Yidu, Li Fen's residence.

Since the defeat of Huainan, Li Fen has not participated in major wars.

Not long ago, he had a fake fight with Zhao Tai and lost two states, but the loss of troops was minimal.

Now Li Fen sits in Yidu Prefecture, Dengzhou, Laizhou, Luzhou, Ninghai Prefecture, Mizhou, Weizhou, Zizhou, Binzhou, occupying the entire Shandong area, and has 80,000 troops. He can be said to be the largest warlord in Shandong.

Although there are 80,000 soldiers and horses, which is relatively large, and many of them are farmers, there are still half of them who can be used as soldiers, and their strength is not much worse than that of Zhao Tai.

The last time Tasi organized troops from three towns to encircle and suppress Zhao Tai, Zhang Rou and Shi Tianze were completely defeated. Only Li Fen took advantage and escaped unscathed.

This gave Tasi and others the illusion that Li Fen was pretty good and could fight Zhao Tai.

Therefore, after Kublai Khan deduced that Zhao Tai's target might be Jinan, he immediately asked Tasi to write a letter to Li Fen, asking him to prepare for Zhao Tai's sneak attack and to be ready to reinforce Jinan at all times.

On this day, outside Yidu City, a group of Mongolian cavalry galloped to the city gate. Seeing this, the guarding Li Jun quickly stopped him, "Who are they?"

The leader of the Mongolian family quickly reined in their horses and raised their whips to whip directly at the blocking soldiers. "You are so blind that you can't see who we are. How dare you block me? You're looking for a beating."

The soldier was whipped and looked at the officer guarding the gate aggrievedly. The officer saw that the other party was a Mongolian, but he didn't dare to come forward. He could only step forward to apologize, "Baihu, I'm really sorry. The new guy doesn't understand the rules. He hasn't been doing it lately.

Whether it's a war or not, brothers are also acting cautiously, so please understand."

Hundreds of Mongolian households smiled when they saw each other, thinking about their mission, they stopped making a fuss, "I am here to deliver military orders on the orders of Marshal Tasi. I immediately moved away from the horse. I want to enter the city to see Li Fen."

"Let us go quickly!" When the officer heard that he was coming from Jinan and saw the other party showing the document, he quickly shouted and moved away the horse pile with a few soldiers.

Hundreds of Mongolian households rushed in immediately, and the gatekeepers quickly stepped aside and watched their figures disappear into the street.

After the Mongols had gone away, the officer came over and patted his subordinate, who had been whipped, and said, "Liu Zhen, be smarter in the future and don't offend the Mongols."

Liu Zhen lowered her head and said resentfully: "Hundred households, why do they beat people at will? Isn't it the higher-ups' instructions to guard the city gate?"

Baihu glanced at him and sighed: "Who made us Han? Our court was defeated more than a hundred years ago, and we are inferior now."

The Mongolian messengers galloped through the streets on horseback, shocking the people along the way and running away for cover.

At this time, Yang You just came out of Yidu Provincial Yamen and saw a group of Mongolian cavalry galloping in front of the Yamen.

Yang You stepped forward and asked, "Where are you from?"

The leading hundred households saw that Yang You was a general and said, "We are here to inform Li Fen of Yidu Province on the order of Marshal Tasi."

When Yang You heard this, he knew what important matter was involved, and said quickly: "Several of you will arrive at the festival hall later, and I will report it to the commander-in-chief."

In the backyard of the Yamen, Li Fen was standing in the yard, watching his cousin Yang Guiying dancing with a spear. On the side, his mother Yang Miaozhen was nagging: "Guiying is not young anymore, she is an old girl now. You, the eldest brother, should take her place.

Make things happen.”

Li Fen looked at his cousin's slender waist and said with a wry smile: "It's not like my mother doesn't know that Guiying has high vision and wants to marry a hero. I have found so many talents, but she is not satisfied."

