Now the Song army's spring training is summer exercises after every year, and the Privy Council's exercise plan was reported a month ago. However, Zhao Bing planned to make adjustments to change large-scale anti-logging operations and infantry and cavalry confrontations to long-range raids and sports encirclement and annihilation exercises. This time, the navy not only undertakes transportation and escort tasks, but also intercept, harassment, and support the Marines to seize key points.

The Privy Council, which was responsible for formulating the exercise plan, was very puzzled by this. The previous exercise outline was only formulated after His Majesty's approval, but this suddenly had to overthrow and start over again, which confused them. However, the military orders were as high as the mountain, and they could only re-rect the exercise site according to His Majesty's wishes, and choose the exercise site to formulate exercise details. In addition, the Office of the Office was ordered to investigate and compile detailed nautical charts on the southeast coast to collect hydrological data on the inland rivers; the Jiyi Department strengthened the collection of information on the Yuan army's military force allocation.

At the same time, the Ministry of War also received the order to prepare the equipment and hoard the materials needed for the three-month battle, and increase the allocation of materials to each base area. The Ministry of War should send effective cadres to several base areas to strengthen leadership and training, and strengthen the equipment of grassroots officers of the imperial guards to supplement the number of troops in each department. It also recruits 20,000 new recruits and equip each division with a supplementary regiment.

All the ministers felt a little strange. The little emperor was not like he was doing exercises, but he seemed to be preparing to start a war. But before they could figure out the situation, he hurried to Boao Island to escape the summer heat after the spring lecture. Zhao Bing knew that Yang Lianzhenjia, the bastard, had come to Hangzhou to take office, and he would throw his ancestral tomb one day, so he had to make preparations.

The time has not come, and this cannot be explained clearly to the ministers, so Zhao Bing can only mobilize troops in the name of the exercise, replenish military funds, and prepare to replenish troops. However, he had ideas, how to fight, what purpose to achieve, and how to stop the battle, etc., and other related issues, let alone details, he hid here to formulate a combat plan.

"I didn't know what the ancestors thought at the beginning, so why did he have to stay in Hangzhou!" The largest room in the palace had now been transformed into a temporary study room. Only sand tables and maps occupied half of the room, and the other half was filled with books. Two small yellow sects were specially used to help him find the information he needed day and night. But he had not written a word in the past two days, and he only studied the map. But no matter how he saw that Hangzhou was not suitable for a capital city, he couldn't help but complain.

After frowning and thinking for a while, Zhao Bing felt that his ancestor was not unaware of the disadvantages of building a capital in Hangzhou. Hangzhou has a history of more than a thousand years since the Qin Dynasty established a county seat. It was once the capital of Wu and Yue Kingdom. Because of its beautiful scenery, it is known as a paradise on earth. Thanks to the convenience of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and the trading port, as well as its own developed silk and grain industry, it has become an important commercial distribution center. It is very suitable as an economic center. As a political center, it lacks both its geographical location and its influence around it.

Zhao Gou insisted on establishing the capital in Hangzhou and was still in his own security considerations, thus losing his confidence in the Northern Expedition to restore the country. His successors did not have the determination to restore the country, but he was at peace. You should know that before the capital was established at Lin'an, the court had discussed the relocation of the capital three times in the three years from the third to six years of Shaoxing. At that time, Zhang Shouzeng, the governor of Fuzhou, reported: "Jiankang was the imperial capital since the Six Dynasties, and the river was dangerous and vast, and the atmosphere was majestic. He was the capital to manage the Central Plains and defended the strong enemy according to the dangers. But they were all lost because of the Jin army's invasion in the south and were not adopted in the end.

