Chapter 118: Guo Kan’s plan

Chang'an was built in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty and has always been a key place in Guanzhong. Its capital was established by the Mongolians after occupying Guanzhong. After the Mongols occupied Guanzhong, they set up the base camp of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Province here, and were in charge of military defense in the Sichuan-Shaanxi area.

A small school rushed over and went straight to the base camp, shouting from afar: "Report!" It was obvious that he had a military newspaper of 100,000 yuan. The captain of the personal soldiers on duty in the base camp hurriedly took the military newspaper from him and ran into the house quickly. The small school took the personal soldiers to rest.

Mu Zhali was tall and a shrewd and capable military commander. Kublai Khan handed over the military affairs of Sichuan and Shaanxi to him. He was busy handling official duties. He heard footsteps and raised his head and asked, "Whose military newspaper?"

"Sir, it's General Wang Dechen's military newspaper." The captain of the personal soldiers hurriedly replied: "Sir, you're in a hurry." He presented his hands.

Mu Zhali did not dare to be negligent, took it from the captain of his own soldiers, removed the fire lacquer seal, and opened it and read it. He recognized that this was Wang Dechen's handwritten handwritten letter. Wang Dechen wrote in the battle report: "Report to General Mu Zhali: The Southern Dynasty was cunning and attacked Jianmen Pass at night. Lai Tian's luck discovered it for our army and defeated the enemy's conspiracy to seize the city. The enemy planned to use explosives to blow up the city gate. Our army lost the barrier. The enemy took the opportunity to attack. In order to seize the city gate, the enemy paid a high price. The city gate was bleeding.

It flows into a river, dyeing the mountain springs red. Jianmen Pass, a major land, the Southern Dynasty is determined to win, and is not afraid of death, and continues one after another. The city gate has now entered the hands of the Southern Dynasty. After a long battle, three out of ten of the Jianmen Pass has entered the hands of the Southern Dynasty. Our army has fought for many days, and the casualties are severe, and its strength is weaker every day. We also ask the general to send reinforcements immediately. In the dangerous city, the generals of the dangerous city, the army of the dangerous city hopes to rescue soldiers as if they are blind. The generals will not arrive. If they are not out for ten days, Jianmen Pass will enter the hands of the Southern Dynasty."

After reading the letter, Mu Zhali jumped up from the chair, strode to the map, stared at the map, frowned, and after a long time, he cursed hatefully: "Why didn't this Wang Dechen report early? If there is an accident at Jianmen Pass, I want his head."

Judging from Wang Dechen's letter of help, Jianmen Pass was in danger and seemed to be in trouble. In fact, the problem was not that serious. Only one-third of Jianmen Pass now fell under the control of the Song army.

Jianmen Pass is a bait. It must be attacked but not beaten down. It is just attacking without breaking. In order to achieve this goal, it is necessary to perform a good show. Liu Hezi is definitely a good actor. It was he who directed the scene that made Wang Dechen tremble. Wang Dechen didn't know it was a plan, so he wrote the situation of Jianmen Pass very critically, and made Mu Zhali, who was far away in Chang'an, restless.

Wang Dechen's letter was right. After Liu Hezi exploded the city gate, he transferred two cannons the next day to attack. It was naturally impossible for two cannons to have any great results. Liu Hezi ordered the soldiers to support their shields and attack in the rain of arrows. The Song army's chain mail was very good and they were not afraid of the Mongols' arrows at all. With the help of the shield, they rushed to the city gate without paying much.

Wang Dechen immediately ordered the rolling stones to be thrown on the top of the city. Unfortunately, the Mongolians' rolling stones had not been thrown down, and the Song army's hand-throwing cast iron bombs were still on the top of the city. After careful consideration of this plan, Liu Hezi had a detailed plan for each step. Even if Wang Dechen had such a reaction, he would have to have a group of tall and powerful big men rushed into the head. As soon as these big men rushed to the city, they swung their arms and threw the cast iron bombs to the top of the city. The Mongolian soldiers would not suffer any losses.

The Mongolian army killed many people by a hand-thrown cast iron bomb. The fewer wooden rocks they put down were put down, and their power was naturally greatly reduced. The Song army took the opportunity to rush into the city gate.

As long as there is no problem with the importance of the city gate, it is naturally thought of it. For famous generals like Wang Dechen, they are no exception. They immediately mobilize their troops and prepare to drive the Song army out through hand-to-hand combat.

