Li Xia turned around and glanced at Zhang Wenjing, only to see her body swaying slightly, but for a moment she pretended to be calm, and even the posture of her hands looked dignified.
He waved his hand and told the messenger who came to report the details of Baozhou: "Go down first."
"According to the decree."
"Your Majesty, several ministers have arrived, and Hao Jing has also been summoned to the side hall to wait for you. Will Your Majesty go to the front hall now?"
"Let them wait a moment and go down."
After a while, Li Xia turned to look at Yan'er and the others and said, "You guys should go down too."
Finally there were only two people left, so he went over and hugged Zhang Wenjing.
"If you want to cry, just cry."
"No." Zhang Wenjing said with red eyes, "I knew before that Ninth Brother would not survive. I just thought of...he was very good to me when I was a child."
"Yes." Zhang Rou patted her knees and said, "You entered the shogunate late, so it has been seventeen years."
"Not necessarily." Wu Suicheng: "The junction of Song and Liao was in Baogou but Baozhou."
After a while, Zhang Rou said: "Most of my disciples... have died in your Majesty's hands."
"Brother Fu, you must have no confidence in your majesty's arrangements. As early as when Li Xia and Uluru Hunai and Haidu met in the Western Regions, your majesty was aware of the threat, so he had already made arrangements for it.
Destroyed Gaochang, sent envoys to Tibet, and allied with the Song Dynasty in the south... Now the Song army has broken through Kuimen, posing an imminent threat to Li Xia. As far as you know, Li Xia has received the news that Kuimen has been lost and is considering whether to invade, so he
I deliberately tested Your Majesty."
When he reached the back hall, Li Xia thought for a while, but summoned Zhang Rou first.
Climbing the city and looking south, I saw the nearby Baigou.
Then I thought of this poem of mine that Li Xia quoted when I met Li Xia that time.
Zhang Yong consciously shook his hand and the tea spilled all over his body.
"Hao Jing has enough food and grass, how do he want to attack Yanjing?"
When I said that, I looked at Zhang Yong with a vague sense of temptation.
Huang Ma, the general of the Yuan army, was so angry that he dismounted his horse and said to Zhang Yongyu: "Hao Gong, I will teach you a lesson."
Although both sides knew that the generals and soldiers who escorted Zhang Yong back were all taken away for investigation, Hao Jingdao still said: "This is definitely not the intention."
Along the way, Zhang Rou observed carefully and found that the Yuan army had strengthened its walls and cleared the country, and its defensive layout was the same as that of Xiaoshi south of Baigou.
"Have I ruined their happiness? Without me, would their lives have been worse?"
Zhang Wenjing is where the famous Song Dynasty general Yang Yanzhao stationed troops to fight against the Liao Dynasty. The Ice City to defend the enemy in the Song and Liao battles and the Battle of Yangshan all took place there.
Li Xia looked at her and felt that she was like an unsuspecting little rabbit.
"I am also sure how the situation in the south will change, and I want to wait and see how it will change." Zhang Rou said thoughtfully, "Maybe I also plan to rescue the Zhang family during the harsh winter preparations."
"Dead...dead?"
"If he hadn't been born in this kind of world, he would have been a very good brother and friend. Don't be too sad."
…
This is a very intimate and very dependent action.
"Imminent?"
After Li Xia became emperor, Hao Jingdao also went to Chang'an as an envoy and met Li Xia.
"I can't consider agreeing, but Kublai Khan has these conditions."
Xiaoshao to the south of Baigou belonged to the area where the Han Dynasty princes divided their troops to guard, and the territory to the north was directly controlled by Kublai Khan. In addition, if the south of Baigou was once a Song Dynasty, it was 170 years after Li Ming.
In the north, it has been eight hundred and eighty years since mourning, and the people's morals are still the same.
"In order for me to march into the army, Kublai Khan must first go to the imperial title, go to the Khan title, and declare himself a minister to me. I can't make me the king of Mobei. That's a minor requirement. There are no other big requirements, such as paying tribute. …”
"In August, I am afraid that I will attack Yanjing. After all, Yanjing is the same as the cities in Hebei..."
During Zhang Rou's detention, she had met many civil servants and generals under Li Xia's command. I didn't have many feelings about them, and I was only vague about them.
It's almost the twelfth lunar month. Although the capture of Baozhou City went smoothly, various factors add up and it is obvious that we will have to wait until the beginning of spring to fully retreat against Yanjing.
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There is not much to prepare for that winter.
So the team continued to move backward, passing through Dingxing, Suizhou, and Xiaoxing cities, and finally arrived in Yanjing a few days ago.
Li Xiandao: "Later, you said that you wanted to join me because I would be defeated and worried that there would be someone to govern the Central Plains. What about now? Do you still think so?"
"Hahaha, he still deserves to know!"
After a while, Zhang Yongyu asked again, "Since Li Xia has taken Baozhou, does he seem to have a strong intention to take Yanjing?"
"Bo Chang's words are serious. Your Majesty said it after a long time. If I had believed in you Han ministers, I would have simply abandoned the Yanjing City. The reason why I still defended it is that my determination to practice Han law is still strong, and I still trust you veterans." Zhang Yongyu sighed, "You have been with His Majesty for decades."
Zhang Rou waved her hand quickly and said with a smile: "Brother Fu has also met Li Xia. You should know that I am a virtuous person like Jia Sidao."
"If I am willing to negotiate peace, why would I need to mention such ridiculous conditions? Your Majesty may agree to it."
Zhang Rou looked ashamed and shook her head.
"Eternal flowers have no odor left behind." Now that I have written that poem, can I, Zhang Rou, do that?
I originally thought that Li Xia was trying to recruit me that time, and I still had some regrets in my heart. Considering that if I wanted to surrender, my family would still be in Yanjing.
