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Chapter 297 Boundaries
Can cross the border.

The five-foot road meanders to the land of Yunnan, and the section on both sides of the "Kedu River" is called "Keduguan Post Road", which is located in Yangliu Town, Xuanwei City.

Keduguan is located in the south of Kedu River, at the dangerous pass of the post road, known as "the key of Yunnan and Guizhou" and "the first pass into Yunnan".

Zhuge Liang stationed troops here when he marched south.

I also thought that Li Xia would continue to escape after passing Keduguan, but I didn't expect that Li Xia would actually be stationed in Guancheng.

That is of course an attack on Guancheng.

But the road before crossing the pass was narrow, no more than six feet, and the Mongolian army could not open up their formation. The first two days were only to drive the mountain people to attack the pass city, but failed to attack.

Yexian saw Li Xia's determination to defend the pass through such a tentative attack.

He was very confused about this, and he didn't understand what the Song general was thinking... After all, this place is still in Dali territory, so how could the Song army guard it for a long time.

Although he felt strange, he still recruited soldiers from the Momi tribe and the Luopo tribe from the south and southwest respectively, and made preparations for a strong attack to cross the pass.

……

In Guancheng, several hundred generals under Li Xia's command were also very puzzled.

Unlike Gao Changshou, they prefer to return to the Song Dynasty as soon as possible, so they don't quite understand why they should guard the gate accordingly.

Bao San raised a question first.

"Didn't the county lieutenant say that it is meaningless to consume the Mongolian army in Dali?"

Li Xia nodded and said, "Today, I called you to discuss it, just to let you know that going north from here is no longer in Dali territory. You can regard it as... Song territory."

"Song Jing?"

All the generals were taken aback.

"That's right." Li Xia said, "Behind you, they were called Wusa and Wumeng tribes before, and Weining and Zhaotong later. They are all the lands of the Song Dynasty, and they are also owned by the Song Dynasty on the map."

Wu Ang asked: "In peacetime, the Wuza tribe... Weining is indeed a place of restraint, but it has been attached to Dali a hundred years ago."

"Now that Dali is destroyed, it is time for it to return to the Song Dynasty."

"Can……"

Wu Ang still wanted to speak, but Bao San pulled him, and said in a low voice: "The county captain is going to be Shu Shuai."

"Yes." Wu Ang responded, and said: "The villain understands the ambition of the county lieutenant, but... the land of Jiji, especially the tribes such as Wusha and Wumeng, have always refused to listen to the imperial court. This is the Song Dynasty. , In fact, it is a barren land at all. Before Wuliang and Taiwan attacked Shu, they entered the country through Wumeng, and they were not hindered along the way, which can be seen."

Bao Sandao: "County captain, the villain is also the magistrate's ambition, and he will never fear war. The worry is that we can defend the pass for a while, but there is no support here, no supplies, and I'm afraid we can't hold it for a long time."

Li Xia was not in a hurry to answer, and asked again: "Is there any doubt?"

Mao Yi'er and Yu Tian looked at each other, not daring to speak.

Hu Hu and Xiong Shan didn't bother to think about this, anyway, they did what Li Xia told them to do.

Song He never talked much, so Yu Bing thought for a while and said, "The villain also has this worry. But Duguan is too far away from Qingfu County, and the road along the way is a difficult road like Wuchi Road, but it is far from Dali. too close."

Yu Bing's words hit the point, and all the generals nodded one after another.

In fact, Keduguan is called "the key to Yunnan and Guizhou" and "the first pass into Yunnan", which means that this is the pass city that guards the enemy in the north in Yunnan.

But Li Xia wanted to use this pass city to guard against the enemies coming from the south, and his subordinates had to be puzzled.

"I know, none of you are timid..."

"Yes! The villains follow the county lieutenant to fight the enemy. They have never been defeated, and they will never be timid!" Yu Bing shouted.

Li Xia waved his hand and said, "The problem you are worried about is that Keduguan is close to Dali, and the north is full of mountain tribes, not the provincial government of the Song Dynasty. The isolated city faces the enemy without supplies or support. Right? ?”

"Correct."

The term "mountain tribe" used by Li Xia is quite special. If it were someone else, they would usually say "barbarians".

