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

Chapter 349: Challenging Batu and Ogedai (please vote for me)

"I met Zhang Rou more than a month ago and had a meal with him." Xiao Kaifeng said to Zhao Yurui at this time: "Zhang Rou is indeed a hero and has a lot of magnanimity——"

When Zhang Xin harmed him, he in turn saved Zhang Xin. As a result, he received the support of many heroes in Hebei and suddenly became a powerful man in the area. This was one of the important reasons for his fortune.

Zhang Rou still admired Xiao Kaifeng and was willing to strengthen commercial cooperation with Xiao Kaifeng, but she made it clear that Xiao Kaifeng could go to Baozhou personally, but Xiao Kaifeng's caravan could not enter Hebei.

Mongolia and the Southern Song Dynasty are now in a state of hostility, and the places where the two parties conduct public transactions are on both sides of the Wei River in northern Texas.

Xiao Kaifeng wanted to take the caravan deeper into Hebei, but Zhang Rou refused.

Therefore, it is currently difficult for the caravans of the Southern Song Dynasty to reach the depths of Mongolia. Only the caravans of Mongolian nobles from various places can do so.

Of course, here in Hebei, some Han merchants are doing business for the Mongols, and people like Zhang Xin can take advantage of them.

Zhang Xin is a slippery man, and both he and Zhang Rou are somewhat opposed to Zhao Yurui and the Song Dynasty, because Zhao Yurui did two things in the Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom.

Zhao Yurui conscripted land rents in the Song Dynasty, forcing landowners to sell their fields, and captured the Jin Kingdom and directly destroyed the wealth of powerful people. This made Mongolian powerful people like Zhang Xin and Zhang Rou very afraid.

So they are strongly opposed to Zhao Yurui.

In other words, most of the Han landowners in the Mongolian territory of Shanxi, Hebei are very opposed to Zhao Yurui.

Zhao Yurui has a reputation for being unfriendly to landlords.

Having said this, Xiao Kaifeng raised his head and looked at Zhao Yurui cautiously, probably feeling that the emperor had no reason to do this.

Zhao Yurui was not embarrassed, but smiled: "If I were a landlord, I wouldn't like such an emperor."

"However, throughout the dynasties, all the powerful families and scholars in the world thought that the emperor could only share the world with them."

"I -" At the end of the sentence, Zhao Yurui's tone became colder: "But if I don't kill these powerful families and aristocratic families in the past, how can you people who are loyal to me become powerful families and become a family that has been passed down for centuries? Family."

"The so-called new generation replaces the old. In this world, there is no shortage of powerful people and powerful families, and no one is born powerful or powerful."

"Little Kaifeng, I think your Tan family may become a century-old family in the future."

Little Kaifeng's whole body trembled first, and then his eyes narrowed in laughter: "Your Majesty is wise, Your Majesty is wise."

A small Kaifeng family with a hundred years of history would not dare to think about it, but the emperor's words were really comforting to hear.

Xiao Kaifeng also had to admit that Zhao Yurui was really a cruel person.

When Mongolia and Jin entered Hebei, they had to rely on local landlords and win over powerful people from all over the country. Zhao Yurui refused to give them face and insisted on killing them all.

He could imagine that when the Song army entered Hebei and Shanxi in the future, they would definitely encounter strong resistance.

Of course, there are big and small powerful people and landowners, and some are smart and agile.

For example, Zhang Rou's confidant, Zhang Xin, who was doing business with Xiao Kaifeng, was smarter.

He should have seen that there was some trace of Song Ting in Xiao Kaifeng.

The Song Dynasty was rich in sugar, but there were not many merchants who could transport sugar to Mongolia in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Zhang Xin used to help Mu Huali do business with Han merchants, and now he helps Tasi do the same thing.

