Chapter 634: Supporting Ali Buge (1)

As an ambitious person who dreams of restoring the prosperity of the Han and Tang dynasties and letting all countries come to the court, although Shi Bin is not warlike, he is actually very much looking forward to it in his heart. It's just that Da Song is very tired now, which makes Shi Bin a little lacking in strength. Although the treasury is not empty, there is not much food to squander. If 100,000 troops were not sent to conquer and consolidate Monan within a year, Shi Bin would have to withdraw his troops. And this goal will never be achieved, because even if Kublai Khan only has 10,000 horses left, he can disturb Shi Bin's 100,000 army for several years, not to mention that Kublai Khan and Ali Buge even abandoned their previous suspicions and united to resist foreign humiliation.

This made Shi Bin only settle down and slowly implement the policy of rest and recuperation. Shi Bin relied on his powerful military strength, and after coming to power, he vigorously punished corruption and severely punished corrupt officials and corrupt officials, but let the people of the Great Song Dynasty live and work in peace and contentment. Within two years, there was almost no trace of homeless people in the Great Song Dynasty.

Another important reason is that he fully supported Jia Yidao's "Gongtian Law", so that all the gentry must pay taxes. In this way, social contradictions have been greatly alleviated and state treasury revenues have been increased. In two years, the tax in the treasury soared from 200,000 taels of silver and 400,000 stone of grain to 1,000,000 taels of silver and 1,500,000 stone of grain.

Shi Bin, who became an upstart, suddenly felt that it didn't seem so wise to rush to fight the Yuan people before, and he had to settle down before he went outside. And because Kublai Khan and Ali Buge were pinched, it had caused the elite of the Yuan people to lose more than 40,000 people, so they were still at ease when they sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight.

It's just that there are less than 50,000 cavalry left under Ali Buge's subordinates, and Kublai Khan's men and horses have increased to 200,000.

Since it is very pleasant to be a fisherman, it is natural to be a fisherman for a long time. Therefore, Shi Bin had a plan: to support Ali Buge and let him last longer. So Shi Bin secretly sent Batu to be this envoy and discuss the alliance with Ali Buge.

Who knew that what Batu brought back was the news that made Shi Bin so angry that one Buddha ascended to heaven and two Buddhas were born, because Ali Buge asked for 5,000 Shi Bin guns, 500,000 bullets, 20,000 wooden handles of earth-shaking thunder, 1,000 tiger squat cannons, and 5,000 units of shells before he was willing to unite. If he fails to meet this requirement, he will flee to Persia within half a year.

Naturally, he couldn't raise tigers to cause trouble, but Shi Bin didn't want Kublai Khan to unify the north so quickly, so he could only gather Jia Ling, Sai Xishi, Wang Yi and Li Shao together again to discuss countermeasures.

"My lord, this Brother Ali is greedy enough, he actually wants so many guns and ammunition, such 5,000 firearms are enough to fight against 30,000 light cavalry." Li Shao said angrily, "If you use it well, you can even annihilate more than 10,000 light cavalry." ”

"My lord, Brother Ali Buge is naturally hateful if he is insatiable, but his insatiable greed shows that he doesn't want to go far away from Persia and doesn't want to admit defeat. So as long as we grasp the scale, we can definitely let him and Kublai Khan fight for another year or two, and buy more time for our Northern Expedition to prepare. Wang Yi said very seriously.

"It makes sense, he asked us to pay back the money on the spot. But how to grasp this scale? ”

"Husband, what we have to do is to ensure that Ali Buge is not eliminated by Kublai Khan, so that Ali Buge always has a glimmer of hope for victory, so we don't have to give Ali Buge so much, as long as it is enough for him to support himself." Jia Ling said with a smile.

"My sister is right, husband, the concubine thinks

As long as Ali Buge feels that there is hope to win Kublai Khan, he will definitely not go far from Persia. And we may have overlooked. Sai Si Shi smiled slyly. After everyone looked at her suspiciously, Sai Xishi smiled again, "Before, we were worried that Kublai Khan and Ali Buge would abandon their previous suspicions and join forces to fight us, but now it seems that there is almost no such possibility." So if we can send troops to contain Kublai Khan and help Ali Buge reduce some pressure, maybe he will be happier, and we won't have to give him so many guns and ammunition. ”

Send troops to help Ali Buge contain Kublai Khan? That's a good idea. If Kublai Khan's 350,000 soldiers and horses can be contained, and Kublai Khan's stay in his lair will require at least 50,000 soldiers and horses. In other words, Kublai Khan could not have more than 120,000 men and horses to deal with Ali Buge. Kublai Khan will also feel the pressure of fighting on two fronts, which will be of great help to Ali Buge.

In this way, the Yuan people will fight more fiercely, which will be of great benefit to the Great Song Dynasty.

"The question is, how many troops? We have enough food now, but I still don't want to make wedding clothes for others. If you invest too much, you can lose money, and it is most comfortable to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. Shi Bin said a little unwillingly.

"Since it's containment, it won't really fight. Wouldn't it be better for Wang San to take tens of thousands of horses to wander around the gate and come back? If Kublai Khan is not fooled, it doesn't hurt if we fight a few times, as long as we don't lose too many men. Besides, if you use more forbidden troops and less of our people, won't you have it? Jia Ling smiled slyly.

This time, Shi Bin completely understood what Sai Xishi's so-called 'containment' meant, so he looked at Wang Yi and Li Shao, wanting to hear their opinions.

Wang Yi nodded in admiration and expressed his complete agreement. And Li Shao opened his mouth and said, "My lord, I'm afraid I have to talk to someone about this matter." ”

Still talking to someone? Who? Shi Bin couldn't think of anyone else who could stop him from making a decision.

