Yuechi Cha'er's plan for a quick battle made Zhenjin excited, knowing that if it was as he said, it would not only force the Song army to retreat to the Huainan line, but also relieve the danger of Gyeonggi and Huaixi, and even threaten the Sichuan-Shu waterway to force the Song army to withdraw. This will turn the tide of the passive war and improve the political and economic situation.

"Great Khan, the minister thinks that it will take time to repel the southern army, and the southern army has only lost some grain and grass, and the troops have not been severely damaged, and the situation is not optimistic!" Li Qian saw the performance of real gold in his eyes, frowned and said.

"Pingzhang is too pessimistic, isn't he?" Yue Chi Cha'er listened to it and said with a little dissatisfaction, "The army's food interruption will cause panic on one day, flee on the third day, and mutiny if there is still no food on the fifth day." Now that the grain and grass and baggage of the southern army have been burned, they can not hold out for ten days at most, and in order to avoid the collapse of the army, as long as they are not fools, they will retreat first. ”

"Privy, the Southern Dynasty occupies the rich land south of the Yangtze River, and only the rice in Jiangdong can meet the needs of the whole country, and it is easy to raise grain and grass to meet the front army; secondly, the Song army controlled the canal, and could send grain and grass to the front in no more than ten days; In addition, the Southern Army was strictly disciplined and well-trained, especially the three armies of the Imperial Protector Army, which was directly controlled by the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, and it would collapse not only because of lack of food. Li Qian retorted.

"What Pingzhang said is not unreasonable, but you must know that the little emperor of the Southern Dynasty has been injured by our army, and he is regarded as the soul of the army by the Southern Army, and he will inevitably be panicked when he learns the news of his serious injury. Yuechi Cha'er retorted disdainfully.

"The emperor of the Southern Dynasty was wounded, not to mention that the news has not been confirmed, and the battle report is also vague, only saying that he was bombarded by our firearms on the way to board the ship and retreat, and he vainly claimed that he was injured, and he did not know whether he was seriously injured or only injured his hair and skin? Is it too arbitrary to judge that he is too injured to be a member of the board of directors now, to the point where he has to withdraw his troops? Li Qian was indeed skeptical, "In addition, the battle report said that it was a few days ago, but it did not mention that the Southern Army had the slightest sign of withdrawal, nor did it spread the news that the Southern Emperor was injured, so it can be seen that this matter is mostly speculation." ”

"Sir, do you think there is a suspicion of lying about the military situation at the front?" Zhenjin's face darkened, and he asked displeasedly.

"Great Khan, the minister thinks that there are many speculations in the war report, but it is not to deny the merits of the soldiers in front, so I think that before the news is confirmed, we should act cautiously and not fall for the tricks of the Southern Dynasty!" Li Qian bowed and saluted.

"Isn't the words of Pingzhang also speculation? How can you judge that the military report at the front is false! At this time, Yue Chi Cha'er sneered and said, "Pingzhang has never experienced a battle formation, how can he know the fleeting truth of the fighter." There is no movement in the southern army at present, and it can also be considered that in order to stabilize the morale of the army, the Southern Dynasty concealed the news that the rear camp was heavy, the grain and grass were burned, and the emperor was injured, and was secretly arranging the aftermath. This method is very common in warfare, and it is not unusual! ”

"The privy statement is not unreasonable, the death of the lord of the country, in order to stabilize the morale of the army and keep the secret without mourning is not uncommon in history. Taking a step back, the emperor of the Southern Dynasty was only frightened and did not hurt a single hair, but it is always a fact that the grain, grass, and baggage were burned. The skyrocketing fire will not be extinguished for three days, and it can be seen from hundreds of miles away, and it will not be able to hide from everyone.! Sang Ge interjected at this time.

"The front army did not move, perhaps it was secretly planning to retreat, before the Henan and Shandong two capitals of Wanhufu were annihilated, it was the Southern Dynasty emperor's secret plan to Chen Cang, secretly transferred the troops besieging Yangzhou back to Jiangnan, resulting in Yuxi Timur misjudged to be annihilated in Jiangdong. The emperor of the Southern Dynasty could repeat his old tricks, leaving only an empty camp to deploy suspicious soldiers, but he secretly arranged to retreat, which is a lesson from the past. The minister thinks that no matter whether it is true or not, he should launch an attack and temptation as soon as possible, so as not to miss the opportunity, otherwise it will be too late to regret it! ”

"Great Khan, what Sange said is exactly what you want!" Yuechi Cha'er continued, "The Southern Dynasty was rich and could easily raise the grain, grass, and baggage needed before the army, so they waited for reinforcements without moving, and then counterattacked; But I lost Jiangnan first, and then lost two Huai, and the financial resources have long been exhausted. At present, the two armies of the enemy and our army are facing each other in Xuzhou and Fuli, and the supply of hundreds of thousands of troops is incalculable, and in order to aid Henan, the imperial court has exhausted everything, if the war is stalemate for a long time, the military supply will inevitably be difficult to supply, and the first to collapse at that time must be our dynasty. Therefore, taking advantage of the fact that the grain and grass of the Southern Dynasties have not yet arrived and there is a shortage of military supplies, it is the best choice at present to seize the fighter plane and make a quick decision! ”

"Misleading the country!" Li Qian listened to the two of them singing and said angrily, "At present, the troops available to our dynasty have all been deployed in Huaibei, but at present, there is a rebellion in Haidu in the northwest, and last year, the northeast Naiyan Department has been reduced in rewards over the years, and the taxes due to it were corrupted by the imperial court in the name of greed, raising troops to rebel, and contacting Haidu to echo. Therefore, if it is defeated, the elite will be lost, and there will be no troops to adjust, not only will it be difficult to protect Gyeonggi, but it will be difficult to lose the Han land, and it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the retreat to Monan. ”

"What do you think?" Zhenjin listened to the dispute between the two, and had calmed down from the excitement just now, and he couldn't make a decision for a while, so he looked at Zuo Xiang'an Tongdao.

