Chapter 223: Encirclement and annihilation of Hulagu (center)

"Khan, Yierhan has written another letter." The captain of the personal soldiers handed the letter to Brother Bear.

Brother Bier took it, took it apart and looked it out, and smiled bitterly: "Yerhan, it's not that I don't help you, it's that I can't protect myself now. I led hundreds of thousands of troops to the prairie, but I didn't expect to encounter a horse plague. Our war horses died of illness. Now the good cavalry has become infantry. You say, how can we ask me to help you? Without horses, how can we Mongolians fight? Yierhan, you should pray to Genghis Khan and ask Genghis Khan to bless you."

Hulagu and Beerge agreed to discuss that Hulagu led an army to set out in advance, and Beerge led the army to follow. Since the two reconciled, Beerge remained in his words, and Hulagu led the army to come soon after he set off. Beerge was the Khan of the Khanate of the Khanate. Since Badu entered the westward expedition to establish the Khanate of the Khanate, the Khanate of the Khanate was mainly Russians. He came from the north and naturally had to pass through the Mongolian prairie.

The Mongolians set out from the prairie and embarked on the journey to conquer the world. It was logical that Brother Beer's march was like going home, and it was indeed the case at the beginning. However, the good times did not last long. Brother Beer went to the Mongolian prairie and ordered the entire army to rest. In fact, he had not returned to the Mongolian prairie for many years and wanted to have a good rest.

But he didn't expect that it would be fine if he didn't rest. This rest was amazing because countless mice suddenly appeared on the Mongolian prairie. These mice died of cold and starvation because the weather was too cold. Many of them died in the grass. Herders used grass to feed livestock. Not long after, a plague spread throughout the grassland, and a large number of livestock died, especially horses, with a terrible death rate.

Brother Bier is not good at the passing of the year, and he actually caught up with the horse plague. If his war horse is not dead, it will be impossible.

Of course, Brother Bier never expected that this was a bacterial war planned by Li Jun. After careful planning, the Southern Song Dynasty transported the number of mice with viruses to the Mongolian grassland, and there were still horses on the grassland that were not unlucky.

Li Jun planned this bacterial war, and the original intention was to reduce the number of horses on the Mongolian grasslands to achieve the goal of reducing the combat effectiveness of the Mongolian army. Unexpectedly, he was caught up with Brother Beer. This matter was not at all in Li Jun's prediction, and it could only be attributed to God's will.

After knowing this, Li Jun regretted it so much that he said, "If I had the ability of Zhuge Liang to predict the future, I would not have to control the virus to the infection of livestock, but to expand it to be able to spread people wildly and to remove Brother Beer's army. That would be a quick and easy way."

Fortunately, Brother Beer's army died of illness in war horses, and almost no losses were made. As he said, how could the Mongolian army without horses march? How to fight?

In this way, Brother Beer's army was delayed on the Mongolian prairie, while Hulagu, who was in urgent need of reinforcements, was looking forward to it in the Central Plains. Even if Brother Beer did not encounter horse plague and really came to North China, he would not be able to cross the Yellow River like Hulagu. The current Yellow River is sealed to the Song army. Zheng Jinghe learned the lesson from the last time and divided the Southern Song Navy into three major parts. He was parading in different sections of the Yellow River. Even Hulagu could not cross the Yellow River.

"Khan, should we march according to the original plan, or withdraw?" asked the general Pusijing, "If we march, we will have no horses and it will take a lot of time. According to the current situation, if we want to find the horses and re-equip them, we have to withdraw the road. Please think twice."

Brother Bier thought about it and waved the letter of help written by Hulagu to him, "Of course we are going to march. We can't give up halfway. Besides, we have all come. If we don't get some benefits, we will be sorry to ourselves."

"What does Khan mean?" Pusijing asked.

