In Jiuyuan City, Zhang Hongfan stood outside a royal tent and sighed.
In front of him, Maunge Lazheng was holding Ye Rihan in one hand and threatening everyone with a knife in the other.
"Don't even come here!"
Maunge La yelled: "No one can touch my wife, get out!"
Zhang Hongfan said: "King Anxi, please calm down. The country has national laws and the family has family rules. Since the princess has committed a serious crime of treason, please hand her over."
"Shut up! You Chinese dog! And you, if you want to make a move, just step over my corpse."
Mang Ge was furious, holding Ye Rihan tighter with one hand, and continued to threaten the soldiers who were about to approach.
Zhang Hongfan stood there with a look of helplessness and pity, but did not order the soldiers to step forward and take action forcefully.
He was very patient, waiting for Brother Ma to give up his struggle...
In the battle at San Pass, Zhang Hongfan was defeated and fled north with only a few cavalry, all the way to Jiuyuan City.
When he was in Jiuyuan City, he was already a defeated general, and he should have been dejected and waiting to be punished. Instead, he inquired about the military situation and learned that Kublai Khan's whereabouts were unknown after the Battle of Helan Mountain, so he decided to rescue him.
The merit of driving.
At that time, he first found Ai Buhua who had returned from defeat, and after learning the details of the main force's defeat, he decided to go north to Yinshan Mountain.
"Since the Great Khan failed to escape eastward with you, he must have been cut off by the Tang army from his retreat to the east, so he could only flee north. After leaving the desert and heading eastward, we will reach the north of Yinshan Mountain."
Zhang Hongfan is a confident person. Once he has made a judgment, he will decide to give it a try no matter how low the probability is. After the defeat of Ai Fuhua, he was worried about being accused and lost the qualification to be a consort, so he decided to try his luck with Zhang Hongfan.
They led the remnants of the gathered soldiers northward, over the Yin Mountains, and arrived at the Black River. However, they heard that a small group of Tang troops were attacking the herdsmen's camps nearby.
Zhang Hongfan followed the traces of this small group of Tang troops and found that they were surrounding a small tribe.
He sent his troops to drive back the Tang army, and unexpectedly found Kublai Khan in disguise among the tribes that had been rescued. He had been surrounded for a long time and was seriously injured. He couldn't help but be overjoyed.
This incident is said to be a coincidence, but in fact Zhang Hongfan showed his indomitable will, meticulousness in not letting go of any clues, and fierce loyalty to Kublai Khan.
His ability to escape and make contributions again after his defeat was partly accidental, but it was definitely not just a coincidence.
However, what no one expected was that on the night when Zhang Hongfan escorted Kublai Khan to Wanggu's residence to recuperate, and Maunge La came to visit overnight, someone actually poisoned Kublai Khan's decoction.
Fortunately, Zhang Hongfan was cautious at that time and ordered someone to try the decoction first. In fact, he did not expect that someone would be so bold. When he was shocked, he even refused to believe it and asked Zhang Yi to take Kublai Khan, who had not yet recovered from his illness, to safety.
Zhang Hongfan recuperated in a place where he was injured, while he stayed behind to investigate the matter. Taking this opportunity, Zhang Hongfan won the trust of Kublai Khan and began to gradually gain power again.
As of today, he has ensured that he can control the soldiers and horses of Jiuyuan City, and has just begun to capture the mastermind of the rebellion...
"King Anxi should know that many people suspected that you were the instigator of this rebellion. It was only after the general conducted extensive investigations that he cleared your suspicions and assured his majesty that you had nothing to do with this matter." Zhang Hongfan was busy waiting.
Ge La's mood calmed down a little, and he began to persuade her: "But if you insist on protecting the princess, I'm afraid the situation will be difficult to predict."
"Not her!"
As time passed, Maunge La's momentum gradually weakened, and his tone changed from coercion to pleading.
"Yerihan is just a woman. She doesn't understand anything. How could she poison Father Khan?"
Zhang Hongfan said: "If the princess knew better, I might have successfully poisoned her... and helped the king ascend the throne."
"Zhang Hongfan, you made a mistake. I warn you not to step on me and get to the throne!"
"I don't want to step on anyone's meritorious deeds to get to the top. What I'm looking for is the truth." Zhang Hongfan turned to Norihan and said, "Did the princess say so?"
"I didn't!" Norihan screamed
,"It's not me, it's not me!"
Zhang Hongfan said: "At that time, the news that King Yan's gold had returned to Kaiping City had not yet reached Jiuyuan City. The princess believed that as long as His Majesty could not come back, King Anxi would definitely inherit the throne. She had already contacted two brothers in private to prepare to support King Anxi.
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Ye Rihan was greatly frightened and kept shaking his head, but he couldn't actually say anything to defend himself. He could only keep muttering: "I didn't."
Zhang Hongfan continued: "Previously, King Anxi and the princess were captured by Li Xia, but fortunately they were rescued by our army. During the period when the princess was captured, the treasonous princess Duo Siman seduced the princess many times, saying that her majesty could not defend the Central Plains, and promised that if
When King Anxi surrenders, King Li Xia can continue to rule Mobei. Therefore, the princess feels that as long as His Majesty dies, King Anxi will have many choices."
"How did you know?!" Ye Rihan was frightened and speechless, and quickly said: "That's not the case."
