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

Chapter 310 The Mongolian army’s field battle is nothing
The Jin Yiwei suddenly came to the door, and all four of them cursed, saying that Cao Cao was about to arrive.

Of course everyone knows the reason why Jin Yiwei came to the door.

"You three play a few games first, I'll be here in a minute." Song Tian had no choice but to stand up.

When he left the yard, there were already four guards in uniforms outside, one of whom was missing an ear and had a rather fierce face.

Song Tian was stunned for a moment. It is said that many of the Jinyi guards and officials in the Yamen, including the chief security guards of each village, are many injured soldiers from the imperial court who came back to fill their posts.

This Jin Yiwei looked like a retired sergeant.

There has been no war in Shandong recently, so Song Tian probably came from other places.

"General Song." The man with young ears across from him took the lead in clasping his fists, and inadvertently squeezed out a faint smile on his face. He introduced himself as Zhao Hua from Jinan Jinyi Guards Station.

This time, we are conducting random inspections on some military matters based on the imperial policy, and we also asked General Song to cooperate.

Song Tian laughed and said politely, of course I will cooperate, of course I will cooperate.

At this time, the other party took out a booklet with the relevant official seal of the imperial court, then opened a few pages to reveal a line from Song Tian, ​​and then asked Song Tian to sign for confirmation.

Song Tian lowered his head and looked at it. It read that Song Tian was the first general of the Sixth Army of Shandong Dusi, the fifth rank. Then there was his home address, the family's population, and his wife's brother who was an official in the Yamen. The brief introduction is basically the same as the introduction of family relationships in later generations.

The other line is the registration of his family's real estate, shops, and land.

His family has moved to Jinan. There is an official house provided by the court in Jinan, but it is not big. He bought another real estate without shops and 36 acres of land, all in Jinan.

"General Song, look at the property and there's nothing wrong with it, right?"

"Yes, that's true." Song Tian thought to himself that the imperial court is really powerful now and remembers everything clearly.

The other party handed him a charcoal pen specially used in the army, and he signed first.

Then the questioning started. He called a few people to help with farming this year, whether they were relatives or sergeants. He also told him not to hide anything, and those who helped would be called over for questioning.

Of course Song Tian would not hide it, he told the truth and called six subordinates to come over and help.

Then Song Tian sent someone to call these six subordinates.

When Song Tian sent someone to call his subordinates, Jin Yiwei asked him again.

How much grain have you produced this year in the summer, and how much grain are you expected to produce in the autumn?How much salary do you plan to pay your subordinates?Did you give it last year?Are they also these six people?
Song Tian was also very patient and answered them one by one.

It was the same six people last year. Last year, they added summer grain and autumn grain, and the average output was about two stones per mu.

Afterwards, he gave each of the helping brothers two buckets of grain plus three hundred coins, one pound of sugar, five pounds of salt, and five pounds of meat.

He harvested about 36 shi from his 72 acres of land.

The wages paid were probably worth about four stones.

According to the calculation of the tenants of the landlord's house in the past, the income from the other side is not as good as that of the tenants.

But the sergeants have little work to do. They don't come to help every day. They can only leave the camp in small numbers when they are resting.

This is also equivalent to the privileges granted by the imperial court to military officers.

In addition, according to the current tax policy of the imperial court, officers like Song Tian pay one-tenth of the tax.

Last year I paid seven stones and two buckets in taxes.

So last year, Song Tian deducted taxes, his own seeds, farming tools, cattle power and other expenses, wages, etc., and saved about 55 shi, which is quite good.

Zhao Hua asked: "General Song, what do you think about the imperial tax? Do you think it is too much? It doesn't matter. The imperial court is surveying public opinion. What do you say?"

Song Tian immediately said, "No more, no more. The court spends money to support us and allocate fields to us. We should pay taxes."

Zhao Hua smiled, then chatted with Song Tian for a few more words, and then the topic changed to the military camp.

Only then did Song Tian know that the other party also participated in the battle against the Mongolian army and Zhang Rong, but they were not in the same army. The other party was directly under Peng Yibin.

The two chatted for a while about things in the army. Not long after, six of Song Tian's subordinates were called here.

Jin Yiwei immediately separated and asked them one by one that Song Tian asked them for help last year, how many days they had been here and how much work they did, and how much wages Song Tian paid each person.

During this period, Song Tian was still a little panicked.

Because sometimes he would ask his subordinates to help when the farming was busy and it was not a day off.

Senior generals in the army often do this, and he is afraid that Jin Yiwei will pursue these matters.

