Zhao Bing judged that Yuxi Timuer must invade the south, not just based on intuition. He did not think that he had planned for a long time, and even did not hesitate to personally conquer Yangzhou and set up a trap. After he did so much, he still couldn't completely determine that he had fallen into the trap. However, a few days ago, he realized that his plan was successful after receiving a piece of intelligence from the Bureau of Affairs. Yuxi Timuer finally got into his trap.

The intelligence collected by the Bureau of Affairs will be divided into several levels according to its importance, and the scope of circulating can be determined. This is done for the purpose of confidentiality, because Zhao Bing knew that he could place the spy next to his opponent, and the opponent would also be able to place the spy next to him; the second was for the protection of the spy. After all, some contents can allow those who are interested to infer the source of the information from it and find out the initiator based on this.

What Zhao Bing received before was a piece of information that was classified as top secret. The content was the conversation between Yuxi Timuer at the military meeting convened by Gaoyou. However, this information did not fully record every word he said, nor even explain his military deployment at the meeting. This shows that the spy had a low status in the Mongolian army and was not qualified to attend such a high-level meeting. He was probably just a low-level servant or a rotating soldier outside the tent, so he could not stay in the tent forever. All he heard was just a few words and was not complete.

However, the words about Yuxi Timuer about the "national foundation" were recorded, and Zhao Bing also used these words to infer that he would cross the river and invade the south, and regarded him as his current powerful opponent. Because his vision at the strategic level has exceeded the scope of a military general, and even the high-ranking priests in the court can see a potential crisis that is enough to destroy a country, and hope to eliminate hidden dangers through his own plan.

Zhao Bing couldn't help but be alert to Yuxi Timuer's knowledge. People at present may not understand the profound meaning, but he was very clear as a later generation. In terms of the current Xinjiang region, the Yuan court still failed to completely occupy it, and there are still many areas controlled by the Haidu forces. However, although it was unionized by the Union and many forces trying to fully control this area, it was difficult to succeed, and it was defeated by Kublai Khan's policy of farming.

The sea can be said to be the most tenacious enemy in Kublai Khan's life. In order to maintain his defense, he specially sent more than 20,000 military farms to station in Xinjiang and reclaimed more than one million acres of land. This allowed the Yuan court to control the authentic confidence in Xinjiang. Therefore, the success or failure of the military farms even determined the success or failure of Kublai Khan's foreign war. In the end, the Yuan court had no choice but to give in to Xinjiang, which changed its tactics and destroyed its military farm policies in Xinjiang, resulting in the loss of land.

The strategy of planting grains through military farming and then using military farming to obtain military rations and maintaining border defense is not a patent of the Han people, and there are precedents to follow. The Tubo, which emerged in the Tang Dynasty, originated in the farming tribes in the Lhasa River Valley, was the first to discover and plant barley. The unified history of Tubo is the history of the Tubo people who worked in agriculture constantly annexed and integrated other surrounding tribes. In addition, there were few Turkish "Khans" everywhere in the Tubo area, and the customs and culture of Tubo were widely accepted in the areas conquered by the Tubo people.

In addition, after the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, the cities established on the grasslands were increasingly abandoned because there was no food supply from the mainland, leaving only the decay for future generations to pay tribute. The Mongols advocated action. They did not write a poem about the sadness of millet and separation for these ruins, but used their own actions to reproduce the glory of their ancestors. Altan Khan was the representative of it.

During the Jiajing period, Altan Khan carried out many military operations against the Ming Dynasty, and even once approached the city of Beijing, trying to restore the former glory of the grassland. He also established many cities on the grassland, the largest one was the current Hohhot. In order to build these cities, Altan Khan used great manpower and material resources, including some Han people who were secretly captured by him. In terms of military capabilities, Altan Khan was not inferior to Nurhaci, nor was he inferior to his ancestor Kublai Khan. He even formed a musket force, but in the end he failed to reappear the glory of his ancestors.

The success or failure of these heroes is that some people realize, or do not realize, that with the food that can be stored, nomadic peoples have a material basis to confront the Central Plains dynasty for a long time. Obviously, Yuxi Timuer has already realized that although he does not know where the Genjie is, he has already realized the important role of food in a country and realized that the current domestic economic chaos is because there are problems in the grassland centered on Helin.

