Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Chapter 428: The Shandong War broke out, the three states fell, and the reaction of the Southern Song Dynasty

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Yong also showed various evidences and took out the letters between Li Fen and the Southern Song Dynasty that had been intercepted by the assassin team.

The most direct evidence is that during the Northern Expedition of the Southern Song Dynasty a few years ago, the Red Coat Army in Shandong simply stood still and did not send out a grain of food or a single soldier to help the Mongolian army resist the Southern Song Dynasty.

The witnesses and physical evidence are all there.

Mongolian Harahulin also issued a notice immediately, depriving the Shandong Red Coat Army of all Li Fen's titles and official positions, and designated Shandong as a rebel, and ordered the King of Guanzhong to mobilize the entire Central Plains, Sichuan and Guanzhong The troops in the area will completely annihilate them without making any mistakes.

Hundreds of thousands of Guanzhong troops came out in full force and headed towards Shandong. In this war, Guanzhong King Zhang Yong did not go to the front line to participate in person, but sat in the Guanzhong Palace, led by their respective generals.

The generals under him can also take charge of their own affairs. It's just a small cave. It's not worth Zhang Yong's own action.

"This shameless King of Guanzhong is hateful, hateful, this dog thief, this dog thief, how dare you bully me like this." Li Fen from Yidu Mansion said with great sorrow and indignation.

When the Red Coat Army surrendered to Mongolia, they came with their family wealth. Originally his father wanted to ask for a throne.

Why do you want to ask for a throne? Because Genghis Khan set a precedent before and made a Han man king. Now that there is the first king, can there be a second, third, or even fourth king?

But after all, you are nominally surrendered to Mongolia. If you want to attack yourself, you have to give an explanation.

He has been quietly developing the power of the entire Shandong Province, and secretly used the Chuzhou artery to make some contacts with the Southern Song Dynasty.

Who knew that Mongolia had talked with him, but in the end he only gave him the title of Duke of Qi, and did not get the throne he dreamed of.

But there are only twenty to thirty thousand regular troops with real combat effectiveness. (The Shandong Red Coat Army during this period was really not strong. They needed equipment but no equipment, and they needed training but no training. They were just a bunch of miscellaneous troops.)
"Lord! What should we do now? The strength of our family cannot stop the King of Guanzhong at all!" said a mountain red coated military general.

Now hundreds of thousands of troops have gathered on the border. They will attack themselves anytime and anywhere, and they only have 50,000 troops at their disposal, but they claim to be 70,000 to the outside world.

He has been waiting, waiting for an opportunity. As long as Mongolia shows a little bit of chaos, he will shout loudly and raise troops to rebel.

This situation made Li Fen immediately understand the next target of the Guanzhong King, and the next target to attack was himself.

After all, they only occupy a land in Shandong, and Shandong does not produce war horses. It is even more difficult to obtain Mongolian war horses, so most of the Shandong Red Coat Army are still infantry. In this case, it was impossible to defeat the Mongols in a field battle outside the city.

But he waited for several years, and finally waited until the Mongolian Khan Wokuotai was seriously ill, but also waited for the news that the King of Guanzhong had returned from the Western Expedition with his army.

Therefore, Li Quan of the Shandong Red Coat Army felt that with the troops he led and the entire land of Shandong, it should not be a problem to ask Wokuotai Khan for the position of King of Qi.

Cooperate with the Guanzhong army to fight against the Southern Song Dynasty. As for garrisoning troops on your side, it is just for convenience, so that you don't need to worry.

But what about Mongolia’s answer? It can really make people angry, Mongolia actually said that the King of Guanzhong was just training the Central Plains army.

For this reason, his father hesitated for a long time and could not let go until his death, so he succeeded his father.

This King of Guanzhong is now too powerful and cannot be dealt with by himself.

Li Fen really couldn't figure it out. What are the senior leaders in Mongolia thinking? Why? Why do you trust such a Han Chinese so much?
It is really puzzling. After the King of Guanzhong returned, he immediately began to take action on the Central Plains. First, he recovered all the troops and military power in the Central Plains, and then sent the Guanzhong army to gather in Jinan Prefecture and Dongping Prefecture.