Brother Beer said proudly: "If Kublai Khan reversed the crisis with the help of Hulagu, we would at most get some rewards. Now, they are in a bad situation and failure is a matter of time. Instead of letting him give us a reward, we might as well get it ourselves." He showed a cunning smile like a fox.

"Khan is brilliant!" Pusijing flattered: "Only a smart person like Khan can come up with such a clever way!"

"Kill all Chinese pigs, don't let Chinese pigs escape." Several little Japanese pirates roared like mad dogs, spreading their teeth and claws, and ran straight towards the Chinese merchant ship parked on the shore.

These Chinese merchant ships came to the Japanese to conduct normal commercial trade. These merchants did not know what happened. They looked at the weapons waving in the Japanese in surprise, and they did not even react.

A businessman who was still Wang Zuolin responded quickly. Seeing that the situation was not good, he shouted loudly: "Hurry, drive the boat quickly, don't let them rush up." His words reminded the rest of the people and drove the boat off the shore with all their might.

The group of Japanese devils had a large number, with hundreds of people. They rushed to the shore, pointed to the Chinese merchant ship that was slowly sailing away, and cursed: "Chinese pigs, you smelly Chinese pigs, you spies, don't run away if you have the ability."

"Spy? Why do we become spies?" The merchants were extremely surprised. They were serious merchants, and they came to the Japanese to engage in trade and did not participate in any espionage activities. Besides, the Japanese were short of resources, and the country was in a state of division, and the princes were separatist and fought on their own, and there was no need to make any money to make. Even Li Jun was not interested in the Japanese, let alone these merchants, who heard the Japanese's nonsense, could not help but be curious.

"What's the name? Go and catch me quickly." A Japanese leader yelled at his subordinates.

The Japanese jumped into the sea and swam hard toward the Chinese merchant ship. I have to admit that the Japanese are very terrifying, with ghostly eyebrows, faces, and hands, but their swimming skills are really good. Oh, by the way, this is the water ghost. They quickly caught up with the merchant ship and climbed up from the side of the ship.

"Kill all the spies." The Japanese jumped onto the ship and pulled out the Japanese sword to slash them. The Chinese merchants did not realize that the disaster would fall from the sky and ruthlessly killed the Japanese without any resistance.

It was not until all the people on the ship were killed that the Japanese devils drove back to the shore on the merchant ship.

The Japanese leader rushed to the merchant ship and went straight to the cabin. The cabin was filled with valuable disasters, silk, tea, porcelain, jewelry and sugar. Seeing this, the Japanese leader smiled so hard that he couldn't close his mouth and said, "Now we're sending it. Let's go and see the lord."

"Where did you get these things?" Tojo Ichiji asked the Japanese leader.

The leader of the devil, Yamamoto Izumoto, bowed ninety degrees and replied: "Sir, this is found from the Chinese spies' ship. They are not just spies, but also thieves, who stole our things."

"We also have tea and silk. When will we be able to produce sugar?" Ichiji Tojo looked at Yamamoto Isoba and asked: "We are in war and need a lot of funds. I will give you one thing. You go and produce sugar, silk, tea and porcelain for me. If you do more, I will promote you."

The Japanese devils did not produce these things at all. Yamamoto Izumoto made a lot of them and said in a hurry: "Sir, we don't, it's not that there is no other place. Now, a large number of goods are being sold on our territory, so why not..." He didn't say it very skillfully.

"How many?" Tojo Ichiji asked faintly.

He spoke very lonely, but Yamamoto Isoba still heard his true intention. The greedy Japanese head was already moved and replied: "Sir, China has more than 100 merchant ships parked in our ports. Each ship with a total of 100,000 taels of silver has more than 10 million taels of silver."

"So many?" Tojo Ichiji asked in surprise.

Yamamoto Isoba smiled and said: "I don't know that Chinese merchant ships are rich and will only be more and less. These are just Chinese merchant ships that have just arrived at our port. If Chinese merchants from other places are added to all their goods, they will also have tens of millions of taels of silver. With these silver, adults can form a larger army, and adults can realize their ambition to unify our great Japan."

