During the Northern Expedition of the Literary and Art Army, almost all the political affairs of Wenbang were in charge of the four ministers Guo Fengjie, Wen Yuancai, Duan Shaojie, and Bai Qiuyu.

On the whole, Wenbang's political arena is much more stable than that of the Great Song Dynasty and other dynasties, not that they are united, but that the place is not big, and Yao Ruoyu grasps the military power with one hand, and these powerful ministers can't have any thoughts, even if Yao Ruoyu and others are not there, they are working peacefully and steadily these days, and there are no waves.

However, on this day, the ministers were working in the Sixth Division, and suddenly received the news, immediately left the affairs at hand, and hurried to the Qiantian Palace.

As soon as Bai Qiuyu walked into the Qiantian Hall surrounded by a large number of household officials, he saw Yao Ruoyu sitting upright on the throne, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, and said happily: "Lord Wang, you are back." ”

Nodding, Yao Ruoyu looked outside and said, "It's almost time for people to come, let's have a meeting." ”

At this time, the number of people in the hall was much less than usual, such as Yang Renjie and other generals were still on the way back, as for Mu Jing and other officials, they were assigned to various cities in Gansu, so the hall was no longer the grand crowd of the past, and the six ministers Xu Xuanrong, Song Kai, Guo Fengjie, Duan Shaojie, Bai Qiuyu, and Wen Yuancai were only followed by two or three directors.

After everyone saluted and lined up, Yao Ruoyu asked, "Does anyone know the situation in the Song Dynasty now? Where did the Mongols fight?"

Guo Fengjie took half a step forward and arched his hand: "Lord Yu, it is said that the Mongols have occupied Jiangnan Province and are attacking Huainan, Jiangxi, Liangzhejiang and Three Roads. ”

"It is said?" Yao Ruoyu frowned, looked around, and suddenly said in a deep voice, "Heli is here?"

"The crane is here. The extremely cold voice quietly sounded from the back of the crowd, and then I saw a ghostly crane dressed in black walking out quickly.

Yao Ruoyu asked, "Can the shadows detect the news?"

He Li nodded lightly and replied: "The four Mongolian princes led an army of 800,000 to suddenly appear in the Wuxi area, and then went directly north, and attacked the two Mongolian Pingzhang political affairs sitting on the border, Wokotai and Batu, and broke the border army of the Song Dynasty in the north. ”

Now that Jiangnan Road and Huainan Road have nearly all fallen, Meng Ge, Kublai Khan, Hülegü, and Ali Buge are divided into two armies, attacking Jinghu North Road and Jiangxi Road respectively, and Wokotai and Batu are leading the army to sit on Huainan Road and Jiangnan Road respectively. ”

Everyone was in an uproar when they heard this, and Wen Yuancai was even more shocked: "Why has even Huainan Road fallen?"

He Li ignored him, and it wasn't until Xu Xuanrong also asked that he replied: "In order to prevent the Mongols from going south, a few months ago, the Song Dynasty sent the elites of Huainan and Jiangnan to the north to sit in the north, but they didn't expect the Mongols to attack from behind, resulting in the loss of most of the elites, and also making Huainan Road and Jiangnan Road invincible to the Mongol army." ”

Originally, Guo Fengjie and others only got the news a few days ago, saying that the Mongols had just occupied Jiangnan Road, and they thought that they were far away from Wenbang, so they didn't care about it.

It wasn't until this moment that Heli said that the Mongols had actually hit Jinghu North Road, and everyone was shocked.

Jinghu North Road to the west is Chongqing Fu Road, and then west is the easternmost Yuzhou of Wenbang, if Jinghu North Road is broken, where can Chongqing Fu Road, without Yanggu Army and Tiger Army, stop the Mongols' tiger and wolf army, which means that it is very likely that they will encounter the Mongol attack in Wenbang soon.

