guo Kan brought the hens laying eggs to store eggs for war horses. (Note: In my hometown, before there was no road, all goods were mainly carried by horses. Horse drivers brought a bag of corn to feed the horses every day, sometimes they also brought an egg.)

Guo Kan's army was strictly disciplined and did not harass the people. This is recorded in history. When the Mongolian army swept across the Middle East, other troops became robbed. Only his army was strictly disciplined and did not harm the people. He did not want to disturb the people too much, so he brought his own hen.

After Guo Kan made this move, he had nearly 20 million kilograms of grain and 20 million kilograms of horse feed during the march. In addition to the supplies brought by the logistics department, the grain and horse feed were nearly 30 million kilograms. If each soldier consumes two kilograms per day, it can support it for almost a month. Two kilograms per day can be considered full, and the soldiers will not be hungry at all.

If Guo Kan cuts the distribution in half again, each person will double the time, which will be almost two months. If special measures are taken, such as distributing the basic amount to troops who do not go to the battlefield for a short period of time, such as half a pound, the combat troops will distribute it normally, and add horse milk to slaughter war horses, and it will not be a big problem to support for three months.

Guo Kan's approach to bringing his own food was not only Li Jun, but Kublai Khan, who knew him very well, did not expect that he had to wait for him. In his opinion, he was in a hurry to get into the trap and would not carry too much food and fodder. He could only hold on for two months when he tried his best. Unexpectedly, he could easily support him for three months.

When Guo Kan was shortlisted, the Song army discovered this situation. After Li Jun calculated, he knew that the method of dragging Guo Kan down and annihilated it in the short term would not work. Thinking that the war would be harmful to him without any benefit, it would not work if he didn't have a big impact.

"Your Majesty, this is all my mistake. I will take the blame." Liu Hezi said in a word that Guo Kan's true intention: "Guo Kan is a dog traitor because he is afraid of harassing me by the guerrillas, so he wants food and the army to go with him."

Indeed, what Liu Hezi said was that the guerrillas were making a big fuss in Jiangnan, which made Boyan suffer a lot. If the food was taken away with the army, Liu Hezi's guerrillas would be useless to harass his logistics. As long as they arrived at the front line, established a base, and stored the food.

"General Liu is so serious. I want you to carry out guerrilla warfare. Where did you miss it? Besides, if you hadn't achieved such a great record behind enemy lines, Guo Kan wouldn't have easily fallen into trouble." Li Jun smiled and comforted, and analyzed: "Although Guo Kan's move is steady, it cannot be used frequently. After all, it will affect the speed of the army's advancement. Guo Kan means that after conquering Wuxi, Wuxi will be used as a base, and the food will exist there. His army has restored its combat capabilities and can fight us. But he didn't expect that we set a trap for him."

Liao Shenggong deeply agreed: "What the emperor said is very true. According to my opinion, Guo Kan's grasp of the situation in Jiangnan is more accurate than that of Boyan. He knew very well that he could not win in a short time before he would bring enough food and fodder to fight a protracted battle with us."

Liu Hezi continued: "Guo Kan is a traitor who is known as a god. His grasp of the situation in Jiangnan really makes people convinced. He is neither arrogant nor impatient, nor slow, and the entire army is not advancing fast, but it is like water in the sea, stable but invincible. If we hadn't surrounded him, Jiangnan would really not know what it is now. It's not that he is more ambition and destroys his own prestige, and fighting with an opponent like Guo Kan is indeed more difficult than dealing with Boyan. I feel like walking on thin ice."

No one dared to express his dissent to Liu Hezi's words. Since confronting Guo Kan, the Song army has not won a victory except for a victory in the protruding army. They can only dig the trenches in and compress Guo Kan's position bit by bit. They all felt the threat brought by Guo Kan. If they were not done well, they would collapse. By then, the Mongolian cavalry's advantage would be exerted, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Your Majesty, I said, hurry up and order the recruits to join the army. With more troops, then, hum." Gundam snorted heavily, without further explanation. He understood his meaning, but Guo Kan would never escape again.

