In the first month of the year, the cold northwest wind howls and makes people shiver.
At this time, the Houtao area was truly trapped by the Yellow River. When the river reached the upper left corner of the shape, it suddenly split into two.
One road turned along the traditional zigzag-shaped river, while the other road chose to continue north. It changed its route when it encountered Yinshan Mountain, and traveled along Yinshan Mountain until it returned southward along the mountain, merged with the branch, and then continued to rush.
Although at this time, I only saw desolation.
But it is also conceivable that after spring, many young seedlings will grow here, and in summer, the grass will be blown by the wind and cattle and sheep will be seen.
"What a spiritual place!"
In the morning, there was Mopan Mountain in the northeast of Anxi Protectorate. Kublai Khan stood on a hillside. From here, he could see the Xingling Land of Xixia in the distance, and he just sighed.
"Who would have thought that such a location could have such beauty? Before, I just thought this place was just geographically important."
Haidu, the deputy general who was accompanying him, said: "Your Majesty is right, it is really a good place, but it is not as good as our hometown."
Kublai Khan nodded slightly and did not continue to answer.
Xixia is located in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and its Xingqing Mansion is built on the edge of the Yellow River.
It is equivalent to having an excellent natural water source, and in the Mongolian hometown, winter is very long, and now the small rivers are not as big as before.
Going further, it is impossible to say that it will become a desert.
The really good place is the Central Plains, which has big rivers. I heard that there is a land of plenty in the southeast of Daqian, where there are lakes of all sizes and many small streams and rivers.
He felt that the Mongols should occupy such a place instead of guarding a northern grassland that would become a desert in the future.
Mongolians are indeed born to herd, but they cannot continue to herd because of this. When one day, the grassland turns into a desert, where can they go to herd?
Why are the people of the Central Plains naturally capable of occupying such a paradise on earth, while the Mongolians have to live on the grasslands and make a living by grazing animals every day?
This is why Kublai supported Temujin.
Among the several large tribes in Mongolia, Temujin's tribe had vast grasslands and many cattle and sheep. It was the largest tribe in Mongolia, followed by Kublai Khan's tribe.
This time, he really heard that the Prince of Daqian was attacking Xixia, so he decided to come and see it.
Last time, he participated in the joint battle between Mongolia and Northern Yan to destroy the gold, and gained a lot.
However, Kublai Khan's heart was still in the south of the Yangtze River.
After taking a short rest, Kublai Khan ordered to continue heading west.
They were not here to see the scenery, nor were they here to support Li Qianshun's restoration of the country.
Xixia has been captured by Daqian and the country has been destroyed.
Just like Mongolia and Northern Yan united to destroy the Jin Dynasty, they have already perished.
How else to restore the country?
At the beginning, Kublai Khan really wanted to lead a large group of troops and join forces with Xixia Li Qianshun to keep Prince Daqian in Xingqing Mansion.
However, after he read the news from Xixia, he gave up this idea.
First, my side has just experienced a big war. The gains from destroying the gold are not small, and the losses are also not small.
Mongolian cavalry are very precious, and if they lose even a little bit, it will be a huge loss.
Kublai Khan really had more than enough ambition but not enough power.
He also informed Temujin that he could mobilize two Qingqi, with Brother Meng as the commander, to go to Xixia for support.
But Temujin did not adopt his suggestion and only sent more than 2,000 troops.
How could such a small number of people successfully support Xixia?
Temujin obviously wanted to see Xixia subjugated and abolish small countries like Jinthi and Xixia.
On this continent, there are only three families: Daqian, Mengyuan and Beiyan.
Finally, together with Beiyan, they divided their forces to attack Daqian, one in the west and the other in the east.
This is also a plan that many people in Meng Yuan know about, and they are all recuperating until the next battle against Daqian.
Compared with the golden thief, Daqian is obviously richer.
When Kublai Khan saw this, he could only feel sad and felt that he had missed the best opportunity to kill the prince of the Daqianjian Kingdom.
So on this day, Kublai Khan decided to come in person. After all, Xixia had ceased to exist in name only, and Li Qianshun ran to the Khan to cry.
Meng Yuan also sent troops, and the prince of Daqian also sent an envoy to question Meng Yuan if he wanted to tear up the peace treaty.
Kublai Khan wanted to personally give an explanation to the prince.
In a sense, he was bold.
After leaving Mopan Mountain, the march slowed down.
Kublai Khan did not bring many people with him.
There are only eight hundred Qingqi in total.
But there are too many checkpoints along the way. After crossing the Yellow River, what we saw was a lively scene.
Under the naked eye, starting from the outflow channel of the Yellow River at the foot of Yinshan Mountain, there are red and white and slightly flashing crowds of people, carriages, horses, and flags everywhere.
Kublai Khan quickly asked the Daqian envoys around him, and then he realized that this was dividing the fields.
As for more, the messenger didn't say much.
And Kublai Khan saw a glimmer of light in the Xixia people's eyes, and some of them were talking and laughing.
It was completely as if the people who had subjugated their country were not them.
How can it be?
How could Da Qian capture the land of Xingling in such a short period of time, beat Li Qianshun to the point of running to cry to the Khan, and how could he calm people's hearts in such a short period of time?
When we arrived outside the capital city of Anxi Protectorate, we saw many flags erected on the city wall.
Among them, one of the flags was huge in shape, and its three tails fluttering in the wind were also extremely weird. However, Kublai Khan had been working hard to learn the Central Plains culture and was deeply attracted by it.
He felt that the most attractive thing in the world was the Central Plains culture. The more he learned, the more he would know what that flag was. The key was that at this moment, there were two more big flags, one black and one white, on both sides of the flag. It just adds a little extra momentum.
"After all, he is the crown prince of the Daganjian Kingdom. He is considered to be the strongest soldier here. Today I want to see what kind of person he is!"
Thinking like this, following the signal from the Daqian envoy, several personal guards came forward directly outside the city and asked Kublai Khan and the eight hundred people accompanying him to remove their armor and leave their weapons outside the city to be guarded by the Forbidden Army. .
If he doesn't want to, then go back directly and Daqian won't let him stay.
Kublai Khan immediately asked his personal guards to remove their armor for him. He had been prepared since he planned to come to Xingqing Mansion to give an explanation to Prince Daqian on behalf of Meng Yuan.
Now that we have arrived outside the capital city of Xingqing Mansion, how can we just turn around and go back just because of this little rule?
