After in-depth discussion, everyone thought that the emperor took the enemy's counterattack as an opportunity to seize Juyong Pass, took the opportunity to launch a new round of offensives, and pushed the front line to the capital to complete the encirclement. Based on this, a new battle plan was formulated, and the heads of each department were ordered to formulate detailed combat plans and report it to the camp quickly.

The key to this battle is that Tanzhou has to hold back the enemy. After receiving reinforcements from the Second Cavalry Division the next day, the Expeditionary Force launched a counterattack against the enemy and basically stabilized the defense line. Then the two infantry divisions of the 12th Army marched 150 miles a day and night to Bohai City, rested for a while and entered the position behind to participate in the battle. Then the artillery regiment also arrived, and the strengthening of firepower reversed the defense situation.

At the same time, after learning that the expeditionary army was attacked by several times his enemy, and suffered heavy casualties and Sima Li Zhen died in battle, Liu Wenjun quickly mobilized all the troops that could be used to rush to Tanzhou for reinforcements, and then drew personnel from the navy to form a regiment, escorting supplies and ammunition to maneuver towards Tanzhou.

The troops in the Danzhou direction now have nearly 40,000 troops. Although they are still inferior to the Mongol Yuan, they already have the ability to counterattack. However, Zhao Bing ordered him to stop counterattacking and to make a feint defeat so that the enemy would still be able to win this battle and open up a path outside the Great Wall, so as to lure the enemy to continuously mobilize troops to reinforce, and make time for the front guards to mobilize troops to attack the city and the troops to make an attack time for the deployment, and they should not launch a counterattack without authorization after receiving reinforcements.

Secondly, the two groups of Daying in Tongzhou and Daying in Liangxiang should maintain pressure on the enemy and continue to harass the enemy with small-scale attacks, so that they dare not draw troops in the direction of Tanzhou. At the same time, they launched pre-war reconnaissance, manufactured crossing equipment, and secretly deployed the battle. After receiving the order, they launched an attack immediately to try to annihilate the enemy in front of the city.

Again, the key to winning the battle is whether the imperial guards can successfully capture Juyong Pass and lay the foundation for the launch of the entire battle. Based on this, the Privy Council formulated two sets of plans:

If the imperial guards successfully attack Juyong Pass, they must resolutely eliminate the enemy guarding the pass and seize the Nankou. They will encircle the remaining enemies with the Danzhou expeditionary forces that launched the same counterattack and block them outside the capital. If the sneak attack fails, they will immediately turn into a strong attack. The expeditionary forces will still launch a counterattack on time, defeat the face-to-face place and quickly arrive at Nankou to assist the imperial guards in capturing Juyong Pass.

After the battle order was issued, Zhao Bing, who had been busy for several days, finally got free. He sat under the eaves in front of the back hall and looked at the peach blossoms blooming in front of the house and were a little stunning.

"What are the officials thinking? Do you want to sneak to the front line again?" Shufei changed the emperor's cup of hot tea and asked with a look.

"Oh, now I can't even hear the sound of guns and cannons. What's the call of an imperial commander in person!" Zhao Bing sighed and spread his hands in disappointment, "I thought I personally led the warships to fight the enemy at the age of six, but now I say that the front is dangerous and I can't go and take risks in person!"

"It's not the same as before. The Song Dynasty now has Jiangnan, Sichuan, Shu, and Huaihe, and the Central Plains are about to be recovered. There is no room for any mistake in the official family!" Li Sanniang said.

"Haha, the territory is bigger, there are more soldiers and generals, and my life is precious. But the old soldiers who followed me to fight back then may have laughed out loud, saying that I am becoming more and more afraid of death." Zhao Bing smiled helplessly, "After regaining the Central Plains, I may die in the palace. I will be embroidered with you if I have nothing to do!"

"This is not bad. In the future, historical books contain 'Emperor Xiangxing is diligent in national affairs, has a strong courage and skillfulness, and is skilled in female workers', which can also be passed down as a beautiful story for the ages!" Su Lan, who was embroidering the flowers next to him, joked.

Su Lan grew up with the emperor and knew that he valued feelings very much. When he was in Qiongzhou, he would be sad for a long time when he saw his soldiers die in battle. He often went to pay tribute in person and built temples to sacrifice. Later, as the wars became frequent, the casualties increased, but he still found it difficult to get used to it, especially when he heard that the old soldiers who followed him died when he opened the palace, he often felt sad for a long time.

When the inner treasury gradually became more abundant, the emperor specially squeezed out money to save the family members of the injured and old soldiers. Now there are more than a thousand people on the list. Every time they read it, they can still describe their appearance, where their hometown is, and when they were killed in battle. In order to avoid the emperor's sadness, Su Lan collected this book and no longer allowed him to see it.

I think Li Zhen has a closer relationship with the emperor. The relationship between the two is both a monarch and a subject, a playmate, and a brother. He is even more sad and regretful about his death on the eve of the capture of the capital. These days he has also endured his grief and was busy with war. Now he is free, but he is always silently sad and intentionally relieved.

"Well, I can try it. If it can be passed down from generation to generation, it will definitely be worth a thousand gold!" Zhao Bing nodded deeply and thought it was right.

"The official family is just a money fan. Even if you tell a joke, you can add money!" Li Sanniang snorted.

