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

Chapter 309 The most humiliating treaty in the history of Mongolia

Tuo Lei had no choice but to be so humble.

Almost all the civilians in Pingliang were killed by them. In addition, the Jin soldiers had already fortified the walls and cleared the fields. The local agricultural production was greatly damaged. The autumn harvest was about to begin, but the Mongolian army could not see much food production.

As for Song Jun Fengxiang, after the summer harvest, Song Jun had no autumn sowing, and no grain was planted around Fengxiang.

Within a radius of two to three hundred miles, no complete grain field of more than ten acres could be seen.

He didn't know what the Song army was eating in Fengxiang City. Anyway, if this continued, the Mongolian army would have nothing to eat.

The Mongolian army either had to go to Yan'an or Jingzhao (Xi'an) further away to adjust grain, or they had to go back to the Xixia territory to transport grain.

Therefore, Tuo Lei resisted the urge to go berserk and humbly wrote a letter to the Song people.

Meng Gong just wants to beat Lei Lei and force him to sit down at the negotiation table again.

How arrogant Tuo Lei was before, how much humiliation he would soon endure.

Not long after the towed thunder and arrows reached Fengxiang this time, a reply came out of the city.

Guo Zhengsun replied and let Tuo Lei see it, and Tuo Lei almost spit out a mouthful of old blood.

Guo Zhengsun replied, "Sorry, we just received news from the court. Your imperial edict seems to be true."

"I#￥#￥" After reading the first sentence, Tuo Lei wanted to ask about the maternal lineage of Hou Guo Zhengsun's family.

Guo Zhengsun said again, "This matter was caused by our impulsiveness. We don't want to fight with Mongolia, but you are not good at it, right? Your envoy came in very arrogantly, so I cut off his finger." Why don't you just hurt one of your envoys and mobilize a large army to besiege Dashan Pass and Tianshui City?
This matter of borrowing the passage can be discussed, but you must ensure that no more troops are used.

Tuo Lei was overjoyed when he saw what was happening behind him, and immediately sent another envoy to Feng Xiang.

The envoy on this mission was Marshal Yanzhu'er.

It is said that the marshal of the Mongolian army seems to be worthless, and he often seals him randomly.

According to Zhu'er, a native of Datong, he followed Chagatai at the age of 14. During the Genghis Khan period, he was a Qianhu. After Wokuotai came to power, he was made a marshal and followed him in the Tuo Lei Army.

I don’t know if Tuo Lei didn’t want to use the help of the Song Dynasty to get rid of Yian Zhu’er, because Yian Zhu’er was from Chagatai, and Chagatai and Wo Kuotai had a good relationship.

Anyway, he directly asked Marshal An Zhu'er to be the envoy before entering Fengxiang.

Of course, in the original history, after Zhang Xuan beheaded Su Buhan, Tuo Lei sent an envoy to negotiate with the Song people for the second time, and he also chose Yin Zhu'er. It is estimated that Tuo Lei really used the Song people to kill Yin Zhu'er. mean.

Ji Zhu'er had the courage to come to Fengxiang, but Guo Zhengsun warmly received him this time, and finally told him some conditions. It was okay to borrow a way, but you, what, there is no benefit, we won't do it.

On September [-]th, Yan Zhu'er returned to Pingliang. There was no letter, only Guo Zhengsun's verbal agreement. It is said that the Song people did not want to be left with evidence. After hearing this, Tuo Lei became furious. He felt that it was Meng Gong and Guo Zhengsun who Don't want to leave evidence.

The Song people agreed to borrow the road and were willing to lead the way for them. They could take both water and land routes. The land route passed through Raofeng Pass, and the water route took them by boat along the Han River to Junzhou, where they crossed the river and entered Jinjing. (This is basically the original historical route)
But the Mongols first had to write a written guarantee that they would not attack Sichuan again within five years.

