Chapter 314: The Wedding Dress

Li Rui sighed worriedly, looked at the moon in the sky, and couldn't help but shake his head.

I don't know why, the temperature has suddenly warmed up these days, every afternoon, I always see the sky heavy, but there are clouds and no rain, so after noon, it is so stuffy that it seems to be in an enclosed steamer, and even the dog only has the strength to stick out his tongue on his stomach. Although Li Rui is in good health, there are already many people under him who are sick, and there is a faint shadow of epidemic among the people.

In the past few days, in addition to being busy with this matter, Li Rui has been carefully relocating the people, because he has collected a large number of wintering clothes and pickled food from the people, and he was very busy for a while some time ago. Although he has no military power in recent years, he is not without his command, and those who build cities and roads, open mountains and mines, and those in workshops are almost all related to him. Taking advantage of the opportunity to ask him to mobilize all the young and strong and prepare to fight with the Great Song Dynasty, he is now running back and forth in Liaoyang and other places, mobilizing 150,000 people.

It's just that only God knows how much combat power these people have.

Li Rui was sure that with the 10,000 cowardice in the hands of Meng Ge and Kublai Khan, these 150,000 people would collapse in a battle, and the reason why he mobilized so many people was not so much to protect himself, but to use them as outcasts when necessary. Moreover, he and Li Quan have been faintly suppressed by Tuo Lei for many years, and now they finally have a chance to pull up the army in a bright and bright way, and they are even more unwilling to let go easily.

"Thousand, thousand!"

When the sound of horses' hooves sounded, Li Rui realized it, and he got up and came from the door, waiting for the messenger to arrive. A moment later, the messenger, dressed in a bearded garment, appeared in his sight, turned over and dismounted, and saluted him: "Your Majesty has a decree! ”

Tuolei's will was for Li Rui to send all the people in his hands to Jinzhou City, and he was ready to use Jinzhou as a large camp to fight a big battle with the Song people.

Li Rui nodded slowly, and this will came from the front, which meant that the war was about to break out.

He returned to the courtyard, and did not rush to give an order, but sat down for a while before calling, "Someone! ”

At the same time, in front of the Huanglong Mansion, in front of Li Quan's Mansion, Li Quan, who was squinting slightly, looked at the generals in the mansion, a few of these generals were the original Red Jacket Army he brought from Jingdong Road, and most of them had taken refuge in him in the past few years. Among them, there are mainly Han Chinese, but there are also several Jurchens and Khitans, all of whom can be said to be loyal to him.

"Now that Your Majesty is on an expedition, the prince is young and weak, and I am an auxiliary Hanchen, so I have to be more vigilant. Before the expedition, His Majesty had issued a secret decree to me, asking me to make a decision on the spot, and if there was news from the front, I could do it myself. ”

"You are all my confidants and favorite generals, you have followed me to hoard fields all these years, and you have worked very hard, but you have always been humiliated, saying that you are mud-legged hoe soldiers, hehe, it is my Li Quan who has burdened you and made you lose your glory and wealth."

"But from today on, don't worry, I, Li Quanshao, will not protect you...... Someone, bring it up! ”

With Li Quan's words, dozens of servants came up, and they were carrying gold, silver and brocade silks, Li Quan smiled and said: "You divide them first, be more vigilant these days, and if there is any news ahead, listen to my orders!" ”

"Yes!" There was a thunderous cheer in the courtyard, although Li Quan had always treated them well, but it was still unique to give so many rewards at one time like now. They only said that the situation was urgent, and Li Quan took precautions, so they would award a heavy reward, and their hearts were both happy and nervous.

"Li Wanhu just rest assured, the brothers are all gracious and righteous, over the years, Wanhu has been dissatisfied with us, we naturally want to repay him with death, brothers, don't you say?"

One of the most cronies shouted like this among the generals, and immediately, everyone responded one after another, and some people simply said: "Li Wanhu treats me like a father and brother, if it weren't for Li Wanhu, let's not talk about wealth and wealth, even if we don't have anything to eat or drink, this life will be handed over to Li Wanhu, whoever Li Wanhu wants us to kill, then kill whom!" ”

Li Quan nodded, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.

He turned to the southwest, pursed his lips, and smiled slightly: Tuo Lei and Polu should be in a dilemma now.

Just as he thought, the tractor who gathered troops in Jinzhou is now in a dilemma, he can't sleep at night, and looks up at the sky in the courtyard with his hands behind his back.

When he was a child, as his father's youngest son, he followed Temujin on his expeditions, and often looked at the starry sky with Temujin at night, and he still remembers a conversation with his father under the stars.

"Father Khan, what is the sky, and what is on it?"

"The sky is a huge yurt, we live in this yurt, the stars are the jewels that decorate our yurt, we are the owners of this yurt."

