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Chapter 286 Dali Family
Gao Mingyue had already climbed off Li Xia's back, and stood beside him secretly watching him direct the battle.

She could see that the Eight Hundred Celebration Fu Army was trained by Li Xia's painstaking efforts, and she was worried that they would suffer too many casualties.It turned out that he compromised his precious strength in order to save her. This kind of thought made her feel a little guilty.

Li Xia seemed to see her uneasiness, and suddenly shook her hand during the command gap.

"Don't worry, it will be fine."

Gao Mingyue let out a "hmm", and felt that although he was usually cold and cold, as long as he was willing, he could still understand a woman's mind very well.

As Li Xia said, this raid ended quickly.

There are three mountain roads in Dajian Mountain, more than [-] Dali troops are scattered, and the main defense is that the people on the mountain are fleeing.I wasn't too prepared for the sudden enemy attack from behind.

After just over half an hour, the Dali army guarding the mountain fled.

Li Xia didn't send people to chase after him, but ordered to clean up the battlefield as soon as possible...

Wu Ang dragged Dong Jingtai to Li Xia.

"County lieutenant, captured an enemy general alive..."

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Dong Jingtai looked up, a little surprised that the general of the Song army who came was so young.What was even more surprising was that some Song troops actually came to the territory of Tongya Mansion.

"Ha, the reinforcements we asked for from Song Ting four years ago finally arrived today?"

Li Xia couldn't help but smile when he heard that.

This sarcasm sounds ordinary, but it can be seen that Dong Jingtai is not simple.

The first is courage. After being captured alive, he does not beg for mercy, does not panic, and dares to speak out, so he has the courage; secondly, he has a standpoint, pointing out that there is a reason for him to surrender to Mongolia. Song people have no right to blame him. Wronged.

In a word, Dong Jingtai not only shows that he is a character who can be recruited, but also does not appear to be useless.

"Who are you?" Li Xia asked.

"Dong Jingtai, after the founding prime minister of Dali, Duke Dong Jialuoyu, the general of the Dali Kingdom, and the deputy thousand households of the Mongolian Kingdom..."

After hearing this, Li Xia understood that Dong Jingtai was from the Dong family.

The history of Dali Kingdom can be seen as the history of clan struggles for power. Nanzhao Kingdom has six major families under the control of the Meng family, namely the Zheng family, the Zhao family, the Yang family, the Duan family, the Gao family, and the Dong family.

First, the Zheng family usurped the country and established the "Great Changhe State"; then the Zhao family usurped the country and established the "Datian Xingguo"; and then the Yang family usurped the country and established the "Dayi Ningguo".

In the future, the Duan family united with the Dong family, the Gao family, the Zhao family, and even a Yang family to establish the "Dali Kingdom".

Later, the Gao family usurped the throne for a while, and then returned to the Duan family. It was neither the "ancestor Gao Fengliang" as Gao Changshou said, nor the Duan family's aspirations, but it was just a trade-off between the five major families.

To put it simply, "You, the Gao family, can take power, but don't usurp the throne. Everyone doesn't want to make trouble again."

Except for the Zheng family who was "killed for all descendants", the other five families have been prominent until now.

Among the five major families, Li Xia has not been in contact with the others, only knows that the Gao family and the Dong family, whose ancestors are all Han Chinese, belong to a barbaric Han family.

Gao Xiang, the first ancestor of the Gao family, was originally from Jiangxi. He entered Yunnan with Zhuge Liang, settled here, and gradually became a wealthy family with a common surname.

The Dong family first moved to Dong Cheng, whose ancestral home was Jinling, and fled to Yunnan at the end of Tang Dynasty.

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At this time, Dong Jingtai revealed his identity, looked up, and knew that Li Xia knew Dong Shi, and said: "If you let me go, I can confess to you Duan Shi's military situation, and help you save Gao Changshou from Dali."

Li Xia asked: "You guys with big surnames are not good at fighting, but you are very good at weighing the pros and cons."

Dong Jingtai said: "Yes, it is really impossible for me to surrender. Your national strength in the Song Dynasty is a hundred times inferior to that of Mongolia. I would rather die than surrender and hurt my family. But as long as you let me go today, there will be no harm to you. .”

He didn't wait for Li Xia to answer, and honestly began to confess...

