"Where is there so much nonsense!" Kublai Khan said to Empress Chabi. After speaking, he pursed his mouth slightly and set his eyes on the door. Deliberately did not go to see Queen Bi.

Empress Chabi did not speak any more, she took her reading glasses, picked up the sheepskin that was already at hand, pierced small holes in the edge of the sheepskin with a shiny and delicate steel cone, and sewed the sheepskin with a large steel needle with a special thick thread. Although she is no longer young, Empress Chabi's techniques are still skilled.

Kublai Khan glanced dryly outside the tent for a while, and secretly withdrew his gaze. Looking at his wife, who has been with him for decades, sewing a sheepskin carpet, his heart naturally softened. But Kublai Khan felt embarrassed that he would take the initiative to lower his head, so he went over and helped his wife straighten the sheepskin.

The two worked together, and a large piece of sheepskin rug was finally sewn. Kublai Khan looked at the fine stitches and couldn't help but praise: "It's really good." ”

Then he felt something and praised: "If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools." This awl is good. ”

"This was given to me by Hao Ren." Empress Chabi replied. Smoothing out the sheepskin as much as possible, Empress Chabi bent down and placed the sewn sheepskin carpet on the footsteps of Kublai Khan's sofa.

Kublai Khan was already very fat at this time, and Empress Chabi was equally rich. By the time she straightened up, she couldn't help but gasp. Seeing his wife's hard work, Kublai Khan hurriedly pulled his wife to sit on the sofa together. Although it was different from those young and beautiful concubines, Kublai Khan held his wife's hand, and only felt familiar and reassured.

Empress Chabi continued: "Great Khan. Although Hao Ren's child has all kinds of weird things, who doesn't have his own temperament. If he has any different intentions, he wants to return to Hebei so much. After receiving your order, immediately lead the troops back to Hebei! ”

"It's against him!" Kublai Khan's expression was angry, and his tone was full of offense.

Empress Chabi shook Kublai Khan's hand and said warmly: "The Great Khan also knows that Hao Ren's child has no objection. His wife's family is in Hebei, and his subordinates' parents, brothers, and wives are all in Hebei. Those who were in Hebei fell into the hands of the Song army, and it was a dead end, so what was wrong with him trying to bring those people out? ”

Although this remark is still a bit of an accusation that Kublai Khan disregarded the life and death of those people, it was his wife who had been with him for decades who spoke about it, and this offended feeling was ignored by Kublai Khan. Although he was still unhappy, he patted his wife's hand after a moment of silence, then stood up and walked out.

Outside, Kublai Khan said to the guards, "Call Hao Ren." ”

Not long after, Kublai Khan condescendingly said to Hao Ren, who was kneeling in front of him, "Hao Ren. If you want to go back to Hebei, what are you going to do? ”

Hao Ren was overjoyed after hearing this, and hurriedly said: "Qi Great Khan, after the minister returns to Hebei, he will first gather the relatives of those government soldiers and send them to be resettled outside the customs. ”

"If there is endless grassland outside the Guan, why should we move to the Han land?" When Kublai Khan got serious, he asked questions that were not perfunctory. The Mongols may not like the life of the Han people, but they have more space, more goods and wealth in the Guannai. In just a few decades of migration, hundreds of thousands of Mongols moved to Han China. Now bringing these Mongols back to the steppe has made Mongolia's pastures extremely tight. With tens of millions of Han Chinese, the Mongolian steppe will definitely have a large-scale civil war on its own.

"This ......," Hao Ren was speechless for a moment. But Hao Ren himself was prepared, he gritted his teeth slightly, and still said what was in his heart, "Your Majesty." The minister knew that there was a vast territory west of the Golden Horde, and although it was colder, he could still live. The government soldiers and their families were willing to move to the extreme west. Never stay in the grasslands. ”

Kublai Khan's heart shook slightly. This time, he withdrew from Hebei without a decisive battle with the Song army, of course, because the tragic losses in the Battle of the Yellow River made Kublai Khan have no confidence in victory, but also because Boyan, who was born in the Ilkhanate, carefully told Kublai Khan about the situation in the Ilkhanate.

The Ilkhanate probably has the old land of Persia, where the water and grass are abundant and the climate is warm. But the region of the Two Rivers to the west of the Ilkhanate is even more abundant, and it is said that there is little snow in winter. If you can lead a large number of Mongols to the west, you can set up the Golden Horde of the Mongol Great Khan in Baghdad. At that time, the Mongols could establish a front line against the Song state between Tubo and Wuer. Kublai Khan directly commanded the Mongol khanates of the Il, White Horde, and Golden Horde. Together with the Ögedai Khanate and the Chagatai Khanate, which had already been leveled by Hao Ren, the Mongols did not suffer much in terms of strength.

