Guanzhong, the camp of the Song Army on the west bank of the Yellow River.
Lin Zi quickly entered the tent, raised his hand to Zhang Jue, and said: "Shuai Zhang, we found it."
Without any politeness, he stepped forward and pointed at the upper reaches of the Yellow River on the map.
"Liu Zheng is building a ship at Longmen Ferry. He has about ten thousand people. They may not all be elite soldiers, but they are trained naval forces."
After that, Lin Zi raised his finger a little higher and said: "Yang Dayuan built a pontoon bridge in Mengmenjin to help the Mongolian army cross the river. There are probably more than 10,000 people here."
Zhang Jue looked ugly and asked, "Do they have any intention of sending troops?"
"Not yet, but they must have received the news that the king has sent troops to Tongguan, and they have begun to send small boats along the coast to test us..."
"I saw."
Zhang Jue nodded, thinking to himself.
The current situation is that the Mongolian army is ready for a two-sided war. If Guanzhong responds to Li Fen, as soon as the main force leaves Tongguan, Liu Zheng and Yang Dayuan will cross the Yellow River and attack Tongguan.
Therefore, the main force in Guanzhong did not dare to move. Zhang Jue was leading the main force to guard the Yellow River.
When it comes to water warfare, not many generals in Shu are good at it. Zhang Jue asked himself that he was not as good as Zhang Shi in water warfare, and he was definitely not as good as Liu Zheng, the rebel general in Jinghu.
Moreover, there are not many ships.
The Yellow River defense line could only be passively attacked.
But Li Xia also wanted to contain Shi Tianze, so he led only two thousand cavalry out of Tongguan without mobilizing the main troops in Guanzhong.
Zhang Jue was very opposed to this plan, mainly because he thought it was useless.
At that time, what he said was, "How could Shi Tianze delay putting down Li Fen because of your two thousand cavalry?"
"Let's give it a try. If we really can't stop Shi Tianze, Li Fen will be the one who dies."
"What should you do if you are surrounded?"
"They must not have thought that I would bring cavalry into the country. They didn't block me at first. Then if they wanted to surround me, they would need a large number of troops. Wouldn't that mean they were containing Shi Tianze?"
In the end, although Zhang Jue objected, he could not persuade Li Xia to change his mind.
Because once the Mongolian army puts down Li Fen's rebellion, they will inevitably attack Guanzhong.
If he didn't send troops, he would just sit there and wait for death. If he sent troops, he would be taken advantage of, so Li Xia tried to revitalize the situation with a small number of fast-moving troops.
He seems to be like this every time. The most difficult thing is always to take the initiative to face it first.
What I said before setting off was quite straightforward.
"We are a small family, but Kublai Khan has a big family and a big business. How can we defeat him? For example, if he has a hundred generals and we only have four or five, then the four or five of us
The general should work harder every time and defeat his men one by one first..."
"Wait a minute, you, me, Li Zengbo, these are three, who else is there?"
"What I mean is that we are a small family and have to do everything ourselves."
"Okay, you can go if you want. I'll listen to you after all. Speaking of which, the terrain in Henan is flat and vast. You use cavalry to attack and plunder. This is the Mongolian method of attack. Aren't you afraid of getting hurt?"
"Born in trouble, died in happiness. The Mongols in the hinterland of the Central Plains are too happy. Remember, when I disturb Heluo and make life unsafe, Ahema will order Liu Zheng to cross the Yellow River to block my retreat. At that time,
They don’t care whether our main force is there or not, and they don’t care whether Li Fen is killed or not.”
"Understood, I will defend the Yellow River. They think they are ready to fight on two fronts, but we will tell them that they are far from..."
Several pieces of information reached Hanzhong.
After Han Qi'an looked at it, he called someone and said, "Bring Wang Xun up."
While waiting for a while, he took out a few letters that he had originally written from the drawer and picked them out.
After a while, Wang Xun was brought up.
"I want to see Zhang Wulang..."
"Wulang went to Chengdu." Han Qi'an said: "To this day, do you believe that Wang Wentong has been sentenced to death by Kublai Khan?"
Wang Xun didn't know how to answer, so he closed his eyes and felt as if his heart was filled with despair.
Han Qi'an added: "Kublai Khan took advantage of Wang Wentong to the extreme. After his death, he even issued an edict to the world. He has tried Wang Wentong for many years for those who rebelled. It is appropriate to increase the punishment in the city to commit such atrocious evil..."
"That's enough, stop talking."
"You and your son are simply ridiculous..."
"Stop talking! What do you want me to do?!"
Han Qi'an glanced over and saw Wang Xun's chest rising and falling, his face flushed, and his eyes full of anger.
"I'm here to help you destroy Kublai Khan." Wang Xun said word by word: "I will make him die a miserable death."
Han Qi'an didn't say anything.
Zhang Hongdao said that Wang Xun was self-righteous, and that was indeed the case.
"I have calmed down and said, what do you want me to do?"
Han Qi'an looked at Wang Xun for a while, feeling vaguely unsure whether this person was doing things properly. He first handed over a letter and said, "Just take a look."
This is the latest letter from Li Fen from Jinan.
