Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Chapter 491 Guiyou’s plan to besiege Ezhou City
Guyu had already figured out a way to deal with Kublai Khan in his mind. He didn't know if he could drag Meng Ge into the water this time.

If you two brothers honestly accept my weakening and hand over all the military power of your family, then I can still let your brothers go.

But you two insist on going against me and have been against me, so don't blame me for being ruthless. This time, you two brothers must be killed.

Last time, Guyou had vaguely guessed that his eldest nephew intercepted the letters sent to the West by Kublai Khan and Meng Ge. The two brothers are still unwilling to be lonely. Brother Meng still wants to become the Great Khan of Mongolia and wants to seize his own status.

In this case, there is nothing to say. This time, the Southern Song Dynasty actually came from your territory.

However, if you want to pour this dirty water on Kublai Khan, you still need to make various preparations, at least not within a short period of time, because you have to summon all the Mongolian nobles.

And to accomplish this, we must have the help of Brother Zhang. After all, Brother Meng and Kublai Khan still control the army. These armies themselves cannot ignore them!

Now the army of the Wokuotai family has no way to fight against the army of the Tolei family.

Brother Zhang must lead his army to help. If Brother Wang's Guanzhong army does not come to the grassland, his own army alone cannot suppress the situation. The 3 people will only temporarily surrender to him. Now The actual number of troops controlled by the Wokuotai family is still .

It was really not easy. At that time, my grandfather Genghis Khan only had an army of hundreds of thousands, and 80% of it was given to Tuo Lei. His father only inherited a small amount of the army. After so many years of development, only their Wuhuogotai family has the strength. of these families.

"Come here! Take him down to me and keep him under strict supervision. No one is allowed to see him." Guyu said.

Soon, two direct bodyguards of the Mongolian Khan came forward to take Li Quan down and imprison him tightly.

"Don't tell anyone what you heard today. Just tell the outside world that some assassins were captured. These envoys from the Southern Dynasties were dissatisfied with the management and actually wanted to assassinate the Mongol Khan." Guyu said.

News about the grassland spreads very slowly, and it would take more than half a month for this matter to reach Kublai Khan's ears. Therefore, he can still block some information, at least not to let Meng Ge or Kublai Khan find out what is going on, and he wants to deal with their intentions.

"Great Khan! Please don't worry, I came here today to see nothing." Mongolian Qianhu immediately knelt on the ground and said.

Really, why was I the one keeping watch last night? Why am I responsible for the safety of the inn? Such an important thing has been heard, will the Great Khan kill me to silence me?

"Basuo, you are a member of our Ogedai family and my confidant, so you don't have to worry about this. As long as you keep your mouth shut, nothing will happen. Do you understand?" Guiyu stepped forward to take a picture. He patted Qianhu on the shoulder and said with a smile.

You have to keep this kind of thing a secret from me. You are a member of my Ogedai family. No one else in this tent needs to be warned, because they are all their confidants and they will not betray me.

"Great Khan! I understand." Mongolian Qianhu nodded and knelt on the ground and said.

"Okay, you can go down too!" Guyu waved his hand and said.

After Qianhu of Mongolia left, Guyu immediately looked at his confidant.

"Get ready immediately. I will write a letter and then send an envoy to see the King of Guanzhong." Guyu said.

I still need to talk to Brother Zhang about this first and see what he means. After all, I came up with this plan myself.

So Guyu planned to send an envoy to meet Brother Zhang first.

The war in the Southern Song Dynasty should be over in one year. When the spring begins next year, he will hold a meeting and then deal with the brothers Meng Ge and Kublai Khan.

During this period, Li Quan, this key witness, was imprisoned by Guiyouhui.

A few days later, a news began to spread throughout the Mongolian grasslands. The envoys sent by the Southern Song Dynasty were treated to good wine and meat.

