【2nd Update】

Dali is out of luck. His resources are now favored by the imperial court. Especially in the silver mines, the Mint is now worried that the silver reserves are not enough, and the rich mineral deposits in Dali have made the two governments red-eyed.

Dali has a population, land, mineral deposits, and, of course, civil strife. This gave the Privy Council an opportunity.

The Duan clan, the king of Dali, has always been weak, and the government is controlled by the Yang family and the Gao family, and the Yang family even rebels every time, but is suppressed by the Gao family. Just last year, Yang Yizhen, the lord of the Yang family, raised the banner of rebellion again, killed Duan Lianyi, the monarch of Dali, and usurped the throne. At that time, he also sent an envoy to Beijing to deliver his credentials, hoping that the Great Song Dynasty would give him an official title of King of Dali.

However, at that time, the court ignored him at all. How could China, which regards loyalty and filial piety as the foundation of governing the country and binds its subjects with three outlines and five constants, recognize the throne usurped by a traitor? In that way, how can the court educate its subjects with loyalty and filial piety. Unless they can show enough strength and control over the country that the imperial court will have to admit the reality after a long time, they will only issue edicts and even threaten to use force.

And this time, Yang Yizhen's rebellion did not make the court bother, and in just four months, Gao Zhisheng, the lord of the Gao clan and the Marquis of Shanxi, defeated Yang Yizhen and supported the new lord Duan Shouhui as the king of Dali. The envoy sent to ask the imperial court for recognition arrived in Beijing in the spring of this year, and obtained a series of titles granted by the imperial court to the lord Duan Shouhui as the golden purple Guanglu doctor, the envoy of the Nanzhao Festival, and the king of Dali, and returned to Dali before Han Gang entered Beijing.

There is an episode in which Gao Zhisheng, the minister of Dali, also asked for the canonization of the imperial court, hoping that the imperial court would also give him a title, but the imperial court has always looked at the ministers unpleasantly and ignored his request. Therefore, during this time, the number of Yunnan horses from Dali has decreased by more than half in just a few months.

Although there is no excuse for saying that the crime of wanting to add to it, if the imperial court wants to attack the vassals, it will try to be justified and find a reason for saying the past. The situation in Dali just gave the imperial court an excuse to act. At the same time, this is also an opportunity for the Western Army to make meritorious contributions, and it can also temper them, so that they will not rot all at once in the long peace.

Li Xin didn't know if the official army of the most rearly old man could capture Dali. Geographical and climatic factors occupy a much more important position when using troops in the south. There have been many successful precedents for the Western Army's southward campaign, but no matter how elite the soldiers, in the face of continuous rain or ambushes on both sides of the mountain road, they will not perform much better than the recruits.

If you want to cross the Dadu River and capture Dali, it is not just how well you are prepared, how elite the soldiers are, and sometimes it depends on luck.

However, if the imperial court is bent on destroying Dali, the final result will definitely be the destruction of Dali.

I'm afraid that I don't have any determination.

After packing up the scrolls and papers on the table, Li Xin got up and walked out of the house.

It was much colder outside than inside the room with the stove lit, and he sighed in his hands, this year's weather was incomparable to last year's.

The old department of Jinghu in the south went to Beijing, saying that it was cold and freezing all the way, and a letter came from home the day before yesterday, saying that it had snowed very early this year, and Shaanxi was not having a good time this winter.

I don't know what the situation is on Wang Sunchen's side?

Li Xin suddenly thought that his cousin was still reading about it these days.

If the army is truceed today, even if the sailors go out, they will only occupy an outer island, so that the remnants of Goryeo have a place to stay, and there is no action to be enemies of the Liao people at all. Now there is still a slightly bigger place for the war, and Wang Sunsin's side is left.

Just looking at the weather this year, it is colder than in previous years, and with Wang Sunchen's habits, he will not attack again at this time, and most of them will choose a sheltered place to rest, survive the cold winter, and wait for next year to send troops.

However, to the east of the Green Ridge, there were not many places for him to attack. The imperial court would not support him to fight the Green Mountains and fight with the black-clothed food when the Western Regions were not yet stable. After sweeping the Western Regions next year, I am afraid that there will be nothing to do for a while.

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Wang Sunsin didn't have time to think about whether he had anything to do next year. He is now patrolling the camps to check the cold protection of the battalions.

The weather became much colder overnight, and some soldiers did not pay attention to it, did not do a good job of keeping warm, and suffered from the cold, and even frostbitten their fingers, toes, ears, and noses.

The casualties caused by this made Wang Sunchen very helpless. Who would have thought that the weather would suddenly turn colder, which was even colder than last year when I spent the winter in Illino. You must know that Lu Dao, he is now in the south of the Tianshan Mountains!

Growing up in Shaanxi, the difference between the north and south of the Qinling Mountains is most clear to Wang Sunchen. The Tianshan Mountains are obviously higher than the Qinling Mountains, and it is so cold here, I don't know what the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains will look like.

Thankfully, there are quite a few frostbitten and sick soldiers on their side, and the situation of the Black Khan must be similar. In particular, their preparation will not be better here, and there will certainly not be a minority of frostbite.

