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Chapter 451 Captive
A five-foot road meanders south, and more than four hundred Qingfu troops march slowly.

The terrain in front gradually flattened, and the field of vision gradually widened. Finally, the most open valley in the hinterland of Wumeng Mountain, where Shu, Yunnan and Guizhou meet, was formed.

"Good! Good!"

Riding on the horse, Yang Guo couldn't help but sighed, and turned to Wu Ang, who was riding beside him, and said, "The mountains and rivers are full of doubts, and there is another village."

Wu Ang said with a smile: "How does Yang Gong agree with this place?"

"It is adjacent to Jinjiangsha in the west, Guizhou in the east, Sichuan and Shu in the north, and Dali in the south. The mountains are so high that they are easy to defend but difficult to attack."

At the end of Yang Guo's words, he said with emotion: "The key to Southern Yunnan is the key to Western Sichuan."

Wu Ang was born as a team leader, and he has never read the book, but he has heard a lot of words in Fang Yan's regular script.Make an effort to speak politely.

"Li Zhizhou said to set up a mansion in Zhaotong, and then open up Chengdu. In this way, Lingguan Road and Wuchi Road can form a... ring."

"What Feiyu said was 'closed loop', the wording is exquisite."

"Yes." Wu Ang added another touch of awe.

In fact, Yang Guo's face was very tired, and he couldn't bear the long-distance journey in such hot weather.

But he was still very excited, citing classics and talking eloquently.

"In ancient times, this place was the Yelang Kingdom. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty opened the old city of Shu and set it up in Zhuti County. From the Han to the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Zhu Ti's people were studious and talented, and they were the crown of Ningzhou. The style of writing is rich, not inferior to the Central Plains... ...Alas, now, it has turned into a land of black barbarians, so desolate."

At the end of the conversation, Yang Guo couldn't help sighing: "The land of China is falling apart, what a pity."

Wu Ang was deeply touched, and wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to say it, so he could only say: "No wonder Li Zhizhou wants to build a city here."

"That's right." Yang Guo nodded, and said, "Zhaotong, it is true that Zhaotong City should be built, to reveal the darkness of the past, and to connect to the blockage of the past."

"Good name, no wonder Zhizhou is so named."

Wu Ang plans to study more in the future.

He used to be in the county, watching Jiang Chun and Fang Yankai's actions, and thought that studying was for becoming an official; now that he has done many things with Li Xia and traveled a long way, he knows that he can know why and how many things are done by studying. Do.

After walking forward for a long time, Wu Ang raised his hand and said, "Please look, Mr. Yang, that is the site of Zhaotong City."

"where?"

"That's right up ahead."

Yang Guo looked around and saw a post house standing beside the road in the wilderness, surrounded by only a market.

Other than that, it's empty.

He froze for a moment, then asked in surprise, "This place... is Zhaotong City?"

"Exactly."

Yang Guo opened his mouth, forgot to urge the horse again, and looked around.

The mountains are high and the valleys are wide, and the world is quiet.

The old man on the horse looked a little dazed.

After a long time, Yang Guo smiled wryly.

"Six hundred miles of mountains and rivers, no wonder you said that the old man knows it at a glance..."

~~
"Feiyu said that he has occupied the mountains and rivers six hundred miles to the southwest, sent troops out of Dali, and transported food and grass from Lingguan Road...Is it all false?"

After finishing speaking, Pu Wei pointed at Li Xia's desk, sighed helplessly, and said, "The grain and grass haven't come yet."

"The six-hundred-mile mountains and rivers are real." Li Xia said, "But the transportation of food is fake."

"fake."

"Huh?" Li Xia asked suspiciously, "Do you think it's true? From the very beginning, I told you to release 'fake news'."

Pu Wei said: "I thought the fake news was used to lure the enemy to destroy them, but there must be food and grass, whether it is through the Minjiang River or the Lingguan Road, Chengdu will soon run out of food."

"We are not so rich." Li Xia waved his hand and said, "Very poor."

There was a map in front of him, but the numbers on it were not the strength of the troops, but a series of numbers.

It is true that the power has expanded, but the money and food needed in various places are also amazing.