Note that this point needs to be tested in circles. Guo Zhengsun only said that he would not attack Sichuan, so if you attack other places, it seems to have nothing to do with us?
Then the Song people demanded that all the territory west of Tongguan be given to Meng Gong's Sichuan army.

These places originally belonged to the Song people. After the Mongols marched from the Han River, the rest of the troops had to withdraw to Shanxi.

This is basically what Zhao and Rui prepared to capture Tongguan.

In history, after the disastrous defeat of the Jin soldiers at Sanfeng Mountain, the Tongguan defenders immediately surrendered to the Mongolian army.

Now that Zhao Yurui is asking the Mongolian army to withdraw to Shanxi, the Tongguan defenders can't find anyone who wants to surrender, and there will be no chance of surrender.

In addition, the Mongolian army will not be able to enter the Linzhao area in the future. (This is Zhao and Rui's preparation for dispatching troops to Duozhou in Tubo.)
The Mongolian army also gave another 500 high-quality war horses to Xixia and [-] million taels of silver to Sichuan.

The two lions at the back opened their mouths, just to bargain.

But in Tuo Lei's eyes, this was Meng Gong's greed, especially the money.

After Tuo Lei got the verbal agreement, he immediately sent envoys to chase Wokuotai.

Wokuotai was on his way back to Guanshan at this time. He was commending Yelu Chucai in Datong and inspecting the taxation situation around Datong.

Yelu Chucai started the tax-collecting rule for Mongolia, turning Mongolia from a nomadic nation to a centralized dynasty.

After receiving the news, Wokuotai stopped in Datong and summoned the nobles to discuss the Song army's requirements.

This is completely different from what happened in history. With so many demands, Song Jun was simply grabbing money and territory.

If Song Jun had mentioned this last year, Wo Kuotai wouldn't even want to look at it.

But this year things are completely different.

He fought from the sixth year to the seventh year of Baoqing, and he couldn't break the Tongguan Yellow River defense line of the Jin Kingdom for one year.

The Great Mongolian Company suffered a defeat and lost generals. Wokuotai could no longer lose.

If he loses again, he may lose his position.

"Tuo Lei fought two battles with the Song Army, but they didn't get any advantage?" At this time, O Chen Na Yan suddenly asked Yin Zhu You.

According to Zhu'er's mind, it wasn't that he didn't take advantage, but that he failed miserably.

But he didn't want to offend Tuo Lei, so of course he couldn't say that in public. He could tell Ogootai afterwards.

"The Sichuan Army of the Song Dynasty has a kind of artillery that is very sharp and very useful when defending the city. Our trebuchets are easily hit by the artillery." Yanzhu'er said briefly, but the general meaning was that the artillery of the Song Dynasty was more powerful, and we did not There was no experience, and there were not many civilians available in Linzhao, so they had to attack the city all by themselves, which resulted in heavy losses.

This was another disastrous defeat for Ogedai after he took office, and the nobles around him really couldn't accept it.

Since Ogedai took office, he lost first to the Jin Kingdom and then to the Song Dynasty. If this continues, he will lose to Burma and Vietnam, and in the end, he will lose nothing.

But Wokuotai was not willing to take the blame for this fiasco.

He immediately made a furious gesture: "Who allowed him to start a war with the Song Dynasty without permission?"

Wokuotai pretended to be angry and said that he had made it very clear to Tuo Lei that day not to start a war with the Song people easily, but to take advantage of the situation.

He doesn't care about how powerful the Song people's artillery is now. What he cares about is how to use the road and how to destroy the gold.

Wo Kuotai, who had not won any battles in the past year, urgently needed to destroy the Kingdom of Jin to prove his strength.

What's more, how could Tuo Lei be allowed to take the blame for this disastrous defeat?

But the tow mine is not a fuel-efficient lamp. They lost to the Song Dynasty first, and then sent a message to Wo Kuotai to make the decision, putting the biggest responsibility on Wo Kuotai's side.

The Song people's conditions were so harsh, it was almost like losing power and humiliating the country. The Mongol Empire used to be aloof and bully, but how had it ever been threatened like this?