As a result, these envoys from the Southern Song Dynasty actually launched an attack and assassination on the Great Khan, killing the soldiers in the inn that night. Fortunately, with the blessing of the Immortal God, nothing happened to the Great Khan of Mongolia, and all these assassins were annihilated.

After learning the news, everyone in Mongolia, from ordinary Mongolian herdsmen to some noble clan kings, became furious and began to accuse the Southern Song Dynasty.

Letting one's own envoys assassinate is simply terrible and a very shameless act.

"These damn Southern envoys actually dared to assassinate the Great Khan. Who gave them the courage?"

"The Khan entertained them with good wine and meat, and they actually assassinated the Khan?"

"The Imperial Master is right to beat them, so we should deal with them severely."

"That is to say, our Great Khan has been assassinated. We should convene the Khuliltai Conference and mobilize the entire Mongolian military force to attack the Southern Song Dynasty."

"We should summon the Mongolian cavalry to go south and attack the Southern Song Dynasty."

"Destroy the Song Dynasty, destroy the Song Dynasty."

Suddenly, all areas that received the news began to get excited and proposed attacking the Southern Song Dynasty.

However, Guyu quickly suppressed the matter and expressed his concern to all the Mongolian nobles.

The army of the Guanzhong King's Mongolian National Division is already attacking the Southern Song Dynasty. The Southern Song Dynasty will be destroyed soon. At that time, the National Division Master will personally question the Southern Song Dynasty king.

Everyone does not need to worry, just wait for good news from the State Master.

These words calmed the anger of the entire Mongolian grassland.

The entire Mongolian upper-class nobility is very convinced of the ability of the National Advisor Zhang Yong to lead troops. This Great Mongolian National Advisor, the King of Guanzhong, has long shown his military talents to people, and he is the top general in the world at that time.

This news also spread to the territory of the Tuo Lei family, and Tuo Lei's sons began to condemn the assassination.

Both Alibu and Xuliegu immediately condemned the Southern Song Dynasty and expressed their willingness to lead their troops to attack the Southern Song Dynasty as long as they shouted an order.

This subconscious line is, Great Khan, hurry up and help us seize military power! Brother Meng, this bastard, won’t give us the military money.

Since the canonization ceremony, Ali Buge and Xu Liegu have obtained the power to govern part of the land. They have recruited some herdsmen to join the army, and there are thousands of them.

After all, Guyou had given them some support before and gave them a large number of cattle and sheep. Some of the new generation of adult Mongolians did not join Meng Ge's army, but chose to join the armies of these two clan kings.

Now they still have some troops, but the other princes are in dire straits.

They were only sealed off from a thousand households, and they only had a few dozen personal guards under their command. Furthermore, Meng Ge did not give them the land they had agreed upon.

There is no military power or anything like that. Now these princes are pestering Brother Meng all day long to ask for people and land, but Brother Meng just refuses to see them, claiming to be sick.

"Brother, you should have heard about the recent events. The assassins from the Southern Song Dynasty assassinated Guyu." Kublai Khan came to Meng Ge and said.

After all, life is very difficult for the two of them. Basically, they have turned against all their brothers. Now all the brothers are clamoring for family property, and the two of them are still holding on.

Unless the Great Khan sends troops to attack, it is impossible to hand over military power.

"This bunch of trash, it would be great if they succeeded in killing Guiyu, they are useless things." Meng Ge said.

This assassination operation was just like a joke.

There was no real harm at all, and it even aroused the anger of the entire Mongolia.

If it weren't for Guyu, the bastard, who didn't have the power to rule the entire Mongolia, the Mongolian army would have been ready to go south to teach the Southern Song Dynasty a lesson. "They didn't succeed. If they succeeded, it would be detrimental to us." Kublai shook his head and said.

Calculating the time now, their envoy should have just arrived at Batu. Even if they move quickly, it will take five months to return. If Guiyu dies at this time, it will be difficult for them to operate.

