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Chapter 442 Persuade to surrender
Niu Lin has been the Marshal of the capital for less than a year, and his reputation has not yet been revealed.

Liu Heima is different from Niu Lin, he was a general who became famous all over the world in his early years.

In the "Battle of Sanfeng Mountain", one of the most critical battles in Mongolia's extermination of gold, Liu Heima followed the thunder, defeated more with less, and defeated the 15 main force of the Jin army in one fell swoop.

In this campaign, Liu Heima personally captured Jin Guo general Wanyan Heda.

After Megatron Central Plains, the name "Liu Heima" became known to the people at that time.

Sounds like a bandit.

But in fact, he was born in a wealthy family, with a famous name and characters. His real name is Liu Yi, his courtesy name is Meng Fang, and he has both civil and military skills. "Dark Horse" was just his nickname.

The Liu family is a descendant of the Khitan, and their ancestor is Yelu Deguang, Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty.After the fall of the Liao Dynasty, he changed his surname to Han to avoid disaster, moved to Licheng, Jinan, and became a native of the Kingdom of Jin.

Liu Heima's grandfather was an official in the Kingdom of Jin, and was an official in the Zhangjiakou area, and Genghis Khan was demoted early.

If you only listen to his name, most people in the world will call him a "traitor", but Liu Heima is not even a Han.

Of course, because of their admiration for the strength of the Han and Tang Dynasties, the border peoples were Sinicized very quickly before the Song Dynasty.Both Liao and Jin claimed to be the orthodox of China, and called the Song Dynasty "Biankou".

This is the case with Liu Heima. He believes that "I read literature and history, and I am not different from China." He also believes that the Great Mongol Congress, like Khitan and Jurchen, has become the orthodoxy of Zhongzhou.

In short, although his nickname is simple, he himself is a general and prime minister in Wenzhiwugong.

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Standing on Zhanlong Mountain, overlooking the Chengdu Plain, Liu Heima shook his head endlessly.

"Adahu, Niu Lin...idiots. Chengdu shouldn't be operating like this."

His eldest son Liu Yuan shook his head and said: "When I was in Lizhou, I saw Wang Shuai's business was profitable, but I didn't expect Chengdu to be so devastated."

Liu Heima sighed: "All the generals say that if you plan to defeat Chongqing in Shu, you don't know that Chengdu is an important city that controls the whole Sichuan and looks to the southwest. With the climate of Tianfu and the water conservancy of Dujiangyan, floods and droughts follow people, and they don't know famine. If it could have been managed properly five years ago, why bother to conquer it personally?"

Liu Yuanzhen deeply thought so.

"Niu Lin is extremely brave, and he is really a fool when it comes to governance. If he can be like the prince of the North, how dare the people of Song Dynasty have the heart to attack Chengdu. Now he is defeated and dead, and he has no fodder and civilians. How can I regain my father's foothold?"

"Send people to Lizhou first, and bring some supplies."

Liu Yuanzhen asked: "There are still military settlements outside Chengdu. Do you want to send troops to seize them? To relieve the food shortage?"

Liu Heima shook his head, and said, "Do you know how Wuliang Hetai was defeated? The horses ate the forage that Song people had planted in croton by mistake. Don't worry about it."

"Yes." Liu Yuanzhen asked again: "But if it drags on, let the Song army build the city wall and strengthen the defense..."

"You can't be in a hurry to fight a war. Niu Lin is in a hurry to lose."

Liu Heima stared at the barren field at the foot of the mountain, pondered for a moment, and said, "Let Peizhi come and see me."

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Half a day later, a middle-aged man was sitting in a hanging basket, was pulled up to the top of Chengdu City, and walked in front of Li Xia calmly.

"Since ancient times, the two armies have fought without beheading. I hope you don't want to kill me." He smiled, bowed to Li Xia and said, "I'm Jia Hou, whose name is Peizhi. The commander of the Mongolian Kingdom on Zhanlong Mountain is his family. Brother-in-law."

Li Xia asked casually, "You're here to recruit me."

Jia Hou smiled and said, "No hurry, no hurry. Could you give me a glass of water first? After driving five miles, I'm really thirsty and hungry."

Pu Wei frowned, and whispered to Li Xia, "This man has a plan and wants to see our military rations."

Li Xia didn't take it seriously, and arranged for soldiers to bring food and water to Jia Hou.

A piece of Guokui pie, a piece of roasted horse meat, and a bowl of hot soup.