The situation was not until the Wu Jie brothers won the battle of defense of Shaanxi and Sichuan, and took the opportunity to recover Feng, Qin, and Longzhou; Yue Fei recovered Xiangyang and other six counties and stationed troops in Ezhou; Han Shizhong defeated the Jin army in Yangzhou and entered Chuzhou, and the situation of anti-Jin was very good. Zhang Jun discussed the Northern Expedition with generals as the prime minister and the generals of various military and horse affairs. After completing the military deployment, Emperor Gaozong, under the mobilization of many ministers, raised the banner of "anti-Jin" and advanced to Jiankang.

But at this time, the Jurchen nobles also used military forces for years and failed to achieve success, resulting in mutual killing among the ruling group. The Talai faction, who held the real power of the Jin Kingdom, abolished the Liu Yu puppet regime and used the strategy of "peacefully discussing and assisting the attacks and wars" against the Southern Song regime, luring Zhao Gou, and the Song and Jin Dynasty had a confrontation. As a result, half of the Southern Song Dynasty, which started from the Huai River in the east and ended in the Qinling Mountains in the west, began to stabilize. Gaozong sent Liu Guangshi and Han Shizhong to establish the commander's mansion in Jiankang and Zhenjiang, stationed 100,000 troops, and strengthened the military defense force in the Jianghuai area.

After Zhao Gou ignored the opposition of the ministers, he returned to Lin'an from the Jiankang front line. He also adopted the policy of "restraining the outside world first" and mobilized Yue Fei and other elite troops to suppress the uprising of Yang Mo and other peasant people. In this way, the ruling group of Zhao Gou in the Southern Song Dynasty initially stabilized its rule in many contradictions. This was the third time Emperor Gaozong was stationed in Lin'an. In this year, Lin'an was officially "in the place" and finally established his capital. Because the mountains and rivers were broken and the national humiliation was not avenged, patriots always failed to forget the great cause of regaining the Central Plains and unifying the motherland. Over the past 100 years of the Southern Song Dynasty, ministers often had the idea of ​​moving Jiankang.

In the first year of Longxing of Emperor Xiaozong, Lu You shouted loudly: "I heard that Jiangzuo has never given up Jiankang's capital since Wu. Wu had been the capital of Wu, Liang had capital Jingzhu, and Southern Tang had capital Hongzhou (now Nanchang City). At that time, Jiankang must be considered not far from the river, so he wanted to be deep and solid. However, they were all completed and destroyed, lived and moved again, and even became defeated. What did the minister think? The heaven and earth were built, and the mountains and rivers were in trouble. The carriages and drivers were stationed in Lin'an, and they were in a temporary position, so they were not determined. The situation was not solid, and it was inconvenient to pay the salary. The sea route was approaching, and there were often unexpected worries."

Chen Liang also pointed out in the fifth year of Chunxi, "The First Book of Emperor Xiaozong" that established the capital Lin'an had many disadvantages. He said: "Wu Shu is the partial energy of heaven and earth; Qiantang is also a corner of Wu. When the Tang Dynasty declined, Qianli became the king of the king with the mighty alleys, and he thought he could not be independent and often served China as a magnificent government. When our Song Dynasty was ordered, Chu offered his own land as his family in the capital. Therefore, Qiantang was the least soldiers in the five dynasties, and within two hundred years, people became prosperous, and then they were in the southeast, and between Jianyan and Shaoxing, they were the place where Liu Fei stayed. At that time, those who commented had doubted that they could not maintain the situation and restored their affairs."

"The scholars and officials have also managed gardens, terraces and pavilions to enjoy their birth in the remaining swords, and the upper and lower feasts are at peace, and Qiantang is a country of joy. A gap is not enough to accommodate ten thousand rides, but for fifty years, the energy of mountains and rivers is also vented without any allowance. Therefore, the profit of valleys, chestnuts, mulberry, hemp, silk and silk are spent in one year, and the birthdays of animals, animals, fish, turtles, plants and trees are less than one day, but the upper and lower places are not considered different. The Duke and Prime Minister are mostly from Jiang, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Shu, and the talents are also given by ordinary people every day; the number of people in the field house is 100,000, and the literary and artistic differences are enough to be the most powerful among them. Your Majesty takes advantage of the energy that has been consumed by Qiantang, and uses the declining people in Fujian and Zhejiang, and wants to promote the fragile people in the southeast to fight for the Central Plains, so I know how difficult it is."

