A general of the Yuan army asked: "Marshal, why can the marshal guess that it is Yang Hanming and the person behind him is Li Luo?" ”

Lu Wenhuan put down the kettle, "I don't know what happened to Yang Hanming, but since he dares to rebel, he should have been prepared." Behind him, there must be someone to support him. ”

"First of all, it can never be Xiao Yin. It is said that Xiao Yin and him have a grudge against his brother, although Yang Hanming is the beneficiary, it is impossible to take refuge in Xiao Yin, otherwise he will not be able to get around the opposition of the Yang clan. ”

"Then only Zhao Liangchan and Li Luo are left. The Yang family was originally Song Chen, and it stands to reason that he should take refuge in Zhao Liangchao the most. The defenders of Lingxiao City are also the Song army, and it is also the most common sense for Zhao Liangchao to send Yang Hanming to rescue Lingxiao City. ”

However, there were servants again, which proved that it was not Zhao Liangchao's handwriting. The servants have always hated the Song court, and the Song court suppressed the servants many times in those years, and regarded the servants as thieves. The servants will neither work for Zhao Liangchao, nor will Zhao Liangchao's ministers cooperate with the servants. ”

"Also, the other party's timing is very good, just when our army is about to capture Lingxiao City, come to the rescue, send out two support armies to raid in a row, and easily defeat our army, this kind of trick is not like the handiwork of the pseudo-Song Dynasty, but more like Li Luo's. Li Luo is treacherous, cunning as a fox, and as ruthless as a tiger, it must be him. ”

The barbarian general praised: "The handsome man is really a clever calculation, and the last general admires it." But why did Li Luo do this? Lingxiao City is in Sichuan, he is in the southeast, and the entire Huguang is separated by it, so he can't save Lingxiao City. ”

"Can't do it? Hmph, this is Li Luo's cunning. Lu Wenhuan sneered, "He can't occupy Sichuan now, but because of this, he needs to plant two nails in Sichuan and nail them firmly." These two nails, one is Jianmen Pass, and the other is Lingxiao City. ”

"Besides, Lingxiao City is the banner of Sichuan's anti-Yuan, and I don't know how many Sichuan babies are looking forward to this banner not falling. If Lingxiao City is attached to Li Luo, it is equivalent to Sichuan's anti-Yuan heart being attached to Li Luo. He killed two birds with one stone, but he made a lot of money. Hmph, it is worthy of the former Mergenbaldu. ”

A general frowned and said, "Li Luo is so difficult to deal with, this battle is difficult to fight." ”

Lu Wenhuan said: "This battle will not be finished for a while. Li Luo has become a climate, even if Da Yuan can still destroy him, this south will also be ruined. Alas, the people are pitiful. ”

"Now our army is newly defeated, but the main force of our Sichuan army still exists. After returning to Chengdu, he levied grain and grass from the whole army. If those wealthy gentry still refuse to bleed, they will be blamed for bleeding them with knives. ”

"Also, there is one place that is very important about this decisive battle in the south. With the wisdom of the saints, he must have been eyeing there for a long time. ”

A general asked, "I don't know where the marshal is pointing?" ”

"Hengyang!" Lu Wenhuan spit out two words.

…………

Yunnan, Yang Tho Baa City (Dali City)

Just thirty years ago, the city of Yangtho was the capital of Dali for hundreds of years.

But now, although it is still the largest city in Yunnan, it has been reduced to the seat of Dali Road. Even the administrative office of Yunnan Province is Kunming on Zhongqing Road, not it.

Even though it has entered winter, the city of Yangtho, which is located in Cangshan and Erhai Lake, is still as warm as spring.

However, during this period of time, the entire Dali Road was full of tension. One by one, the governor's orders flew out of Yang Tho Baa City, and spread to the prefectures and counties of the entire Dali Road, as well as various tribes, and teams of soldiers and horses were collected and gathered in Yang Tho Baa City.

There were once Dali ethnic Baiman, Wuman, Han people, planing people, Yi people... Many of them bring their own Dali horses (Dian horses) and dry food.

I don't know how many amorous women, hairpins and grass singing songs, seeing off their beloved.

