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

Chapter 286 Proton, marriage and differentiation
Daru ran away because he really couldn't stand it.

No one can bear the power of Meng Ying's four thousand light cavalry and armor flying kites against them.

This tactic paired with better equipment is basically unsolvable in this era, unless you encounter cavalry with better mounted shooting and stronger equipment, such as the Mamluk cavalry that defeated the Mongolian army in history.

The most elite heavy cavalry among the Mamluk cavalry used Byzantine heavy armor with large overlapping metal sheets, which was thicker than the Song army's armor. The war horses also had heavy armor and were not afraid of the Mongolian light cavalry kites.

This elite group was called the 'Kasakia Guards' at the time. They could only ride less than a thousand people, but they also played an important role on the battlefield.

Moreover, the Mamluks' mounted bows had a relatively long range. They could shoot the Mongols before the Mongols could reach them.

Now Meng Ying's horses, riding bows, and armor all surpassed those of the Tubo people. Daru's [-] horsemen were constantly being kited, and they collapsed in less than an hour.

The rout on Daru's side had a huge impact. The [-] cavalrymen fled in all directions. The scene simply made all the Tibetan people collapse.

On the other side, Gashir, who was the first to withdraw from the battlefield, was counting the losses, arranging his troops and horses, and discussing with the nobles how to fight next.

Seeing that a strong attack was not possible, and the Song army's infantry formation was like a meat grinder, Gashier could only send light cavalry to drag the Song army's infantry formation, and then help others to defeat the Song army's cavalry first. As long as the Song army's cavalry could be defeated, the battle would still be over. There is a chance of victory.

Daru's cavalry suddenly collapsed, causing the surrounding nobles to exclaim.

Someone at the scene immediately suggested making peace with the Song people, saying that they were going to take people home.

This man was Zai who was the first to retreat just now. This Zai was a small nobleman. He brought three thousand cavalry to fight this time. After only one wave, he lost nearly three to four hundred. He couldn't bear it. He only had a few cavalry in total. slave.

Gashir was furious, is it useful for you to retreat?If the Song army defeats us, we will come to your ranch sooner or later.

Zai said loudly: I surrender because the Han people cannot occupy our pasture. As long as I surrender and pay tribute, I will definitely be able to keep my slaves.

He publicly surrendered in the crowd, and there was an uproar around him.

Gashir was filled with shame and anger, and wanted to chop him with a knife. The scene suddenly became tense and the two sides started to confront each other.

No one expected that less than an hour after the fight with the Song army began, various Tubo tribes had already started fighting among themselves.

Daru collapsed, Gashier was in internal strife, and on the huge battlefield, everyone in Tubo was in danger and no longer trusted each other.

At this moment, Ruogaidema on the other side saw Gashir who had withdrawn from the battlefield motionless, and tribes behind him also began to withdraw from the battlefield one after another.

This kind of thing can easily cause a chain reaction, and more and more people will quit soon, and Jogaidema can finally stand it no longer.

Amidst the bursts of screams and curses, Jogaidema's cavalry collapsed in an instant.

"Lost, lost." Zai, who was shouting to surrender, saw that Jogaidema's side also collapsed. Without saying a word, he turned his horse's head and said, "Let's go."

Take your own tribe and run away first.

This time it just stirred up a hornet's nest, and all the surrounding ministries turned their heads.

If Gaidema's troops had not retreated in defeat, the vast and huge battlefield would have been filled with Tibetans fleeing for their lives.

Here we can see why Tubo sought refuge in Mongolia in its original history.

They do not have a unified dynasty and political power. Facing strong pressure from the outside, it is impossible for the whole country to resist the enemy. Only honest surrender is the only way out.

The Song army was also shocked by the rapid changes in the battlefield. As the two cavalry forces of Daru and Jogaidema separated and collapsed, the most powerful Caibago could no longer withstand it.

Because everyone could see that they were going to lose, all the nobles hurriedly pulled their own tribesmen to evacuate the battlefield first.

