After many court discussions, several prime ministers in Beijing basically agreed to carry out a limited counterattack against the Mongolian Yuan to attack the enemy's invasion of Jiangdong by the enemy's Shandong Province in Henan and Shandong Province, and ensure the safety of the capital. In addition, it can also restrain the enemy troops of the two Huai Rivers, so that they dare not reinforce Sichuan and Shu without authorization and interfere with the western expedition; thirdly, it can eliminate the Jingsui signs that emerged from the court and the opposition again. Of course, the main reason is that they cannot be on the table. It cannot be said that the emperor will vent his anger with the Mongolian Yuan after being angry with his wives!

After the opinions of the priests were unified, Zhao Bing presided over a meeting to discuss with the heads of provincial and ministers, informing the current situation and the necessity of this war. In fact, it was a discussion, and the tone had been decided, and it was more of a formal need. In essence, it was a pre-war mobilization meeting, which assigned tasks to various ministries and provinces to carry out comprehensive war mobilization.

After so many years of experience, Zhao Bing has not only become an expert in publicity work, but also cultivated a group of talents. In this era, due to backward transportation, there are very few people who can travel across prefectures and make "travels" across prefectures. There must be over 100 people who have never left the county in their lifetime. In addition, there are very few channels for information acquisition, so there is room for development.

Therefore, while preparing for war, the "mouth" of the Song Dynasty court also began to speak out. The newspaper reported in succession that the Mongolian Yuan sent troops across the river to harass Jiangdong, killed and killed the military and civilians of our country, and looted population and property. Of course, in addition to the official unified caliber, there were many "romance" and rumors, and even "refugees" began to flow to the Gyeonggi area. However, their purpose was the same, not to create panic among the people, but to inspire atrocities against the Mongolian Yuan.

While creating public opinion on war, Zhao Bing also began to dispatch troops and generals. He issued an order to summon the envoy of Jiangdong, Dong Yicheng, the commander of the First Navy, Chen Fenglin, the commander of the First Army, the commander of the Fourth Army, Sun Kai, and the commander of the military commander of various divisions, and the commander of the military officials above the commander of each department, report on the policy of fighting against the enemy, discuss combat plans, and receive combat tasks.

In addition to defeating the enemy, Zhao Bing's goal of launching this battle, it also sets the intensity of the war to be limited. The limited goals include seizing part of the enemy's territory and waiting for favorable opportunities. Seizing part of the enemy's territory is the goal of offensive war, and waiting for favorable opportunities is the goal of defensive war. According to modern and modern military theory, the principle of offensive war with limited targets is: the loss is less than the benefit obtained from occupying the territory, that is, the benefits obtained from occupying the enemy's territory are greater than the loss, so it is appropriate to take action to occupy the enemy's territory.

There are three characteristics of offensive warfare with limited targets, including: the target has no distinction between primary and secondary; the inability to fully concentrate troops and disperse military operations. Because the total target is limited, the target is divided into primary and secondary; because the target is limited, there is no need to increase the results by fully concentrate troops; because the overall target is limited, not concentrating troops will lead to dispersion of military operations.

A limited target offensive war is to seize part of the enemy's territory, which will bring four benefits, including: weakening the enemy's state and military strength; increasing the strength of our country and military strength; transferring the burden of war to the enemy; and favorable conditions for peace. A limited target's defense war is to wait for a favorable opportunity, including maintaining the territory as much as possible to win time and actively defend. A limited target offensive war benefits by occupying the enemy's territory, while a limited target's defense war is to resist the enemy's occupation of its own territory and reduce the enemy's benefits.

From this perspective, Zhao Bing formulated a defensive counterattack strategy and planned to open up two battlefields, because he knew that even if his side occupied part of the Mongolian Yuan in the counterattack, the enemy might still take the same action at other locations, and would not achieve the strategic purpose of blocking the enemy from raiding Jiangdong. And as long as his military operations were not of great significance, the Mongolian Yuan would not give up on his actions.

Therefore, Zhao Bing thought that even if we could not aim at defeating the enemy, we could still have a direct positive goal. Of course, this positive goal could only be to occupy some of the enemy's national soldiers. Occupy part of the enemy's territory can weaken the enemy's national strength and thus weaken its army. On the other hand, it can strengthen our national strength and army; we can partially pass on the burden of war to the enemy; in addition, when signing the peace agreement, the occupied areas can be regarded as a kind of pure profit, or they can occupy these areas, or they can be exchanged for other interests...

