Gong Chang.

Li Zengbo and Lian Xixian did not get along well.

They each served as appeasement envoys and deputy envoys under the Longxi system. This was the result of a compromise between Li Xia and the court. Li Xia let Li Zengbo come over to serve as an official, and the court appointed Lian Xixian to the official position.

Although each has his or her own division of labor, one administers the administration and the other leads the troops, both of them are skilled in both civil and military affairs and can have a say in matters within the jurisdiction of the other party.

Coupled with the different origins and positions, it is even more unpleasant to look at each other...

"A rare visitor, it's rare for Mr. Hague to come to my camp. What's the matter?"

"My surname is not 'Hague', we are father and son. My father's name is 'Bulu Hague', and my ancestor's name is 'Jitai Hague'. Hague is the father's name, not the surname." Lian Xixian explained here and waved his hand.

, "Since I have a Han surname, Mr. Li can just call me Han."

"Excuse me, I didn't know you were afraid of the Uer people and didn't even have a surname."

Lian Xixian took a few steps forward and walked to Li Zengbo's desk. He picked up his brush and wrote a few words on a piece of paper.

"Uighur."

Li Zengbo asked: "What's the difference?"

"The name of our tribe means 'unity and unity'. It is inappropriate to translate it as 'Weiwu'er'. According to Prince Li's intention, it is translated as 'Uygur' to better express the original meaning. This name... is beautiful."

Lian Xixian looked at the three words he had written and couldn't help but sigh again: "It's beautiful."

He really liked this family name, even if he couldn't get along with Li Zengbo, he didn't forget to show it off.

Li Zengbo looked down and at least acknowledged that the other party's handwriting was good.

"Does Mr. Lian like a good reputation?"

"That's right." Lian Xixian agreed. After thinking about it, he simply admitted: "I do want to leave a good name in history. What's wrong with that?"

As soon as he admitted it, Li Zengbo was speechless.

When the two met each other and exchanged a few words, they saw a lot of things about each other.

Why did Lian Xixian submit to Li Xia? In addition to his strength, Li Xia's governance attitude was actually more tolerant and far-sighted than Kublai Khan.

Although the new system has not yet been formed, Lian Xixian can feel Li Xia's philosophy from various small things such as the translation of "Uighur".

Even if it is just to leave a good name in history.

Li Zengbo was also reflecting.

The party wars in the Great Song Dynasty had indeed gone on for too long. As they fought for a long time, they unconsciously became narrow-minded.

It has to be said that the atmosphere in Sichuan and Shaanxi is different. Longxi has a vast sky, high ground, vast scenery, and the people here are also generous.

Lian Xixian is not very generous among Huihui people, but he is still much more tolerant than Jia Sidao...

"Let's talk about business. Mr. Lian is here today because of the Li Fen incident in Shandong?"

"yes."

"One move can affect the whole body. Who would have thought that an incident far away on the coast of the East China Sea could be related to the current situation in Longxi?"

"Li Gong is exaggerating." Lian Xixian said: "Not to mention Mongolia, the Western Liao Kingdom also had a vast territory at that time. In comparison, the road from Shandong to Longxi is really not that far."

Li Zengbo felt quite embarrassed.

As a minister of the Song Dynasty, talking about territory with others... is not very interesting.

"Recently, Mongolian scouting horses have been seen frequently in the northwest." Li Zengbo stood up and pointed at the map, "Observe the movements of the Mongolian troops in Huizhou, Lanzhou, and Liupan Mountain, and they may have the tendency to move south."

"I think it's not only to contain our main force in Guanzhong so that we can't respond to Li Fen... but also to plan to enter the country and rob them."

"Since Kublai Khan wanted to put down Li Fen's rebellion, could he still find the strength to attack Longxi?"

"It was precisely because Ali Bu Ge abandoned Hara and fled that Kublai Khan had the opportunity to quell Li Fen's rebellion." Lian Xixian drew a circle with his finger on the location of the Hexi Corridor on the map and said, "And Ali Bu Ge just

If he flees, some of the kings in the Western Regions will surely turn to support Kublai Khan, and by attacking Longxi, this part of the army can be consolidated."

Li Zengbo's eyes became worried.

The terrain of Longxi is open, unlike Sichuan and Shu with many steep mountains, and unlike Jinghu with many rivers and lakes, it is not easy to defend.

What's more, the foothold is not stable now?

"I have sent messages several times, please send more reinforcements from Hanzhong and Guanzhong to Long. Today, Duke Lian is here and he has brought an answer from Prince Li."

Lian Xixian was silent for a moment and said: "We have to wait a little longer. Not only is the west facing the enemy this time, the pressure on the east defense line is also very high."

"I heard that Prince Li captured nearly 70,000 cavalry. There are nearly 20,000 cavalry in Longxi, Guanzhong, and Hanzhong, and there are still 50,000 prisoners..."

"Isn't it precisely these 50,000 prisoners who support the nearly 20,000 cavalry?" Lian Xixian said: "Sixty thousand war horses, with 15 million bunches of grass and 1.5 million dan each year. The cost of one ride.

, can support five infantry, but five laborers can hardly support one cavalry...Does Mr. Li not understand this? I wonder what he means by this?"

