In the northern border of the Great Song Dynasty, at the border between Jiangnan Road and Shandong Province under the jurisdiction of Mongolia, Zhang Ziqiang, Zong Ze, Gu Hao and others stood with ugly faces, behind them was the dense army of the Song Dynasty that stretched for dozens of miles, but the Mongolian army thousands of feet in front of them was only a few hundred thousand people.

No matter how resentful and unwilling they were, they could only watch the hundreds of thousands of Mongol troops calmly enter Shandong Province.

"King Chu, aren't they mistaken?" Gu Hao spat on the ground and said angrily, "How could it be so coincidental?"

"It's such a coincidence," Chu Mammo's face was full of regret, and he sighed, "It's a pity, it's just a little bit, if I give me two more days, I can leave all these people behind." ”

"Kublai Khan," the steel teeth clenched, Gu Hao clenched his five fingers, and said hatefully, "The revenge of the Marquis of the Southern Expedition, Benhou will definitely avenge him!"

Zong Ze, who was sitting on horseback, put down his horsewhip and sighed: "If King Wen hadn't killed the four of Meng Ge, my Great Song would have really lost home in this battle." ”

During the three days that Yao Ruoyu was Xu Xuanrong's protector, Zong Ze, Gu Hao, Zhang Ziqiang, Yue Yun and others also commanded the army to chase the Mongolian army for a while.

At first, they were afraid of an ambush, but after receiving the news from Zong Ze that Ding Yanzhi and others failed to besiege Yao Ruoyu and killed four Qijing, they immediately put aside their scruples and frantically pursued and killed the Mongolian army.

It's just that I never thought that on the way to chase and kill, Xin Qiji, Gu Hao, and Zhao Yi encountered an ambush along the way. The immortal cliff lord Meng Tuzhi and Jin Sansheng, who has been active in the north all the year round among the Seven Great Kou, made a sneak attack, seriously injuring Xin Qiji and Zhao Yi, Gu Hao protected the two and fought and retreated, and finally Xin Qiji died in battle, and Gu Hao and Zhao Yi fled in embarrassment.

This time Mongolia went south, and the Great Song Dynasty was called a great injury to its vitality. Three of the ten first-class military marquis were killed, Jiangnan Road, Jiangxi Road, Huainan Road, Jinghu North Road, and Chongqing Fu Road were all close to the whole territory, and the prefect and county did not know how many died.

If it weren't for Wen Bang's killing of the shamanic deputy head Su Rile Heke and the famous Mongolian founder Su Butai in Chongqing Mansion, as well as Yao Ruoyu's beheading of Meng Ge and other four Seven Realms, the Song Dynasty could barely save some face.

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When Zong Ze and others gritted their teeth in the face of the border, Kublai Khan, Ding Yanzhi, Batu and other high-level Mongolian leaders also gathered together and looked at the Great Song Dynasty territory opposite.

"This time, my Mongolia did not lose or gain, on the whole, it is still a loss!" Kublai Khan shook his head and sighed, "Although he looted two-thirds of the territory of the Song Dynasty, he only brought back one-tenth of the supplies, and he also lost six ...... of the Seven Realms."

Batu's face was pale, obviously his serious injuries had not healed, and he gritted his teeth and said: "The entire six Seven Realms, all of them died at the hands of Wen Bang, this hatred is not shared, he and I will come to the south again, and we will inevitably let the lives of Wen Bang be ruined, and the bones will become a mountain!"

Zhebei shook his head lightly and said solemnly: "King Nawen has achieved great momentum, and I am afraid that no one in the seven territories will be his opponent in the future, unless the Khan and the Heavenly Khan make a move, I am afraid that no one in our court will be his opponent." ”

Kublai Khan suddenly smiled and said, "When the national teacher is promoted to the Seven Realms one day, with these two ancient divine swords, I'm afraid he won't be afraid of King Wen, right?"

Ding Yanzhi bowed his head silently, his face was also a little pale, and it seemed that he had also been injured in the fierce battle in the previous three days.