This guy once intentionally or unintentionally mentioned on the front cover of Xiaokai that now that Song Tingzhao and Rui have ascended the throne, the country is prospering, and he might be able to come back from the Northern Expedition someday. Mongolia will not be able to defend it, and he doesn't want to go to the grassland to live like that. It's a day to drink blood.

Then he added that Emperor Zhao Yurui of the Song Dynasty liked to raid landlords. If our Zhang family had not left, all their fields and property would have been confiscated. It was really a dilemma.

Xiao Kaifeng deliberately persuaded him, saying that Mongolia is now the most powerful, and the Song Dynasty is nothing. Don't worry, you will definitely not be able to cross the Yellow River.

If we want to live it, we must have passed it more than 100 years ago, and we will still wait until now.

However, brothers can also be prepared.

Zhang Xin immediately asked, how to prepare with both hands, do you have a way out of Xiao Kaifeng?
Little Kaifeng said that I have no way out, but you can leave a way out for yourself. You can turn a blind eye to some things. We are not like Zhang Rou, who helps the Mongols with their heads high and leads troops to fight. We As a businessman, it is important to save your life.

Then Xiao Kaifeng changed the topic and asked deliberately, I heard that Tuo Lei was poisoned to death by Wo Kuotai. Is this true?
Zhang Xin seemed to have guessed something.

Of course he shook his head and said he didn't know. Xiao Kaifeng also talked about some letters from Zhao Yurui. He heard that the Song army wanted to negotiate peace with Mongolia, and that Wo Kuotai wanted to reduce the vassal status in the future.

In this way, rumors soon began to spread in Hebei.

This rumor also followed Tasi's caravan into Mobei and into Central Asia, because there were Han merchants from Zhang Xin in Tasi's caravan.

Zhang Xin's words basically meant to show favor to Xiao Kaifeng and leave a way out for himself.

As for whether caravans really went to these places to spread rumors, only Zhang Xin himself knew.

But Xiao Kaifeng believed that Zhao Yurui would know.

After Zhao Yurui came to power, he began to prepare for the establishment of the Intelligence Department and sent details to Mongolia. Although Mongolia was very difficult to send, the Han people were too obvious in the past and it was difficult to get past.

But he was sure that Zhao Yurui had his own way.

As for how to send it, he really didn't know.

After Xiao Kaifeng finished telling the news he knew, Zhao Yurui nodded slightly: "Although the Mongols are very powerful now, after Genghis Khan died, Tuo Lei and Ogedai fought for the throne for a year before they decided the winner."

"There were many people who were dissatisfied with Wo Kuotai, but after Wo Kuotai took over, the attack on the Jin Kingdom failed, Fangcheng Mountain suffered a disastrous defeat, and there was even suspicion of poisoning Tuo Lei——"

"Now Ogedai has lost all prestige in the eyes of the Mongolian nobles. Their internal affairs are no longer monolithic."

"As long as we continue to use some means, it will be a matter of time before they fall apart and confront each other."

At this time in history, Wo Kuotai originally destroyed the Jin Kingdom, but now that Zhao Yurui has interfered with it, he has lost even the great achievement of destroying the Jin Kingdom, so Wo Kuotai's life must be very difficult now.

Xiao Kaifeng quickly flattered me, Your Majesty is wise.

This guy has only been an official for a few years, and he keeps saying this flattery over and over again.

Shi Gou'er smiled at the side and said, "Your Majesty, please rest assured that the brothers from the Intelligence Department will continue to work."

Little Kaifeng couldn't help but feel a little moved in his heart, realizing that there was indeed a detailed operation by the Song Army on the Mongolian side.

"The Mongols are a barbaric people on the grassland." Zhao Yurui continued: "This kind of barbarians rise on the grassland by killing each other. Brothers kill brothers, and fathers kill sons. It is very common among this kind of barbarian people. If their father dies, the son can still marry his father’s woman——”

Little Kaifeng laughed: "Your Majesty, I heard from Zhang Xin that after Tuo Lei's death, Wo Kuotai wanted Tuo Lei's wife, Luhe Tini, to marry his son Kuo Duan. This generation is in chaos."

