In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 192
mid-April.

Dongping Mansion. (Shandong Dongping)

Peng Yibin was riding on a war horse, looking down at Yan Shi who was kneeling on the ground from a high position, with a slightly high-spirited expression on his expression.

In the 17th year of Jiading (1224), Peng Yibin led an army from the west of Shandong in the name of the deputy chief of the Jingxi Road in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Although he bears the official name of the Southern Song Dynasty, his subordinates are basically the old troops of the Hongwo Army. After conquering Puzhou, he began to cross the Yellow River and march towards Hebei.Successively captured Kaide Mansion (now Puyang, Henan), Daming Mansion (now Hebei Daming), and Guanshi County (now Shandong Guanxian) from the Mongolian army. Since the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, his soldiers and horses have been more powerful than the Southern Song Dynasty. The imperial court's Northern Expedition will go far.

At that time, the Mongolian guard in Dongping was Yan Shi, the general manager of the East and West Roads in Shanxi. He was originally from the Kingdom of Jin. When Mu Huali entered Shandong, he and Shi Gui surrendered to Mu Huali one after another.

This time Peng Yibin fought north, and he tried to attack Peng Yibin, who was alone and deep.

This is actually a habit of fooling around, and he surrendered immediately when the situation was not good.

In mid-April of the first year of Baoqing, Peng Yibin led troops into Dongping Mansion.

As in history, Peng Yibin accepted Yan Shi's surrender and gave Yan Shi a high priority.

But in history, it was Yan Shi who, when Peng Yibin fought against the Mongols, rebelled in front of the battle and attacked behind, killing Peng Yibin.

Peng Yibin still doesn't know that his kindness will lead to a fatal disaster in the future.

After entering Dongping, Peng Yibin was closer to the Southern Song Dynasty.

At this time, he wrote a letter, requesting the imperial court to attack and kill Li Quan, so that he could open up all the places in the southeast of Shandong and border the Southern Song Dynasty.

Originally, when Shi Miyuan was in power, the Southern Song Dynasty court did not reply to him, so Peng Yibin could only continue the Northern Expedition, and finally he was defeated and died.

But now Shi Miyuan is gone, and Peng Yibin is replying to the letter from the Dongping court.

But at this time, Zhending Martial Immortal of the North sent another letter asking for help.

It turned out that after Wan Yan Shouxu came to power, he contacted Wu Xian many times and called Wu Xian back to his country.

Wuxian was originally a golden general, and he was forced to surrender to Mongolia. Seeing Wanyan Shouxu's sincere invitation, Wuxian killed the Mongolian general Shi Tianni and returned to the Kingdom of Jin again.

In March of the first year of Baoqing, Muhuali's son Bolu ordered Xiao Naitai to lead [-] Mongolian soldiers to assist Shi Tianni's son Shi Tianze in attacking Wuxian.

Wu Xian looked left and right, and the nearest force was Southern Song Peng Yibin, and immediately called for help.

On April [-], Peng Yibin, who was rectifying troops and horses in Dongping Mansion, received a call for help from Wuxian.

He summoned all the generals around him to discuss the matter, and strictly demanded that he immediately go north to rescue Wuxian.

"I have Zhending in the north in front, which can block the front of the Mongolian soldiers. If the Martial Immortal loses and Zhending loses, we will have to face the Mongolian troops directly."

"First help Martial Immortal fight back against Mongolia, and then plan Shandong and Lianghuai." Yan Shi desperately persuaded.

After he finished speaking, his subordinate Sun Qing also supported saving Wuxian first.

After speaking, the two looked at each other.

At this time, Yan Shi was forced to surrender. Both he and Sun Qing believed that Mongolia was powerful and would inevitably rise, and had surrendered to Mongolia long ago. This time, they wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to leave Dongping Mansion instead, so they tried their best to persuade Peng Yibin to save Wu Xian.

"The last general disagrees." At this moment, Peng Yibin's general Zhu Rong firmly opposed it.