Moreover, the Mongol Great Khan was jointly elected by the Kuritai Assembly, and the last person to achieve such a low position was Kublai Khan's brother Möngke Khan. Although Kublai Khan established himself as a Great Khan, he was never elected by the Kuritai Congress. This is also a major heart disease of Kublai Khan. The Western Expedition can not only get rid of trouble, but also Kublai Khan's heart disease. Only then did he agree with Boyan's suggestion.

"You go back and lead the soldiers to Hebei. Just bring people out first. But you don't have to think about it so much. Kublai Khan said to Hao Ren. With that, he turned and left. Although he finally forgave Hao Ren, Kublai Khan still felt that he was angry when he saw Hao Ren. This bastard kid just makes people uncomfortable.

Hao Ren didn't expect Kublai Khan to agree so happily, and couldn't help but look up. The first thing I saw was the back of Kublai Khan, and then I saw the Empress Chabi who faintly appeared at the door of the palace. Hao Ren kowtowed gratefully, and when he raised his head, he saw Empress Chabi waving to him and signaling him to hurry up.

Then I heard Kublai Khan say indignantly: "Don't pay attention to that kid, he can't wait to have wings now!" ”

As soon as Hao Ren returned to his residence, he immediately sent his men to travel. These people are all government soldiers, and they know that whether they can return to Hebei or not is a matter of life and death for their families, and Hao Ren has already left people behind when he came to Helin, so they immediately rushed to the station in the area of Wu'er.

If you look at a 21st-century map, the further north you go, the wider it becomes. This is not the case at all, as if the nearest port from China to North America is not a U.S. port across the Pacific, but a Canadian port. The same is true from Helin to Wu'er, although it looks far away, the terrain is actually flat, and the straight-line distance is not very far. Hao Ren's subordinates did their best to deliver the news back at a real speed of 800 miles a day. It took less than four full days to run to the destination.

The people here were already anxious to wait, and as soon as they heard the news from Hao Ren Wanhu, they immediately started to set off. No cheers, no joy. The soldiers just covered their faces with their faces to block the oncoming cold. The local Mongolian officials looked at the scene of the return of the government soldiers, and their hearts were a little cold.

The team's riding skills are like that, but the queue is too neat, four people in a row, five in a row. One man and three horses, all the horses are well equipped. It stands to reason that the cavalry's equipment will always have some losses after such a long journey, and although the equipment of the soldiers under Hao Ren's command is outdated, it is not messy at all.

It wasn't until the end of the procession that the Mongol officials remembered whether to write a letter to the Great Khan Kublai Khan. With a little consideration, he did. When you can sue for black, it's better to sue for it.

Hao Ren Wanhu left Helin and waited for his subordinates on the road according to the original plan. At this time, the offensive and defensive battles in Dadu have become more intense.

The strength of the Song army moved from station to station, even if it was only thirty miles a day, and after these days passed, the main force had already arrived in Dadu. Originally, the Song army only launched an attack on the east side of Dadu, and then the east and south sides were launched at the same time. After the two sides fought a battle at Lugou Bridge, Marshal Boyan determined that the Song army had also begun to develop westward.

Time to go. Marshal Boyan made up his mind. This Mongolian marshal has never dragged mud and water, property, and population, and everything that should be transported away has been transported away at this time. As for those who can't be transported, Marshal Boyan is also ready.

At this time, most of the capital was empty. A group of Han Chinese were given weapons, and the Mongol army who was in charge of guarding them told them, "Kill all these Han Chinese in the courtyard, and you will be fine." Just go. ”

When these Han people heard such an order, they were all stunned. They were stunned, but the Mongol army was not stunned, and immediately shot down a batch of bows and arrows. The leader of the Mongol army said impatiently, "Do you want to do it?" ”

Although they had weapons in their hands, none of these Han people dared to resist. I could only obediently enter the courtyard and start to massacre the people inside. After the gang gasped and killed all the people in the courtyard, the Mongols took them out, collected their weapons, and sent them to another courtyard.

It didn't take long for a group of Han Chinese to rush into the courtyard with weapons. The Han Chinese with weapons had desperate expressions, but they did not hesitate to start killing. The Han people in the courtyard also began to resist, and also knocked down some Han people outside. But this only made the battle fierce.

Seeing that the people inside were almost dead under the killing, the Mongol army rushed in and began to solve them all.

In terms of massacres, the Mongol army began with Genghis Khan and accumulated a hundred years of experience. Moreover, there is never a word here in Mongolia that they will massacre when they occupy it, and they will slaughter it all when they leave, and they must not leave it to the enemy.

