In late spring, warblers fly and grass grows.

The horses' hooves trampled through the grass, heading north.

This small group of cavalry set out from the Niulin Army at the end of March and traveled two hundred miles a day. In only five days, they went north to Jianmen Pass, crossed the Jialing River, and headed straight for Lizhou.

Zhang Shi was tied up all over and tied horizontally on a horse. He was bumped upside down for five days. His blood flowed backwards and he felt dizzy and dizzy.

Hearing the shouts in Mongolian, he tried his best to raise his head and looked at the majestic city in front of him, his anger gradually rising.

"Wang...Wang Dechen..."

Song generals in Sichuan and Shu often hated Wang Dechen because he served Kuo Duan when he was young. Kuo Duan was the second son of Wokuotai and he massacred millions of people in Sichuan and Shu...

When Yu Jie regained Hanzhong, it was Wang Dechen who defeated Yu Jie, causing the Song army to be defeated in the Hanzhong battle.

In these years, Wang Dechen was the commander-in-chief of the Mongolian attack on Shu, running Lizhou, constantly fighting with the Song army, and plundering the population of central Sichuan to Hanzhong to build a city and farmland.

He is like a sharp Mongolian sword that has been standing over Sichuan for ten years.

Zhang Shi was one of the Song generals who was driven crazy by this sharp sword.

Today, Zhang Shi finally saw Lizhou, which was run by Wang Dechen. He saw that the city wall was built along the mountain, high and strong, and the fields were endless. The captured people were dressed in ragged clothes and were working in the fields for the Mongols.

Entering the city, rows of warehouses were lined up, obviously there was plenty of food and grass.

What surprised Zhang Shi even more was that the Mongolian army had many soldiers and horses.

My ears were filled with the sound of horses neighing, and all kinds of languages ​​were spoken one after another.

People are noisy and horses are neighing, and mountains and rivers are shaking.

Zhang Shi stretched his neck desperately, but he couldn't see the end of the army, and he felt horrified in his heart.

Lizhou is far more powerful than he imagined.

Why is this so?

There was a "bang" sound, like fodder being thrown to the ground.

Zhang Shi was thrown off his horse by several Mongolian soldiers, picked him up again, and walked towards the camp. He wanted to look up and see the flag on the towering flagpole.

He just vaguely saw what seemed to be two huge, white, round banners with flying horse hair. They were something he had never seen before...

However, when he raised his head, he was already pinned down by two Mongolian soldiers.

Unable to struggle, he could only see his feet.

The white blanket was spread out and extended all the way into a huge tent. Zhang Shi was walking on the side, and he felt the Mongolian soldiers pressing him tremble a little.

Why are you trembling and excited because you, the capital, have been captured?

As soon as they entered the tent, Zhang Shi felt pain in his knees and was kicked to the ground.

Before he could raise his head in time, he suddenly heard laughter from all around him.

The Mongolian soldiers outside the camp started shouting, shaking the earth and the earth.

Zhang Shi was a little frightened. He slowly raised his head and felt that there were many people standing in the tent. There were nearly a hundred people, all of them tall and burly, with fierce looks.

On the main seat in the center, a man wearing a luxurious white robe was sitting there, with a row of tiger and wolf-like guards standing behind him.

His eyes moved up the white robe, and a majestic and stern face fell in Zhang Shi's eyes.

This man didn't smile at all, he was deep and lonely, his gloomy eyes were full of coldness, and he had the supreme authority to control life and death in the world.

Zhang Shi suddenly felt the hairs on his back stand up, and quickly lowered his head, not daring to look any further.

Meng Ge.

It's Meng Ge.

It was actually Brother Meng, and he came in person.

Yes, what I saw outside the camp just now is the Nine White Banner, which the Mongolian Khan personally conquered...

After being frightened for a long time, Zhang Shi knew that he was completely panicked.

There were endless shouts of Mongolian questions around him, but he couldn't hear them at all.

…

Someone stepped forward and helped Zhang Shi.

Zhang Shi raised his head blankly and saw Wang Dechen.

He found strangely that his hatred for Wang Dechen was no longer so deep in front of Meng Ge.

The sharp sword at Sichuan's throat is just one of Meng Ge's dogs.

"Zhang Shi, did you hear that? The Great Khan personally conquered Shu and destroyed Song Dynasty in only two years. Do you want to die or live?"

Wang Dechen speaks Chinese fluently, but has a strange accent.