To build the two cities of Weining and Zhaotong, it is far from enough to rely on the income of Qingfu County and the income from the tea-horse trade.

Some time ago, I did steal a lot of money and food in Syria, part of it was filled in Zhaotong, and the other part was used to supply the military supplies for the attack on Chengdu...it was used up as soon as I got it.

"There will be no food and grass from Xuzhou." Li Xia said: "Next, we have to do it ourselves to have enough food and clothing."

Pu Wei smiled wryly, and glanced at the map, unable to understand the strange symbols on it.

But he already had a general understanding of Li Xia's current sphere of influence, and understood that Li Xia was counting where he could adjust food in the entire sphere of influence...but he didn't.

"When the horse meat is finished, we will run out of food." Pu Wei said, "Fortunately, Liu Heima was defeated. Otherwise, we will be the ones who will be defeated."

"Currently opening up wasteland, will there be food and grass until winter at the earliest?"

"It's hard, let's force it." Pu Wei said, "What should I do now?"

Li Xia said: "There is no food from the south, but there may be food from the north."

"Can Feiyu still go and grab Lizhou?"

"I'm still thinking about it." Li Xia pondered.

He is obviously still planning and has not come to a conclusion yet.

The Mongolian army occupies all parts of eastern Sichuan. It is obviously unrealistic to rob Lizhou at this time. What we have to face is Lizhai, Jianmenguan City.

When news of Liu Heima's defeat spreads, Brother Meng may send troops, but he can easily annihilate Li Xia.Because, after Li Xia defeated Niu Lin and Liu Heima, he was already at the end of his battle.

Only after Meng Ge died can he counterattack Hanzhong.

There is no sign yet.

Li Xia has sent sentry horses to various places to inquire about information, and at the same time sent a letter to Xuzhou, hoping to get news from Chongqing.

For the first time, he cursed in his heart, hoping that Meng Ge would die soon.

There is still faint worry, but it can be restrained...

Pu Wei finished talking about the most important military supplies, seeing that Li Xia was already thinking about it, so he didn't say much about it.

He sat down in the living room, heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "I've been busy for a few days, and I'm finally done with all the matters after the war. Can you and I talk about some private matters?"

"it is good."

"My father has surrendered, the court... I'm fine, but I'm afraid that my uncle will not be tolerated by the court and the public."

"I know." Li Xia looked at Pu Wei, pondered for a moment, seemed to have reserved some words, and said calmly: "I'm here to protect Pu Shuai and you, can you trust me?"

Pu Wei was silent for a while, thinking of Li Xia's complete trust in him, so he nodded and said, "Trust."

"That's it. I'd like to hire you as the curtain, okay?"

"I can't wish for it. It's just...you said that after defeating Liu Heima, what will we talk about?"

The two looked at each other for a moment, and Li Xia smiled.

"Since you trust me, you will gradually understand."

Pu Wei also smiled, but didn't ask any more questions, and said bluntly: "So, my future life and the safety of my uncle will be entrusted to Feiyu."

"As I said, you only need to protect your home and country, and you don't have to worry about it anymore."

Pu Wei nodded, the smile on his face gradually froze, and said: "There is one more thing, although my father is treasonous, but he... how to say it..."

He thought about it, a little hard to say.

At that time, Li Xia and Pu Wei agreed to feign surrender. Pu Wei believed that the righteousness of the family and the country was important, so he did not refuse.But it is inevitable that Pu Yuangui will be involved.

He thinks that the false surrender is a secret matter, only Liu's father and son will know about it, and then they can capture and kill them all.

As a result, Liu Yuanzhen, Liu Yuanli and Jia Hou had all been captured, but Liu Heima escaped.

Pu Wei was afraid that Liu Heima would turn his anger on the Pu family after he returned.

Although he hadn't finished speaking, Li Xia already understood what he meant. After thinking about it, he said, "If you are worried... maybe we can try to contact Pu Yuangui."

"what?"

Pu Wei was a little surprised, he hadn't thought about it that way.

Li Xia murmured: "Get in touch with Pu Yuangui...it would be nice to get news from Brother Meng..."

"Do you really want to persuade my father anyway?"

"It may not be anyway, but I need information channels." Li Xia tapped the table with her fingertips, her eyes became more pensive, and said softly: "How to do it... What bargaining chip..."

