Hedan sat there, listening to Yelu Xiliang finish talking about the situation in the Western Region, and gradually put down the hand holding the wine bag.
Ali Buge's puppet Aluhu summoned an army of 150,000 to help Ali Buge fight for the throne...
Chewing this news in his heart, He Dan was already thinking that maybe Kublai Khan would call him back to his army soon, and then the next battle against Long might need to be fought in a different way.
He was just about to ask Yelv Zhu for his opinion, but he heard Yelv Zhu muttering to himself.
"Li Zengbo is really good at fighting, and his lyrics are good. But the officialdom's conspiracy is really..."
Yelvzhu did not continue, but just shook his head.
He obviously looked down upon Li Zengbo's political talents.
"What does Prime Minister Yelu want to say?"
"Li Zengbo deliberately released my son to let us know the news about Aruhu, hoping that we would slow down the offensive or withdraw our troops. But he doesn't understand the grassland at all..."
Yelvzhu spoke slowly, but the words in his mouth were somewhat different from what he thought in his heart.
What is Great Mongolia?
It can't be called a country yet, but it would be more appropriate to call it "the Uluth of the Golden Family".
What does Ulusi mean? Fiefdom, territory, country, people, it has various meanings.
The semi-independent small khanates of each clan king and the entire Mongol khanate can be called Uluth.
But looking at it from another perspective, Uluth is nothing more than population and land, and nothing more than property.
Great Mongolia is just the "property of the golden families".
What is the sweat?
He is the person who distributes property to the descendants of the Golden Family and is the head of the family.
Only the stupid herdsmen believe that "Kublai Khan betrayed the Golden Family".
The real golden family doesn't care about this.
Only care about profit.
People in the Song Dynasty thought that the battle for the throne of the khan was vigorous, and the people who supported the two great khans each upheld the regular etiquette, and like their scholar-bureaucrats, they defended the regular etiquette to the death.
Wrong, there is no common etiquette.
If you think of the Great Mongolia as a country, you cannot understand the struggle for the throne.
You have to think of it as a home.
Genghis Khan built his family's fortune. Half a hundred years later, what do his descendants want?
Separate families.
Separating the family is in the interests of the most powerful people in the family, such as Bielge, Aruhu, Hulagu, and Haidu.
Ali Bu Ge cannot provide such benefits. Ali Bu Ge is too arrogant, and his territory is not as good as that of Kublai Khan. He cannot easily say "if the worst happens, we will separate the family" like Kublai Khan.
It's just a process of a group of descendants wooing each other and competing for family property.
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"The Great Khan's wisdom shines like the stars in the eternal sky, and he has already convinced Aluhu to surrender."
Yelvzhu praised Kublai Khan's wisdom and martial arts and then said: "Before we set off for the expedition, Aruhu's envoys had arrived in Kaiping to meet with the Great Khan. As long as the Great Khan also supported him in inheriting the Chagatai Khanate, he was willing to support the Great Khan's succession.
Khan's position. It can be seen that Ali is not as incompetent as his brother and cannot become the great Khan's confidant. Li Xia is."
Hedan was increasingly grateful that he supported Kublai Khan.
He had a keen eye and made the right choice.
Yelvzhu said again: "Please Zongwang, please do your best to capture Guanlong as soon as possible."
They still have time to annihilate Li Xia.
Six armies are attacking together. The West Route Army has the second largest number of troops and must not be held back.
He Dan understood these truths and asked: "How does Prime Minister Yelu think we can defeat the Song army in Guanlong as soon as possible?"
Since the beginning of the war, although his military strength has not suffered much losses, it has been repeatedly frustrated by Li Zengbo and Lian Xixian.
Yelu Zhu pondered for a while and said: "The king of Zong might as well 'take advantage of the situation' and act as if he has decided to retreat after receiving news from the southwest. I think those Song soldiers are very enterprising and greedy for success. They will surely chase after them and seize the rear."
The baggage can be ambushed."
He Dan nodded endlessly.
He conquered the east and west and fought for decades, and he knew the temperament of the opponent's generals as soon as they met, and he deeply agreed with Yelu Zhu's plan.
As long as the Song army's cavalry is annihilated, Guanlong will be like a deer with its legs cut off, and can be ravaged at will.
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The twenty-third day of the first lunar month.
A night of heavy snow has covered the bloody battlefield of the Yellow River.
The Song soldiers were still cleaning the battlefield.