"This ...... The minister thought that what Pingzhang said was also the truth! An Tong didn't speak, in fact, he also had doubts in his heart, and at this time the Great Khan asked, so he didn't know how to answer for a while.

An Tong was born in a Mongolian family, his ancestors had a close relationship with the Golden Family, and he entered the court as a teenager, and he experienced countless turmoil, so he naturally knew the current situation best, so he understood that the current situation was indeed very critical.

After Meng Ge became the Great Khan, he went south to attack the Southern Song Dynasty, but died under the Diaoyu City. Under these circumstances, Möngke's two younger brothers, Ali Buge, who remained in the northern steppes, and Kublai Khan, who followed Möngke south to attack the Song Dynasty, began to compete for the position of Great Khan. Ali Buge stayed in the capital of the Mongol Empire in the steppe, Hala and Lin, and naturally represented the interests of the nobility in the Mongolian steppe, such as the Kipchak Khanate, the Chagatai Khanate, and the Ogedai Khanate, most of the areas ruled by the three khanates were grasslands, so they supported Ali Buge.

Kublai Khan is different, after Kublai Khan ascended the throne as the Great Khan from Meng Ge, he was appointed as the governor of the military affairs of the Han land in southern China, and he has been in the Han region of North China, so he naturally accepted the sinicization, and appointed a large number of Han staff and Confucian scholars, and he unconsciously implemented sinicization, and Kublai Khan himself also liked Han culture. By the time of Möngke's death, Kublai Khan had gathered around Kublai Khan a group of emerging strata in Han China, including the Mongol kings who had been sealed in Han China, forming their own small group.

There is even a theory that in the middle of the upper nobles, it was rumored that Meng Ke went south to attack the Southern Song Dynasty in order to seize power Kublai Khan. After Meng Ge's death, Ali Buge wanted to trick Kublai Khan into house arrest or kill on the grassland, and then called the Great Khan, and was recognized by Kublai Khan.

Among the kings of the Western Road, only Möngke's brother Hulegu, who was also the son of Tuolei, sent envoys to both sides to express their support for Kublai Khan and condemn Ali Buge. All brothers, why did he support Kublai Khan, and at that time the Ilkhanate was also just beginning to be created, and was exterminating other Arab caliphates, and there was no official statehood yet.

And this is precisely because Kublai Khan gave Hulegu great benefits, he expressed his support for Kublai Khan, and Kublai Khan put the Persian territory west of the Amu Darya River to the border of Egypt and the local Mongol and Arab soldiers and civilians under Hulegu's rule. Under these circumstances, the region of Persia, which had been under the direct jurisdiction of the Great Khan's government, actually became the domain of Hulegu, who established another khanate on such a vast land.

Seeing that Hulegu supported Kublai Khan to obtain a large area of land, the Kipchak Khanate was red-eyed, and the Great Khan of the Kipchak Khanate sent troops to attack the Central Asian region under the control of Hulegu. After Kublai Khan became the Great Khan of Mongolia, he sent people to canonize Hulegu as the Great Khan, and Hulegu established the Ilkhanate and recognized Kublai Khan as the Great Khan of the Mongols.

The other Mongol princes, except for the Mongol direct control, basically did not recognize the Mongol Khan and Kublai Khan, and had political suzerainty over themselves, and the three khanates did not recognize it, and each declared independence. With the independence of the various khanates, in fact, except for the Ilkhanate, after all the four khanates were established, the Mengyuan court was in a very embarrassing position.

Nai Yan is a descendant of Genghis Khan's younger brother Hu Chijin, and his grandfather is the famous King Tachar. In order to suppress the power of the kings of the Northeast, Kublai Khan dismissed the Propaganda Department of the Eastern Province of Northern Liao and ruled in the Northeast Province. Due to the loss of interests, Nai Yan has been greatly dissatisfied. After the death of Kublai Khan, the compromise of Zhenjin and the shortage of finances led to a further decline in the control of the Mongol kings, coupled with the fact that the lower households in the Jiangnan and Central Plains fiefdoms were paid to the imperial court, and the tribute paid to them was not delivered.

Therefore, An Tong understands very well that the foundation of the Mengyuan court is no longer stable, and in the war between Jiangnan and Lianghuai, the Mongolian elite has lost nearly half, and it is currently relying on the Han army as the main force of the guards to support the field. As Li Qian said, once this victory is over, it will come, but once it fails, the Mengyuan court will not only lose the land of Huaibei, but even the ability to counterattack will be seriously weakened, and it will no longer be able to maintain the current situation, and will even be killed by the rebellious kings, and the chance to rebel is gone, which means that they can't afford to lose this battle at all......