At the Khuliletai Conference, Wokuotai proposed eight strategies to destroy the Song Dynasty. After the conference, Wokuotai immediately began preparations for the southern invasion.
Just after the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, Yelu Chucai went to Xi'an and sent two envoys to Xiangyang and Chengdu respectively to question Shi Songzhi and Zhao Yanna about why they violated the country.
Three years ago, Tuo Lei led an army to forcefully pass through the Song Dynasty, attack the Jin Kingdom, and defeated the Jin army in Sanfeng Mountain.
During the process of borrowing the road, the Mongolian army defeated the Song army in many places, making Sichuan and Jinghu deeply afraid of the Mongolian army going south.
Zhao Yanna and others were extremely frightened when faced with the Mongols' invasion of troops to investigate. However, the Mongolian envoys followed Yelu Chucai's policy and took the opportunity to express their intention to negotiate peace.
For a time, Zhao Yanna and Shi Songzhi immediately felt that things were turning around and wrote to Lin'an, asking Zhao Yun to remove Zheng Qingzhi and make peace with Mongolia to prevent the Song Dynasty from suffering a catastrophe.
When Yelu Chucai pretended to negotiate peace and held back Sichuan and Jinghu, Kublai Khan was ordered again to arrive in Jinzhongdu and mobilize troops, money and food to prepare for the attack on Shandong.
The Mongolian strategy this time was to hold back the armies of Sichuan and Jinghu, alienate the Southern Song Dynasty and Zhao Tai, and then concentrate their forces with thunderous overwhelming force to first defeat the army of Shandong, then encircle Bianjing, and finally drink the Yangtze River and annihilate them in one fell swoop. Song Dynasty.
At the beginning of September, Kublai Khan arrived in Zhongdu, summoned the princes of the Han army from Hebei and Hedong, gathered the leaders of the Wanggu tribe and the Khitan tribe, and gathered in Jinzhongdu.
At the end of September, the Han army from Lianghe and the leaders of various tribes outside the wall gathered outside the city to discuss the destruction of the Song Dynasty.
In the Chinese army's tent outside the city, sat the recruited generals from various ethnic groups, as well as Kublai Khan's confidants.
Shandong was a tough country and suffered from repeated wars. There was little oil and water. Wo Kuotai did not want his troops to suffer, so he used the excuse that Kublai Khan had lost Shandong and asked him to lead his troops, together with the Han army in the two rivers, to block the troops and fight together. Attack Shandong.
At this time, a bonfire was lit in the big tent, and the fat sheep was roasted until it was tender and oily, waiting for everyone to share it.
Kublai Khan drank a bowl of koumiss, and then glanced at the people in the tent, including Han warlords Zhang Rou, Shi Tianze, Yan Zhongji, Liu Heima, Wanggu tribe leader Haris, Mongolian generals Hulagu and Wuliang Hetai, etc. People can't help but feel heroic in their hearts.
Shandong is difficult to conquer, but he has strong soldiers and horses, so it is expected that it will not be difficult to destroy Zhao Tai.
At this time, Kublai Khan said loudly: "Although the Kingdom of Jin has been destroyed, the remaining villains Zhao Tai and Wuxian are entrenched in Qilu, and the traitor Li Fen is separatist in Qingzhou. Now the Great Khan has ordered me to attack them. Do you have any good strategies?"
Zhang Rou and others were tortured so much by Zhao Tai that they have not yet regained their strength. He was worried that Kublai Khan would use them as cannon fodder, so they all bowed their heads and remained silent.
Seeing their reactions, Kublai Khan couldn't help but frown slightly, feeling a little unhappy in his heart, "What? Are you so frightened by that Zhao Tai that you don't dare to fight?"
Zhang Rou hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me! I'm a humble official but I don't have a good strategy! The three towns of Zhao Tai, Wuxian, and Li Fen have 150,000 soldiers and horses. Not the ministers can deal with them, only the Prince can destroy them!"
Kublai Khan snorted coldly, "I regard you as the heroes of the North. Looking at you today, I am greatly disappointed. It will only increase others' arrogance and destroy your own prestige!"
