After a series of harassing operations and the itinerary against the Goryeo Navy, Zhao Bing has basically determined that the Mongolian Yuan's attempt to attack the south this time was mainly divided into three battlefields: First, the troops of Wanhu Prefecture, Shandong, Hebei, together with the Goryeo Navy and Xinshu Navy, entered the canal from the mouth of the Huaihe River to reach the Yangtze River, and then continued south along the canal to reach Lin'an; second, the troops of Wanhu Prefecture, Huaibei, Henan, attacked Ezhou from the Han River; third, the protruding part of Huainan was used as a bridgehead to attack Jiangzhou, and the battlefield to the west could be supported by the Ezhou battlefield, and the battlefield to the east could be attacked by joining the attack on Jiangdong.

"What do you guys think?" Zhao Bing summoned the prime ministers to discuss countermeasures. He explained the current situation and his own judgment and asked.

"Your Majesty's judgment is not wrong. The enemy wants to go to Jiangnan again by advancing in three directions. The most urgent task is to determine which enemy troops are the main attack so as to mobilize troops!" Han Zhen had already become the magistrate of the Privy Council and directly attacked the little emperor. He pointed to the sand table and said.

"Your Majesty, I think the enemy army on the east route is the main attacker." Lu Xiufu continued, "The Wanhu Prefecture in Shandong, Shandong and Hebei Province, Mengyuan, has six 10,000 households and two 10,000 households, three of which are tens of thousands of households, one of which is tens of thousands of households, and the remaining ones are tens of thousands of households, with nearly 40,000 troops. Together with the newly recruited 50,000 naval forces, there are nearly 10,000. The Goryeo Navy has moved south with 500 large and small warships. Conservatively, it will not be less than 30,000 people. The two places have a total of 150,000 troops, which is far better than the other two routes."

"I think Lu Qiao's words are reasonable." Wen Tianxiang nodded and said, "We are facing the Yangtze River defense line, with Jiankang as the east and Ezhou as the west, and the defense is also centered around the two cities. The enemy's western army went south from Xiangfan to attack Ezhou, and the intelligence shows that only one Wanhu Prefecture in Xiangyang is stationed, and the attack on Ezhou is obviously insufficient. The purpose is more like restraining it to prevent the Ezhou garrison from going south to reinforce!"

"Otherwise, I think that Boyan's arrangement seems to be aiming at attacking Lin'an, but there are other changes. Once we attract a large number of troops on the east route, we will turn to Ezhou or Jiangzhou as the main target. As long as we break through one place, the battlefield situation will reverse again!" Ying Jieyan raised an objection.

"We should think that if the Mongol East Road fails, which road will be the focus?" Han Zhen asked.

"I think it is the middle route. Once this place is broken, it can echo the east and west routes, or it can directly enter the hinterland of Jiangdong. The main force of our army is along the river and around Lin'an. The hinterland has weak forces. Once it goes deeper, it will feel like entering a deserted place, which will inevitably cause turmoil. If our army divides troops to block it, the east and west routes can take advantage of the situation, which will lead to the overall collapse of the Yangtze River defense line." Ying Jieyan replied.

"Your Majesty also believes that our army's Yangtze River defense line is like a long snake. Our army uses warships as maneuvers and quickly sends troops. Hit the snake's head, tail moves, rolls; hits the snake's tail, head moves, bites; the snake's body hits horizontally, head and tail, and twists," Han Zhen said, "Your Majesty also said that breaking the long snake formation is nothing more than limiting the maneuverability of the two wings, so that the head and tail cannot look at each other, so that the head and tail cannot look at each other. In this way, the long snake formation can only fight on its own and cannot fight with three parties. The head and tail cannot look at each other. The formation will be broken without attacking. Boyan wanted to use this method to break through our Yangtze River defense line."

"Boyan is so cunning, and there are so many scheming hidden in it. Fortunately, Your Majesty is as insightful as he can see through his tricks!" The military affairs were not Director Liu Fu, and he could only listen, but he could still understand it. He nodded and said that he was the Tao.

"What I learned is all from several gentlemen. Governor Liu is too honored!" Zhao Bing waved his hand quickly.

"Your Majesty is wise and wise. I am just a corrupt scholar, but I dare not take credit!" Deng Guangjian said with a stern face.

"Sir, don't be humble. I am so wise and wise. I am not just a kind of kindness to pay my respects to you for more than ten years of teaching. I dare not forget it for a day!" Zhao Bing quickly replied after hearing this.

"The mouth is smooth and the smiley face is not as majestic as a king!" Although Deng Guangjian's face was still cursing the little emperor with frost, the corner of his mouth bent upward betrayed him.

"Sir, don't be angry. I already know my mistake. Yesterday I ordered that if there is another unrealistic flattery in the newspaper, I will jail them!" Zhao Bing said again.

"What's going on?" Jiang Qi looked confused. He didn't know why the master and apprentice were like this. He asked softly with his sleeves.

"Haha, Zong Bao must have not read the newspaper recently!" Ying Jieyan said with a chuckling face.

