Chapter 1143 Collapse

A watchtower was built in the evening and was extremely strong. The timid soldiers around it exuded bravery and bravery.

Kublai Khan climbed up and looked up, and saw Shu Zhenbo's flag.

He put down the telescope and whispered instructions to Qie Xue beside him.

"Prepare some meat and pick the fattest sheep..."

Not far away, the sect king Hu La Hu'er had particularly sharp ears. Hearing this, he laughed and said, "The Great Khan is not as kind to us as he is to Uncle Shu Zhen."

Kublai Khan ignored Hu Lahu'er, but said to Sui Gedu: "Shall I find a good marriage for your daughter?"

"Thank you Khan."

Brother Sui also saw Shu Zhenbo's flag and thought that this old man whose wife had died was actually marrying his young daughter.

He also hoped that his marriage with Uluru Hunai would come true, instead of fighting a damn war here.

"Li Xia is so disappointing. It's like a turtle crawling around, meeting us, and immediately retracting into its shell."

"Yes, when you suddenly shrink your head like this, you can't find where to start talking."

"Don't forget that this is Mobei, and the turtle will dry out sooner or later."

"Dry it and smash its shell."

While the clan kings were discussing this, Kublai Khan felt more like he was playing chess with Li Xia.

In the Battle of Hattushan, Li Xia pressed 50,000 troops onto the battlefield. He was like a novice who didn't understand the rules and took several steps at once. Now Kublai Khan wanted to teach him a lesson, but this guy took all the chess pieces.

They all shrank back and refused to move the chess pieces any more.

This is an opponent who doesn't follow the rules and is very difficult to deal with.

Unlike Brother Alibaba who looks scary, he actually has a single mind and doesn't know how to turn around when doing things.

"Khan, some news has arrived."

A timid Xue soldier quickly rushed to the high platform and said, "King Tuohu sent someone to see the Khan."

"Tohu?"

The clan kings cursed one after another.

"This loser who suffered a huge defeat should send his head over to apologize to the Great Khan."

However, Tuohu sent people not to plead guilty, but to report the details of the battle with Ulukuni and the current situation in the Western Regions.

"..."

"At that time, King Tuohu was about to capture the Ili River Basin. King Anxi suddenly wanted to return eastward. King Tuohu did not agree at all, but King Anxi took 50,000 troops with him alone. King Tuohu heard that the traitor Haidu had sent troops

After attacking Hara and Forest, we had no choice but to return eastward."

Kublai Khan asked: "Haidu did not help Uluru Khunai, but chose to attack Harahorin secretly?"

"Yes. King Tuohu was not defeated by Li Xia. He rushed to the battlefield at that time. King Anxi had been captured by Li Xia and the army was scattered. King Tuohu had no choice but to send Uncle Shu Zhen to gather King Anxi.

At this time, Uluru Hunai arrived, but King Tuohu did not expect her to come."

"Why didn't you think of that?"

"Because if Haidu. Ulughunai leaves the Ili River and cannot capture Hala and Lin, Haidu will immediately turn around and seize her territory. King Tuohu overestimated a woman's rationality after losing her son and underestimated her.

The collusion with Li Xia. King Tuohu saw that he could no longer save King Anxi, so he had to go north to intimidate Haidu. At that time, the king sent a villain to Hetao to meet the Great Khan. Only when the villain arrived in Hetao did he know that the Great Khan had arrived..."

These are all Tuohu's one-sided words. Kublai Khan did not believe them all, but he knew that there were some things that Tuohu did not dare to make up.

For example, there will inevitably be losses of troops, but if they can withdraw from the battlefield in time, the main force should still be retained, and they can go north to the grasslands to forcefully recruit some herdsmen. After forcing them to retreat from Haidu, Tuohu will not be considered a too ugly defeat.

"That's good news." Kublai Khan commented.

It was getting dark, and he was ready to go down to the observation deck.

However, something came to mind, so he turned back and raised the lookout tube to take a look.

On the battlefield, Shi Tianze had temporarily withdrawn his troops. Farther away, a group of cavalry merged into the Tang army's camp, which was already hidden in the darkness.

Kublai Khan suddenly thought of the look in the eyes of the missing neighbor princess after her death.

He showed no emotion or anger, but he didn't say anything to Uncle Shu Zhen, and just walked down the observation deck.

Everyone seemed to have forgotten about it and never mentioned it.

After a while, Borchi, who was in charge of the catering, rushed over and asked Qie Xue Chang Antong: "The meat is ready, where should it be served?"

"Shut up!" An Tong raised his hand to give him a slap, then put his hand down and said lightly.

"Bring it to my tent and feed it to me."

~~

That night, Uncle Shu Zhen stood in front of Li Xia, expecting that the young Emperor of Tang in front of him would praise him.

but no.

Li Xia just said calmly: "It'll be good when you come back. Let's take the soldiers to rest."

"Here."

Shu Zhenbo turned around and turned around again.

"Sweat profusely."

"Um?"

Shu Zhenbo seemed to feel that his efforts required some response from Li Xia. He obviously did not want to end the meeting so simply. After hesitating for a while, he raised his thoughts on the way back to the camp.

"Those Han people want to make Kublai Khan their emperor. They think this is loyalty. Then if I let the Emperor of Tang also become the Great Khan of the Mongols, is this also loyalty?"

Li Xia said: "The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was originally the Khan of Heaven."

This matter-of-fact tone made Uncle Shu Zhen feel that his contribution was not that great.

Of course Shu Zhenbo was very loyal. He knew very well that it was difficult for the Tang emperor to directly rule the grassland, so he could only enfeoff the grassland to the Mongolian nobles who first surrendered.

Li Xia knew exactly what he was thinking. He pondered for a moment and said: "The real test has not yet begun. Maybe in five or six days, you will regret today's choice. But remember, when we win, I will fight with you."

You share in the victory.”

Shu Zhenbo didn't quite understand.

He only regarded following Li Xia as speculation.

And Kublai Khan would make him understand that speculation is not that easy.

Only by surviving Kublai Khan's offensive could he become a comrade-in-arms.

~~

Kublai Khan showed no anger.

But everyone felt his anger.

The Yuan army gradually began to launch an offensive, like lifting a sledgehammer and starting to smash the turtle on the ground.

"Bang!"

A stone crossed the earth wall and hit the soldier holding the shield behind the earth wall. The shield shattered, and the soldier fell to the ground with a bloody head.

This is the fifth day of the Yuan army's attack on the camp.

The Yuan army cut wood from the western slope of Helan Mountain, more than 20 miles east, transported it to the camp, set up artillery carts, and began to smash the camp.

Uncle Shu Zhen believed that this was unnecessary. He believed that there was no need for artillery carriages at all. In just a few days, the Tang army would be defeated.

To be honest, he already regretted his choice to surrender to Li Xia...

"ah!"

When one of the soldiers saw the comrade who was beaten to death, he shouted, threw away his spear, turned around and ran away.

Shu Zhenbo shouted: "Stop him!"

"let me go!"

"Stop him..."

It was too late, the soldier had already jumped up the earth wall and shouted at the Yuan army on the opposite side: "Don't kill me, I want to surrender!"

"puff."

A sharp arrow shot him to death.

Shu Zhenbo closed his eyes, wanting to pick up the knife and chop off Li Xia's head to surrender to Kublai Khan.

He couldn't recall at all what he thought when he made his choice five days ago.

Human hearts are extremely fickle.

But Li Xia's words came to mind again, "Maybe in five or six days, you will regret today's choice."

Shu Zhenbo scolded: "Uh, Xiute, we will fight for two more days."
To be continued...