At the beginning of April, the entire war situation seemed to be going well for Dayuan.
Liu Bingzhong returned to Yanjing and reported the situation in Hebei to Kublai Khan. It was just that Li Xia had withdrawn his troops and Yixiang Ge had surrounded Baozhou City.
Of course, Kublai Khan expected these, and he was more concerned about some details.
For example, after hearing that Hao Jing was used to test whether Li Xia had really retreated, he asked: "In Secretary Cong's opinion, did Hao Jing deliver that false news?"
Liu Bingzhong pondered, shook his head, and said: "We have already arrested and interrogated several people who talked to Hao Jing in the camp at that time, and no one from the Military Intelligence Department was found."
"Brother Yixiang's statement is different." Kublai Khan took out a memorial and threw it directly to Liu Bingzhong.
At this moment, a gloomy and terrifying look flashed in the emperor's eyes.
Liu Bingzhong took the memorial and looked at it, his face a little embarrassed.
Kublai Khan said: "Brother Yixiang said that at that time, some soldiers bumped into Hao Jing, helped Hao Jing, and got close to Hao Jing, including those who delivered food and guards. There were many suspicious ones. He wanted to take them all for trial at that time, but
You stopped me."
"Yes." Liu Bingzhong said: "If every person in the camp who is close to Hao Jing is captured, it will inevitably make people panic and affect morale. Therefore, the only ones I capture are those who talk to Hao Jing."
The interpreter said: "All the daughters of the Great Khan are already married, and there is no princess who can marry you."
At this time, a rebellion broke out in the Goryeo Kingdom, which was obviously not a good thing for Dayuan.
Taiyuan?
He finally had the intention to turn his attention away from the war and pay attention to some national affairs that he had neglected for a while.
There was a "dong" sound, and he cried: "Thank you, Great Khan, I heard that Lin Yan, a powerful official in the Goryeo Kingdom, deposed my father and sent people to ambush and kill me. I was so frightened that I
Return and ask the Great Khan to make the decision!"
Kublai Khan patted Chabi's hand and said: "Don't worry, the most difficult battles are over. In the past few years, Ben Khan has defeated Brother Ali Bu. This time he will defeat Li Xia again, and things will become smoother and smoother in the future."
At that time, we will consider which tribe to win over..."
The first time they deliberately gave the opportunity to the traitors in the city to give information about Song Ting to Li Xia, but they didn't expect that the person caught was Hu La Hu'er.
"The Great Khan is so kind to me, and I only hope that Goryeo will be loyal to the Yuan Dynasty from generation to generation. I sincerely ask the Great Khan to surrender the princess to me, so that Goryeo will be the country of the consort, and I will always be the Great Khan's servant."
Kublai Khan asked: "Hao Jing didn't betray him either?"
"..."
"Why would Ben Khan doubt Secretary Cong? In the future, Li Xia will never try to drive a wedge between Ben Khan and Han Chen. The crisis in Dayuan has passed, and Ben Khan will no longer have any doubts in his heart."
So, after a moment of silence, Kublai Khan's hearty laughter rang out in the palace.
The specific information was suppressed, and Wang Chen was unable to inquire about the details. He only knew that many people died in Kaiping City, and they fell to the sword of Xue Jun just because of muttering a few words.
A few days later, Boyan's memorial was also sent to Yanjing, indicating that Lu Wenhuan was indeed sending troops to attack Luoyang; at the same time, Brother Yixiang reported that Baozhou City had been completely blocked.
"Tell this greedy waste that he is not qualified yet."
At this time, Kublai Khan thought of this and said: "During this period, I ordered people to interrogate Khurahu'er. There is something strange. The Military Intelligence Department did not send anyone to contact Khurahu'er. He sent it himself.
They sent military information to Baozhou."
Kublai Khan knew about both times.
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"Everyone wants to ask for Ben Khan's grace, but they don't think about what they can do for Ben Khan?"
As for Wang Chen's mission this time, I find it even more strange.
