Haidu closed his eyes and repeated Li Xia's words in his mind.
They agreed to support Xili Ji as the Great Khan, but Li Xia added too many additional conditions to this condition.
Stationed at Liupan Mountain, he ordered all the great Uluzi, and now he even publicly replaced Xili Ji as a new puppet.
Insulted again and again.
It's like the Golden Family was slapped by Li Xia and endured it, only to be slapped again.
Haidu's eyelids twitched violently.
In my mind, I was recalling the scene when I knelt in front of Brother Meng and begged him to spare my life, and at the same time, I was recalling my dear uncle Kuo Duan laughingly describing how he slaughtered Sichuan and Shu.
"Ha, Song people are all trash..."
"You can bear the hatred for a moment..."
Two voices intertwined in my mind.
The palms clenched and unclenched again.
suddenly.
"Plop."
That was Prince Consort Hada kneeling down to Li Xia.
"Great Khan! No...Xiliji Khan...no no no, your loyal Hadda said, that is Xiliji Khan! It is Xiliji Khan!"
"Really? A few days ago, Xilijihan fell ill and lost some weight."
"I've lost weight. I've lost some weight. My eyes are bigger. It looks like... no, no, no, I mean, this is Xiliji Khan. He looks very much like Meng Ge Khan. He really looks like Meng Ge Khan."
"What do you think?"
"..."
Haidu turned around and walked towards Li Xia, but was stopped by someone.
He then stretched his neck and gritted his teeth and said: "We are allies, you can't break your promise to your allies again and again."
"Did I break my promise?"
Haidu raised his hand and pointed at the missing neighbor princess in the distance.
Li Xia waved, allowing Haidu to get closer, and asked: "Remember? Who poisoned me?"
"You and Ulukhunai were plotting against me from the beginning. Could you really let me poison Sirikit to death? That old shaman is still alive, which shows that he was not bribed by me."
"I don't care about these other things. I only know that you poisoned Xiliji. The descendants of the Tolei family also think so."
Haidu didn't know how to refute for a while.
He did.
Can……
"It's so despicable of you to do this. The Han people have a saying, 'Regarding a deer as a horse', but a truly great king would not bother to do this."
"Yes, Tongtian Wu predicted God's will and crowned Genghis Khan. Genghis Khan conspired to execute Tongtian Wu in the name of wrestling competition. This is what a great king should do."
The sea was stagnant.
Li Xia said seriously: "I'm not being sarcastic, I'm serious."
"You really shouldn't insult the Golden Family like this."
"It's not important." Li Xia said: "What's important is that I want to support Xiliji as the Great Khan. Even if you kill Xiliji, he will still be the Great Khan."
This sentence is very confusing.
So, Li Xia explained to Haidu again.
"This is my attitude towards doing things. God will kill God if he blocks it, and Buddha will kill Buddha if he blocks Buddha."
Haidu glanced at Andiwan behind him.
Thinking of the support of the Golden Horde, he replied unwillingly.
"This is also my attitude towards doing things..."
~~
At the same time, north of Xingqing Mansion, Wuhai.
"Commander! More than five hundred miles northwest, traces of a large Yuan army crossing the border were found..."
The roar of the Yellow River came from far away. Amidst the wind and sand in the sky, the old marshal welcomed Tan Ma into the tent. He didn't care about shaking off the sand all over his body, and strode to the edge of the map.
"Tell me carefully, where were the traces of the Yuan army found?"
"In the north of the desert, there is a place called 'Ulan Tolgoi' by the locals..."
Li Zengbo moved his fingers gently on the map, trying hard to look at the places in the north of the desert that were not marked on the map, as if he was desperately trying to see the sand, forests, and roads hidden in the paper.
Listening to Tan Ma's description, he slowly figured out where Ulan Tolgoi was and wrote down the name of the place.
"How long has it been since the Yuan army passed?"
"It's been a few days."
"..."
"They set out from the Hetao. Instead of taking back Xingqing Mansion, they headed west. Where are they going?"
Yang Ben stepped forward, and at a point in Jiuyuan City, he pulled his finger straight to the west and said, "There is no need to take a detour. Can the Yuan army reach the Western Regions directly?"
Li Zengbo frowned, called a messenger, and said: "Report to King Qin quickly."
"yes!"
Li Zengbo waved away the others in the tent, leaving only Yang Ben, and sighed: "This is for the King of Qin..."
"Their news may not be that fast. Or maybe they don't know that we have captured Xingqing Mansion, and they want to bypass the desert, attack the Hexi Corridor, and relieve the siege of Xingqing Mansion?"
"No, we are going to the Western Regions. You can't use our idea of attacking cities and plundering land on the Mongols. They don't care so much about the gains and losses of a city or a land. I'm afraid they care more about this being a good opportunity to surround the King of Qin.
.”
"Then shall we catch up?"
"It's too late, we're not familiar with the road, and we don't have enough luggage. How can we dare to pursue him so easily?"
There was a look of worry in Li Zengbo's eyes, and he took out Li Xia's letter again and read it.
From Gaochang to Xingqing Prefecture, it would take a business traveler a month, but if you hurry up and send the message quickly, you can get there in ten days.
The letter in Li Zengbo's hand was delivered to him by Li Xia ten days ago. The letter expressed the hope that if Li Zengbo captured Xingqing Mansion, he could send a small force to intimidate the Western Regions and facilitate the Kuriltai Conference he was about to convene.
If everything goes well, counting the time, the conference should be completed by now.
But if something goes wrong...
"Send a small group of scouting horses to follow the Yuan army north of the desert to find out their tracks."
Li Zengbo thought about it and gave the order.
