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Chapter 1226
Another New Year's Eve has passed.

This year is the Year of the Wuchen Dragon, and there are still three reign titles in the world, the fifth year from Dayuan to Yuan Dynasty, the ninth year from Song Xianding, and the fourth year from Tang Jiantong.

The war has not stopped yet, but it seems to be faintly coming to an end.

It's like when a few men are exhausted from fighting, they may have to stop and rest. Maybe one of them can grit his teeth and finish the opponent first on the verge of exhaustion.

……

The sixth day of the first month.

At dawn, Zhang Hongdao, Dong Wenyong, Wang Su, Wang Yun and others rushed outside Li Xia's big tent again.

"Is His Majesty there?"

Zhang Hongdao hurried over, his tone a bit hasty.

The guard outside the tent replied: "Your Majesty is meeting Guo Xianggong."

"I'm seeing Mr. Guo again."

Zhang Hongdao muttered in a low voice, seeing that the guard didn't stop him, he still strode in.

In the tent, Guo Shoujing saw that the carpet had been lifted, and Li Xia used his sword to dig out some soil on the ground. Guo Shoujing was explaining something with the soil in his hands.

"As soon as the snow melts, we have to dig a canal in the ground, otherwise it will be prone to waterlogging..."

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Hongdao stepped forward and clasped his fists, saying: "The Yuan army has counterattacked Baoding, today..."

Li Xia raised his hand, and said to Guo Shoujing first, "Go and do it."

"The minister leads the order."

After Guo Shoujing withdrew from the big tent first, Dong Wenyong stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty has been interviewing Ruosi for the past few days, and the question is about farming, right?"

"Yes, Dong Qing also has a good opinion?"

"Targeting is a good thing. I just have doubts. Now I am starting to farm in the north. One is that the water will not quench my thirst, and the other is that there is a risk of being ruined by the Yuan army."

"You don't think it's appropriate?" Li Xia said: "Now that the seeds have been sown, at least we can look forward to the summer and autumn harvests."

"I don't object to this matter, I'm just worried that the military rations in March and April are not enough, how can I wait until July and August?"

Li Xia smiled and said, "We'll have to figure out how to deal with the military rations. I'll just say one thing first. If you were Kublai Khan, how would you feel when you see Tang Jun's harvest in May and June? Can you be anxious?"

"Your Majesty is wise."

Dong Wenyong had no objection to farming at all, but felt that other matters were more urgent.Just a reminder, and soon turned to look at Zhang Hongdao.

Zhang Hongdao immediately took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Li Xia.

"Your Majesty, this is the arrow letter that was shot into the army today. There are hundreds of letters."

The letter was written in Chinese, Li Xia only read a few sentences, and then turned his eyes to the place where the signature was signed.

It was signed by Zhang Rou, and it was stamped with the great seal of Cai Guogong, the great Yuan.

As for the content of the letter, in Zhang Rou's tone, he reprimanded Zhang Hongdao for his disloyalty and disobedience, and said that he had led a large army to recover Baozhou, asking the soldiers and people of Baozhou to return to Dayuan after they lost their way.

"Your Majesty, this must be a trick of the Yuan army. This letter is definitely not written by my father."

"I know."

Li Xia also understood that the Yuan general on the opposite side obviously knew that it would not be so simple to take back Baozhou.

~~
"According to the information obtained by Tanma, this Yuan army has arrived in Baigou. There are more than [-] people. Although Zhang Rou's banner is flying, the actual commander is Au Luchi."

"The generals may not have heard of the name Oruchi, but his status in the Mongolian army is not low."

At the military meeting, Lin Zi came out, looked around at everyone, and began to speak.

"Oluchi's grandfather was the pioneer of Temujin's front, and Oruchi's father took over the provincial Mongolian army Wanhu after the death of Muhuali, leading Wulu, Mangwu, Qilie, Hongjila, Zara Wait for the five Mongolian armies. You know, these five are the most valiant tribes in the Mongolian army."