Ichiji Tojo did not answer immediately, but walked a few steps, pondered for a while, happily patted Yamamoto Isoto's shoulder and said, "Your, good, yours will follow mine in the future."

"Thank you sir!" Yamamoto Izuo was so happy that he couldn't even close his mouth.

Tojo Ichiji patted Yamamoto Isoba on the shoulder and said, "You should do this for me. You must do it beautifully. You must have a lot of money. I will send Kamura Nishio with you."

Kamura Natsuo is the captain of Tojo Ichiji's team, he is smart and capable, and he is also a bloodthirsty Japanese. Tojo Ichiji sent him out, which shows that he attaches great importance to this matter. If he does it well, then his future will be great. It is much more cost-effective than being a local snake. Yamamoto Isoba was so happy that his ghost mouth closed and said, "Sir, please don't worry, I will do it well!"

"You are already very clear about the current situation. We are in the siege of the Southern Dynasties." Hulagu looked around the generals and said slowly: "Although the Southern Dynasties surrounded us, they still couldn't eat us in a short period of time. After all, we have 300,000 elite troops. If we want to eat us, the Southern Dynasties must mobilize at least 500,000 troops. We still have some time to break through when the Southern Dynasties army did not reach the predetermined position and the encirclement is unbreakable."

Xulagu knew very well that the encirclement of the Southern Song Dynasty was unbreakable, and it was unlikely that he would break through the siege, but he was inspiring the morale of the army. He could not tell the truth. In that case, the blow to the morale of the army would be very serious. Liao made false statements and was also a way to inspire the morale of the army. As the saying goes, "the army will never be tired of deceitful", and not only can he play tricks against the enemy, but also against his own people.

Needless to say, Hulagu has a high prestige in his army. His prestige comes from his outstanding military talent and accurate grasp of the battle situation. He said that there is still a chance, and the generals felt relieved, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and the atmosphere became much more relaxed.

"How to act, please give orders to the Khan." Hutu asked for instructions: "As long as the Khan gives orders, I will be willing to take the lead."

In this case, the headline is often to die. Whether Hutuhu is telling the truth or lies, it is very good. Hulagu high-five and said, "Okay, this headline is yours."

Hutuhu was originally beautiful, but unexpectedly, Hulagu came to take a snake-beating stick and sent him this unlucky task. He could not pretend to be passionate and said, "Don't worry, Khan, as long as he is still alive, he will definitely live up to the Khan's entrustedness and break through the siege."

"Good spirit!" Xu Lagu praised Wuyi and said, "I am worthy of being the descendants of Genghis Khan. If you take the lead, you must first give the soldiers a brief explanation and let them enjoy it first, so that they can use the things here." This means that Hutuhu's army can do whatever they want, kill, set fire, rape and rob, and do whatever they want.

This order is exactly what the greedy Semu army wants to hear the most, but here can only be in its form and has no practical use, because Li Jun had already ordered the withdrawal of the people in the encirclement. Although the Semu army was determined to seek pleasure, it was still unhappy, unless they liked the beasts here. Such a large-scale army gathering would scare away even the beasts, and even this last request would not satisfy them.

"Xie Khan." Hu Tu changed his mind and said, "But there are no ordinary people here, and there is no place for soldiers to find fun." He finally had the opportunity to get a hot cake, but he didn't expect that he could only draw cakes to satisfy his hunger. He felt very regretful.

Hulagu said quietly: "You are regretting that you have the opportunity but are not affordable, right? It doesn't matter. Ben Khan will help you and ensure that you are satisfied."

"Emperor, I think Hulagu is surrounded by us, so he must be unwilling to give in and want to break through." Qingfengzi looked at the map and said, "So, I think our army should step up its guard and prepare to defeat Hulagu's conspiracy."

