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

Chapter 435 The Song people brought peace

Alidai got on the boat and took a look at the arrangement of his masts and sails. They were quite complicated and had instructions for raising and lowering them. He was very interested in learning from him.

When they got off the ship and arrived at Seoul Port that day, they were both very shocked.

Not to mention them, the following intelligence officers Tan Cong, Peng Yun, and Zhang Tietou were also shocked.

It is said that this place is more than two thousand miles away from Quanzhou of the Song Dynasty, and it is even thousands of miles away from Lin'an.

Unexpectedly, the Song people actually built a large port and city here.

Hanzhou City was built exactly as it was during the war. The side looks similar to a fortress, and there are dense forts and cannons along the coast.

The sight of the black muzzle made Alidai tremble.

The imperial court began to conquer and build here in the second year of Yuanzhen. It has only been more than four years. Hanzhou City has not been completely built, but Hanzhou Port has been completed, and there are still many ships docking there.

Hanzhou Bay is a natural harbor. The merchant ships passing by will spread the news here once.

The Song Dynasty court was tax-free for ten years, that is to say, it was tax-free from the second year to the twelfth year of Yuanzhen.

Therefore, there have been a lot of merchant ships passing by in recent years, and the port has become more and more prosperous. Although it is far less than Quanzhou and Guangzhou at this time, it is obviously at the forefront in the Nanyang area, directly catching up with the largest coastal defense port in northern Annan at this time.

In late January, Pu Shougeng's fleet arrived in Bo Ni.

The port here is close to the capital of the Bo Ni Kingdom and has been quite prosperous in recent years. Mainly because the merchant ships of the Song Dynasty often came here and made this place popular.

Zhao Yurui had always wanted to capture Balni Bay, and he began to do business with it in the official name of the imperial court and sent envoys. Then private businessmen saw the benefits and flocked to Balni Bay, making Balni Bay more and more prosperous.

Pu Shougeng's fleet stopped here for a few days, and Ali Daiyi purchased two thousand kilograms of dipterocarps, a local specialty.

This thing is a hot commodity now. After Song Ting purchases it here, he can earn dozens of times by selling it to Korea, Japan. Even if it is sold to the Jiangnan coastal areas in China, he can earn dozens of times.

Ali Daiyi originally wanted to buy tens of thousands of jins, but there was no stock at all. Song Ting signed a supply contract with the King of Balni to provide Song Ting with 200,000 jins every year, so most of the output of the Balni Kingdom had to be purchased first. Sold to Song people.

Moreover, the price of Alidai's goods was still high, and he could only make seven or eight times the profit by selling it to Persia.

According to a normal businessman's itinerary, after leaving Bodhi, Alidai will continue to Srivijaya (also known as Srivijaya in Chinese historical records) and Jampo (East Java) in the southwest to purchase spices, and then return to Persia from Malacca , make a lot of money.

But this time they stopped shopping and turned directly to Malacca, then around the Bay of Bengal, from between Sri Lanka and the Maldives, into the Arabian Sea, and finally to the Persian Gulf.

The entire journey of this section is about 15,000 miles. Pu Shougeng decided not to go ashore or resupply as much as possible, mainly to simulate crossing the Atlantic Ocean.

Because he will cross the Atlantic Ocean more than 10,000 miles in the future.

You can dock at any time on both sides of this road, and there are various kingdoms along the coast.

Ali Daiyi, who was traveling with him, could not do it, and was not as fast as him, so he could only follow behind while docking for supplies, and slowly catch up. Ali Daiyi sent his son Madavich to accompany Pu Shougeng on the boat, and they were most familiar with the route. route, and there were many commodities, and the sugar they imported from Hanzhou was put on Pu Shougeng's ship to help him transport it to the Persian Gulf first.

If there is a smooth wind on this section of the journey, according to the current speed of Pu Shougeng's fleet, it will take about forty days, or even shorter.

But unfortunately it’s not all tailwind, the headwind lasts longer than the tailwind.

About sixty days later, at the end of March, Pu Shougeng's fleet entered the Arabian Sea without any danger.

They encountered two stormy weather with strong waves. Pu Shougeng almost wanted to land on the shore and take shelter first, but he still held back.

The newly built sea-going ships built by the Song Dynasty officials withstood the test and did not roll over.

In early April, Pu Shougeng entered the Persian Gulf and soon saw the Strait of Hormuz.

When he saw the Strait of Hormuz, he couldn't help but think of Emperor Zhao Yurui's words. This is the only waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea. Its strategic position is extremely important, and the Song Dynasty will definitely occupy it.

When his fleet entered the Strait of Hormuz, he was shocked. He saw an endless sea full of various ships, and most of them were large warships.

Taking a closer look, I saw that he was actually a naval officer from the Song Dynasty.

"?" Pu Shougeng and Madavich were stunned.

