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"I am sure that once Brother Alibu is defeated, Hedan will definitely attack Yuguan Gate. Why? We are attacking Xingqing Mansion. Li Zengbo has already reached Helan Mountain. How could Meng Yuan not save him?
Where to rescue? Don’t miss Bali, which is the closest. You only need to go to Gaochang and Yinzhou, and it is estimated that you can reach Yumen Pass in ten days. From Yumen Pass to Liangzhou? Not to mention that Huo Qubing only took six days to travel a thousand miles, let’s count it as sixteen days. So.
Within one month, the Mongolian army will be able to attack Liangzhou City.
Will Li Zengbo withdraw his troops at that time? He can only withdraw his troops, otherwise he will be blocked between Helan Mountain and the Yellow River, a dead end. But once we withdraw our troops, all our plots against the Xingqing Mansion will be in vain, and the hundred thousand stones of food and grass that you care about most will be lost.
It was all in vain. More importantly, the strategic intention of occupying the Loop was invalidated.
Why did the Han and Tang Dynasties pursue the Xiongnu and fight against the Turks, but when we arrived, we were beaten like this by the Mongols? The Han people suddenly became useless? Is it because without the cities and muskets, the Han people became useless?
The strategic position is at a disadvantage.
There is no Hetao, no Hexi Corridor, and no Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. The strategically important areas that our ancestors have worked hard to manage, and the Great Wall are all lost! The barbarian cavalry came to rob it once today and again tomorrow. How can we fight this battle? You bury your head in the fields.
, I just planted the food and grass and it was robbed, and then what? Just continue to immerse myself in planting?
Get these places back first!
Of course it’s difficult, otherwise it wouldn’t be possible to get it back after more than three hundred years. Is there still a chance? Isn’t it right in front of us?
Over the years, we took advantage of the civil unrest in Mongolia to take back Hanzhong, Guanzhong, Longxi, and the Hexi Corridor. Isn't Li Zengbo attacking Xingqing Mansion now? Isn't the Hetao to the north of Xingqing?
Others say I am stupid. I have so few people but so much land. I occupy so much barren land. There is no population to develop it, it cannot be cultivated, and it is difficult to defend. I occupy more and more and more and more, and I am increasingly unable to make ends meet. But I know very well what I am doing.
Reversal of strategic positional disadvantages.
Conquering the Hexi Corridor seems useless to you, but you have never thought about how inconvenient it would be for Kublai Khan to send troops to attack Ali Buge this time. Hedan set out from Jiuyuan City to Bei Shi Bali, but he had to take a detour to the Mobei Grassland.
What will happen when we capture the Hetao again? If the Mongols want to attack our western front, they will not only have to take a detour of thousands of miles, but they will not even have supplies along the way.
This is the reason why I must ask Li Zengbo to attack Xingqing Mansion, and why I want him to attack Hetao later. I cannot sit back and watch Kublai Khan connect the Western Regions, we ourselves must also connect the Western Regions.
This book is "Records of the Western Envoys". Kublai Khan's envoys spent fourteen months traveling to the Western Regions, Persia, India, and Baghdad. Do you know how many "China-like" figures are in this book?
This book, "Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty", do you know how many "similar to China" there are in this book? Have you heard of Khotan? One of the four towns in Anxi of the Tang Dynasty, the king changed his surname because of his admiration for the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
Li, named Li Shengtian, Li Congde.
Three to five hundred years later, the people from the Western Regions who were supposed to be Chinese became barbarians again and almost became Mongols.
What should we do? Connect the Western Regions.
Why did we win the Hexi Corridor? It connects the Western Regions. We have to use it if we win the Hexi Corridor.
The Western Regions not only have Kublai Khan's brother Hulagu, but also his enemies. Although his enemies such as Ali Buge may not be our friends, there must be our friends in the Western Regions.
Biquge
This is the last opportunity, this is the last period for us to continue to reverse the pros and cons of our strategic position. When the battle for the throne is over, the opportunity will not come again.
When Kublai Khan pacified the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty and looked south, at least two of these three places, the Hexi Corridor, the Hetao, and the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture, were in our hands before we could defend ourselves. The battle last year was not vigilant enough.
Is it? If Kublai Khan hadn’t turned around to attack Brother Ali, would he have been able to defend himself when he was surrounded by enemies on all sides? Then when Brother Ali was gone, would he still be surrounded by enemies on all sides?!"
"..."
In the meeting hall of Prince Qin's palace, Li Xia had finished his long speech. He was probably a little angry, so he suddenly picked up a letter and threw it on the table.