Li Jun immediately rejected: "We can't fish through the lake. Now, our total strength is not superior, and we cannot eat him in a short time. Fortunately, Zheng Jing and General have regained control of the Yangtze River waterway, and the Mongols cannot send reinforcements. Jiangnan Wuyou, Guo Kan has become an isolated army, and he is not afraid that he will escape to heaven."

Gundam said anxiously: "Master, what time will you have to wait for?"

"Don't worry, our reinforcements will arrive soon. Guo Kan is the grasshopper in autumn and cannot grow." Li Jun smiled and comforted the anxious Gundam.

Li Jun's words were a bit mysterious, and Gundam was a little confused and said, "Prince, where did the reinforcements come from?"

Liao Shenggong and Liu Hezi looked at each other, and Liu Hezi smiled and explained, "General Gao, where did General Zheng go?"

"Didn't he go to Anqing?" Gundam's mouth suddenly opened his head and suddenly became excited. He slapped his forehead and said, "Our cavalry unit can be expanded!" Thinking of the enlarged cavalry unit galloping across the board, he almost jumped up.

It cannot be blamed for being impatient. For the Song people, cavalry is a word that makes them envious and jealous. Mongolian cavalry is invincible and makes the Song army unable to fight back. What Gundam wants the most is the cavalry unit, and what he hates the most is the Mongolian cavalry. Thinking of seizing Guo Kan's war horses and forming his own cavalry unit of the Southern Song Dynasty, it would be a great thing, and it would be more exciting than anything else.

As Gundam finished speaking, the captain of the guard Xie Jin reported: "I will report to the emperor, Li Tingzhi, and Zhang Shijie to see you."

"Hurry, please come." Jie Jin's words were like a person who had been thirsty for a long time looking at the nectar. After hearing this, he was overjoyed. As soon as he said that, he immediately changed his words and said, "No, no, no, let's go and welcome them." He ran in his head first, so happy that he almost hit the door frame.

Li Jun was worried about the lack of general force and could not solve Guo Kan's worries as soon as possible. Li Tingzhi and Zhang Shijie asked for a meeting. Needless to say, they naturally came to Jiangnan. Needless to say, these reinforcements must have brought them. Li Jun's joy was really extraordinary. He was already very restrained without the yangge who had been twisted into his hometown.

Liao Shenggong and the others were also very happy and followed him out. Gundam naturally took a big step and rushed out immediately after Li Jun. Zhao Qian and the others ran one by one. Unfortunately, Liu Hezi, who was unable to move, followed with crutches and crutches. Jie Jin held back his smile and hurriedly supported him.

Li Jun rushed outside the camp and saw Zhang Shijie, Li Tingzhi's Zheng Jing and the other three standing in front. Behind them were hundreds of generals in armor. Needless to say, they were naturally generals of the Huaixi Huaidong Army. Zhang Shijie and Li Tingzhi brought them to meet the saint and see the sky.

"I will meet the emperor. Long live my emperor, long live my emperor!" Under the leadership of Zhang Shijie, Li Tingzhi and Zheng Jinghe, the generals of Huaidong and Huaixi Army paid a great gift to Li Jun.

Li Jun had no habit of asking someone to kowtow to him. When he saw so many generals coming, he was so happy that he could not care about these polite rituals and said, "Get up, get up. Get up quickly." He helped Zhang Shijie, Zheng Jinghe and Li Tingzhi up with both hands.

The generals only stood up after thanking each other.

Li Jun looked at Zhang Shijie and saw that the famous general was still very strong, but there were a few wrinkles on his face. It was obvious that he was in charge of military affairs in Huaixi this year and faced the Mongolian army independently. He tried his best. Li Jun patted his shoulder and said, "General Zhang, thank you for your hard work. Huaixi can be safe, and the general will make great contributions."

"If you work hard for the court, you will not dare to express your merits." Zhang Shijie did not dare to take credit for it.

