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

Chapter 260

Since Song Shi went south, Mongolian, Jin, and Song kingdoms have been fighting back and forth in the Shandong area, and everyone wants to completely control this place.

Why take Shandong?First of all, the area of ​​Shandong is not small. It is larger than Liangzhe and Jiangnan.No matter who occupies Shandong, it can increase the strategic depth.

In fact, the population is also quite large. At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the domestic population ranking was as follows: Sichuan ranked first in population, Jiangxi ranked second, Henan ranked third, Hebei ranked fourth, Shandong ranked fifth, Anhui (near Huaihe River and Jiangnan) ranked sixth, and Fujian ranked seventh.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, Sichuan was still No. 1, Jiangxi No. 2, Shandong No. 3, Zhejiang snatched No. 4 from Hebei, and Anhui (near Lianghuai and Jiangnan) No. 5.

Although Shandong is a land of hundreds of battles and often fights, it is strange that the population is still in the forefront.

It should be that some people from Hebei fled to Shandong, and some people from the Southern Song Dynasty even went to Shandong.

Therefore, Shandong has a large population at this time. Otherwise, the major military leaders would not each have tens of thousands, or even 10,000+ soldiers and horses. In addition, Shandong is rich in resources, has various minerals, and is a place of salt production. No matter who owns Shandong above, can play a great role.

Now that the Song army has put down Li Quan, Zhang Rong, Shi Qing, Xia Quan and other military leaders successively, and completely controlled Shandong, Bolu knew that something was wrong.

Originally, Shandong, which was divided and fought every day, was in the interests of Mongolia, and it could be left alone.

Now it is a unified Shandong. If it is managed by Song people for a few years, it will not be a good thing for Mongolia.

At this time, Bolu was looking at the map of Shandong, and behind him, generals such as Shi Tianze, Liu Heima, Xiao Naitai, Kuo Kuo Buhua, and Yan Zhaer stood at the head without saying a word. Da and the others tremblingly stood further away.

Everyone knew that Bolu was in a bad mood, especially Shi Tianlu and Yan Shi. They were afraid that Bolu would be doomed if he shouted "Come here".

There was no sound in the hall, and everyone was waiting, and it was unknown how long it had passed.

Bo Lu sighed slowly: "Peng Yibin occupies the entire Shandong. If he is allowed to operate for a few years, it will not be easy to break in later."

Moreover, Bolu knew that Genghis Khan wanted to destroy the Jin Dynasty first. In the past, he could send troops from Shandong and Hebei. Now that Shandong is gone, he can only send troops from Hebei. The difficulty of defeating the Jin Dynasty has also increased.

Xiao Naitai immediately said loudly: "Then what are you waiting for? Order your troops and horses immediately, march into Shandong, and kill Peng Yibin first."

Hearing this, Shi Tianlu bit the bullet and said: "Peng Yibin's soldiers and horses are elite and have strict discipline. This time he has defeated Zhang Rong, put down Dingqing and Xia Quan, and has even more soldiers and horses. It is said that they have reached 10 people. .”

Bolu looked suspicious.

There are not many Mongolian troops in Hebei, among which the real Mongolian army is less than 1, but the defense area is from Hebei to Liaodong, as well as some later Shandong, and part of Henan. The territory is quite large.

In Liaodong, after the death of Muhuali, Puxian Wannu of the Eastern Xia Kingdom rebelled against Mongolia and became self-reliant, changed Yuan Datong, and killed Yelu Nierge, the right prime minister of the Liaodong province that Mongolia had placed in. Mongolia is now ignoring Puxian for the time being because of the attack on Xixia. Wannu, but on the front line of Liaodong, there is a large army to guard against Puxian Wannu.

In Henan, Shi Tianze and Xiao Naitai had just defeated Wu Xian and occupied Xiangzhou (Anyang, Henan).

Wuxian has retreated to Weizhou (Jixian County, Henan Province)

Weizhou is just north of the Yellow River, across the river from Nanjing (Kaifeng) of the Jin Kingdom, less than two hundred miles away.

In order to prevent the Jin soldiers, the Mongolian army also stationed heavy troops in Henan.

At this time, it is obviously not the best time to mobilize the army and start a war with Peng Yibin.

Historically, Bolu led thousands of Mongolian, Jin and Liao cavalry and [-] Han troops into Shandong, forcing Li Quan, Zhang Rong, etc. to surrender, and pacified Shandong in less than a year.

But this time Shi Tianlu, Zhang Rong and other 4 to [-] people lost to Peng Yibin. Bolu didn't think that Peng Yibin could be forced to surrender only with the available troops.

What's more, now Peng Yibin is sitting on the whole of Shandong, with [-] soldiers, which is several times more difficult than Li Quan in history.

After Polu thought for a while, he asked Shi Tianlu and others: "How are Peng Yibin's troops and horses doing now? Don't exaggerate because you were defeated."

Shi Tianlu and Yan Shi nodded one after another, saying that Peng Yibin's soldiers and horses are elite and disciplined, no worse than our Mongolian army, and they have artillery, which is very powerful and difficult to fight.

Bolu looked at the golden man Aruda.

Aruda also nodded immediately: "It's very elite. The Song Army infantry battalion fought with us for more than half an hour, but there was no change. No matter what the fight was, it was busy but not chaotic. The Song Army's Zhu Rong Division, Zhu Rong has good marching skills and a well-organized lineup, and Zabili also has no choice but to delay the Song Army and find no chance to defeat it."

Shi Tianlu said again: "According to Zabili, they used horse-drawn carts to push outside, and the cavalry couldn't charge. They used divine arm bows at long distances, and step bows at close range. The Song army shot arrows without rushing or slowing down. It's very different from before."

