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Chapter 659
July [-], Chang'an.

Shang Ting spread out the document and read it again.

The Xuanfu Department of Jingzhaofu was changed to "Shaanxi and Sichuan Xingzhongshu Province", Lian Xixian was promoted to be the right prime minister of Xingzhongshu Province, and Shang Ting was promoted to Xingzhongshu Province.

This is a good thing, and it is a great contribution to rewarding Lian Xixian and Shang Ting to pacify Guanlong.

Shang Ting is 51 years old and can be regarded as a famous minister; Lian Xixian is only 29 years old. Although he is the provincial prime minister, the province of the Mongolian Kingdom is larger than ordinary countries, so he can be called a solid prime minister.

It can be seen that the contribution to the pacification of Guanlong is great.

But Shang Ting's face was even more worried.

He has already sent the news of Wang Liangchen's defeat and the fall of Longxi to Kaiping.Then, before these bad news reached Kaiping, His Majesty had already issued an edict of rewards.

This is very fast, after all, the journey is far away, and even His Majesty is not in Kaiping now, and has gone north to face Brother Alibu.

As a result, the great victory was rewarded, and Longxi was occupied by Li Xia in a blink of an eye.
Shang Ting is very worried that it will affect the war on the East Road...

"Li Xia."

Muttering the name, Shang Ting took out another letter to read, although he had read it many times these days.

The letter was written by Zhang Wenqian.

After the news of Meng Ge's death came, Zhang Wenqian was the first to go to Henan and other places to investigate whether anyone had colluded with Li Xia.

It was also he who found out the truth about Li Xia's journey to the north.

——Wang Wentong, Li Fen's counselor, took advantage of the opportunity of the Jinlianchuan shogunate to plan secret affairs, and used Yang Guo to test Song Ting's reaction.

It was Zhang Wenqian who discovered the relationship between Zhang Rou and Li Xia, which led to Yao Shu's surrender.

Unexpectedly, when Li Xia went to Lin'an and then returned to Hanzhong, his momentum did not decrease but increased, and now he has captured Longxi.

Shang Ting came back to his senses at this time, and was surprised to find that such a person appeared in the south.

If the members of the Jinlianchuan shogunate realized it early, they should have had the opportunity to kill Li Xia...

Hao Jing, his disciple was killed, and his poems were inscribed on the wall in blood. He should have gone to investigate.But the Zhang family was secretive and did not tell him the truth in time.

Zhao Bi, who has been in Kaifeng for a while, should have noticed something wrong four years ago.But there is no way, four years ago Li Xia was nothing more than a nobody.

Zhang Wenqian should have paid more attention to finding out Li Xia's actions in Henan.But at that time, Zhang Wenqian already regarded Li Xia as very important, and successively sent letters to remind Yao Shu, Lian Xixian, and Shang Ting.

Yao Shu is busy with work, so he doesn't pay any attention to it after making arrangements.But it can be said that it is taken seriously enough, offering advice to ask Zhang Rou to marry her daughter Li Xia, and personally write a letter to surrender. It is also expected that if Li Xia does not surrender, she can still be killed by Zhao Song.

Lian Xixian, busy with quelling the Guanlong Rebellion, didn't notice that Li Xia designed Wang Liangchen.But as soon as he got the news, he was astonished by Li Xia as a man of heaven, and put all his energy into dealing with it, and finally went to Fengxiang mansion in person.

It was he, Shang Ting, who, as soon as he was reminded, immediately ordered "Strict Fuxin in the army to prevent treachery" to prevent Li Xia from sending agents to go north...

In retrospect, no one in the Jin Lianchuan shogunate made any omissions about Li Xia.

And since the death of Mengge Khan, the advisers who are in charge of the affairs of the family and the country have been wary of the young man who was only 20 years old.

The difference is that everyone is sneaking in to plan a move, but no one is doing their best to deal with Li Xia.

I only hope that this time, Lian Xixian can stabilize the situation in Guanlong...

"Shang Gong, Prime Minister Lian is back."

Shang Ting looked up and saw Lian Xixian rushing towards him.

