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Chapter 1260 Bullying
The third day of June.

The weather is getting hot quickly.

After Lu Wenhuan captured Songzhou, his soldiers and horses went up the Yishui River and reached the city of Luoyang.

When he raised the binoculars and saw the dragon flag waving, he couldn't help being very surprised.

"How? Why is Li Xia here?"

Not only Lu Wenhuan was in shock, but even Weng Yinglong and Huang Gongshao looked at each other in blank dismay.

They couldn't help but have a doubt in their hearts - could it be that Li Xia has already broken through Yanjing?After all, Kublai Khan was a Mongol, and it was possible to retreat directly across Yanshan Mountain and return to the grassland.

Thinking of this, they shook their heads one after another, unwilling to raise others' ambitions and destroy their own prestige.

"The more likely scenario is that Li Ni learned that we were going to attack Luoyang, but he couldn't spare any troops, so he had to defend it himself."

Having said that, the reason why they sent troops here excitedly was that they thought that the main force of the Tang army had gone north and could take advantage of it. Now that the dragon flag is erected, it is inevitable that they will feel like they are being waited on by others, and they feel a little uneasy in their hearts.

Of course, having already marched here, Lu Wenhuan still set up a battle to attack the city without being frightened back by Li Xia with a single flag.

It was just after arriving at the city that day, and the first was a tentative attack. It was found that there were two cannons at the head of Luoyang City, which directly severely damaged Lu Wenhuan's vanguard soldiers. The thunderous roar cast a shadow on the Song army.

Song Jun began to manufacture siege equipment.

As the battle unfolded slowly, Lu Wenhuan couldn't help regretting that he hadn't sent troops earlier after listening to Wang Zhuo's words of encouragement.

At this moment, he has not received any news from Zhengzhou, thinking that Boyan will occupy Zhengzhou to resist Zhang Jue who hastily returned to his teacher.

However, the news that caught him off guard still arrived.

First, the messenger from Nanyang rushed into the camp in panic.

"Marshal, it's not good! Yuan army... Yuan army has reached Nanyang!"

"What did you say?" Lu Wenhuan couldn't react when he heard it. First, he turned his head to look at Huang Gongshao, and said, "I have already dispatched troops. Why did Boyan attack Song? Is he crazy?"

Huang Gongshao also stared wide-eyed, not knowing why.

Fortunately, only half a day later, another messenger arrived on a flying horse and hurriedly said: "Commander, the Yuan army was defeated by the Tang army, and they want to take advantage of Nanyang to rest temporarily... This is a letter from the major general to the commander. Boyan's letter to the Marshal."

Lu Wenhuan accepted the letter expressionlessly.

Weng Yinglong stared blankly at this scene, and murmured: "Tang Jun, are you so strong?"

"It's not that Tang Jun is strong, it's that Boyan's fighting spirit is not firm, and he expects us to fight Tang Jun first and hurt both." Lu Wenhuan said lightly, with the intention of blaming Weng Yinglong in his tone.

He wrote back letters to Lu Shikui and Boyan respectively, recruited messengers, and ordered: "Go and tell Boyan that Li Xia is in Luoyang City, and ask him to raise troops to encircle and suppress him; then tell Shikui, don't let Boyan Yan into the city."

When the messenger left in a hurry, Lu Wenhuan covered his forehead with his hands, sat down tiredly and listened to the shouts of killing from the siege in the distance, and then ordered: "It's getting late, withdraw the troops today."

"Yes."

At this time, there was still an hour or two before dark. Although it was a bit early to withdraw troops, the generals of the Song Army needed to digest the bad news.

I thought that there would be no more incidents on this day, but before the sound of gold ringing, a scout from the east galloped back to the camp and reported even worse news to Lu Wenhuan.

"Marshal, Tang Jun was found near Wan'an Mountain in the east. It looks like the banner is Zhang Jue's department..."

"Zhang Jue?!"

Lu Wenhuan suddenly stood up and said, "Didn't he go after Boyan? Why did he appear in Luoyang?!"

No one in the account could give him an answer.

He originally thought that Li Xia and Zhang Jue would believe him if he promised Wang Xiao that he would not send troops.Then, Zhang Jue should not go back to defend Luoyang, but should hunt and kill Boyan.

After all, during the first battle in Zhengzhou, Zhang Jue shouldn't have known that Lu Wenhuan had decided to go to war with the Tang army.

At this moment, Lu Wenhuan felt that all his thoughts were being seen through.

It was as if his every move had been predicted.

"Li Xia?" He said to himself: "Why did Li Xia expect this? Is there any secret work by him in our army?"

~~
On the sand table, a small flag was planted outside Luoyang city.

"It's a coincidence that you came back. Look, you have formed a pincer attack on Lu Wenhuan."

Zhang Jue, who had just rushed into the city to meet him, responded, "I was planning to pursue Boyan, but it happened that His Majesty asked Lin Zi to come to summon him. I didn't expect Lu Wenhuan to really dare to come."