If you don't intervene, it will obviously undermine the majesty of the suzerain state. But if you intervene, it is the time to confront Li Xia, and you cannot draw out your troops.
"It's possible that Li Xia doesn't trust him at all and just asks him to do something to make it easy for him to be caught by Ben Khan. In order to cover up the real traitor."
Of course, these are small things and do not affect the situation of the battle.
Namuhan raised his head and looked at Kublai Khan. In his peripheral vision, he could actually see many ministers around him.
It was precisely with his strategy that he uncovered the traitors in Yanjing, shook Li Xia's military morale, and forced Li Xia to retreat.
A large map is spread out.
"Taiyuan has been lost!"
As he spoke, Liu Bingzhong drew several arrows one after another.
Aibuhua was very anxious and had sent people to request several times. Although Kublai Khan was dissatisfied, he did not refuse, lest Aibuhua would be disappointed and switch to Li Xia. He only asked Aibuhua to recruit herdsmen from the Wanggu tribe, which guaranteed
The stability of the Loop.
He immediately understood what Li Xia's strategic intention was.
Kublai Khan was overjoyed and once again summoned his ministers to discuss matters. This time they discussed the strategy of counterattack, regaining the Central Plains, and even Guanzhong.
Kublai Khan made this comment about Wang Chen's request to love without flowers.
This was his second visit to Dayuan. In his opinion, Dayuan was still powerful. But with this power, he could faintly feel that something was wrong.
Kublai Khan snorted coldly after hearing this.
When they were discussing just now, the strategic map formed in his mind with many arrows surrounding Li Xia instantly dissipated, leaving only the sense of oppression that the Tang army was pressing towards Yanjing.
The prince of the Golden Family had never suffered much, so when he heard that he was going to be tortured, he took all kinds of measures.
Fortunately, the war with Li Xia is going well now. Once someone is sent to Goryeo to inquire about the situation, they may be able to mobilize troops. Then we can decide whether to send troops.
As a result, before he crossed the Yalu River, he heard about the rebellion in Goryeo, so he had to return. When he arrived in Kaiping, he heard that the Great Khan had arrived in Yanjing again, so he rushed over.
Therefore, after returning from Helan Mountain, this matter was delayed.
"Jia Sidao attacked Chongqing, Lu Wenhuan attacked Luoyang, this was the Song army's offensive. King Yixiang Ge attacked Baozhou, Prime Minister Boyan cut off Li Xia's retreat, Kantuo Mengjia came out of Tubo to attack Chengdu, and don't forget
, last year Yin Zhu'er had already marched south from Hetao to attack Yan'an..."
"Father Khan!"
"You said at that time that with the capability of the Military Intelligence Department, the false information must have been sent to Li Xia."
Liu Bingzhong said: "I really guessed wrong."
"..."
Walking into Daning Palace all the way, Wang Chen looked up and saw Kublai Khan's majestic face, and Wang Chen trembled with fright.
Wang Chen was overjoyed and burst into tears of gratitude.
Wang Chen originally wanted to inquire in detail, but Kublai Khan had already sent someone to escort him back to his country.
"I pay my respects to the Great Khan."
It's just that from the Battle of Hetao to the Battle of Helan Mountain, Aibuhua's performance could not satisfy Kublai Khan. In addition, the Wanggu tribe suffered heavy losses and no longer had the same strength as before.
Kublai Khan then temporarily agreed to Wang Chen's intervention in the affairs of Goryeo.
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A group of dusty carriages drove into Yanjing.
Cha Bi said: "But this marriage has been delayed for almost two years because of the war. How can there be a woman on the grassland who is not married even after she is fifteen?"
"I won't trust him easily anymore." Kublai Khan waved his hand and said, "I will send someone to inquire. If he did a really good job... let's talk about it later."
He approved of this marriage from the beginning. Ai Buhua was the leader of the Wanggu tribe, and it was tradition for him to marry a daughter.