Of course, he had already said hello in advance and believed that his subordinates would not say it out loud, but he always felt a little panicked.

After a while, Zhao Hua brought people back to his side.

Zhao Hua took out another investigation result and handed it to him for signature. Song Tian looked at it and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The investigation result was still good, and his subordinates did not make any nonsense.

After he finished signing, Zhao Hua said slowly: "According to our investigation, many middle- and high-level generals actually recruit their subordinates to do farm work on non-rest days without authorization."

Hiss, Song Tian's face turned red and he quickly shook his head: "I have never done this before -"

The other party smiled, waved his hand to signal him to pause, and continued: "The court can understand the lack of manpower during busy farming times, but there are military rules in the army. Training is training. How can you go out of the camp to do farm work without permission?"

Song Tian blushed and didn't know what to say.

"In short, the imperial court hopes that the generals will use neighbors or people in the countryside. As long as the wages are sufficient, the people will be willing to help."

"Yes, yes, this should be done." Song Tian complained secretly. In common people's terms, the wages are higher than those of his subordinates, and the efficiency may not be as high as that of his subordinates. After all, his subordinates are all strong young men.

"General Song's salary and grain fields are enough to live a prosperous life, but he cannot be stingy."

"Yes, yes, don't be stingy." Of course Song Tian could only say yes.

At this time, Jinan City called on the people to help with farm work, and they usually paid [-]% of the output for labor and food.

You have to pay six dou per acre, which is obviously more expensive than the sergeants, but Zhao Hua is right. Song Tian is neither short of money nor short of food, so he can't break the rules easily in the future.

The court did not pursue the case this time, but it will be difficult to do so in the future.

The next day, as soon as Song Tian returned to the general, Lieutenant General Zhang Mingxuan came to him and said that the military commander had just brought a new military attache over and assigned them to join the army as their first general.

This soldier was from Sichuan, and he spoke Sichuan dialect, which made Zhang Ming feel confident.

The army also called them to a meeting.

Song Tian was surprised to see Wang Liang who joined the army a moment later.

Wang Liang talked to him for a while, and Song Tian basically understood. The imperial court added generals to the army, with grades and levels equivalent to his as a general.

He belongs to the third level below the deputy commander of the military command, and is on the same level as his general.

General Li joined the army, ranking after the generals and deputy generals, and at the same level as the battalion commanders below.

There is a staff officer in the battalion, and after the battalion commander and deputy commander, he is at the same level as the hundred men.

There is a captain in the capital, who is at the same level as the captain after the captain and the deputy captain.

These chief officers, who rank third in each department, focus on discipline and logistics, not military affairs and training.

In the future, soldiers who leave the camp on non-rest days must pass their review and registration.

They must also be asked for leave, including Song Tian's future leave to leave the camp, and he must also register with the army.

This officer is not big and has a lot of power.

Moreover, joining the army changes every year. Wang Liang said that he will only stay with them for one year and will be replaced soon.

Song Tian looked at him speechlessly. This was supposed to prevent officers from using sergeants for personal use.

Of course, joining the army also has many functions, including logistics, which are also under their control.

Song Tian heard the key. They had the role of connecting the previous and the following, responsible for contacting superiors and subordinates, and even communicating within and outside the military.

The imperial court often restructured its structure, and Song Tian was certainly used to it. He felt that it had little impact on him, so he nodded in a friendly manner.

The three of them went to a meeting in the army together.

Before the meeting, his old boss, the commander of the army, Bai Zhongqi, had a chat with him alone and asked him to get along well with the army. This was a new restructuring of the court and he had to get used to it. He naturally agreed.

Song Tian suddenly thought of something: "Will all those who join the army in the future be transferred from other places?"

"It seems like this." Bai Zhongqi said: "The general in our army is from Fujian. Wow, he speaks Fujian dialect and I can't understand him at all."

"Hahaha." Song Tian laughed.

After the meeting, Song Tian knew that there was going to be a war, and he was a little excited.

Since the Battle of Zhangqiu that year, the soldiers and horses in Shandong have not fought for several years. They train every year.

Shandong's cavalry has been expanded to [-], and the army's combat effectiveness is getting stronger and stronger.

But just training is not enough, you have to fight and see blood.

This war was different from the previous ones. The imperial court recruited northern sergeants.

Because there are also some people from the Lianghuai area and sergeants close to the Lianghuai area in Shandong.

At this time, it was very simple for the imperial court to recruit sergeants. They needed to be both elite and cold-resistant.

Song Tian thought that the Northern Expedition was going to be launched.

