Chapter 212: Keep up the efforts

Kublai Khan gently placed the battle report on the table, staring at the map, and was speechless for a long time. Although he didn't say anything, the expression on his face was as usual, and there was not much change, but everyone could feel that his mood was strangely heavy. It can be said that his mood was very heavy and depressing.

It's no wonder that he received the news that the Eastern Front Army was wiped out. Not long after, news came from the Western Front that the army on the Western Front surrounded the Song army. The life and death of the chief general A Shu and the deputy general Zhang Hongfan were unknown and their whereabouts were unknown. These two have always been his beloved generals, and they have won many battles under his command, and their contributions have been forgotten for the rest of their lives. If these two people make mistakes, he will feel uncomfortable.

What made him even more worried was the fate of the Western Front Army. It was hard to think about it. If the Western Front Army fell into the siege of the Song army, the Southern Song Dynasty's next action would inevitably be to encircle and annihilate it, and the fate of the Western Front Army would inevitably be to eliminate it. As the supreme commander, he has the responsibility to save the Western Front Army. But what did he use to save the Western Front Army? He is now in the most difficult period of his life. He has to have no soldiers, and even less generals. If he wants to save the Western Front, he is willing but not capable.

Think about it carefully before, he was a powerful general, such as Boerhu, Boyan, A Shu, Guo Kan, Zhang Hongfan, Shi Tianze, Babul, and Temuer. Now his younger brother Xulawu came to help. It is logical that he was very prosperous and deserves the reputation of "Jiu Toao". However, the actual situation is far from this. Boerhu and Boyan have passed away. Guo Kan, A Shu, Zhang Hongfan, Shi Tianze and others, and Babul and Temuer who have just mentioned it, have suffered defeats, and some have been defeated again and again. Logically, the defeated general cannot be activated, but he has no general to send, so he has to use it again and again.

As for military soldiers, let alone the number of soldiers who can fight is as numerous as the water of the sea and the number of warriors is as numerous as the sand of the Ganges. There are countless. However, these soldiers have been buried by Li Jun long ago, and they don’t know where to die. The ending of the good ending of the loess burying white bones is the wilderness of the wilderness, and the wild beasts are left to eat.

"Present and past! What's the past!" Kublai Khan couldn't help but chant.

Although he only had four words, he expressed his mood. Yes, under his governance, the glory of the Mongols was as glorious as ever, and his achievements were no less than his predecessors Genghis Khan, Ogedei, and Mengge, and it can be said that they were even better. At least in terms of governing the country, he used more of the experience of the Han people for thousands of years to transform Mongolia, which was originally chaotic and knew how to plunder, into a founder of a new world. The country gradually stabilized, production was gradually recovering, and national strength was growing.

Although the past is good, it has become a thing of the past. Now he faces too many difficulties. His great cause is already in turmoil, and he cannot help but chant sadly.

"Zhonghe, what do you think I should do now?" Kublai Kan asked habitually. Guo Kan was his most capable strategist and had given him many strange plans, which was also his own plan to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty. When Kublai Kan was in this dilemma, he never expected that Guo Kan was on the southern line and blurted out.

When he said that he remembered that Guo Kan was in a dangerous place now, he sighed again, saying, "Come on, find out the whereabouts of A Shu and Zhang Hongfan immediately."

The order was not conveyed at all. The captain of the guard hurried in and presented a letter from his hand, saying, "Talk the emperor, a Taoist priest wrote a letter to the emperor. How to deal with it? Please tell me."

Kublai Khan's mood is extremely chaotic now, so he is not in the mood to soak mushrooms with the Taoist priest. He said angrily: "Burn it. Beat the stinky Taoist priest with sticks."

In this case, the general way for people is to capture the Taoist priest who came to make trouble and kill it. Kublai Khan just wanted to beat it out with sticks, which was already very good.

The captain of the guard stood still and said, "Emperor, the Taoist priest said, and said..."

"What else do you say? Say it." Kublai Khan shouted with anger flashing on his face.