"I have already talked about the purpose and goals of this battle. Do you have any objections?" The generals who were ordered to arrive at the capital on time as quickly as possible. Zhao Bing held a military meeting in the palace the next day. He did not say much nonsense and directly explained the intention of this battle.

"Your Majesty, I have no objection!" Ni Liang, the chief commander of the imperial guards, got up and saluted.

"Well, what about the others? You can speak freely without any scruples!" Zhao Bing smiled and let Ni Liang sit down. He was not surprised by his answer. Ni Liang held heavy troops in his hand to guard the capital and had great power, but he placed his position very straight. Everything was based on his own leadership. He never cared about politics, but just did his job well and did whatever he wanted to do. But this does not mean that he was still a fool. After so many years of experience, he has become more mature.

"Your Majesty, my subordinates think that since they are going to fight against Jiangbei, why not take the initiative to attack, and why should they let the enemy cross the river?" Zhao Mengjin stood up and asked.

"Your Majesty has already stated that this battle is to annihilate the enemy under the jurisdiction of Wanhu Mansion, Shandong, Jiangbei, Henan, Shandong, and lift the threat to Jiangdong and cooperate with the Western Expedition for the purpose of this battle. Letting the enemy cross the river is naturally to cut off the enemy's retreat route and encircle and annihilate the enemy's brigade." Han Zhen explained.

"Han Shumi's statement is not unanimous." Zhao Mengjin was not satisfied with Han Zhen's explanation and frowned and said, "For the enemy in Jiangbei, our army can carry infantry to sail from the sea and enter the Tongyang Canal to intercept the enemy on the front lines of Taizhou and Tongzhou. It is bound to flee against the river and can also achieve the effect of encircling and annihilation of the enemy!"

"What Zhao envoy said is not without reason. If it was a clever plan at that time, but in the current situation, if our army landed from Hai'an and entered the canal, it would face the worries of fighting on both sides. The current forces would be insufficient. If the troops were increased, the military expenditure would be huge, which would also lead to the lack of troops in Jiangdong and the weak defense of Jiangdong." Han Zhen thought for a moment and determined.

"What Han Shumi said is, the last general thought it was inappropriate." At this time, Dong Yicheng stood up and bowed to Han Zhen, "What Zhao envoy said was that he could divide the enemy in Jiangbei and go straight to the city of Yangzhou. In this way, if two battles are combined into one battle, our army can also concentrate its forces on the front line from Yangzhou to Hai'an. How can we discuss increasing troops?"

"This..." Han Zhen was speechless for a moment, and he knew in his heart that what the two said was reasonable and in line with His Majesty's consistent combat principles.

Since the rebuilding of the imperial guards in Qiongzhou, the Song army has been limited to insufficient military resources and financial resources, and has always fought against the enemy by focusing on attacking the enemy's main forces to achieve the goal of achieving the minimum loss. That is to say, the enemy's strength should be attributed to several centers of gravity as much as possible, and if possible, it is best to attribute it to one center of gravity. The strike against the enemy's center of gravity to as few actions as possible, or even one main action is to focus on actions as much as possible. In short, the first priority is to concentrate actions as much as possible and maintain all secondary actions as subordinate as possible.

Another principle is to act quickly and not take detours to achieve the effect of a quick assault while the enemy is not prepared. Therefore, after the military operation is launched, there is no sufficient reason to stop or stop, and work hard to achieve the purpose of the combat. The combat plan proposed by Zhao Mengjin is obviously more in line with the two principles of simplifying the combat that the emperor has always emphasized.

"Well, this proposal is very good!" In the argument between the two, Zhao Mengjin's proposal was more in line with the wishes of the generals participating in the congress. At this time, Han Zhen could not make a reasonable refutation, but the combat plan that lured the enemy into depth was proposed by the emperor, and everyone's eyes were focused on him.

Zhao Bing knew that the way military generals made achievements was naturally to put military merit first, but if they did not fight, there would be no way to talk about merit, and it would be difficult to make achievements in small battles. Of course, they hoped to expand the scale of the war. Therefore, if Zhao Mengjin's plan is the most reasonable and most highly praised by the generals in the situation of a full-scale war. However, this counterattack war has been classified as a limited war, then his proposal may trigger a full-scale war, which is out of date and it is difficult to achieve the goal of annihilation of the enemy's living forces in tactical terms.

