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

Chapter 311 Your Majesty is playing another big game of chess

The price offered by the Mongolian army is similar to that in history. They want 5000 war horses, [-] boys and girls each, [-] purples, [-] otter skin collars, and [-] sets of winter coats for sergeants.

Because it was August when Salita came in, and now it’s December, so the place is relatively cold.

They burned, killed and looted along the way. Apparently they took a lot of winter clothes, but it was still not enough, so they asked Gao Li to hand over winter clothes.

Goryeo Emperor Gaozong had already agreed and paid a portion of gold, platinum, undergarments, and horses to hold off the Mongolian army.

In the absence of the history of Zhao and Rui, Goryeo surrendered first, and then began to rebel against the Mongolian army in June next year. He first moved the capital to Ganghwa Island, and then began to resist. After that, Salita conquered Goryeo again, and was shot to death by a monk from Goryeo. , the Mongolian army retreated.

In 1235, the Mongolian army conquered Goryeo three times and withdrew in 1240.

Then in 1246, the Mongolian army conquered Goryeo, and in 1248, the Great Khan Guiyu died of illness.

In 1253, the Mongolian army launched five campaigns against Goryeo, ending in the first month of 1254.

In July 1254, the Mongolian army conquered Korea for the sixth time, and in 1270, they conquered Korea for the seventh time.

Mongolia and Goryeo fought for more than 40 years. It was not until 1273 that the remaining forces of Goryeo retreated to Tamna (Jeju Island). The Mongolian army attacked Jeju Island and destroyed the last resistance of Goryeo. Only then did Goryeo be completely conquered.

So comparing the Mongolian army's Western Expedition, the resistance the Mongolian army encountered in East Asia at that time was still very fierce.

The Southern Song Dynasty and Goryeo persisted for decades, and the conquest of Japan was a direct failure.

From this comparison, the overall strength of the East Asian countries, even the weakest Goryeo, should be stronger than the countries where the Mongolian army marched westward, or at least more resistant to beatings.

After the Goryeo official finished speaking, the scene became noisy.

"What do you mean by asking for five thousand boys and girls?" someone asked with a smile.

"Give us [-] war horses, and we will help you fight."

"Don't surrender. It's easier to beat a Mongolian army than a dog."

Everyone was making a noise, "Stop making noise." Bai Zhongqi shouted sharply, and the place was completely silent.

"Stand up." Bai Zhongqi suddenly shouted.

Brush, all the generals in the field reacted conditionedly and stood up at the same time.

Everyone moved in unison, quickly and in unison, which shocked the Goryeo official.

He looked in disbelief at the Song Army general who stood upright and did not dare to move. He was shocked and said in his heart, they are really elite.

He turned his head and realized that a general came in from outside. He was wearing a new gray-black armor and looked relatively advanced. There were several generals behind him.

Lu Wende took Yue Ke and Mo Xiaoqi into the room.

The three generals went to Chuzhou together to defeat Li Quan, and they all worked together for many years.

This time the imperial court established the Liaodong Capital Division, with Lu Wende as the capital commander and Yue Ke and Mo Xiaoqi as deputy officers.

The generals had heard about it a long time ago and had seen Lu Wende.

Lu Wende and the other three moved to Yizhou a few years ago and often gathered with military generals in Shandong.

Zhao Yurui had long prepared to use troops against Liaodong, and the local generals must have gotten to know each other early, so Peng Yibin, Yu Jie, Lu Wende and others often invited each other to dinner. The generals in command and above in various places in Shandong had also met each other many times and were relatively familiar with each other.

After Lu Wende came in, he laughed and waved: "Sit down, sit down, we are all good brothers."

"Meet the commander-in-chief." Song Tian was the first to shout.

The generals all around shouted.

Lu Wende decisively remembered Song Tian: "Song Tian, ​​you haven't met His Majesty yet?"

"Not yet." Song Tian suddenly blushed.

