The situation on the battlefield is always changing rapidly, and sometimes, victories turn into defeats, and sometimes, defeats turn into victories. And more often than not, the intelligence obtained from the enemy is always very inaccurate.

The information obtained by Deng She and Luo Guoqi both said that the Yuan army came to take Dizhou this time, although it was said that it was a big move, but because there were battles on all fronts, Chahan actually could not send too many men and horses, and the troops it could use were at most about 10,000 people in the area of Hejian Prefecture. This information cannot be said to be wrong, because in the beginning, Chakhan Timur did face the dilemma of insufficient troops.

However, it was precisely because all fronts were fighting, and precisely because Richard was caught in a multi-front battle, that when he won victories on other fronts, the dilemma of "insufficient troops" he faced was greatly alleviated. ——, is the case now.

The mountains are far away.

Although the Yidu Tong Political Department has installed a lot of detailed works in Linfen, Datong, Yan'an and other places, and has been closely monitoring the movements of Chahan day and night, on the one hand, because the road is too far, and on the other hand, because of the relationship between the war and the barrier, there is an extremely important military newspaper that cannot be sent to Yidu in time.

A few days ago, Li Siqi of Guanzhong sent troops from Lantian and the troops were divided into two routes.

A total of 18,000 soldiers were employed.

Li Siqi is no better than Li Chahan, and these 18,000 people are almost all his elite. With 5,000 people, he marched to the vicinity of Xi'an, and the banner on the surface was to go through Xi'an and out of the eastern part of the country to help Jining Road, but in fact, his real purpose was to threaten Zhang Liangbi.

Xi'an is the seat of Shaanxi Province and Taiwan.

Zhang Liangbi had a different heart, disobeyed Chahan's dispatch, had many contacts with the governors of the province, tried to stand on his own, and the location of his army was not too far from Xi'an. There is gossip that the reason why Polo dared to brazenly enter the customs, occupy Yan'an, and serve the pass was precisely because of Zhang Liangbi's covert support.

Li Siqi and Li Chahan are both prosperous and lossy, seeing that Li Chahan is now caught in a two-front war, since the Henan Army was transferred to Juye, not long ago, there was reliable information that Yidu said that the guest Fang Congzhe had entered Jinling, and at the same time, there were changes to prove that Anfeng and Jinling were beginning to be a little ready to move.

If, at this critical moment, An Feng and Jinling insert another horizontal pole and march into Henan, for Chahan, it will not only suffer from the enemy on the back of the abdomen, but it will be equivalent to a catastrophe. If Yidu and Jinling form a team, with An Feng coordinating and the east and west responding, the northern red scarves will inevitably flourish again, and it will be difficult to control them in the end. Therefore, Li Siqi, who has not moved, finally moves now.

And Zhang Liangbi's site is close to Lantian. Li Siqi wants to move, the first thing must be to watch Zhang Liangbi. Therefore, his first group of men approached Xi'an.

The second road of men and horses, with the main force of 13,000 people, died down, he personally led, doubled the road, bypassed Xi'an, traveled hundreds of miles, went deep into the northern region of Guanzhong, and rushed to Yan'an. Because of the secrecy of their movements, it was not until the army had arrived at the city of Yan'an that the Polo defenders in the city woke up like a dream.

Polo Timur's lone army was deep and hung out, lacking timely supplies of logistics and the ability to send reinforcements to Yan'an in time, and his only ally in the Guanzhong region, Zhang Liangbi, was also watched by Li Siqi at this time, and he couldn't spare his hand to help. This battle to attack and defend the city is basically without suspense.

It only took Li Siqi one day to capture Yan'an.

Polo Timur's defenders of Yan'an were defeated and abandoned the city, and fled north in disarray. Li Siqi sent two thousand iron cavalry to follow the pursuit. On the banks of the Wuding River, catch them up. The Polo army was blocked by a river in front of it, and a cavalry pursued it behind. At that time, there was really no way to go to heaven and no way to go down. Thousands of troops under the autonomous generals were all disarmed and surrendered. Although Chakhan and Polo Timur fought against each other, they were of the same root in the end. Since he surrendered, Li Siqi didn't care too much, and he just incorporated it. The Yan'an army of Polo Timur had been defeated, but Li Siqi still refused to withdraw to Lantian and continued northward, and the vanguard had reached the bank of the Yellow River.

