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Chapter 1131 Fusion
I slept in a tent on the snow all night, and even the wooden boards under the felt blanket were damp. Fortunately, there was a stove in the tent, and the bed was still dry.

It was not yet fully dawn, and Duo Si was sleeping soundly, clinging to Li Xia to keep warm, but felt that he was getting up in his sleep.

As soon as the quilt was lifted a little, the coolness came in.

"Huh? Your Majesty..."

"Woke you up? Go to sleep."

Duo Siman didn't open her eyes, hugged Li Xia's arm, and asked, "The empress and Concubine Zhang both call your name, can I call it too?"

"Then shout."

"Li... Li Xia."

Then she called softly, with a strong accent from the Western Regions, making it sound like she had eaten a raisin.

"Ah."

"Wow, I'm so brave. Do you know? Erji announced the news of my pregnancy, and everyone respected me. I had a dream just now. In the dream, our child took many people on the big boat. Go to the place you said..."

In recent days, Duo Siman has indeed been respected by those thousands of households in the Chagatai Khanate.A concubine Shun who is pregnant and can go to war with the emperor of Tang has a much higher status than the original unmarried princess.

Investigating its root cause, the Chagatai Khanate is experiencing a new battle for the position of the Khan.

After Mubalasa was shot dead by an arrow, Ulu Hunai has not announced the matter to the Khanate until now. Instead, he led the army to march eastward and separated the leaders of the army from their clansmen. The idea was to use Li Xia to consolidate her power. that power.

After all, Mubalasa was originally just a puppet, and the power was originally in her hands. What she needs now is to announce a new puppet when the prestige is the highest.

More importantly for her, Kublai Khan must never be allowed to intervene in the Khanship of the Chagatai Khanate.

And the leaders of the Western Regions will inevitably have to guess, who will be the most likely to rule the Western Regions after Ulu Khurnai?

Duo Siman finally finished talking about her dream, hugged Li Xia and asked, "What are you thinking?"

Li Xia said: "I'm thinking about how to control the [-] soldiers in this team who don't belong to me."

"I, Eji, should be able to follow your orders. Is it hard to say about the 2 people Shuzhenbo and Torica? Hmph, they ate our food and lived in our tents..."

"The 2 people, they can't command." Li Xia said: "When the Yuan army was defeated, they could still retain a complete organizational system. In fact, half of them ran away, and half of them were recruited from other places. If Can go back safely, break up and reorganize."

After he finished speaking, Duo Siman fell asleep again.

Li Xia got out of the warm tent alone, and a gust of cold wind hit his face, which made his body covered in goose bumps.

It was not yet dawn, and the outside was lit by the campfire that was lit in the camp.In the distance, the soldiers on patrol at night had eaten their morning meals, were handing over their defenses to the soldiers on duty, and were about to sleep for two hours before setting off.

Those were all soldiers from the Western Regions. Although they belonged to Ulu Hunai, they had fought several battles under Li Xia's command, and they seemed to have strict military discipline.

"Your Majesty, your injury hasn't healed yet, so I'm afraid it's not appropriate to practice any more." Huo Xiaolian stepped forward to remind her. Being able to say this clearly meant that she knew Li Xia very well.

"Don't worry, I just walk around briefly, it's considered rehabilitation."

In a tent not far away, Yang Ben staggered out when he heard the movement.

He had just woken up, his eyes were not quite open, and his face was wrinkled like a chrysanthemum.After saluting, he walked slowly behind Li Xia.

"I will follow His Majesty to recover."

Li Xia stretched his muscles and bones as he walked, and said, "Yang Qing has been in a coma for several days, I'm afraid she doesn't know where we are."

"I really don't know."

"I don't know, but it is estimated that after walking for two or three days to explore the horses, we should be able to see Helan Mountain."

Huo Xiaolian added: "This kind of windy and snowy day with no sun or stars, if it weren't for the precision of our compass, I'm afraid even the guides wouldn't be able to find the way."

"There are advantages...and disadvantages." Yang Ben mused, "We can't find our way in the wind and snow, and the Yuan army can't even find it. That's an opportunity for us instead."

"Being more and more famous."

"Your Majesty is wrong."

After walking for a while, the front was the camp of Shuzhenbo and Tuolicha. Most of them were Mongols and Semu people. The armor and weapons were taken away, and there was a circle of soldiers from the Western Regions outside the camp.

Li Xia stopped and looked at it for a long time, thinking about the question he said when he woke up in the morning.

He suddenly asked: "Yang Ben, you are from Sichuan, do you hate Mongolians?"

"hatred."

"But in the future, I want you to clearly distinguish who you should hate. It is the Mongolian army led by Kuo Duan who killed the Sichuan and Shu Tucheng during Wo Kuotai's period, not all the people on the grassland. Herdsmen, they also endured the exploitation of the Mongolian nobles just like you. Can you understand?"

"I...don't dare to lie to Your Majesty, I don't quite understand."

"Tiemuzhen attacked Jin Kingdom and destroyed Xixia, do you hate him?"

"Everything started because of him, of course I hate it, but it's not the most hateful thing."