"Dongping is nearly 700 miles away from Zhending. We only have a few thousand elite cavalry, and most of the rest are infantry. When we rush there, Zhending Wuxian may be defeated."

"Director Peng has already submitted a letter to the imperial court, why not wait for the imperial court to reply."

What Zhu Rong said was so reasonable, Dongping was really too far away, there was no reason to just bring cavalry there.

Historically, Peng Yibin did not get a reply from the imperial court, so he had to lead his troops northward. Halfway through, he met the four thousand elite cavalry of the Mongolian general Bo Lihai.

Yan Shi immediately said after hearing the words: "We have sent the letter for more than half a month. If the imperial court does not reply to the letter, shall we just wait?"

Peng Yibin was in a dilemma.

He is a fierce fighter, but most of his victories are based on bravery, not strategy.

He can be used to charge the front line, but most likely he will fail to be a commander, otherwise the whole army will not be wiped out.

Yan Shi persuaded again and asked to go north.

Zhu Rong strongly objected.

The two sides were still fighting for power, so Peng Yibin said: "Wait for another three days, if the imperial court has not replied, we will go north."

Just as Peng Yibin finished speaking, a voice came from outside.

"Report, chief executive, the imperial edict has arrived."

Peng Yibin was overjoyed.

He hurriedly led the generals out, and just as he walked into the courtyard, he saw a servant head-on, and entered the courtyard with four soldiers.

There were many soldiers and horses of Peng Yibin in the yard. When everyone saw these four soldiers, they all gasped secretly, with shocked expressions on their faces.

This is the soldiers and horses trained by Zhao Yurui, who participated in the February mutiny. Three of the four men wore leather armor made in Jeju, and the other wore Zhajia made in Jeju. I don't know how many times stronger the group of peasant soldiers is.

Yan Shi and the others stared at the warrior wearing Zhajia, feeling extremely shocked. When did Song Dynasty have such elite warriors?
After these four people came in, they stood behind Yao Dingzhang, motionless, their military might and imposing manner forced people's hearts, they looked like the elite among the elite.

The servant Yao Dingzhang looked left and right. It was the first time he went out for a long time, and he still had a little panic in his heart. Fortunately, he knew that this matter could not be messed up, and he was followed by soldiers. Even though he saw so many soldiers and horses at the scene, he calmed down immediately. down.

Having experienced the blood and corpses of the August Palace Mutiny and the February Mutiny, Yao Dingzhang's psychological endurance is relatively strong.

"Excuse me, is the general Peng Yibin, the deputy director of the Beijing East and West Roads?" Yao Dingzhang asked loudly after entering the hospital, although he didn't know Peng Yibin.

"The last general is right." Peng Yibin's attitude was also very respectful, and it could be seen that he really wanted to be recognized by the court.

Peng Yibin was still quite excited. After fighting for half his life, he was not recognized by the imperial court. In the past, the imperial court appointed him as an official by sending a document to randomly appoint an official. In the entire Shandong and Hebei regions, only Li Quan was officially conferred by the imperial court. .

Unexpectedly, it was finally his turn now.

After Peng Yibin said that, he was a little at a loss, because he had not received the imperial edict, so he didn't know the etiquette.

"Director Peng, please come inside." Yao Dingzhang signaled to go inside, and Peng Yibin turned around quickly.

When he got to the door, Yao Dingzhang said again, Mr. Peng, you just come in.

There was an uproar all around, and his subordinates all looked at Yao Dingzhang vigilantly.

Yao Dingzhang forced himself to be calm, and said, my soldiers are also outside, you don't have to worry.

"Back down." Peng Yibin's force value is still good, how could he be afraid of a servant, and immediately ordered everyone around to retreat, and followed Yao Dingzhang into the house alone.

In his own territory, he was afraid of being fooled.

After entering, Yao Dingzhang closed the door and took out the imperial edict.

Peng Yibin was about to kneel down.

But Yao Dingyin said: "Your Majesty said, Director Peng is my great Song righteous man, a patriotic general, and he can receive orders standing up instead of kneeling."

