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

Chapter 333 Your Majesty, don’t you think Ogedai is a fool?

After Wokuotai ascended the throne, he quickly launched a year-long campaign to attack the Kingdom of Jin. At that time, he personally led an army of 40 people, all of whom were the main force of the Mongolian army gathered near the grasslands.

Another [-] Subutai partial troops went ahead, and Choermahan took [-] to attack Zalandin.

At the same time, the Mongolian army in the direction of Hebei cooperated with the flanking attack.

Those in Hebei cannot be counted twice. There may be Shanxi soldiers among the main force in Wokuotai, so the main force of the Mongolian army at that time was estimated to be at least more than 40.

Including the 27 previously calculated, the total number of Mongolian troops at this time is about 70.

Although 10,000 Tuo Lei were killed in this battle at Fangcheng Mountain, Choermahan managed to scrape together 80 more troops in Western Persia. At this time, the Mongolian army rose instead of falling, and should number [-].

But the Mongolian army has many places to defend. Xixia, Shanxi, and Hebei are all bordering the Song army. Zhao and Rui are still fighting in Liaodong, so the troops and horses of Wokuotai must be deployed everywhere, and even the west must be strengthened. Liao's defense.

Zhao Yurui planned to encroach step by step, first destroying the Mongolian army in Liaodong, and then destroying part or even all of Xixia, and cutting Western Liao and Xixia again.

When Temujin destroyed Xixia, he sent troops from several directions at the same time, including tens of thousands of troops from Xiliao.

Now that Xiliao and Xixia are connected, if Zhao Yurui defeats Xixia and cuts off Xiliao and Mongolia, it will also put a lot of pressure on Chagatai stationed in Xiliao. Then he will have to guard against the Song army. Attack Xiliao first.

Then Zhao and Rui may not move to Xiliao first, but continue to attack Shanxi and Hebei to push the Mongolian army back to the grassland.

Why not attack Xiliao? Because I am afraid that Mongolia will not march westward, and it will be possible to gather all the troops and horses to fight against Zhao and Ruidu.

Originally, two or three years later, part of the Mongolian army was left to fight the Song army, and Batu launched the "Eldest Son's Western Expedition", leading a main force of 12 and 50 horses to fight in the west.

In other words, Mongolia did not put the Song Dynasty first at that time, and directly went to the west first, and only after returning came back, began to attack the Song Dynasty in an all-out way.

Now if Zhao Yurui fights too hard and captures Xiliao, it will be equivalent to cutting off the Mongolian army's westward march, and Wo Kuotai will have to fight him desperately.

Zhao and Rui thought about strategies and intentions all the way. After returning to the palace, they immediately summoned Yang Changru, the Minister of Rites.

"What was the name of the Mongolian we captured during the last battle at Fangcheng Mountain?"

Yang Changru smiled and said: "Your Majesty, my name is Yin Zhu'er."

"Who is this person?" Zhao Yurui asked.

Yang Changru said: "This man was born in Datong. He is a Datong person and belongs to the Yolngu tribe. His ancestors lived in Yunzhong fortress. He was 14 years old and belonged to the Chagatai tribe of Temujinzi——" Yang Changru knew so well that someone should have been with him in advance. Branch meeting passed.

Datong doesn’t belong to me as a Han, well, Zhao Yurui didn’t object, after all, it really wasn’t the case this time.

The Yolngu people in Zhu'er are considered a grassland people, and they belong to Mongolian territory at birth.

"I wrote a letter and asked Yizhu'er to take it back to Wo Kuotai." Zhao Yurui said with a smile: "I hope to reconcile with Mongolia and coexist peacefully."

"..." Yang Changru looked confused. Your Majesty, don't you think Wo Kuotai is a fool?
The Song army has already clearly defeated the Mongolian army in Liaodong, and also cooperated with the Jin Kingdom to defeat the Mongolian army. In addition, Your Majesty seems to be interested in Xixia. Do you still want to make peace with Mongolia?

No wonder the officials didn't send an envoy, probably because they were afraid of being directly killed by the Mongols.

"Everything is possible, you have to see if my letter can impress Wo Kuotai, so just do it." Zhao Yurui sighed: "Actually, I don't want to go to war with Mongolia. If there is a war, the people will suffer. "

"Harmony is the most precious thing. Harmony should be the most precious thing."

