Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Chapter 157 Genghis Khan’s reinforcements and the Southern Song Dynasty’s attack on the Jin Dynasty
Only by capturing Lintao Prefecture can we threaten Fengxiang Prefecture, Jingzhao Prefecture, and the entire Guanzhong area of ​​Xi'an.

This is an extremely important strategic location that can connect the Xixia and Jin Kingdoms, the Sichuan and Shu lands of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Hanzhong area.

The Southern Song Dynasty had a good idea. They also wanted this land. With this land, they could form a strategic buffer point and directly threaten the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom.

And this time, the Kingdom of Jin opened the way for them. The Southern Song Dynasty and the Kingdom of Jin stabbed each other in the back more than once or twice, so the Southern Song Dynasty did not have much psychological burden.

In the original history, the Song Army did send troops, but they were basically beaten back by the Jin Kingdom.

This area of ​​the Hexi Corridor is not so easy to obtain. This time is indeed a God-given opportunity for the Southern Song Dynasty.

But for Zhang Yong, why not?

All these 1 prisoners were turned into a slave army, and then were given to Wokuotai and [-] people to take care of them.

"You boy, be careful on the road. I have already written a letter to Father Khan. His Western Expedition Army should have entered the Xixia territory, and a team of people will be sent to pick you up by then." Wo Kuotai said.

"Don't worry! My father-in-law, we are only a few hundred miles away." Zhang Yong said.

"Well! Be careful all the way."

Two days later, Zhang Yong took the remaining 5000 people, escorted [-] civilians, took all the spare horses and the Song Army's pack horses, and set off in a mighty manner.

When Zhang Yong and Wo Kuotai came over, because they were lightly equipped and fast horses, all the cavalry also carried spare horses. They were very fast, and they arrived here in only five or six days.

But now with a large number of wolf grass and civilians in action, Zhang Yong estimates that it will take at least half a month for them to reach Xuanhua Mansion. Safety along the way is also a big problem.

The current location of Zhang Yong and others is the junction point of Xixia and Jin Kingdom, only two hundred miles away from Lintao Mansion.

Next to it are Xining Prefecture and Xiliang Mansion, two cities in Xixia.

Xining Prefecture is in the southwest, and they will not pass there unless they take the initiative.

The only thing they had to pass by was Xiliang Mansion. When Zhang Yong and Wokuotai's army passed by here before, the defenders of Xiliang Mansion huddled in the city and did not dare to show up at all.

After all, the garrison here is actually about the same as that of Xuanhua Prefecture, with more than 1 people, and may not even be as large as Xuanhua Prefecture. Facing the Mongolian cavalry led by Zhang Yong and Wo Kuotai, they dare not come out to provoke them.

But in this situation, Zhang Yong only has 5000 combatable soldiers, and as long as the opponent rushes out to attack these [-] civilians, these civilians will immediately disperse.

In order to allow Zhang Yong to complete his mission better, Wo Kuotai sent half of his personal guards.

His biological son Guyu was also sent over to act with Zhang Yong, and he also sent an envoy to Xuanhua Mansion to ask them to send people to respond.

Along the way, under Zhang Yong's order, all the civilians walked in the middle of the team, and a thousand cavalry opened the way in front.

Another thousand cavalrymen broke up in the rear, and the remaining three thousand cavalrymen formed a column, following the escort team and preparing to attack at any time.

Zhang Yong was accompanied by two hundred personal guards sent by Wo Kuotai. These people were specifically responsible for Zhang Yong's safety.

The first section of the journey was relatively good. Xixia was also a vast area with sparsely populated areas, and there were a lot of deserts around it, on the vast plains.

There is no need to worry about being attacked by the Xixia defenders. It is still very difficult to annihilate [-] Mongolian troops in the wild.

"Brother Zhang! We have three days to go to Xiliang Mansion." Guiyou rode up and said.

"Well! Is there any movement in Xiliang Mansion?" Zhang Yong asked.

"Our detective horses have been scouting around Xiliang Mansion. They have been hiding in the city. I think they may not know that the Southern Song Dynasty army has been defeated." Guyu said.

"It's impossible. We made a lot of noise that day. It's been seven or eight days now. It's impossible that they haven't received any news at all." Zhang Yong shook his head and said.

