Chapter 302 The Yellow River Endowment Part 1 "In this way, the princes and nobles in the capital will definitely not support Tuotuo, but from now on the people of Zhongshu Province will definitely regard our Huai'an army as enemies."
Before Zhu Chongjiu could make a decision, Wu Liangmou, commander of the Fifth Army, stepped onto the Before, he retorted angrily.
His home is located north of the Yellow River and adjacent to Shanyang Lake.
Many colleagues in the Fifth Army were also the children of the country gentry who were sent to Zhu Chongjiu's account by their respective families as "long-term investments".
If the Huai'an army sends a group of dead soldiers to the north bank to burn and kill, no one can guarantee that their hometown will not be affected.
In that case, if the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Army have any intention of fighting the Yuan soldiers again without causing a mutiny, God will bless them.
"General Wu can send a trustworthy person to go with him to identify the enemy and ourselves at any time."
Zhang Yi didn't want his first suggestion to come to nothing after joining the army.
After thinking about it, he carefully discussed it with Wu Liangmou.
"Are you afraid that my family won't die quickly enough?"
Wu Liangmou curled his lips and sneered loudly.
As his status in the Huai'an army became higher and higher and his reputation became more and more popular, his family members far away on the north bank had already become the focus of the Meng Yuan government.
It's just that the Wu family is quite powerful in the local area and has long since declared that it has severed all ties with him, so they can barely cope with it.
And if the "surprise soldiers" of the Huai'an Army crossed the river and caused a mess around them, but only left the Wu family, Liu family and a few other Zhuangzi who had connections here untouched, wouldn't it prove the so-called "genealogy removal"?
” is simply a complete lie, not to mention that the Meng Yuan government will immediately turn their backs, and the rest of the harmed gentry around them will also swarm in and tear these families into pieces.
"Zhang said earlier that he crossed the river from Anton's side and bypassed your house."
Zhang Yi felt guilty because of the laughter and defended with a red face.
"You said you can get around it."
Wu Liangmou glared at him fiercely and continued to retort loudly, "It is easy to light a fire, but it is difficult to put it out.
With the Huai'an army taking the lead in killing people and setting fires, how can those rural ruffians If we don't take advantage of the troubled waters, it will be the second Yangzhou.
Fortunately, we also killed Zhang Mingjian."
"You" Zhang Yi was so angry that his eyes were on fire, and he wished he could slap Wu Liangmou off the boat.
When the two armies fought, they used all possible means.
Not to mention going to the other side's territory to kill people and set fires, it is even worse, and it is natural.
Besides, this fire should be set selectively, rather than just lighting randomly.
"Why, you just want to join the army by force, Zhang, then you really have found the wrong opponent."
Wu Liangmou sneered a few times, stretched out his arms and legs, and cracked the joints of his ten fingers.
This is a bit bullying.
Zhang Yi is almost twice as old as him, and he is also a very pure civil servant.
But he was the new general of the annexed army, and he had someone to keep an eye on and beat his bones since he was a child.
The combat effectiveness of both sides is not on the same order of magnitude at all.
The three Zhang Yis tied together could not block even one of his arms.
"Okay, stop saying goodbye.
Before the war starts, our own people will rebel first."
Lu Zeng, who was standing by, couldn't stand it anymore and scolded him with a straight face.
Both Wu Liangmou and Zhang Yi must be considered his juniors.
Therefore, the two people immediately lost their temper, glared at each other, bowed and admitted their mistakes, "I have lost my temper in my humble position, please punish me, Master Changshi."
"The Sanyi policy is not aimed at the people in the countryside."
Lu Zeng glared at the two of them, then looked at Zhu Chongjiu, who was frowning in thought, and explained loudly, "In fact, the people we sent only need to capture a few cities.
Bundle It is enough to empty the warehouses so that the local governments have no food to transport.
There is no need to worry about setting fires in the fields to save the country. head."
"Well" Zhang Yi and Wu Liangmou blushed and handed over their hands.
What the two of them wanted to express before was definitely not what Lu Lu had said.
But the old Jinshi first slapped each of them, and then made some random arguments, which made them unable to defend themselves.
While he was feeling annoyed, he heard Lu Zeng say: "The summer harvest is coming soon.
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
The local government collects the wheat from the people and then loads it into trucks for transportation.
It is definitely not something that can be completed in a day or two.
According to my opinion, this is Either we don't send troops, or we send them enough.
No matter what Tuotuo's fight is like here in Xuzhou, we will do it.
This special force was dispatched to fight all the way from Andong Prefecture to the north.