Li Zengbo smiled bitterly.

The reason why he asked this was simply because he wanted to seize the money and food rights in Lian Xixian's hands.

And by asking this question, Li Zengbo also had a more intuitive understanding of Li Xia's current strength.

Li Xia's biggest problem is that he is poor and has no savings. But as long as there are a few more years, and Sichuan and Shu are allowed to resume production and Li Xia is allowed to organize his troops, there will definitely be someone who is not weaker than Li Fen who has accumulated over thirty years.

strength.

No wonder the imperial court and Kublai Khan were so afraid of Li Xia, because they could see that if he was not eliminated now, he would definitely become a trouble in the future.

But for Li Zengbo, this kind of internal fighting is no longer the most important thing at the moment.

The Mongolian cavalry is watching eagerly from the northwest.

"I naturally want to defend Longxi." Li Zengbo said slowly, "But I don't know how long it will take for reinforcements to arrive?"

"We can't tell for sure at the moment." Lian Xixian said: "We can only talk to Li Gong about this strategy. The prince plans to hold off Henan soldiers and horses as much as possible to delay Li Fen's destruction. As long as Li Fen is still there,

The Song court...the imperial court could take the opportunity to send troops and gradually drag the Mongolian army in Henan into a bitter battle. Then the Mongolian army's layout in Shanxi would be chaotic. Then it would take advantage of the chaos to deal with the enemies in the east first, and then it could fully support Longxi..."

Li Fen, who was far away in Jinan at this time, probably didn't know the extent of the impact his rebellion had. He affected all the forces from Linhai in the east, Lin'an in the south, Yanjing in the north, and Gongchang in the west.

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But at the very beginning of the rebellion, the person leading the situation was no longer Li Fen, but Kublai Khan.

After that, Li Xia also began to try to control the direction of the situation.

His idea is very simple...when the opponent wants to put the pressure on him, he will not hesitate to put the pressure on the opponent.

In terms of mentality, Li Xia seems to be very relaxed, at least more relaxed than Shi Tianze and Dong Wenbing.

Dong Wenbing was indeed annoyed.

He was also a prince. Although he was only forty-five years old, he looked mature and was steady in his work. Even Kublai Khan called him "Brother Dong".

Brother Dong was both civil and military. He once accompanied Kublai Khan in his southern expedition to Dali and also attacked Ezhou. In terms of government affairs, he was also able to command Qiangu in the Central Plains together with Zhao Bi and Xu Xu in the past two years.

Last year, Ahema suspected that Zhao Bi and Shang Ting were collaborating with the enemy and forcibly removed them from their posts and took them to Yanjing. Luoyang was replaced by Dong Wenbing.

How will Li Xia of Sichuan and Shaanxi react to Li Fen's rebellion this time? Dong Wenbing was angry with Zhongshu Sheng...According to Liu Bingzhong's opinion, rather than sending Wang Xun to Hanzhong to lure Li Xia to send troops, it would be better to let Li Xia

I feel this is a ploy to lure the enemy.

In other words, Liu Bingzhong told Li Xia through Wang Xun, "If you dare to support Li Fen? We have set up an ambush."

There was indeed an ambush, but Li Xia arrived too quickly.

Two thousand cavalry, one man and two horses, without food and grass, are looking for the Mongolian lord or Orlu officer who owns Uluse to rob...

This was the Mongolian army's style of play, but Li Xia was not as good at driving prisoners to attack the city as the Mongolian army, so it was destined to fail to achieve the effect of the Mongolian army penetrating the enemy's territory.

Dong Wenbing thought about it and calculated several possibilities after Li Xia captured Yongning County.

One is to retreat directly to Guanzhong; the other is to surprise Luoyang;

The third is to occupy Yongning and wait for reinforcements from Guanzhong. This is the most likely, because there is a gold mine near Yongning County, which is indeed worth occupying.

Dong Wenbing made an inference and ordered his second brother Dong Wenyong to detour northward and block the Xiaodao Road. He also ordered his third brother Dong Wenzhong to lead troops from Luoyang to slowly advance westward.

Two groups of soldiers and horses, totaling more than 10,000 people, surrounded the 2,000 people in Yongning County... as if they were stretching out their hands to swat a fly, only to wait for a "pop" sound to swat the fly to death in their palms.

Dong Wenbing also told his two younger brothers to act according to the situation. Even if Li Xia was not trapped in Yongning, he could not be allowed to escape.

This battle is not difficult to fight, but Li Xia is indeed too risky...

Finally, Dong Wenzhong came back.

After Dong Wenbing received the news, he hurried out of the house with great anticipation.

Although His Majesty has not said it explicitly, getting rid of Li Xia is obviously a great achievement. For example, for avenging the death of the late emperor in Diaoyu City, the reward will definitely not be less...

"Come back so soon? Li Xia's head..."

"Brother." Dong Wenzhong quickly entered the hall and said, "We didn't see Li Xia's troops."

"What do you mean? Is the information false?"

"When my second brother and I arrived, the two thousand riders were no longer in Yongning."

"Withdrawn from Guanzhong?"
To be continued...