At this time, the Song army outside the city also felt something, because the firepower of the Mongol army at the head of the city began to weaken. This is a feeling that only people who have been on the front line can have. The Song army fired one shot, and if the enemy changed from ten shots to one shot, it would be easy to feel it. But the enemy went from firing ten shots to nine shots, and although it is impossible to quantify, he can feel it.

Zheng Jie, the commander-in-chief this time, listened to the vague report from the front, and the first thought in his heart was not that the Mongolian army was going to run away. At this time, the chief of staff had already said directly: "The Mongols can't be deceiving us again, right?" ”

The Battle of Dadu was the first time that the enemy had engaged in a full-scale firearm encounter. In the past, it was the Song army that caused a rain of bullets to the enemy, and the Song army at that time really felt super refreshing. At this time, the Song army found that it was an extremely terrible thing to advance against the rain of bullets. Bullets come whizzing, and if you take a random shot, you will be seriously injured, and if you are a little unlucky, you will die.

The Mongol defenders, on the other hand, were very cunning, and they would often slow down the density of their shots during the heavy fire of muskets. The Song army thought that the Mongol army did not have enough gunpowder, so they launched a fierce attack. As a result, the approaching Song army suffered heavy casualties in the face of a storm of bullets fired by the Mongol army, and had to retreat.

Therefore, both the chief of staff and the commander felt that this was a trick that the Mongols were ready to play again. Zheng Jie ordered, "We will also slow down the rate of fire." See what tricks the Mongols will have. ”

The Mongols at the head of the city also clearly felt the decline in the firepower of the Song army. They continued to slow down the rate of fire, and the Song army followed suit. As the fight continued, both sides stopped.

The Mongol officers were quite surprised, and Marshal Boyan had predicted when they asked them to do this before, and the Song army would definitely cooperate to slow down. When everyone stopped fighting, it was time for the Mongol army to completely remove the city wall and begin to prepare to run quietly. Many people think that Boyan is handsome, this is nonsense. I didn't expect things to be as Brian Shuai expected.

Now there is no need to talk nonsense, and the Mongol army quietly withdrew the city wall. Although they also inflicted many casualties on the Song army, being shelled and bulleted at the head of the city was also a nightmare experience for the Mongols. As long as they were exposed to the fire of the Song army, God knows when they would be killed by a bullet or a shell. Leave this cruel battlefield quietly and never come back, this is what the Mongolian army expects.

As a result, there was silence at the head of the capital, blackened by the smoke of gunpowder, as if there had never been a fierce battle here. The withdrawn Mongol troops, with their titles and horseshoe wraps, quietly moved in the bloody capital. They quietly left the north gate and began to retreat in the direction of Wild Fox Ridge.

Yehuling is located in the area of Zhangjiakou, which was once a famous battlefield where the Mongols inflicted heavy losses on the Jin army. After the Battle of Yehuling, most of the main forces of the Jin Kingdom were killed and wounded, and they could no longer compete with the Mongol army. After leaving Yehuling, the Mongol army could directly enter the steppe, and the Song army could no longer catch up with them.

The strange silence on the battlefield did not make the Song army bold, but made the Song army more nervous. The cunning and tenacity of the Mongol army in these days left a deep impression on the Song army. The Mongols, who had firearms, were more cunning and tenacious, and they also consumed more of the energy of the Song army. In addition, the Song army did not formulate any new siege tactics at this time, and the previous firefights were at most a regular fight. Now that everyone is quiet, Song Jun also wants to take a break.

From morning to afternoon, not a single shot was fired in the city. This news was good news for the tired Song army, so the news did not reach the Song army headquarters until the evening. After hearing this, Zheng Jie felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. He was worried that the Mongol army would suddenly attack the Song army in the middle of the night, so he asked the Song army to be cautious.

The next day, it was bright, and Song Jun, who had been fine all night, was also relieved. At this time, the Song army, which was ordered to completely encircle Dadu, set off, Zheng Jie rejoiced in his heart, as long as a comprehensive siege was adopted, the Mongol army would be unable to fly.

By the afternoon, Song Jun finally felt that something was not quite right. One of the troops mustered up the courage to approach slowly, and finally reached the head of the capital by evening. Looking at the empty city, the troops hurriedly informed Zheng Jie. Commander Zheng Jie went up to the city, and in the last rays of the sun before the sun set, his experience told him that the Mongols had already run!

When the last ray of sunlight disappeared, Zheng Jie's face could no longer tell whether it was black or yellow, and he only heard him mutter: "Fooled!" ”