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Chapter 737
Guanzhong, the Song army camp on the west bank of the Yellow River.

Lin Zi quickly stepped into the big tent, cupped his hands to Zhang Jue, and said, "Shuai Zhang, we've arrived."

He was not polite, and stepped forward to point the upper reaches of the Yellow River on the map.

"Liu Zheng is building a ship at Longmen Ferry. There are probably more than [-] people. They may not all be elite soldiers, but they are trained sailors."

Afterwards, Lin Zi moved his finger up a little more, and said again: "Yang Dayuan built a pontoon bridge in Mengmenjin to help the Mongolian army cross the river. There are probably more than [-] people here."

Zhang Jue's face was ugly, and he asked, "Are they planning to send troops?"

"Not yet, but they must have received the news that the county king has sent troops to Tongguan, and started to send small boats along the coast to test us..."

"I saw."

Zhang Jue nodded, thinking for himself.

The current situation is that the Mongolian army is ready to fight on both sides. If Guanzhong responds to Li Fen, as soon as the main force leaves Tongguan, Liu Zheng and Yang Dayuan will cross the Yellow River and attack Tongguan.

Therefore, the main force in Guanzhong did not dare to move.Zhang Jue was leading the main force to guard the Yellow River.

In terms of water warfare, there are not many generals in Sichuan who are good at it. Zhang Jue thinks that he is worse than Zhang Shi in water warfare, and he is definitely not as good as Liu Zheng, the Jinghu traitor.

Moreover, there are not many ships.

The Yellow River defense line can only be beaten passively.

But Li Xia also wanted to contain Shi Tianze, so he led only two thousand cavalry out of Tongguan without mobilizing the main force of the pass.

Zhang Jue was very opposed to this plan, mainly because he thought it was useless.

At that time, what he said was, "How could Shi Tianze delay the pacification of Li Fen because of your two thousand cavalry?"

"Let's try it out. If Shi Tianze can't be stopped, Li Fen will die."

"What if you are surrounded?"

"They must have never imagined that I would bring cavalry into the country. They didn't block me at first, but if they wanted to surround me later, they would need a lot of troops. Wouldn't it just contain Shi Tianze?"

In the end, although Zhang Jue objected, he couldn't persuade Li Xia to change his mind.

Because once the Mongolian army quelled the Li Fen rebellion, they would inevitably attack Guanzhong.

Not sending troops is just waiting to die, and sending troops will be taken advantage of, so Li Xia tried to revitalize the situation with a small number of fast and mobile troops.

He seems to be like this every time. The most difficult thing is always to take the initiative to meet it first.

The words I said before departure were plain and straightforward.

"We are small families, but Kublai Khan has a big family. How can we defeat him? For example, if he has a hundred generals under his command and we only have four or five, then the four or five of us The general should work harder every time, defeating his men one by one..."

"Wait, you, me, Li Zengbo, these are three, who else?"

"I mean, we are small, we have to do it ourselves."

"Okay, you can go as you want, I'll listen to you anyway. Speaking of which, the terrain in Henan is flat and wide, and you use cavalry to intersperse and raid. This is the Mongolian way of fighting. Are you afraid of falling?"

"Born in sorrow, died in peace. The Mongols in the hinterland of the Central Plains are so happy. Remember, when I disturb Heluo, Ahema will order Liu Zhengqiang to cross the Yellow River to block my retreat. At that time, It doesn't matter whether our main force is there, or whether Li Fen is destroyed or not."

"Understood, I will defend the Yellow River. They think they are ready to fight on two fronts, and we will tell them that it is far from..."

~~
Several pieces of information were sent to Hanzhong.

After watching it, Han Qi'an summoned someone to tell him, "Bring Wang Xiao here."

While waiting for a while, he took out a few originally written letters from the drawer and picked them out.

After a while, Wang Xiao was brought up.

"I want to see Zhang Wulang..."

"Wulang has gone to Chengdu." Han Qi'an said: "To this day, do you believe that Wang Wentong has been executed by Kublai Khan?"

Wang Xiao didn't know how to answer, so he closed his eyes, feeling ashamed.

Han Qi'an said again: "It can be said that Kublai Khan used Wang Wentong to the extreme. After his death, he also ordered the world to interrogate Wang Wentong for years. Those who have turned against him for many years should be punished everywhere, with the heinous evil..."

"Enough, stop talking."

"Your father and son are simply ridiculous..."

"Stop it! What do you want me to do?!"

Han Qi'an glanced over and saw Wang Luo's chest rising and falling, his face was flushed, and his eyes were full of anger.

"I'm here to help you destroy Kublai Khan." Wang Luo said word by word, "I want him to die a hard death."

Han Qi'an didn't say anything.

Zhang Hongdao said that Wang Hao is self-righteous, and he is.

"I've calmed down and said, what do you want me to do?"

Han Qi'an looked at Wang Mo for a while, feeling a little uncertain whether this person was doing things safely, first handed over a letter, and said, "Just take a look."

This is the latest letter from Li Fen from Jinan.

