Chapter 580: A Last Stand

Hebei, Daimyofu, Wei County. This small prefecture next to the Daimyo Prefecture has a long history, dating back to the Xia Shang period. In the Northern Song Dynasty, as a county of the Daimyo Mansion City, the number of households was once tens of thousands, and between the urban and rural areas, it was densely populated and prosperous. It is to the Jin country, although it is no longer prosperous in the Northern Song Dynasty, but it is also a large county in Hebei, and it is a good place to have money and grain.

Looking at the remaining city walls and the scale of the county seat in Wei County today, you can recall the prosperous years of the past.

Of course, at this moment, Wei County, like the Daimyo's Mansion, Guangping Mansion, Zhangde Road and Weihui Road, has become an inaccessible place - oh, of course there are people in Wei County now, and the county town and around the county are full of Mongolian soldiers in leather robes or gray military jackets, but there is not a single peaceful resident.

One, none!

Not only did there be no peaceful residents in Wei County, but there were almost no residents in the entire Daimyo's Mansion except for the Daimyo's Mansion City, which was heavily garrisoned by the Ming army.

Kublai Khan's gold-domed tent was set up in the original Wei County Ya.

At this moment, outside the county government, there are some Liu Jiahan soldiers who are on duty. The cowardly Xue generals are all in the government office, around the Golden Horde of the Han Dynasty. The arrangement of the Liu family Han army to be on duty for Kublai Khan from afar is of course to show Kublai Khan's favor to Liu Yuanzhen, the prince of Qin and the governor of the capital.

There are no more Han army households under Kublai Khan's command that can be driven, and only the ones who are still loyal are probably Liu Heima's sons Liu Yuanzhen and Liu Yuanli. Both of them are now 10,000 households, each leading a 10,000-strong Han army, leaving their hometown in Shaanxi and following Kublai Khan all the way to the Central Plains. There is no merit, and it is a bit of hard work.

But Kublai Khan couldn't offer any real money to reward the Liu family Han army at the moment. Even the military salaries are being made up with waste paper-like bills. When the soldiers were stationed in Bianliang, these Han troops could still rely on the swords and spears in their hands to go to Sixiang to grow and plunder. But to Hebei. Everywhere is desolate, and people are hard to see half of it, if at all. It's also the Eight Banners in steel armor!

So these days, these days of the Han army are hard, everyone's face is colorful, and the clothes on their bodies are dirty and torn, and they can't stop the wind at all. I had to lean against the wall and tremble—what honor was it for the Great Khan? I'm afraid that all of them will scold Kublai Khan's eighteen ancestors in their hearts.

Near the county office, where the camp tents of the Mongol army were dense, the smell of wine and meat wafted from afar—the supply in the Mongol army, of course, was carried out according to the standards of first-class Mongolian, second-class colors, and third-class Hans—so that these Han soldiers and soldiers, everyone stretched their necks and swallowed their saliva.

Straight sissy thief's. You Mongolian lords can eat, when the Ming army comes, we don't have the strength to fight...... Let you wait for yourself to fight it, I heard that your heads are worth a lot in the eyes of the Ming army!

The two Marshals Xiao Liu are also true, everyone else has already surrendered to the Ming or Tang Dynasty, why are they still dead set on the Mongols?

In the open space within the wall of the county government, there is a large cowhide tent, and on the top of the big tent is a golden spear tip made in the style of Sulu ingots. This is the so-called Golden Dome Horde. Although Kublai Khan liked to live in a roofed house, he wanted to show that he had returned to Mongolian traditions. So Kublai Khan lived in a tent all this time.

At this moment. He wore a half-worn leather jacket, and looked through it. The bald head was uncapped, revealing gray hair combed into two braids. He groaned and walked around the tent.

He now looked like an old man in his sixties, with gray hair and beard. His face was full of exhaustion. If you take Kublai Khan, who is fifty years old in another time and space, and put him together, I guess no one thinks that the two of them are the same age, right?

The old state of Long Zhong that he is showing now has made his three henchmen Yao Shu, Liu Bingzhong, and Liu Xiaoyuan meet. They all showed heartache expressions.

Kublai Khan has aged rapidly in recent years—rapidly aging with the continuous rise of Chen Dexing, and he is no longer the red glow of a few years ago. Everywhere you go, it seems that you are the center of the world, and you can feel the luck of Kublai Khan who soars into the sky. Luck seems to have left Kublai Khan. It's time for Chen Dexing......

The current Kublai Khan, it can be said that everything is not going well! For example, this time, the good three countries joined forces and formulated a seemingly foolproof sneak attack plan. Of course, they didn't know that Liu Xiaoyuan had defected to the enemy, and they thought that it was the struggle within the Li family that made Li Yanguo, who was hopeless to ascend to the throne, and was suspicious of Li Pu and Li Yanjian, secretly took refuge in Chen Dexing. This caused the plan to leak, Chen Dexing first dealt with Li Pu, and then co-opted Li Yanguo to defect, which caused the situation to reverse in an instant!

It can only be said that Chen Dexing's luck is too strong, too strong...... This kind of luck can probably only be possessed by the true son of heaven, right?

