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Chapter 1057 Heavy Duty
The setting sun shines back, and sitting in the middle is a joy.Looking south at Lumen Mountain, I feel as if I have lost my heart when I return.

The horseshoe once again set foot on the land north of the Han River. Ali Hague looked back and saw that another earthen wall had been built on the fortress on Lumen Mountain.

Just downstream of Lumen Mountain, the pontoon bridge rebuilt by the Yuan army is still there, forming a semi-encircled state of Xiangyang.

"It's no wonder the Zhao and Song courts."

Ali Hague said suddenly, and at the same time raised his whip, his tone seemed so lonely.

"The Zhao and Song courts have helped us with everything they can do. They exchanged Gao Da, negotiated a peace agreement, and forced Li Xia to rebel against him, breaking up the three layers of barriers left by Meng Gong. But now, Lu Wenhuan is still stationed in Xiangyang, and Li Xia is swaggering It’s because we didn’t seize the opportunity.”

The Yuan army generals around heard this, and their expressions showed unwillingness.

It's a pity that no matter how unwilling they are, they can only walk back sullenly.

It is hard to imagine that in the era of Genghis Khan, there would be a Mongolian army walking back in such a state of embarrassment and frustration.

Back then, the Mongolian army was invincible, with fierce generals like clouds, Borhu, Muhuali, Borshu, Chilaowen, Subotai, Zhelemi, Jebie, Kubilai, Tuolei, Batu... Up to now, Ali Hague, the Uighur who has been exceptionally promoted, has not even been able to win such a simple battle.

The Mongolian iron hoof seemed to be dragged by something heavy.

It took three days to rush from Lumen Mountain to the outside of Luoyang City. Ali Haiya immediately sent people to Henan Jinglue Mansion.

"Go and ask, is Marshal Dong in Tongguan? Or has Tongguan been captured and is attacking Chang'an? Who is in charge of the Jinglue Mansion now?"

……

When Shi Tianze was appointed as the envoy of Henan Economic Strategy, he always set up the Economic Strategy Mansion in Kaifeng.

After Dong Wenbing took office, he spent most of his time in Luoyang.

Because the main responsibility of managing Henan has changed from restoring farming to attacking Li Xia.Over the past few years, the Yuan army has stormed Tongguan again and again, causing continuous wars in the Central Plains.

Although Ali Hague was defeated, he expected Dong Wenbing to take advantage of Li Xia's personal expedition this time to conquer Tongguan, and even go straight to Chang'an.

However, the reply I got was "Marshal Dong is at the Luopu Wharf, let the general go see him now."

"In Luoyang? Didn't go to Tongguan?"

Ali Hague was a little surprised.

He rode his horse all the way to the pier, striding forward, and saw Dong Wenbing talking with an old man at the Changting from a distance.

As he got closer, he could faintly hear their voices.

"Wish the wine to the east wind, and let's be calm together. Chuiyang Zimo, east of Luocheng. Always hand in hand at that time, traveling all over the Fang Cong..."

Ali Hague was stunned for a moment, and suddenly a cloud of anger rose in his heart.

What time is this? He led his troops into the Song Dynasty, fought bloody battles, and was almost besieged to death in Jiangling City.

But what is Dong Wenbing doing?Instead of breaking through Tongguan and pointing directly at Chang'an, they hid in Luoyang City to play and recite poems from Song Dynasty people.

"Marshal Dong!" Ali Haiya yelled, stepped forward and clasped his fists, and shouted, "I'm here to report to Marshal Dong the results of Jiangling's victory!"

His movements seemed respectful, but his voice was loud.

Dong Wenbing turned his head and glanced at him lightly, sighed with some regret, then turned his head and said to the old man beside him: "Grand Dou, please."

The Henan economic envoy actually ignored Ali Haiya, and personally sent the old man into the carriage, and he rode his horse to follow behind. Afterwards, he recruited Ali Haiya and walked with the bridle, asking about the battle of Jiangling.

Although, the battle report has been delivered a few days ago.

"You failed to kill Li Xia?"

"No."

Although Ali Hague's official position was not as high as Dong Wenbing's, he was more courageous. After answering, he asked again: "Why didn't Marshal Dong attack Tongguan?"

