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Chapter 901 Looking for Opportunities

"Fortunately, Brother Ali has not surrendered to Kublai Khan. This is a good thing for us, isn't it?"

Wulu Hunai held up a bowl of milk wine to respect Li Xia, raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.

She knew that she had leaked something during the negotiation process.

But it doesn't matter, Li Xia showed enough strength and confidence, as if he had sufficient strength.

If he is not bluffing, he still has a lot of gains today.

After Li Xia heard the information, he thought about it seriously for a while.

Then he looked at Ulu Hunai, and asked if he had a deep meaning: "How about sending troops to attack from behind and helping Brother Alibu wipe out Huochihar?"

Wulu Hunai shook his head and said, "It is not yet possible for Hedan to know that I oppose Kublai Khan."

As expected, Li Xia showed a little disappointment on his face.

That's all for today, he bid farewell and left, Ulu Hunai did not force him to stay and sent him outside the camp himself.

Li Xia got on his horse and immediately left with his men and horses.

He sat astride his horse, flipped through the map, and looked at the distance from Gaochang City to Fengxi Valley, and the distance from Yumenguan to Fengxi Valley, and he had a clearer judgment in his mind.

"Immediately send people back to Suzhou, and order Lu Xiaoyou to lead two thousand elite riders to the Wind Erosion Valley. If they encounter enemy soldiers, they will drive them back by themselves."

"Yes."

"Send people back to Yumen Pass and order Linzi to infiltrate Gaochang City as soon as possible. I want to know who is qualified to become the new Gaochang King once Huochiha'er dies within half a month."

"Yes."

"Go, go northwest, to Wind Erosion Valley.

"Yes."

In this way, more than three hundred people led more than a thousand horses to the northwest.

It's not that Li Xia is bold, but that in this endless desert, it's not scary to have few people, and it's flexible to be few but smart.

As long as there are guides, horsepower, food and water, it is difficult for a large group of soldiers to surround a small group of cavalry.

His goal is very clear, to show some strength, let Brother Ali and He Dan know that he has set up heavy troops at Yumen Pass, and he is not easy to bully.

In this way, Brother Ali would not surrender too easily, and also dispelled some ideas of compensation from Song.

At the same time, scare He Dan so that he will not send troops to the Hexi Corridor immediately.

After that, you can wait for the opportunity to find opportunities to see if you can annihilate Huo Chihaer.

Lian Xixian has already come to the conclusion that Huo Chihar is Kublai Khan's loyal dog, so he must change the leader of the Uighurs in the Western Regions.

This is also a deterrent to Ulu Khurnai.

Li Xia didn't have 5000 troops, so he had to use 5 people to play a momentum of [-] people, and then he could completely take the initiative in the alliance with Ulu Hunai.

Because he wants to control the situation, and the Mongols only obey the strong.

When he came to the Western Regions to negotiate, he kept reminding himself that the first thing to pay attention to was "Yi and Di, fear power and not virtue", and he must seize every opportunity to stand up.

No chance?

Opportunities are found...

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"Erji."

At the oasis camp at the foot of Mantou Mountain, Mubalasa walked into the tent and asked Ulu Hunai, "Has Li Xia promised to help us?"

Ulu Hunai was displeased, and said: "Don't say 'help', how many times have I said it, you have to understand that we need to use him, or...to use each other."

Mubalasa quickly lowered his head, at a loss.

He is already old, and instead of inheriting his mother's determination and determination, he is as indecisive as his father.

Because since he was a child, he lived a life of being dependent on others in the fiefdom of the Tuolei family, and Ulu Hunai was very busy at that time, so he could only follow his father who was always moaning.

After all, Ulu Hunai still loved her son, and patiently analyzed the situation for him.

"Successive Mongolian Khans, from Guiyou, Mengge, and Alibuge, have all interfered with our Khanate, coveting our gold, livestock, horses, and soldiers. Kublai Khan is even more terrifying. Thinking that the power of the Mongol Khan is not enough, he wants to learn to be the emperor of the Han people. I saw it in Ketun back then, this scheming fourth son has strong ambitions.