"..." Yang Changru.

Just when Zhao Yurui personally wrote a letter asking Yanzhu'er to take it back to the grassland, the Song army stationed in Tubo was already ready to move.

Zhao Yurui was fighting Mongolia and making peace at the same time. He probably really took Wo Kuotai for a fool.

In the past, Diezhou City was just a small border town of Tubo, but since it was occupied by the Song Army, the Song Army first expanded Diezhou City from east to west, and then started mining everywhere and preparing to build various mining plants.

For this reason, the Song Dynasty people began to spend money and use goods to recruit local and nearby residents, and because the Tibetan people in Diezhou City often took full loads of goods to the nearby areas to trade with other tribes, in less than a year, Diezhou City seemed to have become As the economic center of Tubo, countless Tubo people come from all over the world every year.

Here they can buy all the goods they want, whether it is silk, ceramics, sugar, fine tea, or even spices and jewelry from overseas.

Various goods of the Song Dynasty were continuously transported from Sichuan to Diezhou City. These rare items that had been rare in Tubo for many years could now be exchanged for war horses, cattle and sheep, directly conquering all the Tubo people.

Tubo was located in a remote area and had little copper coins, gold and silver to begin with. The people of the Song Dynasty mainly collected high-quality war horses, then second-class transport horses, then cattle and sheep, and finally silver coins.

This definitely opened the door to convenience for the nobles and nobles of Tubo. What do they have the most?There are the most war horses, cattle and sheep.

These things can be obtained by squeezing slaves, but gold and silver cannot be squeezed from slaves.

Therefore, although the Song people conquered Tubo with butcher knives and war horses, they soon received support from various Tubo tribes.

The nobles did not lose their interests. Even Diezhou City was the territory of Brother Zhao Chang. The Song people did not enter the depths of Tubo. Instead, they brought a large number of exquisite goods and luxury goods to Tubo for the nobles to enjoy.

In just one or two years, the nobles of Tubo began to indulge in such beautiful days. They used spices produced overseas, drank fine tea, used the best refined salt, and tasted the whitest white sugar. They had everything at home. There are endless exquisite ceramics and various handicrafts, as well as the unique colored glaze products of the Song Dynasty.

Diezhou City became more and more prosperous, and soon replaced Lhasa as the center of Tubo. Merchants and people coming from all directions set up continuous tents along the outside of Diezhou City.

The size of Diezhou City was limited, so in addition to the original [-] Song troops and [-] Tubo servant households, the city received another [-] households when Gao Zhiyao decided to set up various mining factories.

After that, new Tubo people were no longer allowed to stay in the city, so the Tubo people began to establish wild camps in the east and west directions of Diezhou City.

By October of the sixth year of Baoqing, there were tens of thousands of Tubo households outside the city.

These people raised cattle, horses and sheep nearby, and then regularly exchanged supplies with the city to improve their lives. Most of them escaped from the former nobles.

For example, this is the case with the Dazazan family.

Darzazan was only in his early twenties. He was a slave of a noble family near Lhasa. He also participated in the Golmud War and was captured after the defeat.

But later, when the Song army selected Tibetans who were eligible to live in Diezhou City among the surrendered troops, they did not choose him.

Dazazan later returned to Lhasa and continued to be a slave to the nobles.

There are only three people in his family, a father, a sister, and himself.

Not long after I came back, I heard bad news. Because Tubo was defeated, the nobles needed to pay tribute to the Song people every year. From now on, the Dazazan family would have to hand over two more horses, five cows, and ten sheep every year.

Dazazan was shocked and angry when he heard about it. He asked around and found that many nearby people did not need to pay so much. The tribute required by the Song people was actually within the range of the nobles, but the nobles were all exceptions and passed on these losses. to the slaves.

Orders were issued from nobles to middle-level wealthy families. The wealthy families skipped those with whom they had a good relationship. Those like Dazazan, who had a small family, was easy to bully, and had a more loyal character, were directly added.

Dazazan and his father used to raise five horses, five cows, and ten sheep every year. Because of the mortality rate, they would definitely not have so many in the end. The nobles set a goal for them to raise as many horses as they could for a few people in the family. Horses, a few cows, double the number of sheep.

