After Zongzheng entered Ali Buge's camp, he kept to himself for several days, neither offering advice nor acting rashly, and Zhu Yunshi did not dare to contact him easily.

The people sent to monitor reported the movements of Zongzheng and Zhu Yunshi in the past few days, and Ali Buge and Asutai gradually relaxed their vigilance.

Both Ali Buge and Kublai Khan were busy preparing for war, and they knew that a decisive battle was imminent.

On a star-studded night, Kublai Khan summoned Fa Sipa alone,

"National teacher, how is that place?" Kublai Khan asked,

Fa Sipa took out a drawing from his bosom and said, "Great Khan, this is my latest topographic map of the Broken Intestine Valley, please take a look at it." ”

Kublai Khan took the drawings, couldn't wait to unfold them, looked at them carefully, showed a light of joy in his eyes, and said freely: "Okay, well done, I can't imagine that there is such a place, and when this thing is successful, you all have great merit." ”

Fa Sipa sighed: "It seems that this sect is indeed worthy of its reputation, if this plan is successfully implemented, it is inevitable that the Great Khan will defeat Ali Buge." ”

"Next, we will send a large number of soldiers and horses to the Broken Gut Valley to transform the terrain and build fortifications, once the troops are divided, the defense of the large battalion will become weaker, and at this time it depends on whether Zongzheng can stabilize Ali Buge. Kublai Khan said, feeling uneasy in his heart,

Fa Si Pa and Liu Bingzhong are both smart people, they don't dare to believe in and rely on Zong Zheng too much, once Zong Zheng can't stabilize Ali Buge, when Ali Buge leads people to attack, it will inevitably collapse, so he kept a hand in private, and even Kublai Khan didn't know Fa Sipa's plan.

Kublai Khan's mind was silent for a moment, and then he suddenly solemnly told Fa Sipa: "National teacher, this matter must be kept secret, and no news must be leaked." ”

Fa Si Pa admitted: "The Great Khan is assured, and the ministers know it in their hearts. ”

"That's very good, let's go down and rest first, and when it comes to the critical moment, don't relax, go and help me call Liu Xingtai over." "Kublai Khan commanded,

Fa Siba then left the tent and went to call Liu Bingzhong.

After a while, Liu Bingzhong came, Kublai Khan invited him to sit down, and said sincerely and politely,

"Xingtai, you also know Zongzheng's plan, it has been five days now, according to the time, it is time to activate the 'lure the tiger and drive the wolf' plan, the stakes are very high, it is not safe to send someone else to be in charge of this Khan, only you can feel at ease. ”

Over the years, following Kublai Khan all the way, after ups and downs, Liu Bingzhong and Kublai Khan are monarchs and ministers, but they are also Kublai Khan's mentors and friends, and now it is an extremely critical moment.

Kublai Khan's elite soldiers and horses were stationed in the suburbs of Holin, it was like a dagger hanging over his head, making it difficult for Ali Buge to sleep, and the strength of the two sides was difficult to distinguish for a while.

In the past five days, Ali Buge held three military intelligence meetings, and some officers and men advocated taking the initiative to attack, while others advocated holding their troops and only confronting each other.

Today is the sixth day that Zong Zheng came to Ali Buge's camp, Ali Buge's suspicion of Zong Zheng has been eliminated by half, and Zong Zheng is counting the days, and it is also the day when Kublai Khan should make a move, as long as Kublai Khan makes a move, then the prelude to this big game of chess will enter **, and it is also the time for him to make a move.

Helin is a combination of grassland and desert, for the Mongol cavalry, there is no danger at all, so during the reign of Ögedai Khan, according to the existing terrain in the suburbs of Helin built three earthen cities and two camps to block foreign enemies.

Standing in front of Kublai Khan is a towering earthen city, the ladder is out of reach, the bow and arrow are also eclipsed, the strong attack is naturally seriously killed and wounded, it is the important pass into the forest, is the forefront of Ali Buge's defense line, but also the most difficult to overcome.

This was followed by two successive camps, a line of timber and sharp stumps against the rapid advance of the cavalry.

Zong Zheng knew the way to deal with Tucheng in the strategy of wounding the city, that is, the tunnel, through the tunnel to defeat the enemy from the inside out, and to deal with the camp, it was naturally a fire attack, and these Zong Zheng wrote very clearly in the plan.

In the first five days, Kublai Khan had not moved on the surface, but in fact he had ordered people to open the tunnel into Tucheng day and night, and prepared oil for the fire attack.

At dawn on the sixth day, Kublai Khan took advantage of the night to attack the front of the Tucheng, and the soldiers who entered the rear of the Tucheng through the tunnel and the soldiers who were attacking the city outside the city were flanked inside and out.

Early in the morning, Ali Buge received an urgent report of the military situation, Tucheng was broken, although there are still four passes, but the meaning of this first pass is very different, Ali Buge can't help but be a little anxious, relying on the four dangerous passes, the troops are sufficient, but it will not lose proportion, panicked.

