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

Chapter 302 Thousands of miles around the desert

Murr mentioned it very early that day. Shortly after dawn in the early morning, a group of Mongolian troops with about ten horses came from the west.

Multi looked behind and assessed that there should be no large group of Mongolian troops behind him. He immediately slid down from the tree and led the horse out of the woods.

As soon as he came out of the woods, the Mongolian troops jogging on the opposite side were all stunned, because the distance between the two sides was about a hundred steps.

No one expected that a man and a horse would suddenly emerge from the woods.

Murti looked stunned for a moment, then screamed, got on his horse, drove, turned around and ran away.

Holding the grass, there was probably a sound of Xixia-style holding the grass on the opposite side. Some people were holding bows and wanted to shoot, and some were chasing after them.

Multi's armor was different from theirs, and he was obviously not a Mongolian soldier.

Murti ran all the way, quickly reached the front and then turned back to the trail.

Almost at the same time as he turned around, whoosh, there was already a spurt of cum chasing him and coming towards him.

The next moment, dong dong dong, ten Xixia soldiers on horseback chased him into the trail.

Murti ran all the way to the dug pit, quickly jumped off his horse, turned around and pushed the horse into the woods, and ran forward along the pit.

The Xixia soldiers obviously didn't understand why he abandoned his horse, but no one thought about it at this time, and everyone pursued them harder.

When someone came closer, they discovered a hole in the ground.

But it was too late to brake at this time, and they had never experienced such a small pit before, so they probably didn't take it to heart.

"Drive." The Xixia soldiers accelerated and ran forward.

The Murti ahead was getting closer and closer to them.

"Capture them alive." One of the captains had already started shouting, wanting to capture them alive.

With a rumble, this group of cavalry rushed over regardless of the small hole in the ground.

The small hole in the ground looks small and shallow, but horses' hooves cannot step into it.

A horse on the left side of "充" stepped into the pit first. As soon as the horse's hoof sank in, before it could get out, the Xixia soldiers heard the sound of the horse's hoof breaking.

Thump thump thump, the scene was full of horses neighing.

Seven of the ten war horses fell down, and three were lucky enough to step on the pit and rush over.

The entire road was filled with people flipping over and screaming and cursing.

At this time, the Song Army's sentries rushed out of the woods on both wings.

Swish, swish, swish, everyone came out and raised their bows.

These people can ejaculate perfectly while riding, but now they can ejaculate even more accurately while standing on the ground.

The other three horses were lucky enough to be shot first. The Song army shot the horses but not the people.

Boom, three horses fell down in succession.

Then he loaded the arrow again and shot it towards the opposite leg and arm.

Multi wanted to be captured alive or killed, so everyone subconsciously shot him in the legs first, and then in the face depending on the situation.

Some Xixia soldiers reacted quickly. After their horses fell down, they got off their horses and went to touch their bows.

The man had just touched the bow and was still looking for the arrow on his horse.

Phew, an arrow from behind hit him in the head, causing him to fall down.

Gerile was raising his bow to shoot him, but unexpectedly he was shot down. He turned around and saw that it was a Xixia soldier on his side who had shot him.

It may be that the Xixia people shot the Xixia people. The Xixia people on the Song Army side had a strange expression, and there was an unspeakable feeling on their faces.

"What are you looking at? Come on." Multi had turned around at this time, and there were four killing sounds from all around. Song Jun continued to use arrows, shooting at the legs and hands first. If there was anyone on the opposite side who got the bow and arrow, shoot directly at the face.

There was a captain on the opposite side who was more aggressive. His horse was lucky enough to avoid all the shallow pits. When it finally rushed out, it was shot in the face by an arrow from Song Jun.

The horse under the seat let out a mournful cry, raised its head high, and then fell sideways.

When the horse's head was raised, the Xixia captain jumped down sharply. When he dismounted, he had already lifted the buckler on the horse's back and rolled on the ground.

With a bang, the war horse fell heavily. The Xixia soldier rolled several times, but did not stand up immediately. Instead, he stood up and crouched slightly, holding his shield to his face. All the movements were done in one go, showing that he was very brave and flexible.

Not far in front of him, Song troops were already posted on his left and right.

Everyone in the Song army was holding a bow and arrow. When the Xixia soldiers were rolling on the ground, some of them were already shooting, but they missed.

While waiting for him to get up.

Whoosh, an arrow on the left and right shot directly over.

Unexpectedly, this guy actually squatted on the ground, holding up a shield.

Bang bang, with two heavy sounds, the two arrows all hit the shield.