"Shanfu is back?" Shang Ting said with a smile: "By the way, it's time to be called Lianxiang. I will pay homage to the prime minister when I'm less than thirty. Please read this official letter..."

Lian Xixian strode into the office, didn't look at the official document, and whispered something in Shang Ting's ear.

"Liu Yuanli made a surprise attack on Hanzhong, and the entire army was wiped out."

Shang Ting's face darkened, still calm, stopped Lian Xixian's words, and waved away the servants first.

"Although I didn't expect Li Xia to keep Liu Yuanli's 5000 people, but the situation..."

"The situation is very bad."

Although Lian Xixian didn't panic, he spoke quickly, saying: "Liu Heima has lost."

"Defeated? To whom? Are Liangzhou and the kings of the Western Regions supporting Brother Ali?!"

"It's Li Xia. He has sent troops out of the Weihe River."

Shang Ting was surprised and asked, "When did it happen?"

"Twelve days."

"Lianxiang...didn't you joke with me?"

"I also hope that I can still joke with Shanggong. The situation is far more serious than Shanggong thought. It is too serious."

"Fengxiang mansion is still there?"

At this time, Lian Xixian took over the official document in Shang Ting's hand and glanced at it. He was not surprised by the fact that he was honored as the right prime minister of the province. He frowned and said, "Fengxiang Mansion is still there."

"That is?"

Lian Xixian seemed a little unwilling to suspect the Marquis, but he didn't dare to procrastinate any longer, and finally said: "Tell Shang Gong about my guess, Liu Heima is probably... wanting to surrender Li Xia."

Shang Ting was stunned.

He took two steps back and stared carefully at Lian Xixian's face.

"Shanfu, you have always been safe, you should know about such important matters, and don't talk nonsense."

"Liu Heima is a self-preserving person who refuses to fight. I have seen it with my own eyes."

Shang Ting was stunned for a moment, and murmured: "The situation... has it reached this point?"

"I only hope that Liu Heima will not rebel, but he doesn't even..."

After Shang Ting was in a trance, he was jolted up and woke up.

He is too aware of the consequences of the [-] households who command the armies of Xijing, Hedong, and Shaanxi once they surrender to the enemy!

This is something that has never happened in Great Mongolia.

"Quickly dispatch troops to Henan, Shanxi, and Longbei for support..."

Shang Ting strode out.

"Businessman!"

Lian Xixian grabbed him and said: "There is such a big battle in the north, how can there be soldiers to transfer?! If Liu Heima really surrenders, Jingzhao Mansion will not be able to defend, and Guanzhong will not be able to defend."

"Then what else? If you can't keep it, you have to keep it."

Lian Xixian sighed, and said: "We should withdraw our soldiers, officials, scribes, and money from Jingzhao Mansion as soon as possible."

Shang Ting turned his head to look at Lian Xixian, but there was a trace of suspicion in his eyes.

The two are close, and Shang Ting is a deputy, so he has never looked at Lian Xixian in this way.

But even in panic, Shang Ting still kept a clear consciousness.

After all, the matter is of great importance, and he has to guard against it. What if the defector is Lian Xixian, who wants to cheat out of Guanzhong soldiers?

"Please Shang Gong trust me."

Lian Xixian saluted solemnly, recruited Wang Zhichen and several soldiers under his command, and explained some details of the battlefield.

At the end, Shang Ting asked again: "Don't try to guard the gate again?"

"Let's make preparations for evacuation first." Lian Xixian said, "If Liu Heima surrenders, you don't have to guard it."

Shang Ting said: "Not long ago, a batch of money and food was dispatched to the north. Now His Majesty is mobilizing a large army to suppress the rebellion. Don't lose Guanlong, an important land of wealth and endowment."

"That's why we don't need to fight with Li Xia. Otherwise, we won't be able to defend in the end, and the war in Guanzhong will continue. In the long run, it will be even more unfavorable." Lian Xixian stroked the beautiful beard on his lips, and said slowly : "Let's retreat first, take a step back when it is unfavorable, so as to preserve the strength to regain Guanzhong later."

