The two guards glanced at each other and led Hao Jing to the toilet. The latrine is a well-behaved little wooden house with panes and various sanitary facilities inside. Hao Jing couldn't help but sigh that compared to the drowning and smelly appearance of the Mongols when they went on an expedition, the army of the Song Dynasty seemed much more civilized. However, he didn't care about this, and when he heard the two guards outside the door chatting with each other and being distracted, he suddenly climbed up to the window where only one person could barely get through, and squeezed out.

He carefully hid in the shadow of the tent, avoiding the armored soldiers who were patrolling back and forth in the camp, all the way to the back of the big tent of the Chinese army, and carefully listened to the sound in the tent through the thick tent, fortunately, the voice of the people in the tent was not small.

I only heard Jiao Jin say in a loud voice: "The city of Ezhou is broken, but the prince wants to talk about peace with the Tartar lord unhurriedly, and when the news comes back from Lin'an, the people of Ezhou have already become the ghosts of Meng Ge's knife!" Tell me how to sit still with peace of mind! ”

I heard Xu Yuanjie say slowly: "Xianggong's arrangement must have a deep meaning, the general has followed Xianggong for many years, do you think Xianggong is a mediocre and dumb person?" ”

A calm voice next to him was Zhu Sheng, only to hear him mutter: "Although Xianggong has a clever strategy, the shape of the battlefield is changing rapidly, and he will lose all the games if he is not careful." If you don't hurry up and act immediately, you are afraid that the clever plan will succeed, and it will not be of any benefit to the overall situation. ”

Jiao Jin sighed: "Xianggong soldiers never play tricks, they all rely on real kung fu hard power to win, this time our army's structure, ordnance, armor, drills, and orders are all new, just try it on Meng Ge's head, but what kind of trick to use, I really can't think about it."

"That's because the opportunity was not good, and the time was not right to use the scheme." With a rush of footsteps, Zheng Yunming hurriedly walked in from outside. Obviously, he was slightly dissatisfied with his subordinates' failure to understand his actions: "The soldiers are not strange, they just care about the odds." The sages of the Wumiao, which one has not come up with a strange strategy and used wisdom? Zhuge Wuhou was only cautious in his life, and it is also said that there was a move to retreat from the enemy in the empty city. If today's time and place are favorable, there is no need to retreat from the enemy. The enemy thought that the capture of Xiangyang would be a sure victory, so Meng Ge personally led the army south, thinking that the destruction of the Song Dynasty would be successful. The Mongolian soldiers were extremely arrogant, I heard that they came in a hurry, there was no half-moon grain in the camp, and they all relied on the north to support, but after the autumn, Henan was rainy and rainy, the land was muddy and the carts were inconvenient to pass, and the army was at risk of running out of food, and this day was also! ”

"The Mongolian army is scattered around several important towns, divides the troops to besiege the city, and prepares more forces, although it is claimed that the north and south are smooth after the pontoon bridge is built, and the Yangtze River is like nothing, but you can imagine that once the Mongolian Khan died suddenly, and our army took advantage of the situation to attack, hundreds of thousands of Mongolian troops will be chaotic into what it will look like, at that time, it was too late to rescue each other, and there were countless things that trampled on each other, which is the geographical advantage given to us by the Yangtze River and Hanshui!"

"The most important thing is that it is the people, we used such means to trick Meng Ge to Jinghu, just waiting for the internal response in the Mongolian camp to launch"

Bai Yijie said suddenly: "The survival of the country is a major matter, and the prime minister beware of the wall with ears. ”

Hao Jing's heart trembled suddenly, and he was about to flee on tiptoe, but in an instant, he heard Zheng Yunming say: "The camp is full of people who are loyal to the country, where do you come from, when the enemy is now, Hugh has to ask for a mother-in-law and a mother-in-law, and be a twisted woman." Generals Jin Gao and Lu Er are deeply trusted by Meng Ge, and they go in and out every day, and they are close to Meng Ge, and the top priority is to seek a safe opportunity, just wait for the moment of Meng Ge's negligence, and then start with it."

Although he claimed to be not afraid of meticulous work, his voice gradually lowered, and finally blurred to the point that Hao Jing couldn't hear it no matter how hard he tried. At this moment there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps in the tabernacle, but no conversation was heard. I thought it was a confidential matter, so I whispered in Zheng Yunming's ear.

I only heard Zheng Yunming ask angrily: "Bastard! A living person still let him run away? Where is Hao Jing now? ”

Hao Jing's heart moved, and he hurriedly ran lightly in the direction of the latrine, and Zheng Yunming's angry roar came from the tent behind him: "Send the order to go down, search the whole camp, and you must not let Hao Jing go!" ”

After Hao Xuanfu left the Chinese army camp, he walked not far before he was discovered by the patrolling soldiers and escorted directly to the Chinese army's tent. Zheng Yunming opened his reddish eyes and asked: "I treated Mr. as courteous, but Mr. disregarded his identity and sneaked into my camp to do detailed work, since you were captured near the left of the Chinese army, what did you hear!" ”

Hao Jing replied unhurriedly: "I just came out and couldn't find the guards, I just got lost in the camp, and I accidentally crashed into the forbidden land of Zheng Gong, and I ask for atonement." ”

He was clearly quibbling, where was Zheng Yunming willing to believe it, and ordered with a tiger face: "Send Mr. Hao to the City God Temple, send someone to guard him, and wait for me to deal with his affairs after I break the Tartar captivity!" ”

Located in the west of Hanyang, the temple was originally close to the military camp and was usually used as a high-class prison for important prisoners during the Great War. After the pro-army of the Governor's Mansion locked Hao Jing into the wing room of the City God Temple, he immediately arranged for the guards to surround the front and back of the wing room in an iron bucket array, not to mention Hao Jing, even if it was a fly, he was afraid that he would not be able to fly out. ’

Hao Jing was anxious in his heart, the Great Khan was very anxious to attack Ezhou, and it could be thought that the conspiracy of the Southern Dynasty to arrange the assassination of the Great Khan was also in full swing, no matter what method was used, he must escape from this prison and return to the Mongolian camp to inform the Great Khan. But it's easy to say, how did he, a powerless literati, escape from this well-guarded City God Temple.