The retreat soon turned into a defeat.

In the end, even Caiba brother couldn't do anything. He cursed all the way, turned around and ran away.

Li Pingxia sounded the clarion call for a full-scale attack. Many Song troops jumped off their horses, took off their heavy armor, and then remounted their horses to pursue.

The Song army only had four thousand Qingqi. When chasing, only Qingqi was the most suitable.

The Caiba brothers tried to organize a counterattack, but the Song army retreated when they saw their counterattack and were not in a hurry to pursue them.

The tactics of enemy advancing and we retreating, enemy running and me chasing, were skillfully used by the Song Army.

The Song army kept a safe distance, shot and chased. Even if their shooting skills were not good, the pressure and fear they brought to the Tibetan people were unimaginable.

After the first wave of counterattack failed, Caibago's tribe also collapsed. Although he was a big leader, the small leaders below him also fled with their tribesmen in order to protect themselves.

Seeing that the Song Army had Qingqi, everyone understood the truth. Staying away from the Song Army's Qingqi and leaving the battlefield as soon as possible was the best way to preserve their own strength and slaves.

Tubo finally collapsed, and the Song army pursued them all over the mountains and plains.

"Victory?" Meng Gong was also in a daze and couldn't believe it.

Because the victory was a bit sudden and lucky.

After all, this was Meng Gong's first time using cavalry on a large scale. The opponent's force was three times theirs, and the Caibago tribe was still very capable. Meng Gong thought it would take at least half a day or a day to decide the winner.

Unexpectedly, he won out of nowhere.

At this time, Meng Gong knew that the various tribes in Tubo were divided and not aligned at all, and each wanted to preserve their strength.

This kind of tribal force can easily surrender when encountering powerful external forces.

Your Majesty is right. When Mongolia comes over in the future, Tibet will definitely surrender. "Report——" Just when Meng Gong was in a daze and thinking about what to do next, one of his subordinates ran over to report to him.

One of the Tibetan troops has circled around the northwest corner and has not completely left the battlefield. It seems that they want to negotiate with us.

Just after his subordinates finished reporting, Meng Gong looked over and saw that about two miles away, there were some Tubo people standing together, about 3000 to [-] people.

They stood motionless, watching the Song army chasing and killing other Tibetans. Some Song soldiers saw them and tried to rush over.

"They probably want to surrender and tell Meng Ying not to hit them." Meng Gong saw the clues.

Soon, Song Jun contacted the opposite party. The opposite party was Zai's tribe. With Zai, there was also Gong Gyaltsen who had been to Ruogai Grassland before and met Meng Gong.

"Bring them here." Meng Gong said solemnly.

Gong Gyaltsen came to Meng Gong under the escort of Zai.

He made a request: "Please General Meng stop hunting our people. I am willing to go to various ministries to discuss cooperation matters."

"Common Gianzan is not cooperation, but surrender." Meng Gong said coldly: "It is the surrender of the various tribes of Tubo and their submission to me, the Song Dynasty."

Both Gyaltsen and Zay blushed at the same time, feeling ashamed and angry.

Meng Gong said again: "I heard that Gong Gyaltsen is a wise man in the grassland. You should know that if you hesitate here for a while, hundreds or even thousands of your people will be killed or injured."

Gong Gyaltsen definitely did not want to see his tribesmen being slaughtered randomly. He turned his head in horror and saw the tribesmen fleeing in the wilderness. He could not help but trembled: "Please stop the killing, general. I will try my best to persuade all the tribes to surrender." ."

Meng Gong looked at him coldly: "Please remember your words, you are the wise man of the grassland. If you go back on your word, my Song Dynasty's iron cavalry will sweep across the entire Tubo, killing all cattle, sheep and Tubo people in sight."

After saying that, he raised his hand and ordered the messengers to go out to notify the various ministries to withdraw their troops.

Others could have asked people to blow the horn to call in the troops, but they deliberately delayed the time and sent people out to inform them.

