"Lian'er"

When Lu Lian'er Tingting, dressed as a daughter of the Han family, came over, Ma Qike suddenly felt a feeling in her heart.

Feeling warm, the whole body and mind also calm down.

Lu Lian'er was ten years younger than him, and was twenty years old this year. She was originally as pretty as a flower, but under the sunshine on the plateau, her cheeks also showed a blush, and she was already a little closer to a Tibetan woman.

Lu Lian'er took the letter from his brother, read it carefully and then returned it to Mazik.

Ma Qike smiled and said: "Lian'er, you and Lu Hong are twins from the same mother. We finally received a letter from my brother, so please stay."

Lu Lian'er said: "He wrote it to you, why should I stay?"

"Forget it," Mazik put the letter away, "How should you respond to your brother's matter?"

"What do you mean, husband?"

"If he can go to Minzhou and Taozhou to work, whether in the army or politics, it would be good. It would be best if he could go to these two places to join the army. However, he also said in his letter that Daxia Kingdom is very strict. If he takes the initiative to ask for an official position, , but I am taking a huge risk, so I am a little hesitant.”

Lu Lian'er shook her head.

"Husband, you and your brother underestimate the Kingdom of Daxia too much. I have heard that although the country is very strict, it is not unkind. Your territory is close to the Kingdom of Daxia, not to mention their spies. I have found out everything about you a long time ago. If I don’t say anything else, just say that at my brother’s place, anyone who enters the military and political school must undergo a three-month investigation before they can enter."

"In the past three months, he will check all the relatives and friends he has. My brother also has to declare it himself when he enters school. If there is anything wrong afterwards, he will be punished. Besides, they can also declare it when they graduate, and others will do it. Your situation is clear. It is better for my brother to declare openly and openly to go to Min and Tao Prefectures. Just say that his sister is with him and Daxia is strong and prosperous, so people will not put him elsewhere because of your relationship."

After speaking, she asked: "How is your husband's standing army? If it is fully mobilized, how many cavalry can be dispatched?"

Maqike smiled and said: "Although this place is a prairie, it is bitterly cold after all, but there are still two thousand standing troops. Lian'er should know, I have eight thousand herders and more than thirty thousand Dingkou under my command. If fully mobilized, it will be the same." One that can dispatch ten thousand riders."

"Ten thousand cavalry? Is it enough for a cavalry brigade of the Han Navy?"

Maqik shook his head, "If it were a head-on confrontation, my ten thousand cavalry would not be a match for a cavalry brigade of Han Haijun. However, my fiefdom is vast, and Han Haijun's cavalry brigade came over. I am not familiar with the place, so I spread my forces. He can't stand it if he goes around guerrillas."

"But what if you take the initiative to invade Daxia's territory?"

Maqik looked stern, "Although the Daxia people have strict military discipline, if they take the initiative to provoke them, they will definitely retaliate and will definitely send out a large army to attack. By then, not only my territory, I am afraid that the entire Qinghai will be plunged into war."

Lu Lian'er shook her head again, "This day will come soon."

"Oh? Why did Madam say that?"

"Husband, the Great Xia Kingdom has occupied the entire Ming Kingdom land north of the Yangtze River except Sichuan. It has not mobilized troops in the Ming Kingdom for many years. I heard that the weather in the Great Xia Kingdom has been good in the past few years, and the warehouses are abundant. In addition, they have captured I got tens of millions of taels of silver from Thief Li, and there is no shortage of money. It is the time to use the army."

"According to their usual practice, they occupy one land and stabilize it, and then seize other lands when they have more energy. However, it is too early to say that they will go south to seize the entire Ming Kingdom's land, because the current situation is The Ming Kingdom, Li Thief, and Zhang Thief are almost a tripartite force, and no one can survive the other. Under this situation, Daxia Kingdom will naturally sit back and wait for them to fight to the death and the national power is greatly damaged before taking action. That’s when you get twice the result with half the effort.”