After Kublai Khan seized the Central Plains, he moved the ruling center to Dadu, but Helin was the place where Mongolian rose to rise and was still the political center of the country. During the Yuan Dynasty, there were often snow and droughts in the Mongolian grasslands. In order to maintain the stability of the Longxing land, the Yuan Dynasty had to provide relief to the left-behind people almost every year. And as an important part of the Yuan Dynasty's political system, the main princes and princes of the Kuritai Conference also stayed behind the grasslands. In order to stabilize these princes and nobles, they established a "gift system". There were many kinds of gifts, such as ascension, rule, longevity, emblem, enjoyment, promotion, enthronement, military merits, marriage and funerals, etc. However, under any name, these royal palace nobles were rewarded, and a large number of servants were rewarded, which increased the financial burden of the country.

It is also expensive to maintain the post stations from Helin to the major Khanate and Central Plains for the purpose of grasslands, and there are also the salaries of officials and staff who manage the grasslands and post stations. Therefore, in order to maintain the stability of the Fuli area, the wealth sent to Helin by the court every year accounts for a large majority of the national tax revenue. The current chaos is precisely because the court lost the wealthy Jiangnan region, which has led to a huge reduction in taxes and is unable to bear this heavy burden. The solution to this is to regain Jiangnan...

"Since they want to cross the river, we must cooperate well!" Tan Fei's judgment coincided with him, and he smiled.

"Your Majesty's intention is to slow down the attack on Yangzhou?" Tan Fei asked.

"No, we have to attack Yangzhou City in a hurry, but we have to..." Zhao Bing smiled and curled his lips.

"Your Majesty's intention is to attack but not break it, but he must make a statement that he is determined to win!" Tan Fei thought for a moment and understood the little emperor's meaning and said softly.

"That is, this is how you can completely dispel Yuxi Timur's doubts and let him cross the river with confidence." Zhao Bing nodded and said.

"Your Majesty, Yuxi Timur has concentrated the troops of the two Wanhu Mansions this time, with about 100,000 people. The troops we set up seem to be slightly insufficient. If these people break into Jiangnan, they will inevitably cause chaos once they break through the encirclement." Tan Fei frowned.

"Well, what you are talking about is. I didn't expect that Yuxi Timur was so decisive. He even used all the elite troops to invade the south despite the danger of losing the two Huai Rivers!" Zhao Bing had previously estimated that with his army crossing north and his troops at the city, Yuxi Timur would adopt the strategy of surrounding Wei and rescuing Zhao to send troops south and threaten Lin'an to force him to retreat. His current action is no longer to lift the siege of Yangzhou, but to take advantage of the emptiness of his rear. You must know that the force used by Boyan to destroy Song was only more than 200,000.

"Your Majesty, in order to be safe, my subordinates think that since our goal of seducing the enemy has been achieved, it is better to raid with all your strength and annihilate the enemy halfway when the enemy is preparing to cross the south. Instead of waiting until the enemy goes deep into the south of the Yangtze River, then ambush and encircle and annihilate it." Tan Fei said.

"Your plan is safe. Although you cannot achieve the strategic goal of capturing Yangzhou, you can also achieve the strategic goal of annihilation of most of the enemy's living forces." Zhao Bing pondered for a moment, touched his chin and said thoughtfully, "But if we withdraw our troops and attack the enemy in the south, how to transfer, how to catch the enemy, and how to cut off the back will be more difficult, and we may even face the danger of being attacked by the enemy in the wild."

"I am just saying something nonsense, and your Majesty needs to make a decision!" Tan Fei knew that the little emperor was very reasonable. If he wanted to quietly leave Yangzhou, quietly arrive at another battlefield, and march on the enemy's territory for a long distance, it was almost impossible to not discover it for the enemy. At the same time, he would be very likely to be raided by enemy cavalry during the march. At that time, there would be no camp to support or terrain to use. He had to fight with the enemy in a field state. If he failed, he would be a disaster, so he did not want to interfere with His Majesty's thinking.

"What's the situation in Yangzhou City now? They suffered a great defeat and I'm afraid they won't dare to fight us anymore!" Zhao Bing understood that adjusting the combat plan should take into account all aspects. Although the war was urgent, it should not be rushed for a while. Many things still need to be discussed with the generals, so he gave up asking for it temporarily.

"The enemy was defeated, and the former site of Baoyou City was seized by General Chen in the chaos, completely cutting off the connection with the north. They can only rely on the city to defend themselves, so how dare they fight!" Tan Fei smiled and said, "According to the spies in the city, Ba Du said he was sick after the defeat, and handed over the military and political affairs in the city to the right chief of the province Ma Shao."

