Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

"Don't be careless. Kublai Khan only sent these four people. These four people must be ten warriors. You must kill them with one strike." Zhang Dingguan said.

This time the plan must be successful, so there can be no mistakes. He needs these assassins to not be careless in the slightest and execute this mission perfectly.

"Don't worry! Prince, we're leaving now." The assassin leader said.

"Well! Be careful on the road. Okay, let's go!" Zhang Dingguan nodded and said.

The assassin leader nodded, stood up and left the tent. Soon, a group of people set off from Halaholin and headed towards the west.

After dealing with the assassin's matter, Zhang Dingguan also returned to his tent. In the past few days, Brother Hulegu Alibu, as well as several other princes from the Tolei family, came one after another to pay their respects to him. The eldest son of the King of Guanzhong.

Be very respectful to yourself. And said that from today on, they are no longer members of the Tolei family, but will name their territory and people after themselves.

From then on, there was no more Tolui family.

But Zhang Dingguan just smiled at these words. You really don't want the Tuo Lei family anymore, but some people think differently. Meng Ge and Kublai Khan were determined to establish the Tuo Lei family.

He couldn't even confirm whether Hulagu and Alibu brothers really wanted to be independent and would not want to revive the glory of the Tolei family in the future?

His father was about to launch a southern expedition and launch an all-out war against the Southern Song Dynasty. His father had previously pacified the Central Plains, recovered the Han army in Hebei, and pacified the Shandong Red Coat Army, all in order to have a stable rear.

Zhang Dingguan couldn't understand what they said about the cold weapon age, which was about to begin its decline, and the dawn of the hot weapon age.

This army was not equipped with any swords or spears. They were equipped with muskets, mines, heavy artillery, and mobile mortars, which were a newly invented portable artillery in Guanzhong.

Even at a military meeting, an officer of the new army publicly stated that they could destroy a cavalry force of 100,000 people with 10,000 people, and their own casualties would not even exceed 100.

His father said that the Southern Song Dynasty would be destroyed within a year. He did not believe it because according to the estimates of many Guanzhong generals, even his own estimate.

For this war, my father prepared a lot of things, among which the Gunpowder Design Bureau was the top priority. It produced many new weapons, and my father even built several new gunpowder factories.

"I have also considered this matter. I now have a very important thing that I must stay in the grassland to complete. It will take at least half a month, or even longer." Zhang Dingguan said.

Equipped with something called a musket, this army did not even wear armor, but a kind of cloth, and a bayonet was installed on their muskets.

The weapon production of many steel plants has even been changed, allowing them to fully produce the high-grade steel needed for artillery. The steel production of swords, spears, armors and the like has been reduced by at least half.

But Zhang Dingguan was still skeptical about this. His father was too confident, and Zhang Dingguan even felt that his father was a little arrogant.

"Master, there is something I have to tell you. When are we going back to Guanzhong? My belly is getting bigger and bigger. I won't be able to ride a horse in a few days. I will have a miscarriage." Hucha Duo He came over, sat next to Zhang Dingguan, and said.

"Okay! After you handle the matter, hurry back to Guanzhong. I'm waiting for my man to make military exploits?" Hucha Duo said.

"Yeah!" Zhang Dingguan nodded.

Therefore, he must stabilize his father's rear and not let anything big happen to the Mongolian grassland.

As for the light cavalry, all Mongolian cavalry are used.

There is no way, my belly is getting bigger and bigger, now it is five months old, if I don't leave, I won't be able to ride a horse.

However, many generals in Guanzhong, including Zhang Dingguan, felt that this was wrong. If they wanted to conquer the Southern Song Dynasty, they should equip a large number of cavalry troops and build up and expand the cavalry troops.

My father also said that he wanted to end this war at lightning speed. My father didn't even take the Southern Song Dynasty seriously.

My father is very confident, saying that this war will shock the world and even change the whole world's view of war!

His father even told him that he would practice martial arts less in the future. There was no need to practice hard on horseback riding or shooting. All you had to do was know how to ride a horse. A new war mode was about to come.

Help your father to quell the civil strife on the grasslands and buy him at least three to five years to cripple the Southern Song Dynasty. As for the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty, to be honest, even he himself didn't really believe it.

The father told himself that he would win this war, and a great victory, and there was no possibility of failure.

His father did not increase the number of cavalry in Guanzhong over the years, but only expanded the number of heavy armored cavalry to 10,000.

His father told him that this army would be the ace in the future and the absolute main force.

Now that he knew on the grassland that there was likely to be civil strife in Mongolia, and when Tuo Lei and Brother Meng were going to deal with his family, Zhang Dingguan was eager to help his father.