"Is it because of him? The country is weak, and it can be bullied by Jinren and Mongolian people. As long as the Zhao family has always had that virtue, without Temujin, it will still be the same bullying if it is replaced by Yinmujin. We have killed Liangzhou slaughtered Kuoduan's family, what happened after? How can we stop being bullied in the future? The acupoints can be avoided. What is the solution? Even Kublai Khan knew that only fusion and unification can fundamentally solve the disease.”

When Li Xia said this, he coughed due to the cold wind.

In the camp on the opposite side, soldiers who had surrendered got up and looked towards them in fear.

"Your Majesty, should you go back?"

"No, after clarifying this point, you will know how to fight the next battle. I said this today not because my sword is blunt. Wo Kuotai has repeatedly slaughtered the city. You can dig out his grave and tear him apart. Kublai Khan is willing to put down the old Mongolian law and learn some Han system in order to unify the world. My ambition cannot be lower than him. I can accommodate the people he can accommodate, regardless of Mongolians or Semu people. Do better than him. Integration, tolerance, and unity, this is what I want to rule the world."

"The minister understands."

"You are the chief general in the army. If you understand it, let the whole army understand it. Also, let the military propaganda officer go over there to tell our soldiers." Li Xia raised his finger and said: "Let Soldiers who can understand my ambitions will eat better. Don’t think it’s inconvenient to travel like this, if you wait until your injuries are healed and you’re at the end of the field to arrange these things, maybe you won’t be able to wait.”

These words are too much, even a bit long-winded.

The extreme emotions in Yang Ben's heart were dispelled a little more, and he became more rational as a general.One more step on the road to becoming a famous player.

……

After looking around at Shu Bozhen's camp, the three of them walked back, and suddenly heard Wulu Hunai scolding the two generals by the tent over there.

"I saw the ashes of the fire, you didn't report it at night, and wait until now, because it is more convenient for me to collect the body during the day?"

Ulu Hunai's voice was not loud, just a calm question, but the anger could make people feel scared from the bottom of their hearts.

The two generals panicked immediately.

"Kedun...we...I..."

"Kedun...we were afraid that the fire was just left by the business travelers in the past, and we would report back without investigating clearly, and offended Ketun like last time..."

"You're trying to say that I'm too irritable, aren't you?" Ulu Hunai asked again.

"Don't dare!"

"The villain doesn't mean that! I beg Ke Dun to calm down the anger..."

When Li Xia walked over, he saw that one of the two generals was a Mongolian and the other was a Uyghur, and they were already kneeling on the ground trembling with fright.

But Wulu Hunai didn't seem to calm down, and asked, "Tell me, what kind of business traveler would leave Helan Mountain to trade in the northwest at this time, and what would they sell?"

"Little man..."

"answer me."

"The villain doesn't know..."

"You hang your brains around your necks but don't use them. What do you want to use them for?"

Faced with this one after another question after another, the two generals who couldn't answer were actually sweating profusely in the snow.

Li Xia had already stepped forward and asked, "Your scout has found the location of Mount Helan? Let's talk about it in detail. Don't tell me first, why do you need to train here..."

"I'll train my people!" Ulu Hunai scolded directly, "If you have such a stupid scout, won't you be angry?!"

After that, she turned and went straight into the tent.

"Your Majesty Tang Emperor, Ke Dun has sent someone to inform you." A maid beside her was afraid that Li Xia would get angry, so she quickly explained something before turning around and chasing after her.

Li Xia was not in a hurry to leave, and said to the two generals, "Get up, how long have you been exploring?"

The two looked at each other, not daring to get up, but after hesitating for a while, they still got up.

"Report to His Majesty the Tang Emperor, we have traveled three hundred miles away."

"He returned to camp last night? He's a great horseman."

Li Xia praised him, and seeing that the two of them were still bowing their heads, looking concerned, he said, "It's not that difficult for you guys to wait on you. When you encounter problems when you are marching and fighting in the future, you should take the initiative to analyze them instead of being passive." Just follow orders."

"Your Majesty, we don't understand what this means..."

"Let's put it this way, for example, you take this tent as your family's cattle and sheep, and you want to protect your cattle and sheep from wild animals, and do things with this attitude, instead of just worrying about your Ke Dun Get angry."

"That... the villain seems to understand, but he doesn't seem to understand."

"Don't worry, go to my camp and ask Xuanfu Guan when you are free, and I will reward you in the future if you are guaranteed."

The two generals couldn't help laughing.

"Your Majesty, the villain's name is Da Lengtai, and he defeated He Dan with you!"

"The villain's name is Akemu, and he has also played Hedan!"

"I know." Li Xia raised his hand and pointed at Akemu, and said, "You are the one who was promoted to Deputy Qianhu after the battle in Loulan Ancient City."

Akemu was pleasantly surprised.

Dalengtai repeatedly pointed to his nose, wanting to speak.

"The military situation is urgent, let's discuss the matter, and tell me about the situation you have discovered."

"Yes! Because of Tang Jun's compass and map, we ran to the southeast. When we arrived at the foot of a mountain, Da Lengtai said that there was a piece of snow that had been swept away. We swept away the footprints, and we followed the traces. Walking into the mountains, I really found traces of someone stationed..."

"Where is that?"

"Mount Taogel."

"Akemu, you stupid Uighur! 'Taogail' means 'mountain top'. If you ask any hunter, he will tell you that it is Taogail. The place is called Hattu Taogail, Hattu Mountain. , understand?"

(End of this chapter)