He could only persuade Kublai Khan in this way.

After all, now Xiangyang Mansion has been taken by the Song army.

If Kublai Khan can be persuaded to take the initiative to give up Xiangyang Mansion, it is better than telling Kublai Khan that Xiangyang Mansion has been taken away. It will not cause too much impact on Kublai Khan.

Kublai Khan pondered for a long time, "But who knows when Ah Lao Wading will be able to develop the Song Army's grenadier and the dragon gun." If Xiangyang Mansion is abandoned, the Song army will be able to enter our Dayuan frontier from Xiangyang Mansion with great fanfare in the future. In Nanjing Road, there is no such heavy city as Xiangyang Mansion to defend. ”

Brother Sang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart when he heard this, he knew that when the emperor said this, he should have been a little loose in his heart.

At that moment, he said: "Your Majesty, what you said is very true. It's just that you might as well think so, even if you guard Xiangyang Mansion, our dynasty has returned all the Huainan West Road, Huainan East Road and other roads to the Song Dynasty, and after they receive these roads, there can actually be many ways to attack our Dayuan, from the sea. Whether we can stop the Song army or not, in the final analysis, depends on whether the army can have the strength to deal with the Song army. If we don't have the strength corresponding to the Song army, even if they only march from the sea, we can't stop it. ”

Kublai Khan sighed silently.

Sang Ge really got to the point.

It is true that Xiangyang Mansion is an important city, but its importance is based on the premise that the combat effectiveness of the soldiers on both sides is not much different.

If the combat effectiveness of the Yuan army and the Song army is similar, the deployment of more than 10,000 male soldiers in Xiangyang Mansion can block 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands of male soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty. Contain many forces of the Song army.

But now the Song army's combat effectiveness is too strong, even if it is unwilling to make efforts to gnaw the hard bone of Xiangyang Mansion, it can completely drive straight into the territory of the Yuan Dynasty from the rest of the place.

And when the time comes, it will be useless for the Yuan Dynasty to never lose Xiangyang Mansion.

After all, Xiangyang Mansion is not a barrier in the capital of Yuanzhong.

Zhongdu was broken, leaving a Xiangyang Mansion, and it could not prevent the Yuan Dynasty from being destroyed.

Seeing that Kublai Khan didn't speak, Sang Ge said slowly: "Actually, the minister thinks that giving up Xiangyang Mansion is not without benefits. The Song State is still using troops against the New Song Dynasty and Dali, which will take a lot of time to completely take over the New Song Dynasty and Dali, and it will take longer for them to return the various places to their jurisdiction and make them smooth. If we use some means in the Song Dynasty, Emperor Song will not have the energy to launch a war against us in a few years. ”

There seemed to be a gleam in his eyes, "And in the past few years, the minister thought that we could continue to develop Song military weapons, and at the same time, we also began to lay out in our homeland." ”

Kublai Khan opened his eyes when he heard this, "Are you asking me to deploy a back road?" ”

Sang Ge nodded slightly, "Of course, this is the worst-case scenario. ”

Kublai Khan's brows were furrowed, "It took decades for our Mongolian warriors to get out of the steppe, can I still take the warriors back?" ”

Sang Ge said: "As long as we can develop the firearms of the Song Kingdom, with the courage of our Mongolian warriors, even if we return to our hometown, we will definitely be able to take the Central Plains again in the future." ”

Kublai Khan was silent again.

Eventually, he sighed, "I'm afraid I'll live until then......"

Sango didn't answer the sentence.

After a while, he said again: "Your Majesty, then should we continue to defend Xiangyang Mansion, or let the army retreat." It's up to you. ”

He's done with what he's supposed to say.

In fact, he may not think as he said in his heart.

If he could, he would not be willing to give up Xiangyang. After all, Xiangyang is an important city, and even if the Yuan Dynasty develops firearms in the future, its strategic position is also very important.

Only he couldn't help it.

Now that Kublai Khan is not in good health, and Xiangyang Mansion has been taken away, he can only say so.

Because Sang Ge understood that if he bluntly said that Xiangyang Mansion was seized, Kublai Khan's temperament might really make the army fight a decisive battle with the Song army in southern Xinjiang.

And he is not optimistic about the current situation.

The Song, Li, Yue, Li Dynasty, and New Song Dynasty had more than one million soldiers, and they were all defeated by the Song army, so how could the hundreds of thousands of soldiers left in their southern Xinjiang be the opponents of the Song army?

And if hundreds of thousands of troops were defeated by the Song army in southern Xinjiang at that time, then their Yuan Dynasty would really be completely lost. It is likely that there will not even be a chance to return to the Mongolian plateau.

