A few days after Li Luo received the report of the Annan War from the Special Investigation Bureau, on the 22nd of the lunar month, another piece of information came.

On the sixteenth day of the lunar month, he led tens of thousands of remnants of the army in the Langshan Gorge, and was pursued and besieged by Chen Guojun, the king of Xingdao, Chen Rilian, the king of Zhaowen, and the 100,000-strong army of Zhao Zhong, the Song general. The exhausted Yuan army was again defeated.

The general of the southern expedition instigated the capital, the Mongolian general A Bachi, the general of the Han army Fan Ji, and the general of the Tanma Red Army Jumaitur, all of whom were killed in battle. The remnants of the Yuan army that retreated north were completely annihilated, and only a few people fled over the mountains and mountains.

Coupled with the Mongolian general Umar, who died in the battle at Xianziguan before, Li Heng, the general of the Dangxiang Army, and Duan Ke, the general of the Dali Army, the generals of the southern expedition were almost exhausted.

The reason why I say almost is because only Li Yi, the party general behind the palace, led thousands of party cavalry and fled to the Donghai Road to defend Anbang City.

Li Yi is the younger brother of Li Heng, the commander of the party army, and he said that he was broken, but he was actually abandoned by instigation. So, Li Yi held a grudge and did not break the back, but went east, occupied Anbang City, and guarded the city for help.

That is to say, the 200,000 yuan army marched south, and in less than two months, except for Li Yi's thousands of party cavalry, almost all of them were lost in Annan.

According to the intelligence, Li Yi's thousands of cavalry had long run out of food, and Anbang City had long been an empty city, so he had to kill horses to satisfy his hunger. Although Anbang City is a strong city, Li Yi can't hold it for long.

The army of 200,000 yuan includes 20,000 Mongolian cavalry, 20,000 party cavalry, 20,000 Dali troops, 40,000 Semu Tanma Red Army, and 100,000 Han troops. How did such a powerful force come to an end?

The most fatal reason is the lack of food and grass.

The strategy of instigating the capital was to capture the Red River Plain, occupy Thang Long City, the capital of Annam, and other large cities, and then set troops to burn and loot the Red River Plain, the richest and most densely populated area in Annam. On the one hand, it solves the military needs of food and grass, and on the other hand, it forces the main force of the Vietnamese army to fight a decisive battle on the plains, and the battle is decided.

With the strong combat power of the Yuan army, this was actually a correct strategy. Because the plains are conducive to cavalry galloping, and can avoid fighting in the mountains and forests, they will not attack the enemy's strengths with their own shortcomings.

However, the problem is that Annan had already received the information provided by the Special Investigation Bureau, and made a careful subordinate three months in advance, not only having enough time to reorganize the troops and horses, but more importantly, completing the relocation of more than 2 million people in the Red River Plain, and withdrawing all the people's materials on the plain into the unique caves in the mountainous areas of Vietnam.

In this way, when the army of the instigated capital drove straight in, without encountering the slightest resistance in the Red River Plain, they occupied Thang Long City and other large cities.

But what's the use?

The people had nothing, there were no supplies, nothing but empty cities and villages.

If you can't grab anything, what will his army of 200,000 eat?

According to the habits of the Yuan army, in order to maintain rapid mobility, they always only brought a small amount of grain and grass, and did not pay much attention to logistics and transportation. Their usual trick is to feed the enemy. But once you can't grab something, you'll be blind.

The instigator waited in Thang Long City for more than half a month, but he couldn't find the main force of the Vietnamese army, and he was completely punched in the air.

Seeing that the already small amount of grain and grass was about to run out, and it could not be replenished, the instigation was finally anxious. He led his army to abandon Thang Long City and prepare to attack Tianchang Mansion in the south.

However, Tianchangfu and Thang Long City were directly separated by mountains and forests, and the cavalry could not pass through. Instigated the capital to let the Han army and the Dali army climb over the mountains and attack the Tianchang Mansion in the south.

When you enter the mountains and forests, it is completely the home field of the Vietnamese army. The Vietnamese army ambushed a large number of soldiers and horses in the mountains and forests, and took advantage of the geographical advantage to defeat the Han army and the Dali army several times, while the cavalry of the Yuan army could not help at all in the mountains and forests.

