Chapter 602 Contingency Variables
Kublai Khan ordered Suodu and Liu Shen to conquer Chameng by sea, and attack Annan by land, and the plan was perfect. However, he led the army by the Yuan Dynasty, Huantuo, the king of Zhennan, and this person was the nine sons of Kublai Khan, who was very popular with Kublai Khan, so he wanted to praise him, but this person had always been hidden in the deep boudoir and had no practical experience. However, his father also knew about this situation, so he ordered Ali Hague and Li Heng to be his deputy to assist him in the conquest of Annan.
However, in Zhao Bing's previous life, someone discussed in the forum that if the leader of Annan was not required to win, whether Annan could win and turn Annan into a province in China again. He couldn't remember the process clearly, but the Sodu captured the city and won the victory. The subsequent Huantuo followed was blocked by Annan but progressed slowly, so Sodu came to meet.
At the critical moment of victory, he was happy to withstand the torture of the tropical rainforest and the harassment of Annan guerrilla war and retreated without authorization, but forgot to notify Sodu, which resulted in Sodu being defeated and killed, losing more than 100,000 troops. As a result, the Battle of Ping'annan did not achieve a complete victory after several years. It can be seen that the entire Ado, who could not be helped, was finally abandoned by Kublai Khan.
This news was very good news for Zhao Bing. Both sides fought to the death in Annan, which restrained a large number of troops from the Yuan Dynasty. The subsequent failure of the second expedition to Japan greatly damaged the vitality of the Yuan army. This also became a node for the decline of the Yuan Dynasty from prosperity and caused the Yuan Dynasty to lose its ability to expedition. Since then, no wars were launched against overseas vassal states. The Mongolian army that once swept across Europe and Asia was finally submerged by the rebels.
Kublai Khan's arrangement was only two years ahead of his history, and there was no change in anything else. However, Zhao Bing felt uneasy in his heart. He could use tricks to deceive him, and on the contrary, he could deceive himself.
There are two routes to attack the city along the way. One is to start from Guangzhou and turn westward through the Qiongzhou Strait and go to Cham City through the Beibu Gulf. This is the traditional route and the safest route; the other is to leave Guangzhou and go straight south through Qizhou Ocean to Cham City. This route is relatively fast, but Qizhou Ocean is windy and storm, and the risk is high. However, both routes must pass through Qiongzhou and you can go to the island from your back at any time. From the land fake road Annan to Cham City, you also have to pass through Guangnan West and face Qiongzhou across the sea. It is not impossible to change the attack direction.
At present, Kublai Khan believes that Qiongzhou has formed an alliance with the two countries. His current strategic consideration seems to be to cut off the wings of Song before, so that he loses his attack point from the road. Qiongzhou is completely isolated in the sea, and the Yuan army can attack Qiongzhou, which has lost foreign aid from the west and north at any time. But as a military strategist, Kublai Khan will not ignore the Qiongzhou naval army that will intercept the troops of Sodu, which attacked the city of Sodu from the water. The reality is that Sodu and Liu Shen were defeated by the Qiongzhou navy. How could he give up the expedition before the war was opened to the fortress and cast a shadow of failure?
"Master Zheng, do you believe that Kublai Khan would still let Suo go around Qiongzhou even though he knew he would not be able to defeat our navy?" Zhao Bing said out the doubts in his heart.
"Your Majesty, of course I can't do it. Is that purely seeking death?" Zheng Huchen replied without thinking.
"Well, then Suodu is probably just bait all the way, wanting to transfer our navy to the south of the island." Seeing that Zheng Huchen answered happily, Zhao Bing became more and more convinced that there was a fraud.
"Your Majesty thinks that the Yuan army captured the city this time, but wanted to attack our Qiongzhou." Zheng Huchen understood, and the little emperor suspected that there was a ghost in it, and thought about it and said.
"This is just my idea. I dare not make a conclusion, but I cannot rule out that this possibility will be possible. But maybe I am too concerned!" Zhao Bing sometimes feels that he has obsessive-compulsive disorder and always likes to put himself in conspiracy. Once misjudgment is made, it may have extremely serious consequences, so he does not dare to make a decision. He nodded in confusion and shook his head and said.
"Your Majesty is not thinking too much. This matter is very likely to be a plan for Kublai Khan to attack the west!" Zheng Huchen pondered for a moment and said, "With what his subordinates think, Kublai Khan will definitely attack our dynasty. If he wants to destroy Chameng from the water, as Your Majesty said, they will never be able to get around Qiongzhou. If he has not achieved his goal, he can only transfer his troops to attack Qiong to attract our dynasty's troops, and he has no time to take care of it!"
"Well, there is some reason." Zhao Bing took the map and unfolded it on the table, and looked at it for a moment. "If the land of Guangxi attacks Qiong, even if it is just a bluff, we must defend the enemy in the north of the island with heavy troops and place the main force of the navy in the strait to defend the enemy across the sea. Then Suodu can use our troops in the south of the island to successfully arrive in Chameng when the troops in the south of the island are empty and unable to attack."
"What Your Majesty said is reasonable, but my subordinates thought the enemy would not be bluffing, it might be a real battle." Zheng Huchen said.
"Oh, tell me your opinion!" Zhao Bing believed that everyone's thoughts had limitations, so he did not have arbitrary thoughts because he became an emperor. Instead, he was more willing to listen to opinions from multiple parties in order to make correct judgments. Zheng Huchen is engaged in intelligence work and is more sensitive to subtleties and draws judgments closer to reality from them.
"Your Majesty, my subordinates think there are three: First, Kublai Khan has always been like a thorn in his throat. With Your Majesty, it means that the Song Dynasty has not yet perished, and his purpose of destroying and unifying the world has not been achieved; second, since Kublai Khan inherited the throne of Khan, he has been invincible in the east and west, and has long developed a spirit of arrogant and arrogant. We have not surrendered for a long time, which has already angered him; third, although our dynasty retreated overseas, he has won consecutive victories, which has shocked the south of the Yangtze River. The people who are looking forward to our dynasty have made things happen one after another, and they still use our Song Dynasty as the banner, making it uneasy." Zheng Huchen said.
"Now Kublai Khan is convinced that our dynasty and Champa, Annan has formed an alliance to conquer the two countries. Judging from the current situation, the biggest threat is Annan and our dynasty. Even if he only conquers Champa, the two routes of Guangnan are still under our military fronts. Therefore, it is not helpful to attack Champa alone to resolve the crisis. Although Annan repeatedly refused to respond to the imperial edict, he did not rebel. He only had Liu Mengyan's side words and had no evidence to form an alliance with us. Therefore, he could only use the false way of Champa to threaten. But if he attacks our dynasty and Champa first, Annan would be unable to speak out and be attacked from both sides, so he could win without a fight."
"Master Zheng's analysis is reasonable. If the third one is gone, Annan will be alone and hard to whistle." Zhao Bing nodded and said, "But all of this is your and my guess. There is no evidence to prove it, and there may still be variables. Therefore, your Affairs Bureau should strengthen monitoring of the ports in Guangdong and Guangxi, especially the movements of Ali Hague and the mobilization of troops in Jinghu area."
Chapter completed!