When Chabi arrived, he saw Kublai Khan smashing a jade-grip diamond ornament he liked to play with on the ground, causing jade fragments to fly.
The ground is covered with various debris.
After being married for decades, this was the first time Chabi saw Kublai Khan so angry.
You know, Kublai Khan was able to maintain his composure even when Alibaba became a self-proclaimed Khan, which shows the seriousness of the fall of Taiyuan this time.
There was another "Peng" sound, and this time an agate dragon button seal was smashed to the ground. This was the letter seal given by Kublai Khan when he planned to confer Prince Goryeo as Great Yuan Andong Gong. At this time, it was smashed to pieces.
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"Ehxiute!"
It was rare for Chabi to hear Kublai Khan swearing such foul words, so he quickly stepped forward to persuade him: "Khan, calm down."
Kublai Khan suddenly pressed Chabi's shoulders and said: "No, those Han officials can't believe it. Liu Bingzhong said he wanted to disintegrate the morale of the Tang army. He deceived me."
"Your Majesty, I have heard what happened. Ahema failed to defend Taiyuan. How can you blame Secretary Cong?" Chabi said, "It is my fault. I should not have recommended this slave to the Great Khan."
After hearing this, Kublai Khan's eyes became confused.
He vaguely felt that Liu Bingzhong was to blame for this incident, but after thinking about it carefully, Liu Bingzhong did not do anything wrong.
"No one can be trusted! Mongols, Semu people, Han people, all of them are unreliable!"
"It doesn't matter, Great Khan." Chabi advised, "We only lost one Taiyuan. The Great Khan is the greatest hero in the world, and he will definitely be able to defeat Li Xia."
"Qiangu must have been lost. Li Xia got Qiangu..."
"After all, Ahema still has to transport some of it back. When we count it, maybe Dayuan Qiangu can still bring down the Tang army."
Kublai Khan waved his hand, not having high hopes for this.
In other words, even if the two sides have equal financial resources, he is still a little unsure.
"When Ahma comes back, Ben Khan will execute him."
"Okay, execute him." Chabi kept calming her angry husband, and said: "It doesn't matter, even if he retreats to the grassland, the Great Khan still has the vastest territory, and he will be able to defeat Li Xia sooner or later."
On the contrary, these words rekindled Kublai Khan's fighting spirit.
He rubbed his face hard and messed up his beard.
"No, I don't want to go back to the grassland."
Kublai Khan took a few steps, still unable to think about too many things in his mind. Finally, he looked at Chabi and said the first few countermeasures that came to mind.
"This Khan wants to order Aibuhua to come to Yanjing to marry Yuelie, and ask him to lead 30,000 troops to guard Datong Prefecture on Xijing Road."
Chabi nodded and said, "The Great Khan is wise."
"There is no other way." Kublai Khan said: "Once Taiyuan is lost, I can no longer find any closer troops to defend Shanxi."
"The Great Khan can believe that love is not spent. He has always wanted to be the consort."
"Wang Chen, the son of the King of Goryeo, asked Ben Khan to marry him a daughter, and Ben Khan planned to agree to it."
Cha Bi said: "I have heard that, but Wang Chen already has a wife. Should the princess of Dayuan be his second wife?"
"He said he would demote his original wife." Kublai Khan frowned and was too lazy to talk about these trivial matters. "The important thing is that we need to collect money and grain from Goryeo to prevent the war from prolonging and running out of food and grass in the future."
Chabi was extremely disgusted with Wang Chen's character. His face instantly changed and he said, "I will not marry my daughter to such a villain."
Kublai Khan didn't care about these trivial matters, but he thought that the country of Goryeo was indeed not worthy of his legitimate daughter, so he said: "Then choose a concubine to marry him."
"But how can the Great Khan find the troops to go to Goryeo to quell the rebellion and recruit Qian Gu?"
"Let Brother Yixiang come back first." Kublai Khan said, "He can't capture Baozhou City."
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Baozhou.
Jingjie was wearing official clothes and walking in the city with a worried expression.
These days, thanks to the artillery on top of the city, the Yuan army did not dare to push the artillery carts closer, so the offensive against Baozhou City was not fierce.
But gradually, the artillery shells in the city were almost exhausted.
However, the Yuan army continued to throw stones at them, and they began to attack the city with ants, which would inevitably lead to a large number of casualties.
What worries Jingjie even more is the morale of the military and the people in the city.
After all, Baozhou City had just surrendered not long ago, and rumors had spread everywhere recently that the Song Army had captured Sichuan and Shu, and the Tang Army wanted to abandon Baozhou City and withdraw.
It would be better if Zhang Rou was here, but it's a pity that Zhang Rou is not here either.
Even Jingjie had realized that some people in the city could not withstand the pressure of being surrounded and were preparing to surrender to Meng Yuan again.
He told Li Xia about this this morning, but Li Xia said it didn't matter and even joked with him.
"Wait until I put out the dragon flag and scare Brother Xiang away."
When Jingjie heard this, he was startled and hurriedly advised: "Your Majesty, no! Once brother Yixiang knows that your Majesty is in the city, he will only attack the city more fiercely, and the people in Baozhou City will inevitably be unstable. Someone wants to do harm to Your Majesty."
