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

Chapter 326 Zhao and Rui are up to another dirty trick?
Although the Mongolian army retreated, the city of Nanjing was still filled with sorrow.

Wanyan Shouxu still has a headache.

Previously, in order to strengthen the walls and clear the country, or to avoid military disasters, people from within a hundred miles outside Nanjing fled to the city, causing the city's population to reach 250 million.

Now the Mongolian army retreated, but the Song army came again, and Wanyan Shouxu faced another even bigger problem.

Should we raise our troops to fight the Song army in a decisive battle, repel the Song army and regain the lost ground, or should we unite and continue to defend Nanjing.

Judging from the current situation of Nanjing City, it can be defended in the short term.

After all, the Mongolian army besieged Nanjing for nine months in history. Although millions of people died when the city was broken, the fact that 250 million people could stay for so long proves that Nanjing still had a relatively large amount of food stored in the city.

But it's not a problem to hold on all the time. With so many people crowded in Nanjing City, sooner or later they will run out of ammunition and food.

So in the first month of the eighth year of Baoqing, a few days after the Mongolian army retreated, Wanyan Shouxu summoned all ministers to discuss the matter of allowing the people of Nanjing to return to various places.

"I sent out sentries all around. The Song army has no intention of attacking Nanjing, but is attacking cities and plundering territory everywhere."

Wanyan Shouxu sent a large number of sentries out of the city in the past few days and found that the Song army had no plans to attack Nanjing for the time being.

The Song army successively occupied Yongning and Xin'an in the west, Suizhou and Guide in the east, and Yuzhou and Xinzheng in the south.

There were Song troops everywhere in the Central Plains. Many Song troops had only a few thousand troops, and they went to occupy a county or state.

In some places, the golden soldiers will resist, and in some places, they will surrender directly.

Upon hearing this, the civil and military ministers at the scene cursed the Song people for their insidiousness.

The people of the Song Dynasty were gradually encroaching. When they took over all the places in Dajin, what was the uselessness of Nanjing left in Dajin?

Including Zhengzhou and Luoyang nominally belong to Dajin, but the Mongolian army has withdrawn, and Dajin has no soldiers in these places. When the Song army takes over all these places, Dajin will become Xiaojin. .

The routines of the Song people were completely different from those of the Mongols. The Mongols rushed to Nanjing when they came up, while the Song people ignored Nanjing and occupied land everywhere, which made it even more troublesome.

As soon as Wanyan Shouxu finished speaking, Wanyan Heda, who was released by the Song Dynasty, said: "I am willing to bring [-] troops to defend Zhengzhou."

"Wuxian can bring [-] soldiers and horses to guard Chenliu."

Guard Nanjing with Wanyan Zhongde.

The people in the city were divided into several groups, one going to Chenliu, one going to Zhengzhou, one going to Weizhou, and one going to Fengqiu.

It has to be said that Wanyan Heda's proposal is on the right track.

Because he knew that 250 million people could not gather in Nanjing. How much food would be consumed by so many people in one day?
Now before the Song army arrives, quickly divert the troops.

He also said that the Song people would not massacre the city like the Mongolian army, but they could persuade the people well and let them go home.

This will first reduce the pressure on Nanjing City.

Then they guarded two directions, Zhengzhou in the west and Chenliu in the south.

These two places form a triangle with Nanjing and can support each other.

At the same time, he ordered various places to recruit soldiers and horses from all over the country to come to Qinwang's rescue.

The last sentence was nonsense. Everyone at the scene knew that Dajin might not be able to raise even [-] troops elsewhere.

"There are no troops left. The battle at Fangcheng Mountain is over." Wanyan Zhongde said angrily.

Brush, Wanyan Shouxu's face turned red, and he glared at Wanyan Zhongde, but he couldn't say anything to refute.

Before the Battle of Fangcheng Mountain, Dajin did not have many soldiers and horses in all parts of the country. At that time, the Mongolian army came from Shanxi around the Yellow River and first attacked all the few places in the Jin Kingdom in Shanxi. The soldiers and horses in Shanxi either surrendered. Or be slaughtered.

