If Jiang Guangtou had a previous life, he would definitely be named Du Chong. This man first served as an official in the Southern Song Dynasty, and when the Jin soldiers went south, they dug the Yellow River and tried to block the Jin soldiers with the flooding Yellow River water. As a result, the Jin soldiers did not stop it, and the overflowing Yellow River rushed south into Surabaya to seize the Huai into the sea, drowning 200,000 people at that time. Since then, the Yellow River has turned south after reaching Bianliang, and it has been divided into several streams during the flood season, and only one main stream during the drought season. River changes are frequent. Coupled with the war, the rich Jianghuai land of the Great Song Dynasty was made miserable.

Compared with the changes downstream, the Yellow River up Bianliang is barely stable. Therefore, after the Song army captured Xuchang, there was only one Mongol stronghold left in the southern section of the Yellow River, Bianliang. The Mongol Khan Kublai Khan was very upset when he heard the news, and the next news made the Mongol Khan even more irritable.

The Song army did not wait in Xuchang stupidly, and after capturing Xuchang, the Song army marched to the area south of Xuchang. The Mongol army only had some county strongholds in that area, which were easily captured by the Song army. Within two months, only the Huaixi region, which was nominally subject to Mongolia, was left south of Xuchang. There are battle-hardened generals in the Mongolian court, and they know very well that Zhao Jiaren is clearly about his desire to recapture Huaixi.

Kublai Khan, the Great Khan above the court meeting, had a frosty face, and he said: "I want to send someone to the Song State to ask, Zhao Jiaren is using troops in Henan and Shandong, is he going to reopen the war and let our army go south?" ”

This accusation that Zhao Jiaren had undermined the stable status quo between Mongolia and the Song State was unreasonable from the Song State's point of view. However, in the ears of the courtiers of the Mongol court, they felt that the Great Khan had simply become an angel of peace. No one laughed at Kublai Khan, and in Mongolian tradition, there was no shame in negotiating peace with a powerful enemy. If the enemy is too strong to resist, it is not uncommon to defect to the enemy.

I heard that the Great Khan has the will to send an envoy, but he is only a catty? Hao Ren's heart was excited, and he almost impulsively immediately expressed his willingness to envoy to the Song State for the Great Khan. If the desire in his heart was as strong as Hao Ren's, ordinary Mongolians would have spoken a long time ago. But after all, Hao Ren is a Mongolian who has read a lot of books, and he still has basic cultivation skills. He kept silent, waiting to hear what everyone else had to say.

"Do you want to fight with Song Guo first?" Marshal Ashu put forward his opinion. This fight is just to let the Song State know that it is powerful through war, and then use the way of sending envoys to negotiate peace and achieve peace. There was already a very dovish position towards the Mongols.

"How?" Kublai Khan asked Ashu.

The marshal was also speechless for a moment. The actions of the Song army at this time were very similar to those of the Mongol army, both of which pursued field warfare. Marshal Ashu attacked Yangzhou, and the Song army in the city did not defend the city at all, so they went out directly and fought against Marshal Ashu. This is where Zhao Jiaren is very different from the previous Song Kingdom. It's just that the marshal is a marshal after all, and Marshal Ah Shu didn't choose to be silent in the end, he replied: "You have to drag the Song army into the field to fight." They can't be allowed to lean against the city. ”

Now this group of Song troops is very tricky, they will not be too far away from the city, but they will not nest in the city and not come out. The cavalry of the Mongol army could not gain the upper hand in such a tactical battle, so they could only walk around the city when they encountered it. The reason why the city appeared is because it has convenient transportation and is a gathering place for manpower, material resources and goods. If the Mongol army detoured around the city when they saw it, what did they fight for?

"Can you surround the point and send reinforcements?" Marshal Ali Hague gave his opinion. Since losing to Song Jun, he has also been thinking about a solution.

"Can you surround it?" Marshal Ah Shu asked rhetorically.

So Marshal Ali Hague was completely speechless. The 20,000 Song troops dared to go out of the city and take the initiative to attack, and the siege became meaningless. Even if heavy troops were sent to surround it, it would only make the Mongol army suffer from the lions inside the city and the tigers outside the city.

Kublai Khan's military attainments were not under these marshals, what the marshals had taken into account, Kublai Khan had already considered. The Great Khan of Mongolia said solemnly: "I will only send an envoy this time. If the Song State is obsessed, then it can only go south again. At that time, we couldn't be as polite as the previous southern expedition and kill everything we went. ”

"Great Khan, I would like to be a messenger!" Is it only a pound? Hao Ren felt that the time had come, and immediately came out to express his position. Even though he knew that such a hurried statement would make people feel that they were the Lord and the faction, Hao Ren did not want to lose the opportunity to make this mission.

The ministers watched the thousands of households of the Xiao'er family take the initiative to express their attitude, and they knew how urgent this person's mood was. Some people think it's because they're only a pound? Hao Ren knows that his son is only a catty? Kublai Khan's thoughts, so please Ying. There are also people who are equally interested, but they don't want to compete with Hao Renqianhu. There were also those who did not have confidence in this mission, and felt that the war would not stop at all, so they did not bother to participate.

No matter what kind of attitude everyone has, is it only a catty? After Hao Ren Qianhu spoke, the court maintained a cold scene for a period of time. In this situation, the Great Khan Kublai Khan found that unless he himself reversed his previous decision, he could only appoint Hao Ren Qianhu as an envoy. However, Hao Ren Qianhu was not Kublai Khan's intended envoy, so if he did this, things would look more complicated.

"See me later." The Great Khan used these words to make a temporary decision about the matter of the envoy.