Li Jun looked at Zheng Jinghe's young face and praised him: "General Zheng, Jiangnan has been preserved, which is all the contribution of the general. When General Jiaoshan fought, he was surprised by the shame of Jiaoshan's battle a year ago. He grew up the military power of the Song Dynasty and promoted our country's power."

Zhang Shijie blamed himself deeply: "Emperor, this is all incompetent, please punish the emperor."

Li Jun hurriedly comforted him: "What is the crime of fighting for the country? Winning and defeating soldiers and military affairs are common. A year ago, the court was defeated in the Battle of Jiaoshan. A year later, didn't we win back? Generals don't have to take it to heart."

"The emperor's words are so serious. This is all the achievements of the emperor's wiseness. The soldiers' efforts to kill the enemy, but I have no merit." Zheng Jinghe said hurriedly. What Li Jun said was not a false statement. If Zheng Jinghe had not defeated the Mongolian naval army in Jiaoshan and regained control of the Yangtze River waterway, God knows when the Mongolian reinforcements will come to Jiangnan. Even if Li Tingzhi and Zhang Shijie come to Jiangnan, if Kublai Khan made a large increase in troops, the consequences would still be much more serious.

"General Zheng is modest." Li Jun felt very fond of Zheng Jing and his modest attitude. Looking at Li Tingzhi, he saw that the famous minister was tall and handsome. In today's words, he was a handsome man. If he stood on the street, he would definitely scream from a girl. Unfortunately, there were a few wrinkles on his handsome face, which destroyed the original beauty, and his hair was already visible on his temples. Needless to say, this was the case that he had not received support from the court for a long time and was alone in charge of the military and political affairs of Huaidong alone.

Li Tingzhi, whose name is Xiangfu, was born on the beam of the house on the day he was born. Some people said that this was auspicious sign, so they named him Tingzhi. He was extraordinary and had few talented people, far better than ordinary people. At the age of eighteen, he predicted that the officials of the Southern Song Dynasty who followed would arouse civil unrest and advised his family to move away. After repeated persuasion, his family moved away reluctantly. Later, there was indeed a civil unrest in other places. Other families were in trouble, but his family avoided the difficulty of moving away after listening to his words.

Jia Sidao, who served in important positions in the Southern Song Dynasty, was very fond of him. Yangzhou was at the forefront and was attacked by the Mongolian army. The court discussed the candidates for defending Yangzhou. Li Zong said that there was no more suitable candidate than Li Tingzhi, so Li Tingzhi became the only candidate to go to Yangzhou, which was at the forefront. It was with his efforts that Yangzhou, which had become a dangerous place, turned danger into safety.

When Lin'an was captured, Xie Daoqing sent someone to persuade Li Tingzhi to surrender on the way to Dadu. Li Tingzhi refused sternly and said, "I have only heard of being ordered to defend the city, but I have never heard of being ordered to surrender." Later, Xie Daoqing sent an envoy to bring her letter to call Li Tingzhi to surrender. Li Tingzhi directly ordered someone to shoot the envoy.

Although the food in the city was exhausted and the soldiers had already killed their children and cooked them. Feeling that Li Tingzhi's loyalty and righteousness had no intention of surrendering, he still fought hard. A Shu spent all his efforts under the strong city of Yangzhou and had no choice but to do anything about him. If the traitor Zhu Huan had not surrendered, he would not know when to conquer Yangzhou. When Li Tingzhi got the news that the city was broken, he wanted to jump into the lotus pond and drowned. Because the water was shallow and unable to die, he was captured by the Mongols. A Shu repeatedly persuaded him to surrender. The traitor Zhu Huan said that the reason why Yangzhou was difficult to capture and caused major casualties to the Mongolian army was the fault of Li Tingzhi and another general who advocated the war of resistance, Jiang Cai, killed Li Tingzhi and Jiang Cai.

