Chapter 657: Recovering the Jade Gate Pass (2)

Things were far from going as smoothly as Shi Bin thought, as soon as Long Naya died, Shi Bin just talked a few words of cooperation with Ali Buge and found that he began to be vague, although he did not deny the previous promise to help Shi Bin capture Yumen Pass, but it was obvious that he avoided the important and light.

As soon as he found out about this situation, Shi Bin regretted it in his heart, and secretly scolded himself for why he killed Long Naya so quickly, didn't he just get it with his mouth gagged? Even if Brother Ali knows that he is lying to him, is it difficult for Brother Ali to dare to turn his face?

has also been an official for many years, Shi Bin knows that this kind of major event cannot be rushed, and it is useless to be in a hurry. Shi Bin had no choice but to ask patiently: "Great Khan, did you say that you wanted to help me capture the Yumen Pass?" ”

"Yes, Lord Shi. I won't be a villain who breaks his word, please rest assured. It's just that now Kublai Khan is eyeing him from the side, and Yumen Pass is high and deep in the city, and it is extremely difficult to capture, so Ben Khan is thinking about whether to defeat Kublai Khan or capture Yumen Pass first. It's hard to choose, one wrong step will lead to a big incident, and maybe the current good situation will disappear immediately. ”

Shi Bin deeply understood why Ali Buge was so slippery, just because he thought that he had killed Kublai Khan's messenger, Kublai Khan, must be furious, and would never cooperate with him again. Even if he was dissatisfied, of course Shi Bin couldn't just say, 'Even if I kill the messenger Kublai Khan, I may not send the messenger again to talk about cooperation, Brother Ali, you have to be careful, don't be too cunning'. Instead, he could only say honestly: "The attack on Yumen Pass really needs to be well planned, and we can't help but make careful preparations." ”

"Thank you, Lord Shi, for your understanding." Seeing that Shi Bin quickly compromised, Ali Buge immediately expressed his gratitude.

"The Great Khan doesn't have to be so polite, you think so for the sake of our common interests, and it is not easy to capture the Yumen Pass."

"Lord Shi, you must have annoyed Kublai Khan by killing Kublai Khan's envoy this time. With his retributive nature, and with this Ronnaya and his cronies, he will definitely want to break you to pieces. Maybe they will use some ninth-rate tricks, such as poisoning and assassination, to take your life, so please be careful. Ben Khan doesn't want to be a loyal friend and a strong partner like you. ”

This is obviously a smear against Kublai Khan, who, as far as Shi Bin knows, did not retribution, but was open-minded and tolerant of others. But in order not to arouse Ali Buge's disgust, Shi Bin still nodded again and again to agree with Ali Buge's opinion, saying that Kublai Khan was a big hypocrite.

It's just that there are too many things to say, Shi Bin felt very uncomfortable and wanted to vomit, so it didn't take long for him to separate from Ali Buge on the grounds that he had important matters to deal with, and said that the rest of the things would be discussed at noon.

"Xu Feng, it seems that I shouldn't have killed Long Naya so soon, I made a mistake." Shi Bin lamented.

"It's a mistake, no one thought that Brother Ali Buge would be so shameless, and as soon as Long Naya died, he began to play tricks. But please don't worry, you still have a lot of chips in your hand, and he doesn't dare to do too much. It's just that you have to think carefully about how to make Ali Buge obedient. ”

Anyway, there were a few think tanks under his hands, so Shi Bin was too lazy to bother thinking about it alone, so he went back to the handsome account to discuss with Jia Ling.

As soon as they saw Shi Bin's sad face, everyone knew that things were not good, and Shi Bin probably messed things up.

"What's wrong, Sir?" Li Chao was the first to ask.

"It's nothing, Brother Ali promised to help capture Yumen Pass..."

With such good news, why is Shi Bin still sad? The crowd was puzzled.

"But you want me to help him destroy Kublai Khan first, and then seize the Yumen Pass." Shi Bin smiled bitterly.

"Didn't you talk to Lonnaya? Didn't you let Ali Buge believe that Kublai Khan would send you directly to the Yumen Pass? Jia Ling asked.

"This, of course, did, but..." Shi Bin shook his head regretfully and said.

Now that all of this has been done, it stands to reason

It should be easy to do, but how can Shi Bin still be like this?

"But what?" Sai Xi Shi asked very politely.