Lu Zhi gave Song Ting a "Southeast Defense Advantage", specially written "Jiankang's Fundamental Theory", "Jiangkang's Rise Up and Down", and "Jianghuai's Views on the Outer and Inner", and suggested: establish the capital Jiankang as the basis for the King of Xing; station troops in Jiangling, Xiangyang, Wuchang, and Jiujiang to consolidate the upstream and downstream; guard the river to govern the inner, prepare the Huai to govern the outside, and present the Huai to govern the river and the inner river, so the Central Plains can be restored. Shandong and Jingxiang are like the two wings in the southeast, protecting the entire Jianghuai defense system. Shandong is enough to protect the upper reaches of Huai and Si, and Jingxiang is enough to protect the upper reaches of Jianghan. Previous people once said, "If you want to consolidate the southeast, you must compete for Jianghan; if you want to peek at the Central Plains, you must obtain Huai and Si. If you have Jianghan but no Huai and Si, the country will be weak; if you have Huai and Si, you will not have Jianghan, and if you have Jianghan, you will be in danger." The north is used to consolidate the upper reaches of Huai and Si, and the west is used to protect the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, which is the best situation for those who occupy the southeast...

"Oh, I'm just taking the blame!" Now that the raw rice has been cooked, even the pot has been ruined. Zhao Bing not only has to clean up the mess for several ancestors, but also has to try not to expose them to the wilderness. What is it that he is not a scapegoat. But think about them eating, drinking, having fun all their lives, and they didn't kick their legs and didn't leave them behind. It's nothing great to dig their graves a few times, and he feels a little more uncomfortable.

Zhao Bing has been thinking about it for a few days now that he sent troops in the name of protecting the tombs, so he would inevitably attack Shaoxing. However, there were heavy troops stationed in Hangzhou, and the two cities were less than 200 miles apart, and cavalry reinforcements could be reached at night. Therefore, in order to protect Shaoxing, it is necessary to annihilate the enemy in Hangzhou, and gain a foothold according to the danger to ensure the safety of the tombs. Otherwise, he would have to give up his feet to the dig.

However, although there are small hills around Shaoxing, it is not easy to resist the enemy with this, and it is easy to be trapped by the enemy. The surrounding cities demolished the city walls after the Mongols invaded Jiangnan and were razed to the ground. According to various information feedback, Zhao Bing found that the only available city seemed to be Hangzhou City. I don’t know if it was because the city wall was built too strong and it was difficult to demolish, or because Kublai Khan only had local damage in order to win people’s hearts, and most of them were preserved.

In addition, Hangzhou has convenient water transportation and is close to the East China Sea, which can play the role of the Qiongzhou naval army. In addition, Hangzhou has developed its economy and was known as the No. 1 southeastern state with a prosperous wealth by the Northern Song Dynasty. This can provide sufficient food and salary supplement for the expedition and provide solid logistical support for persistence. Therefore, the early stage of the Zhao Bing plan to revolve around Hangzhou, but this is like pushing a domino, which triggers a series of chain reactions. He dare not determine how far it develops.

However, it is not easy to capture Hangzhou City. As the old capital of the previous dynasty, it was also a major financial and taxation place. The Mongolian and Yuan dynasties stationed four ten thousand households here. Last year, Kublai Khan re-divided the provinces, integrating the Fujian Road, Liangzhe Road, Huaidong, Huaixi and other routes of the Song Dynasty into Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces, and moved the capital to Hangzhou. The troops were adjusted. At present, the Wanhu Mansion of the Wanhu Town garrison in Hangzhou has four wings, namely Shangdu, Zhending, Yingzhou and Yidu, which also increased the difficulty of capturing Hangzhou.