"When there are foreign enemies, they can stick together."

"But once there are no strong foreign enemies, or when necessary, they will kill each other at any time——"

Zhao Yurui did not lie. From Mongolia to the Yuan Dynasty, it was a history of internal strife. From the death of Genghis Khan, they continued to fight until the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

"Our next step is to start in the direction of Batu." Zhao Yurui said again.

"Batu is quite capable, and he had a good relationship with Tuo Lei back then, but Wo Kuotai was suspected of poisoning Tuo Lei, so Batu must have had deep feelings in his heart - isn't he afraid that he will also be poisoned by Wo Kuotai in the future? "

"After Tuo Lei died, Batu became the most powerful general in Mongolia. In terms of fighting, no one in the Mongolian army can compare with Batu."

"We must sow discord between Batu and Ogedei. It is a tactic used in the art of war."

"Furthermore, Batu's territory is the farthest from the Central Plains, and he has never been to the Song Dynasty and Jin Dynasty. He should have no interest in us at all."

"Little Kaifeng."

"I'm here." Little Kaifeng stepped forward quickly.

"Next time you go to Baozhou, you can spread rumors."

"I obey the decree——" Little Kaifeng pricked up his ears and listened.

Zhao and Rui's rumor is very simple. They say that all the generals in the Mongolian army are rubbish. Only Batu is the strongest. Wo Kuotai is not good at fighting. He has been defeated repeatedly. If Batu had been allowed to come to the Central Plains earlier, he would have been destroyed. It’s the Kingdom of Jin.

Xiao Kaifeng kept them all in mind.

Zhao Yurui gave him a few words of encouragement and some rewards before leaving the Intelligence Department.

After coming out of the Intelligence Department, Shi Gouer was sent to the backyard.

"The Han landowners in Hebei and Shanxi are very afraid of me now, but we can let some people out. As long as they are willing to serve me in the Song Dynasty now, the Song Dynasty will give them the rewards they deserve in the future."

According to the news brought by Xiao Kaifeng, the landowners north of the Yellow River are now very afraid of Zhao Yurui's property raids, so Zhao Yurui decided to be more relaxed and willing to take refuge now. Even if he is only a two-headed man, he can leave a way out for himself in the future. .

I believe that if this news spreads, many powerful landlords will be willing to do nothing.

Whether Zhao Yurui is spreading rumors now or doing intelligence work north of the Yellow River, he mainly relies on the Han people.

Therefore, all landlords cannot be driven to a dead end.

After coming out of the Intelligence Department, Zhao Yurui stood on the street. Niu Bao and Quan Yong didn't know where he wanted to go, so they could only follow him without moving.

Zhao Yurui seemed to be thinking about something. After a moment, he finally waved his hand: "Go to the Shenwu Army."

After Zhao and Rui ascended the throne and took power, they first established sixteen armies of the capital, each with 6000 troops, and later added four more armies, bringing the total number of troops in the capital to 12.

After capturing Shandong, the Southern Song Dynasty's defense line moved forward. Zhao Yurui felt that the capital did not need so many soldiers and horses, so he began to gradually adjust outwards. Currently, there are eight armies in the capital, with less than 5 people.

When he first seized power, in order to win over the then Imperial Forbidden Army (now called the Imperial Army) as quickly as possible, Zhao Yurui gave him very high treatment, and of course the training was also quite strict.

At that time, Zhao and Rui's conditions for recruiting the Beijing army were as follows: The emperor would personally support the army, and each household would be allocated five acres of land. The tax per mu would be [-]% for the first three years, and [-]% per mu after three years.

Ordinary soldiers, five guan a month (two guan copper coins, the rest are clubs), and more officers. After the ten-year period expires, they can leave the barracks, and the land will not be recovered, and the tax per mu will return to [-]%.

