"Great Khan, we might as well cross the Yellow River and open a gap on the south bank of the Yellow River." Ali Hague made a vicious suggestion.

With Zhuyu, who led the Song army to return north from the Yellow River, Ali Hague's suggestion quickly gained a lot of recognition. Zhang Hongfan nodded again and again, and replied loudly: "That's how it should be!" Let those Nanban know that it is powerful. ”

Seeing that Zhang Hongfan also supported him, Ali Hague said excitedly: "We broke the mouth north of Bianliang and directly flooded Bianliang City." ”

When Kublai Khan heard this, he couldn't help but sneer, "Hmph, you can think about it." ”

Ali Hague hurriedly replied: "Great Khan, now there are only Han people left in Bianliang City. With the practice of the southern barbarians, only Han Chinese were left wherever they went. Since the Han people are unwilling to be loyal to the Mongols, let the Han people all die. ”

Ali Hague was full of emotions when he said this, and he had seen the disposition of the Song army on the way south, and he already knew that Mongolia had met a real opponent. In the Han region, the Han Chinese were much more numerous than the Mongols. If the Mongols and the Song Kingdom were to fight against each other like this, the Mongols would definitely not be able to consume the Han people. That being the case, Ali Hague, according to the Mongol culture, naturally believed that the Han Chinese had to be weakened as much as possible.

When Zhang Hongfan heard this, his face became difficult to look at. In any case, Zhang Hongfan still considers himself a Han rather than a Mongol. If Ali Hague's view continues to ferment, sooner or later it will affect Yandi Han people like Zhang Hongfan.

Kublai Khan could fully understand Ali Hague's point of view, but he also knew that this must not be done now, the Song army was only just operating north of the Yellow River, and Mongolia was far from the point where the dog jumped over the wall. So Kublai Khan scolded: "Ali Hague, what nonsense are you talking about! ”

Ali Hague bowed his head, not because he thought he was wrong, but because he sensed that Kublai Khan really wanted him to shut up. Just when the situation was in an embarrassment, Marshal Boyan spoke: "Great Khan, this matter has completely exceeded our expectations, it is better to send a messenger to ask Song Jun what he wants to do." ”

This suggestion is really surprising, but when you think about it, it may not be unreasonable. Zhang Hongfan asked, "Then what am I going to do at this time?" Ready to cross the river? ”

Marshal Boyan replied coldly: "What can you do after crossing the river?" is to break the embankment, at least call Guo Shoujing first. I'm waiting to dig on the shore, I'm afraid it's half the effort. ”

Guo Shoujing is a water conservancy expert in Mongolia, and even Mongolian nobles feel that they are by no means inferior to him, and immediately no one says anything else. Boyan continued: "Great Khan, I thought it was imperative to meet with Marshal Ashu first. As far as the path he walked, he was afraid that he had been isolated south of the Yellow River. ”

Even if Boyan Dashuai's voice was cold, everyone could hear how deep the regret was in the words 'south of the Yellow River', that is, even Kublai Khan couldn't help but smile bitterly.

At dawn the next day, the Mongol army sent an envoy to the Song army's camp north of the Yellow River, and the Song army did not embarrass the Mongol envoy, taking him on board to bypass the mouth of the new river and arrive at the north bank of the Yellow River, which was rapidly turning southward. Knowing the envoy's intention, Zhao Jiaren wrote a letter for the Mongol envoy to bring back to Kublai Khan.

The envoy returned to Huaxian, and Kublai Khan took the letter and read it. In the letter, Zhao Jiaren told Kublai Khan that if Kublai Khan wanted peace, the two sides would use the Yellow River as the boundary. If Kublai Khan did not want peace, Zhao Jiaren suggested that the two sides agree on a battlefield for a decisive battle. The Song army is 100,000 people, and Kublai Khan is willing to use as many people as he wants. Even if Kublai Khan could bring out an army of one million, the Song army didn't care, just used 100,000 people to meet the battle.

After reading such a childish letter, Kublai Khan first sneered and slapped the letter on the table, and then couldn't help but curse a few words to the air. After venting, Kublai Khan felt that the hatred in his heart had disappeared for a while, so he asked the envoy viciously, "Are you sure that Zhao Jiaren is north of the Yellow River?" ”

“…… I don't know Zhao Jiaren either. But that's what Song Jun said. The messenger replied.

Kublai Khan immediately replied: "Then find someone who knows Zhao Jiaren to meet Zhao Jiaren, and say that I am willing to talk about the matter of using the Yellow River as the boundary." ”

The people who have seen Zhao Jiaren are all people from the Ministry of Rites, and these people have not been involved in the war. After some searching, I finally found a Song traitor in the Mongolian army. As Mongol envoys, they went to the Song army camp again. The Mongol army has not been idle in the past few days, and after measurement, the Mongol army found that if it wants to cross the Yellow River, it must cross the river from Luoyang. If you march with the infantry army, it is estimated that it will take a month to cross the Yellow River and then kill it. A month later, the Song army was afraid that the embankment had been repaired.

In this toss, another three or four days passed. When the Mongol mission, including the Song traitors, returned to Huaxian, the Song army built more than a mile of embankments on both sides of the Yellow River. These two embankments were built opposite each other, and the straight-line distance between them was only more than three miles, and the people who repaired the embankments on both sides could clearly see each other during the day. At this time, the Song army had already begun to erect high poles at both ends of the embankment and prop up several ziplines. Although it was not yet possible to travel to and from people, it was possible to transmit wired telegraphy by wire. The first order sent by Zhao Jiaren was to beware of a sneak attack by the Mongol cavalry.

