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Chapter 1253 The Eastern Front
Baozhou.

The cool breeze in May blew across the lotus pond, moving the water droplets on the lotus leaves, and the weather was just right.

There are three women by the lake who are playing Cuju, and there is laughter from time to time.

"Hey, you go on."

"so stupid……"

After arguing for a while, one of the women in purple shirt ran away avoiding the ball, slapped her slightly red but not sweaty cheek with her sleeve, and said with a smile, "You guys play, I'm leaving .”

A woman in a green shirt ran forward, stretched out her instep to hook the ball, tiptoed a few times lightly and deftly, the movement was very beautiful, and said in her mouth: "Why? How long have we been playing?"

"Brother Li is coming back today."

"Ah? Brother-in-law is coming back now?" Another woman in an apricot shirt also ran up and asked, "Isn't Yanjing captured so soon?"

"I don't know that."

"Then my sister is back?"

"They all come back together, and we will go for a few days if we agree, or I will go too."

"Are you going to meet them? Let's go together."

"Okay, let's go."

"Hey, you guys." The green-clothed woman picked up the ball and picked it up in her hand, saying dissatisfiedly: "It's agreed to accompany me to play the ball today."

"Go and see what brother-in-law brought back first, let's play later."

"You guys are so troublesome."

"Then are you going?"

"Ah, okay."

They went to the kitchen first, took some pastries and ate them in their hands, then boarded a small pavilion and looked at the front yard.

After a while, I saw that the front was lively, many civil and military officials hurried to the lobby, and the attendants were running back and forth.Only later did I see the rather simple Tianzi Yijia come in.

Among them, the imperial chariot turned to the front hall, while the phoenix chariot turned to the backyard.

"Brother-in-law is busy just after he comes back."

"Brother Li has always been like this."

The woman in the yellow shirt stuffed the last piece of pastry into her mouth, clapped her hands, and said, "Let's go find my sister."

"Okay."

Only the woman in blue was dissatisfied and said: "You guys are so annoying, you have to run over knowing this is the case."

"..."

When they rushed to the back hall, they were listening to Zhang Wenjing explaining things to Yan'er and Feng'er.

"What should be collected should be collected well. After all, Luoyang is no better than Baozhou..."

"Huh?" Zhang Wenwan asked in surprise, "Sister, are you going to Luoyang?"

"You just ran in like this, without any etiquette. Also, you should do some serious business, don't play around all day long." Zhang Wenjing first gave her a soft lesson, then nodded and said: "Well, follow your Majesty Go there and come back in the second half of the year."

"Why?" Zhang Wenwan asked, "Has Yanjing already been captured?"

"How can it be so fast? You don't understand it, anyway, it's a state matter."

Han Qiaoer then asked: "Sister Wen Jing, shall I go too?"

"Your Majesty, why don't you take your cleverness with you, pack your luggage." Zhang Wenjing said, turned to Zhao Jin, and nodded politely.

Zhao Jin guessed that Li Xia's troops were not strong enough to attack Yanjing, so he asked the north to face off first, and instead took Kaifeng first.

Since she came out with Han Qiaoer, of course she also wanted to visit Bianliang, the old capital of the Zhao family.

So when Han Qiaoer chatted with Zhang Wenjing for a few more words and was about to pack her luggage, she followed her out. Before leaving, she turned around and made a face at Zhang Wenwan.

Zhang Wenwan returned a frown expression to show her dissatisfaction.

Only the Zhang family was left in the back hall, so she got up casually and asked excitedly: "Sister, then you are all gone, can I go with you?"

Zhang Wenjing was staring at Zhao Jin's back in a daze, with thoughtful eyes, and waited for a while before responding: "You stay at home."

"I don't want it." Zhang Wenwan folded her hands on her waist and said, "If sister doesn't take me, I will follow secretly. My father is not here, and my second brother is still in jail. No one can control me."

Yan'er joked: "Second sister has to stay at home. A Lang said that he will find you a marriage when he is free, right?"

Feng'er couldn't help but also laughed, nodded and said: "Yes, we talked about this for a long time."

"Ah? Which one are you talking about?"

"We don't know, Alang told the imperial concubine alone."

"elder sister?"

Zhang Wenjing fell into deep thought again.

"Huh? Sister?"

"Too lazy to be your master." Zhang Wenjing said: "I can't control you, you can go if you want."

"Really?" Zhang Wenwan was overjoyed.

"But I can tell you that when you return to Luoyang this time, His Majesty will have to inspect the cities along the way. It will take at least a month or two on the way. Going out is no worse than being at home. Don't complain."

"Haha, it's good to go out and play for a long time!" Zhang Wenwan said excitedly, turned around to pack her luggage, and ran to flick Yan'er's head before leaving, "I told you to scare me..."

~~
Kaifeng.

After the governance of Shi Tianze and Zhao Bi, the city had already regained some vitality, but now it was once again in a mess because of the Yuan army's garrison and Tang army's siege.

Many houses in the city were demolished, and wood and stone were used to defend the city. As for the people, they were drafted into the militia to assist the Yuan army in defending the city on the top of the city.The land in the city has become a horse farm, and horse manure is everywhere.

This is already the result of Boyan's efforts to restrain the Yuan army.

Boyan himself is a Mongolian deeply indoctrinated with sinology, and he is no longer a brutal generation like Genghis Khan and Wo Kuotai who slaughtered cities at every turn.It's just that he has been defeated one after another, and many things are no longer up to him, and he can't be lenient just because he wants to be lenient.

On May [-], Boyan received several messages and summoned all the generals under his command for a discussion.

