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Meng Gong came from a prominent family. His fourth-generation ancestor Meng An once served in Yue Fei's army and made military achievements.

In the tenth year of Jiading, the Jin people invaded Xiangyang and stationed in Tuanshan.

Meng Gong's father, Meng Zongzhen, was a general under Zhao Fang, the governor of Jinghu, and led his troops to resist the Jin army.

Meng Gong predicted that the Jin army would definitely cross the river from Luojiadu and attack Fancheng.

So he suggested to Meng Zongzhen to set up an ambush facing the Luojia Ferry, and Meng Zongzhen agreed.

The next day, the Jin army began to cross the river as expected. When they were halfway across, the Song army's ambush attacked and annihilated half of the Jin army.

Not long after, Meng Zongzhen received a military order to assist Zaoyang. On the battlefield, Meng Zongzhen and Meng Gong were separated from each other for a while.

"Meng Gong saw from afar a man wearing white clothes and riding a white horse among the Jin army's cavalry, and he determined that it was his father, so he quickly commanded the cavalry to charge the enemy and rescued Meng Zongzheng."

"Because of this military achievement, Meng Gong was promoted to deputy lieutenant of Jinyong."

"In the 12th year of Jiading, the Marshal of the Jin Dynasty, Wanyan Eke, led 200,000 troops to attack Zaoyang in two directions and surrounded the city."

"Meng Gong climbed the city wall and shot at the Jin army. The officers and soldiers admired him very much."

"Meng Zongzheng ordered Meng Gong to attack the Jin army from other roads. Meng Gong broke through 18 camps, beheaded more than a thousand Jin soldiers, and seized many weapons. Meng Gong was promoted to Xiaban Zhiying for this achievement."

"In the 14th year of Jiading, Meng Gong went to the capital to meet Zhao Fang."

"As soon as Zhao Fang saw Meng Gong, he thought he was different and appointed him as the lieutenant of Guanghua County, and later transferred him to the military lieutenant."

"In the 16th year of Jiading, Meng Gong was awarded the title of Chengxinlang for his meritorious service."

"Not long after, Meng Zongzheng passed away, and Meng Gong mourned for his father according to the custom."

"Zhao Fang wanted to recruit him, but Meng Gong declined."

"It was not until after Meng Zongzheng was buried that Meng Gong was appointed Cheng Zhonglang."

"In the 17th year of Jiading, Emperor Lizong of Song ascended the throne."

"In the first year of Baoqing, Emperor Lizong of Song Dynasty promoted Meng Gong to Zhongyilang."

"Soon after, Meng Gong was appointed as the military supervisor of Xiazhou and the inspector of the city."

"The Jinghu Administration Office also appointed Meng Gong as the commander of the Tiger Wing Cavalry, the fifth deputy general of Jingxi, and the commander of the left and right armies of the Divine Power."

"When Meng Zongzheng led the army, he recruited more than 20,000 people in Tangzhou, Dengzhou, and Caizhou to form the Zhongshun Army."

"After Meng Zongzheng passed away, Jiang Hai became the commander of the Zhongshun Army, but he was unable to win the support of the people."

"So, Jinghu's commander Meng Gong replaced Jiang Hai."

"Meng Gong divided the Zhongshun Army into three parts, and the Zhongshun Army soon stabilized."

"In the first year of Shaoding, Meng Gong built the Pinglu Weir in Zaoyang. It was eighteen miles from Zaoyang City to the west of the military camp. It passed through the Badie River and Jianshui River. The water flowed over nine earthen hills. The Tongtian trough was eighty-three feet long and could irrigate 100,000 hectares of land. The soldiers and civilians cultivated the land and harvested 150,000 shi of grain that year."

"Meng Gong ordered every household in the Zhongshun Army to raise horses, and the government provided them with food and fodder, so the horses multiplied greatly."

"In the second year of Shaoding, Meng Gong was promoted to the fifth general of Jingxi, the commander-in-chief of Zaoyang Army, and his army was stationed in the three armies of Zhongshun."

"In the third year of Shaoding, Meng Gong was appointed as the military commander of Jingxi. In this year, Meng Gong's mother passed away."

"In the fourth year of Shaoding, Meng Gong was appointed as the commander of the Jingxi Army and the garrison commander of Zaoyang Army before the end of his mourning period, and he still commanded the three loyal armies."