The Han army, which suffered heavy losses, had no choice but to withdraw from the mountains and forests, and the instigation could only give up the intention of going south.

Mountains to the south, mountains to the west, and sea to the east, and there is no place to go. Seeing that the grain and grass were exhausted, the scoundrels had no choice but to lead the army to return north.

The sleepy and hungry Yuan army finally came to Xianzi Pass as planned, only to be ambushed by the main force of the Vietnamese army, which had already received information.

Of the 12 armies of the Vietnamese army, eight of them were ambushed in Xianzi Pass, with 200,000 elite soldiers and more than 100,000 township soldiers. It's all about recuperating and waiting for work.

On the other hand, the Yuan army came after a long journey, the horses lacked forage, the people had no food, they did not have enough food for several days, and they could not bend bows and crossbows. Even the most powerful Mongol army was so hungry that they became soft-footed shrimp.

Previously, Fan Ji, the general of the Han army, suggested that he instigate all to kill horses to satisfy his hunger, but he was refused. Because the instigators think that there is still a turning point, they must not kill the war horse unless they have to.

As a result, the hungry Yuan army was completely saddened when it encountered the main force of the Vietnamese army, which was superior in numbers and alive and occupying a favorable geographical position.

In particular, when the Han army saw Zhao Zhong's banner of the Song army, the army's morale was immediately in turmoil, causing the Yuan army, which was already demoralized, to collapse. After half a day of fierce fighting, Xianzi Pass, which is more than ten miles long, is full of corpses.

In the battle of Xianzi Pass, the corpses of the Yuan army exceeded 100,000, and only tens of thousands of people rushed out of the pass.

Although the Vietnamese army won a complete victory, more than 50,000 elite soldiers of the forbidden army were killed in battle. There is no way, even if the Mongolian hungry soldiers on horseback get off their horses, the combat power of individual soldiers is by no means comparable to that of the Vietnamese army.

Instigated the capital to be hit by the poisonous arrows of the Vietnamese army, and struggled to lead tens of thousands of cavalry to Lang Son, only to find that Lang Son had long been strangled by the Vietnamese army, and the main force of the Vietnamese army also pursued. He could only order to kill horses to satisfy his hunger and fight a decisive battle with the Vietnamese army, which was five times his size.

The Battle of Lang Son lasted for a whole day, and the Vietnamese army finally annihilated the remnants of the Yuan army at the cost of tens of thousands of casualties. instigated the capital himself, and was also cut off and sent to the ancient rite city of Tianchang Mansion to be dedicated to Chen Huang and his son.

All this, due to the barrier of mountains and seas, the land and sea routes out of Vietnam were blocked by the Vietnamese army, and the Yuan court was ignorant. Kublai Khan never imagined that the army of the southern expedition in the capital would be wiped out so quickly.

Yuan Ting knew the news, or because of Li Luo's recital.

On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, the New Year is coming. The Yuan court did not wait for the news of Annan's victory, but waited for the report of the total destruction.

"Li Luoha, the minister of Fujian Province, and the political affairs of Pingzhang, do not spend it, and he is guilty of playing the holy shang, and I don't know if the imperial court has received the military report. Recently, I was shocked to hear that the Nanyang came to Quanzhou to say that the general of the expedition to the south instigated the capital, but he was defeated in the middle of the year, and he died in battle. The instigator has been beheaded by the thieves. It is reported that Annan has already celebrated his victory. ”

"This is the words of the maritime merchants, or the absurd words, and the ministers do not know the falsehood, so I ask the Holy Lord to see ......"

After Kublai Khan read Li Luo's recital, his first reaction was that Li Luo was alarmist and chasing after the wind. But after thinking about it carefully, he didn't report back to China for more than a month, and there was no news of him, so he already felt ominous, so what Li Luo played, I was afraid that it was true.

"Instigated the capital, may have become a wolf with a sheep's horn pierced through the belly. The army of the southern expedition should have been defeated. ”

The Emperor's deep and deep voice came, and it seemed that no anger could be heard.

Kublai Khan's face was gloomy and terrifying, and even the important ministers such as Boyan, An Tong, and Sang Ge were so anxious that they didn't dare to raise their heads.

