"Stupid!" Zhao Yu threw the translation on the table and said hatefully.

"Your Majesty is angry!" Wang De, who was on the side, was shocked when he heard this, who His Majesty he had been with for many years, and the emperor rarely commented on a battle in this language, which showed how angry he was.

"I'm fine!" Zhao Yu waved his hand to suppress his anger and said.

He knew very well that the strategic value of Xiangfan lies in its geographical location as the "thoroughfare of seven provinces", and the reason why it is important is that it is the confluence of three rivers, the Nanyang Basin in the north, and there is no danger until the Yellow River; in the south is the Jianghan Plain, which reaches the Nanling Mountains, can reach the end of the Yangtze River in the east, and enters Sichuan and Shaanxi in the west.

For the southern regime, if Xiangfan is lost, Jiangling will be in danger. If Jiangling is in danger, the danger of the Yangtze River is not enough to be feared. The Yangtze River is no longer a natural risk, and after the door is opened, a large area of land is not safe to defend, which directly threatens the capital Lin'an. Therefore, less than a year after the loss of Xiangfan in the Battle of Mengsong and Song, the army of one prefecture and eight states on the southwest road of Song and Jing, and seven state armies were all lost.

For the northern regime, if Xiangfan is lost, Nanyang will be in danger. If Nanyang is in danger, the south of the Yellow River will have no basis, the land of Henan will be lost, and the Central Plains will be at your fingertips. For the Song army, the front can be directed at Dadu, and the side attack can be Shaanxi and Gansu, cutting off Sichuan and Shu. Now it is easy to abandon Fancheng just to avoid flooding, and it is rejected by the enemy again, so that Xiangfan can get reinforcements from the enemy in Henan.

Zhang Ba's move of giving up Fancheng and stationing in Dengcheng put himself in danger of being attacked on three sides. As for Deng Cheng, Zhao Yu did not deny its military value, but its value was only reflected in tactics, and its impact on the current Song army's strategy of capturing Xiangfan was limited.

Before the Song Dynasty crossed to the south, Dengcheng was actually just an ordinary village outside Fancheng. After the southern crossing, the Xiangdeng area, which was an important town in western Beijing, not only became an important military barrier of the Southern Song Dynasty, but also became a border area for the confrontation between the Song and Jin. In the third year of Shaoxing, the Xiangdeng area was acquired by the puppet Qi general Li Cheng, and Liu Yu established the "Great Qi" puppet regime here. In the fourth year of Shaoxing, Yue Fei led the army to recover the six counties of Xiangyang in one fell swoop.

Because the attitude of the Southern Song Dynasty towards the invasion of the Jin people was "based on peace", and after the Xiangdeng area was recovered by the Yuejia army, the Jin soldiers could not take Xiangyang for a while, and Xiangdeng became the area of confrontation between the Song and Jin, and Xiangyang's political, economic, and cultural advantages became increasingly prominent, and "the province of Dengcheng into Xiangyang" has become the general trend. The Southern Song Dynasty then set up Dengcheng as a town.

However, Deng Cheng was ultimately used as a mutual market for the trading of Song and Jin materials, and it was placed by guards and judged. The trade was presided over by officials, and merchants had to pay taxes, pay money, and obtain documents, and Dengcheng was densely populated and prosperous from then on. On the one hand, the Song Dynasty facilitated the material exchange between the two sides, and more importantly, for political purposes, to achieve "reconciliation".

After the outbreak of the war between Mengyuan and Yuan, Xiangyang once again became the focus of contention, and the Jinghu pacification system made Lu Wende greedy for money and accepted bribes to restore the field. As a result, he made a ridiculous mistake by allowing the Mongol army to set up a field outside Fancheng. So the Mongol army quickly entered and built a fortress, and suddenly cut off the grain route in Xiangyang.

At that time, the Mongol army set up walled cities in the key places around Xiang and Fan, and the Han River was covered with Mongolian warships and iron cables, and all the connections between Xiangyang and Fancheng and the outside world were cut off. When Lu Wende realized that he had done an extremely stupid thing, he knew that he had made a big mistake, and he was angry and anxious, and he couldn't afford to get sick. It also laid a fatal hidden danger for the fall of Xiangyang, and finally a few years later, Xiangyang ran out of ammunition, and his brother Lu Wenhuan surrendered to the city to the yuan.

Therefore, Deng Cheng is just an outpost on the periphery of Fancheng, and the city defense facilities are naturally not stronger than Fancheng. Moreover, Meng Yuan only needed to send an elite army to monitor, and the defenders of Dengcheng did not dare to move, while the enemy reinforcements in Nanyang only needed to bypass Dengcheng to reach Fancheng. Therefore, for this kind of deployment of picking sesame seeds and throwing watermelons, except for evaluating it with stupidity, Zhao Hao can't think of appropriate words.

Similarly, the strategic value of Gucheng lies in the ferry, and the purpose of capturing this city is to avoid abandoning Fancheng, so that the Mongol and Yuan armies will not be able to reinforce Xiangyang down the Han River. However, at present, as early as many years ago, as the main force of the expedition to Jiangnan, Zhancheng and Japan, the elite was transferred many times, and suffered a lot of losses; In the battle of attacking Qiongzhou, the main force was disabled by the Xingchao naval army.

In the battle of the Song army to recover the south of the Yangtze River, the two sides fought in Ezhou, and the Jinghu naval army was almost lost. And the rest of the family has long been no enemy of the Song Water Army, so they have done nothing in the battle to recover Jiangling and Yiling. Now they treat a paper tiger as a real tiger, which really makes people laugh and lose their teeth.

