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

Chapter 237 Eat grass with sheep, or eat wolves and sheep with tigers?

It was already the seventh day of November, and Peng Yibin notified Yan Shi that he was going to fight Zhang Rong on the sixth day of November. In fact, he was preparing ahead of time.

Song Tian took Qian Daqing's two battalions north and walked north for less than half a day. Suddenly, people from the Ziyang Army Sentry Cavalry Battalion caught up behind him and brought an order from the army headquarters. Your two battalions turned northwest and headed for Xinshi go.

What, Zhou Bing yelled immediately, didn't he hit Jiyang?How did you go to Xinshi?

Song Tian slapped him on the forehead, you don't care, just follow orders.

The two armies turned immediately.

Before dark that day, a sentry cavalry came again: "On the main official road from Xinshi to Jiyang, you must cross the Tuhe River and the Shang River."

"Between the Tuhe River and the Shang River, there is a Gaoqiu village. You occupy that village, and the local people control it and find a high place to build artillery formations. If the enemy comes to attack, if there are few people, don't use artillery. If there are many people, just use them." Use a cannon."

At this time, Song Tian already felt that something was wrong. I am afraid it is not as simple as fighting Xinshi, and he learned from the sentry cavalry that the sentry cavalry of the Song Army had already fought with Zhang Rong's sentry cavalry. Of course Zhang Rong's sentry cavalry could not do it. Back to Xinshi.

Xinshi is the westernmost county under Zhang Rong's control, and further to the northwest is the territory of the Mongolian army.

Originally, as long as Zhangqiu was defeated and Zhang Rong was destroyed, this small town would definitely surrender immediately. Now they are attacking Xinshi first, and then Zhang Rong. Is this to give Zhang Rong time to react and let him gather troops for a decisive battle?Either way, it would be better to defeat Zhang Rong in World War I.

Sure enough, Song troops passed by one after another the next day, heading straight for Xinshi. Even Song Tian could hear the shouts and cannons in the distance. He and Qian Daqing looked at each other, feeling very itchy.

But the whole army can only stay in Gaoqiu Village, watching others fight.

In the afternoon, sentry cavalry came to report that Xinshi had been captured. Zhang Rong's men were the same as before, seeing that the situation was not good, they ran away to the mountains and forests outside the city.

The higher-ups ordered that the large forces go to fight Jiyang, Song Tianying, and Qian Daqing's camp followed the large forces and continued to Jiyang.

Song Tian cussed and cursed. He had been out for a few days and hadn't caught anything. He kept walking around with the large army, but he was helpless.

Peng Yibin left two battalions of 1000 people to defend Xinshi, and a large number of troops went to Jiyang.

Song Tian's two battalions followed at the end, and they took the west road, which was regarded as the West Route Army. The West Route Army had more than 1 people under Peng Yibin's Tian Shirong, and more than 1000 of them were at the end, so they had no chance to fight.

On the ninth day of the lunar new year, Jiyang was destroyed, and Song Tian's two battalions were replenished in Jiyang City, and then continued to the southwest, pushing towards Zhangqiu.

At this time, Peng Yibin's main force was more than 4000 people, from Jinan north to south, towards Zhangqiu, and Zhu Rong led the army with more than 2000 people, from Qingzhou to the east, forcing Xincheng and Linzi.

Peng Yibin's three-way army, nearly 5 people, attacked Zhang Rong from three directions.

In Zhangqiu City, Zhang Rong was calling his brothers to discuss matters in the main hall.

Zhang Rong is a native of Shandong. Shandong belonged to the Jin Dynasty when he was born, so he has always regarded himself as a Jin man.

Later, due to the military disaster, a group of bandits broke out in Shandong. Zhang Rong also led a few brothers to rise up and occupy Zhangqiu and other places.

The few places he occupies are all in the north of Shandong Province, and between Qingzhou and Jinan. The cities are not big, they are all county towns, but they are all relatively important. The new city Linzi is to the west of Qingzhou, and Jiyang and Xinshi are on top of Jinan. In addition, in Changshan and Zouping between Jiyang and Xincheng, he occupies seven or eight counties, which are connected in a straight line, can support each other, and can also cause oppression to Qingzhou and Jinan.

