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When Xingzhou army saw that its commander Kublai Khan took the lead, the fighting became more crazy.

The leader of the archers knew that if they didn't escape again, they would be surrounded by the army of Xingzhou.

With the help of archers on the other side, he hastily retreated to the other side.

When Kublai Khan saw this, he was angry that he had hurt so many people on his own side. He used his "five links" archery skill to shoot arrows.

This is when she was a child with Genghis Khan, teaching his unique skills.

Three long arrows shot from left, middle and right, and the other three from up and down.

In this way, a circle of encirclement is formed, which is hard for ordinary people to resist.

The leading leaders of these archers are also very good at Kung Fu. They have been fighting for a long time. When they hear the sound of bows and arrows breaking through the air behind them, they don't look back and know that several bows and arrows have been shot at themselves.

After hearing the wind and debating the taste, the leader turned over, his feet buckled the horse's back, and his whole body was hidden in the horse's belly.

In this way, Kublai Khan's left, middle, right and upper four long arrows were dodged by him, but he could not dodge the next one.

All of a sudden, it hit the side of the leader's right thigh.

This guy is also very tough. After hitting the arrow, he reaches out and withdraws the long arrow. He turns over on the horse's back and continues to urge the horse to gallop to the opposite bank.

Kublai Khan wanted to shoot again, but the distance was too far to reach. The arrow was still on the ground.

Dong Wenzhong, who was escorted by him, asked, "fourth prince, do you want to chase these archers?"

"No, we'd better go back to Xingzhou as soon as possible." Kublai replied. Master Xuzhao said: "the fourth prince said yes, the land of right and wrong should not stay for a long time. What's more, Mr. Yao and Mr. Hao have been injured by the arrow and are in urgent need of treatment. "

So they all turned their horses and headed for the city of Xingzhou.

Less than 20 li away, Liu Bingzhong led a large group of people to meet him.

It's like a dream for them to get together again.

Liu Bingzhong considered carefully, and his chariots and military doctors were included in his team.

Hao Shu and his doctor put it in the carriage.

When he arrived at Kublai Khan's palace in Xingzhou city and settled everything properly, Liu Bingzhong came to Kublai Khan's palace study.

Kublai gave a detailed account of his experience in Xingzhou

as soon as he finished, he saw Dong Wenzhong carrying in Mr. Yao Shu and Mr. Hao Jing.

Kublai Khan was surprised and asked, "both of you are injured and need to take care of. What are you doing here?"

"It's our idea. It's not about these people." Yao Shu replied.

Kublai Khan asked, "do you and I have anything to say? "

" yes, Mr. Hao and I thought that although Wang Ye has returned safely, we still need to discuss the next strategies. "Yao Shu replied.

Liu Bingzhong said: "the two gentlemen are right. This is indeed a top priority. Just considering that the two gentlemen were injured, I didn't make an appointment with them. "

" none of our arrows hit the key. After dressing, it's no big problem. "Hao Jing said.

Kublai said: "in this case, let's have a discussion. "

" general Dong, you were on the front line some time ago. Let's talk about the current military deployment of Zhao and Song dynasties. "Kublai said.

In the vast southern desert area, the Jin Dynasty, once a glorious Dynasty, has fallen into decline under the attack of Mongolian cavalry.

First, Yanjing, the capital city, was lost, and the core area of rule entered Henan from Hebei, with Kaifeng, the former capital of Zhao and Song Dynasties, as the capital.

However, under the further attack of Zhao Songfa and Kublai Khan, Kaifeng was lost, until caizhou was defeated and Mongolia was subjugated.

Most of the northern land was occupied by Kublai Khan's army. Unfortunately, during this period of time, Mongolia had internal strife. In order to protect itself, most of the northern areas occupied by Xingzhou, including Kaifeng, were withdrawn. To cope with the possible attack of the Mongolian Khan.

In this way, these areas now have neither the army of the Song Dynasty nor the army of Mongolia stationed, there is a vacuum of power.

Emperor LiZong of the Zhao and Song Dynasties, with the support of the main warring factions in the dynasty, sent troops to temporarily restore the old capital.

Since the capital of Lin'an was established, the maritime trade of Zhao and Song Dynasties was very frequent, and the scope of exchanges was very wide, as far as West Asia and European countries.

The western countries also understood their situation in their contacts with the Zhao and Song Dynasties, so they sent envoys by sea to Lin'an to unite with the Zhao and Song Dynasties to deal with the western and southern expeditions of the Mongolian Khanate.

