Zhao Tai put on his clothes and said outside: "Come in!"

Yang You pushed the door open and walked in. Seeing Zhao Tai sitting on a chair, he walked over and saluted, "Your Majesty!"

Zhao Tai asked: "What news is coming from Taiyuan? Is the Mongolian army about to retreat?"

In Zhao Tai's opinion, the current situation is such that Mongolia has a brighter future and they will not be tempted to launch a general attack on the Qi army.

Now that many places in Hedong are rebelling against Mongolia, the Mongolian army will soon have problems with its military supplies.

Zhao Tai judged that the Mongolian army would most likely choose to withdraw from Hedong and cede Hedong to Qi.

Now that the state of Qi has risen, Mongolia should realize this and accept this reality, withdraw from the Han region, be a grassland empire with peace of mind, and stop thinking about moving into the Central Plains, so that the Mongolian Empire can exist longer.

Otherwise, the Mongolian army will continue to compete with Qi for hegemony in the Central Plains, and the Mongolian troops will continue to suffer losses. I am afraid that the Mongolian Empire on the grasslands will also fall apart, and in the end even its basic foundation will not be preserved.

Yang You handed over the information with a heavy expression, "Your Majesty, the Mongolian army is indeed about to retreat, but~"

"But what?" Zhao Tai took the information, opened it, and immediately frowned into the character "Chuan".

In an instant, the calmness on Zhao Tai's face disappeared, and his expression became extremely gloomy.

Yang You said: "Your Majesty, Mongolia thinks they can't defend Hedong, so they want to withdraw and destroy Hedong!"

Zhao Tai's cheeks twitched and his eyes were full of anger. He didn't expect the Mongols to be so vicious and even wanted to slaughter the people under their rule.

However, when Zhao Tai thought about the Mongolian invasion of the Southern Song Dynasty and the Sichuan population of tens of millions, which was almost wiped out by the Mongols, he knew that the Mongols could definitely do such a thing. Zhao Tai stood up, walked back and forth in the room for a few steps, and then said quietly

Said: "Quickly, summon many civil and military officials to come and discuss."

Not long after, the civil and military officers of the Qi army were summoned and hurried to the palace hall.

By this time, everyone had learned that the Mongols were massacring the people in Hedong and preparing to evacuate.

Recently, the civil and military officials of Qi State, like Zhao Tai, felt that the situation was settled and the Qi army could wait for victory, but they did not expect such a change.

Zhao Tai had a dark face, glanced at everyone, and said in a hateful voice: "Everyone, I have sent troops to Hedong alone, with two goals, one is to unify the world, and the other is to drive out the Tartars and relieve the suffering of the people. Now we see that we cannot hold on.

Hedong, they massacred

Killing the people in the east of the river is poisonous, and both humans and gods are angry. Since I came to save the people, how can I sit back and watch the Tartars slaughter the people. It is so late today, I have called you here, I only want to defeat the Japanese and rescue the people.

Our people!”

As soon as Zhao Tai said these words, everyone was shocked.

Hearing what he said, everyone decided to give up the strategy of holding on and wanted to take the initiative to attack the Mongolian army to prevent the Mongolian army from continuing to massacre the people in Hedong.

Wang Bin frowned and went out to salute, "Your Majesty, please calm down and don't fall into the Mongolian trap. Now that the Mongolian army's defeat has been exposed, they slaughtered the people just to force the King to go to war! If the King went to fight, it would be playing into the hands of the Mongolian army.

"

Now as long as the Qi army continues to hold on, the Mongolian army can only admit defeat and withdraw from Hedong.

Although Hedong will be severely damaged after the Mongolian massacre, the Qi army will obtain the land in Hedong at the minimum cost. Overall, the battle of Hedong is still a victory for the Qi army.

If Zhao Tai now abandons the strategy of holding on and takes the initiative to attack because of the Mongolian army slaughtering the people east of Hedong, then the Qi army's actions will play into the Mongolian army's ambitions.

