Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Chapter 508 The envoy from Batu arrives, and the confused Meng Ge and Kublai Khan

Kublai Khan, who was sitting aside, also sighed.

"Brother, we all made mistakes. This time I was wrong. We were really wrong." Kublai Khan said.

This time, Guanzhong launched an attack on the Southern Song Dynasty. The Guanzhong army moved faster than everyone imagined.

Originally, he thought, and even his staff believed that it would take three or four years to annihilate the main army of the Southern Song Dynasty and even be willing to attack Xiangyang City.

Because they knew that Xiangyang City was an extremely solid city with three waterways. It was simply an impossible task to attack Xiangyang City head-on.

If you want to capture Xiangyang City, you can only adopt a siege strategy. This siege will consume a lot of national power in Kongguanzhong and concentrate all the forces of the entire Guanzhong region, Hebei region, Central Plains region, and Sichuan-Sichuan region. Provide food and fodder for the army on the front line and engage in a tug-of-war.

Let Zhang Yong, the king of Guanzhong, compete with the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty in terms of national strength to see which country is stronger and which country can't bear it first.

Once either side is unable to bear it, for example, the Guanzhong army completely surrounds Xiangyang City and cuts off the supplies outside the city, or in other words, the Guanzhong army's food and grass problem is the first to be unable to bear it.

Without the strength to fight again, they could only choose to withdraw their troops. Then the Southern Song Dynasty would win the final victory.

But how long did it take for the King of Guanzhong to return from the Western Expedition? It only took two and a half years, less than three years. During this period, the King of Guanzhong did several major things in succession.

First, they captured the Central Plains region and drove back the generals of their Tuolei family.

Then they took Shandong along the way, and then Hebei. After less than a year of rest, they launched the invasion of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Many of Kublai Khan's staff even concluded that King Guanzhong's war was likely to end in failure. The only variable that emerged was the Yangzhou War.

However, the navy of the Southern Song Dynasty was more powerful. Even if they broke through the Huaihe River defense line, it would be extremely difficult to conquer Yangzhou City.

Next, the Guanzhong army should fall into the quagmire of the southern battlefield, constantly engaging in tug-of-war with the Southern Song Dynasty, and snatching Yangzhou City and Xiangyang City.

But the outcome of the war was beyond everyone's expectations. The King of Guanzhong's army broke through Xiangyang City almost overwhelmingly. It only took fifteen days to break through Xiangyang City, which was guarded by a hundred thousand troops.

And this is not over yet, after Xiangyang City was conquered.

The Guanzhong Navy troops departing from Chongqing Prefecture, the land of Sichuan and Sichuan, fought another battle with the Quanzhou Navy of the Southern Song Dynasty, and this war was even more surprising.

Who trained the navy in Guanzhong? Which Western barbarians trained them? All Kublai Khan's staff gave him an answer, that is, it was absolutely impossible for the naval forces trained by the Western barbarians to defeat the Southern Song Dynasty navy.

But it turned out that the King of Guanzhong actually installed artillery and even a flamethrower on the ship. Using these two advanced weapons, the Southern Song Army was unable to fight back. The entire Quanzhou Navy of the Southern Song Dynasty was completely annihilated by the Guanzhong Army. .

Immediately afterwards, the Southern Song Dynasty defender of Jiangling Mansion actually surrendered to the Guanzhong Army, allowing the Guanzhong King Zhang Yong to take Jiangling Mansion without bloodshed. Then Yangzhou City fell, and the Guanzhong Army's navy and army displayed unimaginable combat effectiveness.

In the following battle, the Southern Song Dynasty's navy was completely exhausted, while the Guanzhong direction continued to replenish new ships, transform the Southern Song ships into ships that could mount cannons, and then blockaded Lin'an Prefecture, with only eight short The Southern Song Dynasty was wiped out in a month.

"It's only been eight months, Kublai Khan, my brother. In just eight months, the Southern Song Dynasty has been wiped out. We expected that the King of Guanzhong would be trapped in the quagmire of war for several years." Meng Ge said. .

What was even more painful and desperate was that the Guanzhong army then entered the Dali Kingdom.

The latest news is that the Dali Kingdom was also destroyed by the Guanzhong army. Now, there is no longer a decent force in the south that can harass the Guanzhong King's rear.

As time goes by, the strength of the Guanzhong army will become stronger and stronger, because the entire south has basically not suffered much damage from the war. Except for the battles in Xiangyang City, Ezhou City, and Lin'an Prefecture, other places have basically not suffered much damage. All above are surrenders.

In this case, delaying time will be more beneficial to the King of Guanzhong, and the hard power between the two parties will become greater and greater.

Moreover, several of his younger brothers had completely broken with them. Xu Liegu actually borrowed his family's 10,000 troops from Guyu through some unknown means.

Brother Alibu also followed suit and lent back 10,000 troops. Now these two brothers are eyeing the two of them, and the remaining brothers of the Tuolei family have basically gathered under their command.