Wu Lianghetai, who was under the tent, immediately echoed loudly, "Yes! In Shandong, An can stop my army! Your Majesty, I am willing to lead my troops and drive directly to Jinan. First defeat Li Fen, and then kill Zhao Tai!"
Wu Lianghetai was young, a young man in the Mongolian army, and would also be a famous general under Kublai Khan in the future. He could be said to be extremely crazy.
Wu Lianghetai's words were crazy and inspiring enough, but Kublai Khan knew in his heart that he could despise Zhao Tai in terms of momentum, but if he really wanted to treat Zhao Tai as a chicken and a tile dog, he would definitely suffer a big loss.
Kublai Khan smiled, nodded, and praised, "You all should be like Wu Lianghe Tai! Our Mongolian army is invincible, and even Shandong can stop my army!"
As he said that, he looked at one person, Yang You, and asked: "If you want to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty, you must first clear out Shandong, and to clear out Shandong, you must first defeat Li Fen! Yang You, you were Li Fen's general, what are you doing?" Let’s talk about Li Fen’s situation!”
The land of Shandong is divided into three parts by Li Fen, Wuxian, and Zhao Tai. Among them, Li Fen has the largest base, occupying the northern and central parts of Shandong, and the Jiaodong Peninsula, Wuxian occupies the west, and Zhao Tai hides in the south of the two towns.
Therefore, if Kublai Khan wanted to destroy Zhao Tai, he first needed to deal with Li Fen and Wuxian who were blocking Zhao Tai.
When Yang You saw Kublai Khan's roll call, he quickly stood up and saluted, "Your Majesty, according to my humble knowledge, Li Fen has 80,000 soldiers, but there are not many armored soldiers, only 10,000. With the strength of your Majesty, it is not difficult to destroy them! However, The prince needs to pay attention. Not long ago, Li Fen and Zhao Tai got married. If the prince attacks Li Fen, Zhao Tai and Wuxian will probably come to reinforce him!"
"Very good! Sit down!" Kublai Khan nodded, and then announced loudly, "That Zhao Tai is very cunning and good at tempting us to divide our troops and then defeat them one by one. This time, I will not give him a chance. We have one hundred thousand If the army is gathered in one place, even if Li Fen, Wuxian, and Zhao Tai join forces, they are still no match for me!"
Kublai Khan paused, and then announced loudly, "I have decided that the army will go south and attack Jinan! If Zhao Tai and Wuxian come to rescue, I will besiege the city for reinforcements. If they don't come, I will defeat them one by one." ! What do you think?"
Wu Lianghetai and others couldn't help but clapped their legs and praised, "Your Majesty is wise!"
"Okay!" Kublai Khan raised his wine glass and shouted loudly, "After finishing this bowl of wine, we will raise an army to destroy the Song Dynasty!"
"Destroy the Song Dynasty! Destroy the Song Dynasty!" Everyone drank strong alcohol, and their blood surged with alcohol, and they roared excitedly.
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After the meeting, the various units of the Mongolian army began to prepare to go south. Yang You left the tent and returned to his tent. Two subordinates were already waiting in the tent.
After receiving Zhao Tai's order, Yang You reported the collusion between Li Fen and Zhao Tai to Kublai Khan.
After Li Fen was forced to betray him, Yang You fled Shandong with Kublai Khan and became Kublai Khan's subordinate.
Zhao Tai would naturally not forget him. Not long after Yang You returned north with Kublai Khan, a guard in Jinyi came to visit him and gave him the order to continue lurking.
"General Yang, today Kublai Khan summoned the generals to discuss matters. What is the matter?" A soldier in the tent asked, "Is the Mongolian army going south?"
Xiaobing is a Jinyiwei agent and the adopted son of Zhao Taishou. As a relative of Yang You, he came to join Yang You.
Yang You nodded, "Yes, the Mongolian army is going south! Kublai Khan has decided to gather troops, a hundred thousand troops, and attack Jinan!"
"Go straight to Jinan!" Xiao Bing couldn't help but be frightened.
Yang You worriedly said: "The various units of the Mongolian army are already packing up and will go south in the next two days! You disguise yourself and set out quietly tonight to pass the news to the commander in chief so that he can prepare early!"
Knowing the seriousness of the situation, the soldier immediately clasped his fists and said, "I obey my orders!"