Seeing Gong Gyaltsen's attitude, Meng Gong knew that His Majesty the Emperor was right.

These Tubo people cannot talk about alliances and deals with them in a pleasant manner. Only by killing a group of them so hard that they feel pain will they know that peace will be hard-won.

The peace in the history of the two Song Dynasties was all exchanged for Sui coins. Compared with this humiliation and now, Meng Gong obviously feels very happy now.

Your Majesty did not say that, communicating with people by reasoning is not as good as using a butcher's knife.

Not long after the Tubo people withdrew from the battlefield and regrouped in another grassland, Caibago wanted to call on everyone to resist again.

But at this time, news came from the rear that a group of elite cavalry from the Song Army were raging in the rear, and they all reached the vicinity of Sakya Temple and Luoshu.

Suddenly, all the troops were struck by thunder, and everyone did not dare to stay for a long time. They all went home to protect their pastures.

Gyaltsen then lobbied all the ministries to surrender, and everyone quickly agreed.

In March of the fourth year of Baoqing, the Tibetan allied forces and the Song army fought on the north bank of the Golmud River, and they were defeated in less than half a day.

The defeated Tibetan coalition forces fled in all directions, and the more than [-] sheep and horses left nearby fell into the hands of the Song army.

Because the Song army had massacred almost the entire Diezhou before, their brutal behavior shocked these Tubo nobles.

In order for them to continue to enjoy the treatment of the nobility and continue to dominate, under the suggestion of Gyaltsen, the tribes quickly reached an agreement and surrendered to the Song State, and the Song State wanted to protect their treatment as nobility.

In mid-April, the two parties signed a contract in Ruogai Grassland.

Tubo surrendered to the Song Dynasty, and all its ministries became vassals in front of the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty retained the original treatment and territory of all nobles.

The Song Dynasty built a temple in Fengxiang, and the spiritual leader Gong Gyaltsen went to Fengxiang to live for half a year every year.

Each other major faction sends a master to Fengxiang to live for a year every year.

Nobles from each tribe with more than [-] households would send an adult hostage to Sichuan, and nobles from each tribe with more than [-] households would choose a daughter to marry to a Song army general.

Nobles from [-] to [-] households were required to pay tribute to the Song Dynasty every year with [-] high-quality war horses, [-] cattle, and [-] sheep. (The Emperor of the Song Dynasty will reward these nobles with [-] jins of sugar, [-] jins of refined salt, and [-] jins of tea.)
Nobles with more than [-] households were required to pay tribute every year to [-] high-quality war horses from the Song Dynasty, [-] cattle, and [-] sheep. (The Emperor of the Song Dynasty will reward these nobles with [-] jins of sugar, [-] jins of refined salt, and [-] jins of tea.)
For nobles with less than [-] households, calculated based on the scale of [-] households, each [-] households must pay tribute of [-] war horses, [-] cattle, and [-] sheep. The Song Dynasty also gave rewards in return.

According to Brother Zhao Achang's previous transactions with Meng Ying, the prices of goods given by the Song people were obviously lower, taking advantage of the Tubo people.

But when Brother Zhao Achang resold it to them in the past, it was always at a high price, so the Tubo people did not suffer too much.

And since the battle was defeated, there was nothing to say.

In this case, after the Song Dynasty, Tubo could probably get about [-] horses and hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep every year.

Among them, cowhide and sheepskin can be used to make armor, meat can be made into dried meat, and beef tendons, horns, and horns can be made into bows.

In addition, the Song people set up trading points in Ruogai Grassland, and Tubo nobles with more than [-] households took turns serving as trading ambassadors in Ruogai Grassland every year.

That is to say, all the goods shipped to Tubo by the Song Dynasty were handed over to the Tibetan trading ambassador for disposal.

This authority was extremely powerful and very profitable, and because it was held in rotation, the nobles began to think of ways to gain benefits for their own tribes.

Under the huge interests, various tribes in Tubo became increasingly alienated.

(End of this chapter)