The people of Dali know that the chief manager is going to be ordered by the emperor to send troops to suppress the rebels in the east.

Although the Dali Kingdom has been destroyed for 30 years, the dignity of the Duan family in Yunnan can be said to be "the princes who go out and the sons of heaven who close the doors", and still have great power.

Of course, this power was deliberately done by the Yuan court and Kublai Khan, using Duan's influence in Yunnan to rule over millions of people of different ethnic groups.

"Holy Genius!" In the Duan Clan's Governor's Mansion in Taihe City, Duan Qing, the head of the Duan family and the chief manager, was talking to his sons and nephews.

Duan Qing was the fourth generation of Duan's chief after the death of Dali. He has a short stature, a white face and no beard, but a hooked nose with a broken face, which looks a little gloomy.

If you want to say the origin of the Duan clan in Dali, it is the white barbarian Han people, and the ancestor is said to be Duan Xi, a famous general in the late Han Dynasty.

Since the Duan family is no longer the lord of Dali, he can no longer live in the palace of the year, and can only live in the governor's mansion. The imperial palace was converted into a temple.

His son Duan Zheng said: "What the adults said is true. The emperor deliberately put his son back, just to reassure his father and boldly raise troops, even if we restore the country, the emperor will only turn a blind eye. "He has a fair complexion and looks like a good woman, but his eyes are bright and bright, and his temperament is not feminine.

Duan Zhengbiao's character Hongxin has been an official in most of the capital before, but in fact, it is a quality.

But Kublai Khan took the initiative to put this ambitious young man back, what does this mean?

Duan Qing's nephew Duan asked puzzledly, "Why is this?" Could it be that the Holy Lord still wants my Duan clan to return to the country? "He doesn't have Duan Zheng's brains.

Duan Qing smiled: "Hongxin, you tell your cousin about them." ”

Duan Zheng explained: "That's right. Now there is chaos in the south, and half of it is occupied by anti-thieves. However, it was difficult for the main army of the Great Yuan to move south to quickly quell the rebellion, and for the time being, it could only rely on the king of Yunnan. ”

"But the king of Yunnan may not necessarily win. Then the thief will be completely enlarged. Therefore, the Holy Lord simply let my Duan clan return to the country. If the king of Yunnan and others are defeated, my Duan clan can also occupy Yunnan and contain the rebels. It not only made it impossible for the rebels to unify the south, but also kept Yunnan as the basis for counterinsurgency, repeating the path of destroying the Song Dynasty. ”

"If the king of Yunnan wins, the rebels will be destroyed, and my Duan clan will not dare to return to the country, and I will still not be able to escape from the palm of the saint. That's why my father said that the saint was wise. Whether we return to the country or not, it will be of great benefit to the Holy One. ”

Duan Zhen and the others understood. Another person asked, "Hongxin, isn't the saint afraid that my Duan clan will form an alliance with the anti-thieves in the east and jointly oppose the Yuan?" Wouldn't that be self-defeating? ”

Duan Zheng shook his head and smiled: "No." Tubo is in the hands of Dayuan, and if the Mongol army goes south from Tubo as usual, and crosses the river again, it will be easy to destroy us, so the risk of forming an alliance with the thieves is too great. ”

"At the same time, there is no benefit to forming an alliance with the thief. In the end, we can only become the shield of the anti-thief and help the anti-thief block the Yuan army. What is risky but not beneficial, can I do it? Of course, the Holy One saw this. ”

Duan Qing was very pleased with his son's cleverness, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Song wields a jade axe, and Yuandu leather bag." How many rises and falls have occurred in ancient and modern times. I, the Duan clan, don't expect a good thing like the second Song waving the jade axe, and I don't want a disaster like the second Yuandu Ge Bag. ”

The so-called Song waved the jade axe, which means that Wang Quanbin of the early Song Dynasty conquered Dali in the south, hit the east of the Dadu River, and drew a picture and sent it to Kaifeng. Zhao Kuangyin generously drew a jade axe on the map, saying, 'This river is not my land', and dashing with Dali drew the river as the boundary, so that Wang Quanbin could withdraw his troops.