Then the Mongolian army fought all the way to Luoyang and Zhengzhou. In various places, they either surrendered or were defeated and killed.

The Song army attacked cities one by one in the east and south, and the Song and Mongolia basically wiped out all the effective forces outside Nanjing City of the Jin Kingdom.

Some defeated soldiers would gradually flee to Nanjing, but not many of them were gathered.

There are now more than 6 Jin troops in Nanjing, less than [-].

Civil servant Zhang Tiangang asked doubtfully: "Now, these are the only places left in our empire?"

Wanyan Heda blushed: "If we wait any longer, these places may be gone in a few days."

Wanyan Zhongde said loudly: "It is better to gather troops and horses and fight the Song army decisively. As long as the Song army is defeated, the lost territory can be recovered."

Wanyan Heda said, how can we deal with the heavy snowfall outside now?
Wanyan Zhongde said again, it's snowing now, the Song army can attack cities and seize territory everywhere, why can't we attack?

The two almost quarreled, which basically represented the two thoughts of the officials in the court. One was to continue to defend and get through the winter first. When spring comes next year, the Mongolian army will definitely attack the Song Dynasty, and then they can also send troops. , to regain lost ground.

The second thing is to go out and fight the Song Army. If they win, the Song Army will have to go back.

Wanyan Shouxu obviously wanted to use up Yan Heda's methods.

Seeing that the two of them were arguing, and the court officials were also divided into several sides, he stood up and waved: "Don't argue anymore, what the two beloved ministers said has their own reasons-"

"But our court currently lacks troops and horses. If we raise our troops to fight the Song army, how will Nanjing's city defense be?"

"Gong Rui Guo has dealt with the Song army and said that the Song army is well-armed and is no longer a match. We still have to prepare for the worst."

Wanyan Shouxu gave in immediately and did not want to fight with the Song army in the field.

Wanyan Zhongde had no choice now. He glared at the emperor for a few times and had no choice but to shake his head and sigh.

So Wanyan Heda ordered that Wanyan Heda lead [-] troops to guard Zhengzhou, and Wuxian lead [-] troops to guard Chenliu.

Weizhou and other counties and prefectures around Nanjing were abandoned, and Nanjing was defended by Wanyan Zhongde.

He also urged people to leave the city as soon as possible, and the city's population should be kept at around 50.

Then Wanyan Shouxu didn't have time to elaborate and summoned several civil servants to discuss asking for help from Mongolia.

They hoped that the Mongolian army would attack the Song Dynasty as soon as possible after the beginning of spring, so as to buy them time to regain their lost territory.

Minister Liu Changzu volunteered to go to Mongolia to persuade the Mongolian army to send troops as soon as possible.

A group of generals walked out of the hall and quickly separated into several groups and left.

Wanyan Zhongde turned around and saw Wanyan Chenglin, but he was still unwilling: "You should persuade His Majesty to unite and fight against Song Dynasty."

"If we continue like this, the Song Army will soon take over all of our Great Jin Kingdom. Then we will have no soldiers and no food, and we will be like meat on a chopping board, ready to be slaughtered by others."

Wanyan Zhongde believed that if the Jin Kingdom ignored the Song Army and only wanted to defend these three places, the entire Jin Kingdom would be occupied by the Song Army in less than a month.

In the spring, it is hard to say whether the Mongolian army will come. If not, the Song army will gather heavy troops to attack them. Their more than 6 soldiers and horses are divided into three places, making it even more difficult to fight.

Wanyan Chenglin probably belongs to the middle camp. He not only thinks that what Wanyan Heda said is reasonable, but also feels that Wanyan Zhongde has a golden tradition.

He was torn: "Why don't we wait until spring and then raise the army?"

It means that now in winter, you see, the Song army is not coming to attack us in Nanjing, why not wait?
Wanyan Zhongde heard the stamping of his feet and left angrily.

Walking outside the imperial city, I found snowflakes floating in the sky. It has started to snow heavily in the Central Plains recently.

Originally, this time was the time when the Jin Kingdom in Sanfeng Mountain suffered a disastrous defeat.

