Chapter Eighty-Eight: Candidates

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You see, our north is Fengxiang, this area is the territory of the Jin State, Chen has the heavy troops of the Jin State, the Mongolian Tartars in a short period of time, I am afraid they will not be able to occupy this area, this time they entered the Song Dynasty, so they can only bypass the Fengxiang Road and Lintao Road, and go to the territory of Tubo!

And at the moment, although we don't have any news about the lord of the Western Xia Kingdom, judging from the information I have received, the Western Xia Kingdom has basically existed in name only, and its destruction is only a matter of imminence! I estimate that they will not hold out until the end of the year at the longest, and it is likely that it is over now, otherwise the Mongol Tartars will not draw their troops to trouble us!

This time, the path they chose was to use the Tibetan route, so that means that some tribes in Tibet must have seen the strength of the Mongolian army and wanted to fall to the side of the Mongols! That's why the Mongol army will attack our Song realm through the territory of Tubo, and if this continues, once Tubo decides to fall to the side of the Mongols, then the Mongol army is likely to use the Tubo tribes to attack our Sichuan region in the future!

Once this happens, our Lizhou Road and Chuanzhong will be in the forefront of the Mongols! In addition, once Tibet is annexed to the Mongol Tartars, our friendly neighbor Dali in the southwest will also be under their troops, and it may be attacked by the Mongol army at any time, which is especially unfavorable for us! Once the Mongols control Tibet, then at any time may attack Dali, with the strength of Dali, will not be able to stop the invasion of the Mongol army, once Dali falls, then our Sichuan will be the back of the enemy, so this matter is very important, we can't sit idly by!

At present, the Mongolian army has been newly defeated and has withdrawn from the Song realm, which will undoubtedly give the Tubo tribes a head start, and let the Tubo also know that our Great Song Dynasty is not weak and can be bullied!

So I think it's an opportunity for us to have a moral advantage! In this way, we can reprimand the Tibetan tribes for plotting against them, and take the opportunity to strike at the Tibetan tribes, so that they dare not underestimate our Great Song Dynasty! They did not dare to easily annex to the Mongols, so that the depth of our defense would be deepened, so that the Mongol army would attack Lizhou or Dali from the territory of Tubo!

Gao Huaiyuan has been secretly thinking about this matter these days, although he did not study history very well in his previous life, but he also knew that the Mongols controlled Tubo, and after unifying the Tubo tribes, they captured Dali from Tubo, so that Sichuan fell into the hands of the Mongols, and finally caused the complete destruction of the Southern Song Dynasty, if Sichuan is fine, the Mongols can only launch an offensive against the Southern Song Dynasty from the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, even if the Southern Song Dynasty court is mediocre, but the Southern Song Dynasty military and civilians can still use the Yangtze River to resist the invasion of the Mongol army, In that case, the possibility of the Mongols succeeding would be much smaller, so he believed that the Tibetans must not fall to the Mongol Tatars, otherwise, the Southern Song Dynasty would be threatened by the Mongols' three-way advance, so he brought up this matter.

Yue Kun stood beside Gao Huaiyuan, looked up at the map, and even Huang Yan stood up, walked to the side of the map together, and looked up at the map intently.

The third brother is really far-sighted, and it is really good! Once the Tibetan tribes are attached to the Mongolian Tatars, then our Sichuan will be wide open! This move of the Tubo tribes is undoubtedly a betrayal of our Great Song Dynasty, and it really deserves to die! We should send troops to recruit them! It's just that I'm afraid that the court won't agree to this matter, after all, this matter is a side matter, once the courtiers learn, I'm afraid it will inevitably attack the third brother for your autocratic decision, is it not too late for me to send another army after giving the saint a clarification? Yue Kun first nodded in support of Gao Huaiyuan's proposal this time, and then put forward his opinion, after all, although Gao Huaiyuan is now in charge of the military and political affairs in Sichuan, he is still afraid that someone will use it to make a fuss about Gao Huaiyuan.

In fact, at present, the officials of both the government and the opposition, the military and the government are looking at Gao Huaiyuan, a person like him who was born as a military general, can be such a big official in the Southern Song Dynasty, it is a very rare thing, at least in the Southern Song Dynasty, it is an unprecedented thing, so Gao Huaiyuan has long been regarded as a thorn in the side of a group of Wenchen, thinking that Gao Huaiyuan has touched the rights that they should enjoy, and he has long been eyeing Gao Huaiyuan, the last time Zheng Qingzhi was a good example when Gao Huaiyuan was out of Jingdong, Once they are allowed to seize the handle, I am afraid that they will have to make a big fuss about it, so Yue Kun kindly reminded Gao Huaiyuan.

Well! What the second brother said is reasonable! However, sending the concert to Beijing and asking the Holy Lord to agree to send troops to Tibet, I am afraid that it will be too late in time, and I think it is better to strike while the iron is hot! After all, the new defeat of Meng Ge's army will definitely make the Tubo tribes along the way shake, and now sending a group of soldiers and horses to beat them is much better than letting them prepare and then go there, at least let the Tubo tribes take a look, our Great Song Dynasty is not easy to provoke, so that they want to take refuge in the Tartars, and weigh our meaning!

