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

Chapter 373 The first peace negotiation

Wen Wenbu Hua was actually quite embarrassed in his heart. It was hard to offend either of them, and he felt that to deal with the Song Dynasty's [-] cavalry, [-] Mongolian elites were enough, and Alchi was a bit too timid to ask for [-].

Chagatai felt the gentle look in his eyes, and after thinking for a while he said: "It's not urgent to fight the Song army outside. They can't escape. They will definitely support Meng Gong's troops outside the city. By then, even if we don't fight Meng Gong, , he would also take the initiative to beat us in order to come to the rescue."

Everyone felt it made sense when they heard it.

Meng Ying's troops are wandering around, so there is no need to chase and fight them. As long as the Mongolian army surrounds Zhongxing Mansion and assumes the posture of surrounding Zhongxing Mansion, Meng Ying will definitely take the initiative to attack the Mongolian army.

It is better for the Mongolian army to garrison and build fortifications to wait, but it can beat the Song army severely. Therefore, there is no rush to defeat Meng Ying. Let's first talk about how to defeat Meng Gong.

Alechi was a little unhappy after hearing this, but remained silent.

Chagatai discussed with several people how to besiege the Song army.

Wen Wen did not hesitate to say, we gathered our troops in one place, sent sentries and cavalry to guard the six city gates, and stationed small teams a few miles outside the six city gates to separate camps.

According to Kou Wen Bu Hua, Zhongxing Prefecture is now flooded and it is still raining. According to the weather, the three directions of Zhongxing Prefecture, southeast, north and south, may not be dry by November. As long as they are not dry, the Song Army will not be able to Massive escape.

The Mongolian army only needs to station a few small teams outside the six city gates to watch the Song army, while the rest of the army will gather in the west. Once the Song army leaves the city, they will raise their troops to fight.

The Song army did not leave the city, so they kept waiting, consuming the Song army's food.

This method is still the method used by the Mongolian army when they besieged Xixia. They gathered their troops in one place and were not afraid of you breaking out. If you break out, they will catch up because no one can outrun the Mongolian army, and the Mongolian army also likes its opponents to outrun.

Some people also suggested that they should follow the example of the Song army and dig trenches all around to surround Zhongxing Prefecture.

Of course, Zhongxing Mansion is a big city, and the Song army did not dig out all of it in the past few months, only six gates.

Now that three sides are seriously flooded, there is no need to dig.

The generals discussed for a while, and finally decided not to spend the money. In the early stage, they mainly looked to the west. After the rain stopped and the ground dried up, trenches were dug on all sides to prevent the Song army.

The Mongolian army kept the entire army stationed in the west, and at the same time sent Alchi to lead [-] Mongolian troops to search for Meng Ying's Song army in order to cut off the Song army's retreat.

Kou Wenbuhua told him many times not to fight hard, and come back if you can't fight. Anyway, if the Song army wants to rescue Meng Gong, they have to attack our camp.

Alchi agreed immediately and took his troops to take revenge.

But about fifteen days after his troops left, they came back in despair.

At this time, the Mongolian army had only surrounded the Song army for half a month. In mid-October, the weather in Zhongxing Mansion had improved, and the water on the ground began to slowly subside, but suddenly a sentinel sent shocking news from the front.

I also saw the Song Army with 10,000+ infantry and cavalry coming out from the direction of Shaanxi and Sichuan. They were accompanied by countless horse-drawn carriages and tens of thousands of civilians. They were known as an army of 50.

Its leader seems to be Liu Zheng from Shaanxi.

No Mongolian has ever heard of Liu Zheng's name.

But the Song Army suddenly came with 10,000+ troops, which made Kou Wenbuhua and others take a deep breath.

Of course, it was impossible for the sentries to count the actual number of soldiers and horses of the Song army, and it was basically an exaggeration. But Mao estimated that even if they only came to [-] or [-], it would be quite annoying.

