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Chapter 811 Blue Pass
Outside Liangzhou City, the Mongolian army camp.

He Dan sat there, listening to Yelu Xiliang finish talking about the situation in the Western Regions, and gradually put down his hand holding the wine bag.

Brother Ali's puppet, Aluhu, summoned an army of 15 to help Brother Ali fight for the Khan position...

Chewing on this news in his heart, He Dan was already thinking that perhaps Kublai Khan would call him back to his division soon, then maybe he should change his style of attack in the next battle to attack Guanlong.

He was about to ask Yeluzhu for his opinion, and he had already heard Yeluzhu say something to himself.

"Li Zengbo is really good at fighting, and he writes well. But the officialdom is full of scheming, it's really..."

Yeluzhu didn't continue talking, but just shook his head.

He obviously looked down on Li Zengbo's political talent very much.

"What did Prime Minister Yelu want to say?"

"Li Zengbo deliberately released my son to let us know the news about Aluhu, hoping that we would slow down our offensive or retreat because of this. But he doesn't understand the grassland at all..."

Yeluzhu spoke slowly, but the words in his mouth were somewhat different from what he was thinking in his heart.

What is the Great Mongolia?
For the time being, it cannot be called a country, and it is more appropriate to be called "Ulus of the Golden Families".

What does Ulus mean?Fiefdom, territory, country, and people have all kinds of meanings.

The semi-independent small khanates of various clan kings and the entire Mongolian khanate can be called Ulus.

But looking at it from another angle, Ulus is nothing more than population and land, nothing more than property.

The Great Mongol Kingdom is nothing more than "the property of the Golden Families".

What is that sweat?
He is the person who distributes property to the descendants of the golden family and is the head of the family.

Only stupid herdsmen believed that "Kublai Khan betrayed the Golden Family".

The real golden family doesn't care about these things.

Only care about benefits.

Song people thought that the battle for the Khan position was vigorous, and the people who supported the two Great Khans each adhered to the rules of etiquette, and swore to the death to defend the rules of etiquette just like their scholar-bureaucrats.

Wrong, there is no general etiquette.

If you regard the Great Mongol Kingdom as a country, you cannot understand the struggle for the position of Khan.

Have to think of it as a home.

Genghis Khan laid down his family fortune. After half a century, what do his descendants want?
split.

Separation is in the interests of the most powerful people in the family, such as Bie Erge, Aluhu, Xu Liewu, and Haidu.

Brother Ali can't give this kind of benefit. Brother Ali is too arrogant, and his territory is not as good as that of Kublai Khan. He can't easily say "the big deal is to separate" like Kublai Khan.

It's just a process of a group of descendants wooing each other and competing for family property.

……

"The wisdom of the Great Khan shines like the stars in the sky of longevity, and he has already persuaded Aluhu to submit."

Yeluzhu praised Kublai Khan's brilliance and prowess and said: "Before we set out on the expedition, Aluhu's envoys had already arrived in Kaiping to meet the Great Khan. As long as the Great Khan also supports him in inheriting the Chagatai Khanate, he is willing to support the Great Khan in inheriting the Chagatai Khanate." Khan position. It can be seen that Brother Ali is incompetent and cannot become the confidant of Khan, but Li Xia is."

He Dan was more and more grateful that he supported Kublai Khan.

He had sharp eyesight and made the right choice.

Yeluzhu said again: "Prince Zong must make every effort to conquer Guanlong as soon as possible."

They still have time to annihilate Li Xia.

The troops of the Six Routes attacked together, and the West Route Army was the second most powerful, and they must not be held back.

He Dan understood these principles and asked, "Prime Minister Yelu thinks how can we defeat the Song army in Guanlong as soon as possible?"

Since the start of the war, although he has not suffered too much loss in military strength, he has been repeatedly frustrated by Li Zengbo and Lian Xixian.

Yeluzhu pondered for a while, and said: "The King Zong might as well 'take the plan' and make a gesture of withdrawing after receiving news from the Southwest. I think those soldiers of the Song Army will be very enterprising and greedy for merit. Baggage can be ambushed."

He Dan nodded endlessly.

He has been fighting here and there for decades, and he knows the temperament of the opponent's soldiers as soon as he fights, and he deeply agrees with Yeluzhu's plan.

As long as the cavalry of the Song Army is wiped out, Guan Long is like a deer whose legs have been chopped off, and can be trampled on wantonly.

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On the 23rd of the first month.