"Oh, the King Huantuo in Zhennan in the city did not take over the military power and presided over the city's defense, which was a bit unexpected!" Before the war broke out, not only did the Affairs Bureau send spies, the Military Information Department of the Privy Council and the Jiyi Department of the Ministry of War, and even the various departments participating in the war sent spies to sneak into the city to inquire about the news, so the sources of the news were from many aspects, but no matter which department obtained the information, it would be summarized to the imperial front office after obtaining the information, so Zhao Bing would understand the situation in time. He suddenly remembered that his old enemy Huantuo was also in Yangzhou. At present, he should have the highest title in the city, but did not preside over the war, which surprised him.

"Haha, Huantuo is afraid that he will avoid His Majesty, so why dare to fight against His Majesty!" Tan Fei heard this and said in a silence. He knew that as early as Qiongzhou, the biggest enemy that Xingchao faced was the army under the command of the King of Zhennan Tuohuan. However, he suffered a crushing defeat in several battles. Not only did he lose Kublai Khan's favor.

"This is not the saying that enemies don't get together. If they can capture him alive this time, it will set a precedent for our dynasty!" Zhao Bing also laughed.

In Zhao Bing's eyes, the two were really enemies. After he ascended the throne, Tuo Huan was also named King of Zhennan. He had been assisted by Ali Hague to preside over the military and political affairs of Jiangnan. However, several attacks on Qiong failed and suffered heavy losses. He was ordered to conquer Annan and was disguised by himself, which indirectly led to the death of Sodu and Li Heng, which made Kublai Khan furious and was punished for not being able to see him for life.

Fortunately, Kublai Khan died soon after, and in order to gain the support of Jiangnan forces, Zhenjin won over Tuohuan and gave him many privileges and promises. However, when Tuohuan returned to the funeral, he found that Jiangnan had changed hands and had nowhere to go. Without the value of use, the earlier promises disappeared. Fortunately, the real gold was not killed, and he sent him to Yangzhou to preside over the military and responsible for the salt tax.

Although Huantuo was asked to preside over the military affairs of the two Huaihe Rivers, his power was greatly weakened and he could not fully control the power of mobilizing troops as before. He could only exercise supervision over the Yuan army in Jianghuai and other places. The only ones he could mobilize was the five hundred Qiexue Army affiliated to the royal palace. Therefore, in fact, he was only the nominal commander of the Jianghuai army. In fact, the control of the army was still in the imperial court's Privy Council and Duwanhu Mansion.

However, real gold did not treat Tuohuan badly. Everyone knows that as long as the official positions are poor with salt, Yangzhou is close to the sea and rivers and canals, it has always been a distribution center for transportation of salt in the south and north. After losing the salt farm in the south of the Yangtze River, Yangzhou's status became more prominent. Most of the sea salt produced in the surrounding salt fields were transported from Yangzhou to various places. Tuohuan held the power to manage the salt industry, so he naturally would not miss the opportunity. He quickly conquered his huge wealth. If it were not for the Song army's life in the north siege of the city!

"Your Majesty is probably interested in the warehouse of the Zhennan Prince's Mansion!" Seeing the little emperor smiling in a slutty way, Tan Fei realized that His Majesty was not very interested in whether he could capture Tuo Huan, a defeated general, but was thinking about the countless gold, silver and treasures in the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, and couldn't help but joke.

"Hehe, I just don't know which one is richer than Pu Thief. I have never confiscated the prince's house!" In front of his own people, Zhao Bing did not hide his 'greed' nature, and his face was filled with smiles, and he almost drooled at the corner of his mouth.

"Don't worry, as long as you conquer Yangzhou City, your subordinates will definitely seize the royal palace first and let Your Majesty go and test it out." Tan Fei also promised as if he was really blessed.

"Haha!" Zhao Bing laughed dryly again, and turned to the topic again, "Ma Shao is a Confucian scholar and has no experience in serving in the army. He is afraid that he will act in charge of military affairs. The one who is in charge is still the same as Badu. He said he was sick because he was worried about defeat and was punished, so he thought of pretending to be sick and getting rid of his crime."

"Your Majesty, it is reported that he doesn't seem to be pretending to be sick. He said that he had suffered from the 'armour removal wind' and was very sick and he was bedridden!" Tan Fei shook his head and said.

"There is such a disease in the world, and I just think it's a legend!" Zhao Bing was stunned when he heard it. He often heard this word in his previous life, but no one could tell what kind of disease it was, so he just thought it was compiled by the storytelling.
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