According to the reconnaissance of the Bureau of Affairs, Daluhuachi, Wanhu Prefecture in Hangzhou, was the general Zhaoyong, Zheng You, the general of the auxiliary state, and the deputy Wanhu Prefecture in Xuanwu, Li Bolan Xi. The number of the Yuan army was taken from the source of the soldiers. The new army of Shangdu, Wanhu Prefecture in Mengge Khan, was affiliated with the troops of Mengge Khan, and later followed the expedition to Ezhou. Later, he followed the army of Boyan, and then went south with the plan to reward and guard Hangzhou. Tuman was appointed as the base of the Shi Tianze family. Zhending was the base of the Shi Tianze family. His father surrendered to Mongolia as early as the era of Genghis Khan, and made great contributions to attack Jin and defeated Song. He served as the left prime minister of five routes, and was also the old Han marquis. Zhending Wanhu was inherited by Zhang Xingzu, the general of his military group.

Yidu was originally the territory of Li Quan and Li Tan and his son. His troops were known for their bravery and good at fighting. After the failure of the Li Tan rebellion in the third year of the Central Government, most of the Yidu surrendered troops were brutally killed by Mongolia, but there were also many survivors. After the outbreak of the Xiangfan battle of Song and Yuan dynasties, the Mongolian and Yuan dynasties issued soldiers from all over the country again, and many old troops returned home were re-summoned. As for Yidu Wanhu, the Yidu new army Wanhu Mansion derived from Zhang Hongfan's Yidu Zilai Army, with Liu Guojie as the Wanhu.

Wanhu, Yingzhou, was born in the Xingtang Di family. During the second attack on the Jin Dynasty by Genghis Khan, Dishun led his troops to surrender to Mongolia. Many of his troops went to Xijing, Daming, Zhending, and Hejian to recruit him. He was also recruited from Xingzhou, Weizhou and Xinweizhou. He was known to lead seven troops, all of whom were from northerners. For his military merits, he was promoted to Hengzhou Pacification Envoy, the Marshal's Right Supervisor, the Zhongshan Prefecture, and the Marshal of Hengzhou.

After the destruction of the Jin Dynasty, Mongolia began to enfeoff a large number of Han troops, Di Shun was among the 10,000 households, becoming one of the Han marquises who surrendered to Mongolia, and later moved to Yingzhou. His son Di Jia inherited Wanhu and led his troops across the river to participate in the rebellion of Ningguo and Huizhou. This time, the Mongolian Yuan reorganized the Jianghuai River, and the various marshals in Jiangxi and the army under the command of the recruitment envoys, and set up the 37-wing Wanhu Mansion. At present, the seven-way troops were all under his command, and the army was more prosperous and the Wuwei Army was stationed.

In addition, there are also Wanhu Mansions in Hangzhou. The Privy Council, including Qi, Huang, Xin, Yang, Gaoyou, Zhen, Chu, Hangzhou and other ten thousand troops were allocated and dispatched more than 2,000 troops to Longwan, specializing in teaching water warfare. According to the Yuan army, there were more than 7,000 households, more than 5,000 households, and 3,000 to 5,000 households, and more than 40,000 households, and more than 40,000 households, and more than 40,000 households, and more than 40,000 households, and more than 40,000 households, and more than 40,000 households, and more than 40,000 households, the total number of 40,000 households and naval troops was about 40,000.

It is not difficult to find out from this that except for the navy, the other four units were powerful troops from the founding period, and the soldiers and generals were either Mongolians or northerners. They swept across the entire China from north to south, and famous generals emerged, which was even more experienced in the battlefield. But Kublai Khan used their garrison of Hangzhou, and his intention was to shock the people in the south of the Yangtze River to use this, and he also regarded Hangzhou as an important place.
Chapter completed!