Now there are only two ways in front of Wo Kuotai, either to refuse outright, or to send heavy troops to subdue the Song people, thereby forcing the Song people to agree to borrow the road.

Either negotiate with Song Dynasty, but the conditions must be the most humiliating in the history of the Mongol Empire.

Wokuotai now believes that as long as the Jin Kingdom can be destroyed, what is the temporary concession?Before the rise of the Mongol Empire, did you not surrender to others?
"What do you all say?" Wo Kuotai first tested everyone's reaction.

As a result, the scene immediately exploded. A large number of Mongolian nobles could not accept it. Many people clamored to gather more troops to teach the Song army in Sichuan.

Wokuotai quickly glanced at Auchen Nayan. Auchen Nayan understood the idea and shouted loudly at everyone: "Do you still remember the words of the Great Khan (Genghis Khan)? It is the Great Khan's last wish to use the road to cut gold, and you all want to defy the Great Khan. Khan’s will?”

Although Genghis Khan had been dead for several years, his remaining power was still there. O Chen Nayan used Genghis Khan to suppress it, and the noise at the scene became smaller and smaller.

Wo Kuotai looked at Yelu Chucai again.

Yelu Chucai said slowly: "The Song people want 500 war horses and [-] million silver. Basically, the lion opened his mouth and deliberately gave us room for bargaining."

"It's true that people in Song Dynasty want land."

Some Mongolian nobles on the side shouted, "If you want land, let them use cavalry and sabers to take it. We Mongols defeated it with our own swords and guns."

Yelu Chucai ignored him and continued: "We can give it to the Song people first, and then we can get it back after the Jin Kingdom is destroyed."

"The Jin people have strengthened their walls and cleared the country. Let's transfer all the people and leave the Song people with empty cities. Without people, there will be no food. The Song people cannot hold it."

Orchen Nayan immediately agreed and said loudly: "Long Beard is right. It doesn't matter if those empty cities are given to the Song people, we will get them back sooner or later."

The two men sang together, and the remaining Mongolian nobles had nothing to say.

Although some people are dissatisfied, this is the last wish set by Genghis Khan. To use the road to cut gold, you must 'borrow' it. If the Song Dynasty people do not agree, and you are not convinced, then you can only accept it yourself.

So that day, with the help of Yelu Chucai and Orchen Nayan, Wo Kuotai agreed to the conditions of the Song Dynasty under pressure.

The most humiliating treaty since the founding of the Great Mongol Empire was officially concluded. The Mongolian nobles were scolding each other, shouting that after the Jin Kingdom was destroyed, they would immediately return to attack the Southern Song Dynasty to avenge the bloody humiliation.

Wokuotai didn't care about this and quickly asked Yan Zhu'er to reply to Tuo Lei.

Mongolia promised not to attack Sichuan within five years. Of course, such a promise often sounds like fart to Mongolians.

During the Western Expedition, they often asked others to surrender and promised not to kill them. Then after they surrendered, they immediately turned against them and massacred the city directly.

The same thing happened when Xixia was defeated. They promised not to massacre the city, but when Xixia surrendered, they would massacre the city immediately.

It can be said that the Mongols at this time were the most shameless and discredited in the world. Going back on their word was their usual skill, so they did not take the five years of not attacking Sichuan to their heart at all.

In addition, Mongolia ceded all territory west of Tongguan. Except for the soldiers and horses dragging mines, the rest of the troops withdrew to Shanxi and Hebei.

The Mongolian sentry cavalry will no longer go deep into Linzhao Mansion and the former Jin Kingdom territory.

But the Mongolian army would only give the Song people 10 war horses and [-] taels of silver.

The Song people wanted to borrow roads, troops (boats), and grain and grass to the Mongolian army (20 dan, including for people and horses) to ensure that the Mongolian army would be sent to the other side of Junzhou, to the territory of Henan.