Because according to Zhao Yurui's rules, generals above the command level from all over the country will be summoned to Zhao Yurui after they are promoted.

"When I came to Beijing this time, His Majesty also mentioned you."

Hiss, Song Tian's eyes widened with excitement on his face.

"Last time something happened at home, so I summoned someone else. This time you have to go on an expedition again. When you come back, your Majesty will definitely summon you. Your Majesty will let you fight with peace of mind. The court will not forget what happened at home."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you so much, Commander-in-Chief." Song Tian became even more excited and his eyes turned red.

When he was promoted to deputy general, Zhao Yurui wanted to summon him. Unexpectedly, Song Tian's mother passed away. The Song Dynasty civil servants were worried when this happened. Military generals can make exceptions, but someone in Song Tian's family died, and it was obviously not suitable for the emperor to summon him to reward him for a happy event. The matter could only be abandoned temporarily, but after the emperor heard about it, he sent someone from Lin'an to send [-] pieces of silk and gold and some other items.

Song Tian was very excited at the time and kowtowed several times in the direction of Lin'an City at home.

When he was originally promoted to general, Zhao Yurui planned to summon him again, but unexpectedly, an envoy from Goryeo came and asked for troops.

Song Tian participated in the transfer and training, which was postponed again.

Lu Wende brought the emperor's oral instructions. The emperor still remembered Song Tian. Song Tian almost burst into tears and wished he could die on the battlefield for Zhao Yurui now.

Most of the people at the scene had met Lu Wende, and Lu Wende was quite capable. He spoke a few words to each of them to close the relationship with the generals.

Because he was not a general from Shandong before, after coming here this time, he had [-] troops, more than half of which were drawn from Shandong.

So he had to have a good relationship with the Shandong generals.

After a brief chat, he walked to the front desk, glanced at the Goryeo envoy, and then said loudly: "His Majesty often said that Cui Yu, a famous Goryeo minister, was a good friend of His Majesty during his time as King Wei."

The Korean envoy's face suddenly showed an excited expression.

"Goryeo has given great support to our country in recent years, and there are still thousands of craftsmen building ships for our country in Jeju Island."

"We, the Song Dynasty and the Goryeo Dynasty, are one and the same, and our blood is thicker than water. We are one family."

The Korean envoy smiled like a flower and nodded desperately.

"The Mongolian army was brutal and cruel, massacred the people of Goryeo, and was inhumane. They were the common enemy of the world. Goryeo was suffering, and we, the Song Dynasty, were obliged to do so."

The Korean envoy was almost laughing out of his eyes. The people of Song Dynasty were so righteous and worthy of being a great nation.

Unexpectedly, Lu Wende's tone changed: "Although the King of Goryeo promised to give me [-] war horses, [-] Ziluo horses, [-] otter skin collars, [-] large logs, etc. after defeating the Mongolian army, my government is for We send troops out of benevolence and righteousness, not for wealth."

"That's that, the Master of Renyi of the Song Dynasty." The Korean envoy nodded quickly.

Then after thinking about it, he quickly added: "These belongings will definitely not be small, please don't worry."

The Mongolian army wanted less than the Song people, but the Koryo people would rather give it to the Song people than to the Mongols.

Lu Wende said something high-sounding and scolded the Mongolian army with the Korean envoy.

Then Lu Wende said that they would land on Ganghwa Island and land from Ganghwa Island.

Goryeo prepared Goryeo summer and autumn military uniforms on Ganghwa Island. They would put them on their own Zhajia and cotton-padded armor, and the helmets were those of the Song Army to impersonate the Goryeo army.

All the military flags of all the ministries were to be changed, and the flag of Commander Lu Wende was replaced by Cui Chun (the defender of Cizhou in Goryeo).

Because the Mongolian army failed to attack Cizhou in the early stage and was forced to surrender, Cui Chun refused to surrender.

