Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Chapter 492: Might is truth, persuade to surrender
"Report! King Guanzhong! A messenger from the Mongolian Khan has come, and I have important news to report to you." At this moment, a messenger suddenly came outside Zhang Yong's Chinese army tent.

"Oh! An envoy from Mongolia? Go and invite him in." Zhang Yong said.

At this time, Guyuk actually sent an envoy to look for him. Could it be that there were some new changes in the Mongolian grasslands in the north?
"King of Guanzhong, since you are going to receive the envoy from Mongolia, we will leave first." The two garrison generals of Hankou and Hanyang, as well as some other generals of Guanzhong, all said to Zhang Yong together.

"Well! You go back and have a good rest tonight. When you go to the city to persuade them to surrender tomorrow, I will order some shield bearers to protect you. Each of you puts on a piece of armor, and you must pay attention to safety." Zhang Yong clicked. He nodded and spoke.

After all, he was trying to persuade him to surrender on his behalf, so naturally he had to ensure the safety of the other party.

"Thank you, King Guanzhong, for your concern." After everyone thanked Zhang Yong, they slowly retreated.

Soon the Mongolian envoy was led into Zhang Yong's tent.

"You came all the way from the northern grasslands. Does the Khan have something to do?" Zhang Yong asked.

"King Guanzhong, about a month ago. The envoy from the Song Dynasty secretly came to the Mongolian grassland. He wanted to silence the Great Khan and ask the Great Khan to remove you from military power and withdraw your army." The envoy knelt on the ground and spoke. said.

"What? Haha, it's interesting. They actually went to the Mongolian grassland. How did they get there? I think they should have taken the waterway! To take the waterway, they had to go through the northern territory of the Jin Kingdom. Kublai Khan let them go. Zhang Yong asked.

Sure, you guys from the Southern Song Dynasty, you guys actually sent out envoys a few months ago. The envoys should have already set off before this battle even started, right? Otherwise, it would be impossible to reach Harakhorin, the capital of Mongolia.

The Southern Song Dynasty should have sensed that it was about to launch a full-scale attack. Knowing that he could not resist, he sent an envoy to the Mongolian headquarters, hoping to negotiate with Guyu, or even directly bypass him.

But what a pity! You made a mistake in your calculations. Guyu will not listen to you, and now the entire Ogedei family must rely on me to support them.

"You guessed it right, King Guanzhong. These envoys from the Southern Song Dynasty did take the waterway and then came to the northern land of the Jin Kingdom. Later, Kublai Khan sent people to Hara and Forest." The envoy said.

"Well! After passing the land in the north, I remember that I should reward Hulagu. Hasn't this kid eaten the land in the north?" Zhang Yong asked.

"Reporting to the King of Guanzhong, Brother Meng kept complaining that he was not feeling well and had no time to hand over the military power.

However, some land was handed over to Brother Alibu and the two kings of Xulegu, but the military power was still in the hands of Meng Ge. The other kings of the Tolei family who were canonized by the Great Khan did not have anything at all. I didn't get anything, only some cattle and sheep that were rewarded by the Khan. "The messenger said.

Zhang Yong nodded when he heard this, and I knew it was not that simple. With the characters of Meng Ge and Kublai Khan, it was impossible not to cheat in these aspects.

But it doesn't matter. This is just a delaying tactic to make your Tolui family distrust each other. The most important thing now is to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty and completely integrate the power of the entire China.

"Well, did the Great Khan have any news for you to bring to me? What happened to those envoys from the Southern Song Dynasty?" Zhang Yong asked.

"Reporting to the King of Guanzhong, the request made by the envoys from the Southern Song Dynasty was not accepted by the Great Khan. The Great Khan originally decided to send them to you for your disposal.

But what I didn't expect was that these Southern Song envoys were so bold that they actually wanted to assassinate the Khan. "The messenger said.

After hearing this, Zhang Yong was a little confused for a moment. Was there a mistake? These guys actually assassinated Guyu. Would assassinating the Mongol Khan be of any benefit to you in the Southern Song Dynasty?

