Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Chapter 484: Siege of Lin'an, Zhao Yun expected Mongolia to save Song Dynasty?

Escape is not an option, so now we have to count on the envoy sent to Mongolia to see if that gentleman can convince the Mongolian Khan.

As long as he can convince the Mongol Khan. Let the Mongolian army set off from the grassland, or directly order the King of Guanzhong to withdraw his troops. Then the Song Dynasty can be saved?
After hearing this, the eyes of the officials of the Southern Song Dynasty also lit up. Now the only thing they can count on is Mongolia.

"Guan! We can really wait for the news from Mongolia. In fact, we are taking the water route, starting from the port of Jiangping Prefecture, and then borrowing from the northern part of the country to go to Mongolia. Calculating the time, we should have arrived at the Mongolian grassland. , If we can successfully persuade the Mongolian Khan for a few months at most, the King of Guanzhong will have to withdraw his troops." A civil servant stood up and said.

"Yes! Officials, maybe we can count on Mongolia."

"The Great Khan of Mongolia will definitely not allow the King of Guanzhong to develop so unscrupulously."

Suddenly, all the civil servants in the audience spoke. After all, according to common sense, the power of the King of Guanzhong is now more powerful than that of Mongolia. How many troops does Mongolia have?
How many armies did King Guanzhong control? It even controls a part of the Mongolian army. Such a super power will have trouble sleeping and eating as long as it is a ruler.

The Mongolian Khan had no reason not to be suspicious. In addition, their envoys came to add fuel to the fire and expressed that the Song Dynasty was willing to become a vassal state of Mongolia. The probability of success was still very high.

Hear this! Zhao Yun, who was sitting on the Dragon Throne, was also a little moved. Now it seemed that this was the only way to save their Song Dynasty, but the prerequisite was that they had to withstand the attack of the Guanzhong army.

"My dear friends, this time has come to a time when the life and death of our Song Dynasty is in crisis. You must help me with your heart, and we will face the national disaster together." Zhao Yun said.

"I am waiting! I am willing to fight the national crisis together with the officials." All the courtiers collectively knelt down to Zhao Yun and said.

However, some of the kneeling generals looked a little ugly, even a little sad. They actually relied on Mongolia for the Song Dynasty, and they actually relied on Mongolia for rescue, and they said it so grandly.

These generals of the Song Dynasty, the last loyal ministers of the Song Dynasty, are not dead yet! They also have an army, they have hundreds of thousands of troops.

But at this time, the emperor of the Song Dynasty, as well as the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, actually counted on an envoy as their savior, an envoy heading to Mongolia.

"Officials! You should immediately issue an edict of guilt! Tell all the people of the Song Dynasty that this invasion of the Guanzhong army is all your fault. It is because you disrespected God that the Guanzhong army invaded. You should Take a bath, fast, and pray to God for forgiveness," an official from the Ministry of Etiquette said.

Whenever the Song Dynasty encountered any dangerous national calamity, the emperor would set an example by first issuing an edict to blame oneself, and then bathe and fast to pray to heaven in order to pray for God's forgiveness to save the Song Dynasty.

"Official! I'll wait for reconsideration."

"Since all my dear friends have said this, I will take a photo of myself and take a bath and fast for a period of time to pray for God's forgiveness so that I can continue to bless our Song Dynasty and let the Guanzhong army retreat." Zhao Yun said.

"Officials! What about defending the city?" A general stood up and said.

You take a photo of your sins, then take a bath and fast for a period of time to apologize to God. This can't solve the siege of Lin'an Mansion!
To protect the entire Lin'an Mansion, we have to rely on the imperial army under our command, and mobilizing the imperial army requires the handwriting of you, the emperor of the Song Dynasty.

Otherwise, these generals would not be able to mobilize their own troops. (In the Southern Song Dynasty, military generals generally did not have the power to mobilize their own troops. They had to be approved level by level, and general military generals would be replaced immediately after staying in one place for a few years.)
"Well! This time we need to rely on the generals to defend Lin'an Mansion. The generals will have to work hard for a while. In addition to the 10,000 people left to protect the imperial city, the imperial army of the few has only left 10,000 people.