Now that the Mongolian army has left, Zhao Yurui's unexpected actions also saved millions of people who were originally trapped in Nanjing.

But no one knows history, and the dignitaries of the Kingdom of Jin will not care about the lives and deaths of the people.

Wanyan Zhongde took a deep breath, reached out to catch the snowflakes in the air, squeezed them hard, and strode into the snow.

Outside the imperial city, a carriage was waiting for him.

There were several subordinates beside the carriage.

One of the generals came over immediately: "Commander, what did the court say?"

The general's name was Wang Shixian, a native of Yanchuan County, Gongchang Prefecture (now Zhang County, Dingxi City, Gansu Province). He was born into the Wanggu tribe of the Mongolian ethnic group.

He previously partnered with Wanyan Zhongde in Gongzhou and was his deputy. Later, Wanyan Shouxu planned to strengthen the wall and clear the country, and retreat west of Tongguan to the Central Plains. He followed Wanyan Zhongde back to the Central Plains.

In history, Wanyan Zhongde led his troops back to ask for help from Nanjing, and Wang Shixian served as commander-in-chief in Gongzhou and commanded the army on his behalf.

Later, seeing the danger of the Jin Kingdom, Wang Shixian asked Zhao Yanna, the Sichuan envoy of the Southern Song Dynasty, for "annexation" several times, but Zhao Yanna refused. After that, he simply surrendered to Kuaduan and began to follow the Mongols to conquer the Southern Song Dynasty.

This Wang Shixian fought quite well. After surrendering to Mongolia, he attacked the Song Dynasty all the way. He first cut off the Jialing River, attacked the Da'an Army (now northwest of Ningqiang, Shaanxi Province), and defeated the Tian and Yang reinforcements (Miao Army) in Sizhou and Bozhou.In the fierce battle with the famous Song Dynasty general Cao Youwen's army at Yangping Pass, he rode alone and joined the rear army, defeating the Song army. Cao Youwen died in the battle. The Mongolian army broke through the gate of Sichuan and drove in.

He once had the idea of ​​​​surrendering to the Southern Song Dynasty. He sent envoys to Zhao Yanna several times to surrender, but he was rejected every time.

Later, he taught the Southern Song Dynasty a lesson. After surrendering to Mongolia, he was almost invincible and made great contributions to Mongolia's attack on Song Dynasty.

Wanyan Zhongde cursed as he got on the carriage: "The imperial court will defend three places and wait for the Song people to attack. Alas - by then, they will all regret it too late -"

But despite the scolding, Wanyan Zhongde still told Wang Shixian to convene the generals to discuss matters tomorrow and guard Nanjing city defense separately.

Unexpectedly, not long after Wang Shixian returned home, Wan Zhongde's soldiers came to summon him from outside.

Only when he arrived at the military camp did he find out that several Song people had been arrested today.

Two other Han generals were to be beheaded.

Wanyan Zhongde looked at him with a dark face: "Song people have a lot of craftsmen in the city. Someone just reported that the craftsmen brought money to the homes of some Han generals to bribe Han generals. Some people went to bribe Han officials, but they were killed by Han officials. Report."

Wang Shixian's expression was stunned, and he immediately said: "Commander, the last general is not a Han."

But Wanyan Zhongde looked at his appearance, I read a lot, don't lie to me?

Wang Shixian's original surname was Wang, but he later changed his name to Wang because he later belonged to the Wanggu tribe of Mongolia.

His ancestors must have been Han, but later they joined the Mongols, so they became Mongolians.

Wanyan Zhongde said helplessly: "Your Majesty has decreed that Han generals with more than [-] households in the city will temporarily surrender their military power. They are not allowed to go out without orders."

In addition, many Han ministers who were originally trusted by Wanyan Shouxu will also be suspected.

"..." Wang Shixian stared with shame and anger. After a few breaths, he cursed loudly: "Song people are so insidious."

In the Kingdom of Jin, there were countless Han generals and countless Han soldiers. At this time, Emperor Zhao Yurui began to make secret moves.

Someone deliberately went to Nanjing City to bribe Han Chen, the general of the Jin Army, and sure enough someone would report it.