Yang Guiying is the daughter of Yang Miaozhen's brother, Yang An'er, the leader of the Red Coat Army. When Yang An'er was killed, Yang Guiying had just been born. Yang Miaozhen raised her, and she was no different from her own daughter.

Yang Miaozhen was born into a martial arts family. He was good at riding and shooting. He created the Pear Blossom Spear and was known as the invincible fighter in the world. He was highly praised by later generations of military strategists.

Yang Guiying grew up with Yang Miaozhen. She learned spear skills since she was a child. Her martial arts skills were very good, but she looked down on ordinary men, so she was not married until she was twenty.

This made Yang Miaozhen a little anxious and forced Li Fen to find a suitable husband for her, but Li Fen was not willing.

Firstly, Yang Guiying has a high vision and ordinary people cannot catch her eye, so it is indeed difficult to find her. Secondly, Yang Guiying is born with a mark and has a heroic appearance, which makes Li Fen have some thoughts.

Such a beautiful cousin should not go to outsiders. Li Fen didn't want to take advantage of outsiders, so he didn't go all out to look for her.

At this time, Li Fen was talking to Yang Miaozhen, and Yang You hurried over and said, "Auntie, the commander-in-chief."

Li Fen looked at Yang You and asked doubtfully: "Why are you back again?"

"Commander, Tasi has sent an envoy, and they have already arrived outside the mansion." Yang You immediately explained.

Li Fen frowned slightly, "Why did Tasi send people here?"

Yang Miaozhen said: "Mongolia is powerful and cannot be offended. Go and see him and don't neglect the envoy."

Li Fen immediately saluted and said, "Then the son will go to meet the Mongolian envoy."

After finishing speaking, he and Yang You left the backyard together. Before leaving the yard, Li Fen did not forget to take another look at his cousin who was dancing with a spear in fancy clothes, and then went to the festival hall to meet the envoy.

When Li Fen came to the festival hall, the Mongolian hundred households led by him immediately stood up and said directly: "Li Xingsheng, the marshal of the capital asked me to come and deliver an order to you to beware of Zhao Tai and to be ready to reinforce Jinan at any time."

Li Fen was stunned when he heard this, and said in surprise: "What's going on, messenger?"

The hundred households took out a letter and handed it to Li Fen, "This is a letter from Marshal Du. Please take a look at it, Li Xingsheng."

Li Fen took the letter and started reading it. The content of the letter was mainly Kublai Khan's speculation that Zhao Tai would attack Jinan and seize Shandong, which made Li Fen take precautions.

After Li Fen read the letter, he frowned. There was a secret agreement between him and Zhao Tai, and the two parties would engage in smuggling trade, and they would not trespass with each other.

Now Zhao Tai wants to attack Jinan. Although he has no territory to attack Li Fen, Li Fen doesn't want to see Zhao Tai occupy Jinan.

Because if Zhao Tai occupied Jinan, his strength would surpass Li Fen and threaten Li Fen's rule in Shandong.

After Li Fen read the letter, he said solemnly: "Please ask the envoy to inform the prince and the marshal, so that Li knows about it."

Seeing this, the messenger immediately left. Li Fen asked Yang You to give the messenger fifty taels of silver and send them outside the house.

In Yidu City, inside Yang You's mansion, Zhao Gui changed into Li Jun's armor.

Today, Yang You was at Li Fen's residence and bumped into the Jinan messenger delivering a message to Li Fen. When he returned to the residence, he told Zhao Gui that Kublai Khan and Tasi had noticed that Zhao Tai was going to attack Jinan.

Now Kublai Khan believed that Zhao Tai would attack Jinan, and while strengthening Jinan's defense, he was asking for help from all around. If time was delayed, it would be detrimental to Zhao Tai.

As a senior spy who was instigated by Zhao Tai, Yang You immediately discussed with Zhao Gui after receiving the news, and Zhao Gui personally reported to Zhao Tai, reminding Zhao Tai that his intention to seize Jinan had been exposed.

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