"But Khan, if we don't stop Chen thieves now, he will not go to Henan and may not let the people of Hebei go. He has now plundered 140,000 to plunder Shunde, Guangping, Daming and other roads, and then enter the canal east and return north along the way. I am afraid that 300,000 people can plunder it!"

He was worried about his head chasing brother. Yanyun and Hebei had a population of more than 2 million. Chen Dexing had already obtained 500,000 Yanjing's Peace Luan's 100,000, and more than 200,000 of Baoding Road and Hejian Road would also have a surname of Chen. If he plundered 300,000 from the rest of Hebei, the total number would be around 1.2 million.

Including the population of Liaodong, Haidong, and Taiwan Prefecture (including Zhoushan), Beiming has a population of 2 million. In addition, Goryeo, with a population of more than 2 million, is dependent on Beiming. Now Chen Dexing can use more than 4 million people!

This number is only a prefecture-level city in later generations, but in the 13th century, a country with a population of more than 4 million was a big country. And with a heroic rule like Chen Dexing, at most ten years, the Great Mongolian Kingdom would have to be driven out of the Central Plains!

Kublai Khan snorted coldly and waved his hand and said, "There are too many people and too many mouths. How much rice and grain can be fed to one. Let him plunder. I will reignite the army tomorrow spring to prevent him from farming. The Southern Dynasties are also afraid of Chen thieves and will not sell rice to him."

Can't sell rice? I shook my head and didn't believe it. Jia Sidao might issue a ban, but the merchants of the Southern Dynasties would listen? Who doesn't know that Chen Dexing controls the sea, and any Song merchant who wants to do maritime trade cannot offend Chen Dexing!

When Kublai Khan saw Brother Touyan's suspicious expression, he smiled: "It's not possible to let Liu Xiaoyuan go alone, but with Pu Shougen, a tyrant businessman, there will be no mistake! Chen Dexing cannot buy a large amount of rice and grain from the Southern Dynasty. This grain can be tied up for at least three years! With these three years, the Great Mongolia will definitely turn defeat into victory!"

Brother Tou Nian nodded suspiciously. Kublai Khan recently made mistakes and his popularity has dropped drastically. Even Brother Tou Nian, who has always trusted him, also became suspicious in his heart.

"Khan. Where will we go next?"

"I won't go anywhere! Let the warriors have a good rest in Zhending City, have a meal, and prepare for a big battle!"

"The battle? Who do you want?"

Kublai Khan smiled proudly and said, "Of course I am with Li Jian! I don't want to kill him. But he came to the door by himself! Qiexue, who went to Jingxing Pass to inquire about the news, contacted Batulu. Li Jian had been led by Batulu to the vicinity of Niangzi Pass. This is a good opportunity given by God!"

"Li Zhu has arrived at the Madam's Pass!" Brother Tou Yan took a cold breath. Did Li Zhu be "guided"? Even a three-year-old child would not believe this. Most of the time, Batulu was defeated in Taiyuan and was chased by Li Zhu to the Madam's Pass. No wonder Xue Chanhan didn't dare to chase Chen Dexing. He wanted to concentrate his efforts to defeat Li Zhu first! Otherwise, Chen and Li would join together to attack. More than 50,000 Mongolians here would have to meet Changshengtian!

Kublai Khan suddenly laughed: "Then Li Zhi has always been too cautious. I don't know what happened this time, but he came forward. I have already planned to fight this thief in front of Jingxing Pass. After Li Zhi breaks, I will go to deal with Chen Dexing again... The Chen thief is actually nothing great, but it is because of the sharp H-armor and the strong steel armor. As long as I give me a few years, I will have anything that Chen Dexing has! And there will be more than him. At that time, it will be the time when my Great Mongolian destroyed the Song Dynasty!"

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At this moment, Chen Dexing's "refugee army" has come to a big rest and is ready to have breakfast. At this time, ordinary people in the Central Plains usually eat two meals a day, once in the morning and afternoon, and dinner is not available. Only the rich and powerful official family has three meals, four meals a day and five meals. They are still full of oil and water, and they are not afraid of getting sick.

However, since Chen Dexing led the first army, his team had three meals a day. Now, the food standards of the Ming army were very high, and each person implemented the food standards of "half a kilogram of rice and noodles, meat and vegetables" every day, and it was all the time to wait until the strictest implementation was different from the Southern Song army. The treatment of the Ming army's officers and soldiers in terms of food was always relatively equal. At first, it was for the need for brainwashing, but now it was because there were also a large number of nobles among the soldiers. Although their dispatches were soldiers, they were also nobles!

As for the refugees who were driven by Chen Dexing, they also had three meals a day these days, and they also had twenty-four taels of rice noodles, but there was a little less meat and fish. If these refugees were not allowed to eat enough, how could they go?

At this time, Chen Dexing returned to his style of leading troops. If he didn't eat, he, the leader of the three armies, did not eat. He was not worried that his generals would not eat well, but that there would be problems with the food supply of refugees. So when it was time for dinner, he would ride a horse to check back and forth in the camp. Zhu Sijiu and Chen Qianyi and two little brothers rode their horses to follow him.

