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

Chapter 312 Zhao Yurui has no bottom line in doing things.
Suddenly Sun Sheng rolled his eyes and asked deliberately: "I heard that Zhao Yurui canceled Yinbu, and the noble children of the imperial court had to participate in the civil and military examinations before they could become officials."

"Exactly." Cao Youwen stamped his feet.

Cao Bin was the founding hero of the Zhao Song Dynasty and was awarded the title of Duke of Lu.

After his death, he was granted the posthumous title of Prince of Jiyang County.

The Cao family is considered to be a famous noble in the Song Dynasty. In Great Mongolia, just like Subotai, they are Mongolian nobles. Subotai's son will also need to participate in the imperial examination to become an official in the future. Subotai will not be angry to death?
"Hahaha." Subotai laughed: "Which emperor dares to do this? Isn't this asking for death?"

Tuo Lei and others all thought that it was not okay for Zhao Yurui to act like this. He had offended all the nobles, so who would sacrifice their lives for you?

Who would offend nobles in all dynasties throughout history?Their Mongolian nobles have always been aloof.

Tuo Lei originally thought that Zhao and Rui's rebellion to seize power was relatively powerful, but now that he thinks about it, it seems to be nothing more than that.

At that moment, he persuaded Cao Youwen nicely and expressed his sympathy and appreciation. Cao Youwen also looked moved.

Tuo Lei felt that he was very successful in recruiting Cao Youwen.

But of course he wasn't in a hurry and just asked Song Jun about other things.

Cao Youwen knew everything at this time and said that their ship would dock in Junzhou, and then land from Junzhou to Jinjing on the north coast.

Let's arrive at night and land by moonlight. Don't say that the Jin Army doesn't know about it. Even if the Jin Army knows about it, they won't dare to stop it easily.

After you land and occupy the position, we will ship [-] grains and grass ashore, but in the future you will have to capture the Jin nationalists yourself to transport these grains and grass for you to use in the Golden Realm. Of course, if you can find them in the Golden Realm, Food and grass don’t matter if you don’t use them.

After listening to Song Jun's plan, Tuo Lei felt that Song Jun's support was adequate and there was no big problem.

As for the Song people's food and grass, of course he wanted it.

It is now entering winter. They can grab food in the Golden Realm, but it is impossible to find the green grass that the war horses want.

Moreover, eating grass can cause diarrhea, so those Mongolian soldiers who can bring hay will never bring grass unless they have no choice but to run out of hay.

In ancient times, cavalry had to bring beans or hay with them when going on expeditions. Try to avoid eating green grass (there is a chance of diarrhea).

But when war horses are raised on the grassland, they can eat green grass because there is no need to fight.

Tuo Lei was not very interested in the food of the Song people, but the fodder provided by the Song people along the way was quite good. Their horses were well fed and in good spirits.

So he told Mr. Cao that the food could be less, and we could only carry five days of rations for each ride. We could rob the golden realm, and leave all the fodder and beans for me.

Cao Youwen was stunned for a moment. There were tens of thousands of stones of rations on the ship. He calculated that each of the Mongolian soldiers only needed about two thousand stones to carry five days of rations.

"What to do with the remaining 3 stone grains?" Cao Youwen had a strange expression.

"You can bring it back the way you came." Tuo Lei chuckled and said meaningfully to Cao Youwen: "I will give it to you as a personal gift."

"This, how does this make -?" Cao Youwen's face turned red, his expression was excited and excited, and he stammered: "No reward for no merit - this - this is the food of the imperial court - —”

"What court?" Subotai said loudly: "This is what you Song people gave to us. We can't use it up now. Prince Tuo Lei will give it to you. If there is any problem, why don't you thank Prince Tuo Lei."

"Thank you, Your Highness, thank you, Your Highness." Cao Youwen was ecstatic.

Just when Tuo Lei's army entered Dashan Pass, Wanyan Shouxu, who was far away in Nanjing, had already received the news and knew that Tuo Lei led an army of [-] and successfully borrowed a road from Sichuan, a Song Dynasty people.

After receiving the news, the Jin Dynasty courtiers cursed loudly, saying that the Song Dynasty was unjust, dishonest in its words, and had no martial ethics.

