The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 519 Northern Expedition Conference

"Hehe, General Jiang Cai, this day will come sooner or later. The development of firearms will become the trend of history and no one can stop it," I said with a smile. I have already discussed the battle with the Military Affairs Council and the main generals in the army. Tomorrow morning, I will hold a military meeting here to announce the establishment of the Northern Expedition Army. After the meeting, the five of you will lead your troops back to Yangzhou and Luzhou. Ready to go north,"

"Yes, Your Majesty,"

Somewhere in the hidden bushes on the Song-Yuan border.

A young man dressed in common people's clothes said: "General Shi, this journey has been quite smooth, presumably that Miao Zaicheng will only send people north to search, absolutely never thought that we will go north after three hundred miles to the east, And there is such a secret passage, "

This young man looked very capable. After he finished speaking, General Shi didn't answer, but just looked south silently, not knowing what he was thinking. Another middle-aged man who was slightly older said: "Then Needless to say, General Shi is both wise and courageous, and he is known as a double hero in the Luzhou Army, so how can Miao Zaicheng be compared?"

The secret passage in the young man's words was discovered by Yang Lian Zhenjia, the priest of Tianya. Apart from Yang Lian Zhenjia himself, the only one who knows this passage is the General Shi in front of him.

The person known as General Shi is none other than Shi Yuqi, commander of the No. 14 compartment of the Jianghuai Military Region.

A few days ago, Shi Yuqi received an order from Kublai Khan himself, asking him to try to get samples of firearms. In Luzhou City, there are only five firearms. I also know that muskets are the most strictly controlled weapons in the army. Even if they are taken out of the arsenal, it is difficult for budding people to leave Luzhou City alone, let alone return to the Yuan Dynasty thousands of miles away.

After thinking about it, and after discussing with the shopkeeper Germination, Shi Yuqi finally decided to personally escort the batch of muskets back to the north.

From participating in the martial arts, in the past five years, Shi Yuqi has climbed up step by step and became a Xiang-level commander of the Jianghuai Military Region. In the past few years, the army of the Song Dynasty has undergone earth-shaking changes. It can be said that Shi Yuqi is one of them. One of the witnesses, Shi Yuqi, occasionally gets excited about this change when she forgets her true identity, but feels deeply uneasy when she is alone at night.

Shi Yuqi sighed, looked around and said: "It's still early, everyone should rest here for a while, after night falls, we will walk out of this forest, pass a small mountain village, and then turn over two big mountains to arrive at I'm heading towards the territory, Kong Xiong, take the two of you to the surrounding area, don't make any mistakes at the last moment."

"Yes, General Shi,"

Kong Xiong was the young man who spoke just now. He was the second shopkeeper in the Germination Trading Company, and the other older man was Tenge, the chief shopkeeper of the Germination Company. The purpose was to cooperate with Shi Yuqi's actions and pass on information. This time, she was going to Dadu with a musket. Shi Yuqi was naturally worried about handing over the musket to others, and since she couldn't take it by herself, she asked Germination to evacuate with her.

Now that Shi Yuqi was ordered to withdraw to the north, the budding firm lost the need to stay in Luzhou.

"General Shi, are muskets really so important? The court did not hesitate to let the general withdraw to the north. Years of painstaking efforts,"

"Teng Ge, the battle of Xiangyang between our Dynasty and the Southern Dynasty has ended. Our army was defeated by the firearms of the Southern Dynasty, and, alas, we lost tens of thousands of elites," Shi Yuqi said with a heavy heart, "With my martial arts , if faced with several muskets, it would be difficult to retreat completely at close range, not to mention that there were as many as tens of thousands of musketeers in the Imperial Forest Army of the Southern Dynasties. ,"

Tenge is proficient in martial arts, and knows that Shi Yuqi's martial arts are superior to his own. Even in the Mongolian army, he is enough to squeeze into the ranks of masters. Even he said so, it seems that the power of firearms is indeed extraordinary.

"I hope the Great Khan can figure out a way to crack the firearms after he gets these muskets." Influenced by Shi Yuqi, Tengger also became worried.

About half an hour later, the night gradually fell, Shi Yuqi glanced to the south, and then ordered: "Let's go,"

"Yes, General,"

A group of more than ten people quickly headed north, and soon disappeared into the night.

On the morning of July 25, I held the last enlarged military affairs meeting before the Northern Expedition in the meeting room of the commander-in-chief's mansion in Xiangyang. All the generals above Xiangyang level in the Xiangyang area attended this meeting.

"Generals, according to the pre-war plan, after the Battle of Xiangyang, our army will switch from defense to offense, that is to say, when we go to the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, the main content of today's meeting is related to the Northern Expedition. The Northern Expedition will be led by the Central Route Army. Lord, we have made it clear that we are advancing northward with the aid of two wings. Now, I will first announce the composition of the various armies and the appointment of the main generals."