When people mention famous officials of the Southern Song Dynasty, people think of Wen Tianxiang because of his poem "Since ancient times, no one will die, but leave their loyalty to shine in history." In fact, Li Tingzhi's integrity is not inferior to Wen Tianxiang at all. When it comes to military and political talents, Li Tingzhi is much more outstanding than him. It is his efforts that have restrained A Shu's army of hundreds of thousands in Yangzhou. A Shu's attack on Yangzhou can be said to be unable to defeat him with all his strength.

Li Tingzhi also has a complimentary character, which is that he has unique vision and can discover talents. He likes to support the poor. As long as he has talent, he will definitely use it if he finds it.

For Li Jun, has Li Tingzhi heard about the name of Li Tingzhi for a long time or is well known. When Li Jun reads history and reads Li Tingzhi's loyalty and righteousness, he can't help but sigh, "I didn't meet this person in my life, and I am sincere in my life's lasting events." He has long wanted to see his appearance, but he didn't expect it to come true. The excitement in his heart is something that can be explained clearly without writing. It is even more exciting than when he saw Wen Tianxiang, a famous minister of all ages, that day, and shouts: "Xiangfu!" He hugged Li Tingzhi in his arms and wiped his tears and said, "Xiangfu, I'm so happy to see you."

Li Jun's approach, not to mention that in the Song Dynasty, when the etiquette and legal system was extremely strict, even in modern times, someone would accuse him of being unreasonable and damaging his identity. But Li Jun was really excited and could not care about these things.

Liao Shenggong and others dared not have the idea that Li Jun was not in accordance with the etiquette and law. They were moved in their hearts and thought that the emperor was so kind to his ministers, either in the Song Dynasty or in history. I am afraid that only Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu's crying after learning that the death of Grand Sima Wu Han could be compared with that. They all secretly wiped their tears, and were very excited.

For Li Tingzhi, when he left Lin'an, Song Duzong was sick and weak, and could fall down at any time. That was caused by too many women in power. When it comes to political affairs, it was even more disheartening. He was not distinguished from right or wrong, nor could he distinguish between black and white. He only knew to enjoy himself with a concubine and searched for flowers and willows everywhere. Now, when Li Jun stood there, he felt a sense of strength, and the domineering aura came out of his body. He didn't have to look at it, but he knew that this was a Taoist monarch who could accomplish great things. The excitement in his heart was beyond the reach of his pen and ink.

Li Tingzhi never expected Li Jun to do this. He was shocked at first, and then hugged Li Jun and cried. It was not that Li Tingzhi was fragile, but that he was struggling to support the situation in Yangzhou alone. No one could tell clearly how much bitterness and how much pain there was, not just those who experienced it. At first sight, Li Jun showed such true feelings, and the pain that had accumulated in his heart for many years suddenly surged up, as if the river water broke through the dam was uncontrollable.

One king and one minister, crying in front of the ministers, is probably the first time in history.

The reason why Li Jun was so excited was that he admired Li Tingzhi very much. He struggled to support the crisis with his own strength, which made the Mongolians reluctant. In the history of the Southern Song Dynasty, anyone who reads "Biography of Li Tingzhi" would be moved to tears. Li Jun is a person of true nature. When he cried, he couldn't help but cry.

Li Tingzhi made great contributions to the current situation in the Southern Song Dynasty. It was he who restrained a large part of the Mongolian forces in Yangzhou, which prevented Kublai Khan from dispatching more troops to attack Jiangnan. Without receiving supplies from the court and reinforcements from one army and one soldier in the court, Li Tingzhi alone fought against hundreds of thousands of Mongolian troops. In the hardships, Liao Shenggong and others were naturally able to imagine the people who were used to bringing troops, and they were all crying.

Gao Da and Li Tingzhi were very familiar with each other, so they rushed over and hugged Li Tingzhi and cried, "Xiangfu, Xiangfu, we are meeting again, I'm so happy."

Li Tingzhi's tears fell like broken pearls, nodding constantly.

Just as the king and his ministers were crying, Jie Jin came to report: "Report to the emperor, General Zhang Jue asked for a visit."