What made Zhao Hao even more annoyed was that the purpose of the Song army in this battle was Xiangyang, and they should have concentrated their forces to complete this goal. However, the strength of the three armies, the strength of two armies was pinned down by Gucheng, which had nothing to do with the overall situation, leaving only one army in the direction of the main attack, wouldn't it be a move to abandon the original and chase the last. In the past, Xu Wudifficult analyzed the situation in Xiangyang, although he failed to put forward a high-level proposal, Zhao Hao did not mean to blame.

That's because Xu Wunan has only served as a commander after all, and no matter how unique his vision is, it also has limitations, and he can't see so far and experience so deeply. But the generals of Jingxiang, Jiang Cheng needless to say, Zhang Ba has been in the army for many years, and he has long been among the senior generals, I am afraid that he will be a few years older than his own age. But they still couldn't understand it, which made him question their command skills......

"Your Majesty, Tian Qi asks to see!" At this time, there is a small yellow door leading to the road.

"Accurate!" Zhao Yu suppressed his anger and said.

"Zhang Jin, deputy commander of the Xiangfan Station of the Third Department of the Bureau, greets Your Majesty!" After the monk who came in with Tian Qi entered the house, Shi Li said.

"Flat!" Zhao Yu raised his hand to let him get up and said.

"I know if I see you!" Zhang Jin got up and saluted Wang Deshi.

"Commander Zhang works hard, it doesn't have to be like this!" Wang De hurriedly supported him and said with a smile.

"It's been hard all the way, but my body can still hold on!" Zhao Yu looked at Zhang Jin, who had already changed into dry clothes, and his spirit was much better, but his face was still a little pale.

"Your Majesty, your subordinates are fine, and it's much better after drinking some hot soup!" Zhang Jin replied respectfully.

"Then sit down and talk!" Zhao Yu asked Xiao Huangmen to take two cushions and put them in front of the desk.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The two of them saluted and sat down.

"Pour a glass of wine for Commander Zhang, warm your body, and get some food to satisfy your hunger!" Zhao Hao instructed again, seeing that he was going to get up and salute again, he pressed his hand and said, "You don't have to be formal, just sit and talk." ”

"Your Majesty, Commander Zhang came this time to take all kinds of risks, and his subordinates also persuaded him to come back to see His Majesty, but he insisted on refusing!" Tian Qi said.

"Big things are not as big as a big belly, and it's easy to talk when you're full!" Zhao Hao smiled.

"The subordinates are disrespectful, and they are full of water along the way, but the rice is not exhausted!" Zhang Jin touched his bald head a little embarrassed.

"Commander Zhang doesn't taboo meat, right?" Wang De asked again.

"I all know that although the monk of Xiaguan has received the ordination, it is also fake, but it is also greedy to watch others drink and eat meat on weekdays!" Zhang Jin said with a smile.

"Let's get more meat from the dining room over there!" Wang De instructed the little yellow door beside him, "The wine should also be scalded." ”

"I know all the labor!" Zhang Jin's eyes glistened with tears and then arched his hand. He has been in the bureau for many years, but he has never seen the emperor, and he always feels that he is out of reach, but he did not expect His Majesty to treat people so easily, which moved him.

"Your Majesty and you know that our subordinates are very lenient, don't be polite, otherwise Your Majesty will not like it!" Tian Qi saw that he was a little out of shape, and hurriedly relieved.

"Your Majesty is waiting like this, how dare you not serve your life!" Zhang Jin still gave a deep salute.

"Your Majesty, Xiangfan Station has learned the news of His Majesty's personal expedition a few days ago, and he will also prepare what he needs, but after Fancheng is occupied by the enemy, he is heavily guarded and cannot leave the city. Commander Zhang was concerned about His Majesty, and he ventured through the moat at night to escape, and then came as a traveling monk to find his way, and hurried to find out that the car had reached the east bank of Baishui. Tian Qi took advantage of his eating efforts to briefly introduce his origins.

"Although we encountered the advance of our army on the way, we did not dare to reveal our identity rashly, and the pontoon bridge was blocked, but no boat could be found upstream to cross the river. took advantage of the heavy rain to sneak into the water, floated across the river, and was washed away by the current for several miles before going ashore, which can be described as nine deaths and one life! ”

"Why would Commander Zhang take such a risk!" Zhao Yu looked at him and sighed.

"The subordinates know that the car is about to arrive in Xiangyang, and the car has to pass through Fancheng, but at this time the city has fallen into the hands of the enemy, and it is difficult for our army to arrive as promised. His subordinates were worried that His Majesty's march would be attacked by enemy troops, and they sent people out of the city several times without success. And the time is getting closer, and the subordinates want to fight for the villain's life, and they can't let His Majesty cross the river and fall into danger, but fortunately, God bless my Celestial Empire, and I succeeded by luck. Zhang Jin smiled.

"What a cadre of the country!" Zhao Yu also sighed.

"Since my subordinates joined the Bureau, the chief has taught us that protecting Your Majesty is our first priority, that is, to protect the lives of the people we use, and to protect Your Majesty. The subordinates have always kept it in mind and never dared to forget! Zhang Jin Shi Li said.

"If you all die, what will I do if I am left alone?" Zhao Yu shook his head lightly and smiled.

"Your Majesty is a Son of Heaven and is favored by Heaven. At that time, His Majesty entered Qiongkai Mansion alone, and now he is a military general like a forest, and his ministers are like clouds, occupying half of the rivers and mountains. Therefore, as long as Your Majesty is here, even if there is only one soldier left around him, he can make a comeback and revive my Great Song Dynasty! Zhang Jin is extremely convinced.

"Hehe......" Zhao Hao looked at his almost pious gaze and smiled helplessly. Xin Dao, Zheng Huchen's brainwashing work, not only did a good job, but also blew himself into a god, and convinced the people of the Affairs Bureau, and became his most loyal subordinate, he is really a ghost!

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