After crossing the Yellow River, it is the boundary of the Polo land. Turning to the northeast, there is not far from Datong.

At the same time, Chakhan Timur divided the main force into three routes, all the way straight ahead, all the way to the west, all the way from the east over the Wutai Mountain, three ways together, successively defeated Polo Timur on the Jinji Road thousands of people, are also bravely moving forward, one after another through the pass, rushing to the camp, killing Datong.

The fastest advance was carried out by the Eastern Route Army.

Because there are layers of fortifications of Polo Timur on the middle road, it is not easy to take lightly. Roundabout to the west, Polo was also on guard. Only the east road, Wutai Mountain stretches very widely, although the road is not easy to walk, the deployment is also difficult.

Therefore, the Chahan East Route Army, which was the most difficult to march, became the fastest marching force. The two fastest battalions were already visible in the distance of Datong City, and they were only a few dozen miles away from each other.

If there was no fall of Yan'an, and no Li Siqi's advance to the Yellow River, not to mention that only two battalions of Chahan's Eastern Route Army were about to reach Datong, even if all his Eastern Route Army came to Datong, Polo Timur would not have panicked. He has been running Datong for a long time, and the iron bucket he built into the city is also like that, how can he care about this little bit of people? But now, not only these two battalion heads, but also Li Siqi's threatening flank, and Chakhan Timur's central and western route armies are unstoppable, and Polo Timur is panicked all of a sudden.

According to this momentum, perhaps within a month, Datong will be conquered and become Chahan's bag. However, at this time, at such a moment of victory in sight, Chakhan abruptly stopped his march. He wrote a letter and sent it to Datong to deliver it to Polo Timur in person.

"The general's father and I knew each other very well. In Henan and Shanxi, I used to join hands with your father to kill thieves, although your father unfortunately passed away, but I have always admired his talent.

"The monarch's father is extremely brave and prestigious. Tiger father has no dog son, and now the general has inherited your father's unfinished business, and is stationed in Datong, known as 'Jingshi Silly'. Two or three years ago, you led your children even more profoundly, Kefufeng, Yunnei, and Dongsheng Sanzhou, defeated the head of the red thief canal, Guan Duo, beheaded the thief, and the blood flowed like a river. This was a very remarkable feat, which not only protected the flank of the Beijing Division, but also made the general famous all over the world. Until now, as long as the names of the generals in Hebei and Shanxi are mentioned, they still give their thumbs up and praise them.

"Where the country is in turmoil, there will be good generals and famous ministers.

"After the monarch's father made meritorious deeds, he rose from chaos and fought in the south and the north, and what he did was nothing more than to turn the tide and return my great Yuen Long Lang. I have always known your father's ambitions. You have such a father who can be called the 'pillar of the country', and now you have a strong army, a tiger in Datong, and become famous in a war, leading heroes to follow, why don't you set up a great ambition to sweep away the thieves for the country?

"I'm older than you, and I've been with your father, so you can call me uncle. What I have said to you above is from the bottom of my heart, and I hope you can listen to it.

"When the two of us are at war and have disputes, it's like an uncle and nephew in a family arguing, it's nothing. Now there are foreign thieves, and they should work together to repay the emperor's kindness. If you agree with me, I will withdraw now. I will release you all the soldiers who have taken you captive.

"But in order to kill the thieves together, I hope you can send 10,000 people to listen to my command. When the red thief is defeated, on the day of triumph, there will be a reward from the court, and I will definitely strongly recommend your merits. In this way, you will not only repay the emperor's favor, but also be worthy of your father's prestige, and you will also get the reputation of a good general. The best of all three, why not?

"I have raised up my army, and I have conquered every attack; Whatever is in the way, everything is broken. Where the military flag stands, the wind and clouds change color; The front of the soldiers, the mountains and rivers are invincible! It is not only Bianliang, but also in the customs; To pacify Jin and Hebei, it means Shandong. In order to repay the emperor's kindness and survive for the common people in the world, although the armor is full of lice, I dare not slack off.

"This time, less than a month after the war with you, the vanguard of the army was able to see your city. Li Siqi is stationed in the Yellow River, and Wutai Mountain is difficult to be dangerous. There is the decree of the imperial court on the top, and the killing power of the soldiers on the bottom. The three armies are up and down, and the momentum is like a rainbow; Millions of tigers, everyone wants to fight.