The captain of the guard followed Kublai Khan for many years, and knew that he was already angry at this time. If he didn't do it well, he would cause a disaster. He said carefully: "The Taoist priest also said that if the emperor didn't read this letter, he would regret it for the rest of his life." He was frightened by Kublai Khan, and even said this intact, without knowing to change the next word.

"I regret it!" Kublai Khan cursed in anger, picked up the letter casually and was about to tear it off. Seeing the words on the envelope seem familiar, he was stunned for a moment, and blurted out and said, "One way to Guanzhong!" He tore the envelope apart in two or three times, pulled out the letter paper and read it.

The captain of the guard wanted to stop Kublai Khan from reading the letter, but he thought about it and then forgot it. In this case, if someone came with ulterior motives and tried to make some tricks on the letter paper, such as getting some poison on it, Kublai Khan was so reckless, wouldn’t he make a big mistake?

"Where is the Taoist priest who sent the letter? I want to see him." Kublai Khan asked after reading the letter.

The captain of the guard said helplessly: "Go back to the emperor, this Taoist priest left the letter and left. He is the Yang Ming who deserves death." Taoist Yang Ming went to Dadu to debate Kublai Khan. Everyone knows the Mongolian court, and the captain of the guard also knows his name.

Kublai Khan did not express his opinion immediately, so he naturally understood the intention of Taoist Yang Ming in this way. Qingfengzi told him one thing in his letter, that is, A Shu and Zhang Hongfan had captured his disciples alive. Qingfengzi only said this and did not continue. Kublai Khan understood what he had not said, that is, the army that Kublai Khan threw on the Western Front would be wiped out in the daytime. The main general and the deputy general had been captured alive. Can the army still be safe? This is self-evident.

In his letter, Qingfengzi said that in the opinion of Kublai Khan to him in the past, he listened to his advice and made a "self-planning plan". The self-planning plan was very nice, and Qingfengzi did not point it out, but Kublai Khan understood what he meant. There are two ways to say this. One is that you should be prepared for the miserable defeat in the Central Plains. Maybe you have no other preparations, at least you must be mentally prepared so as not to be unable to accept this iron fact all at once when you get it.

Another saying is to surrender to the Southern Song Dynasty, because Qingfengzi said in his letter that he would work hard for the "Quanjun". It means that if Kublai Khan surrendered to the Southern Song Dynasty, he would do his part to protect Kublai Khan. To put it bluntly, he would try his best not to kill him or be treated unfairly. Of course, this is because Kublai Khan was good to him in the past. Moreover, Kublai Khan was very talented and even if he was defeated, it would be of great use. After all, a person like him is rare in a century, and perhaps a rare in a thousand years. It would be a pity to kill him.

All of this must be based on one premise, that is, Kublai Khan must be willing to do good things for the people. If he cannot do this, Qingfengzi will not count.

There are many things Qingfengzi has not said clearly, but Kublai Khan would not know that with his talent. There are two people he respects most in his life, one is Guo Kan and the other is Qingfengzi. He is in a difficult situation and Guo Kan is not around. When he heard that Qingfengzi sent someone, he naturally wanted to meet his disciple Taoist Yang Ming. Maybe there is no practical use, at least he can comfort his extremely fragile heart now.

However, Taoist Yang Ming has left. Kublai Khan naturally understood the meaning of this, which means that your destiny is destined and will undoubtedly fail. I can't bear to meet you, so you can do it yourself.

"If you have fate, you will get together, and if you have fate, you will get away!" Kublai Khan said with infinite emotion. At this moment, the captain of the guard obviously felt that Kublai Khan had grown a lot, and the former full-spirited Kublai Khan no longer exists.

After a while, Kublai Khan asked, “Is there any news from Yierhan?”

"Go back to the emperor. Not yet." The captain of the guard replied carefully.

Kublai Khan said with great peace of mind: "That's good, that's good. Go and pass the order to the Ministry of War and send someone to urge him to get away with me immediately, asking him to arrive at the Central Plains within a month no matter what."