Every time it broke through a city, it immediately opened warehouses to release grain and distributed all the grain and money from the local governments to the local people.
In this way, the people of Huai'an will definitely thank me.
Army, and I’m afraid it won’t be that easy for the government to collect the second wave of food after our Huai’an Army leaves.”
"But what if the brothers are caught in the fortified city?"
Zhang Yi was stunned and instinctively reminded him.
However, thinking about the speed at which Zhu Chongjiu conquered a city in one day last year, the words that came to his lips were swallowed back in his stomach.
In front of the Huai'an army, there is no strong city.
Even Gaoyou, which is covered with blue bricks, can't survive a day.
Those city walls made purely of loess on the north bank of the Yellow River can withstand several blasts of gunpowder.
I'm afraid they will be destroyed within an hour.
We should turn them all into ruins "Wang Xuan's Huang Army has been resting for half a year.
It's time to send it out for some training."
Lu Luzeng smiled at him, then quickly turned to Zhu Chongjiu and suggested in a low voice, "If you don't send it out, some people will inevitably complain.
The cheeks are all overgrown.”
Wang Xuan and the Huang Army under his command took the initiative to join the General Manager's Office during the Battle of Yangzhou in December last year.
At that time, the two sides had a verbal agreement that once the crisis in Yangzhou was resolved, the General Manager's Office would fully support the Huang Army's march northward and create a living space for themselves on the other side of the Yellow River.
But after Wang Xuan saw the powerful combat effectiveness of the Huai'an army and the amazing production capabilities of various workshops, he began to regret his original decision.
He has always hesitated to go out and strike out on his own as a peripheral force of the Huaiyang Clan, like Zhang Shicheng and Wang Kerou, for the sake of the future.
Or simply reorganize the Huang Army now, completely merge it into the Huai'an Army, and directly become a member of the Huaiyang Clan.
If a war was not imminent, Zhu Chongjiu would not care if Wang Xuan hesitated for a few more days.
Anyway, the Yellow Army has not been eating in vain in the past six months.
Except for thousands of elites who have been vigorously training according to the model of the Huai'an Army's soldiers, most of the other soldiers have undertaken the same tasks as the Huai'an Army's auxiliary troops, building bridges and roads. , farming and digging rivers, it can basically be regarded as self-reliance.
But the war is about to start, and it is not a wise choice to keep more than 20,000 Huang troops in the Huaiyang area.
So once Lu Lu Zeng reminded him, Zhu Chongjiu immediately thought of the purpose of these troops and horses, "What Mr.
Shan said is absolutely true.
The promise I made back then has indeed come to be fulfilled.
Come here, pass my order to Wang Xuan, Let him bring his troops and horses to Huai'an immediately. " "Yes" the soldier took the order arrow and trotted towards the stern of the ship.
He jumped on a canoe tied behind him and rowed to the shore.
Then he jumped on a horse and galloped away.
"After arriving in Huai'an, Sanyi will tell General Wang Xuan your plan in detail."
Zhu Chongjiu watched the messenger leave.
After thinking about it, he walked up to Zhang Yi and ordered, "Then, you, Wu Youtu and Wang Xuan will work together.
Come up with a specific strategy for heading north, not just grab a handful and run away, but look at it.
Let's see if Wang Xuan and his Huang army can fight all the way to the northeast and finally occupy Denglai.
In this way, the Grand Controller's Mansion can find a way to provide necessary support to General Wang Xuan from the sea.
After Wang Xuan establishes a foothold in Denglai, he can send troops at any time to threaten Yidu and Jinan. " This is a big step forward compared to Lu Luzeng's previous idea.
Not only are the Mongolian nobles in the capital unable to eat wheat from the southern part of Zhongshu Province this year.
Every year from now on, I'm afraid it will be all joy in vain.
Once this cross-sea support model matures, the Huai'an Army can even dispatch a small group of elites to land in Zhigu at any time.
The Gyeonggi area of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties was completely unpeaceable.
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
Zhang Yi and Wu Liangmou both reacted very quickly and immediately saw the beauty of this plan from Zhu Chongjiu's arrangement.
They both raised their hands and said yes.
The latter smiled kindly at the two of them, and then continued to discuss with Lu Zeng, "Master Shan, remember that we let Yue Kuocha'er go last year."
"Even if my lord doesn't mention this matter, I still want to talk to you."
Lu Luzeng immediately took over the conversation and responded in a low voice, "Hama, Xuexue, Yue Kuochaer and others will never watch Tuotuo make achievements.
It's just that these three people are incompetent people and have never been able to find a suitable opportunity to stab Tuotuo in the back.
