It is also on the bank of the Yellow River, but the Shaanzhou section is much more turbulent than the Hetao. It is precisely the "peaks and mountains are gathered together, and the waves are like angry waves".
A fighting outside the city continued until dawn, when more than ten people suddenly broke out of the Yuan army's defense line.
"Stop them!"
"Fire the arrow!"
Not long after chasing, a hail of arrows came from the front, shooting down the Yuan army who was pursuing them at the front. The rest reined in their horses and retreated, cursing endlessly.
"The Tongguan garrison came out."
"Withdraw, let them go..."
At the city gate, He Wei looked at the soldiers who had withdrawn with a cold face and an ugly expression. Just as he was about to shout, a close aide came forward and whispered: "General Manager, Prime Minister Boyan is here."
"So fast?" He Wei was slightly surprised and said: "You continue the search, I will go see the Prime Minister."
After turning around and entering the city gate, he climbed onto the city tower first and looked around. The sun had just emerged on the horizon. At the end of the official road in the east of the city, he could already see the rumble of chariots and horses, and soldiers and horses were mobilizing.
…
"He Wei, the general manager of Henan Road Control Eagle Guard, has met Prime Minister Boyan!"
"Zhongyun, there is no need to be polite."
Unexpectedly, Boyan, who was born in Mongolia, could still recall He Wei's name, speaking in Chinese and speaking in a gentle tone.
"Please forgive me, Prime Minister." He Wei said: "Last night, the Military Intelligence Department made careful efforts to break through, but the general was unable to stop it."
"Don't talk about it in a hurry." Boyan climbed to the top of the city calmly and said: "I have been in Henan for more than three months, and today is the first time I met Zhong Yun. I heard that you are the number one in controlling the Eagle Guard.
After a batch of thousands of households, the informant Guo Hongjing was found out as soon as he arrived in Henan. He is indeed young and brave."
"Thank you, Prime Minister, for your compliments."
"I heard that your father once served in the Zhang family in Baozhou and was the deputy commander-in-chief of Marshal Zhang?"
He Wei quickly shook his head and said: "My father was recruited by Emperor Xianzong a long time ago and broke away from the Zhang family."
Boyan took a deep look at He Wei and suddenly asked: "What will you do if the Zhang family rebels?"
"Please rest assured, Prime Minister, more than three years ago, when General Mo set out for Henan, he was received by His Majesty."
Boyan laughed and said, "You have been in Henan for three years, and I have only been here for three months."
"This is not what I meant..."
"It doesn't matter." Boyan said: "The reason why I ask these questions, do you know what I mean?"
He Wei's brows moved as he thought of something, but he refused to answer first and replied: "Please give me some advice, Prime Minister."
"In the past few years, Li Xia has been well-informed. He would have known about any troubles in the Great Yuan Dynasty early. It can be seen that someone in the north must have been passing news to him. Who do you think it is?"
"I don't know what will happen next."
"Don't know." Boyan suddenly raised his voice, "It's nothing more than the princes headed by the Zhang family and the Dong family opening their eyes and telling lies for a little profit, saying that the reason for maintaining smuggling with Guanzhong is to send spies to Guanzhong. Three
Years have passed, what did you Eagle Guards find?!"
"Prime Minister, calm down." He Wei did not panic and said: "This is the strategy set by Duke Dong. The general will only act according to orders."
"Dong Wenbing is dead. He died in July."
He Wei was shocked, with sweat on his forehead, and said: "It can't be because of collaborating with the enemy..."
If Dong Wenbing collaborated with the enemy, and he, the general manager of the Henan Road Control Eagle Guard, had not noticed it all this time, then he would be doomed.
Fortunately, I heard Boyan say: "He died in the northwest."
He Wei breathed a sigh of relief.
After showing off his power, Boyan patted He Wei on the shoulder and said, "You have done a good job since I took office."
As soon as he arrived in Henan, he immediately ordered a strict investigation of smuggling with Guanzhong, prohibited anyone from passing Tongguan, and strictly prevented the Military Intelligence Department from passing news to Guanzhong. In this matter, He Wei did a good job indeed.
In the past two months, not even birds were allowed to cross the road from Shaanzhou to Tongguan.
It is for this reason that Boyan has planned to make He Wei his confidant.