However, it is precisely from this word that some people have realized the difference in Li Xia's treatment of Wumeng, Usha and other tribes.

Xiong Shan was a little dazed, looking at Asha behind Li Xia, as if he realized something.

"Then what we have to do is to make Keduguan no longer an isolated city. To put it simply, we need to win the support of these mountain tribes north of Guancheng..."

Obviously Li Xia did not set Keduguan as the border with the Mongolian Dali regime on a whim, but had already prepared for it.

"Let's talk about the Wuza tribe first. The Wuza tribe is a tribe of Yi people. There are also a large number of Miao people mixed in the local area and in the mountains to the north. The Wuza tribe is one of the 37 Wuman tribes. It once supported the establishment of Dali...

The current leader of the Uzza tribe is called 'Debu Al', let's call him 'Al'. A long time ago, his father was cowardly and incompetent, and was besieged by the five coalition forces led by Shuixi. It is the humiliation of Zati to lead the horse, and Uzza to carry the load for the man.

At that time, the infant Al was abandoned in the wild, and the tribe adopted him after they found him. After he grew up, he defeated the five coalition forces and revived the Uzzah tribe.

Now that Al is also old, he plans to pass on the position of leader to his son Le Yu. When the Mongols destroyed Dali, the father and son refused to surrender, and they followed the Gao family to resist the Mongols.

Last year, Wu Liang joined forces with Taiwan to attack Shu, passing through the Wusa tribe, pulling out its strongholds and killing its people.Therefore, there was also a deep hatred between Uzza and Mongolia before.However, this kind of deep hatred will be swallowed up by fear...or helplessness.

If we do nothing and leave Wusha, Wumeng, and these mountain tribes alone, sooner or later they will become vassals of Mongolia..."

The hundred generals actually didn't quite understand.

But they already knew that what Li Xia wanted to do was to subdue the various tribes in Zhaotong and Weining, let these tribes support them in guarding and crossing the pass, and then turn it into a real territory.

It is enough for them to know this.

"County lieutenant, I will understand."

"It's good to understand." Li Xia said: "In the next few days, I want you to guard Guancheng. I will go to the Wuza tribe and bring supplies and reinforcements."

"I will guard the pass with all my might, and I will never let the Mongolians go any further north."

"Remember, don't regard your back as a wild land. This is our new territory..."

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Gao Changshou was always looking at Li Xia.

After all the generals left, he still didn't look away.

"What does Mu Ru see me doing?"

Gao Changshou raised his hand, pointed at Asha behind Li Xia, and quickly withdrew his hand.

He was actually a little afraid of this Miao Wu.

To be honest, Gao Changshou has always believed that the reason why Dali worships Buddhism may be because there are too many races under the rule, and there are too many gods and ghosts who believe in it, and Buddhism must be used to unify it.

Of course, this was just his childhood imagination.

"Can I have a few words with Feiyu alone?" Gao Changshou asked Asha.

Asha did not speak, and there was still a dead silence.

Li Xia said: "Just say what you want, she is my believer, she can be trusted."

"When did Feiyu start planning this?"

"Ok?"

"Territory." Gao Changshou said: "I think back, you mentioned the 'territory' matter when you were in the north. Recently, I see you acting like you have been planning these things for a long time. Including this...Aunt Tong Si beside you .Is it used to subdue the Miao people?"

"Let me tell you the truth." Li Xia said, "I am the King of Pluto, reincarnated to save the common people from the iron heel of Mongolia."

Gao Changshou frowned.

That's why he wanted to send Asha away.

He has very important business to talk to Li Xia, but as long as this Miao Wu is around, Li Xia will always talk about this "Pluto".

"I'm asking about your aspirations, not something like 'Pluto'." Gao Changshou said, "I don't believe in Pluto..."

Before he finished speaking, a puff of smoke sprayed on Gao Changshou's face, his eyes rolled and he became dizzy.

"You again..."

"Asha, stop. Mu Ru and I have business to discuss."

Ashajin obviously didn't care about these things, she just opened her mouth and said indifferently: "The only thing that is not allowed is not to believe in Hades."

Li Xia smiled wryly, and said to himself: "When we arrive at the Miao Village, it would be nice if you could make others be so devout..."

(End of this chapter)