Chapter 596: Leading the Army to King Qin

Although Shi Bin consumed 10,000 elites in the previous war, this time he successively brought in 70,000 soldiers, excluding the old, weak, sick and disabled, and at least replenishing more than 50,000 men and horses who could go to the battlefield to fight with the Yuan army. Among them, 20,000 people may still be old soldiers, and they can only fight some tailwind battles, but they still make Shi Bin's strength soar again.

Because the foundation in the West Hebei Road is not yet solid, even if there are enough troops and food and grass baggage, Shi Bin still does not plan to rush into the East Hebei Road. He was sure that even if all of Möngke's men returned from the expedition, they would not be able to attack him within a year. Not because of anything else, but because they don't have enough food and grass.

And Shi Bin just hopes to use this year to lay a solid foundation in Hebei West Road and train the newly arrived tens of thousands of forbidden troops to be more combative. Even if you can't go head-to-head with the Yuanren, you must be able to defend without loopholes.

Li Zong saw that Shi Bin was slow to send troops after accepting the weight of soldiers and horses, grain and grass, and immediately understood that Shi Bin wanted to support the army and respect himself, and understood that he might have been tricked again.

In order not to overly irritate Shi Bin, who was holding heavy troops, Li Zong only issued a decree several times, ordering Shi Bin to send troops to Hebei East Road as soon as possible. And in order to stabilize Li Zong, Shi Bin also politely said, 'I will not accept the life of the monarch outside'. And used the newly replenished 50,000 forbidden troops to make a statement that their combat strength was weak and needed training, and blocked Rizong's mouth. Of course, Li Zong can't be cranky, and he can't be truthful, Shi Bin promised to send troops to Hebei East Road in half a year at the latest.

In the past six months, Shi Bin used the hundreds of thousands of stone grains and grass in his hands to rapidly expand the army, expanding the original 100,000 soldiers and horses in Hedong and Hebei West Road to 200,000. It's just that he still used the old method of 'hiding soldiers from the people', and from beginning to end, Song Ting didn't notice the change in the strength of Shi Bin's hands.

Half a year passed quickly, and Shi Bin didn't object to some conspiracy, but he didn't want to be a villain who didn't believe his word, so he planned to send troops to Hebei East Road.

The fat in front of me is too greasy, and if it is not done well, not only may you not be able to eat it, but you may also spit out some food that has been swallowed. Therefore, Shi Bin did not dare to send troops easily, but called all his think tanks to discuss.

"Now that we have to send troops, how do you say we can fight?" Shi Bin asked, "Is it Xu Xu Tuzhi or do you want to take the entire Hebei East Road in one go?" ”

Unexpectedly, Shi Bin wanted to swallow Hebei East Road in one go, which made Wang San, Jia Ling, Sai Xishi and Xu Feng all admire his fearless courage but also worried that his madness would lead to a catastrophe.

"Big brother, do you want to take down all the East Hebei Road in one go?" Wang San asked very worriedly.

"I have this idea, but it's not strong. I know you're going to disagree, but I'd like to know why. ”

"Big brother, to the north of us are the Daimyo Mansion and the Hejian Mansion, these two places are very important, not to mention that there are many garrison troops, even if they are temporarily recovered by us, the Yuan people will do everything they can to recapture them. What's more, if there are too many places to attack at one time, it will lead to too long a battle line, and then the army will be in danger. Please don't forget, big brother, the East Hebei Road is almost all plains, and the light cavalry of the Yuan people is much more mobile than ours, after all, we only have less than 30,000 infantry cavalry. Wang San said.

"It seems that you can only figure it out slowly, so what do you think?" Shi Bin let out a sigh of relief.

"Big brother, you can really only figure it out slowly. Only in this way can we ensure that we get the maximum benefit with the least effort. We must not only be careful of the counterattack of the Yuan people, but also be careful of the Song Court's bad treatment of us, such as cutting off the supply of grain and grass for the sake of a truce, causing us to be embarrassed to advance and retreat. Wang San said solemnly.

