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Chapter 628 Show
Nowadays, there are many talented disciples of the Marquis of the North, and Liu Yuanzhen has always considered himself the best among them.

But recently, something made him feel a little frustrated...

Before the New Year's Eve, as Kublai Khan's enthronement edict was conveyed to the world, many people also led the edict to go north to meet him, such as the surrendered ministers Liu Zheng and Yang Dayuan.

On Guan Long's side, many descendants of the two great princes, Wang and Liu, also went north.

Liu Yuanzhen did not receive the summons.

At that time, he knew that the battle in Guanlong was imminent, and he needed to stay and assist his father.

And just a few days ago, on the second day of February, Liu Yuanzhen heard that Kublai Khan admired Zhang Jiajiulang very much, and appointed him as the head of the Imperial Bureau.

Zhang Hongfan then wrote poems like "Fame is when you are in your prime, and you are lazy to remember the time", "The liver and gallbladder know that the world is different, and Fengchilin Pavilion will have a period of time", and the princes of Yanjing also praised him for his heroic style of writing.

Liu Yuanzhen did not have this talent for words, so he planned to overwhelm Zhang Jiulang in terms of military exploits.

The Longxi battle was very important, Liu Yuanzhen didn't want to lose, and he shouldn't have lost.

However, Li Xia was disturbing his mood...

"Li Xia deliberately let me know that he will take the Qishan Road and attack the Wang family with Hunduhai. In fact, he is going to take the Meridian Road to attack Chang'an."

"No, I can guess that Li Xia is counting. He is trying to trick me into adding troops to stay in the pass. In fact, I still have to take the Qishan Road..."

Liu Yuanzhen suddenly opened his eyes and stood up.

Only then did he realize that he was in a dream, and he was thinking about this even in his sleep.

I didn't sleep last night, and I only fell asleep for more than an hour at this time.

Very sleepy, but unable to sleep.

He waved his hand to comfort his awakened wife, then put on his clothes and turned back to the military council hall.

Lighting a candle, he stared at the map stolen from Li Xia again.

Because it was Liu Taiping who said that the deployment of troops in Hunduhai on the map was more detailed than what the Liu family found out, so he couldn't help but not care.

Hunduhai is now stationed in Liupanshan.

Liupan Mountain is located in Yuanzhou, Shaanxi Province. The Liupan Mountains and the Longshan Mountains form a long and narrow mountain range. The mountains are steep and overlook Guanzhong.

In other words, Hunduhai's army has formed a condescending advantage over Liu's Guanzhong defenders.

The Mongolian elite cavalry is ready to dive down at any time, who can compete?
Fortunately, there is Longxi, and it is the Wang family in Longxi who are confronting Hunduhai, dispelling this terrible military might.

The Wang family was also under great pressure, with 6 people confronting more than [-] people, and the Liu family could not garrison troops in Longshan, so they could only wait for the war to start and fight along Longshan.

[-] Song troops came out of the Wang family's back, which was enough to change the situation, and the Wang family could not hold on.

The lips are dead and the teeth are cold, the Liu family must not sit back and watch the Wang family lose...

At the same time, we cannot let the emptiness in Guanzhong allow the Song army to counterattack.

There are no more troops, because this is only a battle on the west road, and Kublai Khan has summoned the rest of the princes to go north to Kaiping to prepare to deal with Ali Boke's army on the east road.

Another key point is that the terrain in Hanzhong is so good, with four Shu roads to the north and one Qishan road to the west, you can go anywhere you want.

This made Liu Yuanzhen have to guess where Li Xia was going to attack.

"Do not."

Liu Yuanzhen murmured.

"You damn...you damn...you shouldn't have sent so many troops to the north. You fucking open your eyes and look at the three melons and two dates in Chuanshu. You are crazy to come here... "

According to his previous expectation, Li Xia shouldn't do this.

In the Battle of Longxi, Kublai Khan and Brother Ali, no matter who wins or loses, they still have their backgrounds.But Li Xia didn't have this strength, so he shouldn't take all his wealth, that is, a few pawns, and run to the plains to take risks.

Rationally speaking, Li Xia should not be considered.

But Li Xia doesn't look like a rational person.

"I have the ambition to clarify Emperor Yu and Kangji's living beings..."

But whoever still has a little sense, can he say such crazy words?
"It's the first year of the central government and you are still fighting for the world. You were born 30 years earlier, and you have made the contribution of Meng Gong. You may have a chance to stand on your own before you are pissed off."