"King Wen......" Bai Qiuyu was about to speak, Yao Ruoyu had already waved his hand, and said in a deep voice: "The literary army is on the way back to the south, but according to their speed, it will take at least half a month. ”

Bai Qiuyu's heart sank, but fortunately, Duan Shaojie smiled and said, "Minister Bai, why worry, isn't there still the prince's Black Dragon Army?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and then a relaxed look appeared on their faces.

Yes, there are dark night dragons riding on them, and even the Mongols who crossed the Song Dynasty to kill them on three routes may not have much of the upper hand.

Seeing that the atmosphere was relaxed, Yao Ruoyu smiled and asked, "During the period when this king is gone, is there anything important happening to my Dawen?"

Seeing him mention government affairs, everyone also cheered up, and reported one by one the government affairs of Wenbang during the Northern Expedition, there was no major event, and even the Liangshan fortress in the south had a rare calm because the Nanban mobilized a large army to attack Jinghu South Road.

It was Duan Shaojie's turn to report, and a Tiance guard suddenly walked into the back door of the main hall, walked quickly to Chen Meng's side and whispered a few words, Chen Meng's expression changed, he glanced at the guard, saw him nodding, quickly turned around and came to Yao Ruoyu's side, leaned over and said: "Brother demon, Chongqing Mansion has sent someone to Xu Jingmiao. ”

"Huh?" Yao Ruoyu was stunned when he heard this, and his heart sank, and he hurriedly said, "Call him in." ”

Chen Meng agreed, turned around and waved at the guard, who quickly clenched his fists and retreated.

Duan Shaojie noticed this movement, and his words couldn't help but pause, Yao Ruoyu also smiled and said: "Minister Duan, wait a minute, Chongqing Mansion has sent someone to Xu Jingmiao, and I don't know what is going on, you will report later." ”

"Wow. Duan Shaojie bowed and retreated into the queue.

Not long after, the previous guard had led a young man from outside the hall to walk in quickly, the man looked dignified, revealing a bit of elegant temperament, but at this time his face was full of anxiety, just came to the front of the palace, has bowed, solemnly said: "In the lower Chongqing Mansion road through the envoy of the palace Liu Hong, I have seen His Royal Highness King Wen." ”

"Mr. Liu doesn't need to be polite," sitting up a little straight, Yao Ruoyu frowned, "I don't know what happened to Lord Xu?"

"One hundred thousand urgent!" Liu Hong's face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice, "Three days ago, the Mongols broke through Fengjie, because the Tiger Army and the Yanggu Army have not yet returned, so Lord Xu can only mobilize the troops of various states and counties to resist first, but the Mongols are powerful, and Lord Xu knows that it is difficult to resist, so he sent to Wenbang to ask for help." ”

Hearing that the Mongols had already hit Chongqing Fu Road, all the ministers in the palace were discolored, and Song Kai frowned and said, "Has Jinghu North Road all fallen?"

Glancing at Song Kai, Liu Hong hurriedly explained: "Jinghu North Road has not yet fallen, and there are still some cities still resisting, so the Mongol soldiers are divided into two routes, one is for the Mongolian prince to lead the army to stay on Jinghu North Road, and the other is led by the fourth prince Kublai Khan, to attack our Chongqing Mansion." ”

Seeing that Yao Ruoyu was silent, Liu Hong hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness King Wen, my Chongqing Mansion and the Dawen City-State are interdependent, if the Mongols capture Chongqing Mansion, the next target must be Dawen, and I hope that the prince will pity the people of Sichuan and Chongqing, and send troops to help my family resist the Mongolian army." ”

Xu Xuanrong smiled suddenly and said, "Mr. Liu doesn't need to say much, whether to send troops or not, King Wen has his own decision." ”

The matter that the minister of the great clerk is a woman has long been known in China, so Liu Hong has recognized Xu Xuanrong's identity after being stunned for a moment, and immediately frowned.

After a little hesitation, Liu Hong arched his hand and said: "If the prince is willing to send troops to retreat from the enemy, my family is willing to give 200,000 taels of gold as a reward, and all the Mongolian prisoners in this battle belong to Wenbang." ”

Guo Fengjie and the others' eyes lit up when they heard this, not to mention the 200,000 taels of gold, but it is a good thing that all the captives are returned to Wenbang, which is not a small temptation for Wenbang, who is now extremely short of population.

