Chapter 60 Each has its own calculations
The vast northern border is bleak.
In the capital city, the Mongolian masters such as Emperor Shun of Yuan Dynasty were still singing and dancing.
The abandonment of the country that was built by our ancestors was nothing to them, and there were vast grasslands as their Mongolian pastures.
Of course, Yuan Shundi's body has been getting worse day by day, and his energy is not as good as before. Even the number of exercises of multiple people has been decreasing.
Moreover, the leaders of all ethnic groups on the grassland did not respect him much, so they could be considered as drinking to relieve their sorrows. Just live by just being alone.
The Great Wall was located in Yongguan, one of the nine passes in the world, and the eighth of the "Eight Passes of Taihang" was known as the "No. 1 Thousand Passes of the World" at that time.
At this time, an army was still stationed here.
It was the Polu Army under the command of Zhou Yong, Duke of Qin. After defeating Yuan Dadu in the tenth year of Kaitai, he drove Yuan Shundi and others to Shangdu outside the Great Wall, and then ordered to station here.
In recent years, they have not taken the initiative to attack the Mongol Yuan. Even if there is a counterattack from the Mongol Yuan, they will directly use the Great Wall to resist.
Of course, their purpose of expelling Emperor Shun of Yuan was to be impure.
It is to use the position of the Mongolian Khan to cause civil strife among the tribes on the Mongolian grasslands.
An emperor who was in trouble, even Genghis Khan's bloodline would not receive too many loyalties, and would instead cause rebellion among the rest of the tribes.
It is obvious that they have done it, and Emperor Shun of Yuan has not had a good life in recent years.
In the first year, I thought about counterattacks. After being resisted, I couldn’t even do a large-scale counterattack.
Now he is singing and dancing in the city of Shangdu, which means "I don't know the hatred of the country, but I still sing the back garden flowers."
Juyongguan, in the military tent.
When he opened a letter from Duke Zhou Yong of Qin, he immediately smiled: "Is the Northern Expedition finally about to begin?"
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Jinling Fengtian Hall.
Wang Meng looked at his subordinates and began to order the Northern Expedition.
The Northern Expedition has never been an easy task. Lao Zhu's several Northern Expeditions have even had the classic battle of fishing and achieved brilliant results.
However, the Mongols had the capital to return after decades. You should know that the nomadic peoples on the grasslands have never been completely eliminated in history.
They have the advantage of territories and mobility, and they can't beat them and run away!
When the army of the Central Plains dynasty retreats, they can retreat again.
Even the Northern Expedition army was worried that the resurgence and sneak attacks of these grassland people would be difficult to deal with due to logistics.
This is also the reason why Wang Meng did not order the Northern Expedition in the past few years.
Even if you fight, you can't hold on, and in the end you will be a waste of money.
However, in the past two years, the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works finally gave Wang Meng a surprise, which also gave Wang Meng the confidence to fight the Northern Expedition and achieve major results.
Even if the Mongol Yuan cannot be completely eliminated, it can achieve brilliant results!
In the fifteenth year of Kaitai, Emperor Wu appointed Duke Sun Xiao of Wei as the general of the Northern Expedition, Duke Zhou Yong of Qin as the left deputy general, and Duke Xin of Xin Fu Youde of the right deputy general, and sent troops to attack the Northern Yuan Dynasty.
That night, Duke Qin believed that he was Yongguan and sent troops to break into Shangdu!
Emperor Shun of Yuan Dynasty, Toyn Temur, showed his last courage to die for the city!
His son Ayorishi Dala fled to the north of the Mo.
Wang Meng's combat strategy is to divide into three groups of 50,000 people, with the middle lane as the front, the east and west lane as the strange ones, and the strange ones are used together, and the three groups attack together.
The central Wei Gongsun Xiao went out of Yanmen Pass and said that he was attacking Helin quickly, but in fact he marched slowly, luring the Northern Yuan army to fight south in order to annihilate;
Zhou Yong, Duke of Qin from the east, left Juyongguan, and attacked Helin through Yingchang Prefecture, which made the Northern Yuan Dynasty unexpected and could encircle the rear when the Northern Yuan army headed south to attack the Central Army;
Fu Youde, Duke of Xinguo of the West Road, went out of Jinlan to attack the Gansu area. As a suspect, he lured the Northern Yuan army to disperse his troops. After eliminating the remnants of the Northern Yuan army in Gansu Province, Yu Yijinai crossed the desert to the Central Army, and the Eastern Army met with Lin.
In Yanmen Pass, Sun Xiao was put on his armor again at this time and scanned the people in the military tent. Many old brothers were more of new faces.
"Your Majesty, please order our middle army to lure the enemy deeper, where is Lan Yu?"
A young man in white robe immediately knelt down and clasped his fists: "The last general is here!"
Sun Xiao looked at the young men in front of him with satisfaction. This was his brother-in-law Chang Yuchun.
It was also the little guy who followed their butts many years ago, and he has grown up over the years.
Besides, Chang Yuchun may be the real unknown to kill prisoners.
