In the city of Xiangfan, Meng Heng sat quietly on the head of the palace, waiting for all the generals under his command to gather here to discuss the military. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Four years ago, at that time, Meng Heng had just become famous for the war to destroy Jin, so he was promoted to the pacification envoy of Hubei Road.

As soon as he arrived, he considered the future and began to seek to actively march into the army, preparing to start recovering Xiangyang Mansion. Xiangyang Mansion is located in the territory of Jingnan Road, which is also the northwest of Hubei Province today, located in the hinterland of the plain in the middle reaches of the Han River.

The two cities face each other across the river and echo each other.

Because it is located in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, if you forcibly occupy this city, you can go south along the Yangtze River and occupy Lin'an, Hangzhou and other places, so it is a place where soldiers must fight.

In order to ensure the safety of the ruling heart, the Song Dynasty approved Meng Heng's plan and ordered him to start his actions.

So, under the leadership of Meng Hui, in December of the same year, the Song general Zhang Jun recovered Yingzhou, He Shun recovered Jingmen, and Liu Quan defeated the Mongol army three times in Zuntou, Fancheng, and Langshenshan. At the beginning of the following year, the Xinyang army was recovered. Later, Liu Tingmei, the commander of Xiangyang, conspired with the Song army to successfully occupy Xiangyang and completely subjugate the entire Jingxiang region.

Under the great joy of the imperial court, he ordered Meng Heng to pacify the Hubei Road, responsible for leading the anti-Mongolian plan in the Xiangfan area, and praised in the recital: "Xiang and Fan are the foundation of the imperial court, and they are obtained in a hundred battles today. Rather than draw troops after the enemy comes, how can we ensure this complete victory? Go to the army and plot to fight, this is an indisputable dispute!" Shi Songzhi, the minister of the central government, was very appreciative, and even ordered Meng Hui to form a loyal guard army with the surrender of troops from Cai and Xizhou, and the "reformed people" from Xiang and Yingzhou to form a vanguard army to supplement the strength of Xiangyang.

At this point, Xiangyang City has regained a little vitality and restored its style of the year.

After that, he repeatedly used troops, first ordered Zhang Ying to send troops from Suizhou, Ren Yi to send troops from Xinyang, and Jiao to send troops to Xiangyang, and successively attacked and harassed the Mongolian army by different routes, so that the Mongolian army could not rest assured that Tuntian. At the same time, Wang Jian, a general of the dispatch department, attacked Shunyang and burned all the shipbuilding materials accumulated by the Mongolian army, and sent Zhang De and Liu Quanquan to attack Caizhou and burned the enemy's material warehouses to the ground.

At this point, the Mongols were forced to retreat and could only give up the Xiangfan attack.

And that Zhang Rou also had to give up Xiangfan because he was in a hurry to exterminate the Red Phoenix Army.

After the battle situation in Kuizhou retreated from the enemy's lake eased, Meng Heng commanded the whole army all the way north along the river to support the battlefield in Shuzhong upstream.

Since the Mongols knocked on the Xingyuan Mansion in the past year and broke into the Sichuan and Shu generations, CD alone has been subjected to two inhumane massacres, and the entire land of Shu has turned from half of the Southern Song Dynasty tax to a piece of rubble.

And that first time, Xiao Feng also had contact, it was the collapse of Xingyuan Mansion at the beginning.

At that time, after Intore was poisoned by Xiao Feng in the territory of the Song Dynasty, the Mongol army went crazy and completely killed the entire Sichuan.

In the third year of Jiaxi, the Mongolian generals Tahai and Bal Xue sent troops again, led the troops to claim 800,000 to kill into Sichuan, and along the way they were rampant, I don't know how many injustices were created, and quickly advanced to the east of Sichuan, broke through Kaizhou, and arrived at the north bank of the Yangtze River in Wanzhou.

At that time, the Song army was stationed on the south bank of the Yangtze River, intending to prevent the other party from crossing the river.