The conversation of that year is vivid, but the father who planted great pride in his heart has already been in two places, and he himself is likely to follow his father's old path after this war. He muttered slightly, stroking the knife at his waist, this was the sword that his father had given him, and he used it to kill the first enemy with his own hands, how old was that?

This is an extremely important thing in his life, but in the past few years, he has been tired of supporting the national strength, and he finds that he can't remember it at all.

The sound of chaotic footsteps outside broke his musings, and he frowned and shouted, "What's the matter?" ”

"Your Majesty, King Polu...... King Polu wants to see you! The man outside stopped and shouted in panic.

Tuo Lei's heart tightened, he couldn't care about his thoughts, and walked out of the courtyard quickly.

Standing beside Polu's couch, he looked extremely depressed.

Polu's health was not very good, because of the perennial war, especially when he was injured during the expedition to the wild Jurchen north of the Black Water, so when the weather changed drastically, he would get sick. This time it was extremely hot, and his illness flared up again, more violently than any before. He held on to his sick body and arrived in Jinzhou with Tuo Lei, but he could no longer support it and fell down completely.

The witch doctor had prepared talisman water for him, but Polu refused to drink it, insisting on seeing Tuolei, but the witch doctor couldn't, so he had to ask Tuolei to come, and in the process of coming and going, Polu fell asleep again. Tuo Lei looked at his obviously thin face, and his heart was full of self-blame.

Since the defeat in the Battle of Xuzhou, although Polu retreated to the territory of Mengyuan, he still could not avoid the responsibility for the defeat, and those Mongolian nobles also attacked him, hoping to take his place. And his strength and prestige also made Tuo Lei a little jealous, so he did not share the pressure for him.

Since that time, injuries have been tormenting Polu constantly, but Tuo Lei understands that if Polu stays in Huanglong Mansion and the news of his defeat abroad comes back, then the generals with handkerchief military power will all go to wait for Polu's orders, which is left to Meng Ge and Kublai Khan's cowardice, but I am afraid that they will also obey Polu more. Therefore, despite the opposition of the witch doctor, he forced Polu to go with him, and Polu did not refuse.

It was only now that he discovered that the son of this slave of his family, although he was the same age as himself, was already in his last years.

Or should he still be left in Huanglong Mansion? No, no, I came with the heart of death, how can I leave this confidant for Meng Ge?

Tuolei's unbearable heart was only a flash, replaced by the cruelty of the master, he knew that Polu was a loyal minister, and a rare handsome among the Mongols, but the more this was the case, the more Polu could not stay with Möngke and Kublai Khan. Tuo Lei has read a lot of Han history books and knows what is "the lord and the country are suspicious".

"If the Master wakes up, call me out, and I will be outside......," he commanded the witch doctor.

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty. ”

Before he finished speaking, Polu made a vague voice, and Tuo Lei motioned to bring him a brocade stool, then sat next to Polu's sickbed, and grabbed Polu's hand: "Taishi, why don't you eat Fu Shui?" ”

"Your Majesty, I can't do it." Polu smiled reluctantly: "I'm going to see the Great Khan and my father." ”

"The Taishi is just temporarily unwell, it's not a big deal, the witch doctor said, as long as you drink the talisman water, you will get better soon." Tuo Lei also smiled and said: "Taishi, don't say such frustrating words, I also want you to help defeat the emperor of the Song Kingdom!" ”

"Your Majesty, be careful, be careful of Uncle Li Quan's nephew." Polu shook his head, not taking the comfort of Tuolei to heart, but expressing his own worries.

Tuo Lei's pupils contracted suddenly, and he paused slightly: "Why did the Taishi say this?" ”

"Li Quantian was born against his bones, and repeatedly turned his back on his master, if my Great Yuan country is prosperous, he has no gaps, or he can become a generation of good ministers, but if my Great Yuan is weak, he will be unwilling and want to replace him." Polu's spirit improved a little, and his speech became smoother: "Your Majesty and I are here, he doesn't dare to do anything, but Your Majesty and I are on the front line, his uncle and nephew can be civil and martial, and Prince Meng Ge may not be able to subdue them......"

"I left 10,000 cowards to Meng Ge, and told Meng Ge and Kublai Khan, if this uncle and nephew have any changes, I will immediately kill him with cowardice." Tuo Lei patted Po Lu's hand lightly: "Although Li Quan is deep in the city, his nephew is an anxious man, and he may not be able to calm down. Moreover, they have no military power in their hands, what can they do with those Han farmers? ”

"There is not enough success, but there is more than failure, Your Majesty!"

"You mean?" Tuo Lei was a little unhappy in his heart, but looking at Polu's haggard face, he suppressed the unhappiness again.

"Your Majesty collects winter clothes, and you must go north, but this is a long journey......"

