When Li Xia was mentioned, Yelu Zhu's expression became much more solemn.
He could feel that Kublai Khan cared about this enemy very much. After putting down Li Fen's rebellion, the next target to be eliminated would be either Brother Ali or Li Xia.
Whether it will be a northern expedition or a western expedition has not yet been decided, so today's discussion is here.
However, looking at the important Mongolian ministers in the palace, it was obvious that they had not paid much attention. When Tachaer heard Li Xia's name, he had an obvious expression of contempt.
Because Li Xia was only twenty-two years old and still a minister of Song Dynasty in name, people always looked down upon him.
"Li Xia is already stronger than Li Fen."
Yelvzhu had to emphasize one sentence first to express his attitude, and continued: "In recent years, several Han princes have defected to Li Xia, and these princes have married each other, which makes people worry that more and more Han princes will defect to Li Xia.
The prince rebelled."
These two sentences are in agreement with Kublai Khan, indicating that the Great Khan's concerns are justified.
Then he changed the topic and said: "But the key to whether Shihou will be forced to rebel is what the Great Khan gives them and what Li Xia gives them."
Yelvzhu realized something very clearly
Now it seems that Kublai Khan wanted to reduce the power of the Shihou because he was not good to the Shihou, but the Great Mongolia was too good to the Shihou before.
Even if Kublai Khan uses some means to weaken the power of the prince this time, he can at least allow the prince's children to retain military power and positions. Even so, throughout the ages, no dynasty has been able to treat the prince so favorably.
His advice can basically satisfy all parties.
The older generation of princes were not held accountable for their sins of contacting Li Fen; the younger generation of princes got a chance to appear and could be selected for reuse; and Kublai Khan beat the Han princes and gathered them.
Part of the military power of the Central Plains...
If they can't even bear this level of power reduction, these princes will only be even more intolerable when they come to Li Xia.
After Liu Heima surrendered to Li Xia, he completely lost his hereditary power to command the army. The Liu brothers are now no different from ordinary civil servants and generals.
Li Xia is more severe and will not give power to the prince...
On the other hand, many princes were indeed involved in Li Fen's rebellion, which gave Kublai Khan a reason to move them. He must take action. This is called giving both kindness and power.
On the contrary, if you give in blindly, it is possible for the princes to think that Mongolia is easy to bully and become domineering again...
After explaining the truth clearly, Yelu Zhu finally said: "With this approach, we can ensure that the princes will not switch to Li Xia."
Kublai Khan said: "If these Han princes can analyze calmly, they will naturally understand my tolerance. But Li Xi just won the battle and used means to force them to rebel?"
"There is one person who can stabilize the situation."
"Shi Tianze?"
"The Holy Ming of the Great Khan." Yelu Zhu replied, "As long as Shi Tianze can take the lead and take the initiative to write a letter to lift the military power, the princes will not dare to make any changes."
Kublai Khan was still not satisfied.
These were already prepared when he arranged to put down Li Fen's rebellion.
Now there is another variable: Li Xia annihilated 20,000 Mongolian Tanma Red Army.
This number was not large, but it shook the confidence of the Han people in the Central Plains in the Mongolian army.
Maybe Yelvzhu's method can successfully subdue the princes of the North, but I'm just afraid of what might happen. What if Li Xia invades Henan, Shanxi, Xiliang, or wherever he wants, and wins another victory?
We can no longer let Li Xia win the battle.
Kublai Khan stared at Guanlong on the map, with murderous intent in his eyes.
Whether he wants to conquer the north or the west, he has already made up his mind...
Yelu Zhu felt Kublai Khan's dissatisfaction and thought carefully for a while.
"Great Khan, there is another way... On this matter, the positions of Han civil officials and Han princes are not the same. The Great Khan can win over Han civil officials to stabilize the situation."
Kublai Khan raised his hand and stopped Yelu Zhu.
He knew that Han civilian officials could indeed stabilize the situation, but he was no longer willing to give them more trust.
"Just follow the strategy you just mentioned to weaken the Han princes. As for Li Xia, follow my method."
"What does the Khan mean?"
Kublai Khan glanced at Yelvzhu and responded calmly.
"Enemies are meant to be defeated."
After the discussion, Yelu Zhu walked out of Da'an Hall with complicated emotions.
Kublai Khan used his strategy to weaken the power of the princes, which is one; the Great Mongolia will soon send a large army to regain Sichuan and Shaanxi, which is the second.
More importantly, Yelv Zhu and Li Xia actually had a feud.
His eldest daughter was married to Wang Weizheng. After the Wang family was exterminated by Li Xia, he lost news about his daughter.
Some news said that the Wang family members were sent to the Song Dynasty, some said that they had been killed by Li Xia, and some said that they were occupied by Li Xia...Yeluzhu couldn't tell the truth from the false.