The first person to report was Zhang Tiangang, a loyal minister of Daikin.

Zhang Tiangang saw someone delivering a letter to his door. He opened it and read it. It said that he was asked to persuade Wanyan Shouxu to surrender, or to recruit his servants to set fire to help the Song army when the Song army attacked the city. Then the Song army would give him the position of right prime minister.

Without saying a word, he asked his servants to tie up the messenger and deliver it to Emperor Wanyan Shouxu.

Of course Wanyan Shouxu was furious, but the messenger said that he was not a meticulous craftsman. Someone gave him ten taels of silver and asked him to deliver the letter. After delivering the letter, he could get another ten taels.Of course Wanyan Shouxu didn't care and sent people to torture him to extract a confession, but of course nothing came out.

But it is true that many Han ministers and generals received the letter, and some actually received the money.

There are people who report, and there are also people who hide money secretly without saying anything.

This matter has become big.

Han ministers Zhang Xingxin and Wanyan Heda believed that this was a Song people's plan to sow discord and should not be fooled.

This matter would have happened a few years ago, so of course Wanyan Shouxu would not take it seriously.

But what happens now?

The Kingdom of Jin has almost lost all its territory, leaving only a few states and counties.

No one would be able to bear it.

So an investigation began against the Hanchen and Han generals in Nanjing City.

Before the Song army attacked Nanjing, people in Nanjing were panicked, and the Jurchens and Han people had begun to distrust each other.
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In Yuzhou City, Yu Jie was convening various generals to discuss matters.

It was already the tenth day of the first lunar month. The Song army did not attack Nanjing, but they successively seized the territory of the Jin Kingdom in various parts of Henan. So far, only the counties within a hundred miles around Nanjing have not yet been attacked.

The rest of the area was basically occupied by the Song army.

Yu Jie was not in a hurry to attack Nanjing. Firstly, it was really winter and it often snowed, which was not suitable for artillery to move forward. Secondly, Wanyan Shouxu was already like a turtle in a urn and could not escape at all.

In history, he could escape from Nanjing to Germany and then to Caizhou. Now these places are all occupied by the Song army, and he has no place to escape.

Either gather troops and come out for a decisive battle with the Song army, or stay in Nanjing and wait for the Song army to attack.

Therefore, Yu Jie ignored Wanyan Shouxu at all and fully occupied other places to consolidate his territory.

Nowadays, there are not many Jin soldiers in various places. Many counties and prefectures directly surrendered when they arrived. The Song army effortlessly encroached on the counties in the Central Plains of the Jin Kingdom.

Looking at the hall full of generals, Yu Jie felt proud. This was a major event that the emperors and ministers of the Song Dynasty had never forgotten, and it would soon be completed in his hands.

"Whoosh." Yu Jie stood up first, and all the generals around him stood up one after another.

"His Majesty has decreed to establish the Henan Dusi."

"Make Liu Zheng the capital commander of Henan Province."

Henan Dusi Yamen is temporarily located in Tongguan. After Nanjing is captured, it will be changed to Kaifeng and then moved to Kaifeng.

Li Pingbao and Chen Xiang are the deputy commanders of the capital, and each is in charge of an army.

There are thirty armies under the capital.

The generals at the scene were greatly shocked when they heard this.

This is the capital with the most troops in the imperial court.

According to Zhao and Rui's current army of 6000 people, the total number of soldiers must exceed 18.

Yu Jie's current military position is Chief Military Officer of Henan and Shandong.

This is also the first time for everyone to hear the name of this general officer.

To put it simply, he is the military commander of Shandong and Henan, and he is responsible for both divisions.

Now the Song army has brought in 9 people from Jinghu and Lianghuai, and [-] people from the capital camp.

Then they successively gathered 24 surrender troops from all over the Jin Kingdom, and the total strength in the Central Plains has reached [-].

Because Tongguan is not in Henan, the soldiers and horses in Tongguan will not be counted as Henan Dusi.

Of course, this will have to wait until the Song Army establishes the Shaanxi Dusi, and now Shaanxi is deserted. At present, Zhao Yurui has no control over Shaanxi, but only serves as a buffer zone between the Mongolian Army and the Song Army.

