Chapter 26 The Age of Navigation (1)
"Report!" A spy came to the horse, got closer, jumped off his horse, saluted A Shu, and said, "Report to Marshal, General Shi was defeated in Yangzhou, and Yangzhou has already rescued the siege."
When A Shu left Yangzhou, Yangzhou was already in danger. It was only a matter of time before he took Yangzhou. However, he suddenly received news of Yangzhou's rescue. No one could believe it at first. A Shu couldn't help but be stunned. After a while, he said: "What?" He wanted to ask, "Yangzhou rescued?" Finally, he woke up quickly, but he didn't ask, "When is this?"
"It was ten days ago when I returned to the marshal." The spy replied.
A Shulili thought, "What's going on? Tell me carefully."
"Yes, Marshal." The spy got the order and reported the news he received truthfully.
A Shu jumped off his horse, spread the map, looked for a while, and said, "Tell me to order me and change my way to Yinghan."
Deputy General Tenghu hurriedly said, "Marson, please let me say something. Marshal, Zhang Shijie's army will go east, and Huaixi will inevitably be empty. Why not break into Huaixi with lightning speed and take Huaixi? A rare opportunity, please think twice."
A Shu smiled and said, "What you said makes sense depends on who you are. To be honest, even though I defeated him in the battle of Jiaoshan, it would be a very lucky thing. If it weren't for Buber's Hui artillery to help the battle, it would be hard to say who would win or lose. With Zhang Shijie's talent, he would not be prepared in Huaixi. If we go, we fall into his calculations. The essence of military strategy is better to avoid the enemy's siege than to get into the enemy's siege.
"We will not go to the Qihuang land. The Qihuang land and the Yinghan are both targets we can choose. The Qihuang land is close and the Yinghan land is far away. Zhang Shijie must have thought that we would go to the Qihuang land and be prepared. If we don't go to the Qihuang land, we will go to the Yinghan land, we will definitely expect it."
Before Tenghu could believe it deeply, A Shu pointed to the map and said, "Look carefully, this is the Han River. Our army set out from Xiangyang and entered the Yangtze River from the Han River. Wherever the army passed, the army had been pacified. Unlike Qihuang, there were many remnants of the Song army, and bandits were in chaos. We should open a rear for Boyan and supply his army. This is just right here."
"It's reasonable." Tenghu nodded in agreement.
A Shu smiled sly and said, "Of course, this is also a cover for me. When our army appeared in Yinghan, Zhang Shijie would definitely lead his troops to chase him. At that time, we can..." His right hand moved on the map, from between Yinghan and Qihuang to Huaixi, which means that there will be another round of horseback and killing Zhang Shijie's empty rear.
"A clever plan, a clever plan." Tenghu touched his hands and said good: "The Marshal's magic tricks."
A Shu packed the map and said, "Let's go." He jumped onto the war horse and led the Yuan army to speed away.
As A Shu said, occupying the land of Yinghan under the circumstances was more conducive to supplying the Boyan army than occupying the land of Qihuang. A Shu was a famous general, with a quick mind and soon understood the key, and decided to take a big detour and carry out a side attack.
In war, restraint strategies are always used. In fact, restraints in war are mutual, and it depends on who needs to be restrained more. In order to support Boyan's army, Li Tingzhi was not allowed to send reinforcements from Yangzhou, so A Shu went to Yangzhou to restrain Li Tingzhi. The current situation has changed. The siege of Yangzhou has been lifted, and it has become a natural thing for Li Tingzhi to send troops to Lin'an. When A Shu's troops were at a disadvantage, confronting Li Tingzhi head-on with Zhang Shijie became an unwise move. It is a clever strategy to attack the enemy and rescue him.
A Shu's plan to siege Wei and save Zhao is a clever strategy.
(Note: During Kublai Khan's War to Destroy Song, some people suggested taking the land of Qihuang first. A Shu had the opposite opinion and suggested that Boyan take the Yinghan first. Boyan adopted this suggestion, and the results achieved were very good. In fact, this was a correction to Guo Kan's plan to destroy Song, reducing the risks.
The plan to destroy the Song Dynasty proposed by Guo Kan is undoubtedly a genius plan. Progressing the central government can quickly advance to the city of Lin'an and destroy the Southern Song Dynasty in one fell swoop without the time to respond. However, this plan has a huge risk, that is, if the speed of advances too quickly, it will inevitably be too late to consolidate the occupied area, and it is impossible to expand the war constituency area. If an unexpected situation occurs and cannot win Lin'an in one battle, these problems will be exposed. At that time, the Boyan army will fall into a passive position because it has no stable rear.
The capture of the land of Ying and Han was to deal with unexpected situations. As A Shu said: "If you go to the lowly and retreat without any evidence, you will take the E and Han, even if you have a few days later, your teacher will have a support, and you will be able to do everything." This is the vision of a strategist.)
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"Good books, good books." Li Tingzhi covered the "Guerrilla War Manual" and sighed, saying, "This book has been published as never before. Every sentence of the past is filled with wisdom, like a secluded orchid in the valley, a touch of fragrance refreshing the heart."
Zhang Shijie agreed: "That's not it."
"As soon as this book is released, the seven books of the Wujing will be changed to the eight books of the Wujing." Li Tingzhi continued to sigh and said, "If I read this book as soon as possible, the battle in Yangzhou would not have been so hard. If I really fought like this, I could add tens of thousands of mobile troops and attack the Tartars in a roundabout way."
"So too." Zhang Shijie said with deep emotion: "Don't defend one city and one land, preserve the vitality, and find favorable fighter jets to annihilate the enemy. This is the real secret. I sent 30,000 troops to the Qihuang land, taking them as the backbone to organize guerrilla warfare. If A Shu dares to go to the Qihuang land, he will definitely fall into the quagmire."
Li Tingzhi stroked the "Guerrilla War Manual" and said, "You didn't give me this heavenly book specifically, right? What are your intentions?"
"Xiangfu, you think of me as a traitor." Zhang Shijie joked, saying, "Of course not. It is one purpose to help you, and there is another purpose, guess."
"Your purpose is not difficult to guess. You want to join forces with me to solve the war in Huaidong first, and then turn west with your and my strength to cut off Boyan's retreat so that Boyan can't retreat and cannot get supplies." Li Tingzhi said with a smile. Li Tingzhi's loyal minister and a famous general, not to mention his talent in the Southern Song Dynasty, but also in the entire Song Dynasty. He spoke a strategic action during the banquet.
"Miaomiaomiao, Xiangfu is Xiangfu, that's what I mean." Zhang Shijie patted Li Tingzhi's chest and said, "You are like the one in my stomach, so be fine, don't say it anymore, let's talk about it. Let's talk about specific actions." He wanted to joke with Li Tingzhi, saying that Li Tingzhi was a worm in his stomach, so he glared back at a glance.
Li Tingzhi pointed to the map and said, "Shi Tianze was defeated, and countless casualties were killed or injured. Huaidong was no longer a problem. Soon, we would expel the Tartars. Then, we would go from here, and finally..." Seeing Zhang Shijie not speaking.
Chapter completed!