And Yuandu leather sac is just the opposite. In that year, Kublai Khan personally led a large army from Tubo to the south to attack Dali, but encountered the Jinsha River block, and there were no boats to cross the river. But Kublai Khan was determined to destroy Dali, so he slaughtered cattle and sheep to make leather bags, crossed the Jinsha River overnight, and destroyed Dali.

Duan Zheng also agreed with Duan Qing's words, "What the adults said is extremely true. I'd rather be an enemy of the thief than rebel against the Great Yuan. The life and death of the Duan family are in the hands of the Yuan Court after all. However, if we help Dayuan suppress Li Luo Xiaoyin, it is not impossible for my Duan clan to restore the country and follow Goryeo's example. ”

That's right, the purpose of the Duan clan was to become a vassal state of the Yuan court like Goryeo. Even if you can't, at least you have to fight for the power of Shizhen Yunnan, so that the Duan family can dominate in Yunnan.

The Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau has high mountains and evil waters, many tribes, and a complicated situation, and it is difficult to rule them like the Han people. Therefore, after Meng Yuan destroyed Dali, Kublai Khan, who was skillful, simply came up with a set of balance measures of "tripartite rule".

The Yuan court set the hometown of Dali as the province of Yunnan, and the Dali Duan clan who was subdued to the Yuan Dynasty was the governor of Dali Road, the Dali Xuanzhi envoy, the marshal, and was in charge of the military and political power in western Yunnan.

Then the provincial Pingzhangzhi office was set up in Kunming, nominally administering the entire military administration of Yunnan, but in fact administering eastern Yunnan.

In the end, another king of Yunnan was set up to sit in southern Yunnan and nominally control the soldiers and horses of the entire Yunnan.

In this way, King Zong, Pingzhang, and Duan stood on three legs, checked and balanced each other, complemented each other, and just firmly controlled Yunnan, which was difficult to control.

"Duan Shituo, how are the soldiers and horses gathered? How many people are there now? Duan Qing asked a nephew.

Duan Shituo is a monk, but the monk also participates in politics in Dali and is called Shi Confucian. The royal family of Dali worships Buddhism, and many of their children have taken refuge in monks.

Duan Shituo, who had shaved his hair, stood up and said, "My lord, my nephew just went to check, and so far there are 47,000 soldiers, 96,000 stone of military rations, and more than 64,000 slaves with the army. ”

"It's too slow." Duan Qing frowned, "Within half a month, all the 100,000 troops must be gathered, 80,000 slaves with the army must not be missing, and 300,000 stone of grain cannot be missing." The stakes are very high, and we must not be careless. ”

"Your Excellency, rest assured. The nephew did not dare to slack off. Duan Shituo received the order.

Duan Zheng suddenly said, "Father, this is also a good opportunity for us to weaken the heads of the various departments. ”

He had always wanted to abolish the power of the tribal leaders in the territory and change it to the direct control of the Duan clan. This person, like Li Luo, is bent on abolishing the Tusi system.

Duan Qing looked at his son Duan Zheng, "Hongxin, the 30,000-inch white army will be handed over to you to command." In this battle, even if you can't make a great contribution, you must preserve the strength of the White Army. ”

The Cun Bai Army was the most elite and loyal soldiers and horses of the Duan clan, and they were all cavalry, including 5,000 heavy cavalry. As long as this army is here, the Duan clan has the capital to turn over.

Duan Qing's father, Duan Shi, was a famous general of the Yuan court, and he once commanded the Cun Bai army to conquer the east and west, and made great contributions to the Yuan court.

"Do you see that Chongsheng Temple?" Duan Qing pointed to the south with a complicated expression, "That's my Duan Clan's palace!" When will I be able to move in again? Wait for all of you! ”

"Obey your lordship!" The nephews said together.

At this moment, suddenly a retainer came in and reported: "My lord, the Pingzhang official from Kunming has come in person to visit the lord." ”

Naspeed Latina? He is dignified Yunnan Pingzhang, why did he come in person?

"Hurry up, please!" Duan Qing commanded, while taking his sons and nephews to greet him in person.

As soon as he arrived at the second courtyard, he saw the retainer come in with a middle-aged man with blond hair.

