More than 300 miles north from Jiuyuan City in Hetao is King Zhao City, where the ancient Wang tribe lived.
The Wanggu tribe is a nation living near the Yinshan Mountains. It is composed of the Shatuo tribe, the descendants of Li Keyong, the Uighurs who migrated from the Western Regions, the Khitans who died in the Liao Dynasty, and the neighboring Han people, Xixia people, and Jurchens.
There are many lords of the ancient Wang tribe scattered all over the world, such as the Ma family of Jingzhou, the Grand Marshal of Datong Yin Zhu'er, and the Wang family of General Gongchang.
When the Great Mongol Kingdom was just emerging, the old leader of the Wanggu tribe surrendered to Genghis Khan, and the two formed an Anda alliance to conquer the Naiman tribe.
Genghis Khan also married his third daughter, Alahaibeji, to the old leader of the Wanggu tribe. A few years later, the old leader died, and Alahaibeji was succeeded by his eldest son, then his nephew, and finally by his youngest son, Bo Yaohe.
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After Kublai Khan proclaimed himself emperor, in view of the threat from Li Xia and the important position of Hetao, he named Bo Yaohe the King of Zhao and Ala Haibieji as the eldest princess of the Zhao Kingdom.
Alahaibeiji had no children, so he regarded the three sons born to his concubine Ji as his own. These three sons were named Jun Buhua, Ai Buhua and Zhuoli Buhua respectively.
Nominally speaking, they are all the grandsons of Genghis Khan.
Because Jun Buhua married Guyu's eldest daughter and Bo Yaohe died, Kublai Khan planned to marry his younger daughter to Ai Buhua and make Ai Buhua the heir to the throne of King Zhao.
Only in this way can the Wanggu tribe, which is quite powerful in the Hetao and Yinshan areas, become in-laws of the Dayuan Huang family, not just in-laws of the Jin family.
Ai Buhua is twenty-six years old this year.
In order to give him enough prestige to become the new leader of the Wanggu tribe, Kublai Khan recruited him very early to conquer and establish the country. In the first year of Zhongtong, when he was less than twenty years old, he led his troops with Kublai Khan to conquer Ali Buge.
Later he participated in the battle to pacify Li Fen.
In short, from all aspects, he is very outstanding, noble in birth, tall in stature, talented in both civil and military affairs, with great military exploits and great power.
It is no exaggeration to say that his power is overwhelming.
During Genghis Khan's Western Expedition, he stayed in Alihai to supervise the country, and she was known as the "Princess of the Supervisor". Or to put it another way, Kublai Khan was only the second Mongolian clan to pass through Monan, and the Princess of the Supervisor was the only one.
He was the first king of Monan, and his power in supervising the country was far greater than that of the previous Monan king.
The young Ai Buhua was a person that even Kublai Khan needed to win over...
The fifth day of September.
Ai Buhua was riding a horse by the Blackwater River, surrounded by many craftsmen who were giving him instructions and explanations.
He wanted to build King Zhao City into a real city, build real city walls, palaces, and row upon row of markets like towns in the Central Plains, so that King Zhao City would become another prosperous city on the grassland after Kaiping City.
This will be his first gift to his new wife, Princess Yuelie.
While planning, a servant suddenly came forward to report: "King Zhao, Nang Sidan is here."
Ai Buhua frowned slightly, showing some disgust.
Nang Sidan and his biological mother are siblings, so they can be said to be uncle-nephew.
But this biological mother was just the concubine of the former Zhao Wang Bo Yaohe.
When Ai Buhua was only three years old, she was taken away by Alahaibeji and raised by her own hands. She has been regarded as her mother since she can remember.
Although he does not have the blood of the Golden Family, he believes that he is the grandson of Genghis Khan.
He really had no feelings for Nang Sidan, a relative, but he just didn't want others to gossip about him, so he still took good care of him and recommended him as Yan'an Road Daru Huada.
