Niulin had been appointed marshal of the capital for less than a year, and his reputation was not yet apparent.

Liu Heima, unlike Niu Lin, was a general who became famous throughout the world in his early years.

In the "Battle of Sanfeng Mountain", one of the most critical battles in Mongolia's extermination of the Jin Dynasty, Liu Heima followed the thunder and defeated the larger force with less, defeating the main force of 150,000 Jin troops in one fell swoop.

In this battle, Liu Heima personally captured the tiger and captured the Jin general Wanyan Heda.

After becoming a powerful figure in the Central Plains, the name "Liu Heima" became well-known to people at that time.

Sounds like a bandit.

But in fact, he was born into a wealthy family and had a well-known name. His real name was Liu Yi and his nickname was Meng Fang. He was both civil and military. "Dark Horse" was just his nickname.

The Liu family is a descendant of the Khitan, and their ancestor is Yelv Deguang, Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty. After the fall of the Liao Dynasty, they changed their surname to Han to avoid disaster, moved to Licheng, Jinan, and became a Jin people.

Liu Heima's grandfather was an official in the Jin Kingdom and served as an official in the Zhangjiakou area, and he was defeated by Genghis Khan early.

If you just heard his name, most people would call him a "traitor", but Liu Heima is not even a Han.

Of course, because they admired the strength of the Han and Tang Dynasties, the border people were Chineseized very quickly before the Song Dynasty. Liao and Jin both regarded themselves as the orthodox Chinese people and called the Song Dynasty "Bian bandits".

This is the case for Liu Heima. He believes that "I read literature and history, and everything is the same as China." He also believes that the Great Mongol Congress, like the Khitan and the Jurchens, has become the orthodoxy of Zhongzhou.

In short, although his nickname is superficial, he himself is a talented general and prime minister in both civil and martial arts.

…

Standing on Zhanlong Mountain, looking at the Chengdu Plain, Liu Heima shook his head.

"Adahu, Niulin...you are idiots. Chengdu shouldn't be run like this."

His eldest son Liu Yuan shook his head and said: "When I was in Lizhou, I saw Wang Shuai's business was profitable, but I didn't expect Chengdu to be so devastated."

Liu Heima sighed: "All the generals say they want Shu to defeat Chongqing. But they don't know that Chengdu is the important town that controls the entire Sichuan and looks to the southwest. With the climate of Tianfu and the water conservancy of Dujiangyan, floods and droughts follow people, and they don't know about famine."

If we could manage things properly five years ago, why would we need to personally conquer the country?"

Liu Yuanzhen thought so.

"Niulin is a brave man, but he is really stupid when it comes to governance. If he could be like a prince in the north, how could the people of Song Dynasty dare to counterattack Chengdu. Now that he is defeated and dead, there is no grass and no civilians.

My father's foothold is not stable, how can he regain it?"

"First send someone to Lizhou to bring back some luggage."

Liu Yuanzhen asked: "There are still military camps outside Chengdu. Should we send troops to seize them? To alleviate the food and grass crisis?"

Liu Heima shook his head and said: "Do you know how Wulianghetai was defeated? The horses mistakenly ate the fodder that Song people planted in Croton. Don't worry about that little bit."

"Yes." Liu Yuanzhen asked again: "But if it drags on, let the Song army build the city wall and consolidate the defense..."

"Don't be hasty in fighting. Niulin will lose because of his haste."

Liu Heima stared at the barren fields at the foot of the mountain, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Let Peizhi come see me."

~~

Half a day later, a middle-aged man sitting in a hanging basket was pulled up to the top of Chengdu City and walked calmly to Li Xia.

"Since ancient times, when the two armies have been fighting, we will not kill the envoys. I hope you will not kill me." He smiled, bowed to Li Xia and said, "I am Jia Hou, named Peizhi. The commander of the Great Mongolia on Zhanlong Mountain is my family.

Brother-in-law."

Li Xia asked casually: "You are here to recruit me."

Jia Hou smiled and said: "No hurry, no rush. Can you give me a glass of water first? I've traveled five miles and I'm really thirsty and hungry."

Pu Lei frowned and whispered to Li Xia, "This man has a plan and wants to see our military rations."

Li Xia didn't take it seriously and arranged for soldiers to bring food and water to Jia Hou.

A piece of pot cake, a piece of roasted horse meat, and a bowl of hot soup.

Jia Hou took a bite of the Guokui Pancake without biting it, and soaked it in the soup. It had a salty taste in the mouth. There were black beans, minced meat, and pickles mixed in.

It took a while to eat half a piece, but I felt very full.

"Mr. Jia doesn't eat horse meat?" Li Xia asked.

Jia Hou waved his hand and said, "Thank you for your hospitality. I'm full."

His eyes fell on the horse meat on the case again.

Yesterday Li Xia fought with Niulin. It's not unusual to have horse meat in the army today, I'm afraid there's still a lot of it.

Judging from this pot cake, Li Xia carried quite a lot of food and grass with his army...

Of course, Li Xia deliberately let him know this.