Therefore, it is better to complete this battle as soon as possible, the troops do not need too many, 5,000 people are enough, as long as you beat a few Tubo tribes fiercely, it will deter the rest of the Tubo tribes and make them dare not offend our Great Song Dynasty again!

As for the Holy Lord, I want to send troops and report to the Holy Lord that he has learned about it, after all, this time we are on the moral side, and I don't think the Holy Lord will blame me for this! Gao Huaiyuan frowned and thought for a while, then said to Yue Kun.

Good! You are still the boss, you are decisive, why are those sour rotten people pointing fingers behind your back! Let's do this for the sake of Da Song, not for ourselves, if it's for ourselves, who will fucking play with their lives! I think it's better to quickly send troops to teach the Tubo people a lesson, and let them know what the consequences of offending our Great Song Tianwei are! Does the boss want me to go this time? Otherwise, I'll stand up and lead the troops! Huang Yan, who was still half-dead just now, heard that he was going to send troops to teach the Tubo people a lesson, so he came to his senses again, and asked Gao Huaiyuan for his life.

Gao Huaiyuan looked at Huang Yan and said with a smile: I see that you are like this, it is better to honestly recuperate at home! However, I will call your cavalry, and the cavalry of each army this time, to form a cavalry of 5,000 men, and send them to teach the Tibetans a lesson!"

If you don't let me go, who can you let go? I'm not in any serious condition, I think I'd better hold on and lead the troops! Huang Yan hurriedly asked for battle again, and as soon as this guy heard that there was a battle to fight, he came to his senses, patted his chest and said.

If not, let me go! The injuries on the fourth brother's body are not light, I'm afraid I can't withstand such a toss! Yue Kun also stood up and wanted to take over this job.

Gao Huaiyuan shook his head and said: No, Huang Yan is still honestly recuperating from his injuries, and you can't go to the second brother, right now I want to integrate the four garrison troops, this time you have led the army to a lot of credit, the generals are more convinced of you, I want you to take the post of Sichuan Xuanfu envoy, specializing in training the soldiers and horses of Sichuan Zhulu, and revitalizing Sichuan's armament affairs, as long as Sichuan is safe, then the Tartars will have no way to take our Great Song Dynasty! So it's not easy for the second brother to leave lightly at the moment!

I have a suitable candidate for this dispatch, what do you think about letting Ruohu lead the troops to fight?

After saying that, Yue Kun and Huang Yan both shifted their eyes to Li Ruohu, and Li Ruohu was immediately stunned.

Well! Not bad! This guy is okay! I think I can let this guy try it! Hey! Huang Yan immediately understood Gao Huaiyuan's thoughts.

Yue Kun also heard of Li Ruohu, and heard that this time Gao Huaiyuan defeated the Mongolian Tartars in the Chaos Army Mountain, it was Li Ruohu who was responsible for the central dispatch, and he also knew that Li Ruohu was Gao Huaiyuan's most trusted subordinate, and knew that this time Gao Huaiyuan proposed to let Li Ruohu lead the army to Tubo, he must have wanted to secretly mention Li Ruohu and let Li Ruohu lead the troops alone in the future, so he also nodded and agreed.

Lord! How can this work? Although Ruohu is considered a military position, he is just a martial arts doctor! How can you take on such a heavy responsibility? Besides, if I am no longer around adults, what will happen to adults? As soon as Li Ruohu heard that Gao Huaiyuan wanted him to lead the army into battle, he immediately shook his head and said.

Well? Ruohu! Could it be that I can't leave you by my side? With Erhu and Fang Lai by my side, you don't have to worry about no one around me! You want to follow me for so many years, when you left Jingdong, I wanted you to lead the troops alone, you didn't agree at the time, but I can't let you follow me as a personal soldier for the rest of your life, sooner or later you still have to make contributions!

This is your chance to show your talents, Hugh has to say more, I will give you a general order, ordering you to immediately lead a cavalry along the route of the Tartar withdrawal, into the territory of Tubo, for me to teach those Tubo tribes a good lesson, the more you fight, the more they will be afraid of our Song people, the more they dare not rely on the Mongol Tatars, of course, for those tribes who show goodwill to our Great Song Dynasty, you must do not commit any crimes in the autumn, this battle is very important, you can't object!

Those artillery under Xing Fang, I will also give you half this time, let you take it away, let the Tubo people see what artillery is, let them understand that we Song people cannot be bullied, this is your task! Prepare yourself! In a few days, lead the troops out of the Duolong Bridge! Remember to be careful, you are carrying the lives of thousands of soldiers this time, don't be careless! Gao Huaiyuan immediately reprimanded Li Ruohu and directly threw him a general order to Li Ruohu.

Li Ruohu was very grateful in his heart, as a man, who doesn't want to do something vigorous in this life! But Li Ruohu was grateful to Gao Huaiyuan for his trust in him all the time, and was unwilling to leave Gao Huaiyuan's side, so he stayed by Gao Huaiyuan's side and became Gao Huaiyuan's personal leader, and this time he also saw that Gao Huaiyuan really wanted him to lead the troops alone, so he no longer hesitated, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Gao Huaiyuan a few times, thanking Gao Huaiyuan for his kindness.