Only then did they come to their senses. Song people and Xixia people were different.

Xixia has only a few million people in the country, while Song people have tens of millions in the country. These soldiers and horses exploded as if they were free of money.

The [-] yuan here has not been finished yet, and another [-] yuan came later.

After Meng Ying's troops captured Xiazhou, they headed west along the Yellow River to the direction of Yingli to meet Liu Zhengjun.

At that time, Alchi was also chasing Yingli and was preparing to fight the Song army again by the Yellow River for revenge.

Liu Zheng's forward [-] Song army cavalry arrived at Yingli first.

The two armies of the Song army combined to number fifty thousand.

Alechi stared blankly at the boundless Song Army cavalry. Although he wanted to be impulsive, he thought about the gentle words and finally did not fight. He returned the same way and sent sentry cavalry to check the Song Army's rear formation.

Sure enough, after this group of cavalry crossed the river, hundreds of thousands of Song troops and infantry soldiers came over one after another. The sentries and cavalry said that they were overwhelming and they could not count them, especially the standard carriages of the Song people, which were so many.

Alechi hurried back and informed him that he was not in trouble.

At this point, more than 20 Song troops had arrived in Xixia, and their intention to forcibly occupy Xixia was quite obvious.

After Liu Zhengjun came, he also brought a letter of peace negotiation from the Song army.

The Mongolian troops were asked to withdraw from Xixia and the two countries became a brotherly country.

On November 26, Kouwen Buhua gathered 12 troops and turned around to attack Liu Zheng first.

But as soon as his army left, Meng Gong of Zhongxing Prefecture left Zhang Xuan behind with [-] Song troops and [-] civilians to guard the city. [-] Song troops also left the city to follow Kou Wenbuhua.

The temperature of the mouth is not the same as that of Chagatai and Kuoduan. He turns around and wants to hit Meng Gong again.

Meng Gong turned around and returned to the city.

Kou Wenbuhua and others were furious, scolding Song Jun for being like this every time.

At the moment, they ignored Meng Gong and continued to look for Liu Zhengjun. In fact, they planned to fight Liu Zheng and Meng Gong together.

At the end of November, the two sides met near Mingsha City.

Meng Gong's army did not bring cannons or carriages. The entire army was made up of war horses, all of which were lightly armored. The heavy armors were all left in Zhongxing Mansion. Many of the light armors were not enough and the Mongolian armors left in the warehouse of Zhongxing Mansion. So looking at the scene, Song Dynasty was opposite. The army looked like a Mongolian army, which made Kou Wenbuhua and others quite depressed.

Meng Gong's army took a detour to join Liu Zheng and Meng Ying. The three armies of the Song Army together had more than 15 troops.

There are 12 Mongolian troops on the opposite side, and there are many men and horses.

They were not afraid of the large number of soldiers in the Song Dynasty. They deliberately let them join in the field battle this time.

Chagatai had not been fought before because the Song army spent [-] to [-] civilians working for a month or two before they arrived at Chagatai, and it rained again.

Now the two armies met in the field, and they vowed to take revenge and defeat the Song army in one battle.

At that time, Kuoduan and Chagatai also made harsh words. The Song army had no civilians and no fortifications, so they would be beaten to pieces.

Now that the Song army had just arrived, there was no time to build fortifications. The two sides immediately set up formations and fought a battle more than 20 miles west of Mingsha City.

As a result, Liu Zheng's artillery battalion did not hold back like Meng Gong did last time, and directly beat the Mongolian army until they howled like ghosts and wolves.

Liu Zheng had no fortifications, so he formed an formation with horse-drawn carriages, with pikemen in the front, crossbowmen in the middle, and artillery and trebuchets in the back.

This was the old routine of the Song Army, but Liu Zheng came up with full firepower. The Mongolian army suffered heavy casualties in the first wave of attacks, and hurriedly retreated within half an hour.

