Li Siyan learned that his army had crossed the border and invaded the Southern Dynasties, and plundered the tentative field and killed the people of the Southern Dynasties. He knew that this was related to the war between the two countries, so he did not dare to neglect them. He hurriedly sent someone to report to the Khan and analyzed the current situation with Cui Yu and Buhumu, who were at home, so that he could come up with a plan after the Khan returned.

Several people knew that the Southern Dynasties had been eyeing the Central Plains and were determined to fight the Northern Expedition to regain their hometowns. Although the relationship between the two countries seemed calm in recent years, they all knew that it was actually a surging undercurrent. The Southern Dynasties had been preparing for troops, expanding their troops, accumulating strength, and taking the opportunity to invade the north. Since last year, they have been frequently provoking in border areas and looking for excuses.

Now that our side has not given the Sui Ci first on time, something crossed the border has happened. Although this can be used as a justification for clearing out bandits and recovering Sui Ci as a justification. However, this reason is not only pale and powerless in the Southern Dynasty, which is about to invade the north, and it will not be accepted. Therefore, we must give up the fantasy of continuing to implement Jingsui, and we must base ourselves on fighting and resolutely fight back against the invasion of the Southern Dynasty, so that they will give up the idea of ​​invading the north.

Several people have formed a unified opinion during the discussion. At present, whether the Southern Dynasties are going to launch the Northern Expedition or just intimidate and extort, the war preparations must be completed as soon as possible. The Zongwang Army along the border is preparing to defend the enemy, the localities raise materials and recruit local tycoons to assist in the battle. The armies of Hebei and Shanxi must also strengthen combat preparations and order the personal guards stationed in the capital to quickly go south to reinforce Shandong.

"What happened in Shandong again?" Cui Yu and others had just discussed preliminary opinions, and received the request from the Khan that they had returned to the palace and ordered them to enter the palace to discuss matters. After the ceremony, Tiemur asked impatiently.

"King, the King of Jinan has sent an urgent report. Please read it!" Li Siyan said with the battle report in his hand.

"Forget it, tell me!" Tiemuer glanced at him and said on the table.

Seeing this, Li Siyan knew that Khan was disturbed and was very unhappy. He could only shake his head helplessly, briefly describe the battle report in Yezhang, and report their opinions on the discussion together.

"Where is the little thief in the Southern Dynasty now?" Tie Muer said after hearing this, pondered for a long time before frowned and asked.

"This... this minister doesn't know!" Li Siyan was stunned and then reacted and answered.

"Oh, Khan, the spy was reported to me before. The thief of the Southern Dynasty had not left the capital and was still in Lin'an Palace!" But Korigis reacted quickly, and immediately thought of something and quickly reported.

"Oh, there is still room for reversal in this way." Tiemuer's face immediately relaxed a lot and said with a long sigh.

"Khan, things are not simple. The Southern Dynasties have been ready to move since last year, seeking trouble on the border and trying to provoke trouble. I am worried that the Southern Army will take this opportunity to use troops to our dynasty." Zhang Gui saw that the Khan seemed to not pay attention to this, so he quickly spoke out.

"This guy likes to bluff the most and takes the opportunity to ask the court for money. The matter is probably not as serious as it is said. If the Southern Dynasty wanted to invade the north in large numbers, how could the little thief stay in Lin'an City?" Tie Muer waved his hand and said confidently.

"Khan, I think we still have to prepare. After all, our army crossed the border and invaded the Southern Dynasties, and then attacked the tent and looted the villages and towns of the Southern Dynasties. There was an unusual border conflict!" Korigis also spoke.

"As long as there is no large-scale conflict with the Southern Dynasties imperial guards, killing a few grass-roots people, robbing some money, and killing the generals who are only in charge of the army, and then paying more than one gold and silver to give the Southern Dynasties an explanation, the matter will be calmed down." Tiemuer said, "Now the most taboo to dispatch troops and generals. This will only make them think that we are deliberately provoking the thief, which will anger the thief, and make him angrily raise his troops, and lose room for mediation."

"What the Khan said is very good. At present, our dynasty and the Southern Dynasties do not have the advantage in the military power. Although the finances have been eased in recent years, it is still difficult to support the long war. Therefore, it is not advisable to go to war with the Southern Dynasties at present, but should continue to endure and not meet with weapons." An Tong said.

"Zhongshu Ling, even if our dynasty is tolerant, we must be prepared for war so as not to be caught off guard and be driven straight into the enemy." Buhu Mu saw that both the Khan and the Zhongshu Ling advocated a "peaceful" solution to this matter, and he felt extremely uneasy.

"Well, it's reasonable." An Tong had experienced war after all. He understood that the situation was changing rapidly, and it was difficult for him to know the exact intentions of the Southern Dynasties. After thinking about it, he told Tiemu's, "Khan, if the Southern Dynasties break through the Yellow River, there will be no danger to defend the capital. In order to prevent the kings of Hanoi, Zhending, Hejian, and Yidu will concentrate their troops in important towns along the way, and be prepared to prevent the enemy from invading the hinterland of the capital in the north."

"In addition, the Han army and guards in the capital area are ready to be prepared for the southern aid. The troops on the dividing line should tolerate the provocations of the Southern Dynasty, but they should send out the outside and deploy their troops in the army towns. Once the war breaks out, they will not collapse thousands of miles."