"Hahaha, Duan Gong, I came uninvited, I hope the hospitable host doesn't blame the reckless guest!"

This blonde and blue-eyed official is none other than the political affairs of Pingzhang in Yunnan Province: Nasu Latin.

Nasuradin was a native of Khorezm, and his family was submissive to Temujin at an early age. But he was able to achieve Pingzhang's high position not because of military merits, but because he was Saidianchi's son.

Saidianchi was a famous minister of color in the early Yuan Dynasty. Of course, he is also the sixth ancestor of a man named Zheng He in later generations.

During the six years that Sai Dianchi, a famous minister of Semu, served as the Pingzhang of Yunnan, according to the instructions of Kublai Khan, he divided and collapsed in Yunnan, and he was attracted by grace, and subdued the leaders of various tribes with both soft and hard methods, and granted them the official position of Tusi in various places, which was very effective.

At the same time, Saidianchi also established Zhou County, all of them were enslaved, water conservancy was built, tuntian was placed, and a lot of practical things were done to benefit the people, consolidating the rule of the Yuan court over Yunnan. So much so that when Saidianchi died, the people of all ethnic groups were "like losing their parents".

Because of his virtue and politics, his son Nasu Latin, who also inherited his father's business, became Yunnan Pingzhang.

"Oh, the Pingzhang official has something to pass on a letter, Duan will naturally go to Kunming to meet him, how dare he drive Pingzhang!" Duan Qing pretended to be ashamed and said.

Although he is one of the "Big Three" in Yunnan and a sitting tiger in Yunnan, after all, the official position is under the Pingzhang Hall, and etiquette is indispensable.

Nasoladin inherited his father's hard-working character, and he was no longer polite, and said straight to the point: "Duan Gong, the Bagan Kingdom has been destroyed, and the army of the King of Yunnan is about to triumph." The 100,000 troops on your side have not been gathered, and I am afraid that Duan Gong will annoy the King of Yunnan. ”

He didn't explicitly say that Duan Qing deliberately delayed, but the meaning was clear.

Duan Qing suddenly cried out: "Oh, my Pingzhang official, it's hard to get down!" This weapon, grain and grass must all be raised by themselves, and the war horses are also self-raised, and the court has no support, how can it be fast. But Pingzhang rest assured that within half a month, all the soldiers, horses, grains and grass will be ready! Duan is willing to make a military order! ”

Nasu Latin came to the flower hall and suddenly said, "Duan Gong, there is a secret order!" Please also hold back left and right. ”

Duan Qing waved his hand to order all the retainers and slaves to withdraw, and was about to kneel, but was stopped by Nasu Ladin.

"Duan Gong, this secret decree is for the king of Yunnan, but the secret decree also says that if you want to tell Duan Gong, you don't have to kneel."

Duan Qing arched his hand and said solemnly: "Please also ask the Pingzhang official to inform." ”

Nasu Latin spit out two words: "Hengyang!" ”

Hengyang?

Although Nasu Latin only said two words, Duan Qing quickly understood. He thought for a moment and said, "Holy Wisdom. ”

Duan Zheng said: "Pingzhang official, does the Holy Lord want our army to attack Hengyang? Also, if our army goes east to suppress thieves, Hengyang is especially important. ”

Nasu Latin said: "The Great Khan's secret decree says that Hengyang must be captured with heavy troops as soon as possible. Otherwise, the battle will be difficult to fight. Hengyang is now in Xiao Yin's hands, but his defense is weak. Our army must rush straight to Hengyang with the momentum of thunder. Then with Hengyang as the pivot, attack Li Luo in the east, Xiao Yin in the north, and pseudo-Song in the south. In this way, the three anti-thieves will lose their geographical advantages! ”

"The Great Khan was afraid that someone in the court would leak secrets, so he directly ordered the cowardly Xue guards to be sent to Yunnan with a secret decree, without even passing through the Privy Council. We are waiting for courtiers to live up to the good intentions of the Great Khan! ”

Duan Qing nodded and asked, "Does Lord Yunnan know about it?" ”

Nasuradin said, "You should already know by this time. The current thing is to send troops as soon as possible, so I have to come to see you in person, please move faster. ”

Duan Qing took a deep breath, "What Pingzhang said is extremely true, Duan will definitely supervise day and night, and join the king of Yunnan to send troops as soon as possible." ”

Nasu Latin's expression eased, "Then it's hard Duangong." Hengyang must not be in the hands of anti-thieves! ”

…………

Lin'an Palace, Guide Hall Lingxu Pavilion.