The heavy snow overnight has covered the blood on the Yellow River battlefield.

Song soldiers are still cleaning the battlefield.

On the tower, Lin Zi was standing next to Li Xia, reporting in a low voice, and handing out a few more letters.

"This is the news from Lanzhou that arrived today, and it was reported five days ago."

Li Xia took it and looked at it, and heaved a sigh of relief.

What Lian Xixian meant was that he and Li Zengbo had demonstrated enough threats to let Hedan know that if the cavalry lead them into Guanlong, they would be cut off from the rear, overtaken, and surrounded.

It is equivalent to telling He Dan, "Our defense line is well arranged, and we also have cavalry. If you dare to go around and intersperse, you may die miserably. A Shu is a lesson from the past."

But on the other hand, the Longxi defense line is too long. It is not like Tongguan or Wuguan with only one dangerous road and one pass city.

Even if Li Zengbo was holding back Hexi, Lian Xixian also said that the troops were too small, and it was difficult to guarantee that Hedan could be held back.

The defense is like this, it can be defended for a hundred days and a thousand days, as long as there is a flaw, it may be defeated.

Li Xia understands Lian Xixian, and this degree of difficulty means that he can hold on for the time being.

This is the case on the Western Front.

The situation in Zhang Jue in the north is similar.

In fact, the Yang Dayuan that Zhang Jue faced was not simple.

Before Meng Ge attacked Diaoyu City, Yang Dayuan's qualifications, prestige, and record in Shuzhong were originally higher than Wang Jian's, and the Yang family had many nephews and nephews.

Later, when Yang Dayuan surrendered, Wang Jian stood firm to the end. The courage and achievements Wang Jian showed are far from the same.

Compared with Liu Zheng, who was also a surrendered general, although Yang Dayuan did not have the reputation of Xinyang for his twelve bravery, his combat level should be far stronger than Liu Zheng.

This is Li Xia's personal judgment based on some battle examples.

After Yang Dayuan surrendered, he also recruited and surrendered many Song generals, and the few battles he fought were all tough battles. They attacked the strong mountain city in central Shu, and helped Meng Ge drive down the Diaoyu city.

Since Liu Zheng's defeat at Jiantandu, he has had a posture of bullying the weak and fearing the hard. If he is strong, he will lose, and if he is weak, he will win.

Mongolia also gave Yang Dayuan a higher official position. First, he worshiped the minister, the capital of the province, and later he was named the marshal of the Sichuan and Shaanxi capitals, and he was appointed as the marshal of the southern capital.

But compared to Liu Zheng, Yang Dayuan is always unknown, because he is even and stable.

The stable enemy is the most difficult to deal with, and the least creditable. Sometimes it is easy for Li Xia to forget that Zhang Jue is still sticking to the north.

"Have Hao Tianyi's troops been found?"

"No. The snow is falling heavily, and no traces of troops and horses have been found in the north. Is there a mistake in the intelligence?"

"No, he didn't come out after we detonated the ice surface of Yumen. He probably went around to the north. We need to remind Zhang Jue not to be attacked from behind."

"Yes, an urgent horse has been dispatched."

"Send again, this time I'm sure, Hao Tianyi is going to attack Zhang Jue, remind him."

The Northwest is dominated by three people who are most able to handle their own affairs, but Li Xia is still worried because he did not allocate enough troops and material resources to them.

Then they don't have enough room for error. The Mongolian army can lose many times, but they can't lose even once...

As for the two defense lines of Tongguan and Hanshui, they are much easier to defend than Longxi.

Liu Yuanzhen had met Dong Wenbing once before the battle, and he overwhelmed him with aura. This is his shrewdness and sophistication, and this person knows how to complain whenever he is in trouble. It is safe to call three thousand reinforcements from Li Xia.

Liu Yuanli was guarding the Hanshui River Valley. Although his troops were small, they were long in depth. Gao Changshou in Chongqing was also ready to support him so that he would not fall quickly.But this group of people cannot be transferred, because it is related to the safety of Hanzhong and even the entire Sichuan and Shu.

After confirming the news about these lines of defense, Li Xia sighed.

"Is there any new news from Wuguan?"

"Mr. Wu has gone to Lantian County..."

~~
During the Warring States Period, King Huiwen of Qin sent Zhang Yi to deceive King Huai of Chu, thus the battle between Danyang and Lantian between Qin and Chu occurred.

First, the Qin army went down the Han River and defeated the Chu army in Danyang.