"Zhao envoy, I ask you within which range of recent harassment of the enemy?" Zhao Bing stood up and walked to the hanging map and asked.

"Report to Your Majesty, most of the enemy's crossing the river are in the areas from Jiangyin to Jiangkou!" Zhao Mengjin replied immediately.

"What is the scale?" Zhao Bing continued.

"Report to Your Majesty, it is mostly a 100-man team that crosses the river and attacks!" Zhao Mengjin replied.

"In this way, the enemy mostly used troops stationed in Taizhou Road!" Zhao Bing asked again.

"The enemy garrisons on Taizhou Road only increased after robbing horses, mainly the enemy of Wanhu Mansion on the left hand." Zhao Mengjin was a little confused. These contents were explained in the military newspaper, but His Majesty still asked repeatedly, which made him confused.

"Then what do you think the enemy's intention is to use only small troops to cross the river to harass him?" Zhao Bing still asked repeatedly.

"Report to Your Majesty, I think the Mongol Yuan sent a small number of troops across the river to harass the village. The outpost was intended to reconnaise the weak areas of the Jiangnan defense line!" Zhao Mengjin replied.

"If you were the general of Meng, where would you choose the place to cross the river?" Zhao Bing nodded and said.

"Of course, I chose to be in the east of Jiangyin. There are fewer river defense troops in this area, but the water flows smoothly near the mouth of the river, which is most suitable for crossing the river and landing!" Zhao Mengjin pointed to the map and pointed at the Kunshan area with his hands.

"Since they have discovered the weak defense line of our army, why have they been reluctant to send their troops across the river?" Zhao Bing asked with a smile.

"This... I thought the enemy must have thought that crossing the river with the power of a team of ten thousand people was just a moth to the fire, and it was not enough to threaten the safety of Jiangdong." Zhao Mengjin frowned and replied, feeling even more puzzled. Why did Your Majesty ask such a simple question?

"Since that's the case, if we follow your plan, we cross the sea and land in Jiangbei, how many fish can we catch if we sprinkle this net!" Zhao Bing took a sip of tea before saying.

"Haha, maybe I can catch a few miscellaneous fish!" Zhao Mengjin understood now that although his tactics were very good and could quickly seize Taizhou Road, such a large-scale action could only surround an enemy team of ten thousand people, or even lose in vain, so it would be a loss.

"It is because there are too few fish that Your Majesty is unwilling to cast a net, and he has decided to lure the enemy into deeper, but his subordinates are still confused." At this time, Sun Kai stood up and saluted, "Your Majesty just said that the enemy's troops are weak and dare not cross the river to attack without authorization. Wouldn't that still make a mistake?"

"Good question, there are not many fish now, which only means that your bait is not fragrant enough and cannot attract fish. If you sprinkle fragrant bait, are you still worried that the fish will not enter the net?" Zhao Bing sat back on his seat and attacked the case with his palm. Zhao Bing knew that the Fourth Army led by Sun Kai was stationed in Jiangyin, and the frequent attacks of the enemy mostly occurred in his defense areas. So whether it was crossing the river or setting up ambush in the south of the Yangtze River to lure the enemy into the depths, his troops would be the main force. Of course, he was the most anxious.

"Your Majesty's intention is to relax the fence and sprinkle the incense bait to let the big fish swim into the net." Sun Kai's eyes lit up.

"I heard that Yuxi Timur can also conquer generals who are used to fighting. Does Your Majesty think he can fall into the trap?" Dong Yicheng asked at this time. In fact, he was more inclined to Zhao Mengjin's proposal. In this way, his navy army had the greatest results, but if he lured the enemy to Jiangnan, he would be a gangster, so he still raised doubts.

"Yuxi Timuer is facing a considerable crisis. While facing financial difficulties, he is also suffering from the trouble of being hooked. One of the disadvantages is that he is dismissed from office. Therefore, he attacked Jiangnan just to ease the conflict with the central government and get rid of the worries of hooked exams. But now he has found the opportunity to cross the river and invade Jiangnan in large quantities. What should you do?" Zhao Bing looked at Dong Yicheng and asked.

"If you face such a crisis, of course, your subordinates will have to take a gamble. If you win, not only will the crisis be resolved, but it will also be a great achievement. Even if you lose, you can escape the current difficulties." Dong Yicheng's eyes turned a few times and reported.

"Dong Dutong, you used to bet the most. If you bet with Yuxi Timur, how should you deal with it!" Zhao Bing asked with a smile.
Chapter completed!