Chapter 7 two

Kublai Khan led 100,000 Mongolian iron horses out of Songpan and down the Minjiang River in the mist. The gold and iron horses meandered for more than 20 miles. A few days later, under the command of Kublai Khan, the Central Route Army forcibly crossed the Dadu River, traveled through more than 2,000 miles of valleys and narrow roads, and finally arrived at the Jinsha River. Before sunset, Kublai Khan set up his camp along the Jinsha River.The red sunset glows dyed the sky and the wide river on both sides orange. Kublai Khan, Yao Shu, Monk Zicong, Lian Xixian and others stood in front of the tent hall, looking at the Jinsha River flowing eastward, pointing to the opposite side of the river and asking: "Ahead of us is the garrison of the governor of Huichuan? "

Yao Shu put down the map: "Yes. According to reports, the governor of Huichuan listened to the instigation of several arrogant civilian officials and decided to resist desperately." "How is the progress of the West Route Army?" Kublai Khan then asked. "General Wulianghetai's troops are making rapid progress." Yao Shu stood behind Kublai Khan and replied, "At that time, in the fourth year of Naimazhen's reign (1244), the Mongolian army attacked Sichuan in the Song Dynasty. He once sent Wu Liang Hetai and Wang Shixian to lead an army to attack Dali from the Lijiang area in order to bypass Dali to reach the south of Sichuan and attack the Song Dynasty from the north to the south. Hetai fought hard for several days, and finally lost the enemy and retreated. For many years, Wuliang Hetai has been deeply humiliated by this, and the whole army has worked hard to avenge it."

"Oh... what happened later? Mencius Lian," Kublai Khan looked at Lian Xixian, who was staring at the brilliant light in the sky, and nodded his general intentionally, "You might as well talk about it." Although Lian Xixian is a Uighur (now Uighur), he grew up in the Han area since he was a child. He learned Chinese culture and was good at riding and shooting.Because he had unique views on "Mencius", he always quoted "Mencius" when discussing with others, and Kublai Khan called him "Lian Mencius". "Yes, Your Highness. Three years later, in order to show his goodwill to Dali, Song sent a special envoy to mourn the fallen soldiers in Dali to show their solidarity. Song and Dali have always had good relations. After this battle, the two have become closer, especially not long ago. Dali Prime Minister Gao Xiang also killed the emissary we sent to surrender. I am worried that if Song and Dali join forces, we will face a more complicated situation." Lian Xixian expressed his inner worries cautiously.

After Lian Xixian finished speaking, everyone fell into silence for a while.Only the bursts of waves concealed the brief tranquility. For a moment, Kublai Khan pointed to the south bank of the Jinsha River, and his voice was firm and loud: "Order Wuliang Hetai to continue southward from Yandang, and more than 30,000 soldiers from the East Route Army will advance from Baiman. Tuocheng, the three armies will encircle Zicheng, the capital of Dali, in January next year!" "yes!" Kublai Khan looked back at the crowd: "Quickly send an order to the Chinese army: eat at dawn tomorrow, and cross the river at dawn!"

"yes!" "Gao Xiang, Prime Minister of the Dali Kingdom, killed our envoy to surrender, which aroused the feeling of revenge in the entire army. Your Highness should consider issuing an order to stop the killing and inform the entire army." Yao Shu reminded. "Yes! What Mr. Yao said is very true. Please send an order to tear the banner of the silk book and stop killing the people." Zi Cong and Lian Xixian deeply agreed. "Okay! Let's do it like this. Pass down the order, split the silk as a flag, and write a letter to 'stop the killing', telling the whole army to hunt and kill Gao Xiang!" Kublai Khan suppressed his anger and issued another order before attacking Dali Kingdom.

It was a late October afternoon in the third year of Mongke Khan (1253). Under the command of Kublai Khan, the Central Route Army crossed the Jinsha River within five days on rafts.When the governor of Huichuan heard that the Mongol army had arrived, he had long forgotten his bold words at the beginning, and fled south in a hurry before the first battle. Mu'aliang, the chief of the Moximan (the ancestors of the Naxi people today), heard that the Mongolian army had not committed any crimes, and he did not want to be an enemy. He took the lead among the chiefs of the Dali Kingdom to surrender.Feeling his sincerity, Kublai Khan held a banquet by the river to entertain Mu Aliang and his followers.

"His Royal Highness is truly a teacher of benevolence and righteousness in the world. He split the silk as an oath to stop killing and massacre the city. Such an army has high morale and strict discipline. Why worry about the enemy not being invincible and bowing their heads." Mu Aliang, who is over fifty years old, has seen Kublai Khan , and then stretched out a pair of thick big hands, and held Kublai Khan tightly, with appreciation in his tone. "The leader of Aliang is too famous, and I dare not be the king." Kublai Khan led Mu Aliang into the seat with a smile, and said slowly, "In order to recruit the lord of Dali, this king has sent envoys to negotiate peace with him twice. The first time was The one sent from Gansu failed because of unfamiliar roads; the second time, when the envoy arrived in Dali, he was killed by the prime minister of Dali..." Kublai Khan sighed slightly and did not continue.