Liu Yuanzhen didn't realize that he casually stated the reason for Meng Gong's regretful death, and Li Xia was still on his mind.

The most reasonable guess is that Li Xia will still go to Gongchang to plunder, which will not only strengthen his strength, but also make the Wang Liu family and Hunduhai both lose-lose.

But stealing books is too easy, too much like a conspiracy.From this point of view, it is more likely that he wants to take Chang'an.

"Did you count until I can count, or do I count until you count?"

Talking on and on, Liu Yuanzhen's blackened eyes stared at Bingtu for a long time, and decided to send the spy to Hanzhong again.

He wants to see how many troops Li Xia can mobilize...

~~
On the eighth day of February, Hanzhong, Shuaifu.

When the sky was dim, Li Xia opened his eyes.

He has been sleeping well and wakes up feeling refreshed.

Gao Mingyue next to her was still in a deep sleep. Because of the hard tossing and tossing last night, her hair was scattered and she looked weaker and weaker.

Li Xia quietly left the house and walked into the courtyard.

After exercising his muscles and bones, he raised his stone lock and squatted.

In the small bamboo grove, the bamboo bear lazily propped itself up. Seeing that it was Li Xia, he lay down on the ground with some dissatisfaction, too lazy to move.

For this person who only moves around in front of his eyes every morning, it seems to feel that...the way is different, and it doesn't conspire with each other.

When Tang An'an came to the courtyard with a water basin, he only saw this person, a bear, moving and stilling.

"Will you wash it?"

"Okay, why are you doing this?"

"It's getting cold, Qiao'er and Nian'er like to stay in bed, I don't think Madam is up yet."

"I mean, it's okay to let the servants do it."

Tang An'an didn't want the servants to do this, so she dipped a toothbrush in tooth powder and handed it to Li Xia, and she twisted a handkerchief to wipe Li Xia's sweat.

"Lang Jun, take off your shirt and wipe it for you."

"Hmm... okay..." Li Xia brushed her teeth and answered vaguely.

"I heard from Qiaoer that Alang wants to regain the north." Tang Anan said, "When I was a child, my family lived in Kaifeng Xiangfu. When I was five years old, my father and brother and a group of people revolted against Mongolia and were beaten to death. I was taken by refugees. Fleeing to Jiangnan..."

Li Xia listened to her, brushed his teeth, and said, "There are indeed righteous men in the Central Plains. No wonder someone told me, 'There are no heroes in the Central Plains'. It is shameless. If I were born 20 years earlier, I should stand side by side with your father and brother." Over the years, too many daredevils have fallen, and the rest have learned to be smart..."

Tang An'an knew what he liked to talk about and wanted to chat with him.

But it's not the kind of matching what Hu's mother taught her. She didn't want to tell others about these things when she was a child.

I want to tell Li Xia, because she knows he really cares.

She cares too.

But it was rare for her to be alone with Li Xia, and it seemed unnatural when she finally found an opportunity.

Time passed quickly, after only a short while, Li Xia had already changed his clothes and went to the front office again.

Tang An'an lowered her head regretfully.

Speaking of which, she had a very fulfilling life in Hanzhong, and spent a lot of time every day perfecting her piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Li Xia also asked her to help write a few books, such as teaching the world how to understand his simplified Chinese characters, such as marking some rhythms To teach people to read and write...

Originally thought that there would be many opportunities to get along with each other this way, but Gao Mingyue took care of these things.

But Li Xia was busy with things, so he naturally wanted to spend more time with Gao Mingyue when he had free time, and sometimes stayed in Nian'er's house, so he seldom had time to spend with Tang An'an.

She felt something was missing.

It was agreed to "help" write the book, but Tang An'an was a little worried about whether he had become Li Xia's "untouchable subordinate".

In short, he hasn't fallen in love with her yet, and he has no shortage of women.

She stood in front of the steps thinking about this, for a long time, suddenly a gentle voice sounded behind her.

"An An finds a way to pursue Mr. Lang."

"Huh? I've seen Madam."

Gao Mingyue smiled, and said: "You have to be yourself first, and boldly show your goodness, so that you can teach Alang to like you..."

~~
"It's time to show the northerners what I can do."

In the meeting hall, Li Xia said jokingly, "Kong Xian and Zhang Jue's troops have set off?"

"Responded." Han Qi'an said: "Kong Xian can mobilize 800 elite soldiers from Lizhou West Road, and Zhang Jue can mobilize 3000 elite soldiers from various places in western Sichuan. They should have set out northward by now."

