Chapter 181: The Storm of the Metropolis (Part 1)

"Your Majesty, General Liu is under great pressure. I think we are considering using our ambush power to give General Liu a strong support." Liao Shenggong analyzed the battle report to Li Jun and said: "Your Majesty, General Liu is calm, calm, intelligent, resolute, and courageous. He is not a person who can be scared by difficulties. Although he did not clearly state the situation in the battle report, I came to the conclusion that he was under great pressure from it."

Li Jun agreed with Liao Shenggong's evaluation of Liu Hezi and said, "General Liao is right. General Liu is not a person who is easily intimidated by difficulties. He sent such a war report, which is tantamount to asking me where he is going. It is no wonder that if General Liu has a firm foothold in the Central Plains, it is tantamount to stabbing the Tartars in the chest. Kublai Khan would not allow such a thing to exist in any case. He would mobilize a large number of troops to press on General Liu."

"It's true." Du Dayong agreed with their analysis very much and said, "I also think it's time to think of a way to relieve General Liu's pressure."

Li Jun thoughtfully said, "I passed by Zhongyuan and returned to Lin'an. I didn't plan to make any noise in Zhongyuan. I just wanted to investigate the situation in Zhongyuan and make a careful and practical plan. I didn't expect that this kind of thing would happen. To be honest, I didn't want to care at that time, but I had to care. Now, this heavy burden is on General Liu, and it's really hard for him.

"It is not the time to use our Tanfu power. All preparations have not been completed yet. If Kublai Khan is exposed too early and destroying this power, it will be a loss for us."

Liao Shenggong frowned and said, "This is really difficult. If General Liu cannot gain a foothold here, it will cause great losses to the Northern Expedition. However, if he uses the power of ambush now, it will be even more difficult to deal with the Northern Expedition." He patted his forehead, very helpless.

"I have thought about it. The best way now is to let General Liu withdraw." Li Jun clenched his fist hard and said unwillingly: "We will lose a very important force, but if we do not withdraw, the loss will be even greater. If we do not withdraw, the two evils will be the least, and we can only withdraw." Liao Shenggong and Du Dayong did not agree. Li Jun said meaningfully: "Stay the green mountains there, and you are not afraid of burning firewood."

Liao Shenggong and Du Dayong looked at each other, nodded slightly, and said, "Although it's a pity, it's all that."

"Just agree. I will not restrict whether to go north to Guanzhong, west to Hanzhong, or south to Jianghan, just ask him to decide on the camera." Li Jun dictated the order and said: "Minimize the losses as much as possible!"

Liao Shenggong received the order and said, "I obey the order!"

"There is another point, I will send a letter to Taoist priests, Jie Jin, and Gao Da, asking them to be prepared to cooperate with General Liu, maintain enough pressure, and provide strong support to General Liu." Li Jun emphasized in particular, saying: "This is particularly important."

"Emperor, the soldiers and horses of the Southern Dynasties were found outside the capital. How to deal with them? I would like to ask the emperor to tell you." The left prime minister Yelu Zhu reported to Kublai Khan. Yelu Zhu was the son of Yelu Chucai, the famous prime minister in the early Yuan Dynasty. He was very knowledgeable, good at riding and shooting, and was respectful and polite. He said this very respectfully.

If others hear his words, they will definitely jump up, but Kublai Khan did not react at all. He stared at him for a while before saying, "You are asking to see me for this? Tell me, how much do you want to believe?"

Kublai Khan said this to Yelu Zhu. He had followed Mengge to attack Sichuan. After Mengge died in Diaoyu City, he once acted as Mengge to handle military affairs. His military talent was very extraordinary. If the soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty really appeared near Dadu, with his talent, he would still sit idly by? Either mobilize the army immediately to encircle and annihilate the Southern Song army, or deploy the army while sending people to report to Kublai Khan.

"I will believe and doubt." Yelu Zhu was very ashamed and answered truthfully.