After Zhao Yurui ascended the throne, he secretly formed an alliance with Wanyan Shouxu to fight against the Mongols. How could he lend a channel to the Mongolian army?
Wanyan Shouxu rejected all opinions and said loudly: Stop arguing, let's talk about how to deal with the Mongolian army first, and let's talk about the Song people later.

Moreover, yesterday he had sent people to mobilize 20 elite troops from Tongguan and the surrounding areas along the Yellow River to ambush the tow mines.

After the discussion, Wanyan Shouxu returned to the harem with a pale face.

After a while, important minister Zhang Tiangang and Song envoy Zhao Gong entered the palace together.

This is the second time Zhao Gong came to Nanjing. The last time he came to ask the Jin people to sell Xuzhou Pei County, Pizhou and other places, Wanyan Shouxu refused.

This time, probably because it was winter, Zhao Gong was wrapped in cotton clothes and had a bamboo hat on his head.

Wanyan Shouxu was shocked when he first saw Zhao Gong, because Zhao Gong looked exactly like an official from the Jin Dynasty.

He quickly understood that Zhao Gong was probably afraid that Mongolian agents would see him in Nanjing, so he dressed up as a Jin Dynasty official.

Wanyan Shouxu said angrily: "I tried my best to temporarily appease the ministers just now, but if you don't have a suitable reason, how can I convince the warriors who are fighting bloody battles outside? You Song people have always been a country of etiquette, and you live by faith. Promote the world."

Zhao Gong came forward to see Wanyan Shouxu first, and then said: "The Jin Dynasty ceded Xu Pi and other places, and gave up the Chenzhou or Caizhou (Caizhou) passage, and the Song and Jin Dynasties joined forces to annihilate Tuo Lei."

Chenzhou and Caizhou are the borders of Jin, and next door are Shouzhou and Yingzhou, the borders of Song. Zhao Gong wanted the Jin soldiers to give way, and the Song army would come in from Chenzhou or Caizhou and attack Tuo Lei from the east.

Wanyan Shouxu looked surprised, and then he knew the Song people's plan.

After thinking for a while, he said: "Forty thousand troops dragged into Sichuan. The terrain in the middle of Sichuan is dangerous and full of mountains and rivers. You can obviously ambush them in the middle of Sichuan, so why did you let them into our country?"

Zhao Gong said: "We directly ambush, where is the faith?"

"..." Wanyan Shouxu.

Zhang Tiangang also said angrily: "You allied with us to cooperate in the fight against Mongolia, and now you are using the road, does that count as being dishonest?"

"These two things?" Zhao Gong said: "Borrowing the road is borrowing the road, and resisting the Mongolia is resisting the Mongolia. Don't you plan to cooperate to resist the Mongolia now?"

Wanyan Shouxu and Zhang Tiangang laughed out loud at the Song people's shamelessness.

"Our court agreed to borrow the road, so of course we have to borrow the road. As for the matter of joining the Jin Dynasty after borrowing the road, that is another matter. How can we, a country of great etiquette in the Song Dynasty, do anything to defame our reputation?"

"Besides, if we directly ambush, Mongolia will definitely attack us with all its might. Your Majesty Wanyan, if it were you, what would you do?"

"..." Wanyan Shouxu.

To put it simply, borrowing the road is borrowing the road, jointly ambushing and towing mines is another matter. One code is one code, and we Song people are loyal.

And if you were the emperor of my dynasty, you wouldn't be able to do this.

Wanyan Shouxu was speechless with anger. It sounded like Song people were very moral, but in fact it was Zhao and Rui who acted shamelessly and took advantage of both parties.

Zhang Tiangang said again: "You don't have to borrow the Tao."

"If we don't use the road, how can we ambush Tuo Lei with you?"

Wanyan Shouxu was speechless again. You Song people simply want to show off at the same time. It is obvious that you want to divert trouble to the east and bring the war to our country.

Of course Wanyan Shouxu knew the Song people's plan. The Song people just wanted to drag their Jin country into trouble and bring the war to the Jin realm. However, the Song people agreed to help, which was a good thing.