Therefore, the lord must give him a hard push behind him to make Hama and others make up their minds."
"How to push it?"
After hearing this, Zhu Chongjiu immediately asked in a low voice.
"The first step is to withstand Tuotuo in Xuzhou.
Even if we can't defeat him, we must at least maintain an invincible situation.
Don't give Tuotuo a chance to continue to grow in fame."
Lu Luzeng is a veteran, and he has no military strategy.
He is very good at officialdom methods, but he is also clear.
"The second step, He asked Wang Xuan to lead the Yellow Army across the river and attack Yizhou, Jinan, Denglai and other places.
The Mongolian and Yuan court felt that the threat was close at hand, and issued an order to Tuotuo, asking him to divide his troops to rescue.
Tuotuo concentrated all his efforts.
To deal with us, we may not be willing to split our troops.
Then, it’s the third step.”
The more Lu Zeng spoke, the lower his voice became.
The more he spoke, the lower his voice became.
In the end, it was almost inaudible.
Zhu Chongjiu was so excited that he fought several cold wars one after another, and admired the old Jinshi to the point of admiration.
However, looking at the forest of ship masts in front of him and behind him, he felt unwilling to accept it.
Is it really not possible to fight openly and openly on the battlefield?
Do you have to use these insidious methods?
Tuotuo is really just like the legend, and his military skills are so unpredictable that it actually makes Lu Lao Jinshi confused from beginning to end.
Dare to fight him head on "Send troops to attack."
Lu Luzeng only used four words to choke all the words Zhu Chongjiu didn't say in his stomach.
"Tuo Tuo will use all kinds of methods to go south this time."
Looking at Zhu Chongjiu's eyes full of unwillingness, the old Jinshi continued to add, "We are just paying back."
"Indeed, it is disrespectful to come back without reciprocating."
Zhu Chongjiu shook his head vigorously, completely throwing away the simple thoughts in his heart.
He is now the general manager of Huaiyang, with more than 100,000 troops under his command, and more than 100 civil servants and generals.
Every move he makes involves the life and death of many people, and he is no longer qualified to act as he pleases.
Moreover, the current gap in military strength between the two sides is indeed too great.
The Huaiyang General Manager's Office does not dare to be too optimistic about the war.
According to the intelligence obtained, Tuotuo brought a total of 300,000 elite troops with him when he went south this time.
The transportation of grain, grass and baggage along the way was completely left to the local governments.
In other words, these 300,000 elites should all be considered combat soldiers according to the current division method of the Huai'an Army.
When all the Huai'an troops are put together, there are only just over 50,000 soldiers who can be considered combatants.
Of course, Sesame Li and Zhao Jun would never sit back and watch as two people.
But on the Mengyuan side, there were Chahan Timur, Wang Baobao and his son, plus Li Siqi.
Liu Futong, who was originally far away in Bianliang, might still send troops to help in the battle.
However, after the traitor Zhang Liangbi suddenly rebelled, Liu Futong was stabbed in the back with a knife.
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
This makes it difficult for him to really use enough force to support the Xuzhou Army, which he only has a nominal subordinate relationship with.
Along the way, they kept discussing and deducing on the boat.
No matter how they planned, Zhu Chongjiu, Lu Zeng, Zhang Yi and others could not come up with an absolutely certain battle plan in the end.
But after everyone got off the ship in Huai'an, they suddenly received an extremely exciting news.
Sesame Li recaptured Ningling three days ago and defeated Chahan Timur.
The Suzhou Army and the Xuzhou Army attacked from both sides and completely pushed the troops of Chahan Timur and Li Siqi back into Suiyang City.
They could kill the two thieves overnight.
"Where's Tuotuo?
Tuotuo's striker hasn't arrived yet?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Chongjiu couldn't believe it at first, and then he frowned and asked.
Not normal, this is definitely not normal.
If Tuotuo couldn't arrive at the battlefield in time, why would he let Li Siqi attack in advance?
"Zhao Junyong sent the navy to blow up all the pontoon bridges between Suiyang and Xuzhou.
After Tuotuo's forward arrived at the north bank of the Yellow River near Xuzhou, there was no bridge feasible.
There has been a lot of rain recently, and the current of the Yellow River is very fast.
Unless He found hundreds of large ships at once, otherwise there would be no way to force the crossing.
If one goes down into the river, it will be sunk by Zhao Jun's navy."
Hu Dahai came forward and explained with gloating.
"The Mongols were not good at water warfare.
Now they can only set up artillery on the north bank of the Yellow River to bombard Zhao Jun's navy.
Although their artillery is very large, its accuracy is not very good.