The sons of all soldiers will be given priority in recruiting into the army in the future. If they participate in the imperial examination, the descendants of soldiers can get extra points. In addition, in the future, the imperial examination in the Song Dynasty will be a hundred-point system. The descendants of the emperor's soldiers who participate in the imperial examination can get ten points extra.

The [-]-point imperial examination began in Zhao Yuruitai's second imperial examination. Many descendants of soldiers still received extra points, further fulfilling the emperor's promise.

The first batch of people who were recruited as the emperor's personal army were almost ten years old, and many older people may withdraw from the ranks of the Song army in the future.

At this time, most of the armies in other parts of the Song Dynasty only had one or more monthly money.

Therefore, the monthly payment of Wu Guan Qian for the Beijing Army is now relatively high, and the Beijing Army basically does not have to fight now. There are heavy troops in each province, so Zhao Yurui is a little heartbroken to give him this money.

It is easy to increase wages, but difficult to reduce wages. Fortunately, Zhao Yurui is also someone who is prepared and has the means. Baoqing started to implement the wage reduction in an open and honest manner in the fifth year of Baoqing.

The earliest Forbidden Army is almost ten years old and will gradually retire from active service.

Zhao Yurui conducted a census in the Forbidden Army a few years ago. Ordinary sergeants over the age of 35 can retire from active service after expiration. Anyone over the age of 40 and below can also retire from active service. Those with sons or younger brothers at home can come in as substitutes.

At the same time, the New Deal was promoted among the Beijing army.

The New Deal gave the Beijing army a choice. From now on, ordinary soldiers who were willing to have their monthly salary reduced to the usual five hundred cents could get five acres of fertile land. After retirement, the land would be taken away, and the per-acre tax would be [-]%.These fields were all searched by Zhao Yurui near the capital, and they were basically the best fields in the Southern Song Dynasty.

The market price per mu is around one hundred guan.

The sergeants originally received five guan per month, but because three of them were huizi, it was roughly equivalent to the current three guans and five hundred copper coins.

It is reduced to 24 guans per month, which means two guans per month, [-] guans per year, and [-] guans per ten years in the army.

Those five acres of land are worth five hundred guan.

Therefore, the sergeants are faced with two choices, whether to get [-] guans at once or [-] guans in ten years.

Without even thinking about it, almost all the sergeants chose to take the field.

So before the first batch of Beijing troops was about to turn ten years old, Zhao Yurui reduced the monthly payment of all Beijing troops to the usual five hundred Wen.

In the future, new recruits to the imperial army will be implemented according to this standard, and there will be no chance to get five acres of land at once.

After doing this, Zhao and Rui lost millions of acres of land, but they also reduced a lot of salary expenditures.

These fields were confiscated by him, so he didn't feel bad about them anyway. After they were given to the Beijing army, they would be cultivated and taxed, killing two birds with one stone.

The monthly salary of the Beijing army has been reduced, but the treatment is still the best in the country. How are the more than 4 Beijing troops training in the capital now?Can I fight?This is what Zhao Yurui is most concerned about.

As time travellers, Zhao Yurui certainly knew that after the arrival of previous dynasties, the Beijing army usually became the worst.

Therefore, Zhao Yurui would make at least a dozen trips to the various camps of the Beijing Army every year to check their training results and morale lineups, and they never notified them in advance.

Today he took Niu Bao and Quan Yong directly to the Shenwu Army.

The Shenwu Army was first established before Shaoxing. At that time, there were Liu Guangshi, Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun and many other famous generals in the Southern Song Dynasty among the Shenwu Army. Among them, the Shenwu Army was also the emperor's guard, replacing Zhu Banzhi.

Yue Fei also served as the commander of the Shenwu Right Deputy Army, and was later promoted to the Shenwu Rear Army.

Therefore, the famous generals in the early Southern Song Dynasty basically served in the Shenwu Army, which can be regarded as the traditional forbidden army of the Southern Song Dynasty.

