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Chapter 280
On February 27, Tongya City.

With thought in her eyes, Gao Qiong looked at Gao Changshou and Bai Nongchuan in front of her.

Bai Nongchuan came back from the Song Dynasty, and he has already told what he saw and heard and Li Xia's reply.

Gao Qiong thought for a while after hearing this, and reaffirmed his concerns.

"Wuliang Hetai was really killed by Li County Lieutenant of the Song Dynasty?"

Bai Nongchuan said: "According to what the villain sees, it should be true."

"Li Xia and Li Feiyu." Gao Qiong repeated in a low voice, and asked again: "Will he come to Tongshi City to see me?"

"It is said that we are talking with the young master about opening up the smuggling business. I think we will be there in a month or so."

"Say it again what he told Mu Ru."

"Yes." Bai Nongchuan said: "Li Xianwei said that Wuliang Hetai was able to be killed because the Syrian army defeated the main force of the Mongolian army; because the Changning army contained the rest of the Mongolian army; Crossbows and other armaments; because the people of the Great Song Dynasty enthusiastically resisted Mongolia... All these are the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty.

In short, he claimed to rely on the power of the Song Dynasty to pick up the leader of Wulianghetai by chance.On the other hand, in Dali, when the country is destroyed and the king surrenders, there is no national power to rely on. If the young master and the Marquis of Yue raise an issue, they will be defeated alone.Don't act rashly. "

Gao Qiong nodded, deeply agreeing.

He looked at Gao Changshou and sighed: "It seems that your friend has the same opinion as me. Occupying Dali City and killing Duan Xingzhi... It is impossible to fight against Mongolia. The most important thing right now is to accumulate strength."

"I don't agree." Gao Changshou shook his head, and said: "We should call on the heroes to overthrow the Duan family and expel Mengtar as soon as possible while the people still have blood."

Gao Qiong said: "You want me to contact the 37th Ministry again, can I defeat the Mongolian army? Back then, my father fought against the Mongolian army with the power of the whole country and was defeated, let alone now?"

"Ashu led the army eastward to Jiaozhi, and the people in Dali were full of dissatisfaction. Why didn't you dare to try?"

"The lives of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people are not for testing!"

Gao Qiong scolded, and said again: "I am not the only one to persuade you this time, Li Xia also said in the letter that you should not act hastily, if the rebel army has no armor, no horses, no food, and no training, if you lightly raise the banner of restoring the country, you will be ruined for nothing. It's just life."

Gao Changshou frowned, feeling a little anxious.

Gao Qiong said again: "I know you are impatient. Fortunately, you didn't hide it from me, but you are willing to tell me Li Xia's opinion frankly, and wait patiently. As he said, open up smuggling business channels, accumulate food and manage troops... to plan big things Don't be in a hurry."

Gao Changshou was in a bad mood, but he still nodded and said, "You are the lord of the Gao Clan, and you refuse to call on people to make trouble. What can I do? It's up to you."

"And prepare to buy horses, let's trade with Li Xia." Gao Qiong smiled wryly, "Sharpening a knife is not a mistake in chopping firewood."

"Well, let's go."

Gao Changshou took Bai Nongchuan away, and the wry smile on Gao Qiong's face gradually faded, leaving only bitterness.

He took out a letter from the drawer and read it again.

The letter was written by a leader of the Yi nationality who followed Gao Taixiang to fight against Mongolia. It said that after the defeat of Heichu Mountain, he escaped into the temple and took the name of "Shari Monk" to call on the people in the name of Buddha. Lianghetai is dead, Ashu raises an incident when he is marching eastward to Jiaozhi, and invites Gao Qiong to join in the great cause, and is willing to regard him as the leader of the rebel army.

……

Things are weird sometimes.Gao Changshou devoted himself to doing something, and got a letter from Li Xia urging him to take it easy; Gao Qiong didn't want to raise an army, but what he got was a letter from the relic monk to help him with the great cause.

Gao Qiong had already written a reply letter, but for several days, he did not receive a reply letter from the relic monk.

He was deeply concerned about this.

After meeting Gao Changshou today, he is more inclined to Li Xia's proposal... First open the smuggling business, exchange horses for tea, silk, porcelain, salt, etc. from the Song Dynasty, and sell them to Dali dignitaries or transport them to Tubo and Tianzhu. Earn money, raise food and grass, smelt weapons and armor.

After that, you can take the junction of Sichuan and Yunnan as your base, build mountain cities, train elite soldiers, and wait for the turning point in the battle between Song and Mongolia.

At least wait for the Song army to seize western Sichuan and interrupt the communication between Mongolia and Dali; at the same time, Sichuan and Yunnan can rely on each other and support each other.This is the real opportunity.

As Li Xia said, "relying on the national power of the Great Song Dynasty", Xu Tu made progress.

In his opinion, raising the flag rashly will only send many courageous but unarmed common people, mountain people, and believers to Duan Xingzhi's butcher's knife...