However, hearing his conditions, the corners of Song Kai's lips hooked a slight arc, and he said lightly: "Mr. Liu should also know that although my Dawen successfully helped the Great Song Dynasty to destroy the Jin Kingdom in this Northern Expedition, he also suffered heavy losses, and he had just returned from the north, and he was exhausted, and he was only afraid that it would be difficult to have some combat strength in a hurry." ”

Liu Hong frowned when he heard this, while Xu Xuanrong and the others were stunned, and then they all showed a sudden smile.

They have also reacted, the reward that Liu Hong said is obviously not Xu Jingmiao's bottom line, thinking that this lobbyist intends to help the lord save some expenses, and deliberately lowers the remuneration.

Yao Ruoyu also came back to his senses at this time, nodded, and snorted: "Yes, if you want to say that the Mongols are menacing, our literary and artistic army has not had a good rest, and it is rash to send troops, I am afraid that it will be difficult to block the Mongol offensive!"

"If the prince is willing to send troops, except for the previous conditions," Liu Hong gritted his teeth and said, "All the baggage required for this battle of the literary and artistic army will be borne by the Chongqing government, and in addition, my family is willing to send three hundred doctors with extraordinary medical skills to join the literary and artistic army." ”

Yao Ruoyu hesitated, and under the hint of Song Kai and Xu Xuanrong's eyes, he suddenly sighed deeply, if he was not familiar with him, he would only feel that this person was extremely tired, and even inexplicably sympathized.

Needless to say, Yao Ruoyu's acting skills are naturally needless to say, but an old fox like Liu Hong can't see his pretense, his lips trembled a few times, and he gritted his teeth and said: "In addition, my family is willing to take out three copies of the sixth-rank exercises, and ten top-level spiritual weapons, plus a formation that can withstand the six realms for half an hour." ”

The front ones are okay, but when he heard the formation map in the back, Yao Ruoyu's eyes lit up, although Wenbang has developed rapidly over the years, and this time he has also harvested a large amount of resources, but the problem of unstable foundation still exists, if there is such a formation map, it is enough to ensure the safety of a key city.

Seeing Song Kai nodding imperceptibly, Yao Ruoyu immediately slapped the table, and said in a solemn voice: "I, Dawen, and Chongqing Mansion are clothed with water, and my lips and teeth are dependent on each other, how can I sit back and watch the invasion of Mongolian thieves? For the sake of the people of Sichuan and Chongqing, and for the deep friendship between me and Lord Xu, I Dawen will definitely send troops to help Chongqing Mansion repel the Mongolian army!"

The corners of Liu Hong's eyes twitched slightly, but this person naturally wouldn't say anything, so he could only accept Yao Ruoyu's righteous and awe-inspiring performance with grievances, and said with a smile: "Then I don't know when the prince plans to send troops?"

Yao Ruoyu touched his chin and muttered: "My Wenbang's army is still on the way back, and it is estimated that it will take more than half a month to return to Sichuan and Shu. ”

Seeing that Liu Hong's face suddenly became ugly, Yao Ruoyu smiled and said, "In this case, this king and Mr. Liu will go to Chongqing Mansion first." ”

Liu Hong was stunned when he heard this, and hesitated: "The prince may not know, the fourth prince of Mongolia, Kublai Khan, is a prince-level powerhouse in the Seven Realms, and the Mongolian army led by him is also a top elite, and the prince is alone......"

Seeing that he wanted to speak and stopped, Yao Ruoyu smiled heartily, no longer suppressed his qi, and suddenly released the coercion of the powerhouse of the Seven Realms, and suddenly everyone in the hall trembled, except for Xu Xuanrong and others, who already knew his cultivation, the rest of the people looked at him with a big change in their faces.

"This king is already in the Seven Realms, so Kublai Khan will be dealt with by this king!" Yao Ruoyu smiled.