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

Chapter 214 Kill all Song people

The guard of the Xiliang Mansion, Wu Zhazhen, Gao Zhiyao and others went out together to receive the order.

The imperial decree of the Xixia Emperor was very clear, moving all warhorses, large and small, from Xiliang Mansion to the southeast. Cattle, sheep and camels entered the city, and they should be used as food to defend to the death. If they were chased by the Mongolian army, they could kill cattle, horses and sheep.

Gao Zhiyao was surprised and delighted when he received the imperial decree.

Li Dewang's imperial decree said that the southeast, the east is Xixia, and the southeast is the Song Dynasty, so you can go to Zhongxing Mansion or Song Dynasty.

The imperial decree is ambiguous, which means that he can enter the Song Dynasty openly.

The messenger also brought the words of his father Gao Lianghui, suggesting that Gao Zhiyao enter Sichuan first, but Gao Lianghui did not explicitly ask him to bring his horses into Sichuan.

The old father still cared about his son and hoped that his son would bring the whole family to Sichuan first.

The guard Wu Zhazhen didn't make a sound after receiving the imperial edict. He wanted to surrender in his heart, but of course he dared not say so.

At that moment, Gao Zhiyao found Meng Ying, and immediately organized a manpower. Except for keeping Wuwei City's military use, the remaining about 8 large and small war horses were all moved to the Song Dynasty.

This matter is quite tense. Ganzhou has been broken at the end of May, and now the Mongolian army can arrive at any time in early June.

Gao Zhiyao immediately organized officials from the local herding station, and thousands of people were drawn from the defenders to help escort the horses.

Before leaving, the guard Wu Zhazhen found him again and said, I am ready to surrender and I don’t want to stick to it. There are not so many cattle and sheep in the city. You take the extra cattle and sheep away and walk behind. Maybe you can stop the pursuers. Just leave the camels alone.

Gao Zhiyao took it seriously, and took away more than 30 sheep and more than 2 cattle from the city.

They go first with war horses, herding cattle in the middle, and sheep at the end. Behind the team, the dense flock of sheep stretches for several miles, which is very spectacular.

About four days after Meng Ying and him left, the Mongolian vanguard arrived in Xiliang Mansion.

In order to help them delay, Wo Zhachen did not surrender immediately, so he wrote a letter to negotiate terms with the Mongolian army.

The vanguard of the Mongolian army ignored it and immediately ordered to attack the city.

Didn't hit the first day.

The rear of the Mongolian army came one after another.

June [-]th.

"Woo..." Amidst the sound of the horn, a vast army appeared west of Xiliang Mansion.

This time, the Mongolian army was divided into three groups, one from Xiliao to Xixia, and the other from Beipo Heishuicheng to Xixia. The northern army was the main force of Mongolia and joined Adachi's western army in Suzhou.

After the confluence of the two armies, the total strength has exceeded 15, of which nearly [-]% are Khitan and Han servants, and some Xixia soldiers also followed the Mongolian army to attack their own country.

As far as this ratio is concerned, it is already considered the elite of the elite of the Mongolian army.

In the later period, when Dali and other countries were conquered, Mongolia basically dispatched three or four thousand Mongolian troops, and the rest were all servants.

"Wow!" Suddenly, the people in the army were furious, and countless shouts came and went, which soon became earth-shattering shouts.

Then a Mongolian army on the left separated from the two sides like a tide, and many Mongolian generals, all stars Gongyue, appeared behind a small group of elite cavalry.

Two of the fine riders ran at the front, both of them were tall and full of beards.

Among them, the elder is the Mongolian Khan at the moment, who has many titles such as the Khan of the Ocean, the mighty and great monarch, the owner of the Great Mongolia, and the world's most powerful Genghis Khan.

The other was his trusted confidant, Yelu Chucai from Khitan.

Because Yelu Chucai had a beard like Genghis Khan, he was given the special name "Wutu Saheli", which means "long beard". At that time, including Genghis Khan and the Mongolian Khan Wokuotai who followed him, they all respected him and called him affectionately. long beard.

