Putting Hao Jing's prayer post on the table, Zhang Shijie's eyes couldn't help but fall on the stack of Da Song Daily on the corner of the table. After arriving in Lin'an, the physical distance between Zhao Jiaren and the official family of the Great Song Dynasty was shortened, and Zhang Shijie, as the commander of the forbidden army, could finally get the "Great Song Daily", the organ newspaper of the political hall, more synchronously.

The style of this newspaper of the Great Song Dynasty is relatively close to that of the 21st century, printed in lead and ink, and has two four-page and eight-page pages. It's all news, editorials, and all sorts of popular science stuff. After Hao Jing came to Lin'an, the Great Song Daily only published a very simple piece of news, but this news meant that Mongolia's attitude towards the Great Song Dynasty had changed.

Among all the officials of the Great Song Dynasty, the first to see Hao Jing was Zhang Shijie. It was still the time when Zhang Shijie was a Mongolian, and he followed Zhang Rou as a personal follower. Hao Jing was reading in Zhang Rou's library. The two met, occasionally talked, and got a name. It's just such a friendship. Later, Zhang Shijie committed an accident, and in order to save his life, he ran to the Southern Song Dynasty and became Lu Wende's subordinate.

This Zhang Rou is Kublai Khan's favorite general, although he is a famous general, the most famous is his ninth son Zhang Hongfan. Now Zhang Hongfan is a Mongolian marshal with great achievements.

Old acquaintances came to visit, Zhang Hongfan wanted to see him, at least to hear what mission Hao Jing had brought to visit. However, he felt that it was not appropriate to do so. The position of the commander of the Imperial Guards is not high, but the status is very high. This position symbolizes 'absolute loyalty', and the life and death of the official family is in the hands of the commander of the Imperial Guards. Now if it is advertised that the commander of the Imperial Forest Army is not a native of the Great Song Dynasty, this is not appropriate.

But when he thought of the mission brought by Hao Jing, Zhang Shijie couldn't help it. So another thought came to mind, according to Zhao Jiaren's point of view, whether it is the Northern Han people of the Great Song Dynasty or Mongolia, they are all Chinese, and it should be no problem for two Chinese to meet. With this idea of self-deception, Zhang Shijie invited Hao Jing in.

"Commander Zhang, I haven't seen you for many years, but you still have the same style." Hao Jing said to Zhang Shijie in northern dialect.

Listening to the familiar local accent, Zhang Shijie couldn't help but smile bitterly. However, he only smiled bitterly and asked Hao Jing to sit down. Hao Jing came up and said straight to the point: "This time, I am ordered by Your Majesty to canonize Zhao Jiaren as the emperor of the Song Kingdom. ”

Zhang Shijie only felt that his heart was beating violently. He hurriedly asked, "And then?" ”

Hao Jing first made a big statement to scare Zhang Shijie, and then he skillfully did not mention Zhao Jiaren's reaction, but changed the direction, "Commander Zhang, as far as you are concerned, is there any harm to peace negotiations to your two countries?" ”

When resisting Mongolia, Zhang Shijie was very determined. However, precisely because he was not in the rear, his attitude towards the war was no different from that of those front-line soldiers. Nodding, Zhang Shijie replied, "Of course it doesn't hurt." ”

Listening to Zhang Shijie's words in support of peace, Hao Jing felt a burst of joy in his heart. Then he listened to Zhang Shijie continue: "If you cut the land to pay tribute, then forget it." ”

At this time, Hao Jing's mood plummeted, and he asked Zhang Shijie angrily, "If you don't call yourself a minister, cut the land, and pay tribute." How can I, the Great Mongolian, think that the Song Kingdom is sincerely seeking peace? ”

Zhang Shijie asked rhetorically without hesitation: "If I don't withdraw from the territory of my Great Song Dynasty and return the people and finances of the Great Song Dynasty that I have taken away, how can my Great Song Dynasty think that Mongolia really wants to negotiate peace?" ”

These words are not Zhang Shijie's own opinions, but a request made at a meeting in Fuzhou on the future of the Great Song Dynasty. Zhao Jiaren said very clearly, "We can discuss what is national interest, but there is nothing to discuss on the issue of national interest that has been determined." All officials have to comply. Whoever doesn't agree, whoever wants to come up with his own statement, will get out immediately! Never Hiring! ”

Hao Jing wanted to play tricks, but he didn't expect Zhang Shijie to be sure that Zhao Jiaren's statement was no different from his request after listening to Hao Jing's words. It was not that the Great Song Dynasty could not negotiate peace with Mongolia, but it had to be based on reciprocal peace and peace in a non-invaded state. It was probably certain that Zhao Jiaren did not violate the rules formulated, and Zhang Shijie felt that the curiosity in his heart was basically satisfied, and his suspicion was exonerated.

The next day, the Dasong Daily, the organ of the political affairs hall, wrote an editorial about peace talks with Mongolia. The editorial believes that peace is not a bad thing for the Great Song Dynasty, but the national interests must not be harmed. Therefore, he resolutely refused to accept the demands of being a vassal, ceding land, and paying tribute. It is okay to negotiate peace, but it is by no means to seek peace! At the end of the editorial, he forcefully proposed, "If we seek peace through struggle, we will live in peace, and if we seek peace through compromise, we will die peacefully." What we want now is to launch a military counterattack against the Mongol invaders and restore the territory of the Great Song Dynasty first! ’

After reading this, I saw Hao Jing again, and Zhang Shijie had a complete understanding of the current situation. Even though he knew that it would be difficult to fight back against Mongolia, Zhang Shijie did not feel that the six gods were masterless.

