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Chapter 1236 Rumors
Spring blossoms.

The soldiers of the Tang Army stationed in the south of Baozhou City were not in a good mood. The news of Chongqing's fall has spread widely in recent days. Many people are worried about their parents, wives and children in their hometown.

In addition, the food in the army has always been distributed on time, but in the past few days there have been signs of food reduction, and the three days are only the amount of the previous two days.

At noon that day, it was time for dinner again, and several soldiers of the Tang army squatted by the edge of the camp, complaining unavoidably.

"It is said that we have won the battle, but the food we eat is getting less and less day by day."

"That is to say, is this enough to eat?!"

Not far away, a group of civilian men were carrying the baggage, waiting for the general to count.

While waiting, some of them glanced at the food in the hands of these Tang Jun with salivating eyes, and praised them.

"These good things that Master Jun eats, I can't help drooling just looking at them, why do I still despise them?"

"Hey, you man, I'm talking about not getting enough to eat."

"No matter how hungry the military master is, he still eats more than me. I wish I could join the army as a Tang army."

What the man said won the favor of those Tang soldiers.

"What's your name?"

"Zhao Jiafu, I am from Zhouguan Village in the north of Baozhou City."

"Understood, I'll ask you later if the general is still recruiting troops."

"Okay!"

The soldiers of the Tang army were just saying it casually, but Zhao Jiafu took it seriously, and squatted down beside them, watching them eat in a daze.

"But you have to think about it, once you enlist in the army. If we return to Guanzhong by then, you will have to leave Baozhou."

"Ah, why?"

"Why." A Tang soldier tapped his rice bowl with chopsticks and said, "Yan Chai is not a hungry ghost, why?!"

Zhao Jiafu scratched his head, startled by his tone.

Then another soldier said: "Don't be afraid of him, he is in a bad mood. He is from Hezhou, and he is worried about his family."

A few soldiers of the Tang army didn't bother to talk to Zhao Jiafu anymore, and started talking by themselves.

"Chongqing is lost, I'm afraid they have reached Hezhou by now?"

"Don't fight all the way to Luzhou, then I'm going to die of anxiety."

"Oh, don't worry, listen to me, auspicious people have their own appearance..."

"Don't listen to Xiaomeishan, Xiaomeishan's house is far away from Chongqing, so of course he is not in a hurry."

"Hey, speaking of this. I just heard the news this morning that everything from Meishan to Chengdu was looted."

"what?!"

"I said old Hutou, don't talk nonsense, it will frighten Xiaomeishan."

"What am I talking about? This matter can't be covered at all. I heard that during the New Year's Eve, soldiers from the Yuan Dynasty entered the Chengdu Mansion, ransacked it, and then went downstream to Meishan and Xuzhou."

"Don't talk nonsense! Where did the Yuan soldiers come from Sichuan and Shu?"

"It's just that Yuan soldiers have killed them, and Chengdu has been killed again. You say that Chongqing and Hezhou are lost, but at least the people are still there. There is no hope for those whose homes are near Chengdu."

"Hanniaohozen! I told you not to talk nonsense!"

"No... in the current situation, I'm afraid I have to go back to the teacher?"

"Can I go back? The commander-in-chief just left Luoyang, and the urgent documents are only sent three times a day. When we go back, I am afraid that Meng Jindu has already been captured by the Song army."

"what?!"

~~
into the night.

Zhao Jiafu returned to the village, looked around, and knocked on the door knocker when he arrived at a big house in the village.

"Is Jiachang here?"

"Come in, today is the last day for you guys to deliver supplies to the new court, right?"

"Yes, originally it was said that it would take [-] days, but later it was said that it would only take [-] days. I have heard a lot of what Tang Jun said today..."

Zhao Jiafu murmured for a while, and finally, happily took a small piece of pork home.

Not long after, a villager knocked on the door knocker again, and came out with a piece of pork in his hand.

"Thank you for your hard work for the court. I, a countryman, can't do anything else. This is for you."