The remaining 40,000 people will be put to your disposal, and all the civil and military officials, you will take some of the best from your own family trees, and first form civilians to go to support the defense of the city. "Zhao Yun said.

He did not recruit all the people in the city to serve as husbands, so his target was all the ministers in the court and the servants in the homes of the emperor's relatives. If these people were added together, they should be able to make up to 20,000.

It should not be a problem to cooperate with the remaining Forbidden Army to guard the capital. If it comes to a last resort, he still has 10,000 Forbidden Army on hand, and he can protect himself at that time, whether it is leaving or anything else.

"Don't worry, officials. After I return, I will immediately summon all the servants at home. Except for some old and weak people and some female relatives, I will send all the young and strong servants to you as husbands." The civil servant spoke.

Other civil servants also responded one after another. Among the big families like them, there is nothing else but servants. Not to mention 20,000 people, they can even get a little more. You must know that the population of Lin'an Prefecture is over one million. .

Soon, the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty came to a conclusion. They would first guard the city, and then the emperor would issue an edict to punish himself, then bathe and change clothes, and build a tower to the sky, where the emperor would go up and pray to heaven.

Outside the city, Zhang Dingguan led the Mongolian army and came to Lin'an Prefecture's city wall from time to time to provoke!

However, he strictly ordered his soldiers, especially the Mongolian soldiers, not to harass the surrounding people, or even to destroy farmland wantonly.

It was the time for spring plowing, and many people were too frightened to plant their fields because of the arrival of the Guanzhong army. If the fields that had been planted were destroyed, these people would be without food for more than a year.

And these people will be the people of Guanzhong in the future, the people of their father, which will inevitably increase the financial pressure in Guanzhong.

"First Prince, don't worry, I will tell those hundreds of households to take good care of all the people under their control. They will never go to disturb the people." But Debuhua said.

"Well! If you say so, then I can rest assured. Every night these days, you and Tulu will take turns to investigate around Lin'an Mansion at night. If you find anyone who wants to secretly escape from the city, kill them immediately. catch.

If you can't catch it, just kill it directly. Absolutely no one is allowed to leave Lin'an Mansion, and the surrounding people are not allowed to enter. "Zhang Dingguan said.

It would take some time for the news that Lin'an Prefecture was besieged to spread to various regions in the Song Dynasty. At that time, a large army of King Qin will come over.

Shi Tianze's side should also be planning to capture Jiankang Mansion, and then tens of thousands of troops will come south to join him. This time, he must take over Lin'an Mansion.

Even if the emperor of the Zhao family had wings, he would not be able to fly out of Lin'an City. He must fulfill his father's wish and press the emperor of the Song Dynasty in front of him.

"Don't worry, eldest prince, this matter can be left to the two of us. No one will be missing." Tulu said.

"Well! During this period, I will lead the army to eliminate all the Song army strongholds in Lin'an Prefecture." Zhang Dingguan said.

Near Lin'an Mansion. But there were many small military camps. These small military camps could not stop his cavalry charge.

I have to pull them out one by one.

Prepare for the long siege that will follow. I really hope that the emperor of the Song Dynasty will be confused and just go out of the city to surrender like the two emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty. Then it will be much easier for me.

On the other side of Jiangling Mansion, Zhang Yong led his army. He also came here to receive the army and assemble the Guanzhong navy.

At the same time, he ordered the remaining troops to divide into three groups and attack in other directions. It was agreed that after one month, all the troops would encircle Ezhou together.

Now the only place in the Southern Song Dynasty that could gather a decent army was Ezhou. As long as this last living force is wiped out, the collapse of the Southern Song Dynasty will be inevitable.

"Report! Report to the King of Guanzhong that the prince's envoy is here and wants to see you immediately." The messenger said.

"Oh! The boss has sent an envoy over. Go and invite him in." Zhang Yong nodded and said.

Soon the envoy sent by Zhang Dingguan was brought to Zhang Yong.