Today, there is a Malay newspaper. The Ming and Tang Dynasty coalition forces in the famous city are marching out! Nearly 100,000 troops, led by Wang Lufei, the general of the Ming army, and Wang Fei and Li Cuixian of Chen Dexing, are leaving the famous city one after another-Li Pu's daughter who was painstakingly raised is really completely out for Chen Dexing...... I really don't know what Li Pu thinks now? Do you regret raising this daughter into a heroine who is dedicated to her husband's family?

After Kublai Khan listened to the report of the horse, he walked around the tent without saying a word, just groaning. Then Liu Xiaoyuan knew that the Mongolian Great Khan was suffering from gains and losses again. Although Kublai Khan's Mongol army was still intact, there was no doubt that it was in danger. If you take one wrong step, you will be wiped out!

The 100,000-strong army led by Wang Lufei and Li Cuixian may not have been able to defeat Kublai Khan's 170,000 army (he also left 10,000 to guard the baggage in Anyang). But what about the main forces of the Ming army? Where are they? Will it suddenly appear when Kublai Khan and the army from the Daimyo's mansion are holding each other? That's a real killing!

"Great Khan," Liu Xiaoyuan suddenly took a few steps forward and said in a low voice, "It's too late to go now...... Now it's a narrow road to meet, and the brave wins! ”

It's not necessarily too late to go, although it will cost you a lot. But Liu Xiaoyuan's words strengthened Kublai Khan's fighting spirit.

Kublai Khan nodded heavily and said, "Indeed, the brave wins!" He turned his head and looked at Yao Shu and Liu Bingzhong.

Yao Shu frowned and said, "Great Khan...... At present, the main force of the Tang Army has arrived in Hebei, and the land of Qingxu is bound to be empty, so we might as well take Qingxu and Henan as our home, with our backs to the Southern Dynasties, and each other as lips and teeth. As long as the Great Khan can respect Confucius and Mencius and open the imperial examination, he will definitely be supported by the scholars of the Central Plains......"

Yao Shu himself will be suspicious of this. However, occupying Qingxu Henan is a way to survive. At least allow Kublai Khan to hold out for a few more years.

"That's how the Jurchens were defeated in the past!" Liu Xiaoyuan just said coldly. "Jurchen died because of Confucianism......"

Kublai Khan's body trembled, how could he not know about the defeat of the Jurchen southward migration? It's easy to take the land of greenery. But then he would not be the Great Khan of the Mongols, but the Chinese king who had seized a corner of the Central Plains - but would the Han people in Henan and Shandong recognize Kublai Khan as their master? That's a dream! What honors Confucius and Mencius, and opens the imperial examination? No matter how respectful the Mongols are, they can't compare to the Jurchens!

This Confucianism can help maintain internal stability and external stability...... It's really not very easy to make. Otherwise, the Central Plains is still the Great Song Dynasty now!

Liu Bingzhong frowned tightly, as if he was thinking hard, "Great Khan, actually...... Chen Dexing may not want to kill us all...... The Great Mongolia is not only the Central Plains and Mongolia proper, but also the Western Regions, Khorezm, Dashi, Persia, the Kipchak steppe, the Rus' and other places, as well as the Western Dao Four Khanates, with no less than one million troops. If you are the Great Khan, what do you have, there will still be a new Great Khan in this Mongolia......"

That's a bit of a heart-wrenching statement...... As if to say, it is better to change Hulegu or Brother Bei'er to be the Great Khan than to let Kublai Khan continue to mix! If Kublai Khan is released to the Western Regions, Mongolia will be divided into three! Great Mongolia will continue to weaken because of Kublai Khan!

How could Kublai Khan not understand Liu Bingzhong's voiceover? gave him a cold look on the spot. Liu Bingzhong was looked at by his cold eyes, and his body suddenly shook. But what should be said continues: "...... Great Khan, it is better for the ministers to send envoys to the Ming Kingdom, meet Chen Dexing in person, and state the interests and disadvantages in person......"

Kublai Khan snorted: "No need to say it! Now it's a narrow road, there's nothing to talk about! ”

He set his eyes on the timid Xue Chang'an Tong who was guarding the corner of the big tent, "An Tong, go and give the order to gather the generals!" Since...... The Ming and Tang Dynasty coalition forces have already made a big name, so there is no reason for me not to fight! He paused, his face already murderous, "However, the battlefield must be chosen by me!" It can't be near the city of the Daimyo's mansion, lest the Ming and Tang coalition forces retreat into the city. ”

An Tong answered, lifted the curtain, walked out, and shouted orders. The cowardly guards outside the tent immediately received orders and went out one after another.

Liu Xiaoyuan asked tentatively: "Where does the Great Khan want to fight?" ”

"Giant deer!" Kublai Khan said, "In the past, the overlord of Chu defeated the giant deer of hundreds of thousands of troops of the tyrannical Qin!"

Today's Great Mongolia has also reached the time to fight against the water! And I, like the overlord Xiang Yu, will lead the army to survive and fight a bloody way! ”

Liu Xiaoyuan sighed in his heart, Kublai Khan did not leave, and his 180,000 army would inevitably be a catastrophe. Want to fight your back? Hehe, how can the conference battle be so easy to start? Now in the hands of the Ming and Tang coalition forces, there are many Eight Banner soldiers, and with them, the Mongols have no way to completely control the battlefield.

If you can't control the battlefield, then there is nothing good about fighting if you want to fight and leaving when you want...... (To be continued......)