Before the Song Dynasty crossed south, Shaanxi Road and Yongxing Military Road were built here successively.
In the Jin Dynasty, Yongxing Military Road was renamed Jingzhaofu Road.
After hundreds of years, only people in the Song Dynasty still call this place they have never been to "Yongxing Military Road".
Li Xia never called him that, he only said "Guanzhong" and "Chang'an", while northerners mostly called him "Jingzhaofu".
This is similar to "Hanzhong" and "Xingyuan Mansion". There has been no unified dynasty for too long, so there has been a lot of confusion and abuse of names.
Today's Chang'an City is no longer the magnificent city outline it was during the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
It was severely damaged during the Huangchao Uprising. It is said that "there is no one in a million households". After that, it suffered from long wars and was almost destroyed.
Until the time of Emperor Zhaozong of the Tang Dynasty, Han Jian, the governor of the Youguo Army, began to rebuild Chang'an City, abandoned the outer city of Chang'an, and used the original imperial city as a new city...
The first year of Zhongtong, the tenth day of the fifth lunar month.
The Prime Minister's Mansion of Shaanxi Province.
Liu Heima was dressed in casual clothes, sitting in the lobby, holding tea and taking a sip.
Now that the weather is getting hotter, the tea cup in his hand is still steaming.
Turning his head to look at Lian Xixian, Liu Heima was a little envious...
It has been nineteen years since Ogedai Khan was appointed to be in charge of ten thousand households in the thirteenth year of his reign, and to guard Shaanxi and Shanxi.
The world calls him a general and gives him a majestic name, but few people know that his name is Liu Yi and his courtesy name is Meng Fang.
"巷" means young and wise, meaning intelligent. "Meng" means that he has the longest ranking among the brothers, and "Fang" means "a gentleman observes the people and establishes education through provinces".
Liu Ni's lifelong ambition was actually to manage the world and benefit the people. Therefore, he repeatedly appealed to Wo Kuotai for mercy and begged for the pardon of the slaves in the North, and he successively rescued tens of thousands of Henan people.
Unfortunately, in the battle at Sanfeng Mountain, Jin general Wanyan Heda was defeated, and Liu Heima's reputation was so great that it completely overshadowed Liu Yi's reputation.
He also wants to be like Lian Xixian and Shi Tianze, who has a strategy.
But when he opened his mouth, the conversation was still about military affairs.
"I have sent my son and nephew to lead the army to drive the Song army out of Jingzhao Mansion. It can be confirmed that the Song army only has more than a thousand riders, so there is nothing to worry about."
Lian Xixian nodded and said: "That's good. The Song army has been quite powerful in recent months, but it has never captured prefectures and counties. It only intercepted roads and military supplies, which confuses me."
"yes."
Liu Heima held the teacup and sighed, and murmured: "Li Xia keeps making threats, sometimes saying that he wants to fight for the world, sometimes saying that he wants to form an alliance with Hunduhai, sometimes saying that he wants to take over Jingzhao Mansion. It is dazzling and dizzying...
…In the end, the thunder was loud and the raindrops were light.”
Lian Xixian said: "Don't underestimate this guy."
When he said this, he smiled and said: "My son has said this to me three times. He is very worried that I have underestimated Li Xia!"
Liu Heima felt ashamed and said: "The dog is stupid and makes Duke Lian laugh."
Lian Xixian is actually very young, only twenty-nine years old.
But people in the north who had never seen him thought he was an old master, and officials in Beijing and Zhao called him Lian Gong.
This is because Lian Xixian joined Kublai Khan's shogunate at the age of nineteen. Kublai Khan appreciated his knowledge and called him "Lian Mencius", so Lian Xixian became famous all over the world when he was young.
He was only twenty-three years old when he was promoted to Jingzhao Mansion, and his political achievements were remarkable.
Although he was very knowledgeable, he was by no means a weak scholar.
He is a Uighur. Because his father once served as the Lian envoy to Yannan, he changed his surname to "Lian" from Han Dynasty.
Lian Xixian was tall and tall, and was good at riding and shooting. When he first arrived at the Jinlianchuan shogunate, he drew his bow with all his strength and hit three hits with three shots, which won the admiration of everyone.
Kublai Khan praised him more than once: "Xixian is a real man!"