"How do you know I don't have one?" Dong Wenbing was displeased, with a stern face, "I shot Liu Yuanzhen with my own hands, and I almost shot him down under the Tongguan city."

"Then why don't you continue to attack Tongguan? Li Xia hasn't returned to Chang'an yet..."

"Li Xia didn't go back to Chang'an? The battle reports of defeating Lu Wende, breaking Jiangling, breaking Ezhou, and forcing Song to become a vassal were sent back one after another. The morale of the Tang army rose one after another. Tongguan has been a natural danger since ancient times, so is it easy to fight? !"

Speaking of this, Dong Wenbing felt angry.

With the danger of Tongguan, it is difficult to conquer it simply by attacking from east to west.Especially since this battle started in a hurry, most of Dayuan's troops are still in Mobei, the old place of Xixia, Hetao and other places. There are not many troops in the Central Plains, and Shandong has not yet fully recovered from the Li Fen Rebellion, so soldiers and horses cannot be easily mobilized Therefore, the only support Dong Wenbing can mobilize is Ali Hague.

Under such circumstances, he tried his best to reach a tacit understanding with Lu Wenhuan, pushing Ali Haiya, a surprise soldier, into the Song Dynasty to attack Li Xia, which is the best way to fight big with small things.

Therefore, as soon as Ali Hague crossed the Han River, Dong Wenbing's soldiers actually pinned their hopes on the battle of Jiangling with a small fight.

It's like betting in a casino that you can lose tens of millions of chips. Who has the mind to grow some grain in the crops and sell it for money?

The generals of the Yuan army are all waiting for the news of Li Xia's death to come back, and Guanzhong is in chaos. Who is willing to fight to the death to win Tongguan?

When the news came that Ali Hague was defeated, Dong Wenbing was extremely disappointed. He knew very well that it was impossible for him to capture Tongguan before Li Xia returned to Chang'an.

It was a piece of meat on the other side of the cliff, no matter how delicious it was, if you couldn't eat it, you couldn't eat it.

It is a pity to lose this good opportunity, but retreating is the most sensible decision.

As a result, Ali Hague still had the face to ask him why he didn't continue to attack Tongguan?
Dong Wenbing raised his hand and pointed, and shouted again: "Who has lost the matter, don't you know?!"

"I lost, I will apologize to His Majesty!"

Although Ali Hague pleaded guilty, he was very unconvinced.

He only saw that Dong Wenbing didn't try his best to seize Li Xia's opportunity to leave Hanzhong, and was leisurely playing in Luoyang when the battle was raging, reciting Han poems.

That's right, Dong Wenbing was originally a Han Chinese, and one of his brothers even took refuge in Li Xia, so how could he do his best?
……

Back in the lobby of the Jinglue Mansion, Dong Wenbing went to settle down the old man first, and then continued to discuss the military situation with Ali Hague in the lobby.

Can be called "Brother Dong", he has a very calm temperament, at this time his anger has dissipated, and he talks about the overall situation with a calm mind.

"It's a pity that this battle failed to eliminate Li Xia. But from the perspective of Dayuan's overall strategy, it can be called smooth."

"smoothly?!"

Ali Haiya was furious, thinking that these Han people had read some books, so shameless.

Didn't get any results at all, so it can be said to be smooth?
Dong Wenbing pointed to the two maps on the hall.

In one of them, Li Xia's territory is not separated from the Song Kingdom. Although it looks far inferior to the Great Mongolian Kingdom, it is not small.

On another map, Li Xia's six-way land was drawn out, and Tang and Song were divided into two parts, thus becoming two small countries.

"Li Xia rebelled against the Song Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor, and went to war with the Song State. Both sides suffered. This is something we all expected. The only thing we didn't expect was that Li Xia would go east along the river in person. This opportunity came too suddenly, so I didn't seize it. That's all. .”

Following the sentence "That's all", Dong Wenbing quickly adjusted his mentality and clicked on the map.

"In the future, in Huaidong, Huaixi, and even Jinghu in the Song Dynasty, Dayuan may not need to station too many troops. On the other hand, in Tang Dynasty, there will be more defensive pressure in Hanzhong, Chongqing and other places..."

