Chapter 613: The Imperial Expedition (1)

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is the first year of Kaiqing (1259), which is a good year that makes Shi Bin very itchy. Not because of anything else, but because of the death of Meng Ke in this year, Kublai Khan and Ali Buge were about to go to war for the throne of Khan.

These are all learned in history books, but Shi Bin can't say it, although it's okay to say it and become a 'Shi Banxian', but Shi Bin is too lazy to spend time pretending to be a calf. If he didn't take advantage of this opportunity to go on the Northern Expedition, Shi Bin was sure that he would regret it for the rest of his life. So as soon as he thought of this, Shi Bin ordered Sai Zilong to put down his work and devote all his strength to the Yuan people to investigate the situation of Meng Ge, Kublai Khan, and Ali Buge, the more detailed the better.

In April of the first year of Kaiqing, Sai Zilong sent someone to deliver the news: Meng Ge was terminally ill, lying in bed and hanging on a mouthful of medicine. The Yuan people were divided into two factions, one supported Kublai Khan as Khan, and the other supported Ali Buge as Khan. Look at the situation, once Montgossi goes, the two will have to fight each other.

This news made Shi Bin happy for three days and three nights, and he even rewarded the servants and guards, each with five taels of silver, and the post guard who sent the letter even rewarded twenty taels of silver.

Others don't know why Shi Bin is so happy, but Jia Ling, Sai Xishi and Xu Feng know it, because this is another good opportunity to expand their strength.

"Husband, are you a little too happy? Beware of people saying that you are crazy and using this to shake your position. Sai Xi Shi reminded with some concern.

"Still, though, I think I should be happier." Shi Bin said with a smile.

"Isn't it that Meng Ge is dying, and Kublai Khan and Ali Buge are going to fight among themselves?" Jia Ling asked puzzledly, "Between the two, Ali is not weak, Kublai Khan is strong, even if there will be internal friction in this war, it will not affect the foundation of the Yuan people." ”

"Two ladies, you don't understand this, I laugh at Ali Bu Brother is weak, Kublai Khan is strong. If Ali is not strong, Kublai Khan is weak, I can't laugh! Shi Bin laughed again.

Because Jia Ling and Sai Xishi don't understand military politics, they naturally listen to it in a fog, and the two like to get to the bottom of it and don't like to pretend to understand, so they simply seek advice from Shi Bin.

And Shi Bin also said the reason very simply: the strong Kublai Khan is in Monan, the weak Ali Buge is in Mobei, and Shi Bin wants to attack Kublai Khan in Monan. Once Kublai Khan and Ali Buge start fighting, Kublai Khan will definitely fall into the dangerous situation of fighting on two fronts at the same time, as long as he grasps the scale, he can make the civil war of the Yuan people last longer. And the Yuan people who fell into extreme chaos are lambs to be slaughtered, and the recovery of the Han and Tang dynasties is just around the corner.

After such an explanation, Jia Ling and Sai Xishi also laughed. Indeed, how can such a good thing not be laughed? If the weak Ali Buge is in Monan, Shi Bin is afraid that it will not be possible to send troops directly, because if he has to negotiate with Ali Buge, things will be in a lot of trouble. It's just that if you don't send troops to attack, you will sit and watch Ali Buge be wiped out by Kublai Khan, and the Yuan people will be unified again without losing much. If an army is sent to attack, although most of them can recover the eastern Hebei Road, it will help Kublai Khan's generation of heroes to accelerate the unification of the Great Yuan. Although the Yuan people lost some land, they lost even less national strength.

"Husband, what are you going to do?" Jia Ling asked.

"What can I do, naturally, it is to raise food and baggage and prepare for the Northern Expedition. Within half a year, Meng Ge will probably die, and Kublai Khan and Ali Buge should go to war before the end of the year, so leave it to me to prepare

Not much time. Shi Bin said solemnly.

"Husband, after you rectified the rule of officials last time, you copied the homes of many corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and the treasury is now very full, but you have to think clearly about who to send to the Northern Expedition, everything must be considered carefully, and the emperor and Zhao Kui cannot take advantage of the loopholes."

Emperor, Shi Bin is not afraid, Shi Bin is afraid that Zhao Kui will secretly make a mistake. Therefore, after listening to Jia Ling's words, Shi Bin looked sad. Because Shi Bin found that if he couldn't handle this matter, he would not be able to leave Lin'an with peace of mind and go north to attack Yuan.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you say I should do? Do you want me to imprison the emperor and Zhao Kui? I don't believe their promises since last time. Shi Bin said with a bitter face.

"I don't believe it either!" Jia Ling and Sai Xi Shi said in unison.

"What then? If I don't keep them in solitary confinement, I'm really not reassured. But the Forbidden Emperor and Zhao Kui seem to have gone too far..."

"My lord, Xu Feng thinks that you can enter the palace first to find out the emperor's attitude, and then go to the Zhao Mansion to find out the attitude of Lord Zhao, and then make a decision."

Anyway, it was useless to dream, and sooner or later he had to negotiate with these two, so Shi Bin accepted Xu Feng's advice and went to meet the emperor and Zhao Kui.

The emperor was overjoyed when he heard that Möngke was about to die, and Kublai Khan and Ali Buge were about to fight for the throne, but apparently had no intention of going on a northern expedition. Zhao Kui was also very happy when he heard the news, but his words and demeanor faintly showed his intention to raise troops for the Northern Expedition, but it was very weak and obviously very hesitant.

This result made Shi Bin very dissatisfied, it was too much for the two of them to behave like this in such a good situation.

Seeing Shi Bin who returned with an angry face, Jia Ling and Sai Xishi shook their heads helplessly, feeling that Shi Bin's performance was a little inappropriate. After all, he is a prince of a country, how can he still hang joy, anger and sorrow on his face? The two had no choice but to immediately come over to explain Shi Bin.

