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Chapter 204 Mercenaries

"Hello, Your Majesty, Your Majesty," Baibar came in and saluted Li Jun, saying, "I am very sincere in congratulations to Your Majesty. I am very happy that your country has achieved so many victories."

Li Jun stood up, took Baibar's hand, and said, "Dear Sultan, please sit down. Thank you. The reason we won is because we have the support of the vast majority of people, but the Tartars did things against each other and lost the hearts of the people."

Li Jun signaled Duan Ganmu to bring tea to Baibaer. Baibaer took the tea and did not drink it. Instead, he placed it on the table. He said in a bit embarrassingly: "Your Majesty the Great Emperor, I have something that is difficult to deal with. I want to ask you for help."

"You ask me for help, it's nothing more than money and food. You bring a lot of gold and silver, but I'll spend it all. If you want to build a house, you will be exhausted even if you have a few gold and silver mountains." Li Jun thought with a clear mind, pretending not to know, and asked: "Dear Sultan, what do you need to help me if you need help? Just agree that I will do my best to help you."

Baibar said thank you, and then said, "We came to your country and received selfless help from you. Now we have housing, training grounds, and my people and work. We are very grateful. However, our expenses are too great and our savings are almost used up. I want to ask Your Majesty to lend us some money. Please rest assured, I can guarantee that I will return it immediately if I have it."

"It's not impossible to lend you money, but you still don't know if you have to wait until the year of the Monkey and Horse Month. Whether you can return to Egypt is still unknown. It's just a piercing eye to look at the sky. I'm too much of a loss and can't do it." Li Jun thought in his heart and said with a smile: "Dear Sultan, there's something I don't know if I should say."

Baibar asked Li Jun for something else, and he could not say, and hurriedly said, "Please speak with your Majesty."

Li Jun nodded and said, "Dear Sultan, your dear Sultan, you say it's heavy. If you have difficulties, we should help you. If your friends have difficulties, we should help you. If you have difficulties, we should help you. There is no problem with this. How much money do you need?"

Baibar never expected that Li Jun was so easy to speak and agreed without asking any request. He was very grateful. At this moment, he felt that Li Jun was his closest relative in the world, and he could be said to be a reborn parent. He said excitedly: "Three million taels are enough."

"You are really a monkey." Li Jun sneered in his heart and said without hesitation: "Dear Sultan, you may not be enough to spend three million taels of silver."

Li Jun is really a good person. He said that he wanted to lend him more. No one would refuse such a good thing as a pie from the sky. Baibar was even more happy and said gratefully: "Three million taels of silver is a bit tight."

"I have thought about it. Borrowing alone is not a long-term solution. You should think of a long-term solution." Li Jun smiled and advised Baibar: "Dear Sultan, have you ever thought about this problem?"

As a sultan, he must have thought about it, but there was no way. He answered truthfully: "Your Majesty, I have not thought about it, but I have not thought of it. If your Majesty has a good way, please tell me, I am very grateful."

"It's not that you tell you, but that you must execute it, you can't help it." Li Jun sneered in his heart and said, "Dear Sultan, you will definitely be very interested in having someone."

This was a bit irrelevant. Baibar was stunned for a moment and asked, "My Majesty, who is it?"

"Hulagu!" Li Jun only said three words, and looked at Baibar without saying anything.

Sure enough, Baibar stood up and walked anxiously, saying, "Damn Hulagu, he destroyed our country and the family, and how many people died under his iron hooves." After cursing for a while, he realized that Li Junduo would not mention Hulagu for no reason and asked, "Master Emperor, where is Hulagu?"

Baibar is not stupid either. He is already suspicious of Xulie coming to Middle-earth. Otherwise, Li Jun would not mention it. Li Jun confirmed to him: "Hulagu led 300,000 troops to the Central Plains."

"Ah!" Although Baibar was mentally prepared, he was still surprised when he heard it.

Li Jun smiled and said, "I think that he came to Central Plains this time, probably because he knew you were here, just to find you. You may not know that he is a villain who will avenge his enemies, and he is also a person who will never let his opponent go. Although you came to Central Plains, he is still worried, afraid that you will restore your country in the future and plan to completely deal with them."

Hulagu came to the Central Plains to help Kublai Khan, but he told Li Jun that he was coming to Baibaer. He really knew the story. However, Baibaer was not a modern person like Li Jun. He didn't know much about the relationship between Hulagu and Kublai Khan. He thought that what Li Jun said was not a false saying. It was very likely that he only had tens of thousands of people. It was not easy to deal with Hulagu's 300,000 troops. He couldn't help but turn his face turned pale and said in surprise: "This, this, so many?"

Li Jun's performance at this moment was exactly the same as that of the deceitful and changeable Cao Cao. He first scared Baibar and then said, "Three hundred thousand may be his vanguard, and maybe there are other troops behind him. If he succeeds, the fate of you will not be the destruction of the country, but the destruction of the seed."

Baibar's country had long been destroyed, and using the destruction as a saying would definitely not scare him. The extermination is different and it is very powerful.