The four words "suspicious" in the words of "suspiciousness" explain his mentality very well. To be honest, if you find the Southern Song army near Dadu, no one will believe it. Most of them are the capital of Mongolia, with hundreds of thousands of troops guarding it. Isn't the Southern Song Dynasty sending troops to seek death? Only lunatics will believe it.

After seeing Yelu Zhu for a while, Kublai Khan sighed and said, "Since ancient times, heroes cannot last forever, just because they are more ambitions! Where did your heroic aura go back then? Do you believe in such hearsay things? You still have half-believing and half-doubting! It seems that you are old, so don't do this Left Prime Minister. Shandong needs someone, so go."

Kublai Khan's words were enlightened, and Yelu Zhu immediately woke up and said, "I obey the order. Emperor, I have a request."

"Tell me." Kublai Khan said lightly: "If you can, I will do it."

There was a chance, Yelu Zhu skipped a little bit of sadness about losing the position of Left Prime Minister and said, "Your Majesty, I have no other request, I just asked the emperor to allow me to go to Shandong to investigate this matter thoroughly." He was dissatisfied with a half-true and half-false intelligence and wanted to find out the situation, and he felt better.

Kublai Khan understood his mood and said, "Okay, go check." He waved his hand and Yelu Zhu left for guilt. Looking at Yelu Zhu's back, Kublai Khan shook his head and sighed, "Hero is old!"

This sigh is very clear. Yelu Zhu was so heroic and heroic that he was riding on the battlefield back then. Now he actually believes in such things that even a three-year-old child does not believe in, and does not want to figure it out. There is no other explanation except that he is old and stupid.

"Stop!" The guards stood in the middle and stopped Yelu Zhu who was rushing over in anger.

At this time, Yelu Zhu opened his mouth and gasped, not only was his forehead full of sweat, but his clothes were wet and his body was steaming. At this time, most of the people, which is now Beijing, were still very cold. The amount of water vapor on his body only showed that he had undergone a lot of long-distance running.

"Get out of the way, I want to see the emperor." Yelu Zhu looked at the guard and shouted.

The guards did not give him any face and said, "You don't know the rules in the palace. Without the emperor's permission, no one can go in."

"Oh! I have a huge military situation to report to the emperor. If something goes wrong, even if you have ten heads, it will not be enough to cut it." Yelu Zhu shouted: "Get out of the way!"

These guards only obey Kublai Khan and are not managed by others. Not to mention that Yelu Zhu, the first prime minister who had just been dismissed, would not buy his face even if he was still the left prime minister. He was still unmoved and said, "Sir, wait, we will inform you."

The guards were already polite enough to speak like this, but Yelu Zhu was anxious at this time and could not care about these things. He shouted: "I am a senior official of the court. I think who dares to make things difficult for you dog slaves?" He took a big step and was about to walk in.

He made a frank move, but the guards became concerned. For someone like him who had been prime minister, who knew when he would be reinstated. If one day he became the left prime minister and took the opportunity to suppress and retaliate, it would not be the guards who could afford it, and they could not help but hesitate.

Just when the guards were unable to deal with it, a majestic voice came from the room and said, "Yelu Zhu, then can I control you?" It was no one else, but Kublai Khan. He heard his tone very bad, and he was obviously dissatisfied with Yelu Zhu's performance.

It is said that "beat the dog and look at the owner". These guards are Kublai Khan's close guards, and everyone has to give him three points. It is certainly uncomfortable to scold Kublai Khan like him. You must know that if the guards scared Yelu Zhu and other foreign ministers, that is, their power exceeds Kublai Khan. As an emperor, what he cannot tolerate is that his power exceeds himself. It is reasonable that Kublai Khan is unhappy.

It was obvious that Kublai Khan was trying to favor himself. The guards breathed a sigh of relief and were sure not to let Yelu Zhu in. With a thrust back, he was more confident.

If Yelu Zhu had not been unable to hear the displeasure in Kublai Khan's words, for him, Kublai Khan's words were Tianyin Fairy Music, and he didn't care about it. He tried his best to push the guard away, rushed over, and knocked the door open, knelt on the ground, and said, "Your Majesty, I have a great important matter."

