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"Shut up!"

Shi Tianze got off his horse, rubbed the tired look on his face, and strode towards the sweat tent.

"Your Majesty invited me over."

Xue Xue, who was guarding the tent, said: "Marshal Shi, enter the tent and wait, Your Majesty is still at the watchtower."

Shi Tianze walked into the sweat tent and saw that there were already some kings and officials waiting in the tent, but when he took a closer look, he found that Shi Bang was also there, so he couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

After Shi Bang lost a game before, he lost his temper. These few days, Shi Tianze only ordered him to stay in the camp to recuperate, and he should not have appeared here.

"What are you here for?"

"Father... Father, child..."

Shi Bang hesitated to speak, his expression looked a little ugly, he glanced at the several Zongwangs in the tent, and lowered his head.

Just looking at this appearance, Shi Tianze already understood what was going on.

He stood still, patted the armor on his body, looked at the kings, and said, "If you have any orders, you can tell me. My son is young and doesn't understand anything."

"We heard that your son was captured by Li Xia and then released."

Shi Tianze asked back: "Who did your Majesty listen to?"

"Wang Yong, the son of Wang Yi, a Korean, said."

"Wang Yi rushed forward lightly, the whole army was defeated, Wang Yong fled in front of the battle, in order to avoid the crime, he blamed my son." Shi Tianze replied: "This matter has already been settled before Your Majesty."

As soon as Shi Bang came back, Shi Tianze found Kublai Khan's favorite general, Hong Junqi. Hong Junqi was also from Korea.

Shi Tianze originally thought that this matter was over long ago.

However, no.

Zongwang Hulahuer first looked at Shi Bang, then turned to Shi Tianze, and asked, "I want to ask Marshal Shi, you have attacked Li Xia's camp for 23 days, why haven't you captured it yet?"

"It will be captured soon."

"You said that a few days ago."

Shi Tianze said: "Your Majesty, why do you ask me alone? The commanders in charge of attacking the camp include King Tachaer, King Bala, Wanhu Hulanji, Hong Junqi and others. Why don't you ask them?"

"Because they are facing Ulu Khurnai, and Marshal Shi, you are facing the surrendered army, because your progress is too slow, and you have dragged them down."

Shi Tianze was indeed very patient when he attacked Li Xia's camp. He swept away the barbed wire, filled in the horse traps, and pushed against the horse barrier.

If this battle seemed to be a mess and couldn't be cut, he was slowly sorting it out, using the method of peeling off the cocoons,
A while ago, Kublai Khan praised his patience, but the attitude of the kings has changed today.

"In the first month of the third year of Zhongtong, Li Fen rebelled. I was ordered to command all the armies to put down the rebellion, and besieged him in Jinan. The rebellion was put down in October, and the damage was less than [-]%. We incorporated Shandong soldiers and horses, so that we can have today's new army under Zhang Hongfan's command. Army. Now that Li Xia has been besieged for more than [-] days, the enemy is already in sight..."

"Shi Tianze, stop making excuses. What kind of big city is Jinan? What about here? Is there a city wall? Is there a moat? What kind of elite soldiers are under Li Fen's command? Where is Li Xia? He has at least 5 people under his command. It’s the Mongolian army that just surrendered to him, and you still can’t defeat such miscellaneous soldiers in 20 days?”

Shi Tianze was waiting for an answer.

Hulahu'er raised his hand and pointed at him, and asked again: "Those who just surrendered can't fight to the death for Li Xia, as long as you attack a little bit, they will surrender, run away, and cut off Li Xia's head and offer it to us. , but why didn't you do it?"

"It is true that some people surrendered and fled, but as long as the king goes to the battlefield, he will know that their horses have been taken away. The herdsmen without horses seem to have lost their legs. They dare not escape and hide in ditches and earthen walls. Fighting on foot in the back, under the protection of the shield, you only need to stab your spear. Li Xia also replaced all the generals above the centurion. There is only one Tang army in charge, and there will be no big chaos..."

