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

Chapter 376 Abbasid Dynasty

At this time, the Song army was already very careful because a large number of soldiers and horses could be gathered in the area.

Although Persia surrendered to Mongolia, the nobles, city lords and lords of various places still retained their power. When the Mongols went to war, they would send troops and horses to participate, and at the same time, they would pay taxes and food to the thousands of local Mongolian households.

Shader didn't have many troops, just over 800 riders, so he naturally acted cautiously and tried to avoid big cities and towns.

Fortunately, they all wore Mongolian army armor, and the locals were afraid of them, so they encountered no trouble along the way.

After entering Persia, the Song army looted several caravans one after another and obtained some news.

The Mongolian army stationed heavy troops in Lai City to the west of them (later, Deheilan, the capital of Yilang), and it was Choermahan's soldiers and horses.

Choermahan brought 8 Mongolian troops and stationed them in Khorassan for a period of time when they first came over. Then he recruited servants from all directions and took nearly 5000 troops with him when he left. Later, he stationed a heavy army in Lai, about [-] people. .

Lai City is still relatively close to the Song army's current position, about a thousand miles away. If the Mongolian army runs with three horses each, it can be reached in two or three days. Shader heard this and became more careful and hurriedly retreated eastward.

On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, the Song army arrived outside a large city.

The people here are different from other places. Most of them rely on towns to live, and there are many soldiers and horses in the towns. Therefore, the Song army rarely goes to large towns. After all, Shader is now full of light cavalry and cannot attack the city.

But supplies have been insufficient recently, and they need to grab some supplies.

In important towns, there are caravans coming and going every day, which is a good target.

Around midnight in the morning, Shader and Zheng Dagen rode together to a high ground outside the city, looking at the road hundreds of steps ahead.

Hundreds of Song troops are hiding behind the high ground.

After a while, two Song soldiers came behind them, holding a map.

This map was found from a caravan they plundered, and there were many places nearby.

Song Jun opened the map, Shader and Zheng Dagen also jumped off their horses, and the four of them squatted on the ground and watched.

"Ahead is Shaluer City. According to the businessmen, there are many troops stationed in it and there is a big lord." Zheng Dagen said: "We can grab a deal. This guy's daughter marries a Qianhu Nayan in Mongolia. He often When doing business with the Mongols, the caravan is relatively large."

"This kind of man is a loyal lackey of the Mongolian army. If not, who can we rob him?"

"You just have to wait, it may take time."

Such things as large caravans are not guaranteed to happen, and you have to rely on luck.

Shader thought for a while: "Just wait for a day. If it doesn't work, go to the next place. You can also rob villages or small towns first."

It’s just that the villages are usually full of poor people who can’t find any good goods. Small towns don’t have enough troops, so they can still fight.

The two of them are now more experienced in attacking small towns. They can send dozens of people to pretend to be a caravan and then seize the gate. If there are insufficient troops in the city and they don't respond in time, the Song army will be able to break the city.

After Shader and Zheng Dagen discussed it, they decided to wait for a day.

That day, the Song army found a place to hide, and only sent a few riders out to patrol.

There are caravans coming in and out of Shalu City every day, which shows that it is a local transportation and commercial city.

However, the Song army waited for a day and saw no large caravan. Shader did not hesitate and immediately decided to change places. Before leaving, they robbed a caravan at random, grabbed a small amount of supplies, and then left.

At this time, the Song army planned to turn to the southeast, that is, run back while running.

They are now probably at the due north corner of Persia, on the right side of the Caspian Sea, and then they will run diagonally across the entire Persia to the lower right corner of Persia, then bypass the Afghans, enter the Indu behind, and then return to Tibet from the Indu.

They passed through Afghanistan when they came here, and now they want to avoid it when they go back, because if they calculate the time, by the time they go back, Chagatai may have come back to gather troops and block them everywhere.

This calculation is correct. While negotiating with the Song army, Chagatai and others organized [-] elites to return to Western Liao to encircle Shadr.

On the [-]th, Shader stood by a river and watched Zheng Dagen drawing a map again, feeling a little admired in his heart.