Han Chen, such as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Liu Mengyan, the head of the household department, Ye Li, and the priest of the country, Kong Zhu (the head of the Kong family), took the lead in kneeling.

Kublai Khan gently placed Li Luo's recital on the table, and his slender and gloomy eyes swept through the main hall.

"Boyan, let's talk about it, Li Luo's recital, whether it's true or not."

The uncle took a deep breath and said, "Great Khan, as seen by the minions, and played by Li Luo, I am afraid that most of them are true." There has been no war report for more than a month, which is already strange. If there is no big defeat, there will always be news back. ”

Doctor Yu Shi took the initiative to say: "Great Khan, the slave knows that Li Luo is a person, and he is the most cautious. This should be true. The minions also believed that the instigation was not only defeated, but also defeated, otherwise there should have been a war report back. ”

Although he saw that the Great Khan did not have much anger, he knew very well that it was just the Great Khan's good restraint, but in fact, he was already extremely angry.

200,000 troops, including 20,000 Mongol horsemen...... How did the Great Khan not get angry?

Kublai Khan suddenly smiled, but there was no smile in his eyes, and he was completely indifferent.

"I don't want to be a little Annan, a pair of horns are still very sharp. Hmph, the instigation should be over, this battle, maybe Annan should have won. ”

"Dayuan Iron Cavalry actually folded twice in Annan. Since Genghis Khan, no country has had the ability to do so. Well, very good! ”

Kublai Khan's voice was faint, and his tall and majestic body stood up, stepped down from the throne, and paced on the main hall.

"Even if they win another game this time, I'm going to have a third one. No matter how sharp the horns of a sheep are, they are also sheep. No matter how hard their teeth are, they still eat grass. ”

Although he didn't care about what he said, the anger in his heart was beyond words. Annan, this time he slapped him in the face of the Great Emperor and the face of the Great Yuan Dynasty.

Kublai Khan, who has always loved face, how can he tolerate it?

An Tong said: "What the Great Khan said is like grass in the ice, real, like fire in the night, clear. Even if the instigated army is defeated, my Dayuan army will not be able to fight more than one million, and it will continue to fight until the bloody horns of Annan are pulled out. ”

Boyan said: "The slave thinks that it is time to find out the truth and make a plan now." ”

Kublai Khan nodded: "Then prepare with both hands and find out about Annan as soon as possible." In addition, the second batch of the Southern Expeditionary Army was immediately recruited and a new general of the Southern Expedition was appointed. Even if he didn't die, he could no longer be the coach of Zhengnan. ”

Boyan said: "What the Great Khan said is extremely true. How to transfer this soldier, please ask the Great Khan to make a charter, and the minions can do as ordered. ”

Kublai Khan paced back and forth a few steps and muttered: "How to transfer the army of the southern expedition this time, we must first adopt the general of the southern expedition himself. Well, let's decide who will be the general of the South Army. Tell me, who is suitable to take over as the general of Zhengnan? ”

Boyan said: "The slave recommended Zhedu." ”

An Tong said: "The slave recommends the king of Zhennan!" ”

Sang Ge said: "The slave recommends not to spend love!" ”

Next, these people also seconded the proposal, but Kublai Khan did not seem to have a clear bias. The Great Yuan Dynasty can be described as a famous general, but there are not many suitable for fighting in this place of Annam.

Suddenly, the imperial doctor couldn't get out of the chorus and said: "The slave recommends Li Luo!" ”

When Zhang Sanfeng heard this, he also came out and said: "Your Majesty, Poor Dao also recommends Li Luo!" ”

Li Luo? Kublai Khan frowned slightly, Li Luo is a good general, a lucky general, and loyal. It's a pity that he is not a Mongolian general, which inevitably makes him a little uneasy.

Kublai Khan looked at the ministers and saw that the prince seemed to have something to say, so he asked, "Does the prince have any recommended candidates?" ”

Prince Zhenjin came out and said: "Father Khan, the son thinks that Li Luo is cautious and strategic, courageous, never defeated, and has his own insight into the southern expedition, so he should be the general of the southern expedition." ”

The words of the real golden prince immediately made Li Luo's candidate overwhelm the others. The prince spoke, and even Boyan couldn't object.