In the first Goryeo War, the Goryeo royal family surrendered, but Cui Chun still refused to surrender. He was a stubborn person.

So now the Mongols hate Cui Chun very much.

After some mobilization, everyone already knew that they were going to fight in Goryeo. Although some people did not understand, Lu Wende also said very clearly just now that the emperor has a good relationship with Goryeo, and Goryeo has always supported us. The leather armor and weapons you are wearing will be sent to you. Many of the warships you have come are built with materials provided by Goryeo.

This is the official rhetoric. As for why they want to help Goryeo, only Zhao Yurui and a few confidants know.

In early December, in order to delay time, Emperor Gaozong of Goryeo recruited Prince Shiheung Bowang Don (the sixth grandson of Prince Pyongyang Ji, the son of Emperor Xianzong of Goryeo, and also the cousin and uncle-nephew of Emperor Gaozong) as Duke of Huai'an. On December [-], he was ordered to go with Song Guozhan to the Mongolian army commander Salita's army in Anbei Prefecture to discuss peace (the original history here was to ask for surrender, not to negotiate for peace). Since Wang Gan could eat Mongolian wine and food, Salita was very satisfied.

But Salita wanted to force Goryeo to surrender, and Goryeo had to declare its surrender. Wang Gan kept raising the price, from [-] horses to [-] horses. The money was getting more and more, and he said that he could give the palace owner to marry Mongolia. The main reason for the nobles to get married was to delay the marriage, and at the same time, they privately sent a large amount of money and silk to Salita.

Salita was a little moved and did not dare to make the decision. He sent someone to send a letter to Wo Kuotai, asking about Goryeo's willingness to marry and negotiate peace.

While Goryeo was holding back Salita, the Song Army's [-] soldiers and horses had quietly arrived on Ganghwa Island in batches on hundreds of large ships.

Goryeo prepared a large amount of grain and grass supplies and [-] horses and mules to accompany the Song army.

After the Song army arrived, all the troops changed their flags and clothes one after another and became the Koryo army.

Cui Chun, the defender of Goryeo's Cizhou, led his troops and about 1 people from other Goryeo forces were also waiting outside Ganghwa Island.

In the blink of an eye, it was mid-to-late December, and the Chinese New Year was approaching. The Koreans sent a large number of fine wines and beauties to the Mongolian army. While everyone was celebrating the New Year, they were waiting for Wokuotai's instructions.
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Time goes back to late October, Shukou, Sichuan.

Under Wo Kuotai's forbearance, the Mongolian army and the Song army negotiated many times and finally decided that the Mongolian army would withdraw from all the territory west of Tongguan and pay 10 war horses and 20 taels of silver in exchange for the Song people to use the road to lead the way and support [-] Stone grain and grass.

The two sides were almost the same in terms of monetary value, with the Mongols suffering a slight disadvantage because war horses were valuable to the Song Dynasty but not to the Mongols.

In the second western expedition of the Mongolian army a few years later, the 12-strong army brought 50 horses. At that time, the Mongolian army was still here to fight the Southern Song Dynasty, so the Mongolian army's horses seemed to be free of charge.

But the Mongolian army gave up all the land west of Tongguan, which had never happened before.

The Wokuotai incident is the most humiliating thing since the rise of the Great Mongol Empire. The Mongolian nobles are quite unconvinced, but there is nothing they can do now.

If we can't get into Dashan Pass, we can only give in and borrow a way from the Song Army.

In late October, Tuo Lei led more than 6000 men and entered Sichuan from Dashan Pass.

Wokuotai gave him 4 people, and he made a big break. Those who died on the spot and those who died of serious injuries when they went back totaled nearly [-] people. It can be said that the losses were heavy.

When he led his entire army into Dashan Pass, they were simply stunned.

The Song people erected two rows of wooden planks in the city to form a passage. All the Mongolian troops could only pass through the passage and could not see what was behind the planks at all.