Jia Hou took a bite of the Guokui Biscuit, but didn't bite it. It was soaking in the soup, which tasted a bit salty, with tempeh, minced meat, and pickles mixed in it.

It took a while to eat half a piece, and I felt very full.

"Mr. Jia doesn't eat horse meat?" Li Xia asked.

Jia Hou waved his hand and said, "Thank you for your hospitality, I'm full."

His eyes fell on the horse meat on the table again.

Yesterday Li Xia fought Niu Lin, it is not uncommon to have horse meat in the army today, I am afraid that there are still a lot of them.

Judging from the pot helmet cake, Li Xia carried a lot of food and grass with the army...

Of course, Li Xia let him know this on purpose.

On the other hand, what Jia Hou ate yesterday was also horse meat... Liu Hei's horse galloped thousands of miles, and he didn't bring much food and grass, so he couldn't hide it.

"Forget it, let's avoid testing each other." Jia Hou laughed and said, "To be honest, my commander has sent people to Lizhou to transport luggage; Your Excellency needs to repair the city wall. Neither side wants to start a war right away, and idleness is idleness." Come on, why don't we talk?"

"Oh? Liu Heima is willing to surrender to Song Dynasty?"

"Your Excellency is just joking." Jia Hou said, "When I enter the city today, I see the people's livelihood is in decline. I also feel sad in my heart. In the city of Chengdu... there are now [-] households?"

Li Xia's expression was flat, and he said: "Millions of people were slaughtered by the Mongolian army, but you came to pretend to cry and sacrifice?"

There was also a coldness in Pu Wei's eyes.

If it wasn't for the practice of not beheading an envoy, he would have liked to persuade Li Xia to behead Jia Hou.

Jia Hou seemed unaware of this murderous intent, and sighed: "That's an old story when Okuotai Khan was there. Since Buddhism and Taoism were introduced to Mongolia, and people from the Central Plains of my generation became officials, the Great Mongolia has gradually become a herdsman. technique..."

"In these years, has Meng Getu's city been less?"

"Your Excellency, you only see the massacre, but you don't see the changes in the Mongolian Kingdom?" Jia Houdao: "Just say that my family's commander-in-chief was ordered to govern the world, understand the people's conditions, and take care of the people's livelihood. He once encountered Guo Zhiquan's rebellion in Yingzhou and threatened civil and military affairs. There are more than five hundred officials, and there are ministers who slaughtered them all, but the general only punished the first few, and the rest were sent off lightly."

At this point, he looked up at Li Xia, and said, "I'm not trying to persuade you to surrender immediately, but I just want to teach you what kind of person my commander-in-chief is. He really has a heart for the people of Chengdu, and he wants to manage Chengdu , to restore the prosperity of the land of abundance. Nowadays, there are often such benevolent people by the side of the Great Khan."

Li Xia remained unmoved, but still raised his hand, signaling Jia Hou to continue.

"A few days ago, the Great Khan took down Dahuo City."

Jia Hou weighed every word he said.

To persuade Li Xia to surrender, he must tell some progress of the Mongolian army to show his strength.

And the reason why Li Xia was willing to listen to him was because he also wanted to inquire about information.

Then the proportion needs to be grasped...

"Defender of Dahuo City, Yang Dayuan, this man is a veteran of the Song Army in Sichuan and Shu. His reputation and qualifications are not low." Jia Hou said, "At the beginning, he beheaded the envoy sent by the Great Khan to persuade him to surrender, and he insisted on going his own way. The profuse Khan was furious, so he had the intention of slaughtering and capturing the city."

"is it?"

"However, Yang Dayuan quickly understood that the isolated city was difficult to defend, and he would never be able to resist the Mongolian army. For the lives of the people in the city, he was determined to surrender. The Great Khan originally intended to kill him, but under the persuasion of my commander-in-chief, Mr. Wang, The Great Khan still pardoned Yang Dayuan, worshiped him as the Minister of the Metropolitan Province, and appointed him as the commander-in-chief."

At this point, Jia Hou glanced at Li Xia.

Seeing Li Xia was not surprised, but Jia Hou was a little surprised.

You must know that Yang Dayuan is the highest-ranking general who has surrendered since the start of the war between Mongolia and Song Dynasty, and his influence has almost covered half of the Sichuan and Sichuan battlefields.

Li Xia either got the news a long time ago; or he is very good at nourishing Qi.