Different from the letter he replied to Li Xia on the New Year's Day, Li Fen never mentioned Li Xia's surrender. He only scolded Shi Tianze and invited Li Xia to attack him together and carve up the cities in Henan.
"What do you think?"
Wang Xun shook his head and said: "I expected this from the beginning. The only thing I didn't expect was that Kublai Khan would touch my father."
Han Qi'an said: "Now my king has sent troops to Heluo to contain Shi Tianze. You need to go to Jinan quickly to persuade Li Fenti to move his troops south and join forces with the Song Dynasty to strengthen defense."
"Can you make it?"
"Maybe, if Li Fen is willing to give it up." Han Qi'an handed over another letter and said, "Give this to him."
Wang Xun asked again: "What if I still can't save my brother-in-law in the end? You have spent so much effort to get me to do something, and you won't just let me be a messenger or lobbyist."
"Not that stupid."
"..."
On this day, after Han Qi'an met Wang Xun, he called the messenger who set up the shop and handed over another letter.
"Send to Lin'an as soon as possible."
Kaifeng.
Shi Tianze has ordered his troops to stop advancing eastward.
He did not think that Li Xia could capture Kaifeng with only two thousand cavalry or cause too much turmoil in Henan.
What made him embarrassed was that the food towns of the Mongolian nobles were destroyed...
The three "national customs" established by Genghis Khan are the foundation of the Great Mongol Khanate, namely, the system of one thousand households and one hundred households, the Qixue system, and the Ulusi enfeoffment system.
The so-called "Ulu Si enfeoffment system" is simple to say, it is nothing more than "dividing spoils".
The principle of the Golden Family is that "all sons, grandsons, and uncles share power and wealth. Every time the elder brother and younger brother discuss it, they take over the world, divide the land among themselves, and share the wealth."
Except for the place called "Central Uluse" on the Mongolian Plateau, which is the public property of the Golden Family, the rest of the land is the private property of the various clans of the Golden Family.
The same is true in the Central Plains. After the households were compiled and registered, according to the raw silk payment of five households, they were all classified as the food towns of the Golden Family, and the enfeoffment was very chaotic...
The last person who caused the clan nobles to lose their land was Lian Xixian, who had already defected.
Shang Ting and Zhao Bi have also been imprisoned...even though many people know that they did not collaborate with the enemy.
Of course, Shi Tianze is different. As a great prince with tens of thousands of troops, he will not end up like Shang Ting and Zhao Bi.
But he did not want to offend the Mongolian nobles anyway, so Shi Tianze began to hesitate whether to get rid of Li Xia who dared to go deep alone before conquering Li Fen.
It’s not too late yet…
Yanjing.
The Zhang family also has a mansion in Yanjing City.
Zhang Rou was sitting in the hall in plain clothes, looking at Jiulang coming from outside, looking unhappy.
"Father." Zhang Hongfan said: "Your Majesty has personally inspected my son's soldiers and horses, and has returned to my son. He ordered my son to follow the clan king Hebichi to Shandong to quell the rebellion. He returned home specifically to say goodbye to his father."
Zhang Rou snorted heavily.
He did not care about his son's official position, but cared more about his own territory and military strength.
"You should not take it upon yourself to hand over Bozhou to His Majesty."
"I know I was wrong, but under the circumstances, I tried my best."
"Really?" Zhang Ju said, "Then if the Zhang family has to return to Bozhou, don't get involved again."
Zhang Hongfan was stunned, thought for a moment, and asked: "Father is saying...Sixth Brother has a way? But Your Majesty..."
Zhang Rou looked at Zhang Hongfan for a long time, sighed, and said: "Since His Majesty has ordered you to put down the rebellion, you should do your best. When the time comes to besiege the city, the generals will choose places to fortify themselves. You should not avoid danger. It is the place where Li Fen can break through with all his strength."
When you are here, soldiers will not slack off. Even if you are in danger, Hebichi will definitely come to rescue you."
Zhang Hongfan responded: "My child understands, thank you father for your teaching."
"The same is true for the companion, and it is also the principle of 'do not avoid danger'. You should hold the territory, military power is too dangerous, but you don't know that it is the territory and military power that will save you."
"Yes, I know my mistake."
"Go and make great achievements and come back, don't let the Zhang family's reputation fall."
Zhang Hongfan bowed respectfully and stepped back slowly.
Zhang Rou watched him leave, with a thoughtful look in her eyes.
This time, he was more satisfied with Rokuro...
Lin'an.
Privy Council.
"Attack Huaibei and capture Bozhou?"
Jia Sidao asked back, realizing that this would be another opportunity for him to help the clan after the Ezhou War.
Liu Mengyan had already advised again: "I heard that Bozhou, an important town north of the Huaihe River, was originally controlled by the Zhang family, but the general has just been changed, and it coincides with Li Fen's rebellion and return to the Song Dynasty..."
"Is it still too late to send troops now?"
Jia Sidao thought for a long time, but then he heard an announcement outside the door, and then a small official came forward.
"Mr. Ping Zhanggong, urgent letter from Southwest, Mr. Liao, please take a look at it as soon as possible..."