Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Murderous Plane Lurks

The autumn color is drunk, but it is bleak, the cool breeze goes to the verdant, the wild geese fly with the wings, the most is the cold season, a touch of sunset red.

When the autumn wind rises, there is always a little bit of coldness, and when the sun sets, the oblique shadow of the wild goose is like the hidden trace where the earth and the sky meet, gradually dimming in the sky and disappearing without a shadow.

A day passed quietly, although Kublai Khan was calm, at this critical moment, it was inevitable that he was a little anxious, as the commander of the three armies, he did not fully believe in Zongzheng, but he had to have hope for it in desperation, he knew very well in his heart that it was not so easy to solve the three dilemmas in one fell swoop, not to mention that Zongzheng had only been here for a few days.

Therefore, he had already made a plan, and if Zongzheng failed to do what he wanted, he would take a risk according to the original plan.

Kublai Khan summoned Wanhu Xie Cheng, who was in charge of the naval army, as well as veterans such as Dong Wenbing, Zhang Rou, Liu Bingzhong and Zhang Xi, who seemed to have a major deployment, as Kublai Khan's cronies, they were all loyal to Kublai Khan, and swore allegiance to follow, so at this time of survival, only by entrusting important matters to these cronies, Kublai Khan could get the greatest protection in the case of the original adventure.

In addition to this group of cronies, Kublai Khan also ordered someone to invite Zongzheng, when the young young man appeared in front of a group of veterans, in addition to Zhang Rou and Dong Wenbing's calm face, the remaining veterans all flashed puzzled eyes in an instant, and felt faintly uneasy in their hearts, everyone knew that this military aircraft conference, the secret was very important, and Kublai Khan actually sent a stranger to participate in the meeting, which couldn't help but make the veterans feel a little ridiculous and inexplicable.

Kublai Khan looked at the eyes of Zhang Xi, Xie Cheng and other generals, and understood their thoughts, and Kublai Khan also knew very well what he was doing, this sophisticated and calm king of Monan, thoughtful, and profound, for Zongzheng, he had already thought about the next response since the beginning of the meeting.

In fact, the appearance of Zong Zheng at a critical moment made Kublai Khan a little confused, although Zong Zheng saved his life twice, but how could he not know the means of the traitor after a long time on the battlefield, the so-called want to take it first, must give it first, and saving his life is also very likely to win his own trust, so as to break into the internal theft of greater secrets, or set up a bigger plot to let himself fall into the abyss of no return.

Kublai Khan's suspicions of Zongzheng are understandable; first, Zongzheng knew about the assassination in advance; second, he refused to tell the truth about his identity; third, he actually knew Kublai Khan's current predicament and even the great plan to divide his troops to the north; fourth, he was able to immediately come up with a plan to solve his triple dilemma; fifth, Ali Buge was able to suddenly mobilize such a powerful killer, and it was difficult to guarantee that he did not invite a god and Buddha who could help him control the overall situation; sixth, Zongzheng was a Han Chinese, but he saved his life for no reason without explaining the reason; seventh, the matter was very important, and the fault of one commander would cause trouble to the three armies, and Kublai Khan had to deal with it cautiously for the sake of the safety of the three armies; and eighth, the martial arts factions suddenly gathered in Ezhou, it is difficult to ensure that there is no connection with Zongzheng, Kublai Khan also has this suspicion; Jiulai, talking with Zongzheng last night, Zongzheng is absent-minded, and his expression seems to be full of hatred, which makes Kublai Khan faintly uneasy; ten, Zongzheng is smart and strong in martial arts, and he has to make Kublai Khan feel a trace of awe, if he is a friend, he is like a fish in water, and if he is an enemy, he is like an ant in a pot.

Because of the above ten points, Kublai Khan had every reason to recognize the righteousness and carefully distinguish the righteousness. If it weren't for Zongzheng who saved his life, if it weren't for Nian Zaizonzong's talent, Kublai Khan had the heart to cultivate, I'm afraid that Zongzheng would have been secretly killed.

Zong Zheng is quite wise, but unfortunately he is a little lacking in the hearts of the people in the world, thinking that he has saved Kublai Khan's life, he thinks that Kublai Khan will compare his heart with his heart and have some feelings for himself, but he ignores the most important thing, that is, Kublai Khan is the king and the commander of the three armies, how can his mind be compared with ordinary people's thoughts?

Kublai Khan promised to give Zongzheng another day last night, and although he promised happily, he has to say that there are many thoughts hidden behind it.

Kublai Khan thought that since Zong Zheng offered to give one more day, he felt that there must be some conspiracy, first, the preparation of the army to divide the troops to the north is not sufficient, and second, if Zong Zheng is a spy sent by Ali Buge, then leave this disaster, although the troops are divided to the north, after all, can not be at ease; so he promised Zong Zheng to give one more day, that night after Zong Zheng returned to the camp, Kublai Khan ordered people to closely monitor Zong Zheng, fortunately, the second of the eight wolves in Zhongshan was good at martial arts, and found the people who were monitoring in time, and only sent out the hollow arrow when they were not paying attention, and afterwards, Zong Zheng also carefully handled the arrow, if not, it would definitely arouse further suspicion of Kublai Khan。

This morning, when Zong Zheng came to inquire about General Zhang Rou, the first question touched the nerves of the two generals, but fortunately, the follow-up questions gradually filled the suspicions of the two veteran generals, otherwise, I am afraid that the seeds of doubt were further planted in Kublai Khan's heart.

Zong Zheng walked in the Mongolian military camp, at this critical moment, after all, he was not skilled enough, his mind was not careful enough, fortunately, he was lucky, but in this frightening environment, he was still cautious and careful.

