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Chapter 266
"You're blocking me."

Wu Tong did not understand the meaning of Li Xia's words until his death.

For half his life, he enjoyed the benefits brought by salt smuggling from Wuchidao to Wumeng and Dali, thinking that as long as he pretended to give up these benefits, he could save his life.

But Li Xia can only look at the other end of the five-foot road if he kicks him down...

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The winding five-foot road leads from Sichuan to Yunnan, first to the Wumeng tribe, which is Zhaotong in Yunnan; then to the south, you can go to Shanchanfu, which is Kunming; to the west, you can reach Dali City.

Between Dali City and Shanchan Mansion is Tongshi Mansion.

In the Han Dynasty, Tongshifu was one of the 24 counties under the jurisdiction of Yizhou County; in the Tang Dynasty, Yaozhou was established here; in the Nanzhao Kingdom, Nongdongfu was established; in Dali, it followed this place name, also called "Tongshifu". , where the government is located in Yaocheng County, that is, Yao'an County in later generations.

When Dali was attacked by the Mongolian army, the general Gao Taihe died in Lijiang, the prime minister Gao Taixiang retreated to Tongshi City, recruited troops to serve the king, 37 chiefs gathered to respond, and fought bloody in Heichu Mountain.

Gao Taixiang was defeated and captured. He would rather die than surrender, and was slaughtered by the neck.

After Dali Emperor Duan Xingzhi surrendered, Kublai Khan probably thought that Dali people should learn how to be loyal ministers, and asked Yao Shu to add a few words to Gao Taixiang's death.

For example, Gao Taixiang shouted before his death: "Duan Yun will not come back, the angel made it so, I will die as a minister, and my work is over!"

Kublai Khan praised: "This is also a loyal minister!"

It seems that Gao's resistance to Mongolia was due to his loyalty to Duan's, and Duan's return to Mongolia was due to the number of days.

Duan Xingzhi lost the last dignity of the Dali Emperor and became a loyal minister of Mongolia.The people of Dali also saw the loyal ministers being buried, and continued to be moved by their loyalty, but changed the object of loyalty.

Gao Qiong, Gao Taixiang's son, was forgiven by Kublai Khan under such circumstances. He went to Hara and Lin to meet Mengge, and was later sealed in Tongya City and became a Mengchen.

To put it simply, the Mongolian told him, "Your father has already done his loyalty to the Duan family, and it is your turn to serve the Great Mongol Kingdom."

In this way, the theory of loyalty and filial piety is self-consistent and the ideas are clear.

But is Gao Qiong really enlightened?

……

"Cousin, Wuliang Hetai is dead!"

"Mu Ru, don't worry, let me think about it again." Gao Qiong murmured, "Let me think about it again."

He no longer resolutely opposed Gao Changshou's proposal to fight against Mongolia as before, and there was some thought in his eyes.

It's like an eggshell has been cracked.

Gao Changshou persuaded again: "Cousin, Dali is not the Dali of the Duan family, but the Dali of my Gao family! The ancestor Gao Fengjunjie assigned the throne to the Duan family. The Duan family emperors in the past were incompetent. They only relied on the Gao family to govern the country, and Duan Xing Wisdom, cartilage waste, crawling at the feet of Mengtar, driving my people like dogs. The people of my Gao clan are all in the country, and you bear to see people sacrifice their flesh and blood to Mengtar? Therefore, the Duan clan can surrender, but my Gao clan must not drop!
When my uncle was there, he promoted the virtuous and cultivated the talents, and the time and the year were prosperous, which can be called great rule. How wise is it?Don't be afraid of the power of Mengtar, and fight with all your strength, how bloody is it?How tragic is it that my father and uncle Zhu died in Lijiang?How generous is Uncle who would rather die than surrender?Looking at the present, the Mongols and Tatars are extorting violently, ravaging the people like fish and meat, conscripting soldiers every year, and attacking all rebels, Qi, Song, and soon to attack Jiaozhi. Do you bear to see the people of the country driven by the Mongols and die in battle in a foreign land?It would be better to fight against Mongolia and die! "

Gao Qiong closed her eyes and said, "Stop talking, let me judge rationally, don't always encourage me, okay?"

"Okay." Gao Changshou said: "Listen to me, the Mongolian army was defeated in the first battle when they entered Shu, and Wu Liang Hetai died. A Shu was eager to win a battle to build up the morale and prestige of the army, and he is now forcing Duan Xingzhi to enlist troops. We want to attack Jiaozhi. At this time of spring plowing, so forcefully conscripting Dingkou, there are many complaints in the country, and everyone hates Ashu and Duan Xingzhi, this is our opportunity."