Zhao Jun's As long as the warship stays in place, it will be difficult to be injured at all."
Old Ivan also stepped forward and added with a charming smile on his face.
Having served as the deputy commander of the Second Army for such a long time, his old-fashioned temperament should have been transformed long ago.
But no matter how he changed, he could never get rid of the humility he had cultivated during his half-life employment career.
No matter who you talk to, it's like you're trying to suck up to them.
"Only Li Pingzhang and Zhao Jun are attacking Chahan Timur.
Who else is there?"
Zhu Chongjiu had no time to pay attention to the veteran ruffian's flattery.
He thought for a while and continued to ask in a low voice.
"Of course it's Guo Zixing and Sun Deya.
They tasted the sweetness last time.
This time, Zhao Jun sent a letter, and the two of them rushed over with a team of 10,000 people each.
They walked faster than General Xu Da.
It is said that Already entered the city four days ago.”
"Where is Xu Da?
Where is he now?
How is the situation in Suining?"
Zhu Chongjiu patted the veteran ruffian on the shoulder and continued to ask.
Although he heard that everything was changing for the better, for some unknown reason, the uneasy feeling in his heart became more and more intense.
It was as if he was being targeted by a ferocious beast, and he could become prey at any time.
"I, I didn't remember.
Anyway, I've already arrived in Suining."
Old Ivan grinned after being photographed and responded sarcastically.
"General Xu divided his troops into three parts and asked Fatty Wang to take 5,000 soldiers and 5,000 auxiliary troops to guard Suining.
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
Li Ziyu took 5,000 auxiliary troops and 10,000 troops to guard Suqian.
He himself He went directly to Xuzhou with five thousand soldiers.
If he had not known that he was coming, Zhao Junyong would not have been able to muster the courage to attack Chahan with Li Pingzhang."
Hu Dahai thought for a while, looked into Zhu Chongjiu's eyes, and slowly said.
A little confused.
The situation is clearly very good.
He doesn't understand why his lord seems worried.
Is it because Meng Yuan has also built artillery, but without the advantage of artillery, he can't win the battle.
How can he be so depressed?
Back then, you, Zhu Fozi, didn't have artillery, no?
I also beat my old Hu until his teeth were all over the floor.
"The clipper sent by the navy has not returned with Lao Hei.
Has he returned?"
The more Zhu Chongjiu listened, the more he felt that something was wrong with the situation at hand.
He glanced at the crowd who came out to greet him and continued to ask loudly.
"The two sentinel boats have returned.
The news that the Mongols were unable to cross the river was brought back by them."
Hu Dahai was made nervous by Zhu Chongjiu's appearance and responded with a frown, "As for Lian Xuanjie, he was there the day before yesterday We set off by boat in the afternoon and have probably just arrived near Xuzhou.
Even though we are using a sentinel boat with propellers, we can’t go any faster if we go upstream.”
"Yeah, that's right."
Zhu Chongjiu nodded helplessly.
He now particularly envied the era in which Zhu Dapeng lived in his memory.
Thousands of miles away, he could ask for everything with just one phone call.
But now, he can only choose to wait.
"Commander, let's go to the city first.
Even if rescuing troops is like putting out a fire, we have to let the brothers rest for a while before leaving."
Ivan, a veteran, obviously did not notice Zhu Chongjiu's state.
Seeing that the questioning was basically over, I took the initiative to send out an invitation.
"Unload all the grain, grass and baggage and store it in Huai'an.
The auxiliary troops also disembarked and went to the barracks to rest.
The soldiers" Zhu Chongjiu looked at the densely packed helmets on the ship, pondered for a moment, and finally made a decision, "the fifth army went to the barracks to rest."
The First Army has set up a temporary camp near the dock, ready to board the ship at any time.
The Lance Battalion and the Sword Shield Battalion of the Guards will disembark to rest, and the Musket Battalion will go to the two large dhows to stand by."
"Yes" all the generals agreed and turned around to carry out the mission.
"Tongfu, you send two more sentry ships, and ask the scouts to bring their binoculars to pick up Lian Laohei."
Seeing that the people around him had almost dispersed, Zhu Chongjiu continued to give instructions as he walked towards Huai'an City.
"Yes," Hu Dahai agreed loudly, but did not immediately carry out the task.
Instead, he put his head to Zhu Chongjiu's mouth and asked in a very low voice, "Captain, could it be that you got some other news, why do you look so bad?"
"No."
Zhu Chongjiu shook his head gently, "I just think that Tuotuo has been preparing for nearly a year and will not be blocked on the north bank of the Yellow River so easily.