"Thank you, Prime Minister, but at the end of last night, the General still asked the Military Intelligence Department to break out of the encirclement." He Wei said.
"Military Intelligence Department is all-pervasive, you have stopped it long enough."
"It is said that it is pervasive, but in fact there is a connection. The information channels are nothing more than Henan and Shanxi. As long as these two routes are blocked..."
"Let's not talk about this for now. Do you know what the information they took away was?"
He Wei nodded and shook his head, took out a piece of bloody letter from his arms, and said: "This is the information intercepted by the final general, but I still can't understand it."
Boyan took it and took a look at it. He saw that it was like a ghost painting on it and asked: "It has been three years. How many informants have you had in Guanzhong?"
"Yes." He Wei hesitated slightly and said, "But I'm afraid it's not as many as the Military Intelligence Department who infiltrated Henan."
Boyan said: "Can you help me cooperate with the inside and outside to attack Tongguan?"
He Wei did not answer, but said in surprise: "The Prime Minister is attacking Tongguan now, I am afraid of the timing..."
Boyan raised his hand to interrupt the rest of the words.
He was one of the people who understood the context of everything best. He sighed as he recalled everything that happened after returning from the Ilkhanate.
"Do you know... how angry His Majesty is?"
When His Majesty was mentioned, He Wei did not dare to answer.
Boyan said: "I arrived at Kaiping City in Xanadu last year. At that time, envoys from various countries gathered in Xanadu to congratulate His Majesty on pacifying the Alibu brother rebellion and becoming the only Great Khan of the Great Mongolia. At this time, someone brought back
After hearing the news, it was said that the Khuliltai Conference was held in Tianchi, and Haidu and other kings appointed Xiliji as the Great Khan.
His Majesty quickly taught Li Xia a lesson and turned the Song Dynasty against Li Xia. At the beginning of this year, he ordered King Anxi to lead troops to quell the rebellion in the Western Regions, and ordered King Yan to control Tubo. These were all countermeasures. However, Li Xia only returned from Song Dynasty in March.
Chang'an, it has appeared in Xingqing Mansion in May. By the time we got the news, King Yan had already lost it."
He Wei lowered his head.
He admitted that his news was too late.
King Yan disappeared and Dong Wenbing died in battle. If we really want to investigate in detail, we may not be able to trace it to the Eagle Guards.
"You said Li Xia was so desperate to go to Xingqing Mansion to attack Dong Wenbing. Why?"
"For King Yan?"
Boyan shook his head and did not directly tell the answer.
Others may not be able to see this problem, but some people can figure it out just by hearing the news.
When Li Xia returned to Chang'an from Song Dynasty, he went straight to Xingqing Mansion without even getting hot. What could he do for it? Apart from the key point of the Hetao, what else could he do for it!
He took out the map and handed it to He Wei.
He Wei took it, spread it out, and immediately asked tentatively: "Loop?"
He had already seen on the map that Boyan had drawn a line in several directions from Jiuyuan City, like a spider web.
Interestingly, Jiuyuan City is about the same distance from Kaiping to the northeast, Yanjing to the southeast, Yan'an to the south, and Xingqingfu to the southwest, basically about a thousand miles.
The only exception is that it is more than two thousand miles away from Hala and Forest, and the entire journey is through wilderness.
"Yes, Hetao." Boyan said: "In addition to King Anxi leading the army to quell the rebellion in the Western Regions, at the beginning of the year, His Majesty also named the four princes King of Beiping, led the army to Hara and Lin, and worked with King Yixiang Ge to pacify the Mongolian tribes.
.Once these two armies leave, apart from Shanxi and Henan, the only defenders left are His Majesty's Qixue Army and the defenders of Hetao."
This is not a secret. Even Li Xia can calculate the rough distribution of the Yuan army's troops.
After one battle for the throne ended, another battle for the throne started again, with at least more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in the north and west.
"What's worse is that Tacha'er sent troops without authorization." Boyan added: "He sent troops in June, but he still failed to prevent Dong Wenbing's destruction."
"What the Prime Minister means... is it possible that Li Xia can capture the Hetao?" He Wei realized at this moment that something was wrong and said in surprise: "In this case, what if Li Xia invades the Central Plains from the north..."