In the middle of his words, Polu coughed violently, and Tuo Lei hurriedly patted him on the back: "I know what you mean, don't worry, don't ......"

He did know what Poru meant.

The intention to march north and cross the strait to conquer the new continent is currently known to very few people, and only Meng Ge, Kublai Khan, Haiyun Monk, and Li Quan's uncle and nephew know his strategy. Among them, Meng Ge and Kublai Khan knew his overall plan, Haiyun Monk was a close confidant of the two princes and knew most of it, and Li Quan's uncle and nephew only knew the first half of this plan. And the Menghu magnates, including Polu, only knew that they had to collect winter clothes to prepare for the northern expedition, but they didn't know that they had to cross the strait.

And now, from Polu's tone, it became clear to Tuo Lei that he had guessed something.

The reason why he hid it from the Mongolian nobles was that these people did not obey the order and shouted out indiscriminately to ruin the morale of the army, after all, he was still counting on this battle of Jinzhou to defeat the Song people, or he was satisfied with the fact that he could draw it. The reason why he didn't hide it from Li Quan's uncle and nephew was because he dealt with civil affairs under his account, and no one could compare with this uncle and nephew. Moreover, although this uncle and nephew was born as a martial artist, he had no military power, and he was no different from a Han minister. Rao is like this, he still gave Meng Ge and Kublai Khan 10,000 cowardice Xue to suppress Li Quan's uncle and nephew, which should be enough.

"Your Majesty, Li Quan's ambition is untamable, and he has been in battle for a long time, the two princes are heroic, but after all, they are young, Li Quan is afraid that he will not put the 10,000 cowardice in his eyes." After listening to Tuo Lei tell him about his arrangement, Polu's coughing also stopped, and he shook his head and said: "Li Quan's rebellion will not succeed, but I am afraid that it will be a mistake for Your Majesty!" ”

Although he didn't know that there was an expedition to the strait, he also guessed that there was a future after the northern expedition. Tuo Lei groaned slightly, and had to put his plan together, anyway, now that he was about to fight a decisive battle with the Song people, there was no need to hide it anymore.

"Your Majesty is confused, Your Majesty is confused!"

Hearing that there is still a way to go through the strait, Polu was stunned for a while, and then pounded the bed, not caring about the face of the thunder, and bluntly accused: "Your Majesty has this way to retreat, and you should have asked the ministers to fight a decisive battle with the Song people for your majesty's generals, and Your Majesty will personally go on an expedition with the prince, as long as Your Majesty is here, Li Quan's uncle and nephew will not dare to act rashly, and if they don't act rashly, their talents will be used by me!" ”

"If I leave you behind and run away on my own, will I still be the son of Genghis Khan?" Tuo Lei shook his head and said: "Besides, no matter whether this matter is won or lost, the little emperor of the Song Kingdom has not seen me, how can he be willing to give up, and it is necessary to inspect the mountains and seas, so that I will not have a chance to breathe." On the contrary, if I am dead, the prince is young and weak, he does not take it to heart, and the power of pursuit is not urgent, so it will be more convenient for Meng Ge and Kublai Khan to escape......"

Both the monarch and the minister avoided another possibility, that is, Polu escorted Möngke and Kublai Khan to escape.

"Your Majesty, that Dongshengzhou is so vast, Uncle Li Quan's uncle and nephew never thought that only by relying on my Dayuan could they avoid the pursuit of the Song people, but now it is not, they must have different intentions. I expected that they would take advantage of His Majesty's request to provide the people with the opportunity to equip all the Han people in Tuntian and the Han in the mines, so that the number of troops under the direct control of their uncle and nephew would not be less than 200,000, or even more. Although these people don't have any combat power, they are enough to drag the two princes back, if we are defeated, the Song people will definitely approach Huanglong, and when the two princes retreat north, they will drag people back......"

Tuo Lei immediately understood, if Li Quan's uncle and nephew really had two hearts, they didn't need to defeat the 10,000 cowardly Xue at all, as long as they dragged the 10,000 cowardly Xue, and waited for the Song soldiers to chase after them, they would take advantage of the Song and Yuan melee to get out, so that not only the drag Lei was over, but also Meng Ge and Kublai Khan, the Song people would not be urgent to hunt down Li Quan's uncle and nephew, they could naturally lead people north leisurely until they crossed the strait.

Everything that has been laid out by Tuo Lei, from those winter clothes to pickled food, will be a wedding dress for someone else.

Note 1: According to historical facts, Polu should have died in 1228, after the death of Temujin, he went to the northern court to mourn, mourned and died, but I thought that this was only related to his excessive power and young heroics, Menghu only came out of the yurt, and the cruelty of his political struggle was even more barbaric than that of Song Jin.