The grain and grass he escorted this time was too important for Xixia. This was originally the food and grass provided by the Southern Song Dynasty to save the lives of the Xixia people.

Logically speaking, they should be sent to Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Xixia, or the Helan Mountain Military Camp, and then distributed to various places.

The Song Dynasty's army has not arrived for a long time. It is impossible for Xixia to have no movement at all. Now it has definitely been discovered that the Song Dynasty's army has been wiped out.

The defenders in Xiliang Mansion did not know the exact number of soldiers, but according to Xuanhua Mansion, there were at least 1 people.

If it were just the Xiliang Mansion's army, Zhang Yong wouldn't be too worried. He was afraid that Xixia would send out a large army and come over to rob it.

"Brother Zhang, don't worry. My father has already sent someone to deliver a message to the Great Khan. I guess the person who replies to the message should be here soon." Guyu said.

"Well! We will strengthen our vigilance these two nights. Everyone is divided into two groups, one group is sleeping and the other is on sentry duty. Everyone must keep their swords, armor and horses close to their bodies." Zhang Yong said.

Now he has indeed won, but as long as this batch of food and grass is not delivered to Genghis Khan's hands, it will not be considered as completing the mission.

No matter when, no matter when and where, he must be 12 energetic.

Be careful, be careful, be careful again.

"Brother Zhang, don't worry. I understand. I won't sleep these two nights and will keep vigil myself." Guyu said.

After contacting Zhang Yong, Guyu's first impression of Zhang Yong was still very good. At least he had nothing to say about fighting, and he was very cautious in doing things.

This time, the [-]-strong Song army was annihilated and all their food and grass were snatched away. Rather than his father Wo Kuotai, Zhang Yong was more suitable as the coach. All arrangements and strategies were actually proposed by Zhang Yong.

"No, you must have a good rest. If you don't rest well, you will not be able to exert your full strength when encountering the enemy. You and I will take turns leading the night watch. You will be on duty for the first half of the night, and I will be on duty for the second half of the night." Zhang Yong said.

"it is good!"

A few days before Zhang Yong's army set off, Genghis Khan's Western Expedition army had already entered Xixia and quickly captured Suzhou and California.

The sandbank where Asha dared not to garrison was turned into an isolated city, and then Genghis Khan personally led the army into Xuanhua Mansion.

This time the military operation against Xixia can be said to be very smooth. The battlefield in the east has also begun. Bolu and the Mongolian army have entered Xiazhou.

The grassland has also begun to besiege Blackwater City. This time it can be said that it is a three-line attack on Xixia. Now it is waiting for the main army of Xixia to come out and fight with them.

If he didn't come out to fight with him, then the kingdom of Xixia would be destined to gradually eat away at all the cities and eventually besiege Xingqing Mansion.

"Chahan pays homage to the Great Khan!"

"Quchiye pays homage to Genghis Khan." As soon as Genghis Khan arrived, the father and son immediately greeted him.

"Well, you're welcome. That girl in Tulanlun has already interceded for you. I haven't touched the people of California and Suzhou at all. From now on, they will be under your command.

As for the sandbank, it has not been captured yet, but I have cut off their backup, but I want to massacre this city. "Genghis Khan said.

Asa dared to provoke him several times, which Genghis Khan could not swallow.

Moreover, after being besieged Shazhou City for so many days, Ah Gan not only killed his envoy to persuade him to surrender, this made it even more impossible to let the opponent go.

"Bhan!" Chahan was about to plead, but his father stopped him and shook his head at him.

The opportunity of the three cities does not have to be wasted on Shazhou City. If Genghis Khan is determined to massacre this city, then they have no choice.

"My army will rest here for a while, waiting for Zhang Yong and his men to send their food and grass to you. Is there any news about them?" Genghis Khan sat down and asked.His current food and fodder is only enough to sustain the army for seven or eight days.

If Zhang Yong's food and grass can no longer arrive, then Genghis Khan will have no choice but to order his soldiers to loot everywhere. When the time comes, the three cities that have surrendered to him will have to contribute some food.

Many Xixia people might die by then, but there was nothing he could do.

"Great Khan! Yesterday we received the battle report from Lord Divine Envoy and Lord Wo Kuotai. They have defeated the 10,000-strong army of the Song Dynasty and grabbed [-]+ stones of food and grass. They are now heading here. Transportation." Chahan said.