Seeing that Shi Bin couldn't remember who this person was, Li Shao reminded: "Lord Zhao Kui." Although Lord Zhao is actually no longer a threat to adults now, it is better to make this matter clear to him, so as not to cause any misunderstanding. After all, he still has a lot of influence. ”

It must be admitted that Li Shao's words are very reasonable, so Shi Bin went to Zhao Mansion to visit Zhao Kui the next day.

didn't expect Shi Bin to come to see him, an old man who was about to die, Zhao Kui was very surprised. Although he is still a privy deputy envoy, Zhao Kui has not asked about political affairs for many days, so he is very calm.

"Lord Shi, what is the matter with you deigning to come to me?"

"This matter can be big or small, but I still think it is better to talk to Lord Zhao."

"Oh? Now that Shi Da is in a state of power, he is full of words in the court, if you decide to do it yourself, what is the need to inform me of this bad old man? Zhao Kui said with a smile.

"Now Kublai Khan and Ali Buge in the north are fighting hotly, but Ali Buge can't hold on, so I sent someone to contact him to plan to jointly attack Kublai Khan. He also replied to my message, saying that he was willing to unite, but the conditions for opening were very high. ”

As soon as he heard that he was going to attack Kublai Khan, Zhao Kui immediately came to his senses and asked about Shi Bin's Ali Buge's conditions. After listening to the conditions, Zhao Kui, a very cultivated bachelor, was so angry that he slapped the table and scolded Brother Ali for being insatiable.

"Lord Shi, what are you going to do? Since you came to ask me, there must have been a way. ”

"That's true. But Lord Zhao has experienced more things than us, and he is more scheming, so Shi came. Shi Bin said with a smile, "I'm planning to send a team of soldiers and horses out of the customs to contain Hu."

Behan, but only harassed him and did not engage in war with him. Of course, if Kublai Khan was really not fooled, then he could only fight a few battles and contain his tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. As for the tough battle, it was up to Kublai Khan and Ali Buge to fight it themselves. Shi thinks that he still needs to support Ali Buge with some weapons, but he can't figure out the scale...

"It seems that Lord Shi wants to have a sandpiper and a clam to compete for the fisherman's profit. In this way, Kublai Khan and Ali Buge fought to the death, and what was lost was the strength of his Yuan people, which was beneficial to my Great Song Dynasty and not harmful. Zhao supports. As for the scale you are talking about, it is indeed a bit difficult to grasp. Maybe send 5,000 soldiers and horses out of the customs to test and see how many Kublai Khan's soldiers and horses can be contained, and then talk? ”

"Okay, thank you, Lord Zhao. I'll go first. After Shi Bin finished speaking, he left the Zhao Mansion.

As soon as he left the Zhao Mansion, Xu Feng said, "My lord, I suddenly thought of something. ”

"What's the matter?" Looking at Xu Feng, Shi Bin found that his face was not very good, so he asked, "What makes you so uncomfortable?" ”

"It's not that it's uncomfortable, it's that the key to this matter is not Lord Zhao, it should be the emperor." Xu Feng said, "We may have ignored him. ”

The current Li Zong is a waste in Shi Bin's eyes, so he felt that Xu Feng's words were too ridiculous, and smiled very casually, "Xu Feng, the emperor is just a puppet now, he has to do whatever I want him to do, how can it become a big obstacle to this matter?" You're thinking about it. ”

This is actually just Xu Feng's intuition and there is no specific reason, since Shi Bin doesn't care, and the matter is not serious, Xu Feng is too lazy to disturb Shi Bin's interest and keep silent.

The second day was the day of the court meeting, and Shi Bin was planning to ask the emperor to issue an order to allow him to send troops out of the customs to support Ali Buge.

There were forty or fifty officials standing densely above the court, half of them were 'Shi Dang', and Shi Bin was very proud and had a sense of accomplishment when he saw this.

After completing the various procedures, Shi Bin walked out of the queue and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has something to do." ”

"Shi Aiqing, please speak."

"Now the northern Yuan people Kublai Khan and Ali Buge are fighting fiercely for the throne, and a total of 40,000 or 50,000 elite cavalry have been lost. It's just that now Ali Buge is weak and can't support it, and the minister thinks that we should give Ali Buge some support, so that he and Kublai Khan can fight longer. It's better for them to kill each other and lose both, so that we can benefit from the fishermen. ”

Hearing that there was such a situation in the north, everyone in the court was excited, and Li Zong almost stood up in excitement as he sat on the dragon chair.

After all, the emperor who has been an emperor for so many years is not on good terms with Shi Bin, so Li Zong quickly calmed down and said, "Then what is Shi Aiqing going to do?" How to support Ali Buge? ”

"Weichen wants to support Ali Buge with a batch of firearms, and then send a group of troops and horses to attack Kublai Khan, so that he will fall into the dilemma of fighting on two sides. It will not be possible to eliminate Ali Buge in a short period of time, and make the internal friction of the Yuan people more serious, so that our Great Song Dynasty can completely eliminate the Yuan people. Shi Bin said solemnly.

Just when Shi Bin was full of confidence that Li Zong would agree with his opinion, he heard Li Zong say: "Lord Shi's idea is very good, and I also think that I should support Ali Buge, let him fight with Kublai Khan for a longer time, and make the internal friction of the Yuan people more serious." However, I only agree with Shi Aiqing to support Ali Buge's weapons and food baggage, but I do not approve of sending troops out of the customs to fight directly against the Yuan people. Because that would be dangerous. ”

This answer made Shi Bin very angry and surprised, and the court was silent for a while.