For example, if there are three people in their family, they need three horses, three cows, and six sheep.

Basically, they can barely complete the task every year, and the excess can be used as living expenses and exchange for some daily necessities.

Dazazan also wanted to raise more cattle, horses and sheep, but the grassland was limited and everyone was fighting for it.

Their father and son are relatively honest. Some families nearby have seven or eight people. Once the land is snatched, their family will definitely not be able to grab it.

How many acres of grassland can we raise as many cattle, horses and sheep? This is an eternal truth. Without enough grassland, we cannot raise more cattle and sheep.

Moreover, with more cattle and sheep and fewer people in the family, it is difficult to drive and manage them, and they are easily stolen.

Dazazan and his son were relatively loyal. They kept changing places around Lhasa every year, trying to find better grasslands and raise more cattle and sheep.

But most of the places with abundant water and grass have long been occupied by people.

This time the nobles paid tribute, allowing the Dazazan family to pay tribute to five horses, eight cows, and sixteen sheep.

This is very stressful for a family of three. The key is to find a grassland large enough and rich enough for grazing.

As a result, the Dazazan family failed to complete the task in the first year. Although they raised as many as ten horses, ten cows, and thirty sheep, many died in the process, and their own family had to eat some. In the end, there were fewer horses. One horse, one cow is missing.

As a result, the tribesmen who collected tribute from above had a very bad attitude when they came down. They directly snatched one of the three horses for their own use and replaced the other cow with Dazazan's ten-year-old sister.

Dazazan's father finally got a one-year buffer after crying and begging, ensuring that he could complete the task next year.

At this time, Dazazan faced a difficult choice. He did not want to stay in Lhasa. Although this was his hometown and had a large population, the large number of people meant that the living space was smaller.

At this moment, he heard the news while trading with people that some tribesmen who were selected to go to Diezhou City were treated favorably by the Song people and lived a pleasant life. Many tribesmen from various places went to Diezhou. There are many natural pastures over there, waiting for them to occupy them.

Because the Song army conquered Diezhou City and almost killed all the original herdsmen, there are still many empty pastures there, but if they go there too late, they may be gone.

Dazazan came back and discussed with his father, and the family decided to flee to Diezhou City.

In this way, in August of the sixth year of Baoqing, Dazazan's family came to the outside of Diezhou City and found a place to stay more than ten miles east of Diezhou City. There were many Tubo people like their family who had fled here. People, everyone finds a place to camp and survive.

Later, just as they thought, the Song Dynasty opened a mine in Diezhou City and chose mine owners. Dazazan also signed up. However, because the family size was too small, he failed again. Dazazan was very unwilling.

A Tubo man near them was said to be a craftsman, and he was also selected by the Song people, and his family was brought to Diezhou.

In December of the sixth year of Baoqing, he suddenly received news that Diezhou City was sealed. People inside could not come out, but people outside could trade.

It is said that the Song army entered Diezhou City from the southwest.

Is there going to be a war?Dazazan was surprised and happy.

He thought that the Song army was going to fight against the nobles again, so he asked around, but the herdsmen were silent and did not dare to discuss it in private. Later, someone reminded Dazazan that there were bad people among the masses. There were traitors in the Song people here. If there was chaos in private, Anyone who discusses, uses Song people's things, or curses Song people will be punished.

Dazazan didn't believe it at first, but then he decisively recognized Xizuo.

The Kilim family, less than a mile away from their home, raised few cattle and sheep, but they lived a rich life. They had all kinds of sugar, refined salt, and tea. They had nothing to do every day. Their biggest hobby was to mingle with the masses and talk about the people of Song Dynasty.

One day, some herdsmen said that the Song people closed the city and sent troops to Diezhou. They should send troops to fight, either against the nobles, or against the Mongols or Jin people. (Of course, at this time they did not know that the Jin people had fully retreated to Tongguan in the west).

Kilimu loudly advised him not to discuss these things, but the local herdsmen continued to talk.

Not long after, Dazazan heard that the herdsman was no longer there.