Afterwards, the Chu State concentrated its elites and put all their eggs in one basket, killing Wuguan Road and approaching Xianyang.

When the Chu army reached Lantian, the situation in Qin State was critical. The king of Qin even offered sacrifices to heaven and prayed to the gods for protection.

But the result of this battle is not in the Lantian battlefield.Instead, the coalition forces of South Korea and Wei State attacked Chu State, and Chu State was unable to break through Lantian before the retreat was cut off, so it had to withdraw its troops overnight and cede territory to Qin State for peace.

History is always similar.

Not long ago, Li Xia's troops sailed down the Han River and defeated the Mongolian army in Danyang.

Now, the Mongolian army is also killing Wuguan Road, while encircling Shangzhou, and at the same time dividing its troops to Lantian.

Lantian has been known as the "Three Auxiliary Centers" according to the Qinchu Avenue since ancient times. The county is adjacent to Gaoshan Mountain in the south, and there is Gaoguan, which is a traffic pass between Guanzhong and Nanyang.

Gaoguan is the blue pass.

It is the blue pass where "where is the home of the Qinling Mountains, where the snow embraces the blue pass and the horse does not move forward".

Languan is the last pass from Wuguan Road to the Qinling Mountains. When you leave Languan, you will suddenly see the Guanzhong Plain, which is less than eighty miles away from Chang'an.

It is precisely this distance that is only one pass away from the city, which once made King Qin feel dangerous, so he had to pray for God's blessing.

The difference between today and the Warring States Period is that Li Xia's troops in Guanzhong have been emptied.

As long as the instigator kills the blue pass, he can ravage the pass.

He straddled his horse and looked at the head of Languan City, and asked, "What's that word? Who is the guard?"

"hug."

The interpreter stepped forward and said: "Song people rarely see this surname, and I have never heard of a general with this surname. He is an unknown general of the Song Army."

"Go and surrender him."

"Yes."

The interpreter rode his horse forward and just left the army formation. Before he reached the point where an arrow could be shot, he suddenly felt a flash in front of his eyes.

"Whoosh!"

"puff!"

The horse's back was empty, and the person on the horse had fallen to the ground.

An arrow shot down from the top of the wall, piercing the interpreter's throat...

Both armies are silent.

The Mongolian army subconsciously waited for a while, but did not hear any harsh words from General Song in Guancheng.

Only that arrow showed that General Song's coldness and reticence.

"E Xiu Te!"

Ji Du was furious, he stretched out his hand to raise his own bow, but stopped in the middle of the movement.

He doesn't have the confidence to shoot back and hit the opponent from the same distance.

"Prepare to attack the city!"

……

While instigating the capital to attack Languan, Dong Wenwei was besieging Shangzhou.

Shangzhou is dead, what he really cares about is Liu Yuanli from Jinzhou.

It's not that they are afraid, but Jinzhou is an important pass in the east of Hanzhong. If Liu Yuanli dares to come down the Han River and cut off the back of the Mongolian army, Nanyang can send out a force to take back Hanzhong.

Therefore, Dong Wenwei was not afraid of Liu Yuanli coming, but thought that if Liu Yuanli came, it would be a good opportunity.

Of course, this is actually impossible. How can there be such a good thing?It can only recover Guanzhong first, and then take the Shu Road to recover Hanzhong.

Then no one will come to break the way...

Thinking of this, Dong Wenwei remembered that Baiyang Pass had not yet been captured when he entered Wuguan.

At that time, Baiyang Pass was defended tenaciously, so he retained his most stable general, Shi Tongfu, and led 3000 men to surround it, cut off the water source of the pass city, and set fire to the warehouses in the pass city. Will be able to win.

Now that five days have passed, if Guancheng is captured in two days and the news is delivered urgently in three days, the news should have arrived.

"Has Shi Qianhu sent a messenger?"

"Report to the general, no."

Dong Wenwei frowned, somewhat puzzled.

He thought about it again, whether it was possible to be surrounded by the Chu army like the Chu army in the first battle of Qin Chu and Lantian.

He quickly realized that he had deployed troops to guard against Liu Yuanli in Jinzhou and Lu Wenhuan in Xiangyang, and it was impossible for Liu Yuanli to dare to send troops, and it was impossible for Lu Wenhuan to want to send troops.

If the Song army had no reinforcements, there would be no accidents between our side and Baiyang Pass.

It was nothing more than two days late to capture it.

"Hurry up quickly, let him take Baiyangguan quickly..."

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