"That's right, what's the content about Your Majesty?" Jiang Qi raised his eyes and looked at Deng Guangjian, who was still scolding the little emperor, and asked again.

"In order to confuse the enemy in Jiangbei, Your Majesty deliberately revealed some news about the current war to the tabloids in the city, and also published it in the newspaper. However, I don't know who was instructed by the Jinzouyuan, and they always praised Your Majesty in the newspaper. Although some of them were exaggerated, they were indeed not bad. So the tabloids in the city followed the trend, and all of them were like this. Some flatterers took the opportunity to flatter, and there were some flattering words. However, Zhongfu thought it was His Majesty's actions, so he went into the palace to scold him, which was said to have alarmed the Queen Mother!" Ying Jieyan said, but his fingers pointed at Liu Fu, indicating that it was his actions.

"So that's it. But I think it's all right for Shengbo to do this. Your Majesty has just taken power and has just entered Jiangnan. He needs to establish prestige. Isn't it the right time to tell the world appropriately when the news of good news is frequent? Why should Zhongfu get angry like this?" Jiang Yu felt it was reasonable and complained to Deng Guang for recommendation.

"Why didn't Zong Bao make fun of it? It is said that the Times gave me a lot of money to make money! It is said that some people have made hundreds of tons of profits from it, which is enough to buy a house in the outer city." Ying Jieyan took a sip of tea and chuckled.

"I have benefited from this saying that I should know!" Jiang Qi was stunned when he heard this, and then suddenly said.

"Haha, we have taught such outstanding disciples, and we are also proud of our faces. We have a lot of money to do it with just a little effort and abundant resources, so why not do it!" Ying Jie said with a smile.

"Of course, how can you pretend not to know such a good thing?" Jiang Qi nodded vigorously.

"Deng Zhongcheng, you are discussing major military affairs at the moment. If you want to advise Your Majesty, why choose this time? If you feel that the newspaper is not true, you can also post a message to refute. Don't 'bully' Your Majesty here!" Seeing Deng Guangjian still chatting, but the little emperor could only say yes in a timid way. Liu Fu couldn't sit still and advised him.

"I... I just advise Your Majesty not to be very happy with merit, and not to be complacent by a few flattering words. The word "peaceful talks are bullied is really outrageous!" Deng Guangjian turned to Liu Fu after hearing this.

"Deng Zhongcheng, although you are the emperor's teacher, you are also a monarch and minister. Now you scold Your Majesty in front of all the ministers. How can you be polite to the monarch and minister?" Liu Fu did not accept his tricks and immediately retorted.

"You..." Deng Guangjian was indeed choked, and he looked at him with anger but couldn't think of how to refute it for a moment.

"If you have important matters today, don't argue anymore. Put state affairs first!" Lu Xiufu saw the two of them staring at each other, like a fighting little rooster, and quickly smoothed out the situation. But he was also envious. He thought that the little emperor would not be the King of Wei who had been anxious all day long before, but the emperor who could decide the life and death of thousands of people with one word, but he could still respect several masters. He even valued it. Now the three masters have become prime ministers and are the priests. How many people in the world can do it.

"Sir, calm down and wait for the State to be terminated, and teach you another lesson!" Zhao Bing wiped his sweat and breathed a sigh of relief. He pressed his hands to let Deng Guangjian sit down, and then cleared his throat and said, "Now that the Mongolian Yuan has already deployed troops on the river bank, the war is imminent. We already know the plan, so how should we deal with it?"

"Boyan's strategy is too treacherous and he took the initiative in his own hands. If our army adjusts its deployment at the moment, there will inevitably be loopholes in the defense line, and he can adjust the direction of the attack, while our army is passive everywhere and has to follow its changes. If there is a slight mistake, he will take advantage of it!" Jiang Xu looked at the sand table and said.

"What Governor Jiang said is reasonable. The enemy forces have tens of thousands of motors supplied to the Jianghuai army in the Central Plains. They can travel hundreds of miles a day, making it difficult for us to defend!" Lu Xiufu nodded and said in embarrassment.

"I have some ideas, please refer to it!" Zhao Bing said as he saw that several people were frowning but had no good plans for a while.

"Your Majesty, please speak!" Everyone saluted.

"Since the initiative is no longer in our hands, we will respond to changes with the same stability and continue to implement the established strategy of attack instead of defense." Zhao Bing said.

"I wish to hear it carefully!" Everyone politely said again.

"It seems that we are in a passive state right now, I don't think it will be!" Zhao Bing took the baton and pointed on the sand table. "From the deployment of troops, Boyan has concentrated more than 100,000 troops on the east road. Obviously, he is using Lin'an as the main target, which is also the greatest benefit. He will not give up easily. If the middle army wants to cross the river, there is no support from the navy. Through the early reconnaissance, we can determine that the enemy wants to use a giant raft as a boat to cross the Yangtze River. It is self-evident. The enemy's troops on the west road attack the heavy defense of Ezhou are obviously insufficient, and our army can also add reinforcements from Huguang at any time. This is impossible for Boyan to know that such arrangements are the reason for laying doubts, and the delusions make us misjudgment!"