Zhang Jue was a famous general who guarded Sichuan in the Southern Song Dynasty. Since Mengge implemented the great detour strategy, Sichuan has been attacked by Mongolia, and most areas have been lost, and the situation has deteriorated. Yu Jie was ordered to defend Sichuan and proposed the strategy of "using mountains to control cavalry, without controlling the surface", which made the situation in Sichuan improve for a while.

However, because Sichuan is too far away from Lin'an, the court has no time to take care of itself, so there is no time to take care of Sichuan. Sichuan is still in the hands of the Southern Song Dynasty and has not been taken over by the Mongols. Zhang Jue, the Sichuan garrison, has made great contributions.

When Li Jun heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, wiped his tears and said, "Hurry, please welcome General Zhang." There were tears on his face, but he couldn't even close his mouth. If it were a woman, it would definitely be the Pear Blossom, and I didn't know whether he was crying or laughing.

As soon as Li Jun finished speaking, a tiger general was tall and strode with a group of Sichuan generals. His steps were heavy and powerful, and he kept making thumping sounds on the ground, as if he was playing drums.

"A good tiger general is worthy of being a general." Li Jun saw it and was happy in his heart, and praised Zhang Jue endlessly. Zhang Jue was known as the "Sichuan general".

According to the "History of the Song Dynasty? Biography of Zhang Jue", Zhang Jue "Kuixiong has a plan, good at using troops, set up ambush, and has no choice but to make plans... The soldiers must practice, the equipment must be excellent, and the imperial troops have laws. Even if the slaves have made merits, they must be rewarded with me. If there are any mistakes, they must be punished without credit. Therefore, everyone will use their lives." This is another good general. When he came to Jiangnan, he naturally brought reinforcements. Moreover, the Sichuan army and the Mongolian army have fought for decades, but they have never been at a disadvantage. They are all elite troops, and they must be a very powerful force. If Chad has such a power, Li Jun couldn't be happy.

Not only Li Jun was very happy, but even Gundam, Liao Shenggong and others were so happy that they couldn't even close their mouths.

"I am Zhang Jue, please see the emperor." Zhang Jue gave Li Jun a big tribute, and his voice was like a loud bell.

Li Jun hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Jun Yu, please give up on the gift." Jun Yu is the name of Zhang Jue. Li Jun looked at the tiger general who entered the "Book of Loyalty and Righteousness" with a smile. The more Zhao Kan loves, the more he likes it.

Zhang Jue was finally captured and escorted to Shaanxi. He met a friend who said that he was not worthy of loyalty to the Southern Song Dynasty. Zhang Jue couldn't figure it out and hanged himself in the toilet with a bowstring.

Now, under the leadership of Li Jun, the fate of Li Tingzhi and Zhang Jue will be very different from history, and their tragedy will no longer be staged.

Li Jun's eyes flashed across the faces of Zhang Jue, Li Tingzhi, Gao Da, Liao Shenggong, Zhang Shijie, Zhao Liangchun, Huang Han, Zheng Jinghe, Zhao Qian, Liu Hezi, Huang Shengcai and others, and there was indescribable relief. Looking back at the situation facing the Southern Song Dynasty when he first came to this world a year ago, not to mention that the Mongolian army was facing Lin'an, even the talents were incompetent, and there was no minister or general to be sent. He could only rely on Zhang Shijie, Wen Tianxiang, Zhao Qian, Zhao Liangchun, and Gao Da and others to endure it. Even Wen Tianxiang, he still wanted Zhao Qian to rescue him from the Mongolian military camp, and as for Gao Da, he was even more eager to recall him.

The situation now is very different. Zhang Jue, Li Tingzhi, Gundam, Liao Shenggong, Zhang Shijie, Zhao Liangchun, Huang Han, Zheng Jinghe, Zhao Qian, Liu Hezi, Huang Shengcai, plus Wen Tianxiang who is far away in Lin'an, Chen Yizhong who is in Guangzhou, Lu Xiufu and others from Fuzhou, can be said to be full of stars, shining!
Chapter completed!