"But if they decide to go south in a big way, they must go to Sichuan first, and if they want to go to Sichuan, they must go to Hanzhong. But now He Zhen in Hanzhong is not willing to submit to Daxia. She still wants to play coy among the many forces, and recently she openly defected to him.

After conquering the Ming Dynasty, he was granted the title of Marquis of Hanzhong by the Ming court. From Hanzhong to Sichuan, the Chaotianguan-Guangyuan-Jianmen area is in the hands of Zhang Thief. This is the shortest way, but He Zhen can still pass through Xixiang and Taiping.

Contact Zeng Ying, the commander-in-chief of Eastern Sichuan."

"After Zeng Ying took over the rest of Huang Yao's troops, his power increased greatly. I heard that his generals were like clouds and his soldiers were like rain. Zhang Dingguo, the most capable of fighting under Zhang Thief, could only confront him across the Jialing River and could not advance even an inch.

Ruyunruyu is just an exaggeration, but the total military strength in eastern Sichuan is at least 50,000, and He Zhen has 20,000 men, all of whom are elites from Shaanxi. With Zeng Ying, even Daxia would not dare to

underestimated”

Maqik seemed to have touched something. Recently, he was also reading "Kuo Di Zhi" translated by Lu Lian'er, and he also did some research on China's mountain geography. However, when Lu Lian'er said this, he was a little confused.

However, he still knows a few key routes between Sichuan, Hanzhong and Gansu.

At this point, Lu Lian'er also stopped, and Maqik smiled and said, "Madam, do you want to pay attention to your husband?"

Lu Lian'er smiled and said nothing.

Mazik said: "Hanzhong cannot be attacked in a hurry, but Daxia can use the route from Longnan to rush directly to Sichuan, or..."

Only then did he understand Lu Lian'er's thoughts, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "This woman is indeed a talented woman. The core of Daxia Kingdom is the tribes of Sauron. They are not afraid of severe cold, and most of them are cavalry. If you can follow my command,

If you pass through the territory, you can go straight to Chengdu from Songpan and Maozhou.”

"Such a method of march will probably frighten Daxi Kingdom even more than Jiang Wei in the Three Kingdoms. As for Longnan, it must be a superficial approach. The sudden appearance of Daxia's army on the Chengdu Plain will, needless to say, frighten Zhang Thief.

I was so frightened that I had no choice but to run far away to escape.”

"But now Yunnan is firmly in the hands of Wu Sangui, and Guizhou has been captured by Li Thief. Only the counties in the south of the Yangtze River that belong to Sichuan are left. Zhang Thief is either going east to fight to the death with the Chongqing army, or crossing the river southward.

Occupy Jiangnan prefectures and counties, and then decide whether to go to Yunnan or Guizhou."

"But Thief Zhang can definitely rely on Chengdu to fight a decisive battle with the Daxia Kingdom. There is still Zhang Kewang near Chengdu, and Ai Nengqi's heavy army, which has at least 50,000 elite soldiers and has been trained for many years, can't he fight with the Daxia Kingdom?"

Thinking of this, he continued to say with a smile: "My wife is smart, and I can't take care of my husband as much as possible. So, the Great Xia Kingdom wants to go south from my territory? It's impossible..."

Lu Lian'er said: "Not long ago, traders from Maozhou came with news that the situation of the Ming army in western Sichuan is not good."

"Oh?", Mazik was shocked and thought to himself: "Is there any news that I don't know about?"

Lu Lian'er smiled and said: "Husband, please don't be nervous. I am talking about Yang Zhan who is now entrenched in Yazhou, Jiading Prefecture and Meizhou in southwest Sichuan."

"Yang Zhan? What can happen to him? Since he defeated Zhang Thief in a battle last time, Zhang Thief has no plans to go south."

"Husband, I heard that three more groups of people came to Yang Zhan's territory."

"oh?"

