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    If you want to cross the river and sweep across the south of the Yangtze River, you must get rid of these two troublesome water troops.  Meng Ge's solution was simple. He set a high reward and recruited skilled craftsmen from various countries to build new ships for Mongolia.  In the end, it was the naval craftsmen from Goryeo who provided Mongol with this new type of ship that could suppress the Southern Dynasties. They presented the Mongol Khan with a carefully conceived new warship style. This new type of warship was based on ordinary buildings.  It was rebuilt on the basis of a ship, and the useless ship building was greatly reduced. It was replaced by a shell shed made of hardwood that covered the entire upper deck, just like the backboard of a turtle.  There is only a narrow crossroad in the middle for passage, and iron sharp horns and sharp blades are equipped around the warship to make it difficult for enemy jumpers to get close.  The warship carried Mongolia's latest weapons achievements, long-barreled artillery made of bronze. According to estimates by Song Dynasty spies, the ship was equipped with at least fourteen to sixteen artillery pieces that were equivalent to the Song Dynasty's small wrought iron general cannon.  Suppress the long-range firepower that the Song Dynasty boasted of.  This will be the trump card weapon used by Mongolia to destroy the elite navy of the Song Army.  In addition to this, Meng Ge also recruited tens of thousands of shipbuilders and more than 100,000 civilians to build 7,000 brand-new warships. This is an unprecedented number. In history, the armies that attacked the Southern Dynasties were no more than 100,000.  Three thousand, as few as more than a thousand, the number of warships used has never been as large as it is today.  Naturally, due to time constraints, these ships were not large in size, most of them were just small paddle boats, but such a large number of ships were enough to ferry thousands of troops across the mighty Yangtze River.  When fighting the Song Dynasty's navy, these warships were still able to take advantage of the strength of a pack of wolves and tigers, using their numbers to besiege the elite Song warships.  Most Mongolian generals had no idea about Mongke Khan's arrangement. They didn't know whether such careful preparations and such a huge fleet could really shake the water surface advantage that the Southern Dynasty relied on for self-reliance. After all, in the past ten years,  They had been suffering losses on the water, so that everyone assumed that the northern navy was inferior to the southern army. They even adopted extreme combat methods, such as trying to build dams on the Han River to block the Han River and form a land passage.  Naturally, such whimsical ideas were easily defeated by the coordinated operations of the Song Dynasty's navy and army.  The first water battle after going south proved that Meng Ge's idea was right. A thousand small Mongolian warships, spearheaded by thirty turtle-shell ships, supported by land-based crossbows and small artillery, attacked the front line.  More than a hundred warships from the Jinghu navy came to test the attack, and the core of these warships were twenty Dongting gunboats. After a short but fierce battle, the Mongolian army defeated the powerful Dongting gunboats for the first time in three years.  .  This psychological support was extraordinary. Even when the good news reached Taiyuan, the whole country was filled with cheers.  Ten Dongting gunboats were destroyed or captured, and the Song army lost more than 30 warships. Although the results were not fruitful, it broke the legend that the Dongting gunboats were invincible.  Next, the Mongolian army advanced by land and water and began to march towards the hinterland of Jinghu.  The army was divided into four groups. Marshal Niu Phosphorus led an army of 70,000 infantrymen as the vanguard, and joined the vanguard troops that were besieging Yingzhou. Except for the 20,000 troops who continued to attack Yingzhou, they all took warships and sailed along the Han River.  Go down and take Ezhou City directly.  Marshal Yin Dun led 50,000 cavalry to escort along the river and sweep away all Song Dynasty troops who dared to come to stop them.  He also led 30,000 guerrilla troops in the carriage to attack Fuzhou and Huangzhou, which restrained the Jing-E Dutong Division troops stationed in Huangzhou and prevented them from providing timely reinforcements to E-zhou.  With Zhongshu Nahan as the second team, he led 100,000 horse infantry and artillery troops. As the first phase of the siege force, he launched a siege line outside Ezhou, built siege positions, built forts, dug trenches, and built pontoons, specifically waiting for the arrival of the main force.  Finally, there is the main force of 150,000 elites led by Meng Ge, including the elite troops of Mongolia's Western Expeditionary Army, which has gained great reputation in the Far Western countries, the main force of Qixue who has been in Helin for a long time, and the armed guards trained by Kublai Khan.  There were Zhao Bi, the economic and strategic envoy of Jinghu and Jianghuai, Yang Weizhong, the Xuanfu envoy of Jinghu and North and South Jianghuai, Hao Jing, the deputy Xuanfu envoy, and Lian Xixian, the Xuanfu envoy of Jingnan. In terms of generals, two princes exercised command power, respectively.  Legutai's son Han Tuhu and Kudu Hu's grandson Mo Gedu, together with the Wanggu tribe leader and the consort Jun Buhua, the three formed the core command team closest to the Great Khan.  Under the three men, there are Zhang Rou of Shuntian Wanhu, Henan's economic envoy Shi Tianze, Marshal Alihan of the Western Regions, the commander-in-chief of the world's proton army, and the right-hand army of Wanhu Bolicha, and the expedition of Wanhu Shishu (nephew of Shi Tianze).  Li Zhen, a member of the party of 10,000 households in the Xiangyang Army, Li Hu, a member of the 10,000 households in the Hedong Road march, Na Chen, the general manager of the Hongji Labu Department, Liu Fuheng, a member of the 10,000 households in the Dongping Road march, Xue Junsheng, the artillery marshal of the navy, and Zhang Zhongren, the chief gunner and navy marshal.  