"Can you guarantee that there will be no chaos in the station?"

"can."

"In this way, we can mobilize more than [-] elite troops."

Han Qi'an said: "In the case of ensuring the garrison of Sichuan and Shu, this is the best effort."

After saying this, his face became embarrassed again.

"The 6000 million guan allocated by the imperial court is still being transported from Jinghu and other places. Now the money and food have not yet arrived, and Alang has used up all the money for this year..."

"As long as Guanzhong can be won, next year's money and food can still be paid for, right? There will be land tax in the year after next."

"Sigh." Han Qi'an sighed, and said, "After this time, Alang, please be more on the safe side."

Li Xia smiled and comforted him: "Okay, I promise Mr. Yining that I will keep enough money and food in the future."

"Since that's the case, is the plan to levy Dali delayed?"

"No need, I'm in charge of Guanzhong, that's enough. It's still Nie Zhongyou, Yi Shiying, and Gao Changshou who take Dali."

"This is fighting on both sides..."

"Fighting on both sides, at least one can be won, right?" Li Xia asked again: "Where is Gao Changshou?"

~~
I have to say that Zhaotong City is too far away.

Li Xia returned to Sichuan and Shu years ago and invited Gao Changshou to go north to discuss the attack on Dali.It was not until the tenth day of February that Gao Changshou and his party arrived in Hanzhong.

He has matured a lot, with a beard under his chin, unlike the handsome young man in the past, he is much calmer and has experienced many vicissitudes.

When we met again, he hugged Li Xia hard, his eyes were already red.

After that, Gao Changshou chatted a lot.

"How many years? You have become my brother-in-law, but I was not present at your wedding banquet..."

"Zhaotong and Weining cities have been built, and caravans pass by every day. It's not easy...it's really not easy..."

"I gave birth to a son again, and I haven't named him yet. I want you to name him..."

Finally, after saying goodbye, Li Xia brought Gao Changshou and Nie Zhongyou to the meeting hall to discuss the matter of the Southern Expedition.

"The garrison here in Hanzhong cannot be withdrawn. I can only mobilize [-] troops, and I have to plan for Guanzhong. I can only let Nie Zhongyou lead [-] elite troops to march south with you. I have ordered Tongchuan Fulu to mobilize [-] troops. They are led by Yi Shiying, but they are not elite soldiers."

"That's enough. With the addition of Zhaotong and Weining, I barely have [-] troops. Among them are [-] elite troops, enough to conquer Dali." Gao Changshou said, "But what I'm worried about is... the money and food in the future."

"Yes." Li Xia said: "I have prepared the first batch of grain and grass, and transported it from Jinghu to Xuzhou by water. After that, the money and grain will be adjusted every three months."

Gao Changshou suddenly smiled.

He stepped forward, hugged Li Xia's head with both hands, and pressed his forehead against Li Xia's.

"Brother-in-law."

"Ok?"

"You believe me."

Li Xia said: "It's not that I don't believe you, it's because I didn't transfer money and food from Jinghu so fast..."

"I know, I mean... you have to trust me."

Gao Changshou couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart at last, and his hands trembled a little.

"I'm going to expel the Mongolian captives in Dali. I know I can't do it without you. If I hadn't met you back then, I, Gao Changshou, would have been a bone gnawed by a dog on the side of the road. I remember all of this...you have to believe me. "

In comparison, Li Xia was a little too calm.

There are not many enemy troops in Dali, and he cares more about Guanzhong.

Li Xia was sure that the Gao family would not betray after taking Dali. On the one hand, it was trust, and on the other hand, Yi Shiying was in charge, and the money and food were properly arranged, which made him really not worry about it anymore.

Up until now, the two had been emotionally different.

The reason is that after several years of separation, Li Xia has gone farther than Gao Changshou.

He has more courage and majesty.

"Trust you. You can fight as you like, without any worries. I remember what we said back then."

"I also remember." Gao Changshou said: "You leveled the world, and the Gao family lived in Yunnan for you."

He said "Yunnan". Needless to say, this already represents his commitment.

Finally, after Li Xia was rejected time and time again by the Marquis of the North, he heard the voice of support again.

Some people believe that he can conquer the world.

It has always been those who were the first to bet the fate of the family on him, and they are as firm as ever.

"Okay, when you regain Dali, when I win Guanzhong, we will teach the world to see, our ambition is not just talk..."

(End of this chapter)