The Song army did not draw their swords, but continued to draw arrows, approaching the Xixia soldiers from the left and right.

Seeing that there were Song troops on both sides, this guy hurriedly retreated into the woods.

At this moment, Song Jun suddenly targeted him behind him.

He reacted quickly and quickly turned around and raised his shield.

Bang, another arrow hit his shield from the opposite side.

The Xixia soldiers were cursing. These Song soldiers didn't have martial ethics, and they didn't charge at such a close range with swords. They were all shooting arrows.

Do you have the guts to come up and challenge me to a duel?
While he was thinking about this, the Song army in front of him saw his shield moving back and immediately shot an arrow.

This guy can defend the front, but not the back. He can defend the back, but not the front.

The shield had no time to block back and forth.

Phew, an arrow from the front hit his right calf.

"Ah——￥%￥%" Xixia soldiers cursed angrily at the Song army.

"Puch", an arrow from behind hit his shoulder again.

His face was deformed in pain. He looked up and saw that the Song army was still at about twenty paces. No one came forward, and they were all pointing bows and arrows at him and his accomplices.

Many of his accomplices were shot down one by one by Song Jun.

Are these Song people really deceitful?

Knowing that he was in danger, the Xixia soldier quickly imitated what he had just done and rolled on the spot. He had already reached the edge of the woods. He stood up and held his shield behind him before running into the woods.

"Awu Zhi" suddenly someone called him from behind.

Awuzhi turned around in surprise, but it was the Xixia soldiers from the Song Army, who were acquaintances with him.

"Don't run away." The Xixia soldier pointed his bow at him.

At this time, Wu Zhi had one foot in the woods. When he looked up, there were screams all around, and his friends were all shot down.

"￥#￥" Awu Zhi should have greeted Song Jun, the mother of the Xixia soldiers, in Xixia language, and then angrily threw the shield to the ground.

In this battle, the Song army, led by Multi, ambushed a group of Xixia sentries. No one in the Song army was injured and the group of Xixia soldiers was completely wiped out.

Three of the Xixia sentries were shot to death on the spot, and the remaining seven were injured to varying degrees. Basically, their arms and legs were shot by the Song army, and then they were all captured alive.

Multi led people to escort these people into the woods, leaving some people outside to watch the wind. Then he took off all the clothes and armor of these people and put them on again and again.

There were 12 of them, and they only received ten pieces of armor. Multi and Gerile did not change.

While they were changing clothes, Awu Zhi was kneeling and tied to the ground.

His former companion, Renchuo, a Xixia native in the Song army, was talking to him.

Both of them were once Xixia soldiers in Xiliang Mansion and were good friends.

Renchuo later accompanied Gao Zhiyao to escort tens of thousands of cattle, horses and sheep to the Song Dynasty, while Awuzhi stayed and then surrendered to Mongolia.

At this moment, Renchuo was teaching him: "The Mongols massacred our people. Millions of our people were killed by the Mongols. How can you surrender to the Mongols?"

The seven injured Xixia soldiers all lowered their heads, as if they did not dare to face him.

This Renchuo was still very eloquent. He gave a lecture and all seven people had a look of shame on their faces.

But after a moment, Awu Zhi raised his head and said with red eyes: "What's the use of saying all this now? His Majesty has been killed, the country has perished, all the superior officials have surrendered, and we, as small soldiers, will naturally obey orders?"

"It's good for you. At that time, you followed the high-ranking envoy to the Song Dynasty. What can the people we left behind do except surrender?"

"My family is all in the city, why don't I even care about my family?"

Renchuo's expression was slightly embarrassed. This guy's family members were from Qunmu Station. His family also followed Gao Zhiyao to Sichuan, so naturally the whole family survived.

He thought for a while and then asked nicely: "Are we still friends?"

Wu Zhi raised his head and thought, you beat me like this, and you ask me if I am a friend?But he still said: "Of course we are still good friends."

"Are you willing to fight the Mongols with us?" Renchuo asked loudly.

The seven people looked at each other and said nothing.

Finally, Ah Wuzhi spoke: "Our family members are all in Xiliang Mansion."

Renchuo asked in a deep voice: "Are they all in the city?"

Awu Zhi nodded.

"Can you bring it out?"

Awuzhi shook his head: "The Mongols are very strict. The people guarding the city gate are all Mongolian troops, including Khitans, Tubo people, Jurchens, and party members from other places. Our original sergeants from Xiliang Prefecture can go out. Family members cannot go out, unless they are from the pastoral center."