The Shenwu Army is stationed in the north of Lin'an City. In the north, from Yuhang Gate to Tianzong Water Gate to Changshan Gate, it is their defense area. There are more than 6000 people in the army. The current military commander is Qin Youhu.

The primary level of the Shenwu Army was all infantry camps, but now everyone has war horses, and the army also has warships, so although they are from infantry camps, they still have to practice riding horses and train on ships, making them simply all-round warriors.

There is no way, Tianzong Water Gate is a more important dock in Lin'an, so there are also warships here.

According to Zhao Yurui's request, the three generals of the Shenwu Army were divided into three groups each in peacetime.

The first general is stationed in the north of the city, the second general is practicing horseback riding, foot shooting, and hand-to-hand combat in the camp outside the city. The third general is practicing water combat outside Tianzong Water Gate along the Qiantang River to Hangzhou Bay. Sometimes he also goes overseas like Jeju Island. Rotate every four months, so that in one year, each of the three generals of the Shenwu Army will be on the horse for four months, on the ship for four months, and in Lin'an City for four months.

At first, the soldiers of the Shenwu Army liked to stay in Lin'an City, but later they found that it was more fun outside the city and on the boat.

Although it was hard work outside the city and on the boat, it was not boring.

The defenders of the city were so boring. They had to stand up straight in some places, which was really uncomfortable.

At about one o'clock in the afternoon, Zhao and Rui rode out of the city and arrived at the Shenwu Army station in the north of the city.

From a distance, I could see the dusty sky in the Shenwu Army station. As I got closer, I could already hear the noisy sounds of men and horses.

The guard at the door immediately shouted: "Stop--"

Niu Bao stepped forward to identify himself. The guard was stunned for a moment, but immediately said, "You guys wait a minute, I'll go in and report."

He looked up at Emperor Zhao Yurui, turned around and hurried into the camp without saying anything.

Zhao Yurui came here before, and the defenders just put them in, but they were beaten up and almost beheaded. After that, no one dared to do this. You don't even know the emperor, but you believe it when others say he is the emperor?

Therefore, the gatekeeper did not dare to call the emperor. He had to go in and report first.

The one who will be training troops outside the city is a general of the Shenwu Army, the chief general Zhao Changan, who was a personal soldier of the Prince of Wei.

The young men from Prince Yi's Mansion were the first batch, and they were all purchased slaves. The soldiers of Prince Wei's Mansion came from a wide range of sources, including miners, young men, and people from good families recruited by Zhao Yurui themselves.

Zhao Changan was born as a miner in Xinzhou and was quite familiar with Quan Yong. Quan Yong had been in charge of the work at Xinzhou Mining back then.

After a while, Zhao Changan ran out.

"I bow before your Majesty—" Zhao Changan and several generals who followed him knelt down, and the surrounding sergeants stared at them.

According to Zhao Yurui's rules, after the emperor enters the military camp, the sergeants should not kneel down. When entering the craftsmen's work stations, such as shipyards, the craftsmen do not need to kneel down.

Therefore, the generals should kneel down, but the sergeants should not kneel down.

After entering the camp, Zhao Changan explained to Zhao Yurui that he was practicing riding skills this morning and was practicing foot shooting and riding shooting in the afternoon.

Zhao Yurui followed Zhao Changan to the right side of the camp. He saw nearly a thousand mounted Song troops lining up in the middle. Everyone looked towards Zhao Yurui. Someone should know that the emperor was coming.

But the scene was still relatively quiet. Everyone knew that there was no need to kneel down and they were quite happy.

To the north of the Song Army is an open space with several lines paved with red bricks on the ground.

One line is forty steps, one line is fifty steps, one line is sixty steps, and there are several wooden target human bodies on each line.

There is also a line in front of Song Jun, and everyone is currently inside the line.

The Shenwu Army is all equipped with infantry troops, and they are also from infantry camps, so the requirements for them to ride and shoot are not high.

