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Chapter 1243
At the beginning of this April, the overall battle situation seemed to be going well for Dayuan.

Liu Bingzhong returned to Yanjing and reported the situation in Hebei to Kublai Khan. It was nothing more than that Li Xia had retreated and Brother Yixiang had surrounded Baozhou City.

Of course, these were expected by Kublai Khan, and he was more concerned about some details.

For example, after hearing about the use of Hao Jing to test whether Li Xia had really withdrawn his troops, he asked, "In Secretary Cong's opinion, did Hao Jing deliver the fake news?"

Liu Bingzhong shook his head ponderingly, and said: "The few people who talked to Hao Jing in the camp at that time have been taken down by us for interrogation, and we have not found anyone from the Military Intelligence Department."

"Brother Yixiang said it differently." Kublai Khan took out a memorial and threw it directly to Liu Bingzhong.

At this moment, a gloomy and terrifying expression flashed in the emperor's eyes.

Liu Bingzhong took the memorial and looked at it, and his face was a little bit embarrassed.

Kublai Khan said: "Brother Yixiang said that at that time there were soldiers who bumped into Hao Jing, helped Hao Jing, approached Hao Jing, including food deliverers and guards. There were many suspicious ones. He wanted to take them all for trial at that time, but You stopped me."

"Yes." Liu Bingzhong said: "If everyone in the camp gets closer to Hao Jing, they will be taken down, which will inevitably cause panic and affect morale. Therefore, the only ones I take down are those who talk to Hao Jing."

"At that time, you said that with the capabilities of the Military Intelligence Department, you must have given false information to Li Xia."

Liu Bingzhong said: "I really guessed wrong."

He raised his head and glanced at Kublai Khan, his eyes seemed very sincere, and he said: "I was also very suspicious of Hao Jing at one time, so I set up two traps for him to jump in, but I didn't find any flaws in him."

Both times Kublai Khan knew about it.

The first time they deliberately gave the opportunity for the traitors in the city to send information about Song Ting to Li Xia, but they did not expect that the person they caught was Hulahu'er.

The Zongwang of the Golden Family had never suffered much, and when he heard that he was going to be tortured, he resorted to all kinds of tricks.

——"The Great Khan spared my life, they forced me. After I was captured in Helan Mountain, I was tortured every day. This time they released me and forced me to promise to pass on useful military information to them after I came back, otherwise they would send someone Kill me. I don’t want to give military information, so I thought it would be okay to give them information about Song.”

At this time, Kublai Khan thought of this, and said: "Ben Khan ordered someone to interrogate Hulahuer during this period. One thing is very strange. The Military Intelligence Department did not send anyone to contact Hulahuer. He sent it himself. Someone sent military information to Baozhou."

Liu Bingzhong couldn't help asking: "What does Da Khan mean?"

"It's possible that Li Xia doesn't trust him at all, and asks him to do something casually, so that he can be easily caught by Ben Khan. In order to cover up the real traitor."

"I don't think so." Liu Bingzhong met Kublai Khan's gaze, and said calmly: "On the contrary, I think that Dayuan has no family members and important officials who have become traitors, including King Hulahuer. Li Xia just used this to make His Majesty suspicious , This is a plan to divide."

Kublai Khan asked, "Hao Jing didn't betray either?"

"I have tried it." Liu Bingzhong said: "Unless, the minister is the real traitor who intentionally wronged King Huluhuer and shielded Hao Jing."

Kublai Khan took a closer look at Liu Bingzhong and thought that Liu Bingzhong was really trustworthy.

It was his strategy that uncovered the traitors in Yanjing, shook Li Xia's military morale, and forced Li Xia to retreat.

The reversal of the battle situation began with the new trust in Liu Bingzhong.

So, after a moment of silence, Kublai Khan's hearty laughter resounded in the hall.

"How could Ben Khan doubt Secretary Cong? In the future, Li Xia will never try to drive a wedge between Ben Khan and Han Chen. The crisis in Dayuan is over, and Ben Khan will no longer have doubts in his heart."

