Ren Baozhong did not dare to answer for a moment. At this time, there were only Liu Yan and a few guards in the tent, so the tent was silent for a while.

"In any case, there are Tatars among the Eastern Mongols who are accomplices of the Jin people, right or wrong?" Zhao Jiu waited for a moment, and motioned for Ren Baozhong to finish a cup of salt tea before asking again.

"Well... yes." Ren Baozhong obviously hesitated for a moment, but gave an affirmative answer after wiping his mouth.

"How did Wu Jinqing make the decision?" Emperor Zhao continued to ask.

"General Wu said that since the emperor has decided to send troops, he will deal with it quickly and strictly according to previous instructions... Before I came, General Wu had already sent a letter requesting Kubula Khan to deal with all the Tatars in the army within three days." Ren Baozhong did not dare to stop at all.

"What will happen after that?" Zhao Jiu frowned slightly. "Just take the remaining reinforcements from Eastern Mongolia and head south?"

"No." Ren Baozhong finally swallowed his saliva. "No matter how the Eastern Mongolians deal with it, or whether they deal with it at all, he will leave a part to guard Datong and monitor the Eastern Mongolians; leave another part to guard Yanmen Pass as the key; and then take the Khitans, the Western Mongolian tribes, and the troops of the two deputy governors Wang and Guo back to Taiyuan, and never delay the war... This is what Governor Wu wanted me to tell you first."

Zhao Jiu finally nodded, and seemed very satisfied with this solution, but soon he fell into silence for the second time, as if he was thinking about something.

On the other side, Ren Baozhong finished drinking the salt tea and reporting the key points, but he was still a little out of breath and seemed a little nervous.

This is inevitable. You have to know that what happened in Datong this time once again made Ren Baozhong feel sad for his own kind, because he once again felt the panic he felt when Western Xia was destroyed a few years ago.

This kind of panic is not caused by any specific betrayal or punishment, but the fate of many people is determined by the indifference of those in power.

To be fair, the Tatars in the Eastern Mongolian army this time may have colluded with the Jin people, but perhaps they did not. It is very likely that the Jin people retreated too quickly and they were unable to catch up.

But Wu Da didn't care.

Those Tatar troops who followed the army, as many as two to three thousand people, might very likely meet with the fate of being wiped out because of Wu Da's words. Many so-called Tatar tribes on the border would also fall into a catastrophic disaster because of this incident.

On a higher level, no matter how Kublai and his cousin dealt with the Tatar tribe, whether those Tatars were alive or dead, they could not change the reality that the Eastern Mongolian tribes would be isolated in this war. No matter how they struggled and remedied, they could not change the fact that Kublai and Eastern Mongolia had lost the military trust of the Song Dynasty.

The same logic applies to the next level. When we come to the kind official in front of us who did not forget to give us a seat, salt and tea, we are afraid that the fate of the entire Eastern Mongolian tribe will be completely changed after the war because of some potential possibilities, because of a misunderstanding, or because of a slight thought of this official.

Ren Baozhong had seen this kind of thing once. Last time, the official chose to destroy Western Xia easily in order to gain a strategic advantage when attacking Hedong... And after destroying Western Xia on the grounds of excessive land reclamation that destroyed the water and soil, Ningxia actually expanded the irrigation area in order to store military rations for this expedition.

"Renqing...Renqing."

"I'm here." Ren Baozhong came to his senses, broke out in a cold sweat, and quickly stood up and answered.

"Please sit down."

“Yes.”

"What does Simon say?"

"Western Mongolia is fine. Huer Zakhu Si Khan is just a scoundrel. As I said before, the Western Mongolian tribes are located between Western Liao and the Song Dynasty, and are also influenced by the eight tribes of Western Liao. The foundation is still stable... But after the emperor let Toli go back this time, Toli jumped up and down, and seemed to be taking advantage of the power of the tiger. He also won over many of his father's direct subordinates, which seems a little inappropriate."

"Even if that's the case, no one can stay." Zhao Jiu suddenly said, seeming puzzled.

"What the emperor said is..." Ren Baozhong did not stop and quickly agreed.

"What about Khitan?"

"The Khitans were even more appropriate... Although they had allowed Hurzahus Khan to plunder Datong, they were testing him, but Yelu Yudu was a frightened bird. He knew that Yinshan and he would be with the Song Dynasty for the long term, so it was reasonable for him to do this." Ren Baozhong continued. "This matter was handled by Mei Xueshi. He was only in Datong for two or three days, but he had seven banquets with a group of Khitans and wrote eight or nine poems..."

"That doesn't matter." Zhao Jiu sneered, and after confirming that the Khitan man was fine, he quickly interrupted him. "I originally asked him to do this."

"Yes." Ren Baozhong became more cautious.

The central military tent fell silent for the third time at this time... because Ren Baozhong's report had theoretically been completed.

"Renqing, are you feeling well?" After a moment, Zhao Jiu looked at the other person thoughtfully.

"Although I am old, I can still wear armor and ride a horse." Ren Baozhong was shocked and stood up again.

"You don't need to wear armor and ride a horse." Zhao Jiu finally sneered in response, but he didn't mean to let the other party sit down again. "I want to say that you have been by my side for several years, assisting in military affairs and border policy, and have made many contributions. And if this battle can be won, no matter where the northern border is pushed to, there must be a new road set up along the border... I am not talking about the Yanshan Road, but about taking Datong as the core, governing the surrounding states and counties, and participating in Yinshan affairs and Mongolian affairs, which is probably equivalent to the Liao Dynasty before..."

"Xijing Road." Ren Baozhong finally couldn't help but remind.

At this moment, all the previous worries, fears and panics are gone.

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