Now the Mongolian army is attacking gold in two directions (on the Wokuotai road, they waited for the thunder to lure away the elite soldiers of Tongguan before entering Henan). Except for Weizhou Wuxian who can temporarily block it, it is hard to say if the thunder will come in. Nanjing will face the Mongolian army directly. the threat.

Wanyan Shouxu felt very complicated now. He hated the Song people for taking advantage of the enemy, but he also felt that this was a good opportunity to encircle and annihilate Tuo Lei.

He didn't want to fight a decisive battle with the Mongolian army, but he also thought it was a good thing to bring the Song army over to help. On the other hand, he didn't trust the Song army. He was afraid that the Song army would attack him first together with the Mongolian army. What should he do?
This Song man is really good at playing. He has a clear understanding of his heart and makes it difficult for him to make a decision.

Zhao Gong was naturally worried about what he was afraid of: "After Tuo Lei comes in, Wo Kuotai may send reinforcements to help him, and then we can annihilate him together."

"Then if we deal with Wo Kuotai together, the Mongolian army will definitely be defeated."

"As long as the Mongolian army is defeated this time, within at least five years, you and I will have opportunities for peace and development in both dynasties."

"His Majesty is worried that we will help the Mongolian army attack your court. This is natural, but the truth of lips dying and teeth falling cold can be understood by any normal person."

"The Mongols are strong while the Jin and Song Dynasties are weak. If we unite with the Mongols and destroy the Jin, it will be our turn to face the Mongolian army next. Do you think our officials will do such a stupid thing?"

"I, the Song Dynasty, don't dare to say anything else. I have always built my foundation on trust. I have been on the throne for several years, and I have good relations with Jin Dynasty. Have I ever slacked off?"

"This time we took advantage of the passage, we had no choice. The main purpose was to lure the enemy deeper, annihilate the tow mines, severely damage Wokuotai, and severely weaken the Mongols' arrogance."

"The Mongolian army has arrived in Weizhou. If our army wants to join forces with the Mongolian army, we don't need to go through Chenzhou and Caizhou, but directly attack Xupi and Chenzhou and Ruzhou."

"This is a matter of life and death for you and me. Your Majesty, please trust each other."

"If the two militaries cooperate without trust, they will definitely fail."

Zhao Gong's tone was sincere and from the heart. After saying this, Wanyan Shouxu finally couldn't bear it anymore and almost shouted: "Okay, I believe in Zhao Yurui."

What Zhao Gong said is completely reasonable. If the Song army wanted to join forces with the Mongolian army, they did not need to borrow a road from the Jin Dynasty and attacked directly from Xu Pi and Chenzhou. They could contain a large number of Jin soldiers and allow the Jin country to be attacked from two sides.

Thinking about it this way, Wanyan Shouxu was finally convinced.

"Summon Monk Wanyan Chen into the palace." Wanyan Shouxu immediately summoned the general, Monk Wanyan Chen, who was waiting outside the palace.

That afternoon, Monk Wanyan Chen led five thousand Zhongxiao troops out of the city and headed straight for Chenzhou.

Watching Monk Wanyan Chen's army leave, Wanyan Shouxu stood at the top of the city with a sad look on his face.

Zhang Tiangang couldn't help but feel a little moved in his heart, and asked in a low voice: "What is Your Majesty worried about?" This time the plan is perfect, what else is Your Majesty worried about?
Wanyan Shouxu was silent for a moment and sighed: "I'm not worried about the thunder."

"I was thinking that the previous Han emperors all respected Confucius, Mencius and Confucianism. They had bottom lines and were easy to talk to."

"But Zhao Yurui, there is no bottom line in what he does, and he does it shamelessly."

"Even if the Mongolian army is defeated, I'm afraid it won't be easy to get along with him in the future -" At this point, he almost gritted his teeth. I have never seen such a Han emperor.

While lending a road to the Mongolian army, he also borrowed a road from the Jin Kingdom. How could a person be so shameless? ——
In mid-November, the soldiers and horses dragging the thunder rested for three days outside Junzhou City, eating and drinking, and then waited for Aotun Shiying and Tacha'er tribe who came overland from Raofengguan.

