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

Chapter 213 Do Song people want to take advantage of the fire?

Whether Xixia will die or not, of course he doesn't know, but this time the Mongolian army is all out, and it is coming from the direction of Xiliao. My son, I will definitely not be able to resist it.

The biggest problem in Xixia is that there is no dangerous pass behind Jiayuguan, and there are flat rivers everywhere, whether it is grassland or desert, and the Mongolian cavalry can come and go freely.

Moreover, Xixia is currently trapped internally and externally, the morale of the army is relatively poor, and they are afraid of Mongolia, and their combat effectiveness is far from the peak.

Fearing that the country would be destroyed, Meng Zhang sighed in his heart. After walking out of the main hall, he followed his attendants to the palace of Xia De.

Li Dewang is recruiting his confidant ministers to discuss matters.

There are nephew Li Wei, king of Nanping, old general Wei named Linggong, right prime minister Gao Lianghui, official secretary Li Zhonge, Nanyuan Xuanhui envoy Luo Shichang, Shangshuxing Zuosi Langzhong Li Shaoying, Yushi Zhongcheng Zhang Gongfu, etc.

The hall was silent, and everyone's faces were ugly.

Li Dewang looked at the court full of civil and military affairs, and his heart became heavier.

He thought about it carefully, and finally said: "Is it feasible for the whole country to enter Sichuan?"

"No, Your Majesty." Right Prime Minister Gao Lianghui objected immediately.

Not only Gao Lianghui, but all the ministers of His Royal Highness were against it.

It has been nearly 200 years since the founding of the Western Xia Dynasty. The ancestors fought bloody battles. With a population of less than 300 million, they fought a way to establish a country from the Song Dynasty, which had a population of nearly [-] million. How could they flee without fighting and flee to other countries?

Li Wei, king of Nanping, even said that he would rather die in battle than surrender and relocate.

No one in the palace wanted to enter Sichuan, so Li Dewang had no choice but to ask, can the prince be moved to Sichuan?

Everyone in the hall was silent.

Obviously, although the civil and military ministers of Xixia are willing to form an alliance with the Southern Song Dynasty, they still look down on the Southern Song Dynasty in their hearts.

They are a small border country with a population of only 300 million. They have been entangled with the Song Dynasty with a population of hundreds of millions for more than 100 years and still have a slight upper hand. The Xixia people look down on the Southern Song Dynasty without concealing it. .

They definitely don't want to send their prince to the weak Song in their eyes.

Seeing that no one expressed his opinion, Li Dewang felt even more desperate. He couldn't have the cheek to send his son to Song Dynasty for refuge.

So he finally asked again: "Emissary Song wants to pre-order war horses for next year, do you think it is feasible?"

It is said to be a pre-order, but everyone in the hall knows that they are afraid that they will destroy the country and the horses will be taken away by the Mongols, so it is better to give them to the Song people first.

Veteran General Wei Mingling's face turned red immediately, and he said loudly, "Pre-orders are fine, but the money should be paid. Are the Song people trying to take advantage of the fire?"

Li Zhonge, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, said: "The Mongolian army may not be able to attack for a long time, and they will retreat."

Mongolia has attacked Xixia five or six times. In the past, half of the troops were often beaten and retreated. The worst time was to surround the Zhongxing Mansion, but they retreated. Li Zhonger, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, obviously believed that Mongolia would retreat before the country was subjugated.

This proposal was controversial, and most ministers disagreed.

Only Nanping Wang Li Wei thought about it, and said slowly: "As a two-handed plan, Xiliang Mansion may not be able to hold it. Instead of being an enemy and Mongolia, it is better to sell it to the Song people." He didn't say a word, but it was okay Leave a way out.

After all, he looked up at Gao Lianghui.

Gao Lianghui's son is in charge of horse administration in Xiliang, and the people of the Song Dynasty traded with Gao Lianghui's son. Li Sui's intention is obvious, and he can leave a way for your son.

Gao Lianghui is a virtuous minister of Xixia, he didn't care about his own life or death, nor did he care about his son's whereabouts.

He cares more about his own reputation and the power of Xixia.