When Li Quan was around, there was nothing he could do about it.

After Li Quan was destroyed, Peng Yibin lived in peace with him, and Zhang Rong also took advantage of the situation to develop, and his army became stronger and stronger in the past two years.

But after all, he occupies a few counties with a relatively small population. Currently, the total number of soldiers and horses in the cities under his rule is only more than 1.

Peng Yibin raised his troops suddenly, and Zhang Rong was also very annoyed, isn't it good for everyone to live in peace?Li Quan didn't mess with me, why did you want to mess with me?

"Everyone talk, fight or withdraw?" Zhang Rong asked the brothers loudly.

In his previous routine, when he saw that the enemy was strong, he led his troops to retreat to Changbai Mountain.

Between Zhangqiu and Zouping lies the Changbai Mountains, connecting the later cities of Zibo, Jinan and Binzhou. It is about 3 kilometers long from east to west and 25 kilometers wide from north to south. , the water system spread out radially.

There are more than 300 large and small mountains in Changbai Mountains, and the highest peak, Maha Mountain, is 826.8 meters above sea level.

He now has a lot of troops, compared to a few thousand before. When he encountered a big enemy and took people to hide in the mountains, the Mongols and Li Quan had nothing to do with him.

There was an uproar in the hall.

"Peng Yibin's [-] troops, what are we going to fight with? Withdraw."

"One hundred thousand farts, can he, Peng Yibin, support so many soldiers and horses? Now we are not thousands of people, we have more than 1 brothers, how do we withdraw? We fought hard with him."

"Peng Yibin has Song Ting's support behind him, and he has traded with Jinren in the past two years. His army is strong and his horse is strong, so it's not easy to fight."

After Zhang Rong listened to the meeting, the audience was basically divided in half, some shouted to fight, and some wanted to withdraw.

But he is not what he used to be now. There were only a few thousand people before, and some of them can be dispersed and turned into ordinary people to hide in various counties. It is feasible to bring a small number of people into the mountains to hide.

Now there are more than 1 subordinates, some of them are scattered, and the number of people has to exceed [-]. It is unrealistic for so many people to go into the mountains. It may be possible to persist in a short period of time. Supplies will be a problem after a long time.

But he also knew that Peng Yibin had a strong army, so he might not be easy to fight head-on.

Zhang Rong is still capable of leading the troops. Seeing the constant quarrels in the hall, he rolled his eyes and said loudly: "Peng Yibin has always been with us."

"The sudden comer this time is not kind. I think there must be someone behind him supporting him."

Everyone cursed one after another, basically cursing Song Ting.

Zhang Rong said again, that's all, the brothers are not as strong as him, and it seems that they can only retreat to Changbai Mountain, but it's a pity that the wealth and territory they have managed in the past few years may be vomited out.

Peng Yibin's management is better than Li Quan's, and it may be difficult for us to kill him in the future. We can only hide in Changbai Mountain and live a life of savages.

Let's retreat, tell the brothers to prepare to retreat, try to bring food first, gold, silver and jewelry are useless in the mountains, it is best not to bring them.

When Zhang Rong said this, the scene exploded like thunder, and many people jumped up.

After two years of good life, how can we go back to the mountains to be savages?
Some people who originally wanted to withdraw did not want to withdraw after hearing what Zhang Rong said.

Because what Zhang Rong said is correct, Li Quan has no ability to manage the place, but Peng Yibin has done a lot in the past two years, building water conservancy projects, farming fields and growing grain, and has won the support of the people. Coming back is a real problem.

"Damn it, fight with Peng Yibin." Someone in the crowd yelled, can the gold and silver treasures we have accumulated be cheaper than Zhang Rong?
In just a short while, [-]% of the people on the scene who supported Peng Yibin fought hard.

But at this time, some people also suggested that it is better to let the Song court down, after all, everyone is Han.

Seeing this, Zhang Rong said calmly, "I'm going to discuss this matter with my brothers, too?"