The night was dark, and I couldn't see my fingers. The air conditioner came. Although it was not as cold as the cold wind in the winter, it also made people feel that the severe winter was approaching. However, the cold wind could not extinguish the high enthusiasm of Gaoda. He praised: "This wind is blowing well, and it is very comfortable to blow on the body. It is the best wind I have ever blown in my life."

"General Gao, you, the emperor said you are an old naughty boy, it's really not bad at all." Zhang Shijie said with a smile, "Now that the severe winter is approaching, the cold wind is blowing, dry, which makes people feel very uncomfortable, but you say it's very comfortable, and only an old naughty boy like you can say it."

His words were immediately approved by Du Dayong. Du Dayong nodded and said, "It's not true that General Gao is an old naughty boy. You should be called Lao Lai to burn."

"What's the burning thing for old age?" Gundam was a little dissatisfied and said, "Old urchin is the burning thing for old age? You General Du, you are using military and war and making plans. I didn't say anything, convinced! But when you talk about this life experience, don't blame me for being old and taking advantage of my age. I am indeed much smarter than you."

But Zhang Shijie clapped his hands and said, "I'm here to burn it! Miaomiaomiao!"

"Okay, Zhang Shijie, you'll make fun of me too." Gundam pointed at Zhang Shijie and said, "Then what's the wonder?"

Zhang Shijie smiled and said, "Can General Gao know what General Du means? General Du means that General Gao is loyal to the country, and has fought countless tough and evil battles for the sake of the court, but he always suppressed the treacherous ministers. Until the emperor recruited you again, you can only show your talents. Now it is even more amazing. You will soon encircle and annihilate Guo Kan. Your blood is boiling, so you will feel very comfortable with air conditioning on you and cooling you down."

"Okay, okay, it's really good!" Gundam raised his thumb, agreed, and said, "I will call Lao Lai to burn in the future." After saying that, tears in his eyes were in his eyes, and said, "Let's go, Lao Lai to deal with this traitor Guo Kan." He slapped his horse and rushed out first.

Countless Song troops followed him and rushed towards the Mongolian position.

Du Dayong and Zhang Shijie looked at each other, slapped their horses, led the army out, and soon disappeared into the night.

In Guo Kan's tent, the lights were brightly lit. Guo Kan stared at the map with his eyes, motionless, as if the map was a magnet, and his eyes were the iron blocks that were easily attracted by the magnet.

The generals were in the tent, looking at the map quietly, and they didn't dare to show off. Guo Kan was indeed very talented. Even these arrogant Mongolians had to respectfully see him. If he didn't move, no one would dare to move.

Guo Kan took his eyes off the map, looked at the generals, and said hurriedly: "Sir, it's late at night, you should rest." His words have two meanings. One is that he is really convinced by Guo Kan and really cares about Guo Kan's body. The other is that Guo Kan doesn't rest, and they don't have a share.

His words came to the hearts of the generals and said together: "Yes, sir. You are not in good health, so it's better to take a break early."

Guo Kan wrote on the paper: "I have summoned you here to prepare for a decisive battle. When the artillery fire in the Southern Dynasty stopped, you will kill according to my deployment and retreat from the Southern Dynasty's advance, attack and retreat."

After he finished writing, he gave the words Liang to the generals, and the generals said, "Abide by the order."

Sara hesitated for a moment and asked, "Sir, when will the Southern Dynasty bombard the shelling?"

Guo Kan wrote on the paper: "After the fourth update." He grasped his time very accurately. The artillery bombardment in the Southern Song Dynasty was usually carried out at the darkest time before dawn. At that time, people were also the most sleepy and sleeping properly was the best time for artillery bombardment.

Haha'er blurted out: "It's almost five o'clock now, why haven't the Southern Dynasties been shelled yet?"

Guo Kan's pair of dead fish eyes, which were more white and less black, quickly turned and wrote on the paper: "What time is the update now?"

"Sir, it's almost five o'clock." A general replied flatteringly.

Guo Kan shook his body, and the pen in his hand fell down and hit him. A big ink ball appeared on his clothes. His face, which was originally as red as a monkey, suddenly turned red and white. Under normal circumstances, it should be as pale as paper, but because his face was burned with acid, it could not appear pale normally.

