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

Chapter 292 The disastrous defeat of Mongolia’s first brave general Subutai
Zhao Yurui was only in his early twenties now. He looked young and delicate, with a flattering smile on his face, which made the two of them smile secretly.

At this time, Wang Lao said, "We have established a new Khan of Great Mongolia, and we have decided to attack and destroy the Kingdom of Jin. We would like to invite the Song people to send troops to attack from both sides."

A troubled expression suddenly appeared on Zhao Yurui's face: "The golden soldiers are strong and invincible. I'm going to - I'm going to -" His eyes were evasive, and his words were full of fear.

In the end, Zhao Yurui gritted his teeth and said: "To be honest, since I came to the throne, in the past few years since I came to the throne, it is difficult for me to win the battle with the Jin soldiers."

Zhao and Rui apparently did not use any troops after they ascended the throne. Only Peng Yibin fought against Zhang Rong of Jin State, and both sides were local military leaders in name.

Therefore, the Song army did not fight against the regular army of the Jin Dynasty.

Tuochala heard something keenly and immediately said: "Didn't the emperor send troops to capture Fengxiang?"

"Ah, Fengxiang, yes, yes, we have fought this battle before." A look of shame and anger flashed across Zhao Yurui's face, but he still admitted it.

Tuochala and Wang Lu looked at each other and laughed secretly in their hearts. It seemed that Sichuan was indeed relatively independent, and local Meng Gong and others could make the decision.

It seems that the attack on Fengxiang and Toilei were not the intention of the Song emperor.

Think about it, when the Mongolian army attacked Xixia, the Song army came immediately to get horses. Sichuan and Lin'an are thousands of miles away. How could the emperor give orders to Sichuan in a short time?

This must be Sichuan Meng Gong who is good at calling the shots.

This kind of thing is easy to deal with. Back then, Yue Fei could beat them to death and refused to obey the court's orders. As long as they were picked, the emperor of the Song Dynasty could deal with them.

Wang Ling also immediately said: "Sichuan Meng Gong is invincible in every battle. He is majestic and powerful. He is one of your Majesty's rare good generals. If Meng Gong participates in the battle, this battle will definitely be won."

"Why don't Your Majesty send Meng Gong here to attack the Kingdom of Jin together with our government?"

It's okay if he didn't say it. When it came to Meng Gong, Zhao Yurui's face suddenly showed an expression of embarrassment and anger.

But of course Zhao Yurui didn't say it clearly. He stood up in shame and anger.

"This matter, this matter -" Zhao Yurui was in a dilemma and couldn't help but get up and take a few steps back and forth: "I still have to summon the ministers to discuss such a big matter."

Tuochala and Wang Lu subconsciously believed that the emperor could not tempt Meng Gong.

Tuochala even thought that the Southern Song Dynasty was so corrupt. If I were Meng Gong, sitting in Sichuan, with tens of thousands of elite soldiers, of course I would not listen to the court's orders.

Of course, this time Wang Lu and Tuochala did not really send troops to attack the Song Dynasty. They were just testing the Song emperor and discussing an alliance to borrow a way.

Seeing that the emperor was in a dilemma, Wang Lu didn't say anything else and immediately said that they wanted to borrow a road from the Song army to enter Henan, the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom, from Sichuan.

Zhao Yurui said again that this matter still needs to be discussed with the ministers.

The two parties met and confirmed nothing.

Wang Lu and Tuochala were very satisfied, because they saw a chaotic, disorderly and corrupt Song Dynasty in Lin'an, and they also saw a cowardly and incompetent Song Dynasty emperor.

Not long after the two returned home, in the afternoon, someone sent an imperial edict to the Dutingyi Embassy.

Wang Lu and Tuochala were confused. They were Mongolian ministers and generals. What kind of imperial edict did they want from the Song Dynasty?
But when I got it, I realized that it was an imperial edict written by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to Meng Gong. The edict was very stern, asking Meng Gong to use the road and prepare food for the Mongolian army.

Whether Meng Gong will obey the imperial edict is not known, but with the imperial edict, it is completely different. Moreover, the Song Dynasty actually gave them an imperial edict that could order Meng Gong. This made the two of them feel that Zhao and Rui were really weird and incompetent to the extreme.

