This is a newly built government office located just south of the palace city.
Now that the war broke out, most of the Han officials in the Yuan Dynasty were summoned here to consult on the battle situation and arrange logistics. They did not rest for a while until Kublai Khan left the city for a decisive battle.
At night, Hao Jing spread the bedding in the public room very early and lay there as if falling asleep.
"Tuk-tuk-tuk." There was a knock on the door.
"Mr. Hao, you must be awake yet, right?"
When Hao Jing heard the voice, he quickly stood up, opened the door and saw that it was indeed Yao Shu standing outside.
Two years ago, Yao Shu was dissatisfied with Kublai Khan's use of financial ministers to plunder the people, so he was secretly demoted by Kublai Khan and lost his real power. He has not been seen for a long time. This time, he was also summoned to Zhongshu Province.
"Yao Gong."
"Among all of them, you are the most at ease." Yao Shu entered the public room, sat upright, and raised his hand to indicate to Hao Jing that he did not need to light the lamp.
Hao Jing smiled bitterly and said: "In recent years, I have gradually understood a truth. Heaven's behavior is constant. It will not exist because of Yao, nor will it perish because of Jie. Things in the world will not change according to our will."
"Yes, we hope that the Central Plains will not be destroyed, and the Jin Kingdom will be destroyed. We will help the Meng Yuan to implement the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty will flourish on its own. It is wrong for us to be busy here and there. Ridiculous, ridiculous."
Yao Shu patted his knees, looking a little dejected, and said: "There is something even more ridiculous. Back then, I wrote a letter to persuade the Emperor of Tang to surrender, and called me the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. 'I will rule the world, be magnificent and upright, and will not be limited to the middle class.
"Exemplary, unyielding, caring about the people, not barbarians", every word of it is still in my ears. Even now when I think about it... I can't help but sigh at the perseverance of the Tang Emperor."
Hao Jing nodded and said, "Looking back ten years ago, who would have thought that things could change to this extent?"
"The difficulty of the great road is as difficult as the blue sky. The actions of Emperor Tang were like the creation of heaven and earth."
Hao Jing was silent for a moment, leaned forward, and whispered: "The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty said, 'It's not that difficult, as long as you dare to do it. If our compatriots work together, China will prosper.'"
When Yao Shu heard this, he was stunned for a moment.
After a while, he smiled bitterly and said: "What a spirit. It's a pity that he was not born when Jin died, but now I am old."
Now that the words have reached this point, Hao Jing said: "Mr. Yao, it's not too late."
Yao Shu couldn't help laughing and waved his hands repeatedly.
"Don't think that I am afraid of death, so when the situation gets worse, I quickly look for the wind and surrender."
"Of course Mr. Yao is not like this..."
"Listen to me." Yao Shu said: "I am wrong when I am wrong, and I will not live in vain. I have made mistakes all my life. In the end, I will change my mind again and again, and become the laughing stock of the world. I am coming here tonight, not to surrender."
"That is?"
"The victory has been decided, it's time to save a few lives." Yao Shu lamented: "The Yuan Dynasty has reached this point. If we continue to fight, it will only hurt human lives. After destroying the city, we will still have to spend more manpower and material resources to build it. It will hurt.
Soldiers will still need to be recruited in the future, so it is better to end it early and let the Emperor of Tang retain his troops to conquer the Song Dynasty early, so that the four seas will be unified as soon as possible and the people will be in peace as soon as possible."
Hao Jing asked: "Does Mr. Yao understand the situation of the war?"
Yao Shu stretched out his hand and scratched twice on the case, and said: "The sooner Zhang Jue conquers the city, the sooner he can attack from front to back and defeat the Yuan army."
"Yao Gong has a way to make the Tang army conquer the city as soon as possible?"
"The city guard He Renjie has a history with me, so I might be able to persuade him." Yao Shu said, "However, we need Emperor Tang to give him a promise. Can Mr. Hao make one?"
Hao Jing smiled and said: "Then Mr. Yao has found the wrong person..."
Suddenly, there was a "bang" and the sound of the door being kicked was heard outside, followed closely by a scream.
Hao Jing stood up quickly and hurried to the door. He looked out through the crack in the door and saw several Yuan soldiers rushing into the Zhongshu Provincial Courtyard, killing everyone they met.
In an instant, the yamen turned into a sea of blood. Yao Shu was stunned.
He never imagined that a battle between king and minister would end in such a confrontation...
--In the formation of the Yuan army.
A detective horse quickly rushed to Kublai Khan's side and reported: "Great Khan, the King of Phase-shifting Brother has discovered
Zhang Hongdao was leading his cavalry over and stopped the Tang army's cavalry near the South Circle."
"Tell him that he doesn't need to defeat Zhang Hongdao. As long as he can prevent the Tang army from reaching the main battlefield, it will be a great achievement."
In such a flat and vast terrain, Li Xia's troop deployment could not be concealed from Kublai Khan. The two sides could not fight with extraordinary troops, and could only leave the victory or defeat in the hands of their respective generals.
Kublai Khan did not have great confidence in Naiyan, Namuhan, and Yixiangge, so he only asked them to contain the Tang army.
He wanted to personally defeat Li Xia on the main battlefield. But it was impossible to kill all 50,000 people. They could only collapse them through fierce battles. The Tang army came from afar, had a long baggage line, and little food and grass. Especially the soldiers were not cold-resistant.