In addition, Yelvzhu has a wife and children who are now separated in the Hexi Corridor.
He had seven wives and more than ten sons. Among them, Triteji gave birth to his fourth son, Yelu Xiliang.
When Meng Ge died in Diaoyu City, Yelu Zhu and Yelu Xiliang were transporting baggage with Hudu Hai in Liupan Mountain. When the news came, Yelu Zhu persuaded Hudu Hai to support Kublai Khan, but Hudu Hai refused.
Yelvzhu then left his wife and children and went to Kublai Khan alone.
Hunduhai was furious and sent a hundred cavalry to pursue them, capture Yelu Xiliang and her son, and wanted to send them to Hara and Forest.
After that, Hunduhai was defeated and Longxi was occupied by Li Xia. Yelvzhu could no longer find out any news about his son. He only heard that he was sent to Ganzhou and then lost any news.
This time, Kublai Khan planned to conquer Sichuan and Shaanxi, so Yelvzhu wanted to join the army, annihilated Li Xia to take revenge, and also found his son and daughter.
Thinking about this, he became very emotional. When he got home, he immediately wrote a memorial.
He used Uighur-style Mongolian script, which did not demonstrate his talent in poetry and prose.
"I secretly believe that the main enemy of Mongolia today is not in the south or north, but in the southwest. Although Alibu Ge has the appearance of an eagle, he has few plans and is arbitrary. He was defeated and fled far away, which is not a cause for concern. The rulers of Zhao and Song Dynasties were weak and mediocre, and defended themselves in the Jianghuai River.
, dare not advance even an inch, and there will be no harm to the Central Plains. Only Li Xia steals Guanlong, and can enter the confidants of Shanxi and Henan in the east, and can point to the gate of Hehuang in the west. He is like snoring on the side of the couch, holding a dagger within easy reach...
If you want to destroy Li Xia, you can no longer use small groups of soldiers and horses to give him an opportunity to defeat each one. You should use the power of the whole country to decide in one fell swoop. Now the soldiers of the seventeenth princes are still gathered in Shandong, and they can take advantage of Li Fen's accumulation.
, Shi Tianze reorganized 100,000 troops; sent another Zong Wang to lead the Kaiping and Jiuyuan troops, and temporarily stationed them in Longxi, waiting only for the Yellow River to freeze, and the two routes to advance together..."
The next day, Kublai Khan saw Yelvzhu's memorial.
His eyes were very sharp, with a hint of fierceness.
He nodded slightly from time to time, because Yelu Zhu's judgment was the same as his, Li Xia would definitely become his great enemy to Kublai Khan.
This was the first time that Kublai Khan truly faced Li Xia.
In the past few years, he has been busy fighting for the throne, stabilizing the situation, and quelling the rebellion, and he has never been able to take care of the young man who has been growing in power in the southwest.
Now, I have to take my hand to eliminate the signs of this threat...
Liupan Mountain, Liangdian Gorge.
With a few shouts, the big flag in the summer palace was chopped down with a bang.
Li Xia galloped up to the high altar. Looking back, he saw that the Mongolian army, which was still resisting, had put on a desperate posture and crashed into the Song army.
The war has been decided, but these Mongolian soldiers are still unwilling to surrender. They would rather die to protect this...the place where Genghis Khan died.
Their helmets had fallen off, their braids were fluttering in the wind, and the scimitars in their hands were raised high, making them look a bit tragic.
"kill!"
Blood splattered down...
Li Xia stopped watching the battle and looked north.
Li Xia had not captured Liupanshan Palace before. It would be useless and would force the Mongolian army to attack him.
But since we are taking the Hexi Corridor this time, there is no need to avoid it.
In the current situation, Kublai Khan is either going to hit Ali or Li Xia. Rather than holding on to luck and hoping that Kublai Khan will let him go, it is better to strike first and strangle the Hexi Corridor.
Not long ago, Li Xia had received news of Li Fen's demise.
Li Xia didn't have much impression of Li Fen. He only knew that at a time when all the powerful men in the world were bowing to Mongolia, Li Fen was the only one who dared to raise the flag to fight against Mongolia. However, he also had various shortcomings such as being stubborn and arrogant.
It was the wrong strategy from the beginning and was destined to fail.
But before Li Fen failed, he was like a person standing in front of Li Xia. Kublai Khan must first put down Li Fen.
Now, Li Xia seemed to feel Kublai Khan's eyes looking towards him.
It was like a strangled corpse was thrown on the ground. The child who was circling behind it with a dagger looked up and saw the fierce-looking man slowly turning his head.
What should a child do?
I can only grit my teeth and continue to stab with the dagger...