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Chapter 640 Luck
Chang'an City.

Before the Great Song Dynasty went south, Shaanxi Road and Yongxing Army Road were successively set up here.

In the Jin Dynasty, Yongxingjun Road was changed to Jingzhaofu Road.

After a lapse of more than a hundred years, only people in the Song Dynasty still called this place that they had never been to "Yongxing Army Road".

Li Xia never called it that, but only said "Guanzhong" and "Chang'an", while the northerners often called it "Jingzhaofu".

This is similar to "Hanzhong" and "Xingyuanfu". There has been no unified dynasty for too long, and there has been a lot of confusion and abuse of names.

Today's Chang'an City is no longer the magnificent city outline of the heyday of Tang Dynasty.

It was severely damaged during the Huangchao Uprising. The so-called "millions of people have no household", and after a long period of war, it was almost destroyed.

Until Emperor Zhaozong of the Tang Dynasty, Han Jian, the governor of the Youguo Army, began to rebuild Chang'an City, abandoned the outer city of Chang'an, and used the original imperial city as a new city...

In the first year of Zhongtong, the tenth day of May.

The Prime Minister's Mansion of Shaanxi Province.

Liu Heima was dressed in casual clothes, sitting in the lobby, and took a sip of tea.

Now that the weather is getting hotter, the teacup in his hand is still steaming.

Turning to look at Lian Xixian, Liu Heima was a little envious...

Since the 13th year of Wokuotai Khan, he has been appointed as the general manager of Wanhu, guarding Shaanxi and Shanxi, and it has been 19 years.

The world called him a general, and gave him a majestic name, but few people knew that his name was Liu Yi, and his courtesy name was Meng Fang.

"嶷" means young and bright, intelligent. "Meng" has the longest ranking among his brothers, and "Fang" means "a gentleman uses the province to observe the people and set up education".

He, Liu Yi, has a lifelong ambition, which is actually to help the people.Therefore, he pleaded with Wo Kuotai many times, asking for the pardon of the slaves in the north, and rescued tens of thousands of Henan people.

It's a pity that in the battle of Sanfeng Mountain, the golden general Wanyan Heda was defeated, and Liu Heima's prestige was too great, which completely overshadowed Liu Yi's name.

He also wanted to be like Lian Xixian and Shi Tianze, managing one side.

But when he opened his mouth, he was still talking about military affairs.

"I have sent my nephew and nephew to drive the Song army out of Jingzhao Mansion. It can be confirmed that the Song army is only a thousand horses, so there is nothing to worry about."

Lian Xixian shook his head and said: "That's good. The Song army has been very powerful in recent months, but they have never captured the prefectures and counties. They only blocked roads and military supplies, and confused me."

"Yes."

Holding the teacup, Liu Heima sighed, and murmured: "Li Xia keeps threatening, sometimes saying that he wants to fight for supremacy in the world, sometimes saying that he wants to form an alliance with Hunduhai, sometimes saying that he wants to take Jingzhao Mansion. It makes people dazzled and dizzy... ...In the end, there was loud thunder and little rain."

Lian Xixian said: "Don't underestimate this son."

At this point, he smiled, and said: "Your master told me this three times. He is very worried that I have underestimated Li Xia!"

Liu Heima was ashamed, and said: "The dog is stupid, I made Lian Gong laugh."

Lian Xixian is actually very young, only 29 years old at the time.

But those who have never seen him in Beidi thought he was an old master, and Jingzhao officials called him Lian Gong.

This is because Lian Xixian joined Kublai Khan's shogunate at the age of 19. Kublai Khan appreciated his knowledge and called him "Lian Mencius", so Lian Xixian became famous all over the world when he was young.

He was only 23 years old when Xuanfu Jingzhao Mansion, and he has made remarkable achievements.

Although he is knowledgeable, he is by no means a weak scholar.

He is a Uighur, and because his father was a visiting envoy to Lian from Yannan Zhulu, he changed his Chinese surname to "Lian".

Lian Xixian was tall and tall, good at riding and shooting. When he first came to the Jinlianchuan shogunate, he drew his bow vigorously and hit three shots three times, which won the admiration of everyone.

Kublai Khan praised more than once, "Xi Xian is a real man!"

