Chapter 70 Decision
Zhang Shun also hoped that he could slow down and attack again, but the problem was that as long as he showed a little hesitation at this time, it would become an excuse for the court to attack. Although Zhang Shun did not care about those things, he still had to consider the future after all. He was unwilling to see his dynasty as a joke before it was established, and he was even more unwilling to say that he only dared to attack those easy-to-be opponents, and to eliminate Kublai Khan still had to rely on himself.
What's more, this is also the best time to eliminate Kublai Khan. If he retreats now, he may lose the best time to fight Kublai Khan. This ice and snow environment is very difficult for Zhang Shun, but is it good for Kublai Khan? They have occupied Dadu for many years, and most of the generals and soldiers are grown up in Dadu and other places. How many people are really familiar with the grassland? They are no different from their own army. Perhaps the only difference is that their weapons may not be able to adapt to such weather and environment, but how much better the enemy can be than themselves? All these situations are combined, and they have some disadvantages, but not very bad. This should be an opportunity.
The most important thing is that Zhang Shun believes that once he lets go of the road and allows Kublai Khan to return to the grassland, it is equivalent to the dragon returning to the sea and the tiger returning to the mountain. Time is very important to him and is not important to Kublai Khan? Once a mistake occurs, if Kublai Khan runs away, it will be troublesome.
In fact, Zhang Shun didn't know the situation on Kublai Khan, nor did he know what the people on his side were doing in Xiangyang. All these information were blocked by the wind and snow, so he could not deliver it as soon as possible, so he could only rely on his own judgment to execute this decision.
"Okay, no need to say it again! This time a fierce battle with Kublai Khan is inevitable. We must solve them as soon as possible and cannot give them a chance to escape. I know that the situation is difficult now, and we know that we will encounter unprecedented problems, but I believe that our army and our soldiers can stand the test. In countless battles, they have proved their abilities and proved that we have become an invincible army. We must go through such a test." He paused at this point, and then continued, "We have notified other armies before we left Bianliang, and they will come here. Although the journey is long, everyone should know the key to this battle, so military strength is not a problem."
Seeing that Zhang Shun had made up his mind, Xie Sheng naturally had nothing to say, so he immediately shrugged his shoulders. "Since you have made up your mind, what else can we say? Let's do it in the end? But how should we fight?" These people are actually the same. They can express their opinions at any time, but as long as Zhang Shun decides, he will completely give up all controversies and focus all his energy on combat.
Zhang Shun was a little sucked at this moment, and he really had no better way. What he could think of for such a battle was some fragments of memory, and they all came from the real Ming Dynasty. Looking at the Zhu Ming Dynasty, he had been constantly fighting with the Yuan people in the north. Although there were wins and losses in these battles, it was an indisputable fact that the country was not completely eliminated. The real victory basically came from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the Ming Dynasty gathered stars and the Yuan people were dim, so the balance of victory naturally tilted towards the Ming side.
The first was Lan Yu's northern expedition. In the 21st year of Hongwu, Lan Yu led the royal army to fight northward. The army left Daning and advanced to Qingzhou. When they found that Yuanzhu was in the sea of fishing, Lan Yu took a shortcut and rushed to Baiyanjing Well. This place was forty miles away from the sea of fishing, and ordered the army to live in the ground, without fireworks, and rushed to the south of the sea of fishing. At that time, the enemy camp was still more than 80 miles northeast of the sea. Lan Yu ordered Wang Bi as the vanguard and led the cavalry to quickly approach the enemy camp. The enemy thought that the Ming army lacked water and grass and could not go deep, so he was not prepared. In addition, the strong wind blew sand and dust, so he could not see anything during the day.
Wang Bi led his army to the enemy camp suddenly, and the Yuan army was shocked and rushed to fight, resulting in a big defeat. The Taiwei Manzi and others were killed. All his subordinates surrendered, and only the Yuan Lord and the Prince Tian Baonu and dozens of cavalry escaped. Lan Yu sent elite cavalry to chase but failed to catch up, and only captured his second son Di Baonu, concubines, and princess. Later, he chased Wu Duoer, Dalima, Dai Wang and Pingzhang, 3,000 officials under the jurisdiction of more than 77,000 men and women, as well as treasure seals, talismans, gold and silver seals, more than 150,000 horses, camels, cattle, and sheep, and burned countless armor and horses. The news came to the capital, and the emperor was overjoyed.
Secondly, what he could remember was Zhu Di. This King of Yan was a hellish existence to the Yuan people. Their fighting style and results were both famous. Zhu Di once made an expedition to the north when Zhu Yuanzhang was alive. At that time, he showed his outstanding military talent. He marched in the fog and suddenly appeared outside the Yuan people's camp. Then he did not attack, but sent people to persuade them to surrender, and suddenly beat the original man to fear.
After that, he became the emperor, and he still liked to personally lead the army and devoted more than 500,000 troops from the whole country to attack the Beiyuan. In order to successfully launch this stop, he mobilized nearly one million people to transport supplies for him. However, even so, they still did not encircle and annihilate the enemy, but could only defeat him. He killed tens of thousands of enemies, but still watched the emperor of the Beiyuan escape again. Although this battle also led to the complete withdrawal of the Golden Family from the historical stage, it also led to the rise of the Oirats, and laid the root of the disaster for the subsequent Tumu Fort Incident. Therefore, things always have their own two sides, and it is difficult to say who is right and who is wrong.
Seeing that Zhang Shun was silent all the time, Xie Sheng did not dare to say anything more. He just looked at Zhang Shun. After a while, Zhang Shun finally said, "The Yuan people did not have the habit of building cities on the grassland. After all, they were still the characteristics of nomadic peoples, and they would go wherever they wanted. But I don't believe that in such ice and snow, they would not have a concentrated place to go? I think the fishing sea is the most likely place for them to settle down. Since this is the case, our goal is still there, I think it is enough to find most of their people there. After destroying those people, it will be enough to make Kublai Khan feel sad. Only in this way can Kublai Khan be anxious to fight with us and let him find us in this vast snowy field."
Chapter completed!