Two days later, Li Xia led the surrendered Uighurs back to Yuguan Gate to rest.
When he entered Guancheng, the first thing he did was to fight through the woods.
"I sent you a message when I was in Yangguan, asking you to find out who can become the new King of Gaochang after Huo Chihaer's death?"
What Li Xia wants is not to know a few names, "Newlin's Jin" or "Al'er's Jin", but to know the character and strength of these people.
He also needs to know who can be won over, who is loyal to Yuan Meng, know their weaknesses, and how to exploit these weaknesses...etc.
Lin Zi looked a little ashamed and responded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the information on Gaochang was supposed to come back with the caravan five days ago, but it has not arrived today."
"what for?"
"It seems that the spies placed by the Military Intelligence Department in Gaochang City have been eliminated."
"What we want to do is to defeat Hedan and drive Kublai Khan's forces out of the Western Regions. Then, Gaochang City is the top priority. Do you know why?
Lin Zi was not familiar with strategy, so he lowered his head and replied, "I don't know."
Li Xia then pointed to a few prisoners in the team and said: "Go and interrogate those prisoners. There are people from Brother Ali and Huo Chihaer."
"yes......"
After a while, Lin Zi rushed to Li Xia again, his face already a little frightened.
At this time, Li Xia had already climbed up to the tower of Yumen Pass and was standing in front of the map, thinking.
"Your Majesty, I have finished the trial."
"Well, let's talk about it."
Lin Zi saluted, stepped forward and circled Alimari on the map. Don't miss eight miles, and said: "According to what the prisoners said and our intelligence, Brother Ali was really betrayed by the Mongolian kings. At this time, the kings have
More than 100,000 troops are at Alimari to take over Hedan..."
"It's not Hedan." Li Xia said: "The 'Prime Minister' they said should be referring to Yelvzhu. Yelvzhu is in Bielse Bali, pacifying the more than 100,000 troops for Kublai Khan."
"Yes." Lin Zi wiped the sweat from his head.
"Then let's talk about Brother Ali."
"If the news is true, Brother Ali should be near Lop Nur at this time, and Hedan is surrounding him.
"In other words, the troops Yelu Zhu is recruiting are in the northwest of Gaochang City; Hedan's troops are in the southeast of Gaochang City." Li Xia asked: "What should we do if we want to defeat Hedan?"
"Join Aruhu and Alibuge to attack Hedan and control Gaochang City at the same time." Lin Zidao: "Gaochang is an important town and the gateway to Beelsebali. Controlling Gaochang can cut off the main road between Beelsebali and the Hexi Corridor.
.”
He now knows why Gaochang is so important...
Li Xia asked again: "How to control Gaochang City?"
Lin Zi lowered his head, thought for a while, and responded: "Two methods, one is to replace the king of Gaochang who is easy to control, and secretly control Gaochang. The other is to send troops to make a surprise attack in a detour and capture Gaochang City."
"I can send troops to make a detour, but I need to know more information. The city's defenses, troop strength, who is commanding it, and who is the King of Gaochang. I will not let the soldiers die without knowing anything.
.”
Li Xia didn't say what the first method was.
Because the spies Lin Zi had previously sent to Gaochang City had lost contact, it was probably impossible to control a Gaochang King, and it would be too late to send another one.
"Your Majesty," Lin Zi said, "I didn't do it well...".
"I'm not blaming you." Li Xia said: "The road is far and unfamiliar, and the customs and language are incomprehensible. It is difficult for the Military Intelligence Department to obtain information, and there are many reasons. What I need is that you understand the importance of this matter."
"Yes, I will send people to find out information about Gaochang again."
"As soon as possible." Li Xia said: "I will contact Brother Alibu again. When I confirm my allies, I need to get the information about Gaochang City."
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"Secretary."
After leaving the city tower, Lin Zi immediately called his close subordinates and asked: "Have the spies from Gaochang City returned?
"Your Majesty, not yet."
"Then don't call me Commander, call me 'Guru'."
Lin Zi touched his short hair twice more, looking a little irritable.
In fact, over the years he has led the Military Intelligence Department, his character has changed.
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He was very calm, but this time he was really pressed by the situation in the Western Region.
"At worst, I'll put on my cassock, pretend to be a lama, and go to Gaochang City myself."
Having said that, Lin Zi knew that he had to sit at Yumen Pass to handle all aspects of intelligence for the King of Qin. It was no longer time for him to act in person.
However, the scope of intelligence gathering is too large and there are too many forces. The manpower of the Military Intelligence Department is really not enough. Many of the spies sent out have not received sufficient training.
When he was in a dilemma, a subordinate came forward and reminded him: "Did the Secretary forget? King Qin brought more than thirty experts from our Military Intelligence Department from Chang'an."
...
Half an hour later, someone packed their luggage and rode out of Yumen Pass.
The luggage is also simple, a copy of "Changchun Zhenren's Journey to the West", two Taoist scriptures, a compass, a set of Confucian skirts, a box of rouge powder...
May 11th, Gaochang City.
Gaochang City is located at the southern foot of the Flame Mountain. As the name suggests, this place is dry and hot, and is known as the "Fire Continent".
During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Li Guangli led troops and stationed here. Looking at his homeland from afar, he built the original Gaochang City according to the layout of Chang'an. Since then, the layout of Gaochang City has been similar to Chang'an City, square and square.