"We can prepay some of the horses, and let Xiliang transfer the horses to Zhongxing Mansion." Gao Lianghui said: "It's really not possible. I'd rather kill them on the spot than give them to Mongolia."

In history, Xixia was violently attacked by Mongolia, and there was no way to control the horses.

Now the Song people are caught in it, reminding them from time to time that you have so many war horses, either give us some or kill them all, don't leave them to Mongolia.

So the matter of war horses has become Xixia's top priority now.

Li Dewang and the others definitely don't want to take advantage of the Song people.

But the Mongols are too barbaric. They broke through the black water and slaughtered them directly. When they broke through the Shazhou, they slaughtered again. Wherever they passed, there was no grass like locusts. The Xixia people who were killed were almost extinct.

In the original history, Li Dewang only thought about how to defend the Zhongxing Mansion, but now he is thinking about how to get revenge on the Mongols.

Even if I give all of them to the Song people, I won’t keep a single one for you Mongolian groceries.

"Preach the decree." Seeing Li Wei and Gao Lianghui speak, Li Dewang said loudly, "Preach the decree to Xiliang and Suzhou, and try our best to move the horses eastward. If it doesn't work, kill them on the spot—" In the end, he was gnashing his teeth.

If the horse is gone, it can be raised again, but it must not be cheap for the Mongols.

Meng Zhang was ecstatic to see the Xixia envoy and imperial decree soon.

Because Li Dewang wanted to send his son to Sichuan privately. (This proves that Li Dewang is very scared)
He handed Li Ji, who was only six years old, to Meng Zhang and brought him back to Song Dynasty.

The ministers didn't say anything about this matter, but they actually opposed it, so Li Dewang sent his son to leave the country without telling the ministers.

Meng Zhang didn't dare to stay longer, so he returned to Fengxiang with Li Ji, and the envoy of Xixia sent a decree to Xiliang with one man and two horses.

But on the envoy's way to Xiliang, Meng Ying had already arrived at Xiliang Mansion.

It was already the first ten days of June when Meng Ying arrived in Xiliang Mansion.

His old friend Gao Lianghui's son Gao Zhiyao received him worriedly.

The two have traded war horses several times, and they are both young, so they can talk quite well.

Gao Zhiyao just didn't expect Meng Ying to come to Xiliang alone.

But seeing Meng Ying coming, he could guess what was going on.

"In May, the Mongolian army attacked Suzhou. The defenders held on and did not surrender. The city was destroyed, and the entire city's soldiers and civilians were slaughtered. Nearly [-] local war horses fell into the hands of the Mongolians." Gao Zhiyao said sadly.

Ganliang is a land rich in horse production in Xixia. In order to avoid plunder by the Mongolian army, all the adult war horses they raised were moved to Suzhou, where they raised [-] excellent war horses. At the same time, they could trade with Xiliao, Tubo, etc. In the past, there were merchants in the Song Dynasty who left Tubo from Linzhao Mansion in the Kingdom of Jin, and came here to buy horses.

But I didn't expect that Mongolia came in from the direction of Xiliao this time, and they were caught off guard, and the horses suffered countless losses.

And Suzhou was destroyed, and Ganzhou was below.

Ganzhou is also a place with many war horses, and the next step is Xiliang.

"What are you waiting for?" Meng Ying said, "It's June now, and Ganzhou may also be attacked."

"You haven't brought all the horses and family members with me to Song Jing."

"..." Gao Zhiyao blushed, looking at Meng Ying in disbelief.

"Gaozhifu is still young, even if not for himself, he should think about his wife and children." Meng Ying persuaded.

Gao Liangyao's official position in Xixia is also an envoy.

However, Xixia's system of envoys is different from that of the Southern Song Dynasty. Before the Southern Song Dynasty, they were the top leaders of the local military and government. After Zhao Yurui came to power, they became the top leaders of civil affairs.

In Xixia, there is a group herdsman who manages livestock, and has a system envoy, a deputy envoy, a capital supervisor, etc., and a Feilong courtyard in charge of imperial horses.

Gao Liangyao's full official name is: Qun Mu Si Xi Liang Mansion System Envoy.

Hearing Meng Ying's persuasion, Gao Liangyao remained silent, his face turned red.