After listening to Wang San's words, Shi Bin

I was a little frustrated, but I also admitted what he said. However, I still looked at Jia Ling and Sai Xishi, hoping to get their support. It's just that both of them are very rational people, and they won't talk nonsense in order to make Shi Bin's husband happy, and they all clearly support Wang San's statement.

Jia Ling even said that he would march from Kaide Mansion in the southwest of Hebei East Road, and that he would attack county by county, and that he would no longer be able to attack by leap and jump as he had done before the recovery of Henan, Jingdong Road, Shaanxi and Hedong Road.

Of course, this style of play is very correct, and now that it has touched the bottom line of the Yuanren, it is natural to prevent them from making the most crazy counterattack, and how to do it if they don't leave more soldiers and horses to defend the back road?

Although the defenders of these cities were not famous generals, they were all generals who were loyal to Dayuan. I am afraid that intimidation and persuasion will not be of much use, and Shi Bin can only rely on firearms and return artillery to bombard them indiscriminately. In order to reduce casualties, Shi Bin could only turn the cities he passed by into ruins.

Because he had long believed that Shi Bin wanted to support the army and respect himself, after laying the Hebei West Road, Shi Bin negotiated with the Song court on the condition that he wanted soldiers and grain and grass, and now he is moving slowly into the army, which combined with the Song court to have a strong dissatisfaction.

Then the main peace faction of the DPRK and China began to gain the upper hand again, expressing the hope that Shi Bin would be dismissed from the official post of ambassador along the river, and he would be transferred back to Lin'an to take up his post, or let Shi Bin be the governor and privy deputy envoy. At the same time, he hoped for a truce in the hope of peace talks with Möngke.

As an emperor who coveted comfort and was seriously suspicious, Li Zong saw that Shi Bin's army was too slow, and finally said that if Shi Bin could not take the Hejian Mansion and the Daimyofu within three months, he would immediately withdraw his troops and return to Beijing to take up his post.

Shi Bin's request to withdraw the army was expected, but Shi Bin's request to cut his military power and put himself in the cage of Lin'an again was not expected.

"Xu Feng, I definitely won't go back to Lin'an, but do I want to continue to fight on Hebei East Road?" Shi Bin asked.

"My lord, I dare not answer this question, and please don't jump to conclusions. The only thing that can be said about the lowly position is to ask the adults to think twice. If you can't think of a way, you might as well invite Lord Wang and the two ladies to discuss. ”

"Call them again?" Shi Bin said very unhappily, "Everything can't be separated from them? ”

"My lord, this does not mean that everything cannot be separated from them. This should be called brainstorming and following the flow of good. After all, it's the adults who make up the minds in the end. Adults shouldn't sacrifice a good situation for the sake of their own face..." Xu Feng said solemnly.

Brainstorming and doing good as a stream? These words made Shi Bin feel comfortable to listen to. So he really called Wang San and a few people over.

"The Song court only gave me three months to take the Hejian Mansion and the Daimyo Mansion, and if I didn't capture these two places within three months, they would ask me to withdraw my troops back to the West Hebei Road. And he also wanted to remove me from my post as ambassador along the river, cut my military power and let me return to Lin'an, and once again become a turtle in the urn. Shi Bin frowned and said.

"What does this mean? If you don't take the Kama Mansion and the Daimyo Mansion, you will do this? Sai Si Shi shouted angrily.

"Yes, Second Madame." Xu Feng opened his mouth and said, "Song Ting thinks that the speed of the adult's march is too slow, and thinks that he has ulterior motives. Therefore, it was decreed that if the adults did not defeat the Kama Mansion and the Daimyo Mansion within three months, they would negotiate peace with the Yuan people. It is estimated that the reduction of the military power of the adults is a sign of sincerity to the Yuan people. ”

"And what are you going to do?" Jia Ling asked Shi Bin.

Shi Bin didn't want to fight anymore in this battle, and the reason why he wanted to go down in one fell swoop before was that he hated the feeling of continuous fighting. What he hopes most now is to continue to develop and enhance his strength, and finally overthrow the Zhao family, drive away the Yuan people, and restore the prosperity of the Han and Tang dynasties.

