Borshu said: "I think that although the combat effectiveness of this Song army is very strong, it must be a carefully selected elite, and it does not represent the combat effectiveness of all Song troops." Watch the latest chapter of Perfect World, and look at it quickly. Read please lock. And they are better than us mainly by armor and weapons, their arrows shoot farther and faster than us, and the armor is stronger than ours, and even the horses are covered with armor, so it is only natural that we cannot defeat them in such a battle. ”

Mu Huali said: "Great Khan, what Borshu said makes sense, and according to my observation, if the Song army compares with our Mongolian soldiers one-on-one, it may not be stronger than us, it can only be regarded as having its own strengths, in terms of horsemanship, we are far above the Song army, but in the fight under the foot, our Mongolian army is much inferior to the Song army." However, in addition to the superiority of the Song army in armor and weapons, it was very unique in tactics, which our Mongol army had never seen. And our Mongolia, including the entire steppe, is dominated by cavalry, and there are few infantry troops, so we must learn from the Song army. ”

He said, "What's this? We don't have armor or weapons, but we can learn to make them. We can also learn the tactics of the Song army, as long as others can do it, we Mongols can also do it. ”

Temujin said: "Yes, our real opponent is not the Kereh or the barbarians, but the Jin Kingdom. Jin and the Song State have been fighting for decades, and the Song army has such weapons and armor, and the Jin State will definitely not be sent there. The tactics of the Song army, the Jin State must have a way to deal with it. If we want to fight the Jin Kingdom in the future, we will also face such weapons and armor, the same tactics. Therefore, we must not let the Mongol warriors fight in vain, we must make better weapons and armor, and at the same time, we must carefully study the tactics of the Song army. ”

After a pause, Temujin said: "But in my opinion, the biggest difference between our Mongolia and the Jin and Song countries is not that their weapons and armor are inferior to theirs, nor are they tactics, but that both the Jin and Song kingdoms have their writings, while we Mongolia do not. ”

"Words?" Most of the Mongol generals did not understand the use of words, and in their opinion weapons, armor, and tactics played a much greater role than words. But it was only in the eyes of the well-informed Zaba'er Fire Man that showed admiration, and of course he knew the importance of words to a country.

Temujin continued: "Only we Mongols have our own writing. Only then will Mongolia become a real country, and Mongolia will truly become a nation when it is maintained by writing. That way, even after our death, the Mongols will not be as divided as they were before. A united Mongolia does not have to fear any enemy at any time. Therefore, we in Mongolia must have our own script. ”

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Just when Temujin decided on the new goal of the Mongol army, Yang Yan also discussed with Zhao Yueru the next arrangement of the Great Song Mission.

Because at this time, Temujin also expressed his attitude to the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty through the Zaba'er Fire Man, hoping that Yang Yan and Zhao Yueru could stay, help him, and defeat Naiman. Before the mission to Mongolia, Yang Yan was authorized by Zhao Chen, and Yang Yan could make his own decisions and act cheaply in all affairs in Mongolia according to the actual situation at that time. Therefore, the next step of the Great Song Dynasty mission, whether to stay in Mongolia and continue to help Temujin defeat Naiman, or to return to the Great Song Dynasty, also needs to be carefully discussed.

Yang Yan said first: "I think we should still stay and help Temujin defeat Naiman, and then leave Mongolia and go back to the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Zhao Yueru listened, a little puzzled, and said, "Why? We left Lin'an at the beginning of June, and now it is the end of October, and the goal of forming an alliance with Mongolia has also been achieved, and we have helped Mongolia defeat the Kerebu, so it can be said that this trip to Mongolia has been very successful, and it has helped Mongolia a lot, and it has completely fulfilled the obligations of allies. At this time, it is completely possible to return to the Great Song Dynasty. There is no need to help the Mongols continue to attack anything. ”

Yang Yan shook his head and said, "Although the Mongols have defeated the Kereh tribe now, if they don't defeat the Naiman, the Mongolian rear is still unstable, and it is impossible to send troops from the north immediately." Anyway, now that Wanyan Yong is seriously ill, the Jin State will not have a large-scale military operation in the short term, so it is better to simply help Mongolia defeat Naiman and go back, I want to defeat Naiman, it will not take too much time. ”

The intelligence system of the Great Song Dynasty in the Jin State was completely established, so the Song Dynasty had long known about such major events as Wanyan Yong's long-term illness and the appointment of the crown prince to supervise the country.