After that, the discussion was about several large-scale water conservancy construction projects proposed by Guo Shoujing. Hao Ren doesn't know about water conservancy and has little interest in it. He has been reading "Xunzi" hard for a while recently, and he has become more and more impressed by this person's concept. Because of Xunzi, Hao Ren even read Han Feizi's book. While feeling that he had benefited a lot, Hao Ren became more and more concerned about the indescribable difference between Xunzi and other Confucian figures.

If you can discuss it with Zhao Jiaren face-to-face, you can probably solve Hao Ren's doubts. Even if Zhao Jiaren can't do it, at least he can visit those scholars in Jiangnan. When he heard that he could die, he knelt down to those scholars to study, and Hao Ren didn't think it was a problem.

Waiting for the end of the court meeting with trepidation, the Great Khan talked to other people. Hao Ren waited outside, waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting from morning to noon, from noon to afternoon, and finally a guard hurriedly came. When I looked up, it turned out to be Hao Ren's fellow senior brother Wang Donglu Qianhu.

He was also in his forties at this time, and his breathing was already slightly heavy when he was walking so fast. In front of Hao Ren, Wang Donglu said: "The Great Khan and Guo Shoujing talked about things on the map, and they didn't let others in at all. At this time, I was hungry and couldn't think of eating. I've also hastened to inform you that you're waiting too. And the Great Khan called thee with him. ”

Hao Ren was also hungry at this time, and when he heard about eating, there was saliva in his mouth. When he followed Wang Donglu to Kublai Khan's place, he saw that the steak had been placed on the table of the Great Khan. The beef has a thick layer of oil, and you will have an appetite just by looking at it.

Although Kublai Khan was impatient and wanted to kill people when he got angry, he was not a shelf-loving person. Hao Ren has fought and knows that being blind is harming others and himself. Guo Shoujing is an engineer, which is quite similar to the engineering dogs of later generations. These three people don't have so much trouble eating, and they all pursue to be full without deliberately causing trouble to others. So they all had a lot of fun.

Putting down his knife and fork, Kublai Khan asked Hao Ren, "Do you know what I want the Nanban to do?" ”

Hao Ren also immediately put down his knife and fork and replied, "Please indicate it to the Great Khan." ”

"Let the Song State be a vassal, cut the land, and pay tribute, this is probably not possible. So I just want to make a truce with the Song State for a few years. Since Zhao Jiaren wants to fight, we might as well have a good time in a few years. Kublai Khan said.

Hao Ren could understand what Kublai Khan said, so he asked puzzledly: "Since the Great Khan thinks so, why didn't he take advantage of Zhao Jiaren's attack on Huaixi and Hunan and Hubei to send troops?" ”

"Zhao Jiaren's little ghost is very cunning. Boyan and I both thought that he would go to take Huaixi first. Unexpectedly, he saw through Huaixi and other places that were unable to attack Jiangnan, so he relied on Huaidong to fight with us. Boyan didn't figure out how to use cavalry to break Zhao Jiaren's gun array and musket array for the time being. We can only make artillery muskets first. had to make an armistice with the Song State first. The emotion in Kublai Khan's voice was very unhappy.

After hearing these words, Hao Ren finally understood that it was Mongolia that could not find the flaws of the Song State, and was unwilling to fight the Song State at a huge cost. He hurriedly asked, "What does the Great Khan want Song to do?" ”

"Just return to the Defu and let Zhao Jiaren withdraw from Rizhao and retreat to Haizhou. Xuzhou and other places were also handed back to us. Kublai Khan said categorically.

Hao Ren waited for a while, and found that Kublai Khan did not continue to say more. This made him feel very surprised, didn't the Great Khan mention those 'Mongol territories' in Huaixi and Hunan, Hubei? After waiting for another moment, Kublai Khan still did not speak, and Hao Ren had to judge that the Great Khan was preparing to abandon those people. According to what Fang Cai said, the Song State knew that those people were relying on the power of the Mongols to exist, so they pressed the Mongols and continued to lose blood. Mongolia shed too much blood and wanted an armistice. Then as a bargaining chip for the truce, of course, those Song traitors were abandoned.

No! Mongolia watched the Song State itself in the civil war, and the people who died were all Song people, but they were very happy. Those traitors were frantically plundering in the Song Kingdom, to the extent that Hao Ren couldn't stand it. Even if this chaos passes, the local vitality will be greatly damaged.

Thinking of this, Hao Ren replied decisively: "Great Khan, I will definitely try my best to make the Song State withdraw its troops and stop fighting." ”

"Are you sure you can do it?" Kublai Khan asked.

Hao Ren said angrily: "When have I ever been afraid of war in Mongolia. Since I want a truce in Mongolia, I am sincere. I'm sure Zhao Jiaren understands this. If he is as heroic as he says, I think I can make it clear to him. ”

This answer is barely qualified. Although Kublai Khan was still surprised by Hao Ren's candidate, there was no reason why he had to reject Hao Ren. So Kublai Khan continued to ask: "You are a member of my family, so you are not afraid that the Song Kingdom will be unfavorable to you?" ”

"I have seen a lot of things in the Song Kingdom, but I want to look more carefully and prepare for the destruction of the Song Dynasty in the future." Hao Ren said sonorously and powerfully. He didn't dare to tell the Mongol Confucian teacher Kublai Khan the truth. If he knew that Hao Ren wanted to go to the Song Kingdom to study, he would definitely not be able to go.

Seeing that Hao Ren had a good attitude. Kublai Khan sighed slightly, "I'll let you go to the envoy." ”