At this time, Gu Wenbuhua also knew that the Song army's position battle was not easy to fight.

However, the Song army was not bad in the field. The Song army had many soldiers and horses. In the middle, the cavalry was used to fight the Mongolian cavalry. The Mongolian army had a slight upper hand, but it could not affect the Song army's infantry formation.

The two sides fought near Mingsha for several days. The Song army moved their infantry camp forward every day. While fighting, they moved forward, and their artillery also moved forward.

The Mongolian army was forced to move its camp and retreat.

The Song army was pressing forward with the main army and camp. The Mongolian army could not suppress it and had no choice but to retreat.

Moreover, the Song Army brought civilians with them and was good at positional warfare. Every time after moving the camp, the Song Army asked the civilians to set up camp, and the Song Army went to provoke the Mongolian army.

The Song army has many soldiers and horses, and tens of thousands can still be left to guard the camp.

The harassment by the Mongolian army was useless in front of the Song army.

Instead, the Mongolian army was harassed by the Song army.

Because the Mongolian army went to pick out shirts, the Song army could ignore it, and the Mongolian army did not dare to attack the Song army's camp.

The Song army went to pick out shirts, but the Mongolian army also learned to ignore it. The Song army directly used artillery to bombard the Mongolian camp from seven or eight hundred paces away, and the trebuchets followed suit.

After the two armies fought for several days, the Mongolian army couldn't stand it anymore and asked to withdraw.

At this time, no matter whether it is a warm-hearted person, a chagatai, or a Kuoduan, everyone agrees that if you want to have a real decisive battle with the Song army and determine the winner in a field battle or a positional battle, you must at least have two soldiers. Times, even three times, four times or more can be done.

With similar troop strength, there is absolutely nothing they can do against the Song Army now.

Just as it entered December, Ogedai's peace envoy also found Kuou Wenbuhua. He brought the latest decree of the Great Khan. Ogedai actually had the intention to negotiate peace?This shocked them.

Only then did they know that the Mongolian envoys had entered the Song Dynasty not long ago. After interviewing the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, they went back to report to Wo Kuotai. They didn't know what the Emperor of the Song Dynasty said. Anyway, Wo Kuotai had the intention to negotiate peace.

When the messenger came to Kouwen Buhua and others, the first thing he said was: "I, Mongolia, had no bloody enmity with the Song people before. The Song people just wanted to destroy the Jin Dynasty. If the war here is not going well, He Khan said, we can try Negotiate peace.”

Ogedai deliberately left the decision-making power to Chagatai, saying on the surface that you will decide based on how the fight goes here.

If they had the upper hand and could win a big victory, there would be no need to negotiate for peace. But in this situation, except Chagatai and Kuoduan who were dissatisfied, everyone else wanted to negotiate for peace.

Chagatai was dissatisfied that the Song army still had soldiers and horses running wild in his territory, looting and killing everywhere, and his soldiers and horses were almost wiped out while helping Kuo Duan.

Kuo Duan's dissatisfaction is that once he decides to negotiate peace, it means that his territory is gone or becomes smaller.

In mid-December, the Mongolian army formally considered negotiating peace, and Koun Wenbuhua led the army back to Urohaicheng.

In fact, the Mongolian army is not very disgusted with the peace negotiation, because they have attacked Xixia many times before and besieged Zhongxing Mansion several times, including the time when it was flooded, but they finally withdrew their troops after peace negotiation.

Of course, every time Xixia negotiates peace, they will give some princesses or food money, etc., including various conditions such as promising them not to trade war horses to the Jin and Song people.

Negotiating peace with the Song people now probably won't bring much benefit, but they will definitely dominate the current territory.

The Mongols and Xixia had negotiated peace several times, so they were experienced in deliberation. Once they decided to negotiate peace, they immediately sent envoys.