He returned to the general and asked the battalion commander below, "Do you have any who are intolerant to the cold? We only want those who are cold-tolerant."

As a result, everyone shouted, we are all cold-tolerant, who is not cold-tolerant, or a man?

Song Tian said, "I'm not joking. It will be freezing cold and it will be dead before it can be beaten. Isn't this harmful to people?"
Everyone still expressed their attitude that they were cold-tolerant, and then few people in the army admitted that they were from the south, and everyone said that they were from the north.

Of course the court has records, it's not just what they say.

Half a month later, Shandong Dusi selected [-] soldiers and horses, basically all of whom were from the north.Songtian's hometown is close to Linqing, opposite Hebei, and he is also considered a northerner.

He happily reported that the imperial court had reorganized its troops.

There are six infantry corps with 8000 men, three cavalry corps with 9000 men, and one artillery corps with 3000 men.

He was lucky, and after some hard work, all the old brothers got together.

He is a general, deputy general Zhou Jun, artillery general Qian Daqing, deputy general Li Zhongxiao and several other mahjong players are all here.

Most of the teams in each department will be assigned their original teammates first, and then join from other subordinates.

The troops went to Dengzhou seaside for training and got familiar with each other for more than a month, and then took boats in batches to Jeju Island.

It was already November of the seventh year of Baoqing, and the temperature began to drop. Mongolia was officially launching a three-pronged expedition against the Kingdom of Jin. The fighting was going on in Henan, and earth-shattering changes also occurred, but those far away in Shandong Of course Song Tian and the others didn't know.

In late November, Songtian landed in Jeju with his headquarters.

It was also his first time to go to sea, and then he discovered that the imperial court actually had a large base here.

After seven or eight years of construction by Zhao and Rui, Jeju Island has completely become the rear area of ​​the Song Dynasty.

Except for heavy artillery, which is no longer produced here, the rest of the weapons, armor, horses, gunpowder, etc. are produced here, accounting for more than half of the country's total.

Every year, various materials from Japan's Goryeo were collected here, processed, and then shipped to various parts of the Song Dynasty.

It wasn't long after Song Tian arrived on the island that he couldn't even walk around. There was a barracks on the island for them to stay temporarily, and they were notified to pick up their armor that afternoon.

When Song Tian came back with his men, he transported a cart full of new armor to the camp.

At this time, there were more than 3000 generals in Song Tianyi, and basically all of them were armored. Only the pikemen, divine arm archers, artillery and other arms were different and had different armor weights.

This time they brought back the Song Army's new armor, which is said to be called cloth-faced armor.

"Come, come, let's take a look at them, keep them warm." Song Tian put a bunch of them on the table and called for Zhou Jun and a group of battalion commanders.

This cloth armor is composed of cotton, fur and nail pieces. There are two layers of cotton and one layer of fur on the inside and outside, with nail pieces sandwiched in the middle. The nail pieces are fixed with rivets and have a waist.

Zhao Yurui's new cloth face armor is similar to the blue cloth armor used by the Ming army during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. The armor of the Ming army weighed about 24 pounds and was relatively warm in winter, but the armor pieces inside were easy to rust.

Zhao Yurui also added a layer of leather armor to the cloth face armor. After all, there must be no shortage of furs now. A large amount of furs come from Korea every year, as well as their own cattle and sheep.

But the fur is not all, it is mainly on the shoulders, chest, back, and left and right thighs.

In this case, it is equivalent to three layers of iron armor, cotton armor, and leather armor.

In spring and autumn, you can even take off the innermost layer of cotton armor and still wear it, which can be said to be warm in winter and cool in autumn.

The entire set of cloth armor weighs about [-] kilograms, which is similar to that of the Ming army. The main reason is that a large number of iron pieces on the hem are abandoned to increase the thickness of the shoulders and chest.

It was not too cold when Song Tian and the others set out from Dengzhou in November. After arriving in Jeju, the weather here was relatively good for the time being.

So it's okay to wear Zhajia now, but as you continue to the northwest, it will get colder and colder.

Song Tian and other generals in charge of the army all carry several sets of armor with them. In the future, they plan to wear cloth armor on the inside and zha armor on the outside.

But with cloth armor, you don't need to wear multiple layers of armor.

Of course, the court lets them choose what they feel comfortable wearing.

Several generals tried out a few sets outside. Divine arm bows, powerful crossbows, and foot bows all took turns to go into battle.

It was found that the defensive power of this cloth mask was not bad, not even much worse than the Zha armor they were wearing.

This cloth armor is equivalent to three layers of iron armor, cotton armor, and leather armor. Although there are no iron pieces at the hem, the shoulders and chest are strengthened.