"There are Tubo people here too?" Multi asked in shock.

"It seems that some of the Tubo people in the Duomasi area were recruited and surrendered by the Mongols." Awu Zhi said.

When the Mongols destroyed Xixia, the army also passed through Duomasi. In addition, there were also a small number of Tibetans in the original Xiliao area. It is estimated that although there are not many Tibetans in the army now, there must be some.Renchuo still wanted to persuade them, but Multi came over and waved to him to stop talking.

The families of these people are in the city, so it is generally impossible to follow them.

"Separate the people and ask questions one by one." Multi waved his hand and separated the seven Xixia people.

Then Multi and Renchuo came to Awuzhi: "How many soldiers and horses are there in the city now, how many soldiers and horses are there in the original Xiliang Mansion, and how many others are there?"

Awuzhi raised his head and looked at Murti, then at Renchuo.

Renchuo glared at him: "If you don't tell others, others will. It's best not to lie to us."

Awuzhi turned around and found that other Song soldiers were asking about his accomplices.

The seven of them were divided into seven groups and asked. If the answers were different, it would probably be another trouble.

But sentry riders like them don't know much about this kind of thing.

Ah Wuzhi could only say: "I don't know how many of our level there are, but you know the soldiers and horses of our Xiliang Mansion——"

Before the Mongolian army came to fight, there were about [-] to [-] people. Later, a group of them escaped with Gao Zhiyao, and the rest surrendered to Mongolia with Ouzhahui, about [-] people.

After the Mongolian army captured Xiliang Mansion, they transferred some of them, leaving about [-] troops, plus other troops.

Of course, Awu Zhi didn’t know how many other tribes there were. He could only make a rough estimate. The total number of Tubo, Khitan, and Jurchens was about three to four thousand. The real Mongolians were more than 1000 people, because they happened to have a commander of a thousand. This commander of a thousand He is also the commander of the armies in the city.

Multi and Renchuo looked at each other, so to speak, Xiliang Mansion's current garrison is about [-].

Soon the other six people's questions also gathered at Murti's side.

The six people said different things, but basically it was more than 1, less than 2, and only one said more than [-].

Multi then asked, how many war horses are raised in Xiliang now?

The answer was [-], which is more than the Xixia people raised before. The Mongols attach great importance to raising war horses, but there are relatively few cattle and sheep here, especially camels. Camels can be raised on the side. The Mongols believe that they can be used for the westward expedition but not for the eastward expedition, so they now maintain a capacity of [-] war horses all year round.

Murti and the others suddenly became jealous after hearing this.

Xiliang was one of the best pasture lands in Xixia. It would be great if the Song army could take it back.

Murti then asked about their military system, the units and camps they belonged to, and whether they had passwords, etc. He asked them in quite detail.

Gerile listened on the side and felt that Multi has changed a lot now and has grown rapidly with Song Jun.

After asking questions, Multi gathered with the Song soldiers.

He glanced at Ren Chuo and asked deliberately: "What should we do with these people? Should we let them go?"

Gerile became anxious upon hearing this: "Let them go, the Mongolian army will definitely come after us."

Murti just looked at Renchuo.

Renchuo asked, "Where else are you going?"

"Ganzhou, Suzhou, Guazhou, and even Zhongxing Prefecture." Multi said.

The land area of ​​Xixia is relatively large, but there are only a few cities. What Multi is talking about are basically the big cities of the original Xixia.

After listening to Multi's words, Renchuo's eyes flashed with a cold light without hesitation: "Kill them all."

Hiss, the other Xixia people around him took a slight breath of air.

"If we don't kill them, they will definitely not be able to hide it when we go back, and the Mongolian army will come out to chase us."

"Killing them will delay the attack for at least a day or two, and the Mongolian army doesn't know who did it."

Although Xixia was destroyed, there are still some resistance forces in the country, and some people are fleeing abroad one after another.

Maybe the Mongols thought that a group of them were fleeing to Tibet or to the Song Dynasty?
Murti nodded, he thought so too, but there were five Xixia people in the team, and he had to ask for their opinions.

At this time, Renchuo reached out and patted Multi, turned around and walked to the other side with a dark face. The other Xixia people around him also lowered their heads.

Multi turned his head and glanced at Gezile. Gezile understood, picked up the sword and walked into the forest. A moment later, he returned to the crowd with the bloody long knife.

"Let's go to Ganzhou." Multi waved his hand and ignored the corpses in the woods. After coming out, he dealt with the injured Xixia horses, dragged them to the woods with great effort, and then killed them.