All the refugees were organized, and Ding Zhuang took out a group of thousands of people and a hundred people. Each hundred people formed a food unit and sat around a big pot to eat there.

The old and weak were grouped into households, forming thousands of households and hundreds of households, and temporarily assigned thousands of households and hundreds of households. Now each household is a food unit, sitting around and eating with a sad face. The backbone of the Tiandaoism took the opportunity to brainwash these refugees and promote the principles of the Tiandaoism's light over darkness and the Han people over Tartars. But these refugees are not the wild Liaodong Tartars who have no knowledge. How could they believe this? It would be fine if they had believed in the Ming Cult for a long time. If they had not believed in the Ming Cult at that time and had read some books of sages, it would be difficult for them to be fooled by the backbone of the Tiandaoism. However, with these charlatans acting out of it, they could still gather believers from the refugees.

Whether they really believe it or want to take advantage of the situation and find a future, it is always beneficial for Chen Dexing to master the refugee team.

Chen Dexing rode on the horse and turned around and smiled at the two people beside him, "This time, thanks to the Tiandao Sect's troops. Without the Zhending Branch, the Lone King cannot master the tens of thousands of people. By the way, is there any news from Yang Axi?"

Chen Qianyi is a young man with fair skin. He is the youngest among the twenty-two brothers in Qionghualou. He is less than 20 years old this year. His childishness has not yet taken off his face, but he is already a senior officer of the Beiming. He heard Chen Dexing's question, he curled his lips and smiled: "Brother, Ah Xi has just reported it once. Everything is fine. I didn't find the Mongolian Tartars brigade. Only their horse-striking racquets and the Black Flag Horse Team are in contact."

"Have you seen the Tartars brigade yet?" Chen Dexing shook his head. His troops will be able to enter Shunde City tonight. Shunde Road City is a small city with a population of only a thousand households. It has been controlled by the vanguard of Guo Kan. Why hasn't Kublai Khan go south yet?

"Not yet," Chen Qianyi smiled, "Axi's horse team has been placed ten miles south of Zhending City, and he has not seen the Tartars leave the city. It seems that the Tartars are afraid of their elder brother and dare not chase after them."

"Don't dare?" Chen Dexing didn't dare to think of such a good thing. His opponent was Kublai Khan and not Jia Sidao, and there was something this guy dared not do?

"Maybe I want to go around us to block it?" Chen Dexing couldn't think of any reason. The Zhengheiqi Left Alliance Horse Team had only 2,000 people, and they were already exhausted. Now they could only take turns to dispatch hundreds of them, barely setting up a very thin cordon in the north. It was impossible to closely monitor the Mongols who occupied Zhending.

So Chen Dexing can only guess Kublai Khan's actions now, and it is natural to make mistakes by guessing. Especially now, there are three kingdoms participating in the battlefield in Shanxi, Hebei, and there are also a bunch of warlords of all sizes. An accidental action from any side may affect the overall situation.

Chen Dexing thought for a moment, and finally shook his head and said, "You should hurry up and march overnight tonight. No matter what, you have to go to Shunde Road City. There is a city you can guard, which is always more at ease."

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"Transfer my will and march all night tonight. Before dark, you must go to Niangzi Pass!"

Li Zhi, sitting on a maroon-red horse, held his head up and looked at the sky. It was still the same time when the sun was in full swing. Today's march was very smooth. Although he walked between the mountain roads, he had almost no resistance along the way, and there was not even an ambush, as if the army was mobilized in wartime but in peacetime.

"Father, it is very likely that Madam's Pass has been abandoned by Batulu. We can enter Hebei without any blood."

Li Yanjian rode his horse to follow Li Ji, and he was also proud. His Jinwu Guard fought hard in Taiyuan, but his military achievements were not small. Their heads collected alone had more than 3,000!

Although these Mongolian heads are of no use to him, the crown prince, a reputation of fighting can never be lost. And that "Li Shimin" (Li Yanguo) is probably still in Jinan, right?

Li Zhi held his beard and refused to comment. Batulu had probably abandoned the wife's pass. If he were Batulu, he would not have been guarding the wife's pass to death. Instead, he would quickly jump to the Hebei Plain and try to get rid of Chen Dexing's army and find another opportunity to cross the Yellow River.

Just as he thought of this, the sound of horse hooves sounded in front of him. Several red-clad knights rushed over. Seeing Li Zhi's yellow dragon banner, he hurriedly leaned over. The leading knight turned over and dismounted and bowed to Li Zhi and said, "Your Majesty, I'm so happy! General Tian's leading guards have occupied Niangzi Pass! General Tian reported that the Mongolian Tartars have retreated to Jingxing Pass east of Niangzi Pass."

"What?" Li Ji and his son looked at each other, and they were a little strange. Why did Batulu retreat to Jingxing? Unprotected Niangzi Pass, can Jingxing Pass be saved? But what's the use of protecting Jingxing Pass? The Ming Dynasty is in the east and the Tang Dynasty is in the west. How long can a Jingxing last? (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!