Last winter, Chang Yuchun died of illness at home at the age of 40.
Wang Meng was shocked when he heard the death of the emperor. He was buried under Longding Mountain and personally went out to lay him off, posthumously named him King Huaiyuan and awarded him the title of Prince Taibao.
He also appointed his son Chang Mao as the Duke of Han, with an annual salary of 2,000 stones.
"Lan Yu obeys the order!"
"promise!"
"You are the vanguard and the governor of the army, and you will be defeated in Yanmen Pass and will be defeated in Yemachuan to attack Kugutemur's army. This battle can be defeated and cannot be defeated!"
"promise!"
The prerequisite for luring the enemy into depth is defeat, but it can be defeated, but it must not be defeated, otherwise it will seriously affect morale.
Tula River, in the military camp of Kugutemur.
A middle-aged man was listening to the message detected by his subordinates, and at the same time, he looked at the map in front of him, frowned slightly and didn't know what he was thinking.
He even murmured: "There are three armies again. If it is weak, it is solid, and if it is solid, it is weak."
This person is Kuogut Timur. Since Chahan Timur was assassinated, he has been alone and has been involved in the Yuan court party struggles and warlords. He was later named King of Henan and the Left Prime Minister of the Secretariat.
After a long time, the shogunate under Kuoguttemur spoke: "The leader of Yanmen Pass is Sun Xiao, and it should not be underestimated. The prince must make plans earlier."
Kuogut Timur nodded, "Sun Xiao, Zhou Yong, and the two heroes of Wu!"
"I have fought with Zhou Yong, and the cavalry is so madly used, but it's a pity that I'm too arrogant."
Kuogut Timur looked at the map again, looked at Wang Meng's marching route, and his eyes became brighter and brighter, and finally condensed in Helin!
"Yes, it's here!"
"Yuyiji crossed the desert, and the three armies were meeting with Lin. This was to achieve his contributions in one battle. Wang Meng was really brave!"
"In this way, is the Lu Army just a suspicious soldier? Of course, perhaps it is a combination of strange and righteousness, and it is the same method."
Kuogut Timur and Wang Meng fought against each other three times in total.
The first time was when Kuoguttemur conquered Huaixi. Zhou Yong broke the formation with a cavalry and retreated under a trap. Then Wang Meng attacked with his own troops and won a small victory with his own territory.
The second time was Wang Meng's army's northern expedition, with troops divided into two groups. The Shandong Navy attacked behind the scenes and attacked Kugutemur's army. Then the army crossed the Yangtze River and attacked the north from Huaixi to capture the Yuan Dadu.
The third time was after capturing Dadu, Sun Xiao, Chang Yuchun and others attacked the Hebei area as a springboard for attacking Shanxi.
The troops of the vanguard Su Sheng took Zezhou from Huaiqing, forming a reckless move. Kuogut Timur sent his army to attack Su Sheng in the south, and fought in Handian, and the Wu army was defeated.
Then Wang Meng ordered Zhou Yong and Feng Sheng to expel Kuogut Timur from Shanxi to Gansu.
A long time ago, Kuoguttamur regarded Wang Meng as his enemy.
He even led his troops to fight before Wang Meng crossed the river, but he was defeated.
With the reason of Hama, he failed to have a second conquest. Then he carefully collected the information of Wang Meng and his subordinates, and knew Wang Meng very well!
Kugut Timur immediately passed the order: "Geser, let your slaves attack Yemachuan, and this battle must be defeated!"
When a man heard this, he was puzzled, but he did not hesitate at all. He bowed directly: "Okay!"
It's just a few slaves, and they'll die if they die!
Kuogutemur nodded and said in his heart: "Three groups of attacks together, I just lure the enemy into the depths and surround you all the way. I want to see if Sun Xiao takes the bait!"
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At Yanmen Pass, a commissar said: "General, the vanguard General Lan Yu came to report to defeat the enemy in Yemachuan and found that the main army of Kuogutemur is located in the Tula River. Can you pursue it?"
"In addition, General Lan suspected that this was an enemy's just a pretend defeat, but it was actually a trick to lure the enemy into the deep!"
When Sun Xiao heard this, he smiled with a beard: "We understand Wang Baobao, it must be a trick to lure the enemy into depth, but he has put out the main army, so we will swallow it in one bite!"
Since ancient times, the strategy of pretending to be defeated and luring the enemy into depth has not been difficult to detect.
But this is even more a psychological tactic, which is to use the greed of the generals to expand the results of the battle, and think that even if you fall into a trap, you can fight back and achieve your goal in one battle...
Sun Xiao is not a greedy person. Compared with Zhou Yong who seems calm but actually has a deep arrogance, he is even more willing to be steady.
This is also the reason why Wang Meng made him the leader.
If it were a few years ago, Sun Xiao would have asked Lan Yu to return, but the things brought by the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works in the past two years have given him great confidence that even if he is really surrounded, he can still fight back.
This time he really wanted to swallow Wang Baobao in one bite!
Chapter completed!