Traveling through the divine eagle: the first sword of Quanzhen

Chapter 392 The Fall of Hanzhong
"Jiange." Li Qingwei was thoughtful.

Neither Li Qingwei nor the others knew that the reason why the Mongolian army could easily capture Hanzhong was not because of how powerful they were, but because of Zhuge Qingyun.

Zhuge Qingyun has started his own strategic plan without authorization, and Hanzhong is his "deal" with the Mongols.

Zhuge Qingyun's strategy was placed in Guanzhong and Bashu, which is exactly the same as that of Zhang Yi in the pre-Qin period, Zhang Liang in the Han Dynasty, and his ancestor Zhuge Kongming.

His plan for "Great Tang" is quite similar to Li Qingwei's plan. They are both overbearing strategies that win Guanzhong and build a foundation, and then go out of "Qin" to the east, pointing at Wanluo, and aspiring to win the world.

After taking Guanzhong, Hanzhong is the strategic throat that knocks on the gate of Bashu.

Moreover, in addition to being the throat connecting Bashu and Guanzhong, Hanzhong is also a basin of fertile soil, which is very suitable for farming and is a very important grain-producing area in Guanzhong.

If this place is under the control of the Southern Song Dynasty, then their power will not be easy to attack in the future. Zhuge Qingyun's strategy is to "repair political principles internally and tie the Southern Song Dynasty externally." Figure also.

And Hanzhong is a strategically important place in Zhuge Qingyun's strategy, so it can only be brought into the hands of the Mongols first by means of "driving tigers and devouring wolves".

Zhuge Qingyun is now under the pseudonym "Jiang Qingyun" and "served" under Wang Ping's command as a "defected" adviser of the Song Dynasty.

He tricked Wang Ping and Alibu's soldiers to bypass Dasan Pass and Yangping Pass and take down the city of Hanzhong.

Except that the Song troops stationed there were all captured and captured, Zhuge Qingyun tried his best to take care of the people in Hanzhong and other places.

Let the Mongols occupy Hanzhong at the lowest cost, and with his efforts, the Mongols did not massacre or loot the city, but received and occupied it relatively peacefully.

Although there were some unavoidable killings and plunders, this result was relatively good for Zhuge Qingyun.

Now the entire Hanzhong Basin is under the control of the Mongols.

But Zhuge Qingyun didn't take credit, he put all the credit on Wang Ping.

Because of this great contribution, Wang Ping was greatly appreciated by Brother Ali, and Brother Ali also reported the matter of taking Hanzhong to the Jinding account.

After seeing Alibu's battle report, Empress Dowager Naimazhen used a trick of "two tigers competing for food".

She showed off Brother Ali's battle report to the top officials of the Mongolian court, and mocked Kublai Khan's incompetence in her words.

After all, Brother Ali took down the most important Hanzhong Basin in Guanzhong, and now Kublai Khan was made unable to move an inch by Li Qingwei's warship.

Because of this, Brother Ali was complacent, and the gap between Kublai Khan and him deepened again.

Everyone was rewarded generously, and Empress Dowager Naimazhen granted the conquered Hanzhong to Brother Alibu.

And Wang Ping's official title has also come to an end, he is already the Marquis of Wanhu, "Deputy Chief of the Fengyuan Road Marching Army".Although he couldn't be promoted, he was still given five thousand households.

As for Zhuge Qingyun, he didn't ask for any reward, but asked Wang Ping for an official position as a supervisor.In this way, he can expand his armaments in Guanzhong openly.

Moreover, he also recruited some craftsmen from the Zhuge family and the Tang family, and directly moved the workshop for making ordnance and firearms to the Guanzhong area.

They forged weapons and ordnance for the Mongols and these Han puppet troops.

Of course, the ordnance forged for these enemies is naturally cutting corners to the maximum extent, and Zhuge Qingyun can also "corrupt" and "eat kickbacks" and save a lot of materials to forge their ordnance.

After all, Sun Tzu's Art of War once said, "It is better to consume a hu of the opponent's grain than to consume one stone of grain for oneself."

Zhuge Qingyun managed to profit for himself while consuming the opponent, and also planted a huge hidden danger for the opponent.