On the city tower, Lin Zi was standing next to Li Xia, reporting in a low voice and handing out several more letters.
"This is the news from Lanzhou that arrived today. It came out five days ago."
Li Xia took it and looked at it and breathed a sigh of relief.
What Lian Xixian meant was that he and Li Zengbo had shown enough threats to let He Dan know that if he led the cavalry into Guanlong, he would be cut off, overtaken, and surrounded.
It is equivalent to telling He Dan, "Our defense line is well arranged, and we also have cavalry. If you dare to make a roundabout way, you may die miserably. A Shu is a lesson learned from the past."
But on the other hand, the Longxi Defense Line is too long. It is not like Tongguan or Wuguan with only one dangerous road and one pass.
Even with Li Zengbo as a check in Hexi, Lian Xixian said that the number of troops was too small and it was difficult to guarantee that Hedan could be held back.
This is how defense works. It can be defended for a hundred days and a thousand days, but just one flaw can lead to defeat.
Li Xia understands Lian Xixian, and he can still hold on to this level of difficulty for the time being.
This is the situation on the Western Front.
Zhang Jue's situation in the north is similar.
In fact, it was not easy for Zhang Jue to face Yang Dayuan.
Before Meng Ge attacked Diaoyu City, Yang Dayuan's qualifications, prestige, and record in Shu were originally higher than Wang Jian's, and the Yang family's nephews and nephews had many talented people.
Later, Yang Dayuan surrendered, but Wang Jian persisted to the end. The courage that Wang Jian showed and the achievements he made were incomparable.
Compared with Liu Zheng, who was also a demoted general, although Yang Dayuan did not have the reputation of Twelve Heroes to Win Xinyang, his fighting skills should be far better than Liu Zheng.
This is Li Xia's personal judgment based on some combat examples.
After Yang Dayuan surrendered, he also surrendered many Song generals, and the several battles he fought were all tough battles. They attacked the solid mountain city in central Sichuan and helped Meng Ge drive to Diaoyu City.
Since the defeat of Jiantandu, Liu Zheng has had a posture of bullying the weak and fearing the toughest. He will lose when he encounters the strong and win when he encounters the weak.
The official position given to Yang Dayuan by Mongolia was also higher. He was first granted the title of Vice Minister and the governor of the province. Later, he was granted the title of Marshal of the Capital of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and was assigned the title of Marshal of the Southern Capital.
But compared to Liu Zheng, Yang Dayuan always seems unknown because he is so stable.
The stable enemy was the most difficult to deal with and showed the least merit. Sometimes Li Xia easily forgot that Zhang Jue was still defending in the north.
"Have Hao Tianyi's troops been found?"
"No. The snow is falling heavily and no traces of human movement were found in the north. Is the intelligence wrong?"
"No, we detonated the Yumen ice surface and he didn't come out. He probably went around to the north. We need to remind Zhang Jue not to be attacked from behind."
"Yes, an expedited horse has been dispatched."
"Send again, this time I am sure that Hao Tianyi is going to sneak attack Zhang Jue, remind him."
The northwest is controlled by three people who can best take charge of their own affairs, but Li Xia is still worried because he has not allocated enough troops and material resources to them.
Then they do not have enough room for error. The Mongolian army can be defeated many times, but they cannot be defeated once...
As for the two defense lines of Tongguan and Hanshui, they are much easier to defend than Longxi.
Liu Yuanzhen had met Dong Wenbing before the war, and he suppressed the opponent with his momentum. This was his shrewdness and sophistication. Moreover, this man knew how to complain when he was in trouble. He called three thousand reinforcements from Li Xia, which was considered safe.
Liu Yuanli guarded the Hanshui River Valley. Although his troops were small, they were deep and long. Chongqing's Gao Changshou was also prepared to provide support, so he would not fall quickly. However, this group of people could not be mobilized because it affected Hanzhong and even the entire Sichuan. The safety of Shu.
After confirming the news about these lines of defense, Li Xia sighed.
"Is there any new news from Wuguan?"
"Xianggong Wu has gone to Lantian County..."
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During the Warring States Period, King Huiwen of Qin sent Zhang Yi to deceive King Huai of Chu, leading to the Battle of Danyang and Lantian between Qin and Chu.
First, the Qin army went down the Han River and defeated the Chu army in Danyang.
After that, the Chu State gathered its elite troops and made a desperate move to attack Xianyang on the Wuguan Road.