There is no way to deal with 300,000 yuan. If there is still, it will be fine. Baibar sat on the chair and couldn't speak. Looking at Li Jun, he said after a while: "His Majesty the Great Emperor, Xulagu will definitely destroy your fields, houses, and massacre your people. Please be prepared."

At first glance, his words were told the truth, as if an old friend was exhorting and reminding him. In fact, he was intimidating Li Jun and trying to force Li Jun and Xu Laiwu to fight a battle with the destructive nature brought by Xu Laiwu. In the final analysis, Li Jun is to be his shield.

"That's inevitable." Li Jun agreed with his statement and said, "There is no way to avoid this. There is a way..." Strictly stopping the conversation and watching Baibar stop talking.

Baibar stood up and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, you cannot do things that your relatives are hurt and your enemies are happy. Hulagu is insatiable. Even if you give us to him, he will still beat you and ask you to be their slaves."

Li Jun stopped talking here, with the purpose of asking him to think something wrong and scare him. The purpose has been achieved, and he smiled and said, "Dear Sultan, you are wrong. We are friends, how could I do such a thing? What I mean is that the best way to deal with him is to fight him and destroy him in the Central Plains."

Seeing that Li Jun was not as fake, Baibar relieved his heart and felt a little embarrassed, saying, "Dear Emperor, please forgive me, I was wrong."

"Dear Sultan, you are so serious." Li Jun smiled and pulled Baibar and sat down, saying, "I have a good news to tell you now."

Baibar has been in trouble in recent years. If you don’t say good news, you can’t hear any good news. When you hear good news, you can’t help but feel excited and can’t wait to say, “My Majesty, what’s going on?”

"It's right for Hulagu to lead 300,000 troops to the Central Plains. However, now he is rushing towards Yucheng from Bianjing, with less than 30,000 people around him. This is a good opportunity to destroy him." Li Jun walked to the map, pointed to the map, and said, "I want to set up a war here to destroy Hulagu. The purpose of inviting you is to invite you to the battlefield to see how we deal with him. He is your enemy, and Hulagu is our enemy, and we should deal with him. If the respected Sultan is here to witness the destruction of Hulagu with his own eyes, it would be great, and it would be the best gift we give to our friends."

Baibar stood up and said, "Your Majesty, let us do this."

"You are just a few people, all of them are seeds. You still need to restore the country in the future. If you die, you will lose one seed. This is absolutely impossible." Li Jun looked deeply concerned about his friends.

Baibar was very moved and said, "Please rest assured that we still have tens of thousands of people, and it is enough to deal with Hulagu. Your Majesty, let us leave this matter."

"The purpose of finding you is to deal with him. I can't say this directly, so I have gone around such a big circle. This is why you are hiding into the circle yourself, which has saved me a lot of my concern." Li Jun laughed in his heart, pretending to think, and thought for a moment, and said, "Since His Majesty Sultan wants to take revenge, based on the friendship of his friends, you can go there."

Baibar said excitedly: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Li Jun once again became a good person and solved the problem for Baibar, saying, "Your Majesty, after all, war is nothing more than the money you can fight. You have no money now, and this battle is not easy to fight. I think so, your military expenses will be paid by the court. If you win, there will be rewards. Everything will be handled according to the laws of the court."

Baibaer had not much money and was ready to deduct military pay. If this matter was transferred to the Southern Song Dynasty, it would be a huge problem for him. What's more, the rewards for military merits in the Southern Song Dynasty are very generous now. If they fought well, the rewards would be even more. Baibaer was very happy and said, "Thank you Your Majesty."

"Also, your house has been almost built, so we should find something for your people. I have thought that the court will help you, and our merchants will hire your people and pay as much as possible." Li Jun is really a great man, and he has thought of everything for Baibar.

As Li Jun said, what Baibar and his friends need most now is work. Only with work can they earn income and maintain long-term livelihoods. Baibar is worried about this matter, but he didn't expect that Li Jun would solve this matter together. The joy in his heart cannot be described in his pen and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Just go and tell your subjects this good news." Li Jun issued a very tactful order to expel guests.

After bowing to the side, he went happily.

Baibar, who was so excited that he jumped up, did not expect that the matter of borrowing money he proposed was still not resolved, and Li Jun could not lend him money.

As soon as Baibar left, Liao Shenggong and the others laughed and said in unison: "The emperor is wise!"

What they mean is that Li Jun got a cannon fodder of tens of thousands of people without any effort, and these cannon fodders are still elite troops who are good at fighting, which is of great benefit to the Southern Song Dynasty. Baibar was eager to solve the urgent problem, but he did not expect that if their military pay was paid by the Southern Song Dynasty, it would be like the Southern Song Dynasty snatching his neck and asking him to do whatever he wanted.

Furthermore, the Mamuliuk army would be grateful to the Southern Song Dynasty and would obey their orders. In a word, Li Jun had already reached out to Baibar's army, of course the method was very clever.

