Chapter 478 Kublai Khan's defeat, Chen Dexing's death?
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"Report..." The horse-studying cavalry rushed over and rolled over and dismounted in front of Kublai Khan's horse. "The Chen thief team has passed Dongchang Road and is heading towards Jihe County!"
"What? Jihe County? Isn't that the territory of the pseudo-Tang Dynasty?" Kublai Khan knew that the Jihe River and Jinan were separated by a Daqing River. It turned out that it was the territory of Zhang Rong, the ten thousand households on Jinan Road. After Zhang Rong joined the Tang Dynasty, Jihe followed him to the East Tang Dynasty.
Boyan, who was following Kublai Khan, took over the question and said, "Khan, the pseudo-Tang Dynasty has abandoned the Jihe River and moved the people to Jinan. Even the Jihe City has been burned out."
Jihe City is a wooden city. The Mongols did not allow Han Hou to build cities in the north, so most of the cities in the north were left behind by the previous dynasty. If the cities of the previous dynasty were damaged in the war, then wooden fences could only be used to replace the city walls. Jihe City is such a wooden city, which has been burned clean by Li Yanjian.
Kublai Khan hesitated in his heart, "Who is guarding the city of Jinan?"
Boyan said: "It was Li Yanguo, the king of Zhao of the pseudo-Tang. He stationed the troops of the two guards in Jinan. In addition, Zhang Hong, the grandson of Zhang Rong, the prince of Jinan of the pseudo-Tang, is now the governor of Jinan and also stationed troops in Jinan. Ji≠∟chang≠∟feng≠∟wen≠∟nan area of about 30,000 troops."
"Have the 30,000 puppet Tang troops found out the strength of the Chen bandits?" Kublai Khan asked.
The horse explorer said, "There are about 30,000! Everyone has horses and rides."
The 30,000 Ming army and the 30,000 Tang army were 60,000. Kublai Khan had only 65,000 Mongolian soldiers...
Kublai Khan frowned deeply and waved his hand to let the explorer retreat. He had already learned about the combat effectiveness of the pseudo-Tang soldiers in the Battle of Jingxing. He said in a deep voice: "If the Chen thief enters Jinan, or if the Li thief crosses the Daqing River and joins the Chen thief to join forces, he will not be able to fight in this battle."
Boyan whispered: "Shank you. If you leave without fighting, this place in Hebei..."
Now that Kublai Khan is still on the north bank of the Yellow River, he is reluctant to let Chen Dexing or Li Guan occupy the land of Hebei... But seeing that Kublai Khan recently let his Mongolian soldiers rush to ravage Hebei, he can know that he has made the worst plan!
Kublai Khan took a deep breath and waved his whip, slapped the buttocks of the BMW, and laughed and said, "If you can fight, you will fight, if you can't fight, you will go. The warriors of my great Mongolian are not sure of fighting!" He turned around and looked at the Mongolian army that seemed to be boundless, and shouted, "Tell the warriors to move forward quickly. Don't let Chen thieves have time to build a trenches in Hebei, Daqing."
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"Grandma, grandma... Chen Dexing's soldiers have arrived in Jihe!"
In the city of Jinan, on the banks of Daming Lake, the voice of Li Yanguo, the King of Zhao of the Tang Dynasty, sounded in the backyard of a heavily guarded mansion.
The person who was called "grandma" by Li Yanguo was of course Yang Miaozhen, the empress dowager of the Tang Dynasty and the destruction master. The old nun originally lived in Yidu, but he came to Jinan after hearing the news that the Mongolian Yuan soldiers crossed the Yellow River south.
"Yanguo, what did you say?"
The old nun was chanting "Amitabha" in a Buddhist temple. She was a nun of the Pure Land White Lotus Sect. She was the predecessor of the White Lotus Sect that caused a lot of trouble in history. However, at this time, the White Lotus Sect and the Ming Cult had not yet merged, and the rebellious thought of the Ming Cult's light over darkness did not introduce the Ming Cult's rebellion. It was just that monks and nuns got married, a bit like the Pure Land True Sect in Japan. Therefore, they were once detained by the Southern Song Dynasty as "eating, vegetables and serving demons" and were banned by the Ming Cult.
However, the ban on the Bailian Sect of the Southern Song Dynasty did not last long. After all, monks and nuns got married and had children were not dangerous to the country. Therefore, it was lifted as early as the time of Emperor Xiaozong of Song. Song Xiaozong himself summoned Mao Ziyuan, the first ancestor of the Bailian Sect, in the Deshou Hall, and was awarded the title of "Teacher of the Lotus Sect of Persuading the Purification of Jingye Lotus Sect".
"Grandma. Chen Dexing has led his troops to Jihe!" Li Yanguo said excitedly, "There are about 30,000 people. They have already settled the village at the former site of Jihe City."
"What?" The nun was stunned and stopped knocking the wooden fish in his hand. Amitabha Buddha stopped reciting. "How is it possible? The messenger has been sent out for a few days, and people may not be able to arrive in Yanjing. Why did Chen Dexing come? Yanguo, are you not mistaken?"
"Chen Dexing's Sun and Moon King Banner has arrived on the edge of the Daqing River. If it weren't for Chen Dexing himself, he would have been a general of the Northern Ming Dynasty!"
Li Yanguo was already smiling from ear to ear. These days, the main cities along the Yellow River were occupied by the Mongols, and the transportation between Shandong and Shanxi was cut off. He had no idea how Li Yan was doing. A few days ago, a large number of Mongolian cavalry were found in Hebei, Daqing, and they were burned and killed everywhere! The whole city of Jinan was frightened. At the same time, news came that Xuzhou and Pizhou were attacked by the Mongolian army. Li Yanguo was so anxious that he sent an envoy to Yanjing to ask for help from his brother-in-law Chen Dexing.