At this time, there seemed to be a small artillery battle on the sea. I saw them flying the Song flag with Chinese characters. Soon a Song army boat approached. After asking, they indicated that they could dock and told them that the Strait of Hormuz, It is now occupied by the Song Army.

Pu Shougeng was speechless. Last year's meeting with the emperor in the palace seemed to have happened yesterday. The emperor had just said that he wanted to occupy this place, but when he arrived, it had already been occupied by the Song army.

It turned out that Pu Shougeng met the saint at the same time in the palace.

The official document from the imperial court upgrading Hanzhou Prefecture to Hanzhou Province also arrived in Hanzhou early.

The first governor was Qin Chen.

After Qin Chen arrived, he immediately organized the navy, infantry camp and craftsmen.

In January of the seventh year of Yuanzhen, Pu Shougeng was still preparing to leave in Quanzhou.

The Song Army's 1,500 naval troops, 2,000 cavalry, and hundreds of craftsmen and doctors have already set off from Hanzhou City.

Along the way, it also shocked the island countries in Southeast Asia. Many island countries thought that the Song army was coming to fight them, but it turned out to be a false alarm.

The Song army bypassed Bo Ni and went directly to the Persian Gulf without fighting.

Although Zhao Yurui wanted to conquer Balni, in order to contain the Mongolian army in Persia and control the trade routes between Persia and Southeast Asia early, Zhao Yurui decided to come to the Persian Gulf first.

When the Portuguese occupied this place in 1506, they only used a few hundred people. Zhao Yurui's current fleet and weapons were no worse than those of the Portuguese, so they used nearly people this time.

Except for the craftsmen, no family members were brought with them this time, because the Persian Gulf has a relatively large population and a lot of ships coming and going. Unlike Hanzhou, which is full of indigenous people, Zhao and Rui let the Song soldiers enjoy the beautiful Persians here.

But there are no important ports in the south, and merchants coming and going directly enter the Persian Gulf and the hinterland of Persia.

The sudden appearance of the Song fleet shocked the local area.

Then the Song army captured Gonbulun.

This is where the Persian King Abbas established Bandar Abbas more than three hundred years later.

The Song army was led by Ruan Heng, the commander of the Hanzhou Navy, and the infantry camp commander was Zhang Hui, a surrendered general of the Jin Kingdom.

After the Song army occupied Gombrun, they began to inspect the coast and prepare to build ports and forts.

At the same time, an order was issued to all ships coming and going. From now on, merchant ships entering and leaving the Persian Gulf, non-Song ships, must pay one-tenth of the goods on board as tax, and Song ships must pay one-twenty.

Because Pu Shougeng had the emperor's mission and was followed by officials from the Intelligence Department, Ruan Heng did not make things difficult for him, nor confiscated his things, but also provided him with supplies.

But Pu Shougeng was very shocked. He had been to the Persian Gulf several times, and of course he knew what would happen if the Song army guarded the Strait of Hormuz.

All merchant ships entering the Persian Gulf in the future must pay taxes to the Song army. This voyage is currently the busiest route from Nanyang or the Song Dynasty to Persia. Whether it is Persians, cannibals, or even merchant ships from island countries near Nanyang to Persia, they must take this route unless you do not enter the Persian Gulf. .

The Song army is now going to occupy this area, and then build a port and erect a fort. The navy will be stationed here, and they will attack anyone who doesn't pay, and whoever dares not to pay taxes.

At that time, Pu Shougeng suddenly thought of something and said to Ruan Heng: "We, the Song Dynasty, have done this, are we afraid that some kingdom will imitate us, such as doing the same in Malacca?"

The Strait of Malacca is also a must-pass.

Unexpectedly, Ruan Heng said: "Don't worry about that, Malacca will also belong to our Song Dynasty from now on."

"..." Pu Shougeng.

Pu Shougeng is a businessman and can't control these things, but he must know that the Mongols will not ignore Persia's current masters. But the Mongols have no navy, so they can only count on the locals.

When he left the Persian Gulf, the craftsmen of the Song Army had already found a good place to build a bastion near Gombrun. They first allowed the sergeants and craftsmen to live on land. At the same time, they searched for local craftsmen from all directions, especially shipwrights, to work for the Song Army. live.

This place is more than 2,000 miles away from the city of Rai (Tehran). It was once the headquarters of Choermahan, the Mongolian army’s Western Expedition General. Later, Choermahan moved to the bank of the Alas River, more than 1,000 miles to the northwest. The largest official of the Mongolian army in Lai City was Qianhu Nayanbaizhu.

It was in late April that I received a request for help from the Persians.

The Song army came from the sea and occupied Gombrun. Then they arrested people everywhere to help the Song people build forts and ports, and plundered beauties and craftsmen everywhere.

The Song army also announced that all the nearby five hundred miles were owned by the Song people, and they must either surrender to the Song army or die.

The Song Army also announced that all ships entering and leaving the Persian Gulf in the future would have to pay taxes to them.