Killing the Mongol Khan will arouse the anger of the entire Mongolia, and the Mongol army will come to retaliate, this is certain.

Failure to kill the Mongol Khan will also arouse the anger of the Mongol Khan himself and take revenge on you.

If by chance, the Mongol Khan ordered Zhang Yong to massacre various cities in the Southern Song Dynasty, things would be bad.

Even though he is strong now, if the Mongolian Khan massacred the Southern Song Dynasty in one fell swoop when he had Mongolia as his back, then he would really have no choice at all.

During the Genghis Khan and Ogedai eras, his strength was still very weak, but since returning from the Western Expedition and annexing the Central Plains, Shandong, and Hebei, Zhang Yong's current strength is no longer the same.

The army he controls now is completely loyal to him. Even on the Mongolian grassland, what orders are given to him? If it is not very reasonable, Zhang Yong can also completely reject the other party.

Therefore, this group of Southern Song envoys chose to go to Mongolia to ask the Mongolian Khan to order the withdrawal of his troops. This was simply impossible.

What's more, Guyou would not issue such an order. The Ogedai family still needs to rely on its own strength. Ogedai himself became the Great Khan only with the support of Genghis Khan, and Guyou's Mongol Great Khan He got the position because of his own support.

Even the position of Great Khan of Mongolia for Ogedai, if he hadn't done so much preparation work in advance, he might have asked the Tuolei family to supervise the country for two years before it was Ogedai's turn to take the throne.

Zhang Yong's appearance has greatly weakened the Tuo Lei family, which was originally the dominant family in Mongolia, and is now in a weak position.

This time in the Southern Song Dynasty, it was simply a suicide attempt, and what was even worse was the assassination of Guyu.

"King of Guanzhong, the Great Khan asked me to deliver this letter to you personally without allowing anyone else to see it." After the messenger finished speaking, he sealed the letter with beeswax. The sealed envelope was handed over to Zhang Yong.

Zhang Yong nodded, took the letter from the messenger's hand, opened it, and began to read it carefully.

In his letter, Guyuk briefly explained the current situation in Mongolia and talked about the envoys from the Southern Song Dynasty.

Guyuk wanted to blame the Tolei family directly for the assassination, and named him by name and said it was Kublai Khan's doing.

Moreover, the envoy from the Southern Song Dynasty, the chief envoy named Li Quan, was also willing to cooperate. In front of all the Mongolian nobles and princes, he identified Kublai Khan as the one who ordered him to assassinate the Great Khan.

The reason was that Guyuk did not reward Kublai Khan, so Kublai Khan held a grudge and deliberately found the Southern Song envoy when he passed by.

He proposed this plan to them and promised that after he became the Mongolian Khan, he would immediately switch sides and help the Southern Song Dynasty.

The story of what happened was written in such detail, with a nose and a face, that even Zhang Yong felt that this was not Guiyou's handwriting. This guy had been with him for so long, and it seemed that he had indeed learned a lot. Now he would be wronged. .

But it's really nonsense to say this. Kublai Khan was a Mongol prince. How could he have the ability to instruct the envoys of the Song Dynasty to assassinate the Great Khan?

The reason put forward by Guyou was even a little funny in Zhang Yong's opinion. He was jealous that he did not give him a land reward, so he held a grudge, and as a result, he bewitched the envoys of the Southern Song Dynasty.

To be honest, this reason is somewhat untenable. As for the personal testimony of the Southern Song Dynasty envoy, in Zhang Yong's opinion, there are many reasons to overturn it. After all, you can defeat him!

At the end of the letter, Guyu proposed that he hoped to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty as soon as possible, and then after dealing with the affairs in the south, he would quickly go north to help him.

"I already know what the Great Khan means. I will write a letter right now. You go back and tell the Great Khan that there is no rush in everything. I will wait until I destroy the Southern Song Dynasty first so that he can stabilize the situation." Zhang Yong said. .

Guyou still didn't understand the benefits of military power and absolute strength. When you control absolute power, when you want someone to die, then that person has already committed a capital crime.