Kublai Khan thought for a while and said, "Then make a decision on Li Luo first, and don't make an order for the time being." Wait until the matter of Annan is clarified, and then make a decision! "Li Luo is not Han after all, and the Goryeo generals can still be of great use.

"Wow!" All the ministers received the order together.

………………

On the thirtieth day of the lunar month, it was sunny and cloudy, and the southeast wind was blowing.

This morning, Li Luo finally returned to Haidong for the New Year. This is our fourth year in Haidong. What is different from last year is that there is an additional fragrant and meaty son.

At this point in the diary, I couldn't help but look at my son's two words, and then stopped writing in a daze. It's like a dream, I have a son in this world.

Li Luo told me that he might be on the expedition in the new year. Hey, I don't know what will happen this time. Although I have a son and I am pregnant with another one in my belly, I am really afraid that if he ...... Phew, Bah, Lunar New Year, what do you want to do!

Today has been arranged for tomorrow's New Year's Day pilgrimage ceremony, Wen Tianxiang really served as the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, and the courtly etiquette is very familiar and well arranged.

However, I don't advocate a big deal, I want to be as simple as possible, just go through the process.

In the evening, a family of three ate dumplings, and invited their father-in-law and Li Yuan together, which can be regarded as five.

Well, by next year there will be one more mouthful. Now that I've been pregnant for more than four months, it seems that I feel different than when I was pregnant with Li Zheng, could it be a girl?

The thought that it might be a girl made me a little apprehensive. Now, multiple boys are better after all.

To be honest, Li Luo is really good to me, and he is definitely single-minded. He is now Tang Guogong, and he can only do this because he loves me.

I had a dream last night, and the things in the dream are still very clear. In my dream, a man of God told me that I could go back to modern times and continue to be a policeman, but I could only go back alone. He asked me if I would like to go back and gave me three days to think about it.

And then... I seemed to think about it for a while, and then I told the man of God that I was not going back. My lover is here, my children are here, the water spilled by the married woman, this is already my home, and I will not go back.

In modern times, it has become the hometown of my dreams, the home that I can never return to on the other side.

The god man listened to my choice, laughed, and said fiercely, Cui Xiuning, then you will never go back, just stay in this world!

I woke up immediately and realized that it was a dream in the middle of the night.

Hey, the Chinese New Year will be twenty-six years old, the fifth year in this world. Time is so fast, the thought of being twenty-six years old soon, this is a horse in my heart.

The son will be two years old next year, and the little guy is getting better and better now, and he doesn't know which woman is cheaper when he grows up.

Let's hope next year is a good year. The man is safe, the child is safe, the Tang country is safe, and it is another bumper harvest year.

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In the third year of the Tang Dynasty, the first day of the first month of the twentieth year of the Yuan Dynasty, New Year's Day.

Li Luo, the Duke of Tang, together with the wife of Tang Guo Cui Xiuning and the son Li Zheng, accepted the New Year's Day greetings of hundreds of officials, and the entire Tang Guogong Mansion was decorated with lights, which was both lively and solemn.

In the sound of bells and drums, Li Luo was wearing a cloud pattern python costume and a nine-crown crown symbolizing the princes, and was sitting at the door of the main hall. And Cui Xiuning was wearing a peacock cloud pattern embroidered court dress, wearing a nine-beam gold thread Zhai crown, holding Li Zheng wrapped in colorful swaddling clothes, sitting next to Li Luo.

Why do you sit at the door? Because the New Year's Day is a great dynasty, all the civil and military officials above the ninth grade, except for the generals on duty, all have to come to participate in the court, because there are too many people, the main hall can not stand, can only "listen to the government at the imperial gate".

Next, it is nothing more than all the officials kneeling and bowing under the command of the ceremonial envoy of Ceremonies, which can be regarded as a New Year's greeting to the monarch. Then the chief officials of the various government offices came out to sing auspiciousness.

For example, the auspicious words of the officials of Nong Cao are: "God bless Chenghaotian, the king is blessed, this year the wind and rain are smooth, the insects and locusts are not harmful, the harvest is auspicious, and the ministers congratulate it!" ”

The auspicious words of the Bing Cao officials are: "Blessed by the god of martial arts, the king is virtuous, this year's armor is sufficient, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, the martial arts are great, the three armies are auspicious, and the ministers are congratulated!" ”

When everyone finished singing auspicious songs, Li Luo issued an edict to congratulate the subjects of the Tang State, rewarding the ministers and the palace guards with newly minted silver dollars.

