"Take the prisoners and war horses onto the boat first, and the entire army retreats one after another. I will leave a letter to Yan Shi. This etiquette must be missing." Zheng Yunming pretended to be serious, which made everyone laugh secretly in his heart.

When the three thousand iron cavalry arrived at Jiuchong Post, it was as quiet as if no one had ever visited it. If it weren't for the rows of corpses whose heads were cut off and their armor were stripped off, no one would have believed that there had just been an extremely tragic battle here.

The soldiers of Yan Shi's army drove away the wild dogs that were tearing their robes and found the letters left by Zheng Yunming from Qi Du's body, and quickly sent them to Yan Shi to dismantle them.

Yan Shi unfolded the letter, and Zheng Yunming's still ugly font came into his eyes.

"It is not a gentleman's way to come but not come. You visited Jinghu last year and realized the benefits of bamboo, wood, cannons. This autumn, Hu Chieftain came to Xiangyang again. How could our army not go out to meet with a hundred miles? The Jiuchun Post Office destroyed Qiexue, which was a gift for the meeting between Jinghu and the Northern Army. In the future, the city of Xiangyang will send the troops to Tuluhua to meet. There are so many rude things, and I will see Xin Haihan..."

Yan Shi became more and more angry as he looked at him, and threw the letter at the generals under his seat.

"This is slapping our face! No, this is slapping the Quanbei Army in the face!" He shouted loudly with a calm face: "If we don't break Xiangyang and capture Zheng Yunmingxian and Mobei alive, who will wash away the revenge for the deceased in Jiuchun Post!"

The commander's shogunate carefully checked the bald and braided heads. The bad habit of killing good people in the Song army actually continued to this day since the chaos of the vassal states at the end of the Tang Dynasty. No, perhaps it was a tradition that the whole world could not prohibit since the world had armored soldiers. Although the country repeatedly banned it, it had little effect. Almost all generals inevitably had more or less the use of irrelevant heads to impersonate the enemy and the enemy's heads to receive merit.

But this time, the office work can be clearly determined. The heads listed in the hall are all real enemies.

Zhao Kui and Zheng Yunming sat in the hall, ignoring the terrifying scenes spread across the heads of the courtyard, and directly talked about this bold encirclement and annihilation operation.

"To be honest, the country has officially fought with Mongolia for more than a year, and it has won battles. For example, Cao Youwen is in Qingyeyuan, and Shumou is in Wulipo, but it is unprecedented to advance north so boldly and remove the enemy's elite in front of the army." Zhao Kui obviously highly praised this bold and shrewd action.

Suddenly, a subordinate twisted his beard and said disdainfully: "If you first surrounded the chariots, then win with the Mongols by using infantry battles, you are afraid that you will not encounter such a battle in a hundred battles. Although Zheng Guanren had extraordinary plans, he was just lucky to steal a victory. If the enemy reinforcements arrived earlier, they would have ended with the collapse of the entire army."

The person who spoke was the newly transferred general of Jinge and E. Wan Wensheng, who was the first person under Zhao Kui's rank to take over the official rank. Although his current personnel stationed in Xiangyang are less than 10,000, his strength is not as strong as Zheng Yunming. He himself has been transferred from Huaixi and belongs to the guest army in terms of identity, while Zheng Yunming is an absolute local member of Jinghu. But he is definitely qualified to talk about Zheng Yunming's faults in front of Zhao Kui.

Zheng Yunming still smiled and did not refute, but it did not mean that all his subordinates could withstand the excitement of Tong Wan.

Bai Yijie smiled beside Zheng Yunming and said, "Person Zheng told us before going to war that this battle will lay the foundation for the Song Dynasty to defeat Mongolia. I wonder what Tong Wan said about this statement."

Wan Wensheng was stunned for a moment, and immediately laughed: "Even if it is Zheng Guanren, this statement is too absurd."

Zhao Kui pondered for a moment and said to Wang Deng: "What does Commander Wang think about this?"

Wang Deng was thinking about this question before going to war. He had already made up his mind to the answer and answered respectfully: "I thought this sentence was one-third correct."

Zhao Kui said in surprise: "How to say it is one-third?"

"The emperor of the Jin people once said that the Northern Barbarians only hold horsepower because of the Chinese skill. The benefits of cavalry they rely on can be fully reflected in the battles of thousands of miles, hundreds of miles, or face-to-face battles. When fighting face-to-face, the enemy cavalry will resolutely rush, defeat our insurgency formation, and then chase and kill, but as long as our army is disciplined and has a close formation, the cavalry will want to easily defeat our army. In the battle of hundreds of miles, the enemy can use the cavalry to mobilize our army and consume me in the journey back and forth.