When the Chu army reached Lantian, the situation in Qin was critical. The King of Qin even offered sacrifices to the sky to pray for the blessings of the gods.
But the outcome of this battle was not at the Lantian battlefield. Instead, the allied forces of South Korea and Wei attacked Chu. However, Chu was unable to break through Lantian before its retreat was cut off, so it had to withdraw its troops overnight and cede territory to Qin for peace.
History is always similar.
Not long ago, Li Xia's troops went down the Han River and defeated the Mongolian army in Danyang.
Now, the Mongolian army also marched to Wuguandao, surrounded Shangzhou on one side, and at the same time divided its troops to reach Lantian.
Since ancient times, Lantian has been located along the Qin-Chu Avenue and has been known as the "Three Auxiliary Keys". The county is adjacent to Yaoshan Mountain in the south and has Yaoguan Pass, which is an important transportation pass between Guanzhong and Nanyang.
Aoguan is Languan.
It is the Blue Pass where "the clouds cross the Qinling Mountains, and the snow embraces the Blue Pass and the horse cannot move forward".
Languan is the last pass on the Wuguan Road out of the Qinling Mountains. After Languan, you will see the Guanzhong Plain, which is less than 80 miles away from Chang'an.
It was precisely because of the distance between the two cities that the King of Qin once felt in danger and had no choice but to pray to God for protection.
The difference between today and the Warring States Period is that Li Xia's troops in Guanzhong have been depleted.
As long as the instigators defeat Lan Pass, they can ravage Guanzhong.
He stood on horseback and looked at the head of Languan City and asked: "What is that word? Who is the guard?"
"hug."
The interpreter came forward and said: "Song people rarely see this surname. I have never heard of any general with this surname. He is an unknown Song Army general."
"Go and surrender him."
"yes."
The interpreter rode his horse forward before leaving the military formation. Before he could reach the place where he could shoot, he suddenly felt a flash in front of his eyes.
"Whoosh!"
"puff!"
The horse's back was empty, and the man on it had fallen to the ground.
An arrow shot down from the top of the city, piercing the interpreter's throat...
Both armies were silent.
The Mongolian army subconsciously waited for a while, but did not hear any harsh words from General Song on Guancheng.
Only that arrow showed the Song general's coldness and reticence.
"Ehxiute!"
Zuo Du was furious and stretched out his hand to lift his bow, but stopped midway.
He was not confident that he could shoot from the same distance and hit the opponent.
"Prepare to attack the city!"
…
While instigating the capital to attack Languan, Dong Wenwei was besieging Shangzhou.
Shangzhou is already dead, and what he really cares about is Liu Yuanli in Jinzhou.
It's not that he's afraid. It should be noted that Jinzhou is the key pass to the east of Hanzhong. If Liu Yuanli dares to come down the Han River to cut off the Mongolian army's retreat, Nanyang can dispatch a force at will to regain Hanzhong.
Therefore, Dong Wenwei was not afraid of Liu Yuanli coming, but thought that if Liu Yuanli came, it would be a good opportunity.
Of course, this is actually impossible. How can such a good thing happen? The only way is to recover Guanzhong first, and then take the Shu road to recover Hanzhong.
Then no one will come to cut off the retreat...
Thinking of this, Dong Wenwei remembered that Baiyang Pass had not yet been captured when he entered Wuguan.
At that time, the defense of Baiyang Pass was tenacious. He left Shi Tongfu, the most reliable general under his command, to lead 3,000 people to surround him. He cut off the water source of Guancheng and burned the warehouses in Guancheng. In fact, there were only a few hundred people left in Guancheng.
, will definitely be able to win.
Five days have passed. If Guancheng is captured in two days and the news is sent urgently in three days, the news should have arrived.
"Has Shi Qianhu sent a messenger?"
"Report to the general, no."
Dong Wenwei frowned, a little confused.
He thought again, whether there was a possibility of being surrounded from both sides like the Chu army in the battle between Qin and Chu in Lantian.
He quickly thought that he had deployed troops to guard against Liu Yuanli in Jinzhou and Lu Wenhuan in Xiangyang, and it was impossible for Liu Yuanli to dare to send troops and it was impossible for Lu Wenhuan to want to send troops.
If the Song army has no reinforcements, then there will be no surprise in taking Baiyang Pass.
It was just that we captured it two days too late.
"Hurry up and urge him to quickly take Baiyang Pass..."
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