Ali Haiya understood this, but he still asked, "Even so, when Li Xia returns to Chang'an, how will Marshal Dong plan to attack Guanzhong?"

Dong Wenbing sat back on the main seat and shook his head.

"not me."

"what?"

"I'm not Li Xia's opponent." Dong Wenbing said, "Even Shi Tianze failed to attack the Yellow River. If His Majesty hadn't conquered it himself, who can take back Guanzhong?"

"Marshal Dong, what does this mean?"

Dong Wenbing stared at Ali Haiya for a while, and said, "It can be seen that you still underestimated Li Xia. You missed a good opportunity in the Jiangling battle, but you expected the commander to conquer Tongguan and regain Guanzhong? This is a battle to destroy the country. Your Majesty must be careful."

Ali Hague was taken aback.

He had never regarded Li Xia as an emperor before, so he woke up a little bit at this moment.

Dong Wenbing waved his hand, and said: "It's only for these two years that the soldiers are ready to go. Go back and wait for His Majesty's orders."

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After seeing Ali Haiya, Dong Wenbing let out a long sigh, and asked another question: "Did Mr. Dou take a nap?"

"Yes, Mr. Dou, ask the commander-in-chief to speak."

Dong Wenbing changed his clothes again and went to see Dou Mo again.

Dou Mo is a highly respected Confucianist in the north of the world, and he is officially a scholar of the Hanlin University of the Yuan Dynasty. More importantly, he is the current teacher of the eldest son of the emperor, Yan Wang Zhenjin.

Zhenjin once studied with Yao Shu, and later Yao Shu followed Kublai Khan on the southern expedition, and ordered Dou Mo to take over as the teacher, until now.

Dong Wenbing's respect for Dou Mo is actually even more respect for Yan Wang Zhenjin.

Dou Mo just arrived in Luoyang today. He was old and he was a little seasick on the way. After getting off the boat, he chatted with Dong Wenbing about the scenery of Luoyang in the pavilion. down to business.

"Ali Hague really failed to annihilate Li Xia, right?"

"Yes, it's a pity that I missed it."

"It's not a pity." Dou Mo shook his head and said, "There is no navy in Dayuan, and Ali Haiya wanted to annihilate Li Xia in the Yangtze River.

"Mr. Dou is here because of Li Xia's affairs?"

"It's true, it's true, it's not." Dou Mo stroked his long beard and looked around.

Dong Wenbing understood, screen back left and right.

Dou Mo then said: "The King of Yan has already left Dadu."

"Where did you go?" Dong Wenbing asked in surprise, "Your Majesty still hasn't appointed King Yan as the crown prince? But ordered him to take command and set off against Li Xia?"

Although many Han officials had called Zhenjin the "Prince Zhenjin" in private, in fact, after Kublai Khan ascended the throne, only Zhenjin was canonized as King Yan, not the prince.

The establishment of a prince is simple to say, but it is the biggest reform of the old system of the Mongolian Kingdom, and it is a complete negation of the Kuliltai Assembly System.

If the throne of the Great Khan or the throne is passed on to Kublai Khan's lineage, and it will only be passed on to his sons, the Golden Family will definitely not accept it.

"The timing is far from ripe now, and His Majesty will definitely not be able to appoint a crown prince." Dou Mo said, "King Yan is leaving now, and he has another important task."

"Important?"

Dong Wenbing couldn't help worrying, thinking that it was too dangerous for real gold to go south.

Perhaps Wo Kuotai, Tuo Lei, Meng Ge and other Mongolian Khans and princes all have the habit of going to the battlefield in person, but the real gold regarded as the prince is obviously different, and the Han officials all want to protect him.

Dou Mo beckoned and asked Dong Wenbing to come over, and then he said in a low voice: "King Yan left Beijing this time to escort the national teacher back to Tubo."

"No way!"

Dong Wenbing got up suddenly, took two steps and sat down again, and said in a low voice: "Sichuan, Shu, Hexi and other places are all lost, and the whole territory of Tubo has been surrounded by the Tang Dynasty. How can the king of Yan take such a risk?"

"It is reported that Li Xia has sent Taoist priest Hao Xiuyang to Tubo to persuade King Bailan to surrender. Therefore, the national teacher must be sent back..."

(End of this chapter)