Chapter 70: Mutiny
The Mongol camp established by Kublai Khan occupies an area of Aurora, almost occupying the entire east of Xiangyang City, which looks extremely messy, but it has clear layers inside.
Kublai Khan did not set up a tent, the tent he lived in, in the camp of the Chinese army, at least you can find a tent of the same specification at the time, in order to prevent the sneak attack of the Central Plains martial arts people, his father Torre suffered a loss on this, if it were not for Guo Jing to take care of the old feelings, I am afraid that there is no Kublai Khan in this world.
If there was no Guo Jing back then, perhaps, as early as twenty years ago, the Song Dynasty would no longer exist, if Guo Jing had been ruthless to kill Andatore for the great cause of the nation, Mongolia may still be in a divided situation, and there is no way to take care of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Many stories that seem magnificent and singable, if you extrapolate from the ending, are actually just the right people meeting at the right time, and then normal things happen, far less touching than starting from the beginning.
Kublai Khan was a little restless tonight, walked out of the king's tent, and had his own personal guards to follow him, even in this Mongolian camp, for the guards around him, Kublai Khan never relaxed, especially knowing that at this moment, in the opposite Xiangyang City, gathered a lot of martial arts masters of the Great Song Dynasty, even if he was in Mongolia, Kublai Khan had heard that most of the so-called masters were lawless, and what they wanted to do was basically contrary to the strict military discipline of the troops.
He believed that under the current situation, the king of Xiangyang probably would not really send someone to assassinate him, this was a military camp, different from Xiangyang City, and the chances of success were so slim that they could hardly be seen. But he also knew that those warriors of the Song people might not listen to the words of the king of Xiangyang, the rivers and lakes and the court were like two parallel lines, even if they were gathered together because of national hatred and family hatred, the two were destined not to have much intersection.
I want to completely control those martial artists with unruly personalities. Even Guo Jing has never done it, every time the battle of Xiangyang, for the Mongols, what they feel the most is not the strength of the defenders of Xiangyang, but the various assassination methods of those elusive Song warriors.
Looking beyond the dark night sky, cast in the direction of Xiangyang City, even if it is dark night, more than ten miles apart, you can still clearly see the head of Xiangyang City illuminated by the light of the torch as bright as day. Groups of night guards moved around the city from time to time, and occasionally a torch could be seen falling from the city, illuminating the ground, which was a way to prevent night attacks.
This king of Xiangyang, at least in terms of defense, even Kublai Khan couldn't find fault, and the other side had put an end to any possible attack from the outside.
The corners of his mouth suddenly pulled up a cold smile. In the moonlight, with a bit of evil spirit. There is also a bit of ruthless domineering, and many times, it is never the battlefield itself that determines the final outcome of the war, but depends on the battlefield, as the Mongol prince, one of the crown princes who are qualified to enter the throne of the Khan. Kublai Khan's gaze was often able to jump out of the way and measure the entire battlefield at a high enough height.
Li Xuan was calculating, how could Kublai Khan, as the future founding emperor of Mongolia, not have his own calculations. It's just that who can laugh at the end, but can only look at the result.
There was a sudden noise in the distance, faintly accompanied by the sound of the collision of weapons, Kublai Khan frowned slightly, the Mongolian military law is strict, and there is rarely a mutiny, and his eyes can't help but look in the direction where the noise came from.
Slave camps?
Jian Mei raised slightly, originally in a good mood, gave birth to a little anger, thought about it, beckoned, and ordered a personal guard to inquire about the news, and soon got the answer, but the result made Kublai Khan a little surprised, it was these damn slaves who had a conflict with the Mongol army, when, those slaves also had such courage?
However, as the detailed process continued to be spoken from the mouth of the guard, Kublai Khan's originally somewhat annoyed expression began to become heavy, the story was not complicated, but the information revealed in it was very strict.
In this battle, the slave army played a great role, and it was able to force Xiangyang City to the current state, relying on the slave army's human lives to consume most of the Song army's energy, but in the same way, the consumption of the slave army was greater, hundreds of thousands of slave troops, and the remaining were less than 100,000 until now, which greatly alleviated the dilemma of food shortage.
If it is integrated, maybe the Great Mongolia will add another elite, and even Kublai Khan is ready to select the elite among the surviving slaves to form a new army after the end of this war, and he even thought of the name.
