Liu Xiaoyuan has followed Kublai Khan for many years, and his thoughts on this Mongolian Khan can be said to have been grasped to the point of subtlety. Now Kublai Khan seems to be a gambler, and the situation at the gambling table is not favorable to him, but he still has a lot of gambling books, and there may not be no chance to turn it over - of course, it is impossible to solve the Ming Dynasty militarily, and after Li Yanguo's defection, the Ming side also has a great advantage in the number of troops. Of course, the quality is also better for the Ming army. Even if Kublai Khan had three heads and six arms, it was impossible to defeat the Ming army. All he can ask for now is to get two partial victories. Then retreat to Henan and temporarily maintain the situation of Yuan and Ming resistance.

As for immediately abandoning the Battle of the Central Plains, he immediately fled with his tail between his legs and left the Central Plains...... Although it is the safest thing to do. But it also means that Great Mongolia loses the Central Plains forever! Moreover, this Central Plains was still lost to Kublai Khan - whether such a loser could sit on the throne of the Mongol Great Khan when he arrived in the Western Regions was really a big question mark.

In this Central Plains Flower World, even if you really want to give up, you can't run away in a panic. Rather, the Mongol army should be taken away in the name of an expedition in the posture of a victor. In this way, when you reach the Western Regions, you can control the field, and then conquer several rich countries in the West, such as Egypt and Tianzhu, so that Kublai Khan, the Great Khan, can do it steadily......

Therefore, although Liu Xiaoyuan now proposed the best policy of "immediately abandoning the Central Plains and leaving", Kublai Khan would not listen to it...... In Liu Xiaoyuan's view, as long as Kublai Khan's Mongol army had not been severely attacked by the Ming army, he would not give up no matter what.

Kublai Khan really nodded slightly, as if he was talking to himself: "The main force of the anti-Ming Dynasty has not come out for a long time, but the soldiers of the pseudo-Tang Zhao King have arrived first...... It seems that Chen Dexing is not in Yanjing. Most of them have already overseed the army...... It is also possible that Shi Tianze and Zhang Rou have already descended to the Ming Dynasty, and Taiyuan is likely to have fallen into the hands of Chen Dexing......"

This analysis. Kublai Khan had almost deduced the actual situation on the battlefield!

"It is not advisable to enter the Jin," Kublai Khan paused. First of all, he vetoed the main battle of entering Hedong to find Chen Dexing. "The terrain in the east of the river is dangerous, and it is not easy to enter and exit...... If the battle is unfavorable, the whole army will be overturned, and if the war is favorable, the thief can still hold the pass city and use the old division. ”

"Pounce on Yanjing......" Kublai Khan still shook his head, "Yanjing Jiancheng should be no less than a daimyo, if it is attacked for a long time, it will not be overcome." The Ming rebel reinforcements are so large that they are also in danger of overturning. ”

"Fight against the Daimyo......" Kublai Khan actually shook his head, "No!" I want to fight in the wilderness, and most of the thieves stick to the fortified city. The famous city is solid, and a million soldiers may not be able to break it in one go! ”

Liu Xiaoyuan's brows tightened slightly, what did Kublai Khan mean? Could it be that he guessed his mind, that he was going to run?

"As for ......leaving," Kublai Khan shook his head, "the time has not yet come!" He was silent for a moment, then added. You can't just leave, it's too embarrassing...... And Chen Dexing will not let us get out of the way! ”

Now, it's really an extravagant hope to get out of the way! Liu Xiaoyuan shook his head slightly. Said: "Great Khan, where do you think we should fight?" ”

Kublai Khan smiled: "Let's go to the Daimyo's Mansion first, and then pounce on Yanjing!" ”

"What? Pounce on Yanjing!? Liu Xiaoyuan looked at Kublai Khan in bewilderment. Didn't Kublai Khan deny the plan to attack Yanjing just now? Why did you propose to go to Daimyo first and then fight Yanjing now?

What the hell is he having?

Seeing everyone's puzzled gaze. Kublai Khan laughed and said: "After I calculate that Chen Dexing takes Taiyuan, he will definitely attack Guanzhong and cut off my back road!" I'm going to retreat now. If you break your leg, you may not be able to catch up with the speed of Chen Dexing's army knocking on Guanzhong. ”

Entering the customs from Taiyuan is originally closer than running back to Guanzhong from Hebei. Moreover, Kublai Khan still had to retreat from the court and officials of Bianliang, and there was still a large amount of property savings to take away, so he would definitely not be able to go quickly.

He smiled coldly: "So, I'll give him a bluff!" Put on a posture of attacking Yanjing, and at the same time see if you can lure the Ming army of the Daimyo Mansion out for a decisive battle...... If we can defeat the Ming army of the Daimyo, Chen Dexing will definitely return to Yanjing, and then we will be able to retreat calmly. ”

I see! Liu Xiaoyuan nodded in admiration, this Kublai Khan is really not easy to deal with! To this point, I can still come up with such a plan. Now that the contact between himself and Chen Ming has been broken, whether they can see through it depends on Kublai Khan's qi!

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Taiyuan Mansion City, Ming Wang's Palace.

Chen Dexing now lives in the former residence of his father-in-law Li Pu, the original Tang Emperor's Palace, and now Chen Mingwang's Palace, and he didn't even change the furniture, but just sent the people who served him away. Now there are people who come in and out of this place, all of whom are generals of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Pu's main hall, which was originally used to go to the court, is now placed on a map table, and a large map is also hung on the wall. There is also a blackboard on the wooden shelf, on which a large number of troops are listed, all of which are the numbers and strength of the troops at the army and division levels under the jurisdiction of the Ming King Legion - in addition to the original Ming King Legion, there are also three more "armies" of Shi Jiajun, Yan Jiajun and Zhang Jiajun. The strength of the entire legion has exceeded 150,000!