Zhang Shi raised his head and looked at Wang Dechen, but he was stunned.

There was a sarcastic smile on Wang Dechen's lips.

His beard is short and stiff, and his face is covered with scars.

But he is actually very young, thirty-six years old.

Many of those who could become generals in the Song Dynasty first studied for imperial examinations and then led troops to fight. They were often in their twilight years when they took the position of commander. The appointment of commanders in Mongolia was different. Wang Dechen began to serve Kuo Duan at the age of fourteen, and became a general at the age of seventeen.

He led the army to conquer Shu, and at the age of twenty-one, he attacked the lord and commanded the general's palace.

In the past ten years or so, in the confrontations with Yu Jie, Yu Hui and Pu Zezhi, it was such a young man who always gained the upper hand.

Incredibly sharp.

"You...are not Han?" Zhang Shi asked blankly.

In front of Brother Meng, under such circumstances, he seemed a little silly to suddenly ask this question. But Wang Dechen still answered, but the sarcasm on his face became stronger.

"People of the Wanggu tribe in the Great Mongolia."

The Wanggu people lived in Gongchang Prefecture. They also belonged to the Central Plains Dynasty in the Tang Dynasty. They claimed to be descendants of Li Keyong, the king of the Jin Dynasty. They belonged to the Liao Dynasty first and then to the Jin Dynasty.

They are considered Shatuo people, but they live together with Han people, Uighurs, Xixia people, Liao people, and Jin people. Therefore, the Wanggu people are proficient in various languages ​​​​and most of them are translators. They worship Buddhism, read books, and respect Confucianism.

Wang Dechen's father was named Wang Shixian. He served successively as co-president of Gongchang Mansion in the Jin Dynasty, as well as counselor in charge of the military affairs of the Marshal's Mansion, and later as Commander-in-Chief.

When the Jin Dynasty died, Wang Shixian was unwilling to surrender to the Mongols and sent envoys to the Song Dynasty many times to ask for annexation.

At that time, Zhao Yanna, the Sichuan envoy of the Song Dynasty, was still communicating with the central government, but there was no result for a long time. However, Kuoduan had already reached Qinlong, and Wang Shixian surrendered to Mongolia.

After that, people in the Song Dynasty often called the Wang family "rebels and traitors".

Wang Dechen has always thought that Song people were ridiculous.

The ancestors of his Wang family had never been Song people for generations, not even Han people. So he became a "rebellious minister" because he was well-read in scriptures, admired Confucianism, or because he was not allowed to be included in his request?

When the Jin Dynasty fell, people like the Wang family wanted to surrender to the Song Dynasty, but in the end they had to surrender to Mongolia because they had too many weapons.

…

"The great Mongolian country is open to hundreds of rivers. How can it not be prosperous? Zhao and Song were cowardly and closed-minded. How can it not perish?! The rivers are flowing into the sea. The general trend is the general trend. Zhang Shi, do you want to prosper with the trend? Or perish against the trend?"

Wang Dechen came to the last word of persuasion and looked at Zhang Shi with burning eyes.

Zhang Shi lowered his head.

Wang Dechen sneered again, turned sideways, and got out of the way.

Zhang Shi was facing Brother Meng, who was sitting silently, and finally leaned down and kowtowed on the carpet.

"The sinner Zhang Shi is willing to sweat profusely."

Brother Meng still didn't laugh, got up and walked to Zhang Shi.

Wang Dechen then reminded: "Kiss Khan's royal boots."

"yes."

Brother Meng had a cold face, accepted Zhang Shi's surrender, sat down again, and said in Mongolian: "Take him down and persuade him to surrender at Kuzhu Pass."

"yes."

"Has Shi Tianze arrived?"

"We are waiting outside the camp."

Brother Meng picked up a wine bag and took a sip. His eyes were full of contemplation, and after a while he said: "Bring him in."

Soon, Shi Tianze walked quickly into the tent.

His armor was covered with dust, and his boots were full of mud.

Since receiving the order, he led his army all the way from Kaifeng. He did not dare to delay for half a day, and finally arrived in Lizhou today. However, he still failed to arrive before Meng Ge to greet the Great Khan.

As soon as he entered the tent, Shi Tianze knelt on the ground with a pop.

He is an important general in the army. In the past, he was well received by Meng Ge, but today he is frightened and his attitude is even lower than that of Zhang Shi.

"Great Khan, I am guilty!"
To be continued...