There is a possibility of being defeated.
This takes time, maybe two days, maybe three days.
Naiyan, Namuhan, and Brother Yixiang only need to remain undefeated within three days, and victory will belong to Dayuan.
--
"Your Majesty, Marshal Zhang Hongdao has sent a message. They encountered Brother Yixiang's troops near Nanwei and it was difficult to reach the battlefield in time."
At the same time, Li Xia also received the letter, nodded and said, "I understand."
For him, this was expected. With such terrain, it was impossible for him to hide his troop movements from Kublai Khan.
But he had confidence in all the troops under his command, believing that there would always be a few Tang troops who would defeat the Yuan troops and give them an advantage in this battle.
Just like in the Battle of Helan Mountain, Pifeng was stunned to stop Zhang Hongfan, and Xu Kui arrived at the third pass in time, which became the key to the Tang army turning defeat into victory. In the Battle of Yanjing, there will definitely be more such partial victories.
Because the generals under his command have grown up on the battlefield.
After all, if you want to be as good at fighting as Muhuali, Borhu, Subotai and others, you have to grow up on the most difficult battlefields, rather than becoming the grandsons or great-grandsons of these people.
Now, Li Xia only needs to maintain this main formation and wait for that partial victory.
--
The night is getting deeper and deeper.
"General Mao, Your Majesty asks if you can still hold the right wing?"
"Yes!" Mao Yi'er shouted: "The Yuan army can't break the formation from me!
Chen Yuzhi looked back and couldn't see anything clearly in the night, so he asked Xinma: "How is the battle situation of the Chinese army? Do we need support from the right wing?"
"No need, just hold on to the right wing."
"Please report to Your Majesty that Naiyan was probably the first Yuan army to be defeated!" "Okay!
When the Xinma returned, Mao Yi'er stared at the battlefield nervously and said: "Mr. Chen, you are so brave, you dare to send a message to His Majesty.
"Why not report the battlefield situation in a timely manner?"
"Qushui is prosperous! Make up for it quickly!" Mao Yi'er shouted and ordered to raise the flag and wave it himself.
Although he had no time to chat with Chen Yuzhi, he was still thinking about the possibility that Naiyan would be the first to be defeated.
The problem is that the Yuan army is clearly on the offensive now, so how can there be an opportunity for Naiyan to be defeated?
~~Dadu City.
"Mr. Yao, this way... let's go quickly!"
Yao Shu kept panting, but he couldn't run anymore.
He held on to the pillar, pushed Hao Jing and said, "Leave me alone, you can go."
"Yao Gong, it's just ahead."
"If you leave, I may not die, and your Majesty may not kill me as long as you are a king."
"No," Hao Jing said, "If he is defeated and wants to retreat, he will kill us all first. If he no longer trusts us, he will also kill us.
"Your Majesty is not crazy yet. You should know that you may not be a Han official before you betray him. If you leave, your Majesty will not touch me..."
"Yao Gong was wrong." Hao Jing spoke quickly and said, "Many Han officials did join the Tang Dynasty."
"What?"
"I say, Yao Shu has found the wrong person tonight. If he wants a guarantee from His Majesty, he should find someone more secretive and useful."
"You mean, there are still people in the Jinlianchuan shogunate who have rebelled?" "Just..."
Suddenly, there was a message not far away
There was a knock on the door. Hao Jing quickly supported Yao Shu and continued to escape. "Over there!"
However, a group of Yuan soldiers came out from the other end of the corridor and rushed towards them with swords in hand. Compared with Yao Shu's slow speed, they were surprisingly fast. In a moment, they rushed behind them and slashed them with their swords.
"Whoosh."
Suddenly an arrow came and hit the Yuan army in the cheek.
Hao Jing narrowly escaped death. When he looked up, he saw a group of people on the wall in front of him. He quickly said, "Mr. Yao, look quickly. It's right there. We can just escape."
Yao Shu was stunned again and looked at the person who appeared at the top of the city...
In the sweat tent, after hearing about the incident in Zhongshu Province tonight, many people came to persuade Namuhan.
"By doing this, Your Majesty, how many meritorious ministers have been killed by mistake? When the Great Khan comes back, how do you want us to explain it?"
"The capital city still needs to be defended by Han troops. At this time, the king will massacre the Han officials in case the morale of the army changes."
Namuhan listened to this with a cold face, thinking in his heart that these important Mongolian ministers came to complain because they supported Zhenjin's son.
It's just that he did it out of selfish motives, and he couldn't come up with any high-sounding reason at this time.
At this moment, Marshal He Renjie of the Han Army hurriedly arrived.
Although He Renjie was also a Han, he was from Kublai Khan's guard and now held military power, so Namuhan did not dare to touch him.
As soon as they saw him coming, someone immediately came forward to comfort him: "Marshal He is here, but because the king mistakenly killed a Han minister..."
"The king did not kill by mistake." He Renjie said. Everyone was stunned, even Na Muhan was a little shocked.
He Renjie said: "Those Han ministers have indeed rebelled. It's a pity that the king killed them too late."
"What do you mean? What do you mean it's late?"
"Liu Bingzhong." He Renjie said: "Liu Bingzhong put a new wall in the city...suddenly.
"boom!"
There was thunder in the distance, and everyone in the sweat tent turned their heads, their expressions turned pale.