Hebule became more and more relieved, and hurriedly took a few steps forward to reach Zhao Guan's house. But even so, several officers followed him faintly, and several commanders also moved slightly to the side and front, hiding him.

live.

"The last time I met King Khan was by the Yellow River, this time it was the Hutuo River. Is there such a big river in Mongolia?" Zhao Jiu waited for the other party to stand still before asking, but he did not directly talk about the business.

"So that the officials know that there are rivers in Mongolia." Hebule stood there with his hands crossed and answered seriously. "Our Qiyan tribe is nomadic around the Onan River... However, the rivers on the grassland are not as good as

The rivers in the Central Plains are large and change a lot with the seasons."

"The Onan River... the Qiyan Department... the baby is only a catty... Hebu Le." Zhao Jiuzhuang was thoughtful and sighed, but he seemed to have finally gotten to the point. "The Onan River directly leads to Huining Mansion, right?

"

"So that the officials know." Hebule continued to answer seriously. "It can be connected by water, but it is not directly connected. Downstream from the Onan River is the Halamu River. The Halamu River is confused with Huining Prefecture.

The rivers merge into one further downstream... However, although this road exists, no one dares to walk on it because it is dangerous and cold along the way. From the Onan River to Huining Mansion, it is faster to go to Linhuang Mansion."

The Halamu River and the Huntong River are both Heilongjiang rivers, but the names of the upper and lower reaches and the north-south flow are different.

"So it turns out that when Hebul Khan went to Huining Mansion (Harbin area) to meet the old leader of the Jin Kingdom, he went from Linhuang Mansion?"

"yes."

"That being the case, I have questions."

"Please tell me, officials."

"Why did King Khan dare to stroke people's beards in front of Jin Taizong that day, but he was so respectful in front of me last night?" Zhao Jiu asked seriously.

Hebule hesitated for a moment, and finally did not say those clichés, but responded honestly:

"Because I know that the Jin people only occupy the east and south of the Eastern Mongolian tribes, and cannot reach Mobei and Moxi at all. Even if there is a fight, we can use the geographical advantage to deal with it. When we should hide, we should fight...

... But here in the Guan family, they not only defeated the Jin people, but also wanted to capture the east and south, and also captured the western Mongolia. They know everything about us..."

Zhao Jiu smiled slightly, but said nothing. On the contrary, several commanders and generals present sneered.

"Besides, after this battle, Ku'erzahusi Khan got so much armor, equipment, and so much money that he was probably eager for the official order to take the opportunity to eradicate the Mongolian tribes in our east and let the Klei tribe and his family

Duda...you need to be even more careful." Hebule continued. "There are also officials who are willing to do business with us. Many people in the tribe are grateful to the officials and are not willing to go against them."

As soon as these words came out, the people present who really understood the stakes of Kabul-Eastern Mongolia affairs immediately understood the meaning of this person's words, but they laughed even more.

Even Zhao Guanjia also smiled slightly:

"Look, aren't you quite smart?"

Without waiting for Hebule to respond, Zhao Jiu suddenly became serious after a slight smile: "But if you are so smart, why did you let Nulu Guan go in Datong before? It was because you felt that I couldn't win this battle.

, or do you think that even if the Song Dynasty wins this battle, it is not that simple? So you can take advantage of the opportunity to do something? Or maybe you think that with the Jin people, you can still advance and retreat freely by relying on geography, and once you control Simon Gu

By seizing Zhongjing Road and Linhuang Road, your Eastern Mongolia will be tied up on three sides...so you deliberately indulge the Jin people?"

"In any case, Xiao Wang has absolutely no intention of deliberately indulging the enemy's troops." As early as when Zhao Guan's family talked about blackmailing Lu Guan, Hebule knelt down on the spot again and kowtowed in front of Zhao Guan's family. "That day in Datong, it was really...

The Jin people fled too fast, and the troops in the vanguard did not know the terrain... Besides, I also asked me to deal with the Tatars in the vanguard."

"So what?" Zhao Jiu responded with emotion. "Hebu Le... We have a saying in the Central Plains that to determine a person's merits and demerits, you cannot guess what he is thinking, but what he has done.

... Although no one can prove that you have malicious intentions in this matter, no one can prove your innocence in the end. In any case, in the end, not only did your troops fail to join the war in time, but they also forced me to fight again in Datong.

Putting aside the troops for surveillance, I directly lost tens of thousands of people in the previous battle... This is always right, right?"

Wu Jie turned sideways and stared at Hebule, but Hebule did not say a word this time.

"I know what you are relying on, or in other words, half of the people here must know what you have been implying before." Zhao Jiu squinted his eyes and continued to look at the other party. "The reason why you are afraid of me, Hebu Le, is because I can

Controlling Mongolia puts the tribes of Eastern Mongolia in real danger of annihilation... On the other hand, if the tribes of Eastern Mongolia are gone without you and Mongolia expands alone and takes over the grassland, I seem to have lost control of Mongolia.

Control! So, you have made up your mind and decided that I will not deal with you, right?"

Hebule still didn't speak.