Kublai Khan has the precious qualities of being unchanged in his face. It is difficult for ordinary things to show his happiness and anger on his face. Yelu Zhu's performance is too bold. It can be said that he is extremely bold. No one capable king can tolerate it. If he ignores it, only those emperors who have lost their power will do it. Kublai Khan's face is as heavy as water and shouts: "Do you still want to force the palace? You have an army in your hand, why don't you use it?"

To this extent, it was already strict enough. The following words were enough to destroy Yelu Zhu's 9981 clan. Yelu Zhu threw himself on the ground and kowtowed, his head hit the stiff floor, making a thud sound. Blood oozed out of his forehead in a few seconds. He quickly confessed and said, "Your Majesty, I dare not. I am the emperor's loyal minister! I am a ghost or a loyal minister!"

Kublai Khan's face was slightly better and he asked coldly: "Tell me, what's wrong with you?"

"Emperor, something is wrong!" Yelu Zhu said hurriedly: "Emperor, the army of the Southern Dynasty has arrived in Dadu, please prepare early."

Kublai Khan's face darkened again, even worse than before, and shouted: "Yelu Zhu, are you finished? Are you still in the Central Plains? Are Zhigu Village still there? Central Plains and Zhigu Village still in the hands of the court. How could the Southern Dynasties army reach Dadu?" He said with a stern voice: "Can they fly? Did they fall from the sky?"

From a military strategic perspective, if the Southern Song Dynasty wanted to attack Dadu, it would have to recover the Central Plains first, so that it would be possible to have such strong strength. From a tactical perspective, if the Southern Song Dynasty wanted to attack Dadu, it would have to take Tianjin first before it could point its troops towards Dadu.

Kublai Khan's words were very correct. Yelu Zhu was stunned for a moment before saying, "But, the emperor, the army of the Southern Dynasties did appear in Dadu! This is a true matter! I saw it with my own eyes! I dare to guarantee it with my own life!"

"You see? You are not young anymore." Kublai Khan had a gloomy face and did not say anything. In fact, whether to say or not, the meaning behind it is already very clear, that is, you are old, blurred in your eyes, or you are foolish, unable to distinguish between things, spread rumors and cause trouble, and inflict disaster on the court. In this way, the crime will be too great, enough to kill him ten times.

After all, Yelu Zhu was a loyal minister. At this time, he had already put his wealth and life aside. He calmed down and said, "Your Majesty, why did the Southern Dynasties army come to Dadu? I am incompetent and cannot know. However, I can be sure that the Southern Dynasties army really arrived in Dadu. The emperor wanted to kill and cut him down. I said this!"

Li Jun's plan was too bold, and he dared to invest a few army to rush to Dadu, giving Kublai Khan a surprise. Not to mention that such a thing is rare in a century, it is not necessarily possible to encounter even a thousand years. Even if Kublai Khan is extremely smart and quick-witted, he still finds it difficult to believe that this is true for a while.

Not to mention that Kublai Khan could not believe it, even Genghis Khan would probably not believe it even if he had risen underground!

Yelu Zhu said the words firmly and unquestionable. Kublai Khan's confidence was a little shaken and he asked, "Didn't you lie?"

"Emperor, oh, even if I have ten courage, I dare not joke about such military and national affairs." Yelu Zhu immediately confessed and said, "Emperor, I just think about it in my heart, it is very disrespectful."

Kublai Khan's confidence dropped a little more, he was stunned for a moment and said, "How many are there?"

"Not much." Yelu Zhu thought for a moment and reported truthfully: "I have seen only a hundred people."