"Okay! If you really have something important to do, I will return to Guanzhong first. After all, my stomach can't be delayed." Hucha Duo said.

There was no heavy infantry or other infantry formed, but a new army was trained on a large scale.

"How can this be done? I won't be able to ride a horse because of my stomach! I will stay here for at least half a year and can only leave after giving birth to the child. Don't you still want to conquer the Southern Song Dynasty with your father? You can't waste time. !" Hucha Duo said.

But there was no way, he had to figure out what Ge Meng and Kublai Khan were doing.

Even now it is difficult to ride a horse. The grassland women are in better health than the Central Plains women, but even so, they will not ride horses again when they have a big belly. They will find a place to settle down and wait until the child is born.

Only the cavalry is the real trump card. Many generals in Guanzhong, including himself, think so. Only the commanders of the new army trained by his father turned their noses up at this.

Generally, at five or six months, a woman on the grassland will find a place to settle down and prepare to give birth. It will take at least a month to return from the Mongolian grassland to Guanzhong. After all, her body cannot be bumpy and she can only walk slowly along the way. .

As the saying goes, if you marry a chicken, follow the chicken, if you marry a dog, follow the dog. Once you are married to your husband, you will naturally consider her man.

For some reason, Zhang Dingguan felt that his father was a little arrogant and even childish during this war.

According to my father's estimation, it would take at most one year, or even faster, only eight months to completely defeat the Southern Song Dynasty and completely destroy it.

Military merit and other things are the most important things to the Mongols. No matter what is delayed, men cannot be delayed from fighting.

He also wanted to return to Guanzhong with his wife.

"Otherwise, I will send a team of troops to escort you back to Guanzhong first. After I finish my work, I will ride on a fast horse to catch up with you." Zhang Dingguan said.

This war alone would last three years, and it could only seize most of the Southern Song Dynasty's land, but could not completely destroy the Southern Song Dynasty.

Father! You were not so arrogant before. What made you so arrogant?

"Well, you go back first. I will arrange for someone to take you away tomorrow. You take half of the guards with you, and they will escort you on the road." Zhang Dingguan said.

Early the next morning, Zhang Dingguan arranged for half of his entourage to hire a carriage to send his wife away to Guanzhong.

But he continued to wait on the grassland, even to deceive others. To prevent Meng Ge and Kublai Khan from the Tuo Lei family from discovering anything, he also accepted several Western women sent by Gui You and let them wear the kind of small armor invented by his father.

He acted like he wanted to enjoy himself here after sending his wife away, deceiving Kublai Khan and Meng Ge.

Late at night two days later, the envoys sent by Meng Ge, Kublai Khan and others, with their pack horses, had reached a place more than a hundred miles away from Hara and Forest.

Tomorrow they will arrive at the next inn, where they will wander for a while and recruit some servants.

"Brothers, let's rest here tonight! We should be able to reach the inn tonight. We will recruit some servants then." A bearded man in his forties said.

"Well! Let's rest here tonight, brother. I'll drive the horses over, form a circle, and light a fire to prevent wild beasts from coming."

"I'm going to pick up some hay and cow dung to light the fire." "I'm going to take out the dried meat."

"You go and prepare, I will be on guard around you." The bearded leader nodded and said.

They should not encounter any danger near the Hara River Forest in the main part of Mongolia. There are no bandit organizations in this area to rob Mongolian caravans.

It was a dark night, and the stars in the sky were covered by dark clouds.

Zhang Yong's assassin army had already dismounted when they were still ten miles away. A group of assassins began to walk to avoid being discovered by the enemy. Late that night, they touched the surroundings of these envoys.

The assassin leader did not speak, but made a gesture, making a fist, opening it, and drawing a circle.

Prepare twenty small crossbows. Every five crossbows are aimed at one person. The others will narrow the encirclement so that no horse can leave. If the pack horse cannot be controlled, they will be shot directly.

In the darkness, the assassins nodded together, and no one made a sound. They had a strict rule when performing tasks.

When assassinating the target, absolutely no sound must be made, and all communication must be completed with gestures.

Four followers sent by Kublai Khan and Meng Ge. Be there soon. They lit a fire in the wilderness, cooked some dried meat, drank kumiss, and chatted wordlessly.

"Brother, I always feel that the surroundings are a little quiet, not even a wolf howl." A bearded man in his thirties said while chewing on dried meat.

"Caravans usually pass by here, and the wild wolves around are scared away. They don't dare to show up at all. It's not surprising that there are no wolves howling." Another middle-aged man said.

"I also feel something is wrong. It's too quiet around here. Otherwise, let's camp somewhere else. I always feel like there's a creepy feeling here."

"Yes! Boss, let alone wild wolves, I have never seen even a wild deer or a wild rabbit."

