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Chapter 892

A group of merchants slowly entered Chang'an City.

After staying at the hotel, someone in the caravan quietly left the post house and met Li Xia in secret.

"My family Erlang didn't get much information that the King of Qin wanted. He only knew that Emperor Yuan had already received Xu Liewu's support. Recently, envoys from Xu Liewu arrived in Kaiping one after another. It is said that Emperor Yuan wanted to make Xu Liewu Ilhan. ..."

This man was a middle-aged man with an ordinary figure, appearance, and name. His name was Zhang An, and he was an old servant of the Zhang family.

Zhang An's tone was flat, calling Kublai Khan "Emperor Yuan" and Li Xia "King Qin", seeming to maintain a neutral attitude.

In fact, Song and Mongolia are the same to him, and they were both enemy countries for more than 400 years.He has no inclinations, and only listens to the master's order to deliver information.

"Ilkhan?" Li Xia asked: "That is to say, as long as Kublai Khan defeats Brother Alibu, he will still be the Great Khan in Mongolia's name, directly ruling all but the Ilkhanate, as well as Jochi and Chaga. The Mongolian territory outside the fiefdoms of the Taiwan and Wokuotai families."

"Yes, and each khanate is still the vassal town of Emperor Yuan in name."

Li Xia was noncommittal, and looked at the map beside him.

The territory of the Mongolian Kingdom is so vast that even after the family is separated, it is still suffocating.

He pondered for a while, and continued to ask: "After enfeoffing the Ilkhanate, can Kaiping and Persia still maintain trade relations?"

"Not only trade exchanges, but also frequent envoy exchanges between Kaiping and Persia in the future, contributions, rewards, and canonization. In addition, I heard that envoys have been sent to announce that after the dispute over the position of Khan subsides, the envoys of Goryeo, Tianzhu, Persia, Rome, Dashi, people from all over the world will send people to Kaiping to worship."

"Brother Ali is not defeated yet, is he?"

"I don't know. Erlang reminded King Qin of one thing. The account books we handed over to King Qin used the numbers of big cannibals, right?"

"Ah."

"Dashi has already been wiped out by Hulawu. There are many Dashi craftsmen and scholars among the envoys who came to Kaiping this time. The numbers of Dashi should not be used as ciphertext."

"understood."

Dashi is the name given to the Arab Empire since the Tang Dynasty. Hulagu destroyed Dashi, and it is inevitable that Arabic numerals will be spread to Kaiping along with the exchanges between Hulagu and Kublai Khan.

Perhaps it would not have been accepted in the first place, but with Yuan Ting's attention to Li Xia, having seen the numbers on the Sichuan-Shaanxi paper money, he would definitely pay attention to it.

Numbers are just a trivial matter, but from this trivial matter, Li Xia has a new understanding of the national strength of the Great Mongolian Kingdom.

He seemed to be able to see that Kublai Khan was about to get rid of the battle for the position of Khan, and he was about to be able to integrate the resources of most of the Eurasian continent.

"How is brother Ali in the Western Regions?"

Zhang An said again: "Erlang didn't dare to inquire too much about the affairs of the Western Regions, so he only found this book for King Qin."

"Book?"

"Yes, as soon as Mengge died six years ago, Kublai Khan sent an envoy to see Xu Liegu. The envoy's name was Changde. He set off from Harahelin, traveled westward through the northern foot of Tianshan Mountain, and arrived in Persia. The round trip took more than fourteen months. Last year, Changde dictated and supervised the censor Liu Gong’s transcripts, which recorded his knowledge of the Western Regions, and published it as a book called "Records of Western Envoys", and asked the King of Qin to read it."

This was barely what Li Xia wanted. After he took the book and asked a few more questions, he couldn't get any more information from Zhang An.

After talking about this, and talking about a family matter, Li Xia asked, "By the way, Guo Hongjing is in Guanzhong now, what are the Zhang family's plans?"

Zhang An glanced at Li Xia helplessly, and was silent for a moment.

Although he was just a servant, he seemed to be expressing his dissatisfaction with Li Xia.

"Just before the villain left, Erlang did receive a letter from the commander-in-chief."

At this point, Zhang An paused for a while, as if to make himself more polite, and then continued, with a solemn tone.

"I hope King Qin won't interfere with Zhang's son-in-law in the future."

"This time it was an accident. Today I want to discuss with you and Guo Hongjing how to save this marriage..."

"King Qin." Zhang An interrupted Li Xia bluntly to express his dissatisfaction, "Guo Hongjing has nothing to do with the Zhang family, and the commander-in-chief will find another good match for the second sister."

Afterwards, he saluted respectfully, and said, "The villain is being rude, but this is the attitude of the commander in chief."

Li Xia can understand, after all, this is the second time that Zhang Rou has failed to recruit a son-in-law, and it is inevitable that Zhang Rou will be a little angry.