"However, if you conquered me in the end, you will also conquer the whole territory of Dali. Because in the land of Dali, we will not submit to any power, but we will choose a master worthy of following for ourselves." "Chief Ah Liang, I will keep your words in mind. Come on, let's toast together and wish our friendship will last forever." "Isn't it for other reasons?" A crisp voice with an ancient Diqiang voice sounded from a group of girls following Mu Aliang. The girl who spoke was covered with a thin veil. Kublai Khan looked Unclear her face, a little surprised.He had never seen a girl so bold before.

The girl turned to come forward lightly, and met Kublai Khan with the courtesy of some barbarian women.Kublai Khan looked closely, and saw that she was wearing a crimson half-length gown with delicate texture, with towering temples, and her hair was decorated with pearls, amber, pipa, gold, silver, shellfish and other headgears, exquisite and brilliant.She took off her veil, and a pair of mischievous smiles appeared on her face. This smile was all too familiar to Kublai Khan. "It's you?" "Yes, Luo Feng pays his respects to His Highness." Kublai Khan forgot his feelings for a moment, and did not allow Luo Feng to show respect, and stretched out his hands to support Luo Feng's arms.

"How do you..." "Why didn't I just leave without telling you, did I?" Luo Feng still laughed like a flower. Speaking of the acquaintance between Kublai Khan and Luo Feng, it is really a bit dramatic.That was a month ago, when Kublai Khan led an army through the Songpan Grassland, he accidentally went to Huanglong Town at the foot of Yucui Mountain to play.The girl told Kublai Khan that her name was Luo Feng, and she was the daughter of Mu Aliang, a Shanzhai village in Dali. She had come to Huanglong Town to find a friend, but her friend had married out of town, and she didn't want to stay with a stranger. There is a water temple on Huanglong Mountain, and I planned to stay overnight, but something happened later.