However, everything has advantages and disadvantages, every day without interruption in the Mongolian iron cavalry scimitar strong bow under the threat of flesh and blood to meet the Song people's raindrops of arrows, the heart of the Mongolian resentment has already reached a limit, although because of the Mongolian army, do not dare to openly turn against the other, but the contradictions between the two sides are deepening, the proud Mongols look down on these former vanquished, and the slaves for the Mongols like an animal-like attitude, is also resentful.
Kublai Khan had been careful to control this contradictory balance, and even recently the food in the slave camps had been greatly improved, and even began to equip these slaves with weapons.
But many times, once the seeds of hatred are planted, it is difficult to completely eradicate them, not to mention, there are irreconcilable contradictions between the two sides, but they have been suppressed by Kublai Khan with extraordinary skills and cannot explode, but tonight, an accident completely detonated the contradictions.
A man named Cha Lili died inexplicably in front of a Mongolian ten-man who was patrolling the night tonight, and there was no one at the scene except the ten-master.
This matter itself is not a complicated matter, someone killed Cha Li and was discovered by the ten-commander, but such an explanation seems unlikely to be valid in this heavily guarded military camp, and Cha Li has a lot of prestige in the slave army, and it is even more coincidental that the ten-master who found the body had a conflict with Cha Li during the day, and even almost caused a mutiny.
As a result, there seems to be another explanation in the story, the ten-master felt that his dignity had been provoked because of the day's events, and by chance or premeditated, he encountered a reasonable investigation, and the two disagreed, and the ten-division was reasonable, and this explanation seemed to be more acceptable.
This matter, in fact, is not a big deal, the slave army was bullied by the Mongolian arrogant soldiers is not a matter of one or two times, especially under the high-pressure policy of the Mongols, there has never been a sign of rebellion, this time, I just want to find an explanation, even if the prestige of the past is very high, but now, it is just a dead man, and it will not cause a mutiny.
But then things gradually went out of shape, the Mongolian ten-division naturally wouldn't explain anything to a group of slaves, even if he hadn't done it, he wouldn't explain it to a group of slaves, that kind of thing, in his opinion, was a cowardly cousin, but in the eyes of more and more slaves, this became an arrogant and domineering cousin after committing the crime, and in the chaos, I don't know who made the hand, the Mongolian ten-division with stunned and angry eyes, incredibly clutched his throat, and his burly body fell to the ground.
Such a result was not expected by either side, although the Mongol warriors were brutal, but they were extremely united internally, and in a fit of rage, they naturally drew their swords against these damned slaves, and in an instant, more than a dozen slave soldiers fell in a pool of blood.
Fallen under the enemy's knife, that is not as good as people, there is nothing to say, but now, for the sake of desperate objects, not only regard them as cattle, but also do not hesitate to kill, if in peacetime, maybe a breath will endure, but now the slave army left behind, are all during this time, in the Xiangyang defenders of the baptism of arrows survived, the big waves wash the sand, what remains, naturally are thorns, when a group of thorns gather together, the contradiction that exists is naturally erupted.
First, the two Mongolian centurions who beat the hardest died inexplicably in the crowd, and then a whole squad of Mongolian warriors suddenly fell uncontrollably, and then were trampled to death by the crowd.
By the time Kublai Khan arrived, the situation had become uncontrollable.
"Stop!" Kublai Khan's heart sank, and he was already keenly aware of the slightest mistake in the description of Guò's previous personal guards, but it was still a little late, and seeing that he had fallen into a scuffle, he couldn't think about it, and could only hope to use his prestige to forcibly control the commotion.
"Captain Qiandao, it's Kublai Khan, should we ......" In the crowd, several strange figures were mixed in the crowd, but they did not approach the front of the battlefield, although it seemed that they had been advancing, but the position did not seem to change, one of the men squeezed next to another slave army who looked petite, and said in a low tone, and in the end, he also made a killing posture, which was extremely inconspicuous in the chaotic crowd.
"No need~" Qiandaoyue looked over the crowd and glanced at Kublai Khan, but finally his eyes fell on the Golden Wheel Dharma King who followed Kublai Khan's side, that is an enemy who can fight with the master without dying, Qiandaoyue doesn't think that just by virtue of this group of guys who have barely reached the lower forbearance, they can assassinate Kublai Khan under the escort of the Golden Wheel Dharma King and a large number of Mongolian elites, and shook his head very decisively: "The goal has been achieved, notify the other squads, retreat!" ”
It is obviously not only this wave of people who is causing chaos, but also similar situations in other directions, but Kublai Khan is closer to this and can feel it in time, while several other directions do not have such good luck. (To be continued......)