"If Guyu dies now, our troops should be able to subdue everyone. Then all we need to do is let Brother Batu make a statement." Meng Ge said.

Recently, he was really upset to the extreme. Those stupid brothers came one by one to ask for people and land from him.

"No, the power of the King of Guanzhong is too strong. The battle reports coming from the war to destroy the Song Dynasty this time make me feel scared. It is impossible for us to drag down the power of the family to win. We must add the power of Brother Batu , Brother, you can secure your position as the Great Khan of Mongolia," Kublai Khan said.

In this war that destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, Kublai Khan really realized how strong Zhang Yong was, and they dragged the Lei family's army with them.

It is impossible to face the Wokuotai family and the King of Guanzhong's army at the same time. If Guyu is killed at this time, it will be equivalent to handing over the entire Wokuotai family to the King of Guanzhong.

Now in the Wokuotai family, several of Wokuotai's sons have died of illness, and the wimps continue to be wimps. The only one who can really hold on is Guiyou.

The third generation hasn’t grown up yet!
"Alas! I don't know what the situation is now. Brother Batu, can he come and keep an appointment with us on time? Kublai Khan, if Brother Batu is unwilling, then should we still raise troops?" Brother Meng asked.

"Brother, you don't need to worry about this. As long as Brother Batu doesn't want to die, then he must raise troops and come to help us." Kublai Khan said.

If you don't come. Wait until the Tuolei family is taken care of by Guyu and King Guanzhong. Then Guyu's next goal is to conquer the west, lead the entire Mongolian force to destroy the west, and then take root in the west.

"Well! I know, I can still hold on. We must hold on for a while. Do you think we can win over a few brothers?" Meng Ge said.

If Batu did not come, then he and Kublai Khan would be close to death. When the Guanzhong King's army destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, he would definitely go north to help Guyuk deal with the two of them. By then, the Tolui family would truly be in name only, or even no longer exist in name.

"This is probably very difficult. All the other brothers are obsessed with it. They only see land, population, cattle and sheep. There is no brotherhood anymore." Kublai Khan said.

More than half a month later, the news from the Mongolian grasslands reached Guanzhong. Tulan Lun did not hesitate and immediately sent an envoy to the front line.

Ezhou frontline camp. At this time, Zhang Yong had been attacking the Ezhou area for a month.

There are two extremely important places in Ezhou City, namely Hankou and Hanyang passes.

These two areas were like gateways, blocking the advance of Zhang Yong's army. It took Zhang Yong more than ten days to remove these two strongholds, and ordered people to conquer Fuzhou and Dezhou.

The Yangtze River defense system in the Southern Song Dynasty was really perfect and powerful, but Meng Gong's comprehensive defense plan had not yet been completed, and Zhang Yong's Guanzhong army was stronger than the original Mongolian army in history.

The generals on these two battlefields also put up a symbolic resistance, and soon surrendered under Jiangling's persuasion.

Now, many Southern Song Dynasty generals and local officials have understood the situation. It is time for the world to change hands. The Zhao family has exhausted its power in the world for three hundred years.

Zhang Yong led an army of more than 200,000 people and launched an absolute siege of Ezhou on land, completely cutting off all land supply lines of Ezhou City.

Next, Liu Heima and Liu Zheng met again. Zhang Yong sent his own navy troops again, intending to carry out a land and water blockade of Ezhou.

Ezhou City is an extremely important transportation thoroughfare. It is located at a three-way intersection. In terms of waterways, it can be supported by Huangzhou and Jiangzhou.

It can also support Jiangning Prefecture and Yuezhou, and even more, it can support the three waterways of Xiangyang to the east, forming a very good geographical location.

If the water supply line is not cut off and the enemy is only besieged on land, the enemy will still have food even if the siege lasts for several years.

Therefore, if we want to completely cut off Ezhou's supplies and plunge Ezhou into despair, we must cut off all water and land routes.

