Let me give some explanations on a few issues. I just want to talk about the reasons why I made such a setting when I wrote it. It is not to argue with anyone.
1. Why didn’t Li Xia know that Kublai Khan rushed to Hetao before?
First of all, Kaiping City is located in what is now Duolun County, Inner Mongolia. There is the ruins of Yuan Shangdu here, which is not Haraholin or Yanjing; Jiuyuan City is now Baotou, Inner Mongolia.
The straight-line distance between the two points is more than 500 kilometers.
Duolun County is located in the north of the Yanshan Mountains. At that time, Kublai Khan's troops were in the north of the Yinshan Mountains. There was no city and they could go directly to the grasslands.
That's why taking the Loop poses a threat to Kaiping, and vice versa.
Even if Kublai Khan mobilized some Han troops, the time it would take for the cavalry to move across the grassland would definitely be faster than when Li Xia's spies got the news from Baozhou, and then spread it through the smuggling trade routes from Hebei and Henan to Guanzhong, and then from Guanzhong to Hetao.
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I drew a line on the map. Kublai Khan's troops and horses traveled 500 kilometers. To receive the news, Li Xia had to travel 2,500 kilometers according to normal channels, and this kind of news detected from enemy territory was not
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2. Why did you write that 50,000 people were sent to Tubo?
This number is not something I take for granted, but is based on history. When Kublai Khan began to establish his rule in Tubo, there was a rebellion, and the conflicts in Tubo were sharp. Sang Ge led a Mongolian army of 70,000, and three troops of Dogansi and Dosima.
Ten thousand people, a total of 100,000 troops, went to Tubo.
Considering that the Yuan Dynasty had ruled Tubo for many years and needed to send 100,000 troops to quell the rebellion, and Li Xia had just entered Tubo, I think he would have to force out 50,000 troops.
Troops will be deployed along the way. I think putting 500 troops at Qutang Pass is a lot.
3. Why is it written that five hundred people were stationed at Kuimen?
Qutang Pass, also known as Kuimen, is located at the foothills of Kuimen Mountain in Qutang Gorge, Fengjie County, Chongqing City.
When they were beaten the worst, the entire west side fell, leaving only Kuizhou and Luzhou.
What I wrote is that there are 500 people in Kuimen, not that the entire Sichuan and Shu are guarded by 500 people.
When the Song army was in the most difficult situation, the total strength of the entire Sichuan army was only 20,000, and mountain cities like Kuzhu Pass were always defended by less than 200 people.
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Finally, let me talk about my feelings about checking the information recently.
You can look for photos of Qutang Pass on the Internet, take a look at the terrain and the appearance of the city, and see how far it is from Kuimen to Chongqing.
Later, even Kuizhou, the easternmost city in Sichuan and Sichuan, was captured twice by the Mongolian army, and the Song army took it back again. When it was captured again, Kuizhou City was moved to Baidi City in the middle of the river.
When I read these historical materials and only read those few lines, I felt that they were really hard and difficult. People at that time stayed like this for forty-one years.
In the forty-one year, 70% to 80% of the people were dead, and the remaining people continued to fight. The city was burned, and it was rebuilt after it was burned.
Today I wrote that the enemy was attacking from the east and had just broken through a pass and had not yet touched the city. In comparison, I think there is nothing worth complaining about.