When they came in, there was no map here, only the Song Dynasty's self-produced map of the Tubo part, which was a simplified version that the Song Dynasty had made in recent years.

When Zheng Dagen followed them around, he collected maps in various places. Basically, he tried to find maps wherever the Song army attacked.

Whether it's a caravan, a small village, or a town, we collect all the maps we can find.

Fortunately, this was during the period of Mongol rule. The Mongol Empire was vast and many caravans had to transport goods across thousands of miles. Large caravans also carried their own maps, which allowed Shader and Zheng Dagen to collect a lot of maps.

Everywhere they go, they will also look for local people to help with splicing and perfection. All important towns, rivers, and mountains will focus on standards.

At this time, there was a large map they made in front of Zheng Dagen.

This map was a blank piece of paper when the two first came in.

Now it is filled with various towns and rivers, avenues, and mountains.

Of course, due to limited time and level issues, there must be many mistakes, but if Song Jun comes in again later, he will definitely improve it step by step.

Next to Zheng Dagen was Song Jun, who was looking at the map he had snatched.

Shader watched Zheng Dagen draw a river on his map with a charcoal pen, and at the same time said to Shader: "These natives don't know how to draw, and they haven't even drawn this river."

"How long did it take us to come here just now? Is it fifteen miles?"

Shader and the others had just come all the way along the river. After hearing this, they thought for a while: "At least fifteen miles, I estimate it must be twenty miles."

Zheng Dagen nodded, drew a simple river, and wrote on the side: "About 12-20 miles long."

After finishing the painting, Zheng Dagen looked at the map again, and then folded it with satisfaction.

"Report——" At this moment, a sentry rider came quickly not far away and brought good news.

More than 30 miles away from them, a relatively large caravan was coming this way. The caravan came from the southwest of them and seemed to be heading north.

The sentinels said that the caravan was very large, including camels, horses, mules, and various carriages, stretching for several miles, with at least thousands of people, including about 1000 armored guards.

Shader and Zheng Dagen stood up immediately, and they rubbed each other excitedly. This can be done.

They have been here for so long, encountered countless caravans and guards, and fought against the armies of noble lords from various places. Their combat effectiveness is indeed very poor. No wonder they were beaten like dogs by the Mongolian army.

Shader and the others are now almost the equivalent of Mongolian elites, and there is no difficulty at all with similar military strength.

Shader immediately organized his troops and looked for ambush points first. At the same time, he sent out sentries to follow carefully and keep exploring the opponent's route.

Thousands of miles around here are basically under Mongolian rule, and the opponent has thousands of guards. He is quite confident and bold along the way. One day, he sent sentry riders and met the Song army's sentry riders. He saw the Mongolian clothes worn by the Song army. He didn't take it seriously and when he wanted to step forward to ask questions, Song Jun turned around and left without paying any attention to the other person.

This let Song Jun know that the opposite side was doing business with the Mongols, otherwise he would not be so unscrupulous and not afraid of the Mongolian army.

The Song army found a nearby Jiajarmu city, which was a relatively large city that the opponent passed through from west to east.

A caravan like this would definitely need a big city like this to supply or trade.

The Song army was lying in ambush on the edge of a road a few miles west of the city.

Song Jun found a place to ambush in the morning, but after walking more than 30 miles for a day, Shadel almost thought that the other side knew someone was ambush and turned around and ran away.

It turned out that the other party had a large number of camels, horses, mules, carriages, and supplies. In addition, they were not in a hurry and kept walking around. According to the sentry rider, many people had to perform sacrifices and pray for a while before eating in the afternoon.

After dark, the other party found a place to camp by the river and rest.

Shader and Zheng Dagen looked up at the moonlight and smiled knowingly at the same time, just in time, night attack.

The moonlight is good today, the moon is round and big.

As for the opponent, who was in Mongolia and had just been cleared by Choermahan, he felt very safe and would not take any precautions.

Song Jun approached immediately, slept well for a while, and waited until around three o'clock in the morning to start gathering. The other side was basically in a deep sleep state. Song Jun tied cloth on the hoofs of the war horses and slowly approached.