"Don't scare yourselves. We are all too nervous. This time we are all businessmen. We are just selling some fur goods to the Golden Horde Han Kingdom to make a fortune. There is nothing else." The middle-aged bearded leader said.

In his opinion, these brothers were too nervous. After all, the mission they performed this time was too important.

But it does seem a little strange. It's very dark today, and you can't even see your fingers. The moon in the sky is just a crescent moon.

"Okay, let's go to bed early after eating! We have a long journey tomorrow!" the middle-aged bearded leader said.

The four of them nodded to each other and planned to go back to rest. At this moment, they seemed to hear a slight movement coming from the bushes.

"Who's over there?"

"Could it be a wild wolf? Or a wild bear or something like that."

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!
"Ah! Ah!"

"Uh! Uh!"

Several blasts of sound came from the air, and two arrows were inserted into the necks of the third and second children instantly. The third child was also shot, and his legs and eyes were still there.

Only the boss reluctantly turned over and escaped the blow, no good! They were ambushed.

In just an instant, three brothers died, and he was the only one left. In the darkness, he didn't even see clearly who the enemy was?
The sound of sharp bows and arrows came one after another, and in just a moment, his body was covered with arrows and he fell to the ground.

He coughed up blood from his mouth, fell to the ground, and kept twitching.

In the blur, he saw dozens of men wearing black uniforms and hoods approaching them quietly.

Prince Kublai Khan, I'm sorry for you! I unexpectedly met a robber. With a trace of unwillingness, the bearded leader slowly closed his eyes.

“Chief, we have all been dealt with, none of the four people are alive.

None of the horses escaped, there were twenty pack horses, and four very good war horses. "After careful inspection, an assassin came and said.

"Search all their goods to see if they carry any letters or anything like that. You must search carefully for me, and you can't miss anything." The assassin leader said.

Many assassins nodded and immediately began to search the accompanying luggage. An hour later, all the luggage was searched.

Two assassins in black came to the assassin leader with a box in their hands. After the box was opened, there was a golden token with the word "Tuo Lei" written on it in Mongolian, and two more, which were carefully covered with beeswax. Sealed letters.

"You guys take care of the surrounding scene. First, dress up like an ordinary caravan and wander around nearby without attracting attention. I'll go back and hand these things over to the eldest prince first." The assassin leader said.

"It's the leader, don't worry!"

The assassin leader nodded, led a few people on their horses, and hurried towards Hala and Lin.

On the afternoon of the third day after Hucha Duo left, the assassin leader returned to Zhang Dingguan's tent.

"How is it? Is the matter done?" Zhang Dingguan asked.

"Grand Prince, don't worry, we have taken care of it. As you expected, they did go to deliver the letter. We seized two letters and a token.

The token is to prove their identity as the Tuo Lei family. There were two letters sealed with beeswax, which I did not dare to open. "The assassin leader knelt on the ground and handed a small exquisite box to Zhang Dingguan.

Zhang Dingguan nodded, opened the box, then opened a secret letter and began to read it.

The more he looked at it, the deeper his frown deepened. As he expected, this letter was written by Meng Ge, and the person who wrote it was also Batu. In the letter, Meng Ge described his longing for Batu and mentioned He learned about the agreement between the two of them during the Western Expedition.

He asked Batu to be able to bring troops to help the next time he was notified that a great chaos broke out in the East, and told Batu that a big event would happen in the East in one year.

Another letter was written in more detail, written by Kublai Khan to Batu, which detailed the interests between the East and the West. It also explains why Guiyang and Guanzhong Wang Zhangyong, his father, decided to attack the West.

And told Batu that this was the last chance. If no action was taken, his Golden Horde would not be saved.

They asked Batu to help them break away from the family and send troops to help them in a year to help them drag the Lei family to complete a major event.

As for what this major event is and what will happen in a year, the letter did not say anything.

Zhang Dingguan estimated that the most important information should be in the mouths of those messengers and not written in letters.

"Are there any survivors among those envoys? Did you leave one alive?" Zhang Dingguan collected the two letters and asked.

"Reporting to the great prince, according to your instructions, we did not leave any survivors alive and killed all four envoys." The assassin leader knelt on the ground and said.

"Alas! What a pity. These two letters are very useful, but the most important thing is hidden. I think it should be in the mouth of the envoy, and then the envoy will tell Batu himself." Zhang Dingguan said.

"Eldest Prince, what should we do next?"

"You immediately hand these two letters to my father as quickly as possible and let him read them. I will continue to stay in the Mongolian grassland and continue to wait for my father's instructions." Zhang Dingguan said.

Something big is definitely going to happen. I can't guess what it is, but my father can definitely guess it.

But no matter what, he must stay on the grassland. (End of chapter)