Before dawn, a figure came out of the back door of Jia Chang's house, walked north for a while, found a small raft by the river, and drifted east.

~~
Half a month later, Daning Palace.

A group of counselors of the Jinlianchuan shogunate met Kublai Khan again.

Standing in it, Hao Jing slightly raised his eyes to look around, and found that there were many people in the hall today, such as Antong, Ali, Sangge, Yezhili and other Mongolian and Semu ministers.

However, Zong Wang Hulahu'er, who had just been released during the discussion a few days ago, was always there, but he was not here today.

Hao Jing couldn't help thinking of the fact that someone who passed information to Tang Jun was taken down not long ago.

His heart trembled slightly, and he lowered his body a little.

Everyone stood still, Liu Bingzhong came out and said: "Your Majesty, I heard that the matter of disturbing the Tang army's morale has achieved results. The Tang army has temporarily retreated to Baozhou, and dare not fight the king."

"It's not just that." Kublai Khan gave a rare smile, and said, "Ben Khan has a letter just sent by Brother Phase Shifter, please read it."

He handed the letter casually, but it was handed to An Tong first.

An Tong saw it, and handed it to Liu Bingzhong himself.

"It seems that not only our strategy of attacking Tang Jun has succeeded, but Tang Jun himself still has a lot of trouble."

"What? Is this news true? Your Majesty really sent troops to attack Chengdu Mansion?"

Standing in the crowd, Hao Jing couldn't understand what they were saying.

And the letter from Brother Yixiang hadn't been handed over to him yet, after Liu Bingzhong read it, he handed it to Brother Sang.

"You know the situation in Tubo best, is this news true?"

"Of course it is true." Sang Ge replied: "Your Majesty sent people to Tibet more than two years ago, precisely because he believed in the loyalty of Chana Dorji and Kanta Mengjia."

Hao Jing felt a little dazed when he heard it.

Because of these words, he had heard Li Xia say them once.

"Genghis Khan captured Dosima when he destroyed Xixia. In the seventh year of Wokuotai Khan, Kuoduan recruited ten tribes of Dosima. In particular, Great Khan personally destroyed Dali and passed through the eastern border of Dogansi to appease the tribes again. These They are all the Tubo people who are the most loyal to the Great Khan, even if they can't fight a tough battle, as long as they enter the defenseless land and rob them, they must be happy..."

Hao Jing became more and more confused.

He listened carefully for a while, but he still didn't hear Sang Ge talk about anything about the Tubo soldiers and horses being encircled and suppressed by the Tang army.

He almost wanted to ask, "Where did you get this news?" But he held back in the end.

Thinking of Li Xia talking about Song and Tubo's containment in a calm, even contemptuous tone that day, and then looking at Sang Ge who was complacent at this time...Hao Jing vaguely caught something.

For a moment, Hao Jing considered what it would be like to tell Khubilai that the news was false, and soon he realized that he would be the one who died by doing so.

From the moment Li Xia let him come back, many things were beyond his choice.

He has received great kindness from Zhang Rou, and if he must rescue Zhang Rou, he must deceive Kublai Khan and let Kublai Khan negotiate a peace and exchange prisoners.After telling this lie, it is even more difficult to confess now.

Li Xia even deliberately let him see the situation in front of him, as if telling him, "Look, Yuan Ting is still counting on others to contain me, which is ridiculous."

As a result, a certain determination in Hao Jing's heart became firmer.

……

Your Majesty, after Brother Sang introduced the situation in Tubo, he handed the letter in his hand to Zhao Liangbi.

Zhao Liangbi saw it, and said in surprise: "There is another piece of news, Lu Wenhuan finally attacked Meng Jindu?"

Liu Bingzhong pondered for a while, and said: "I'm afraid this matter is yet to be determined. It is said that Tang Jun is panicked. However, the news from Prime Minister Boyan has not yet been delivered..."

"That said, Li Xia's situation is very bad."

"The Tang army's morale is broken and morale is low. This is something that can be seen with the naked eye. Many warriors in our army have already felt it."