The two complained bitterly, because they had to cross mountains and ridges by land, and they lost hundreds of horses and people. It was more difficult than walking back to the valley in the first place, so they passed the dangerous pass of Raofeng Pass.

If it weren't for someone from the Song Dynasty leading the way, I would have gotten lost.

Tuo Lei was secretly happy, thinking that it was better to borrow the road from the Song Dynasty, otherwise the waterway would not be possible, and it would be easier to be ambushed by land.

The Mongolian army rested for another day and proposed to the Song army to cross the river, but Cao Youwen delayed it for another two days on the grounds that the ship planks were not ready and the pontoon bridge needed time, which made Tuo Lei somewhat suspicious.

Cao Youwen explained that there were golden soldiers on the opposite side, and the temporary bridge would be attacked. Only by preparing all the equipment in advance and using the night time to build it quickly could the unexpected effect be achieved.

After hearing this, Tuo Lei felt that it made sense, so he could only wait for another two days.

Finally, on November 3th, more than [-] Mongolian troops and [-] war horses crossed Junzhou, followed the river for more than ten miles east, then turned north and arrived at the ferry set up by the Song army.Six miles east of Dangzikou, there were several pontoon bridges built overnight by the Song army using boats and planks. It took half a day for the whole army to cross the shore one after another and finally entered the golden realm.

They crossed the bridge early in the morning, and within an hour or so, the sergeants of the towing mine department had already crossed a third of the way. (The Mongolian army first passed the people and then the horses to prevent being attacked and could retreat as quickly as possible at any time)

It was around nine o'clock in the morning that the Golden Soldier Sentinel Cavalry appeared.

The Jin soldiers did not block the attack. They watched the Mongolian troops land for a while and left quickly. Tuo Lei thought they were Dengzhou's sentinels.

After Tuo Lei came ashore, he did not leave in a hurry. He asked the Song people to leave fodder for their war horses, and at the same time sent hundreds of sentry riders to investigate everywhere. They requested that the area be within fifty miles on the first day, and at the same time, each unit carried five days of rations.

After Cao Youwen sent the horse materials ashore, he said goodbye to Tuolei and hinted that he was usually stationed in Fengzhou, what if he would be stationed in Fengzhou in the future? ? ?
Tuo Lei understood and sent Cao Youwen away with satisfaction.

After all the army had crossed the river, the ships of the Song Dynasty left the shore one after another, and the outposts also returned one after another.

Within fifty miles, there was only one Dengzhou in the Jin Kingdom with heavy troops stationed there.

In addition, no Jin soldiers and horses can be seen within fifty miles.

Tuo Lei nodded with satisfaction, feeling that the Kingdom of Jin had not yet reacted and did not know that they had entered the Golden Realm.

At this time, all his troops and horses had just crossed the river. He immediately ordered the sentry cavalry to be placed a hundred miles away. At the same time, the entire army rested for a while and brought the Song army's food and grass.

He plans to attack Dengzhou first today. Dengzhou is a big city. If he captures Dengzhou, he can get food on the spot and won't have to sleep in the open air. If he fails to capture it, he will divide his troops into dozens of groups and plunder everywhere. He will only take the main force of [-] people to the north.

Su Shengsun first suggested to ignore Dengzhou and go straight to Nanjing.

But Tuo Lei said that his mission was to attract elite soldiers from Tongguan and let Wo Kuotai go attack Nanjing.

We haven't contacted Wo Kuotai yet, and we don't know where Wo Kuotai's main force is.

Therefore, the Mongolian army still has to move around first, firstly to try to defeat the main force of the Jin soldiers, and secondly to send people to contact Ogedai to know where the main force of the Mongolian army is.

According to what Genghis Khan said before his death, Wanyan Shouxu knew that the enemy was coming from the belly, so he had to mobilize elite troops from Tongguan. Tongguan was thousands of miles away from here. By the time they ran over, they would be half dead from exhaustion, and they could be defeated in one blow.

Therefore, the Mongolian army unified its strategy and first roamed around, contacting the main force of Wokuotai while waiting for reinforcements from the Tongguan Jin soldiers.

Because they suffered a big defeat at Dashan Pass, they decided to attack Dengzhou to appetize their morale, and promised not to seal the sword for three days. The Mongolian army's morale suddenly became high, and they marched towards Dengzhou with roars.