Now he doesn't take advantage of Suiyang while he is still in the hands of Li Siqi and Chahan When they were forced to cross the river, wouldn't it be even more difficult to cross the river again after these two people were eliminated by Li Pingzhang?"
"That's true, unless he has some other back-up plan."
Hu Dahai thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
"In addition, he knew clearly that Li Siqi and Chahan were defeated, but he did not rush to Suiyang, but left the army in Xuzhou.
Tongfu, don't you think this is abnormal?"
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
Zhu Chongjiu looked back at the dark sky.
Clouds, continued to add in a low voice.
It is already the beginning of April.
Logically speaking, the Huangmei Festival has already ended and the wheat grain filling is almost complete.
But this year's rain was surprisingly abundant.
Not only are the canals filled to the brim.
Baima Lake, Silver Lake and other places along the way also have lakes and embankments that may overflow the shore at any time.
"He doesn't think that Chahan still has a chance to make a comeback, or that Chahan simply faked defeat before."
Suddenly, Hu Dahai's voice rose rapidly, and he was shocked.
"How is it possible?
Li, Li Pingzhang is also an old soldier.
Chahan has only led the army for a few days.
Besides, Zhao Junyong, Zhao Junyong has always been known for his cunning."
"Send more people to investigate.
I want the latest news."
Zhu Chongjiu glared at him fiercely and reiterated in a low voice.
"Yes, general, go and send people now."
This time, Hu Dahai finally stopped hesitating and trotted to dispatch troops.
Old Ivan took the civil and military officials who stayed in Huai'an and continued to walk toward the city with Zhu Chongjiu.
As he walked, he whispered, "Commander, Li Pingzhang, can Li Pingzhang really not be able to defeat Chahan Timur?
His old man's skills are so good."
The artillery inside is no less than ours."
"We'll wait until the news comes back.
If there is no news by this evening, I will lead the First Army to Xuzhou first.
It's not enough, so don't be too nervous.
Maybe I'm overthinking it.
Who knows?"
Zhu Chongjiu smiled. , responded in a low voice.
"May the Lord bless Li Pingzhang."
Old Ivan made an exaggerated sign of the cross in front of him and prayed loudly for Sesame Li.
Zhu Chongjiu didn't have a good impression of any religion, but he couldn't say he was against it.
Therefore, old Ivan never concealed in front of others that he was a Catholic who didn't pay tithing, and often claimed that the reason why he was able to meet Governor Zhu was , directly became a general from a prisoner, entirely because after being captured, he insisted on praying to God every day and received God's protection.
This time, however, God did not hear his prayer.
Until the evening of Shenshi, there was still no more news coming back from the upper reaches.
However, Lu Zeng called Zhu Chongjiu aside and said very anxiously: "My lord, I just went to the Yellow River for a walk.
The situation is very bad."
"What's wrong?
What did you see?"
Zhu Chongjiu was pulling at his beard with worry.
After hearing what the old Jinshi said, he immediately asked in a low voice.
Huaian City is very close to the confluence of the Yellow River and the Huaihe River.
At this time in the past, the water flow in the river bed was a very interesting scenery.
The water of the Yellow River from the upper reaches is dark golden and surging.
What is injected from the Huaihe River is a large stream of clear water, curling up and down.
Embracing the yellow water from upstream, no one was willing to be easily swallowed by the other.
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
It continued to flow dozens of miles away, and it was still distinct.
"The Yellow River, the water level of the Yellow River suddenly dropped a lot, and the rapid inflow of water like the Huai River couldn't stop the Yellow River's beach from being exposed little by little."
However, what the old Jinshi saw today was obviously not a scenery.
His face was pale and he reported tremblingly.
"What do you mean, can you please be more careful?"
Zhu Chongjiu's heart twitched and he ordered urgently.
"Old minister, I once accompanied Jia Lu to control the water.
Before the dams on the upper reaches of the Yellow River were closed, the hydrology near Huai'an was like this today."
Lu Zeng raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and added through gritted teeth. .
"Back then, my lord and Li Pingzhang had just captured Xuzhou.
In the court, there was a Mongolian minister who proposed to slaughter all the Han people in Xuzhou City.
But now half of Henan is a bandit area in the eyes of the court.
If someone gets crazy, he will instruct Chahan If the Yellow River embankment is dug upstream, not only will Li Pingzhang's army be unable to protect it, but the whole country from Ningling to Xusu will be completely wiped out."
"Ah" Zhu Zhong's nine souls flew out of the sky, he turned his head and looked straight at the map on the wall.
From Bianliang to Yucheng, the Yellow River divides into two.
Suiyang is sandwiched between the old and new rivers: