Chapter 73: Encirclement and annihilation of Guo Kan (1)

"From the first stage, we have wiped out and accepted surrender to the Mongolian army, which has reached 300,000, and Guo Kan's army has only 250,000. This is a great victory and a huge victory we have achieved." Li Jun's speech interrupted a warm applause. Being able to achieve such a victory is the result of Li Jun's leadership. The generals stood up and presented the best respect and love in their hearts to Li Jun, and then said in unison: "The emperor is wise!"

Since the Mongolian troops arrived in Lin'an last year, the Southern Song Dynasty was in danger and could be destroyed at any time. It was under the leadership of Li Jun that such a good situation was created. The love of the generals for Li Jun was naturally from the heart. This kind of respect and love was probably something that had never been seen in the history of the Song Dynasty, and even Song Taizu had never received such admiration from his ministers.

Li Jun understood their mood, waved to them to sit down, and said, "We should be happy, but we cannot take it lightly. The road we have to go is still long. Until now, we have basically recovered the lost land in the south of the Yangtze River, and the north of the Yangtze River is still in the hands of the Mongolians. In a word, we still have half of the country and half of the country. Although it is better, the overall pattern has not changed."

Li Tingzhi stood up and said, "What the emperor said is a high-level view. We ministers should keep it in mind and always think about regaining our hometown. We dare not forget it for a moment."

Gundam continued: "What Xiangfu said is exactly what we are thinking."

"Okay, okay, don't say it's nice." Li Jun smiled and called Li Tingzhi to sit down and said, "Let's talk about our current mission. Since Guo Kan suddenly attacked the Han army, it has disrupted our established plan. After consideration, I decided to launch a new combat deployment.

"The next stage of combat will be to concentrate troops to destroy Guo Kan's camp. Guo Kan is the backbone. As long as Guo Kan does not exist, the entire Mongolian army will be powerless. In the West Camp, we will concentrate our troops first, and then persuade us to surrender. If we fail to persuade us to surrender, we will wipe out."

Li Jun's words were loud and loud, making the generals' blood boil, and the heat in their eyes increased a lot.

Li Jun continued: "The specific deployment will be arranged by General Liao."

"Abide by the order." Liao Shenggong received the order, stood up and walked to the giant map, and pointed at the map with a bamboo whip. This was still a confrontation between Guo Kan's army and the Song army. As Liao Yonggong said, there were much fewer Mongolian troops on the map.

"For the offensive strategy of Guo Kan's camp, we still adopt the strategy of first dividing and then annihilation. With the support of the cavalry, our infantry advanced along this line and opposed the other route that was promoted from here, cutting off the connection between Guo Kan and Xiying. The main business and Xiying were unable to support each other, reducing the difficulty of annihilation." Liao Shenggong pointed to the map, and the bamboo whip was slitting on the map, saying: "Before the attack was launched, saturated bombing was still carried out to level the Guo Kan's camp. The fire preparation time was expected to be two hours, and the fire bombing was still carried out at the darkest time before dawn, and the attack was launched at dawn."

This style of fighting has been verified in the first stage. The power of the artillery has become familiar to the generals. With the artillery, Guo Kan cannot escape from the sky. After a battle, the Mongolian army will naturally be destroyed. It is very relieved. All the generals are overjoyed.

Li Jun likes to pour cold water on everyone and warns: "Don't take it lightly, our mission is not light. First, the special forces must rescue Qian Rentong and Qian Liangneng. It was found that they were locked up in Guo Kan's main business, and Xu Guanghan is already starting to carry out the rescue.

"The common people often say that drinking water means remembering the source, and knowing kindness, the court cannot ignore loyal ministers who have made great contributions and have made great contributions; the court never does anything to do to the meritorious ministers. Any meritorious ministers that fall into the hands of the enemy must try to rescue them. This must become a system. The specific attack time is to be determined and it will not be initiated after the rescue is successful. Therefore, I ask you to be prepared and ready to enter the battle at any time."

All courts in the past dynasties have had the intention of sorry for the meritorious officials. The most obvious ones are the Han Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Gaozu of Han and Emperor Taizu of Ming once killed meritorious officials, which made meritorious officials feel disappointed. The Song Dynasty treated his ministers very favorably and only "release the military power with a cup of wine". As long as the power is handed over, they will be given fertile land and beautiful houses and raised money, which is much better than the Ming Dynasty of the Western Han Dynasty.

However, it is not that the Song Dynasty did not have any complaints to the heroes. The most obvious thing is Yue Fei, who died unjustly, which is really disappointing. Han Shizhong was indignant, which eventually led to him not asking about the world and thanking guests in a closed door.

It has always been said that "the king wants his minister to die, but the minister has to die; the king wants his minister to die, but the minister has to die." It is natural for a minister to be loyal to the emperor, but Li Jun advocates rescue. This practice can warm people's hearts and it is impossible to not be moved.

"The emperor is kind and kind! I am impressed!" The generals stood up and said in unison.

"Sit down." Li Jun asked the generals to sit down and said, "The other problem is that we want to capture Guo Kan alive and we must not let him escape." His right hand knocked heavily on the table, showing his determination.

No one can deny that Guo Kan is a top talent, that is, Liao Shenggong, Gundam, Li Tingzhi and others are very convinced by Guo Kan. If he is really captured alive, it would be a great benefit. Not to mention anything else, he is familiar with the situation of the Mongolians, which is the best source of information. Furthermore, if he persuades him to surrender, there are many Han people who are officials in Mongolia. Zhang Hongfan and Shi Tianze are just representatives, and they can do their work through the friendship between Guo Kan and them. This benefit is something that you want to get as long as you don’t have any problems.

People like Guo Kan may be used by foreign races. People may call them traitors and forget that they are Han people. In fact, it is the fault of the court. If the court had not been incompetent and restored the Central Plains as soon as possible and recovered the land of Yanyun, these outstanding talents would not have been loyal to the foreign races. Just like in modern China, due to the weak Qing Dynasty, a large number of modern Chinese talents were lost. There were 30 million Chinese people living overseas. They worked overseas with great success and the wealth they owned was astronomical. Some Western scholars commented that China has developed so fast in recent years because there are many overseas Chinese, and the effect they have created by investing wealth into the Chinese market. This is certainly too prejudiced, but it is enough to show how serious the loss of talent in modern China is.

If China had not been weak in modern times and our talents were not lost, China's current situation would have been much better. Fortunately, in recent years, a term "returnee" has appeared, which refers to people returning from studying abroad. In the 1980s, only a small number of international students returned to China, and now a large number of overseas students have returned, which is really gratifying.

The topic was a bit far off. Gundam stroked his beard and said with a complicated expression: "If I say that I can only relieve my hatred if I break Guo Kan into pieces. But if I think about it carefully, Guo Kan is also a rare talent. If he is willing to be loyal to the court, my court would be like another General Liao."

Liao Shenggong hurriedly said, "Great General has been awarded. Although Liao considers himself extraordinary, he also knows himself. If it weren't for the emperor's advice, how could I not defeat Gong Guo Kan. To be honest, Guo Kan is an angry person and wishes to tear him apart, but he is indeed a very outstanding talent. Not to mention anything else, his army is strict discipline and does not harass the people. Even the eggs fed by horses are born with hens, unlike Boyan's army, which loots and harms the people. As a Han Chinese, in the era of Mongolian rule, it would be so great that the Mongolians were obedient. If it were me, it would not work." I immediately understood that this was wrong and apologized: "Your Majesty, I am wrong, please punish me."

Now Liao Shenggong is the most powerful man in the army. With his extraordinary military talent, he established his position in the army. The generals were convinced by him, and even he sighed that he was inferior to Guo Kan. None of the other people dared to speak out loud anymore. Looking at each other, he couldn't help but nod in secret to his words.

Li Jun smiled and said, "The truth is not guilty. Guo Kan really makes people love and hate him. I cherish his talents and hate him for being loyal to the foreign race. I will catch him first and take a look at it later. If you can persuade him to surrender, you can't help surrender. If you can't persuade him, you can't give him a good deal."

