The Song envoy from Guangzhou crossed the mountains and mountains, and finally met Li Luo in Nanjiang. The poor guest didn't have time to wash off his stinky sweat, nor did he have time to marvel at the majesty of the Tang army, so he said directly: "Tang Guogong, the official family has a holy decree, please Tang Guogong set up an incense case to receive the decree." ”

What the?

Divine decree?

Canton's?

The generals in the tent all looked weird, even the face of Wen Tianxiang, the former prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, was also a little ugly.

Alas, this Zhao Guan's family, how can you say it? Wen Tianxiang sighed, but also felt a little sad.

But the generals were all angry, and even many people were a little worried, they didn't want the king to accept this bullshit holy decree.

Li Luo was amused in his heart, and said lightly: "Oh? Your envoy also brought the holy decree of your official family? Then you read it directly, the widow wants to hear what kind of holy decree was written by Zhao Guan's family. ”

Song Envoy's heart suddenly burst out, and secretly said that this Tang Guogong was so rude, and he was so lazy!

But seeing that Li Luo neither knelt down to accept the decree, nor did he set up an incense case to show respect, he couldn't do anything, so he had to pinch his nose and unfold the holy decree and read it:

"Under the door, I said: When I inherited the society in the small time of rejuvenation, I followed the destiny of heaven in the eagerness of public expectations. Since the southern invasion of Mengyuan and Yuan, the Central Plains has been shaken, and Sheji has been overturned...... And Qing thought of the Great Song Sheji, and took the Song people to the Yuan Court, and endured humiliation and burdened the burden of danger between ......"

"However, the autumn of national affairs is difficult, and the day of the ministers and ministers. Qing Yashi played in the former... If you promise the country with your body, the country will not be able to snub the heroes...... The king of Gao E, the emperor of Song... He was specially named the King of Gan, the Shangzhu Kingdom, and the Doctor of Jin Qingguanglu. Qing Qi reluctantly, I hope to recover with all my strength, welcome the north back to Lin'an, and obey my order, admirable! ”

Song Envoy finished reading embarrassedly, wiped his sweat all over his head, and reluctantly smiled: "King, this is the will of the official family." ”

After speaking, he handed the crumpled holy decree to Li Luo.

Li Luo sat and listened, grabbed this holy decree, shook it open, and found that a string of names were signed on it.

There are the signatures of the "book line" of the middle scholars, the signatures of the "book reading" in the matter, and the signature of the prime minister (flat seal)... After several signatures, the emperor's jade seal was stamped.

Obviously, this is a very formal edict that has been reviewed by several departments. It shows that there are many relics of the Song Dynasty in the small court of Guangzhou, otherwise they would not know the procedure of the holy decree.

The decree of the emperor of the Song Dynasty needs to be reviewed and approved by several people, and it must also be countersigned by the prime minister to be a legitimate decree. It can be described as limiting the power of the emperor to an incredible degree.

Song Shenzong wants to promote a person to the imperial history, but the civil officials are not allowed, so they can't!

Even Song Renzong wanted to increase the amount of money for his concubines, and his holy decree was rejected. If the Zhongshu Sect does not approve it, the emperor does not even have this power.

And the emperor bypassed the "edict" directly issued by the Zhongshu Gate, the prime minister could refuse, the officials could be the air, and no one took it seriously.

The emperor and the scholars share the world, which is not a beautiful word, but a fact.

Therefore, when Li Luo saw this holy decree, he couldn't help but feel contempt.

It's weak.

What does it feel like to be such an emperor? It's no wonder that such a dynasty is not weak.

Such restrictions on the power of the monarch in the heyday of feudal society were too much, too far ahead.

Li Luo didn't believe at all that the scholars would care more about the interests of the country than the emperor, and would care more about expanding the territory than the emperor. Who loves the company more, the chairman or the professional manager, does this need to be asked?