"Great Khan, Prince Goryeo has returned to Yanjing."
But he was too panicked to care about this.
"I don't think so." Liu Bingzhong met Kublai Khan's gaze and said calmly: "On the contrary, I thought that no important ministers in the Yuan Dynasty had become traitors, including King Hu La Hu'er. Li Xia just used this to make His Majesty suspicious.
, this is a stratagem to alienate."
Wang Chen still remembered that the first time he came to court was when Kublai Khan defeated Brother Ali and summoned envoys from various countries to come to worship... However, the seven-day celebration ceremony was only halfway through when a piece of news spread.
He came out and said that many tribes in the Western Regions had jointly elected a new Great Khan.
When the discussion reached this point, Na Muhan hurried in. He ran so fast that he even knocked over the map shelf placed there.
That year, although Kublai Khan did not show any angry expression on his face, he showed his anger by killing.
"Who gave you permission to come here?"
Although there are only scrawled lines representing the mountains and terrain, and simple Uighur and Mongolian characters marking the cities, this does not hinder Kublai Khan's command.
"How is the work that Ben Khan ordered him to do?"
After the interpreter translated these words to Kublai Khan, Kublai Khan turned his head and glanced at Wang Chen who was kneeling in front of him, feeling a sense of disgust in his heart.
Envoys from various countries knew from this that someone was challenging the authority of this new Mongol Khan.
"Great Khan, Aibuhua has sent someone again, requesting the Great Khan to send someone to escort Yue Lie to the Wanggu tribe to consummate the marriage."
He raised his head and glanced at Kublai Khan, his eyes seemed very sincere, and then said: "I was also very suspicious of Hao Jing for a time, so I set two traps in succession for him to jump, but I didn't find any flaw in him."
That day, Liu Bingzhong retreated, and Chabi came over to ask for an audience.
It is said that Dayuan is at war with some Tang army in the south, but they are very secretive about the progress of the war. Everyone only says that it is going well.
Shi Tianze, Wang Wentong and others he had befriended last time, as well as Goryeo's false hostage Wang Jian, are all gone.
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During this period, the situation was indeed improving for Kublai Khan.
Kublai Khan took a closer look at Liu Bingzhong and thought that Liu Bingzhong was indeed trustworthy.
"It is said that 50,000 troops have been gathered to hold the Tang army back. To be more specific, does the Great Khan want to meet the people he sent?"
After being confused for a moment, Kublai Khan immediately understood what the loss of Taiyuan meant.
Wang Chen was shocked. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily.
He was thirty-two years old at the time and was the crown prince of the current King of Goryeo.
He lost consciousness for a moment and couldn't even hear the sounds around him.
He fights and is good at grasping the general trend.
Liu Bingzhong understood Kublai Khan's strategic intentions very well and explained them.
Liu Bingzhong couldn't help but ask: "What does the Great Khan mean?"
The couple were just talking about the marriage of their daughter. When Kublai Khan summoned people to discuss the matter again, they heard a report.
Wang Chen opened the curtain and raised his head to look at the Daning Palace in the distance, the worry in his eyes getting stronger.
"I have already tried it." Liu Bingzhong said, "Unless I am the real traitor and deliberately wrongfully accused King Huhu'er and protected Hao Jing."
"Although the war has been going on so far, I often hear that the Tang army captured another city, but if we look at the overall situation, we can find that the Tang army was the one trapped in the siege."
——"The Great Khan spared my life because they forced me. I was tortured every day after I was captured in Helan Mountain. This time they let me back and forced me to promise to pass on useful military information to them when I come back, otherwise they would send people
Kill me. I don’t want to give military information, so I think it doesn’t matter if I give them information about Song Dynasty.”
The turning around of the war started with trusting Liu Bingzhong again.
headache.
Kublai Khan stroked his forehead, unable to think of a way to deal with it right away.
He thought about what he was doing these days when Li Xia solved the problem of money and food? Discussing with a few losers whether to marry his daughter to them.