Unexpectedly, the Mongol army was very cunning, first collected a large number of ships on the north bank of the Yangtze River in Wanzhou, put on a posture of forcibly crossing the river, and then ordered Wang Shixian to set up an ambush in the upper reaches.

The next day, the Mongolian army began to cross the river, the Song army sent hundreds of warships to block, Wang Shixian led the ambush soldiers to rush directly into the Song army's fleet in small boats, and immediately defeated the Song army's naval division, the Mongolian army pursued the Song army to Kuizhou, an important town in eastern Sichuan, and approached Kuimen, while the rest of the Mongolian army crossed the Yangtze River from Wanzhou and advanced rapidly to Kuimen along the south bank.

At the end of the year, Meng Jing led more than 10,000 elite soldiers from Hubei to go to Kuizhou Road to deploy defenses, and his brother Meng Jing was the deputy envoy of Hubei to pacify and Zhixia Prefecture, and also asked him for help.

Facing the Mongolian army, which was ten times its strength, Meng Heng knew the risks and did not dare to slack off.

First of all, it was accurately judged that the main force of the Mongolian army, Wang Shixian, would cross the river through Daoshi and Guizhou (two states, although 2,000 troops were sent to Tunxia Prefecture, and thousands of troops were returned to the state, and some troops were allocated to reinforce the important pass Wanhu Valley in Guizhou. His younger brother Meng Ying was stationed in Songzi with 5,000 elite soldiers. As a reserve, Di Mengzhang led 2,000 elite soldiers to garrison Lizhou to defend against the Mongol troops in Shi and Guizhou.

At this point, with the Yangtze River as the center, the entire military defense system has been deployed, and all of them are interlocking and echoing each other from afar.

Relying on the defense of such fortified cities and rivers, the Southern Song Dynasty defeated the Mongol army several times and forced it to return to Kuizhou.

So far, with these feats, Meng Hui was successfully promoted to the envoy of the Ningwu Army, the envoy of Sichuan Xuanfu and the governor of Kuizhou, which was highly recognized by the Song court, and was a famous general in the world, and undertook the important task of establishing the Sichuan defense system.

This prestige spread far and wide all over the world, and it made the generals under his command reverent, thinking that he was a pillar of the DPRK.

After everyone gathered, Meng Heng straightened up and asked everyone, "I believe you should also know what happened on Shandong East Road and Shandong East Road." In that case, I don't know what the rank thinks about these things?" "What happened in Yidu Mansion had already been reported by the court.

And with Meng Hui's wisdom, he naturally knew that if they could take this opportunity, they would be able to take advantage of the situation to advance north to recapture the Bianjing generation, and if they could take advantage of the situation to seize the Guanlong generation, then they could establish a defense line in the Qinchuan generation and completely block the Mongolian army from the pass.

Meng Heng did not want to miss such an opportunity.

Meng Jing asked in a deep voice, "If my brother thinks about it, what should I do?"

"According to my opinion, if we can unite Yu Jie, Zhao Kui and the three of them at this time, and attack all the CD, Xiangfan, and Yidu Mansion generations respectively, then it is possible to return to the prosperity of the past, and we can even advance along the trend and push the entire defense line to the Qinchuan area. At that time, it will be able to establish a defensive line in the area of Qinchuan and completely block the Mongols from the pass. At that time, even if Mongolia cannot be eliminated, it can also reproduce the image of the Song Liao in the past. Meng Hui said slowly.

When the words settled, Li Tingzhi next to him had already spoken out: "General, I think that it is very difficult to carry out this plan. ”

"Why?" Meng Jing couldn't help but be a little angry, and wanted to reprimand one or two, but when he saw Meng Jing's approving look, he lowered his head and listened quietly on the side.

