Chapter 642: Forming an Alliance (1)

After leaving the palace with Tutuha, Shi Bin found that Tutuha was unhappy, so he smiled and said, "Lord Tutuha, what's wrong?" ”

"Lord Shi, you are so powerful that you don't even have to report to the palace, why didn't you speak for me just now?"

Hearing that this was the reason that made Tutuha unhappy, Shi Bin suddenly felt a little aggrieved, so he frowned and said, "Lord Tutuha, are you too anxious?" For such an important matter, of course, I have to look at the emperor's attitude before deciding what to do. Even if I am powerful, I can't do anything wrong, and the emperor will definitely have to consult with other important ministers. If I were too positive, it would make the emperor suspicious and it would be counterproductive. You have to remember that it was I who proposed the union of the two sides. ”

These words made Tutuha feel very guilty, he was really in too much of a hurry, and he forgot that the alliance was proposed by Shi Bin on his own initiative. Fortunately, Tutuha was a smart and capable person, and immediately apologized to Shi Bin.

Shi Bin would not be unforgiving in public or private, so he laughed it off after Tutuha apologized.

Seeing Shi Bin being so generous, Tutuha admired it very much in his heart, and secretly decided to let Ali Buge form an alliance with the Great Song Dynasty, and let Shi Bin personally lead the army to the battle, and he must not be other Song army generals.

"Lord Tutuha, you don't need to worry, I guess the emperor is already gathering several other important ministers to discuss an alliance with your Great Khan. I have someone in the palace, so we just have to sit back and wait for news. I can make a promise that within a month, the Great Song Dynasty will send at least 10,000 elites out of the customs to attack Kublai Khan. As for the rest, we'll have to wait and see. After all, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. ”

Tutuha, who was still guilty, didn't expect Shi Bin to make such a promise, which made Tutuha very excited. He had no doubt that Shi Bin would be able to fulfill this promise, because he knew that the current Sichuan-Shaanxi, Hedong, and Hebei lines were all controlled by Shi Bin's hardcore brothers, and Shi Bin himself was the prime minister and privy envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, and there was no problem in sending 10,000 horses out of the customs.

"Then I'm very grateful, to be honest, I originally thought that the military support you gave us would be at least three months later, but I didn't expect that my lord would be willing to start in a month."

"Lord Tutuha don't have to be too grateful, I also have selfish intentions, and I want a friendly neighbor and not a robber who always covets our territory and wealth." Shi Bin said with a smile.

"Understand, understand, so do we." Tutuha laughed.

"Let's go back to dinner first, I'm sure there will be news in a short time." After speaking, he took Tutuha back to the house for a big meal.

As Shi Bin expected, the news came from the palace as soon as the two of them sat down, and Li Zong summoned Zhao Kui into the palace to discuss the alliance with Ali Buge. Zhao Kui was conservative at first and did not believe the comparative data provided by Tutuha on the strength of the two sides, but after hearing that Ali Buge's defeat might be far away from Persia, his attitude became positive and expressed a relatively strong intention to unite.

After telling Tutuha about this, Tutuha obviously admired Shi Bin even more and said that he would no longer interfere with Shi Bin's affairs, and everything would come according to Shi Bin's plan.

Shi Bin was of course comfortable to listen to these words, but he didn't intend everything to go according to his ideas, and he strongly asked Tutuha to express his opinion at any time. Because if everything goes according to his Shi Bin, once something happens, all the responsibility will be borne by him, and Shi Bin will not do this kind of stupid thing.

"Lord Tutuha

, we have to discuss a good question, that is, how to get the emperor to fully support the dispatch of troops. Although I can ignore the emperor's advice and send 40,000 troops to support you, I don't want to be scolded as a rebel and thief who disrespects the king. ”

"Lord Shi is reasonable, I won't let Lord Shi bear such an infamy, after all, this is not good for anyone." Tutuha said very seriously, "If there is no Lord Shi, your emperor will definitely choose to watch us fight with Kublai Khan in a safe corner." But after we were defeated by Kublai Khan, it was his turn to suffer. ”

"Yes, so we have to find a way to make the emperor not only willing to support the weapons and food baggage, but also find a way to get him to fully support the troops."

"My lord, I would like to add one more thing. We hope that the general who leads the army is you. Although you have killed a lot of Yuanren, you are also an undefeated god of war in our eyes, so if you can lead an army to attack Kublai Khan, then he will be more worried, and our pressure will be less, but it will be more beneficial to both of us. ”

Unexpectedly, Tutuha hoped that the leading generals would understand that it was him, and Shi Bin felt surprised and embarrassed. can only euphemistically express apologies and refusals, but said that the system along the river allows Wang San to replace him, because he has always been his biggest brain.

Although Shi Bin did not agree to lead the troops, this did not surprise and helpless Tutuha, because Shi Bin agreed to let his big think tank lead the troops, which was already a very big support.

"Thank you, Lord Shi." Tutuha immediately thanked him, "My lord, Tutuha thinks that if you want your emperor to fully support sending troops, you must make him feel that there is danger or that there is enough benefit. ”

"It's hard to make the emperor feel in danger, because our Great Song Dynasty has been recovering the old land in the past few years and has succeeded, and it will be much easier to give him enough temptation."

