Everyone in the hall was a general of war, and had a deep understanding of the fighting methods and habits of the Mongolian army. At this time, they all understood that the Mongolian tribes entered the capital to serve the king. It seemed to be coming in full force, but it might also be a disaster.

Everyone knows that the Mongolian grassland army often does not carry much food and grass when going on an expedition, but people and horses have to eat, so the way to solve the problem is simple and crude. First, the tribe's Aolu camp will carry cattle and sheep, and provide food to the army while grazing; second, during the conquest, the passing cities are ordered to provide food and grass; third, it is robbery, and the needs are supplemented with spoils.

However, these methods seem to be no longer applicable at the moment. First of all, everyone knows that the most difficult thing for nomadic peoples on the grassland is winter. They live in the extremely cold northern part of the desert, and it is difficult for cattle, sheep and horses to find food under the wind and snow. They have to rely on the accumulated fat in summer and autumn to spend the winter until spring warms up, ice and snow melts, and plants and trees re-germinate.

In the past, the Mongolian Yuan government conquered the Central Plains and Jiangnan, and could use the income from these grain-producing areas to support tribes on the grassland to help them survive the winter. But now that they have lost Jiangnan and the two Huai Rivers, the expenses of the court have increased and the income tax has been tight enough to maintain the operation of the court, and the subsidies to the grassland tribes are already extremely limited.

Now the grassland tribes are required to serve the king for thousands of miles in winter. The livestock and horses are not strong enough. If they cannot obtain sufficient food supplies along the way, it is also a question whether they can safely walk out of the desert and reach the capital. And even if they can come to the Central Plains without fear of hardships, how much combat power can they be left?

Secondly, the economic situation of the Mongol Yuan was a pattern of "rich abbot and poor monk". The life of the imperial court and the Khan might not be affected. However, the lives of local governments under exploitation from multiple parties must be tight and exhausted. It was not only a difficult situation for them to take out a large amount of food and grass to supply the army to serve the kings in Beijing. It was not only a difficult situation, but a real disaster.

Everyone knows that when encountering famine, victims often flock to wealthy prefectures and counties to survive. Similarly, hungry troops will also ask for food from places with abundant food and grass. If one or two groups may be able to deal with it, but everyone will probably find it difficult to deal with it. The ending is that the rich eat poor and the poor eat to die, which seriously consumes the potential of the war in the Mongol Yuan.

Besides, plundering is indeed an effective way to solve material support in the war of conquest. But it is on the territory of hostile forces and regimes. If you grab it, you will rob it. After all, it is the enemy's things. It also weakens the enemy while solving your needs. Now it is fighting on your own territory. The robbery is the one whose own things are, and killing your own people is a completely different problem.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that in extreme cases, the incident of robbing one's own people. This is a disaster for the people of the Yuan Dynasty and local officials, but it is happy to see what the Song Dynasty does. After all, in the world of those who win the hearts of the people, their own army not only does not protect themselves, but will harm their own people, which will inevitably trigger resistance and do the "welcome the king's army".

Think about the fact that a hundred thousand Mongolian troops swept the prefectures along the way like locusts, and then rushed into the large capitals and the capitals. How long can the capital last? On the other hand, the Song Dynasty used this battle to attract the main forces of the Mongolian and Yuan dynasties to fight with them. The current price may be very high, but it is indescribable to send troops out of the frontier to fight when they came.

Zhao Bing knew clearly that in history, Emperor Wu of Han mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops to go out to the frontier and attacked the Huns several times, and finally forced them to move far away, eliminating the threat to the heart of the Han area. However, he failed to force the Huns to surrender, and the border troubles were not eradicated, and he had to build the Great Wall to send troops to guard for a long time. However, he also used up all the savings of the emperors of Wen and Jing, causing all industries to wither and people's livelihood to decline, which led to the decline of the Han Dynasty from prosperity.

In order to eliminate the Beiyuan who fled far away from the grassland, the Ming Dynasty launched thirteen northern expeditions, but still failed to completely eliminate them. The food and money consumed in each northern expedition were countless, and tens of thousands of soldiers were killed and injured, and they also paid a huge price to stabilize the border defense.

Zhao Bing also knew that the grassland was the home of the Mongols, and that was their main battlefield. If you just showed off your speed and quickly recovered Dadu, you would have to face the endless border troubles in the future. Instead of engaging in a long-term war of attrition on the grassland, it would be better to concentrate all your strength to win the battle and attract the main force of the enemy grassland to the Central Plains to fight with you!

Tian Zhong also calmed down at this time. Thinking of Zhang Gui who was about to face, his gathering in Baozhou seemed to occupy the right time, place and people, but it was not the case if he thought about it carefully. Zhang Gui was ordered by the Hebei Ludu Marshal to block the Song army from heading north. It seemed that he was defeated by Daming's army, not only did he not be punished, but his favor was not reduced, but in fact he had lost his holy heart and could not tolerate his defeat again. The so-called time was just a death-hunting knife.

Zhang Gui is currently deploying troops in Zhending, and actually putting the main force in Baozhou where the family gathers. Not only can he get the support of the clan, but he also doesn't have to worry about someone holding his elbow in the local area and concentrating on the enemy. However, although Baozhou is a major city, its scale and defense are far inferior to cities like Jinan, Kaifeng and Daming. With this, it is difficult to resist the attacks of the Song Dynasty, but in fact it is a cocoon.

Zhang Gui chose Baozhou as the place to fight the Song army in decisively, as if he wanted to fight against the tribe's lives without hesitation. However, in Tian Zhong's view, each of them had its pros and cons, and the disadvantages outweighed the advantages. You should know that people's hearts are the most difficult to predict, and there is no need to say that the war goes smoothly. This is the glory of the family, and the tribes are willing to pay money, even hundreds of lives. But once they face a more powerful enemy, they may not be able to end the danger of extermination.

In addition, Zhang Gui would receive the help of his family and face the test of human nature. To give a very simple and realistic example, even though he knew that only by relying on the city could he block the Song army, his father's grandfather's grave was everywhere outside the city. If the Song army was digging graves, would he go to save them or not?

If Zhang Gui knew that he had been rescued by traps and fulfilled his filial piety, he would have been trusted by the king; if he did not save his country for the sake of justice, he would have been dug up his ancestral tomb. As a place where his descendants could not protect their ancestors' sleep after their death, it would be a lifelong shame and humiliation, despised by his clan members and the world, and had no face to see his ancestors.

When fighting is not about treating guests to dinner, it requires human life. Watching the tribe and relatives die one by one, or even die by themselves, it requires great courage and perseverance. It is not something that ordinary people can do. In history, there are so many loyal ministers and generals who have been defeated by the reluctance of family affection.
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