"I plan to leave 30,000 troops on the front line of Nanle and Weidian, and all the rest will be withdrawn and will not march north." Shi Bin said.

Unexpectedly, Shi Bin had no enterprising spirit this time, he obviously had the strength to seize the Daimyo Mansion and Hejian Mansion in three months, but he didn't try it, and he was ready to withdraw at any time.

"Don't you understand?" Shi Bin asked.

"Nonsense!" Jia Ling and Sai Xi Shi said in unison.

"Believe it or not, even if I take the Daimyo Mansion and the Hejian Mansion, the Song court will still find a way to cut my military power and negotiate with the Yuan people? And this time it may even betray me. Shi Bin said solemnly, "Our biggest enemy at present is no longer the Yuan people, but the Song court. ”

Of course, he understood the meaning of Shi Bin's words, but he still didn't believe that Song Ting would betray Shi Bin.

In order to prove his words, Shi Bin deliberately slowed down the speed of his troops again, and only half of the Daimyo's Mansion was defeated in the past three months. A strange thing came, at this time, more than 10,000 of the 40,000 reinforcements of the Song Dynasty no longer obeyed orders, but withdrew to Hebei West Road on their own. This caused Shi Bin's army to open the back door wide, and there was a danger of being cut off at any time.

Of course, Shi Bin, who had been in battle for a long time, would not capsize in this gutter, and soon sent troops to defend the retreat, but at the same time ordered the immediate withdrawal of troops back to Hebei West Road.

never expected Shi Bin's words to come true, Song Ting really sold him, Shi Bin and his family all jumped like thunder, and they all said that they would never stop if they didn't have this bad breath. Although he knew that Shi Bin would never spare Song Ting easily this time, he was also worried that his behavior was inappropriate, so Wang San and Jia Ling and Sai Xishi saw Shi Bin coming.

"All here?" Shi Bin said with a smile.

It seems that he is 'angry and laughing', Wang San and the others secretly said, this sign is not good.

"I want to get angry but I don't know how to get out, I'm afraid I'll get angry, right?" Shi Bin asked with a smile.

The three of them sat in the room without saying a word, acquiescing.

"Don't worry, I won't dismantle the emperor's dragon chair for the time being, but I don't plan to make the emperor feel better."

As long as the emperor's dragon chair is not dismantled, everything is easy to say, this sentence made Wang San, Jia Ling and Sai Xishi feel a lot more relieved, but they didn't know how Shi Bin planned to make the emperor unhappy, so they all cast inquiring glances at Shi Bin.

"Don't we have some soldiers and horses outside Lin'an City? I intend to lead the army to the king. Shi Bin said with a sneer.

This method is not bad, but it is also too rampant, so Wang San and Jia Ling did not approve, Xu Feng was silent, and he also agreed with Sai Xishi.

But in addition, there seems to be no good way to vent his anger, not to mention that the emperor is constrained in everything, which makes it difficult for Shi Bin to do things, so Wang San and Jia Ling's attitude is not resolute.

"Big brother, this method is not impossible, but it is better to be tactful." Seeing Shi Bin's face full of gloom, Wang San finally compromised.

Since Wang San expressed his support for King Qin, but in a different way, Shi Bin's face was much better, and he said that he was willing to listen.

"After the withdrawal of the army, we will return the 40,000 soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty. Why don't you just lead the 40,000 forbidden troops south? Nominally, you went south to Lin'an with the army, but in fact you went to King Qin. Of course, the composition of it still needs to be changed, not all forbidden troops, but 20,000 of our men. Wang San said.

"You mean a King Qin who sings sand and rice?"

Wang San nodded, "In this case, even if everyone in the world knows that the eldest brother is taking revenge on the Song Court, no one can say anything." Because on the surface, the 40,000 forbidden troops you led returned to the station. The forbidden army only obeys the orders of the imperial court, and without the orders of the imperial court, they will not follow the eldest brother King Qin. ”

After listening to Wang San's explanation, Shi Bin couldn't stop laughing and said that he would immediately do what Wang San said. After the soldiers and horses withdrew to the West Hebei Road, they led the troops to the king!