Dazazan was sure that this Kilimu was a detailed work arranged here by the Song people, and such detailed work was everywhere.So from that day on, Dazazan often went to deliberately approach Kilimu. When Kilimu was present, he would loudly talk about the benefits of the Song people, and also said that he ran away from Lhasa, for fear that the nobles would catch him. go back.

Kilimu would smile and remind him at this time that the nobles dare not go to Diezhou City to arrest people, and you are free.

Dazazan looked at Diezhou City expectantly and said that he really wanted to enter the city.

Kilimu will ask, what skills do you have? Not everyone in Song Dynasty can accept them.

Dazazan said that he was an expert in riding and ejaculation, and could defeat one against three.

There was a burst of ridicule all around.

Dazazan doesn't look very powerful.

Dazazan was ashamed and angry. He also said that he was literate and had learned to read from a monk in his clan.

No one around him dared to laugh at him.

After all, literacy is pretty cool here.

Time soon entered the seventh year of Baoqing. The Mongolian army took advantage of the road to enter the Central Plains. A great battle between the Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom and the Mongolian Kingdom completely reversed the situation in the Central Plains.

At that time, the people of the Song Dynasty asked nearby herdsmen to raise more camels, and camels were raised everywhere within hundreds of miles of Diezhou City.

Without saying a word, Dazazan replaced all the cows with camels.

In September of that year, the Mongolian army was taking advantage of the road.

Early in the morning, Dazazan was woken up.

"Dazhazan, dazazan."

Dazazan, who was sleeping in the tent, got up and ran out quickly. Outside were two strangers, both wearing Song army uniforms. One of them should be a Tibetan, it was Gerile.

"Is your name Dazazan?" Gerile asked.

"I am Dazazan." Dazazan said quickly, his heart beating involuntarily.

"How many people are in the family? Who else is there?"

"Three people, including my dad and my sister."

“Our army is recruiting civilian men to help pull camels and carry supplies——”

Before Gerile finished speaking, Dazazan nodded desperately: "I do, I do."

Gerile smiled, looking at Dazazan as if he were seeing himself in the past.

At the beginning, I was also thinking about joining the Song Army and wanted to enter Diezhou City.

"Listen to me." His face straightened, and he felt strange in his heart. He didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

Tubo is his hometown, but more and more tribesmen seem to yearn for the life of the Song people, want to live with the Song people, and do not want to return to their hometown.

Dazazan stood upright with an excited expression and listened carefully.

"The daily wages are [-] Wen, which will be paid uniformly upon return. You can go to Diezhou City to exchange for various supplies, or you can take the money directly."

"Do you know how to shoot? Those who know how to shoot can get fifty coins."

"I'm good at riding and shooting. I started practicing archery on horseback when I was six years old." Dazazan said quickly.

"It's useless to say it. If I need to use you, you can't say you will back down."

"Of course." Dazazan patted his chest, looking unafraid.

"Under normal circumstances, I will only let you transport, and you will rarely be used. Now that you agree, you have to behave well."

"If you do well, can you enter the city?" Dazazan asked again.

Gerile and another Song Jun looked at each other, smiled, and then nodded heavily: "As long as you are obedient, work diligently, and make no mistakes, you will have a chance to enter the city."

"Okay, thank you, thank you Master." Dazazan was excited and incoherent.

"Aren't you afraid of death? Will you die on the battlefield?" Another Song man said suddenly.

Dazazan was stunned for a moment, but immediately shook his head: "I'm afraid of death, but I'm even more afraid of those masters, and I'm even more afraid that my sister and father will live the same miserable life they had before."

Although he was temporarily separated from his master, he would not worry if he did not enter the city for a day. If the Song army withdrew and left Diezhou City that day, he would not be afraid of his masters settling accounts later.

So no matter what, he must keep up with the Song Army and join the Song Army.

Living outside Diezhou City for the past two years, his family did not have to pay tribute or worry. They could also freely herd cattle and sheep, and trade excess supplies with the Song people. This kind of freedom was something he had never dared to imagine before.

"Very good, the Song Dynasty needs warriors like you." Another Song Jun laughed and patted his shoulder heavily.

Dazazan actually felt a hint of warmth and kindness, as if he and they were comrades-in-arms and relatives.

This was something that had never been experienced by other tribesmen before.