Cavalry and shooting are the best mentors of the Mongolians. Wang Dechen was confident that he would drive the Song army out with the Mongols' superb chopping skills. However, when the two armies met in close combat, he realized that he had made a mistake in his judgment. Now the Song army is no longer the Song army of the past. In addition to being good at using firearms, his melee technology has also improved greatly. Using squads as tactical units and supporting each other is a complete whole, and it is really difficult to defeat them. In addition, the Song army also has the powerful weapon of hand-throwing cast iron bombs, and the Mongolian army cannot get any advantage in hand-to-hand combat.

The fight at the city gate, as Wang Dechen said in his letter, blood flowed into a river, flowing into the ravine, making a gurgling sound, dyeing the springs red.

The Song army is wearing a chain mail that is very good now. It is not afraid of chopping and is sharp. The Mongolian scimitar cannot resist it. The Song army soldiers can cut off the Mongolian scimitar for a few slashes, so it is naturally much easier to kill them. If these are not possible, there will be someone in the squad to light a hand-thrown cast iron bomb and throw it to the Mongolian scimitar. It is no problem to blow him up and fly his flesh and blood.

Therefore, this hand-to-hand battle ended with the victory of the Song army. Not long after, the Song army said that they had completely controlled the city gate, but the price they paid was not high. The blood river flowing out of the city gate was mainly the blood of Mongolian soldiers.

When the city gate battle failed, Wang Dechen realized a problem, which was that he had to establish a new defensive line as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable. He immediately mobilized Mongolian soldiers to build a wall behind him, and with this blockade line, he finally suppressed the attack of the Song army.

Looking at the soldiers who could not move forward, Jiao Yu asked Liu Hezi for an order, "General Liu, let me get on."

"Okay, just go up." Liu Hezi agreed happily. Jiao Yu was overjoyed and shouted excitedly: "That's great." Unfortunately, his excitement completely dispelled Liu Hezi's next words. Liu Hezi said: "You go and push those two cannons up, so it's easy to bomb. You have endless strength now, so you can't waste it. Take two people to do it."

Although Jiao Yu was big and very strong, and with the help of two soldiers, he wanted to push two cannons, which was a big deal. His eyes were so surprised that he bulged out, and he said, "General Liu, aren't you making things difficult for me? I just can't understand, you are so much fire..." He wanted to say, "Why don't you use so many cannons? You just use these two?" He shouted to Liu Hezi and was scared back to his stomach.

He was really unlucky, so he ran back excitedly to ask Liu Hezi for a warrant. Liu Hezi smiled and said, "Warning? Now commanding to seize the city gate, there is no time to write it. Wait and see how I seize the city gate, and take it down in one go." Liu Hezi's prophecy came true, and the Song army really took down the city gate in one go. It should have been an exciting thing, but unexpectedly, the unlucky thing happened to him again. He was really a little depressed.

"I can't figure it out, I really can't figure it out." Jiao Yu shook his head dissatisfiedly, stomped his feet, and said, "Come on, move. Come here, let's move." Two soldiers with great strength went to move the cannons.

Looking at Jiao Yu's angry look, Liu Hezi almost burst out laughing and hurriedly covered his mouth with his hands, so that the filling was not exposed.

Two artillery pieces could not destroy the Mongol blockade line. They fought until dark, and the Song army did not break through the Mongol blockade line. Wang Dechen finally smiled with relief, and slept peacefully at night, and had a good dream, that the Song army completely drove him out of the city.

The gap between dreams and reality is always very big. Wang Dechen was surprised to find out the next day that the Song army now has eleven artillery guns. It is hard to think that they must have arrived last night.

With the support of eleven artillery pieces, the Song army launched another fierce attack. After a bloody battle, the Song army finally tore a hole in the Mongolian army's defensive position, which is very likely to break through. No matter how hard Wang Dechen tried, he would never be able to close the hole, hoping for a miracle to happen and bring the Song army out of the city.

On the third day, a miracle really happened. The Song army arrived with five more artillery pieces and sixteen artillery fired volleys. After a morning of shooting, the Song army exploded the blockade line of the Mongolian army in a disastrous manner. The result was naturally unspeakable. This blockade line broke through the Song army.