Including this time, Nang Sidan shamelessly wanted to prepare a wedding for him as a family member, but Ai Buhua reluctantly agreed and asked him to stay in Jiuyuan City and pay attention to when Princess Yuelie's carriage would arrive.
"Let him come over..."
It only took one day for Nang Sidan to get from Jiuyuan City to King Zhao City. He dismounted from his horse when he was far away and said: "King Zhao, it's not good!"
"What happened? Something happened to the engagement team?"
"King Zhao hasn't heard yet. I got the news yesterday that Li Xia is coming to kill him soon!"
This place is at the foot of Yinshan Mountain, with wind-blown grass and low cattle and sheep, and the scenery is picturesque. The news spoken by Nang Sidan's unpleasant voice seemed incompatible with this picture.
It's too far away and feels unreal.
"Li Xia?"
This was not the first time Ai Buhua had heard of this name. In fact, when he was with Kublai Khan, he often heard people report what happened to Li Xia in the southwest.
The sentence that impressed him the most was, "Once the Ali Bu Ge rebellion is settled, we can go back and deal with this clown."
The Ali Bu Ge rebellion was put down the year before last, but Li Xia joined forces with Haidu again, so the Haidu rebellion still had to be put down first.
As for Li Xia coming to kill him?
"Li Xia? He doesn't have the strength." Ai Buhua said: "Tachaer brought 50,000 troops to Xingqing Mansion. Do you know that Genghis Khan only brought 50,000 troops to destroy the Xixia Kingdom?"
"Tacha'er was defeated!"
"How did you lose?"
"This..." Nang Sidan actually didn't know how Tachaer was defeated. In desperation, he just said: "I have something very important to tell King Zhao, look at this, this."
Ai Buhua reached out and took it, and saw that it was a very simple map with one or two simple marching routes drawn on it.
He thought carefully about the map, and his whole body suddenly shuddered.
"Say it in the tent."
Ai Buhua turned around and left holding the map in his hand. Along the way, he saw people everywhere busy preparing for various banquets to marry the princess, which shows that Ai Buhua attaches great importance to the wedding.
Walking into the tent, he opened his map and looked at it carefully, and said: "You are saying that after the Tang army attacked Hetao, it was likely that they would directly march eastward to Yanjing, cut off the connection between the east and west, and the north and south of the Yuan Dynasty, and completely surround Heshuo.
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Nang Sidan didn't think so carefully, so he could only nod his head.
Ai Buhua thought deeply and said to himself: "If this is the case, Li Xia has obviously had a plan for a long time. He will definitely attack with all his strength in the attack on the Hetao. Tacha'er has misjudged the enemy's fighting intention, and it is possible that he will be defeated.
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"A big defeat, Tacha'er is a big defeat."
Ai Buhua turned her head, stared at Nang Sidan and said, "You can't think of this, who told you?"
Nang Sidan hesitated for a moment, not wanting to admit it yet, so he tried to see if he could take the credit exclusively.
"Who told you!" Ai Buhua shouted.
Nang Sidan then took out another letter and said, "Yang Wen'an said that he also asked King Zhao for help."
Whether he was angry or not, he had not taken it out a long time ago. At this time, he had no time to teach him a lesson. He snatched Yang Wen'an's letter and his eyes became more solemn.
The crisis in the Yuan Dynasty came very suddenly. At the beginning of the year, the whole court was still overjoyed that they had succeeded in driving a wedge between Li Xia and the Song Dynasty. They thought that it would take at least three to five years for Li Xia to recover from the war with the Song Dynasty. As a result
Suddenly, it is possible that the Tang army could reach the hinterland of Hetao?
Regardless of whether the Tang army can attack Yanjing in the future, if it can pose such a threat, it is a harbinger that the situation of strength and weakness may be reversed.
As the grandson of Genghis Khan and the son-in-law of Kublai Khan, he could never let the Tang army capture the Hetao.
"Call the people, all the strong men should gather in Zhaowang City within five days. It's time for us to guard Yinshan Mountain for Dayuan."
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Ai Buhua's thoughts finally moved from the wedding to the war.