There are two ways for talents in history. One is to use it for oneself, and the other is to use it for oneself. There is only one result that cannot be used for oneself, that is, beheading. This cannot be blamed for being too ruthless. Giving talents to the enemy is the greatest harm. The rise of Qin is a good example. For the six Shandong countries, it was they who made Qin's strength on their own, because they pushed talents to Qin. The talents that the six Shandong countries could not use were valued as soon as they arrived in Qin, which led to Qin's strength. The long list of these talents' names: Shang Yang, Zhang Yi, Fan Sui, Li Si, Wei Liao, Meng Ao, all of them were from the six Shandong countries. Li Si's "Letter to Exile" has well explained how great these talents contributed to Qin.

As a modern person, Li Jun does not like to kill people. If Guo Kan doesn’t surrender, he can always be locked up if he doesn’t kill him. This is the whole thing that will be locked up until he dies.

Liao Shenggong and the others thought that Li Jun wanted to kill Guo Kan, but they couldn't help but change their faces. They had both a relieved expression and a regretful feeling. That was because their mentality towards Guo Kan was very complicated.

"You all said it's far away. Guo Kan hasn't caught us yet." Li Jun interrupted them and said, "It's hard to catch a big man like Guo Kan. It's time to run our special forces again and give him our surprise."

Li Jun made a gesture to Liao Shenggong, and Liao Shenggong continued: "In this battle, we have another task, which is to train our troops, mainly the Huaixi Army and the Sichuan Army, which have not experienced the coordinated combat of infantry and cavalry and artillery, and assisted by Jiangnan troops. The emperor hopes that through this battle, a more elite army can be built to adapt to the needs of the upcoming military reform." He paused and said: "Everyone, from my personal opinion, our army's future operations are mainly the coordinated tactics of infantry and cavalry and artillery, and supplemented by special forces' special operations, and use strategic forces to carry out key assaults. Therefore, it is urgent to allow more troops to master new technologies and tactics."

What Liao Shenggong said has become an indisputable fact. The Jiangnan troops are already ahead. Their technical and tactical levels are far higher than those in other regions. Li Jun decided to use this stage of combat to train more troops.

Li Jun continued: "In order to better command this stage of combat, after consideration, I decided to set up a new command center, and this operation will be under the responsibility of Xiangfu and assisted by Zhang Shijie and Jun Yu."

Li Tingzhi and the other two immediately stood up and said, "Abide by the order."

In the night breeze, the stars fell, and only a few stars hung in the sky, blinking mischievously.

In the Mongolian military camp, patrolling soldiers walked around in groups, faithfully carrying out Guo Kan's orders. Occasionally, there were sounds of tricks, which seemed to be the only anger at night.

Even though it was already three o'clock in the evening, Qian Rentong still had no sleepiness. Since he locked up for Guo Kan, Guo Kan has not treated him badly in life. He has good food and drink, but has no freedom. He has to deal with food, drink, defecation and urination in the house. The Mongolian soldiers guarding him were ruled and did not show him his face because he was an unlucky Han general. Needless to say, it was naturally the result of Guo Kan's strict orders. Otherwise, he would have suffered if the Mongolians did not regard the Han people as arrogant as they saw them.

Looking at the night outside the window, Qian Rentong really regretted that he shouldn't have told the matter. At that time, he had been constantly brave enough to get through it and wanted to survive it himself, but he couldn't escape Guo Kan's fatal eyes and said it out involuntarily. In his opinion, Guo Kan's eyes are the most terrifying thing in the world. He had seen Kublai Kan's eyes, and he had a domineering aura, which made people shudder, but it was not irresistible. Only Guo Kan's eyes were the devil's eyes that could make people irresistible.

Just as Qian Rentong was missing the lightning, a voice sounded outside the house, and someone asked, "Which part of you are?" He knew it was the guards guarding him. Qian Rentong was very surprised. Who would come to him so late? He hurriedly put his eyes on the window and looked out.