Kublai Khan and Meng Ge are the simplest examples. As long as they destroy the Southern Song Dynasty, their strength will be unprecedentedly powerful. Whatever you say or do is right.

No matter what kind of blame is placed on the heads of Meng Ge or Kublai Khan, they will not be able to take it off.

What I say is fact, what I say is truth. Might makes truth, this saying is not just a saying.

Gui Yougen learned some intrigues and tricks around him, and learned some ways to deal with others, but sometimes you don't need to use these things in the face of absolute hard power.

When he and Wo Kuotai dealt with the Tuo Lei family, it was because Tuo Lei had the power to fully compete with Wo Kuo Tai, so they had no choice but to use some conspiracies.

The current Tuolei family, even if they do not go south to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty, send their troops collectively to the north, and then unite with the Ogedai family, let alone the Tuolei family, even if the entire Mongolian power is united, they will not be his opponent.

"I know King Guanzhong, I will definitely bring your words to the Great Khan." The messenger nodded and said.

"Well! Just report my words to the Great Khan truthfully. Tell the Great Khan that after I destroy the Southern Song Dynasty and rest for a while, I will go to the Mongolian headquarters in the spring or summer of next year at the latest, and I will take it with me We went with the troops from Guanzhong," Zhang Yong said.

"King Guanzhong, Master Imperial Master, do you have anything else to tell me?"

"Well! The matter is settled. By the way, how is Dahan's living situation recently? Is his body okay?" Zhang Yong asked.

"Reporting to the King of Guanzhong, Dahan is in good health. He can drink a lot of wine every night, and then play with dozens of concubines. In the morning, he will also take his own bodyguards out to hunt." The messenger said.

To be honest, the life Guiyu is living now is the life that all Mongolians long for. Drink wine, eat meat, hunt, and find women.

But after hearing this, Zhang Yong frowned, "Fuck!" Both of you, father and son, are so fucking virtuous. You are not willing to put your body into your lungs!

Regarding this kind of life, Zhang Yong knew with his toes that Guiyou's body would not be able to endure it for two years before he would be exhausted by drinking and sex. Moreover, Mongolia was still in a bitter cold land with a huge temperature difference between day and night.

If there was a little wind while sleeping at night, he would end up like his father, and he might even fall ill and die.

I remember that in the original history, Guyou died inexplicably. There are many unofficial versions. Some say he was poisoned by Batu's men, and some say he died in a fight with Batu's envoys. Some people said that the old lady of the Tuo Lei family poisoned her to death, while others said that she died of illness.

In short, when the cause of death of high-level officials in Mongolia is unknown, they all die of illness. Guyu was only in his early forties when he died. In recent years, due to his own reasons, he, like his father, also ascended to the position of Great Khan of Mongolia early.

If you continue to create your body like this, it will be over sooner or later! Not to mention that I will go west to conquer Batu with me later. I am really afraid that you will die in the middle of the expedition.

"When you go back, tell Dahan that your body is the most important thing, and ask him not to indulge in sex, not to drink too much, and to have a lighter diet. I will give him some health supplements. Remember , Don't let him touch those women anymore," Zhang Yong said.

After all, Guyu and I have a really good relationship. I have watched Guyu grow from a fifteen or sixteen year old boy to a middle-aged man.

During the Western Expedition in Europe, Guyou was even more considerate of himself. His heart was full of flesh and blood, and he still had feelings for Guyou Zhang Yong.

Moreover, Guyu's heart is in the Western land, so Zhang Yong's idea is to let Guyu move to the West with the entire Mongolia and dominate the entire Western world, while he rules the Eastern world.

Building a global empire by yourself is unrealistic for the times. After all, with the current size of Mongolia, it would take more than a month for a message to be transmitted.

If this were to establish a Western regime, the time it would take for the message to be transmitted would be one year, and even if the message were blocked, the message would be transmitted even slower.

With the combination of information transmission and decision-making, it is estimated that arranging the expedition will take four to five years, and the expedition is really too labor-intensive and mobilizes a large number of people. This matter is really not suitable for the Han nation.

