After Zong Zheng entered Alibuge's camp, he stayed calm for several days, neither offering advice nor making rash moves, and Zhu Yunshi did not dare to contact him easily.

The people sent to monitor have successively returned the movements of Zong Zheng and Zhu Yunshi in the past few days. Alibuge and Atai gradually relaxed their vigilance.

Alibuge and Kublai Khan were busy preparing for the war, and they knew that a battle that would decide the outcome was about to be held.

On a month-long night, Kublai Khan summoned Siba alone,

"National Master, how about that place?" Kublai Khan asked,

Siba took out a drawing from her arms and said, "Shan, this is my latest topographic map of the Heartbreak Valley that I have made. Please sweat for a look."

Kublai Khan took the drawings, couldn't wait to unfold them, looked closely, and said happily, "Okay, I did a good job, I didn't expect that there would be such a thing. When this matter is successful, you all have great achievements."

Siba sighed: "It seems that this sect is indeed well-known. If this plan is successfully implemented, it will be inevitable that Khan will defeat Alibu Ge."

"Next, a large number of troops will be dispatched to Duanyan Valley to transform the terrain and build fortifications. Once the troops are divided, the defense of the camp will become weak. At this time, it depends on whether Zong Zheng can stabilize Ali Buge." Kublai Khan said, feeling uneasy.

Siba and Liu Bingzhong are both smart people, and they dare not believe and rely too much on Zongzheng. Once Zongzheng cannot stabilize Alibu Ge, Alibu Ge will lead people to attack him, and he will inevitably collapse. Therefore, he has kept a hand in private, and even Kublai Khan does not know Siba's plan.

After Kublai Khan was silent for a moment, he suddenly urged Siba seriously: "Master, this matter must be kept confidential and must not disclose any information."

Siba agreed and said, "Don't worry, I know in my heart."

"It's so good. Let's go and rest first. At the critical moment, don't let go and call Liu Xingtai for me." Kublai Khan said in a desperate attempt.

Siba then left the tent and went to call Liu Bingzhong.

After a while, Liu Bingzhong arrived, Kublai Khan asked him to sit down, and said sincerely and politely,

"Xingtai, you also know that Zongzheng's plan has been around. Five days have passed. According to time, it is time to launch the "Tiger and Wolf Drive" plan. It is of great importance. I am not at ease to send someone else to take charge of me. Only you can feel at ease."

After following Kublai Khan all the way over the years, he has experienced ups and downs. Although Liu Bingzhong and Kublai Khan were kings and ministers, they were also good teachers and good friends of Kublai Khan. Now it is an extremely critical moment. The overall situation set by Zongzheng is inevitable and he is determined to win. Liu Bingzhong naturally took the order without hesitation.

Kublai Khan's elite troops were stationed near Helin. It was like a dagger hanging over his head that made Ali Buge unable to sleep or eat. The power of both sides was difficult to distinguish between the two sides. Although Ali Buge had a little advantage, he did not dare to act rashly.

In the past five days, Alibuge held three military intelligence meetings. Some soldiers advocated taking the initiative, while others advocated not moving and just confronting each other. Both sides made some sense in terms of reasons, Alibuge had difficulty making a decision for a while, and there was no good strategy to defeat the enemy.

Today is the sixth day that Zong Zheng has arrived at Alibuge's camp. Most of Alibuge's suspicion about Zong Zheng has been eliminated. Zong Zheng counts the days, and it is also the day when Kublai Khan takes action. As long as Kublai Khan takes action, the prelude of this big chess game will enter the **, and it is time for him to take action.

Helin is a consortium of grasslands and deserts, and it is completely unstoppable for the Mongolian cavalry. Therefore, during his reign, Ogedei Khan built three earthen cities and two camps in the suburbs of Helin based on the existing terrain to block foreign enemies.

The front of Kublai Khan was a towering city, which was not accessible to the ladder, and the bows and arrows were also pale. The attack was naturally severely injured. It led to the important pass of Helin, which was the forefront of Alibuge's defense line and the most difficult dangerous pass to overcome.

Then there were two connected camps, with defense lines built with wood, and the sharp tree stumps were used to deal with the fast rush of the cavalry.

The sect knows the way to deal with Tucheng in the strategy of wounding the city, which is the tunnel. Through the tunnel, it defeats the enemy from the inside to the outside, and dealing with the camp is naturally a fire attack. These sects are very clear in their plan.

Five days ago, Kublai Khan appeared to be silent, but in fact he had ordered people to open up the tunnels entering Tucheng day and night, and prepared oil for fire attacks.

At dawn on the sixth day, Kublai Khan attacked the Tucheng at the front at night. The soldiers entering the rear of Tucheng through the tunnel and attacking the soldiers who attacked the city from the front outside the city. After a little resistance, Alibuge's soldiers knew that the situation was out and all surrendered.

Early in the morning, Alibuge received an urgent report from the military that the Tucheng was broken. Although there were four passes, the meaning of this first pass was very different. Alibuge couldn't help but feel a little anxious. Relying on the fact that there were four dangerous passes and sufficient troops, he would not lose his composure and panic.

He summoned all the soldiers to discuss countermeasures, but after all, there were no outstanding players like Siba and Liu Bingzhong in the Alibugu camp, and he was unable to discuss any practical and effective countermeasures.