The news of Zhang Yong and Wo Kuotai's victory had already reached here the day before.

"Oh! Hahaha! This boy Zhang Yong and Wokuotai did not disappoint me. If you say so, we will have food and grass soon." Genghis Khan nodded and said with great satisfaction.

Originally they were sent out just to stop the Song army, but unexpectedly they gave themselves greater results, annihilating the [-] Song army and grabbing the other party's food and grass.

"Great Khan! The letter is here. You should read it yourself. There are some things we cannot decide." Quchi Yefa handed the letter sent by Ogedai to Genghis Khan.

Genghis Khan nodded, took the letter, and began to read it.

Wo Kuotai first described the dangers and hardships of this war, and greatly praised Zhang Yong's strategy and the effectiveness of drones. If it weren't for Zhang Yong's gasoline and drones, he would never have fought this battle. It went so smoothly, and they even managed to grab the military rations of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Then they said that they discovered the conspiracy of the Southern Song Dynasty and learned from the prisoners that the Southern Song Dynasty also arranged [-] elite troops in the Kingdom of Jin, but their goal was to seize the Linzhao Mansion of the Kingdom of Jin.

So Wokuotai could only bring 1 troops, and organized the [-] surrendered Song troops into a slave army, intending to defend the Song army on the spot to prevent them from crossing the border to attack the Mongolian army in Xixia.

Of the 12 stones of grain and grass seized from the Southern Song Dynasty, Wokuotai kept 11 stones, and the remaining [-] stones were given to Zhang Yong, asking him to send them to Genghis Khan as soon as possible.

Zhang Yong has now led 5000 troops, escorting 11 civilians and [-] stones of grain and grass to begin delivering grain and grass to Xuanhua Prefecture.

But on the way, we have to pass by the Xiliang Mansion of the Xixia people, and we hope that the Great Khan can send troops to assist.

"Immediately send an order to Subu Tai and ask him to come to see me immediately." After reading the letter, Genghis Khan immediately stood up and sent the order.

His confidant General Subutai is very good at running long distances, so it is most suitable for him to go to support Zhang Yong.

Soon, Subotai, who was already in his fifties, met Genghis Khan.

"Sweat!"

"Well! Subotai, I have an important task to give you. Zhang Yong and Wo Kuotai have already grabbed the food and grass from the Southern Song Dynasty.

But it will take half a month to transport the grain and grass to Xuanhua Mansion. You must immediately mobilize 1 people to escort them. You must catch Zhang Yong and his team before they arrive at Xiliang Mansion. "Genghis Khan said.

He knows better than anyone else the importance of this batch of food and grass to the Mongolian army, so it must be brought back safely.

"Please rest assured, Great Khan, that your most loyal mastiff, Subotai, will definitely bring back all the food, grass, and the divine messenger safely." Subotai said.

"Well! Don't worry, I'll go ahead with your business. Set off immediately without any delay. Zhang Yong's team should have already set off from Wokuotai. Their driving speed is slower, and your speed is faster. You must Hurry up and catch up with them." Genghis Khan said.

At noon that day, the Mongolian army that had just entered Xuanhua Prefecture dispatched [-] cavalry, led by Subotai, and attacked the area where Zhang Yong was located.

At the same time, the Southern Song Dynasty also received this news, but at this time, the Southern Song Dynasty was busy fighting with the Jin people.

Needless to say, the reason is that after the troops supporting Xixia left, the Southern Song Dynasty secretly dispatched another [-] troops and quickly began to attack Lintao Prefecture.

Originally, they wanted to deceive the city gate and seize the Lintao Mansion without any bloodshed, but the Jin Kingdom was also on guard against the Song Dynasty and did not give the Southern Song Dynasty a chance at all.

The two sides fought.

"You, the Song Dynasty, have betrayed your trust. We, the Jin Kingdom, kindly opened the national highway to allow you to pass through to support Xixia. Why do you want to seize my territory?" The Jin Kingdom guard on the city tower asked.

"Your territory of the Jin Kingdom? Huh! This was all the territory of my Song Dynasty. Why shouldn't I, the Song Dynasty, take back our own territory?" Zhao Fan said.