"Why do I have to go to Yumen Pass after Aruhu replied to my letter? Why do I, as the King of Qin, want to make an alliance with a mere khan of the Chagatai Khanate? Because Aruhu doesn't care who the Mongol Khan is, he only cares
He can become the King of the Western Regions. He can betray Brother Alibaba, or he can betray Kublai Khan, it just depends on who can give him more benefits. If he wants to be the King of the Western Regions for a long time and needs to respect himself, I am that one
Kou, you told me not to go? Dong Wenyong, tell me, what benefits will you promise to Aruhu?"
Dong Wenyong came out of the queue and said: "Your Majesty..."
"You can't imagine that you don't have the power. Or if you become the King of Qin, you make the decision."
"I dare not..."
Han Qi'an felt someone stabbed him lightly in the back.
He didn't look back, but he guessed that Xi Jihu wanted him to say something.
"Your Majesty, I have some doubts." Han Qi'an came forward and said: "Your Majesty just said that it only takes half a month for the enemy to get from Yumen Pass to Liangzhou. But if I remember correctly, along the way Ganzhou, Suzhou, and Shazhou,
Liangzhou still has about 8,000 troops in total."
"How many people are scattered in various cities? The Great Wall is dilapidated. Can they stop the Mongolian cavalry?"
"Then if the king sends a hundred men to Yumen Pass, what will be the use? The ministers are not opposed to connecting the Western Regions, but are worried about the safety of the king. It is too risky."
Li Xia asked: "When did I say that I would only take these one hundred people on an adventure? What I have always said is that I need one hundred elites who can protect me."
"How many people does the king want to bring?"
"The more the better, preferably 50,000, but it must be quick. Let's do this. I will remove all the troops stationed in the Yellow River and Tongguan. You can mobilize 300,000 stones of grain and grass to Gongchang Mansion within ten days, and I will arrange the rest."
"This... is obviously impossible..."
Han Qian was helpless.
While we were talking, it was pointless to ask for money.
Li Xia said: "Yes, the troops and horses required are too many, and the money and food are difficult to arrange. If we only transfer two or three thousand, it is better to recruit and garrison troops locally in Longxi and the Hexi Corridor. Otherwise, we have to transport some food and grass, and the actual cost of transportation on the road is
Five or six times what is needed. I plan to ride three to four people per person. If two or three thousand people go, the horses will have to carry ten thousand horses. Not only will it be slow all the way to Yumen Pass, it will also disturb the people, and the wind will not cover it, so why bother?"
In the end, it was all his decision, and he had the final say no matter what he did. Han Qi'an felt that there was no point in trying to persuade him, so he had to stay silent, but he didn't feel relieved.
If Yang Qixin was unhappy because Li Xia didn't look like a sage, Han Qi'an was different. He was really worried about Li Xia.
He also read the "Records of the Western Envoy". What was that place like in the Western Regions? "There are beasts like tigers, with thick golden fur and no stripes, which are good at hurting people. There are insects like spiders, which poison people, and anyone who is thirsty for water will die immediately."
.”
Now that Han Qiaoer was pregnant, and Li Xia had such a big fortune, he thought it would be okay to send an envoy there.
Li Xia said: "You don't have to worry. It's just an alliance negotiation. There are a hundred elites who have been selected from thousands of people to train with me from the first month to April to serve as guards. There are two hundred elite cavalry from the Guiyi camp. They have sufficient intelligence.
The network can also mobilize tens of thousands of troops stationed in Longxi and Hexi. I don’t know what you are worried about? I think I am showing off too much this time. I have never had such abundant troops in my life."
"hey-hey."
Hulegen, who rarely entered the meeting hall, couldn't help but smile proudly and was very applauded.
"That's it. I'm not here to convince you today. I have said so much. I just hope that you can do your job with peace of mind. Next, I will talk about the affairs of Chang'an in the past two or three months. I have already handed over the defense to Zhang Jue, Liu Yuanzhen and others. You don't have to
Worry about government affairs..."
"Your Majesty, what if Kublai Khan takes the opportunity to attack?"
"If I take hundreds of people and leave at night, the news will reach Kaiping, and Kublai Khan can mobilize a large army to attack? That means there are some craftsmen among you. Last year, you sent a message to Kublai Khan to tell Kublai Khan that I was not around recently, right?
Okay, the joke is over... The battle for the throne of Khan has lasted for too long. Kublai Khan has determined that Alibu brother will be defeated, and he has ordered the world to go to Kaiping to pay homage. If he cannot defeat Alibu brother this year, his prestige will be
It's a terrible blow. The situation in the Western Region can no longer tolerate his distraction, so I went there for this reason. In short, you don't need to worry about military affairs. Government affairs will be handled by Mr. Han for the time being. I won't be gone for too long..."
Li Xia hadn't spoken so many words for a long time, and her mouth was dry by the end.
Because compared to the Western Regions, it was the reactions of the officials in Chang'an that worried him.
When the business was founded, we had no choice but to make it clear and let them unite their efforts.
As for the Western Regions, he believed there would always be someone willing to talk to him.