Historically, the Mongolian army never captured Dengzhou. Now the Jin soldiers have stationed heavy troops in Dengzhou and reinforced it, making it even more difficult to defeat it.

At about one o'clock that afternoon, the main force of the Mongolian army came to Dengzhou. Tuolei sent people to attack, but failed to capture it and lost hundreds of men and horses, so they had to turn around.

Tuo Lei could only grit his teeth secretly in anger as he had just landed in the Golden Realm and suffered another defeat.

In order to get rid of diarrhea, he planned to go north along Dengzhou, killing people and robbing everything he saw.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the sentries outside came back from all directions.

Among them, the sentries in the north urgently reported the mine dragging. There were about [-] to [-] Jin soldiers and cavalry and hundreds of thousands of infantry. They were coming from the north. Looking at the banner, they should be the elite troops transferred by Wanyan Heda from near Tongguan. The Mongolian army discovered them. At that time, it happened to be about a hundred miles away. When the sentry came back, he was notifying the ministries outside.

"What? From the north?" Subotai's eyes widened at that time, with a look of disbelief on his face.

They all crossed the river at around 10,000 o'clock this morning. They attacked Dengzhou and withdrew after one o'clock. They had only crossed the river for more than an hour. Wan Yanhe had more than [-] troops and horses, including a large number of infantry. Less than a hundred miles away?
"Song people betrayed us?" Subotai was furious.

If it weren't for the betrayal by the Song people, how could the Jin soldiers have arrived nearby so long in advance?
Wanyan Heda has 10,000+ infantry. How many days will it take for these infantry to walk from near Tongguan to here?Did they know this before they entered Dashan Pass, or even before they entered Dashan Pass?

But Tuo Lei didn't think so. If the Song people wanted to betray us, they could ambush us in the middle of the river or sink the ship.

He said with a sullen face: "Sometimes our own people will betray their own people."

Subotai and Kusheng Sun were confused, not knowing what Tu Lei meant.

Only Tuo Lei himself understood that maybe Wo Kuotai would betray him.

But it was useless to think about it now. Tuo Lei assessed that the opponent had a large number of infantry. The sentry cavalry was a hundred miles away when they discovered it. It took more than half an hour for the sentry cavalry to run back.

At this time, they should be seventy to sixty miles away. If the Jin soldiers brought baggage and food, they would have to be seventy miles away at the latest.

"There are not as many Jin soldiers and cavalry as we do. Let's go and meet them." Tuo Lei was not afraid at all. He immediately gathered his troops and horses, except for the sentries and cavalry around them, and headed north.

It was about two o'clock that afternoon.

"Woo!" Following the sound of the Mongolian army's horn, a large wave of Mongolian cavalry slowly appeared on the horizon.

The Mongolian army had more than 3 soldiers and nearly 10 horses, nearly two horses per capita. [-] men and horses appeared overwhelmingly on the Central Plains.

Tuo Lei originally did not want to bring so many horses, but because it was a long-distance attack and needed food, grass and horse feed, and it was approaching winter, he needed to keep out the cold, so he brought so many horses.

Tuo Lei chose a high place and quietly looked at the equally endless Jin Bing in front of him.

At this time, the two sides were near Baichong Mountain, a dozen miles north of Nanyang.

The Jin soldiers have just passed Baizhong Mountain. The flat terrain in front is very suitable for cavalry to move and cross. The drag mines choose this place to appear and directly block the opponent.

The Jin soldiers on the opposite side were marching. The team was not long and was relatively dense. Because the Jin soldiers had encountered the Mongolian sentries before and knew that the Mongolian troops were nearby, the originally long team had shrunk.

Looking from the direction of the tow mine, the Jin Infantry Battalion is behind and the cavalry is in front.

But when the Mongolian army approached the Jin soldiers, the Jin soldiers had already changed their formation on the spot.

A large number of infantry formed a team forward, and the cavalry was divided into two groups, separated on the left and right, on both sides of the infantry.

"There are about [-] Jin soldiers and cavalry." Subotai took a first look and estimated that there were [-] Jin soldiers and cavalry.