"But the news on the surface is that Wu Liang Hetai is ill."

"It must be dead, otherwise..."

"If you want to plan big things, you can't just listen to the news you want to hear. You have to see clearly whether everything is true or false." Gao Qiong said: "Even if Wuliang Hetai is really dead, how did he die? How many Mongolian troops are there? Troop strength? How about morale? You can’t act rashly without asking clearly.”

"I have sent someone north to contact Feiyu. I must have arrived in Qingfu County by now, and I will know the exact news by then."

"Then let's talk about it when the news comes back, how about?"

"But right now is a good opportunity, cousin can come forward and call all the ministries..."

Gao Qiong raised his hand and stopped Gao Changshou's words.

"Do you know that Ah Shu is also a famous general, and his ability to use troops is still higher than that of Wuliang Hetai?"

"Are you afraid again?"

"I said, let me consider..."

"How long do you have to think about it? Wait until all the ministries forget about uncle's reputation?!"

"Mu Ru, have you ever thought about it? It's just a matter of making trouble, and even destroying Ashu and Duan Xingzhi? As long as Mongolia's national power is still there, it can send troops south at any time. The Song people's Western Sichuan has been lost, and the Mongolian army even There is no need to go to Tubo, understand?"

"Why do you always have so many worries?!"

"I told you, right now it's a battle between big countries, and the key lies in the war between Song and Mongolia, not the small country of Dali..."

Gao Changshou couldn't be bothered to listen to this, so he walked away.

He pretended to be a vegetable farmer delivering vegetables, and he left Gao Qiong's mansion, and then all the way out of Tongshi City, to the deep mountains in the south of the city, and finally entered a village of Yi people.

His wife, Duan Miaoyin, was sitting in the house with her son and daughter, mending clothes, while Gao Mingyue was sitting beside her making medicine.

Gao Changshou greeted his wife and children, sat down in the hall, told Gao Qiong what he had said, and asked Gao Mingyue, "What do you think?"

"It seems that the elder brother's attitude has also relaxed."

"He's too indecisive." Gao Changshou frowned and said, "You see, compared to Feiyu, my cousin is too indecisive."

Gao Mingyue lowered her head and was silent for a while before she said: "I'm afraid the second brother didn't understand what the elder brother meant."

"What's the point? He was frightened by the beating."

Gao Mingyue shook her head and said, "Brother is saying that the key to the success of the incident lies in the Song Dynasty, in western Sichuan, not in Dali. He wants to wait and see how the war between the Song Dynasty and Mongolia will go.

After Kublai Khan left, the Mongolian garrison in Dali has been small. At the end of last year, Wuliang joined forces and entered Shu, and there was no Mongolian general in Dali to calm down.But the second brother also saw that Duan Xingzhi was already loyal to Mongolia, and he was the one who had been besieging the rebels.

Even if we can defeat Duan Xingzhi, if Song Ting fails to recover western Sichuan, the Mongolian army can go south quickly, and they can continue to go to Tubo.If we want to succeed, unless the Song Dynasty can recover Chengdu, strangle the main road of Jianguan, and fully support us in resisting Mongolia, we can restrain the Mongolian army from going south.

The death of Wu Liang Hetai may have made the eldest brother see this possibility, but what will happen in the future, we need to think about it in the long run..."

Gao Changshou laughed and said: "I understand what he means, and it is his idea that I laugh at."

"Actually... Li... Li Xia also meant the same thing. Mongolia is so powerful that the only one in the world who can compete with it is the Song Dynasty. If the Song Dynasty is not strong, Dali will have no hope of restoring the country, but if Song is strong, why not?" Want to help Dali restore the country?"

"What do you claim?"

"Second brother shouldn't act rashly, it's better to wait for news from the north to hear what Li Xia has to say."

Gao Changshou stroked his forehead, shook his head, and said with a wry smile: "My brother is greedy for life and afraid of death, and my sister turns her elbows outward. If you dare, I will be the only one to initiate the incident."

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At the same time, Li Xia looked at the map and was also a little worried about Gao Changshou's situation.

He has always opposed Gao Changshou's method of overthrowing Duan Xingzhi and the Mongolian guardian general. What he advocates is "build high walls, accumulate food widely, and slowly become king."

After occupying the saltworks in Lianzhou in Xiajun, Li Xia had an urgent wish to contact Gao Changshou and work together to open up the tea-horse smuggling trade and establish a base in Dali.

But far away from the mountains, he can only look at the map and mutter the last sentence.

"Send someone to contact me, don't act rashly..."

(End of this chapter)