After trying it out, the generals decided to wear cloth face armor.

Because they knew they were going to the north to fight, and this thing was very useful in winter.

Their [-] troops came to Jeju Island one after another, and then they were assigned new cloth masks here and continued training.

A few days later, on the sixth day of December, Song Tian and other senior generals were called to a meeting early in the morning.

There was also a Korean man in the meeting, who was showing them the map and explanation of Korea.

Only then did they know that the Mongolian army entered Goryeo in August and officially launched the first war against Goryeo.

In original history, the Song Dynasty did not care about Goryeo and would not take care of it.

But the current emperor Zhao Yurui had a good cooperative relationship with Goryeo when he was king of Wei. Goryeo exchanged a large amount of materials with the Song Dynasty every year, especially in shipbuilding timber and craftsmen, and tried its best to support the Song Dynasty. Now Goryeo still has three thousand A shipbuilder helped Zhao Yurui build ships on Jeju Island.

Zhao Yurui had a written agreement with Goryeo to send troops to help when necessary.

According to the Korean, the leader of the Mongolian army was Salita, who was a bodyguard of Wo Kuotai and was now named Marshal of the Pingxia Capital of Liaodong.

In August, he led generals from various ethnic groups such as Yelv Xue, Pu Tao, Di Ju, Tang Gu, Wang Rongzu, Wu Yeer, and Yi Lamainu, with about [-] troops and horses to cross the Yalu River.

Most of its troops are Han troops, Khitans, and Jurchens. The Mongolian army headquarters is about three thousand.

As soon as they crossed the Yalu River, they recruited the local Xianxin Goryeo garrison to surrender. The Mongolian army still followed the same old routine and massacred the city if they refused to surrender.

Xianxin guard Zhao Shuchang knew that the Mongolian army massacred the city, so he surrendered decisively, and then helped the Mongolian army to recruit Shuozhou behind them to surrender. Then Hong Fuyuan, the guard of Linzhou in Goryeo, also led [-] households in the city to surrender to Mongolia.

The Mongolian army reorganized in Linzhou and incorporated 3 newly surrendered Goryeo troops. The entire army of [-] troops was divided into three groups and began to attack the abdomen of Goryeo.

The Mongolian army's vanguard, led by Pu Tao and others, took the western coastal route and passed through Tiezhou (today's Tieshan County). They first attempted to surrender, but failed, and then attacked by force. Tiezhou defense commander Li Yuanzhen and judge Li Xiji persisted in resisting for about half a month. By the end of August, when the city was broken, Li Yuanzhen and Li Xiji locked women and children in a warehouse and burned them to death, then committed suicide. The rest of the soldiers and civilians in the city were massacred by the Mongolian army.

When Song Tian and other General Song heard this, they all looked at each other. What kind of operation is this?The Koreans first burned their women and children to death, and then committed suicide?

The Goryeo official continued to talk, but Song Tian couldn't hold it back and said loudly: "Since you are not even afraid of death, why don't you pretend to surrender first, and then spread firewood, kerosene and other flammable materials in the city, and wait for the Mongolian army to enter the city? , burn them together? Wouldn’t it be better for everyone to die together?”

"..." The Goryeo official didn't come back to his senses for a long time. After a while, a smile slowly appeared on his face and he said flatteringly: "The general makes sense."

Commander Bai Zhongqi glared at Song Tian and said sternly: "It's not as easy as you say." After saying this, he motioned for the Goryeo officials to continue.

The Goryeo official pointed to the map and continued to explain to the Song generals.

On September [-]th, the Mongolian army came to Xijing (today's Pyongyang), the capital of Goryeo, but failed to capture it.

Song Tian called again: "Why wasn't Xijing conquered?"

The Goryeo official was stunned again, and then said: "The defenders are tenacious and unyielding, it's just the soldiers and civilians who worked hard."

Bai Zhongqi glanced at Song Tian helplessly again, and Song Tian chuckled, thinking that if he could defend one city, he could defend everything.

The Goryeo official continued.

The Mongolian army failed to capture Xijing, so the entire army changed its direction and successively captured Huang, Feng and other prefectures, approaching Kaijing.

Salita led the main force to also go south along the western line at a slower pace, taking Long, Xuan, Guo and other prefectures along the way, focusing on the important town in the north of Goryeo, Anbuk Protectorate (today's Anju City).The other group took the eastern inland route and attacked Guizhou (today's Guicheng City). However, in Guizhou, they encountered stubborn resistance from the defenders Pu Xi and Jin Qingsun. They failed to capture it for a month and were forced to turn around.