"Oh, if you don't be a leader, you don't know how expensive it is. Fighting war means getting money and food. Now the money consumed by hundreds of thousands of troops every day is 10,000 yuan. I worry about it when I open my eyes, thinking about where to raise money!" Zhao Bing sighed again.

"Since that's the case, Your Majesty also issued an order to pay the soldiers participating in the war for half a year in advance, and reward them with merits, which will make the officials feel distressed afterwards!" Li Sanniang teased again.

"The war is imminent, and I don't feel sad about spending this money. When I get it while I am alive, everyone is always more at ease." Zhao Bing sat up and flipped his palm several times and said, "It's just that the bounty is a bit surprising to me. A Tartar's head has been paid for nearly one million guan this time, but the price will probably be raised after this battle!"

"Why is this? Shouldn't the price be reduced if there are too many things?" Li Sanniang said in confusion.

"Haha, silly sister, Your Majesty means that the more the Tartars are killed, the fewer the Tartars are killed. After capturing Dadu, all the Tartars are killed. The rest will be the people of the Song Dynasty. There are not so many Tartars who are enemies with the Song Dynasty. And things are rare and expensive, of course, the price will increase in the future!" Su Lan said with a smile.

"Well, that's right!" Li Sanniang nodded deeply about it, but then said as if she had discovered something, "The official family, I requested to lead a battalion of troops to fight, and to kill the Tartars to earn some money, which can also save some money for the official family."

"Haha..." Zhao Bing was stunned for a moment and couldn't help laughing, "I've been stupid for three years in pregnancy. You can think of such a good idea. You still want to be the queen!"

"My sister Shufei is also included in me. Although I can't go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, I can still cook fire and cook, wrap my wounds to the soldiers, and I will share some contributions in the future. Maybe I can be promoted to a noble concubine!" Su Lan wiped the tears of laughter and changed her serious face and said.

"What do you say about the official and my sister? I heard that Kublai Khan's empress often led the concubines and palace maids in the palace to weave blankets, and then went outside the palace to sell subsidies for the palace. I don't have the ability to embroider the empress, so I can only kill a few Tartars and exchange their heads for money. What does it have to do with the position of the queen?" Li Sanniang asked in confusion.

"Sister Hui Concubine, after His Majesty moved to Qiongzhou during the reign, in order to encourage soldiers to kill the enemy, he imitated the "military merit system" in the Qin Dynasty. The more he beheaded, the more he could be awarded the title. You should know this!" Su Lan said with a smile.

The Qin army's military merits head system is that if the Qin soldiers seized a head of the enemy's "armor" they could obtain a first-level title "King". The more heads they killed, the higher the title they obtained. It is this military merits head system that made the Qin army a "tiger and wolf" and thus unify the world.

"Well, I know this, but after that, the government and the court revised the system, and I am not sure what exactly it is." Li Sanniang once managed the tribe army, and led her troops to participate in the offensive and defensive battle in Qiongzhou and the battle to recover Jiangnan. Naturally, she knew about it, but she thought, "Oh, it turns out that you thought I could promote my title with my military merits and become the queen! But how could that be possible? At that time, there were so many titles and land in my dynasty to reward me? The government just gave me more money and drew a big cake. Isn't it so easy to get a title!"

"Oh, did the official family have so many scruples at that time? Could it be that this system cannot allow a small soldier to fight through the battlefield to become a noble person!" Seeing Li Sanniang's contempt look, Su Lan said in confusion.

"Oh, I was short of food and money at the beginning, and I only occupied the small land in Qiongzhou, so I had to use this to encourage the army to kill the enemy. But this matter was not my idea, but the civil officials, but I have never owed the bounty. After regaining Jiangnan, I also gave the land according to his title. Unfortunately, many people failed to wait and could only protect their descendants!" Zhao Bing waved his hand and sighed.

Speaking of this, Zhao Bing was also very frustrated. When talking about the Qin army in his previous life, many people thought that in the Qin Dynasty, they could fight back from the grassroots soldiers to become nobles by constantly chopping down their heads and obtaining large areas of land. At that time, he first ascended the Great Treasures. Although he occupied Qiongzhou, he was still in danger. He was worried about going to the upper and lower courts and his morale was also low. He thought about following the example of the Qin Dynasty to inspire the morale of the soldiers. There were many intentions of throwing the jars. He saved it first and then talked about it. Tomorrow's problem will be thought about tomorrow.

However, Zhao Bing also knew that the national conditions were different, and he had no thousand miles of Qinchuan land to reward him. He was just a "puppet" in front of the empress dowager. Such a major event could not be arbitrary, and he needed to discuss it with the ministers. Only in this way did he realize that he had been deceived by some people for so many years, experienced the wisdom of the ancients, and understood the many twists and turns in politics.

Of course, it is also clear why it took a full sixteen years for Bai Qi, the god of war in the Qin army, to be promoted from the tenth-level title of Zuo Shuchang to Wu'anjun. Why did Wang Jian, the number one hero in the Qin Unification War, complain that it was too difficult for Qin to be named a marquis? In fact, in the military merit system designed by Shang Yang, there were even fewer warriors who could be promoted to the Zuo Shuchang.

In fact, the reason is very simple. The early entry threshold for the Qin military merit system was very low, but there were many restrictions on promotion in the later period, which was similar to some methods of modern games in capital operation. It was easy to make a little money, but you had to make a fortune and dream about it...
Chapter completed!