"In the sixth year of Shaoding, the Mongolian general Nayan Xianzhan pursued the Jin Dynasty monarch Wanyan Shouxu and approached Caizhou."

"Send a letter to Meng Gong, asking him to defend Ezhou and attack the Jin Dynasty general Wu Xian."

"Wu Tianxi, a general under the Wuxian faction, and Yilayuan, the guard of Dengzhou, formed a pincer attack to protect Wanyan Shouxu from entering Shu. They were aggressive and invaded Guanghua."

"Wu Tianxi was originally a farmer from Dengzhou. He took advantage of the chaos to gather 200,000 people and became a scourge on the border."

"Meng Gong captured Wu Tianxi's camp, and the warrior Zhang Ziliang cut off Wu Tianxi's head and presented it to Meng Gong."

"In this battle, the Song army beheaded 5,000 Jin soldiers, captured more than 400 Jin officers and soldiers, and obtained 120,200 households. Meng Gong was promoted to deputy governor of Jiangling Prefecture and was awarded a golden belt."

"The Zhizhisi asked Meng Gong about the situation on the border. Meng Gong believed that the Jin army would probably attack Lü Yan directly. If the camps of Mucha, Tengyun, and Lü Yan could accept the command of the Song army, the Song army with 8,000 men could defeat the Jin army."

Zhu Yuanzhang: The two troops led by his subordinates Liu Quan and Lei Quwei fought against the Jin army at Xiajiaqiao and won.

Afterwards, the Jin army attacked Lu Yan. Meng Gong immediately ordered all troops to pursue the Jin army. There was a big river in front of the Jin army and high mountains behind it. Soldiers from the camp came from all sides to join them. The Jin army abandoned their baggage and fled.

In this battle, 52 Jin army generals were captured, 3,000 Jin soldiers were beheaded, tens of thousands of horses, cattle, and camels were obtained, and more than 32,000 civilians returned.

After Yilayuan surrendered, the Song army recovered five counties, twenty-two towns, 193 officials, 1,500 cavalry, 14,000 infantry, 35,300 households, and a population of 125,553.

When Meng Gong entered the city, Yilayuan lay on the steps and begged for death. Meng Gong changed his clothes and treated him as a guest.

Wu Xian was initially stationed in Shunyang, but due to the siege by the Song army, he retreated to Madang.

Li Ying, the magistrate of Shunyang County of the Jin Dynasty, led the entire county to surrender to the Song Dynasty. Zhang Lin, the appeaser of Shenzhou of the Jin Dynasty, also led the state to surrender. Meng Gong suggested that for those surrendered people, land in their hometowns should be allocated for them to cultivate.

Let them elect their own leaders and register the young and strong ones in the military.

This way they can cultivate the land and protect their hometown on their own.

Allocate land to talented people and let them take up some positions, so that they can recruit subordinates and disperse their power. The Zhizhisi approved of his suggestion.

Later, Wu Xian's favorite general Liu Yi led two hundred warriors to surrender, and Meng Gong asked him about Wu Xian's situation.

Liu Yi suggested to first break through Lijin Stronghold, then break through Wangzishan Stronghold, followed by attacking Madeng, Shawo and Kushan Strongholds, and finally attacking the largest stronghold, Shixue Mountain.

The next day, Meng Gong sent troops to attack Lijinzhai. His subordinate Lu Xiu led the soldiers into the camp holding a black flag. No one suspected that they were Song troops.

Lu Xiu sent people to guard each passage separately, shouting to set fire, and suddenly attack and kill the enemy, completely wiping out the enemy.

Afterwards, the Song army attacked Prince's Stronghold directly. While the Jin army guarding the stronghold were still asleep, they chopped off the heads of the Jin army generals and put them into bags.

At daybreak, they found out that it was the young marshal of the Jin Kingdom. Then, the Song army divided into four groups and attacked Madengzhai from different directions. The fire was soaring into the sky, and the bodies of the Jin army piled up like a mountain. The fleeing Jin army was captured by the Song army responsible for ambushing and intercepting, and 12,300 people surrendered.

When the Song army returned, they met the Jin army to the west of Shawo and won another great victory.

On that day, the Song army won three battles and three victories. Meng Gong asked Liu Yi, "Many mountain strongholds have been captured, and the remaining Banqiao and Shixue strongholds will be shaken." Can you help him surrender the Jin army in these mountain strongholds?