Regardless of whether Brother Ali is a friend or not, Kublai Khan's enemies all over the world will definitely gather around Brother Ali at this time.
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On the night of April 6th.
Yu Dechen sat outside the Jiangfu courtyard wall for a while, and finally stood up in the night.
When he came back from Junzhou last time, he had been promoted, so he thought about proposing a marriage to Jiang Di. He heard that Jiang Di's father would come to Chang'an from Tongchuanfu Road tomorrow.
But he happened to be recruited by the King of Qin and had to go out on an errand, so let's talk about it when he comes back.
As for this errand, Yu Dechen and his friends only said that they had secret official business and would be away for two to three months.
He walked all the way through the streets of Chang'an and entered the Yamen of the Military Intelligence Department.
After changing his clothes and taking his luggage, he stood in the courtyard.
Soon, there was a queue of more than thirty people.
"Have you all said goodbye to your family?"
"yes."
"Let's go..."
These spies from the Military Intelligence Department walked all the way out of the city gate, got on their horses and arrived at the vanguard camp. Not long after, more than 330 people and more than a thousand horses were heading west.
It was still dark and the horse was not moving very fast. Yu Dechen was called to ride with Li Xia and continue telling the story of Qiu Chuji's westward journey.
In fact, there are many events in the Western Regions that were not recorded by Li Zhichang in "Changchun Zhenren's Journey to the West", but Quanzhen Sect disciples have heard of them to some extent.
As he talked, he rode on horseback. When he arrived at Zaohe River, the sun had just come out. Yu Dechen turned around and suddenly found a very familiar figure in the distance.
A closer look revealed that it was Guo Hongjing standing by the Zao River stretching.
It's not convenient to say hello today.
"When you brought him back, did you know that he was about to get married?" Li Xia also saw Guo Hongjing and asked casually.
Before he went out, he often heard Yan'er and Feng'er murmuring, "The King of Qin ruined the second sister's marriage again, he always likes to ruin other people's marriages," and so on endlessly.
But at this time, Yu Dechen, who was really married to a bad guy, shook his head and said, "I've never heard of it."
"He didn't say that, did he?"
"I never said that." Yu Dechen said, "He is a stupid person."
"You are stupid, why haven't you told Jiang Di after all these years?"
Yu Dechen was startled and exclaimed: "How did the king know..."
"Liu Jinsuo said it. He said that when he captured you in Qingfu County, he could see that you were interested in Sister Jiang."
"No... I mean, it wasn't really at that time... Actually it was later. Well, General Liu was indeed talking nonsense."
Li Xia didn't care about this and said casually: "When I come back this time, I will help you propose marriage to Jiang Chun."
"real?!"
Yu Dechen was pleasantly surprised and regained his composure for a moment, but he was obviously very happy.
"Well, I'm different from you. I never harm someone's marriage, I only help them match up."
Li Xia thought that Yan'er had really wronged him.
He has written to Zhang Rou and is waiting for Beifang's reply. He has saved a couple, and then proposes marriage to the Jiang family on behalf of Yu Dechen, which has created another couple. In addition, he has arranged a match for the army, which can be called a marriage.
The current matchmaker.
~~
Guo Hongjing squinted his eyes and watched the hundreds of thousands of people riding by without flags. He felt relieved when he saw that they did not kick up the earthwork beside the river channel.
When he turned around, he saw a group of people walking towards this side. He couldn't help but smile and asked: "Mr. Jiang, I wonder if the additional money for canal repair has been verified?"
Jiang Di deliberately sounded official, waved his hand and said: "Go to Hu Si and ask for money."
"Thank you very much." Guo Hongjing was overjoyed. After some calculations, he had a new plan.
"I went out of the city to pick up my father, just in time to see how your canal construction was going. I heard that the Longshou Canal was built using the well-drilling method during Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Why haven't I seen you use it?"
Guo Hongjing nodded more and more, because he talked about the things he cared about most, and the conversation became more and more interesting.
"You actually understand this? I have been thinking about this for several days. The soil quality in Guanzhong is different from that of the Han Dynasty..."
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At the same time, in Gaochang City, Hedan had a very happy conversation with Huo Chihaer, the king of Gaochang.
After a burst of laughter, Hedan looked at the young man named "Newlin Dejin", the son of King Gaochang.
"Dejin" is the surname of King Gaochang. In several generations, it was Balshu Aerta's Jin, Sariendin's Jin, Huochiha'er's Jin, and Newlin's Jin.
At this time, Hedan nodded and said: "What a handsome and strong prince. The Great Khan wants to marry Princess Bulukhan to you as his wife. Are you willing?"
"Princess Bulukhan? Thank you Khan!"
Newlin was overjoyed and quickly thanked him.
Because of this engagement, the hall was overflowing with joy, and the atmosphere became more and more jubilant, just like Yuanmeng's flourishing career...