Zhao Yurui's requirement is to shoot within the range.

That is to say, when the superior officer asked him to shoot to forty steps, he could shoot to forty steps.

It can shoot to sixty steps when it reaches sixty steps, which is useful when fighting large-scale and dense enemy forces, and it does not necessarily have to be a hit.

"Huai Bei" At this time, someone looked at Zhao Changan, and after getting approval, he prepared to test fire.

"Start." Following the order, the military flag waved.

"Driving" the front line of the Song army rushed out first. The man immediately had a pair of bows on the left and right, a walking bow and a riding bow.

I saw him quickly picking up his horse's bow, speeding toward the east, and loading the bow with an arrow.

Five steps away, there was an officer with the rank of Dutou running parallel to him, giving orders from time to time.

"Get ready, take about [-] steps, shoot."

Whoosh, Song Jun shot an arrow, and where it landed, it was about five steps beyond the red line of forty steps.

There were cheers from behind, this was considered a passing grade.

If it is within forty steps plus or minus one step, it is considered excellent.

"About fifty steps, shoot." Dutou shouted again.

Whoosh, the arrow hit the target fifty steps ahead about seven steps.

This time the shot was heavy.

Of course, considering the dense population on the battlefield, thousands of people can line up dozens or hundreds of steps, so this error is negligible.

But if there are a large number of enemy archers in a certain area and you need to shoot to this area, you need to increase your hit rate.

"Forty steps, shoot."

"Sixty steps, shoot."

"Fifty paces, shoot.'

The two men ran more than 100 steps from west to east and shot ten arrows at a medium speed. One of the arrows hit the target, which received a round of applause from the scene.

In fact, this archery skill is quite poor.

It is far from the sentry cavalry required by Zhao Yurui.

This Song soldier actually shot at the target all the way there. While keeping his distance, he also wanted to shoot at the target, but only hit one arrow.

But they are infantry, and they are already quite good at riding and shooting.

Quan Yong, who was watching from the side, couldn't help but whispered: "Haven't they been practicing for seven or eight years, and their shooting is average?"

Zhao Yurui thought for a while and said slowly: "It has only been two or three years since all the war horses were equipped. In the early stage, most of the war horses were given priority to prepare the frontline soldiers. They have only been training for about two years."

Quan Yong stopped talking. They spent four months outside the city every year, and they only practiced for about eight months in two years.

If you can hit one out of ten arrows, that's pretty good.

Although the speed of the war horse just now was average, if it really ran fast, it would probably be harder to hit.

Zhao Yurui nodded to Zhao Changan at this time, and Zhao Changan called his soldiers and bowed their heads and said a few words.

This time it was changed to ten cavalry together.

There were thousands of riders on site, so it was impossible to shoot them all.

So it was changed to a group of ten riders.

Nadu came back here just now and followed them as well.

"Forty steps, shoot."

"Fifty steps, shoot."

Because the emperor was at the scene, everyone tried their best to shoot at the target, but it was really like riding and shooting. In this wave of ten people, each shot ten arrows, and out of a hundred arrows, only five hit the target.

Quan Yong had a strange expression at this time. He had never been on the battlefield. He had only heard that the Mongols were very powerful in cavalry and archery. He couldn't help but said: "I just said that my cousin always said that the Mongolian army is powerful. The Mongolian army is powerful. This time I only hit five out of a hundred arrows, so I knew the Mongolian army’s cavalry shooting was quite good.”

With the Song Army's speed today, the Mongolian Army could probably hit eight out of ten shots, or even nine, or at least seven.

Zhao Yurui said with a smile: "It can't be compared. Mongolians tie their children to horses when they are five or six years old and start practicing riding and shooting. How long have we been practicing?"

"Let's just practice distance now."

In the mounted archery of the Song Army's infantry camp, the main training was distance, not hit.

(End of this chapter)