~~
During this period of time, the situation was indeed looking good for Kublai Khan.

He finally had the mind to turn his attention away from the war and pay attention to some state affairs that he had neglected for a while.

Liu Bingzhong retreated that day, and Chabi came to see him.

"Great Khan, Aibuhua has sent someone again, asking the Khan to send someone to escort Yue Lie to Wanggu to get married."

Kublai Khan snorted when he heard this.

He approved of this marriage at the beginning. Aibuhua is the leader of the Wanggu tribe. It is a tradition for him to marry a daughter in the past.

It's just that from the Battle of Hetao to the Battle of Helan Mountain, Aibuhua's performance did not satisfy Kublai Khan. In addition, the Wanggu tribe suffered heavy losses, and they no longer had the strength they had before.

So after returning from Helan Mountain, the matter was delayed.

Aibuhua is in a hurry and has sent people to ask for it several times.Although Kublai Khan was dissatisfied, he did not refuse, lest Aibuhua turn to Li Xia in disappointment, and only asked Aibuhua to recruit herdsmen in the Wanggu tribe to ensure the stability of Hetao.

"What happened to what Ben Khan ordered him to do?"

"It is said that [-] troops have been gathered, and the Tang army is blocked. In more detail, do you want to see the people he sent?"

"I won't trust him easily anymore." Kublai Khan waved his hand and said, "I'll send someone to inquire, if he's doing really well...Let's talk about it."

Cha Bidao: "But this marriage has been delayed for almost two years because of the war, how can there be a woman on the grassland who is still fifteen years old and still not married?"

Kublai Khan patted Chabi's hand and said, "Don't worry, the hardest battle is over. In the past few years, Ben Khan defeated Brother Ali Bu, and this time he defeated Li Xia again, and it will become smoother in the future." That's it. Then we will consider which tribe to win over..."

The couple here were just talking about a daughter's marriage, and when Kublai Khan summoned someone to discuss the matter again, they heard a report.

"Khan, Prince Gaoli has returned to Yanjing again."

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A group of dusty carriages drove into Yanjing.

Wang Chen lifted the curtain of the car, looked up at the Daning Palace in the distance, and the worry in his eyes became more and more intense.

He was 32 years old and the eldest son of the current king of Goryeo.

This is the second time he has come to Dayuan to have an audience. In his opinion, Dayuan is still strong.It's just that under this strength, he can faintly feel that something is wrong.

Wang Chen still remembers that he came to court for the first time when Kublai Khan defeated brother Alibu and summoned envoys from various countries to pay homage... However, at that time, the seven-day celebration ceremony was only halfway through, but a news spread Come out, it is said that in the Western Regions, many tribes jointly elected a new Khan.

The specific news was suppressed, and Wang Chen failed to inquire about the details. He only knew that many people died in Kaiping City.

That year, although Kublai Khan did not show any angry expression on his face, he showed his anger by killing.

From this, the envoys of various countries knew that someone was challenging the authority of the new Mongolian Khan.

As for Wang Chen's mission this time, it is even more strange.

Shi Tianze, Wang Wentong and others he had befriended last time, as well as Koryo's fake proton Wang Chen, are all gone.

It was said that Da Yuan was at war with some Tang army in the south, but the progress of the war was kept secret, and everyone only said that it was going well.

Wang Chen wanted to inquire carefully, but Kublai Khan had already sent someone to escort him back to the country.

As a result, he had not yet crossed the Yalu River, but he heard the news of the domestic rebellion in Koryo, so he had to return. When he arrived in Kaiping, he heard that the Great Khan had arrived in Yanjing again, so he rushed over.

Walking all the way into the Daning Palace, Wang Chen trembled in fright when he raised his head and saw Kublai Khan's majestic face.

"I pay my respects to the Great Khan."

"Who gave you permission to come here?"

Surprised, Wang Chen hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily.