Tolei and Subotai were riding big horses, trying hard to look up, but they couldn't see what was behind the wooden board.He and Subotai looked at each other, wondering why the Song people were like this?
The city of Dashanguan was quiet, with a large number of Song soldiers holding crossbows lying down or squatting on the roofs on both sides, watching them from above.

Some time ago, the two sides were fighting desperately, as if they were in a blood feud, but now they are watching, with mixed emotions.

Subotai was the most uncomfortable. Although when they first entered the city, the other party had already removed the slogan hanging on the city wall that said Subotai, Subotai, Return to the Valley to Be Dog Vegetables, but now I think about it. Annoyed.

If he didn't need the Song people to use the road to lead the way and provide food, he would have suddenly attacked and killed the people in Dashanguan.

But looking at how defensive the Song people are now, if the Song people suddenly turn against each other and come to close the door and beat the dog, they will be in danger.

Sure enough, Su Shengsun thought of this problem and said nervously: "Song people are so on guard. Wouldn't it be dangerous if they suddenly turned against them?"

Tuo Lei was not afraid and said calmly: "Don't worry, the Song people will not fight us to the death."

If the Song people did this, do you believe that the Mongolian army could ignore the Jin country and attack the Song people first?

Moreover, the Song Dynasty was a country of etiquette and always kept its word. Since the peace treaty was concluded, there should be no problem in exchanging horses and territory.

Sure enough, their [-] troops and nearly [-] horses passed through Dashan Pass safely.

After that, Tuo Lei, Subutai and others stood behind the city gate south of Dashan Pass, watching their troops completely pass through Dashan Pass. When the gate of Dashang Pass closed with a bang, Tuo Lei and Su Butai Butai looked at each other, and Subotai said fiercely: "Come back sooner or later and raze this big Sanguan."

"After destroying the Jin Kingdom, repair the Song people." Tuo Lei also snorted coldly.

He had already been hit twice on the head by the Song people. This hatred was irreconcilable and he would have to take revenge no matter what.

After passing Dashan Pass, under the leadership of Song people, they first went to Fengzhou and then to Mianzhou.

Along the way, the Song army prepared food and fodder, and even the fodder for their horses was well prepared.

The Mongolian soldiers and horses were well fed, and their mood finally improved.

Tuo Lei and Subotai observed from time to time. When passing through Fengzhou and Mianzhou, they found that there were basically no cannons in the city.

Either the Song Army hid, or the Song Army mainly placed their artillery at Dasanguan and other places on the front line.

The Song army prepared a boat in Mianzhou and asked some of them to take a boat along the Han River to Junzhou in the Jinghu area.

The Song military attache who led the way was named Cao Youwen. He was relatively young and could chat easily with Tuo Lei.

Tuo Lei sent someone to test and give some money, but Cao Youwen accepted it without politeness. Tuo Lei felt reassured.

When boarding the ship at the dock, Tuo Lei deliberately asked Cao Youwen, is your gun very powerful? Can you sell it to us in Dameng?We can exchange it for war horses.

When Cao You heard this, he said that this cannon is extremely difficult to make. Sichuan can only build a hundred of them every year, and the success rate is only half, that is, only fifty can be obtained. I am afraid that it cannot be sold now, and about this, you have to ask the manufacturer Meng Gong. .

Tuo Lei couldn't help laughing.

Cao Youwen said that he could not tell whether it was true or false, but it seemed that the Song people did not have many cannons.

In early November, the tow mine passed through Shiquan County.

Raofengguan is located in the northwest of Shiquan County. This is a famous dangerous pass in Kawakou. There were many battles here during the Jin and Song Dynasties.

If the Mongolian army did not have a boat and took the land route, it would have to pass through Raofengling. But this time the Song army prepared a boat, and because the Mongolian army was more numerous, it split into two groups. Aotun Shiying and Tachaer led 2 people and Fifty thousand horses traveled overland via Raofengguan.