"Your Majesty is really wise and can always find another way. Is Your Majesty trying to defeat the enemy in front of Jiangzhou?" After saying that, Wen Tianxiang secretly smiled bitterly and shook his head, secretly mourning how this little emperor had a brain. He could always find a breakthrough from the predicament and turn defeat into victory.

"No, a group of landslides have no boats, and the rafts they made have been burned by us. How do they cross the river? Even if they can collect some ships, we just need to transfer the Yangtze River naval army to Jiangzhou and block them from Jiangbei. They will not ride horses across the river!" Zhao Bing smiled and inserted a small flag representing the naval army on the Jiangzhou Road. "How can we not worry too much in the direction of Ezhou? We have built a strong city at the estuary of the Han River that merged into the Yangtze River and arranged artillery. I don't believe they can survive the dense artillery fire!"

"In this way, we only need to deal with the enemy's Eastern Route Army. The current Goryeo Navy and its newly trained naval army were intercepted by our First Navy at the mouth of the Huaihe River and could not enter the Yangtze River through the canal. In addition to returning north, they now break through the blockade of our navy and forcefully entered from the Yangtze River estuary. My intention is to annihilate the enemy's Goryeo Navy. At the same time, we send troops to capture Yangzhou. It is rich, and it should be a place where the enemy can stockpile food and grass, and can prevent the enemy's return navigators from crossing the river from now on."

"Getting to Yangzhou?"

"Is there anything wrong?" Zhao Bing touched his chin and said in confusion.

"Your Majesty, Yangzhou is no longer the Yangzhou of the past, and it has declined long ago!" Ying Jieyan said with a smile.

"Yangzhou has declined!" Zhao Bing said a little disappointed when he heard this. In his impression, Yangzhou became a synonym for prosperity at least after the opening of the canal in the Sui Dynasty. Emperor Yang of Sui went to Yangzhou three times to the south of the Yangtze River, and there was also the saying "Ride a crane to Yangzhou, with a hundred thousand chunks of 100,000 chunks of 100,000 chunks of 100,000 chunks of 100,000 chunks of 100,000 chunks of 100,000 chunks of 100,000 chunks of 100,000 chunks of 100,000 chunks of 100,000 chunks of 100,000 chunks of 100,000 chunks of 100,000 chunks of 100,000 chunks of 100,000 chunks of 100,000 chunks of 100,000 chunks of 100,000 chunks of 100 chunks of 100 chunks of 100 chunks of 100 chunks of 100 chunks of 100 chunks of 100 chunks of 100 chunks of 100 chunks of 100 chunks of 100 chunks of 100 chunks of 100 chunks of 100 chunks of 100 chunks of 100 chunks of 100 chunks of 100 chunks of 100 chunks of 100 chunks of 100

"Your Majesty may not know that Yangzhou's wealth also comes from the sea trade..." Ying Jieyan explained.

After hearing this, Zhao Bing gradually understood that the prosperity of the commodity economy in ancient society mainly relied on natural conditions and transportation conditions, especially water and land transportation, which was particularly important. Water transportation, with large cargo volume and low costs, so most commercially developed cities appeared in the rivers and river basins. Superior transportation conditions are the basis of commercial development, and this is true in ancient and modern times. Yangzhou's development is largely due to its superior transportation environment.

Yangzhou is uniquely located near the estuary of the Yangtze River. For a long time before the Tang Dynasty, sea ships could directly enter the Yangtze River from the sea and dock in Yangzijin, Yangzhou for trade. However, they could not stand the ever-changing changes. Due to the silt of silt and the north bank of the Yangtze River was connected to Guazhou, the sea tide could not enter at all. On the one hand, it was because the sea tide could not be washed by the sea tide, and after repeated remediation, the canal had been channelized and separated from the surrounding natural lakes, and the lake's silt adjustment could not be obtained; on the other hand, it was because warlords fought in the Jianghuai area for years in the late Tang Dynasty, which caused the canal to be artificially damaged.

The distance of the Yangtze River and the silt of the canal made this famous commercial city prosperous, which made Yangzijin lose its role as a port. At that time, the canal, which was most related to Yangzhou's prosperity, was also "the road was long and the reeds were blocked." Guazhou Town, located at the mouth of the canal, replaced its status and became increasingly prosperous. By the Song and Yuan dynasties, it developed into a comprehensive port of "prosperous Yin Port, with the Yang tribe". In addition, the sea tide could not be reached, so naturally the sea ship could no longer be parked outside Yangzhou City as before, and its foreign trade was replaced by later cities such as Shanghai, Taicang, and Hangzhou.

In addition, Zhao Bing also knew that when the social environment was relatively stable, the urban economy could have room for development. Once the country or region entered a wartime state, a large number of laborers left production, and economic development was nowhere to be discussed. After the Song Dynasty moved south, the Jianghuai region became the main battlefield of the Jin, Yuan and Song, and further declined. Yangzhou's reputation as "the big town of Guangling, rich in the world" was no longer worthy of its reputation.
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