"There is also chaos, why can't you take the opportunity to rush in?!"

"There are more than 5 people there." Shi Tianze said: "Does your lord know how much land [-] people occupy? It has a radius of eight miles, and it takes more than an hour to walk from one end of the Tang army camp to the other. Even if they stand there It took us five days to keep hacking and killing. My soldiers swept the thorns from the snow every day, filled the ravines, and jumped up the earth walls to fight the enemies who were waiting for work. After the battle, they had to drag the wounded back. Bury the corpse. Under such circumstances, we have already driven Li Xia to his desperation in more than [-] days."

"I didn't ask you to kill them all!" Hulahuer shouted loudly, "It's that they should have surrendered long ago!"

"Then let them surrender, please ask the king to find Shuzhenbo or Ulu Hunai, and give them a promise, and I, Shi, will just go to battle and kill the enemy..."

Shi Tianze was halfway through talking when he suddenly realized something.

He turned around and looked at everyone in the tent.

Sure enough, I didn't see Sui Gedu.

"Did King Suigedu not persuade Ulu Hunai to surrender last night?"

Hulahu'er's face darkened, and he didn't answer.

Shi Tianze immediately understood that when Brother Sui met Ulu Khunai, Hulahuer acted rashly and sent cavalry to encircle Ulu Khunai, and now he couldn't wait to push the blame.

He thought about it for a while, and instead of arguing with Hulahuer, he slowed down his tone.

"My lords, you can rest assured that Li Xia is already defeated. His food and water sources have been exhausted, and he doesn't even have much dry firewood. He is struggling to survive by drinking horse blood and eating raw horse meat. At any time... maybe in At this moment, someone has already cut off his head and is preparing to send it over."

"Shi Tianze, I'll ask you." Hulahu'er sneered and asked back: "Did you fail to seize the opportunity several times? Did you have to send your elite to attack the enemy camp several times, and you could win? "

"It may not be possible to win." Shi Tianze replied solemnly: "The earth wall they dug is not high, but it can prevent the horses from jumping over it, and the gap between the horse traps is too narrow. Difficult to keep up, the casualties will be relatively large..."

"Casualties are high, but we can still win."

"We can still win now, and it is more secure to win with less loss." Shi Tianze took a deep breath, trying to maintain a calm tone, "I just said that Li Xia did last a few days longer than I expected, but His downfall is in an instant."

"But Li Xia's flag is still standing there!" Hulahu'er repeated the words again.

Shi Tianze sighed: "I don't know how to explain it to the king, but I can only say...besieging Li Xia for more than [-] days is not so tiring."

Hulahu'er sneered and said, "It means you didn't fight hard, and you are very leisurely."

Hearing this, Shi Tianze closed his eyes helplessly, as if he saw his soldiers get off their horses, run on the snow field with arrows, bleeding, and push Tangying's defense line one foot after another.

For more than [-] days, they broke through at least ten lines of defense of the Tang army and advanced for a mile.

Victory is in sight...

Suddenly, Hulahu'er waved his hand and asked the kings: "If you were those Mongolian warriors who were fighting against Li Xia not long ago, would you turn around and fight hard for him for more than [-] days?"

"will not!"

"It's not a city, it's just a flat camp. Is it possible to rely on a group of soldiers to block the siege of the 20 Khan's army for more than [-] days?"

Shi Tianze still wanted to speak, and said, "Not only are the surrendered soldiers, there are more than [-] of them..."

All the kings in the tent shook their heads again.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Hulahuer asked again: "Do you believe Shi Tianze's excuse?"

"Do not believe!"

"Okay." Shi Tianze gave up explaining, "It's impossible for Li Xia to hold on, but this kind of thing happened now, what do you think is the reason?"

Hulahu'er didn't answer him, but looked at Shi Gang, and asked, "Your father asked why, what do you think?"

"I...I don't know..."

"What does the king mean?!" Shi Tianze's expression changed, and he finally became furious, and shouted, "Three of my nephews died in Li Xia's hands!"