Next, Li Luo and Cui Xiuning led hundreds of officials to the Taishang Dao Palace and personally sacrificed to Taishang Laojun.

Finally, a banquet was set up, so that Liu Shenghe's Taile Department performed the Tang Palace dance music, and the monarchs and ministers enjoyed together.

After a busy day, the New Year's Day celebration ended.

"If you really want to be the emperor, this year's etiquette, just drink a pot." Cui Xiuning said in the evening.

Li Luo smiled: "What is this? You should only be acting, and you should be paid. Know how to enjoy the process of etiquette. If you want to be a queen, you are the mother of the world, and etiquette cannot be saved. ”

Cui Xiuning sneered, "Okay, Queen." Well, Xiao Luozi, you can pour a cup of tea for Hongu. ”

Li Luo poured her a cup of tea, then stroked her belly, and said with a sense of accomplishment: "Next June, it will be another one." But am I proud? No. ”

Cui Xiuning's red lips like water chestnuts sneered, and her big jewel-like eyes were full of disdain, "Are you proud? Am I proud? Are you to be proud of this? ”

Li Luo grabbed a Rouyi very seriously, and said with a straight face: "Okay, let's not be proud, okay?" It's just two, is it something to be proud of? ”

I'll go!

Cui Xiuning pulled out his hand and pinched his straight nose, "It's just two?" That's it? Am I a fertility tool, or can I have a litter for the rest of my life? ”

Li Luo broke away from her claws, kneaded her red nose, and coughed dryly, "Uh, not too much, I understand, I understand." Otherwise, it will hurt your body, and I feel distressed. ”

Cui Xiuning said: "This is still like words. It's not necessarily okay to hurt my vitality, I'm in good health, and Wu Zetian gave birth to six. It's better to go with the flow, don't deliberately ask for more children and more blessings. ”

The two talked for a while, and when Cui Xiuning fed the child, they turned off the lights and fell asleep together.

It rarely snows in Haidong, so this year is a little less interesting in the eyes of Li Luo and Cui Xiuning. Li Luo stayed in Haidong until the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, and finally waited for the information from Dadu.

"Teacher, the Yuan court has appointed Jun Shang as the general of the expedition to the south on the seventh day of the first lunar month! We are one or two days ahead of the Divine Decree, and the Divine Decree will arrive in Quanzhou at the latest. Li Zhi reported to Cui Xiuning.

Cui Xiuning immediately instructed the guards to invite Li Luo, who was discussing in the court, to return to the back house.

"You have been appointed as the general of the expedition to the south, you can't spend the Lantern Festival in Haidong, you should go back to Quanzhou quickly! I'll arrange the preparation here! Cui Xiuning said when they met.

Li Luo hugged Cui Xiuning, kissed his son, and then went to say goodbye to Yan Duo, and left Haidong in a hurry.

Li Luo had only returned to Quanzhou for half a day, and the officials of the Privy Council of the Yuan Court had arrived in Quanzhou City.

"In the longevity of the weather, in the great blessing of the shade, the emperor's holy decree: a year ago, he instigated the general to conquer the south, folded a lot of soldiers and horses in Annan, and was beheaded, but made the little Annan laugh shamefully, lost the dignity of the Great Yuan Dynasty, today must not spare the small country, discipline him every time he knows, the power of the Great Yuan, can not be humiliated! It is necessary to punish him severely, and refuse to break with him! ”

"Today, I will appoint you Li Luo as the general of the southern expedition, and allocate 200,000 of your soldiers to the southern expedition, so that you can crusade against it! Chen's father and son and Annan officials, but there are those who do not surrender, and they are all beheaded by me, and every time he knows Tianwei, he does not dare to disobey. You don't come to Beijing to delay, you can choose your own generals......"

After Li Luo listened to the holy decree, his gratitude was finished, and he took the edict. From this moment on, he is the second general of the expedition to the south!

Along with the holy decree came the black horsetail Sulu ingot Daxu that symbolized military power given by the Yuan court, as well as the unique tiger head gilt troop transfer blessing card (soldier symbol) unique to the Yuan Dynasty.

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