"Two days ago, people from Song Ting and Mongolia came here."

There was a sudden silence in the lobby, everyone stared at Zhang Rong and listened peacefully.

"Let me talk about the requirements of both sides first, and the brothers will come up with an idea together."

"Song Ting let me know Qingzhou, but the soldiers and horses have to be handed over and split into several parts. The brothers sitting here may be like me in the future. They will all become local officials and will no longer lead soldiers."

"The Mongols gave us the Shangshu Province in Shandong Province, who is also the Marshal of the Army and Horses. He knows the affairs of Jinan Prefecture, and the soldiers and horses are still our own."

The latter is the top leader of the local military and government, Zhang Rong doesn't need to say anything, the scene is full of curses, cursing the Song people for being shameless, or the Mongols for their righteousness.

It is also humane, isn't it good not to fight?In the future, I can be a magistrate with peace of mind, so I don't have to fight. Wouldn't it be nice to hug my little lady?

Immediately, many people's eyes lit up slightly, and they seemed to think it was a good thing.

Zhang Rong glanced at Zhang Bing, his younger brother from the corner of his eye.

Zhang Bing understood, and immediately said loudly: "Stop arguing, listen to me."

Everyone looked at him.

Zhang Bing said: "I, Zhang Bing, have no culture, and I can't read a few words, and I don't know the etiquette of my family and country. Now I only know."

He raised his head and looked around, and said coldly: "At the beginning, it was the Jin people who took all the Song people in the north, and the Song people who beat them shrank to the south of the Yangtze River, spending money every year."

"Now the Mongols have occupied the hometown of the Jin people, and the Jin people who beat them are asking for peace every year."

"Tigers can eat wolves and sheep, but wolves can only eat sheep. Let me ask my brothers, do you want to follow the sheep to eat grass, or follow the tiger to eat wolves and sheep?"

What Zhang Bing said was straightforward.

The Song people can't beat the Jin people, and the Jin people can't beat the Mongols. Who should we mess with?

"Of course Marshal Qiandu." Someone shouted at the scene.

Then there was loud laughter all around, and many people shouted to meet Marshal Du.

Zhang Rong had a smug look on his face, needless to say anything else messy, as long as everyone can understand this principle.

So Zhang Rong finally reached an agreement to take refuge in Mongolia and attack Peng Yibin together.

On November 6000, Zhang Rong abandoned Jiyang, Xincheng, Linzi and other places, and gathered soldiers and horses from Zhangqiu, Jiyang, Xincheng, Zouping, Changshan, Putai, and Linzi, with a total of [-] soldiers and horses. At the location of West Baiyun Lake outside Qiucheng, formed an formation to fight Peng Yibin.

Zhang Rong chose this position very cleverly.

His soldiers and horses rely on Zhangqiu City to the east and Baiyun Lake to the west. If Peng Yibin wants to attack, he can only attack from the north and south.

The reason for going out to fight in the field is because the Mongols promised him that they would attack Peng Yibin together with Yan Shi.

As if making an appointment, when Zhang Rong's troops assembled outside Zhangqiu City, Peng Yibin's army also came one after another from the north and south directions.

The two sides had a tacit understanding, and a decisive battle outside the city.

First, more than 1 people from Tian Shirong came from Jiyang, bypassed Baiyun Lake, and appeared in the north of Zhang Rongbing.

At the same time, Peng Yibin's main force appeared in front of Zhang Rongnan, while the other two troops had not yet arrived at the scene.

Zhu Rong's more than 1 people are rushing from the direction of Linzi. Zhu Rong has few cavalry and many infantry. The distance is long and the walking is slow.

More than 8000 people from Yanshi have arrived in Longshan Town, which is less than ten miles away from Peng Yibin's army.

Where the small Baiyun Lake is located, there are 8 to [-] horses from both sides. The battle is imminent, but neither Peng Yibin nor Zhang Rong attacked, as if they were waiting for something.

Peng Yibin was waiting for Tian Shirong to surround him, and Zhang Rong was waiting for the Mongols.

(End of this chapter)