Li Luo sneered: "The widow inherits the destiny of the Tang Dynasty, and the will of the Zhao official family has nothing to do with the widow. In this matter, the widow will not care about your family, so please go back. ”

The Song envoy actually had the psychological preparation that Li Luo would not be summoned, and seeing Li Luo's attitude, although he was angry in his heart, he didn't dare to show anything.

The prosperity of the Tang Army's military appearance and the advantages of armor are far beyond his imagination. With such a strong soldier in hand, it was really strange that Li Luo really wanted to be edicted.

"That being the case, then it will not be difficult for others to be forced." The Song envoy didn't dare to talk nonsense, but the tone of his words changed, "It's just that now the Yuan court is powerful, the Great Song Dynasty is the old lord of the world after all, and the Duke of Tang, as a member of the Han family, can you help the Great Song Dynasty with 30,000 collars of armor and millions of stone in military rations?" ”

What the? Aid 30,000 collars of armor and millions of stone of military rations?

Are you when my Don's armor food is blowing in the wind?

Li Luo and the generals were almost amused. Only Wen Tianxiang couldn't bear it, but after all, he didn't open his mouth for the Song envoy.

"It's not that people are reluctant, it's really that our army is also in dire need of armor and food. This recruit has no armor to use, and food is scarce, how can you have the spare energy to help your family? Li Luo shook his head and refused.

The armor of the Don Army, really nervous. Because there were already hundreds of thousands of recruits, the armor suddenly became nervous. Even if you get tens of thousands of Lingyuan army armor, it is still not enough.

How could Li Luo do the wronged thing?

Seeing Song Envoy's disappointed face, Li Luo didn't want to give nothing, so he always had to support a little. He thought for a moment and said, "In this case, the widow will pay a million taels, and your family can buy grain with silver." ”

Who knew that Song Envoy shook his head with a wry smile, "Thank you Tang Gong for your kindness, and I don't want the silver." ”

They conquered the entire Canton Road, occupying 36 prefectures and counties at its peak. Canton Road is a prosperous place of commerce, there is no shortage of gold and silver, they have made more than 10 million taels of silver alone, and now there is no shortage of gold and silver at all.

What they lacked was armor and food.

What is the use of silver now? Can you get armor right away, buy food right away?

Not to mention armor, even food is priceless, and it is difficult to buy it.

After thinking about it, Song Envoy said again: "Tang Gong, Da Song is willing to buy 20,000 armor from Tang Gong at a price of 50 taels per pair of iron armor, I don't know ......."

Li Luo shook his head without thinking: "The Sect Envoy is disappointed." Armor, our army is not enough for its own use, and it really cannot be sold. ”

In the end, this Song envoy didn't get anything, so he could only hate and leave.

"Hahaha!" The generals laughed heartlessly together. The king did not pay attention to Zhao Song's holy decree, and they were all very happy.

Bullshit King Gan, will the king be rare? The king is about to enter the throne of Tang Dynasty, and he will care about the king of Gan who was sealed by the old Zhao family, obediently work for your Zhao family, and take you to Lin'an?

In broad daylight, why do you dream?

Li Luo smiled: "Zhao Song Imperial Court, you still have to help." Well, when Zhang Hongfan is destroyed, he will give them some armor. ”

The Yuan armies in Yunnan, Sichuan, and Annam all began to be mobilized, and at that time, Tang Guoguang would face countless enemies in the south, and it was in the best interests of the Tang State that the small court in Guangzhou restored some strength.

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The Tang army of Ganzhou (Jiangxi) confronted Zhang Hongfan in Shaoguan, Zhang Hongfan could not hold out, and the Tang army was helpless. And the Yuan army did not dare to leave Shaoguan and enter Ganzhou.

The cleansing of the townships in Ganzhou was also in full swing, and the strong and inferior gentry who resisted the Tang army were cleaned up one by one, their money and grain were confiscated, and the land was distributed to the poor people, and priority was given to recruited recruits.