Tuo Lei was also shocked by Wo Kuotai's reply. Unexpectedly, Wo Kuotai could bear it and agreed to such harsh demands of the Song people.

Of course, the Song people provided ships, food and fodder, but it cannot be said how much the Mongolian army suffered.

So from September to October, both sides were wrangling.As the people of Song Dynasty and Yelu Chucai said, war horses and silver are used for bargaining, and the two sides have been wrangling for nearly a month.

Finally, the Mongolian army was asked to give the Song people 10 high-quality war horses and [-] taels of silver.

The Song people led the way, borrowed ships, and sent 20 stones of grain and fodder for war horses to transport them to the other side of Junzhou.

In early November, after Wokuotai confirmed that the tow mine had entered Sichuan, he sent troops again.

He personally led the main force of the Chinese army to cross the Yellow River from Shanxi via Baipo (now northeast of Mengjin, Henan), preparing to break through Luoyang first, then Zhengzhou, and then go straight to Nanjing.

Chen Nayan led the East Route Army to attack Weizhou again to contain the Wuxian soldiers and horses in Weizhou.

The war to extinguish gold has rekindled.
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In September of the seventh year of Baoqing, just as the negotiations between the Mongols and Sichuan were coming to an end, a large group of cavalry came to Baoan Shuimen in Lin'an City.

There were soldiers and horses from the Imperial City Department on guard around Watergate, and there were no ordinary people at the scene.

The cavalry quickly dismounted, and many ships were docked on the pier outside the water gate. All the ships were new-style clippers with triangular sails.

Emperor Zhao Yurui was standing on the shore, dressed in casual clothes. Except for the generals present, many people did not know that he was the Emperor of the Song Dynasty.

"I, the last general, pay homage to your majesty." The general knelt down with a roar.

"Everyone, get up. You are wearing armor, so there is no need to be polite." Zhao Yurui stepped forward and helped them up one by one.

Meng Gong, Yu Jie, Wang Jian, Lu Wende, Liu Zheng and other generals were all there. The best generals of the Song Dynasty in this era were all in front of him.

Every time he lifted someone up, he would pat them hard on the shoulder.

"Your Majesty." Meng Gong's face turned red and his expression was quite excited.

"Your Majesty." Yu Jie didn't know what to say, but she was very moved anyway.

"Everything is going according to plan. If this succeeds, you will definitely leave your name in history and be admired by thousands of people. Even if it fails, we will start all over again together."

"I, Zhao Yurui, are still young like all of you. If we fall, we will definitely be able to get up again."

Meng Gong bowed his head again and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured."

With a crash, all the generals on the scene prostrated themselves and said in unison: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty."

After just a few words, all the generals boarded their boats with envy and headed to various places in the Song Dynasty.

Soon, on a thousand-material warship heading northwest, Lu Wende was looking at the new triangular ship from left to right. At the same time, what the emperor said when the generals and the emperor had dinner at the Xuande Hall yesterday flashed in his mind.

Lu Wende is only in his 20s now, so he is still young.

Since being recommended to Zhao Yurui by Zhao Kui, he has been promoted very quickly in the past few years. He was first stationed in Chuzhou as the deputy commander, and then transferred to Shandong as the commander.

In just a few years, Lu Wende was promoted to one of the senior generals of the Song Dynasty based on his contribution to killing Li Quan in Chuzhou.

Now Lu Wende, every time he sees Emperor Zhao Yurui, he has the urge to die for those who know him.

"This time when I go north, I must do it well and not ruin His Majesty's important affairs." Lu Wende thought secretly in his heart.

"Brother, what do the officials say? Should we go back to Yizhou, Shandong or Chuzhou?" At this time, a voice suddenly came from beside him.

It was Lu Wenxin, captain of Lu Wende's personal army.

Lu Wende has two younger brothers, Lu Wenfu stays in Yizhou, and Lu Wenxin follows him.

This Lu Wenxin died on the battlefield with the Mongolian army in history, and he was considered a hero.