Luo Feng was innocent, cheerful and mischievous, Kublai Khan liked her very much, and kept her by his side ever since.But when the Mongolian army Chen Bing Jinsha River, Luo Feng left without saying goodbye one night... Seeing his daughter's unscrupulous words, Chief Aliang somewhat apologized: "Feng'er! Alas, Your Highness, the little girl Luo Feng was spoiled by her mother since she was a child, and she doesn't understand etiquette, Your Highness is not to blame." "It's okay, it's okay." Kublai Khan said, suddenly found that he had already held Luo Feng's hands at some point, he was embarrassed, and hastily let go. Luo Feng didn't feel that there was anything wrong, she walked to her father and sat down, her pair of beautiful red phoenix eyes only focused on Kublai Khan.Under her smiling eyes, Kublai Khan felt a little flustered, which was a feeling he had never felt before. Mu Aliang said with a smile: "I discussed with Madam, as a proof of our good alliance with His Highness, I would like to send the little girl Luo Feng to serve His Highness's tent. I wonder if His Highness will accept it?" As if someone had seen through his thoughts, Kublai Khan's face suddenly became hot.He calmed down, and said in a deliberative tone: "This expedition to Dali, the mountains are high and the waters are dangerous, Luo Feng is still a little girl, if she goes out with the army, something unexpected may happen, please let the chief stay by your side for now." "Your Highness also underestimated the savage women I have. A few days ago, I shot a tiger by myself, and the tiger fell to the ground and died after doing two somersaults." Luo Feng stretched out his right arm and raised his fist. "Is this true?" Kublai Khan was skeptical, he really liked Luo Feng's cheerful and lively character, but he still couldn't accept that a sixteen-year-old girl could shoot a ferocious tiger by herself. "How did you shoot, can you tell me the story?" Luo Feng lightly shook the crimson blanket, showing no sign of embarrassment. "Of course, Polo (Italian tiger) startled my horse and barked his claws at me. I picked up my bow and set up an arrow, and shot straight at the beast's bloody mouth. The sharp arrow hit right in the middle. Polo's palate sticks out from his forehead." Luo Feng beckoned, and an attendant held a colorful tiger skin in his hand, and presented it respectfully with both hands.Luo Feng said: "Give this tiger skin as a gift to His Highness." Kublai Khan took the tiger skin and said: "Amazing! I never thought that you, a little girl, are so good at arrows, which is admirable. But this battle is extremely difficult, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it." "Could it be that His Highness despises my ugly appearance and refuses to accept it? If that's true, why didn't Your Highness say so clearly?" Luo Feng asked bluntly without changing his frank and sincere nature. Kublai Khan stared at Luo Feng's affectionate eyes, and his heart was stirred again. "That's not the case! If the little girl can really endure the hardships of the army, it doesn't matter if the king takes you with her." "Thank you, Your Highness!" Luo Feng grimaced and laughed.The happy laughter is like a nimble spring swallow, flying into the willow forest by the river.In an instant, there was a wonderful sound of blowing gourds, sheng and willow leaves in the willow forest, and there were love words in the rhymes. In order to reward Mu Aliang for his contributions, Kublai Khan not only retained Mu Aliang's position as the Mosheman chief, but also rewarded him with half of the musicians, musical instruments, and music scores of the band he brought with the army. Kublai Khan and Luo Feng fell in love with each other, and before leaving the Moxie cottage, Na Luofeng was formally made the princess.After marriage, Luo Feng went to war with Kublai Khan, made many military exploits along the way, and was deeply loved by Kublai Khan.One year later, on September 9 (October 24, 1254), Luo Feng gave birth to a son for Kublai Khan, and Kublai Khan was very happy. On the day when the child is full moon, white cranes fly and colorful butterflies dance gracefully on the blue Erhai Sea.Kublai Khan, out of respect for Moxie's customs, gladly joined Luo Feng to put Man Yue's son into a bamboo basket filled with flowers and tied with ribbons, and slowly pushed it into the rippling Erhai Lake. The basket drifted slowly towards the center of the lake... After the entire territory of Dali was attached to the Mongol Empire, Kublai Khan brought Luo Feng back to Kaiping Mansion.In Kaiping Mansion, Luo Feng gave birth to her second child with Kublai Khan—a girl with black eyes and extraordinary beauty. Because she was the ninth daughter of Kublai Khan, her family liked to call her "Jiuer". ".In the second year, Jiu'er's elder brother died early due to illness, Luo Feng lost her beloved son, and her internal affairs were devastated. In addition, she was seriously injured when she was in Dali to save Kublai Khan. A few months later, he passed away with his beloved son.On her deathbed, she entrusted her daughter to Princess Chabi who had always been kind to her.Chabi agreed to Luo Feng's request without hesitation, and since then took the infant Jiu'er to his side to raise him personally, loving him very much.Until the eve of her wedding, Jiu'er always thought that Cha must be her biological mother.In August of the seventh year of Zhiyuan, Jiu'er married Wang Yan, the prince of Korea.These are things for later. In November, Kublai Khan led his troops to the territory of Baiman. Dali State is a local government established by Baiman (the ancestors of the Bai nationality today).At the beginning of the founding of the country, the founding monarch Ma Siping accepted the experience of the collapse of the three short-term regimes of Zheng, Zhao, and Yang during the Nanzhao period, and implemented a series of reform measures that met the needs of social development at that time: the abolition of serfdom and the implementation of feudal enfeoffment.He fulfilled his promise when he led the serf uprising. For the serfs in the Erhai area, he implemented a policy of reducing grain for one year and exempting them from corvee for three years. He liberated the slaves and resumed production.However, the Dali Kingdom was passed down to Duan Xingzhi's generation, and the country has already declined, the ruler is weak, and the power has fallen into the hands of Gao Xiang and Gao He brothers. The Mongolian army Chen Bing Dali Longshou Pass, Kublai Khan once again sent envoys to Dali to surrender, Gao Xiang was unmoved, and killed the envoys to guard against danger.Kublai Khan was full of grief and indignation, and ordered the army to break through the Longshou Pass in one go, opening the door of Dali.The Mongolian army took advantage of the momentum and launched an attack on the purple city of Dali. The Gao Xiang brothers could not reach the front, so they had to abandon the city and flee.After the Mongolian army successfully occupied the Purple City of Dali, Kublai Khan ordered Yao Shu to split the silk as a banner again, strictly issued an order to stop killing, and announced it on the streets of Dali.At the same time, the West Route Army led by Wu Lianghetai also came to Dali Zicheng to join Kublai Khan. The Mongolian army took a break.Kublai Khan ordered Wu Liang to lead the army to pursue the Gao Xiang brothers.Wu Lianghetai lived up to his mission, chased and fought hard all the way, and finally captured and killed Brother Gao Xiang in Yaochuan. Afterwards, Kublai Khan left behind General Wu Liang Hetai to continue the conquest of various tribes in Dali, and set up Xuan Fu envoys to govern all ethnic groups and walks of life in Dali.In the spring of that year, Wu Liang joined forces to attack Kunming and captured Duan Xingzhi, the ruler of Dali.Kublai Khan was very happy to hear the victory, and ordered Wuliang Hetai to take advantage of the victory to attack western Guizhou and southwestern Sichuan and other places, and sent someone to escort Duan Xingzhi to see him. At this point, Mongolia's two-year war of conquest of Dali came to an end.And the Dali Kingdom, which was established by the White Barbarians, had twenty-two rulers since the third year of Tianfu in the Later Jin Dynasty (838), and the southwestern minority regime for more than 300 years was also destroyed.