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

Chapter 190 The Emperor May Have a Northern Expedition

After Du Gao left, the emperor summoned him one after another.

Shaoqing of Dali Temple, entered Youwendian to edit and write, Zhizhenjiang Mansion, male of Xiangfu County, Zhao Shanxiang.

Zhao Shanxiang is also the Zhao clan, and was the prefect of Zhenjiang before entering Beijing.

He started from the local county magistrate, served as magistrate, passed judgment, promoted jurisdiction, transferred judges, promoted prisons, magistrates, ministers of the Ministry of Power and Households, and promoted countless positions such as Chang.

He is also a strange person, and he basically took all the capable officials in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Zhao Yurui was also surprised when she saw the resume of the same ancestor.

Originally, after Lizong came to power, he went on to serve as an important local official such as the coastal system envoy and appeasement envoy.

This person can do everything, and his abilities are good, and he is considered excellent every time he is evaluated, which is very rare in the clan.

Zhao Yurui asked him to go to Jiangnan West Road to serve as the Zazhi envoy and Yanjiang Zhizhi envoy.

The tasks are similar, repairing water conservancy, taking back and restarting the mine (because this is one of the important mining areas in the Southern Song Dynasty), and recruiting soldiers.

This side requires seven army infantry and two army sailors, also 4000 people.

The Jiangxi capital is set up here, and the commander of the capital is Li Pinghu. Li Pinghu will take away the original [-] elites of the capital Zhao and Rui, and then select [-] miners from the Xinzhou mine as a team to form a new army.

Then Zhao Yanna was summoned again.

In 1219, the Jin army invaded Xihe Prefecture again. Zhao Yanna requested to personally repair the North Water Pass of Xihe Prefecture, recruited people to cultivate and fight for self-defense, and ordered An Bing to reduce the tax of the four states outside the pass, so that the four states outside the pass also used The militiamen protected themselves, and Zhao Yanna won the hearts of the people in Xihe Prefecture for five years. He was transferred to some prisons, and later served as the road commander of Mianzhou, and his reputation spread far and wide.

In 1221, Cui Yuzhi served as the envoy of the system. After hearing Zhao Yanna's name for a long time, he decided to investigate whether he was suitable to serve as the border commander. Na served as the border commander, and then deprived Zhao Yanna of the power to control the soldiers and horses of Mianzhou.

Zhao Yanna, according to Cui Yuzhi, has a little talent, but he is self-willed and does not listen to other people's advice, so he is prone to make mistakes in major matters. The reason why Cui Yu said that he will definitely lose the country in the future.

But Zhao Yurui valued his practice of recruiting people to farm and fight for self-defense, and reducing taxes to calm the people. They thought that this person could be used in civil affairs, as long as he was not used in military affairs.

With Zhao Yanna as the envoy of the Southwest Beijing Road System, Du Shu (Du Gao's son) knew Xiangyang, and Wang Jian as the commander of the capital of the west of Beijing, the two cultures and one military cooperated with each other.

Fully operate the Xiangyang defense line.

In history, Xiangyang was attacked by Mongolia once, and was later taken back by Meng Gong. Meng Gong saw that Xiangyang was more important, and suggested that the imperial court should use Xiangyang as the central axis to establish a defense system from the Huaihe River in the east to Bashu in the west.In the following time, the Song Dynasty used this defense system to confront the Mongolian army for nearly 40 years.Of course, this line of defense was not created by Meng Gong. It was deployed in this way when Yue Fei fought against gold.

Of course Zhao Yurui knew how important this line of defense was, and now they started operating more than ten years earlier, with Zhao Yanna in charge of civil affairs and Wang Jian forming the new capital department.

Here, the Western Capital Division requires eight cavalry armies, four naval armies, and twelve armies, with a total of 7 troops.

Zhou Lai, Liu Tieshan, Qin Meng, Qin Youhu, and Qian Wu, who followed Zhao Yurui's confidantes, all held important positions here.

Zhao Yurui asked Zhou Lai to leave Beijing with Zhao Yanna with 500 million guan in silver, which was a big deal.

The reuse of Wang Jian this time also surprised many courtiers, because Wang Jian is still a small commander.

In the 12th year of Jiading (1219), the commander-in-chief of the Jin Kingdom’s invading army, Wanyan Yeke, invaded Tangzhou and Zaoyang. Meng Zongzheng, the governor of Hubei Province in the Song Dynasty, recruited more than [-] strong men from Tang, Deng, and Cai. The Zhongshun Army, guarding Tang and Deng Wu, garrisoned fields, trained troops, and defended against the enemy in the Xingshan mountainous area.

In history, Wang Jian secretly sneaked into the Mongolian shipbuilding place and burned more than [-] of his ships.

But the most famous and powerful is the defense of Diaoyu City.