The Khitan Yelvmaige of Daluhuachi was also in the capital, and the general manager of Pingyang was Luhuachi. He was also responsible for various craftsmen and bones, Yang Fu, the artilleryman of Wanhu, etc., each led his troops to follow the Great Khan on the expedition.    In addition, tens of thousands of troops from the Western Regions came to help. The farthest troops even came from Georgia and Armenia on the far west coast of the West Sea. Georgia provided skilled  There were 2,500 horse archers, and Armenia sent 500 elite armored cavalry led by Prince Helgen.  In addition, Gaochang's Protector (King) Mamura Dejin also led more than 10,000 Uighur soldiers from Gaochang and nearby small states in the Western Regions to help in the battle.  The entire Mongolian Xue army, the entire Proton army, the Wuwei army, tens of thousands of households on the left and right, thousands of Han households, Tibetan soldiers, Uighur soldiers, Jurchen soldiers, Khitan soldiers, Tubo soldiers, Dangxiang soldiers, Bohai soldiers, Goryeo soldiers, and even all kinds of soldiers in the Western Regions  Hu Bing, the Mongols really sent out all their troops this time, determined to use an overwhelming advantage to capture Jinghu first, and then go straight to Lin'an.  At this time, the entire Song Dynasty was calling the same person's name. Where are Zheng Xianggong and his Shenwu New Army now?  Everyone is eager to let this brand-new army grow wings and fly to Ezhou to stop this terrible Hu army.  At this time, Zheng Yunming was sitting in a tent high on the Red Cliff, using a looking glass to quietly watch groups of warships sailing upstream.  There are countless cattle, horses and soldiers on the shore. The Mongolian cattle are dragging thick ropes and struggling to walk on the embankment. Beside them, teams carrying spears, halberds and new muskets are crossing.  They headed upstream.  The whole country is looking forward to Zheng Yunming's troops as if they are looking forward to putting out a fire. From the ordinary people to the privy ministers, everyone is asking: "Where is Zheng Yunming?" "When will Zheng Yunming arrive at the front line?" No one is more anxious than the emperor himself.  Since Zheng Yunming set out, he would receive messengers from Jinzipai Express every day, asking Zheng Yunming to report how many miles he had traveled today and whether there were any changes on the road.  After arriving in Huangzhou, the number of gold medals even reached two or three per day.  Zheng Yunming was well aware of the temper of the emperor he had served for more than ten years. Since the emperor failed to enter Luo in Duanping, he had been invaded by the Mongols almost every year. Regardless of victory or defeat, the imperial court as usual had to provide pensions to officers and soldiers who had lost battles, and renovate the dilapidated countryside.  Repairing the destroyed city and rescuing the people who had been exiled due to the war, invisibly planted the seeds of fear in the emperor's heart. In addition, the country had been weak for three hundred years, and the whole country was not sure about the outcome of the official army's battle against the barbarians.  As confident as he seemed, he was even more so with the Emperor.  He wished he could ask Zheng Yunming his opinion on the war situation every day. If his ancestors hadn't learned too many historical lessons on how to defend from the middle, he even wanted to imitate Emperor Taizong and send out a formation  Tu Lai gave him the most famous military commander under his command.  Zheng Yunming seemed completely unmoved. No matter how the emperor urged, no matter how anxious the soldiers and civilians across the country were, he strictly ordered the warships to move forward under the cover of the land army, and stipulated that the army's marching speed should not exceed fifty miles a day.  Liu Kezhuang, the staff officer of the Supervisory Office, suggested that his old boss should consider the turbulent public opinion to some extent, and at least act like he was rushing to the front line for rescue at all hours of the night, otherwise he would not be able to explain to the public opinion.  Zheng Yunming just said calmly: "This time the Tatars invaded in full force. If even one of our troops is unable to respond, the country will be overturned immediately. Could it be that after the war is defeated and the whole country becomes the slaves of the Tatars, it is called an explanation?"  " So he turned a deaf ear to the successive golden plaques and still asked the army to march step by step, completely ignoring the tens of thousands of Mongolian troops that were continuously marching along the Han River towards the already isolated Ezhou City.  On October 17, Meng Zhijing, deputy envoy of Hunan pacification, led 20,000 Hunan troops to Chibi and joined the Shenwu New Army.  Zheng Yunming ordered Shenwu Deputy Commander Zhang Shijie, who was the vanguard, to lead the Shenwu Front Army with 11,000 troops to attack and advance. He ordered Deputy Commander Wang Jian and Deputy Commander Zhang Shun to each lead Shenwu's left and right armies with 5,000 men each to guard the flanks, and began to tentatively attack Ezhou.  Go ahead.  At this time, the Mongolian army was also seriously and firmly implementing the Great Khan's plan to completely encircle the important towns in the hinterland of Beijing and Lake.  Prince Mo Gedu led 30,000 horse infantry and more than 50 artillery to besiege Yingzhou. Zhongshu Nahan led 50,000 horse infantry and more than 30 artillery to besiege Jiangling City. However, in both cases, the focus was not on siege, but on reinforcements.  , Mogodu's main task was to intercept and kill the local defenders coming from Huaixi and Eastern Hubei, while Nahan's task was to use Yidu as the boundary to intercept the Song army coming down the river from Sichuan to rescue Jinghu.  In addition, Marshal Niu Phosphorus led an army of 50,000 to garrison at Chuankou, surrounded Yueyang City, and intercepted the main force of the Song army coming from the lower reaches.  Li Zhen then led 10,000 people to guard the entrance of Dongting Lake and blockaded part of the Jing'e Navy and Ezhou Navy that had retreated into Dongting Lake.
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