The people of the Central Plains, especially the Han people, do not like to live in such bitter and cold places, so the best way is to let Mongolia go all out to conquer the west and live in the west, while they look at the land in the east.

"King Guanzhong! You really think too highly of a villain. I am just an ordinary attendant. The Great Khan asked me to come to deliver a message to you. It is already a great honor for me. How dare I ask the Great Khan What are the unnecessary words?" The Mongolian envoy showed a wry smile and said.

And he doesn't think there's anything wrong with this. Haven't the Mongolians been yearning for this kind of life on the grasslands for hundreds of years?

Drink wine, eat meat, hunt, and find a wife.

It's just that Dahan has more wives and concubines. Now Dahan's body looks good.

"Just take my words and tell Guyu that drinking is really harmful to your health. If he is really greedy for wine, just have a small drink every day and never drink too much." Zhang Yong said.

My work and rest schedule is very regular, and I even never drink alcohol during the march. The body is the capital of revolution! Why don't you understand?
So Zhang Yong immediately wrote another letter, advising Guiyou to pay attention to his health, drink less, and touch women less. At the same time, he also wrote a letter and sent it back to Guanzhong, ordering the envoy to give Guiyou a message when passing through Guanzhong. You should bring some supplements back and give this kid a good supplement.

After doing all this, Zhang Yong sent the messenger away and asked him to go to Guanzhong, and then from Guanzhong to the grassland.

You idiot, you are really going to ruin yourself!

After seeing off the messenger, Zhang Yong ate his dinner and immediately lay down to rest.

There was nothing to say all night, and it was early the next morning.

Zhang Yong put on the best armor for the two surrendered generals of the Southern Song Dynasty, and ordered a hundred sword and shield bearers to protect them. Then he let them leave the camp and go to Ezhou City to persuade them to surrender!

"Brothers on the tower, I am the guard of Hanyang."

"I am the guard general of Hankou. Now the water routes in Ezhou area have been completely blocked by the army of the King of Guanzhong, and the land routes have also been completely blocked by the troops of Guanzhong. You are already there. There is no way to the sky and no way to the earth." The two came to the city. shouted together.

But there were not many soldiers on the tower at this time. There was no way, the artillery of the Guanzhong army was too powerful. During the battle with the Kwantung army, the Southern Song Dynasty army also understood that it was no longer safe to hide on the tower.

Now as long as morning comes, usually only a few sporadic people are sent to guard the city. Once the sound of artillery fire is heard, the entire army will withdraw downstairs.

"Two generals, please wait for me. I will report to the superior officer right away." The soldiers who were in charge of standing guard on the city tower did not dare to neglect any of them and immediately ran towards the bottom of the city at a trot.

The two people who were sinking didn't stop shouting either. Sometimes the words of persuasion to surrender are said to soldiers, especially ordinary soldiers. If they hear it too much, they will naturally not want to fight.

"Brothers, the King of Guanzhong treats us surrendered soldiers very well. After the surrender, there will be wine and meat. The Guanzhong army will not harm you, and the people in the city will be safe and sound. There will not be a single soldier in the army to harass the people. "Yeah," the Hankou guard said.

"Brothers, quickly open the city gates and surrender. Ezhou City cannot be defended. If we defend it to the end, when you run out of ammunition and food, you might end up eating the flesh of your comrades!" General Hanyang said. .

"Come here, shoot me an arrow. Shoot these two traitors to death. Shoot me an arrow." A general who was responsible for guarding the city wall hurriedly ran up and said immediately.

The soldiers on the city tower looked at each other, sighed, drew their bows and arrows and shot at the bottom of the city. However, these soldiers did not aim, and the arrows they shot were all crooked.

The enemy was not sighted at all. Who doesn't know the situation now? Their Ezhou City has been besieged to this point, and what the two generals outside the city said is reasonable.

If they stay until the end, they may really have to eat each other. This is the biggest tragedy.

In the end, the loyalty of the adults and the character of the scholars were achieved, but it was difficult for the people of the city and all the soldiers.

(End of this chapter)