In the early days of emperor LiZong's succession to the throne, the government was always controlled by the traitor Shi Miyuan. He could say that he did nothing, and everything was arranged by him.

After the death of Shi Miyuan, the prime minister was controlled by Jia Sidao. This man inherited Shi Miyuan's mantle, but at this time, he was not as powerful as Shi Miyuan when he was alive. It can be argued that emperor LiZong regained control of the imperial power.He still wanted to have something to do. He took advantage of the fall of the kingdom of Jin and regained Kaifeng, his former capital.

However, the Mongolians and the Mongolians will confront each other directly.

At the same time, the Western emissary came, and Emperor LiZong was very happy, thinking, "how fierce the mengge of he and Lin is, I'm afraid it can't resist the simultaneous attack of the eastern and Western forces. At that time, it should not be a difficult thing to destroy the Mongol Khanate"

thinking of this, Emperor LiZong was very excited and immediately agreed to the Western emissary They asked, and formed an alliance with them.

When he planned to go out to the Mongol Khanate, he would wave his troops northward and have a good fight with Kublai Khan of Xingzhou.

Some Kublai Khan has been reported on these matters, but they are not so detailed.

After hearing this, Kublai Khan laughed and said: the emperor of the Song Dynasty, I didn't lead the army to attack him. Unexpectedly, he wanted to send the door to let me eat him. I'm really impatient.

Fourth prince, now you are back, as long as you give an order, you will lead the army to the South and take away the small court in Lin'an at one stroke

Yao Shu said: "no! "

why, Mr. Yao? Dong Wenzhong asked somewhat unconvinced.

Yao Shu replied: "you know, when we were in the Mongolian khanate, the strategy formulated by us and the Khan was to attack the West and defend the East. That is to say, the Xingzhou side should take the defensive position and cooperate with the western expedition of Lord xuliewu. "

" in terms of criminal state, under the rule of the fourth prince, we have a strong army. What can we be afraid of? It's no worse than the western expedition army under the command of the fifth prince. They can launch an attack. Why can't we. "Asked Dong Wenzhong.

Hao Jing then replied: "general Dong, war is not only a battle between the two countries, but also a battle of strength. At present, the western expedition has consumed 70% of our Khan's financial and material resources. Naturally, this includes the taxes of our penal state. "

" to put it bluntly, general Dong, we can no longer afford to spend a large sum of money to launch a large-scale war in southern desert. "Yao Shu said.

Kublai Khan nodded and said: "it's true that we have been fighting for years. Now our finance is really difficult. Once the war goes smoothly, it's OK to say. But Zhao song is good at building cities and guarding cities, while Mongolia is good at cavalry. When we get to the hilly and water areas in the south, we don't have an advantage. If there is a confrontation between the two sides, our food and grass will be better If we can't supply it, we'll be in trouble. "

"What worries the fourth Prince is that, as the saying goes, food and grass go first before troops move." Liu Bingzhong said.

Dong Wenzhong said, "but we have eliminated the Jin people and left the land to the song people instead. This is not a big advantage for them."

"Not necessarily!" Yao Shu shook his head.

Dong Wenzhong asked, "what does Mr. Yao mean by that?"

"Henan has just gone through a war. It can be said that the people are in dire need of food. If we control it now, we are bound to take out a large amount of food to help the victims. However, we have surplus food there. Since we can't do it, we might as well throw this big burden to the Zhao and Song dynasties in Lin'an. When they fatten it, we can go there again How beautiful it is to seize Yao Shudao.

Kublai Khan laughed and said, "Mr. Yao's idea is similar to Zhuge Kongming's story of the Three Kingdoms period

"You're flattering me, fourth Lord. I'm going to have to make a final decision on whether this is good or not." Yao Shudao.

Kublai said: "since it's a good idea, why don't we accept it? Anyway, sooner or later we will take this place back."

After that, he drank a mouthful of mare's milk wine and said, "besides, since the major policy has been determined, it can't be changed at will. If it changes day after day, it's also called strategic decision-making."

"The fourth Prince is right. I'll borrow a story from the Three Kingdoms period to explain why we did it." Hao Jingdao.

Kublai Khan asked, "what story, Mr. Hao, please tell me."