Kublai Khan smiled and said indifferently: "Although there are some failures, at least the two keys to the layout of the national division this time have been achieved." ”

When everyone heard this, they all turned their heads to see that Ji Long, Meng Tuzhi and others were all from the martial arts, and they hadn't paid attention to Ding Yanzhi's plan before, but Batu and Zhebei seemed to have thought of something, and they all bowed their heads lightly.

Among the four kingdoms of China, Mongolia, as the overall military strength is second only to the Great Song Dynasty, although it seems to be strong on the surface, and with a large population and everyone is a soldier, it seems to be extremely powerful, but in fact, in recent years, the Mongolian high-level has found that Mongolia's overall strength has begun to decline.

There are many reasons for this, but the most important one is Mongolia's growing population.

The Song Dynasty was located in the southeast of China, not to mention the fertile soil, and there was a lot of entertainment on weekdays, such as teahouses and restaurants, Qinglou Le Fang, as well as Keju, sumo wrestling, business fans, parade sheds and vendors on the streets.

Mongolia is different, they don't have any entertainment projects, or they don't care about these, so most of the time, many Mongolians work hard to create people at home when they have nothing to do, and after a long time, the population naturally grows with an explosive trend.

Although population was indeed very important in ancient times, when it reached a certain limit, it would become a burden, especially in the north where the grain harvest was far less than in the south, so that many parts of Mongolia were flooded with people who rushed to grab food when they ran out of food.

Even though Kublai Khan, Batu, Ali Buge and others continued to deploy troops to suppress it, but the food problem was not solved, riots still occurred from time to time.

Therefore, under Ding Yanzhi's plan, there was a layout of Mongolia's 800,000 elites from the four realms going south.

First, 800,000 elites went south, and then 500,000 ordinary troops under the command of Ogedai and Batu went on the expedition. After this battle, the Mongolian army, which totaled 1.3 million people, was only a few hundred thousand, which directly solved the problem of Mongolia's population expansion.

All the people of Mongolia are soldiers, although 800,000 elite losses in the Great Song Dynasty, but the number of the four borders in the territory is still not a few, and the Song Dynasty, which has been greatly injured, does not dare to go north for at least five or six years, so long is enough for Mongolia to re-organize an elite army.

Besides, as the so-called big waves sweep the sand, 1.3 million people have been eliminated to only 100,000, and these survivors have greatly improved their temperament and skills, and over time, these 100,000 people will become the mainstay of Mongolia.

Raising his sleeves to cover his mouth and coughing a few times, Ding Yanzhi said slowly: "Since the southward journey is over, when we go back, we will rebuild the southern army with these hundreds of thousands of people as the core, and then the plan to go north can also begin." ”

Kublai Khan, Hulegu, Batu, and Ali Buge all nodded lightly when they heard this, especially Kublai Khan, whose eyes were full of flames, as if he had seen the scene of himself waving his army to break through the northern countries.

"Six years, six years is enough to break through the northern countries," a sneer hooked up at the corner of his lips, Ding Yanzhi said slowly, "There is a coalition army in the north that gathers the elites of various countries, and there are elites created with these hundreds of thousands of people as the core in the south.

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Yao Ruoyu didn't know about the dialogue between the Song and Mongolian sides in the north, and he had already established a relationship with Xu Xuanrong for the time being, and he didn't have the heart to pay attention to the outside world for the time being.

With his help, it only took Xu Xuanrong half a month to successfully perceive the seven avenues of wind, thunder, water, fire, earth, wood, and gold, and condensed the seven soul runes, which surrounded his soul together with the original spirit and source soul talismans.

However, the reason why it was so fast was because the spirit word soul runes originally included the relationship between these great avenue imprints, and later, when it came to comprehend new soul runes such as light and darkness, Xu Xuanrong's progress slowed down all of a sudden.

On this day, the two were exchanging cultivation experiences in the courtyard, and suddenly a scribe asked to see him, saying that Li Gefei, the squire of the Great Song Dynasty Rite Department, had led the team to come by holy order, and sent him in to pass it on first.