This Yelu Chucai was first a Liao official, then a Jin official, and then descended to Mongolia. He was also a slave of the three surnames, and his life was much more nourishing than that of Lu Bu.

"Look, long beard, this is the Xiliang Mansion of the Xia people, Wuwei City." Genghis Khan raised his horsewhip at this moment, pointing at Wuwei City: "Look, my (Ezen) army can destroy Wuwei City in a few days. "

Genghis Khan called himself Ezen. The pronunciation of this Mongolian word is similar to that of Zhen. In Mongolian, it means master, and it also means the supreme emperor.

Yelu Chucai thought for a while, and said in a good voice: "The Great Khan will eventually rule the world, just like an eagle piercing the sky in the sky, or need a steady stream of food to travel thousands of miles——"

"Hahaha." Genghis Khan laughed loudly, bang, and flicked his horsewhip fiercely: "Come here, shoot arrows at Wuwei City, give them a day to surrender and dedicate the city, otherwise, no one will be left behind."

Yelu Chucai persuaded Genghis Khan not to slaughter the city again, but Genghis Khan really followed his advice.

Behind him, without saying a word, A Dachi rushed out quickly, drew his bow and drew his arrow, and the horse rushed to the bottom of the city, and the arrow flew up, whoosh, and shot on the tower.

He rode a war horse, ran back and forth in front of the city a few times arrogantly, and shouted, surrender in one day, otherwise no chicken or dog will be left behind.

Wu Zhachen's face in the city was solemn, and his mind was still thinking of Gao Zhiyao and Meng Ying who had gone away.

They brought more than 8 horses, more than 2 cattle, and more than 30 sheep. The horses can run, but the cattle and sheep are too slow. He hopes that the two can take more cattle and sheep.

In order to delay the time, Wu Zhachen didn't respond and waited patiently for a day.

It was not until about the next day that the Mongolian army was ready to gather to attack the city. Only then did Wo Zhachen open the city gate and surrender to Genghis Khan.

Genghis Khan was very happy, because since entering Xixia, all the cities of Xixia have fought bloody battles to the death. This is the first big city of Xixia to surrender to him.

He announced on the spot that He waived Wo Zhachen's crimes, and said that he would not massacre the city, but tonight, the city will present the most beautiful beauties and the best wine, as well as countless cattle and sheep to his people.

As a result, not long after the soldiers and horses entered, someone came to report that there were less than a few thousand cattle and sheep in the city, only three thousand war horses, but tens of thousands of camels.

Genghis Khan was furious. Xiliang Mansion is one of the best livestock lands in Xixia. Where did so many cattle, horses and sheep go?
Wo Zhazhen was quickly brought before Genghis Khan.

"Where are the cattle, sheep and horses in Xiliang Mansion?" Genghis Khan stared coldly at the Xixia guard in front of him.

Wu Zhachen bit the bullet and said: "Khan who owns the sea and the world, I have decreed to the emperor to move horses, cattle and sheep to the southeast—"

He took out the imperial decree sent by the emperor before, saying that it was not his intention.

But the imperial decree only said to send war horses, but it didn't say to send cattle and sheep.

Genghis Khan was not so easy to fool, and immediately arrested some other officials in the city at random, and immediately asked the answer.

Some Song people came to the city, and together with Gao Zhiyao, they took away a large number of cattle, horses and sheep from Xiliang Mansion.

"How many days have you walked?" Genghis Khan snapped.

"Three--four--days or so--" the man trembled.

"Is it three or four?"

"The villain can't remember clearly, it should be—three days——" The man was so frightened that he was speechless and stuttered.

After a while, Genghis Khan asked all kinds of questions.

Song Ren and Gao Zhiyao walked for more than three days (actually almost six days), the horses went first, then the cattle, and then the sheep.

He was accompanied by all the owners of the Qun Musi in Xiliang Prefecture, a total of more than 4000 households, and a thousand city defenders from the Central Plains.

After leaving Xiliang Mansion, they headed south to Gulang City, obviously going directly to the Song Dynasty.

