647 The mighty Kublai Khan

Since he had made up his mind to personally lead the army to the battle, and as a courtier, Shi Bin of course still had to ask the emperor for approval. He was very happy that Shi Bin was willing to lead the army to the expedition. Because Shi Bin led the army to fight the war one day earlier, it would inevitably end one day earlier, and his hanging heart would be able to fall one day earlier. Another advantage is that the longer Shi Bin leaves Lin'an, the more hope he Zhao Yun has of regaining imperial power. Li Zong even thought that it would be best if Shi Bin could 'fight and die for the country'. In this way, the trees fell and scattered, which was conducive to him breaking or winning over each and regaining imperial power. With Shi Bin's former subordinates, he, Zhao Yun, no longer has to worry about the invasion of the Northern Yuan. Therefore, Li Zong did not hesitate to allow it.

Shi Bin was very surprised by Li Zong's full support for him to lead the army. In the past, Li Zong hated to cut off all his military power and confined again. Why are you willing to lead the troops yourself? Isn't there some kind of conspiracy in it? Shi Bin thought as he walked.

Although he is not as good as Wang San, he has a seven-trick exquisite heart, but Xu Feng can also be regarded as having a six-trick exquisite heart, seeing Shi Bin's uneasy face, Xu Feng immediately asked with concern, "My lord, what's wrong with you, didn't the emperor allow you to lead your troops to the battle?" ”

Naturally, he allowed it, how dare he not allow it now. It's just that he's so crisp and obviously happy, I can't understand why. Xu Feng, do you think there will be any conspiracy in this? For example, taking the opportunity to kill Zhao Gang, Li Xu, Wang Yi and Li Shao took away my right to Lin'an? ”

After thinking about Shi Bin's words carefully, Xu Feng smiled and said: "Please rest assured, I think that the emperor will never dare to touch Zhao Gang, Li Xu, Wang Yi and Li Shao." Although the emperor is stupid, he is not stupid, and he will not dare to confront you openly without adequate preparation. The reason why the emperor is willing to do this is probably because he wants to take advantage of the day you are away to restore the power in Beijing as much as possible. If the Lord loses in the Northwest and gives him the truth to denounce it, then he will be able to deal with you more justifiably. Anyway, adults have no way to rise now, why not send you a favor? ”

After listening to Xu Feng's analysis, Shi Bin suddenly became enlightened, and couldn't help but praise Xu Feng for being a good thinker, no worse than Wang San. has always been cautious and cautious, where does Xu Feng dare to bear such praise? Immediately, he humbly said that he was far inferior to Wang San.

Shi Bin didn't like to hear this kind of talk, so he didn't say more, and immediately went back to the house to pull Jia Ling and Sai Xishi out of Lin'an with three hundred personal guards and went straight to the northwest.

Li Chao was very puzzled by Shi Bin's sudden arrival, because Shi Bin did not show any dissatisfaction in the letters exchanged, the key was that he seemed to have come to take over the military power rather than an ordinary inspection.

In order to prevent Li Chao from misunderstanding in his heart, he must not let there be a mustard between his brothers, Shi Bin explained when he saw Li Chao, "Brother, my brother is here to do something this time..."

Shi Bin has never spoken in such a hesitant manner, who said that he has never done anything to seize military power from his brother? It turns out that it is not so easy to seize power. The more he was divided, the more Li Chao was sure that Shi Bin was here to seize military power. Jia Ling and the others on the side were naturally very anxious when they saw this, and they could do nothing like this.

Of course, there can't be such a big mistake, Jia Ling took over and said: "Li Chao, your eldest brother is asking you to go back to Jinghu and serve as the envoy of Jinghu this time, and he will replace the commander of the three armies in the northwest." She came to cut through the mess with a quick knife and made things clear in one sentence.

Fortunately, Li Chao is a very smart and calm person, very good at capturing information, not only knowing that Shi Bin is here to take over the army, but also asking him to be the envoy of Jinghu, so Li Chao is not only not unhappy but smiles.

Because he knew that this envoy was not a pacification envoy, and that the envoy had the right to dispose of it cheaply by the military and government, but in fact it was the emperor there, while the pacification envoy only had military power, not cheap

The right to dispose of it will be constrained by all parties. The system makes it very easy to do things because no one is hindered, so Shi Bin actually makes Li Chao more comfortable.