If he wanted to raise an army to resist Mongolia, then the biggest obstacle would undoubtedly be the King of Guanzhong.

We still have 50,000 troops in Shandong. When the time comes to gather in the city and defend it, we should be able to resist for a while. Now we can only continue to hope that the Southern Song Dynasty can send troops to threaten the King of Guanzhong in order to break the siege of Shandong. "Li Fen said.

The Southern Song Dynasty promised him various benefits and secretly provided him with various materials and food.

"Can I not know what you know? Immediately prepare an envoy with my handwritten letter and go to the Southern Song Dynasty to bring reinforcements!

Therefore, Li Fen sent an envoy to ask for an explanation from the Mongolian headquarters. Why did the King of Guanzhong gather heavy troops around his territory?

But what's the result? Just over a month has passed. As soon as spring came, the King of Guanzhong issued a list of people punishing thieves, and then Mongolia directly sent an order to define himself as a rebel.

Although the majority of the King of Guanzhong's army was Han, it was backed by the Mongolian grasslands, and the number of cavalry was not small! And there is still a real Mongol army.

Going out of the city to fight with them in the field would be courting death. Now they can only defend according to dangers, but their land in Shandong can be said to be a flat plain. The only place they can defend is Yidu Prefecture. Places like Dengzhou and Mizhou cannot be defended. ah!

"It's my lord, we will send envoys to the Southern Song Dynasty right now."

"In addition, send another envoy to the military camp of the King of Guanzhong to ask for surrender, and say that I am willing to strip myself of my status as a prince and demote myself to a marquis." Li Fen said.

You can't just hang yourself from a tree and count on the Southern Song Dynasty. There is no way. But to be honest, the combat effectiveness of the Southern Song Dynasty army is only half as good as that of the red coat army on our side.

They fought against the Mongolian army, against the Jin army, against the Liao army, and even against the Xixia army, but they never won.

He even fought several times with the King of Guanzhong. In the Guanzhong area, Sichuan-Shu area, and the Central Plains area, the Southern Song Dynasty suffered consecutive defeats. If the Southern Song Dynasty wanted to save itself, it would have to send at least 200,000 troops to attack the Central Plains and conduct a Northern Expedition.

So now we can only talk to the King of Guanzhong about the terms and see if we can surrender peacefully. If you want to fight, it will only take a few months at most before you will be surrounded and run out of ammunition and food.

You don't even need to run out of ammunition and food, as your Yidu Mansion might be breached.

On Zhang Yong's side, the army was divided into three groups. Two Han armies, each with 10,000 people. One of them was commanded by He Daoyong and Liu Zhengfeng. They emerged from Jinan Prefecture and aimed directly at Mizhou and Dengzhou. The target of the attack was Shandong. peninsula.

Another group of soldiers and horses, totaling 15,000 people, were led by Wang Xingzhi, Xu Haifeng, and Li Xuan. Depart from Dongping Mansion and attack Haizhou.

As for the other 10,000 Mongolian cavalry and 25,000 Han troops, they came to the city of Yidu to conduct a siege.

Surrounded Yidu Prefecture and blocked the city.

The progress of the three armies was very fast. There were basically no decent defenders in Mizhou and Dengzhou, and all the defenders were concentrated in Yidu Mansion.

There are thousands of defenders in Haizhou. But after the Mongol army arrived, they resisted symbolically for two days and then surrendered directly.

In just less than half a month, the entire Shandong Peninsula was captured, and Yizhou Prefecture was built up one after another, turning it into an isolated city.

But even so, Li Fen of the Red Coat Army did not dare to go out of the city to fight, but still gathered tens of thousands of troops in the city.

As for the envoy sent by Li Fen, he was driven back without even seeing Zhang Yong himself.

A large group of generals under Zhang Yong had no intention of allowing them to surrender safely, and the King of Guanzhong's order this time was also very simple, to capture Dengzhou, Mizhou, Haizhou, and Yidu Prefecture.

Some surrounding towns and counties also surrendered, basically without any resistance, and the Guanzhong army advanced all the way.

But I didn't say that I would leave a prince to continue to dominate here. Naturally, they, the subordinates, must obey the prince's orders.