If an army is surrounded, it would be wrong if it does not find a way to break through the siege. This is obvious in history. Whether it is a famous general or a fool, once it is surrounded, he will find a way to stick out. The only difference lies in the cleverness of the method.

In the famous Changping Battle, Zhao Kuo, who only knows how to talk about war on paper, was surrounded and organized charges countless times. He fought fiercely for more than 40 days, but it was ultimately unavailable and the entire army was destroyed. Hulagu was not Zhao Kuo. Not only did he want to break through, but his way of breaking through would be very clever and he could not help but be taken seriously.

Liao Shenggong nodded in agreement: "Emperor, what the Taoist priest said is very reasonable, and I think so. Emperor, I think it should be ordered to guard the camps. More firearms should be prepared, and artillery should be deployed well. If Hulagu dares to break through, he will be hit head-on. Grenades should also be prepared more, and they should be used to deal with the Tartar cavalry." Firearms are powerful tools for dealing with cavalry, and as Liao Shenggong said, they should be prepared well.

Du Dayong then expressed his opinion and said, "Your Majesty, General Liao also agrees. I believe that the encirclement and annihilation operation should be carried out very early, and we cannot delay it. It is of course beneficial to drag Hulagu's army very tired. Then our army will fight with ease and win in one battle. Judging from the current situation, although it is winter, the weather is very cold north of the Yellow River and the weather is cold and the earth is freezing, so it is not appropriate to take large-scale military operations. Our army should still cross the Yellow River as soon as possible. First, Kublai Khan

The missing and the command of the Tartars was temporarily in chaos. This was a good opportunity for our army to cross the army. If we did not lose it, we would no longer lose it. Secondly, the people north of the Yellow River were always looking forward to the king's army. If we crossed the river and went north, we could get the support of the people, obtain food and supplies for patronage, and relieve the logistics pressure well. Thirdly, North China is a major area, and the Tartars had many warehouses. Our army marched quickly and took these warehouses with lightning speed, which would be of great benefit to our army."

What he said made everyone nod and Li Jun encouraged him, "General Du said it very well, and then say it."

Du Dayong continued: "Therefore, we must act as soon as possible to encircle and annihilate Hulagu, and we cannot delay any further. If we delay, it will delay our army's rest and cross the river."

Zhang Shijie pointed his head straight and asked, "General Du thought how should he encircle and annihilate Xulagu?"

This issue was the focus of everyone's discussion. His issue aroused everyone's interest, and they all looked at Du Dayong.

Du Dayong smiled slightly and said, "I thought the artillery should be concentrated and deployed, and intensive fire bombing should be carried out before the decisive battle. However, the troops were divided into two groups and advanced from two directions. After the purpose of dividing Hulagu, they would defeat them one by one."

This is the most used and most successful tactic of the Song army so far, and it immediately received everyone's approval: "General Du is really awesome."

"You all agree with General Du's opinion?" Li Jun smiled and said, "Don't doubt it, General Du's plan is very good, but I don't agree."

Li Jun has always been known for his good intentions. He actually disagreed with such a good plan. It was beyond everyone's expectations. Everyone looked at Li Jun in surprise. Even Qingfengzi's eyes were shining with splendor, looking at Li Jun.

Li Jun had long expected the reaction of everyone and smiled: "My idea is that our army will not prepare firepower, nor attack from two directions, but will concentrate its forces to attack from one direction. Because there is only one sharp knife in this battle, not artillery or cavalry, but musketeers."

As soon as he finished speaking, it immediately caused a burst of praise. Qingfengzi, Liao Shenggong and Du Dayong said in unison: "The emperor is far-sighted!" As for the current situation, it is difficult to have a large-scale battle after this battle. Using Hulagu's hard bone to test the musketeers will become the last chance.

It is well known that the performance of muskets is that Li Jun also plans to equip the entire army with muskets in the future, so the actual combat inspection of muskets is absolutely necessary. Can anyone who understands this section still disagree?
Chapter completed!