Because in that case, it is very likely that the Song Emperor will not be in a hurry to govern the newly captured land, but let the army take the entire Yuan Dynasty first.

What a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

No emperor would miss the opportunity of the enemy's army to be empty and not take the opportunity to attack the city and plunder the land.

Brother Sang only thought in his heart, if the emperor deliberately reduced his forces, of course it would be the best.

And if the emperor still wants to defend Xiangyang, then he will have to wait until a while to come back, and make it clear that Xiangyang Mansion has been taken away.

This is a foregone conclusion that is impossible to change.

After all, he had to make Kublai Khan accept this reality. It only depends on whether Kublai Khan chooses to give up voluntarily or passively accept the bad news.

Sango certainly hopes it's the former. Otherwise, you don't have to go through so much effort and tongue.

"Alas......"

Fortunately, after Kublai Khan sighed softly, he still accepted his suggestion and said, "Then send the order down and let the army of Jingzhaofu Road and other places withdraw!" ”

Sang Ge hurriedly agreed, "The minister obeys the order." ”

Simple words.

But this means that the situation of the Yuan Dynasty against the Song Dynasty will change from offensive to defensive.

Kublai Khan chose to hibernate this one.

Then without waiting for Sang Ge to leave, Kublai Khan said again: "Send a message to Qi Hongda and let him see Emperor Song." said that I would marry Princess Mingzhu to him, and use the entire Jingnan Road as a dowry. ”

Sango agreed, "Yes." ”

But in my heart I sighed softly.

In the end, the emperor cares about face.

Even if you want to give up Jingnan Road, you have to do things on the bright side to the extreme.

Marrying Princess Mingzhu and taking the entire Jingnan Road as a dowry, what kind of atmosphere is this?

I'm afraid that the whole world will be surprised by the emperor's arrogance, right?

Only when this is passed to Song Tuli, I don't know if it will make everyone laugh and be generous.

Now that Xiangyang Mansion has been taken by the Song army, where does the Yuan Dynasty have any qualifications to use Jingnan Road as a dowry?

Xiangyang Mansion is the capital city of Jingnan Road, and the current Jingnan Road cannot be said to be surnamed "Yuan" at all.

Of course, Sange couldn't say these words to Kublai Khan.

After receiving the order, he hurriedly left Kublai Khan's palace and returned to the Zhongshu Province.

Then send a message to Qi Hongda.

Kublai Khan's will must have reached Qi Hongda.

And at this time, Qi Hongda, who should have learned about the seizure of Xiangyang Mansion, would do something, Sang Ge could not predict it, and he could only hope that Qi Hongda would be able to act at the opportunity.

It is always good to be able to prevent the entire Dayuan from being ridiculed and generous.

This afternoon.

Wu Amiao took Ah Hong's family to Changsha City.

After entering the city, go straight to the palace.

Zhao Dongting was not busy, and when he learned that Wu Amiao asked to see him, he immediately asked the eunuch to bring Wu Amiao, Ah Hong and others to the imperial study.

He regards Wu Amiao as a brother, even if he is busy, he is afraid that he will find time.

When Wu Amiao and the others arrived at the imperial study, Zhao Dongting was already sitting in the imperial study.

As soon as Wu Amiao entered the house, he smiled and said, "The proposal was successful?" ”

Wu Amiao nodded happily, and then let Ah Hong and the others come in.

Ah Hong rate the first house.

Her father walked in with her mother in her arms.

After entering the house, the husband and wife didn't dare to look up at Zhao Dongting, and immediately knelt on the ground, "The grass people knock on the emperor." ”

They were amazed.

No one would have thought that Wu Amiao's status in the palace was so high, and the emperor could see him whenever he wanted.

In their lives, they never thought that they would have the honor to meet the emperor.

At this time, my heart was excited and complicated.

And Ah Hong was stunned in place.

As soon as she entered the house, she saw Zhao Dongting. As soon as I saw it, it felt a little familiar, and then some memories gradually flashed in my mind.

She remembered that Zhao Dongting had been to the Little Snow Powder Pavilion.

This surprised her.

Wu Amiao was slightly stunned when she saw Ah Hong like this, and then said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Ah Hong is timid and frightened, don't be surprised." ”

Zhao Dongting waved his hand, looked at Ah Hong, and said, "Ah Hong, let's meet again." ”

Ah Hong came back to her senses at this time, and quickly knelt on the ground, "The folk girl knocked to see the emperor." ”

Naturally, I was still surprised and confused.

Wu Amiao also saw that something was wrong, and looked at Zhao Dongting with puzzled eyes.

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