"Isn't that enough to make your emperor feel in danger and send an army?"

Seeing Tutuha's surprise when he spoke, Shi Bin could only explain, the first is because the emperor is a very 'peaceful' person, and the second is because the Yuan people were led by Meng Ge, a great military strategist, under the unification of the previous situation, they could not defeat Shi Bin, how could the emperor be afraid of the Yuan people who are now divided?

These two reasons were very sufficient, and Tutuha felt powerless to consider the problem from another aspect—to give enough benefits to tempt the emperor to send troops.

It's just that Tutuha really can't think of what they can give to get the full support of the Great Song Emperor, not just get some military supplies and 10,000 or 20,000 pitiful soldiers and horses. Shi Bin couldn't think of anything he could get from Ali Buge for the time being, after all, Ali Buge actually didn't have anything except some cattle, sheep and horses now.

So the two of them avoided this problem and chatted all over the world, and in order to show goodwill, Shi Bin also took Tutuha to visit the night market in Lin'an.

When she came back from the night market, Jia Ling asked, "Husband, how do I feel that you are preoccupied?" ”

"At lunch, I discussed with Tutuha how to win the emperor's full support, but after a long discussion, we couldn't come up with a way to get the emperor's full support to send troops. Although I can transfer troops without constraints, this is a big deal, and I have to take into account the emperor's face to some extent. ”

"The husband is reasonable, and he wants to take into account the emperor's face." Jia Ling said solemnly.

"Didn't Tutuha come up with a solution?" Sai Si Shi asked.

"Nope. They actually don't have anything at all now except for some cattle, sheep and horses, since they are poor and white, how can they let the emperor send troops to support with all his might? ”

If there is no profit, it will not be early enough, and a fool will not do anything that is not beneficial, not to mention that it has a stake in the interests of the country.

"Husband, why don't we give the emperor more horses and less supplies? After all, we actually have a lot of fish. Jia Ling proposed.

It was really unexpected for Shi Bin to say these words from Jia Ling's mouth, you must know that Jia Ling and Sai Xishi are both iron roosters. What goes into your pocket is almost never given away, and now you want to sacrifice some of your own interests in order to achieve cooperation.

couldn't help but look at Jia Ling in a daze for a while, and when Jia Ling was embarrassed and opened her mouth to scold, Shi Bin was sure that Jia Ling was not joking.

It's just that this time Shi Bin was not happy, because the opportunity to reap so many benefits was too rare, and the emperor had treacherously wanted to kill him before, how could he be willing to make less money?

"Husband, it may not be good to get too much, and it is easy to be hated." Sai Xi Shi also stood up to support Jia Ling.

The two iron roosters actually had such an attitude, which made Shi Bin very embarrassed and surprised, and they were both a little angry.

"How did you become generous today? Have you forgotten that the Emperor's bastard wanted to harm me before? Shi Bin said coldly.

"Don't talk nonsense, how can you forget the things that want to destroy my three clans? But first of all, we must let the emperor have no complaints and willingly support the dispatch of troops. Even if something happens, the blame will not be put on you. Jia Ling said a little unhappily.

Realizing that he had said the wrong thing, Shi Bin immediately shut up, but he still looked unhappy.

Originally, he was discussing the problem, of course, he couldn't break up unhappily, so Sai Xi Shi immediately came out to be a peacemaker. On the one hand, it is understandable that Shi Bin does not agree to give more benefits, and on the other hand, he said that Jia Ling's attitude is also correct, but it is just necessary to find a balance.

When Sai Xishi was working hard to be a peacemaker, Xu Feng said: "My lord, two ladies, I have thought of a way. ”

"Say!" Shi Bin and Jia Ling said coldly in unison.

"I heard many people say that the Hexi Corridor is very important, and the last time we negotiated with Ali Buge in Lanzhou, we found that that piece was indeed too important, as long as we opened up the Yumen Guanyuan, we could go straight into our hinterland. If it weren't for the fact that the adults had a hundred battles in their hands, I am afraid they would not be able to resist Meng Ge. ”

"Let's be clear, what do you mean Xu Feng!"

"The humble position means that the lord can make a condition to Ali Buge, and let him return the Hexi Corridor to us after the victory of the war. If we control the Hexi Corridor, we can attack, retreat, and defend. And there can also be large-scale horse breeding there, and it is really beneficial to have the Hexi Corridor. The more Xu Feng spoke, the more excited he became.

This time, Shi Bin understood what Xu Feng meant, this is to cut the land from the Yuanren. The strategically located Hexi Corridor was returned to the Great Song Dynasty.

"Husband, Xu Feng is very right. The reason why An Lushan is powerful is because he has a large number of cavalry under his command and is in the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty, and the infantry is very disadvantaged against the cavalry, so he must not let the Yuan people easily enter the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty. Jia Ling immediately supported.

"That makes sense, tomorrow I will talk to Tutuha about the Hexi Corridor." Shi Bin smiled, "If we don't return it, we won't send troops." I'm sure he'll compromise."

"Eighty percent may compromise, but please ask the husband to speak better, so as not to make Tutuha feel insulted." Sai Xi Shi admonished.

Shi Bin, who has been an official for many years, still knows these things, so he naturally agreed.