On the morning of April 3, troops led by Zhao Kui and Wuxian arrived successively, and with their arrival, the Song army that besieged the Mongolian army had as many as 200,000 troops.

Zhao Kui was the privy envoy and the highest military officer of the Song Dynasty. When he arrived at the foot of Hengjian Mountain, the Song armies had a unified command in name.

When Zhao Tai learned of Zhao Kui's arrival, he immediately led his confidants to the Forbidden Army camp.

At this time, at the foot of Hengjian Mountain, the Song Army did not dare to attack the mountain rashly, but the Qi Army and the Huai Army all sent troops to patrol the foot of the mountain, constantly provoking the Mongolian troops on the mountain. Only the Chu Army, after the attack was thwarted, the camp

There was no movement inside.

Zhao Tai came out of the Qi army camp. Along the way, he could see the Song army troops. They went to the village three or four miles away from the foot of the mountain. Several deep trenches were dug around them, and sharpened bamboos were arranged inside. The dug soil was not wasted. Behind the deep trenches,

Build an earth wall.

This forced Zhao Tai to admit that the Song Army's infantry was very good at setting up camp and preventing cavalry raids, and the camp strength was no less than that of the Qi Army.

After the Mongolian army repelled the Chu army yesterday, their morale recovered somewhat. Especially the arrival of Shi Songzhi's envoy rekindled hope for Kublai Khan and the Mongolian generals.

When Zhao Tai rode to Zhao Fan's camp, he saw the Mongolian army on the mountain. Hundreds of horses rushed out to attack the provocative Song army. The Song soldiers were frightened and hurriedly formed formations. When the tiger cavalry camp came galloping over, the Mongolian army saw no chance.

After riding, we returned to the mountain.

At this time, Zhao Tai rode up to Zhao Fan's camp to meet him. When the two saw the scene just now, Zhao Fan couldn't help but frown.

"It seems that the Chu army suffered a defeat yesterday, which restored the morale of the Mongolian army." Zhao Fan said with a stern face.

Zhao Tai sneered, "Does Zhizhi think it's just because Chu soldiers were frustrated in their attack on the mountain?"

Zhao Fan frowned and looked at Zhao Tai, "Your Highness, what's the reason for this difficulty?"

Zhao Tai did not go directly to Zhao Kui's camp, but came to find Zhao Fan first, because he wanted to inform Zhao Fan first and then inform Zhao Kui through him.

"I got news last night that someone sent an envoy privately to negotiate peace with Kublai Khan." Zhao Tai said: "The Tatars were originally in desperate situation, but now that they have a way out, they naturally become arrogant."

Zhao Fan looked surprised, "Is there such a thing? Who has a personal opinion of Kublai Khan?"

Zhao Tai didn't answer. Zhao Fan thought about it calmly and knew who it was, "It's Shi Songzhi!"

Zhao Tai nodded, and then said earnestly: "Zhizhi Envoy! The Tartars are unfaithful. To them, the peace agreement is just a piece of paper. As long as they feel that they can take advantage of launching a war, they will tear it up without hesitation. At the beginning,

This was the case between the Jin Kingdom and the Song Dynasty, many times

The peace treaty was signed, but was torn up again and again. Until the offensive and defensive forces changed, the peace treaty could be maintained for a long time. If the imperial court wanted to negotiate a peace, it thought that it would kill Kublai Khan and make the Mongols break their bones before they could negotiate a peace. They could never let go of thirty thousand people.

Mongols, otherwise there will be endless trouble."

Zhao Fan nodded and understood what Zhao Tai meant, "I understand what His Highness means. I will meet with the Privy Council later and I will advance and retreat together with Your Highness."

Zhao Tai nodded with satisfaction, "Zhizhi Envoy understands the righteousness."

As they were talking, a group of messenger soldiers came over from a distance, but it was Zhao Kui who wanted to summon the generals to discuss matters.

Zhao Tai was about to go to Zhao Kui's camp, and then he and Zhao Fan went to Zhao Kui's camp to attend a meeting.