"One is the newly appointed governor of Sichuan, Li Qiande. He took office alone. Zeng Ying of Chongqing ignored him. Only two generals who were former thieves came to him. One was named Yuan Tao, who was originally the one who wanted to conquer the rest of the Yellow Army and claim the title of King of Heaven.

, one is named Wu Dading, a remnant of bandits, named Huang Chao. He has few followers and is squeezed out everywhere. He can only seek refuge with Li Qiande."

"Not long ago, Li Qiande decided to locate the Governor's Palace in Jiading Prefecture. Yang Zhan agreed and placed Yuan Tao in Qianwei County and Wu Dading in Qingshen County."

"What's wrong with that?"

"Husband, you don't understand the Ming Dynasty. They have always used civility to control military affairs. Whenever a literati took office, they would not fail to kill military men to establish their authority. According to the Meizhou businessman, after Yang Zhan defeated Zhang Xianzhong, he was made a count by the court. , the commander-in-chief of Western Sichuan did not pay attention to the down-and-out Governor Li Qiande. The literati of the Ming Dynasty were all chickens and people who were determined to retaliate. He also had two powerful generals, Yuan Tao and Wu Dading, who, in the humble opinion of the slave family, would cause disaster in Western Sichuan. Not far away”

Mazik asked: "The Ming Dynasty is in such a precarious situation, can't the civil and military officials share the same hatred and be united as one?"

Lu Lian'er shook her head, "Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong before, and Sun Chuanting killed He Yilong later. They were both attempts to destroy the Great Wall. If Sun Chuanting hadn't been a relative of the Emperor of Great Xia, he would probably have lost his head. That's right. When Li Qiande entered Sichuan, if he and Yang Zhan were respectful, he would not be around, but if he behaves like this, it may not be a long-term solution."

"But Yang Zhan has 15,000 elite soldiers and horses, and 5,000 Hequ horse cavalry purchased from the snow area. Even Zhang Xianzhong, who is so arrogant, can't stand it. What can Li Qiande, a mere civil servant, do?"

Lu Lian'er did not respond, but continued: "Husband, let's not explain the affairs of the country for now. Do you know the affairs of Handu to the west of us?"

"But it's about the Red Sect?"

"Exactly"

"It's not a big deal. If the Great Khan was still in power, not to mention Handu, even his father, Ilduzi, wouldn't dare to blatantly believe in it. But now that Dayan is in power, and several brothers are doing their own thing, Dayan is helpless."

"No!" Lu Lian'er shook her head, "Before his death, Gushi Khan appointed his teacher Luosang as Banchan Erdeni, which had a vague intention of dividing the Dalai Lama's group of forces. In addition, in fact The person who presides over the political affairs of the snow area for the Dalai Lama is Suonan Qunpei. This person has always been loyal to Gushi Khan and is also good to Dayan."

"Dayan wants to establish his authority, and the careless Handu who converted to the Red Sect is a good target!"

"Why?"

"First of all, Handu is his nephew. After all, he is a generation shorter. After all, the others are his brothers. In any case, it doesn't look good on the face to do it directly."

"Secondly, it was because of the need to eradicate the Red Sect that the Living Buddha of Xue District invited Gushi Khan to Tibet. Now it is like this in Handu. If Dayan ignores it, his reputation will definitely plummet."

"In addition, Handu harbored Dunyue Dorje's children, so the news probably reached Lhasa at this time."

Maqik was shocked. Although he admired his wife's judgment, he still felt unhappy when he thought that Qinghai was about to face a storm.

"Then what is the best thing for a husband to do?"

It took him a long while before he said this.

"wait"

"wait?"

"Yes, it is estimated that news will come out in the near future. It will not be too late to make plans then."

Lu Lian'er's expectation was good. Within a few days, Yongzhong Dorje, a subordinate of Handu, came over on behalf of Handu.

"Huntaiji save me!"
Chapter completed!