"Mobilize all the troops in Suzhou and go out to Yumen Pass to meet the King of Qin. Yang Ben, you will lead the troops to supplement the defense of Suzhou and be ready to go out to meet him at any time."
"yes!"
Yang Ben turned around and was about to leave, but he heard Li Zengbo muttering to himself: "Besieging Wei to save Zhao, I should attack Hetao."
"Commander? After the battle in Xingqing Mansion, the soldiers were exhausted, and the autumn harvest..."
"I know."
"The king did not order the capture of Hetao."
"I am Ningxia's pacification envoy, and I have the authority to act according to the situation in times of crisis."
Li Zengbo closed his eyes, waved his hand, and said: "Go and do your duty."
"Yes, please take care, Commander..."
Here, Yang Ben led his troops to Suzhou overnight, and at the same time, there were already people rushing towards the Hexi Corridor.
If they go to Gaochang, the Yuan army's march route is closer, going directly to the north of the Tengger Desert. However, these Xinma have to bypass the entire desert.
Fortunately, there were many inns set up along the way, allowing them to change horses along the way.
Go south along the Yellow River, pass through the Helan Mountains, turn southwest, pass through the Hexi Corridor... Arrive at Yumen Pass, where the captain of the Military Intelligence Department received the letter and sent it to Gaochang.
They were all just nameless people in troubled times, busy running around and spending the Mid-Autumn Festival on the road without being able to see their loved ones.
I couldn't even eat a piece of mooncake.
On August 17, the Colonel of the Military Intelligence Department who was delivering the letter was blocked south of Gaochang City.
Because a Yuan army is stationed east of Gaochang City...
~~
In the large tent of the Yuan army, Tan Ma was kneeling in front of the commander, reporting various battle reports in the Western Regions.
"King Tuohu... we got it back."
A human head that had been pickled with lime but was still half rotten was brought into the big tent, and a foul stench filled the air.
"The sharp archers in the army broke the rope above. We risked the arrows and lost them. Eleven of us died. Fortunately, the Gaochang defenders did not pursue us..."
Tuohu did not dislike the bad smell, and looked closely at the hairstyle on the head, and looked into the eyes of the deceased for a long time.
"Hedan?"
"This is King Hedan..."
"I don't need you to tell me!"
A Tanma who had just entered the tent was startled and quickly knelt on the ground.
"Have you contacted Yelu Zhu?" Tuohu turned around and asked.
"Prime Minister Yelu seems to have died in battle."
"What?" Tuohu was stunned.
It's not that he was behind on the news. He received Yelvzhu's urgent message and rushed from Jiuyuan City, which can be said to be extremely fast.
If it were the Song court, even if they received the news at this time, they would still be arguing in the court, and it would be impossible for the garrison troops to act without authorization.
Mongolians are not so rigid.
Tuohu was originally ordered to support Xingqing Mansion, but when he was halfway there, he heard that Xingqing Mansion had been lost.
He collected the defeated troops and received a message from Yelu Zhu, saying that a hundred thousand troops were surrounding Li Xia, but He Dan was dead and there was no clan king who could restrain the kings. Please Tuohu "Obide by authority in urgent matters.
A missed opportunity."
Tuohu thought about it, he was the sect king who could suppress an army of 100,000 people. He could easily kill Li Xia and achieve great success by rushing over, and he would not have to explain to Kublai Khan why he failed to support Xingqing Mansion in time.
As a result, after marching two thousand miles, this news came?
"..."
"Where are the 100,000 soldiers and horses brought by Brother Ali?"
"It seems... they were all defeated by Li Xia..."
For a long time, Tuohu still couldn't accept the news.
A series of complicated information caught him off guard, so he had no choice but to rub his hands to warm them up, bury his face in his palms, and use the smell of cow shit in his palms to ease his surprise.
After calming down, let people continue to inquire.
In the next two days, Rang Tuo suddenly had the same feeling as when he heard the story told by Semu before. Whatever God wants to have light, there will be light in the world.
Now it was Li Xia who said he would defeat a hundred thousand army, and the hundred thousand army was defeated...
"Prince Zong, we have found out."
"explain."
Tuohu wanted to know where Li Xia was, how many troops he had left, and to see if there was still a chance to kill Li Xia.
However, hearing it is an even more ridiculous thing.
"..."
"Khuriltai Conference?"
"Yes, those present at the meeting include Haidu, the direct grandson of Ogedai Khan; Ketun Ulu Hunai and Mubalasa Khan of the Chagatai Khanate; Andiwan, the son of Batu Khan; Shiliji, the son of Mengge Khan.
…”
The list is very long, and it took a long time to report to the horse. It is not much better than the Khuliltai Conference held by Ali Buge.
Tuohu straightened his body and asked, "Is this Huliletai still going on?"
If so, then he came at the right time.
There must be a crack between these people, and it is impossible for Li Xia to hide in the Western Regions for a long time. Then as long as he continues to surround Gaochang, everything will turn around. It can be said that it is fortunate that he is here.
However,
"No, it's over. They supported Xiliji as the Great Khan and stationed at Liupan Mountain. And...Haidu, Uluru Hunai, and Li Xia made blood allies and threatened to work together to fight against the Great Khan..."
"it's over?"
Tuo suddenly opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment.
"Haidu told everyone in front of everyone that his attitude towards doing things, killing gods when gods block him, and Buddha when he blocks Buddhas, will definitely kill him back to Hala and Forest, and punish...punish those who betrayed the Golden Family..."
Tan Ma hesitated mid-sentence and couldn't continue.
This is a declaration of war and an open rebellion in Haidu.
Tuohu, who arrived a little late, didn't even understand the cause and effect of the matter, but the news had already hit him.
Just in the Western Regions, after a Kuriltai Conference, a newly born alliance actually declared war on his great Khan...