Different from the letter he replied to Li Xia during the New Year's Eve, Li Fen never mentioned the matter of Li Xia's return, but only scolded Shi Tianze, and invited Li Xia to attack him together to carve up the cities in Henan.

"What do you think?"

Wang Luo shook his head and said, "I expected this from the beginning. The only thing I didn't expect was that Kublai Khan would touch my father."

Han Qi'an said: "Now my king has sent troops to Heluo to contain Shi Tianze. You need to go to Jinan quickly and persuade Li Fen to move south and unite with the Song Dynasty for defense."

"Can you make it?"

"Maybe, Li Fen is willing to give up." Han Qi'an handed over another letter and said, "Leave this to him."

Wang Luo asked again: "What if you can't save brother-in-law in the end? You put so much effort into getting me to do things, you won't just let me be a messenger and lobbyist."

"Not too stupid."

"..."

On this day, after Han Qi'an met Wang Luo, he recruited a courier to deliver another letter.

"Send it to Lin'an as soon as possible."

~~
Kaifeng.

Shi Tianze has ordered troops to stop advancing eastward.

He didn't think that Li Xia could capture Kaifeng with only [-] cavalry, or cause too much turmoil in Henan.

To his embarrassment, the food towns of the Mongolian nobles were destroyed...

The three "national customs" established by Genghis Khan are the foundation of the Great Mongol Khanate, namely the system of thousands of households, the system of Qixue, and the system of enfeoffment in Ulus.

The so-called "Ulusi Enfeoffment System" is also simple to say, it is nothing more than the word "distribution of spoils".

The rule of the Golden Family is that "all sons, grandsons, and uncles share power and wealth. Every time the elder brother and younger brother discuss it, they will take over the world, share the land, and share the wealth."

Except for the place called "Central Ulus" on the Mongolian Plateau, which is the public property of the Golden Family, the rest of the land is the private property of each clan of the Golden Family.

This is also the case in the Central Plains. After the registration of the households is compiled, the raw silk paid by five households is classified as the food town of the Golden Family, and the division is very chaotic...

The last person who caused the clan and nobles to lose their food was Lian Xixian, who had already defected.

Shang Ting and Zhao Bi have already been imprisoned... even though many people know that they did not cooperate with the enemy.

Of course, Shi Tianze is different, as a grand prince with tens of thousands of soldiers, he will not end up like Shang Ting and Zhao Bi.

But in the end, he didn't want to offend the Mongolian nobles, so Shi Tianze began to hesitate whether to get rid of Li Xia, who dared to go deep alone, before conquering Li Fen.

It's still too late...

~~
Yanjing.

The Zhang family also has a mansion in Yanjing City.

Zhang Rou sat in the hall in plain clothes, looking at Jiulang who came from the outside, her expression was not happy.

"Father." Zhang Hongfan said: "Your Majesty has personally reviewed the soldiers and horses of the boy and has already recovered the boy. He ordered the boy to go to Shandong with Zongwang Hebichi to suppress the rebellion, and return home to bid farewell to father."

Zhang Rou snorted heavily.

He didn't care about his son's official position, but cared more about his territory and military strength.

"You shouldn't make up your own mind and hand over Bozhou to His Majesty."

"My boy knows I was wrong, but at that time, my boy tried his best."

"Really?" Zhang Judao: "Then if the Zhang family has to go back to Bozhou, don't touch your hands again."

Zhang Hongfan was taken aback, thought for a moment, and asked, "Father said... Sixth brother has a solution? But Your Majesty..."

Zhang Rou looked at Zhang Hongfan for a long time, sighed, and said: "Your Majesty ordered you to quell the rebellion, so do your best. When the time comes to siege the city, the generals will choose places to fortify. You should not avoid danger. It is precisely the place where Li Fen can break through with all his strength." In this place, the soldiers will not slack off. Even if you are in danger, He Bichi will definitely come to rescue you."

Zhang Hongfan replied: "My son understands, thank you father for teaching."

"It's the same with Banjun, and it's also the principle of 'no place to avoid danger'. You should hold the territory and the military power is too dangerous, but you don't know that it is the territory and military power that save you."

"Yes, I know my mistake."

"Go, come back after making great contributions, and don't lose the prestige of the Zhang family."

Zhang Hongfan saluted respectfully and stepped back slowly.

Zhang Rou watched him leave with a pensive look in her eyes.

This time, he was more satisfied with Liu Lang...

~~
Lin'an.

Privy Council.

"Attack Huaibei and take Bozhou?"

Jia Sidao asked back, realizing that this would be another opportunity for him to help the Zongshe after the First World War in Ezhou.

Liu Mengyan persuaded again: "I heard that Bozhou, an important town to the north of the Huaihe River, was originally the seat of the Marquis Zhang's family. Today, the general has just changed, and it coincides with Li Fen's rebellion against Mongolia and returning to the Song Dynasty..."

"Is it too late to send troops now?"

Jia Sidao thought for a long time, but heard a notification sound outside the door, and then a small official stepped forward.

"Mr. Pingzhang, Southwest Urgent Letter, Mr. Liao, please take a look at Mr. Pingzhang as soon as possible..."

(End of this chapter)