This time, it was the famous Southern Song general Zhao Fan who led the subsequent [-] Song troops.

Different from the army led by Du Gao, these 5 people were the real elite troops of the Southern Song Dynasty, and they were all carefully selected strong soldiers.

"Bah! The rats of the Southern Song Dynasty came to attack the city if they had the guts. Lintao Mansion will not give it to you." The Jin Kingdom Guards snorted coldly from the top of the city tower.

Song's betrayal this time had actually been expected for a long time. Although no one wanted such a thing to happen, it did happen after all.

"We, the Song Dynasty, are treacherous? How dare you say this? When your Jin Kingdom just started war with Mongolia, did we, the Song Dynasty, have a sneak attack on you?

As a result, you actually have to lose the north and make up for the south. The same amount of land is taken away by the Mongols from our Song Dynasty. "Zhao Fan said.

"Hmph! It's useless to say more. This time it was indeed your Song Dynasty who betrayed your trust first." said the general of the Kingdom of Jin.

Zhao Fan did not order a strong attack, but sent [-] infantrymen to cut off Lintao Prefecture from the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom, and then [-] troops surrounded Lintao Prefecture.

But that night, Zhao Fan received news that shocked him beyond measure.

"Report, report to General Zhao! Du Gao, Mr. Du, the 12 vanguard army led by him has been completely wiped out. Even our baggage troops and a full [-] shi of food and grass have been robbed by the Mongols." A broken soldier Kneeling on the ground, he spoke with a look of pain on his face.

"What? Impossible! Du Shuai is a veteran of the Song Dynasty. He is always extremely cautious when leading troops in battles. How could it be possible that he was completely wiped out in just a few days? Are you lying about the military situation?" Zhao Fan said with a livid face. .

He knew Du Gao quite well.The other party's official position is the same as his, and even more senior than him in terms of qualifications.

Although the 5 people led by the other party are not as elite as our own 5 people, they should not be underestimated. How can we just say that we will annihilate them, and we will also lose the most important food, grass and baggage?

"Sir! This battle, this battle has made us feel aggrieved! As soon as we arrived in Xixia territory, we received military information from the Mongols. They were also on their way here, but they arrived half a day later than us.

So General Du immediately set up camp and defended it with all his strength. The main entrance of the camp was filled with shaking cannons and flint cannons. A large number of armored soldiers were ambushed in the middle of the camp. He even ambushed a reserve team outside the camp. He planned to wait When the Mongols came to rob the camp, they were caught off guard. "

"This arrangement is very good, why did you lose? And you lost in one night." Zhao Fan asked.

"Sir! The Mongols didn't know why, but they found our two ambush troops inexplicably, and then attacked them with a very strange fire. This was a fire that ignited at a moment's notice, with a golden The liquid burned, and the water couldn't put it out. After water was poured on it, the fire became more fierce.

After that, the two armies were defeated and the camp was blown up. As a result, the camp was broken through, and the Mongols fired arrows outside to attack.

They also set the entire camp on fire, and we blew up the camp like this. More than 1 people were killed in the battle, [-] troops were captured, and all the remaining people were killed in the battle, except for some of us and the supervisor. Released by the Mongols. "The messenger knelt on the ground and said.

This group of envoys was naturally sent back by Zhang Yong, and their identities were the officers who were discovered by Zhang Yong before.

"Water can't extinguish the fire, and after pouring water on it, it ignited even more fiercely. The golden liquid ignited, and two armies were discovered ambushing outside. How is this possible?" Zhao Fan said.

Isn't this fact too incredible?
"Everything I said is true, and, moreover, Lord Supervisor, he, he had his eyes gouged out by the Mongols, and they also had tattoos on him." The officer who was released by Zhang Yong knelt on the ground and spoke carefully. said.

"What a bunch of barbarians! What words did they tattoo on the supervisors' bodies?" Zhao Fan asked.

"Sir! The words they tattooed on the body of the supervisor are treasonous and unethical words. I don't dare to say them. Please go and see them yourself first."

"Well! You guys should go down and rest too!" Zhao Fan waved his hand, sent away the people who came to report the news, and then walked out of the camp, intending to meet the supervisor.

Ask about the specific circumstances of Du Gao's army's defeat.

(End of this chapter)