After a while, the sky was already close to the fourth watch, the moon was obscured by dense dark clouds, the darkness of the night seemed deeper, and a familiar voice suddenly came from outside the door: "I came to escort this person on the order of the prime minister and let me in." ”

The door opened, and it turned out to be Li Tingzhi, a young descendant of Zheng Yunming's shogunate, who arched his hand and said to Hao Jing: "Sir, please." ”

Hao Jing was puzzled in his heart, Zheng Yunming just said clearly, he would wait until he finished the battle to deal with the matter of spies, and he changed his mind in a short time, this did not seem to be Zheng Yunming's doing.

Li Tingzhi took a few soldiers and escorted Hao Jing all the way to the city gate, Hao Jing did not suspect it when he first started, because the outside of the city were all the camps of the Song army, and Zheng Yunming was used to personally inspecting the camp tents of the army, so it was not surprising that he was outside the city at this time.

But when Li Tingzhi took him out of the city gate and ran all the way to the river, Hao Jing's heart had already understood eight or nine points.

Sure enough, Li Tingzhi took him to the riverside, learned the partridge to chirp softly three times, and a small fishing boat came out of the reeds.

"Without further ado, sir, let's go north." Li Tingzhi said anxiously: "When I was young, I was going to get out and flee, and Zheng Xianggong found out that Mr. had escaped, and he would definitely refuse to indulge in me." ”

Hao Jing stared at his young face, wondering in his heart how much of what this young man said was true, or what kind of conspiracy Zheng Yunming was playing? He said to Li Tingzhi in a deep voice: "You will never be able to do this kind of thing, you say, who is the mastermind behind it?" If you don't make it clear, Hao would rather return to Hanyang City on his own and be imprisoned by Zheng Yunming again. ”

Li Tingzhi was anxious and whispered to Hao Jing: "Who else can there be, Jia Gong asked me to convey his compliments to Mr. Hao." ”

Yes, if there is another person who can make a plot under Zheng Yunming's eyelids, it must be Jia Yidao, but Hao Jing doesn't understand, Jia Yidao is a relative of the Zhao family, how could he take such a big risk to take such a big risk for the Mongolian Khan? Zhao Song's loss, Cheng Dù is also Jia Yidao's own loss. Because the riches given by the Mongols will never exceed those of the Song Dynasty emperors.

Li Tingzhi saw the doubts in Hao Jing's eyes, and said calmly: "Jia Gongfei has other plans, after the Mongol Great Khan captures Ezhou, can he continue the peace talks on the original terms?" ”

Hao Jing realized that Jia Yidao's naïve ideas almost made him unable to hold back his laughter, and he fantasized about letting Zheng Yunming suffer a defeat, and then negotiate with Mongolia instead, reversing his unfavorable situation in one fell swoop. If Meng Ge really captured Ezhou, it is unknown whether Zhao Song can continue to save Zài, and it is not known how to draw the river as a boundary. But he can't say that now.

"In the Southern Dynasty, only Jia Xianggong is a person who understands." Hao Jing said firmly: "If I return to the Mongolian camp, I must state to the Great Khan what Jia Gong means, and after Zheng Yunming leaves office, Jia Gong can take the lead of the Southern Dynasty, and the two countries will discuss peace and enjoy peace forever." But what I don't understand is "

He stared at Li Tingzhi and asked, "How did you get involved here?" ”

Li Tingzhi smiled awkwardly: "Actually, the reason is very simple, it was Wu Qian who asked me to move around with Jia Xianggong more, and the camera did something for him." According to Wu Xianggong, this is called not putting all eggs in one basket. ”

If Zheng Yunming wins, the New Party figures can certainly be proud, but in case Zheng Yunming loses, the New Party will also have an eyeliner in the new elite group, which is a habit developed in the bureaucratic habits of the Southern Dynasty for many years, Hao Jing is not surprised, he even feels that among the Confucian scholars who are officials in the north, there is a need for a little more cunning.

"In this case, Hao has understood that Lang Jun's virtue, Hao Jing will never forget, the gentleman does not make a gesture of an ordinary man, a certain will say goodbye, and the peace agreement in the coming day will be completed, and Lang Jun will be invited to visit the north and reminisce about the old friendship."

After saying that, Hao Jing jumped onto the fishing boat, the boatman shook the long oar, and the boat quickly left the shore and disappeared into the deep night.

Li Tingzhi stood on the bank of the river and watched for a long time, and only when he couldn't see the figure of the boat clearly at all, did he turn around and get on his horse and gallop back to the camp.

In front of the camp gate, Bai Yijie sat on a chair and leisurely fanned his feather fan. Li Tingzhi hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Send it away, but I don't know if the military advisor has a good plan?" ”

Bai Yijie said with a smile: "Within a few days, there will definitely be news across the river." ”