Li Tingzhi said slowly: "In the past, I was ordered by the general to go to Taiyuan. Along the way, it is not that Jiaxuan is barren, the houses are empty, and the land is even more uninhabited, if you want to be able to get food on the spot, it is really a delusion. Although he was in the midst of everyone's doubts, he was very firm in his heart, and continued: "If we want to ensure that our army marches, the food, straw, and weapons consumed must all be transported from the rear. After a pause, he swept through the crowd before asking: "At that time, the road is far away, and hundreds of thousands of laborers must be recruited to ensure the smooth progress of the whole operation. Otherwise, the Northern Expedition of Yongxi in the past would not have the possibility of failure. ”

The voice is sonorous and powerful, every word, every word, and even every sentence is sonorous and powerful, which can be regarded as reasonable and convincing.

"That's right. If we want to completely recover the Central Plains, we can't do it now, and we have to work hard for 20 years. What Li Tingzhi said is also unreasonable. Meng Heng replied.

Li Tingzhi suddenly felt nervous, and couldn't help lowering his head, a little ashamed: "General." Please forgive me for being reckless and ramming the general. ”

It was only at this time that he realized that what he thought and said before was an unintentional challenge to Meng Heng, but fortunately, Meng Heng was not such a small-bellied person, but he put it in his heart and turned it over directly.

"It doesn't matter. And as I said, it will take 20 years to achieve these goals, and nothing will happen in them. Meng Heng continued: "And you also know that Mongolia has always been cunning and greedy, and it is difficult to be satisfied with a mere Xiangyang city and the entire Bashu area, and only by completely destroying my Song Dynasty may it restrain its heart of conquest." In the face of such a fierce enemy, it is not a good strategy to condescend to a corner and stick to one place, and only by completely driving the other party away can the threat to the Central Plains be completely eliminated. ”

Li Tingzhi paused and thanked: "Thank you for the general's guidance, I already understand." ”

"Then according to the general's intentions, what should be our goal now?" Standing on the side, Liu Quan, Gao Da and the others were a little puzzled, and opened their mouths to ask.

Although they are extraordinary talents and brave generals who can take charge of themselves, if they are judged by wisdom, they are far less wise than Li Tingzhi, and they only know that since Meng Heng summoned them here, it means that there is about to start a war.

Meng Hui smiled slightly, stroked his beard and replied: "This time there is chaos in China, it is a good time for us to wait. Moreover, in the northern land, there are more Red Phoenix Army and our internal and external echoes, it is the Northern Expedition of the Rising Army, retaking the Henan generation, in our hands. It is precisely for this reason that I gathered you and others together and prepared to work with Zhao Kui to conspire for this century-old foundation. ”

"Then according to the general's opinion, how should we start?" Li Tingzhi's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked.

He knew that if he wanted to recapture all the Han people who had survived in the past, including Qinchuan, Hanzhong, Henan, Lianghuai, and Shandong, it would not be an overnight achievement, and it would be absolutely impossible to succeed if there was no more than 30 years.

However, if you want to control the middle generation of Henan in the hands of the Southern Song Dynasty, it is possible to achieve it.

And this Henan has always been the population of the peak, cultural prosperity, from the Xia Dynasty to the Song Dynasty has been China's political, economic, cultural and transportation center, there have been more than 20 dynasties to build the capital or move the capital to Henan, China's eight ancient capitals in Henan have thirteen dynasties ancient capital Luoyang, eight dynasties ancient capital Kaifeng, seven dynasties ancient capital Anyang, Xia Shang ancient capital Zhengzhou four and Shangqiu, Puyang, Huaiyang, Yanshi, Nanyang, Xuchang and other ancient capitals, for China to build the capital of the most dynasties, the longest history of the capital, the largest number of ancient capitals of the province.

Since ancient times, there have been "celebrities in the world, more than half of Zhongzhou", and there are historical celebrities such as Shang Tang, Lao Tzu, Zhuangzi, Mozi, Han Feizi, Fan Li, Shang Ying, Su Qin, Lü Buwei, Li Si, Jia Yi, Zhang Heng, Du Fu, Han Yu, Bai Juyi, Liu Yuxi, Li Shangyin, Li He, Yue Fei and so on.

If you can successfully master this place, it will be able to greatly expand the strength of the Song Dynasty.

At least when facing Mongolia, it will not fall into a situation of passive beating.