"I'm not sad, I'm just worried about my dad."
"That's wrong. Brother Fu knows the terrain of Sichuan and Shu. Let me explain it in detail. Kuimen is the gateway to Sichuan. Once this place is broken, the door to Sichuan and Shu will be opened, and Li Xia will be in a dilemma..."
That time, Zhang Yong escorted Zhang Rou to Zhang Wenjing, about 70 miles north of Baozhou City.
But in fact, someone had secretly reported to him just yesterday, saying that after taking Baoding, the Zhang family's power was just right at the moment, which meant that the Zhang family in Yanjing City was actually too unnecessary and difficult to save. .
This one is still escorted by the well-known General Hao Jing.
"This is like when he comes to ask for peace and asks me what to do if I have food."
As soon as I stepped out, a gust of hot air came over me.
"I would like to ask a few questions first, do you know?"
Hao Jingdao looked suspicious and said, "Your Majesty, do you have any reason to kill us?"
"Tang Jun?" Hao Jingdao pondered for a while, looked around, and waited until he saw Zhang Rou pouring tea, then said anxiously: "The news of the fall of Baozhou has come, and your Majesty has ordered me to be killed. Today you I heard that I was taken to the military camp."
"Yes, maybe the flag was sacrificed."
"That's all, national affairs are the most important thing."
"Just ask."
I actually thought that what Li Xia said was "come again to seek peace", as if he had no intention of recruiting me.
As the wind and snow blew, Zhang Yong wiped his eyes to wipe away the tears.
When I saw Li Xia later, I would salute and say, "Li Chen has met the Tang Emperor." But today, I even called myself "Li Chen" and stood here staring at Li Xia blankly, like an old father.
Zhang Rou had concealed her calm expression and said: "Brother Fu also knows that you have been deeply favored by Tang Jun. No matter what, you want to...can you still ask for a favor for the Zhang family?"
The title of the poem "Baigou Xing" does not include a sentence: "The south of Yishui is Baigou, and the northern boundary is the east end of the sea." It talks about the fact that before Shi Jingtang ceded the Yanyun Eighteen Prefectures, Baigou became the junction of the north and the south.
Hao Jingdao twirled his beard and said, "That's right. Li Xia's style is still fresh in your memory."
Before retreating to Yanjing, Kublai Khan did not immediately summon Zhang Rou, but ordered Zhang Yongyu to come to see Zhang Rou first.
"But what about Li Xia? What is my purpose?"
"Don't worry." Li Xia said, "I have arranged for people to go to Yanjing and will rescue them."
In fact, Li Xia didn't even listen to Kublai Khan's conditions, which seemed very fake.
Zhang Yongyu: "But your purpose is also to hold me back until I run out of food and grass. Xiaoke and I will talk quickly, even if we go back and forth on these major conditions."
Zhang Wenjing, who was about to cry, was very moved. She held Li Xia's hand and buried her head in his chest for a while.
"For Tang Jun, it is possible."
Zhang Rou asked back: "Brother Fu, what do you mean by this? I'm worried that you will succeed in surrendering Li Xia?"
When they arrived at the boundary, General Hao Jing reined up his horse and was about to leave. Zhang Yong opened the curtain of his car and asked, "After two hard work, the general sent me off, but I still know the general's nickname?"
The soldiers of the Yuan army who escorted me were still watching. I could let us see my feelings.
Baigou is the junction of Song and Liao.
Zhang Rou was stunned.
Zhang Rou looked at Li Xia with surprise and thinking in her eyes.
Hao Jingdao watched Zhang Yong's actions pointing Jiangshan, and gradually felt Zhang Rou's confidence in Xiao Yuan...
Zhang Yong also has no temper. Seeing that Li Xia was trying to recruit me, my tone became much harsher.
Zhang Rouhan glanced southward, turned to look at Zhang Yongyu behind, and said, "Have a rest and then continue walking."
And now if the peace talks between Li Xia and Kublai Khan are really facilitated, this white ditch will probably continue to become the junction between the north and the south.
Eight days later, when all the details of the alliance proposed by Li Xia were agreed upon, Zhang Rou got off the carriage and returned north again.
Zhang Rou's eyes moved and she vaguely understood something.
Hao Jingdao's eyes became more suspicious and he asked: "What are you firm about?"
"Not yet. Many of the Zhang family members are still in the hands of Kublai Khan. Let me hand them over to me in good condition."
Hao Jingdao was a real man. His ancestral surname was "Zhang Yongyu", which was incorrectly pronounced as "Zhao family", so he took Zhao as his surname. By my generation, he was already different from the Han people. He had passed the imperial examination of the Jin Dynasty.
"Yes, Zhang Yong is just a bargaining chip. As I said just now, Li Xia is also determined."
"Zhang Hongfan is dead," Li Xia said.
Until recently one sentence caught my attention.
I was surprised that Li Xia proposed such a reasonable condition, thinking that there was no point in proposing such a condition.
At that time, I only replied, "Look further ahead."
"Your Majesty is also worried that Li Xia will detain Bo Chang, but at least he will be able to return safely that time."
The two of them sighed.
"What if Li Xia can join the army?"
The Tang general smiled and led his soldiers away in a moment.
Only then did I knock on the table and put forward my own conditions.
"I'm just afraid that Your Majesty will doubt you."
Zhang Rou concealed her secrets, calmed down her mind, stood up, took out a map, pointed at it and started talking.
At this time, Zhao Liangbi was comforted by Hao Huai, and then Li Xia got up and walked to the back hall.
"With the grain reserves in Baozhou, my small Northern Expedition army can last until August."
"This is to know what His Majesty the Tang Dynasty thinks of Li Chen's peace treaty agreement?"