"The family is like that. They care about the private affairs of the family. Naturally, they are vacillating. The wind blows both sides." Li Xia nodded the small Lu flag on the sand table, and said: "Whether Lu Wenhuan comes or not, I will It was aimed at him. Once the center of the chessboard is stabilized, the whole situation will be stabilized."

"Do you want to recruit Lu Wenhuan?"

"It's not yet time." Li Xia thought about it, and said, "These high-ranking officials of the Song Dynasty are used to living a good life, and they won't surrender easily if they don't let him suffer a little bit. Even if they are willing to surrender, there are many conditions. I still have to beat him until he gets scared and begs for mercy."

"Yes, I'm going to prepare for the battle now."

Li Xia patted Zhang Jue on the shoulder, and wanted to say a few words of encouragement, such as recovering the Central Plains soon.But when it came to his lips, he didn't say it.

"Go."

Having known each other for many years, Zhang Jue understood Li Xia's meaning, bowed his hands solemnly, turned and went out.

Li Xia stood in front of the sand table and continued to watch for a while.

"Your Majesty, Wang Yinglin is asking to see you."

"Call."

Not long after, Wang Yinglin went to the hall, first glanced at the sand table in the hall, and saluted: "Master Wang's Northern Expedition should have expelled the Hulu and regained the Central Plains in one fell swoop. I didn't want to, but encountered Song Ting's constraints, so that the royal driver moved from Hebei to Luoyang. , is really detestable."

"Yes." Li Xia nodded, "Song Jun seems to be making a fuss, but if one is not guarded, it may still affect the overall situation."

"I am bold, and I have a word to remonstrate with Your Majesty."

"Wang Qing, but it doesn't matter."

"I think the Lu family has become a vassal town. If you recruit them, you will lose your tail, and if you fight, you will only increase casualties. Instead of recruiting the Lu family, it is better to recruit Jia Sidao..."

When Wang Yinglin said this, I thought Li Xia would be very surprised.

But when he looked up, he found that Li Xia's face was calm, as if he had expected it.

Wang Yinglin then continued: "From ordinary people's point of view, Jia Sidao Pingzhang Song State's military affairs are important, one person is less than ten thousand people, there is no possibility of rebellion against Song Dynasty. In fact, he is just exercising power on behalf of the Song Emperor. I have a way. Perhaps Jia Sidao can be forced to surrender."

Li Xia asked, "Did you meet him when you were in Jiangling?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Yinglin said, "I told him about the secret case in the palace."

"He doesn't believe it?"

"He doesn't believe it. It's foolish to scold the minister. But what others say about this matter doesn't count, only what one person says counts."

Li Xia said: "I'm afraid that what anyone says doesn't count, no matter how Zhao Yu's position is wrong, Lin'an won't believe it."

"My minister's method is not this. I dare to ask your majesty to accept Zhao's widowed daughter as a concubine. In this way, if Jia Sidao does not oppose the Song Dynasty, Lin'an will force him to oppose the Song Dynasty..."

~~
late at night.

Li Xia was alone in the hall while fiddling with the sand table while thinking. When he heard the sound of a watch, he was about to leave when he saw someone making trouble outside.

It was Zhao Jin who was arguing with the guards.

"Your Majesty, she insists on breaking in..."

"Let her in."

Only then did Zhao Jin step over the threshold and enter the hall. In the candlelight, her eyes were red, as if she had cried.

After entering, she didn't speak, but walked up to Li Xia and stood for a while and asked, "What are you thinking?"

Li Xia then looked at the sand table and said: "Lv Wenhuan has a large army, Zhang Jue can repel him, but he cannot destroy him." Li Xia said: "I was thinking, how to restrain him."

Zhao Jin didn't expect that he would really tell her, and was a little dazed.

She thought for a while and asked, "Then... what can I do for you?"

"Why help?"

"You've always been nice to me."

Li Xia said: "Have you considered it?"

"Winner and loser, you want to accept me, can I still refuse?"

"Yes. I just let you think about it, I didn't force you."

Zhao Jin was taken aback for a moment, then pursed his lips and said, "You bully people!"

"You Zhao have also bullied many people."

"The Zhao family is the Zhao family, but who am I bullying?" Zhao Jin said, "Didn't you say so? Let me live for myself, and I don't have to bear the responsibility of the Zhao family."

"I said so?"

"You did!"

Li Xia was silent for a while, and said: "If you don't agree, forget it, it's just a question."

Zhao Jin also fell silent, and stood there with his head down, not speaking.

"Really, I won't force you, go."

Zhao Jin turned around and took two steps before stopping.

She looked back at Li Xia, but her face was full of tears.

Li Xia looked at it and couldn't help sighing.

"What are you crying for?"

"You bully me." Zhao Jin burst into tears, "You know that I can't refuse, there is still a choice for a subjugated princess who destroys her family and country...you know...so you don't even want to coax me, Just ask directly, you are obviously very good at coaxing people..."

The loud sound of her crying has spread outside, making the scene a bit embarrassing.

"You are very good at coaxing Yan Rong, and Qiaoer and the others... But you just don't want to put your mind to me... You just need to speak nicely when you are in the carriage... You clearly know what I am thinking... You bully me people!"

(End of this chapter)