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The heralds sent by Claw have arrived in Kaiping City and sent the recital of Claw to the imperial court, and Claw Du and Zhang Rou and others are leading the army and are on the way back to Kaiping City.

Kublai Khan smashed the cup and overturned the table.

In just a few months, nearly 100,000 troops fell into Sichuan, including 10,000 Mongolian iron cavalry, which was difficult for Kublai Khan to accept, Chengdu Fu Road, Lizhou East Road, Lizhou West Road and many other places fell, and then the loss of Yunnan and Tubo and other places, which Kublai Khan could not imagine, although the rebellious Abuligo was about to be completely wiped out, but the fiasco of the Sichuan battle made Kublai Khan unable to be happy.

What does it mean to lose Chengdu Fulu and Yunnan and other places, Kublai Khan is of course clear, once these places are lost, the three-sided encirclement of the Great Song Dynasty will not exist, and the Mongol imperial court is about to launch an attack on the Great Song Dynasty, which can only be carried out from Lianghuai and other places, but there are too many water and lakes in Lianghuai and other places, and the Mongolian army is not good at water warfare, and the attack under such circumstances will inevitably cause heavy casualties to the Mongolian army.

Kublai Khan was even more worried that a strong army suddenly appeared in the Great Song Dynasty, that is, the Hezhou Imperial Army.

At this moment, Kublai Khan began to attach great importance to Wu Shaogang.

It is this Wu Shaogang, in just a few years, defeated the Mongolian army several times, this person defeated Liu Quan, quelled the rebellion in Tongchuan Fulu, defeated Liu Heima, defeated and killed Liu Yuanzhen, defeated Shi Tianze in the Battle of Huaibei, and now defeated Claw, and captured Wuliang Hetai, who is this person and why is he so brave.

Thinking of a formidable and growing opponent, Kublai Khan's worries can be imagined.

The princes such as Brother Mo, Hedan, Ah Zhiji, Brother Yixiang, and Khura Hu'er all lowered their heads, and no one spoke.

The fold has not yet been made public, and the one who is qualified to know is the Mongol prince, but this is only a matter of time, according to Kublai Khan's habit, it will not be made public until he has thought of a way to deal with it.

The three most courageous princes of the Mongol court, Tachar is leading the troops to give the final blow to Abuligo, Habichi is supervising the construction of the new capital of the Mongol court, and only Hedan has returned to Kaiping City.

After Kublai Khan read the twists and turns, the first thing he thought of was to send Hedan to conquer the Hezhou Imperial Army of Chengdu Fulu and the Great Song Dynasty again, and this expedition must be dominated by Mongolian iron cavalry.

I don't know why, before making up his final decision, Kublai Khan suddenly hesitated, he thought of the most terrible situation that could occur, if Hedan also failed, then what should I do, Abuligo's rebellion has not been completely quelled, the Mongol court has invested too many troops in Sichuan, it will definitely affect the conquest of Abuligo, affect the Mongol court's control of the Central Plains, and Kublai Khan will not ignore the Song court, if too many troops are invested in Sichuan, and suffer defeat, Then it is very likely that the army of the Great Song Dynasty will take the opportunity to attack from Huaibei.

If Hedan fails, it means that Kublai Khan is likely to be attacked from three sides, and whether the imperial court will be able to cope with it or even continue to maintain it.

Kublai Khan had a strong personality and never showed weakness, but he was also a man with great talent, and every decision he made was carefully considered.

Kublai Khan had to think of the fact that the Mongolian iron cavalry suffered a crushing defeat, and was defeated by the imperial army of Hezhou in the Great Song Dynasty.

Since the imperial armies of Hezhou were able to defeat the Mongol iron cavalry, it meant that even if Hedan led the troops to fight, they did not dare to guarantee complete victory.

Thinking of the possibilities, Kublai Khan hesitated, completely hesitated.

The five princes, except for Brother Kai, the other four expressed their determination to send troops to attack Sichuan and the imperial army of Hezhou in the Great Song Dynasty again, and Hedan took the initiative to ask for help, and was willing to lead the army to conquer Chengdu Fulu again.

Brother Mo's thoughts are indeed different, the relationship between him and Kublai Khan is the closest, and he is also the oldest, so he naturally has to consider the problem more thoroughly, for the immediate conquest of Sichuan again, Brother Mo is not very approves, and it can even be said that he is clearly opposed, but Brother Mo is not good at the moment, after all, his niece Princess Akecha is also in Sichuan, if he clearly expresses his opposition, will the rest of the princes think that he has taken into account the safety of Akecha.

Four of the five princes made their attitude clear, which made Kublai Khan completely calm down, he did not ask Brother Mo to express his position, in fact, Brother Mo did not express his position, which has already explained everything.

The other four princes left, but Mogo remained.

Kublai Khan spoke.

"Brother Mo, if you have any ideas, you can say it at this time."

Brother Mo looked at Kublai Khan and did not hesitate.

"Great Khan, the minister does not agree to immediately send troops to Chengdu Fulu."

Kublai Khan nodded silently, did not speak, and did not have too many expressions on his face.

Brother Mo basically took the reassurance pill and spoke again.