Hulahuer yelled angrily: "You only have one son who died in Li Xia's hands, but you have nine sons!"

At this sentence, Shi Tianze was stunned, took two steps back, and his eyes turned red in an instant.

He opened his mouth to talk about Shi Shu, Shi Quan, and his two elder brothers.

"My nephew... Shi Shu...my nephew Shi Shu, dedicated himself to the Mongolian Kingdom...my brother..."

Hulahu'er stepped forward and said: "In the words of your Han people, 'If you are not of my race, your heart must be different'."

The tent was quiet for a long time.

It took a while for Shi Tianze to recover from the memory of his brother, exhausted physically and mentally.

"Shi Mou understands, it is Shi Mou who is incompetent, so please ask the king to command this battle."

"Marshal Shi is angry?"

"Don't dare." Shi Tianze said: "I will ask His Majesty for an order..."

At this moment, Kublai Khan walked into the sweat tent from the other side, and said calmly, "What do you want to ask for?"

"Your Majesty, I'm old and incompetent, and I can't attack Li Xia for a long time. Please send King Hulahuer to take over the command."

Kublai Khan seemed stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly, walked down and patted Shi Tianze on the shoulder, and said: "If even you say you are incompetent, there will be no commander in this Khan's tent who can fight. You continue to command, don't delay .”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your obedience."

Kublai Khan restrained his smile, raised his finger, pointed at Hulahuer, and said in an unhappy tone: "Since you are in a hurry, then take your soldiers and horses as the overseer, Daiben Khan encourages the soldiers, and within two days you must take the Bring Li Xia's head here."

Shi Bang was a little uneasy, and he took a sneak peek, and was relieved to find that Hulahuer hadn't reported his capture in front of Kublai Khan.

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"Father, the child doesn't understand."

On the way back to the camp, Shi Bang rode his horse and followed behind Shi Tianze, he couldn't help asking: "Hulahu'er clearly dislikes my father and son, my son doesn't understand why father put up with it?"

"I can't bear it, what do you want?"

"Sue him in front of His Majesty."

"Don't be inseparable, don't take the lead first." Shi Tianze said, "What are you and me? Hanchen. They are just outsiders and servants of the Jin family. Who is Hulahu'er? Hechiwen's grandson, His Majesty's cousin Uncle. Is it going to end well for us to sue him?"

"But I..."

"Don't dare." Shi Tianze scolded lightly: "Don't you have the handle in his hands?!"

Shi Bang lowered his head and said, "Boy..."

"Hulahu'er broke something, and if you want to take some credit from me, then give it to him, don't lose too much because of small things."

"My boy just can't get angry. He clearly thinks that Han people are easy to be deceived by us." Shi Bang shook his head and muttered, "It's easiest to open your mouth and teach others without doing shit."

"Then he is also your master. If you are capable, you should be born into the Golden Family. Don't be reincarnated as my son, Shi Tianze."

"I know I was wrong." Shi Bangce immediately stepped forward, lowered his voice, and said, "I want to say that Li Xia is Han..."

"To shut up."

"Father, my son heard that there is Tang Jun in the southeast..."

Shi Tianze reined in suddenly, turned around, and grabbed his son's neck.

Shi Bang was almost frightened by his father lifting him up from the horse.

"Listen to my father, Your Majesty suppressed this news, even I didn't know it, because I was afraid that the Tang army would get the news from our soldiers. If you dare to talk too much to harm the historian, don't blame my father for being cruel."

After much difficulty, Shi Gang was finally put back on the saddle, out of breath.

Shi Tianze continued to ride his horse with a cold face. Although he didn't say a word, he thought of his careful management in Kaifeng and the thrilling time when he ordered Li Fen to be executed in Jinan...

"Don't think too much." He told himself in his heart.

Drinking horse blood and eating horse meat, Li Xia, who may be beheaded by the soldiers at any time, will soon be unable to hold on.And as long as he persisted for a while, he would win big. It was just a small grievance, so why couldn't he persist?