Shader was quite cautious. During the day, the sentinels were far away from each other and their line of sight was not very clear. However, the guards on the opposite side looked uniform in uniform, not like ordinary guards, they might be regular soldiers.

The other party camped on the river in the north at night, and they obviously had some military common sense.

The Song army divided into three groups from the east, south and west and advanced at the same time.

Zheng Dagen entered from the south in front of them. When he got closer, he found that there were no horses and no fences on the opposite side. However, like the Song army, they arranged a large number of carriages in a line as a simple guardrail.

The Song army came quickly, and the other party had no defense. Zheng Dagen and his cavalry had to advance more than 200 steps before these people were alert.

But there were few guards, and more people were still sleeping.

"Swish, swish, swish" Song Jun lit up a wave of rockets and shot them in first, causing the outer guards to scream in agony.

“Enemy attack, enemy attack—” There were screams everywhere in the firelight.

The vanguard of the Song Army had already arrived in front of the carriage. Dozens of Song troops jumped off the carriage neatly, cut the ropes with their swords, pulled the carriage, and quickly cleared a passage.

Then a large number of Song troops rushed in without fear of falling into a trap.

Sure enough, there were no pits in the camp, only tents and carriages that were set on fire everywhere.

There was almost no resistance on Zheng Dagen's side, but Shader encountered a gathering of soldiers and horses.

Under the night light, I saw that there was heavy armor on the opposite side, but it collapsed after being shot by the Song army a few times. Then everyone shouted in Persian and Turkic languages, "Surrender without killing, kneel down without killing." '

This Song army has been here for a few months, and they all know these words by heart.

Of course, there are various ethnic groups here and there are quite a lot of languages, but generally speaking, people in most areas can understand Turkic and Persian.

When these two tribes were strong, they, like the Mongols, ruled or swept across this vast territory, and there were descendants of these tribes everywhere.

After dawn, the Song army finally took control of the scene.

At this time, a large number of people were tied up in groups of ten and kneeling by the river.

While Song Jun was cleaning up and sorting out goods, he was also looking for a translator who could chat and communicate to understand the other party's identity.

After a while, relevant information was gathered in front of Shader and Zheng Dagen.Opposite is the caravan of the Abbasid Dynasty (Irak), coming from Baghdad, the capital of the dynasty, more than 2000 miles away. They first arrived at the city of Rai (Tehran) along the Caspian Sea.

I originally wanted to meet Choermahan, the ruler of Great Mongolia here.

Choermahan conquered Persia on Ogedai's orders and lived in Rai city last year.

After the Abbasids arrived, the Mongol households in Rai City told them that Cholmakhan had led his troops to the Arras River, more than 1000 miles northwest.

At the same time, thousands of Mongolian households told the envoy Abu Ahmed that the ruler of the Great Mongol Empire was not Choermahan, but Ogedai, which was farther east, tens of thousands of miles away from here.

Abu Ahmad expressed his shock and admiration for the Mongolian blessing worker Wan Li, but said that Wan Li is a bit long. How about finding a nearby place to express our respect?
So Mongolian Qianhu indicated that they could go to Chagatai's territory (east of Afghanistan) or Batu's territory (southeast of Ucibek), both of whom were clan kings.

Abu Ahmad asked carefully, which one is more powerful?

Qianhu said it was Batu.

So Abu Ahmad came here with a huge caravan.

There was a reason why the Abbasid Dynasty took the initiative to show its goodwill to Mongolia. After all, it was destroyed by Tolei's son a few decades later.

The Abbasid Dynasty was the second hereditary dynasty of the Arabian Empire, and its leader was honored as the Khalifa.

在哈伦·拉希德（786～809年在位）和马蒙（813～833年在位）两任哈里法在位期间是极盛时期，当时统治了4000多万人口。

However, in the later period, the Turkic generals at that time gained power, gradually controlled the Abbasid Dynasty, and arbitrarily deposed and killed the Khalifa, which dealt a heavy blow to the Abbasid Dynasty.

The subsequent eight Crusades (8-1096) also had a great impact on the dynasty's regime and seriously weakened the power of the Abbasid dynasty.