"Seeing the moment of the twist, the minister also wanted to be able to lead the troops to conquer the Hezhou Imperial Front Army of the Great Song Dynasty and recapture Chengdu Fulu, but the Minister thought about it carefully, and there was one thing that the minister did not dare to fully guarantee, that is, to completely defeat the Hezhou Imperial Front Army of the Great Song Dynasty, once the battle fell into a stalemate, it would be extremely unfavorable for the imperial court."

"The expedition to the north, Prince Tachar has approached Horin, where is Abuligo's lair, which indicates that the quelling of Abuligo's rebellion has entered the final moment, and there can be no changes at this time, otherwise it is very likely to fall short."

"Shandong, to the south, has experienced Li Pu's rebellion, and it has not been completely stable, and if the situation is turbulent, it is very likely that there will be deviations again."

"The minister is most worried about the land of Huaibei, if my army conquers Sichuan, it is impossible for the Song Dynasty court not to know, they took the opportunity to send troops to attack Huaibei, and took advantage of the chaos in Shandong to provoke the chaos in Shandong and even Yanjing Road, which is extremely fatal for the imperial court."

"The minister is not opposed to the conquest of Sichuan, the fall of Chengdu Fu Road and Lizhou East Road and Lizhou West Road, which means that the imperial court is likely to lose control of Yunnan and Tubo, which is also a very serious consequence, and the imperial court is also difficult to bear, but the minister thinks that the time of the expedition is debatable, the Great Khan does not need to be too anxious, in a short period of time, the Hezhou imperial army of the Great Song Dynasty is not likely to develop rapidly, they also need time, if they can postpone the expedition for about a year, the minister thinks it is appropriate."

"The Great Khan completely quelled Abuligo's rebellion and stabilized the imperial court, which is the best time to conquer Sichuan."

"The minister also has a suggestion, the Great Khan can ask Zhang Wenqian, Liu Bingzhong, Yao Shu and other Han ministers for their opinions, in terms of how to deal with Wu Shaogang, those Han ministers have a certain way, the minister means that even if the imperial court does not conquer the imperial army in Hezhou for the time being, do not let Wu Shaogang settle down."

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A smile appeared on Kublai Khan's face.

"Brother Mo, you and I have come together, Wu Shaogang is indeed brave, but I expect that the Great Song Dynasty will not tolerate him, Yue Fei a hundred years ago is the best example, Yue Fei was almost about to recover Kaifeng City, and he was not killed by the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, but we are not familiar with these things, so let Zhang Wenqian and these Hanchen do it."

Speaking of this, a strange smile appeared on Kublai Khan's face.

"The Great Song Dynasty is actually very powerful, and there is no shortage of talents, but unfortunately the Han people are used to infighting, they are greedy for stability, and they are very repulsive to those talents who have blood flowing in their bodies, but unfortunately, this Wu Shaogang, if it can be used by me, then what is the whole world."

Brother Mo nodded frequently, waited until Kublai Khan finished speaking, and spoke again.

"Great Khan, what about the affairs of Wuliang Hetai."

As soon as Brother Mo's words fell, Kublai Khan's face sank.

Kublai Khan's impression of Wuliang Hetai is very bad, and he has always been reluctant to use Wuliang Hetai, the battle of Ezhou that year, Wuliang Hetai did not obey the command, Kublai Khan will not forget, that is Kublai Khan's most regrettable expedition, seeing that he is about to take the city of Ezhou, and is approaching Lin'an, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, but unfortunately many changes, so that Kublai Khan had to stop.

Seeing that Kublai Khan's face changed, Brother Mo's heart also sank, and he regretted a little that he shouldn't have said anything about Wuliang Hetai.

Brother Mo was completely from the perspective of the imperial court, and Wuliang Hetai was a rare fierce general in the Mongolian court after all.

Leaning slightly, Kublai Khan's face softened.

"Brother Mogo, I know what you mean, no matter what, Wuliang Hetai is a fierce general, and besides, the head of ten thousand households in my Mongolian court was captured by the Song army, and the impact of such a thing is also very bad, but Wuliang Hetai is guilty, and the Claw brothers are not good at commanding the army to fight, I let Wuliang Hetai become the deputy marshal of Claw, in fact, I let Wuliang Hetai coordinate and command the operation, I didn't expect to encounter such a fiasco, and the twists and turns of Claw also said above, the iron cavalry led by Wuliang Hetai suffered a failure, At that time, the vigilance should be strengthened, or the troops should be withdrawn, and after observing the situation, they should decide what to do next, but Wuliang Hetai suggested that the expedition should be continued, which is not a mistake on top of a mistake. ”

"I understand the thoughts of the claw capital and Wuliang Hetai, it is nothing more than a fiasco and they can't return to the court to make a difference, but why didn't they think that an even more unbearable fiasco would appear again, if they didn't take into account their personal gains and losses, there would be no bigger fiasco in the future."

Brother Mo looked at Kublai Khan and breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that what Kublai Khan said was right, if Claw and Wuliang Hetai had no other ideas, it would not lead to successive fiascos, and this must be based on Wuliang Hetai's opinion, after all, Claw is not good at commanding a large army to fight, and it is difficult to have a wise decision.

It seems that the Mongol army's conquest of Sichuan has been postponed, and the rescue of Wuliang Hetai will also be postponed. (To be continued.) )