Yan Zhongsi is the younger brother of Yan Zhongji, Wanhu of the Mongolian Han Army, who surrendered to Chen Dexing in Yuguan, and is now the battalion commander of the Northern Ming Army. The official is not big, but because of his special status, he has the right to meet him at any time - if Chen Dexing can't guess that he is a representative sent by Yan Zhongji, he will be called a traitor in vain.

As for the two brothers, Yan Zhongji and Yan Zhonghe, of course, there are also channels for close contact. Until recently, Yanjing was at the heart of Mongol rule in the Central Plains. The Han Marquis of the Northland all have mansions in Yanjing, and they have also set up detailed works in Yanjing - Li Pu is not the only one who can do underground work in the Northland, Yan Shi, Yan Zhongji and his son are also veterans in this area.

The place where Yan Zhongsi was met was the main hall of Zhaoming Palace, where Li Cuixian helped him wash his feet just now. The ones who brought Yan Zhongsi over were Yang Po'er and Chen Qianyi - Chen Qianyi was Xie Qianyi, one of the twenty-two brothers of Qionghualou. I don't know what kind of peach blossom luck he handed over, but he actually hooked up with a cousin of Chen Dexing, and he was still rich, so he changed his surname to Chen. However, in this way, the relationship between him and Chen Dexing has also become one step closer, not only as a brother, but also as an uncle. So he was transferred to Chen Dexing's side and became the chief of the guard.

"The king, the minister has a confidential matter to report......

After making a big salute, Yan Zhongsi glanced at Yang Po'er. He knew Li Cuixian, so he naturally knew the relationship between Li Cuixian and Chen Dexing. But he didn't recognize Yang Po'er, a, and he didn't know her special status in Chen Dexing's harem.

"There are no outsiders here." Chen Dexing said.

"Great King, the minister has just received a secret report that Kublai Khan has disbanded the four Ulus of the host!"

"What!?"

Chen Dexing and Li Cuixian exclaimed at the same time. Li Cuixian blurted out: "This is impossible! ”

"The news is conclusive!" Yan Zhongsi emphasized, "It's true! Kublai Khan dismissed the four great ulus. More than 100 thousand households were incorporated into the Central Ulus. He also sent the elderly, weak, women and children belonging to more than 100 thousand households to Hetao and Qinghai for resettlement. ”

Chen Dexing and Li Cuixian glanced at each other. This news can't be fake! Yan Zhongji was not bored to this point, putting such fake news to fool people.

"The Great Mongolia is falling apart!" Li Cuixian said. "The Great Mongolian State was formed by the Central Ulus and the Eight Great Ulus of the Eastern and Western Roads, as well as the Tuolei Ulus of the Mongolian headquarters. Kublai Khan has now demolished the four great ulus of the eastern province, and the four great ulus of the western province will definitely no longer be loyal to Helin. ”

In fact, after Kublai Khan killed Ali Buge, who was elected by the Mongolian Kuritai Assembly. The Great Mongolian State has ceased to exist in name only. Now he forcibly annexed the four great Ulus of the host province, but he tore off the last decency. If it weren't for Kublai Khan's current war with the Northern Ming and Eastern Tang Dynasty, maybe the kings of the Western Dao would have raised an army to crusade against the rebellion of his golden family!

"So...... Did the thousands of household chiefs of the four major Ulus of the host obey Kublai Khan? Chen Dexing frowned and asked.

"Of course it's impossible to be convinced, it's just forced by the form."

Yan Zhongsi said: "The Mongolian hosts are all thieves who have lost their families, and they originally wanted to take Yanyun to settle down, but they were blocked by Kublai Khan's people, and we took Yanjing again." They have no way out! ”

Li Cuixian groaned: "Eat hundreds of thousands of households at once...... It's not easy to digest. The Mongols are a bunch of robbers who are used to eating, and if there is no good food, drink, and use, not only the thousands of households in the host country will be uneven, but also the people of the central Ulus will be dissatisfied. ”

The thousand-household system theoretically seems to be a combination of military and civilian. Production and military combined. But in fact, it is just a bandit group, the head of a thousand households is the leader of the bandits, and Kublai Khan, the Great Khan, is the chief scoop. You have to take the brothers below to loot enough goods to secure your seat.

If he can't grab anything, the people under his command will run away and go to the West if they don't oppose him. If there is a hero in the Western Mongolian Dao who can lead the Mongol bandit group to rob Europe and India, then Kublai Khan's Great Khan will not be recognized.

The truth of this robber could not be more realistic!

"Kublai Khan was rich?" Chen Dexing raised his eyebrows.

"No money, what money!" Yan Zhongsi said, "Originally, there was also tax support from Yanyun and Shanxi. Now Yanjing has returned to the king, and Shanxi has been taken by the Tang Dynasty. Relying on a Jingzhao Mansion, how can you afford more than 200 thousand households? Even if you have some savings on hand. Sooner or later, I will sit and eat empty! ”

"Kublai Khan will not do nothing!" Li Cuixian's face was already pale. He ...... Throwing Yanjing to us is not necessarily to be consumed in Yanyun and us! He has now swallowed hundreds of thousands of households in the host province, and the number of people and horses that need to be supported has doubled. Rely on his savings and our consumption. I really don't know who starved to death first! ”

Chen Dexing stroked his beard, "And even if he recaptures Yanjing, what if?" Even if we can't get grain into Yanjing. The big deal was to give up hundreds of thousands of Han people and withdraw to Pingluan...... What did Kublai Khan get? Yanjing City went through this war. How much oil and water can be squeezed out? ”

Is it interesting to spend a few months in Yanjing with Chen Dexing and then recapture an empty city full of starvation? Can the more than 200,000 Mongolian uncles under Kublai Khan be satisfied?