"Is there a way to take back Guanzhong?"

Lian Xixian smiled wryly and nodded.

"Alright..."

In terms of strategy, Shang Ting may not lose to Lian Xixian, but he is not as familiar with the battle situation as Lian Xixian, so after asking carefully at this time, he agreed.

The two have worked together for many years and trust each other, and it took less than a moment to settle on such a major matter as giving up Guanzhong.

……

In Chang'an on this day, first of all, the famous Confucian scholars and students of Jingzhao Academy were safely escorted into the carriage, crossed the Yellow River east, and took refuge to Pingyang Mansion in Shanxi.

When Lian Xixian took office, the first thing he did was to ask Xu Heng to promote Jingzhaofu School.

When preparing to retreat to Guanzhong, the first thing to do was to move to Fufu School.

As he often said, "Educating talents is the fundamental strategy", "The country has risen in Shuomo today, if the scholars are not respected, Confucianism will die out."

The people of Song probably couldn't understand this thought.

Only these scholars in the north can feel the weakening of the cultural context and worry about "the rise of the country in Shuomo".

~~
On July 21, Tan Ma sent back news that the Song Army had entered Fengxiang Mansion.

"Liu Heima really surrendered."

"It's touching." Shang Ting sighed, "I think back to the time when Alan took the exam and sent you and me to prison, but he favored Liu Heima... He should have been more loyal."

"Shihou."

Lian Xixian only muttered two words, without further words.

They stood on the tower in the east of the city and looked out of the city, only to see that Wang Zhichen had led the garrison to gather.

"Please Shanggong to lead troops to garrison Tongguan, you must exchange the troops under Liu Heima's command with the Henan garrison, remember to remember."

"Where is Prime Minister Lian?"

"I will send the rest of the troops to Shanxi and Longbei." Lian Xixian said, "The four fortresses in Guanzhong. As long as the pass is still in our hands, even if Li Xia got Guanzhong, it means he didn't get it."

There is a deep thought in his eyebrows...

If the world is like chess, for this game, Li Xia prepared for half a year, first thinking about how to take each step, taking advantage of Lian Xixian's unpreparedness, preemptive strikes, and advancing step by step.

Lian Xixian knew that he had lost and could not win.

So he took the initiative to withdraw from Guanzhong, which is equivalent to giving up this game of chess that must be lost first.

Afterwards, while Li Xia was still finishing, he had already started planning how to proceed in the next round.

This means that the "event" has changed again.

"Then I should win the next game." Lian Xixian murmured to himself, his eyes brightened again.

In his mind, on the new chessboard, he has already made the first move.

~~
Mei County.

"It's too easy to take down the city of Mei." Li Xia rode on, looked up at the word "Mei" on the city gate, and shook his head.

"What is our Marshal Li worried about?"

Liu Yuanzhen called Li Xia recently, and every time he called each other "Our Marshal Li", there was a little banter in his tone.

He galloped on the horse, and then asked leisurely: "I'm worried that my plan will fail to kill Marshal Li."

Li Xia felt that Liu Yuanzhen was like a woman, who surrendered as soon as she surrendered, but pretended to be reserved, and insisted on showing a detached and indifferent look.

On the contrary, Liu Heima and Liu Yuanli were much more calm, and honestly worshiped Li Xia in front of the soldiers, doing whatever they wanted, because they had no entanglements.

At this time, Li Xia was too lazy to say anything more, and said lightly, "No. I was thinking, why didn't Lian Xixian take precautions?"

Liu Yuanzhen pondered slightly, and said: "Maybe you have withdrawn your troops back to Jingzhao Mansion?"

"We'll know when the scouts sent to Chang'an come back."

The two walked side by side, Liu Yuanzhen thought about it again, and smiled again: "Maybe Mr. Lian sees that our Marshal Li is a dragon and phoenix among people, and he also has the intention of joining us?"

Li Xia shook his head, and drove into Mei County calmly, with only a hundred guards behind him.

Because Liu Yuanzhen had already said that he controlled the city, Li Xia could trust him.