Obviously, even if the Battle of Chengdu was won, Pu Yuangui, who surrendered to Mongolia, would not have much leverage to pass on information secretly.

Now that the family has surrendered, they have weighed the pros and cons and made a choice... and it's not just Pu Wei's son...

With a "da", Li Xia's fingers stopped on the table and murmured, "Son?"

"What did Feiyu say?"

"After capturing Liu Yuanzhen, did you go to see him?" Li Xia asked.

Pu Wei shook his head and said: "Never. Although he was a prisoner, he treated me politely. Now that he is a prisoner, there is no need to humiliate him."

"You can go and meet him." Li Xia said, "He is quite interesting."

Pu Wei didn't understand yet, Li Xia had already got up and left for the prison camp...

~~
The city walls of Chengdu are no longer built.

Li Xia's defense strategy is obviously different from that of any Song general. If there is another large Mongolian army attacking, he plans to retreat directly.

But he thought that before Mengge got the news and sent troops over, Mengge would die directly.Therefore, let the soldiers start building houses and reclaiming fields for rest and recuperation.

There was a busy scene everywhere, and the soldiers of the Song Dynasty drove the captives and started building.

On the city wall, Liu Jinsuo was standing shirtless and yelling. Seeing Li Xia coming this way, he ran down in a hurry.

"Alang!"

"Is Yang Ben back?" Li Xia asked.

Yesterday, a sentry horse found Liu Heima's whereabouts in Pengzu Mountain, and Yang Ben led his troops to chase after him.

Liu Jinsuo shook his head and said, "Not yet, Liu Heima is hard to catch, I guess Yang Ben can't catch it."

In the past two days, he wanted to show off his intelligence from time to time.

Li Xia didn't bother to pay attention, and asked again: "Where is Liu Yuanzhen locked up? Take me to see him..."

"Yes!"

Liu Jinsuo led Li Xia all the way, but got off a underground kiln.

"Look, Ah Lang, we have captured too many captives, and we can't hold them anymore. Too many houses in this city have been destroyed again, but the underground kiln can't be destroyed. I will lock up these captive leaders in the ground." Bottom. If you're tied tightly, you won't be able to escape..."

The torch moved over and shone on Liu Yuanzhen's body. Indeed, he was bound extremely firmly. There was no movement anywhere on his body, and even his mouth was gagged.

"It's not necessary to be tied so tightly." Li Xia said to himself, stepped forward, and untied the cloth from Liu Yuanzhen's mouth.

"Huh...huh...Li Feiyu, if you were in a different place, I would never treat you like this...Even if you were captured and driven away..."

Liu Yuanzhen was gasping for breath, shaking his head, but he was still able to speak in a reprimanding tone, with good sense of proportion.

"Really? You want me to brand you like an animal?" Li Xia said.

"That was in the past. Now under the rule of the Marquis of the Northland, it is different, different." Liu Yuanzhen always tried his best to control the leading position when speaking. After a topic, he immediately said: "Let me guess, you want to recruit me?"

"wrong."

"Could it be that the news of Chongqing's fall came so quickly?"

"No."

"Oh? It seems that you are trying to use me..." Liu Yuanzhen frowned and thought about it, and said one sentence at a time: "My father counterattacked?"

He observed Li Xia's expression, and without waiting for a reply, he said again: "You want me to cheat you to open the Jianmen Gate? No, you can't trust me... Oh, you want to contact Pu Yuangui?"

Li Xia frowned.

Liu Yuanzhen's reaction was too fast, somewhat beyond his expectation...

He suddenly turned around and walked out.

"What does Feiyu mean?!" Liu Yuanzhen called out loudly, "You and I can talk."

Li Xia ignored him, and said to Liu Jinsuo: "This prisoner is self-righteous and needs labor. Bring him to see me after he has no strength to speak."

"Yes!" Liu Jinsuo answered with clasped fists, turned to look at Liu Yuanzhen, laughed "ha", and asked, "You think you're smart?"

"Don't dare." Liu Yuanzhen was still laughing, "Slightly smarter than Your Excellency."

"Hey, let's wait and see..."

(End of this chapter)