Liu Bingzhong rarely changed into a brand new Yuan official uniform, and was escorted by the Qingxue soldiers into Brother Yixiang's camp.
During this short journey, he discovered that this camp was different from the previous Yuan army camps. It was less scattered and wild and more neat.
The Mongolian cavalry were placed in the north of the camp, and those in the south were mostly Han troops and a large number of civilians who had been recruited some time ago.
These Han soldiers and civilians were building fortifications in an orderly manner, and it was a lively scene.
"King Yixiang Ge has combined the strengths of the Mongolian and Han armies very well. The scene in front of me is hard to imagine that a Mongolian king who has been in Harah and Forest for a long time can do it." Liu Bingzhong turned his head and spoke in a low voice.
Hao Jing said something.
Hao Jing responded: "Among the dozens of sons of King Hesar, King Yixiangge is the most prominent. Your Majesty first ordered him to control Mobei, and now he is ordered to stop Li Xia. It can be seen that his talents are far superior to those of other kings."
Liu Bingzhong raised his head and looked at Brother Yi Xiang's large banner, which was only slightly smaller than Kublai Khan, and sighed slightly.
"Do you remember that when Emperor Xianzong died suddenly, His Majesty rushed back to Yanjing from Ezhou Qingqi, and the first thing he did was to disband the militia recruited by Tuolichi, so the people on Yanjing Road were very happy?"
Hao Jing's eyes narrowed slightly, and when faced with this question, he was very cautious and did not choose to answer immediately.
Liu Bingzhong thought to himself and said: "Back then, His Majesty was caring and caring for the people, and he was confident of defeating Brother Alibu. But you see, this time when faced with Li Xia's Northern Expedition, His Majesty relied heavily on Ahema and Sangge.
Let them plunder the people and recruit militiamen on a large scale."
"What does Secretary Cong want to say?"
"It's just a small talk, asking what you think of this matter."
Hao Jing turned around and looked south, at the militiamen who were working hard, and pondered: "If not, how could we stop the Tang army?"
"Do you still have any reservations between you and me?" Liu Bingzhong asked with a low smile.
"I just don't know what to say."
Hao Jing glanced at Qie Xue who was following him out of the corner of his eye, turned around, and continued to the tent, thinking about the purpose of Liu Bingzhong's words.
He felt that Liu Bingzhong had seen his intention to fall in love with Li Xia.
A while ago, Song Ting sent news, saying that Jia Sidao's army had conquered Kuizhou and besieged Chongqing. Hao Jing also learned about this news and hesitated for a while whether to send it to Li Xia. But then he just
It was discovered that he had not contacted any Tang Jun spies.
It seems that Li Xia really just let him come back and said a few words to save Zhang Rou without asking him to submit. Perhaps he felt that there was too little that a scholar could do.
But although Hao Jing did not take any action, he knew that someone else had given Li Xia the news, and that this person had been found out by Liu Bingzhong - it was the newly released Zong Wang Hu Ci Hu'er.
So, Liu Bingzhong's attitude makes people a little uncertain. Did he let Hao Jing go on purpose? Or did Hu Ci Hu'er really betray the Jin family?
Hao Jing was not sure about this, and faced Liu Bingzhong's temptation at this time, he did not dare to reveal his traces.
With these thoughts in their minds, they have arrived at Brother Yixiang's tent.~~
All Mongolian kings were addicted to alcohol, but Brother Yixiang did not drink when he was the commander-in-chief of the army, so as not to cause trouble. Although the Tang army has temporarily retreated, he is still sitting at the top wearing armor.
The atmosphere in the big tent was solemn, and the generals stood around a simple sand table.
What surprised Liu Bingzhong was that there were many Han generals in the tent.
He actually knew that Brother Yixiang supported Namuhan's proposal to "kill all the Han officials", and thought that Brother Yixiang was a Mongolian conservative. But looking at it today, it was not necessarily the case.