Fortunately, Wang Dechen established a new blockade line behind, and retreated behind the blockade line. Wang Dechen breathed a little relieved. What made Wang Dechen most happy was that Liu Hezi lost his temper and shouted loudly, scolding the soldiers for not bringing many shells, otherwise he would hit the blockade line in Mongolia and the Mongols would be finished.

Liu Hezi became more and more angry as he spoke. He whipped a bad soldier with a horse whip. The soldier rolled around on the ground, crying his father and calling his mother, and screaming miserably. This sound was indescribable to Wang Dechen's ears, and he felt that it was even better than the Tianyin Fairy Music. If he knew that the soldier was wearing two sets of chain mail and was not afraid of whipping at all, he would definitely not be able to laugh. Liu Hezi was a master of acting. He dragged the whip a few times in blood and whipped it on the soldier, and naturally there was blood. From a distance, this soldier was so unlucky. He beat Liu Hezi so miserably.

This unlucky soldier was no one else, but Liu Hezi's personal captain. The two agreed to perform a play for Wang Dechen to show him, and he wanted to have an illusion that the Song army had no shells. The cannons were very bulky and inconvenient to move, so they could not arrive all of them. It is reasonable, especially in dangerous places like Jianmen Pass that they could not arrive on time and make people suspicious. Wang Dechen naturally believed it unswervingly.

Perhaps because of the lack of artillery shells, the Song army's offense was suspended for two days. Two days later, the Song army had more than ten more artillery pieces, bombing the Mongolian army in turn, breaking through the positions of the Mongolian army in one fell swoop.

In this way, under Liu Hezi's clever arrangement, the Song army gradually increased artillery and continuously eroded the Mongolian positions. After occupying 30%, Wang Dechen knew it was time to ask for help, so he wrote a letter of help to Muzhali.

Mu Zhali, who was meditating, woke up from the rapid footsteps. He turned his head to see the captain of the personal soldiers came in with another battle report. Mu Zhali reached out to take it and opened it. It was Shu Suhuli's letter of help. Shu Suhuli said in the letter that Zhang Jue had captured Huizhou and launched a large-scale attack on Sichuan from the west, and he could no longer resist it. In the east, Jie Jin was invincible, and the Mongolian army was defeated step by step. In the face of Jie Jin's powerful strategic assault force, the Mongolian army was defeated miserably, and often the entire army was wiped out, and it was difficult for anyone to survive. To the south, Zheng Jinghe's Marine Corps was carrying out a large-scale sweep. The Mongolian army was attacked from three sides and retreated everywhere, retreating towards Chengdu.

Shu Suhuli said in the letter that if he did not send reinforcements, it would not take long before the Mongolian army would encounter something Kublai Khan would not want to see on the Chengdu plain. Shu Suhuli was really able to say that Kublai Khan could move out and put pressure on Muzhali.

Mu Zhali drew a circle on the map with his left hand, and finally stopped at Jianmen Pass. He browsed and said, "I have a big appetite." What he meant was that the Song army squeezed the Mongolian army from three directions, and now attacked Jianmen Pass again. His intention was very clear, which was to cut off the connection between Qin and Shu, isolate the Mongolian army, and drive to the Chengdu Plain, gather and annihilate it.

Back in his seat, Mu Zhali picked up his pen, wrote a memorial for Kublai Khan, and said to the captain of his personal soldiers: "Send someone immediately and give it to the emperor quickly."

"Abide by the order." The captain of the personal soldiers was about to go out.

Mu Zhali shouted: "Also, beating the drum to raise the tent, I will rush to help Wang Dechen immediately."

"Look, this is a memorial sent by Mu Zhali. Wang Dechen was in danger at Jianmen Pass, and Shusuhu was under heavy pressure from all sides, and he was able to encircle and annihilate. What can you do?" Kublai Khan handed the memorial in his hand to Guo Kan, turned around and contemplate the map.

Although Guo Kan had the defeat in Jiangnan, his status was still unshakable. He was still Kublai Khan's loyal minister and the number one counselor. If there was any problem, Kublai Khan naturally had to discuss it with him.

The defeat in Jiangnan cannot be said to be Guo Kan's lack of talent, but caused by historical differences. The method Li Jun used was a method in the era of hot weapons. In the era of cold weapons, there was no such large-scale digging of trenches. Not to mention that Guo Kan could not have thought of it, even Kublai Khan was extremely surprised after receiving the report. He asked several questions in a row, "Is this true?" Only after being confirmed repeatedly did he have to believe that it was true.