On the other hand, Jia Hou also ate horse meat yesterday... Liu Heimao galloped thousands of miles and did not bring much food and grass. This cannot be concealed.

"That's all, let's avoid testing each other." Jia Hou laughed and said: "To be honest, my commander-in-chief has sent people to Lizhou to transport supplies; you, your Excellency, need to repair the city wall. Neither side wants to start a war immediately, so it is idle to be idle.

Come on, why don’t we chat?”

"Oh? Liu Heima is willing to surrender to the Song Dynasty?"

"Your Excellency, you are joking." Jia Hou said: "When I entered the city today, I saw that the people's livelihood was in decline. I also feel sad in my heart. In Chengdu city... there are now three thousand households?"

Li Xia looked calm and said: "Millions of people were slaughtered by the Mongolian army, but you come here to pretend to cry and sacrifice?"

There was also a coldness in Pu Lian's eyes.

If there was no precedent for not killing the envoy, he would have liked to persuade Li Xia to kill Jia Hou.

Jia Hou seemed not to notice this murderous intention, and sighed: "That was an old thing when Ogedai Khan was alive. Since Buddhism was introduced to Mongolia, and with our Central Plains people becoming officials, Mongolia has gradually become more and more herdsmen."

Technique..."

"Did Meng Ge slaughter many cities over the years?"

"Your Excellency only saw the massacre, but not the changes in the Mongolian Kingdom?" Jia Hou said: "I only said that my family's commander-in-chief once patrolled the country according to the order, observed the people's sentiments, and managed the people's livelihood. He once encountered the rebellion of Yingzhou Guo Zhiquan and threatened to obey the civil and military forces.

There were more than 500 officials, and some officials agreed to slaughter them all, but the commander only killed the top few, and the rest were given a lighter sentence."

At this point, he looked up at Li Xia and said: "I am not urging you to surrender immediately, I just want to teach you what kind of person my commander-in-chief is. He does have sympathy for the people of Chengdu and wants to conquer Chengdu."

, restore the prosperity of the country of Tianfu. Today, there are often such benevolent people and lofty ideals beside the Great Khan."

Li Xia remained unmoved, but still raised his hand to signal Jia Hou to continue.

"Some time ago, the Great Khan captured the city of Dahuo."

Jia Hou was considering every word he said.

To persuade Li Xia to surrender, he must tell some about the progress of the Mongolian army to show his strength.

The reason why Li Xia was willing to listen to him must be because he wanted to find out information.

Then you need to grasp the appropriateness...

"The guard general of Dahuo City, Yang Dayuan, is a veteran general of the Song Army in Sichuan and Shu. His reputation and qualifications are not low." Jia Hou said, "In the beginning, he killed the envoy sent by the Great Khan to persuade him to surrender and went his own way.

The Great Khan was so angry that he planned to massacre the entire city of Dahuo."

"Yeah?"

"However, Yang Dayuan soon understood that the isolated city was difficult to defend and he would never be able to resist the Mongol army. For the sake of the lives of the people in the city, he was determined to submit. The Great Khan originally intended to kill him, but under the persuasion of my commander-in-chief, Commander-in-Chief Wang, he decided to surrender.

The Great Khan pardoned Yang Dayuan and appointed him as the Vice Minister of the Capital Province, and appointed him as the commander-in-chief."

After Jia Hou finished speaking, he glanced at Li Xia.

Li Xia was not surprised to see Li Xia, but Jia Hou was a little surprised.

You must know that Yang Dayuan was the highest-ranking general to surrender since the war between Mongolia and Song Dynasty, and his influence covered almost half of the Sichuan-Sichuan battlefield.

Li Xia either got the news a long time ago, or he is very good at nourishing qi.

In any case, it is more difficult to deal with than Jia Hou expected.

"What do you think of this matter?" Jia Hou had to ask.

Li Xia said without thinking: "Yang Dayuan is a traitor."

Jia Hou was stunned, smiled bitterly, shook his head, and stroked his beard and said: "Yang Dayuan begged for the lives of tens of thousands of people and rebelled against the Song Dynasty for the people. This was loyalty to the people. Do you think that for the sake of his own integrity, he should give up?

Tens of thousands of people died?"

"The butcher's knife is in the hands of the Meng. If tens of thousands of people die in Dahuo City, who should be blamed?"

"When you are an official and fight a war, you are not talking about right and wrong. What you are looking for is the result."

Jia Hou said again: "This also shows the greatness of the Great Khan. In your opinion, you have repeatedly killed the Mongol generals. The Great Khan should hate you and must kill you?"

"Isn't it?"

"Big mistake." Jia Hou said seriously: "Mongolians have always only respected heroes. Looking at the wars between Mongolia, Jin, Mongolia and Song Dynasty, we can see how many heroes were originally enemies of Mongolia, but once they surrendered, they were forgiven and trusted by the Great Khan. This is

Wait, does Zhao Song have the courage?"

Li Xia shook his head.

Frankly speaking, he really couldn't say that Emperor Zhao and Song were more courageous than the Great Khan of Mongolia in this regard.
To be continued...