"Husband, is it true that neither the emperor nor Zhao Kui supports you in sending troops?" Sai Si Shi asked.

He didn't answer anything, Shi Bin just shook his head.

"What's going on?" Jia Ling said suspiciously, "Since they didn't support you in sending troops, why are you still like this?" ”

"Because I didn't say anything about sending troops at all, I only told them from beginning to end that Möngke was dying, and that Kublai Khan and Ali Buge were going to fight a civil war. The emperor didn't mean to send troops at all, but Zhao Kui did, but obviously didn't want me to lead the troops to the battle, so he was vague. ”

I see, it's not good news. Although he can ignore Zhao Kui's opinion, the emperor is the emperor after all, and if Shi Bin doesn't want to have a bad reputation, he still has to win the emperor's support.

"Husband, according to the concubine's opinion, this matter is not very difficult, I have a way that may make the emperor change his attitude." Sai Xi Shi smiled slyly, "I don't know if my husband has ever heard the word 'pillow wind'?" ”

Pillow wind? How could he never hear this word, Shi Bin's ears were calloused. Because Wang San, the teacher, often taught Shi Bin to prevent pillow wind.

"Shih Tzu, what do you mean by that? Do you want the imperial concubine to blow the pillow wind to the emperor? ”

"That's right, we sent people to marry the emperor's favorite concubines, let them encourage the emperor's Northern Expedition, and arouse the emperor's pride to become the Qin Emperor and Han Wu!" Sai Xi Shi smiled slyly again.

It has always been a hero who is sad to pass the beauty pass, let alone a dumb person like Li Zong? After being blown a few pillow winds by the favored concubine, he had the idea of sending people north to recapture the East Hebei Road and even the remaining states of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun

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Of course, this news made Shi Bin very happy, as long as Li Zong was willing to go on the Northern Expedition, it would be a sure thing to expand his strength. As long as Zhao Kui is dealt with again, Shi Bin can rest assured that he will lead the troops to the battle.

And Zhao Kui, the old man, is much more difficult to deal with, Shi Bin has not persuaded Zhao Kui to support him in commanding the army several times, saying that it is good to refuse to defend the line and let the Yuan people fight by themselves.

Since Zhao Kui did not support his own troops, Shi Bin had no choice but to join forces with Wang Yi to remove him from the position of privy deputy envoy and become a young master in name only.

The roadblock stone was moved away, but even though Li Zong wanted to send troops to the Northern Expedition, he didn't want to send Shi Bin to lead the army, which made Shi Bin feel very annoyed. If the leading general of the Northern Expedition is not him, then what is the significance of this Northern Expedition to him? Isn't he busy in vain? In order to ensure that the commander of the Northern Expedition was him, Shi Bin had to convene everyone again to discuss.

"The emperor is very vigilant now, and even if he has ambitions, he doesn't want me to go to the east and west for him." Shi Bin said angrily.

"Hehe, husband, who called you a high master?" Sai Xi Shi smiled and said, "If I were the emperor, I would definitely be like this." ”

"I didn't call you to say this, hurry up and help me think of a way, so that I can lead the troops to the battle, I don't want to be happy!"

understood what Shi Bin meant, and now he was concerned about whether he could lead the army to the Northern Expedition rather than being happy that Zhao Kui was suspended. So Jia Ling, Sai Xishi and Xu Feng immediately thought about it. After all, it is indeed as Shi Bin said, such an opportunity to hit the Yuan people is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

In addition to thinking of the two methods of the ministers jointly proposing that Shi Bin lead the army to go on the expedition and buying through the favorite concubine of Li Zong to blow the pillow wind, Jia Ling and the three of them also ran out of donkey skills. I thought about it for nearly an hour, but I didn't come up with a solution.

"Husband, now you are the only one who can attack the Yuan people and win a big victory. Even if Lu Wende and the others were able to fight against the Yuan people, they would only remain undefeated at most, and most of their victories were due to the Yuan people's initiative to retreat rather than being defeated by them. Therefore, the slave family thinks that even if the emperor wants to conquer the Yuan people, there is no suitable candidate for the time being. Jia Ling said, "Now the emperor wants to make achievements and is afraid that your husband will be stronger, so you have to find a way to let him dispel his doubts..."

From Jia Ling's words, Shi Bin felt that she seemed to have a way, and Shi Bin immediately urged her to say it. Jia Ling didn't dare to pretend to be profound, and said four words without hesitation - the royal driver.

"Xiaoling, do you mean that you want the emperor to drive the imperial expedition in person, and I will be his commander?" Shi Bin said that his head immediately shook like a rattle, and then said: "He is such a waste can lead troops to fight?" Don't kill the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses under my command. ”

Ben was expecting Jia Ling to explain, but she didn't explain but smiled slyly, and then said, "Husband, why do you want to control Jingshi and Liangzhe Road?" ”

"Naturally, it is to control the emperor."

"If the emperor is in your army, do you say that you listen to him or does he listen to you?" Jia Ling laughed.

Hearing Jia Ling say this, Shi Bin realized that he was worried about the sky, and the emperor's words in his army were useless at all. So he ordered people to buy Li Zong's favorite concubines with gold and silver again, and asked them to encourage Li Zong's personal expedition. And said that once the royal driver personally conquered, everything would be under the control of his emperor.

Rendered like this, Li Zong finally decided to send 200,000 troops to the imperial expedition, and in order to ensure his own safety, he brought 20,000 forbidden troops from the loyal palace front division with him. In order to ensure the victory of the battle, Shi Bin was ordered to go with him as the commander.

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