Outside Jinan City, a large number of elite Li troops marched in formation.
Tasi saw it from a distance, and saw flags fluttering, helmets rising and falling, and spears moving slowly reflecting the sunlight, and he was greatly surprised.
Looking at Li Jun's appearance, and then thinking about how he had fled back in a hurry, Tasi's expression felt a little unnatural.
At this time, Li Fen rode over on a war horse and was a little surprised to see Tasi standing by the road. He did not expect that the aloof Mongols would actually come outside the city to greet him.
Li Fen stepped forward on his horse and saluted: "Marshal Du!"
Tasi smiled and said, "Marshal Li, you are finally back."
As he said that, he took another look at the team that was winding forward like a long snake, and asked in a deep voice: "Didn't Li's men meet Zhao Tai?"
Li Fen heard this and said angrily: "Marshal Du, I am leading a large army to attack Pizhou, and I am about to capture Pizhou. Why did Zhao Tai rush back so quickly? If I hadn't reacted quickly and retreated in a hurry, I might have suffered a big defeat."
Tasi and others looked embarrassed, "It's a long story, let's talk about it after we enter the city."
In Jinan City, the marshal's residence, Tasi called Li Fen to the living room, closed the door to discuss, and prepared to do Li Fen's work.
This time, he finally got the assignment to be in charge of Hebei and Shandong. If Wokuotai knew that he suffered a big defeat in Shandong, he would definitely be transferred back to the grassland, and it would be difficult for him to stand out again in the future.
Therefore, the battle report given to Wokuotai cannot be reported truthfully and must be modified.
Now that Tasi, Zhang Rou, and Shi Tianze have reached a consensus, all he needs is Li Fen's nod, and he can send the modified battle report to Wo Kuotai.
"Marshal Du, we didn't agree. I'll take a detour and sneak attack, and you'll cover me from the front. How could you suddenly fail and make me fall short of my success?" Li Fen was quite angry, "Then Zhao Tai suddenly appeared, and I could only wait and fight." Retreat, in the end, although I retreated completely, I still lost Haizhou and Yizhou."
Tasi said: "That Zhao Tai was too cunning. I didn't expect that he would set up an ambush halfway. Moreover, Zhang Rou and Shi Tianze had too many recruits, so they were defeated by Zhao Tai."
Li Fen and Zhao Tai cooperated to trick Ta Si, and Zhang Rou and Shi Tianze almost destroyed their entire army.
At this time, Li Fen felt a little guilty in his heart, but he couldn't show it. Instead, he had to show that he was dragged down by them.
Li Fen's face fell, "Then Zhao Tai won a big victory in Xuzhou. He was already very arrogant. Now he defeated us and took away two of my states. Now the development will only be faster. I could only reluctantly compete with Zhao Tai It’s a tie, but if this continues, it won’t be long before he surpasses me.”
Ta Si heard this and said: "Zhao Tai will develop very quickly if he wins two states. However, I can let you win two states and allow you to merge Dezhou, Cangzhou and Jingzhou. In this way, you can also Can develop and continue to compete with Zhao Tai."
Li Fen raised his eyebrows, rubbed his hands and said, "This is a bit inappropriate. That is Zhang Rou and Shi Tianze's territory."
Tasi smiled and said: "There is nothing inappropriate. The two of them have already agreed."
As a Mongolian, Tasi didn't have much talent. He never thought of tampering with the battle report. The main reason was that Zhang Rou and Shi Tianze found him, hoping to rewrite the battle report.
Li Fen is a smart man. He knew that Zhang Rou and Shi Tianze must have something to ask for when they offered him benefits, so he reluctantly agreed: "They gave me the prefecture and county, and I can't take it for free. If I can help them, Marshal Du can just tell me." "
Tasi then took out a battle report polished by Zhang Rou and handed it to Li Fen, "It's nothing, I just want you to have a name on it."
Li Fen took the battle report and watched it. There were some discrepancies between the content of the battle report and the actual situation. The main reason was that the ambush in Tasi was written as a fierce battle.
The specific content is that the Mongolian army and the Jin army faced off in Surabaya. After discussion, Tasi and Li Fen adopted Li Fen's suggestion, and Li Fen made a detour to attack Zhao Tai's rear, while Tasi led Zhang Rou and Shi Tianze to hold back the other side of Surabaya. Zhao Tai.
Li Fen succeeded in a sneak attack, defeated the Jin soldiers in Aishan, and entered Yanzhou. Zhao Tai retreated immediately after hearing the news. In order to create an opportunity for Li Fen, Tasi led his troops across the river and desperately held off Zhao Tai.
The two sides fought fiercely at Xueshui. Although Tasi tried his best to delay, he still let Zhao Tai escape and rushed back to Pizhou.
Seeing that Zhao Tai had withdrawn, Li Fen had no choice but to withdraw in a hurry because he didn't carry much food and fodder during the attack.
In this battle, the Mongolian army's sneak attack was unsuccessful. In order to hold off Zhao Tai, the Mongolian army suffered certain casualties in Xueshui. However, Li Fen's sneak attack on Pizhou also caused considerable damage to Zhao Tai.
To sum up, the two sides were probably in a draw, and Tasi was going to rest for a while before dealing with Zhao Tai.
This battle report was written relatively well. It was obvious that the battle was defeated, but it was well covered up. And looking at the course of the war, it seems that this is indeed what happened.
Li Fen naturally had no objection to this, so he immediately agreed and signed the battle report directly.
Tasi was overjoyed and immediately sent the report to the grassland.
After the war, Zhao Tai captured two states and did not take advantage of the situation to go north to capture Jinan. Seeing that the Jin army had no intention of attacking, Ta Si asked Zhang Rou and Shi Tianze to return to Hebei to recruit troops again and no longer fight Zhao Tai for the time being. .
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The battle between Zhao Tai and the Mongolian army in Shandong did not cause much shock. Both Mongolian and Jin sides were calm.
Zhao Tai took advantage and kept silent, while the Mongolian army suffered a loss and did not dare to say anything. They broke their teeth and swallowed it. Wo Kuotai thought it was a tie, so he didn't react.
At this time, Jin Meng did not respond. However, the Southern Song Dynasty became interested after learning that Haizhou had changed hands.
In mid-July, Lin'an City.
At Li Zhixiao's residence, several key members of the History Party gathered together.
Over the past year, Shi Miyuan's party, which originally dominated the ruling and opposition parties, has had a very difficult time.
During this period, most of the officials of the Shi Party in Lin'an were squeezed out of the core. Not long ago, the leader of the Shi Party and former prime minister Shi Miyuan also died of illness on the way to Guangnan West Road after being demoted.
This made the entire Shi Party extremely dissatisfied with Zheng Qingzhi. In order to avenge Shi Miyuan, they were planning a counterattack.
"En Xiang is now seventy years old. Everyone knows that En Xiang's days are short and he cannot pose any threat anymore. However, Zheng Qingzhi is vicious and unwilling to let En Xiang go, so he decided to kill him." Li Zhixiao cried bitterly: "En Xiang is so evil. At such an old age, how can one endure the pain of long journeys? Zheng Qingzhi deliberately demoted Enxiang to Guangnan with the purpose of killing Enxiang."
Many historical party officials present agreed with this. Xue Ji also said: "Enxiang has been in power for thirty years and has made great contributions to the court. Zheng Qingzhi excluded dissidents, confused the officials, and killed Enxiang. We must not let this happen You villain, continue to control the Song Dynasty court."
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