Summoned all the soldiers to discuss countermeasures, however, after all, there was a lack of outstanding people like Fa Sipa and Liu Bingzhong in Kublai Khan's camp in Ali Buge's camp, and after all, he could not discuss any practical and effective countermeasures.

After Kublai Khan broke through the first earthen city, he personally led the three armies to break through the two camped passes one after another with a fire attack, and further approached Helin, with great momentum and high morale.

Just when Ali Buge's countermeasures were unsuccessful, Kublai Khan's news of breaking the two villages with fire attack came one after another, and at this time, Ali Buge was a little flustered, and the generals below were also a little panicked, and some couldn't sit still.

This is like a ripple effect, the closer you get to the inner defense line, the stronger the resistance will be, Kublai Khan knew this, with the current strength, relying only on a frontal attack will only exhaust the strength of both sides, and it will ultimately weaken the strength of Mongolia itself.

Therefore, despite the high morale and the advantage at the moment, he still only followed the strategy to attack, besieged but not attacked, and wanted to create a tense atmosphere and make Ali Buge and his generals panic.

As Zongzheng expected, Ali Buge's expression changed greatly after hearing the news of Kublai Khan's three consecutive passes, and he was restless, pointing to a large group of thousands of generals and scolding them for being incompetent.

Just when there was nothing to be done, but the eyebrows were burned, the communication of the inner chamberlain broke the tension in the tent,

"Qi Qi Great Khan, Zong Zheng asks to see. ”

Ali Buge did not completely dispel his suspicions about Zongzheng, so his first reaction when he heard Zongzheng's request to see him was to speculate about the purpose of his coming at this moment.

"Let him in!" Ali said,

Zong Zheng entered the camp with a strong demeanor, in stark contrast to the sad faces of the generals present, looking at Zong Zheng's radiant look, those who did not know would definitely think that Zong Zheng was a real spy and was watching the defeat of Ali Buge.

Of course, Ali Buge was upset, and when he saw Zongzheng's rebellious look, he was naturally unhappy, so he asked coldly,

"Zongzheng, what do you see about me?"

Zong Zheng congratulated happily: "Congratulations to the Great Khan, congratulations to the Great Khan!"

Brother Ali Buge had just suffered three defeats, but Zong Zheng was congratulating himself, which made Brother Ali Buge quite angry, but also with a little curiosity, and the thousands of generals present felt ridiculous and angry about Zong Zheng's words and deeds.

"Zongzheng, don't you know that Kublai Khan has broken three levels in a row?

Zong Zhengze was still full of joy on his face, and replied heartily: "Hui Great Khan, in the past few days, I have been thinking hard about how to deal with Kublai Khan, but I am suffering from the lack of an opportunity, who knows, today Kublai Khan just gave such an opportunity, shouldn't I congratulate the Great Khan?"

Obviously he was pressed and beaten, how could there be any chance at all, and all the generals didn't know what the opportunity was that Zong Zheng was talking about, but they felt that Zong Zheng was a little ridiculous.

"I have a good strategy to defeat the enemy, and I will definitely turn the tide of the war in one fell swoop, if this strategy is successful, then the Great Khan will defeat Kublai Khan!" Zong Zheng said, Ali Buge's face was puzzled, and Zong Zheng continued to remind,

"Today's Kublai Khan is like boiling hot water, and the Great Khan can't just think about raising the soup to stop the boiling, he should learn to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle. ”

Brother Ali Buge listened to Zong Zheng's words, and then looked at Zong Zheng's confident appearance, gradually faded away the anger on his face, and asked politely: "What do you mean by listening to your words?"

"Exactly, that's why I came to congratulate the Great Khan. Zong Zheng replied, deliberately not directly explaining the strategy.

Asutai said impatiently: "Don't procrastinate, the military situation is urgent!"

Everyone's faces were anxious, but Zong Zheng still looked calm, and slowly reassured everyone: "Don't worry, everyone! Since Kublai Khan is bent on seeking death, why don't we calm down and watch how he made a fatal mistake!"

Zongzheng's excessive composure aroused everyone's dissatisfaction, and Brother Ali couldn't bear it!

At this moment, the scouts hurriedly rushed into the camp tent and reported: "They're starting to attack the city!"

As soon as the news of the detectives arrived, the tent immediately exploded again.

"Great Khan! it's time to do it!" Zong Zheng said loudly in the noise, like a burst of thunder that made everyone a little confused, and these people looked at Zong Zheng scrubbingly.

Zong Zheng took two steps forward and said in a triumphant voice: "Kublai Khan's labor expedition, grain and grass are his death hole, if you can destroy his grain and grass, you will be able to put him to death!"

"You also know what Ben Khan said, but Ben Khan is afraid..."

Although Ali Buge did not explicitly admit it, the embarrassment on his face had already exposed his concerns.

Zong Zheng'an persuaded: "The Great Khan does not need to worry about this at all, Kublai Khan has cut off the grain and grass, and the back road to Kaiping has been cut off by the Great Khan, so he is bound to fight to the death in such a desperate situation, but if the Great Khan can control Kublai Khan before he fights to the death, and his army is leaderless, then he can win the victory without blood!"