Chapter 1097 - Be a Busy Idler

Regarding Liu Zhixue's analysis, Zhao Yu thought it was true. The three places of Yingtianfu, Xuzhou and Fuli are connected on the map like an inverted triangle, and Fuli is in the bottom corner, controlling the waterway to the two places, and both places can be quickly rescued if attacked. And as long as the guarantee is not lost, it can avoid the suffering of Xuzhou being attacked from both sides, and it can also block the passage to Yingtianfu. Now Meng Yuan has taken the lead in controlling Fuli, forming an iron triangle, and if the Song army wants to realize its strategic vision, it must break this situation, and Fuli is the place where it must be attacked.

Zhao Yu examined the map for a long time, and the generals gradually stopped arguing, focusing on the little emperor and letting him decide. They knew that Fu Li's position was important, and as long as Meng Yuan's generals were not fools, they naturally knew it, so it was impossible to force him to retreat, and besieging the city and sending reinforcements seemed to be the only choice.

However, it is not easy to use the tactics of besieging the city to send reinforcements. The siege of the city and the reinforcement have always complemented each other, one is indispensable, only the siege of the city without hindering the reinforcement is easy to suffer the enemy, heavy attack and light siege, it is in vain to consume the strength of the army more than the loss. Fu Li is in all directions, and it is very easy for reinforcements from all sides to come to the rescue, which will cause great trouble to the attacker.

If it was only in response to the direction of Tianfu to help, Zhao Hao thought that the West Road Group could still deal with it, but the enemy troops would be overstretched when they came to help from both sides. Therefore, the point is that the Eastern Route Army is also facing the same dilemma, they not only have to try to capture Xuzhou, but also to guard against the second route reinforcements formed by the army of the Northwest Mengyuan Emperor, and the pressure is even greater, and now the main force of the Song Army has basically been put into various battlefields, and it is difficult to mobilize more troops in a short time.

In addition, the Mongol army stationed in the steppe was the most elite army of the Mongol Yuan, and still maintained the traditional nomadic life customs, poor living conditions and the system of integration of soldiers and civilians, making them much stronger than the Mongol army stationed in the Han region. In addition, the open terrain of the Central Plains can give better play to its combat effectiveness. And his own troops have been fighting for several months and have become tired divisions, so Zhao Yu is still afraid of this, and he does not want to fight with him at the moment of the decisive battle against Huaihai.

"You just try to take the talisman away, don't worry about anything else, I'll take care of everything!" So how to stop the enemy sect's army from going south has become the key, Zhao Hao's heart lit up after pondering, and he had a plan.

"Your Majesty, what is your Majesty's good strategy so that King Meng Yuanzong can't go south to Xuzhou?" Ni Liang thought about it after hearing this, and felt that there seemed to be no good way to prevent him from going south for reinforcements, and with his understanding of the little emperor, it was likely that he would have to personally venture into danger to deal with the enemy army, and he felt that it was difficult to stop it on his own, so he asked intentionally if he uncovered it on the spot and let the generals persuade him together.

"Water Army!" Zhao Hao smiled and spit out two words.

"Water Army?!" The generals were stunned when they heard this, and they all looked at the little emperor if he had a fever and was talking nonsense. Everyone knows very well that the three major naval divisions are all dealing with sea operations, and although ships can also enter the canals and large rivers and lakes, they are not as good as in Jiangnan at the moment.

In the Central Plains, there are not many major rivers that can be navigated, and the largest river, the Yellow River, is not navigable as a whole, only the upstream and downstream sections of the river are navigable, and there are many restrictions. But in the past 100 years, there have been frequent floods downstream, and there have been several major diversions, and now it is to seize the Huai into the sea, resulting in a large area of sediment siltation, and now it is the dry season, so that the river becomes shallow and shallow, and the sea ship is easy to run aground when it enters.

Taking a step back, even if the navy entered the inland river to participate in the war, it could only go up and down the canal. The Mengyuan reinforcements are cavalry troops, and the Central Plains are mostly plains, and the roads are vertical and horizontal, so it can completely avoid the canal to the south, so how can the naval army block the enemy reinforcements? Besides, the navy relies on warships as a platform to fight, and fighting off the ship is not its forte, and attacking the enemy's strengths with its own shortcomings is also a taboo in the use of soldiers, why is Your Majesty so confused?

"Could it be that Your Majesty wants to send the naval division north to Dadu to threaten the enemy's Beijing division, so that in order to ensure the safety of the capital, he will not dare to send troops south to reinforce Xuzhou?" Liu Zhixue didn't believe that His Majesty would be confused on major matters related to the rise and fall of the country, and suddenly woke up when he looked at the map.

"Liu Dutong is worthy of being a veteran of the battlefield, just a little bit!" Zhao Yu turned his face to look at Liu Zhixue, very relieved.

"The subordinates can't afford Your Majesty's praise, but they have experienced more things, but at the moment, the first naval division is at the mouth of the river to prevent the enemy from crossing the sea and entering Jiangdong, and the second and naval forces are all along the coast of Fuguang, so I am afraid that it will be difficult to arrive for a while!" Liu Zhixue was a little embarrassed. And this is also the truth, I think that when I was in Qiongzhou, because of the geographical conditions, the development of the army was the opposite of now. At that time, priority was given to the development of the naval army, and the operations also relied on the naval army, and the infantry army mainly carried out defensive operations on the island, presenting a situation in which the water was strong and the infantry was weak.

