Chapter 345: On the Edge of a Cliff

Looking at Wang Dechen who turned to leave, Shi Bin had mixed feelings in his heart, and from Wang Dechen's words, he could see that Wang Dechen was still a person with affection, and he was indeed not a flatterer. Now loyal to the Yuan people may have something to do with the fact that he grew up in the palace with the princes of the Yuan Dynasty since he was a child.

Shi Bin didn't want to blow the wind in the woods so close to the Yuanren military camp, what if Wang Dechen suddenly came back without regard for his face, wouldn't he die in vain? So Shi Bin also left quickly.

As soon as he returned to the camp, Wang San came to the tent to inquire about the situation. Shi Bin naturally told his big thinkers the truth about the matter.

"My lord, what are you going to do next?" Wang San asked.

"What to do? Now that Wang Dechen has no heart to fight, let's destroy it first, and by the way, burn the grain and grass of the Yuanren, so that it will collapse without a fight! If the time comes, it is not bad to stay in Dali to help them resist the Yuan people. ”

"My lord, your second strategy is very much in favor of it, but the first strategy is estimated to need to be changed slightly." Wang San said with a smile.

"What do you mean, the first strategy is going to change? Don't kill Wang Dechen or don't burn Yuanren's grain and grass? Shi Bin asked suspiciously.

"Yuanren's grain and grass must be burned, and it must be burned no matter what the cost. As for Wang Dechen's life and death, he thought that the adults could think again. ”

Think again? From Wang San's words, Shi Bin felt that Wang San wanted Wang Dechen to serve himself instead of being destroyed by himself.

"You mean not to kill Wang Dechen?"

"Yes. The lowly thought it was better to recruit them than to annihilate them. ”

"Can this person still survive in the world if he forgets his ancestors like this?" Shi Bin shouted angrily, obviously very dissatisfied with Wang San's suggestion.

"Big brother, the sea is tolerant of all rivers. Although Wang Dechen was loyal to the Yuan people at this time, he also learned from his words that this person valued love and righteousness, and knew how to repay kindness. If you can receive it, the benefits will definitely outweigh the disadvantages. What's more, he also knows the situation of the Yuan people very well, and it is really a pity to kill him. ”

I have to admit that what Wang San said is very reasonable, Wang Dechen is the tiger general of the world and knows the Yuan people very well, it is indeed a pity to kill him, but it is difficult to understand the hatred in Shi Bin's heart if he does not kill.

The more I thought about it, the more aggrieved I became, and in the end, I didn't bother to think about it anymore, so I simply threw the problem to Wang San and Xu Feng, and asked them to think of a way to come to him after formulating a strategy.

However, after a cup of tea, Wang San took Xu Feng into the tent, and Wang San said happily: "My lord, I have come up with a good idea with Xu Feng to definitely make Wang Dechen rebel against the Yuan people, and the life and death after that will be decided by the adults." ”

Hearing it made Wang Dechen rebel against Yuan Shi Bin very happy, because once Wang Dechen rebelled, Kublai Khan would be in an extremely unfavorable situation of being attacked by the enemy. Not to mention entering the army, it is very difficult to retreat with all your body. At the same time, once Wang Dechen rebels, he is like a rootless duckweed, and life and death are indeed all in his own thoughts.

"Let's talk about how to make that Wang Dechen betray the Yuan people." Shi Bin urged.

"My lord, now that we have made the Jurchen soldiers have no fighting spirit through music and singing, this matter must have been reported to Kublai Khan by the secret agents planted by the Yuan people beside Wang Dechen. As the saying goes: those who are not of my race will have different hearts. No matter how much Kublai Khan believed Wang Dechen, it was impossible to trust all the Jurchen soldiers under his command who hated him for the death of his country. Wang San said with certainty: "So Kublai Khan must take action against Wang Dechen again, this is our opportunity." ”

"That's true. So how do you think Kublai Khan would have dealt with Wang Dechen? Wang San asked.

"Huh. My lord, if your subordinate behaves like this, how will you test his loyalty? Wang San looked at Shi Bin very slyly and said.

The first word that came to Shi Bin's mind was 'to vote for the name', but instead of saying that, he said, "Test his loyalty by carrying out my orders." ”

"What orders do you think Kublai Khan will have Wang Dechen carry out to prove his own loyalty?"

"Capture Zhaotong?"

"That's it." Wang San said with a smile, "And I can also say for sure that Wuliang Hatai was also trying his best to persuade Kublai Khan to kill Wang Dechen and wanted to kill people with a knife." ”

Uliang Hatai had the idea of killing people with a knife from the beginning, and now is the best time to do his best. Therefore, Shi Bin agreed with Wang San's statement very much, and asked how to do it.

"Adults can go to the Yuan camp to spread rumors, saying that Kublai Khan and Wuliang Hatai want to kill Wang Dechen, saying that Wang Dechen has two hearts for the Yuan people."

Shi Bin didn't want to use such a shady method, and no one liked the rumors, even the users hated it.

Seeing that Shi Bin frowned and obviously didn't want to do this, Wang San immediately persuaded: "My lord, a small amount is not a gentleman, no poison, no husband, just a few rumors, what's the matter?" What's more, can't you use a few rumors to save me from the countless people of the Great Song Dynasty? Do you have to be full of corpses in my big song? ”

Wang San's words made Shi Bin unable to refute, so he had to send his subordinates to spread rumors, saying to Wang Dechen that Kublai Khan and Uliang Hatai suspected that the Jurchens wanted to kill people with a knife, and in Kublai Khan and Uliang Hatai, Wang Dechen and the Jurchen soldiers were dissatisfied with Kublai Khan's disposition.