"But... the so-called rewards and punishments are clear. Mongolia will be rewarded for his great contributions, and Eastern Mongolia will be punished for delaying the war. If I, the emperor, want to continue to do something, I must try to be as fair as possible? What's more, since I came to the throne, I have ignored the overall situation twice.

, all the people who kill with their own hands are big men like you who 'avoid war'... You violated my biggest taboo in Datong!" As he said that, Zhao Jiu suddenly pointed at the other party.

Following this action, several Ban Zhi behind him stepped forward and squeezed Hebule's shoulders tightly on the ground.

Hebule did not resist, but remained silent.

"This is true. Do I dare not kill you?" Zhao Jiu laughed again.

"Xiao Wang never meant this." Hebule said calmly on the ground. "The reason why Xiao Wang was not too frightened was because he knew before he came that he would not be able to go back even if he died on this trip.

He didn't care about life and death... But when he got here, he found that the official family had no intention of indulging Mongolia and annexing Eastern Mongolia.

Family wishes!”

"Tell me."

"Hebule is Hebule! The Qiyan tribe is the Qiyan tribe! Eastern Mongolia is Eastern Mongolia!" Hebule suddenly raised his head. "Although these three things are connected, they are by no means the same thing.

thing!"

"You are so smart!" Zhao Jiu finally laughed. "This is what I originally wanted to tell you... and I also want to say that your begging department is the begging department, and your cousin, I, is the begging department.

The Taichiwu tribe is the Taichiwu tribe, and Boerjijin is naturally Boerjijin.”

Hebule was finally stunned, but then shook his head: "I am my brother, he will not betray me."

"I didn't say that I would betray you... but after I and you die, the Qiyan Department and the Taichiwu Department with mixed origins are destined to fall apart." After Zhao Jiu finished laughing, he couldn't help but shake his head. "

I have 10,000 ways to make your children fall into civil strife."

"It's useless to think too much about things after death." Hebule tried his best to correct it again.

"That makes sense." Unexpectedly, Zhao Guanjia nodded in approval. "Then let's just talk about living things. The current affairs... can't be settled."

"Xiao Wang is here."

"Hebule, you are absolutely right... I must keep the Eastern Mongolia." Zhao Jiu answered frankly. "But you and your cousin I Ba'ai must be punished... and Qiyan

Whether the Ministry and the Taichiwu Ministry can be retained depends on your performance and you can fight for it for yourself."

"There are still thousands of horses in Eastern Mongolia, and they are willing to serve as the vanguard for the government to capture Yanjing." Hebule came to his senses and quickly expressed his stance.

"You don't need to go to Yanjing, and you are not allowed to go." Zhao Jiu continued to shake his head. "Yanjing is my Yanjing... You people rush over all the way to burn, kill and loot, how can you restrain them? I even came back from the ancient capital of Mongolia.

.”

"That……"

"You and I have to take the Zhongjing Road (today's Chifeng and Chengde area) together with me." Zhao Jiu finally revealed his final verdict on Eastern Mongolia. "If everything goes well, you and I can survive."

...But you have to take two hostages and the heir to live in Tokyo together; if things don't go well, both you and my baby will die... If you don't want to die, or don't want to come, or if you only want one to come, I will

Let Tuoli take care of the Qiyan tribe for me, and then find someone from the Merqi tribe or even the Tatar tribe to be the leader."

"Tuoli..." Hebule suddenly panicked.

"Yes, Tuoli...Suddenly Zahusi Khan died in battle." Zhao Jiu responded calmly. "My bodyguard, his son Tuoli used a spear to tie Simongu's crown and charged for me...just this morning.

, he just came back from the defeated Jin army for me, and then I distributed the spoils of war to him here as agreed in advance, and then crowned him... This is also the second thing I want to say, from now on.

, I don’t care about other places, but East and West Mongolia, as well as Goryeo, including the Jurchens, if they can survive, if they want to inherit the royal family, they must be crowned by me, otherwise they will be traitors and they will be cut into pieces! These two things

, what do you think? Can you handle it?"

Hebule was silent for a moment and did not answer directly.

And Zhao Jiu didn't urge him, he just looked up at the Hutuo River in front of him in a daze... Han Shizhong and others looked at each other, and it was hard to interrupt for a while, but there were a few people who were ready for consultation. They couldn't help but look at the water of the Hutuo River, guessing if this Eastern Mongolia

If the king refuses to respond, the official will sink him to the bottom of the river.

After a long time, Hebule finally spoke again: "The official family."

"What?"

"I saw someone burying a body on the road." Hebule said seriously as he lay on the ground.

"yes."

"Are those corpses of Song people or Jin people?"

"The golden man's?"

"Are they all from Jin people?"

"yes."

"How many Jin people died?"

"It must have cost more than 30,000 yuan on the spot. They have been dying non-stop in the past few days...the smell of corpses cannot be dissipated, forcing me to send the bedridden prime minister to another place for rest."

"What about the Song people?"

"What?"

"How many people from the Song Dynasty died?" Hebule looked sincere and serious. "How many of the official army died in this battle?"

Zhao Jiu finally became alert, as if a cat that had been lazy and depressed suddenly arched its body: "Why do you ask this?"

"Knowing this, I can roughly know whether to agree to the two conditions of the official." Hebule was still very serious.
To be continued...