This time to capture Hexi, Li Xia and Li Zengbo cooperated quite well.
After capturing Liangzhou, Li Zengbo led half of the troops to renovate, stabilize the people, build the city, and stabilize the defense. Li Xia immediately marched westward, without giving the Mongolian army a chance to report the news. He continuously attacked for more than a thousand miles, killing three Mongolian kings and annihilating them.
There are more than six thousand enemies.
Starting on October 23, the round trip lasted for more than 20 days. When Li Xia returned to Liangzhou, took up residence and rested, Li Zengbo was ready to lead his troops north to attack Xingqing Mansion.
At this time, Li Xia did not have many troops.
Ten thousand people marched westward, after deducting casualties, leaving troops stationed in Ganzhou, Suzhou, and Shazhou, and only two thousand people could be brought back to Liangzhou.
So, no matter whether Li Zengbo's attack on Xingqing Mansion was a victory or a defeat, after the 20,000 cavalry entered Hexi, almost only these 2,000 people could be brought back to Guanzhong by Li Xia.
In addition, some garrison troops from Longxi can also be mobilized.
The purpose of taking the Hexi Corridor was to reduce the defensive pressure on the west, but with the expansion of the area under its control, the number of troops became even more insufficient.
Of course, defensive pressure and troop strength are two different things.
Li Xia believes that taking the Hexi Corridor is worthwhile. Even if the troops in Guanzhong are insufficient because of this, at least there is no need to worry about the Western Front day and night...
It was under this situation that on November 15th, Li Xia received a message from Han Qi'an on horseback.
News came from Shandong that Kublai Khan had ordered Hebichi, and Shi Tianze was leading the army to suppress the rebellion. At the same time, another Zong Wang was sent to lead troops from Kaiping, passing through Hetao, and taking a detour to the west to attack Longxi.
Dong Wenyong, who was unwilling to surrender after being captured, guessed wrongly. After Kublai Khan defeated Li Fen, he did not immediately go to the north to conquer Alibu Ge, but instead came to Sichuan and Shaanxi.
Li Xia was mentally prepared, but her scalp was still numb.
There is no need to think of a temporary solution, he has already analyzed how to deal with this situation.
Several ways.
For example, all the troops were mobilized to fight Kublai Khan to the death. Now that all the troops stationed in the territories under his rule were mobilized, and some strong people were recruited, an army of 100,000 could be assembled.
But this is doomed.
He gathered an army of 100,000 people, which was all over the country. Not to mention the Song Dynasty, what the Mongolian army was best at was outflanking, and they could easily destroy Li Xia's logistics supplies.
If we fight now, we will definitely be destroyed in one battle.
Not to mention anything else, Kublai Khan had been running Monan for more than ten years and had a surplus in his treasury.
Li Xia didn't know how much money Kublai Khan had left now, but looking back at him, after a year of recuperation and another year of fighting this year, he could no longer sustain the war.
The simplest example is that there are stable Zhongtong Yuanbao banknotes in the north. Behind the banknotes are the gold and silver plundered by Mongolians for generations. If the war continues, Kublai Khan will also learn to issue more banknotes to exploit the people. I don’t know if he can sustain it.
how long.
All we know is that the Song Dynasty survived for more than thirty years despite successive wars.
And if Li Xia wants to squeeze money from the people, the newly issued bonds may not be able to last for three months.
People are very realistic. Today, we say what the people want, but when times get tough, people's hearts will immediately change.
The Song Dynasty had a subtle foundation of rule for three hundred years, and Mongolia had more than fifty years of prestige to expand, but Li Xia only served as the commander-in-chief of Shu for three years...
After thinking about it, Li Xia sent a horse to send a message to Li Zengbo, ordering him to suspend the attack on Xingqing Mansion and return to Liangzhou.
After arranging this matter, another horse rushed to the gate of Liangzhou City, but it was Mago who escorted a group of people on the orders of Hu Legen.
"King Jun, when we went out to investigate, we met a strange person..."
"weirdo?"
Mago's Chinese was pretty good, but it took a lot of effort to explain the cause and effect to Li Xia.
Because the regions, forces, and people involved in this matter are quite complicated, even a Mongolian soldier would have a hard time figuring them out.
"I met a young man leading a dozen men, women and children, and said he wanted to defect to us, but he seemed to think that we were Kublai Khan's people, but we were not Kublai Khan's people, but General Hullegan said there was no need to tell him
We are not Kublai Khan's people, we can lie to him..."
"Don't force me, you can speak to me in Mongolian."
"Don't force it, don't force it."
Mago was quite stubborn and tried hard to demonstrate his Chinese.