"Tell me, my king, how is the battle situation on the front line?" Zhang Yong asked. I don’t know if the battle in Yangzhou City went smoothly. Did this guy take Yangzhou City?
"Reporting to the King of Guanzhong, the eldest prince has led his army to capture Yangzhou Prefecture in cooperation with Shi Tianze, Master Shi, Zhang Rou, and General Zhang.

Now the eldest prince led seven thousand cavalry to attack Lin'an Prefecture, while General Shi Tianze led the remaining troops to besiege Jiankang Prefecture. "The messenger said.

"Oh! The boy moved very quickly. They captured Yangzhou Prefecture so quickly. Did they lose a lot? Was the battle in Yangzhou Prefecture tragic?" Zhang Yong sat in his Chinese army tent and asked. .

"Reporting to the King of Guanzhong, the battle in Yangzhou was not that fierce. The eldest prince just arrived at Yangzhou City and launched a siege.

And the news that you had conquered Xiangyang Prefecture and that our Guanzhong Navy defeated the Cao Yun Navy was reported to the city, which caused the Yangzhou Prefecture army to be in chaos, and there was also a discord among the generals in the Yangzhou Prefecture city.

The eldest prince ordered the artillery troops to bomb wildly for three days, and then sent people into the city to persuade them to surrender, but the city gate had just opened. The magistrate of Yangzhou Prefecture led all the officials out of the city and surrendered. "The envoy sent by Zhang Dingguan did not dare to hide anything, and told Zhang Yong everything about the battle in Yangzhou Prefecture.

In this battle, the Guanzhong army did not even lose a single soldier, because they were bombarded throughout the whole process. After the bombardment, the enemy surrendered directly, so the battle was extremely easy.

"This is a good fight. Does the army have enough food and grass? A surprise attack on Lin'an Mansion is not an easy task." Zhang Yong said.

To be honest, it is a bit risky to implement the plan of surprise attack on Lin'an Mansion now, but it is not impossible. After all, most of the military forces of the Southern Song Dynasty were either wiped out or held back by themselves.

As for the Southern Song army further south, it had no combat effectiveness at all. South of the Yangtze River at this time, the Southern Song Dynasty did not have an army that could take action.

"Reporting to the King of Guanzhong, after our army captured Yangzhou Prefecture, the magistrate of Yangzhou Prefecture contributed a large amount of grain and grass to us, and even had 20,000 surrendered soldiers for our deployment. Even if the grain and grass from the direction of Chuzhou could not be transported on time.

The army also had enough food and grass, and the eldest prince brought more than half a month's worth of food and grass. Master Shi delivered a batch of food and grass to them seven days after the eldest prince set out. "The messenger said.

"In this case, I will feel relieved. Who is the name of this Yangzhou governor?" Zhang Yong said.

After listening to the detailed battle report from Yangzhou Prefecture. Zhang Yong became interested in Yangzhou, which surrendered and even killed his generals.

There were very few civil servants in the Southern Song Dynasty who were not mediocre. Those who were not mediocre were considered rare animals.

"Reporting to the King of Guanzhong, this man's name is Wu Xingquan. He has just turned thirty this year and was appointed as the magistrate of Yangzhou a year ago. During his stay in Yangzhou, he has been preparing food and grass, building city defenses, and recruiting troops. After that, the eldest prince conquered the entire Yangzhou The city's official affairs will be handled by this person, as will Shi Tianze and Mr. Shi," the messenger said.

"Well! This person is indeed a rare talent. In this case, let him take care of Yangzhou City first. After I completely destroy the Southern Song Dynasty, I will summon this person again." Zhang Yong said.

If this person is good, he can leave it to his eldest son and leave some team members for his eldest son. After all, this boy will also open a mansion in the future.

It's not enough to just have generals under his command. He must have people who are capable of both civil and military skills. This boy already has quite a few generals under his command. As for civil servants, Shi Tianze can only be counted as half of them. This man named Wu Xingquan can be rationed. His own son.

"King Guanzhong, do you have anything else to ask? Is there anything you need me to bring to the eldest prince?" The envoy sent by Zhang Dingguan knelt on the ground and asked.

"I have no problem. Just tell the eldest prince when you go back. Soldiers are unpredictable, and water is unpredictable. Soldiers are also deceitful. Don't fall into the enemy's scheme. Do things slowly and steadily, and don't be greedy for success.