In the second year of Baoyou (1254), Wang Jian was promoted to the governor of Xingyuan Mansion and also knew Hezhou, and presided over the defense of Diaoyu City.After Wang Jian knew Hezhou, he strengthened the fishing city.He mobilized tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians from five counties under his jurisdiction, dug large and small "Tianchi" in the Diaoyu City to store water and raise fish, controlled 92 wells, and built a city wall from the city to the north and south riverside wharves to prevent the enemy from fighting between the city wall and the river. Beyond the rivers and streams, they set up farms to train soldiers, "People from Qin and Shu will respond to the wind."Diaoyu City has become an important military town where people from Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu gather.

The Mongolian Great Khan Mengge was shot to death by Wang Jian's order.

But these things haven't happened yet, Zhao and Rui don't know that it was Wang Jian who built the defense of Diaoyu City, and Zhao Yurui reused him because Wang Jian had the Zhongshun Army in his hands, and Meng Zongzheng recommended him.

After Meng Zongzheng died of illness last year, the Zhongshun Army was led by Jiang Hai. At that time, the interior was extremely unstable and the hearts of the people were scattered.

Originally, half a year later, the court asked Meng Gong to take over, and Meng Gong divided the Zhongshun Army into three, and finally stabilized.

Now Zhao Yurui has divided it into three parts, Wang Jian brought a part to Xiangyang, and with the help of Zhao Yurui's own [-] elite soldiers and horses, they expanded the Jingxi Capital Division.

Some will be brought to Sichuan by Meng Gong, and some will be transferred to Liangzhe.

The reorganization of the Sichuan system and envoys is also different from before.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, there were more than 50 prefectures, prefectures and armies in Sichuan, including Kuizhou Road, Lizhou Road, Tongchuanfu Road, and Chengdufu Road.

In the past, there were various official positions such as transfer envoys and push officials.

Zhao Yurui only set up the Sichuan system envoy, and Cui Yuzhi served as the system envoy, who was fully responsible for Sichuan's civil affairs and military affairs.

In addition, the Sichuan Capital Division was formed, with Meng Gong as the commander of the capital.

Basically, it is equivalent to setting up Sichuan as a governor, and Cui Yuzhi is the governor of military and civil affairs. Because Meng Gong is young now and Cui Yuzhi is really capable, he is only in charge of the military at first.

The entire Sichuan Fourth Route was under unified command to build an overall defense system from Sichuan to Xiangyang.

After Wang Jian, Zhao Yurui summoned Meng Gong alone.

Meng Gong has been in Beijing for a long time, and Zhao Yurui arranged for him to train with Quan Yong and Huangcheng Division for ten days when he first arrived in the capital.

Let Meng Gong understand the current training method of the new army.

Then Meng Gong was summoned.

The emperor talked with Meng Gong for more than an hour, and handed over all the Sichuan defense measures and maps established by Wu Jie to Meng Gong.

His request to Meng Gong was that the Sichuan capital should have twelve infantry and cavalry armies, five navy armies, and a total of 10 horses to be recruited and trained. This is the bottom line required by the emperor. The more soldiers and horses the better, the best There can be 20, and the required financial resources are provided by the emperor and the court.

Although it was the middle and late Southern Song Dynasty at this time, the local population was quite large. In the second year of Chunxi, there were 250 million households on Chengdufu Road, Tongchuanfu Road, Kuizhou Road, Lizhou West Road, and Lizhou East Road.

Based on the number of households in Sichuan in the Southern Song Dynasty, Xingyuanfu, Jinzhou, Yangzhou, Mianzhou and other places that were assigned to Shaanxi during the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties were deducted, and the number was about 245 million.

If calculated on the basis of a family of four, the population of Sichuan at the time of the Southern Song Dynasty was also around 4 million to 980 million.

But in the late Southern Song Dynasty, after the battle between Mongolia and Yuan Dynasty, the population of Sichuan Zhulu dropped to 12 households, or about 60 people, after Diaoyucheng fell to the Yuan Dynasty. It can be seen how tragic Sichuan was in the Anti-Yuan War.

Moreover, the entire Yuan Dynasty did not recover. It was not until the founding of the Ming Dynasty that it began to "move Jiangxi to fill Huguang" and "Huguang to fill Sichuan".

So many people from Sichuan now may actually be the descendants of Huguang.

Zhao Yurui had to train [-] elite soldiers in Sichuan, and the requirements were not high. At this time, there were more than [-] Song soldiers in Sichuan.

But what Zhao and Rui wanted were all elites, and they would definitely choose from them. The extra soldiers and horses could be used for other purposes.

So far, the important northwest direction of the Southern Song Dynasty, Sichuan, West Beijing, Jiangnan, and Huaihe and Huaihe regions, Zhao and Rui have all arranged properly, and the next step is to gradually fine-tune the local officials.