Gao Qiong spread out the paper and ink, and picked up the pen to write another letter to the relic monk, when suddenly he heard a knock on the door.

The one who came in was Gao Qiong's younger brother named "Gao Junjin".

"Big brother."

After Gao Junjin entered the room, he closed the door first, then handed a letter into Gao Qiong's hand, and said in a low voice: "The letter from Shanchan City... this time, it's not a secret letter."

Gao Qiong shook her head, knowing that "it's not a secret letter" means that the relic monk has raised troops.

He opened the envelope, glanced at it, and his sadness grew stronger.

"Within half a month, [-] rebels will arrive at Tongya City. Please open the city."

~~
Good interpretation of the city.

Shanchan is the descendant of Kunming, "Tuodong City" was first built in the Nanzhao Kingdom, and it was called "Shanchan City" in the Dali Kingdom.

This place is the accompanying capital of Dali, an important town in central Yunnan, with prosperous commerce and industry...

On the first day of March, the banner of the Great Mongolian State at the top of the city fell, and the rebel army had captured Shanchan City.

A yellow-robed monk stood at the top of the city, clasped his hands together, and rescued the soldiers of the volunteer army who died in battle.

Because of his actions, the expressions of the rebels who were still cheering for the victory gradually became solemn.

After a long time, the monk finished his deliverance and began to speak.

"Speak well to the people in the city, the rebel army is ordered by Acuoye Guanyin to resist the tyranny of the Mongols and the Tatars, and to save all living beings. After entering the city, they will not rob or kill them, and the people should not panic..."

Someone has spread his words.

"Don't steal anything, don't kill anyone! Acuoye Avalokitesvara saves all living beings..."

Huge cheers erupted in Shanchan City.

"Shariputra... save the suffering, save the suffering, Shariputra!"

"Follow Shariputra to resist Mongolia..."

~~
"Monk."

When Duan Shixing's army reached the outside of Tongya City, he received a letter and learned that Sari Monk had captured Shanchan City.

"General, the demon monk has a huge momentum. As soon as he rebelled, he captured Shanchan City. He claimed to have an army of 20. He killed the defenders and occupied the city. People from all over the world rushed to the city..."

Duan Shi smiled instead of anger.

"Huh? 20 people?"

The population of the entire Shanchan Mansion is just over 20, and even if all men, women, and children rebelled with the relic monks, they would not be able to gather an army of 20.

In his view, this was another opportunity to show his loyalty to the people.

Duan Shi led the [-] Dali army, originally to deal with Gao Qiong, he planned to find Gao Changshou or other evidence, and abolish Gao Qiong as the city lord of Tongshi.

"I happened to encounter a demon monk rebelling, and it was almost delivered to my door."

Duan Shi spread out the map and pointed, and murmured: "The demon monk captured Shanchan City, the next step must be to enter Tongshi City and take down the main road to attack Dali. He thought that Gao Qiong had no intention of resisting, and would even cooperate with him , but I didn’t expect that I happened to lead elite soldiers here..."

This strategy is too simple.

The rebels must be attacking Dali City, the capital of the country. There is a straight line from Shanchan City to Dali City, and Tongshi City is in the middle.

Duan Shi could see how Monk Relic would take every step of the way.

"Send a letter back to Dali City and tell my elder brother that the Mongolian general guarding the city will lead the troops to attack the rebels together; and then send a fast horse to the southeast to report that the Marshal of the capital does not need to return to the army. A small rebellion can be put down by the Duan clan... ..."

~~
The ninth day of March.

Gao Qiong paced back and forth in the study, with more worry in his eyes.

Because of this uprising, all his plans have been disrupted.

In the past few days, he wrote to the relic monk, advising him not to go westward, not to use Dali City as the main direction of strategic attack, but to occupy the stronghold in the direction of Wumeng in the north, get closer to Sichuan, and contact the Song army.

He also asked Gao Changshou to send Bai Nongchuan to inform Li Xia that he should no longer bring goods to Dali for smuggling. There is a war, and now is not the time.

At the same time, Gao Qiong was extremely worried that Gao Changshou would act impulsively, and joined forces with the relic monk, and kept telling him not to act rashly.

However, Gao Qiong didn't get a response from Gao Changshou all day yesterday. He sent people to the deep mountains and old forests outside the city to look for Gao Changshou again, but he never came back.

……

"Brother, it's not good." Gao Junjin stepped into the study.

"What's going on?" Gao Qiong asked: "The relic monk is about to attack Tongya City?"

"No. It was Duan Shi who arrived and sealed the city with the Mongolian defenders, controlling all our people. He brought nearly ten thousand people with him, and he seemed to be setting up defenses to prevent our people from approaching..."

Gao Qiong was stunned when he heard the words, his eyes instantly lost their luster.

After a long time, he murmured in a hoarse voice.

"It's over..."

(End of this chapter)