"Although I have reluctantly halted the advance of the army with my meager prestige because I have remembered the friendship between you and my uncle and nephew, it is difficult to disobey the will of the people, and time will not last. That's all I want to say, please think about it. If you agree, let the covenant be good. If you don't agree, please hunt Datong. ”

When he received the letter, Polo Timur had it read, and from the first sentence he heard, his face was gloomy.

What "hand in hand to kill the enemy"! It's like equality. Obviously, from beginning to end, Chahan was a subordinate of Badulu. Hearing the second part, Tsakhan Timur praised the character and talent of Badulu and the merits of Polo in recovering the three states of Yunnei. Polo Timur's face was slightly gentle. From the third part, when he heard Chahan's persuasion that state affairs should be the priority and not kill each other, Polo "snorted".

Someone in the audience said: "Richard's mouth is full of sharp teeth, and his words are wild." When he said this, it seems to have become our fault, because we don't know the overall situation! But I forgot when he took the initiative to provoke and covet my Datong! ”

Polo waved his hand, stopped the staff commenting, and instructed the person who read the letter, saying, "Keep reading." ”

This reads that Chakhan is the uncle of Polo Timur.

The man who read the letter was so frightened that he did not dare to read it directly, and he smurmured, stealing a look at Polo.

Polo Timur knew that the words below must not be good, his face turned gloomy, and he said coldly: "Follow the straight mind! "He who reads the faith plucks up courage and recites it as it is. Sure enough, before the words fell, he suddenly heard a sound, and hurriedly raised his eyes to look, but it was Polo Huoran who stood up, lifted the tea bowl, and smashed it to the ground.

"Too much deception!"

Startled the man, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

Some of the people in the room were angry and scolded; Some were stunned and couldn't believe it. There are those who have fast brains, and they are busy persuading Polo. Polo succeeded his father, and in terms of status, he was still above Chahan. But Chakhan Timur claimed to be Polo's uncle, obviously insulting him.

After a long time, Polo suppressed his anger and said to the reader: "It's none of your business. Get up, and keep reading. ”

Reading that Chahan proposed that if the army was dismissed, he was willing to return the captives to Polo.

Someone in the room said, "If he still captures our army, our army will definitely need to return the prisoners to him." It's fair trade. However, his army has penetrated deep into the hinterland of our Datong and captured several cities. Why didn't Chahan mention the ownership of these cities? ”

Someone was hesitant and said, "Chahan is the first wolf." After eating the meat in your mouth, how can you spit it out again? His words seemed to be very sincere, as if he had suffered a big loss. Actually? According to what he said, it is precisely our army that suffers. Chahan old thief, really cunning and cunning! ”

Then he asked Polo Timur to send 10,000 troops as a condition for peace talks.

As soon as the words came out, there was an uproar in the room. Hearing this, there are not a few people scolding Chahan, almost everyone is scolding with their teeth. Those who have a bad temper even draw their swords and snatch them to the bottom of the stairs, or strike their armor, or shake their fists and wave them, and call for battle. He asked Polo to send people out of the city immediately to fight Richard to the death.

Polo's face was cloudy, and he reprimanded: "In the hall of deliberations, you are noisy and shouting, what kind of system have you become!" Give me a ,......, read down. ”

In the end, Chahan boasted until "if you don't agree, please hunt Datong".

After reading the letter, everyone in the room expressed their opinions.

Some speak of the east, and some speak of the west; There are those who shout, and there are those who shoot cases; There are those who kneel down and kowtow to ask for battle, and there are those who do not say a word and bow their heads in contemplation. The words of many people were mixed with many other voices, stirring up the hall like a vegetable market, and the sound was so loud that it almost broke the roof.

"Yes and war? Please speak! ”

"What else is the general hesitating about? Soldiers can be killed, but not humiliated! There are people in the Chahan court, but we are not without Austrian aid in the court. The last general didn't believe it, Chahan really had the courage to come and attack our Datong City in the face of the world's condemnation. ”

"Although the front line was lost, the main force in my city still exists, and it is not without the strength to fight with Chahan."