Wang Lu and Tuochala were naturally overjoyed and went home happily with the imperial edict.

It seems that Wang Lun and Tuochala may not be able to use this holy sign. Firstly, Meng Gong may not listen, and secondly, Dan Tuolei strongly requested to use the way, so Wokuotai sent an envoy.

The two of them slowly returned the same way. On the way, Tuochala even thought that once the Jin Kingdom was destroyed, they could take advantage of the situation to destroy the Song Kingdom.

At this time, both of them thought that there was no need for an imperial edict, but in fact it was much more serious than that.

Just as the two were on their way to Lin'an, in January of the sixth year of Baoqing (1230), the Mongolian army planned to attack the Tongguan defense line on the Yellow River of the Jin Kingdom according to Wokuotai's intention. The Mongolian army and the Jin Kingdom encountered each other again in Dachangyuan. After a great battle, the Mongolian army was defeated again.

At the same time, the Mongolian army crossed Fengxiang on the other side and went straight to Guanzhong. They surrounded Xi'an, the big city in Guanzhong, and could not capture it for a long time.

Wanyan Shouxu adopted the Song Dynasty's suggestions. As in history, he basically abandoned the small towns west of Tongguan and concentrated all the population and resources in the big city.

The Mongolian army had never conquered Xi'an in the original history, and this time it became even more difficult.

The Mongolian army had no choice but to plunder between Xi'an and Dali as in history, but the Jin people were already clearing the country with no results.

The Mongolian army made no progress in Guanzhong, and the Yellow River line could not break through Weizhou. The attack on the Jin Kingdom was frustrated. The first thing Wo Kuotai did after taking office was ugly. Tuo Lei once again proposed to take advantage of the Song army.

Of course Wo Kuotai still disagreed. He was originally willing to support Father Khan's last wish, but Tuo Lei repeatedly proposed it. If it succeeded, wouldn't it show that he was incompetent and Tuo Lei was awesome?
So Wokuotai, just like in history, sent Mongolia's first brave general Subotai in June of the sixth year of Baoqing to take charge of the overall situation in Guanzhong.

In July of the same year, Wokuotai decided to go on a personal expedition, led his younger brother Tuo Lei and others, and led hundreds of thousands of Mongolian troops from Mobei and entered Guanzhong from Shanxi.

While in Shanxi, Wokuotai assigned various ministries to sweep away the remaining Jin Kingdom forces in various parts of Shanxi, and then conquered Tiancheng.The Mongolian army arrived in Pingyang all the way. Wo Kuotai listened to Yelu Chucai's advice and saw that the fields in Pingyang were not managed. He ordered them to give [-] cattle and move them to Shengkou to cultivate land east of the river as food for the future army.

In August, in response to the Wokuotai West Route Army, Shi Tianze and other troops from another Mongolian army besieged Wuxian in Weizhou again. As a result, they fought for another two months.

In October, Wanyan Heda and Yilapua led an army of [-] to help Wuxian and defeated the Mongolian army again.

It's worth it.

Since Wokuotai came to the throne, the Mongolian army and the Jin Kingdom have been defeated in repeated battles. The country has been shocked and angry. The invincible Mongolian army has become useless. Wokuotai's ability has been questioned by many Mongolian nobles.

Wanyan Shouxu was overjoyed. He rewarded Wanyan Heda and Yila Pu'a heavily, and also rewarded the three armies. They then led their troops back to Lingbao.

Wo Kuotai was extremely angry at this time. It turns out that he first defeated Fengxiang, then bypassed Fengxiang and went straight to Tongguan.

This time, because Fengxiang was occupied by the Song army, he directly bypassed Fengxiang. In November, he personally led an army of 40 to attack Tongguan.

The Mongolian army concentrated heavy troops to storm Tongguan, but there was no progress for another month or two.

While storming Tongguan, Wokuotai sent Subutai, the first brave general of Mongolia, to lead [-] elite troops, bypassing Tongguan and attacking Lantian Pass from the south. The Mongolian army cut rocks and cut trees all the way into the Qinling Mountains, and finally climbed in. , and ended up encountering Wanyan Heda's army in Huihui Valley, fifty miles southeast of Lantian.