Going south in the winter is a smart thing to do, but going north is definitely a fool's choice. The commander of the Black Khan didn't know if he regretted it, and traveled thousands of miles north, but he hurried to send him to death and cold.

With the sound of wooden flutes and shouts, the soldiers were driven out of their tents to prevent the frostbite from worsening in the tent.

The soldiers who came out of the tent had a thick grease on their faces, which was made from fat taken from the tail and rump of sheep. A group of men, fully armoured, lined up in the open space inside the camp and swung their swords. On the inside of the armor, sheepskin is also padded to protect against the wind. There is cowhide, too. The inner lining of the armor used by the officers was pre-assembled, and the armor of the soldiers was the simplest style, consisting of a few bent iron plates. It is divided into several sizes according to different heights and body types. Don't talk about the lining, it's the appearance, and if you don't maintain it well, it will rust. However, when I spent the winter in Illinoidium last year, I made up for it with leather.

On the other side, the hot broth has already been boiled, and when it rests, it will be poured for them. Wang Sunchen had just tried a bowl of broth, and there was a lot of pepper in it, and now he was still warm and sweaty. If it is placed in the capital, such high-quality spices will be sold for gold and silver, but here, they are all stripped from the hands of big food merchants, since they don't need money, there is no need to be stingy.

Li Quanzhong was also fully armed, staring at the generals under his command, and when he saw Wang Sunchen coming, he hurriedly put aside the matter in his hand and came over to salute and say hello.

Wang Sunchen gave him a few words of encouragement and let him continue to do things.

You Shixiong said to Wang Sunchen before. After Khotan was restored, he let Yu Chi's family go back and continue to be the lord of the country, but he didn't say which one of Yu Chi's families. There are many heirs of the Khotanese king's family, but although he is a side branch, he has made meritorious contributions under his command, and if possible, Wang Sunchen will of course support him.

With Khotan to compete with Gaochang and Qiuci in the north, it was convenient for the imperial court to control the Western Regions. With the four towns of Anxi and Beiting, as long as the official army controls a few big cities, the Western Regions will be stabilized. In another two years, whether it is to kill the Green Ridge or to the north to recover the subject states of the Khitans, the stable Western Regions can provide sufficient support - grain and grass, as well as manpower.

"Ruler!" A personal soldier hurried over and whispered a few words in Wang Sunchen's ear.

Wang Sunchen's face changed suddenly: "Are you really leaving?" ”

The Black Khans did not make any moves in the advance camp not far from the city, but sent scouts back to report that the main camp of the Black Khans had moved, and it seemed that they were preparing to withdraw their troops.

When he came out of the hospital, the military doctor told Wang Sunchen that the toe of his left foot had to be amputated.

With Wang Sunsin's iron heart, he couldn't help but sigh, he was disabled at a young age, what should he do in the future? And hatred also rose, if it weren't for the Black Khan people, why wouldn't it be so.

If the weather is a little colder, they will have to spend the winter in the last barbarian, and presumably the Black Khan people are unwilling to be neighbors with their well-fed and clothed rich family.

But Wang Sunsin didn't want to let them go. Isn't it too rude to leave without saying hello?

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Hearing the familiar drum and trumpet, Adi didn't need to look to know that the pagans on the other side of the road had come out of the village to invite the battle again.

Aren't they cold? ’

The former camp guard cursed in a low voice and sent a messenger back to report to the commander Kashgar.

But other than that, he didn't do anything else. I'm going to leave anyway, and I don't care about underestimating the enemy.

In such cold weather, Adi would rather live in a stable than go out and face the arrows of the infidels like a storm.

In the camp, there was a distant view of the Ma Qin army who were fighting.

Still the arrangement of the central infantry, the cavalry on both wings. This time, though, they were a little far from the city. In addition, there are some miscellaneous soldiers, who do not enter the array, and look down for something in the snow amid the sound of war drums.

After looking at it carefully for a while, Adi's heart beat violently.

It's a heretic collecting arrows. They don't have enough arrows!

These days, Adi led the army into battle and clashed with the Maqin people many times. The most feared thing about that group of heretics was the heavy crossbows in their hands, which were not only powerful, but also extremely fast, completely contrary to common sense.

But now it's clear that they're running out of arrows. If there are only a dozen catapults left on the other side, what is there to be afraid of?

Adi knew that Kashgar Geri hesitated, and the battle did not open the battle for many days, and it was helpless to retreat. Not only was he punished by Bogda Khan, but also the resentment of many lords. In fact, I don't want to retreat.

It's just that the weather suddenly turned cold, and Ma Qin's side did not decline, so that many generals below Kashgar Geri lost the confidence to continue fighting. A decision had already been made in the morning, and when the troops and horses that were recalled to the east would be withdrawn, the whole army would be withdrawn.

But now it seems that maybe it should be tried again. Allah is watching from heaven and cannot just admit defeat to the infidels!

Adi jumped up suddenly, grabbing the guards beside him, "Go, go and tell Yusup that those infidels are running out of arrows!" ”