Zhao Jiaren is not just talking. Swords were the most effective means of communication with the Mongols, and although it was winter, the 30 battalions of the Song army set out from Rizhao and Xuzhou and marched towards Yanzhou and Qingzhou in Shandong and Dezhou in eastern Henan.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Kublai Khan once again received the news that the Song army was ravaging Shandong. Guide Mansion was originally owned by the Great Song Dynasty, but it was abandoned after the Battle of Xiangyang. The Song army only surrounded and annihilated the city garrison of a few hundred people in Guide Province, and killed the Mongolian officials and Song traitors in Guide Province by the way. Compared with the loss of Shandong, this loss of Guide is nothing at all.

The main Mongol force of 200,000 was on both sides of the Yangtze River, and the Huaidong Song army took advantage of the advantage of the inner line to launch an attack. Shi Tianze originally knew Kublai Khan's thoughts, and once the Mongolian army in the Yangtze River valley returned, the campaign to destroy the Song Dynasty would probably come to an end. Not to mention, Kublai Khan actually didn't want to give up the Yangtze River basin at all. So he was reluctant to order the return of the main forces.

The current situation no longer allows for such hesitation, either order the main Mongol force to return to defend against the Song army, or order the Mongol main force to fight a decisive battle with Zhao Jiaren in the south of the Yangtze River. Shi Tianze is torn between these two options.

"Order the pro-army to go south." Kublai Khan said in an indignant tone.

"No!" Shi Tianze immediately objected.

"No!" At the same time, Gorten objected.

The Han minister and the Mongolian nobleman glanced at each other, and Shi Tianze spoke first: "Your Majesty, use a knife to kill chickens." If there is a mistake, most of them will open the door. ”

Kublai Khan glared at Shi Tianze, even though he knew that this was very reasonable, but Kublai Khan's unhappy mood did not have a good impression of it. After Shi Tianze finished speaking, Gorten said in Mongolian: "Great Khan, if that traitor in Haidu takes the opportunity to make a move, what kind of soldiers will the Great Khan use to beat him?" ”

Kublai Khan's expression became even more grim. Is it only a pound? Haidu is a member of the Golden Family, the grandson of Wokotai, and his son is only a catty? The Lost Son. He once supported Ali Buge and Kublai Khan in his struggle for the throne. After Ali Buge's defeat, Haidu established the Ögedai Khanate on the Xinjiang side.

Ali Buge or Haidu, the political concept is that 'Mongolians want to live the life of Mongolians', and resolutely oppose Kublai Khan's policy of sinicization. Genghis Khan unified the Mongols, and both Torre and Möngke had the power to give orders in the various Mongol khanates and tribes. Although Kublai Khan claimed to have succeeded his elder brother Möngke Khan, he was supposed to be the lord of Mongolia. However, his so-called inheritance is not the traditional inheritance of the Mongols, if according to the Mongol tradition, the various Khans and tribes of the Mongols gather together and then jointly elect the Great Khan.

Father's inheritance and son's inheritance, or brother's end and brother's death, that is the routine of the Han people. The Great Khan of Mongolia must have been elected by the Mongol ministries at the General Assembly. Kublai Khan, who did not have this formality, was not recognized. It was not only Haidu who had this view, but many Mongols in Han China, even though they recognized Kublai Khan's power over them, they also believed that Kublai Khan's coming to power was not in accordance with Mongolian rules.

Gorten had fought against Zhao Jiaren's army, and he knew that there was no way to destroy Zhao Jiaren's army without paying a huge price. Needless to say, the Mongol pro-army under Kublai Khan failed, even if this pro-army suffered relatively large losses, a large number of Mongols would rise up against Kublai Khan.

Even a million households understand the truth, how can a hero like Kublai Khan not understand. It was also angry to send out the pro-army, and the Mongol Khan never expected that he would pinch Song Guo's neck and beat him severely, and he was about to beat Song Guo to death. Unexpectedly, after the surrender of the Song Emperor, the Song State showed its strength. Judging from the results, Kublai Khan gave birth to a powerful Song state, which was unacceptable to the Mongol Great Khan.

Haojie is a hero, even if he is angry in his heart, Kublai Khan still issued a new order, "Tell Boyan that if you can fight a decisive battle with the Song State, you will fight a decisive battle with them, and if you feel that it is unnecessary, you will send troops back to help." ”

This edict was sent to the Boyan Marshal in an expedited manner of 800 miles, so a quarrel broke out under the command of the Boyan Marshal in Ezhou. Of course, Boyan himself felt that there was no need to fight any further, and Marshal Ah Shu also held the same opinion. Marshal Ali Hague has been here in Hunan and Hubei, and he feels that he has to really compete with Zhao Jiaren.

Looking at the ugly faces of Boyan and Ah Shu, Ali Hague smiled and said, "Dashuai, the decisive battle with Zhao Jiaren may not be in Jiangnan. Please don't withdraw to the north yet, and I'll take my deployment to Guide Province. After recapturing Defu, he continued to fight Zhao Jiaren to the east. If he can win, the big marshal can go down the river and attack from both sides. ”

This strategic idea is full of Mongol style, and when it takes a lot of losses to break through the defense, the Mongols will choose to maneuver. A two-thousand-mile detour on maneuvering is not a problem. For such a plan, Boyan felt that it was feasible. However, he told Ali Hague that if he couldn't do it, he would quickly reply. The current Mongol army has been out to fight for several years, and since there is no way to eliminate the Song State and let the soldiers get the land on the spot, let everyone go home as soon as possible.

Ali Hague was also a Mongolian marshal and was naturally clear about these. After he assured Boyan, he led 40,000 soldiers and horses on the road to Guide Province.