He certainly didn't want to die at a young age, but his father was so brave, it was impossible for him to run away?And the Mongols may not be able to take down Xiliang?
But Xiliang Mansion had a large number of cattle, horses, sheep, and even camels at this time, and it was impossible to move all of them into the city. When the Mongols came, they would inevitably lose some of them.

"I heard that the Mongolian army has no humanity. Wherever they pass, they will be slaughtered. Gao Zhifu, you should think of the people in the city, not yourself." Meng Ying changed the words again.

You don't care about your family members, right? Well, you are a loyal minister of Xixia, so let's take care of the common people.

Gao Liangyao remained silent.

"Report." At this moment, the guard Wu Zhazhen sent someone to summon Gao Liangyao to discuss the matter.

"You wait, I'll talk to you later." Gao Liangyao hurried away.

Meng Ying was left in the courtyard, anxious, walking back and forth, but unable to go out.

He was ordered to persuade Gao Liangyao, but Gao Liangyao was not the head of the local military and government, and only had management rights over war horses and animal husbandry.

When he first entered the city, he found that the defenders of Xiliang Mansion were not in a good state of mind, and their strength was estimated to be only [-] to [-], so they would definitely not be able to defend them.

The destruction of Xiliang City has nothing to do with Meng Ying, but Meng Ying and Cui are concerned about Xixia's war horses, even cattle and sheep.

Not long after Gao Liangyao left, he came back in a hurry, his face even more ugly.

A defeated soldier ran back from the front, saying that Ganzhou had been destroyed by the end of May.

In late May, Mongolia attacked Ganzhou. The guard of Ganzhou was called Qu Yeqilu, and his son Chahan was the general in Mongolia.

Chahan wrote a persuading letter and sent envoys to deliver it to his father.Qu Yexiu received his son's letter of persuasion, and planned to surrender.

But his deputy A Chuo led 36 people to launch a mutiny suddenly, unceremoniously killing Qu Yejiulu's family, young and old, and Mongolian envoys, and then he led the army and civilians in the city to continue to resist the enemy.

The Mongolian army then launched a fierce attack on Ganzhou, quickly broke through the city, and killed all the civilians, soldiers and civilians in the city.

The city of Ganzhou was destroyed, and hundreds of thousands of horses, cattle and sheep (and camels) fell into the hands of the Mongols.

Hearing that they were being slaughtered everywhere, Xiliang guard Wu Zhazhen actually wanted to surrender to Mongolia, and wanted to discuss it with Gao Liangyao.

The purpose of Wu Zhachen's surrender is very simple, to protect the people.

However, in the original history, when Wu Zhaxuan held Xiliang Mansion to surrender, the Mongols did not massacre the city, and they saved the local people, but the hundreds of thousands of cattle, horses, sheep, and camels in Xiliang fell into the hands of the Mongols again.

This Wuzai has a very strong ability, he is honest and upright, has a clear distinction between public and private, and loves the people. After he surrendered to Mongolia, he was awarded the official of Zhongxing Road. .

Now, like in history, Wo Zhachen wanted to surrender and tried to persuade Gao Zhiyao to save the lives of the people.

He had a pretty good relationship with Gao Zhiyao in history. After all, they worked together in this Xiliang mansion. After he died of illness, Gao Zhiyao asked Yuan Shizu to ask him for a title and was recognized.

But when Meng Ying heard this, she felt chills in her heart.

After finally coming to Xiliang, I still wanted to fool around, oh no, I bought some war horses and went back, but I didn’t expect that Xixia people would not eat this.

This Gao Zhiyao seemed to care about the common people more than his own wife and children, so he couldn't be fooled.

He immediately said: "In that case, then, the wife and children of the Gaozhi Mansion, would you like to come with me?"

"?" Gao Zhiyao stared at Meng Ying.What do you mean?Hit my wife?

"Ahem." Meng Ying coughed a few times: "Don't misunderstand the Gaozhi Mansion. I'm afraid that the Mongols don't practice martial arts. What if you still massacre the city after you surrender?"

Hearing this, Gao Zhiyao's face became even more ugly.

Just when he was in a dilemma.

Another voice shouted from outside, the imperial decree has arrived.

(End of this chapter)