This is not a deserted land. This was once the "Chang'an of the Western Regions", which was once prosperous and had a splendid civilization.
The city is divided into an outer city, an inner city, and a palace city. There are beacon towers, pagodas, and various Buddha statues inside.
It is not much different from the Central Plains City, except for the people walking in it.
There are Han people, Mongolians, Uighurs, and Huihui people on the street, speaking different languages, trading spices, pepper, gems, horses, silk, porcelain, tea, etc.
...
A Taoist priest walked into Gaochang City and told the defenders the purpose of his journey in fluent Mongolian.
"The poor Taoist came from Changchun Palace in Yanjing, and his tutor was Zhenchang Zhenchang, the successor of the Xuanmen sect, who was given the honorary title by the Great Khan. He wanted to retrace the route that Changchun Zhenren took when he met Genghis Khan, so he passed through this place.
....."
The soldiers guarding the city gate were frightened by the words "Great Khan", "Genghis Khan" and "Changchun Master" in his words. Then they read his order and respectfully let him go.
In fact, Shanxi, Henan and other places have begun to take strict precautions against Taoist priests.
But this is the Western Region.
In just one year, it was impossible for Yuan Ting to react in the Western Regions because spies came out of Shanxi.
So the Taoist priest entered Gaochang City without hesitation and soon disappeared into the streets.
Not long after, another three hundred horsemen rushed outside the city, shouting and shouting. After entering the city, they quickly pulled a corpse covered by the royal flag and ran towards the palace city.
"Quick! We need to see Ke Dun..."
~~
The marriage between the Jin family and the Gaochang royal family can be traced back to more than fifty years ago.
After the then King of Gaochang surrendered, Genghis Khan was overjoyed and betrothed his daughter to Princess Yeli Andun, calling King Gaochang his "fifth son".
It was a pity that the "fifth son" had a wife at that time, and he was jealous and domineering and did not allow King Gaochang to marry another wife. Finally, when the princess passed away, Princess Andun also passed away.
When the new King of Gaochang succeeded to the throne, Wo Kuotai betrothed Princess Azizhen to Gaochang. Unfortunately, the princess passed away before she got married.
Not long after, Wokuotai died suddenly, and the Golden Family fell into a struggle for the throne.
It was not until Huo Chihaer succeeded to the throne that the marriage was restored.
Kublai Khan married Princess Babahar to Huo Chihaer and rewarded her with 120,000 yuan ingots to provide relief to the Aighur people.
Babahar was Guyu's eldest daughter, Kublai Khan's cousin, and Hedan's niece.
She is twenty-two years old this year. She has been married to Huo Chihaer for two years and has not given birth to a child yet.
A while ago, she heard that Kublai Khan had granted another marriage to Huo Chihaer's eldest son, Newlin, and she felt very dissatisfied.
This means that even if she, a Mongolian princess, gives birth to a son, will the title of King of Gaochang be promised to Newlin?
She couldn't help but think so.
But no matter how dissatisfied she was, she, a Mongolian princess and a Uur-fearing Ketun, could not stop the marriage.
Because of Li Xia
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, Kublai Khan is eager to consolidate his rule over the Western Regions. In order to win over the Gaochang royal family, how can he care about what a woman thinks?
Newlin is already preparing to get married, and is only waiting for the combination of Dan and Huo Chihaer to put down the Alibu brother rebellion, which makes him even more happy.
The only thing Babahar can do is to wait for her husband Huochihar to come back, give birth to a son with him, and fight for the throne for his son in the future.
Otherwise, when Newlin becomes king, she will have to marry her "son" Newlin.
Finally, the wife who stayed at home waited until her husband returned from the war. But her husband had become a corpse...without his head.
"Where's the head?!"
Babahar, who had just become a widow, was not frightened by the headless corpse in front of him, but angrily scolded the soldiers who escorted the corpse back.
"Without a human head, how do you expect me to believe that this is my husband? No! I won't believe it. My husband is as majestic as the Red Mountain, and his wisdom is as endless as the water of the Kaidu Gol River. He
He will definitely come back to me again, like the swan goose returning from the north..."
"Ketun, this is indeed Protector Yi."
The warrior who escorted the body back was not intimidated by the majesty of Baba Har's golden family. Instead, he took a step forward, lowered his voice and said softly: "I have something important to report to Ketun."
Babahar was not as sad as she showed. He waved his hand and drove her maids away. After that, he heard the man whisper a few words.
"Ketun doesn't want to marry Newlin, right? Newlin is thin and incompetent. Only a truly majestic hero can protect Ketun..."
According to Mongolian custom, whether a widow adopts an inheritance or remarries, her husband's property belongs to whomever the widow marries.
In other words, whoever is the king of Gaochang must marry Baba Har, and vice versa.
Babahar understood what Aler meant.
She has a choice, she can choose to marry her son or her uncle.
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Newlin was also ready to succeed Babahar.
He went out to the city to hunt today, and suddenly heard the news that his father had died in battle. He was initially a little sad, but when he came back and saw Babahar, what he thought of was...adopting her.
Babahar and Bulukhan, whom he will soon marry, are cousins.
He will marry these sisters, two daughters of the Golden Family.
This alone was enough to excite him.
An eighteen-year-old man often thinks about women, women, women...
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