With a sound of "dong", he said in a sobbing voice: "I am profusely sweating, I heard that Lin Yan, the powerful minister of the Goryeo Kingdom, deposed my father and king, and sent someone to ambush the minister. The minister was terrified. Return and ask the Great Khan to rule!"

"..."

At this time, a rebellion in the Goryeo Kingdom was obviously not a good thing for Da Yuan.

If it does not intervene, it will obviously damage the majesty of the sovereign state.But a few predictions, right now is the time to confront Li Xia, and soldiers and horses cannot be drawn.

Fortunately, the battle with Li Xia is going well now, and when someone is sent to Koryo to inquire about the situation, they may be able to draw out troops, and then decide whether to send troops.

Kublai Khan then temporarily agreed to Wang Chen's intervention in the affairs of Korea.

Wang Chen was overjoyed and burst into tears of gratitude.

"The Great Khan is so gracious, and I only hope that Koryo will be loyal to Dayuan from generation to generation. I implore the Great Khan to surrender the princess to the little minister, so that Koryo will be the country of the son-in-law and will be the servant of the Great Khan forever."

After the interpreter translated these words to Kublai Khan, Kublai Khan turned his head and glanced at Wang Chen who was kneeling in front of him again, feeling a sense of disgust in his heart.

"Tell this greedy bastard that he's not qualified yet."

The interpreter said, "All the daughters of the Great Khan are already married, and there is no princess who can marry you."

~~
"Everyone wants to ask for Ben Khan's grace, but they don't think about what they can do for Ben Khan?"

Kublai Khan commented on Aibuhua and Wang Chen's request.

Of course, these are trivial matters and do not affect the situation of the battle.

A few days later, Boyan's memorial was also sent to Yanjing, indicating that Lu Wenhuan was indeed sending troops to attack Luoyang; at the same time, Brother Yixiang stated that Baozhou City had been completely sealed off.

Kublai Khan was overjoyed, and once again summoned his ministers to discuss matters, this time discussing the strategy of counterattack, regaining the Central Plains, and even recovering Guanzhong.

A large map is spread out.

Although there are only scribbled lines representing mountains and rivers and simple Uighur and Mongolian characters marking cities, this does not hinder Kublai Khan's command.

He fights and is good at grasping the general situation.

And Liu Bingzhong understood Kublai Khan's strategic intentions very well, and explained it.

"Although the war has been going on until now, it is often heard that the Tang army has captured a certain city, but as long as you look at the overall situation, you can find that the Tang army is the one caught in the siege."

As he spoke, Liu Bingzhong drew several arrows one after another.

"Jia Sidao attacked Chongqing, and Lu Wenhuan attacked Luoyang. This is the attack of the Song army. King Yixiang attacked Baozhou, Prime Minister Boyan cut Li Xia's back, Kantuo Mengjia came out of Tubo to attack Chengdu, and don't forget Last year, according to Zhuer, he went south from Hetao to attack Yan'an..."

At this point, Na Muhan hurried in, and because he ran so fast, he even knocked down the map shelf that was placed there.

"Father Khan!"

Na Muhan looked up at Kublai Khan, he could actually see many courtiers around him out of the corner of his eye.

But he was too panicked to care about it.

"Taiyuan has fallen!"

"..."

Taiyuan?

After being puzzled for a moment, Kublai Khan immediately understood what it meant to lose Taiyuan.

He immediately understood where Li Xia's strategic intentions were.

He lost his mind for a moment, and couldn't even hear the sounds around him.

During the discussion just now, the strategic plan formed in his mind with many arrows surrounding Li Xia dissipated in an instant, leaving only the oppressive feeling of Tang Jun pressing towards Yanjing.

headache.

Kublai Khan stroked his forehead, but he couldn't immediately think of a way to deal with it.

He thought about what he was doing these days when Li Xia solved the problem of money and food?Discuss with a few wastes whether to marry their daughter to them.

And now, who can you rely on?

(End of this chapter)