Seeing that Shi Bin still looked guilty, Li Chao was a little helpless, so he had to speak: "Big brother, you treat your brother so well, how can I not know how to blame big brother?" You don't know the difference between the envoy and the pacification envoy, laugh at me for not understanding the official position of the imperial court? ”

After hearing these words, Shi Bin felt a lot more comfortable, and finally spoke normally, "Of course not, it's just that my brother is afraid that you will misunderstand." The court has now said that the treasury is empty, and my brother knows that the treasury is not empty, but he can't stand the chatter day after day, so he has to run to lead the troops himself. But don't get me wrong, brother, you are fighting as I say, I naturally don't blame you, don't worry. It's just that I'm afraid it's going to change now, so I'll let my brother come by himself. ”

has also been a high-ranking official for several years, Li Chao understands how painful it is to endure 'chattering day after day', and immediately smiled and expressed full understanding. And joked that Shi Bin was not happy enough to let his brother go back to endure the chatter of officials in Jinghu and Jinghu, but he himself was galloping here to blow the grassland wind.

The atmosphere was much better, and Shi Bin asked: "Brother Xian, you have also been fighting for nearly a year, you should know a lot about Ali Buge and Kublai Khan, tell me about them." ”

"Yes, big brother." Li Chao heard this question and immediately said seriously, "Brother Ali is actually very powerful, but he is not as good as Kublai Khan, who can buy people's hearts, and he is not so knowledgeable about people, he relies on the three khanates and us to reluctantly confront Kublai Khan." Kublai Khan, on the other hand, was very powerful, wise and brave, and could buy people's hearts, so his strength has not been weakened much by the attack between us and the three khanates. ”

"What a great character." Shi Bin couldn't help but say, "He doesn't have any weaknesses?" ”

"Naturally, there is a weakness, his territory is so big, and the population is so large, if it continues to be consumed like this, he will definitely lose." Li Chao said with great certainty, "But please be careful, eldest brother, this person's wisdom is no worse than Wang San." If I hadn't followed my eldest brother's cautious march, I'm afraid I wouldn't have left half of my troops and horses now. ”

knew that Li Chao was also a general with both wisdom and bravery, and even he said that he was no match for Kublai Khan, so Shi Bin had to be cautious.

"Okay, got it. After two days of rest, I will lead the army into battle, and you will go with me. ”

Following Shi Bin basically means winning the battle, how could Li Chao refuse? Naturally, I agreed very happily.

Since there is a competition, it is natural to have to make a name, and the next day a 'stone' character banner appeared on Jiayuguan. This change soon reached Kublai Khan's ears.

was slapped hard by Wang San before, and then fought with the Song army repeatedly without taking advantage, at most it was evenly divided, which greatly weakened Kublai Khan's prestige. Now that the god of war of the Song army has arrived, a major war is inevitable no matter what, and Kublai Khan is naturally a little anxious. Not only because Shi Bin likes to take the sword sideways and surprise soldiers, but if he is not careful, he will be hit hard, which is a big trouble. All the more because this would make Kublai Khan really fall into the danger of being attacked from both sides.

Two days later, Kublai Khan received a letter of war from Shi Bin, agreeing to start a war twenty miles east of Yumen Pass in five days. This naturally has to be fought, otherwise it will be disgraced and cause the morale of the army to be shaken, so Kublai Khan also happily agreed.

Soon it was the fifth day, but before the start of the war, a small episode occurred that made Shi Bin have to admire Kublai Khan's political wisdom. Because as soon as he saw Shi Bin, the enemy monarch did not immediately go to war, but shouted in a friendly manner, saying that the corrupt emperor of the Song court was stupid, and asked Shi Bin to surrender, and promised that as long as Shi Bin took refuge, he would definitely protect him as a hereditary county king.

"Li Chao, it seems that what you said is true, Kublai Khan is really a powerful character, and he wants to come up with a counter-plot to shake my military spirit before he starts." Shi Bin said with a smile. Turning his head to Xu Feng, he said, "Send me big."

