In the past ten years of officialdom, Zheng Yunming went from Sichuan to Lianghu, and also served in Fujian for a short period of time, and everywhere he went, he carried out extensive military and social reforms, and changed the local political system and social ecology with a very rapid degree, a by-product of this sudden change is that the old bureaucrats often cannot adapt to these new changes, and the only thing that the imperial court can use to match Zheng Yunming's rhythm is some bureaucrats trained by Zheng Yunming himself, such as Wang Deng, the envoy of Sichuan Province, Yang Luo, the envoy of Yunnan Economic Strategy, and Bai Yijie, the deputy envoy of Jinghu Province and the governor of Ezhou, they were all Zheng Yunming's closest friends, and even Du Shu, the Fujian pacification envoy, was also Zheng Yunming's partner with the same voice. The fullness of Zheng's wings is almost beyond the reach of the successive ministers for more than ten years, and the officials who have entered the political hall also have a close relationship with Zheng Yunming, and now Ma Guangzu, the head of the household department, has served as Zheng Yunming's staff for many years, and Wu Qian, the prime minister of the left, has also worked with Zheng Yunming for many years and has a deep friendship. Under this political situation, Emperor Baoxing still did not change his character ten years ago, and impulsively issued an order to demean Zheng Yunming.

At this time, Zheng Yunming, who was demoted to the pacification envoy of Zhejiang East Road and released to Pujiang County, was like the dragon lying in the shallows, waiting for an opportunity to turn over and ascend to the sky. But the opportunity to turn over and ascend to the sky has not yet come, and he has waited for the dangerous assassination first.

When the envoy sent by the imperial court to announce the holy decree said that Gao Si had to rush to the stream where Zheng Yunming used to be fishing, there were many soldiers with nervous expressions and a few corpses lying on the ground, looking vaguely like a Tibetan person, Gao Side couldn't help but exclaim: "Has Zheng Gong ever had an incident?" ”

A sergeant in charge of guarding the corpse pointed in the direction of the upstream: "Xianggong is now in power and resting in the Land Temple." ”

Gauss breathed a sigh of relief, and galloped towards the Land Temple. Sure enough, a tent was erected in front of the land temple, and dozens of personal soldiers guarded it, Gao Side turned over and dismounted, broke into the tent, and saw Zheng Yunming talking casually with a person who looked like a county official.

Ten years later, Zheng Yunming has become mature and steady, and he no longer looks like a young man, he saw Gauss have broken in, and greeted with a smile: "It's a coincidence that I'm talking to Hu Zhixian about the origin of the assassin." ”

Gauss asked, "Do you know where the assassins came from?" ”

Zheng Yunming nodded, and said: "In the mountains west of Jade Dragon Chijie and south of Thirsty Stone City, there are active a group of extremely Muslim assassination groups, because they were founded by the Grand Imam Ismaili, so they are called Ismaili factions, these assassination groups have been active in the West for hundreds of years, and there have been many famous ministers and generals, and even kings and monarchs have been poisoned by this faction, and this faction is extremely good at assassination, every time it sends one or several assassins, called Assasin, disguised as ordinary merchants or beggars, taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the target person, rioting and hurting people's lives, after killing, He did not escape, and died peacefully, thinking that there must be a paradise surrounded by beautiful women and wine. I have long heard that Meng Ge secretly sent envoys to envelop the Ismaili Order with heavy gifts before he ascended the throne, and hired killers to deal with the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty, so this morning I heard that a Hu merchant was going to come to visit him with a generous gift, and I have long been on guard. Most of the time the assassins arrived, so he and the magistrate set a small trap by the stream, and sure enough, the assassin was caught. It's just that the Mongols have always regarded themselves as heroes on the battlefield, and now they are actually begging for murder, which can really be described as poor donkey skills. ”

Gauss said with a wry smile: "That Meng Ge is not poor in donkey skills, he is carefully set up and is ready to eliminate the Great Song Dynasty in one fell swoop." Saying that, he informed Zheng Yunming of the news of the Xiangyang mutiny.

If Zheng Yunming was not surprised and shocked, it was just a beautiful word for later generations, but he had rarely really revealed his true mood after many years of excellent qi cultivation and kung fu, so he asked lightly with the calm attitude that was praised by later generations: "Is the official family going to recruit me back to deal with the overall situation?" ”

Gaussde said with a little excitement: "Exactly, if it is dangerous today, it is a good time for the prime minister to regain his prestige, and the official family wants to regain the mood of the prime minister. ”

Zheng Yunming sighed and said slowly: "Don't be in a hurry to save the world first, there are still a few things to do before fighting the life and death with the Mongols." ”

He turned to Hu Zhixian and arched his hand, and said, "Please allow Zheng Yunming to leave for a few days, and when I solve the disaster in the north, I will come back and enjoy poetry and painting with Hu Gong." With that, he got up and strode out of the tabernacle.

Don't look at what Zheng Yunming said so easily, the whole Lin'an was in a mess at this time, in the news now, the news is spreading faster than in the past, I don't know how many times faster, the court has not received a detailed report, there have been civil reporters to send news from the front. I heard that it was because Jia Yidao, the ambassador of Jinghu Establishment, promoted the method of self-examination and self-correction in Jinghu, and took stock of Jinghu's financial omissions, and there were huge deficits on the books of Lu Wenhuan, the governor of Jingzhou, Gao Gao, the deputy governor of Ezhou, and Cao Shixiong, the deputy governor of Jinghu. Gao Gao and Lu Wenhuan were frightened by the threat of Jia's envoy, and simply killed Cao Shixiong, who refused to rebel, and rebelled against Xiangyang. According to legend, the Mongols received the news that Xiangyang was about to mutiny a few months ago, and secretly drew the necessary forces from the entire Mongol Empire to form an unprecedented army to conquer the south, preparing to take advantage of the opportunity of the Xiangyang mutiny to cross the Yangtze River in one fell swoop and take Lin'an.