This time Yu Jie made major adjustments, with Liu Quan leading 3 people to guard Tongguan, Zhang Jun to guard Wuguan, He Shun to guard Jindou Pass, and Liu Quan to guard Jingzhao Mansion. These four people mainly guarded the direction of Shaanxi, guarding Guanzhong to the Central Plains. The total number of gates is less than 7 yuan.

The other 16-odd people are all in the Central Plains.

Wang Min was stationed in Shaanzhou, Wang Jian was stationed in Luoyang, Hu Shida was stationed in Yuzhou, and Hu Xian was stationed in Guide. These four places were the main gathering places of the Song army.

After the adjustment of one faction, 16 Song troops were concentrated along the Yellow River and on the east, west and south sides of Nanjing.

Yu Jie is also in Yuzhou, responsible for the deployment and supply of various places.

Now the Jin people need time and look forward to the Mongolian army coming to fight the Song army after the spring. Yu Jie also needs time.

The Song army is now guarding every city, at least 1000 people in small counties, and at least 3000 people in large counties. The main force is concentrated in Shaanzhou, Luoyang, Yuzhou, and Guide.

The total main force in these four places is about 12.

But the distance between Guide and Guide is a bit far. In fact, if there is a war with Mongolia, the defense forces in each county cannot be used. The main force that Yu Jie can use is [-] in Shaanzhou, Luoyang, and Yuzhou.

As long as there is enough time, Tongguan can send 14 troops by then, including those who have returned to Germany, there will be [-].

Yu Jie clearly told the generals that once a war breaks out with Jinmeng, 14 people in these five places will be the main force of the Song army.

The other counties were to defend their county towns, fortify their walls and clear the fields, and not give the Mongolian army a chance to plunder.

Now he needs time to transport cannons and various supplies.

Yuzhou is a very good place with well-developed waterways and is located in the center of Henan. River boats from Fengyang and Shouzhou can go directly to Yuzhou. Transportation is very convenient.

Now Zhao and Rui are using their whole country to send a large amount of materials, especially artillery, kerosene and other supplies from Jinghu, Huaihuai, and even Sichuan to Henan.

Give Zhao Yurui another half a year, Henan's defense line will definitely be impregnable, and the Mongolian army will have to pay a heavy price if they want to attack any county.

Moreover, Zhao Yurui's strategy was not defensive. With the current national strength of the Song Dynasty, it was enough to turn defense into offense.

After Yu Jie made some arrangements, all the military leaders on the scene were clamoring for cannons and trebuchets.

Yu Jie could only reassure everyone, come one by one, the court is trying to find a way to transport them by water, don't worry, they will all be there.

When they came in, they were on foot and cavalry, and they also brought a lot of artillery. But later, they had to defend the city and fight in the field, and the artillery was not enough.

This is why Zhao Yurui's Song Dynasty is now booming in national power and has no shortage of money or supplies. If it were an ordinary dynasty, it would really not be in a hurry or supply.

Finally, Yu Jie said that there are three goals for this year. Before a full-scale war with Mongolia, vigorously train the surrendered troops and have combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

Then he hired people from all over the country as migrant workers, fortified cities, and garrisoned fields to prepare food.

The third is to send all the Jurchen Khitan troops to Yuzhou for special training.

After conquering Fangcheng Mountain and conquering various places, Yu Jie currently has nearly 2 Jurchen and Khitan troops.

The imperial court established a Jurchen camp (9000 people) and a Khitan camp ([-] people).

The commander of the Jurchen camp is Zhang Hui, and the deputy general is Jiagu Aida.

The commander of the Khitan camp is Nahe, and the deputy general is Gao Ying.

These four people were all reduced generals, among whom the Han people commanded the Jurchen camp and the Jurchens commanded the Khitan army.

After the various ministries were gathered in Yuzhou, on the first day of each month, the Song army entered the camp and distributed military pay to each battalion. They were reminded that this was the military pay issued by the Song people, not the Jin people or the Mongols.