Baizhu was shocked and angry when he heard this. While asking for help from Chuo'ermahan, who was thousands of miles away, he mobilized troops and horses to prepare to attack the Song army by land.

However, the Mongolian army headquarters basically followed Choermahan or guarded various places. Although the residence had a thousand households, less than a thousand Mongolian troops of the same tribe could be gathered nearby.

He spent half a month gathering more than 30,000 servants of all kinds, and then sent out from the land and drove directly to Gombrun.

In early May, tens of thousands of troops came to Hajiad City after a long march.

He came from Rye, and along the way gathered all the troops that could be mustered in the city.

By the time he arrived at the city of Hajiad, more than two hundred miles north of Gomburen, he already had more than 50,000 troops in his hands.

This force is basically all the troops that the Mongols can muster in South Persia, among which there are less than 2,000 real Mongolian elites.

Although there are not many elites, they are still very powerful when crushed into a ball in the hands of the Mongols.

Historically, Baizhu succeeded Choermahan as the Mongolian commander in Persia a few years later. With this kind of servant army, he defeated the 8-strong army of Sultan Ghiyastin Kayi Khoslu and conquered Sultanate of Roma.

This worshiper is quite capable. The army of servants in his hands come from cities all over Persia and belong to dozens of different noble lords.

After gathering in his hands, he quickly knitted these people into a ball. Everyone obeyed his orders honestly, and various military orders were conveyed smoothly.

The Mongolian army was also shocked when they arrived at Hajiad City.

Within two hundred miles north of Gomburen, the largest and most densely populated city is Hajid City.

But when the Mongolian army arrived in the city, they could not see a single person.

With great difficulty, the Mongolian army searched outside the city and found dozens of indigenous residents who were quietly hiding in the city.

Only then did I know that the Song army had moved all the people in the city, forcibly moved them to the vicinity of Gomburen, and built a 'Peace City' for the Song army to replace Hajid City.

"The Song people built a 'Peace City' on the seaside?" Bai Zhu and the Mongolian generals around him were dumbfounded when they heard this.

"The Song people said they had brought peace and would coexist peacefully with the original inhabitants of Persia, and our friendship would last forever -" some local people also cried.

The Song people said it was peaceful, but they forcibly relocated the local people. Almost all the Hajid City was moved, except for a few residents who refused and hid to escape.

Some people who opposed the relocation were killed on the street by the Song army that day. Is this the so-called peace?

The Mongols were rampant in Persia, and the locals they killed changed their colors after hearing the news, and everyone succumbed to the rule of the Mongols.

Now that the Song people are here, they are slowly showing a more vicious face than the Mongols.

Baizhu didn't care about the life and death of the local people. He only cared about how many people from the Song army came.

I heard that there were only a few thousand people, but there were hundreds of boats, which was quite courageous.

The Song army couldn't defeat them and fled on the boat. Even if they stopped, there was nothing they could do to the Song army.

But no matter what, let’s drive the Song army into the sea first.

On May 10th, Bai Zhu personally led an army of more than 50,000 people to Gomburen.

At noon the next day, the Mongolian army appeared five miles north of Gomburen.

Following the long sound of the horn, Bai Zhu led people from the back all the way to the front. They saw the Mongolian troops in front gathered in a group, talking about something.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way." Bai Zhu led a group of elite cavalry into an army and soon appeared at the front.

When he stopped his horse and looked forward, he couldn't help but gasp.

Gombrunn, five miles away, heading to the north, is full of Juma. Rows of two, three and three lines of Juma stretch for who knows how many miles. There are ditches and walls behind the Juma. The Song army is behind the ditch wall, and behind the ditch wall. Further back, a large number of local people are building a city of peace.

There are still people building a Peace Harbor by the sea.

The infancy of Heping City and Heping Port has just begun, but the Song army first surrounded the site with Juma and ditch walls to prevent the Mongolian army.

This person, who had been following Chuo'ermahan in Persia, had never fought against the Song army, and did not know how powerful the Song army's artillery was. He moved forward a few hundred steps, and dozens of people rode in until he was about a hundred paces away from the horse. Observe the front.

"There are three rows of Juma, and about fifty steps behind is the ditch wall of the Song Army. The Song Army are all behind the ditch wall. It's a good plan." Someone sneered.

"The ground behind the horse is full of pits, and it is difficult for the cavalry to enter." Someone yelled that the Song people were sinister.

The Mongolian cavalry had to stop after charging about fifty steps. The opposite side was barely within the range of the Mongolian army, but the Song army's range was definitely more than that.

If there were many soldiers and horses on the opposite side, I would have to consider whether to fight or not. But after looking at the scene, I saw that the Song soldiers were crowded, only three to four thousand people.

"I heard that the Song people can only fight positional defense, digging holes like mice. It's true. Gather all the troops, get to the front and rear of Juma, dismount and attack the ants. Within two hours, I will kill all the Song troops--" Just say goodbye.

(End of this chapter)