Let's talk about Liu Yuanzhen, who is nearly forty years old, and he claims to be the most handsome of the princes, but he never dares to compare with Lian Xixian and regards him as an elder.

At this time, he waved his hand and praised Liu Yuanzhen a few more words, Lian Xixian looked natural, and said: "It's not that Da Lang is not, I mean... I didn't despise Li Xia."

Liu Heima asked: "Now that the West Road has won a great victory and Jingzhao is fine, what is Mr. Lian worried about?"

"Li Xia won't shoot aimlessly." Lian Xixian said: "His attacks are dazzling... Maybe, to attract us to attack Hanzhong?"

Liu Heima was silent.

After a long while, he murmured: "In the battle with Hunduhai, the soldiers and generals were lost, and the vitality was greatly injured. How can we attack Hanzhong?"

"Therefore, Li Xia hopes that we send troops at this time, so that he can take advantage of the situation."

"In this way, I accidentally planted a willow and avoided a catastrophe."

Lian Xixian said: "Two things, one is that I am worried that Li Xia will not succeed in his plan and will attack Jingzhao Mansion by force. Ziwu Road is difficult, and he may send troops out of Chencang Road, so I ask Mr. Liu to work hard before returning to Fengxiang Mansion. guard."

Liu Heima sighed while holding the teacup.

To be honest, he wanted to stay in Chang'an to enjoy family happiness, and occasionally participate in some economic affairs and people's livelihood, but Lian Xixian had an invitation, so he had no choice but to accept it.

"Okay. Mr. Lian's second matter..."

"I'm worried about Wang Liangchen."

Lian Xixian smiled wryly, and said: "I'm not afraid to tell Liu Gong clearly. A few months ago, Hunduhai killed my envoy, and I expected him to refuse to join His Majesty. Urgently order Wang Liangchen to gather all the troops in Longxi and prepare to attack Hundu Hai, he said that he did not dare to raise troops without obtaining the imperial edict. So I gave him the tiger talisman..."

Liu Heima asked back: "The Tiger Talisman of Incorruptibility?"

"That's right." Lian Xixian said, "I even pretended to have a secret decree from His Majesty, and let him take full command."

He said this kind of thing very frankly.

Lian Xixian is sure that his majesty is generous and has a tacit understanding with him, so he can understand his courage to make decisive decisions on the situation in the West Road.

In addition, the calmer he is, the more it shows that he has no selfishness.

Liu Heima has some taste.

He has guarded Shaanxi and Shanxi for 19 years, and has known Lian Xixian for six years. At that time, he took orders without saying a word.Compared with Wang Liangchen, it can only be said that crying children have milk.

Of course, this milk may not be good.

Sure enough, Lian Xixian got up, sat next to Liu Heima, and said in a low voice, "The battle on the West Road has been decided, and Wang Liangchen has not yet returned the tiger amulet..."

"Mr. Lian." Liu Heima said, "The Wei River valley was blocked by the Song army. At that time, we didn't have any news, so we all thought that Jingzhao Mansion had been surrounded by the Song army."

"On April 21th, the Song army that blocked the valley retreated; on April [-]st, Liu Gong opened the road, broke through the Song army's raids along the way, and rushed to Jingzhao Mansion; today, Liu Gong has driven out the enemies of Jingzhao Mansion. "

"Did Wang Liangchen send a letter?"

"No."

Lian Xixian said: "In the past month, I have sent letters thirteen times, but have not received any reply yet."

Liu Heima fell silent.

Lian Xixian asked again: "Mr. Liu, how did you tell him?"

"I sent a fast horse to Gongchang, saying..." Liu Heima sighed, and murmured: "Yan Li Xia's elite soldiers come from Jingzhao Mansion, please send troops to help me."

"Has he ever come to help?"

"The messenger has not returned, and the Hegu Song army has retreated."

Lian Xixian said slowly: "It seems that Wang Liangchen has gone to attack Hanzhong."

"He... may not be able to capture Hanzhong."

"The matter has come to this point, I'm afraid it will be difficult to stop it." Lian Xixian said: "As for the outcome of the battle, it's hard to say. I don't know Li Xia very well, so I need to ask Mr. Liu for advice."

Lian Xixian was quite helpless about this matter.