Genghis Khan believed that Wu Zhachen deliberately delayed the surrender to give the Song people and Gao Zhiyao enough time to escape.

He ordered the whole family of Wo Zhazhen to be killed, but Yelu Chucai carefully reminded, Da Khan, you have promised to Xiancheng not to kill, and the heroes on the grassland have always kept their promises, even if he delays time, how can it be difficult for Da Khan? Mongol warriors?
Hearing this, Genghis Khan ordered to whip Wuzhagu [-] times, and at the same time prepared to send troops to pursue it.

At this time, a young man stood up behind Genghis Khan and said loudly: "Father Khan, my son is willing to bring a thousand elite riders to hunt down this group of people and horses. He must bring back the horses, cattle and sheep."

Almost at the same time as he spoke, several people around Genghis Khan stepped forward one after another.

Others asked for only five hundred rides, and then others asked for three hundred rides.

The first to speak was Genghis Khan's fourth son, Tuo Lei, and then the third son, Wo Kuo Tai, his adopted son, Hu Li, and A Da Chi and other generals stepped forward one after another.

Although Gao Zhiyao and the others walked for five or six days, the border between Xixia and Linzhao was not easy to travel, and they had to pass through the territory of the Kingdom of Jin (when Genghis Khan asked, no one told him that Linzhao Mansion had been taken by the Song people.)
Coupled with the fact that the cattle and sheep were walking extremely slowly, Genghis Khan definitely believed that they could catch up.

He looked left and right to see the people who came out to speak, and finally locked his eyes on the fourth son Tuo Lei.

Tuo Lei spoke first, and Genghis Khan ordered Tuo Lei to lead a thousand cavalry to chase and kill this group of people.

Considering that someone said five hundred or three hundred horses just now, Genghis Khan said earnestly to the surroundings: "The wolves on the grassland will use all their strength to fight and kill rabbits, let alone on the battlefield." Everyone bowed their heads in shame.

Only Wo Kuotai looked at Tuo Lei with a little dissatisfaction, and was very unhappy because the fourth brother was approved by his father Khan, while he was criticized.

After Tuo Lei left, he immediately went to gather soldiers and horses, preparing three hundred Mongolian riders and seven hundred Khitan riders, and ordered the Khitan Zhatuo to lead fifteen elite riders first to check Gao Zhiyao's marching route and leave marks along the way. He led the team Follow me.

Before leaving, Tuo Lei ordered that after catching up, all the Song people and Xixia people should be killed except the people from the Qun Musuo, especially the hateful horse thief Song people, leaving no one behind.

After Tuo Lei left, Genghis Khan stayed in Xiliang Mansion for two days to reward the army for adjusting the layout.

As in the original history, he planned to cross the desert, cross the Yellow River nine times, cross the Yellow River to take Yingli County, and then attack Lingzhou first.

Lingzhou is the barrier of Zhongxing Mansion (Xingzhou). If Lingzhou is broken, Xingzhou will become an isolated city, and the East Route Army is heading to Lingzhou. The two sides can encircle Zhongxing Mansion.

In late June, the Mongolian army made preparations and took the camels from Xiliang Prefecture across the Tengger Desert.
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"Hurry up."

Near Lanzhou in the Song Dynasty, a large number of war horses galloped on the ground.

Meng Ying and Gao Zhiyao stood on the side of the road with solemn faces, watching the herds of war horses, big and small, heading south, all of which were mixed.

Meng Ying's eyes were a little excited. This time, she will make a great contribution, if she can return to Sichuan smoothly.

All of a sudden, more than 8 war horses were acquired from Xixia. Although there are many young horses, they can be used for half a year.

Not to mention there are hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep.

On the other hand, Gao Zhiyao looked distressed, the painstaking efforts of the Xiliang Group Shepherds, and the wealth of the Great Xia Kingdom, were given to the people of Song Dynasty for nothing.

But when he thought of the tragic massacres in Suzhou, Ganzhou and other places, he suddenly decided that he would rather give it to the Song people than cheap the Mongols.

(End of this chapter)