"In order not to let the matter be revealed, the marshal quickly killed Lonnaya." Xu Feng smiled bitterly.

This is such a stupid thing, how can you kill Lonnaya so quickly? If Long Naya is held in his hand for a day, Ali Buge will be afraid for a day, how can he be killed like this?

"It seems that as soon as Long Naya died, Ali Buge refused to admit it, saying that he would not help us capture the Yumen Pass first, but would help him eliminate Kublai Khan first." Jia Ling sighed. At the same time, he looked at Shi Bin helplessly, as if he was looking at a stupid apprentice who should have left the school a long time ago but did not leave the school. Not interested in nodding in admitting, Shi Bin just hung his head and kept silent.

"Actually, it's not that bad, we just didn't get there that quickly. If Lonnaya hadn't come, wouldn't it have been impossible for us to achieve our goal soon? It's a big deal, why don't we just pretend that Lonnaya hasn't been here? If you lose a chance, and you are not a saint, who doesn't make mistakes? Li Chao, Shi Bin's ironcore, immediately came out to relieve Shi Bin.

As soon as Li Chao's voice fell, Wang Jian, a general who had received Shi Bin's favor, also said: "Actually, this is not bad, save time to fight with those civil officials." ”

"If we want to reduce casualties, we still have to pull Brother Ali Buge to attack Yumen Pass with us, otherwise we will suffer too much. It becomes that we are the only ones who help him, but he can ignore us. Everyone knows that once Kublai Khan is destroyed, although he does not dare to turn his head and attack us, most of them will leave and no longer fulfill his promise. Xiang Shibi said.

"So how can we make a contribution instead of constantly passing the buck?"

"Dashuai, maybe we have to start with Kublai Khan's envoy." Xiang Shibi replied.

Listening to Xiang Shibi's tone, it seemed that he already had an idea, which made Shi Bin very happy. Because the fewer casualties on your side, the better, and the enemy's casualties are of course as many as possible.

Not daring to let Shi Bin wait for a long time, Xiang Shibi quickly expressed his thoughts: to contact Kublai Khan again, and to put the responsibility for Lonnaya's death on Ali Buge. On the other hand, let Ali Buge know that Kublai Khan sent an envoy again, so that Ali Buge had to obediently support Shi Bin to capture Yumen Pass.

This method seems a bit fantastical to everyone, Shi Bin has just killed Kublai Khan's envoy, how can he send the envoy again? How could Kublai Khan believe that people were killed by Ali Buge based on a few empty words?

It's just that after listening to Xiang Shibi's words, Shi Bin nodded again and again, and praised: "This is a good way, as long as Kublai Khan wants to continue to cooperate with me, he will definitely turn a deaf ear to my killing of Long Naya and then send an envoy to negotiate with me." ”

"Dashuai, it's not good to do this, it's not good for Dashuai's reputation. If Kublai Khan's emissary comes, will you cooperate with him or not? If the messenger dies again, you and Kublai Khan will really become mortal enemies, and Ali Buge will benefit in vain. If the envoy is not killed, he may have a dislike with Ali Buge, which will make the two sides more distrustful, and it will be more difficult to achieve the goal of defeating Kublai Khan. What's more, even if Brother Ali doesn't dare to turn his face, he will go back soon, and it will be too late. ”

Li Chao's words are indeed very reasonable, if one is not handled well, it is easy to have problems, and it is necessary to change the way. This time, Shi Bin came to a 'frown' and said with a smile: "It's a big deal, let's have another scene, so that Brother Ali Buge thinks that Long Naya is not dead, right?" Find someone with a voice similar to Lonnaya, and let Ali Buge look at it from a distance and listen to a few words. In this case, Brother Ali Buge should be tricked. And this vague feeling is the most disturbing. Once he is uneasy, he should not dare to play tricks. ”

It didn't take long for the people in the handsome tent to agree to Shi Bin's method and immediately arrange everything.

It didn't take long for Shi Bin's 'important business' to be completed, and he invited Ali Buge to take a walk in the camp to discuss further battle plans. As he walked, Shi Bin took Ali Buge to the location he had planned before, where there was 'Long Naya' who was preparing to leave.

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Brother Li Bu is also a careful person, and when he saw 'Long Naya' from a distance, his face immediately became gloomy. From Ali Buge's face, Shi Bin could be sure that he had discovered 'Long Naya', but he hadn't determined it yet.