The army will have physical strength and then take advantage of the situation to defeat us. This is the most powerful place for the Mongols. Everyone needs to deal with it carefully and not fall into the trap of the enemy. But the enemy's cavalry group still has a powerful place that can only be exerted on a battlefield of thousands of miles. That is, they can concentrate their troops as they wish and attack the one place where I disperse the defense. I will divide and one another. How can the official army be unbeaten? In this way, the 10,000 cavalry of the Tartars be my 50,000 infantry, and our army is controlled everywhere, but the enemy is free to come and go."

"The foundation of the Song Dynasty defeating the Mongols as Vice President Zheng said was from this point of view."

Zheng Yunming showed no expression on his face, but he was very happy. If anyone among the generals in Jinghu could understand the mystery, he would probably recommend Wang Deng and Yang Xuan.

Wang Deng continued to say: "The so-called northerners ride horses and southerners ride boats. The Mongolians fight the world on horseback. We also have our own advantages, which is the power of boats. I think this is the part that Vice President Zheng is concerned about. The enemy is good at riding horses and fighting in Jinghu, which is full of water. As long as we stick to the principle of using ships to fight from the water, we will not be afraid of the enemy's concentrated attack on the enemy's concentrated troops. On the contrary, because we have the power of ships, we can concentrate our troops to attack the scattered Tartar troops, and make it possible for us to divide each other. This is the real enlightenment of this victory in the Nine-Level Post to our army."

"But it's not easy to do this." Zheng Yunming continued Wang Deng's words: "Using the maneuvering combat with boats, the first thing is to require the Song Dynasty to have an absolutely invincible naval force on the river. Otherwise, if the Tartars intercepted our army with boat troops on the water, it would not be possible for maneuvering combat."

Wu Qianha laughed: "Shumou, although I am a literati, I also know that the benefits of the Song Dynasty's naval army are unparalleled in the world. How could I be defeated by the barbarians who came from the desert?"

"Understanding the enemy is a taboo for generals." Zheng Yunming said seriously: "Indeed, the officers and soldiers of the Mongolian headquarters know nothing about water wars, but this does not prevent them from recruiting sailors, plundering craftsmen, and building warships in Hebei, Henan and Shandong. The enemy's water power is growing day by day. Perhaps Ogedei has no idea about water wars now, but the commanders on the front line are actively preparing the navy as a helper to attack the Song Dynasty. What is even more uneasy is that it is precisely because the Mongols have no idea about water wars that they have no constraints on the navy's tactics. Last year, they defeated our navy several times with the shore cavalry bows and arrows combined with the warships. This time, I heard that they are urging craftsmen to build crossbows as weapons to assist water wars. At that time, the power of the three-sided attack is even greater. It is unknown who wins and loses on the water surface this autumn."

"What we need to do is not just win the water battle. The official army must also ensure that they have the minimum field capabilities and can achieve strategic goals. However, we must also require our team to have basic qualities to defeat at close range. No, it is to annihilate most of the enemy cavalry facing each other. Does our army really have this ability? Ask yourself, to do this, most of the army in the Song Dynasty still have a long way to go."

"The most critical point is that the generals must have the determination to attack resolutely. After the southward transition, the army was in a weak position, and each general only tried to defend himself without any intention of taking the initiative to attack the enemy. This is the most deadly thing. I do not doubt that when we were surrounded, under the strict orders of the court, there would be a steady stream of reinforcements to Xiangyang. However, once the army advanced to the enemy's occupied area and spread the war to the enemy's city, how many troops would be willing to take the initiative to fight? Of course, this is also the consequence of the weakening of the army for many years, but relying on defense will ultimately not achieve the final victory against the Mongols. Before the final decisive victory, we must train a powerful navy, an army capable of land warfare, and a group of generals who dare to attack. At that time, we must fight with the Mongols on the battlefield."

But even Zheng Yunming didn't know whether this day could really come.

Since the backyard of Jing'e Dutong Department had a hostess, it has become much cleaner than before. The scholars, generals and intermediate generals who had entered the back hall casually finally calmed down and reported in order after reporting in front of the door. When I saw Lai Ruyue, I was not as free as before, and I always looked a little more restrained.

When Zheng Yunming and Wang Deng came to the backyard, they met Lai Ruyue holding Han Feng's younger brother Jiulang chatting with the visiting Xiangyang miracle doctor Qin Langzhong's house. When the Qin family saw Zheng Yunming return, they stood up and smiled and said with a blessing. Then they saw Wang Deng standing upright behind him, with a red glow flying on his face, and he lowered his head and turned around and ran into the inner room.

Zheng Yunming turned his head and looked at Wang Deng. Wang Deng's face was very embarrassed.

He had to turn the topic aside with a stiff stubbornness, pointing to another shaker in front of Zheng Lai and asked, "Which baby is this?"

A baby in the shaker was wrapped in a soft cotton cloth and sleeping soundly.
Chapter completed!