The tow mines took more than 1 people, more than 1 horses and some food and fodder, and took the waterway by boat.

Taking the water route to Tuolei, you can bypass Raofeng Pass and pass through the south side of Shiquan County below the pass, which is smoother.

Tuo Lei said to Subutai on the boat: "If we come in from Shukou in the future, if we can recruit boats as soon as possible, it will be much easier."

Subotai nodded in agreement, but the possibility was very low. If the enemy attacked from Shukou, the defenders would either retreat by land or by water. If that didn't work, the ships would definitely be burned, and it was impossible to leave them alone. And usually there are not so many ships in Mianzhou. This time, in order to transport the Mongolian army, the Song Dynasty recruited a large number of ships from all over Sichuan.

Moreover, it was only after Zhao and Rui came to power that Sichuan had been operating for many years that there were so many ships.

Even though there were so many ships, it was impossible to transport them more than 3 soldiers and [-] war horses at one time.

He thought for a while and then reminded: "After the war horse goes ashore in the boat, it must rest for a day before it can fight."

Some war horses can also get seasick, so if the cavalry goes ashore in a boat, they must take a rest and check the condition of the war horses before deciding whether they can fight.

When the last tow mine ship passed Shiquan County, a small boat from the Song Dynasty came over.

This ship was a little different from the ship with Tow Lei and his companions. It had a row of jibs at the back, but when it met them, the other side lowered the jibs.

In fact, none of the Mongolian troops at this time had experience in water warfare, and they didn't understand ships. Even if they unfolded the triangle sail, the Mongolian troops couldn't understand it.

But the ship on the opposite side lowered its jib, and because it was traveling in the opposite direction, it drove slowly and slowly approached the ship towing mines.

Tuo Lei stood at the bow of the ship, also looking at the Song people's ship.

The boat opposite was much smaller than theirs, and there were also a few people standing on the bow. They looked like generals of the Song Army in their armor.

The boats on both sides crossed each other at a distance of about fifty steps.

Tuo Lei certainly didn't expect that on the opposite boat, standing the Sichuan envoy, he was thinking about Meng Gong who he wanted to kill.

After Meng Gong came back from Lin'an, he first went to Jinghu with Wang Jian and looked at the local terrain. The two discussed secretly for a few days, and then went from Jinghu to Chengdu, where they convened a short meeting of the local military and political affairs to make arrangements. I originally planned to go to Mianzhou by land, but later I thought about going to Junzhou by water. The main reason was to see how many days it would take the boat to sail on this waterway, where the current is the strongest.

He has walked this road that Tuo Lei took twice recently, and the whole journey is about a thousand miles.

It would take about five days to travel by towing their river boats, and two or three days by using new river boats with triangular sails.

Meng Gong had not seen Tuo Lei, but there was a big flag on the other side's ship, and there was a large circle of people surrounding Tuo Lei like stars over the moon. After taking a few glances, he turned around and whispered: "Across the way It could be a tow mine.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Cao Youwen squeezed out of the crowd opposite, blinking at him from a distance. There must be a drag force at this time.

Meng Gong was surrounded by generals such as Wang Jian, Du Shu (son of Du Gao), and Nie Bin. Nie Bin was the guard general of Shiquan County. He immediately said: "Why don't you sink the ship and kill these turtles directly?"

Meng Gong and Wang Jian looked at each other, thinking that His Majesty is playing a big game of chess. Is it as simple as you think?Moreover, the Mongolian army was also very careful. The troops were divided into two groups, and there was a land route along the way. The key point was that Sichuan did not have so many ships.

Wang Jian laughed and scolded: "Damn it, boats are free? Your Majesty has built so many boats for Jinghu, Sichuan. Do you know how much it costs every year?"

Nie Bin said, then block them in the middle of Hanyin.

They made two round trips this month, from Mianzhou to Junzhou. The narrowest waterway is in the south of Shiquan County, near Fangshan Pass. The river is very narrow and can accommodate two large ships at a time, which is the distance from Shiquan to Hanyin. Interrupted.

