To be fair, if the queen had been allowed to travel back ten years ago and the day before Xu Shiliu went to Jiangnan, she would probably not dare to force her son to leave her in Jiangbei so as to compete for the position of the prince.

Because over the years, every battle, Xu Shiyang has always been to the battle formation. It is said that many times he has to pull out his sword and fight the Tartars!

It is true that Xu Shiyang is not dead, but who dares to say that Xu Shiliu will not have any problems even if she does the same thing?

As a mother, letting your children grow up safely is the top priority. As for the achievements of their children's life, they have to stand aside in the face of this question.

What's more, from the perspective of the queen, the prince's biological mother is not alive, so in the future he will not be able to influence her status as the real empress dowager.

Therefore, the queen is very hesitant now and has no idea what attitude to face His Royal Highness of Qi.

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The Qi army marched extremely fast on its territory. On May 18th, the Northern Expedition troops had already divided into two groups and arrived at Daomaguan and Zijing Pass at the junction of Hebei Province and Shanxi Province to station.

Here, Xu Shiyang learned about the outcome of the Battle of Jinmeng in Mobei:

About a month ago, the 8,000 Mongolian cavalry commanded by Jamukha broke out in a battle with the remaining Jin army led by Wanyan Zongwang near the Onan River... and then it was beaten by Wanyan Zongwang...

Faced with the Mongolian herders with twice the advantage in military strength, the Jin army, which was burning and storming, did not fight in a defensive manner as Jamukha had imagined, but directly launched a charge towards the Mongolian army!

Faced with the Jin army's assault, Jamukha made a wrong decision that would make him regret his lifelong regret: the main armour cavalry and the Jin army faced the rushing head-on, the light cavalry surrounded the two wings, and tried to defeat the remaining Jin army soldiers head-on.

The result was that the Jin army armored horses were wearing heavy armor, holding a knife in his left hand and holding a mace in his right hand, and rushed directly into the Mongolian army array and smashed left and right, almost breaking through the most elite Xue Qijun array under Jamukhe in one round!

At the same time, Wanyan Zongwang's infantry relied on the few remaining firearms to resist the encirclement of the two wings of the Jin army by the Mongolian herdsmen.

The battle between the two sides lasted for a total of two hours. In the end, Jamuha's Sulu ingot was cut down by the Jin army, and the Mongolian army collapsed completely!

When Jamukha fled back in a panic, there were only less than two thousand Mongolian cavalry left after him...

Of course, not all those who did not come back were killed in battle. It is estimated that a large part of them should have escaped with Mado's tactical maneuverability.

However, the Mongolian army still suffered heavy losses. The current losses have been determined to be at least one thousand deaths, and more than one thousand surrendered to the Jin army or were captured. The horse loss is estimated to be around six thousand, and at least half of them fell into the hands of the Jin army. The remaining ones can provide at least part of the meat to the Jin army.

There is no data on Wanyan Zongwang's losses, but it is estimated that it will not be higher than one thousand people - if there were more than twenty-five percent, it would have collapsed long ago.

Therefore, after this battle, Wanyan Zongwang not only did not suffer much loss, but his strength became stronger...

"Jamukha is really a standard transportation team leader!"

Xu Shiyang really didn't know what to say. In the past, he always regarded the Mongols as the powerful and terrifying Tartar army in the late Southern Song Dynasty. So much so that Xu Shiyang always felt that the Mongols should be a more terrifying opponent than the Jurchens.

But in fact, the Mongols are like a group of wild dogs, and the Jurchens are in turn used as monsters to sweep them by the dungeons.

However, this also has its benefits. At least the Shanshan Emperor, who has been hiding with the Mongolians, should be able to see the situation more easily.

On May 19th, Xu Shiyang himself issued an ultimatum to the fourteen families of Shanxi and Shaanxi at Zijing Pass: within three days, all cities and villages in Shanxi and Shaanxi must open unconditionally to the Qi army, and all parents of Shijing come to Zijing Pass to be loyal to Qi, otherwise they will be enemies.

The Qi army came in a fierce momentum, and the Shanxi and Shaanxi monks felt a little helpless.

Some of the Shihou felt that they had the strength to fight the Qi army. Even if they couldn't do it, they would let Qi know their determination to defend their property and make some practical concessions. There was no need to be scared by Xu Shiyang's ultimatum.

But some people of the Celestial Court firmly disagree with the war with the Qi army. The reason is simple. The Qi army occupied the Jin state and the emperor took over the capital and slaughtered it. As a result, the Mongolians could not even defeat a remnant of the Jin army.

Compared with this kind of combat power, where did the Shanshan Shihou, who had always been obedient to Mongolia, get the confidence to resist the Qi army?

The one who holds the strongest view is the Zuo Family and the Zhe Family. Among them, the Zuo Family hopes to have a good talk with Xu Shiyang to see if they can win better merger conditions.

The Zhe family had simply planned to accept Xu Shiyang's ultimatum - after Zhe Keshi returned home, he told the elders of the Zhe family that were so ruthless and hard nationalist plot. As a family of Shihou with Party ancestry, if they followed the Han Shihou to resist, Xu Shiyang might not be too harsh in the end, but the Zhe family would never show mercy.

The parents of the Zhe family believe that since there is no capital for negotiation, the Zhe family might as well just turn to Qi State with all their hearts. The only requirement of the Zhe family is that the whole family must obtain a political identity that is at least a civilian.

Moreover, the commander of the Shihou family who wanted to resist was Zuo Helin, the Zuo family's son who did not want to resist the most.

This is very embarrassing...

While the Qi army was stationed in Zijing Pass and was waiting for Maguan, Qiao, Chang, Cao, Hou, Qu, Kang, Fan, and Kong, among the Shanxi and Shaanxi, organized 120,000 strong men, and spent a lot of money to hire thousands of Tartar cavalry from the Mongolian tribes in the south of the desert to assist. A total of 130,000 troops were gathered to station the Lingqiu generation, preparing to resist the upcoming attack of the Qi army.

However, eight troops gathered and the food was abundant, but the candidate for the coalition commander could not be decided at all.

Zuo Helin, the best candidate, said simply that he was a captain of Qi. If they did not accept the ultimatum, then the eight coalition forces would be their enemies.

The next best candidate said that he only followed the orders of his family - the family had already planned to accept the ultimatum of Qi...

In a situation where there was no choice, the eight families had to jointly elect Fan Yongdou, the head of the Fan family, as commander, and commanded the army to resist Xu Shiyang.

Sadly, Fan Yongdou had never commanded the army in his more than 50 years of life. He was able to become the Han army recognized by the Mongols purely because his economic mind was pretty good and he was always able to loot enough wealth in his own territory to meet the needs of the Mongols.

Fan Yongdou is indeed a very qualified tax collector, but he asked him to command the army to fight... Haha, I can only say that this is better than having no commander at all, and everyone has their own strategies.

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Chapter completed!