Whenever the situation was tense, His Majesty always used the naval army to strike at the enemy, or sent troops to harass the enemy's coastal state capitals, so that the enemy could only turn to defense and prevent the Song army from landing, and the crisis was often resolved. Now His Majesty wants to use a naval army to threaten the enemy's Beijing division, but it is just a repeat of the old trick. At that time, the strength of the imperial army was still very weak, but there were several battalions, Ni Liang was still an ignorant teenager at that time, and his vision and experience could not reach this, so it was not surprising that he could not understand His Majesty's intentions for a while.

"After the Jiangdong Campaign, I have ordered the Second Water Division to carry two marine brigades from Quanzhou to Yancheng to stand by, as a reserve in case of need, and now it seems that it is unintentional to insert willows!" Zhao Yu said.

"Unintentionally inserted willows, I'm afraid it was premeditated!" As soon as the little emperor's words fell, Ni Liang, who was beside him, muttered with a pout.

"Hehe......" Ni Liang's voice was not loud, but everyone heard it and let out a burst of laughter. In fact, the generals' thoughts were similar to Ni Liang's, they would never believe in the little emperor's 'instigation', just for such a little thing, the Second Navy Army was transferred from Quanzhou to Yancheng Port.

But they don't know what the little emperor thinks, but they can guess it. First, the little emperor wanted to follow the victory in Jiangdong and use the naval army to carry the infantry army across the sea to take the capital, just like repeating the scene of recovering Jiangnan, and implementing a strategic detour to pocket the Central Plains in one fell swoop; Second, because the Jiangdong campaign dragged on for too long, the little emperor did not have enough troops in his hands to implement the strategy of recovering the two capitals, so he wanted to use the naval army to go to the sea outside the capital to make a circle, so that he did not dare to send reinforcements to the south, so as to successfully recover the two capitals.

It's just that the situation changed too quickly, after the Yuxi Timurid Department was annihilated, Meng Yuan sent the guards to the south, and the little emperor had to let the troops that had just ended the battle and had not had time to rest and recuperate to go north immediately, and he also used the limited forces in his hands to seize Shanyang and Xuyi, and took the lead in seizing the bridgehead out of the Central Plains. Unexpectedly, the enemy's march was also very fast, so that Fu Li was lost and lost, although the army also rushed to the battlefield, but the fighter plane had been lost, and the plan could only be revised, but the second water division in the north became an idle man, and could only act as a reserve, at this time the little emperor just reactivated this idle man.

"Regardless of whether the black cat or the white cat catches the rat is a good cat, Your Majesty's plan is feasible, as long as our naval army suddenly appears in the sea near Dadu, the Mengyuan court will inevitably be disrupted, and if it is not good, it will also spread the news to the king of Qin, if it can also recall the guards who went south, then our army can recover the two capitals as long as they cover up all the way!" Liu Zhixue saw that the generals laughed, although they were all goodwill, but he was also afraid that the little emperor would be embarrassed, so he made a haha to relieve His Majesty.

"What Liu Dutong said is extremely true, the dead ghost of Kublai Khan, who I am afraid of, will be so angry that he will crawl out of the coffin when he learns that His Majesty sent a naval army across the sea to the north!" At this time, Tian Zhong also interjected.

"I think that Kublai Khan's family spent a lot of manpower and financial resources back then, opened up the sea grain transportation route, and built the canal from Jinkou to Dadu, but now it is used by our army, and it is estimated that he will be angry to death if he lives!" Luo Datong also quipped.

"That dead man is not terrible, it's a big deal to bombard him a few more times, what I'm worried about is that the sick seedling Zhenjin will be scared to death, so we can't capture him alive and sacrifice it to Taimiao!" Ni Liang snorted muffled, and said with a very unhappy face.

"Haha......" Ni Liang's words caused another burst of laughter. The real gold is riddled with illness and illness in Meng Yuan may still be a secret, only a few confidants and close ministers know, but it is not a secret among the senior generals of the Song army, but it is true that he is worried about his early death, which makes him lose the credit of capturing the enemy emperor.

"I'm afraid everyone is going to be disappointed, I heard that there are thousands of good horses in the real gold garden, and they heard that our army is approaching Dadu, but I am afraid that they will run away overnight, and the warships of our navy cannot go ashore, and it is difficult to capture them alive!" At this time, Tan Fei, who was in charge of the guard and acted as a waiter, interjected.

"Haha...... "Everyone understands that it is too difficult to capture the king of a country alive, besides, Meng Yuan started in the grassland, and the situation is not good, so he will wait for them to catch him." Although he knew it was a joke, seeing Tan Fei say it seriously, it still caused everyone to laugh again.

"It's only a matter of time before you capture most of the capital, no matter how big the grassland is, sooner or later it will become the pasture of our Great Song Dynasty, I just hope that the real gold will not disappoint everyone and live until that day!" Zhao Yu has long been thick-skinned, how can he blush for this little thing, but he likes the relaxed and happy atmosphere of meeting with the generals in the army, even if there is an argument, it is just a matter of facts, and he will not hate anyone because of this, and everyone will solve the problem with a smile. On the contrary, whether it is a court meeting or a court meeting, most of the people in the group are like serious nonsense with a mask, not only difficult to solve the problem, but also worried that if one word is wrong, it will attract a group of attacks, which is really depressing, and they can't be happy if they want to be happy.

"The subordinates are willing to follow His Majesty to recover the capital and herd horses to the west!" After hearing this, the generals laughed for a while, and then they all stood up and saluted and said loudly......