I pointed to Shandong on the map, and continued: "East Road, our Jianghuai Military Region has a total of eight military forces, of which the seventh and No. The General and General Miao Zaicheng were in charge of guarding the two places, and the remaining six troops and the Polu Army, a total of more than 11 people, formed the Eastern Route Northern Expedition Army. The general served as the deputy marshal, generals Wang Sheng and Jiang Cai served as the vanguard, and general Xia Qing served as the councilor. On August 9th, we sent troops to the north to attack Shandong. , The number is about [-] to [-], which is equivalent to the strength of our army. The commander of the Yuan army is Dong Wenbing, who once served as the commander of Kublai Khan's bodyguard and pro-army. The military is rigorous, and he is one of Kublai Khan's favorite generals. However, Dong Wenbing is a Han from the north after all, and he is at odds with the Mongolian dignitaries. Take advantage, General Xia Gui, tell General Li Tingzhi that the basic task of the Eastern Route Northern Expeditionary Army is to hold back the Eastern Route Army of the Yuan Dynasty. If the attack is blocked, the attack can be postponed,"

"Yes, Your Majesty,"

Although Dong Wenbing was one of the three commanders-in-chief of the Han army in the Yuan Dynasty, he was very strategic, but Li Tingzhi was also a famous general in our dynasty. When the strength of the two sides was equal, Li Tingzhi would definitely not lose to his opponent. Compared with the Yuan army, our cavalry is scarce. The only weakness, that's why I didn't give the death order.

I paused, turned my gaze to Sichuan on the map, and said, "The Northern Expeditionary Army on the West Road is composed of the Sichuan Military Region and some of the Miao Family Army that was merged into it. Generals Gao Da and Zhang Jue are now appointed as the chief and deputy marshals of the West Route Northern Expedition Army, and General Zan Wanshou stays in Sichuan. Because of the special situation in Central Sichuan, the priority of the West Route Army is to advance westward. After regaining the lost land in western Sichuan, we will go north again. The generals of the West Route Army are not here. After the meeting, Lu Aiqing of the Military Affairs Council sent his tasks and appointments to Chengdu in an expedited [-] miles."

"Yes, Your Majesty,"

"The last is the Northern Expedition Army of the Central Route." I took a sip of tea, and then said: "The Army of the Central Route is composed of the Xiangyang Military Region, Lin'an Military Region, Yulin Army, Zhongshun Army, and the Xingfu Army that just arrived. Among them, No. 17 of the Xiangyang Military Region stayed in Xiangfan. General Tang Yongjian, the commander of Xiangyang, served as the garrison of Xiangyang, and General Wang Fu, the deputy commander, served as the garrison of Fancheng. They belonged to General Lu Wende, the system envoy of the Xiangyang Military Region, and General Lu Wenhuan, the deputy envoy of the Xiangyang Military Region, served as the Marshal of the Central Route Army, and the deputy envoy of the Lin'an Military Region. General Wang Anjie and General Zhao Huai of the Yulin Army served as deputy marshals of the Central Route Army. Generals Wu Songhan and Meng Tianxiang served as vanguards of the Central Route Army. Generals Gongsun Xiaochen and Tian Xiuyan served as marching councilors. , General Zhang Shun serves as the grain transport officer, and like the East Route Army, the date for the Central Route Army’s expedition is also scheduled for the 5000th of next month.” When talking about the situation of the Central Route Army, I suddenly mentioned the musket: Since the end of last year, the Gunpowder Supervisor has successively produced more than [-] muskets. Therefore, the Imperial Forest Army will increase the establishment of the third division this time. General Huai concurrently served as the commander of the third division, and General Li Long served as the deputy commander of the third division."

More than 1 muskets from the two divisions of the Yulin Army showed their talents in the Battle of Guanzitan. At this time, there was an additional reorganized division, which greatly increased the confidence of the generals. As for the marshal of the Northern Expedition Army on the Central Road, I finally chose Lu Wenhuan First, this is because the Central Route Army is composed of various armies. I don't want the Xiangyang Army to be too deeply branded in the Central Route Army. Second, it is also because of Lu Wende's poor health.

According to historical records, Lu Wende died in the fifth year of Xianchun due to gangrene, which was December of this year. At this time, although Lu Wende's condition was not too serious, he often suffered from pain and was unable to travel far. After the evacuation, Hans and others did a special examination for Lu Wende, but they couldn't find out the reason. I left Lu Wende in Xiangyang, hoping that he could recover from his illness with peace of mind.

"The above is the situation of the Northern Expedition Army of the Three Routes. General Xia Gui, Lu Aiqing of the Military Affairs Council will tell you about the detailed tasks of the Eastern Route Army after the meeting. After you understand it, pack your bags and return to Luzhou and Yangzhou,"

"Yes, the general will obey the order,"

Xia Gui directly participated in the formulation of the missions of the Northern Expedition of each army, so there is no need to explain too much.

"General Li Zengbo,"

"The end is here,"

"The East China Sea Fleet successfully prevented the Yuan Army Navy from encircling Xiangyang City on the Han River. Now the Yuan Army Navy has withdrawn to the north, and your troops have returned to the coastal base to stand by."

"Yes, the general will obey the order,"