That night, Shi Tianze was meeting with Xian Zhen, an important Mongolian minister sent by Kublai Khan.

Xianzhen is the son of Tuxue, the marshal of the Klei tribe. Tuxue can be regarded as a veteran general of Mongolia. He unified all the Mongolian tribes with Genghis Khan. He participated in the battle of Sanfeng Mountain with Tuolei to destroy the Jin Dynasty, and he also fought with Kuoduan in the attack.

Shu.

During the reign of Mengge Khan, six hundred households in Hanzhong were granted to Tuxue as fiefs.

In other words, part of the Hanzhong currently occupied by Li Xia also belongs to Xian Zhen's property.

Although he is a Mongolian, Xian really does not have the same outstanding military exploits as his father, and his appearance looks very elegant.

He was once Kublai Khan's bodyguard, in charge of catering, and was a person whom Kublai Khan trusted very much. Now he serves as the deputy privy envoy of the Great Mongolia, and he can barely be regarded as a civil official.

"Act of God?"

After asking Shi Tianze why he was defeated, Xian Zhen asked a question in Mongolian after receiving a complete answer.

"The ice of the Yellow River collapsed, so we lost to Li Xia. Prime Minister Shi wants me to report it to the Great Khan like this?"

Xian Zhen was also very troubled. He didn't know about Shi Tianze's defeat at all before he came. He thought that Shi Tianze had won the battle by the time he arrived and would share a lot of spoils with him.

Finally caught up with the bad news.

The situation has changed for the worse than Shi Tianze imagined.

I thought that even if he failed to make progress along this route, the troops from other routes would have entered the pass.

In addition to the more than 20,000 people who stayed behind that day, the soldiers under his command have become frightened. In the past few days, the soldiers have been assigned to hunt down the deserters after the rout.

After reorganizing the military formation, continue to send small groups of soldiers and horses across the bank, and continue to fight steadily, not seeking a big victory, but to continue to contain Li Xia's main force. When the enemy is defeated on another road, they can also share some of the credit.

Then the defeat will not be so ugly.

But since Kublai Khan sent people to urge him, it was too late to save the situation.

Shi Tianze had to find a reason first.

"I suspect that some princes in the army have secretly taken refuge with Li Xia, which is why the situation has become so bad."

Xian Zhen asked: "Who?"

"It's just a suspicion at the moment." Shi Tianze hesitated, twirling his beard as a sign of difficulty, and muttered: "The Baozhou Zhang family and Li Xia are related by marriage..."

"Zhang Hongfan?"

Shi Tianze actually didn't doubt Zhang Hongfan too much, but he couldn't think of anyone else, and now someone needed to take responsibility for the defeat.

The atmosphere in the tent became somewhat mysterious.

The thread on the carpet really put the wine bag on the stove and roasted it. He was a little disbelieving and said: "The Great Khan believes in Zhang Hongfan, is it really him?"

Just as Shi Tianze was about to speak, a strange sound suddenly came from the night.

He turned back and looked outside the tent, his battle-hardened experience made him alert.

Listen carefully to see what's going on in the distance.

"..."

"Attack the camp!"

"Song Jun is here..."

The shout reached Shi Tianze's ears, and he thought quickly.

I really didn't expect that Li Xia would come here, because it was only six days since the Battle of Hancheng. The Song army also had to clean the battlefield, settle the prisoners, treat the wounded, and rest its strength. It was too late to make all the preparations for the attack on the camp.

Even if he came to steal a camp, how did he cross the ice of the Yellow River without being discovered by the patrol? How did he arrive near the Habichi camp without any sound?

It must be an internal response.

Tonight, it is Li Hengzhi who defends...

Shi Tianze suddenly realized in his mind that Li Xia's culprit was not Zhang Hongfan, but Li Heng, the descendant of Xixia who wore a weasel skin coat all day long.

What is more important now is how to prepare.

Since the Battle of Hancheng, the Mongolian soldiers have not recovered from the panic at all. Once they are kicked out of the camp, especially if the Song army suddenly enters the camp, they are likely to collapse quickly.

This was no joke. Shi Tianze knew it very well and reacted in an instant.

"Quick! Gather the soldiers!"

Shi Ji, Shi Ge opened the curtain and rushed in.

"uncle!"

"Father……"

"Quick, get ready to fight!" Shi Tianze shouted.

"Uncle, leave quickly! The Song army is coming!"

Shi Ji didn't care about whether to accept the challenge or not. He rushed towards Shi Tianze to protect him and wanted to retreat.

Xian Zhen was still a bit unresponsive.

He was the son of a famous Mongolian general, but his reaction at this time was far less than that of Shi Tianze.

Standing up, his fat body shook, and Xian Zhen remembered that he was not familiar with this place at all.

"protect me!"

When Shige heard this sentence in Mongolian, he quickly ordered two personal guards to set up the line and hurriedly ran out of the tent.

Shi Tianze remained calm. Although he did not refuse the kindness of his nephews and nephews to take him away from the dangerous place, he still cared about stabilizing the situation.

"Zhang Tong, Li Bo, Zhang Lin, Guo Kan, Cui Dezhang..."

In the chaos, Shi Tianze called his generals and ordered: "Gather the soldiers! The Song army will not exceed two thousand people, stabilize the morale of the army, stabilize the morale of the army!"

"boom!"

The Song army's thunderbolt cannons exploded outside the camp.

Shi Tianze quickly got on his horse, then remembered something and shouted: "Pass it on, Li Heng has defected, if all the soldiers and horses encounter him, take it down!"

"Pass it down, Li Heng has defected..."

Sudden.

"boom!"

A thunderbolt cannon landed in the camp and exploded, sending pieces of iron flying everywhere, and some soldiers screamed.

Turning around, he saw more than a hundred Song troops already within sight.

"Li Xia is here!"

In the light of the fire, Li Xia's royal flag was indeed seen moving this way.

"Hey!"

The horses neighed, their hooves hoofed, and the Song army sprinted faster.

Shi Ji was so horrified that he took Shi Tianze's horse and left without giving Shi Tianze a chance to continue giving orders.

Shi Ge quickly protected the line and followed up.

Since the explosion, the entire camp has been in chaos.

Even if there are still organized Mongolian troops, they are quickly moving closer to Shi Tianze.

"See how many people there are in Li Xia! How many people does he have to dare to charge at us?!"

"Father, leave quickly!"

"Stop him..."

~~

Hebichi Camp.

The Meng soldiers guarding the camp turned around and shouted: "Who?!"

"General Manager Li of Zilailuolu wants to see the sect king."

Both soldiers were Han soldiers, and their shouts were all in Chinese.

Mongolian soldiers generally did not need to be on guard duty at night.

In the darkness, the Meng soldiers guarding the camp held up torches and shined their light. In addition to confirming the other party's order, they also recognized the other party's face.

As expected, he is someone under Li Heng's command. He has followed Li Heng to see He Bichi every day these days.

"Wu Laoliu?"

"it's me."

"Where's Manager Li?"

"Look there."

The Meng soldier just turned his head, and a dagger was already placed on his neck.
To be continued...