"Our army has a geographical advantage,......。"

"......, now half of Chahan's elites are trapped in Jining, and the Yidu Deng thieves are extremely sharp, and I heard that even Wang Baobao is trapped in Juye City. Under such circumstances, he will be in a hurry to attack our Datong and will not be able to fight for a long time. The lord can write a letter to urge Zhang Liangbi to launch and force Li Siqi to return to the division. Then fortify the walls and fight a war of attrition with Richard. Let's see who can't afford it! ”

"If you retreat now, you will become a vassal of Chahan."

"Instead of agreeing to Richard's conditions and lending him 10,000 people, it is better to use these 10,000 people to fight him to the death. The rear of the other army is unstable, our army is broken, and it is still unknown who will kill the deer! ”

......, the opinion of the minister is so. Lord, why are you silent? Always have a word? ”

"Please, General, decide! The last general thought that war was necessary. ”

Of the people in the hall, nine out of ten were in favor of not accepting peace with Chahan, and strongly demanded a decisive battle with Chahan. In the midst of the noise, Polo spoke slowly, and only asked: "If Chahan is desperate, the soldiers are coming to the city." Determined to go down to Datong first, and then fight Jining. What are your odds? ”

The noise stopped abruptly.

Yes, even if you can invite a holy decree from Dadu to order Chahan to withdraw his troops, if Chahan is desperate, he will only ignore it and decide to concentrate on attacking Datong first, and then talk about Jining. Datong, how sure can you hold it? Everyone looks at me, I look at you, staring at each other with big eyes and small eyes.

Polo waited for a while, but when no one spoke, no one dared to guarantee this. He said: "Hui Wen Chahan, there are too many 10,000 people, and the general can lend him at most 5,000 soldiers." ”

"What about the cities that Chahan has conquered?"

Polo was silent for a moment and said, "In ancient times, there were three retreats, and now I retreat six." ”

"Concessions?"

Six houses is one hundred and eighty li, and the number that Chakhan Timur now occupies is far more than that.

"What if he doesn't agree?"

"Although Datong is small, it is dozens of miles wide. Although our army is weak, there are still tens of thousands of elite soldiers. Concession so far is the bottom line of this general. If he still refuses to agree, reply to him: Please hunt the city! ”

"General, if Chahan agrees, will he really lend him 5,000 men? Cutting the land? ”

"If the thief Deng doesn't die, Chahan will be uneasy! Now that our army is defeated, we simply avoid its front. According to this general's expectation, after Chahan's retreat, the focus will definitely shift to Jining Road. Wait until he is empty inside, and our army will take advantage of the situation to enter. lent him five thousand, and he was to be asked to repay ten times as much; cut off the land six times, and he will have to pay it back tenfold! Everyone, remember, we can use the Deng thief; But it must not be used by Deng thieves. ”

If you fight to the death with Chahan, the fisherman will be the one who will benefit. And if you make concessions, it will be Datong who sits on the mountain and watches the tiger fight. Take this as a temporary respite and recuperation in order to make a comeback.

"The eldest husband can bend and stretch, and the lord is wise."

Amid the praise of the crowd, Polo Timur rose and retreated into the back room.

From the initial ambition, to now having to accept failure. In a place far away from Yidu and Jining, there was also gunsmoke, and there were thousands of warriors fighting bloodily. There have been screams like beasts, and there have been bone-chilling grief over the loss of comrades. But when the smoke clears, the losing side must accept the victor's harsh conditions. It's not to make a living, but because I stay in the green mountains, and I'm not afraid of no firewood. It is not possible for ordinary people to accept failure neatly and without hesitation. But Polo Timur did it.

Like a wolf who has lost in a battle, he temporarily retracts his minions, hides his ambitions, and bows down to the victors. But if there is light in the darkness, you can see that at the moment when he brushes his sleeves away, there is a touch of unwillingness, a trace of unyielding, a little unyielding, a little unyielding, flashing in his eyes.

The war between Jinji and Yan'an came to an end, ending with Polo's temporary withdrawal and Chahan's victory.

Perhaps because he was worried about the reaction of the imperial court, or because he was anxious to pacify Jining, he did not press Polo too much, accepted Datong's bargaining, and the two parties reached an agreement on peace talks in private. Now, Chakhan Timur can turn all his energy to Jining and Dizhou.

However, due to the secrecy of the peace talks, Deng She, who was far away in Yidu, was still ignorant of this matter.