After the news spread, Lin'an Mansion was in chaos, and the wealthy merchants chartered ships one after another, preparing to flee to Nanyang, and the common people were rumored to go to the government to petition and ask the imperial court to send a large army to recover Xiangyang as soon as possible.

It was in such a chaotic situation that Zheng Yunming entered Lin'an City. The people of Lin'an City are the most well-informed, and as soon as they heard that Zheng Yunming had arrived, tens of millions of people flocked to the city gate to greet them. "Zheng Xianggong save me!" The cries rang out in the streets and alleys. This voice sounded extremely harsh to the emperor, and it was also very unsatisfactory to Zheng Yunming. But both of them knew very well that now was not the time to care about this.

Under the protection of hundreds of Sima Bujun in front of the palace, Zheng Yunming didn't even have time to enter the post house to rest for a while, and directly entered the imperial city, where the ministers of the Jinluan Palace had already gathered, and the emperor was anxiously waiting for this important minister, who had been trusted for ten years, to come up with countermeasures to deal with the unprecedented Mongol offensive.

Zheng Yunming, who had changed into a court uniform, went to the palace to see that the ceremony was finished, and the emperor asked: "The battle situation ahead is urgent, and Xiangyang has fallen into the hands of the enemy. The Mongol army will soon invade our country in the south. I don't know what the Qing family has to do? ”

Zheng Yunming replied: "Your Majesty has entrusted the ministers with important tasks, and the ministers should do their best to protect the peace of the country. However, the best policy is not done behind closed doors, and only when the enemy's detailed information is obtained, the minister can make corresponding decisions. ”

The emperor nodded lightly: "The soldiers and horses are here, the Qing family can play them in detail." ”

Regarding the strength of the Mongols' troops, Zheng Yunming, who had traveled far away in eastern Zhejiang, knew no less than the ministers who controlled the Privy Council. Perhaps the emperor also knew that he could not move the firefighting captain who was called the "official family's water camp" too far, after all, like today, he needs to come back at any time to take on the responsibility of fighting the fire. Therefore, in fact, every time the information arrives at the Privy Council, it is also tacitly tacitly acknowledged that a copy goes to eastern Zhejiang.

"The Hu people have always used iron horses to intimidate our country at every turn, but in recent years, they have lost a lot, and this matter is not mentioned much." Zheng Yunming smiled and said: "The first thing that Mongolia uses with soldiers is deception, in the past ten years of warfare, which invasion is not under the banner of hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers?" In fact, it is more than 100,000 and as little as 20,000. The minister recommended that Mongolia could mobilize the troops, and its eldest prince could mobilize 100,000 elite soldiers, but the West decided that he could not draw out the main force to return to the Song Dynasty, and besides, Badu started with the elite soldiers of the Mobei headquarters, and now he is lonely in the far west, how can he transfer his main force back to help Meng Ge achieve great achievements? Therefore, the soldiers and horses sent by Batu to the east of the West Sea were no more than 30,000 people, and the elite soldiers were limited. Prince Hülegü, who was now enterprising and opened the way with firearms, had a smooth journey, and now he had broken through Baoda and was heading towards the Damas Valley. There were more than 120,000 soldiers and horses under the command of Hülegü, although they were descendants of the Great Khan, they were thousands of miles away, and they were really powerless against this southern expedition. However, the kings and generals of the Chagatai and Wokotai clans were very interested in this southern expedition. ”

"In recent years, the Chagatai Kingdom has been in turmoil, the Turkic power in the army has risen, and the Ogedai is next to the throne of the kings, and now they are only interested in plundering property. The minister estimated that the princes of these two lineages could send no less than 50,000 elite soldiers to participate in the war, among which the Wokotai family aimed to take advantage of the chaos to loot property, or would send a lot of elite cavalry from the Western Regions to participate in the war, and those who came to loot with their own weapons and food would definitely not be less. The Chagatai system will adopt another strategy, and the elite soldiers of the Mongol headquarters will not go out lightly, in case the local soldiers will rebel. However, the Turkic soldiers and horses in Kangli in the river and the newly attached A-soldiers, the army is unstable, and there is a fear of rebellion at any time, so they can be sent to the Central Plains. If the southern expedition fails, these soldiers will be buried in the south, and the territory of the Chagatai system can be blocked, which is the basic strategy of the Chagatai kings. However, it should be noted that the Chagatai territory has a large population, a large number of soldiers and horses, and the number of troops that can be sent may exceed 70,000, and most of them are good horse producing areas, and the soldiers are fierce and brave, especially the Afghans and Kangli people. Although the fighting spirit may not be tenacious, it should not be taken lightly. ”

"The largest force used by the Mongols for the southern expedition must have been drawn from the Han land, and the Central Plains, with its prosperous population and abundant products, is undoubtedly unique among the lands controlled by the Mongols at present. The minister had already received the news that the Mongol missionalist had begun to recruit a large army since the summer, claiming to draw one out of five out of the ten common people in the Central Plains, and the number of young and strong people gathered exceeded 200,000. The training of the soldiers and the su zhì aside, so much manpower can do a lot of necessary work, such as our earthwork that is needed in large quantities to deal with the defense of our army's castle. Moreover, in recent years, Kublai Khan has been in charge of the military and civilian affairs of the Han region, and has ordered all Han households to strengthen the training of gunners, and now there are a large number of well-trained gunners among the thousands of households in the Han region, and these people are bound to play a vital role in the upcoming war. ”

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