If a navy comes in, this is the best place for an ambush. Sinking a few ships can block the river.

According to Nie Bin's idea, the Mongolian army was deceived here, and several ships were sunk at both ends. The Mongolian army was the turtle in the urn and died in the Han River.

But Meng Gong said calmly: "It is the policy of the imperial court to unite with Mongolia to defeat gold. We just need to cooperate with the Mongolian army. General Nie should not mention this matter casually in private situations."

Nie Bin smiled and did not dare to talk nonsense anymore.

Meng Gong has been in Sichuan for six or seven years. He is capable in management and military management, and is deeply respected by the generals in various ministries.

While they were discussing the Mongolian army, Tuo Lei was also asking Cao Youwen on the ship.

"There seemed to be a general of the Song Army on the ship just now. Do you know him?"

Cao Youwen took a few steps forward, put his feet up and took a look. When the boat was far away from them, he said: "It's not very clear. It seems that Meng Gong, the Sichuan commander, is on top."

"What? Is that bitch Meng Gong here?" Subotai got angry when he heard this.

I almost wanted to find my own arrow and see if I could kill Meng Gong with one arrow.

Meng Gong disobeyed the court's orders and did not take the imperial edicts of Zhao and Rui seriously. He forced him to attack Dashan Pass and suffered heavy losses. In the end, he also blackmailed their horses and silver. Now Subotai wants to eat Meng Gong's flesh. , just drink Meng Gong’s blood.

Tuo Lei was stunned when he heard this. He really wanted to meet Meng Gong, and even wanted to recruit Meng Gong to surrender.

But their entire fleet was moving forward in a row, and they obviously couldn't turn around and catch up at will. What's more, turning around in the river was so slow that even tow mines knew it.

"If I have a chance, I really want to meet Meng Gong." Tuo Lei said pleasantly.

Cao You heard this and said: "Meng Gong is too greedy. He has been in office in Sichuan for many years and has accumulated tens of millions of dollars. Your Majesty, the court also has great opinions on him."

It's good to be greedy, Tuo Lei said with a smile, I like him to be greedy.

"Is this person in Sichuan for six or seven years?" Husheng Sun said in a deep voice: "You Song people have very few local envoys who have served for more than three years."

"Exactly, the court wanted to transfer him away several times, but he always found excuses to delay." Cao Youwen said dissatisfied.

"Oh, what's the excuse?" Tuo Lei asked with interest.

"Two years ago, His Majesty wanted to transfer Meng Gong to two Zhejiang provinces. Meng Gong said that the Yang family in Bozhou suddenly rebelled and that troops needed to be mobilized to quell the rebellion. Since then, he has delayed it again and again, and then the news disappeared."

"You're really good at finding excuses." Subotai laughed dryly, wondering if he had learned how to do so.

During the second Western Expedition of the Mongolian army, due to the death of Wo Kuotai, all the troops were asked to return to the army. Among all the princes, only Batu was smarter. He found an excuse to suppress the rebellion and did not go back, and then established the Jin Dynasty. Khanate.

After hearing this, Tuo Lei felt that he had to put in some effort, maybe he could win over and recruit Meng Gong to surrender.

Looking at the submissive Cao Youwen in front of him, he felt that he could win over Cao Youwen.

He reached out and patted Cao Youwen on the shoulder and said loudly: "General Cao is a young and handsome man with both civil and military skills. He must be highly valued by the emperor in the Song Dynasty? His future is limitless."

Cao Youwen's face changed slightly: "Shit--"

After saying that, he might realize that he had made a mistake and said angrily: "The general is just a leader, why should he be used in such an important manner?"

His face flushed slightly: "My ancestor is Cao Bin."

His face was mixed with shame and anger, and he looked unconvinced.

Tuo Lei and Subotai saw this, and felt even more excited.

(End of this chapter)