Now Kublai Khan wants Zongzheng to say the way to break this dilemma, in order to let all the veterans who have experienced a hundred battles study and take the postgraduate examination, if it is found that Zongzheng's plan is indeed feasible, then coupled with his previous life-saving grace, he should fully trust Zongzheng from now on, if it is found that there is a hidden trap, Zongzheng's ending can be imagined.

The atmosphere in the tent was weird, Zong Zheng sniffed this atmosphere, only then did he realize that something was wrong, closed his eyes, carefully lucked, relying on Vientiane's ability to renew qigong to know all things, Zong Zheng obviously felt that there seemed to be a big movement outside the camp tent, and a murderous aura was coming towards the camp tent.

Indeed, Kublai Khan knew that Zongzheng had peerless martial arts, and as a precaution, several veterans with strong martial arts were arranged in the tent, and the bow and feather team, scimitar battalion, and even the elites in the guard army were mobilized outside the tent, and these elites surrounded the three layers of the camp tent and the outer three layers.

Zong Zheng opened his eyes and faintly felt a chilling feeling behind him, and Kublai Khan ordered everyone to sit down.

The generals sat down one by one, Zong Zheng also sat down slowly, he pondered carefully, and finally understood Kublai Khan's thoughts, and couldn't help but feel a trace of fear for the Mongolian king in front of him, thinking of the beauty of the valley lord, Zong Zheng couldn't help but feel a burst of awe of the Mongolians.

Zong Zheng seemed to be able to hear the croaking sound of the bow feather team pulling the bowstring, he knew very well that if he couldn't explain the plan he had set up, he was afraid that he would be in a catastrophe, and tonight was destined to be a difficult night.

Zong Zheng didn't dare to look directly at Kublai Khan, nor did he dare to look at the faces of all the generals present, in this suffocating camp, Zong Zheng didn't want to stay for a second, but he knew that once he impulsively walked out of this camp, there would be countless arrows aimed at him. Thinking of this, thinking of Xianjie, Zong Zhengfu calmed down again, and quietly thought about how to deal with it.

Kublai Khan said to the generals: "Recently, this king was assassinated by assassins, I think, who wants to kill this king, you know in your hearts, the situation in front of you is that the king of Mobei wants to be called Khan in Helin, and is secretly deploying troops in Kaiping and Yanjing, intending to intercept us, I intend to withdraw troops to the north, taking advantage of the fact that the king of Mobei is not stable in Kaiping and Yanjing, and raid in one fell swoop; however, at this moment, our army is confronting Ezhou with the Southern Song Dynasty, and the war is stalemate, once the army is withdrawn, the Southern Song Dynasty pursues and kills, and the king of Mobei in the north takes advantage of the situation to go north, then we will suffer from the enemy on our backs. What's more, we went all the way south, sacrificed tens of thousands of people, and finally entered the siege of Ezhou. In this predicament, I wonder what advice the generals have?"

When Zhang Xi and several veterans heard Kublai Khan's words, they were all full of worries, and they secretly thought about how to deal with it. Zhang Rou and Dong Wenbing had already known Kublai Khan's plan to divide his troops to the north, so they were silent, and his face was calm as usual, the reason why Kublai Khan discussed with the two veterans in advance the plan to divide the troops to the north was mainly to consider the prestige of the two in the army, after all, it was a risky strategy, and it was difficult to guarantee that the public would unanimously agree, so it was easier to persuade the two veterans in advance, and then borrow the prestige of the two veterans, it would be easier to persuade the rest of the generals.

In the slight noise, Zhang Rou took the lead in getting up and said, "King, you are in a dilemma right now, why don't you divide your troops to deal with it?"

When Zong Zheng heard Zhang Rou's words, and then looked at Kublai Khan's expression, he knew that the medicine sold in the gourd of the two of them, so he was silent.

When Zhang Xi heard about the division of troops, he immediately got up excitedly and replied: "King, although we have sufficient troops at the moment, if we divide our troops, I am afraid that it will be difficult for both sides to take advantage, but I am afraid that it will be more dangerous, I do not agree with General Zhang Rou's proposal." ”

Xie Cheng also got up and echoed Zhang Xi and said: "What General Zhang Xi said is very true, dividing troops is a taboo for soldiers, and I don't agree with it."

Seeing this, Dong Wenbing continued Zhang Xi's words and said: "Under the condition that the troops are not sufficient enough, the division of troops is indeed a taboo for soldiers, but if it is handled flexibly in the division of troops, it can have an unexpected effect. ”

When Kublai Khan saw Dong Wenbing mention the topic, he immediately asked, "What is General Dong's opinion?"

Zhang Xi looked at Dong Wenbing with reconciliation, but wanted to see how General Dong made the division of troops play an unexpected effect.

Dong Wenbing said with a serious face: "The north is far away, if we send the elite of our army's cavalry battalion and bow feather team to raid Kaiping, we can break the Kaiping defenders overnight, and then leave a guard to garrison, and the rest of the soldiers and horses will immediately return to Ezhou to support. ”

As soon as Zong Zheng heard it, he knew that this kind of strategic plan was what Kublai Khan thought, and through Dong Wenbing, it was nothing more than to find a step to climb the ladder in order to better convince the remaining generals. Thinking about it carefully, I can't help but admire Kublai Khan a little, such a situation, to be able to set such a big plan, wisdom and courage are naturally amazing, but after all, it is a risky move, and there are too many loopholes.

Zhang Xi and Xie Cheng listened to what Dong Wenbing said, with a look of disdain, Zhang Xi took the lead in understanding the omissions, and then retorted to General Dong: "General Dong is easy to say, you know, as far as you just said, there are five big hidden dangers. ”