A Ming army officer wearing a yellow battle robe, the cuffs and neckline of the robe are embroidered with the sun, moon, and star marks respectively - the star mark is a lieutenant, one star is a second lieutenant, two stars are a lieutenant, and three stars are a captain; The crescent is marked by a colonel, a major in January, a lieutenant colonel in February, and a colonel in March; The sun symbolizes the rank of general, one day for the major general, the second for the lieutenant general, and the third day for the general—either in and out, or whispering around the map, and occasionally shouting about the military situation or giving orders.

This scene is really a bit like the busy appearance of the former enemy headquarters of the army in later generations, the only difference is that there is no telephone ringing, and there is no ticking sound of the transmitter......

Because of the lack of these modern communication tools, Chen Dexing's command still does not know that Li Cuixian has successfully won over Li Yanguo, and has also pulled out an army of 40,000 from Yidu, and has also achieved a rendezvous with the Ming army of the Daimyo's Mansion and two Red Banner Horse Teams-The Tangma sent by the Daimyo's Mansion is still on its way to Yanjing.

Therefore, the staff officers of the Ming army of the former enemy headquarters in Taiyuan can only plan to maintain Li Yanguo's neutrality now.

"Taiyuan has been taken, Daizhou is surrounded by our regiments again, and the first phase of the Central Plains Battle has been achieved. Now it's time to start the second phase of the operation, and the opinion of this official is to knock on the west and cut off Kublai Khan's way back! ”

"Kublai Khan still has a huge army of 180,000 people in Hebei, and he really left it behind? What if Kublai Khan's dog jumped over the wall in a hurry and went to ravage the land of Yanyun? In my opinion, the focus of the second phase of the operation should still be on Hebei, and Kublai Khan should be forced away first! ”

"No, the focus should be on Henan! It's better to go south with the main force to Yuci - Xiangyuan - Luzhou - Gaoping - Huanqing, and go straight to Luoyang! After defeating Luoyang, we will be able to attack Guanzhong in the west and Bianliang in the east. How dare Kublai Khan's old thief stay in Hebei again? ”

"Take Luoyang and enter the customs with a partial division, as long as the banner of King Ming appears in Henan and Guanzhong, the heroes from all over the country will definitely follow. In addition, Huaixi Xia Gui, Xiangyang Gouda, Lizhou Liu Quan, Xingyuan Zhang Jue and other four Southern Dynasties will definitely go north to respond to our ...... Our own main force is still to be used against Kublai Khan! ”

The staff officers had a lot of discussions, and most of the people's opinions did not dare to ignore Kublai Khan's 180,000 troops - they were all afraid that Kublai Khan would go to Yanjing to spread wild, and these staff officers were all scholars, and many of them were Zhuangzi in Yanjing!

Chen Dexing lowered his head, looking at the map, and at the same time complained in his heart about the level of communication in the 13th century - how good it would be to have a mobile phone? As soon as he talked to Li Cuixian on the phone, didn't he know the situation in Yidu? It's like now, the whole blind man rides a blind horse! I don't know what the situation is, what good plan can a group of sub-staff officers come up with?

"Tingyang, Zhonghe, what do you two think?" Chen Dexing thought about it, and still put the problem on Zhang Xizai and Guo Kan. Both of these can be compared to the military masters of the 13th century, and they should be able to have some unique opinions.

Zhang Xizai smiled at Chen Dexing: "The battle has been fought to this point, how can you win!" As long as Kublai Khan knew that we had taken Taiyuan, he should know that the Central Plains could not stay. He's nothing more than how to quit...... Is it an embarrassment escape, or a decent 'westward expedition'. Chen thinks that it is better for us to divide the troops into two ways, go all the way to oppress Guanzhong, and make a situation of closing the door and fighting dogs; All the way to Jingcheng Pass, looking for an opportunity to join our troops in Hebei, and then form a large corps. ”

Guo Kan said with a smile: "Deputy Military Division Zhang's method is good, and the two ends are pressed and protected...... The Hebei side followed Kublai Khan without fighting. Guanzhong contacted Haoqiang to break Jingzhao Mansion. Kublai Khan must have been so frightened that he could only go away in panic. King, this work in the knock level, why don't you do it for me! My 6,500 people combined with a horse team of 10,000 people and a banner are enough to defeat Jingzhao Mansion! ”

Guo Kan's soldiers and horses together are only more than 20,000, even if Chen Dexing leaves some more men and horses to defend Taiyuan, he can send 70,000 soldiers out of the well, so many people, even if they fight with Kublai Khan's whole army, they are very sure.

Chen Dexing looked at Zhang Xizai again, and Zhang Xizai said: "King, the victory lies in the hearts of the people, not in the number of soldiers and horses. ”

Chen Dexing nodded and looked at Guo Kan, "Guo Qing, you have to be more careful when you go to Guanzhong...... King Gu has already sent envoys to win over Gao Gao, Liu Quan, Zhang Jue and other Southern Dynasty Fang Zhen. You don't need to fight an uncertain battle with the Mongols, you just need to wait until the towns come to join the army. ”

Kublai Khan must have left some soldiers and horses in Guanzhong, and more than 20,000 people under the command of Guo Kan may not be able to capture Jingzhaofu City. But as long as Gao Gao, Liu Quan, Zhang Jue and other southern dynasties sent troops, Kublai Khan's soldiers left in Jingzhao Mansion would be beaten by the group. (To be continued......)