"Yes. Once he is allowed to gain a foothold in Hetao, the Central Plains' military strength will be stretched thin."
Boyan said it lightly.
If it was serious, he could have said that once the Hetao is lost, Hebei will be lost, the Central Plains will be lost, and Dayuan may even be driven back to the grassland.
Dayuan knew better than Li Xia how serious the consequences of losing the Loop would be.
After all, Boyan just didn't say those four words directly - life and death were in danger.
However, He Wei had already understood and said in a deep voice: "So we want to attack Chang'an and surround Wei to save Zhao?"
"Your Majesty will never allow Li Xia to capture the Hetao." Boyan's face became more solemn and said: "Li Xia's aggressiveness has completely angered Your Majesty. This time, even if you give up the Western Region, Your Majesty will annihilate Li Xia with thunder.
"
He Wei was startled and looked at the map again, only to see Boyan's finger pointing from Kaiping to Jiuyuan.
He was excited, cupped his fists and said: "General, I understand, I will fully cooperate with the Prime Minister to capture Tongguan!"
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It is late September, the time of autumn and winter. On the grassland north of Yinshan Mountain, the cold wind blows like a knife cutting through the grassland.
Ai Buhua ran all night, and when the sweat on his body was blown away by the wind, it was as if all the heat had been drained away, and he shivered on the spot.
But as he stared at the mountaintop in the distance, bathed in the morning light, his heart felt hot.
Even though he admired Confucianism, he couldn't help but blurt out "Sweat" at this time.
"Is the imperial commander personally conducting the expedition?"
There was another sound of gold ringing behind them. It was obvious that the pursuers of the Tang army had noticed something was wrong and were retreating.
Ai Buhua quickly understood the situation.
Yinshan is divided into two sections: east and west, separated by Wuliang Suhai in the middle. He was stationed at the Wulate Ranch in the east section of Yinshan last night. When the Tang army made a sneak attack, he circled north, and then turned northeast to escape to King Zhao City.
So he is north of Yinshan Mountain at this time.
The Tang army that attacked him from the east was obviously Zhang Jue's troops coming from the south, and must be south of Yinshan Mountain.
In other words, His Majesty the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty is north of Yinshan Mountain in the eastern section, Li Xia is south of Yinshan Mountain in the western section, and Zhang Jue is south of Yinshan Mountain in the eastern section, so both sides have not discovered each other until now.
If you have to take back the Urad Ranch, you can prevent Li Xia and Zhang Jue from joining together and defeat them one by one.
"Li Xia is in the west!" Ai Buhua shouted immediately.
While he was galloping toward the northeast direction of Jiu Zhi Bai Ban, he asked his soldiers to alert the reinforcements ahead.
In this critical moment, he appeared very calm, proving that he was worthy of becoming the son-in-law of Emperor Yuan.
The horses' hooves ahead are like thunder.
Soon a Jingqi appeared in front of Ai Buhua.
"The troops are retreating to the left and right! Anyone who dares to rush into the formation will be killed without mercy!"
First there was a shout in Mongolian, and then the soldiers shouted again in Chinese.
Ai Buhua quickly drove his horse to get out of the way.
Dust and smoke were rising all over the sky. When he looked up, he saw a large flag bearing the words "Marshal Zhang Hongfan, Marshal of Wanhudu, Marching along Shuntian Yidu and other roads."
In the blink of an eye, the big flag had quickly moved westward and disappeared into the dust and smoke.
To the east, at the Yinshan camp of the Yuan army, Tachaer turned around and took a look. He saw the two groups of Yuan troops passing by like a torrent. He whispered to Sajisi: "That boy Aibuhua is very lucky.
I thought he was dead this time."
"Yes, he escaped."
Tachaer smiled, rubbed her face again to put away the ridicule, and walked towards the big tent with a solemn expression.
It was still An Tong who was guarding the door of the tent with a knife.
When he entered the tent, he did not dare to raise his head. He only dared to stare at Kublai Khan's boots and bow deeply.
"Great Khan, I have humiliated King Yan, and I am here to apologize..."
"Is your crime just losing the real gold?"
An authoritative voice interrupted Tachaer, his tone was still calm, but it contained great anger.
"You didn't even defend the Loop for my son. Do you think our Golden Family can give up on the Central Plains? Answer me, do you?!"