In addition, I also apologize to Guo Hongjing.

He also expected this matter, so he took out a written letter and handed it over, and said: "I wrote a letter to explain this matter, please take it back."

"Yes, goodbye."

Li Xia then called Guan De in and asked, "Why hasn't Guo Hongjing come yet?"

"Your Majesty, it is said that he went to the upper reaches of the Juhe River at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains to check the water situation."

"Didn't you tell him a few days ago that the Zhang family might come?"

Guan De waved his hand and said in a soft voice: "I see that idiot... oh, I see him like that, I'm afraid he forgot about it."

Li Xia nodded, and quickly returned to the business.

He looked down at the "Journey to the West" in his hand, compared the map and other information, and continued to outline the appearance of the Western Regions.

"Cross the Dragon Bone River in a few days, and go northwest again. It is straight to the north and south of Bashibury, nearly five hundred miles away. There are many Han people. There are two grains of wheat and millet. The west of the river is poured into the sea..."

I used to see a lot of territorial maps of the Song Dynasty, and felt that the Western Regions were extremely far away.I have seen a lot of maps of Mongolia recently, and I feel that this distance is extremely close.

Ali Mali is Sailimu Lake.

Don't lose eight miles, it is almost Urumqi.

Then go east as long as you pass through Gaochang and Yizhou, you will arrive at Yumen Pass.Gaochang is almost Turpan, Yizhou is Hami.

In other words, as long as there is a guide, it won't take too long to march from Bieshabali to Yumen Pass.

Li Xia reckoned that brother Alibu and Aluhu had already received his letter.Thinking about it, it is of course impossible for them to agree to the alliance right away.

But at least let them know that he is paying attention to the situation in the Western Regions and doesn't have to think about attacking Yumen Pass.

After that, it just depends on whether brother Ali can hold on. If he can't hold on to Ali Mali, he has very few choices.

Everyone is so close, so we must either cooperate or fight.

Thinking about this, Li Xia turned another page.

The appearance of Alimari City was shown to him a little bit in the text.

"Twenty miles to the southwest, there is a related story about Tiemu'er's repentance. The guards of the pass are all Han people. The pass path is rugged like a plank road. After leaving the pass to Alimali City, the market and wells are full of flowing water. There are all kinds of fruits, but melons, grapes, Pomegranates are the best. Huihe and Han people live together, and their customs gradually become more and more similar to China, and there is Chimuer City in the south, with many residents and Fen people..."

Li Xia muttered to himself, "From Bingzhou and Fenzhou? From Shanxi?"

Afterwards, urgent footsteps were heard outside.

"Your Majesty, there is a letter from Yumen Pass..."

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Almali is a beautiful place.

It faces Sailimu Lake in the north, Tianshan Mountain in the south, and the Ili River flows from west to east.

In the Tang Dynasty, it belonged to Beiting Duhufu. If there was a powerful and unified dynasty after the Tang Dynasty, it might have a better name, such as Ringo, Hanhai, Tianshan, Yiwu, Tingzhou, Xuanchi and so on.

Of course, the Apple City at this time was also "quite like China", with Uyghurs, Mongols, and Han people living peacefully in it.The oasis has gurgling water, rich products and abundant fruits...

"what!"

A bunch of unripe grapes fell to the ground, splashing their juices.

Soon, a Uighur screamed and fell to the ground, hitting the bunch of grapes with his head, smashing it to pieces.

He was in no mood to regret it anymore, because a machete came down again, splitting his chest open.

The Mongolian cavalry cheered and continued to kill south.

And just behind them, two tall banners are slowly advancing.

That is the nine-headed white banner, the symbol of the Mongolian Great Khan.

Big Khan Ali Boke rode astride his horse, his eyes were a bit cloudy.

It was the sixth day of April, and after only a short month of occupying Alimari, this fertile oasis was already in dire straits.

The army of more than [-] looted wantonly for a month, and there was nothing to loot nearby, and the morale of the army began to slacken.

Brother Ali had no choice but to order the kings, Wanhu, and Qianhu to lead their troops to further plunder, select pastures, and settle down in the Yili River Basin.

He himself led [-] cavalry to the south, bypassing the Tianshan Mountains, trying to pursue Aluhu.

There are corpses under the horseshoes, and the surrounding Mongolian cavalry put trophies on the vacant horses. Farther away, there are warriors dragging women who have just lost their husbands or fathers into tents.

Just marching all the way, cheering all the way, screaming all the way, two days later, Brother Aribu's troops waded across the Ili River, looking at the Tianshan Mountains and continuing south...

Today, I heard a spies report a message.

"Great Khan, I met a Uighur tribe in front of me, a warrior who dared to resist my Great Khan, and shot and killed the thousand commander Mendu."

Brother Aribu's answer is very simple.

"Kill them all..."

(End of this chapter)