"If I don't go to Yizhou, I won't go back to Chuzhou." Lu Wende laughed and said, "Go to Jeju."

"?" Lu Wenxin immediately shouted: "What the hell is that place? Is there Jezhou in the Song Dynasty?"

Lu Wende thought for a while, imitated the emperor's tone, and said to him seriously: "Second brother, the world is very big. Your eyes should not only look at me, the Song Dynasty. Besides the Song Dynasty, there are countless others." This is the path our young generals should take."

"But even though it's thousands of miles away, can we make it there?" Lu Wenxin asked strangely.

"Ba" Lu Wende slapped him on the head, just playing the piano to a cow.
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Shandong Jinan.

"Nonsense." Song Tian pushed down the mahjong in front of him and shouted excitedly.

There were all kinds of curses on the table, and everyone laughed and cursed to pay the copper coins.

Song Tian, ​​the corps commander who was in the era of Peng Yibin and Li Quan, experienced a series of battles such as defeating Li Quan, annihilating Zhang Rong, and defeating Yan Shi and Shi Tianlu. By the seventh year of Baoqing, he had been promoted to the first general of the Sixth Army of Shandong Dusi.

In just a few years, Song Tian had been promoted to the ranks of mid-level military attachés of the Song Dynasty and became a general.

And since last year, he has learned to play mahjong. When he is not on duty or on his days off, he often invites a few old brothers to play mahjong.

Today is a good day for half a month off in the camp.

According to the regulations of the imperial court, Shandong Dudu soldiers and horses, ordinary sergeants have five days off for training, but most of them cannot go out in the camp. The generals above the command have one day off every half month and can go home.

Song Tian had a holiday today, and he called another general's deputy Zhou Bing, Jinan artillery general Qian Daqing, and Ma Army deputy general Li Zhongxiao to play mahjong at home.

The four of them were all comrades who defeated Shi Tianlu together in the past. They were separated and reunited in the middle, and some were transferred away. Later, they were transferred back to Jinan and reunited this year.

Shandong has changed a lot in recent years, and there are more and more cavalry and artillery in Shandong.

Everyone has changed a lot. Not only have they all been promoted, but their lives are getting better and better.

Everyone has land allocated by the court, and they receive high monthly payments. In addition to the land allocated by the court, Song Tian also saved money to buy some fields. Now his family has more than 30 acres of grain fields, and he can be considered a middle class. .

Because after Shandong was occupied by Zhao Yurui, there have been fewer and fewer wars. There have been no wars in recent years. The imperial court has vigorously developed and built water conservancy, and the grain production has become higher and more stable.

The two Song Dynasties were the dynasties in history that paid the most attention to and invested the most in water conservancy.

There are 946 water conservancy projects recorded in the historical records of the Song Dynasty alone, nearly four times the 252 projects in the Tang Dynasty, of which 868 were in the south, accounting for the majority.

During Wang Anshi's reform, he introduced the "Farmland Water Conservancy Law" and assigned officials to be responsible for water conservancy. It took seven years to increase the farmland irrigation area by 3600 million acres.

After Wang Anshi stepped down, the farmland water conservancy law was also abandoned. Until Zhao Yurui ascended the throne, the country vigorously developed water conservancy construction, with an annual investment of no less than 300 million yuan. Coupled with Zhao Yurui's effective system and effective supervision, the current water conservancy construction in the Southern Song Dynasty was basically It was the pinnacle of the feudal dynasty.

Among them, Zhao and Rui built more than 100 various water conservancy facilities in the Huaihe and Shandong areas in just a few years after they acquired Shandong. Thousands of waterwheels alone were built in the two areas.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, Lianghuai was an important base for grain fields in the country, with nearly one-fifth of the country's fertile farmland.

After being driven to the south by the Jin Kingdom, the Huaihe River began to rot, the rivers were in lack of repair, and the grain fields were abandoned. After Zhao and Rui occupied Shandong, they started to repair the rivers again and accumulate grain fields.