Not long after, the messenger Hanchen Liu Run went to Zhongxing Mansion to discuss with Meng Gong the withdrawal of troops in Xixia.According to Emperor Zhao Yurui of the Song Dynasty, whether Xixia negotiates peace or continues the war, it is entirely up to Meng Gong.

But what made them angry was that just as they were retreating and preparing to negotiate peace, 10,000+ people from the Song Army and Liu Zheng attacked Xiping Mansion.

The Song people were fighting and negotiating at the same time, which made the Mongols quite annoyed and helpless.

On December 24, Liu Run went to Zhongxing Mansion and submitted a peace agreement, requiring the Song Army to withdraw from Zhongxing Mansion, and Mongolia to cede the horse-raising prefectures such as Su and Liang to the Song Army. Basically, it gave the Song Army west of Xiliang Mansion, including the Song Army. The Guazhou and Shazhou that were captured so far were given to the Song army. In fact, Ganzhou and Xiliang were given to Ganzhou and Xiliang, which is approximately equivalent to one-fifth of the lower left corner of Xixia. Xixia raised 30 to [-] war horses annually in these places.

After Liu Run arrived at Zhongxing Mansion, the two sides began negotiations that lasted for half a year, and they kept talking.

The Song army continued to immigrate people from Sichuan, Fujian, and Jinghu areas, mobilized troops and horses, and moved the entire defense line forward.

At this time, soldiers and horses from the counties in southern Sichuan and the Jinghu area can move forward, not to mention Fujian. Zhao Yurui originally regarded this place as the rear area and recruited new soldiers every year, but now Fujian is now in the rear area. In this position, there was absolutely no chance of fighting, so a large number of troops and horses were moved forward.

After the two sides finally successfully negotiated and agreed on a boundary line half a year later, the Song army had assembled a garrison of 40 million troops in the Xixia region, preparing for the next large-scale invasion of Mongolia.

December 25, Zhongxing Mansion.

The Mongolian envoy Liu Run, a Han minister, was not well-known at this time. His son was Liu Bingzhong, a famous Han minister in Mongolia later, and he was also a Han minister whom Kublai Khan valued highly.

Historically, it was Liu Bingzhong who suggested to Kublai Khan that he use the meaning of "Great Qian Yuan" in the Han Chinese's "Book of Changes" to change Mongolia into the Great Yuan.

Liu Run just arrived at Zhongxing Mansion yesterday, but Meng Gong didn't see him. The Song people told him that Meng Gong had led his troops out and asked him to wait at Zhongxing Mansion.

After Liu Run handed over the peace agreement from Mongolia, he and his two attendants stayed in the courtyard given by the Song people for a while. Then he felt bored and wondered if he could go out and have a look.

The two attendants who followed him were a Mongolian and a Han.

The Mongolian's name was Zheku. In fact, he was the main peacemaker. Because the Song people didn't seem to like the Mongols, Zheku pretended to be an attendant. Every time there was a major event, Liu Run had to discuss it with him before making a decision.

"Why don't we go out for a walk? We just entered Zhongxing Mansion. Do you feel something is different in the city?" Liu Run was still thinking about going out, but Zheku had already taken the initiative.

The last time the Mongolian army forced Zhongxing Mansion to surrender, Zheku was there. When he entered the city again this time, he felt that there was something different in the city. The Song army only entered the city in early October. He was very curious. It had been more than two months since the Song army had entered the city. What will change.

When entering the city, they were required to ride in a carriage, and many of them could not be seen clearly outside.

"I just don't know if Song Jun is willing?" Liu Run said, leading Zheku and another attendant to the door.

Six Song soldiers stood outside the courtyard gate, all wearing Zha armor. This kind of Zha armor is rare among the Mongolian army. It was also worn by the Jin Kingdom in the past, but it was not as exquisite as the Song army. It seemed to have strong protective power. .

Liu Run looked at the Song Army's armor with great interest. He must be a scholar and somewhat knowledgeable. In his opinion, the Song Army's armor symbolized the national power of the Song Dynasty.