"It's good to prevent problems before they happen!" Tie Muer thought for a while, "Now all the ministers are in Shangdu, so Deputy Envoy Zhang and Li Zuocheng will return to Dadu to preside over the border military."

"I will obey the order!" Zhang Gui and Li Siyan bowed and polite.

"Let's take your leave, I'm tired today too!" Tiemuer waved his hand and got up and turned to the back hall, and then everyone left the hall.

Several people left the hall, and Zhang Gui sighed and felt very heavy. An Tong smiled and said, "Director Zhang, don't want to go back to Shangdu?"

"The Secretary of the Central Committee, the lower officials felt a little nervous and uneasy, as if something big was about to happen!" Zhang Gui sighed softly.

"Da Khan has reserved his attitude, either because he is afraid of the war or because he is worried. You have a great responsibility to return to Beijing first. If there is any news, you must report it to Da Khan in time!" An Tong knew in his heart that although Da Khan entrusted the power of the two of them to preside over the military, he did not award the gold medal for the transfer of troops, and in fact he did not have the right to deal with it on the spot. Therefore, the symbolic significance of the two people going back is greater than the actual significance, just to appease the people's hearts. He also knew that Da Khan knew that Zhang Gui and Li Siyan had always been ambitious and wanted to start a war against the Southern Dynasties, worried that they would do their own thing after they took control of the military power, which led to the situation being out of control.

"The subordinate can only do his best!" Zhang Gui looked at the sky and sighed.

"Don't be discouraged, there is always a solution to the problem. Take care of it all the way!" An Tong could only encourage a few words.

"Zhongshu Ling is old!" Buhu Mu sighed at An Tong's hunched back, "The Khan tried his best to avoid war, which only made the Southern Dynasty even more rampant. And at this critical moment, he should have returned to Beijing to take charge of the Central Plains and mobilized all armies to prepare for war. Now only Zhongshu Ling can speak, but his attitude is ambiguous and he no longer has the aura of traversing the grasslands in the past."

"I'm afraid that the Khan is like last year. I heard that the Southern Dynasties invaders were stranded in Shangdu. The news exchanges took a lot of time, which would delay the military opportunity." Zhang Gui said.

"If the war breaks out, I will try my best to persuade the Khan to return to Dadu. Otherwise, if the Central Plains loses, it will be difficult to have a chance to turn around!" Korigis knew very well that if the Khan was afraid of fighting, it would not only lead to problems in command, but also lead to a downward trend in the morale and a low morale. He was defeated three points before the battle...

As August began, snow was already falling on the upper house, Tiemur's heart became more and more panicked. At the end of last month, he only reported a conflict with the Southern Dynasties. After the warning of the Southern Dynasties, he tried his best to explain to the envoys of the Southern Dynasties, and agreed to recover the annual gifts and compensate the merchants for the losses. However, he was polite but had no practical actions, while the bandits became more and more rampant. They often jumped between the two dynasties in the north and south, and fled to the Southern Dynasties to hide after robbing in Shandong.

The constant bandits in the territory caused frequent civil unrest, causing the people to cross the border and flee to the Southern Dynasty, which once again triggered a crisis between the two sides. This led to the Southern Dynasty finally losing patience. When the Yuan army was pursuing the border people across the border, they were surrounded by the Southern Dynasty border troops, killing and killing more than 400 Yuan troops, and invading Shandong as they took advantage of the situation.

At the same time, the Song army issued an ultimatum, demanding that the Mongol Yuan kill the culprit, Yetrene, Jinan, or would march into Shandong. After urgently reporting to Shangdu, Tiemur and his ministers failed to make a long discussion. The Southern Army lost patience and sent 50,000 troops to invade Shandong in two groups, and captured Yizhou, Tengzhou and Yanzhou in just ten days.

He was only under heavy blow without any defense and without intention, but had to restrain his defeated troops and flee north and retreated to Tai'an before stopping. His behavior caused panic among people in Shandong, and local officials fled without fighting, resulting in the loss of all the border prefectures and counties along the border. What made Tiemur even speechless was that the neighboring Jining king Chahan Timur not only did not send troops to support him, but also worried that the retreat was caused by the Southern Army, and he retreated to Jining without fighting.

Zhang Gui and Li Siyan, who returned to Dadu first, reported to Shangdu almost a day, asking the Khan to quickly dispatch troops to reinforce Shandong to restore the decline, and at the same time destroy the canal facilities and block the access for the Southern Army to transport materials. They were also worried that once the Shandong battlefield was controlled by the Southern Army and sent troops to detour eastward, it would cut off the retreat route of the Henan army and fall into the siege of the Southern Army.

Tiemur was still undecided at this time and fell into deep anxiety. He couldn't sleep all night and could only use the help of strong alcohol to sleep for a while. After waking up, he had to face the nagging of the ministers who advised him to return to Dadu and review the full battle reports. However, he was still full of contradictions and still hoped that the thief of the Southern Dynasty would send troops due to his anger. Now he made this tone to agree to withdraw his troops.

On the other hand, Tiemur was afraid that the Southern Dynasty would be more aggressive and refused to stop the troops and headed straight to the Central Plains. Then returning to Dadu at this time would be like a sheep entering the mouth of a tiger. But he knew the significance of the Central Plains to the Yuan Dynasty. If he lost the Central Plains, they not only lost the world of flowers, but also lost all resources such as food, salt, iron, silk, etc.
Chapter completed!