Liu Yi said that Jin De, the general of the Song army, and Wang Xian, the flower-legged warrior in the mountain stronghold, and An Wei, the governor of Jin, were all old friends.

Let Jin De go and persuade them to surrender, they will definitely come.

So Meng Gong sent Jin De to persuade the enemy to surrender, and Liu Yi requested to select 300 women to take the notice of surrender to the enemy and pretend to escape back to the mountain stronghold.

Meng Gong did as he was told. When An Wei met Jin De, he was very happy to talk about their friendship and introduced Jin De to Wang Xian, who asked to surrender that same day.

Wang Xian's army had about five thousand men, all wearing armor, and Meng Gong ordered them to form a square formation.

As usual when he comforted the soldiers, Meng Gong walked into the square formation and looked around for a long time before leaving. Afterwards, Meng Gong rewarded them with beef and wine. After everyone had enough food and wine, they were immersed in singing and dancing.

"Meng Gong estimated that Wu Xian would go to the top of Mount Ku to observe the situation, so he ordered his subordinate Fan Wenbin to seize Mount Ku at daybreak."

"The Song army is stationed at the foot of the mountain, setting up an ambush in front and blocking the retreat in the back."

"Not long after, Wu Xian's troops climbed the mountain. When they were halfway up, Fan Wenbin waved his flag and ambushes sprang up. Wu Xian's troops panicked, and corpses fell in the valley, staining it red with blood."

"The Jin general Wushaer was killed, 730 Jin soldiers were captured, and the discarded armor piled up like a mountain."

"In the evening, Meng Gong marched to Xiaoshui River. Liu Yi told him that Wu Xian did not want to surrender and planned to go to Shangzhou to defend it. However, the old people and children in the Jin army were unwilling to go north."

"Meng Gong believes that the advance cannot be delayed."

"At night, Meng Gong taught Fan Wenbin and others the battle strategy and planned to attack Shixue and other mountain strongholds tomorrow."

"The next morning, the Song army set out after breakfast."

“It was raining heavily when we arrived at Shixue Village.”

"Meng Gong urged his horse to head straight to the cave and ordered the attack to be divided into different routes. Fan Wenbin was in charge of conveying the orders and handling the affairs."

"After fighting for several hours, all the strongholds occupied by the Jin army were breached, and Wu Xian changed his clothes and escaped."

"The two sides fought again at Yinhulu Mountain. The Jin army was defeated again. Wuxian and five or six cavalrymen took advantage of the chaos to escape."

"The Song army was chasing them from behind, but Wu Xian and the others hid themselves and were not discovered."

"The Song army captured more than 70,000 of Wuxian's followers and seized countless armors and weapons."

"After the Song army returned to Xiangyang, Meng Gong was promoted to Xiuwu Lang, and the deputy commander of Ezhou and Jiangling Prefecture."

"The Mongols and the Song agreed to jointly attack Caizhou, and Meng Gong led 20,000 men to fight."

"Twenty thousand cavalrymen of the Jin army came southward from Hengshan in Zhenyang. Meng Gong beat drums and marched to fight with the Jin army, which was defeated and retreated."

"Meng Gong chased the enemy to Gaohuangpi and killed 1,200 Jin soldiers."

"The Mongolian general Nayan Xianzhan sent his subordinates Tuhuate, Meiheguochu and Asi to welcome Meng Gong."

"Meng Gong hunted with them, drank the blood of wild animals, and rode into the Mongolian camp on horseback."

"Then Yan Xianzhan was very happy, and became a brother to Meng Gong, and invited him to drink mare's milk."

"Ten thousand Jin soldiers came out from the east gate. Meng Gong cut off their retreat and forced them into the Ru River before attacking them."

"Eighty-seven Jin generals were captured alive. Meng Gong accepted the surrendered people from Caizhou. He heard from them that there was a shortage of food in Caizhou and famine had occurred."

"Meng Gong believed that Caizhou was already in a very difficult situation and the Song army should defend it at all costs to prevent the Jin army from breaking through."

"Meng Gong and Yan Xianzhan agreed that the two armies should not invade each other, open the weirs, and set up fences to protect the camps."

"Yan Xianzhan sent Wan Hu Zhang Rou to lead 5,000 elite soldiers to attack Caizhou City. The Jin soldiers hooked two Mongolian soldiers with hooks, and Zhang Rou was pierced by arrows and became like a hedgehog."

"Meng Gong led the vanguard to rescue Zhang Rou."