"What conditions did Ariq Böke and Hulagu agree to with the Mongol Khan Guyuk that made him agree to give them an army of 20,000?" Mongke said in confusion.

They had used various tricks before, but Guiyu refused to let go of the 30,000 people, but they didn't expect that after his two brothers passed by, they actually took 20,000 people back.

"I don't know either, but according to Guyu's character, he shouldn't let him go easily. It's probably because the two of them promised Guyu some benefit, and that's why Guyu agreed to release him." Kublai Khan said.

After finally occupying the 3-strong army of their family, it took only a few years for him to hold it in his hands. Logically speaking, Guyou shouldn't let the people back so easily. What is the reason for this?

"Forget it, we can't figure out these things. The key thing now is what to do with our plan? I'm afraid we won't be able to delay it any longer." Meng Ge said.

Previously, the plan he and Kublai Khan made was to pretend to be sick, and then take the opportunity to launch a rebellion when the army of the King of Guanzhong was fighting with the Southern Song Dynasty, and then ask Batu brother to come over to help, and then unify the Mongolian grassland.

After that, the entire Mongolian power was integrated to launch a crusade against Zhang Yong, the king of Guanzhong, and completely kill this father-killing enemy.

But now the battle on the side of the King of Guanzhong has actually ended, but there is no news from their side. Even his younger brother has begun to grow up, and there is even a trend of brothers fighting against each other.

"We can't do anything about the King of Guanzhong. We just don't know what's going on with Brother Batu now? Can Brother Batu come to support us?" Kublai Khan said.

Although the battle was over, the area in the Southern Song Dynasty had just been occupied after all.

There should still be some resistance, or some soldiers should be needed to guard it. They should still be unable to send troops to the Mongolian grassland in a short time. This is their family's last chance.

"I'm also surprised about this matter. The envoy we sent should have returned a few months ago. Unfortunately, until now, there is no news at all." Meng Ge said.

The men he sent out, judging by their distance, should have returned from meeting Batu by now, and Batu's army had even set off, preparing to fight with them.

"I'm also surprised. Logically speaking, we sent them out when spring just started last year.

When autumn comes this year, they should be able to come back, but until now, spring has come, and there is still no news about them. Kublai Khan said.

The house leaked and it rained all night, and the matter of the King of Guanzhong gave their brothers a headache! And now there is no news about his own messenger.

"Could there be an accident? They, they were intercepted and killed on the road?" Meng Ge said.

"Impossible. If the bandits killed them, then we in Mongolia would have received the news a long time ago. Who dares to kill the members of our Mongolian caravan on the entire western trade route?" Kublai Khan said.

Just kidding, with the current strong character and unparalleled strength of the Mongols, as long as you kill the people in the Mongolian caravan, the Mongolian army will be able to send troops to your country and destroy you.

Moreover, the places their envoys traveled through were all Mongolian grassland lands, or ethnic groups that had submitted to Mongolia. Absolutely no tribe dared to loot Mongolian merchants.

Although there are only four of them, they will also recruit some real businessmen to act as servants on the road. A team of dozens of people will not be attacked by wild wolves or anything like that.

"Is it because Brother Batu is unwilling to help and even detained our envoys, preventing them from coming back?" Meng Ge said. This is the outcome he least wants and cannot accept. What Batu wants now is their last hope.

If Batu is unwilling to help, then he and Kublai Khan can wait to die, or directly rebel.

"Brother! Brother Batu, there is absolutely no way he can just sit idly by and ignore this matter. Our envoy may have had an accident, or even a situation we don't know about." Kublai Khan said with a gloomy face.

These four envoys are the most trusted people of their Tuo Lei family. Even if they die, they will not betray the Tuo Lei family.

Now it's two or three months later than expected and I haven't come back. Something unexpected must have happened.

"Or! Otherwise! Let's wait a little longer! Or directly send another group of envoys to Brother Batu's territory. This time we will take the Mongolian Pass.

They will not carry any letters with them, it is just a visit from an envoy, but the envoy will dictate the real situation to Brother Badu, so that the best confidentiality can be achieved. "Meng Ge said.

"No, brother, we don't have enough time. According to our original plan, Brother Batu's army should be almost there by now. If we send an envoy now, it will take eight or nine months just to go back and forth. What we lack most is It's time." Kublai Khan said.

While the two brothers were discussing the matter, a messenger suddenly came outside, saying that he was sent by Batu and asking to see them.

Hearing this, the two brothers were overjoyed. Unexpectedly, after waiting for a long time, the envoy from Batu was finally brought.

"Hahaha! I know it, I know Brother Batu, he will not ignore us. Brother Batu himself also has a grudge against Guyu, and they don't like each other." Meng Ge said.

After waiting for a long time, Brother Batu's envoy was finally sent. Since this envoy is here, Brother Batu's army should be arriving soon, right?
Kublai Khan, who was standing aside, was also full of excitement. The most critical step of this plan and the most critical person had finally arrived.

"Hurry up and invite the envoy in." Meng Ge said.