So this would be the period of the Sixth Crusade. Emperor Frederick II of the Holy Roman Empire was taking back Jerusalem with his elite troops. The soldiers were already raging everywhere in the Abbasid dynasty, seriously weakening the Abbasid Empire. The national power of the Bassi dynasty.

At the same time, the Abbasid Dynasty was surrounded by numerous powerful enemies, and the Seljuk Dynasty and Khwarezm defeated them one after another.

Today, their actual control area is less than one-third of its peak, but despite this, it is still a large empire with a population of more than [-] million.

Originally, their country was in decline, but the Mongols suddenly appeared and swept away many powerful enemies around them, which temporarily reduced the siege of the Abbasid Dynasty.

After Mongolia's massive Western Expedition, numerous surrounding countries struggled to cope with Mongolia. The Abbasid dynasty, which was originally weak and constantly bullied, achieved temporary and stable development.

It was during this period that, on the one hand, the Abbasid Dynasty had to deal with the Sixth Crusade, and on the other hand, it was seizing the time to focus on development.

The current one is Al-Mustansir, the penultimate caliph in history. This guy’s predecessor, Nasr, who reigned (1180-1225), was the last four Abbasid caliphs and truly held great power. of one.

The latter three, including the current Mustansir, did not achieve imperial power in the country.

Mustansir also wanted to work hard to govern, but he couldn't have the final say like Genghis Khan and Zhao Yurui. There were domestic forces to restrain him.

Now that Mongolia is invading on a large scale, affecting the surrounding countries, the Abbasid dynasty has been given temporary development time. He wants to take the initiative to show goodwill to Mongolia, hoping to get the support of the Mongols.

Even if the Mongols did not support it, he hoped to delay the Mongols' invasion of the Abbasid Dynasty.

Historically, he certainly did it. His envoys pleased the Mongols so that they did not attack them first.

It was more than 20 years later that the Mongolian army was led by Tolei's son Hulagu to attack the Abbasid dynasty, and the Abbasid dynasty was destroyed in less than a year.

Abu Ahmad is the nephew of the current Khalifa Mustansir and is also considered a royal relative.

He brought a large number of Bagh's specialties, jewelry, and beauties to the territory of Batu, trying to please the Mongols, and wanted to use the power of the Mongols to fight the Crusades.

After listening to Abu Ahmad's words, Shader and Zheng Dagen looked at each other.

Shader was the first to react. Since he was going to please the Mongols, he should kill them all.

The translator beside Abu Ahmad quickly told Abu Ahmad.

Abu Ahmad's face turned green, and his expression was a little frightened and even more confused.

Isn’t it said that the Mongols are the strongest in this area?

Is there anyone more outrageous than the Mongols?
Zheng Dagen didn't think so.

In addition to being the commander of the battalion, he also has another identity, that is, a senior member of the Intelligence Department.

He followed the camp, collecting intelligence on the one hand, and also checking the mentality of foreign generals like Shader.

"Let's go, Lao Sha." He patted Shadel and motioned for the two of them to come to the side to talk.

Shader was dissatisfied with him calling him Lao Sha because his surname was not Sha.

But people in the Song Dynasty often called them Dangxiang people like this, using the first word.

He walked to the edge helplessly, and the two of them came together.

Zheng Dagen thought for a while and had to say: "Your Majesty attaches great importance to this country. After defeating the Mongols in the future, you will still have to deal with other countries here."

Shader's face was slightly upright, and his eyes were a little envious.

Zheng Dagen, a small battalion commander, could talk to His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty.

Of course, among the generals of the Song Army at his level, both Zhao and Rui were summoned to Beijing for interviews.

It's just because he is from Dangxiang and has been in Tubo all year round. The road is too far, so Zhao Yurui has no way to recruit him for the time being.

But if he can return safely this time, Zhao Yurui will definitely summon a group of military generals who have made meritorious services, including him, Shader.

"Old Zheng, please continue." Shader was also polite. After all, he was from Song Dynasty, so there was nothing he could do.

What Zheng Dagen meant was that people from this dynasty should not kill them desperately. For the time being, they could mainly win over them, but at the same time, they had to know that the Song Dynasty was stronger than Mongolia.

The two whispered to each other and quickly returned to Abu Ahmad.