Zhao Yueru was stunned for a moment, and said, "Why, you are in such a hurry to send troops, are you planning to start attacking the Jin Kingdom while Yan Yong is seriously ill?" ”

Yang Yan said: "That's not it, my idea is to join forces with the Mongols, destroy Western Xia first, and then wait for the opportunity to attack the Jin Kingdom." ”

Although Yang Yan had said several times before that he would destroy Western Xia first and then attack Jin, Zhao Yueru was still a little incomprehensible and said: "The enemy of our Great Song Dynasty is the Jin Kingdom!" There is no deep hatred with Western Xia! And isn't it time for the scriptures to negotiate peace with the Western Xia? You can get 8,000 horses from Western Xia every year, which is very good, why do you have to destroy Western Xia? ”

Yang Yan said: "Negotiating peace with the Western Xia is an expedient measure, I think the Western Xia will not be willing to reach a peace treaty now, once there is a chance, they will definitely tear up the peace treaty, not to mention that now the Jin State is still subject to the Jin State, and our Great Song Dynasty can contain the Western Xia, all by having Ren Dejing, but Ren Dejing is over seventy years old, and he can still have a few years to live, once Ren Dejing dies, the Western Xia will definitely fall to the Jin State again, and at that time, the Western Xia will become our confidant again." ”

Zhao Yueru thought for a while and said: "What you said is good, but once we attack Western Xia, the domestic defense will inevitably be empty, if the Jin State sends troops to attack Jianghuai at this time, how can we deal with it?" ”

Yang Yan said: "I have also thought about this, according to our detailed investigation in the Jin country, Wanyan Yong has been ill for a long time, and now he is ordered to supervise the country, I am afraid that his life will not last long, it is said that the prince of the Jin country, Wanyan Yungong, is still a mediocre person, so there is nothing to worry about." Moreover, once the new monarch ascends the throne, it will inevitably be unstable when the regime changes, and the Jin State may not be able to send troops to attack us. In Jianghuai, there are Bi Zai sitting in the town, and there is a natural danger of the Yangtze River, and the Jin army may not be able to attack it. And after the last battle, the Western Xia was greatly injured by the vitality of the meridians, and we have now captured Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division, and there is Ren Dejing to do the internal response, if the Western Xia is attacked by the north and south of Mongolia, it is not difficult to destroy the Western Xia. ”

Zhao Yueru said again: "If Yan Yong's life is not long in coming, why don't we take advantage of the opportunity when the new monarch of the Jin State ascends the throne and the regime is unstable, and directly attack the Jin State, but instead attack the Western Xia?" ”

Yang Yan smiled bitterly and said, "Do you think I don't want to?" Once we attack the Jin State, it will arouse the hatred of the whole Jin State, and with the current strength of our Great Song Dynasty, we can take advantage of the chaos to send troops, at most we can seize some places on the Jianghuai front, which is not enough to recover the entire Central Plains. Now that the Jin State has Wanyan Changzhi sitting in Kaifeng, and Wanyan Chen is guarding Shandong, how much do you think we can bargain with them. When the stalemate with the Jin army is over, it is difficult to say that the Western Xia will not take the opportunity to make a move, and in the end there will only be both ends, so it is better to destroy the Western Xia first, and after occupying the Western Xia, we not only have our own horse production land, but also can directly border Mongolia, and at the same time weaken the power of the Jin State, reduce the wings of the Jin State. Then, when the time is ripe, he will unite with the Mongols and attack the Jin Kingdom. ”

Zhao Yueru thought about it again, and also thought that Yang Yan's idea was the most reasonable, but she was still a little uneasy in her heart, and said: "Am I a little too careful, after the last time we talked about Mongolia and Temujin, I always had a heart, will we build a new enemy for the Great Song Dynasty, once we jointly defeat the Jin State and lose the common goal, will Mongolia become our enemy, just like when we joined Jin to destroy Liao, it attracted the Jin State to invade the south." ”

Yang Yan nodded and said: "Your worries are not unreasonable, but there are no eternal friends in this world, and there are no eternal enemies. But our immediate priority now is to find an ally to deal with the Jin State, so that after the Jin State is destroyed, what will become between us and the Mongols will not be something we can control. Since ancient times, the dynasties of the Central Plains have been threatened by the nomadic peoples of the north, the Xiongnu in the Qin and Han dynasties, the Turks in the Tang dynasty, and the Khitan and Jurchen in the Song dynasty. Even if Mongolia is not our enemy, there will be other peoples, but as long as our Great Song itself remains strong, we will not be afraid of any enemy. ”

Zhao Yueru also nodded, and said thoughtfully: "In fact, the strategy of uniting Jin to destroy Liao was not wrong back then, but later the Jin army invaded the south, in the final analysis, because Emperor Huizong used non-human people at that time, and appointed treacherous people like Cai Jing and Tong Guan to mislead the country. As long as the Great Song Dynasty does not make these mistakes again, there will be no second Jingkang difficulty. ”

Yang Yan said: "So I decided to stay in Mongolia, just to get to know them as much as possible, and in the future, if there is a day when I meet the Mongolian soldiers, I can do it in a targeted and easy way to deal with them." ”

Zhao Yueru nodded again and said, "I understand your intentions, so let's stay in Mongolia for a little longer." ”

So the next day, Yang Yan came to see Temujin and expressed his willingness to stay and continue to help Mongolia. Temujin was naturally very happy, and in order to express his gratitude to the Song army, he gave Yang Yan a large number of gifts, livestock, and slaves, and also invited Yang Yan to participate in the subsequent military meeting to discuss the use of troops against Naman.

And Yang Yan also beat Lai Wenzheng to leave Mongolia with Zhao Cao and Suzaku first, and returned to Jiankang all the situation of himself in Mongolia during this time, as well as the success of the alliance with Mongolia. Then he stayed in Mongolia and prepared to follow the Mongol army to conquer Naiman.