Everyone put on Xixia clothes and armor, bypassed Xiliang Mansion, and went to Ganzhou.

Ganzhou, like Xiliang, is the best horse breeding land in Xixia. At its peak, Xixia had 60 million war horses annually, and the Ganliang area accounted for nearly half.

When the Mongols attacked Ganzhou, the son of the guard general Qu Yeqionglu was with the Mongolian army. He wanted to surrender, but was killed by his deputy A Chuo. A Chuo led his men to fight to the death. As a result, the Mongolian army conquered Ganzhou and massacred the entire city. Ganzhou military and civilians.

Ah Chuo did this to protect his family and country and would never surrender.

But it was very tragic that the entire city's soldiers and civilians were massacred.

As for the right and wrong of this matter, there is no need to argue. Ah Chuo is definitely not wrong. If we want to blame him, we can only blame the Mongolian army for being too cruel and inhumane.

Now three or four years have passed since the massacre, and when everyone came near Ganzhou, they could still feel the faint smell of blood in the air.

The faces of Renchuo and several Xixia people have been ugly since they came in. They really can't forget the tragedy of Ganzhou being massacred.

They could not forget the brutality of the Mongols' multiple attacks on Xixia and the massacre of hundreds of thousands or even millions of soldiers and civilians.

At this time, Liu Dajiang, the deputy chief of the Song Army, said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty is right. To deal with these barbarians, we can only use more barbaric methods."

"They like to kill people. We will kill them severely in the future."

Renchuo and other Xixia people almost all gritted their teeth: "Kill all the Mongolian troops."

Multi and Gerile looked at each other in confusion. They also thought of the propaganda of the Song army before, saying that the Tibetan tribes wanted to join the Mongols, so the Song people came to fight them.

I didn’t expect the Mongols to be so ferocious. If they come to attack us, if we don’t surrender, they will definitely massacre us. If we surrender, will we follow the Mongols to fight the Song people?
That’s why the Song people came to beat us. Thinking about it this way, does it seem that our tribe deserves to be beaten by the Song people?

Is there any problem with this logic?

Multi did not set up a trap this time. They had Xixia military uniforms, and they deliberately encountered a group of Ganzhou sentries when it was getting dark. Then suddenly, they had Xixia people on their side. The Xixia people were walking on In front of them, they were talking in Xixia dialect, and then they suddenly cut vegetables with a knife and killed another team.

After questioning, I found out that there are not many people here in Ganzhou. They were massacred by the Mongols in the past few years. The Mongolian army moved 5 households from Xiliang, plus [-] Xixia troops and their families, as well as other Khitan people, etc., in total. There are less than [-] people in the city, and less than [-] troops are stationed there. Only a Mongolian centurion is in charge, and the main force is the Xixia troops.

After asking, it was still the same old routine, just kill him and drag him away, and then go to Suzhou.

Suzhou was also very miserable that year. The Xixia garrison refused to surrender. After the city was broken, they were massacred and no one was left alive.

Multi still followed the same old routine. The total population of Suzhou was only [-], and the garrison was less than [-].

Probably this place is too far away from the Song Dynasty, so the Mongolian army sent few people here. Of course, there are not many people in Xixia at this time.

Then Multi took the people further and reached Guazhou and Shazhou successively, traveling thousands of miles.

A few people finally brought three or four horses each, and there were more and more horses.

Because he was wearing Xixia military uniform and was more careful on the road, every time he set out, he sent Renchuo to ride alone in front to explore the road in case he encountered a large group of soldiers, so nothing happened after running for more than a month.

Shazhou was equally miserable. When the Mongolian army attacked Shazhou, the Xixia garrison in Shazhou first pretended to surrender, then ambushed the Mongolian army, and almost captured the Mongolian army general alive. After that, Shazhou held on tenaciously, and the Mongolian army dug a hole in the ground at night. , attacked the city by surprise, and it was very difficult to defeat it, so Shazhou was massacred again.

Shazhou is already adjacent to the original Xiliao territory. There are fewer people here. There are less than 1 people in the city and [-] defenders. Many of the people are people from the original Xiliao who were moved here. Therefore, there are the largest number of Khitans in the city. .

In the sixth year of Baoqing (September 1230), Multi, who had been wandering for nearly two months, started his return journey with a small team of people.

Gerile kept watching the map drawn by Song Jun on the road. He admired it very much and took the initiative to learn.

