"Gunpowder? Blew up the bridge? ”

"So you're backing down?"

Kublai Khan narrowed his eyes so that the eyes looked as small as if they hadn't been opened, and he sat on the soft felt that belonged to Liu Heima, drinking cold water.

"Yes, the last general is incompetent, please punish His Highness!" Liu Heima lowered his head, stood in front of Kublai Khan, and after detailing the battle situation during the day, he accepted punishment in frustration.

Kublai Khan looked at him, put down the bowl in his hand, and waved his hand: "Victory and defeat are a common thing, if you attack once and fail to defeat the generals, it will be impossible for my Great Mongolia to come to this day, not to mention today's battle, it will not be defeated, you don't need to be like this." ”

Liu Heima hurriedly thanked him, and listened to Kublai Khan, who was seated, continue: "The defenders behind the wooden wall on the opposite side are really Jurchens? ”

"That's right, it's a Jurchen." Liu Heima: "The minister grew up in the Jin Kingdom and recognized the Jurchen script, and the ones on those banners were the real Jurchen script. ”

Kublai Khan looked out of the door with his eyes squinted into a slit, and cast his eyes through the open curtain towards the outside of the tent, outside was the field, which became a temporary camp after being trampled, because Liu Heima and Kublai Khan were both lightly armed, and the foot soldiers carrying the baggage were thrown behind, and they were still staying in a place about thirty miles away at the moment, so most of the cavalry did not have tents to shelter, only wrapped in felt blankets, snuggled up to their horses and slept on the ground and clothes.

The Han soldiers, who were so rough that they could sleep anywhere, looked over, and in the dark night, nothing could be seen in the distance, but Kublai Khan still looked there fixedly, and then asked.

"Whose banner is it? Can you tell who is the main general? ”

Liu Heima thought for a while and said: "Wanyan is written on the banner, but there is no name, there are too many people with the surname Wanyan of Jin Guo, it is difficult to distinguish which Wanyan is." ”

"However, it has been many years since the destruction of the Jin Kingdom, and the number of famous generals of the Jin Kingdom have either died in the war, or they have been attached to the Great Mongolia State and become the subjects of His Royal Highness.

Kublai Khan listened silently, did not speak, as if thinking about something, and then suddenly smiled again.

"Hehe, Liu Wei, you guessed wrong!"

He turned his head and reached out to turn over a piece of rabbit meat roasted on the campfire in the middle of the tent, the smell of the meat and the yellow oily skin was mouth-watering.

"As you said, the Jin Kingdom has been dead for many years, and their emperors have all been cut off by the Great Khan, even if there are some remnants here, forced to support in the barren mountains and mountains, how much wind and waves can there be? What ability do you have to get the gunpowder that only the Song Dynasty has? If it was bought, the Jin and Song dynasties, the Jin country was destroyed, and the Song people were eager to eat their flesh, and the Song court would never sell it to these mountain bandits. ”

He snorted with laughter: "Even if the Song people are willing to sell, can they afford it if they are poor here?" ”

Liu Heima was stunned for a moment, glanced at the rabbit that was about to be roasted, and then came to his senses, and suddenly said: "What His Highness said is very true, it is the minister who wants to go wrong!" ”

"So, behind that wooden wall, there may be some Jin people, but in fact, the ones who are really fighting with you behind must be the Song people!" Kublai Khan took some salt grains from the leather bag at hand and sprinkled them on the rabbit meat, making the meat more fragrant.

"Why are the Song people here?" Liu Heima frowned and touched his beard: "The area around Ankang Mansion in the Hanshui River Valley has always been a borderless place before, and Fan Yongji's hand has not reached out, if there is a Han army operating here, we will know." ”

"You said it, that was before." Kublai Khan sniffed the rabbit and felt that it was still a little bit hot, so he put it on the fire again: "Hanzhong is in the hands of the Song people, if someone sees through my plan and wants to prevent us from setting up a defensive line, then choosing this place is an excellent location, here is by the mountains and rivers, the passage is narrow, and it is much more convenient than the flat land of Hanzhong." ”

Liu Heima was suddenly startled and said, "Your Highness is saying that the Song people know about our sneak attack on Hanzhong against the Han River?" ”

"It must be like this, otherwise, the appearance of firearms in Jincheng cannot be explained."

Liu Heima thought about it for a while, felt that this was the truth, and snorted angrily: "Even so, Your Highness, there is no need to hide and be tired of running for your life, the Song people on the left and right have taken precautions, and this side is no more precipitous than in the Qinling Mountains in the past, it is impossible for the Song people to completely cut off the road, it is a big deal to set up some wooden walled cities like the front, simply storm the past, break the city all the way, destroy the walled village, and kill the past!" ”

Kublai Khan praised: "What a Liu black horse! That's what you should do! According to your words, tomorrow at dawn, that is, people will attack it, and how can a few wooden walls and a few firearms stop our army! ”

The aroma of rabbit meat was already strong enough to be eaten, Kublai Khan patted the felt beside him and said with a smile: "Come, sit down and enjoy this rabbit with me!" ”

The rabbit is not big, and the man who is fighting and marching in the war swallows a whole is not enough to fill his belly, where does Liu Heima dare to do this, he hurriedly hugged his fist, bowed and said: "Your Highness use it slowly, I have already eaten it just now, and I will fight tomorrow, and the minister will retire first." ”

With that, he went out backwards and gave the tent to Kublai Khan.

Kublai Khan tore the rabbit meat and chewed it slowly, but the smile on his face slowly cooled down.

The bonfire reflected his face, and the wide skin and broad face looked extremely gloomy in the firelight.

How did the Song people get a glimpse of this plan?

According to Kublai Khan's thoughts, even if Hanzhong realized that the Mongol army was attacking Hanzhong from Ankang, it should only realize when the soldiers approached the city that the reason why he wanted to rush over from Junzhou despite fatigue and thunder was to grab it by surprise.

In fact, in Kublai Khan's heart, forcibly occupying Hanzhong was only an incidental purpose, hidden in his heart, the most important fundamental was to establish his absolute authority in the hearts of the ten thousand households in the Han land.

This authority was established not by the identity of Genghis Khan's descendants, but by ability.

Like Guiyou Khan, he did not have enough prestige, and even if he became a Great Khan, there were heroes like Batu who were not convinced, and Kublai Khan did not want to repeat the mistakes of Guiyou in Han land.

In order to firmly hold the Han heroes in the palm of your hand, you need to conquer their hearts, as long as you can use these Han armies that are not inferior to the Mongol soldiers of Zhenzong when they compete for the throne in the future, so that they are willing to serve the death.

And to make them serve the dead, only by making them feel that only by following me Kublai Khan can they have a future, a better future, more territory, more population, and more wealth.

The raid on Hanzhong was an excellent opportunity, and after an easy victory, Kublai Khan could stand on a high place, shine on everyone with the light of the sun, make them bow at their feet, and then tell them: Look, I have led you to conquer the land that you cannot conquer by yourself, and you must obey me and be my courtiers.

However, the Song people sabotaged this plan.

This is the perfect plan.

Kublai Khan thought of this, chewing the rabbit's teeth, increasing his strength a little.

It's like chewing the flesh of the unknown Song people.

Who is this bastard?

(End of chapter)