After thinking about it carefully, Liu Bingzhong understood. Brother Yixiang hated the Han Dynasty because he hated the eldest son inheritance system, so he supported getting rid of these great scholars. But in fact, Brother Yixiang was a very smart and sensible person. As a commander-in-chief, as long as it was useful, All generals, whether Mongolian, Semu or Han, are willing to use them.
The two sides exchanged some pleasantries, and Brother Yixiang laughed and said, "The Great Khan asked you to come here just to tell me this?"
"Yes, Li Xia is likely to retreat. His Majesty has decreed that the king should decide to pursue Li Xia based on the situation on the battlefield."
"Pursuit?"
Brother Yixiang muttered these two words, then stood up and walked towards the tall watchtower in Wusui Ancient City.
Liu Bingzhong and Hao Jing followed him up the stairs to take a look. They couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. Especially when Hao Jing passed by here just before the Chinese New Year, he discovered that in just a few months, the entire Baigou had been built into a vast and endless defense line. Everywhere. There are layers of trenches and earthen walls, and giant cannons rising from the ground.
Who would have thought that this was the work of the Yuan army who dominated the world with iron cavalry?
"I said before that I wanted to overwhelm the Tang Army, so I built this line of defense." Brother Yixiang said, "The Tang Army couldn't break through these walls even if they pushed their artillery. But it's only March, and you said Li Xia was going to retreat." It’s over?”
"The king suspects that Li Xia is pretending to retreat?" "I don't know."
Brother Yixiang responded simply and neatly, turned around and left the watchtower.
Hao Jingsui and Liu Bingzhong looked at each other. "What do you mean, Your Majesty?"
"Maybe it means that he just wants to stay here and doesn't plan to pursue Li Xia." Liu Bingzhong sighed.
They settled in the camp.
Hao Jing felt increasingly strange and wondered why Liu Bingzhong brought him here.
The next day, before dawn, Hao Jing woke up and turned around to find that Liu Bingzhong was no longer in the tent.
Liu Bingzhong did not return until noon. He smiled lightly and said, "I saw that Lingchuan was still awake this morning, so I went to the camp for a walk."
Hao Jing understood that it was actually because Brother Yixiang trusted Liu Bingzhong more. This was the case for the next few days.
It was not until four days later that when Liu Bingzhong was leaving his tent, a piece of paper fell out of his clothes.
Hao Jing stood up and picked it up and looked at it, only to see that it was a map. It marked Brother Yixiang's troop deployment for a surprise attack on Li Xia's camp in the north of Baozhou City.
Thinking again of what Liu Bingzhong said a few days ago, he suddenly understood many things. Although Liu Bingzhong did not say it clearly, he could tell from some clues that he was inclined to join Li Xia, so he deliberately set a trap to frame the clan king Hu Ci Hu'er and cleared him. Hao Jing was suspected, and then he took Hao Jing to Brother Yixiang's camp, deliberately leaving behind this military information.
Because Liu Bingzhong could not contact Tang Jun Xizuo, or was unwilling to contact him, he had to borrow Hao Jing's help.
Hao Jing quickly glanced outside the tent, took out his pen and ink, copied a copy of the map, folded the original one again, and put it back in its original place.
As if nothing had happened, perhaps it was the tacit understanding between him and Liu Bingzhong.
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In the afternoon, Hao Jing left the tent and walked around to the south of the camp with his hands behind his hands.
Most of the people here were Han troops and levied militiamen. He looked up for a while, saw the banner of the Han general He Renjie, and walked in the direction of his troops.
He did not disturb He Renjie, and just walked between ordinary soldiers and militiamen, as if observing the fortifications.
Although he had been on a mission and met Li Xia, he actually had no way to contact the Military Intelligence Department. He had no choice but to use himself as bait in the army and wait for the other party to contact him.