At this time, all three armies had gathered under the city of Yidu Prefecture, and a total of 60,000 troops surrounded Yidu Prefecture. In the Guanzhong Palace, Zhang Yong also received the battle report from the front line immediately. Although there was no decisive battle and annihilated a large number of the opponent's troops, the Red Coat Army at this time had been surrounded until only one city was left. .

It is only a matter of time before this city falls.

"Hahaha! Very good, they did a good job. In addition, an order was sent to Guide Mansion, as well as the army in Xuzhou and other places, to allocate five thousand troops each to Chatuohua, and ordered Chatuohua to immediately attack Chuzhou in the Southern Song Dynasty. "Zhang Yong looked at the map and said.

Things progressed more smoothly than I imagined. There was no decent resistance in the three states of Dengzhou, Mizhou, and Haizhou, and they surrendered directly.

Only Yidu Mansion is now surrounded. However, Zhang Yong did not order his troops to launch a fierce attack immediately, but carried out a siege.

If we launch a large army for a strong attack now, we can indeed capture Yidu Mansion quickly, but the casualties will be huge, and the people in Yidu Mansion will also suffer huge casualties. What Zhang Yong wants is a complete Yidu Mansion.

Rather than being a dilapidated and abandoned city, Haizhou, Mizhou, and Dengzhou have all surrendered and can be considered peacefully recovered. Even if Yidu Prefecture wants to fight, it cannot cause too much damage.

"Yes, the subordinates of the King of Guanzhong will immediately send orders to General Chatuohua and ask Guide and Xuzhou to send reinforcements to attack Chuzhou City together." Tao Jie said.

"Well! In addition, the army's logistics and food supplies must keep up. If we can capture Chuzhou City, it will be like driving a nail into the heart of the Southern Song Dynasty. This place can directly threaten Yangzhou." Zhang Yong said.

As Zhang Yong's order was conveyed, Sautohua also began to take action. One or two thousand cavalry and ten thousand infantry, a total of twenty-two thousand people, killed in the direction of Chuzhou.

In Lin'an Prefecture, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Song Emperor Zhao Yun was also convening ministers, as well as civil and military officials for discussion.

The Mongolian army launched a large-scale attack on Shandong. Li Fen, the leader of the Red Coat Army in Shandong, was defeated. The messenger asking for help had arrived in Lin'an Prefecture a few days ago, but the people in the Southern Song Dynasty could not form a unified opinion on the rescue.

"My dear friends, we have discussed it. We have been working on it for many days. Today is the time to settle this matter. Can you tell us whether we will send troops to rescue the Shandong Red Coat Army?" Zhao Yun sat on the dragon chair. Go up and ask.

At this moment, the person sitting on the dragon throne is no longer a young man in his twenties, but a middle-aged man in his thirties. More than ten years have passed since he succeeded to the throne. It's time.

He did not expand the land of the Song Dynasty at all, but lost the entire Sichuan and Shu. Nine years ago during the Mongolian war to destroy the Jin Dynasty, the Song Dynasty finally obtained the land of Dengzhou, Tangzhou, Caizhou and Yingzhou. They were all taken back by the Mongols.

Could it be that I am really not destined by the emperor? At this time, Zhao Yun, the emperor of the Song Dynasty, fell into a deep self-doubt.

After the death of the powerful minister Shi Miyuan, he did accept all the rights in the entire Song Dynasty, but after accepting this right, he felt how heavy the burden was.

They had too many problems in the Song Dynasty. There were problems among the army, problems among the civil servants, and even problems in the entire country.

The current Song Dynasty is an old man who is seriously ill, an old man who is already twilight.

"Guan family! We can't fight this battle. If we want to rescue the Red Coat Army in Shandong, it will be equivalent to a Northern Expedition.

It is equivalent to an all-out war with the Mongolian Empire. The troops attracted by that time will not be the troops of the Guanzhong family, but the troops of Hebei, the troops on the grasslands, and even the troops of Xixia. "A civil servant said.

"If we don't save Shandong, then all the land in Shandong will fall into the hands of this King of Guanzhong. At that time, the situation we, the Song Dynasty, will face will be even more dangerous. There will not even be a strategic buffer zone. How can you not know that the lips are dying and the teeth are cold? What's the truth?" a military commander said.