Lin Zi said this, turned to Li Xia, and said, "Your Majesty, speaking of it, he still has revenge against His Majesty for killing his father."

"is it?"

"Oluchi's father once accompanied Meng Ge to conquer Shu and died in the battle of Diaoyu City."

"I don't remember." Li Xia said, "I've never heard of it."

"Yes." Lin Zi turned to the generals again, and said, "In short, although this person is not well-known, he is the Marshal of the Fifty Thousand Households."

Some of the generals sneered and said in a low voice, "There are more ten thousand households in Mongolia than the hairs of an ox."

"..."

Li Xia listened to them discussing the military situation, finally looked at Zhang Hongdao, and asked, "You lead the cavalry north to meet and defeat the spirit of the Yuan army, are you confident?"

Zhang Hongdao hesitated and didn't answer right away.

Shi Gang then asked, "Your Majesty, why don't you defend the city?"

"If you don't keep it, it's Zhen's Northern Expedition, not Kublai Khan's Southern Expedition."

Shi Bang was taken aback for a moment, then silently backed away.

In fact, there are many reasons for Li Xia. For example, if the Yuan army sees the city guard as a sign of weakness, the Yuan army cavalry will gain confidence and harass them wantonly. Only by defeating the Yuan army a few times in the field can they be defeated Be honest; for example, Baozhou was attached to it, and if it was beaten to the city by the Yuan army in a blink of an eye, it would have a great impact on the morale of the people; for example, it would delay the matter of farming;

But no matter how many reasons there are, Li Xia doesn't need to talk to Shi Gang anyway, it's out of the question.

He looked at Zhang Hongdao again, and asked, "Are you confident?"

"Chen, I'm not afraid of facing Auruchi." Zhang Hongdao hesitated, and said slowly, "What I'm worried about is that he will use my father to disturb the minister..."

"Come here." Li Xia beckoned.

Zhang Hongdao stepped forward.

Li Xia said: "Kublai Khan could have killed the Zhang family directly, but he still used these tricks."

He raised the letter from Zhang Rou in his hand.

"It can be seen that Kublai Khan really wanted to regain Baozhou and appease the hearts of the Hanchens. But I have sent an envoy to tell him that many Mongolian clan relatives will be exchanged for the Zhang family. Do you understand? No matter how they threaten you at that time, you will You won’t really kill your father. On the contrary, as long as you defeat Oruchi and let Kublai Khan understand that it is impossible to take back Baozhou by force, he will agree to this exchange.”

"I understand." Zhang Hongdao felt relieved, and there was a firm brilliance in his eyes for an instant, and said: "I have the confidence to defeat Au Luchi."

"Okay, don't wait, don't hesitate. Now the Yuan army is still going south to test you, sneaky, mother-in-law, you go up to him, kill him directly, show your strength, and he will talk to you honestly."

"The minister will live up to His Majesty's high expectations."

~~
a few days later.

There has been a battle near Baigou.

And on the land from Yanjing to Baigou, there is still a large cavalry marching.

Namuhan, the young prince of Yuan Dynasty, rode his horse against the wind and snow, behind him was the warrior he brought from Mobei.

At the time of Hara and Lin, Namuhan was only in command, and the army was actually commanded by Brother Zongwang Yixiang.It is rare to return to Yanjing this time, and Kublai Khan agreed to hand over 3 people to his command.

Kublai Khan also issued a decree, ordering Oruchi, who was attacking Baozhou City, to join forces with Namuhan with [-] soldiers under his command.

In Namuhan's view, it was after the death and illness of the two older brothers, Zhenjin and Mangge, that Father Khan began to deliberately let him perform meritorious service and enhance his prestige as a preparation for the heir.

Along the way, there was confidence in his eyes.

Fifty thousand cavalry is enough to penetrate the land of the Central Plains and defeat the clumsy Han army.