On the side of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Cui Xiuning urgently dispatched 40,000 Tang Army veterans to prepare to board the ship in Hangzhou Bay. The sailors under the command of Zheng He had long been on standby on the Qiantang River.

Zhang Hongfan was waiting for Timur, and Li Luo was waiting for 40,000 Tang troops to land in Guangzhou. For a time, the north and south of Shaoguan fell into an eerie silence.

At this time, it was already the beginning of July, and twenty days had passed since the fall of Wanzhedu. And because the Tang Army's sailors sealed the river and locked the sea, the north and the south were isolated, so the news has not spread to Dadu until now.

When the Yuan court learned that Wanzhedu was defeated and died, and Li Luo occupied most of Jiangxi, there was an uproar.

Seeing that the end of the three anti-thieves has arrived, who knew that Li Luo would be even bigger!

Is this still worth it?

On the Daming Palace, Kublai Khan was rarely furious in front of hundreds of courtiers.

"Wuguan and Jianmen were occupied by the thief army, and they could not attack for a long time, and the southbound army could not go south to quell the rebellion. Now Wan Zhedu has been wiped out, and Li Luo has been allowed to occupy most of Jiangxi! ”

Kublai Khan's face turned pale and threw out the report in his hand, "Isn't it true that I, the Great Yuan Warrior, can't fight anymore?" No one in the south can help him? Isn't it to be seen that he occupies the entire southeast! There are so many armies in the south, they are all waste! ”

No wonder Kublai Khan was angry. After Li Luo's rebellion, he occupied the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and also sealed the river and the sea, and slapped the face of the Great Yuan Dynasty, and hit him, the son of the Great Yuan Dynasty, the face of the sweat of the sweats. He couldn't wait to kill Li Luo immediately, and he caught most of them and put them to death.

But in the past two or three months, Li Luo was not only not exterminated, but also wiped out the 70,000 army of Zhedu, occupied most of Jiangxi, and took away all the more than 30,000 craftsmen.

Thinking that more than 30,000 craftsmen fell into the hands of Li Luo, Kublai Khan regretted it a little. At the beginning, the craftsman area should not have been placed in Jiangxi, it should have been placed in Jiangbei.

"O wise and great Great Khan, the minions implore the Khan to put out his thunderous anger for the time being, and not to let the incompetent minions and cunning traitors anger the precious Holy Body. ”

Boyan continued: "Although Zhang Hongfan's success in destroying the pseudo-Song fell short, the pseudo-Song is no longer to be feared, that is, the goats who have been hit by arrows are struggling on the hills, and it is only a matter of time before they are exterminated. ”

"There are still five or six hundred thousand troops in the south of my Great Yuan, no less than 100,000 cavalry alone, and more than 800,000 Tusi barbarian soldiers. Even if the northern iron cavalry does not go south, the destruction of Li Luo is as certain as the sun will definitely set in the west. ”

Therefore, the slave thought that when Kudu Timur and Zhang Hongfan joined forces to encircle and suppress, it was the day when Li Luo's soldiers were defeated and died. Great Khan but relieved,"

Kublai Khan snorted coldly, "Li Luo is as cunning as a fox, he won't give Zhang Hongfan and Kudu Timur a chance to join forces." I think he will most likely attack Zhang Hongfan first. Well, give an order to Kudu Timur and let this minion leave Xiao Yin alone. ”

Boyan said cautiously: "The meaning of the Great Khan is to let Kudu Timur give up Xiao Yin, the jackal, and go directly east to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and hunt Li Luo, the tiger, with Zhang Hong? But in this way, Xiao Yin has a chance to breathe, and Kudu Timur is not busy for half a year? ”

Sang Ge came out and said: "The Great Khan is wise! As soon as Kudu Timur withdrew from Huguang, Xiao Yin did have a chance to breathe, even if it was possible to grow again. But the problem is that Xiao Yin is just a jackal and a wild dog in the end. Even if he sits big, it will be easy to destroy him. ”