"Are you sure it's Zhao Jiaren?" Kublai Khan stared at the Song traitors in the Mongol mission.

"Back to Your Majesty, it's really Zhao Jiaren!" Song Traitor hurriedly replied tremblingly.

"And what are you afraid of?" Kublai Khan asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister is worried that Zhao Jiaren will kill the minister." Song traitor told the truth directly.

To such a timid fellow, Kublai Khan said angrily: "Hmph! Where did he dare to kill the messenger! ”

Song Traitor immediately lowered his head deeply. Whether it is Zhao Jiaren or Kublai Khan, he can't offend, these two want to kill, and no one can stop them.

Letting Song traitors go down, Kublai Khan asked, "What do you think?" ”

Zhang Hongfan immediately replied: "The minister thought that he would immediately send cavalry to cross the river and first disperse the camp of the Song army in Henan. Then it depends on the situation. ”

After listening to the opinion of the main battle faction, Kublai Khan did not want to ask anyone else. I wonder if there are still people in the main battle faction who want to foolishly suggest a head-on battle with the Song army. According to the latest survey of the new river channel, after half a month of erosion, the new river channel has expanded to almost a mile wide, and the river is turbulent, and there is no way to cross it. In this case, to fight Zhao Jiaren, then you have to rush the barracks, or ask Zhao Jiaren to fight head-on.

So the Great Khan asked Boyan directly, "Boyan, what do you think?" ”

Boyan replied, "Great Khan, let's evacuate this place first." This place is too close to Zhao Jiaren, and it is difficult for our army to show it. ”

"Withdrawal?" Kublai Khan felt a little confused. Now Zhao Jiaren has almost blocked the Yellow River, and the withdrawal is just to give Zhao Jiaren time, in case Zhao Jiaren has blocked the Yellow River in the process of withdrawing, this will become the Mongolian army north of the Yellow River, and the Song army south of the Yellow River. That's a fart!

"No way!" Kublai Khan immediately shook his head in disapproval.

Boyan replied: "If the Great Khan insists on fighting, then you might as well send cavalry to cross the Yellow River and raid Bianliang first." See if you can disrupt the Song army. If it can be disturbed, let the cavalry continue to engage the Song army. If not, then withdraw from Luoyang. ”

"Tsk!" Kublai Khan couldn't help but be speechless. He fought with Zhao Jiaren more than ten years ago, and knew that Zhao Jiaren had never fought unprepared battles. If he saw that the situation was not right, Zhao Jiaren would rather have few gains than act rashly. Of course, if Zhao Jiaren starts to act, there will be nothing to talk about. Kublai Khan still remembers the action of the Mongol army to kill the Mongol army during the Battle of Ezhou more than ten years ago, when Zhao Jiaren broke through the Mongolian pontoon bridge.

Just when the Mongol monarchs and ministers were hesitant about how to fight next, someone outside reported, "Great Khan, Marshal Ashu's envoy is here!" ”

Kublai Khan was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Let him come in." ”

Marshal Ashu, who had not been in contact for a long time, finally sent an envoy, and the Mongolian generals all smiled. As soon as the envoy entered, he replied to Marshal Ashu's movements. The marshal led 40,000 Mongol troops westward, and the originally planned route was to take the route from Shandong to Henan, to the north bank of the Yellow River, and then along the Yellow River to the west, to join Kublai Khan.

Unexpectedly, after arriving on the north bank of the Yellow River, the envoys sent north were stopped by a large river that appeared inexplicably. When I asked the locals, they told me that they didn't know which river suddenly burst and rushed with such a large amount of water. Marshal Ashu sent a large number of cavalry to reconnoitre, and finally found that it was the Song army that dug the north bank of the Yellow River. He did not dare to march rashly, so he camped on the south bank of the Yellow River, more than 100 miles away from the Song army, and sent envoys to contact Kublai Khan.

For Marshal Ashu's caution, Kublai Khan appreciated it very much. He then ordered the envoy to go back immediately and tell Ah Shu that he should cross the Yellow River and join Kublai Khan.

No one in the Mongol army proposed stupid words such as a two-sided attack, and if the 40,000 people of Ashu fought with the Song army, the Song army could use the advantage of the naval army to block the Yellow River and concentrate the infantry army to attack Ashu. It looks like a two-sided situation, but in fact, Ah Shu is completely alone. For these battle-hardened Mongol generals, they will not be stupid.

But even if they could make the right response, the Mongol generals still couldn't find a way to defeat the Song army. In such a dilemma, Zhang Hongfan put forward a new suggestion, "Maybe Zhao Jiaren has a false name, if all the cavalry of our army crosses the river to the south, I think it can turn the Song army upside down!" ”

In fact, this idea has popped up in the hearts of Mongolian monarchs and ministers. Kublai Khan found it difficult to resist the temptation to underestimate his opponent even in his battle-hardened self. However, Kublai Khan resisted this temptation, because he knew that this was an evil way in the art of war. Although he had never learned 'materialism', Kublai Khan understood from the rich experience of the Mongol war that if he did not know the strength of the other side, he would send troops to test it. All the results of the trial must be faced as some kind of bottom line. And the battle between the Mongolian army and Zhao Jiaren proved one thing, as long as he relied on the rivers, lakes and seas, Zhao Jiaren always seemed to be able to show terrifying combat effectiveness.