Let's talk about Liu Yuanzhen, who was nearly forty years old. He claimed to be the most handsome among the princes' descendants, but he never dared to compare with Lian Xixian and regard him as his elder.
At this time, he waved his hand and praised Liu Yuanzhen a few more words. Lian Xixian looked calm and said: "It's not that Dalang is not good, I mean... I have never underestimated Li Xia."
Liu Heima asked: "Now that we have a great victory on the West Road and everything is fine in Beijing, what is Mr. Lian worried about?"
"Li Xia will not let anything go unnoticed." Lian Xixian said: "His attacks are dazzling... maybe to attract us to attack Hanzhong?"
Liu Heima was silent.
After a while, he murmured: "In the battle with Hunduhai, we lost our troops and generals, and our vitality was severely damaged. How can we attack Hanzhong?"
"Therefore, Li Xia hopes that we will send troops at this time so that he can take advantage of the situation and sneak in."
"In this way, I avoided a disaster by inserting something unintentionally."
Lian Xixian said: "Two things. One, I'm worried that if Li Xia fails to succeed, he will attack Jingzhao Mansion. Ziwu Road is difficult to travel, and he may send his troops out of Chencang Road, so I ask Mr. Liu to work harder and return to Fengxiang Mansion.
guard."
Liu Heima held the tea cup and sighed.
To be honest, he would rather stay in Chang'an and enjoy the happiness of his family and occasionally participate in some affairs concerning people's livelihood, but Lian Xixian asked him to do so, so he had no choice but to accept.
"Okay. The second thing about Mr. Lian..."
"I'm very worried about Wang Liangchen."
Lian Xixian gave a bitter smile and said: "I'm not afraid to make it clear to Mr. Liu. A few months ago, Hunduhai killed my envoy, and I expected that he would not submit to your majesty. I urgently ordered Wang Liangchen to mobilize all the troops in Longxi and prepare to attack Hundu
Hai, he claimed that he did not dare to raise his troops because he had not received the imperial edict. So I gave him the tiger talisman..."
Liu Heima asked in reply: "The Tiger Talisman of Integrity?"
"That's right." Lian Xixian said, "I also pretended to have His Majesty's secret decree and gave him full command."
He said this kind of thing very calmly.
Lian Xixian was certain that his Majesty was magnanimous and had a tacit understanding with him, and could understand his boldness in making decisive decisions on the situation on the West Road.
In addition, the more calm it is, the more it shows that he has no selfish intentions.
Liu Heima has some taste.
He guarded Shaanxi and Shanxi for nineteen years, and had known Lian Xixian for six years. At that time, he took orders without saying a word. Compared with Wang Liangchen, he can only be said to be a crying child with milk.
Of course, this mouthful of milk may not be good.
Sure enough, Lian Xixian stood up, sat next to Liu Heima, and whispered: "The war on the West Road has been decided, and Wang Liangchen has not returned the tiger charm..."
"Lian Gong." Liu Heima said: "The Wei River valley was blocked by the Song army. At that time, we couldn't wait for the news and thought that Jingzhao Mansion had been surrounded by the Song army."
"On April 12, the Song army that blocked the valley retreated; on April 21, Liu Gong opened the road, broke through the Song army's attack along the way, and rushed to Jingzhao Mansion; today, Liu Gong has driven out the Jingzhao Mansion.
enemy."
"Has Wang Liangchen sent a message?"
"No."
Lian Xixian said: "In recent months, I have sent letters thirteen times and have not received any reply."
Liu Heima fell silent.
Lian Xixian asked again: "Mr. Liu, what did you tell him at that time?"
"I sent a fast horse to Gongchang to say..." Liu Heima sighed and murmured: "I said that all Li Xia's best troops are out of Jingzhao Mansion, and I asked him to send troops to help me."
"Did he ever come to our aid?"
"The messenger has not returned, and the Song army in the valley has retreated."
Lian Xixian said slowly: "It seems that Wang Liangchen has gone to attack Hanzhong."
"He...may not be able to capture Hanzhong."
"The matter has come to this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to stop it." Lian Xixian said: "As for the outcome of the battle, it is difficult to say. I don't know much about Li Xia, and I still need to ask Liu Gong for advice."
Lian Xixian was quite helpless about this matter.