Of course, he couldn't let Ali Buge confirm the true identity of that person, Shi Bin immediately said to Ali Buge: "Great Khan, what's wrong with you?" Come with me and let's continue talking. ”

Where is the heart to continue talking at this time? Brother Ali wanted to run over to confirm whether that person was Long Naya, but he didn't dare to break the matter and make Shi Bin's face gloomy. Therefore, he had to follow Shi Bin while bowing his head and pondering. He even kicked hard rock and stumbled because he didn't look at the road.

This performance made Shi Bin even happier. Because as long as Ali Buge does not say that he wants to verify the identity of the fake 'Lonnaya', he will become suspicious, and he will think of wooing himself instead of playing tricks to take advantage of the fisherman.

After walking for a while, Shi Bin served the right food, "Great Khan, before you said that it is extremely difficult to choose between destroying Kublai Khan and capturing Yumen Pass, I also think you are reasonable, but my Great Song Dynasty has been through war for a long time and the national strength is insufficient, if we can't recapture Yumen Pass as soon as possible, I'm afraid the imperial court will no longer support us to send troops..." This is very clear, that is, if Brother Ali Bu does not help Shi Bin recapture Yumen Pass first, Shi Bin will have to leave to watch the fire on the other side.

Since he couldn't be sure whether the previous person was Lonnaya or not, Ali didn't dare to make a decision lightly. It's just that I can't stop saying that maybe I have to think about it.

In the end, Shi Bin lost his patience and said directly: "Great Khan, I have half a year at most, if I can't get back Yumen Pass within this time, I'm afraid I will have to leave!" ”

Hearing that Shi Bin was not joking, Ali Buge had no choice but to express his full support for Shi Bin's capture of Yumen Pass, but he also had his own conditions: he wanted Shi Bin to provide at least enough firearms to equip 5,000 people. Shi Bin's gun, wooden handle earth-shaking thunder, tiger squat cannon and ammunition are all indispensable.

In Shi Bin's eyes, firearms are toys, far less important than loyal subordinates. Weapons can be rebuilt when they are gone, and loyal men are hard to find when they are gone. And he didn't think that Ali Buge's men would be so good at operating firearms, maybe the enemy would blow himself up before killing him. So Shi Bin very happily agreed to Ali Buge's conditions, in exchange for asking him to help contain Kublai Khan's reinforcements.

The soldiers were very fast, and within five days, the two of them united 60,000 soldiers and horses to attack Yumen Pass. Shi Bin changed his mind this time, planning to capture the checkpoint as soon as possible regardless of what happened to Yumen Pass in the future, so he quickly built five return cannons to bombard the city wall.

In less than eight days, Yumen Pass changed hands, and the total number of dead and wounded was only 3,000. This situation was far beyond Ali Buge's expectations, and he broke out in a cold sweat when he heard these battle reports. I secretly thought in my heart that even if I became the king of the grassland in the future, I would not fight with Shi Bin, otherwise I might die without a whole body.

After taking the Yumen Pass, Shi Bin of course made every effort to repair the level. More than 40,000 elite soldiers under his command basically repaired the Yumen Pass in just three days, which can ensure that as long as it is carefully guarded, even if Kublai Khan leads 200,000 elite attacks, it will not be lost for half a year.

In order to reassure Brother Ali Bu and not think that he would be treacherous and ignore him after taking the Yumen Pass, Shi Bin invited Brother Ali Buge into the customs to eat together at the first time, and allowed him to bring two hundred followers.

This signal of goodwill made Ali Buge very happy, so when he saw Shi Bin, he was full of smiles and did not hide anything.

"Great Khan, thank you for your support, if it weren't for your containment, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to take the Yumen Pass so quickly." Shi Bin said very sincerely.

"This is all Lord Shi's tiger and wolf division's strong combat power, and I just have a little effort. Even without me, Lord Shi would have taken this Yumen Pass sooner or later. ”

In order to reassure Brother Ali Buge, Shi Bin did not say polite words anymore, but said directly: "Great Khan, now that I have taken the Yumen Pass, in order to express my gratitude, I am willing to give you another firearms equipped with a thousand people." These 40,000 men will continue to help you attack Kublai Khan until he is defeated. ”

Hearing this promise, Ali Buge was overjoyed, immediately expressed his gratitude, and became brothers with a different surname with Shi Bin.