Five large Mongolian soldiers stood opposite the guards and said, "We are here to give General Qian a midnight snack on orders. The general said that General Qian has worked hard and made great contributions and has been born and died for the Yuan Dynasty. It is time to give him a home."

This was heard by Qian Rentong, as if it was a bolt from the blue. Without thinking, you knew that Guo Kan was going to kill him. He still didn't feel dizzy. If he hadn't held the wall with his hands, he would have fallen to the ground. He was always worried, worried that Guo Kan would take his life, but he didn't expect it to happen. It would be impossible not to be afraid.

The guard obviously hadn't figured out what the person said, and muttered: "He stayed well in the house, what else do he want?" He said routinely: "Show the commander's handwriting."

The leader gave a wink. The other four men took a step forward and stood in front of the other four guards, one of them was determined. The leader said, "This is our order." As soon as he stretched out his right hand, a Mitsubishi military spear appeared in his hand. Before the guard could react, he covered his mouth. The Mitsubishi military spear was shining in the glimmer of the starry and moon, and suddenly penetrated into his chest. The guards did not even have time to hum and reimburse him. He could not understand why he was killed until he died, and his eyes were wide open.

The other four guards were stabbed to death by the Mitsubishi Army at the same time. They were the same, and they became unjustly dead ghosts, with their eyes bulging like copper bells.

Qian Rentong looked at the incredible scene in surprise, his eyes widened, his eyes almost fell to the ground, his mouth was wide open, and he could completely stuff an egg into it.

Just when he was shocked and suspicious, the five big men put the bodies in the dark and came to the window with slight hands. The big man in charge said softly: "General Qian, General Qian."

Qian Rentong was so scared that he couldn't help but responded, saying, "Yes."

"General Qian, please open the door quickly. We are the special forces of the Song Dynasty. We are ordered to rescue the general. Please cooperate." The leader of the Han Dynasty explained gently by the window.

Qian Rentong knew that the Song army had an elusive special forces, which had made countless Mongolian generals use as wronged souls. Even Boyan himself suffered a great loss in the hands of this army. Boyan's death also had a lot to do with them. He also fantasized about this army to rescue him, but once the fantasy came true, it was really hard to believe that it was true. After hesitating for a long time, he said: "Are you really a special forces?"

"Go back to General, we are the special forces of the Song Dynasty. Please open the door quickly." The leader explained patiently, and was already dissatisfied with him. He thought that they were born and died to save such a person who was unclear and had no backbone. It was really not worth it.

Qian Rentong is indeed not satisfactory. The reason why Li Jun decided to rescue him was because he had other considerations. He could use his affairs as a teaching material so that the Han people who were officials in Mongolia knew that as long as they surrendered to the court, the court would ensure their safety and relieve their worries.

The north has been in danger for more than a hundred years, and there are many people who are officials in Mongolia. This is a force that cannot be ignored. If you fight for it, it will be of great benefit to the war. Facts have proved that Li Jun's decision was correct.

Qian Rentong then opened the door, and the five great men immediately flashed in, and the leading great man handed him a set of ordinary Mongolian military uniforms and said, "Please change it and leave with us."

Qian Rentong understood that he meant to disguise himself as an ordinary soldier to avoid attracting attention. He took the clothes and quickly changed it. He made a gesture for the leader, and the five men guarded Qian Rentong in the middle and sneaked out of the Mongolian camp.

What surprised Qian Rentong was that the special forces were very familiar with the Mongolian camp, and they knew exactly where there were guards and where there were posts. When they encountered a post, they would pass quickly. Sometimes, there were Mongolian soldiers in power, and they would kill them.

The investment of special forces requires accurate intelligence. If there is no accurate intelligence as the basis, there will be no return to special operations. Such accurate intelligence is attributed to the efforts of the intelligence departments and the contribution of the counter-attack staff. It is the intelligence they provide that led to the success of this rescue operation.

Qian Rentong, who left the Mongolian camp, was surprised to find that his younger brother Qian Liangneng came under the cover of another group of special forces. The two brothers met and were surprised.
Chapter completed!