If you really can't take Lin'an Prefecture, just wait for my army to come, wait for me to defeat Meng Gong of Ezhou, and after I conquer Jiangzhou, I will take Longxing Prefecture. At that time, he will go all the way to Shaoxing Prefecture and Lin'an Prefecture. He can wait for my army to come and join him. "Zhang Yong said.

Zhang Yong has also sent troops to attack Changde Mansion near Jiangling Mansion. Zhang Yong has also sent troops to several other surrounding state capitals.

Now he leads the main army and is stationed in Jiangling Mansion. Facing Meng Gong's Ezhou army across the river.

After defeating Meng Gong, Zhang Yong planned to seize Jiangzhou and send some troops. Attack Longxing Prefecture, then pass through Xinzhou, Hengzhou, and Wenzhou, completely cutting off the southward route of Lin'an Prefecture.

The emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty had no way to retreat. If he wanted to retreat, he could only run to the sea, but he had already established a naval force in Shandong.

"I understand, King Guanzhong, I will definitely bring all these words to the eldest prince." The messenger nodded, knelt on the ground and said.

"Well! It's been a hard journey for you, so take a good rest! You'll have a day of rest in my military camp tomorrow, and you can go out again the day after tomorrow." Zhang Yong said.

He came all the way to deliver the news, and no matter what, he had to give the messenger a day's rest.

"King Guanzhong! I'm not tired at all. It's better to bring this news to the eldest prince as soon as possible. If possible, I want to go out overnight." The messenger said.

After all, soldiers are very fast. If there is any news, it is better to convey it to the eldest prince as soon as possible. It will take more than a month for him to come back.

When he left, the eldest prince took the army and set off for Lin'an Mansion. Counting the time now, it should have arrived.

"Hahaha! If I ask you to take a day off, you will take a day off. No need to say anything." Zhang Yong smiled and said.

After dealing with the envoy's problem, Zhang Yong immediately summoned some of his generals.

"Guo Kan! Liu Heima, Liu Zheng, how do you think the battle in Ezhou will be fought?" Zhang Yong, wearing a robe, looked at the generals under his command and asked.

There are not many troops near Changde Mansion, and it is also very close to Jiangling Mansion. He has already sent people to get it, and it is estimated that good news will come soon.

After Changde Mansion is captured, it's time to fight against Ezhou. This battle in Ezhou will be the final decisive battle. Meng Gong has been recruiting troops for a while.

The troops from Anqing Prefecture, Jiangzhou Prefecture, and even Longxing Prefecture were gathered there. According to the intelligence received by Zhang Yong, the other party estimated that there were 120,000 troops.

"King Guanzhong, our army will definitely win Ezhou in this battle. In the past, we cooperated with Xiangyang Prefecture and Jiangling Prefecture to form a triangular defense line, but now both Xiangyang Prefecture and Jiangning Prefecture have been defeated by you. Now whether it is water or land.

Ezhou is very dangerous. Your army can take the Han Road to besiege Ezhou, and the waterway can also be divided into two routes to besiege Ezhou. Liu Zheng said.

The current situation is really good for the King of Guanzhong. To be honest, he can't see any hope of a comeback in the Southern Song Dynasty.

This battle was not equal at all. Regardless of the quantity, quality, weapons and equipment of the army, the army of the Southern Song Dynasty was crushed by the army of the King of Guanzhong.

"King Guanzhong, you have such powerful artillery and heavy artillery, and the fleet is equipped with cannons. When the time comes, the fleet can bombard the Ezhou water village across the river and annihilate all the Ezhou navy or surrender. .

Then rely on the sharp artillery of the Guanzhong army and your new weapon, the Thunderbolt Rocket. Ezhou's army cannot hold it for long. Liu Heima said.

Now they not only had an advantage in the army, but also in the navy. He really couldn't figure out how Meng Gong would fight this battle.

"King Guanzhong, the Song army in Ezhou seems to be sitting in the rear, but after Yangzhou Prefecture was breached and Jiankang Prefecture was breached, they are a lonely army." Guo Kan said.

(End of this chapter)