Abu Ahmad, the translator and others were already trembling.

The translator was a Mongolian who could speak both Mongolian and Chinese. He came from Rai City.

At this time, Shader said to them in Mongolian: "We are from the Song Empire. Originally, we had to kill all the Mongols we saw or were friendly with the Mongols."

"Hiss" the translator and Abu Ahmad were almost scared to death.

"But considering that the Abbasid Dynasty has not yet formed an alliance with Mongolia, we can be lenient."

Abu Ahmad nodded desperately, there is no alliance, we have always abided by the non-alignment policy, we do not ally with the Mongols, we are doing business, yes, doing business, we are doing business with the Mongols.

Shadr, but just now you said that you would go to Batu to express your friendship.

Abu Ahmad also reacted very quickly. Didn't he think that you were the Mongolian army? That's why we said this. In fact, we were doing business with the Mongols.

Shadr laughed loudly, and then suddenly grabbed Abu Ahmad, who was so frightened that he trembled all over.

"When you go back, bring the greetings from His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. I believe it won't be long before our army from the Song Dynasty will arrive outside the big city of Bada."

"I hope you can entertain me with countless beauties and fine wine."

Abu Ahmad immediately said with a smile: "We will definitely use the best wine and the most beautiful beauties to entertain the Celestial Kingdom and the Song Empire."

"So this time you are going to dedicate it to the beauty of Batu?"

"Of course it must be given to your respected generals first." Abu Ahmad said firmly.

While Shadr was communicating with Abu Ahmad, Zheng Dagen was carefully checking the goods and merchandise of the Abbasid Dynasty.

He demanded that all boxes be opened, including the supplies everyone was carrying.

Zheng Dagen looked over from the various boxes on the various carriages. Song Jun would only bring some supplies, and he could bring some property as his own reward, but he would not bring most of the precious things.

Because they still need to take a detour of thousands of miles to get home, although they now have three horses each, it would be better to reduce the load.

There are all kinds of treasures from Baghdad, not to mention hundreds of stunning beauties inside.

Shader and Zheng Dagen had already conducted friendly negotiations with Abu Ahmad, and Abu Ahmad also expressed his willingness to transfer these beauties to the Song people for their enjoyment.

Zheng Dagen checked for a long time and didn't see anything useful.

When it was daylight, he looked at a box of black food similar to Song Dynasty dry biscuits.

Some of my subordinates had already eaten it and said it tasted bad, slightly sweet, hard, and dark and ugly. These Bagh-sized men brought a lot of it.

Zheng Dagen was slightly moved and asked the people of the Abbasid Dynasty. They said that they were cookies made from rye flour and could be brought with them on expeditions. The shelf life was relatively long and the key was to satisfy hunger.

It can be eaten dry or boiled in water. It is their common military ration.

"Rye" Zheng Dagen was surprised and happy. As an official of the Intelligence Department, he certainly knew what rye was. This was something that His Majesty the Emperor had mentioned many times.

He immediately called for Abu Ahmad.

Upon hearing this, Abu Ahmad quickly took him to a carriage. After opening it, he was shocked to find a carriage of rye seeds inside.

This guy actually wants to promote rye to Mongolia.

In fact, rye has been cultivated in Persia since the first millennium BC, and it was first planted in Tel Sultan outside Jericho on the West Bank.

After that, it gradually spread to the surrounding areas. Such a good crop was later introduced to Siberia, but not to the Central Plains for unknown reasons.

But Abu Ahmad wanted to promote it to the Mongols.

Because it is said that the Mongols occupied a large number of places in Mobei, and rye is suitable for the northern weather.

Before coming, he made two preparations, brought seeds, and then tested the Mongolian tone. If the Mongolians expressed goodwill, he would promote it to the Mongolians. If the Mongolians' goodwill was not obvious, he would not promote it.

Because after this thing is planted, the food may not necessarily increase dramatically, but at least the harvest can be guaranteed. Then if you have food to eat, then you don’t need to go around looting and killing, right?
To say that the nobles of the Abbasid Dynasty had relatively simple ideas, the Mongols did not just loot and kill for food and grass.

(End of this chapter)