If everyone in the Song army has such exquisite armor, then the Song Dynasty is indeed very powerful now, and it will not be easy to force Mongolia to defeat them.

Zheku didn't think so. He looked at the Song Army's armor with disdain and disapproved in his heart. We, the Mongols, only need light armor and war horses to sweep the world.

The two of them were looking at the Song Army, and a corps commander in the Song Army was also looking up at them: "What are you doing?"

"Master, General Meng hasn't come back. Can we go outside and walk around first? It's really boring to stay in this yard." Liu Run said with a smile on his face. After that, he turned to look at the other person behind him. The Han attendant immediately handed over a heavy bag.

The commander of the Song Army subconsciously picked it up and picked it up slightly. It was very heavy, not like copper coins.

He opened it and looked at it, and the corners of his mouth suddenly raised. There was a large ingot of silver inside.

"Okay, you can go out. Don't run too far. If the commander comes back to summon you, it won't be good if you can't be found."

"Don't worry, we won't run too far. We'll just wander around. Thank you, Master Jun."

Liu Run thanked him profusely and left quickly with the two of them.

Tui, Zheku spat after not walking a few steps and said angrily: "This is ridiculous." What he meant was that the soldiers of the Song Dynasty were so greedy, how could they have any combat power?How can we, the great Mongolia, fight a hundred battles without success?
At this time, the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Zhongxingfu seemed to most Mongolians to be in vain, not a failure.

The Mongols were unwilling to accept such a defeat. They believed that the Song army was flooded with water and did not defeat them openly on the frontal battlefield.

Liu Run hesitated for a moment, then slowly said: "Since ancient times, Han officialdom has been famous for greed and corruption. This is the nature of most people, and the Han people are no exception."

Zheku looked at him coldly and did not refute, because Mongolia was no better now, but he must have despised the Han people in his heart.

After the three of them took to the streets, they quickly discovered something was different from before.

Now in Hebei and Shanxi, which are controlled by Mongolia, there are all kinds of people in some big cities, including Mongols, Jurchens, Khitans, Turks, Hans, and even people of various ethnic groups captured by Mongolia in the Western Expedition. When you go to the street, you can see a dazzling array of clothes and hair accessories from all ethnic groups.

In Zhongxing Mansion, they looked around and saw only Hanfu and party uniforms.

Because the Song army now has some of the original Xixia Dangxiang cavalry to assist in the battle, after occupying Zhongxing Mansion, the largest number of people in the city are Dangxiang people, so the Song army is only relatively tolerant to Dangxiang.

In the past two months, Mongols, Jurchens and other ethnic groups have been required to change their beliefs and beliefs. Some people from the Western Regions are not allowed to talk about their beliefs in Zhongxing Mansion.

When the people of Song Dynasty caught people gathering in the city to communicate, they immediately killed them.

It's okay for you to talk about your beliefs outside the city, but if you talk about your beliefs in the city, they will be cut off immediately.

So now we only see Han Chinese in Hanfu on the streets, and many people of all ethnic groups have changed into Hanfu. It looks quite funny, but no one can laugh.

Everyone was surprised to see Zheku and the others, because there were no people wearing Mongolian clothes or Mongolian hair accessories in the city.

If a smart person saw Zheku, he would have guessed that he was the Mongolian envoy, otherwise he would not have been able to survive for a second in the city.

There are still a lot of low-lying lands outside the city that have not been completely dried up, and there is a special rotten smell in the air. After the flood, it took more than two months to clean up the city alone. There are still thousands of people working outside the city every day.

After walking on the street for a while, a few people smelled the strange smell, and then smelled the smell of lime.

"Why does everything smell like lime?" Zheku asked strangely.

Liu Run lowered his head and whispered: "Just after the flood receded, people in the Song Dynasty used lime to eliminate the smell. It is said that it can also prevent plague."