At this time, in January of the seventh year of Baoqing (1231), there was a fierce battle between the Mongolian and Jin sides in Huaihui Valley. The unlucky Mongolian army cut down mountains and cut trees. After climbing mountains and wading in, they were already exhausted. Not good at mountain warfare, the result will naturally be another defeat.

This time was not only a huge defeat, but also the worst defeat since the war between Mongolia and Jin.

Although the Mongolian army was defeated before, they were able to retreat without much loss.

This time they were surrounded by the Qinling Mountains. They had to cut mountains and cut trees all the way in. The road was not easy to walk, and it would be difficult to escape if they were defeated. As a result, more than 1 Mongolian troops were killed and tens of thousands of horses were lost.

The Battle of Huihui Valley was the battle with the largest number of enemies killed after the war between Meng and Jin, and tens of thousands of war horses were obtained. The morale of the Jin Kingdom was greatly boosted, and the ministers in the DPRK and the Central Committee felt that the Jin Kingdom was expected to revive.

However, the Jin army was a little timid and failed to pursue the victory. The remaining Mongolian army climbed mountains and waded in an orderly manner, and most of them retreated to the west.

The Battle of Huikai Valley was also the first time that Subotai, who had always been victorious in battles, suffered a disastrous defeat in a field battle.

When they heard about Subotai's defeat, the hundreds of thousands of Mongolian troops who were besieging Tongguan immediately turned around and fled westward.

Because Subutai led his troops to attack Tongguan and suffered heavy losses this time, he was severely reprimanded by Wo Kuotai. At this time, Tuo Lei took advantage of the opportunity to help him intercede. Subotai was so angry that he joined the Tuo Lei camp.

From the Mongolian army Shi Tianze's attack on Weizhou in January of the sixth year of Baoqing to the disastrous defeat in Huihuigu in January of the seventh year of Baoqing, Wokuotai attacked the Jin Kingdom for a full year after taking office, but there was nothing he could do against the Tongguan Yellow River defense line.

Therefore, before Genghis Khan died, he united with the Song Dynasty to destroy the Jin Dynasty, and the strategy of using the road to attack the Jin Dynasty was once again put on the agenda. Wogotai had to accept Tuo Lei's suggestion and prepare to use the road to attack the Jin Dynasty.

He also gave Tuo Lei [-] fine cavalry and asked him to take charge of the West Route Army and plan to borrow the road from the Song Army.
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From the sixth year to the seventh year of Baoqing, the two countries of Jin and Mongolia were fighting fiercely. The Song Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River was also not idle. Zhao and Rui knew that the Mongolian expedition to gold was about to begin after Wang Li left Beijing. Well, this fight will last for two or three years. With such a good opportunity, we must make some plans to strive for the greatest benefits.

In February of the sixth year of Baoqing, Taizhou, Zhejiang.

In the largest stall in Taizhou, a young man was staring at the stall on the table with red eyes.

There were many gangsters around the table. The young man clenched his fists with his hands, half of his body was lying on the table, and kept shouting: "Big, big, big, big--"

Following his voice, a middle-aged man in front of him smiled slightly and slowly opened the lid of the table.

The next moment, a high and excited voice rang: "134, eight o'clock."

"Wow!" There were various voices all around, some were yelling, and some were cheering loudly.

"Damn it." The boy tried hard to lift the table, but his strength was too weak. There was a lot of pressure on the table and there was no movement.

He pushed away the broken silver and copper coins in front of him and cursed: "There's such a wicked way to open ten small ones in a row."

"Young official, let's play again. This time we will definitely open it up." Someone on the side laughed.

"Fuck you, mother." The young man gritted his teeth and looked at the broken silver and copper coins on the table. The last handful had just made him lose everything.

"Master, go back." At this moment, another voice sounded next to him.

The young man turned around and saw a young man slightly younger than him, about fifteen or sixteen years old, who was his follower and servant Jia An.

His eyes were red, and he looked at the harsh lights in the stall: "What time is it?"

"It seems like the beginning of Youshi." Jia An said.

"Gunu" the young man's stomach growled. He subconsciously touched his stomach and turned around to squeeze away from the crowd.

There were people not far away who had already been prepared and came forward with smiles.

(End of this chapter)