After resting in Jiangling Mansion for more than a month, some shipbuilders in the Southern Song Dynasty also built many large ships for Zhang Yong, and these new ships were also equipped with artillery.

Zhang Yong's navy troops set off directly from Jiangling and attacked Yuezhou, where a war broke out with the Quanzhou Navy of the Southern Song Dynasty.

With powerful ship-based artillery and flamethrowers, there is no suspense about the direction of the war.

When one side fights with cold weapons, bows and arrows, and the other side fights with hot weapons, the combat effectiveness of the two sides is not at the same level at all.

Quanzhou Navy, the last naval force in the Southern Song Dynasty, was also defeated. A large number of navy generals died for the country, a large number of navy soldiers surrendered, and a large number of Southern Song ships were taken over by Zhang Yong and incorporated into the Guanzhong Navy. .

In terms of waterways, the final step in the siege of Ezhou was also opened. Hundreds of Guanzhong Army ships began to cross the Yangtze River defense line and went around to the rear of Ezhou, cutting off the supply lines to Ezhou from Huangzhou, Jiangzhou and other places.

Hankou and Hanyang on the way were breached, and at this moment Ezhou officially became an isolated city and was completely blocked by Zhang Yong's army.

Now Ezhou City has officially become an isolated city.

"King of Guanzhong! As long as we carry out a siege or a strong attack, Ezhou City will definitely not be able to be defended. However, if we attack by force, we will probably lose a lot of troops." Liu Heima said.

Recently, their military operations have been going very smoothly. In some areas around Ezhou City, all areas that can be supported have been cut off by them.

Several other important military towns have also been captured by them one after another. Now the Guanzhong army has a perfect transportation and supply line.

Food can be transported from the rice fields near Xiangyang, or from Sichuan and Sichuan through the waterways in Jiangling. With sufficient logistical supplies, the army's combat effectiveness will be stronger.

"We have been bombarding Ezhou City indiscriminately for several days. According to the rules, it is time to send people to persuade them to surrender. I plan to send two garrison generals from Hankou and Hanyang to the city to persuade them to surrender. What do you think? Zhang Yong asked.

The reason why Xiangyang City was captured so quickly before was that the assassin troops in the city played a vital role. If they hadn't opened the city gate, Xiangyang Mansion would not have been captured so easily.

Fancheng Zhang Yong next to him fought for more than ten days. If he attacked by force, he would indeed suffer huge losses, and this was despite having sharp artillery.

If only infantry were sent to attack, the losses would be even greater.

"King of Guanzhong! There is not much food and grass stored in Ezhou City. If we carry out a siege, Ezhou City will run out of ammunition and food in up to half a year." The Southern Song Dynasty surrender general on the Han River said.

They know exactly what is going on in Ezhou City.

The previous main line of defense was in Xiangyang and Jiangling. Ezhou was only used as a transit station. Now it suddenly became the main line of defense. Naturally, the preparations inside were not very sufficient.

Persuading surrender is one method, and siege is also another method.

The chances of being persuaded to surrender are not too high. After all, the man who defends the city is Meng Gong. He is absolutely loyal to the Zhao family of the Southern Song Dynasty. It is absolutely impossible for him to surrender.

If he and Hanyang's generals went to persuade them to surrender, it would probably not have much effect, and they might even be shot in the face.

"I'll trouble you two to go to the city to persuade them to surrender tomorrow. If they don't want to, we'll think of other ways." Zhang Yong said.

If that doesn't work, just use your own Thunderbolt Rockets! The psychological damage this thing does to the defenders is too great.

Then use heavy artillery to blast open the city gates, whether it is Wengcheng or Inner City, use heavy artillery to blast them all open, and then force your way in.

Although Ezhou City is well-defended, it is still inferior to the city defense of Xiangyang City.

"We are willing to respect the order of the King of Guanzhong." The two generals from Hankou and Hanyang said. Since the King of Guanzhong has spoken, they must go.

(End of this chapter)