"The last general—thank you, Your Majesty." Peng Yibin's expression turned pale, his eyes turned red.

He is easy to be emotional, if Yan Shi surrenders and sells well, he will let Yan Shi go.

Now that the emperor opened his mouth to take care of him, Peng Yibin was moved again.

When the imperial decree was read, Peng Yibin was even more moved.

The imperial court wanted to establish the Shandong Metropolitan Division, and appointed Peng Yibin as the deputy envoy of Shandong Zhizhi, the deputy commander of the Shandong Metropolitan Division, and the second grade.

There is an army for every 6000 soldiers and horses under his command, and the military salary will be paid by the imperial court every month.

Peng Yibin was enfeoffed as Marquis of Jinan in Jin Dynasty, and he did not descend to the second generation of hereditary. There were [-] households in the city.

The imperial decree also ordered Peng Yibin to occupy Jinan, garrison Linqing, lead the army to firmly control all the land from Linqing to the south of Jinan line, and to garrison the local people, build water conservancy, do not mobilize troops for the time being, and wait for the imperial court to send civil and military officials.

This is the first time that the imperial court has decided to send civil servants and military generals to the major military positions in Shandong. In fact, it is Zhao Yurui who tested Peng Yibin's bottom line and true thoughts.

If Peng Yibin didn't really want to go to the imperial court and wanted to be the head of the local army, he would definitely refuse.

Unexpectedly, after receiving the imperial edict, Peng Yibin looked very excited.

The imperial court recognized him and granted him the title of marquis, from the second rank to the second rank. The intention of soliciting him is very obvious.

"Thank you, Majesty, Your Majesty. Long live, long live, Majesty." Although the emperor did not want him to kneel, after receiving the imperial edict, Peng Yibin still knelt on the ground, kowtowed a few times in the direction of Lin'an, and said, "The general has been waiting for you for a long time." In the imperial court, we are all Song people, and we all hope to go home as soon as possible."

It is tantamount to agreeing to accept the civil servants and generals sent by the imperial court.

Well, Yao Dingzhang was overjoyed: "Commander Peng is indeed a true righteous man, the court is fortunate."

Yao Dingzhang waited for him to get up, and motioned him to go to the hidden place inside.

"In the future, the imperial court will support Shandong Dusi's money, iron materials, and various armors. After a few days, it will first transport 20 guan coins and [-] stone grains to Jinan. Commander Peng will capture Jinan as soon as possible, and then recruit craftsmen to repair Consolidate the city's defenses, select young and strong subordinates to train troops, weed out the old and weak, and train the elite."

At that time, the Shandong government was in Qingzhou, which was also Li Quan's base camp, and Jinan belonged to Qingzhou, which was also Li Quan's territory.

Peng Yibin excitedly said, "Will the imperial court agree to take Li Quan under the knife?"

"There is nothing in the imperial decree, you can't say it in public, Your Majesty wants to do this—" Yao Dingzhang whispered in a whisper, and Peng Yibin nodded repeatedly.

The two discussed in secret for a while, then Peng Yibin came out to the courtyard and said loudly, the imperial court will pay us to support the soldiers.

There was a burst of applause all around, and someone asked, how much can we get like this?
Peng Yibin said, you are all generals in command of the army, rich and rich, the imperial court will not treat us badly.

There was another applause from all around. The Hongwo Army were all poor people, and they fought in the army to survive. Now that they have been officially recognized by the imperial court, they must be appointed as officials and paid, and they are definitely willing.

Only Yan Shi was a little flustered, and immediately said: "In this way, we will still be the general manager's soldiers? Isn't this becoming Song Ting's soldiers?"

Peng Yibin doesn't care about Taoism, I'm still in command of the soldiers and horses, we are all from the Song Dynasty, and everything is for the recovery of our homeland, so there is nothing wrong with the soldiers and horses of the Song people.

Most of the people around expressed their agreement, only a few people like Yan Shi were not reconciled, but there was nothing they could do.

(End of this chapter)