"But Li Luo is different, not only is he a powerful sailor, but the strength of his soldiers and horses is not comparable to Xiao Yin, and when it comes to the ability to fight, he is not comparable to Xiao Yin. Once he really occupies the entire southeast, it will not be easy to destroy it again. The Great Khan's method of first making it difficult and then easy is a great wisdom. ”

An Tong also said: "That's true! What if Xiao Yin is released first, he will finish sooner or later anyway. As long as the traitor Li Luo is destroyed, how many days can Xiao Yin and Zhao Liangchao toss? ”

Other ministers also said that the Great Khan was wise.

Half a year ago, when Zhao Liangchan raised troops to restore the Song Dynasty, the Yuan court was like a great enemy and regarded Zhao Liangchao as the most dangerous thief. After all, he is carrying the banner of the Song Kingdom, and he is very capable of demagogizing and inciting people.

But since Li Luo raised his army, the Yuan court regarded Li Luo as the most dangerous enemy.

Now, in the entire Yuan Court, no one dares to underestimate Li Luo anymore. Especially Kublai Khan, he was even more keenly aware that although Li Luo only occupied Jiangnan, he would become a very troublesome enemy.

Kublai Khan continued: "Also, let the Han army speed up the attack on Wuguan and Jianmen, although the warriors of Dayuan are as many as sand and as brave as eagles, this is not a reason to despise the enemy. This is like even a rabbit will kick a careless Hai Dongqing to death. ”

"From the Eagle Division, the 10th Haidong Qing Team was sent to Kudu Timur to assist Kudu Timur in reconnoitring the enemy. As soon as the holy decree arrived, Timur immediately gave up Xiao Yin and attacked Jiangsu and Zhejiang. ”

The Yuan Dynasty had a special army, called the "Eagle Army", which was composed of good eagles and falconers, which were used not only for hunting, but also for reconnaissance of the enemy.

According to historical records, the scale of the Eagle Army of the Yuan Dynasty was very large, with more than 10,000 eagles of all kinds.

For example, Hai Dongqing, although it is not possible to send letters, it is very useful to reconnoiter the enemy situation at high altitude. Where there are enemies, how many there are, and from which direction, Hai Dongqing, who has strong eyesight, will react differently when he finds it in the air.

Of course, this requires a long period of training from a falconer.

This thing can be regarded as the "aerial reconnaissance aircraft" of the Yuan Army.

Kublai Khan wanted to give up the wolf and fight the tiger again, and he had to attack two levels, and he also sent Hai Dongqing "reconnaissance plane", he really looked up to Li Luo, although this man was old, he still had the vigilance of a beast, and he didn't take Li Luo lightly at all, even if he thought that Li Luo couldn't turn over the sky of Dayuan.

Boyan played again: "Great Khan, now my Dayuan Naval Division is almost exhausted, and the newly built warship has also been robbed by the traitor Li Luo, but Dayuan can't do without a naval division, this Yangtze River and the sea can't always be occupied by the rebels." ”

"The minions think that they should give an order to conquer the Dongxing Province (Goryeo), Dongying Province, and Jiaoju Province (Annam), so that they can rush to make warships, complete them within a time limit, and form a naval division."

Kublai Khan also thought so, and nodded immediately: "Quasi-play." Each of these three provinces will rush to build 200 big ships within the year! Recruit another 50,000 sailors! ”

"Wow! Obey! ”

However, the Yuan court never imagined that the decision of the court was learned by the special investigation bureau that night. Li Yong of the Dadu Branch immediately passed the information out overnight.

Due to the Tang army's closure of the river and the sea, and the extremely strict inspection, the Yuan court's Qincha team could not cross the river in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River at all, so they could only give up riding horses, climb over the Qinling Mountains with great difficulty, and then detour to Sichuan in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and cross the river from a place where the Tang army fleet could not blockade, which required an extra half a month's journey, which was really miserable.