He planned to outflank and destroy Li Xia's luggage first, and quickly withdraw from the battlefield before the main force of the Tang army turned back to attack, looking for the weak Tang army who was marching to carry out a sneak attack...

However, before that, he had to detain the Zhang family in exchange for those captured Mongolian clan honorables.

It doesn't matter, when he receives the person his father wants, he will directly order to kill all the Zhang family who just sent out and the Tang Jun who came to trade.

Simply and decisively, this is the reason why the Great Mongol Kingdom is strong.

"Father Khan listens too much to those Hanchens." Namuhan thought to himself.

Suddenly, there was a commotion ahead.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Mongolian cavalrymen have been found five miles to the south, and they are rushing towards us. They are soldiers and horses of Oruchi!"

"Is he here to pick me up?" Na Muhan turned to look at the guide and asked, "Is he here to pick me up so early?"

Before he could finish the question, another Tan Ma galloped over.

"My lord, Auru has been defeated and is being chased by the Tang army."

"What did you say? Lost? Catch up?"

……

Namuhan ordered the cavalry to turn around and attack the Tang army from the flank, and finally forced back Zhang Hongdao's troops who were chasing Auruchi endlessly.

The two Yuan armies joined forces in a panic and haste in the snowstorm.

After some tossing, it was already very late, and Oruchi's troops had lost their tents and some of the supplies accompanying the army, so Namuhan's soldiers had to divide some of the tents, and the army set up camp.

"Greetings to the king, thank you for leading the army to rescue."

"Don't be too polite, you can get up."

Namuhan is 26 years old this year, and Oruchi is 36 years old.

Oruchi, who was ten years older, seemed much calmer. Although he had just experienced a defeat, he did not feel frustrated at all. Standing in front of Namuhan, he maintained a calm and polite expression. look.

On the contrary, it was Namuhan, with annoyed expression on his brows, obviously dissatisfied with Oruch's defeat in the battle.

"Tell me, how did you lose with [-] elite cavalry and Zhang Rou?"

"My lord, I just marched to Baigou when I was attacked at night by the Tang army. The Tang army threw firearms and startled our horses. The warriors had to retreat to the north first."

"You were defeated so easily?"

"It was Zhang Hongdao who led the soldiers from Baozhou to attack. They are familiar with the terrain and they are all cavalry. They came very quickly. The warriors are not ready yet."

"Didn't you expect Tang Jun to attack at night?"

Olu Chidao: "I didn't expect Zhang Hongdao to fight like this. He knew that Zhang Rou and others were in my hands."

Na Muhan was displeased, he clenched his fist and let it go after a while.

"Did you kill Zhang Rou?"

"Not yet. A few days ago, I received the order from the Great Khan, ordering me to hand over Zhang Rou and others to the King."

"That's right, Father Khan asked you to follow my command in this battle."

Oruchi thought for a while, lowered his head, and replied, "I will definitely protect the king's safety."

Namuhan sneered slightly, as if he thought Oruchi was defeated.

But no matter what, this defeat still made him feel a little bit blocked.

"E Xiute, I thought I would do this in Baozhou City."

He whispered to himself, paced a few steps, and said, "Send someone to the Tang army and tell them that my father Khan agreed to exchange prisoners with them, and then you listen to my arrangement..."

~~
On the next day, Namuhan's messenger arrived in front of Zhang Hongdao.

Zhang Hongdao had heard what he said, and he couldn't help but feel nervous because it involved his own family, young and old.

But there was no trace on his face. He looked at the messenger with impatience in his eyes, as if he didn't really want to take back the Zhang family. After all, his wife and children had already left Beidi with him.

"Yes, but the location must be determined by me."

"I'm just a messenger, what I say doesn't count, I have to go back and ask the king."

"Then you tell him, it's in Baiyangdian in the east, if you don't agree..."

(End of this chapter)