"Hengyang, it must not be occupied by the Yuan army!" Wen Tianxiang pointed to the location of Hengyang on the map, "The king, the minister briefly recovered Hunan Road with weak soldiers, and once garrisoned Hengyang, and knows the weight of Hengyang!" ”

Li Luo suddenly remembered a sentence from later generations: North Xu Nanheng.

It means that Xuzhou in the north and Hengyang in the south are extremely important.

"King, Hengyang chokes the south of Hengshan Mountain, and lives in Xiangshui. The waterway leads to Dongting, enters the Yangtze River, is surrounded by mountains, Luo Xiao, Wuling, Nanling stretches for hundreds of miles, and it is difficult for the cavalry of the Yuan army to cross. ”

"Moreover, Hengyang connects Huguang in the east, southeast in the west, and Guangdong Road in the south. No matter where the Yuan army attacked from, it could not ignore Hengyang. ”

Li Luo nodded and said, "Not bad." Hengyang chokes the north and south of Jinghu Lake, leading the north to the neck. The Yuan army came from Yunnan to attack, and it was difficult not to be threatened by Hengyang. Sun Quan and Liu Bei divided Jingzhou back then, and they were unwilling to give up Hengyang no matter what, which is for this reason. ”

He also knew that there were many famous battles in Hengyang in later generations. Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, defeated the Qing army of 100,000 in Hengyang and beheaded the Manchu prince Nikan. Wu Sangui also fought fiercely in Hengyang for several years, and Wu Sangui was afraid that Hengyang would be lost, and even took Hengyang as the capital. There was also the Battle of Hengyang during the anti-Japanese period.

Wen Tianxiang said: "Back then, the Great Song Dynasty suffered a big loss because of ignoring Hengyang. Datang must not repeat the mistakes of the past. If the Yuan army occupies Hengyang with heavy troops, it will be like a sharp knife to the throat, and the three kingdoms of Tang, Liang, and Zhao will lose their local advantages. ”

Chen Shuzhen also said: "The minister didn't pay attention to this place before. Now it seems that the weight of Hengyang is really not to be missed, just like the trick of the southern country, once it is blocked, it is very passive. ”

Jiang Tu pointed to Hengyang, "Hengyang is flat, and the surrounding area is either mountains or water, which is conducive to our army's waterway transfer and supply." Moreover, there are several counties here, which is enough to accommodate hundreds of thousands of troops for a decisive battle. ”

Li Luo touched his chin, "Hengyang is in Xiao Yin's hands, and Xiao Liang didn't pay attention to it, and there are not many soldiers and horses on defense." It seems that the troops will be increased as soon as possible. ”

Wen Tianxiang said: "The king, the minister thinks that it is better to increase the troops than to press the main force in Hengyang. The three kingdoms formed an alliance and each stationed heavy troops in Hengyang. As long as the Three Kingdoms stationed heavy troops in Hengyang, the Yuan army had to take Hengyang as the main place of attack. ”

Li Luo stared at the map carefully and found that if the Yuan army did not take Hengyang, but first attacked Jiangling in Xiaoliang in the north, and then conquered Jiangxi in the east, then it would be cut into two sections by the Tang army in Hengyang and cut off the back road.

And if it attacks from Canton Road, it will also be cut off by the Tang army in Hengyang.

As long as Hengyang is not in the hands of the Yuan army, the Yuan army will be passive no matter what.

"Immediately send envoys to Jiangling and Guangzhou, contact Xiao Liang, Zhao and Song, form an alliance with the Three Kingdoms, and hoard heavy troops in Hengyang!" Li Luo made a decision immediately.

Wen Tianxiang said with a smile: "Hengyang, it should be the place of the decisive battle!" ”

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