Khan's arrows were an answer, but don't shoot him, lest people say I'm shameless. ”

Under the pressure of these sharp arrows, Kublai Khan had to stop shouting and retreat into the military formation. Facts speak louder than words, and Kublai Khan's counter-plot was naturally broken and ineffective.

At the beginning of the battle, Shi Bin naturally used firearms to gradually advance and kill the Yuan cavalry, while the Yuan people used the mobility of the cavalry to shoot arrows everywhere in an attempt to disrupt the Song army's formation, in order to find an assault point to defeat the Song people in one fell swoop. It's a pity that Shi Bin and Kublai Khan are both masters of soldiers and cautious, and the two fought for a whole morning, and no one could help anyone, and even the casualties were between the two of them, which was a draw.

After returning to the camp, Shi Bin was not depressed, but said to Li Chao with some apologies: "Brother, you and Wang San have both suffered during this time, and it is not easy for you to not only deal with such a difficult guy, but also obey my orders." The eldest brother apologized here. ”

"Big brother doesn't have to be like this, if there is no big brother, I may still be a water bandit, maybe I would have died in Huangquan a long time ago, where is there a good life today? A little bit of embarrassment is nothing, let alone what is not embarrassing? In fact, being cautious is the king to confront a hero like Kublai Khan, so the brothers don't feel embarrassed. The real danger is to attack hard, and one wrong step can be doomed. ”

"Then thank you brother for your understanding. Kublai Khan has both wisdom and bravery, Ali Buge is brave and unscrupulous, we may want to make Kublai Khan weaker, is it better to beat Ali Buge can bully him but can't destroy him? Shi Bin smiled slyly.

"Big brother is reasonable, it is best to do this, so that the Yuan people will continue to have civil strife, which is the most beneficial to our Great Song Dynasty." Li Chao smiled excitedly. Jia Ling and Sai Xishi also smiled and nodded on the side, expressing their complete agreement with what Shi Bin said. It's just that a few people haven't chatted happily, but they heard Xu Feng report: Kublai Khan sent a messenger to deliver a letter.

"Kublai Khan is really powerful, since he can't beat it, he wants to come up with a 'crowd of gold and gold to destroy the bones', and turn the fake into real. The two countries are at war without slashing the envoys, and what do you say I am going to do with the envoys? I can't just let that Yuan person get in and out of the camp as easily as he does in and out of my own compound. Shi Bin said, "We can't let Kublai Khan's tricks succeed." ”

"Easy!" Sai Xi Shi smiled confidently.

The female bandit spoke for the first time, and everyone naturally shut up and listened quietly, believing that this kind of thing was absolutely handy for Sai Xi Shi to deal with. After looking at Shi Bin and the others, she smiled and said, "I have two methods, one is to use literature and the other is to use force." ”

Not interested in listening to Sai Xishi's fiddling with wisdom, Shi Bin urged impatiently: "Say it quickly, don't rub it off!" ”

Realizing that this was in the army, Sai Xishi didn't dare to be presumptuous, so he had to say: "The martial arts are very simple, just cut off the two ears of the messenger and put them back." The text is a little troublesome, and he asks the husband to write a letter to persuade Kublai Khan to surrender immediately, and order the messenger to bring it back. Of course, after the envoy entered the camp, the husband also had to go to the Yuanren camp to shout and persuade him to surrender, as Kublai Khan had done before. disturbed the Yuan people and could not be peaceful, and Kublai Khan's counter-plan was self-defeating. ”

Although Shi Bin has killed countless people, he does not like to abuse others, so he immediately vetoed the method of cutting off his ears and used the method of letters instead.

He was very kind when he met the messenger, and he was definitely kind on his face. Seeing this, the envoy thought that there was some hope, perhaps the previous release of arrows outside the camp was just a cover-up. However, when he opened the letter handed over by Shi Bin, he immediately looked like a bitter melon, knowing that the plan had failed and had to be the messenger.

After this day, Shi Bin was exhausted, but he didn't expect that Kublai Khan not only had no flaws in military affairs, but also made one move after another in political damage, and he was really a fierce opponent.

Fortunately, Shi Bin is not the kind of person who has insomnia when he has something, although he is tired, he still falls asleep and sleeps soundly. In this way, he got up again the next day, ready for a new confrontation with Kublai Khan.

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