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Chapter 366 Heat

"Looking back now, I was a little naive back then."

The room was lit like beans, and Li Xia and Han Chengxu were sitting opposite each other, holding the secret letter and talking.

Li Xia would not talk to Li Yong about the matter in the north, but could only talk to Han Chengxu.

"In Kaifeng, Duke Yang told me that if the Song court could defeat the Mongolian army a few times, it might cause the princes in the north to revolt against the Mongolian army. I couldn't see what was wrong with it."

Han Chengxu squinted his old eyes, and said: "Looking at the things mentioned in the letter, there are indeed clues... What Li Fenzhi did last year shows that he has a strong intention to oppose the Mongolian army, and he dared to blatantly cut off the logistics of the Mongolian army. What's the difference in blatantly separatist? He dared to do this, presumably because he contacted many nobles, so Yang Gong has that kind of judgment."

Li Xia said: "The more this is the case, the more worried I am."

Han Chengxu understood, and sighed: "Li Fen's actions are like A Lang's rebellion in Qingfu County today, and the fire has not yet come. Even if Tacha'er was allowed to fight in Lianghuai last year, he did not hide it."

"My strength is far from being comparable to that of Li Fen. But he is too crazy, and he is destined to be difficult to achieve great things."

"The Meng people don't move him for the time being. It's nothing more than Brother Meng wants to destroy Song Dynasty as soon as possible, and also wants to deal with Kublai Khan. When he is empty, he will definitely get rid of Li Fen."

Li Xia said: "If you are the Marquis of the Northland, you have a little anti-Mongolian thought in your heart, and dare to conspire with people like Li Fen?"

Han Chengxu smiled bitterly: "Not everyone can see this."

Li Xia said: "Which one of those who can become a great prince is not an old man?"

"Alang worried about Duke Yang?"

Li Xia pondered, and said slowly: "Since I became an official, I have fought several battles with the Mongolian army, and I view the current situation a little differently... To incite the princes of the North to raise trouble, a small victory is not enough. It is winning the battle, but it is not yet time to reverse the situation.

We need a big victory, recovering Chengdu and Hanzhong, marching into Qinlong, and eyeing the Central Plains. Only in this way can we give confidence to the northerners.But what Yang Gongxin said above, when Meng Ge took the examination of the Central Plains, all the officials in the Han area were panicked, "this is a great opportunity, I hope you can grasp it"? "

Han Chengxu said slowly: "Thanks to this information, Jia Sidao will definitely defeat Tacha'er on the Jinghu battlefield this year. According to Yang Gong's assumption, the commander of the Mongolian army in the Central Plains has just been rotated and suffered a big defeat. Li Fen's attack, When the princes of the North were in panic, they all responded..."

"Duke Yang is wrong." Li Xia said: "I said that the soldiers marched into Qinlong and eyed the Central Plains to make the northerners fear us. It is true that people in the northerners are panicking now, but that is the fear of the Mongols. The Han people Shihou still despises Song Ting, but Li Fen's ambitious generation is ready to make a move, how can it be done?

Yang Gong saw this as an opportunity, and sent information to Jia Sidao one after another, but he did not see any movement from the great prince behind him.I'm afraid those people will sell Yang Gong after seeing the situation clearly. "

Han Chengxu sighed: "Poor piece of red blood and loyal heart, in the end it only becomes the credit book of Song officials and the scapegoat of princes."

"If I hadn't gone to Kaifeng back then, Duke Yang would have burnt the information in frustration and stopped taking any action. Maybe he would have passed the hook-up exam without incident."

"Alang don't have to think so." Han Chengxu said: "You have defeated Wuliang Hetai, let the ministers of the DPRK and China contact him, and have been fulfilling the promise to him. This time, Yang Gong is too impatient. His songs are beautiful and rich. Literary talent, but not a minister of planning."

"No, it's not that he was impatient. The Hook Examination Bureau has already gone south. It's because I didn't do it." Li Xia murmured: "I was too slow. In Chengdu, if I have the strength to defend Jianmen Pass, maybe With the possibility of counterattacking Hanzhong, Duke Yang's situation will be very different... It's really slow, slow step by step."

"Alang?"

"I owe him." Li Xia said.

Han Chengxu said: "Qingfu's army is already a quick victory, and defeating Wuliang is already very difficult. Alang has already achieved such a level, what else can he do?"

"It should be better..."

Li Xia's eyes didn't know where to look, and she was lost in thought.

Han Chengxu said: "With Alang's official position, these things are extremely difficult to do, so we have to look at Jia Sidao..."

"Do you know why Jia Sidao gave me this information?" Li Xia came back to his senses and asked.

"He's beating Ah Lang."

"Well, he's telling me that he is the only one in court who values ​​these things. He reminds me that I have to be attached to him to get things done."

"So how do we respond?"

Li Xia thought for a while, and said, "I'll write him a letter, asking him to send someone north, and try to rescue Mr. Yang if he's in trouble... The next festival is the Double Ninth Festival, so I went to the street to buy a cricket cage as a gift. and send it to him."