And it only takes five days for the information from the Special Investigation Bureau to be transmitted back to Jiangnan.

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"Hehe, Kublai Khan really looks up to us." Li Luo put down the information he had just received, "He asked Kudu Timur to give up attacking Xiao Yin and come directly to the southeast to attack our army with Zhang Hongfan." He also ordered the Han army to intensify its attack on Wuguan and Jianmen..."

Wen Tianxiang said with a smile: "Xiao Yin couldn't last August, but now he has escaped. ”

Li Luo imagined that Xiao Yin's situation might be better than Zhao Liangchao before, after all, his foundation was thicker, but it was impossible to survive August.

The followers of the White Lotus Sect, who had been scattered all over several provinces before, were brutally killed by the Yuan army, and the Red Turban Army no longer had much strength. Under the devastating blows of the Yuan armies in various places, the White Lotus Sect was uprooted, and Xiao Yin, the "Emperor of Great Liang", could only be trapped in Jiangling. (I made a mistake before, it was Gangneung not Yangyang)

Chen Shuzhen said: "Kudu Timur received the holy decree and came to the southeast at least twenty days later. This kung fu is enough for our army to destroy Zhang Hongfan. Wait until Timur comes, and then destroy him, lest we go to Huguang and fight him. ”

The generals all burst into laughter. Isn't it? Yuan Ting thought well, worried that Zhang Hongfan would not be able to support himself, so he pinched his nose and put Xiao Yin a yard, and also let Kudu Timur come to converge.

But the question is, can Zhang Hongfan still have the opportunity to wait for Kudu Timur to come to meet the teacher?

Twenty days, the battle has long been over. Then when Kudu Timur came again, it was delivered to the door.

Li Luo said solemnly: "Don't underestimate Zhang Hongfan, who said that Zhang Hongfan will definitely be destroyed within twenty days?" No one is sure! He had an army of more than 100,000 men. Remember, planning is better than change, and no matter what battle you fight, you must first consider unplanned changes. ”

"No!" The congregation will be taught together.

Li Luo stood up and walked to the side of the huge map, "Let's just say that this time, if our army's plan fails, Zhang Hongfan will not be destroyed, but stay in the dangerous place of Meiling, but the hundreds of thousands of troops of Dudu Timur have arrived in Jiangxi, so how should this battle be fought?" ”

"At that time, our army will be unable to take care of the head. The cavalry of the two Yuan armies combined was 50,000, and there were tens of thousands of fierce Tusi barbarians. It is the Han army, which is also elite, and it is different from the southeast Han army. Our army faces a twice as strong enemy, even if it wins the battle, the southeast will be devastated, and the losses of soldiers and horses will be very large. ”

Wen Tianxiang also stood up, looked at the map, pondered for a while, and said in a deep voice: "When Timur comes east, the most likely thing is to take Nanling Road and Mufu Valley. In other places, either it is too far to go around, or it is too difficult to climb over, and it is difficult for the war horses to carry their baggage. ”

Mrs. Xu is familiar with the topography of the Southeast Mountain Range, and she also agrees with Wen Tianxiang's words, "Mr. Wenshan is right, I also think that Kudu Timur is most likely to take the Nanling Road and the Mufu Valley. If Zhang Hongfan cannot be eliminated quickly, then Kudu Timur can only be stopped in these two places. ”

Li Luo smiled: "That's it." He said to the generals, "You have all heard it, the generals must be familiar with the terrain." That's what we planned. If the plan is not smooth, a small number of soldiers and horses will be used to block Kudu Timur with the help of geographical advantages, and the main force will solve Zhang Hongfan first, and then turn around and destroy Kudu Timur! ”

Since the beginning of the army, Li Luo has taken the battlefield as a classroom, often teaching by word and deed, so that the generals under his command have more handsome talents.

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Li Luo and the others talked about the Makufu Valley, but they didn't know that there was a small group of people hurrying in the Makufu Valley at this time.