They walked like this for a long time, but no one ever spoke to Hao Jing. He stopped, looked around, and walked towards a group of militiamen who were setting up artillery.
The more people he talks to, the more people will come to talk to him. "Dong dong dong,
A militiaman was using a big hammer to tenon two pieces of wood together. Wiping his sweat, he turned around and saw an old man in official uniform standing in front of him. He couldn't help but be surprised.
"Don't panic." Hao Jing smiled and said, "Is it hard?"
The militiaman nodded and shook his head and said: "In order to defeat the enemy, you don't have to work hard."
He spoke sincerely, and he obviously regarded the Tang army as his enemy, which surprised Hao Jing.
"What's your name?" "Yu Da." "Are you Han Chinese?"
"I am Yuan Ren." Yu Da emphasized with his eyes widened.
Hao Jing looked around and saw that this militiaman was about twenty years old. He had obviously been in Mongolia since he was born.
He tried a few more words and finally induced Yu Da to reveal his understanding of himself.
"How can there be any Han people? I was born in the Great Mongolia, so of course I am a Mongolian. Now that the Great Mongolia has been changed to the Yuan Dynasty, I am a Yuan person."
"What do you think of Tang Jun?"
"Foreign enemies." Yu Dali replied neatly. He was very satisfied with his performance. He straightened his back, looking forward to Hao Jing's praise, and then said: "To deal with foreign enemies, just kill them."
He had no intention of chatting anymore and turned around, feeling very disappointed.
Of course, not all the people in the Central Plains think like Yu Da, they have all kinds of ideas. This Yu Da simply has never read history books, and he has been told since he was a child that he is a Mongolian, so it is deeply ingrained and understandable.
The reason why Hao Jing was disappointed was actually that these principles were exactly what he, Hao Jing, instilled into the young people of the Central Plains.
It was Hao Jing who proposed that those who follow the Chinese way are the masters of China, and taught many good and obedient people to the Yuan Dynasty.
Everything he did in this life suddenly became ridiculous.
But looking back, I think, even if I had to do it all over again, could I really go south to find a young prisoner, Li Xia, and stake the fate of the world on him when the country is ruined and the family is in ruins?
Right and wrong gradually become hazy.
"But Xu Bangchang was appointed as Ji Xin, and the Hun general Qin Hui was appointed as Cheng Ying. I was willing to accept Jiang Zuo as the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the long-term envoys were heroic and unjust."
Hao Jing recited the poem he used to scold Zhao Song, but he could no longer tell whether he was Qin Hui or Cheng Ying.
He staggered, and someone suddenly helped him.
Hao Jing looked around and saw that the person supporting him was a militiaman. His face was covered in dust and his appearance could not be clearly seen.
"Mr. Hao, are you okay?" "It's okay."
Hao Jing waved his hand, and suddenly another whisper sounded in his ear.
"If there is any danger, do you need me to take you away?" "I can walk by myself."
Hao Jing reached out and pushed the militiaman and walked away.
After walking a few steps, when he looked back, he saw that the militiamen had disappeared among the ranks.
Two more days passed.
Yu Da was still working hard when he saw two timid men coming over. Without any explanation, they kicked him on the knee and broke his arm.
"ah!"
Yu Da was still screaming, and he had been dragged into the tent. Brother Yixiang and Liu Bingzhong were sitting in the tent separately.
After looking at the miserable Yu Da, Liu Bingzhong asked: "Has the news been handed out?"
"What?"
Yu Da was completely puzzled and his eyes were full of confusion.
Liu Bingzhong asked again: "Have you sent out the information Hao Jing gave you?"
"Me me me me"
Brother Yixiang waved his hand impatiently, and Xue took Yu Da down to be tortured.
"Secretary Cong, what if the information hasn't been sent to Li Xia yet?"
"With the capabilities of the Military Intelligence Department, we gave them two days and they must have delivered it." Liu Bingzhong said, "The king just needs to wait for Li Xia to fall into the trap."