In less than a month, Zhao Yurui, a traveler who was not familiar with the place, relied on the recommendation of his confidantes and his own judgment to replace the most important local officials in the Southern Song Dynasty, a large number of talented and qualified Southern Song elites get reused.

And within two years, all parts of the Northwest will recruit and train about 33 soldiers and horses for Zhao and Rui, including 2000 naval armies with about [-] soldiers.

The cavalry consisted of 39 armies with 23 men.

Then Zhao and Rui will successively ask other groups, such as Liangzhe, Jinghu, Guangdong, Fujian, etc., to train and recruit 4000 people from each group.

After the entire Song Dynasty is completed according to Zhao Yurui's requirements, there will be a total of 86 infantry and cavalry armies, about 52 people.

The navy has 37 armies with about 22 troops, and the whole country has more than 70 troops. In addition to the 80 emperor's own troops adapted from the Imperial Guard Army, there are about [-] troops.

After Zhao Yurui ascended the throne, he saw the information of the Privy Council. At this time, the registered military strength in the whole country was 64. In fact, about 8000 to [-]% of them were real, and the rest were paid for.

And among the [-] to [-] percent, it is estimated that only about half of them can wear armor to fight.

So the first thing Zhao Yurui did after ascending the throne was to recruit elites and train soldiers.

But this matter is easier said than done. Often you have good requirements at the top, but at the bottom, the people who implement it may not be able to handle it well.

Fortunately, Zhao and Rui Dangyi King Wei Wang have trained their team in the past few years. He has also kept thousands of people in training on Jeju Island.

In April of the first year of Baoqing, soldiers and horses from the capital gradually left the capital. The troops trained by Zhao Yurui began to go to various places to help train and recruit troops.

At the end of April, Meng Gong left Beijing with his people.

Meng Gong is only in his 20s this year, and he is in his prime.

He was still a little shocked when he went to Beijing to face the imperial decree, because at that time his official was still young, he was just a prisoner of soldiers and horses in Xiazhou and patrolling the city, and the military officer was from the ninth rank.

His father Meng Zongzheng passed away last year, and the imperial court immediately let Jiang Hai take over the Zhongshun Army. In less than half a year, the Zhongshun Army began to become unstable, so the imperial court appointed Meng Gong to take over the Zhongshun Army.

This time the emperor directly asked him to go back to take over the Zhongshun Army, and took one to Sichuan to establish the Sichuan Capital.

The emperor asked him to train one hundred thousand soldiers, which really shocked Meng Gong.

This is the emperor's great trust and support for him.

What an honor it is for a military officer of the ninth rank to be directly promoted to the command envoy of the second rank.

At that time, Meng Gong kowtowed to the ground and almost burst into tears.

Whenever he thought of this, Meng Gong wished he could fly to Sichuan immediately with his wings, to manage the Sichuan defense line for the emperor and recruit soldiers and horses.

Thinking of this, Meng Gong turned to look behind him.

He was followed by 300 fine riders, whose family members were already on board.

He will take these [-] elites to pick up the Zhongshun army first, and then go to Sichuan, and use these [-] elites to set up a training team to train elite soldiers.

Meng Gong stayed in the capital for more than a month, and trained for a month. He clearly felt that the emperor's military training skills were very powerful, and the soldiers and horses trained were all strictly disciplined.

As long as this kind of soldiers and horses fight a few battles and see blood, they are definitely the elite of the elite.

Is training difficult?In Meng Gong's view, it is not difficult.

As long as the money and food are in place, any number of elites can be trained.

This time, the emperor recruited and trained elite soldiers all over the country. The emperor's pro-army was five times a month, and the Jiangnan Dusi was the base of the Ma Junsi, the guard of the Imperial Army, three times a month.

The soldiers and horses in Sichuan and other places are paid twice a month, and the monthly money is directly several times higher than before.

Moreover, the emperor assured him that as long as the income of the court increases in two years, the military salary will definitely be raised again.

With a two-month guarantee, Meng Gong is very confident that he will train elite soldiers in Sichuan.

You must know that most of the soldiers and horses in Sichuan at this time have not received military pay for several years, and it is not bad to be able to guarantee food and clothing.

Emperor, maybe you want to go to the Northern Expedition?Meng Gong couldn't help feeling passionate when he thought of the emperor recruiting new troops across the country.

"Let's go, brothers, go to Sichuan." Meng Gong flicked his horsewhip fiercely, drove, and all his subordinates followed with all their strength, and headed to the pier.

After arriving at the pier, Meng Gong found that there were a lot of big ships. After asking, he found out that in addition to the 500 family members, the emperor also gave him [-] million guanhuizi plus iron money (at that time, Sichuan mainly used iron money) and asked him to take it to the port. Cui and it are for Sichuan to use first.

This includes military pay for the next year, plus other expenses.

"Long live Your Majesty." Meng Gong kowtowed in the direction of the imperial city, sincerely convinced.

(End of this chapter)