Guo Kan read the memorial and handed it to Borhu. His expression was as normal as he had not changed at all, as if he had never read this urgent memorial.

"This is this, this is too cruel." Bor suddenly read the memorial and immediately concluded: "They have a very big appetite and want to wipe out the imperial army in western Sichuan in one fell swoop."

Kublai Khan turned around and said, "You are right. If the court does not send reinforcements, this will definitely happen. Bohrhu, what do you think?"

Bor suddenly thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, I think I'll send troops to Jianmen Pass immediately, stabilize Jianmen Pass first, gather the Sichuan army, and fight to the death with the Southern Dynasty. Your Majesty, I'm willing to go." Bor suddenly lost in Huaixi, which made him feel embarrassed when he thinks about it. He really wants to find an opportunity to win several big battles and find some face. He naturally won't let this opportunity go.

"Well, it's very good." Kublai Khan was very satisfied with his request for battle and said, "Muzhali has led a army of 50,000. It's useless if you go. Zhonghe, tell me what you think."

Guo Kan still looked calm and said, "Your Majesty, I think that the imperial court must save the Sichuan army, but it can also not save it."

"Zhonghe, what do you mean? I can't understand what you mean? I want to save you, but I don't. "Borhu was confused about what he said to Guo Kan, and he immediately asked, regardless of Kublai Khan.

After hearing Guo Kan's words, he would not say that Borhu was a little difficult to understand, even Kublai Khan himself could not understand. He nodded slightly and agreed with Borhu's problem. Seeing Guo Kan not speaking, he knew that there must be some information about wise men like Guo Kan, so he would not rush to interrupt.

As Kublai Kan expected, Guo Kan walked to the map and pointed to the map and said, "Prince, please see. Zhang Jue captured Huizhou and controlled the source of the Jinsha River. The connection between Xichuan and Yunnan has been interrupted. The imperial army in the southwest region has been divided into two parts. The situation is indeed not very good. Shusuhuli was squeezed from three aspects from east to west and south. As for the north, the problem lies in Jianmen Pass."

Boerhu already knew this problem. He wanted to know Guo Kan's true thoughts and urged: "Zhonghe, hurry up and say your thoughts, we all know these."

Guo Kan glanced at Borhu, meaning that you were too anxious and said, "Your Majesty, by guessing, the Southern Dynasty's appetite was not only the imperial army in the southwest region, but also the army in Guanzhong, Hanzhong. They were eating in the bowl and looking in the pot. Attacking Jianmen Pass was a trick of killing two birds with one stone. First, they could cut off the connection between Shusuhuli and Hanzhong, so as to encircle and annihilate the army in Sichuan; second, they were mobilized the imperial army in Guanzhong, Hanzhong, and prepared to attack our army in the movement so that they could reduce the pressure to march into Guanzhong in the future." Guo Kan deserves the reputation of being a god and saw through Li Jun's intentions at a glance.

Kublai Khan praised: "What Zhonghe said is so, I think so too. This move is cruel and terrible. The one who can come up with this move must be a master. The court had to save Jianmen Pass. Zhonghe continued."

"Abide by the order." Guo Kan received the order and then said, "For Jianmen Pass, the court has to save Jianmen Pass. It is inevitable that the army will be sent to rescue Jianmen Pass. However, I have also expected that if our court army arrives, Jianmen Pass will no longer be owned by the court, so this rescue must be paid attention to, and we cannot just save it."

What Guo Kan said is not bad at all. As long as the Mongolian reinforcements arrive near Jianmen Pass, Liu Hezi will definitely fire artillery, take down Jianmen Pass in one fell swoop, and then deal with the Mongolian reinforcements.

Kublai Khan nodded in agreement and said, "Zhonghe, tell me your solution."

Guo Kan said nothing, dragged his left hand from top to bottom on the map, and then made a right turn. Retracted his left hand, saluted Kublai Khan, and retreated to the side.

This is a puzzle. Boerhu was a little confused. Kublai Khan said with a high-highlight: "Magic plan, a brilliant plan. Boerhu, this time you will go there. Remember, you must win a big victory. In order to strengthen your strength, I decided to equip you with our new tool."

It has always been Boerhu's wish to return to the battlefield. He said excitedly: "Abide by the order." He was stunned and asked, "Master, where will I march?"
Chapter completed!