At that time, the Hunduhai army came to invade, and Guan Long rushed to meet the enemy with all his troops. Jingzhao was empty, and Li Xiaxu's troops attacked, so he had to seal Chang'an City.

Afterwards, the news was blocked for more than ten days, properly cutting off the contact between Lian Xixian and Wang Liangchen.

At this moment, Lian Xixian was powerless to change anything.

It's not that he's not smart enough, but that Kunduhai restrained all his energy.

Now that he has defeated Hunduhai, he has the energy to turn around and officially start to examine Li Xia.

"Speaking of Li Xia, I met him once."

Liu Heima spoke very slowly.

"Your Majesty often praises Lord Lian as a 'true man', and we call Lord Lian a 'true man among men', and Li Xia deserves this comment. I thought he was not strong enough to win the world, but he praised him. See him That time was in Chengdu, and not long after that, the late Emperor died in Diaoyu City."

"..."

Lian Xixian and Liu Heima whispered, and after a long time, the details of the Battle of Diaoyu City have been reproduced.

Liu Heima lowered his voice, raised his finger slightly and pointed to the north.

"At the time, I thought it was..."

"No." Lian Xixian said, "I discussed this matter with Mr. Yao...we didn't do it."

Liu Heima always thought that in the battle between Chengdu and Diaoyu City, Li Xia was cooperating with the Jinlianchuan shogunate.

Even if Lian Xixian denied it at this time, he still didn't believe it.

No matter what, the Jinlianchuan shogunate could not admit such a thing.

But he still sighed: "In this way, he is more terrifying than I expected."

Lian Xixian said: "It's really powerful, but how powerful it is is still uncertain."

"not sure?"

"The Battle of Diaoyu City...Wang Jian, Li Xia, and Zhang Jue were indeed famous generals. Therefore, when Mr. Yao heard that Li Xia had an old relationship with the Zhang family, he sent a letter to recruit them." Lian Xixian said: "But this battle , the first emperor committed a taboo in the art of war. People can't see the extent of Li Xia's strength."

"Yes."

Lian Xixian closed his eyes, trying to outline Li Xia's strength in his mind.

But, it's hard.

In the battle of Diaoyu City, the key to winning or losing is that Meng Ge should not have stormed Diaoyu City.

Simply mindless.

For the prestige of the sweat?
Prestige is not a reason to seek death. Did Han Gaozu talk about this kind of prestige when he entered Guanzhong?
Brother Meng is even worse than Xiang Yu.

Since the strategy of the three armies joining forces to take Lin'an directly has been made, as a great Khan, he should abide by it.If so, Zhao Song has been destroyed.

Next, on the way back to the teacher, Meng Ge died inexplicably like Wo Kuotai and Guiyou, and there will be no more things behind...

Turning back his thoughts, Lian Xixian thought again, why has everyone belittled Li Xia in recent years?

Because too many uninformed people in the north thought that Meng Ge died of illness, and at the same time, there were various rumors circulating in Mongolia.

Even if an insider like him wanted to see Li Xia clearly, Meng Ge's big mistake covered Li Xia's role in this battle like a layer of fog.

"Is it possible..." Lian Xixian murmured, "I mean, is it possible that before the Battle of Diaoyu City, Li Xia expected that the late Emperor would storm Diaoyu City?"

Liu Heima was taken aback, shook his head and said, "Why did Mr. Lian say such a thing?"

"I reviewed the battles in Chengdu, Diaoyu City, and Hanzhong. I felt that Li Xia's preparations seemed to be very certain that the late emperor would perish in Diaoyu City. But at that time, as long as the late emperor bypassed Diaoyu City, Li Xia's efforts would be in vain."

"This……"

Liu Heima thought to himself, so it must be the work of the Jinlianchuan shogunate.

But he said: "Li Xia is lucky?"

Lian Xixian murmured: "This time, it's the same reason. Only when Li Xia is sure that Wang Liangchen will send troops to Hanzhong can he do his best to ambush him. This is what worries me the most."

"It's hard to say this time." Liu Heima murmured: "But no one would have guessed that the first emperor would smash Diaoyu City, and Li Xia, a southerner, is even less likely."

Lian Xixian nodded and breathed a sigh of relief.

He already had a general impression of Li Xia. At least, the battle in Diaoyu City should have been due to his luck...

(End of this chapter)