In any case, it was more difficult to deal with than Jia Hou expected.

"What do you think about this matter?" Jia Hou had no choice but to ask.

Li Xia said without thinking, "Yang Dayuan is a traitor."

Jia Hou was taken aback, smiled wryly, shook his head, stroked his beard and said, "Yang Dayuan begged for tens of thousands of lives, and rebelled against the Song Dynasty for the sake of the people. This is loyalty to the people. Do you think that for the sake of his own ministers, he deserves to let him go?" Can tens of thousands of people die?"

"The butcher's knife is in the hands of the Meng people. If tens of thousands of people die in Dahuo City, who is to blame?"

"Being an official or fighting a war is not about right and wrong, but about results."

Jia Hou said again: "This matter also shows the greatness of the Great Khan. In your opinion, you have repeatedly killed the generals of the Mongolian Kingdom. The Great Khan should hate you and must kill you?"

"Isn't it?"

"Big fallacy." Jia Hou said solemnly: "Mongols have always only respected heroes. Looking at the battles between Mongolia, Jin and Song, many heroes were originally enemies with Mongolia, and once they surrendered, they had to be forgiven and trusted by the Khan. Waiting for courage, does Zhao Song have it?"

Li Xia shook her head.

In all honesty, he really couldn't say that Emperor Zhao Song was more courageous than the Mongolian Khan in this regard.

Or to make an inappropriate analogy, the Mongolian Great Khan is the commander in chief who strives for supremacy in the world, and the Emperor Zhao and Song are the politicians who guard the country.People who are not of the same kind are not comparable at all.

Jia Hou looked very confident, and said again: "Your Excellency, you don't have to worry about being punished by the Great Khan after surrendering. My family's commander-in-chief can even keep Yang Dayuan, let alone you? If Your Excellency is willing to submit, the Great Khan will let you command Shunan." , guarding one side, commanding troops and herdsmen, and enfeoffing them as marquises for generations. The commander-in-chief can fully guarantee that there is absolutely no falsehood."

Pu Wei's face changed drastically.

He saw Li Xia's actions recently, and thought that Li Xia was worthy of being Shu Shuai... at least the comfort envoy of the Chengdu government.

But the imperial court did not give this power, and Li Xia's unauthorized seizure of power obviously had many hidden dangers.

It is the conditions given by Mongolia that can eliminate these hidden dangers and even give them greater power.

Jia Hou had noticed the change in Pu Wei's face, and continued: "The current situation is now, the Mongolian country dominates the world, and the general trend is the trend. What we have done, shouldn't seek peace for the living people? The commander wants to manage Chengdu and return the people's peace; also I wish to help Your Excellency to conquer the south of Sichuan. At that time, in the north of Sichuan and the south of Sichuan, you and I, the Han princes, will work together to create a happy land, how unfortunate is it?"

Seeing that Li Xia didn't answer, he said again: "Of course, I dare not expect your Excellency to agree immediately, but please believe in the sincerity of the commander-in-chief."

"I believe it." Li Xia nodded.

Pu Wei's face changed again, and he hurriedly said: "It's ridiculous. What is the trend of the times? I think that the Mongolian army is defeated every year, and they dare to talk about unification?"

Jia Hou did not rush, cupped his hands to Li Xia, and asked, "Do you have a map?"

After what he said earlier, without seeing Li Xia's rebuttal, he already had a lot of confidence.

"Have."

Li Xia didn't mind listening to Jia Houduo, so he picked up a map with nothing marked on it, and spread it out in the hall.

Jia Hou pointed out casually.

"The key to the entire defense of the Song Dynasty lies in Xiangfan on the Jinghu battlefield. If you want to defeat Xiangfan, you must first defeat Shu. The key to Sichuan and Shu lies in Chongqing... Do you know where the Great Khan has progressed?"

Li Xia was very interested and asked, "Where?"

Jia Hou smiled and crossed the Fujiang River, Jialing River, and Qujiang River with his fingers, and circled Hezhou, not far northwest of Chongqing.

"I'm not afraid to tell you that since the start of the war, the Great Khan has killed Song generals Zhang Shi, Yang Li, Duan Yuanjian, Yang Li, Zheng Bingsun, Wang Zuo, Xu Xin and others; The cities of Shiquan and Daliang are invincible. Presumably at this time, Diaoyu City has surrendered. The death of the Song Dynasty is just around the corner..."

(End of this chapter)