At that time, the Hunduhai army invaded, and all the troops of Guanlong rushed to meet the enemy. The capital was empty, and Li Xiaxu's troops attacked, so he could only seal Chang'an City.
After that, the news was blocked for more than ten days, which appropriately cut off the communication between Lian Xixian and Wang Liangchen.
At this moment, Lian Xixian was powerless to change anything.
It's not that he's not smart enough, it's that Hunduhai has restrained all his efforts.
Now that he had defeated Hunduhai, he had the energy to turn his head and officially start to examine Li Xia.
"Speaking of Li Xia, I met him once."
Liu Heima spoke very slowly.
"His Majesty often praises Duke Lian as a 'true man', and we call him 'a true man among men'. Li Xia also deserves this comment. I thought he was not strong enough to compete in the world, but he praised him. When I saw him,
That time was in Chengdu, and soon afterwards, the late emperor died in Diaoyu City."
"..."
Lian Xixian and Liu Heima whispered for a long time, and they had reviewed the details of the battle in Diaoyu City.
Liu Heima lowered his voice and raised his finger slightly to point to the north.
"At that time, I thought it was..."
"No." Lian Xixian said, "Yao Gong and I have discussed this matter... It was not our doing."
Liu Heima always thought that Li Xia cooperated with the Jinlianchuan shogunate in the battle between Chengdu and Diaoyu City.
Even if Lian Xixian denied it at this time, he still didn't believe it.
No matter what, the Kinlianchuan shogunate would never admit this kind of thing.
But he still sighed: "So, he is scarier than I expected."
Lian Xixian said: "It's really powerful, but how powerful it is, I can't say for sure."
"not sure?"
"In the Battle of Diaoyu City... Wang Jian, Li Xia, and Zhang Jue really showed their talents as famous generals. Therefore, when Duke Yao heard that Li Xia had an old relationship with the Zhang family, he sent a letter to recruit them." Lian Xixian said: "But this battle
, the late emperor committed a taboo in the art of war. It makes people unable to see the extent of Li Xia's strength."
"yes."
Lian Xixian closed his eyes and tried to outline Li Xia's strength in his mind.
But, it's difficult.
In the battle of Diaoyu City, the key to victory or defeat was that Meng Ge should not have attacked Diaoyu City.
Simply mindless.
For the prestige of Khan?
Prestige is not a reason to seek death. Did Han Emperor Gaozu talk about this kind of prestige when he entered Guanzhong?
Meng Ge is even worse than Xiang Yu.
Now that we have decided on the strategy of the three armies to join forces and march directly to Lin'an, as the Great Khan, we should abide by it. If so, Zhao and Song Dynasty will have been destroyed.
On the next way back to the teacher, if Brother Meng dies inexplicably like Wokuotai and Guiyou, there won't be so many things happening later...
Turning his thoughts back, Lian Xixian thought again, why has everyone despised Li Xia in recent years?
Because too many uninformed people in the north thought that Meng Ge died of illness, and at the same time, there were various rumors circulating in Mongolia.
Even if an insider like him wants to see Li Xia clearly, Meng Ge's big mistake is like a layer of fog covering Li Xia's role in this battle.
"Is it possible..." Lian Xixian murmured, "I mean, is it possible that Li Xia expected that the late emperor would attack Diaoyu City before the battle of Diaoyu City?"
Liu Heima was stunned, shook his head and said: "Why did Mr. Lian say this?"
"I reviewed Chengdu, Diaoyu City, and the Battle of Hanzhong, and felt that all Li Xia's preparations seemed extremely certain that the late emperor would perish in Diaoyu City. But at that time, as long as the late emperor bypassed Diaoyu City, all Li Xia's backup plans were in vain."
"this……"
Liu Heima thought, so it must be the Jinlianchuan shogunate.
But he said: "Is Li Xia lucky?"
Lian Xixian murmured: "It's the same thing this time. Only when Li Xia is sure that Wang Liangchen will send troops to Hanzhong can he do his best to set up an ambush. This is what worries me the most."
"It's hard to say at this time." Liu Heima murmured, "But no one could have guessed that the late emperor would fight against Diaoyu City to the death, especially since Li Xia is a southerner."
Lian Xixian nodded and breathed a sigh of relief.
He already had a general impression of Li Xia. At least, he must have been very lucky in the battle at Diaoyu City... show_htm3();