The Mongolian army has always wanted to rely on its superior strength to fight a decisive battle with the Qi army in the wild and defeat the Qi army in the decisive battle.

If Zhao Tai attacks, it will give Mongolia a chance to make a comeback.

It would be okay if the Qi army defeated the Mongolian army, but if the Qi army failed, all the previous efforts of the Qi army would be in vain.

After Zhao Tai received the news that the Mongolian army was slaughtering the city and preparing to retreat, with his wisdom and a little thought, he understood the Mongolian army's intention.

The Mongols used the people from Hedong to blackmail him into going to war.

If he did not go to war, the Mongolian army would kill all the people in Hedong and then withdraw from Hedong.

Zhao Tai naturally knew the consequences of going to war, but he still insisted on his decision.

Zhao Tai glanced at everyone and asked in a deep voice, "What do you think?"

The generals looked at each other. Some thought that they should go to war to prevent the Mongols from massacring the people, while others agreed with Wang Bin and thought that they should be on the safe side and continue to hold on.

Zhao Tai listened to their discussion and quarreling for a while, coughed, and when the hall was quiet, Zhao Tai stood up and said majestically: "You can continue to station troops now and wait for the Mongolian army to finish slaughtering the people and evacuate Hedong. Then you can easily seize the land east of Hedong.

But such a victory will cause Guhe Daqi to lose the hearts of the people in Hedong and the people all over the world.

You can’t see the bloody nature of Da Qi. Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains has been repeatedly bullied by foreigners. For their own interests, all forces only seek to protect themselves and do not want to make progress, which has caused the people of the world to be divided. In the past few hundred years, some of us have taken refuge in Liao.

In the country, some people sought refuge with the Jin Kingdom, while others sought refuge with the Mongols, but no one could stand up and calm people's hearts."

Zhao Tai glanced at the crowd with resolute eyes, raised his arms and raised his fists, and shouted loudly: "My dear friends, if we turn a blind eye to the Mongols massacre of the people today, how will we be different from the Southern Song Dynasty who lingered in the south and gave up on the Han people in the north? Today I decided to make a decision

The purpose of sending troops is to tell the people east of Hedong and the world that we, Da Qi, are not the Song Dynasty, and we, Da Qi, will not abandon the people. Only in this way can we bring the world back to its heart, unite people's hearts, inspire blood, and reshape the spirit of the Han and Tang Dynasties!"

After everyone listened to Zhao Tai's words, the hall became quiet.

The generals who supported sending troops were all in high spirits, while those who did not support had worried faces.

After all, sending troops would mean a decisive battle with the main force of the Mongolian army, and the decisive battle might fail.

Zhao Tai knew the worries of Wang Bin and others and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, if we just sit and watch, the Mongolian army plunders the east of Hedong, massacres the people and returns. Once the main force of the Mongolian army returns to the grassland, there will be endless troubles, and it will be difficult to have peace on the border in the future.

.In this way, our investment in defending Mongolia will increase day by day in the future. If we can retain the main force of the Mongolian army this time, we can conquer the north in one battle and ensure peace on the border for ten years. Therefore, we can fight this battle.

It’s a risk, but it’s worth it.”

Zhao Tai knew that the decisive battle was risky, but he had made an internal calculation.

If the main force of the Mongolian army cannot be eliminated and they are allowed to withdraw to the grassland, Qi will face a grassland empire similar to the Huns, Turks, and Liao.

This will put huge pressure on Qi State, and it will also be very difficult for Qi State to defeat them.

Because of the farming civilization, fighting on the grassland is very disadvantageous.

Just look at how much effort it took for the Han Dynasty to conquer the Xiongnu and the Tang Dynasty to defeat the Turks, and you will know the difficulty of the matter.

Therefore, Zhao Tai was more inclined to eliminate the main force of the Mongolian army within the pass.
Chapter completed!