As for the military pay for Mamuliuke's army, Li Jun didn't care at all. For Li Jun, these military pay was just a small profit. The important thing was to kill many Southern Song soldiers less, which was enough.

Baibaer's promise made his army tantamount to becoming a mercenary, and the Southern Song Dynasty court was the employer, so they could do whatever they wanted. Li Jun is worthy of being a scholar, and even had the multiple-choice questions to debut: Baibaer could not choose!

"We should tell Xiangfu about this matter and ask him to arrange it." Li Jun smiled and said, "A large number of Ding Zhuang joins the army. We need a lot of people. We can't be idle without using their people, right? One person has the strength of so many people, and they will always put in a lot of effort, right? They have been on the beach for a long time, and there are many good sailors. They have rich experience at sea. They can recruit them to work on the docks and become sailors. With their help, our overseas business will be bigger, farther and more prosperous. Of course, those factories with certain technical content will not need them."

Zhao Liangchun smiled and said, "It's great now. The court has another army that can conquer and fight well, and so many people are working for us. The emperor is really a clever idea, killing two birds with one stone!"

"Stop flattering, let's study how to fight this battle." Li Jun walked to the map and said, "General Zhu, you have to draw a part of the existing artillery and deploy it here."

Zhu Ruixiang asked a little strangely: "Your Majesty, this has nothing to do with the Eastern Front encirclement and annihilation war we will launch immediately. Please forgive me for being ignorant, and please let the emperor make it clear."

Li Jun did not answer his question, looked at Liao Shenggong and said, "General Liao, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, this idea is good." Liao Shenggong explained to Zhu Ruixiang, saying: "There are two uses for deploying some artillery here. One is to prevent Baibaer from playing tricks. If he plays tricks, he will use artillery to hit him. The other function is to deal with Hulagu. Hulagu is a difficult opponent. Baibaer probably cannot take advantage of it and will be defeated. Once he loses, he will definitely retreat eastward, and he will become our bait and will lead Hulagu into the ambush circle."

Baibar is in exile, so he will definitely find ways to reduce his losses. He will flash when he sees something wrong. If he doesn't give him some pressure, he will not do whatever he wants? This move is called forcing him to go to Liangshan! There are Xulaigu's army in front and Southern Song artillery behind. If he doesn't fight hard, he will either kill Xulai or blow up the Southern Song artillery flying everywhere.

Of course, there is another beauty, that is, if Hulagu and Baibar bite very tightly, the Southern Song Dynasty would not need to worry too much. You can rest assured that the person who was killed was not his own. Is it necessary to feel distressed?

Zhu Ruixiang slapped his forehead, suddenly realized, and said, "You can fire the cannons together."

Li Jun smiled and attacked Zhu Ruixiang and said, "Don't be happy, we have a lot to do. Can your artillery be deployed on time?"

"Prince, please rest assured, there will be no problem." Zhu Ruixiang said confidently, "The artillery is so good now. The bronze cannon is heavy and difficult to deploy. I will deploy the steel cannons in places where the bronze cannons are not easy to arrive. At that time, as long as the emperor gives an order, I guarantee that the Tartars such as Temur and Babul will disappear in this world."

When Zhu Ruixiang's mouth was about to crack his ears when he thought that the steel cannon could not be deployed or difficult to deploy in the past, such as the top of the mountain, could allow the Song army to obtain more effective firepower support, Zhu Ruixiang's mouth was almost cracked to his ears.

"Look, I'm happy about you. This is all the credit of Huang Yongshan and others. I should remember it well for them!" Li Jun was also happy and said, "This is really hard for you. We are ready for everything now. We only owe your artillery. You must make more preparations."

Zhu Ruixiangqian said: "Your Majesty, this is not the credit of the minister. It is the people who help us. If the people hadn't helped us, the artillery might have been deployed in such a short time. Your Majesty, don't worry, with the support of the people, what else can't be done?"

His words were immediately approved by Liao Shenggong, Zhao Liangchun, and European Junxing, and said: "General Zhu said it very well. If the people of the Central Plains were not for the selfless help from the court, we would have been very difficult, and we would not have fought so smoothly."

"There are many helps when you have the truth, but few help when you lose it!" Li Jun said with great emotion: "The predecessors and sages have long passed down the world, but the Mongols actually ignored them and acted against them, slaughtered the people, and it was difficult for the people not to rebel against them."

This is the truth. Since Genghis Khan's war, the Mongols have gone wherever they go. Wherever they pass, they must be ruins, and there are no living creatures, which has caused a catastrophe of history. In the face of atrocities, it is unreasonable for the people to resist them.

Liao Shenggong sighed: "I don't know how many people in the Central Plains have lost their lives innocently!"

Since the Song Dynasty moved south, there has been no court in the Central Plains. The people were defeated by foreign races and allowed to be enslaved by foreign races. Many people were displaced, their families were destroyed, and their families died, and they died by the Tao. There are many tragic things they heard about. When the situation was so good, they had to feel a lot of emotion.
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