"Princess, please stop making excuses. Your two brothers have already been charged. If you are really doing good for King Anxi, it would be better for you to plead guilty."
"What method should you subjugate? Whose method should you subdue?!" Ye Rihan shouted: "Why do you want us Mongolians to subjugate your Han method? Come here! This Han man has rebelled, kill him, kill him..."
No soldiers stepped forward to deal with Zhang Hongfan, but Ge La's hands were shaking.
Mang Ge La actually didn't believe that this matter would only be traced to Ye Rihan, so he also wanted to rise up and resist.
But the fear of Kublai Khan gradually came up, leaving him not knowing how to resist.
Looking around, there is only despair.
"King Anxi, let go." Zhang Hongfan's eyes moved back and said: "His Majesty believes that you are not involved in the rebellion. His Majesty said that among all the legitimate sons, you are the only one who is most like him."
The busy brother was stunned for a moment.
Soon, the expression on Ye Rihan's face froze.
Because she found that the hand holding her in his arms had loosened a little bit. This couple, who had been married at a young age, had been quarreling and fighting for many years, but they had been with each other for many years, and no one could
I can't tell whether their relationship is good or bad.
"Don't even come here."
Madge La said again, but his voice was no longer as powerful as before, and his expression was no longer as angry as before.
His momentum has completely weakened.
Two lines of tears slowly flowed from his eyes.
Ye Rihan cried loudly and was pulled out of the tent by the soldiers who came forward.
"Hanged." Zhang Hongfan ordered.
Without hesitation, the rope was put around Ye Rihan's neck in front of Mang Ge La, and tied her neck tightly.
Ye Rihan struggled and screamed, and in the end he could only make painful sounds from his throat.
She stared at Mang Ge La so hard that her eyes seemed to pop out.
She was born in the Hongji tribe, and her family "produced girls as queens and boys as princesses for generations to come." However, this could not prevent her from having her neck twisted off like a chicken.
Mang Ge La stood there like a piece of wood watching this scene, the look in his eyes gradually dissipated.
He thought that after experiencing the experience of being captured, his heart was strong enough, but he didn't expect it to be shattered at this moment.
"despair."
A soft sound.
It was the sound of a broken neck.
Ye Rihan's body fell to the ground.
From the beginning to the end, Zhang Hongfan did not watch the execution process. His eyes always fell on Mang Ge La's face.
He also had a deadly feud with the prince, but it didn't matter that Kublai Khan did not intend to pass the throne to Mang Ge La again.
The Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty was still in his prime, and he wanted everyone who coveted his position to put away their undue greed.
I saw Mang Ge La's face quickly turning gray, and then he collapsed to the ground, as if all the bones in his body had been ripped away, leaving only a pair of lifeless eyes still staring at the gray sky of longevity.
"King Anxi is seriously ill. Help him to rest." Zhang Hongfan ordered.
As for military affairs, he will naturally take over.
Kublai Khan had named him "Mongol-Han Army"
"Capital Marshal", this is a position of real power and importance that even Zhang Rou and Shi Tianze have never had.
Although the army currently stationed in Hetao is still nominally commanded by Zong Wang Tuohu, the specific military affairs are all handled by Zhang Hongfan.
Next, he will gather more troops and horses, calm their morale, and then send them to Kaiping, Hebei, Henan and other places to launch a comprehensive defense.
To the north of Yinshan Mountain, a small group of soldiers who had been driven into the vast grassland were stationed by the river.
There are about three hundred of them, including Han Chinese, Mongolians, and Semu people.
The armor and clothing on the body are also varied, some are wearing Tang Army armor with a Mongolian hat on their head; some are dressed like herdsmen and hang two pieces of Tang Army cotton armor.
"Don't light a fire."
"I see those Yuan troops are not chasing us anymore."
"Perhaps, the leader of the Wanggu tribe is not a man of any means, but he sacrificed his life to become Kublai Khan's son-in-law, so he surrounded us like this."
"Maybe Princess Yuelie looks like a fairy."
"Heh, is that just for looks? You can say beauty or ugliness. Even if you put out the candle and touch it in the dark, it's all the same..."
Listening to these conversations, the young Tang Army commander Wang Li frowned and glanced at Wang Mancang with some dissatisfaction, wondering how this guy could talk about all the messy issues of men and women.
"We've all been reduced to this, can't you save some energy?"
Following Wang Li's lecturing tone, someone immediately reminded Wang Mancang, who was still smiling playfully.
"Stop talking, General Xiao Wang is angry."
"Ah? Why are you angry again?"
"We finally found a way back to the country, but you had to attack the defeated army." Wang Li looked around and said, "Now they have been driven to nowhere again."
Wang Mancang had an indifferent smile on his face and said, "What does that have to do with it? Just find it again. Let us, General Wang, have more experience on the grassland, and then lead his troops to the north to fight against Hara and Forest."
"Oh, I lend you some good words."
Wang Li snorted and was about to say something else, but the scouts who had dispersed rushed back and reported: "General, there is a tribe seven miles upstream."
When Wang Mancang heard this, he raised his eyebrows and stood up.
"General Xiao Wang, it's time for us to get some food..."
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(PS: Historically, the princess of Ma Ge La was very tough. Because she was dissatisfied with the small power inherited by her son, she jailed Zhao Bing, the prime minister sent by Kublai Khan, and poisoned her to death.)