Those who dared to resist but refused to surrender have basically been killed by the Song army, and most of the rest were forced to follow whoever.

If the Song army was defeated by the Mongolian army, they might continue to surrender to the Mongolian army.

But this is not important. Yu Jie is not afraid that they will rebel now. He will eat and drink well every day, train in the Song Army's way, and pay monthly.

The Jurchen camp and the Khitan camp still used their own armor. The Song army was not provided with armor, and there were no cannons or trebuchets in the camp.

After training these 2 people for a period of time, Zhao Yurui plans to use them on other battlefields.
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Just as the Mongolian army withdrew from Henan, the Song Dynasty was actively preparing for war in Henan.

Thousands of miles away, Song Army Lu Wende's 3 troops were slowly approaching Kaijing, the capital of Goryeo.

It was also quite cold in Goryeo at this time. Fortunately, the Song Army issued new cotton armor on Jeju Island and put on a layer of Goryeo military uniforms.

Behind the Song army, there were more than 1 Goryeo troops led by Goryeo general Cui Chun, but Cui Chun's flag was carried by Lu Wende, so if you look at it from a distance, you might think that Lu Wende is from Goryeo Cui Chun's tribe.

Because Goryeo is mountainous and the roads are difficult to travel, it is difficult for the 120 five artillery pieces led by the Song Army to move forward.

Goryeo mobilized [-] civilians to follow the Song army, clearing roadblocks and carrying provisions. It was not until the sixth day of the first lunar month in the eighth year of Baoqing that they approached the opening of the capital.

The Mongolian army commander Salita led his main force to station in Pingzhou.

It has been snowing heavily in Goryeo in the past few days, and the Mongolian army sent out few sentries. Moreover, Goryeo began to express its intention to surrender the day before yesterday, and prepared money, food and materials needed by the Mongolian army, which made Salita feel more reassured.

He sent a messenger to Wokuotai in early December to report the marriage and surrender of Korea. It had only been half a month, and the messenger had not yet come back.

Salita had just received some beauties and fine wine from Goryeo that day. He was in a good mood and summoned all the generals to drink and keep warm in the camp.

Unexpectedly, before they had had a few drinks, a sentinel came to report that a large number of Korean reinforcements were found sixty miles away.

"What?" Salita was furious and asked how many people were there?
There are about 5 to [-] people on the sentry and cavalry road, most of them are infantry camps, and there are about [-] cavalry.

"You didn't see it until sixty miles away?" someone shouted angrily.

When the Mongolian army is fighting abroad, especially when the enemy is in the enemy's country, the sentries should be placed hundreds of miles away as much as possible.

The sentry cavalry said, "Uh-huh, didn't you say that Korea is about to fall? Besides, it's been snowing for the past few days, so it's impossible to run so far."

Salita stood up excitedly: "What does Gao Li want to do? Are there reinforcements coming? Okay, okay -"

"Who is the general?" Yelvxue asked at this time.

The sentry rider said his name seemed to be Cui Chun.

When it comes to Cui Chun, he starts to curse at the scene.

Cui Chun is the Cizhou garrison. He has been defeated by the Mongolian army before. He is a tough guy and has not yet been defeated.

Moreover, Cizhou is in the north of Pingzhou, and now that it is south of Pingzhou, it is estimated that they have to go around and join forces with the soldiers and horses in southern Goryeo before they dare to come over.

Cui Chuncizhou did not have many soldiers and horses, only more than 1. Now that the Mongolian army found [-] to [-], it must be that soldiers and horses from all over the south of Goryeo had gathered.

Previously, the Mongolian army fought all the way south to Qingzhou, leaving only Guzhou, Sangzhou, Andong, Chunzhou, Xiangyang (Korea Xiangyang) and other places. It is estimated that the soldiers and horses from these states gathered together in Salita.

"Is it a lie that the King of Goryeo negotiated a surrender, but is he delaying time to wait for reinforcements?" Someone yelled at this, and after waiting for half a month, he was deceived.

Salita didn't take it to heart at all. The Mongolian army was best at surrounding points and calling for reinforcements. They would fight as many as they came.

(End of this chapter)