As a time traveler, he must be the emperor who paid the most attention to water conservancy and rivers among all the emperors in history.

Under his attention, various construction projects in Shandong and Lianghuai areas have far exceeded the peak of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Of course, even if Zhao and Rui did not exist in the original history, the grain output in the two Song Dynasties was almost one of the highest in history, with the national average yield per mu reaching 1.5 shi.

Some people often say that it makes no sense that people in ancient times had to have twenty acres of land to barely support their family. (Mainly because the corvee is too heavy)
You have to look at the dynasty, where it is, and how heavy the corvee is.

In ancient times, most people did not have twenty acres of land at home. Especially in the Song Dynasty, a dynasty with serious land annexation, it was even harder for ordinary people to have twenty acres of land.

In this area of ​​Shandong, due to the construction of water conservancy projects by the imperial court and the absence of war in the area for several years, the output of better grain fields can reach about two shi.

With Zhao and Rui's current low tax rate, a family of five with three or four acres of farmland can basically meet their needs as long as there is no loss of harvest.

In the past few years, Emperor Zhao Yurui had reduced agricultural taxes, cut all other unreasonable poll taxes, and lightened corvees. He was quite friendly to the people of the entire Song Dynasty, which enabled the Song Dynasty to recuperate.

Especially when they first occupied Shandong, they were all exempted from tax for several years, which suddenly won the hearts of the local people.

Due to years of war and years of rule by the Jin Dynasty, Shandong and other places had a low sense of identification with the Southern Song Dynasty.

But after Zhao and Rui took over, they were directly exempted from taxes, which immediately stabilized people's hearts and won public opinion.

Starting from the year before last, when the tax-free time passed, the court began to collect taxes, but the taxes were much lower than during the Jin Kingdom. If there were people in the family who were drafted as soldiers, the taxes were even less than half. In addition to the court's effective propaganda, the entire Shandong people were still I agree that Zhao and Rui's rule in Shandong is getting stronger and stronger.

Today, several old brothers from Songtian were playing mahjong at home for fun and talking about the new tax law.

They are now considered mid-level generals of the Song Dynasty. Zhao and Rui did not have to pay taxes before they became emperors, but now they have to pay taxes as one, and no one is dissatisfied.

Everyone in the Song Dynasty paid taxes, and if the court collected taxes effectively, local government offices and military expenditures would be able to operate normally. This is a truth that all middle and high-level generals like them understand.

Three of these four people used to be Peng Yibin's subordinates. When Peng Yibin was the leader of the army, he would fight wherever he went. He basically relied on robbing for food and grass, and he didn't have his own territory. Not to mention military pay, it was considered good to have enough food at that time.

Compared to the present, no one wants to go back to the past.

"Sixty thousand." Zhou Jun threw a card out, and then said loudly: "I heard that some Jinyi guards are coming to check on our summer grain wages."

"I'll be here in the morning." Qian Daqing said with a smile: "It's very simple, as long as you don't deduct wages from your subordinates, just ask a few words and it will be over."

"The imperial court is very strict about this aspect." Li Zhongxiao, the deputy general of the Ma Army, said with a smile: "Seven barrels."

"Bonus." Song Tian laughed loudly and grabbed Li Zhongxiao's card: "Strict investigation is a good thing. The generals in the army dare not deduct, so the brothers below are willing to fight hard."

"Military morale is the most important thing." Qian Daqing said meaningfully.

A few people were talking about the court's supervision of military officers.

Because the officers will have a large amount of grain fields, but when farming, the family does not have so much labor.

Many military officers would recruit subordinates to help during the grain-growing period. In the past, this was free labor. If anyone would pay, subordinates would take the initiative to help if they wanted to flatter others.

But it doesn't work now. The court will conduct random checks. If you ask people for help, you must pay wages (or food). This is to protect the interests of grassroots sergeants from being infringed.

While everyone was communicating, someone suddenly ran in from outside: "General, General, the guards are here."

(End of this chapter)