Yao Ruoyu and Xu Xuanrong did not deliberately hide the temporary residence here, so it was easy for the Song Dynasty to find out, but when he learned that it was Li Qingzhao's father, Yao Ruoyu was still a little strange in his heart, and Xu Xuanrong also knew a little about Li Qingzhao and Yao Ruoyu, and suddenly looked at him with a strange smile, and then signaled that the other party could come in.

Yao Ruoyu is the king of the Great Song Dynasty, especially after the news of Huaidong City's first battle and the killing of four seven realms in a row came out, his status became more and more noble, Rao is Li Gefei did not dare to despise it at will, followed the etiquette to send people in advance to pass the word, and only after getting permission did he bring people in.

Although Yao Ruoyu and Li Gefei had exchanges, but the two did not meet, this time they met for the first time, Li Gefei deserved to be the father of Li Qingzhao, the first talented woman in the ages, with a dignified appearance, elegant temperament, and a spring breeze in every gesture.

Coming to the courtyard, Li Gefei first bowed, signaled his subordinates to stop outside, walked alone with a scroll of holy decrees, and said: "Li Gefei, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, has seen His Royal Highness King Wen, and has the will of the saint below, it is not good to kneel and bow, please forgive me." ”

"Lord Li is polite," Yao Ruoyu clasped his fists and said with a smile, "Today can be regarded as seeing Lord Li's real person." ”

Li Gefei smiled slightly: "This official has come to invite His Royal Highness to Beijing to participate in the reward. ”

"Reward?" Yao Ruoyu glanced at the holy decree and said with a smile, "It's already set?"

Li Gefei seemed to know what Yao Ruoyu was going to say, and said: "It's already decided, congratulations to His Royal Highness on being promoted to the fourth prince with a different surname in our dynasty, and another set of divine armor, gold, silver, jewelry, and silk and satin, just waiting for His Highness to enter Beijing." ”

When he reached the realm of Yao Ruoyu, ordinary soldiers could no longer enter his eyes, and they just smiled at the moment: "This battle is over, all kinds of affairs in my Wenbang are complicated, and I already plan to return to Wenbang tomorrow, so I am afraid that I will not be able to participate in this reward in person, and then I will send officials from my state rites department to the court to sue for the crime." ”

Li Gefei smiled slightly, and said: "Since His Royal Highness is unwilling to enter Beijing, this official does not dare to persuade more, this is a holy decree, and then he will send someone to send the reward to Wenbang." ”

Yao Ruoyu stretched out his hand to take it, and neither of them seemed to mention the etiquette of kneeling to receive the holy decree, the former didn't matter, and the latter was a bit worth playing.

The two of them briefly exchanged a few polite words, because Xu Xuanrong was here, and Yao Ruoyu was not good at asking about Li Qingzhao's current situation, and since he planned to be with Xu Xuanrong, it was naturally impossible to accept Li Qingzhao, and there was no need to provoke this waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

After Li Gefei left, Xu Xuanrong looked at him with a smile: "Why didn't you ask the first talented woman in the ages?"

Yao Ruoyu wiped the cold sweat that didn't exist, and said with a wry smile: "Isn't this afraid of domestic violence, so I don't dare to ask." ”

Pretty face was slightly red, Xu Xuanrong said angrily: "You mean I'm violent?"

"Don't dare, don't dare," Yao Ruoyu shook his head again and again, and said with a wry smile, "Absolutely not." ”

With a light snort, Xu Xuanrong's eyes suddenly condensed slightly, and he said solemnly: "I told you before, I am a modern person, and I can't accept such a thing as a group of wives and concubines, and it is the same now, so ......"

"Don't worry!" Yao Ruoyu suddenly reached out and scratched her little nose, and said with a smile, "From now on, you will only be next to me." ”

Xu Xuanrong smiled with satisfaction, and Yao Ruoyu said "vinegar jar" again, which immediately provoked the woman to be coquettish, and the courtyard was full of laughter and warmth for a while, just like the sunshine of early spring.

But "from now on", who can say for sure what will happen?