"So, General, are you willing to lead troops to rescue the siege of Shandong? How many troops do you plan to need? When will you set off?" Another general asked.

"If we want to save Shandong, we need at least 100,000 troops. But this time is not the Northern Expedition. As long as we defeat the Mongolian army, it will be considered a great success."

"General, you should have participated in the Northern Expedition two years ago. Hundreds of thousands of troops were wiped out! All Dengzhou, Tangzhou, Caizhou, and Yingzhou that were originally obtained fell.

In recent years, our Song Dynasty first faced a Mongolian southern expedition and finally won a victory.

As a result, they took advantage of the victory to fight back, but instead returned with a huge defeat. Now is the time when everything is in ruins, so where is the ability to send troops to rescue Shandong? "A military minister above the court said.

Don't they see the situation clearly? Are they all idiots? Don’t you know the importance of Shandong? They all know it, but even if they save the land of Shandong.

That's just raising a white-eyed wolf. The Red Coat Army can be said to be the most capricious villain.

"Officials, please don't forget it. The envoy sent by the Red Coat Army from Shandong asked you to make him the King of Qi when we discussed surrender." A civil official said.

"Yes, the Guan family, the land of Shandong, has not surrendered to our Song Dynasty. The Mongols attacking Shandong is equivalent to their own internal affairs. If we provoke a war at this time, then we will give the Mongols the opportunity to start a war. Reason, when the time comes, our people in the Song Dynasty will be in dire straits.”

"The officials can't fight this battle!"

"I will reconsider and the officials cannot fight this battle." Most of the ministers in the court believed that this battle could not be fought because it would not bring any benefit to the Southern Song Dynasty.

After Shandong was captured, they only needed to strengthen the defense in the Chuzhou area. They could still defend along the Huaihe River. Anyway, the land in Shandong had been lost for more than a hundred years.

"In this case, then reject the envoy from the Red Coat Army Li Fen and tell him that we in the Song Dynasty are really powerless and have no choice but to send troops to rescue." Zhao Yun said helplessly.

He also wanted to send troops to save Shandong, but he knew very well the current strength of the Song Dynasty, and he couldn't save it at all now.

We can only hope that this red-coated soldier from Shandong can hold on for a while longer, consume the power of the Mongols, and buy some time for the Song Dynasty.

Since he succeeded to the throne, he has successively launched a war to pass through Guanzhong, a war to recapture the Sichuan and Shu lands, and a northern expedition to Mongolia. However, so many foreign wars have all ended in failure.

At this moment, Zhao Yun's own ambitions, the ambitions he had when he just took over the throne, have long since disappeared. Now he just wants to defend his ancestral territory and settle for nothing more.

Let the Mongols do whatever they want! Anyway, as long as we guard Xiangyang Mansion and stabilize the Huai River defense line.

"Report! Eight hundred miles urgent, eight hundred miles urgent battle report!"

Just when the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty were discussing the matter of supporting Shandong, several messengers rushed into Lin'an Mansion on fast horses.

After learning that it was an eight-hundred-mile flanking attack, the guards along the way did not dare to neglect at all and quickly introduced the messengers into the palace.

"What's going on? What happened? Why are you so panicked? Eight Hundred Miles is urgent. Where is Eight Hundred Miles urgent?" Zhao Yun asked.

"Urgent report from the front! A few days ago, the Mongolian army suddenly crossed the border and directly attacked Chuzhou City. Tens of thousands of Mongolian troops have begun to move south." The messenger knelt on the ground and said.

"What? You, you mean Chuzhou City was attacked! Chuzhou City, has Chuzhou City fallen?" Zhao Yun asked a little anxiously.

If Chuzhou City falls, then Huainan East Road will be exposed to the Mongols, and Yangzhou City will be exposed to the Mongols.

At that time, the Mongols can pass through Chuzhou and cross the Huaihe River defense line to directly attack the Song Dynasty.

"Guan! At present, Chuzhou City is only besieged, but troops still need to be sent for rescue. Otherwise, Chuzhou City is likely to fall." The messenger said.

"Immediately mobilize the imperial guards of the capital, and order Yangzhou and Jiangping Prefecture to send troops to support Chuzhou without any mistakes." Zhao Yun said hurriedly.

(End of this chapter)