Mufu Mountain is the boundary mountain of Jiangxi and Hubei in later generations, with lofty mountains and mountains stretching for 300 miles, and only one valley is the most convenient passage. Tai Shici, the general of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, once garrisoned troops on the valley to block Liu Biao's army, so that Liu Biao could not enter Jiangdong.

The Makufu Valley is also a trade route connecting the western part of the river to the lake. However, due to the current war, commerce is not prosperous, and merchants are scarce, which makes the Makufu Valley very deserted and desolate.

So, a small group of men and horses alarmed the silent valley.

There were only nine men, four horses, and they were dressed like a caravan. But they carry weapons, and they are not as simple as caravans.

Three of them were women. There were two women, both in their early twenties, tall and strong, armed with steel knives, who appeared to be two female guards. Six other young men also carried swords.

Only one woman, who had no sword and was riding on horseback, seemed to be the leader of the group.

This woman was wearing a dark green skirt, her hair was pulled into a bun, and she was born in a rich and noble family. She was only thirteen or fourteen years old, and she was a young girl with a young face. She was born with pink makeup, handsome facial features, and a very flattering appearance, and she was in her prime.

But the look on her little face was like an adult. She pursed her lips, her expression resolute, her eyes cold, and her age was very incommensurate with her age. At first glance, it seems to be pretending to be mature, but if you look closely, it is definitely not.

"Princess, do you want to rest for a while?" A female guard walking by the horse said, "The slave is hungry. ”

Several others also looked at each other expectantly.

The little girl pulled the reins and snorted coldly, "Seeing hunger in the belly of the sky, it is really the reincarnation of a hungry ghost." Well, just rest for a while. ”

As soon as she had finished speaking, she jumped off her horse, clapped her little hands, threw the whip to a male guard, and walked to a piece of bluestone by the side of the road.

Another female guard grabbed the front, puffed up her cheeks and blew violently on the bluestone, wiped her sleeve again, and said respectfully to the little girl, "Princess, sit down." ”

The little girl hummed lightly, and sat down on the bluestone. Soon, another female guard took off her baggage, took out pastries and dry food, and handed them over with respectful hands, "Princess, please use it." ”

The little man picked up a piece of cloud cake and threw it into his mouth, frowning and chewing dissatisfied, and said, "The old lady told you that you have suffered a lot. Don't be so polite outside, let alone call me a princess, do you think this is Gangneung City? Hmph, this is the realm of the Tartars, don't look at this barren mountains and mountains, who knows if there are any hunters who collect firewood and secretly notice us? ”

"Yes, yes, yes! The princess said that it was excellent. Several men and women nodded together.

The little girl stopped eating, and suddenly looked up at the sky.

After staring blankly for a while, she lowered her cute little head and dealt with the pastry in her hand.

It wasn't until she drank half a pot of water at the end that the little girl's face looked better.

"Princess." An older male guard approached and whispered, "After walking for half a day, you will be able to get out of the mountains and reach the ground in Jiangxi." Tang Gong occupies Jiangxi, and we are not afraid of Tartars. ”

Another guard also said, "Yes, this trip is really not easy, if it weren't for the princess's cleverness, we would have been caught by the Tartar Mansion a long time ago, where could we get here." ”

Xiao Gongju showed a trace of sadness, and his expression was gloomy, "Although Tang Gong Li Luo has an old relationship with his mother, he may not take me seriously, and most of this request for help will be in vain." Alas, perhaps even if he promised to send troops, Daliang could not wait for reinforcements to arrive. ”

"Before Your Majesty raises troops, he will work hard. But since he ascended the throne, he has indulged in pleasures. Otherwise, the girder would not have arrived at this step so quickly. ”

When several people heard this, their expressions were gloomy.

But Xiao Gongju suddenly gritted his teeth, "Even if the big beam dies, the old lady will continue to make Tartars!" ”

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