It's just that Li Qingwei didn't know all this, because Li Qingwei always lived in no fixed place, and it was very inconvenient for Zhuge Qingyun to find him, besides, Li Qingwei also gave him the jade seal and granted him the right to do things cheaply.

Zhuge Qingyun naturally acted directly and cheaply.

After listening to Zhao Ke's words, Li Qingwei nodded silently.

Because Li Qingwei also knew that the fall of Hanzhong did not have a great impact on the entire battle situation.

If Song Ting loses Hanzhong, it will be a good thing for the western defense line, because Hanzhong is a fortress used for offense, not for defense.

If Hanzhong is lost, although an important throat is missing, there is no need to divide more troops to defend it.

However, in the current Southern Song court, they are basically adopting a defensive strategy. If Hanzhong is lost, the Song army in the west will change from passive defense to active defense.

What's more, Jiange Xiongguan is one man's gate, and ten thousand men can't open it, as long as the guard is not brain-dead, he is not a traitor.Even if you stay behind closed doors, you will win by lying down.

As for the Yinping trail, the Mongolian army does not have the ability to "smuggle into Yinping".

The Mongolian army is best at the field battle of cavalry hedging, and Bashu is mountainous, and the road to Shu is difficult to reach the sky. It is difficult for the cavalry they are proud of to exert their power.

Moreover, it is difficult to keep up with the logistics supply of smuggling into Yinping, so the infantry can only go into battle lightly.

Although the court of the Southern Song Dynasty liked "surrender" very much, it also had a bottom line of surrender, but there was no bastard like "Qiao Zhou" who surrendered without firing a shot.

In other words, even if the Mongolian army passed through the Yinping path, but entered the hinterland without supplies and reinforcements, it was not a surprise attack, but a "closing the door and beating the dog."

Moreover, the Mongols did not cut down on farming, and even if they supplied supplies on the spot, they could only rely on looting. The Song army didn't have to fight, as long as they surrounded them and cleared the fields, they could starve to death if they were hungry.

The most important thing is that Hanzhong was lost to the Mongols, so if Li Qingwei had an incident in the future, he would be able to seize Hanzhong, the throat of Hanzhong, as soon as possible.

Li Qingwei said: "It turns out that's the case, but the impact is not very big. As long as the Jianghuai defense line does not collapse, then our Great Song Dynasty will not perish."

Zhao Jue looked at Li Ninglu and asked, "I don't know who this sister is?"

Li Qingwei immediately introduced: "Ah, Ninglu, let me introduce you, this is Princess Pingyang of the Great Song Dynasty, my 'Princess' Zhao Jue." Then he walked up to Zhao Ke, and continued to say, "This is the princess of the Great Song Dynasty. Empress Ziwei is my sister in name."

After Li Qingwei finished speaking, Li Ninglu greeted Zhao Ke sisters immediately. She first walked up to Zhao Jue, crossed her hands on her chest, then bowed to Zhao Jue and said: "Slave Li Ninglu see the 'mother' .”

Then he saluted Zhao Ke and said, "Li Ninglu sees Her Royal Highness Princess Song."

Li Qingwei said: "Everyone is on our own, so you don't have to be so polite when there are no outsiders. Ninglu is the personal maid I met when I went to the Western Regions. She is always by my side. She has been living in Taiyuan before, and now Taiyuan Now that it's over, I'll take her to Laian."

"Oh! By the way, I will live in Lin'an for a while."

Zhao Ke said at this time: "This is your home, my Highness King Wei, why are you so polite?"

Li Qingwei said: "Hehe, A Ke is right."

At this time Zhao Ke said: "That's right! I heard that on the ninth day of September this year, Dashengguan will hold a hero banquet to discuss the matter of resisting the Mongol Tartars. Since you are also back, let's go and see how it is." "

Li Qingwei shook his head at this moment and said, "No way!"

Zhao Ke's face, which was still smiling just now, slowly fell down. She originally thought that Li Qingwei would agree, but she didn't expect him to say no directly.

Zhao Ke asked: "Why, are you still afraid of any danger when you are by your side?"

Zhao Ke's question was on point, and the reason why Li Qingwei didn't want her to go was simple, that is, Xiao Longnv would also go to Dasheng Pass.

(End of this chapter)