This is a trail that opens in the middle of the mountain.

From the outside, the gap seems inconspicuous. But when I went inside, I found that the space was quite spacious. The two of them walked side by side without feeling crowded.

But the further you go, the dimmer the light becomes, and the space slowly narrows. When you reach the middle of the mountain, the mountain road becomes a half-man-high cave. Turgan and the others climbed forward for a while, and the space slowly became larger again.

And there are also two paths, and under the reflection of the firelight, the two paths are pitch black, and there is no difference to be seen.

But Cao Yunjiao had been here and took them to choose one of the trails. Turgan crouched in front of the cave with some doubts, and put his sleeve on top of the hole. Seeing that he fluttered into his arms for a while, he walked forward with Cao Yunjiao.

Because the sleeves will only swing when there is air circulation. This also proves that Cao Yunjiao is right.

There were no words all the way, and when they reappeared outside the entrance of the cave, they had already arrived in the territory of the Xia Kingdom.

Fearing that they would run into the Mongol cavalry crossing the border, they avoided the official road. Use the compass to traverse the mountains and mountains.

But on the way, I still bumped into the Mongolian cavalry!

Fortunately, they were cautious and kept far away, so they were not discovered.

It was already two days later when they arrived at the Yuan army garrison in Keyimen.

It has been used as the front line of the Yuan army to block the southward movement of the Mongol army. In the past, after the Xia army lost the Yan Military Division of Heishui Town, they also made every effort to manage the Keyimun Pass.

Originally, 20,000 Xia troops were stationed here, but after the arrival of the Yuan army, they had already accepted the appeasement of the Yuan army.

When they returned from Turgan, the Mongolian army had already appeared outside the Kyi Gate. This also means that the Mongol army is not far away.

The horn of war has been sounded, and the first major war between Yuan and Mongolia seems inevitable. The future hegemon of East Asia can also take the first glimpse in this war.

But at this time of tension, Zhongxing Mansion, which had just regained stability, was still under the care of the Yuan army, continuing to collect refugees and slowly recover.

And before the traces of turmoil are completely erased, the Xia Kingdom is about to usher in their new lord again.

Such a happy event was calm in Zhongxing Mansion as if nothing had happened.

It was in this bland and depressing atmosphere that Li Dewang walked into the palace of the power center of the Xia Kingdom.

Along the way, there were Yuan troops to protect his safety. Although the city was so safe that there was not even a thief, the Yuan army would not be careless.

Li Dewang was dressed in gorgeous clothes and sat on a sedan chair that could only be used by the emperor. There were no welcoming processions along the way, only the soldiers of the Yuan Kingdom who patrolled from time to time.

This is also telling Li Dewang to recognize the reality, Xia Guo is still under the control of Dayuan.

But he still had some irrepressible excitement.

Because from today on, this city, and even the entire Xia Kingdom, is nominally his.

To be honest, when he was imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department, he only thought that he could survive.

Who would have thought that because he was imprisoned, he escaped a catastrophe.

Now the royal clan in the city is dead, and the missing are missing. The officials also suffered heavy casualties, and no one was more suitable to inherit the throne than him, the son of the King of Qi.

Although he was given this throne by Dayuan! Zhongxing Mansion can't find a Xia army that obeys its orders.

But a puppet is a puppet! With his life in jeopardy, he had no heart to think of anything else.

"Lord Wang, all the generals are waiting in Ziwei Palace." , Liu Yourong saw Li Dewang's excited and patient look, and reminded.

Now Liu Yourong is already Li Dewang's personal guard! In the prison, Liu Yourong went to rob the prison. It happened that there was chaos in the capital, and the criminal department also opened the door for a while, which facilitated Liu Yourong's action.

As for the title of the prince, Li Dewang has not yet sacrificed to the sky, and he is not an emperor if he performs a great gift of canonization by hundreds of officials.

When passing through a palace gate, a tall woman led several palace maids to salute Li Dewang and said loudly: "Slave Ah Lu welcomes the prince!" ”。

Ah Lu was Da Yuan's spy, and he guessed this when he was rescued from the Qi Palace's mansion by Ah Lu for the first time. Now Ah Lu is waiting here in a grand manner, and it is said that she has become the female official in charge of Miyagi.

Li Dewang didn't put up a stand in front of Ah Lu, and calmly let him get up, so he heard Ah Lu take a booklet from the palace maid next to him, and said loudly: "This is the inner library collection of the imperial city." Lord Wang, please take a look at it first! Everyone knows what the Yuan army blocked the inner city of the imperial city for. There is probably nothing left of this inner collection. Now I want him to look at it, just to make him admit this fact.

Naturally, Li Dewang has nothing to disagree. If you don't even look at it, you mean you know. Ah Lu just went through the motions, and said with a slight smile: "The family of the palace has moved into the palace." After the prince sacrifices to the heavens, he can stay. After speaking, he silently retreated.

Li Dewang politely said that he had worked hard, and then walked towards the Ziwei Palace. After turning a few palace gates, the wide square in front of the crape myrtle hall appeared in front of you.

It wasn't that he hadn't been to Ziwei Hall before, but he was only the second son of a prince at that time, and he wasn't even a prince. In the crape myrtle hall, you can only look at it on tiptoe outside.

But today, the front of the Ziwei Hall is already full of civil and military officials.

Although the previous 'cannibalism' disaster caused many dignitaries and dignitaries to suffer, not all officials died. The out-of-town officials, the petty officials in the capital who did not enter the stream, and some lucky people are now 'echoing' from Dayuan to congratulate the new lord on his accession to the throne.

This is Da Yuan's latest disposition of the Xia Kingdom.

After deliberations between the cabinet and Li Chengji, as well as the consideration of the Xia State by the Gansu officials led by Li Chengye, they unanimously agreed that it was not a wise move to annex the Xia State at this stage.

Therefore, it is better to take a step back and support the new lord who is close to Dayuan to become the lord of the Xia country. thus indirectly controlling the Xia State and breaking the Mongolian idea of trying to use the Xia State to make trouble for the Great Yuan.

This can be regarded as treating others in the way of others.

In the future, Dayuan can use the Xia State as a springboard to attack Mongolia and retreat.

And not directly annexing the Xia Kingdom, it can also dispel the doubts of those loyal people who still have illusions about the Xia Kingdom. By supporting the lord of the Xia Kingdom, these high-ranking officials were given generous benefits. On the contrary, it is easier to tie them to Dayuan from the point of view.

Excellent business methods also gave Dayuan the confidence to control the lifeblood of the Xia Kingdom.

In the future, the Xia Kingdom was a buffer zone between Mongolia and the Great Yuan, and even if a conflict broke out, the war could be kept out of the Great Yuan's borders.

However, in the entire Hexi Corridor, Dayuan still has to get it. This is an important land passage to the Central Plains, and it is also an important trade route of the Great Yuan.

This was one of the important conditions for the Great Yuan to support the Xia State and help the Xia State resist the Mongols.