At that time, Li Xia still looked calm and said, "Then let's wait and see?"
Jingjie sighed.
He thought of how Li Xia had played a cruel trick on him at Hujun Mountain in Shandong more than ten years ago.
Now that he has truly become Li Xia's minister, he hopes that Li Xia will still be so great.
"Mr. Jing, look!"
Jingjie turned his head and blinked in surprise.
He was standing in Xicheng at this time, and saw a wisp of smoke rising from the Taihang Mountains in the distance.
"That is?"
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"what is that?"
Brother Yixiang hurried to the west camp after hearing the report from the army.
He raised his lookout tube to look at the beacon smoke on Taihang Mountain and ordered: "Go, send a detective horse to ask the defenders at Changshanguan whether they lit the beacon smoke by mistake or something?"
The reason why I say this is because Changshan Pass is located in Puyinxing, one of the eight mountains in Taihang. To the west is Shanxi Lingqiu, the hinterland of Dayuan, and to the east is Brother Yixiang's army.
It is impossible for Tang troops to appear in this place.
It was very strange to see the smoke rising.
Brother Yixiang frowned and pondered, thinking that maybe a small group of Tang troops had circled the Taihang Mountains.
The reason why he thinks so is because he recently sent out to explore the horses and found traces of the Tang army near both banks of the Hutuo River in the southwest of Baozhou City. There were dense ditches and fortresses there, so the explorers did not dare to approach, but he could faintly see that there seemed to be many people working in the fields. .
This thing is also very strange, Brother Yi Xiang hasn’t figured it out yet.
The Tang army was stationed there, so did they plan to retreat or not? Did they want to hold on until the grain and grass were grown before starting a war?
Coupled with today's sudden wolf smoke, Brother Yixiang has already smelled danger.
Today's offensive against Baozhou City has ended, and Tan Ma who went to Changshanguan to investigate has not returned yet.
When night fell, Brother Yixiang sent two groups of exploration horses into the Taihang Mountains, and strictly ordered the army to be on guard before sitting down by the campfire and falling asleep.
It was still dark when a cry of surprise suddenly sounded in my ears.
"Your Majesty! It's not good!"
Brother Shi Xiang suddenly raised his head.
"What? The Tang army really came around along the Taihang Mountains to support Baozhou?!"
"They attacked all the way from Taiyuan to Changshan Pass..."
"What's the meaning?"
Brother Yixiang was puzzled and thought he hadn't woken up yet. He took the wine bag and took a sip. He strode out of the tent and saw a little bit of morning light in the east.
The wind blew, and he sobered up a lot, and decided to listen to the news again.
"Tell me again, what news?"
"The Tang army broke through Changshan Pass from the west yesterday and will soon..."
"Snapped!"
Brother Yixiang slapped the Tanma who reported the news hard.
Very neat and very loud.
The soldier's face instantly became red and swollen.
Brother Shixiang also felt a little pain in his palms.
This is not a dream, it's real.
So he grabbed the soldier and said harshly: "If you dare to lie about the military situation, I will bury you alive."
"Your Majesty, I...I really saw Tang Jun!"
"How is it possible? Unless Liu Yuanli conquered Taiyuan and Xiangzhou and walked from Lingqiu to Puyinxing, how could he appear to the west of Changshan Pass?"
Brother Yixiang muttered something, then turned his head, and he could hear the chaos in the army.
Someone honked, someone shouted, and more and more horses came rushing towards this direction.
"Your Majesty! I saw Tang Jun..."
Brother Yi Xiang couldn't believe it, but quickly regained his composure.
He admitted that he did not expect Liu Yuanli to be here, it was just a matter of facing him.
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The sun gradually shines across the earth.
Brother Yi Xiang stepped up to the high platform step by step. He raised his telescope and looked at the enemy's formation, and then he was stunned for a moment.
He didn't know Chinese characters, so he asked He Renjie next to him: "What character is that?"
"Your Majesty, that's..." He Renjie was also a little confused and said: "Zhang Rou, how come Zhang Rou came from the east?"
"Zhang Rou?"
Brother Yi Xiang was confused again.
When attacking Baozhou these days, he always felt that Baozhou's defense was very powerful and Zhang Rou must be commanding it in the city.
But now, Zhang Rou appears in the west... Then who is in Baozhou City? Does Zhang Hongdao have such ability?
The horns from both sides became louder and louder.
After leaving Puyinxing, the Tang army rested for a while and began to prepare to attack the Yuan army.
The Yuan army originally attacked the city with all its strength. Once the rear was attacked, all fronts needed to be adjusted.
Just at this moment, a fast horse came hurriedly.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Li Xia is in Baozhou City!"
Brother Yixiang suddenly turned his head to look east again and asked in surprise: "Why?"
What he was wondering about was why Li Xia didn't show up so long since he was in Baozhou City, and why Li Xia didn't leave even after the Tang army retreated...
No, at this moment he suddenly understood everything.
Zhang Rou attacked Taiyuan, the Tang army secretly colonized the fields, and Li Xia was in Baozhou City...it was all planned.
"King!"
The news is still coming, and Brother Yixiang already doesn't want to hear it anymore.
"Your Majesty, the Tang army has left the city and is attacking here!"