While he was gathering troops and horses, he also sent people to Jiuyuan City to inquire about various information.
And the news sent one by one really shocked him...
"What did you say? King Yan lost it?!"
Ai Buhua also admired Confucianism. He often discussed classics, history, and yin and yang with the Confucian scholars all day long. He also built a temple in the north to worship Confucius. Therefore, he had a good personal relationship with Zhenjin and was one of Zhenjin's die-hard supporters.
When Zhenjin set out for Tubo, he passed by Jiuyuan City. It was Ai Buhua who personally hosted him. The two discussed Confucianism and their ideas for the future of the Yuan Dynasty. They had a very happy conversation and fell asleep after they stopped.
But I didn't expect that just a few months later, I would get such news.
"..."
"It is said that after Dong Wenbing's army was defeated in the desert, King Yan lost track of him. If it hadn't fallen into the hands of Li Xia again, it might be something bad."
Ai Buhua wanted to go south to Qinzhidao in person to support Yang Wen'an. At this time, he couldn't help but hesitate to go west to support Tachaer, just in case he could find the real gold.
While he was hesitating, the scout horse returned and reported: "King Zhao, we found a few deserters."
"bring it here."
Soon, several very embarrassed Yuan soldiers were brought over. As soon as they entered the tent, they kowtowed and begged.
"I won't kill you." Ai Buhua said: "Tell me how King Tachar was defeated."
"Tang Jun is too scary..."
"Shut up! I don't want to hear this!"
"The Tang Army...Li Xia was so brave. Tulhan led three thousand people to sneak around and attack him. Unexpectedly, he led five hundred people to break into our army and stabbed Tulhan into a sieve..."
Ai Buhua sneered slightly.
He is tall and has never been inferior to others in terms of bravery. When he conquered Ali Buge, he also personally charged into the battle and defeated the rebels.
"Really? I heard that Li Xia is similar to me in age, so I can compete with him."
One of the deserters kneeling there was stunned, and seemed to want to say something, but was pulled by another person, and continued to report: "The Tang army Yang Ben was very ferocious, killing through the army, and almost killed King Tacha'er.
In front... King Tachar had no choice but to retreat. When he retreated, there were floods everywhere, and the Tang army came to cover them up, killing many people..."
"How many people died?"
"I don't know, I haven't thought about it. We were pushed down in the flood and couldn't get up. When we got up again, King Tachaer had already fled far away, so we had to flee eastward to the Yellow River. Many people died. Only
We were washed downstream by the Yellow River and still alive..."
Ai Buhua took a deep breath and could probably imagine how Tachaer was beaten to a pulp by the Tang army.
He also remembered the name Yang Ben.
In addition to Zhang Jue, Li Zengbo, Lian Xixian, Liu Yuanzhen and others, he even needs to start remembering the younger generation of Tang army generals.
"King Zhao, King Tacha'er has sent someone again."
"What's up?"
"King Tachar has retreated to Bayannur. He said that if King Zhao cannot support him, he will move the cattle, sheep and herdsmen in Hetao..."
"How to move away?!" Ai Buhua was suddenly furious.
He admired Confucianism as much as real gold, but was not as soft as real gold. In a rage, he pulled out his machete and hacked a deserter to death.
Blood was splashed in the tent. He walked to the tent, looked at the messenger, and cursed.
"How to move the cattle, sheep and herders away?! This is the Yuan Dynasty, and we are no longer a small nomadic tribe on the grassland. To the east of the Hetao is Yanjing, an important town in the country. Does Tacha'er know?
Or because this is not his fiefdom, he deliberately failed?!"
Only the deserter whose head was missing knew that no one wanted to be defeated on purpose.
The invincible Emperor Li Xia of the Tang Dynasty cannot be stopped by a mediocre warrior like Tachaer on the battlefield.
Whether it is the Great Yuan Dynasty or the Great Mongol Kingdom, real heroes need to step forward in order to restore the majesty of Genghis Khan.