After breaking through the first Tucheng, Kublai Khan made a concerted effort and personally led the three armies to break through two camp passes in succession with fire attacks, further approaching Helin, with great momentum and high morale.

Just as Ali Buge failed to discuss countermeasures, news of Kublai Khan breaking the two villages with a fire attack came one after another. Now Ali Buge was a little panicked, and the generals below were a little frightened and could not sit still.

This is like a ripple effect. The closer you get to the inner circle defense line, the stronger the resistance will be. Kublai Khan knows this. In terms of current strength, relying solely on frontal attacks will only waste both sides' strength, and what is weakened will ultimately be Mongolia's own strength.

Therefore, despite his high morale and his advantage at this moment, he still only followed the long-term strategy to make an offensive posture, and siege instead of attacking. What he wanted was to create a tense atmosphere and make Alibu Ge and his generals panic.

As Zong Zheng expected, Ali Buge's expression changed drastically after hearing the news of Kublai Khan's three consecutive passes. He was restless and pointed at a large group of generals from thousands of households and scolded them for being incompetent.

Just when there was no choice but to be angry, the eunuch's official news broke the tense atmosphere in the tent.

"Qi Khan, Zong Zheng asked for a visit."

Brother Ali Bu did not completely dispel his suspicion about Zong Zheng, so when he heard Zong Zheng’s first reaction was to speculate on the purpose of his coming at this moment.

"Let him come in!" Ali Bu Ge said,

Zong Zheng entered the camp with a gloomy style, which was in sharp contrast to the generals present. Looking at Zong Zhenghuan's spirit, those who don't know would definitely think that Zong Zheng is a real spy and are watching the good show of Ali Buge's defeat.

Of course, Ali Buge was already upset. Seeing Zong Zheng's rebellious spirit, he was naturally unhappy, so he asked coldly.

"Zongzheng, what's wrong with me when you see me?"

Zong Zheng congratulated happily: "Congratulations to Khan, congratulations to Khan!"

Brother Ali Bu was defeated three times, but Zong Zheng was congratulating him. This made Brother Ali Bu quite angry, but he was also curious. All the generals present were absurd about Zong Zheng's words and deeds.

"Zongzheng, don't you know that Kublai Khan has broken through three passes in a row? What's the joy of my Khan?" Alibu Ge asked with an angry look on his face.

Zong Zhengze was still full of joy and replied cheerfully: "Return to Dashan, these days, I have been thinking hard about how to deal with Kublai Khan, but I have suffered from the lack of an opportunity. Who knew that Kublai Khan had just given such an opportunity today. Shouldn't he congratulate Dashan?"

He was obviously being beaten by someone, but there was no chance. No one knew what the opportunity was said by Zong Zheng, but he just felt that Zong Zheng was a bit ridiculous.

"I have a good strategy to defeat the enemy, and I will definitely turn the situation around in one fell swoop. If this strategy is successful, then the Khan will definitely defeat Kublai Khan!" Zong Zheng said, and Ali Bu Ge showed confusion. Zong Zheng continued to remind him,

"Kublai is like boiling hot water today. He can't just think about raising the soup to stop the boiling, but should learn to remove the fire from the bottom of the pot."

Brother Ali Bu listened to Zong Zheng's words, and then looked at Zong Zheng's confident look, gradually fading away the anger on his face, and then asked politely: "What do you mean by what you said is a plan to remove the firewood from the bottom of a pot?"

"That's right, so I'll congratulate the Khan." Zong Zheng replied, deliberately slowing his mind and not directly explaining his plan.

Atai said impatiently: "Don't delay, the military situation is urgent!"

Everyone's face was anxious, but Zong Zheng still looked calm and slowly comforted everyone, saying, "Don't worry! Since Kublai Khan is determined to die, why don't we calm down and watch how he made a fatal mistake!"

Zong Zheng's excessive calm aroused everyone's dissatisfaction, and Brother Ali couldn't stand it anymore!

At this moment, the sergeant rushed into the camp and reported: "It's beginning! They're starting to attack the city!"

As soon as the news of the military detective arrived, the tent immediately exploded again.

"Shank you! It's time to take action!" Zong Zheng said loudly in the noise, like a thunder that made everyone a little confused. These people looked at Zong Zheng with sloppy eyes.

Zong Zheng took two steps forward and said happily: "Kublai's army was on an expedition, and food was his fatal pit. If he could destroy his food, he would be killed!"

"Your Khan knows what you said, but I am afraid..." Alibu Ge was interrupted by Zong Zheng before he finished speaking, "Are you afraid of pushing Kublai Khan to the point of being anxious and putting him to death and then live?" Zong Zheng expressed Alibu Ge's thoughts,

Although Ali Bu Ge did not clearly admit it, the difficult look on his face had already revealed his concerns.

Zong Zhengan advised: "The Khan did not need to worry about this at all. Kublai Khan cut off his food and grass, and the retreat to Kaiping was cut off by the Khan. He would definitely fight to the death in such a desperate situation. However, if the Khan could control him before Kublai Khan fought to the death, his army would be without a lot, and then he would win without bloodshed!"
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