"Sir!" All the generals knew that he had the courage to be unchanged when Mount Tai collapsed before him. Such a huge change must have happened. They shouted hurriedly: "Sir, what happened?"

Guo Kan grabbed the pen and wrote on the paper. After writing twice, he found that he had knocked down the pen. The tip of the pen was facing up. He hurriedly corrected it and wrote on the paper: "We were fooled. The Southern Dynasty did not launch artillery attacks, but directly dispatched infantry and cavalry to attack."

"No shelling?" the generals blurted out. No shelling was originally a great thing, but the audience would call him, but it was not like this. There were surprises and disappointments, and more of indescribable complex feelings.

Since the Southern Song Dynasty built artillery, there were countless Mongolian troops who died under artillery, so artillery was a nightmare for the Mongols. Now, the Southern Song Dynasty did not have artillery attacks, and direct attacks could reduce a lot of losses. However, artillery was something they expected, unexpectedly, could they not be surprised? Without artillery, it was of course a good thing to reduce losses. However, the army on the first line of defense was almost withdrawn, which was tantamount to hand over the first line of defense to the Southern Song Dynasty. It was hard to say whether it was a good thing or a bad thing. The feelings in their hearts were really not described by the pen and ink.

Guo Kan quickly wrote on the paper: "According to my deployment, take back the position immediately! Remember, you must entangle and fight!" The generals took the order and ran away.

The Southern Song Dynasty did not have artillery bombing now, which does not mean that they did not. If the Mongolian army and the Song army distanced apart, the Southern Song Dynasty artillery would exert its power and carry out death bombing. If it was entangled, the Southern Song Dynasty artillery would not be able to bomb, and the losses would be reduced a lot. Guo Kan is worthy of being a god and man, and when he thought about this, it was indeed good.

The same is true in modern warfare. The best way for a side without heavy weapons is to prevent the opponent's heavy weapons from exerting their power. One of these methods is to tangle and fight.

"Damn, where did these stinky Tartars die? This battle was so boring. I was so angry that I didn't even see the roots of Tartars." A soldier in Song Dynasty cursed in discomfort.

His words fell into the hearts of the soldiers. The morale of the Song army is extremely high now, and its high level is even higher than that of the Yue family army after Yue Fei defeated Jinwu Shu in Zhuxian Town. They were so excited that they wanted to give the Mongolians a little ruthless. Unexpectedly, they rushed over and didn't see many Mongolian troops. It felt really uncomfortable to hold on but had nowhere to use it.

"We all searched everywhere, and there must be some Tartars hiding. Even if he hid in the mouse hole, I would catch him." The soldiers discussed how to deal with the Mongols.

At this moment, an officer came over and ordered loudly, saying, "All gather."

The soldiers showed the good qualities of an elite army. They were muttering endlessly the moment before, but the next moment they were silent and quickly formed a formation.

"Order: Go and transport artillery!" The officer issued an order and led the team to set off.

Du Dayong, who saw all this, was very satisfied with the performance of the soldiers. At this moment, a pair of big hands hugged him, and a loud voice said, "Okay, General Du, you are here."

You don’t have to think about who has arrived, it’s just Gundam. Du Dayong asked: “General Gao, how is the progress?”

"What else can it be done?" Gundam said unhappily: "I haven't even seen many ghosts. General Du, this war was not good. This is not a war, it's almost the same as enjoying the night view."

Du Dayong understood his mood very much and said, "General Gao, don't worry, you can fight this battle. Guo Kan is not easy to deal with. He will definitely fight back immediately and want to regain these positions. We just use his mentality to give him a ruthlessness."

"No matter how smart a dog traitor Guo Kan is, he didn't expect that we specially mobilized a batch of steel cannons and would be deployed soon. When he launches an attack, he will know that he is powerful." Gundam spoke better than singing.

Du Dayong still felt that it was insufficient and said, "General Gao, you must prepare enough grenades."
Chapter completed!