The nun shook his head, not very satisfied with the performance of this grandson, the Tang Dynasty could only rely on the Li family to fight himself. How could he count on Chen Dexing in everything? If the heroes of the world knew that the Tang Dynasty had to rely on the Beiming to be peaceful, would they simply surrender to Beiming?
"Have you sent someone to contact me?" asked the nun.
"I have asked Chen Minyu to go with the gift of reward." Li Yanguo replied. Chen Minyu's courtesy name is Zixiu, and was Li Yanguo's confidant counselor and teacher. He was appointed as the Minister of War of the Tang Dynasty.
"Well, it's time to reward me." The old nun frowned, "But you can't let them enter Jinan City! It's better... you won't even let the Daqing River pass. Also, if Chen Dexing asks you, you must not go."
"Why is this?" Li Yanguo was confused.
The old nun snorted: "There is no news about your father and brother. So many Tartars are pouring in Henan. If there is really something wrong... the Tang Dynasty will depend on you!"
"Da Tang depends on grandson?" Li Yanguo sighed in his heart. He had been thinking about this for almost a year, but who knew the result would be like this? If my father and elder brother were really gone, there would be only Shandong in the Tang Dynasty, and it would still be able to be preserved? Even if he became the emperor, he would probably be a king of a country that would be destroyed.
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"Chen Minyu, the Minister of Rites of the Tang Dynasty, pays homage to His Highness the King of Ming!"
At this moment, Chen Minyu, the envoy of Li Yanguo, had arrived in Chen Dexing's camp.
Chen Dexing's camp was behind the water, and behind it was the Daqing River. On the front was an open plain, a great place for the two armies to fight. In addition, the site of the camp was on the former site of Jihe City burned by Li Yanguo.
Although the city wall has been burned, the base of the rammed earth is still because Jihe City is by the Daqing River. In order to prevent it from being flooded by water when the Daqing River floods, Jihe City is built on a rammed earth base two meters high. Now this artificial highland has become the place where Chen Dexing's army stationed. The moat that originally belonged to Jihe City naturally became the outer moat of the Daying. Taking such a camp has the potential to attack and defend.
But if the Northern Ming army wins, will it still be willing to leave the Jihe River? If it doesn't leave, wouldn't Jinan City be under the Northern Ming army day and night?
While Chen Minyu greeted Chen Dexing, he was thinking a lot. As a minister of the Eastern Tang Dynasty, he was naturally full of vigilance about the attempt to go south of the Northern Ming Dynasty.
Although the world is big, it will eventually be unified. Only one person can be the emperor at that time! Originally, it seemed that the lord of the world had his surname Li, but now the person with the surname Chen has risen.
"Do you know about the Battle of Jingxing last month?" Chen Dexing's question interrupted Chen Minyu's thoughts.
"I don't know yet." Chen Minyu shook his head. Because of the chaos in Hebei, Henan was controlled by Mongolia again, and the contact between Shanxi and Shandong had not been restored. Although Jinan had vaguely received some news of the war at Jingxing Pass, the specific situation was not known.
"Kublai Khan fought back and forth at Jingxing Pass more than a month ago and destroyed the 100,000 troops of the Tang Lord. The Tang Lord himself was fine. He had retreated to Niangzi Pass and was temporarily unable to advance eastward." Chen Dexing sat behind the desk. He told Chen Minyu all the news of the Jingxing Battle he knew in a faint tone.
The Tang Dynasty was defeated!
Chen Minyu took a breath. Although he had been mentally prepared, he still felt like a knife when he heard this news. He knew Li Yu's character. Li Yu did not have the indomitable and resilient nature of Emperor Gao of Han. If Jingxing was defeated, it would be fine, but if he was defeated in a crushing manner... I was afraid that he would retreat and hold on. He would not be able to regain his power without a year or two.
But by then, will the Tang Dynasty still have a chance?
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"Yu'er lost..."
The nun sighed softly and waved his hand to let Chen Minyu take his leave. Li Yanguo was dejected and wanted to leave with him, but was called by the nun.
"Yanguo, do you still want to be an emperor?" As soon as the nun spoke, Li Yanguo was surprised.
"Grandma, father and elder brother are still there..."
The nun glanced at his grandson and said, "It's just a change of prince! Do you think you can't do it?"
This sounds shocking!
"Grandma, there is also Beiming!" Li Yanguo whispered.
"It is because of the Beiming that I asked you this!" The nun said coldly, "Today, it is not Tang Dynasty! Although my Tang Dynasty was newly defeated, there is no chance! This time, the Northern Ming and Mongolian battled in Jihe was the opportunity for the Tang Dynasty!"
Li Yanguo looked at his grandmother calmly and took a breath: "Grandma, you want grandson..."
The nun gritted his teeth and said, "If Kublai Khan is defeated in the Jihe battle and Chen Dexing dies, the world will be yours!"
Kublai Khan was defeated, Chen Dexing died... Is there such a good thing in the world? Li Yanguo looked at his grandmother calmly.
The old nun said in a light tone: "It's hard to explain the things in the world to get better. The key is how we fight! Good things are the ones that come from... Yanguo, do you dare to fight for the Li family's world?"
"Son, how dare you not!" How dare Li Yanguo say no?
The old nun sneered, "That's great. You immediately ask Chen Minyu to leave and go to Jihe again to discuss the joint anti-Mongolism with Chen Dexing!"
"United to fight against Mongolia? Grandma, do you want your grandson to turn against you?"
Chapter completed!