"No, he followed Kublai Khan for ten years, if he surrendered to me like this, his will would be too weak."

Liu Yuanzhen was slightly embarrassed.

The next moment, Li Xia said directly: "I'm not talking about you, I'm just thinking, is it possible for Lian Xixian to give up Guanzhong?"

"How can Guanzhong be so easily obtained? Who can easily give up Guanzhong..."

Liu Yuan shook his head, and was ready to talk and analyze the situation.

Li Xia raised his hand to interrupt him, and murmured: "If Lian Xixian detects that the Liu family has abandoned the dark and turned to the open, and deduces that he is unable to hold Guanzhong, then... voluntarily withdraw, but can take advantage of the time when the various messengers sent by Mr. Liu have not yet arrived. , and take away the soldiers and horses of the Liu family."

Liu Yuanzhen's expression changed upon hearing this.

He had never thought of this possibility before.

Subconsciously, he thought that Lian Xixian should stay at the gate.

Why?

This is a natural reaction.

Lian Xixian is not a cowardly person. Since he was appointed to promulgate and appease Shaanxi, he has the responsibility of guarding the land. How could he retreat so easily?
However, when Liu Yuanzhen thought about it carefully, he discovered that for Yu Lian Xixian, withdrawing from Guanzhong was indeed the best way.

Liu Heima sent out messengers yesterday to contact the old ministries in various states and counties, preparing to help Li Xia win Guanzhong in one fell swoop.

20 households have been marshals in Shaanxi for nearly [-] years. This prestige cannot be blocked by Lian Xixian.

If Lian Xixian brought these troops to Henan for reorganization...

"This... my troops..."

Liu Yuanzhen murmured, shook his head again and said, "It's unlikely."

"Why is it impossible?"

"No one dares to make this kind of decision. If Lian Xixian does this, he must have a very clear judgment on the situation, and he must be calm enough to get rid of all kinds of distracting thoughts. He must have the courage to abandon Guanzhong without authorization."

Liu Yuanzhen no longer calls him "Lian Gong", because this time Lian Xixian is going to harm his interests.

His tone became more and more determined, and finally said: "He won't."

"I thought he wouldn't." Li Xia said, "But, you told me, when the news of Brother Meng's death came, he dared not wait for Kublai Khan's order to summon him, and he took the initiative to kill Brother Alibu who was close to the army. General Meng, give the military talisman to Wang Liangchen, this man is extremely calm, courageous, and insightful."

Liu Yuanzhen opened his mouth, his face became more and more ugly.

Li Xia said again: "If I hadn't spread the news of Brother Meng's death to Liupan Mountain earlier, Lian Xixian would have dared to kill Alan Da'er and Liu Taiping, wouldn't he?"

"The strength of my Liu family..."

"Don't worry, he can't take away too much, at most he can only take away the garrison near Chang'an, and he won't dare to go to Shangzhou, it's too soon."

The reason why Li Xia didn't think about Lian Xixian's withdrawal from Guanzhong in advance was because it was too fast.

On the night of July 22th, he met with Liu Heima; on the [-]th, the two sides formally negotiated; on the [-]th, the Song Army began to enter Fengxiang; on the [-]th, they conquered Guanzhong; on the [-]nd, they captured Meicheng...

This is almost to the extreme.

If Lian Xixian can retreat before his army arrives, then his calmness, courage and insight are really amazing.

"Xuanfu Jingzhao at the age of 23?" Li Xia said to himself.

Liu Yuanzhen was taken aback when he heard this emotion.

He suddenly realized how far behind Li Xia and Lian Xixian were.

In the past, he used to call himself a handsome man, but today, listening to a few words and watching Li Xia and Lian Xixian's calculations, he has completely transcended his level.

"A 23-year-old Xuanfu Jingzhao, and a 19-year-old Shuai Shuai Chuanshu... Talented and gifted... How unfair... Unfair..."

　There was an alliance leader yesterday, thank you.It was supposed to be updated today, but Kawen got stuck badly, so let’s move it to tomorrow~~
　　
　
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