"Khan, it seems that Jia Sidao reminded him well, Li Xia is likely to prepare to retreat." Sang Ge said: "Maybe we should make preparations in advance and keep him in Hebei."

"Are you going to retreat?" Kublai Khan murmured, narrowing his narrow eyes, and said, "Secretary Cong, what do you think?"

"At first glance, it sounds too simple." Liu Bingzhong said: "Li Xia finally attacked Baozhou, and he was close to capturing the Central Plains. In the end, he retreated so easily. Your Majesty can't believe it?"

"Yes."

"But the fact is that he made a mistake in going north at the beginning. After the great battle in Helan Mountain, he didn't have the national strength to continue fighting because he mistakenly thought that His Majesty had died, and he wanted to take advantage of it. Now he has run out of food and grass, and the rear is under attack. , The morale of the army is slackened, these are irreversible things, he can only retreat."

"But Ben Khan doesn't believe he will give up so soon."

"If he waits until His Majesty believes it, he will have no chance to retreat."

Kublai Khan nodded slowly, and said: "You go to see Brother Phase Yi and tell him this analysis."

"The minister leads the order."

"Brother Sang, you stay." Kublai Khan waved his hand, signaling the other courtiers to retreat.

He glanced at them, and finally fell on Hao Jing, thoughtful.

"Sweat." Brother Sang and the others retreated, and said, "I did the math again, Li Xia is really short of food and grass."

Kublai Khan nodded, and said: "Last time you said Qian Guzhi, Minister of Gou Kao, stop beforehand."

Sang Ge was taken aback, a little disappointed.

This is another financial management method he came up with, but he didn't expect it to be stopped just as he was about to start it.Of course, since Li Xia can be defeated soon, there is really no need to exhaust the resources.

"Yes, sweat."

Kublai Khan said again: "Go to Taiyuan and do the math for Ben Khan, how much money Ahema has collected over the years."

Brother Sang was stunned again, thinking about the meaning of Kublai Khan's words, and he didn't know whether what the sweat wanted to know was how much money Ahema had collected for Dayuan, or how much wealth Ahema had collected himself.

~~
South of Baozhou City, Changning Army Camp.

Yi Shiying suddenly issued an order to seal off the camp, forbidding idlers to approach, and at the same time strictly forbidding soldiers to leave the camp.

The next day, he called the whole army to count.

Holding the knife and walking up to the commander's platform, looking at the rows of soldiers below the stage, Yi Shiying could feel that the morale of the army was indeed a little more impetuous than before.

"Is it enough?!"

He suddenly opened his mouth and shouted loudly.

The generals were stunned, and so was the messenger, not knowing whether they should pass on this sentence.

"Have you spread the rumors in the army quickly? First Chongqing was lost, then Chengdu was lost, Luoyang was lost, Meng Jindu was lost, who spread it?!"

All the generals and soldiers were confused, and no one dared to answer.

Only Zhu Cheng turned his back to the crowd, lowered his head, and murmured to himself, "You asked me to pass it on."

On the stage, Yi Shiying became more and more furious.

"It's fine for others to spread rumors, and you spread them together? You came from Mengjindu! It only took [-] days to march all the way to Baozhou. Do you think Lu Wenhuan, a coward, can break Luoyang and Mengjindu in [-] days? Where's the brain?!"

The soldiers immediately talked about it.

Many people said in a low voice: "I have already said that, such obvious false news, I told you not to spread it."

"I already said it was a lie..."

"Damn!"

On the stage, Yi Shiying, who has always been polite, suddenly cursed.

Although the messenger didn't send the message, many people in front still heard it.

"Because of you, I lost the great achievement of attacking Yanjing. Your Majesty said that if the Changning Army wants to go back, let the Changning Army go back and set off tomorrow. Are you satisfied?!"

As soon as this remark came out, more soldiers were stunned on the spot.

Zhu Cheng rarely violated the military order and shouted: "The last general will not return, and the last general will make meritorious service!"

(End of this chapter)