"The hair-cutting officer Song Rong was disrespectful, and Meng Gong wanted to kill him. But the others dismounted and lined up to kowtow, pleading for him, so Meng Gong used caning instead."

"In the early morning, Meng Gong led his troops to the stone bridge and captured the Jin general Guo Shan with a hook."

"When the Song army retreated slightly, the Jin army suddenly arrived. Meng Gong jumped on his horse and rushed into the enemy camp, killing Guo Shan as a warning to the others."

"The morale of the Song army was boosted again. They fought desperately and advanced to Chaitan, capturing 102 Jin soldiers and killing more than 300 of them."

"The next day, Meng Gong ordered his generals to seize Chaitan Tower."

"The Jin army fought for this building, and various troops went into battle one after another."

"The Jin army sent beautiful women to seduce the Song army, but they were killed by Zhang Xi and others, who were under Meng Gong's command."

"Finally, the Song army captured Chaitan Tower and captured 537 Jin soldiers."

"The Jin army in Caizhou City relied on Chaitan to defend. Outside Chaitan is the Ru River, and Chaitan is five or six feet higher than the Ru River."

Zhu Di: In Caizhou City, there is a giant crossbow on the Jinzihao Building. According to legend, there is a dragon underneath and people dare not approach. The Song army soldiers were suspicious and afraid.

Meng Gong summoned his subordinates to drink and told them that Chaitan was not created by heaven and earth, and the giant crossbow in the Jinzihao Building could shoot far away but not near.

The enemy relies on Chaitan Lake. If they breach the bank of Chaitan Lake, the water in the lake will dry up immediately.

Everyone said that the Chaitan dam was strong and not easy to damage.

Meng Gong said that the solid parts were only the two ends of the dam, and they could just chisel the sides of the dam.

Sure enough, the Chaitan dam burst after being dug, and the Song army took the opportunity to attack the city, captured two Jin generals and killed them.

They also captured Wen Duan, the right deputy inspector of the Jin Dynasty, and skinned him alive under the city walls.

When the Song army approached Tumen, the Jin people boiled the old, weak and children in the city into oil and poured it on the Song and Mongolian soldiers under the city to scald them, calling it human oil cannon.

People could not bear this kind of pain, so Meng Gong sent Taoist priests to persuade them to stop the Jin people from doing this.

In the first year of Duanping, black air covered the city of Caizhou and the sun disappeared.

Those who surrendered said that there had been no food in Caizhou City for three months, and that saddles, leather boots, and broken drums had all been cooked and eaten, with even cannibalism occurring.

The Jin army fed on human and livestock bones and mud used by swallows to build nests every day to satisfy their hunger. They would also kill the defeated troops and eat their flesh. Many people wanted to surrender.

Meng Gong ordered all the troops to remain silent and move the ladders to the foot of the city.

A few days later, Meng Gong led his army to the south gate, arrived at the Jinzihao Building, set out the ladders, and ordered his generals to advance as soon as they heard the drum sound.

The Song army rushed to climb the city wall, and the two sides fought fiercely on the city wall.

The Prime Minister of the Jin Dynasty, Ugulun Taoluo, surrendered, and the Marshal Wulinda and 200 of his lieutenants were killed.

Afterwards, the Song army opened the west gate and invited Yan Xianzhan into the city.

Jiang Hai captured Jin's political advisor Zhang Tiangang and returned. Meng Gong asked where Wanyan Shouxu was.

Zhang Tiangang said that when the city was in danger, Wanyan Shouxu took the jade and placed it in a small hut, piled straw around it, and hanged himself while crying, and had people burn him after his death. Now the fire has not burned out yet.

Meng Gong and Nayan Xianzhan divided Wanyan Shouxu's remains equally and obtained the Jin Dynasty's posthumous title, jade belt, and gold and silver seals.

Meng Gong returned to Xiangyang and was specially granted the title of Wugonglang and was in charge of the affairs of the Imperial Guards Cavalry. He was later promoted to the position of the commander-in-chief of Jiankang Prefecture and concurrently the officer of the Imperial Guards Cavalry.

After the fall of the Jin Dynasty, the Military Administration requested Meng Gong to concurrently serve as the commander-in-chief of the Zhenbei Army in Xiangyang.

The Zhenbei Army was an elite force organized by Meng Gong, consisting of 15,000 battle-hardened soldiers from the Central Plains, stationed in the Deng area of ​​Lubei. (End of this chapter)