"Cricket cage?"

"The gift is not important, as long as I understand what he means. By the way, you don't need to tell Li Xiling about this."

Jia Sidao only sent an annoying scholar instead of a military elite, this is to show that he has no malice towards Li Xia and Li Yong.

Li Xia knew this well, and at the same time knew that Jia Sidao couldn't let Wu Qian abolish the establishment.

For the time being, the two have similar positions, so let's make a statement.

……

Li Xia pushed the door out of the public room, feeling inexplicably heavy.

Some of the information given by Yang Guo has already been used by him, such as Wu Liang's plan to attack Shu and Tachaer's attack on Huaihe River;

There are also some, such as the population tax of the Northland, the western expedition of Hulagu, the intrigue of the Khan court, etc., which have not been used for the time being, and will wait for the future.

When they came, it was the restoration of the Han family that they had imagined together.

Li Xia is still young, still growing in strength, waiting for a better opportunity; Yang Guo is already old, a subjugated person, he does not know how many opportunities he will have in his life.

"Let Jiang Fan come to see me." Li Xia recruited a small official in the corridor and ordered.

After a while, Jiang Fan came in a hurry. Instead of a hook, there was an iron fist on the broken arm.

"Meet the county magistrate."

"That assassin from the Quanzhen sect... Yu Dechen, how are you doing?"

"Reporting to the county magistrate, he was imprisoned for more than half a year, and he just meditated every day."

Li Xia said: "You find a way to let him escape from the prison..."

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The next day, Qingfu barracks.

A prisoner named "Hu Legen" said to Song He in Chinese: "It's not that I can't raise it well, it's that this horse breed is not good."

He was captured during the attack on Qingfu County in December last year. It has been more than nine months now, and he speaks Chinese very fluently.

"I think it's because you don't want to do your best." Song He said.

After Yu Bing died in battle, another general of Ma Jun was replaced by Yang Ben.The two didn't get along well, and Song He always had a cold face.

"No." Hu Legen said: "The best is the Mongolian horse, followed by the Dali horse. This horse breed is too bad."

With a "snap", Song He gave Hu Legen an ear melon seed, and said, "I'll give you three days, but these horses are still so weak, get out of here and go back to the dark room."

Hu Legen stole a glance at Song He, but he didn't dare to refute, so he agreed.

Yang Ben glanced sideways, knowing that it was indeed a horse breed problem, but he was too lazy to offend Song He for a Mongolian captive, so he just waved and said, "General Song Bai, come here..."

Over there, Hu Ligen led his horse to wash himself. At dusk, he glanced around and found that the guarding soldiers around him had gone to nowhere.

He froze for a moment, looked around again, and gradually thought of running away.

In chains, he walked through the back of the stables, went round and round, and found a small hole in the camp.

"Hu Legen" means mouse in Mongolian, and the reason why he got this name is because of his short stature.

For more than half a year, he taught the officers and men of Qingfu Army to speak Mongolian, and people often mentioned this matter and asked him why he was so short.

"Not all Mongolians are tall, and of course there are short ones." Hu Legen was very tired of these questions, and felt that these Han people were really ignorant.

In the past, Hu Legen was quite strong, but now he has lost a lot of weight, and he can barely get out of this small hole.

This was something he had planned for a long time, and today he finally found the opportunity.

Drilling out of the small hole, he ran into a grove, heaving a sigh of relief, secretly thankful that the people passing by in the distance didn't find him.

After a while, Huligan found a big rock and wanted to smash the shackles on his feet.

He lifted the stone, but he was stunned for a moment.

Where did you escape?

He definitely won’t go back to Dali, not to mention far away, the place is hot and humid, and there are many bugs, he doesn’t like to stay long ago.

To vote for another Mongolian army?How can a person go so far in Song Dynasty?
If you are caught, you will have to be locked up in that dark room again...

Hu Legen's heart turned back and forth, looking around, he really didn't know how to escape, so he sighed, put down the stone, walked back to the small hole, and tried his best to get through.

Stuck at the entrance of the cave for a while, he was struggling, when a pair of boots suddenly appeared in front of him.

Startled, Hu Legen raised his head and saw Li Xia.

"This is the third time. I said that everything should be limited to three times. If you run away next time, I will peel off your skin." Li Xia said in Mongolian.

"No, no, no... no, Lizhi County, I didn't escape." Hu Legen said in Chinese: "I'm going to gather... some fodder to feed the horses."

"I've been watching you escape."

Hu Legen was startled again, and hurriedly said, "I, I, I am back...I am back."

Li Xia asked: "So? This time it doesn't count? Give you one more chance?"

"That's right...ah, no, no, no, I'm sure I won't run away again, there won't be a next time."

"You speak Chinese well."

"Yes, the villain likes to speak Chinese, and the villain can also speak idioms...Be honest and settle down, be honest and settle down."

"Get up and do something for me..."

(End of this chapter)