Now, with the help of Kublai Khan, Aluhu took control of most of the army, and Ari Boke plundered the Yili River Basin.We only have less than 2 Qixue left, and we can only use Li Xia to defeat Hedan.In this way, Aluhu would no longer be able to use Kublai Khan's prestige to control the troops he had conscripted by force, and we could kill him. "

"But, can Li Xia really defeat Hedan?" Mubalasa was worried.

"From my observations today, he should have this strength...but it's not certain yet."

Wulu Hunai squinted his eyes, recalling the details of the alliance with Li Xia, but did not notice any sign of Li Xia's guilt.

But Li Xia showed a look of rejection several times.

So she murmured: "Even if it is confirmed, he may not necessarily help us."

Ulu Hunai didn't notice that he also used the word "help" and pondered: "Whether or not he sends out troops depends on whether the interests of the Western Regions can attract him. If he doesn't have the strength to occupy the Western Regions, then sending troops is very harmful to him." There is no good reason for that.”

"Does he want more conditions?"

"That's for sure. Will he still get carried away because of your sister? But we can't show the attitude of eagerly wanting to ally with him."

Speaking of this, Wulu Hunai shook his head thinking of Duo Siman's unrestrained speech.

Fortunately, that is not a bad thing.

"Erji, what shall we do now?"

Wulu Hunai thought about it, and said slowly: "Don't worry, let's see how strong he is first. We still have two ways to go. If Li Xia is strong enough, we will form an alliance with him. But if there is no The only way is to lie dormant, wait for Kublai Khan to stop paying attention to us, and then take advantage of the opportunity to get rid of Aluhu..."

Just at this point, someone from outside the tent came in and reported in a low voice: "Kedun, Hedan sent people to Khotan, and ordered Aluhu to lead troops to surround Alibuge, and said that this is the last battle. Just let it escape."

Wulu Hunai frowned slightly, feeling that the situation was not good, but said calmly, "I see."

"Kedun, if we don't go back again, I'm afraid that Alu will suddenly become suspicious."

"Then tell him, I'm still recruiting troops for him, hoping to help him defeat Brother Alibu, and drive these robbers out of my territory as soon as possible..."

After the people retreated, Wulu Hunai's expression finally turned ugly.Although she could still endure Aluhu for one, two, or three years, but as long as there was a chance, she wanted to get rid of him immediately.

So she looked to the northwest, recalling what Li Xia said about the annihilation of Huochihaer, and finally murmured to herself, "I hope Li Xia has this strength."

She believed in her own vision, and she was optimistic about Li Xia this time, just like she was optimistic about the Tuo Lei family back then.

I hope that in the next ten years, or even longer, Li Xia can protect the khanate like Meng Ge did back then...

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The night in the desert is extremely beautiful.The stars all over the sky are brighter than those seen anywhere, and there are even galaxies.

Under such starlight, even if you are driving at night, you can dimly see the road ahead.

In the middle of the night, Li Xia stopped at a distance of more than [-] miles from the Wind Erosion Valley.

He stood on his horse and listened carefully, but he heard some terrible voices.

"Woooooooo..."

Like something was crying, but not a person.

No one can cry like this.

"Your Majesty, that's the sound of wind blowing over stones." Hu Legen stepped forward and said, "Isn't it like a ghost crying?"

"I see." Li Xia nodded, and understood that this should be the Yadan landform.

Continue to move forward, and gradually, one after another majestic stone beams appear in the distance. Although they are still far apart, you can already feel its strangeness.

Li Xia stopped on his horse again, raised his binoculars, and saw countless stones like walls, towers, and hills, stretching out in various poses and stretching as far as the eye can see.God actually built a magnificent city on the Gobi only by relying on stones.

No wonder it is called a wind-eroded valley, like a whole huge rock, blown by the wind with countless cracks.

He didn't dare to enter such an area rashly, and he didn't want to be encountered by the enemy's scouts.

After waiting for a while, a spy came from ahead and reported, "Your Majesty, Brother Alibu's men have been forced into Shigu..."

(End of this chapter)