"Wait a minute! Let me ask you, did you bring out the token of the Jochi family when the envoy came? Are you sure that the envoy is the envoy of Brother Batu?" Kublai Khan asked.

What they did this time was going to be a fool's errand. As long as there was a mistake in one step, the whole game would be lost.

So he had to confirm that this messenger came from the west.

"I have confirmed the two princes. The other one holds the token of the Jochi family. There is no problem." The servant nodded and said.

"That's good, hurry up and invite the messenger in! We will see the deceased immediately." Kublai Khan said.

The servant nodded and ran out immediately. Soon, Batu's envoy was brought to the two brothers.

"Haha, the envoy has been waiting for you. We two brothers have been looking forward to you for a long time." Meng Ge looked at the envoy from Batu and said.

Kublai Khan also nodded to Batu's envoy with a smile on his face, but for some reason, the envoy looked very anxious and even a little angry!
"Master Meng Ge, and Master Kublai Khan, you, why did you lie to Master Batu! Why did you lie to us?" the messenger said.

Hearing this, the two brothers were instantly confused and looked at each other, completely confused. What does this mean? Why do we want to harm Brother Batu?

Could it be that asking him to send troops would harm him? But if we don’t send troops, we will be destroyed by Guyu and Zhang Yong in the future!

"Messenger, where did you start talking about this? We invited Brother Batu to send troops. It was for the good of both families. How could we harm him?" Brother Meng frowned and asked.

The messenger who heard this was a little confused.

"You two, when did you invite Lord Batu to send troops to help you? Didn't you, your envoy, say that you wanted to marry the two families?
Lord Batu sent his eldest son Salida here to form a marriage alliance with your Tuolei family! Isn't this what we agreed to do? "The messenger said.

When brothers Kublai Khan and Meng Ge heard this, their eyes widened instantly and they looked at the messenger with disbelief.

what's the situation? The envoy I sent was to invite Brother Batu to send troops to help me fight for the Mongolian Khan. How did it turn into a marriage?
Could it be that Brother Batu wants to get married?
"Messenger, what do you say? We, haven't the envoys we sent out arrived at your side?" Kublai Khan said.

"Two princes, your envoys arrived in Batu Salai City more than seven months ago, and Batu Khan received the envoys you sent very warmly.

Your envoy proposed to strengthen the relationship between the two families and form an alliance between your Tolei family and our Golden Horde. This proposal was fully recognized by all the leaders of the Golden Horde and Batu Khan.

Then your envoy said, in order to consolidate the relationship between the two families, Mr. Mengge, you will marry your eldest daughter to Mr. Batu’s son. Then the two families will formally form an alliance and ask Mr. Batu to marry his eldest son. Sent to the east to pick up the bride. "The messenger said.

"What!! This is impossible, we, we didn't mean this! The envoy said something wrong. Are you sure the four envoys have arrived at your side?" Meng Ge said.

He did want to marry Batu to consolidate the relationship between the two families, but that would only be done after Batu's eldest brother's army arrived and they were completely done.

How far has this come now? Our envoy invites you to come and send troops to help, not to ask Brother Batu to send his son here to welcome him!

At this time, Kublai Khan's expression suddenly changed drastically, and he even looked a little nervous and panicked.

"Let me ask you, where is Master Batu's son now? Where did you come from?" Kublai Khan grabbed the envoy with some excitement and asked.

"Prince Kublai Khan, we naturally came from the west and arrived at the Mongolian capital of Harahorin half a month ago. We originally planned to conceal our identity and come to the territory of your Tuolei family secretly.

But for some reason, he was discovered by Mongolian Khan Guyuk.

Lord Batu's eldest son Salida was also detained by him. I took the risk and ran out, and came here to ask you to rescue Lord Batu's eldest son. "The messenger said with a grimace.

They had many envoys this time. Guyuk, the Mongolian Khan, said he wanted to entertain Batu Khan's son well, so he left most of the envoys behind. However, their freedom was not restricted, so he took the risk and ran away. came out and came to the territory of Meng Ge and Kublai Khan.

Come and ask these two people why Lord Batu's eldest son was found out by Mongolian Khan Guyuk just after he arrived. Guyuk, the Mongolian Khan, even led people to stop them.

As if he knew they were coming in advance, he immediately caught them all.

"How could this happen? We don't know about this at all!" Meng Ge said.

He never dreamed that Brother Batu's eldest son would be intercepted by Mongolian Khan Guyuk on the way to his home, and even put under house arrest.

"Two princes, please save Lord Batu's eldest son! He is coming to your home this time, and the Mongolian Khan has no reason to imprison him!" the messenger said.

"Emissary, don't be in a hurry to come. You can take the envoy down to rest first.

Eat something first and take a good rest. "Kublai Khan immediately called his servants and sent Batu's envoy down first.

"Two princes, you must find a way to save Lord Batu's eldest son. Nothing will happen to him." The messenger said before leaving.

"Kublai Khan, my good brother, tell me, what on earth is going on?" After the messenger left, Meng Ge asked.

(End of this chapter)