"Kublai Khan just wants to use Yanjing and the hundreds of thousands of Han people in Yanjing City to contain the Lone King!" Chen Dexing stood up suddenly, "He himself can lead the Mongolian army south!" ”

"Then my daddy ......" Li Cuixian gasped, revealing a frightened expression.

The sixteen states of Yanyun have always been divided into seven states in front of the mountain and nine states in the back of the mountain, and only when they are all possessed can they be regarded as occupying Yanyun Xingsheng. If you only occupy the states in front of the mountain and do not control the passes of Yanshan, you are simply under the front of the enemy behind Yanshan and the mountain.

Now Chen Dexing only occupies Yanjing, Pingluan and Tanggu, all of which belong to the piedmont area of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun in history, and there is no control of the passes of Yanshan, and there is not enough food to feed the people of Yanjing.

In other words, the top priority in front of him was to maintain the delivery of grain and grass to Yanjing, collect the states in front of the mountain, and seize the mouths of Yanshan. There is no way to spare a hand to reinforce Li Pu in the south!

Moreover, before Chen Dexing's main force determined that the main force of the Mongol army had left Shanhou Prefectures and headed south, he did not dare to leave Yanjing at all—unless he did not want Yanjing City, and he did not care about the life or death of more than 80,000 households and more than 480,000 Han people in Yanjing City.

If Chen Dexing hadn't gotten Yanjing and that many people, he might not have cared about that. But once he gets it, it is absolutely impossible to ask him to give it up.

And all he can do now is to send someone to tell Li Pu, who is far away in Taiyuan, all the information he has mastered.

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At this moment, in the northern part of the western province of Mongolia, on the territory of Datong Road, on the official road in the mountains, a long dragon composed of torches that are expected to be on the edge is slowly flowing. This is the main force of the Mongol army on the march!

"Hmph, Chen Dexing is reluctant to leave Yanjing! How good Yanjing is, there are 80,000 hukou alone, and the population is nearly 500,000, which is more than the entire Liaodong! How could he not want to? Besides, Li Pu is just his father-in-law, not his father...... Perhaps, that guy is looking forward to Li Pu being beaten to death by me! When the time comes, the cat will cry and the mouse will be able to take Li Pu's foundation in Shandong in a grand manner. ”

It was Kublai Khan who was talking on horseback! His army had been marched from Jining five days earlier, and had now moved to the territory of Datong Road. The striker is even closer to the Xinkou of Taiyuan.

"Great Khan, our 200,000 troops are heading south, I'm afraid we won't be able to hide Li Pu's eyeliner."

Riding a horse and walking beside Kublai Khan, the king of the phase shift brother said lightly.

"What do you think, Tachar?" Kublai Khan smiled and asked Tacha'er, whose face was as black as iron.

The four Mongol kings were now separated by Kublai Khan, with Brother Ejab and Tachar following him. Kurahuer and Han Bald were arranged to stay in Yanshan and Kyushu behind the mountains with Brother Mo.

Ta Cha'er snorted coldly: "Hmph, Li Pu is very timid!" If you hear that our 200,000 troops are going south, they will not dare to go out of the city to meet the battle, and most of them will defend Taiyuan, and then ask Chen Dexing for help. However, Li Pu's troops are not weak, and they are by no means comparable to the Song army, which is ...... It's not easy to fight! ”

"Haha, what are you fighting Taiyuan?" Kublai Khan laughed and waved his hand, "Wouldn't beating Li Pu to death make Chen Dexing get his wish?" I don't want Li Pu's life, and I don't want Taiyuan...... I'm just passing through. ”

"Then where are you going to fight, Great Khan?" Brother Xiang asked with a frown.

"Luoyang, Bianliang, Jinan...... There is also the land of Xu Pi. What kind of Henan Road of the Tang Dynasty, I want it! ”

"That's, that'...... Isn't it too far from Mongolia proper? Brother Xiang touched his white beard and said.

"Far away from Mongolia, close to the Song Kingdom." Kublai Khan smiled and said, "What does Mongolia have?" In addition to the grass is snow...... The silk and gold and jade jewels that the warriors wanted, did Mongolia have them? ”

"The Great Khan wants to attack Song?" Tachar asked.

"If you don't attack the Song Dynasty, it's just a few million coins."

Kublai Khan seemed to be in a good mood, and he smiled: "The enemies of the Great Mongols have always been the pseudo-Tang and the Ming, and they are also the enemies of the Great Song Dynasty...... I defended the enemy of the Great Song Dynasty, what is it to ask for millions of silk and jade? ”

Now Chen Dexing is firmly stumbling on Yanyun, and Li Pu is trapped in Taiyuan. What other elite soldiers are there in Henan Province in the Eastern Tang Dynasty? Won't the Mongol soldiers be wiped out as soon as they arrive? In this way, even if Kublai Khan victoriously recovered Henan and Yidu, he also bordered the Great Song Dynasty. Naturally, it is possible to extort the coins.

And with the New Year's coin, his 200,000 Mongol army can be fed, and his position as Great Khan can be secured. When the time comes, he will join forces with the Great Song Dynasty to deal with Chen Dexing...... Now Yanyun is short of grain, Chen Dexing can only buy it from the Great Song Dynasty, as long as the Great Song Dynasty prohibits the export of grain, hundreds of thousands of people in Yanjing will starve! At that time, it will depend on how Chen Dexing breaks this game, if he can't break the game, then there will be a great famine in the land of Yanyun! (To be continued......)