The Mongolian army then went to attack Cizhou (today's Sunchuan City), but was also resisted by the local guard Cui Chunming but failed.

When Bai Zhongqi heard this, he also signaled the Korean officials to pause.

He loudly said to the generals of the Song Army sitting around, everyone can see that the Mongolian army can fight in the field, but cannot attack the city. As long as the defenders are resolute, the defenders do not make mistakes, and the soldiers and the people resist the enemy wholeheartedly, the Mongolian army will do nothing. Method.

The surrounding Song army generals suddenly shouted that the Mongolian army was nothing in the field, and beating them was like beating dogs.

Almost all of these Song troops participated in the Battle of Zhangqiu, and the opposite side was the Mongolian army.

Although the real Mongolian army headquarters at that time had only 1000 troops.

But they easily defeated tens of thousands of Mongolian troops. Now a few years have passed and they have been training and adding armaments. These large numbers of soldiers are a bit bloated and they don't pay attention to the Mongolian troops at all.

The Goryeo officials were extremely depressed when they heard this, and quickly echoed that the Song Dynasty naturally had elite soldiers and horses and was not afraid of the Mongols.

Bai Zhongqi wanted to boost the morale of his subordinates, but he didn't expect these guys to be arrogant now, which made him angry.

The rest is basically the same as the original history.

In early September, ministers from the provinces under the command of Goryeo Jungsoo held a meeting at the home of the powerful official Cui Yu, and decided to appoint General Cai Songnian as the northern border envoy. They dispatched the three armies to resist Mongolia and recruited soldiers and horses from various provinces. More than [-] thieves also joined the official army.

It can be seen that when a foreign enemy invades, Goryeo's rebels are also willing to fight for the national disaster.

The Goryeo army set out in early September and marched to Dongxianyi (today's Huangzhou City). They encountered more than [-] Mongolian troops. The Goryeo army defeated the Mongolian army for the first time in a field battle due to the manpower battle of Li Zisheng, Li Zhimao and others. , settled in Anbei Prefecture.

In early October, the Mongolian surrender envoy arrived in Pingzhou (today's Pingshan County) and was imprisoned and reported by the people of Pingzhou.

On October 21, the Goryeo rear army stationed in Anbei Prefecture fell into the trap of the Mongolian army and forced the three armies to leave the city to fight the Mongolian army. Most of them were annihilated by the Mongolian army. The remaining army retreated into the city. The Goryeo general Li Yanwen, Zheng Xiong, Cai Shi, the judge of the right army, and others died in the battle.

On November 22, the Goryeo court sent reinforcements from the Fifth Army.On November 28, the forward troops of the Mongolian army attacked Pingzhou and massacred the entire city's officials and civilians, burning every household and leaving no chickens or dogs alive in retaliation for the humiliation of the prisoners.

Hearing this, the generals of the Song army on the scene cursed the Mongolian army for being cruel. Song Tian even said that after defeating these Mongolian troops, they should kill them all without leaving any one behind.

The Goryeo officials nodded desperately when they heard this: "The Mongolian people are extremely cruel, and only the Great Song Dynasty is the master of Eryi."

Soon, the Mongolian army forwards arrived from Pingzhou outside the Xuanyi Gate of Kaijing and surrounded Kaijing. Cui Yu had to send Min Xi and the chamberlain Song Guozhan out of the city to reward the Mongolian army. At the same time, he quickly sent envoys to the Song court. Call for help again.

Before the Goryeo official arrived at Jeju Island, Goryeo had already sent six envoys to Lin'an to ask for help. The earliest batch arrived in Lin'an at the end of August.

Zhao Yurui took his time and slowly mobilized and trained his troops, also wanting to see if the Goryeo soldiers had the ability to fight.

Facts have proved that when the Mongolian army attacked Goryeo, as long as they did not surrender and were willing to hold on, it would be difficult for the Mongolian army to break through the important city of Goryeo.

The Goryeo army suffered several major defeats at home, most of which were due to unauthorized field battles.

Think about the time when Lao Yang's army of millions went on an expedition to Goryeo, but there was nothing they could do about the strong city.

Therefore, when artillery and gunpowder were not popular, strengthening walls, clearing fields and defending cities were one of the best ways to prevent enemy invasion.

At this time, the Mongolian army was surrounding the capital of Goryeo and was recruiting Goryeo to surrender. Goryeo was also bargaining with the Mongolian army. One of the two sides was forcing the surrender, and the other was stalling for time, waiting for reinforcements from the Song Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)