He was tall and tall, and he looked very majestic standing on top of him, and he didn't even hide his words.

"Li Xia is about to attack Yanjing."

In a word, all the generals were in an uproar and shouted.

"what?"

"It can't be so fast..."

Boyan raised his hand and said, "However, Da Khan's soldiers and horses did not suffer any losses. Do you know what this means?"

"It's time for us to counterattack Zhang Jue!"

Ali Hague was the first to stand up and respond.

Ali Haiya is the general guarding Bozhou, but now, all the Yuan troops south of Kaifeng have been summoned by Boyan.

"There are only so many people in the Tang army, and so many artillery pieces. Now that they have all attacked Yanjing, Zhang Jue in Henan must be bluffing. He doesn't have that many troops and artillery. No wonder the offensive has been weak in the past few months. of!"

"Yes! We should beat the limp Zhang Jue hard!"

"..."

After the generals discussed and understood the overall strategic intention, Boyan raised his hand again and said how to fight this battle.

He walked to the map and drew a circle east of Kaifeng.

There is an area where the Yellow River floods.

During the war between Jin, Song, and Mongolia, all parties excavated the Yellow River, but did not control it afterwards. As a result, the Yellow River and Huaihe River have been raging in Shandong and the two Huaihe Rivers for decades.

Coupled with the impact of the wars in these years, the land in that area is barren, the city is dilapidated, the population, food and grass are insufficient, and the strategic value is even less.

For example, during the Li Fen Rebellion, the Mongolian army allowed Xia Gui to approach the city of Kaifeng, and then cut off Xia Gui's food, because occupying these cities could not obtain supplies at all, and instead had to divide troops to guard them.

Therefore, Boyan and Zhang Jue have been confronting each other in Kaifeng for a while, and they are unwilling to go further east.

"Let's retreat this way." Boyan said, "Let Zhang Jue know that we got the news that Li Xia is about to attack Yanjing, so we can only give up Kaifeng and go to Shandong to help Yanjing."

"Then Zhang Jue will chase us?" Ali Haiya said, "So we attack Zhengzhou? Respond with Lu Wenhuan's Song Army."

"Lu Wenhuan?" Boyan said, "Song people are cowardly, and they don't really want to send troops, but when we get together, he will figure it out."

"But what if Zhang Jue doesn't chase us?"

Boyan stroked his beard and said, "Then we will really work from Shandong to his back, to cut off the connection between Li Xia's main force and Henan, and attack any place."

His finger has moved from the yellow flood area to the Tang army's front in Henan and Hebei.

If this area is the "waist and abdomen" of the Tang army's front, then it is indeed a thin waist.

Ali Haiya was still the first among the generals to understand Boyan's tactical intentions. He laughed and said, "The prime minister is brilliant! We march faster, but Zhang Jue, with his infantry and artillery, can only follow behind us and get beaten!"

After all, Boyan knew very well in his heart that the essence of these strategies was to give up the cities of Henan in exchange for more flexible tactics.To put it simply, it is only from officers and soldiers to bandits that they can advance and retreat freely.

It seems that the battle is easy to fight, and what is lost is the foundation of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty.

It's nothing more than being forced to this point, the fish's death net is broken, and the self-inflicted eight hundred will also injure the enemy a thousand...

~~
May [-]th.

Between Zhengzhou and Kaifeng there is a small town called Zhongmou.

It was raining that day, and in a temporarily converted granary in the city, a few peasants braved the rain to repair the roof with all their might. After carefully confirming that there would be no leaks, they rushed to their resting place.

I saw that the young man in the team had already started telling stories.

"In the ten years of Shaoxing in the Song Dynasty, Grandpa Yue once defeated the Jin soldiers here. It can be seen that it's not that we, the weak farmers, can't beat the hunting Hulu. It's because the emperor like Zhao Gou is too useless, not ordinary What a waste. If Emperor Zhao was just an ordinary waste, this world would not be like this!"

Although many people in Tang Jun said this, when Hao Gou'er said it, his eyes widened again with anger.

Mainly Luoyang, Zhengzhou, and Kaifeng, which is about to go, these places can evoke people's memories of the shame of Jingkang.

"Yes! The young man is right. As long as the imperial court is willing to make the Northern Expedition, we will succeed soon."

Amidst the crowd's response, Hao Gou'er was already caught up in emotion, he couldn't help clenching his fists, turned to Hao Erfu and said, "Father, I want to join the army!"

"No!"

Hao Erfu stared and cursed, and slapped the shoe he was cleaning on his son, and said, "Didn't you listen to Mr. Lu? You can serve the country even if you don't join the army. He also said that when the batch of food and grass are delivered, We'll get another big field..."

"Father, I just want to join the army!"

"Officer Fan, look at him." Hao Erfu ignored his son, and shouted directly to Fan Xueyi, the supply officer who was resting in the distance, "He is my only son."

"I'm not the only child, my stepmother..."

"It's an only child."

Over there, Fan Xueyi turned around and was about to help persuade, when he suddenly heard a very sharp voice from the top of the city.

Not long after, the horn sounded.

The general responsible for escorting their supply team was already standing on the half-remained city tower, and shouted loudly: "The enemy soldiers are coming! Defend!"

"Protect all the food!"

The small remnant city was suddenly in a hurry.

"..."

However, Hao Gou'er ran out in a few steps and was not caught by Hao Erfu.

He looked up at the sky, and muttered to himself: "There is no smoke on a rainy day. The Yuan army did it on purpose. They have a plan."

Hao Erfu refused to let him join the army, but he never forgot that he learned how to fight...

(End of this chapter)