Meng Hui was full of confidence and said, "I also have a general idea of this matter, and how to act in the future, you just need to act according to my plan." After that, he explained everything he had planned, and everyone was even more impressed, and began to prepare to meet the Mongols.

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Pingliang Mansion, where the Western Xia army was stationed in the past, but this place has long been occupied by the Mongols, and it is also the place where the army under the command of Kuoduan, the eldest son of the Khan, is stationed.

Living here, Kuoduan repeatedly set out from this place, first eight years ago, led the troops to attack Qin and Gong, and forced the Jin Dynasty to surrender to Wang Shixian. In the following year, he led his troops to conquer the Southern Song Dynasty from Dasanguan and captured the CD, which was famous in the territory of the Song Dynasty, which was enough to stop the children's night crying, and was one of the strongest enemies in the Southern Song Dynasty.

And today, his heart is heavy, just because of the two people who appeared here at this moment.

With a heavy face, Kuduan asked in a low voice, "What are you two doing with me when you two no longer take care of Father Khan with Hala and Lin?"

"Brother!" Gui You froze, and a little shame appeared on his face: "If it wasn't for my brother's help before, how could I surrender the Tufan tribes? It is precisely for this reason that I came here today to thank my brother for his help. He took out an object from the carriage next to him, and he hurriedly handed it to Kuoduan, trying his best to accept the things that were sent to Kuoduan.

With Guiyu's strength, it is naturally impossible to persuade the Tufan tribes to surrender to Mongolia, even with the help of the presiding officer of the Sakya Monastery, Paspa, it is absolutely impossible to be so easy.

And the key to playing a crucial role in this is the wide end.

When he first learned of the conspiracy between Guiyou and Paspa, he personally led his troops, first sent his army south to Usizang, thwarted the rebels, and reached the Niboluo region, and then used various means, either to kill or solicit, and finally completely annexed the entire Tufan and brought it under the control of the Mongols.

It can be said that Kuoduan is the de facto head of affairs in Tibet.

"You are my brother, if I don't help you, who else will help you?" Kuoduan couldn't refuse, and seeing that Guiyu seemed to have fainted because of the hot weather, he hurriedly ordered the attendants next to him to transport those gifts to the warehouse, and then he looked helpless and complained: "Tell me, what happened?"

Guiyou sighed, and then replied: "Brother." You should know that my father's days are running out. ”

"That's right. Kuoduan's brows furrowed, and then he looked at his brother with a look of surprise: "Brother, do you want to take advantage of this time to inherit the throne? Have you forgotten that in your father's eyes, you have always been that weak guy." With that, you also want to become the Great Khan?" in his eyes, Guiyou was too fragile, and he simply did not have the physique and body that the Mongols should have, and he was not a contender for the Khan position.

Not entirely. ”

Gui You was a little dazed, his eyes looked at the dust and sand in the distance, and he felt that he was the same as those sands, completely involuntarily, and said with emotion: "You also know that my body has always been weak, and I am not a talent that can be used. But you should also know that with what your father has done, if you let this throne fall into the hands of others, we will be afraid that our lives will be in danger. That's why I have to fight for it, whether my father wants to pass on the throne to me or not. ”

His expression was slightly gloomy, and Gui You obviously knew that he was not a pillar, if it weren't for this heavy identity on his body, he wouldn't be able to attract those people at all, let alone become a Great Khan.

"Now that you've sat down and decided, then you can do it, what are you doing here with me?" Kuoduan fell silent and quietly looked at the person in front of him.

Contrary to his burly figure, the person in front of him was really thin and small, and in the eyes of others, he was not a pair of brothers at all.

Guiyou smiled awkwardly and replied, "Didn't I come here to discuss with you? After all, you are also a feudal lord, if I can get your help, then I will be more sure." ”

Although he and Kuoduan are brothers, their mother is not alone, so although the two are related by blood and have been playmates since childhood, they are still a little resentful after all due to the influence of their mother.

Kuoduan shook his head and replied helplessly: "Since that's the case, then I'll help you." ”