At this time, Gerile took out a bunch of iron pieces from his arms and gave him one with the number eighteen written on it. Song Jun took a notebook next to him and wrote down his name.

Dazazan found that they were all literate and quickly said: "I am literate too."

"Okay, not bad." The two people opposite nodded disapprovingly. They should have known this already.

Dazazan was even more convinced that Kilimu was a craftsman who helped the people of Song Dynasty.

But he was very happy because he could finally serve the Song people.

Gerile told him a time when he left, and asked him to practice riding and shooting at home during this time, eat more delicious food to replenish his strength, and report to the south gate of Diezhou City in ten days to find the [-]th team and lead his best A familiar war horse and two sets of your own changes of clothes are enough, one set each for autumn and winter.

Dazazan practiced well at home and reported ten days later with his own bow, horse and a set of clothes.

He doesn't have two sets of clothes, but one is his father's.

I met companions from time to time on the road, and they all went to report.

When they arrived at the south gate, the place was crowded with people. There were at least a thousand tribesmen here, and people were arriving one after another from all directions.

Everyone lined up in dozens of lines. The front of the line was under the south city gate. There were large numbers posted on the city wall, which were very conspicuous.

Dazazan quickly found the eighteen columns,

He led his horse, with his clothes and water bag on the horse's back, and followed the team in an orderly manner, his eyes full of expectation.

The queue was relatively long, and he waited in line for two-quarters of an hour before it was his turn. The person on the other side first asked his name, and then asked him for an iron plate with eighteen written on it.

"From now on, you will be assigned to the Sixth Transportation Brigade - your superior officer is called Zhao Xiaotian."

"Remember, what is Shangguan's name?"

"Zhao Xiaotian."

"You go over there and wait in District [-]. The words District [-] are written in lime on the ground."

Dazazan led the horse and found the sixth area. The sixth area was relatively large, and there were people sitting everywhere on the ground.

He took a first look and saw that there were about 400 people there, and everyone was carrying a horse. Many people did not bring a bow, and there were relatively few people like him who carried a bow.

Someone was chatting with him in the middle and said that the Song Army would give them bows, but your own bow is not as good as the Song Army's.

Daza praised, I am used to using my own bow. My bow can kill four people with one stone.

"Oh." The other party was a little surprised, because not many ordinary herdsmen could pull four measures of one stone, so their arm strength was quite impressive.

Everyone sat there boredly chatting and getting to know each other. They were basically from various tribes. Most of them, like Dazazan, fled here to join the Song people after hearing the news.

Only then did Dazazan know that there was a larger gathering place about a hundred miles away from Diezhou City. A large number of tribesmen were migrating here. Because those who could shepherd had been occupied, many people could only live within a hundred miles. They lived outside, then came here to trade, and tried to seek protection from the Song people.

This situation is becoming more and more common now, and the nobles must be very angry, but they have no choice but to send troops here to arrest people.

It is said that some nobles have protested to the Song people and asked the Song people to drive away the herdsmen, but the Song people have not responded yet.

After about an hour, 500 people gathered at the scene, and finally a group of Song troops arrived.

The leader called himself Zhao Xiaotian. He looked very young, in his early twenties, but he was wearing a new set of Zha armor, which was still quite dazzling. Many tribesmen, including Da Zhazan, were very excited to see it.

Compared with their refugee-like clothes, the Song army's armor is really handsome and handsome.

"Everyone get up, mount your horses and follow me." Zhao Xiaotian's team of Song troops took the lead, and everyone mounted their horses and followed.

Zhao Xiaotian seemed to be interested in testing their riding skills, sometimes fast and sometimes slow. Dazazan followed closely, always staying within twenty steps of Zhao Xiaotian's Song army.

Zhao Xiaotian looked back at him from time to time with a somewhat appreciative expression. He should agree that Dazazan's riding skills were better.

Everyone followed Zhao Xiaotian around to the northeast of Diezhou City. This area was surrounded by a fence. There were tents everywhere on the ground. Each tent could sleep ten people. There were also many carriages at the scene. There were various materials and tools on the carriages. .

When they arrived, the Song Army first gave them some tools, mainly laying bricks and wood on the ground, then laying tents and building waterproof ditches.

As soon as Dazazan saw it, he felt that he would live here for a long time.

(End of this chapter)