There were too many people in the infantry camp to assess, but Mao saw that there were a hundred thousand, but the vastness behind them could not be seen at all.

But the Mongolian army had a way. After a while, sentries came back and assessed that the Jin soldiers' infantry formation was about one mile wide and more than two miles long.

Adding the baggage, food and grass, and looking at the density of the lineup, the number of infantry is about 12 to 15.

In fact, the Jin Bing Wanyan Heda Division in front of them has 15 infantry, 17 cavalry, and a total army of [-].

There is basically not much difference in the number of people assessed by the Mongolian army.

Tuo Lei was evaluating Wanyan Heda.

Wanyan Heda and Yilapua, Zhongxiao Army infantry commander Zhang Hui and others were also observing the Mongolian army's formation and assessing the Mongolian army's horses and horses.

The Zhongxiao Army was divided into infantry and cavalry. The cavalry was in the hands of Monk Wanyan Chen, and the infantry was commanded by Zhang Hui.

Before they came, they received news from Wanyan Shouxu that the Mongolian army was about [-] and had [-] horses.

When I looked at the scene today, I saw a dark group of 10 people and horses on the opposite side, which looked similar indeed.

Because the Mongolian army's empty horses are all behind, it looks like there are [-] horses on the opposite side from the front, but in fact most of them are empty horses.

Without this news, Wanyan Heda and the others would have thought that there were [-] Mongolian cavalry on the opposite side.

"Where is Monk Chen?" Yila Pu'a turned to ask Zhang Hui at this time.

Zhang Hui was also confused: "I don't know. You haven't contacted our department yet?"

Wanyan Heda was looking down at the map.

Emperor Wanyan Shouxu asked him to come here today, and the time was November 22nd, no sooner or later.

He didn't know why, but he could only obey his orders, and he encountered the Tou Lei Army.

Wanyan Heda estimated that Monk Wanyan Chen might come to help from the east.

But Monk Chen only has [-] cavalry, so what’s the use?
The emperor had to listen to his words. Wanyan Heda gained confidence again after defeating Tuo Lei in Huihui Valley.

"Fight first. If you don't believe me, just fight and retreat to the east."

Yi La Pu'a said anxiously: "What if Tu Lei leaves us alone and goes directly north to attack Nanjing?"

"If we lose, Tolei will definitely follow us." Wanyan Heda was very confident. If the Mongolian army saw that they could defeat Wanyan Heda's 10,000+ troops, they would definitely leave Nanjing alone and follow them first.

"Why go east?" Zhang Hui also asked.

"Just follow orders and fight first." Wanyan Heda said nothing because he didn't know whether Monk Chen would come today.

"Woo!" With the sound of a heavy horn, the Jin soldiers and cavalry took the lead, and then the infantry began to advance slowly.

Nearly 17 troops are spread out on the plains under Bai Zhong Mountain.

The person dragging thunder on the opposite side did not hesitate. With an order, the cavalry behind them lined up one after another.

"Subotai, take five thousand to attack his left flank."

"Suddenly Sun, you lead five thousand to attack his right wing."

"Otun Shiying, you bring ten thousand troops around his rear wing formation, and try to spread his formation as much as possible."

"Tacha'er, take five thousand to the northwest."

"Tocha La, you bring five thousand to hold back the Jin army from the front."

Tuo Lei gave the order very quickly, and within a short time the troops were divided into six groups.

Twenty-five thousand of them were put into the attack, and Tachaer led [-] to the northwest, mainly to prevent reinforcements from suddenly appearing in the northwest of Baichu Mountain. At the same time, they could also support Subotai and Otun Shiying at any time.

Although the Mongolian army's sentries are still far away, once a fight breaks out, the scene will be chaotic. If there is any news, the sentries may not find the tow mines immediately when they return.

Tuo Lei personally led five thousand soldiers and horses to the east to prepare, mainly to deal with Su Shengsun, escape from Chaoshan, and prevent the east.

Following Tuo Lei's order, there was a roar, and large groups of Mongolian troops rushed in various directions.

The Mongolian soldiers had few horses and the Jin soldiers were numerous, but they were not good at dragging mines, so they attacked as soon as they entered the battle.

(End of this chapter)