Kublai Khan's face darkened again and he shouted, "You can't do anything with just a little man? You've made it like this? Sweat all over! What did the Five Guards' Imperial Guards do? Did the imperial guards support them by the court? Why didn't you mobilize?" He remembered only after he said this that the Five Guards' Imperial Guards' Imperial Guards' Imperial Guards' Imperial Guards' Imperial Guards' Imperial Guards' Imperial Guards' Imperial Guards' Imperial Guards' Imperial Guards' Imperial Guards' Imperial Guards' Imperial Guards' Imperial Guards' Imperial Guards' Imperial Guards' Imperial Guards' Imperial Guards' Imperial Guards' Imperial Guards'

If the Southern Song army appeared in Dadu for about one hundred years, it would not be enough to squeeze the gaps between hundreds of thousands of elite troops in Mongolia. Yelu Zhu actually came to report in a furious manner, but he still broke through. Kublai Khan could not get angry. If the Southern Song army was really only a hundred people, it would be too easy to deal with them. The regular army did not need to be dispatched at all. It only needed to mobilize a group of yamen runners to handle it. One step back, Yelu Zhu's retainers were enough.

At that time, Mongolia was extremely powerful in military affairs, conquered the Eurasian continent and created the largest Mongolian empire in human history. However, due to their backward culture, they were still in the era of slavery and were popular to acquire slaves. There were no one thousand high-ranking officials like Yelu Zhu in the family, and there were eight hundred slaves. If they were to be dispatched, they would be enough to subdue about a hundred people in the Southern Song army, but he reported it to Kublai Khan as a big deal, and he would not have to get angry.

"Emperor, while I ordered people to go to the Ministry of War to ask for assistance, I sent Yelu Yu to take people to deal with it." Yelu Zhu had calmed down and hurriedly reported his own way of dealing with it. Yelu Yu was the chief supervisor of his family. What he meant was that he sent people to notify the Ministry of War to prepare for the response, while sending his retainers to work for the country.

In other words, I have no right to mobilize the Five Guards Imperial Guards and the Qiexue Corps. I can only send someone to notify the Ministry of War and report to you. Master, look, I have sent all my retainers out, and there is really nothing I can do about it.

Kublai Khan understood what he meant after a change of thought and said, "Get up." Yelu Zhu's disposal was not the best way to deal with it at that time, but also close to the best way to deal with it. Kublai Khan had to admit this.

"Thank you, the emperor." Yelu Zhu thanked you for your kindness, stood up, and then said, "Your Majesty, I think this matter is not simple, so I also asked the emperor to issue an order to rule the whole city and make preparations." What he said was to prepare for a war in Dadu.

Kublai Khan nodded in agreement and said, "Your meaning, I understand. The Southern Dynasties would not send an army of about 100 people to Dadu for no reason. There is a lot of work here. The court should make the worst plan. So, I will issue an order to ask the Five Guards and the Qiexue Corps to be on guard immediately, and carry out a large search near Dadu with Dadu as the center."

The Southern Song army appeared in most of the capital, which was a very shocking thing. Not to mention that there were about a hundred people, even one person was enough to cause a sensation and attract the attention of the highest level of Mongolia. This kind of handling shows that Kublai Khan had made the worst plan to fight a war.

"The emperor is wise!" Yelu Zhu had to admire Kublai Khan's ability to adapt, it was really fast.

Kublai Khan continued: "Also, send someone to Zhigu Village immediately to find out the situation there. Pay special attention to the vault over there!" Tianjin's water and land transportation is convenient, and many strategic resources are transported ashore from Tianjin to Dadu, or from Dadu to Tianjin and then loaded on ships or transported by land to other places.

Gold is also an extremely important strategic resource. Kublai Khan set up a vault here as a transit station to use it, which is reasonable. If something happened to Tianjin and the vault was discovered by the Southern Song Dynasty, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Valley! Valley!" Zheng Jing and they all looked at the gold and silver everywhere, and they all became stupid, like clay sculptures and wood sculptures. If their chests hadn't been excited about so much gold at first sight, they would have regarded them as statues. It took a long time before they woke up and screamed excitedly.

Zheng Jinghe has the valuable quality of calmness and calmness. Even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of him, he would not blink. However, at this time, he cheered and waved his hands and shouted: "Brothers: We have found the Tartars' vault! The court urgently needs silver now, we have made great contributions! Long live the Song Dynasty!"

"Long live the Song Dynasty!" The soldiers jumped high and shouted excitedly.
Chapter completed!