"My cavalry fought against him, and we all lost."

"If you attack forward, you will be blocked by carriages and pikemen, and it will be difficult to advance an inch."

In Shi Tianlu's words, the biggest difference in the Song Army now is discipline.

In the past, whether it was Li Quan or Peng Yibin, this kind of military leader had no discipline and no tactics. Often, as soon as the Mongolian army approached, the rain of arrows would shoot over first, and some would shoot long ahead of time.

Then they fired more than a dozen waves, but they lost all their strength and didn't hit many enemy troops. If the enemy troops got closer at this time, they would be in bad luck.

Now the Song army is quite cunning, and the Mongolian army will shoot as soon as they enter the shooting range, and they don't shoot in a hurry.

The Mongolian army turned around and stopped to maintain their strength.

The Mongolian army's tactics are to retreat when the enemy advances, and to advance when the enemy retreats, while the Song army's current tactics are to shoot when the enemy advances, and to stop when the enemy retreats.

If it is not within the shooting range, resolutely do not shoot an arrow.

And shoot slower to maintain stamina and accuracy.

Because the shooting is slow, it means that Song Jun is aiming, not blind shooting.

Polu may not believe what Shi Tianlu and Yan Shi said, but even if Aruda said so, Polu knows that Peng Yibin is not easy to fight now.

At this time, Aruda said again: "Peng Yibin's soldiers and horses now have a very high armor rate, almost everyone wears armor, and the armor rate accounts for about [-]%."

"A lot of the front row wore iron-faced helmets, so they dared to shoot at us."

"If our army wants to inflict heavy damage on them, we must get close."

But the cavalry will definitely suffer a disadvantage if they move forward and shoot at the infantry bow.

What Arruda and others said was very serious. Anyway, it meant that the Song Army was elite and invincible. They even almost said that the Song Army was invincible.

At the scene, Xiao Naitai, Liu Heima, Kuo Kuo Bu Hua, Yan Zha'er, and Shi Tian'an (brother Shi Tianze) all looked pale, thinking that these people were exaggerating and exonerated themselves for their defeat.

Peng Yibin is a local military leader with a shitty armor rate.

The armor-wearing rate of the regular armies of the Jin and Song dynasties did not reach the point where everyone wore armor.

But Bolu is very similar to his father Mu Huali, and his ability is quite strong, otherwise Genghis Khan would not let him be the commander here.

Bolu frowned and said: "Peng Yibin, a local military leader, can't train his soldiers like this, and he won't have such a high armor rate, and he can build the artillery you call."

"Has Song Ting been supporting them for the past two years?"

Everyone was taken aback, feeling that there was a possibility.

In the past, the Song court often conferred titles, like Shi Tianlu's father, Yan Shi also took refuge in the Song people. Thousands of military expenditures.

As time went by, everyone subconsciously believed that Song Ting's canonization was of little significance.

But now it seems that Song Ting may really be secretly supporting Peng Yibin.

But isn't Song Ting afraid that Peng Yibin won't obey the court's orders after his army is strong?
Everyone at the scene, including Bolu, couldn't understand it.

From the point of view of normal operation, after the general imperial court recruits and canonizes the local army, there will be no support, and it is impossible to let it grow.

People like Polo's Shi Tianze, Shi Tianlu, Liu Heima, etc. all relied on themselves, and it was impossible for the Mongols to contribute a penny or a single weapon.

They all collect taxes on their own territory and develop themselves, but when they fight, they have to help the Mongols.

This is the normal operation of the ruler.

Bolu discussed with several generals that day and did not make a rash decision to immediately send troops to attack Shandong.

Peng Yibin's army is relatively elite, and he may have the support of Song Ting. Bolu has to consider the probability of success or failure in sending troops.

He can win, but not lose.

But Shandong can't let Peng Yibin immerse himself in management. It must be that the sooner he gets in, the easier it is to fight.

In the end, Bolu made a decision to report the situation here to Genghis Khan first. If the Xixia side is over, they can call in the elite of Xixia.

At the same time, local soldiers and horses are trained, artillery is built, and they are determined to attack Shandong.

The Mongols are very good at learning. When Bolu heard about Peng Yibin's artillery, he immediately asked the craftsmen to learn how to make artillery.

Unfortunately, a few months later, Bolu did not get Genghis Khan's order, but he got the news that Genghis Khan died of illness and was going to attend the Kuliltai meeting, and he gave up on the matter of attacking Shandong.

As in history, Bolu went to mourn in Mobei, fell ill from grief, and died in Yanshan.

As soon as Bolu died, Mongolia in Hebei and other places lost its supreme commander. Song, Jinmeng basically had no wars, and it was not until after Tuo Lei arrived that wars started again.

On the other hand, after Shi Tianze returned to Zhending, according to Bolu's request, Shi Tianlu and Zabili guarded Dezhou, and Yanshi and Aruda guarded the name.

In addition, Xiao Naitai and Yanzha'er guard Hejian, and Shi Tian'an guards Xiangzhou.

The Mongolian army changed from defending the Jin people to defending against Peng Yibin. They stationed heavy troops in Dezhou, Hejian, and Daming.

Bolu felt the changes in the Song people. Unfortunately, when the news from his side reached Xixia, Genghis Khan had died, and Ogodai's thoughts were all on fighting for the throne.

Shandong won another one or two years of development time.

In July, Shi Tianze came to a playground in Zhending.

According to Bolu's request, Shi Tianze has built several cannons according to the dictation of Shi Tianlu, Yan Shi and others.

Shi Tianlu also came today, along with Gaocheng guard Dong Jun and other local officials from Zhending.

When Shi Tianze arrived at the scene, he saw four artillery pieces.

(End of this chapter)