Of course Zheku didn't understand, and looked at Liu Run half-heartedly.

"Dang Dang Dang" Just as the two were chatting, gongs and drums were beating not far away, and the sound was loud.

Many people on the street immediately ran to a certain place.

Liu Run and Zheku glanced at each other and quickly followed.

I saw someone who looked like a government official posting announcements.

There were no yamen when the Mongolian army occupied Zhongxing Mansion. This was obviously the Song army had just established. There were four yamen on site, and two of them were actually party members.

An official who looked like a party member was reading the announcement, probably taking care of the illiterate people.

After listening to it, Liu Run and Zheku roughly understood what it meant.

It is now December of the eighth year of Baoqing. Starting next year, the Song Dynasty will change its reign name to Yuan Zhen.

At the same time, starting from January next year to June next year, it will take half a year for all residents in Zhongxing Prefecture to have their identity badges redone. The identity badges are made of wood and are smaller than the palm of your hand, with the address, name, and ethnicity of all residents written on them. It should be done for children over five years old.

From now on, identity cards will be checked when entering and leaving the city. Anyone without a card will be dealt with carefully (unless there is proof from family members and the local security chief).

Han Chinese and Dangxiang people in the city can do it for free. If they lose it and do it again, they will have to make up one guan of money for the first time, five guan of money for the second time, and more for the third time.

The Jurchens and Khitans in the city charge a cost of five cents a piece. If the item is dropped and redone, the money will be even more.

The Mongols, Turks, and other people of color in the city will charge a cost of one hundred cents each. If it is lost, it will be the most expensive to redo it.

Zheku cursed when he heard this, why are we Mongolians the most expensive?Damn it, I really want to lead the troops and slaughter all the Song troops in Zhongxing Mansion immediately.

Liu Run quickly advised him to keep his voice down.

There were already many people around who were looking over. After all, he was the only one wearing Mongolian clothes in the city.

Zheku didn't dare to be too arrogant immediately and could only endure it.

"Look at the front." Liu Run and the others couldn't hear clearly from behind, so they pushed forward again.

The announcement is more intuitive. Zhongxing Prefecture is divided into dozens of counties and regions. From what day to what day each month, people from a certain area go to the Zhongxing Prefecture Jinyiwei Qianhu Office for processing.

First deal with those in the city, and then deal with those outside the city (there are people in counties and villages outside the city).

This made Liu Run nod secretly.

The total number of prefectures, counties, and villages in and around Zhongxing Prefecture now totals 30 to [-], so it is definitely impossible to do it all together.

The people of the Song Dynasty divided them into areas according to their residences and took turns to deal with them separately, which took more than half a year.

At the scene, a template was nailed to the wall with nails for everyone to see.

Liu Run and Zheku even touched it.

The Song Dynasty identity card was slightly larger than the identity cards of later generations. It was made of blackened wood chips and was very well made. Liu Run and Zheku both looked at it in disbelief.

There are several large characters written in the upper left corner: "Da Song Identity Plate". There is a round hole in the middle, which should be used to tie a rope.

Liu Run and Zheku both touched it and found that the handwriting had a bumpy feel and the surface was relatively smooth. The key hole in the middle was somehow made out and was quite smooth.

Starting from the left in the middle, it reads: Zhang San, male, born: August 1206 (the second year of Kaixi), address: No. 8, Group [-], No. [-] Dabao, No. [-] Xiaobao, Changtong Street, Zhongxing Prefecture.

The identity plate number is engraved on the lower right corner: Zhongxing Mansion 00000001.

The numbers in the lower right corner are also relatively large, and the first four 0s are drilled out, and the last three 0s are drawn with a red pen.

The front four holes are different sizes and are also quite smooth.

Zheku, a Mongolian, couldn't see Mingtang. Liu Run was dumbfounded and kept touching several holes.

(End of this chapter)