There are two Song soldiers in the team who specialize in drawing maps. They came all the way. There is water over there, there are mountains over there, there are woods over there. How big are the woods and how many people can be hidden? There is a road over there and how wide it is. , whether you can walk on a carriage, all drawn clearly.

On the way back, Renchuo, a native of Xixia, suggested that Multi should not take the original route, but go south from Shazhou and pass through the northern foothills of the Qilian Mountains. At the foot of the mountains there is the Qilian Mountains grassland, the grassland with the most abundant water and grass. This section of the road is easier to walk. of.

Of course, after passing the grassland, you will reach a vast Gobi area in the south of Shazhou. This section of the road is the most difficult to walk. It is best to have a camel, and then you can enter the Ruogai Grassland, and then circle back to the Ruogai Grassland. state.

This section of the road is thousands of miles long, farther than when we came here, but relatively safe. The most difficult part is crossing the hundreds of miles of Gobi gravel area, which is no different from crossing the desert.

Moreover, Renchuo believes that if the Mongolian army wants to enter Tubo in the future and cannot defeat Diezhou, they will definitely choose this route. They can take a walk first to see if it is suitable for the army to travel and whether there is a place where they can ambush.

Multi originally wanted to go back the same way and try to inquire about Zhongxing Mansion. After all, Zhongxing Mansion is now the center of the Mongolian army's rule in Xixia.

But Renchuo's words reminded him, and he decisively agreed. The cavalry made good preparations and robbed a wave of local herdsmen near Shazhou. There are deserts in the northwest and south of Shazhou, so the herdsmen here have camels.

The people brought horses and camels, grabbed a lot of supplies, and came back from Shazhou South.

Along the way, I drew pictures and observed. After hard work, I walked for more than 20 days before returning to the Ruogai Grassland.

To say that Ren Chuo saved them, fortunately they did not take the original route.

Because many groups of Mongolian troops were missing, and they were located in various states, the Mongolian army already knew that someone was coming, and believed that it was the Song army that was most likely to come.

The Mongolian army laid ambushes everywhere on their way back and used a small number of sentries as a lure.

Because Multi did not go to Zhongxing Mansion, he luckily escaped the Mongolian army's ambush.

This time, Multi's team went out for nearly three months and successfully obtained a lot of information. They also carved a lot of maps and walked a thousand miles across the desert. Multi was promoted to the rank of Sentinel Rider of the Hundreds because of his merit.

Almost all of the subordinates were promoted to chief or deputy chief. In addition, the Song army rewarded each person with twenty guan, sugar, refined salt, tea, etc.

After that, a large number of sentry cavalry were dispatched from Diezhou City every day, traveling all over the territory of Mingzhao Mansion in the north, mainly to prevent the Mongolian army's sentry cavalry from coming over.

The two sides came into contact many times, and there were also killings.

However, because Mongolia had already sent envoys to the Song Dynasty at this time, the two sides were at the stage of negotiating an alliance, and the Mongolian army was going all out to attack the Jin Dynasty. Even the Mongolian army tried its best to avoid entanglement with the Song army and had to give up part of its patrol area.

After driving away the Mongolian sentry cavalry, the Song army suddenly sent thousands of people into the Linzhao Mansion of the former Jin Kingdom and began to build large-scale construction projects. It seemed as if they were going to occupy Linzhao and prepare to immigrate.

Because Linzhao Mansion (Didao County) had long been demolished and all the population moved away, the Song people suddenly returned to Linzhao. The Mongols thought that the Song army wanted to occupy it.

But at this time, not many people from the Song Dynasty came over. They were repairing the city walls or buildings in the city every day. Mongolian sentries often came to see and report to Wokuotai.

Now Linzhao doesn't even have a population, and is surrounded by a wilderness. The Song people will definitely move the people here when they occupy Linzhao, so the Mongols find it strange. Do you think you can hold on?
They often came to see the Song people building the city here, and sentries came over every day to see the Song people's progress.

The Song army used the impending omen to attract the attention of the Mongols.

On the other hand, the Song Army rarely raised camels in Diezhou before. During the Zhao Achang era, Diezhou raised a lot of camels. After the Song Army conquered this place, in the past few years, they basically raised war horses and a small amount of cattle and sheep. .

But since Multi came back to report, Meng Ying sent sentries many times to take the route back to Multi on the east side of the Qilian Mountains. At the same time, Gao Zhiyao, the governor of Diezhou and the superintendent of Diezhou Herding Station, asked Diezhou Tubo People keep camels in large numbers.

(End of this chapter)