Over there, Xiong Shan entered Dong Jingtai's tent, and came out again after a while, holding a porcelain pot and a suit of clothes in his hand.

"County Lieutenant, please look at this. It is Shu Brocade and Huayang Kiln, which are very similar to our products."

Li Xia took it and looked at it, then asked Dong Jingtai, "How much did you buy it for?"

Dong Jingtai was stunned.

There is a war going on right now, although there are only a few hundred people on both sides, but no matter how small the battlefield is, this kind of problem shouldn't arise.

"Ask you, how much did you pay for this Shu brocade?" Li Xia said again.

"It was provided by the family, and someone in the family did some business with the Song people. The returnees from the Great Mongolian Kingdom searched hard, and did some business... to supplement the family."

"Do it for the past two years?"

"I have done it. General, you see, you and I have a relationship. If the general is interested in this business, I can secretly make a connection..."

Dong Jingtai seemed to be catching on to a life-saving straw, and he talked about business in a logical manner.

Li Xia is not surprised by this. According to what Wu Tong said before, in the past two years, goods have often been smuggled to Dali, and the power in Dali is nothing more than these few families...

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When he came to Dali this time, Li Xia's purpose was very clear.He is here to open up business, not to fight.

In his private heart, he was very angry at the rebellion against the relic monk.

Leading a group of mountain people to revolt immediately exposed the insufficient anti-Mongolian forces to the butcher's knife, wasting the opportunity to accumulate strength.

As a result, Li Xia's strength began to deplete.

The Eight Hundred Celebration Fu Army had no logistics, no support, no supplies, and no fortified city to rest, and went deep into the enemy's territory.Although there have been no major casualties for the time being, more than forty people have been killed or injured.

Arrows, thorns, fireballs, and dry food are almost used up, and their physical strength is exhausted. It will be difficult to win yesterday's battle. Once surrounded, there is a danger of destruction.

Even if he wins by luck and wipes out all four or five thousand Dali soldiers, it will not have much impact on the Duan family; but the Qingfu army is Li Xia's entire strength.

Even if Dali City is captured, there is no possibility of holding it in this place directly under Mongolian rule; they are not like Qingfu County, where they are protected by the Song Army, the Eight Pillars of Sichuan, and rely on the power of the Great Song Dynasty.

So, for what?

These sacrificed lives and time could have been avoided.

So Li Xiaqian and Wan told Gao Changshou to "don't act rashly".

He originally planned to let Gao Changshou go to Sichuan and Yunnan to occupy territory, and let Gao Qiong be in charge of smuggling.In this way, a line of "officials, bandits, and merchants" supporting each other was formed in Sichuan, the border, and Yunnan to accumulate strength.

Now, Gao Qiong, the city lord of Tongya, is gone.

Li Xia had to think about finding another person to replace him.

His plan of "officials, pirates, and merchants" without "merchants" is like a pool of stagnant water without its source and direction.

And this Shang should have a clear identity in Dali, so that he would not drag Li Xia, a budding weak force, into the sight of the main attack of the Mongolian army in Dali.

Dong Jingtai seems to be one of the candidates to consider...

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After Gao Changshou saw the battle at the foot of the mountain, he quickly gathered the remaining young and strong, and went down the mountain to meet Li Xia.

But they had only reached the mountainside, and the battle was over.

Gao Changshou was amazed by the strength of Li Xia's army, and he still dragged his injured leg down the mountain.

Gradually, he saw Li Xia.

Gao Changshou couldn't help but smile.

The friend reunited after a long absence, and there was genuine joy in his eyes.

"Feiyu!"

Li Xia was interrogating Dong Jingtai, and looked back at Gao Changshou with thoughtful eyes, but did not show much emotion.

"Muru... let Mu Ru come here."

Gao Changshou walked up to Li Xia and hugged him vigorously.

"I owe you another life."

Li Xia patted him on the back and said, "You're hurt again."

"Often." Gao Changshou said with a wry smile, "If you want to resist Mongolia, how can you not get hurt?"

"Mu Ru wait a moment, pack up the battlefield, strip off the armor and arrows, let's go up the mountain and talk again."

Gao Changshou glanced around, took a look at the battlefield, and said, "Feiyu built a strong army."

"It's not long since it became an army, and it's not yet a strong army."

(End of this chapter)