"When Cao Cao was defeated from Chibi, he went back to the north to recuperate. Less than a year later, Zhang song, the counselor of Sichuan and Shu, came to visit Cao Wei. He was nominally sent by Liu Zhang, the leader of Sichuan and Shu, to pay homage to Cao Wei. In fact, Zhang Song wanted to take this opportunity to persuade Cao Wei to join the army. However, at this time, Cao Wei had already formulated a national policy of recuperation, and Cao Cao had no choice Deliberately pretending to be confused, he drove Zhang song away. In doing so, Cao Cao sent troops to Sichuan, which was in contradiction with his own national policy. No matter how profitable he was, he was not willing to change his decision. "Hao Jing said.

Liu Bingzhong nodded his head and said, "what I said is that Cao Cao was a hero of a generation. When the world was in chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty, he controlled the emperor to order the princes. That's what kind of insight it is. It's really meaningful for us today."

"Yes, Cao Cao has a good saying:" if there is no loneliness, I really don't know how many people are lonely and how many people are king. ". Kublai Khan sighed.

Hao Jing said: "it is said that later generations said that Cao Wei usurped the Han Dynasty, but you should know that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was already wandering around, had no fixed place to live, and could not eat enough. If Cao Cao had not provided for the emperor of the Han Dynasty, he would have perished long ago. It seems that the Great Han Dynasty was not destroyed by Cao Wei, but was exhausted.""Ha ha, Mr. Hao is overturning the case for Cao Cao." Kublai said with a smile.

Hao Jing said: "I'm laughing to the fourth prince. In fact, although the Zhao and Song dynasties are coming to an end, there are still many loyal officials and generals who are loyal to the Zhao and Song dynasties. It's very difficult for us to wave our troops to the South and destroy them all at once."

"It's said that Jiangnan is a rich land. We have to slowly erode it and swallow it step by step. We can't have too much appetite." Liu Bingzhong said.

Kublai Khan said: "that's right. If we want to be quick, we can't achieve it. We'll take our time. We don't have to be in a hurry. If we want to dominate the world, it's not a matter of three battles and two battles."

Among the Mongol generals, Boyan was the youngest. He was only 16 years old at this time. He always studied Liu Bingzhong in the royal palace. He was very familiar with the art of war and the experience of ruling the country of the Han people. After listening to their comments, he wanted to speak for a long time, but he felt that he was too small to speak.

Hearing this, he felt it was time to spit it out.

Boyan stood up and asked, "fourth prince, I have something to say. I don't know if I can?"

Oh, for this young general, Kublai Khan has always liked him very much, and he likes to take him with him in daily battles. When he went to meet Lin Hanting this time, he was ambushed by a large number of archers, but he was always by Kublai Khan's side to protect him from harm, which won Kublai Khan's appreciation.

After listening to Boyan's question, Kublai Khan did not answer. Dong Wenyong said, "go, Boyan, you are still a child. What insight can you have in such military and national affairs?"

"You can't say that. General Wen Yong, I've been a prime minister since I was 12 years old. I'm already 16 years old. What's the matter with me when I talk about books? Besides, the fourth Prince hasn't spoken yet. Why are you so anxious to make a statement?" Boyan raised his head and asked unconvinced.

Kublai Khan secretly praised him and said, "since ancient times, heroes are young. Boyan, if you have any idea, just say it."

"Thank you, Lord." Boyan bowed to give a gift and said.

This Boyan continued to say: "the current situation, the end will think, can and, but more to attack with and."

"It's a good idea to lead the defense in the attack. I didn't expect Boyan to have such insight when he was young. It's really a good idea. We can take advantage of the troops of the Zhao and Song Dynasties to garrison in the north, lure the enemy into the deep, attack them in several ambushes, and then send messengers to Lin'an to negotiate. In this way, they are afraid of being beaten, and they should accept our terms happily." Yao Shudao.

Boyan said: "this task of luring the enemy into the deep will be able to take up at the end. It's just a matter of peace negotiation. You have to choose a suitable person."

That's right. Boyan can do the first one, but the last one. Kublai Khan hesitated and didn't know whose name to call.

Hao Jing recommended himself: "Lord, I'm most familiar with Jiangnan. In the past, I had the same bed friendship with Jia Sidao. It's most suitable."

"Mr. Hao, you are hurt." Kublai said.

Hao Jing said: "it's OK. I'll get rid of this little injury for half a month at most. It doesn't affect the formation."

"It's hard work, sir .。” Kublai said with some embarrassment.