After being blocked under the city of Zhaotong for three months, Kublai Khan was irritable and irritable, and now he heard the rumors in the camp that was even more difficult to be calm. Kublai Khan, who had nowhere to vent, finally pointed the finger at Wang Dechen, who was unfavorable. This is exactly what happens when the external struggle fails, and the internal fighting fails.

Knowing that Wang Dechen's subordinates were also elite generals, Kublai Khan did not dare to seize his military power, and was afraid that he would rebel directly, so he reappointed Wang Dechen as the forward general on the grounds that the siege of Wuliang Hatai was unfavorable and commanded the capture of Zhaotong.

The most intolerable thing for Wang Dechen came: under the influence of Wuliang Hatai's slanderous rumors, Kublai Khan ordered Wang Dechen to lead 5,000 Jurchen elites to take Zhaotong within ten days, and the attack must not be interrupted.

Wang Dechen knew that Kublai Khan would do what he said, and he didn't want to be that disloyal and unrighteous traitor, so he attacked Zhaotong regardless of casualties. Kublai Khan's military orders were soon learned by Shi Bin, so he ordered all his soldiers to go up to the city wall to block the Jurchen army.

Although the Jurchens were good at fighting, in front of Shi Bin's firearms, Wang Dechen's men suffered heavy losses, and in less than four days, there were less than 3,000 of the 5,000 Jurchen elites left. Such a loss made Wang Dechen's heart dripping with blood, and he was in great pain, and he blamed himself.

With such a way of playing, Wang Dechen and his subordinates almost collapsed, and on the ninth day, Zhaotong was still not taken, but the elite in his hands had been lost, and Wang Dechen deeply felt that the end was coming.

On the night of the ninth day, the city gate of Zhaotong was quietly opened, and five people in the city rode horses to Wang Dechen's camp.

Another sharp arrow with a letter tied to it was shot into the camp, and after about a stick of incense, the three men in the village rode out of the camp.

In a small forest outside the city, Shi Bin took Wang San, Xu Feng and Wang Dechen to meet again.

This time, Wang Dechen no longer has the slightest feeling of heroism, he is completely depressed, after all, he has reached the edge of the cliff, and it is false to say that he is not afraid.

"Lord Wang, Shi wants to ask you a question."

"Lord Shi, please speak." Wang Dechen said weakly.

"Do you think you're worthy of the Yuanren?" Shi Bin asked.

didn't answer, Wang Dechen just nodded slowly. He led the army to attack the city for the Yuan people all the year round, and this time he fought in Zhaotong and lost all the elite losses, of course, he was worthy of the Yuan people, just nodding his head is just hard to say.

"Lord Wang, you are benevolent and righteous to the Yuan people, but the Yuan people may not want to spare your life. I don't know if Shi is right? ”

Shi Bin's words are of course correct, even if Kublai Khan doesn't want to kill himself now, but there is no joke in the army, and his repeated defeats are coupled with the slander of Wuliang Hatai, as long as he can't take Zhaotong tomorrow, he will definitely die.

"Lord Wang, you are a kind and righteous person, I won't ask you to turn against the Yuan people, as long as you are a spectator on the sidelines, how about it?" Shi Bin said very easily.

Shi Bin's words made Wang San and Xu Feng very uneasy, where is there a fight between two families but the other family is watching from the sidelines? Even if that family is weak, it won't work. Obviously, Shi Bin's words made Wang Dechen very surprised, Shi Bin's thinking is too strange, if he is capricious and returns to the Yuan people, wouldn't Shi Bin be very dangerous?

Waving his hand to stop Wang San and Xu Feng, who were about to speak out to dissuade him, he continued to smile and said to Wang Dechen: "Is Shi's words hard to believe? ”

"Of course, Lord Shi's words are really hard to believe." Wang Dechen smiled helplessly.

"Shi Mou dared to make this decision only because he believed that Lord Wang was not a capricious villain, and you kept your promise in our previous meeting and did not ambush the army. Shi just wants to ask my lord, will you break away from the Yuan people and join my Great Song? If you agree to belong to the Great Song Dynasty, Shi promises not to let you defect to the battle, and not to be a disloyal and unrighteous obscene villain. ”

"This..." Wang Dechen thought very hard.

"Lord Wang, Shi doesn't ask you to give an answer right now. Because you still have one night to think, tomorrow morning Shi estimates that Kublai Khan's men will come to your camp, how about you make a decision then? You just need to set up a signal of attachment here, if you don't want to belong to the Great Song Dynasty, let's continue to fight, how about it? ”

Such an attitude was much unexpected by Wang Dechen, Shi Bin actually gave all the initiative to himself, and let himself decide whether to join or not, but there was no threat at all. I wanted to say that I would immediately say that I would return to the Great Song Dynasty and attach to Shi Bin, but Wang Dechen held back this sentence with the last bit of hope, turned around and went back to the camp.

After Wang Dechen left, Wang San immediately said dissatisfiedly: "How can my lord be so reckless? Not only did he hand over all the initiative to Wang Dechen, but he didn't hand over the name, but also let him watch from the sidelines? ”

"Lord Wang, this is indeed a risky approach, but I also carefully thought about what you said about his affection and righteousness, and he acted properly before deciding it. He is now exhausted, and he is useless to the Yuan people, and even if he does not die after returning, he will definitely be severely punished, and maybe he will be condemned by his own people, most of whom are worse than death. ”

"Do you think he has no other way but to join us?" Xu Feng asked.

"Of course. He is also a high-ranking official, it is impossible for him to surrender his identity to the grass, if he does not take refuge in us, there is only a dead end. Either killed for the Yuan people or killed by us. Shi Bin said with great certainty, "Then do you think I still need to be persecuted, and I seem so unconfident?" What's more, what I want is for him to take refuge sincerely, not just to save his life. ”