The two were riding horses, and along the way they could see military camps spreading out at the foot of Hengjian Mountain, with countless soldiers passing through them.

On the road connecting the military camp to the outside, there were groups of people pushing wheelbarrows to transport food and supplies to the army.

Zhao Fan said with emotion: "Those are the people of Lianghuai. They heard that we surrounded the Mongols. They organized under the organization of various counties to send us military rations and equipment, just so that we could avenge them."

This time the Mongols invaded Huainan and caused extremely serious damage to the area. Wherever the Mongolian army passed, villages were burned and people were killed. The losses were incalculable.

Zhao Tai nodded slightly, "Zhizhi Envoy, we can't let the people down!"

Zhao Fan reluctantly nodded, "Let's go!"

The two of them continued to move forward and soon arrived at Zhao Kui's camp. Inside the camp, the Forbidden Army was building a camp. The two of them went directly to Zhao Kui's tent.

In the big tent, Zhao Kui was checking documents. When he heard that the two people were arriving, he immediately stood up to greet them, "Haha, I just sent messengers to summon all the commanders to discuss matters. How come His Highness is here?"

Zhao Kui asked the two of them to sit down. After Zhao Tai sat down, he smiled and said, "I happened to have something to discuss with the Privy Council, so I arrived first."

Zhao Kui asked his guards to watch tea and sat down to talk to the two of them, "Oh. But what about the siege of Hengjian Mountain?"

Zhao Tai shook his head, and Zhao Fan said: "Master Privy Council, Your Highness has received news that Shi Songzhi secretly negotiated peace with Kublai Khan!"

Zhao Kui was stunned when he heard this and his face darkened. Zhao Fan then told Zhao Kui what Zhao Tai said again.

This time the Song army won a great victory in Chuzhou and surrounded the Mongolian army in Hengjian Mountain, clearing away the haze for many days.

Zhao Kui was very happy at first, but after hearing the two people's stories, her mood immediately hit rock bottom.

Zhao Tai and military advisor Wang Bin were able to realize that the policy of the Southern Song Dynasty court would change. As a senior member of the court, Zhao Kui was naturally not a fool. He thought about it for a moment and knew that the situation was changing.

However, as a minister of the Song Dynasty, even if he guessed that the main fighting faction would gradually lose power, there was nothing he could do. He couldn't help but feel the sadness of the rabbit dying and the fox dying in his heart.

In an imperial society, if the intention of negotiating peace was only the intention of a few ministers such as Shi Songzhi, Zhao Kui could fight, but if the emperor also wanted it and made up his mind, then Zhao Kui would be powerless.

After all, he was a minister of the Song Dynasty and was loyal to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. He could not resist like Zhao Tai and go against the emperor's will.

As a minister of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kui knew the Song Dynasty better than Zhao Tai and Wang Bin, so after listening to their words, he felt more pessimistic and helpless than Zhao Tai and Wang Bin.

Before Duanping entered Luo, the emperor still had ambitions. After Duanping entered Luo, according to Zhao Kui's observation, the emperor had already settled down and accepted the fact that he was in peace.

The Mongolian invasion of the south frightened the emperor greatly. In order to pursue a stable life and a stable rule, the emperor would probably insist on negotiating peace.

Zhao Kui was silent for a long time and said to Zhao Tai: "I know about your highness's worries. Now it's just Shi Songzhi privately suing for peace. As long as the court doesn't replace me, I am the Privy Envoy of the court and will command all ministries to eliminate them."

The enemies on the mountain will seek ten years of peace for the people of the Song Dynasty!"

Zhao Tai stood up and solemnly raised his hands, "With these words from the Prime Minister, I can rest assured."

At this time, Shi Songzhi and others arrived outside the tent. After Zhao Kui got the report, he could only stop talking and let the generals outside come in.

"See the Prime Minister!" Shi Songzhi entered the tent and saw that Zhao Tai and Zhao Tai had already taken their seats. He was slightly startled, and then led the Chu army generals to salute.
Chapter completed!