"He said his name is 'Yelü Xiliang', he is sixteen years old, and he is the grandson of the Mongolian Prime Minister Yelu Chucai and the son of Yelu Zhu..."
"Didn't you tell him that we are the Song Army?"
"Yes, General Hullegan asked us to find a carriage and put them in the carriage and send them all the way."
After hearing this, Li Xia did not ask Mago to bring Yelu Xiliang and others, but said: "Take me to see him."
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For the Kuoduan family, Liangzhou is just a pasture, not much different from other pastures, and it is not rich enough in water and grass.
But in the eyes of many Song people, Liangzhou has its own unique features.
It has poetry, whether it is "Far above the Yellow River among the white clouds, there is an isolated city in the Wanren Mountains", or "The luminous cup of grape wine, I want to drink the pipa immediately", the word "Liangzhou" is the title of the poem, the tune and the image
.
It also has scenery, including Pingsha Night Moon, which refers to the moonlight on the desert; Yansai Sand sinks as flat as a palm, and is as light as water at night; Tianti Ancient Snow refers to the snow on the Qilian Mountains, which has snowed for thousands of years from autumn to spring.
, it is a vast sea and a mulberry field; there is also Xiaojiao in the west of Zhenxi, where there is Didai Tobacco...
There is also a scene in the city called "Dayun Xiaozhong", which refers to the bell of Dayun Temple.
Dayun Temple is located in the northeast of the city. It was originally the palace of Zhang, the king of Qianliang. It was magnificent in scale and was later converted into a temple. In the Tang Dynasty, it was renamed Dayun Temple.
Li Xia is now stationed in Dayun Temple.
Because many buildings in the city have been destroyed by the Mongols and turned into tents, only temples are the most numerous.
Duankuo surrendered the Tibetans after the League of Nations in Liangzhou, worshiped Pasiba as their spiritual mentor, believed in Tibetan Buddhism, and built many temples in Liangzhou in the past twenty years.
Yelu Xiliang was imprisoned in a guest courtyard of Dayun Temple. Several Tanma from Guiyi Camp stood guard in the courtyard.
He tried to go out several times, but was always stopped. He gradually became anxious and paced back and forth in the house.
Finally, he heard something moving outside the house, and quickly turned around to look, only to see a young man with an extraordinary temperament enter the living room, and raised his hand to stop the greetings of the monks.
This young man was only wearing casual clothes, and his identity could not be identified for a moment, but he must be extraordinary.
Yelu Xiliang then straightened his clothes, waited for the other party to enter the room, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "My Lord, Yelu Xiliang, may I ask who you are..."
"My surname is Li." Li Xia responded: "My single name has the character 'Heng'."
Yelu Xiliang was stunned, looked at Li Xia for a while, and then smiled and said, "No wonder."
"What's the wonder?"
Yelu Xiliang wanted to say, "I am originally a descendant of the Xixia royal family, no wonder he is so graceful and graceful," but in the end he did not dare to say it, but his expression was full of admiration.
"No wonder Brother Li is so outstanding."
Yelu Xiliang originally thought he was a descendant of some noble family, but he did not expect that he was a descendant of the long-famous Xixia. He couldn't help but wonder why Kublai Khan sent him back to his hometown of Xixia to lead the army, and asked: "Brother Li, how could he
Come to Liangzhou?"
"Your Majesty ordered Marshal Du to take over Hexi, and I was ordered to garrison Liangzhou... Sit down and talk."
Sitting next to each other, Li Xia's face turned serious.
"You are just afraid that you will blame me for keeping you in custody."
"Don't dare, don't dare."
"Because I have just taken on the big responsibility, and your identity is suspicious. If you don't tell me your life story carefully, I can't believe you."
Yelu Xiliang, who was only sixteen years old, was impressed by the Li Heng in front of him. He even told the whole story, starting from his experiences before he was born.
His mother, Chitieji, was actually given to Yelvzhu by Queen Naimazhen. He also has a Mongolian name, which was also given by Queen Naimazhen.
It can be seen that Yelvzhu was actually a minister of the Wo Kuotai line. He was not reused by Meng Ge, but was reused by Kublai Khan.
After Meng Ge ascended to the throne of Khan, Yelu Zhu said that "all my ancestors have read Confucian books, and all the Confucian scholars are in China. I am willing to bring my disciples to Yan to inherit the industry." So he took his children back to Yanjing to teach them Chinese studies...
Li Xia nodded, finally understanding Yelu Xiliang's life, and asked him why he ended up living in the Western Regions.
Yelv Xiliang did not hide anything, and said first: "I fled to Yemili City and was driven back by Ali Buge's people."
"Brother Ali? His sphere of influence is in the Western Regions?"
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