Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Chapter 241 Going south to take Sichuan and Shu, or destroying the gold

At this time, Tongguan was full of shouts of killing, and the Mongolian army entered the city from both upper and lower directions at the same time. The direction of this war was no longer decided by the Jin people.

"General, general, come on! Come on with me! I'll take you out!" an adjutant said.

"This is not a crime of war! This is not a crime of war!" Seeing large numbers of Mongolian troops rushing into the city, Wanyan Chenglin, who was responsible for defending the city, knelt on the ground and said.

Who would have thought that the extremely strong Tongguan was captured by the Mongolian army in just twelve days, and he did not even hold on for half a month.

Twelve days, Tongguan was conquered in twelve days. How is this possible? This pass has blocked the Mongols for more than 20 years!

"Let's go, where can I go? We in the Great Jin Kingdom have lost our hometown in Northeast China, the land in Hebei, the land in Guanzhong, and now we have even lost Tongguan." Wanyan Chenglinmuna He spoke extremely loudly, and his whole person seemed to have lost his life.

He still remembered the scene during the expedition. Jin Emperor Wanyan Shouxu held his hand and spoke earnestly.

Qian warned and warned that he must be careful to deal with the Mongolian attack, and Tongguan must not be lost in any case. Tongguan is the last lifeline of the Jin Kingdom and must not be lost.

They must hold on for at least half a year so that the troops in the Jin Kingdom can gather and cooperate with the Song Army to defeat the Mongols.

He patted his chest and promised Jin Emperor Wanyan Shouxu that he would defend Tongguan for ten years, let alone half a year.

But who would have thought that things are unpredictable, and in just twelve days, he lost the most important Yixiong Pass in the Jin Kingdom.

There are a total of 50,000 defenders here, but these 50,000 people only held on for twelve days. What is this?

The failure of this battle can be imagined as a blow to the Kingdom of Jin. If he died here, it would be better to say something. After returning, how could he have the face to meet the civil and military officials of the Kingdom of Jin and his Majesty? ?

"Let's go! I have no courage to go back and face His Majesty." Wanyan Chenglin shook his head, pushed his lieutenant away, and said.

Seeing this, the deputy general gritted his teeth, pulled out his saber, and hit Wanyan Chenglin on the back of the neck with the handle of the sword, knocking the Tongguan guard unconscious.

"General, I'm sorry, I must save your life." After the adjutant finished speaking, he took dozens of soldiers around him to escort Wanyan Chenglin. Taking advantage of the chaos when the Mongolian army entered the city, he quietly Got out of the city.

The battle lasted for a full day and night, and by noon the next day, there were still some scattered Jin soldiers resisting in the city.

However, Suqing and the others were also very fast. After all, Tongguan was just a grand pass, a military fortress, and not many people lived here.

Most of the people living here are soldiers, and there are also some cooks and handymen who accompany the army.

Under Zhang Yong's order, the Mongolian army would not kill anyone who surrendered, and anyone who dared to resist would be killed without mercy.

Because he has participated in Mongolia's foreign wars many times, Mongolian soldiers still very much recognize Zhang Yong's commanding ability, as well as this military advisor and the popular man in front of the new Great Khan.

They dare not disobey Zhang Yong's orders.

By the evening of that day, the Mongolian army had completely taken control of the entire Tongguan, all resistance forces had been wiped out, and more than 15,000 prisoners had been captured.

That night, Wokuotai sat in the mansion of the Tongguan garrison and summoned all the Mongolian generals here.

At this time, all the Mongolian generals' faces were filled with extremely excited expressions, because they knew that after Tongguan was breached, the Jin Kingdom would be completely finished.

There is no effective force that can resist them anymore. The Mongolian army can march straight in.

"Great Khan! Great Khan! Great Khan!" All of a sudden, the Mongolian generals were shouting, expressing their admiration for Ogedai.

After all, this was the first external battle after taking the throne, and Ogedai's performance still made the Mongolian generals present very satisfied.

"Hahaha! Great Khan! Tongguan has been broken, and now the entire Jin Kingdom has been exposed in front of our eyes. Now we can destroy the Jin Kingdom as long as we lead our troops and march straight in."

"Yes, without Tongguan, there will no longer be any force that can stop us."

"Well! You all did a good job in attacking Tongguan this time. I am very happy. I sent an order to the logistics troops and asked them to slaughter 30,000 sheep and 5,000 cattle immediately to reward the whole army." Wo Kuotai said.

"It's Dahan! I thank you on behalf of those boys."

"Well! Quartermaster, come and tell me how many things we got in total after we captured Tongguan?" Wo Kuotai asked.

Tongguan is a super military fortress, and it must have stored a large amount of military supplies for the Jin people. This time, there should be a lot of gains.

"Great Khan! Tongguan's weapons depot stores a large number of weapons and armor, as well as arrows, rolling logs and falling rocks. The specific number requires some statistics. In addition, there is also a large amount of food and grass reserves, and there are two thousand Many war horses, these are all ours now." the military officer said.

"Very good! Let's eat the Jin people's own food and fight against them. This time, all of you have made a contribution. But who has made the greatest contribution?" Wo Kuotai looked around at the crowd and spoke. asked.

"The one who made the greatest contribution was naturally Master Tuo Lei who led the soldiers to climb the city wall first."

"Yes! The first one to scale the enemy's wall was Lord Torre's army, and he even led it himself."

After hearing the words of these two Mongolian generals, Torre smiled very proudly. The Mongols valued military merit very much.

"Great Khan! I think the person who has the greatest credit should be the Military Advisor. The Military Advisor has full command of this battle. When to attack, when to retreat, and when to shell, all details are clear. We are just giving the Military Advisor I'm just running errands." A Mongolian general stood up and said.

If we go by the Mongols' previous theory of merit and reward, then Torre's contribution is undoubtedly the greatest, because he was the first to lead the troops to climb the city wall.

But the reason why Torre was able to scale the city wall so easily without wasting much troops was who did the preliminary preparations for this?

All the Mongolian generals present nodded. At this time, the Mongolian generals were still very straight-minded. If you have made a contribution, you have made a contribution, and there will never be any conspiracy.

Military strategist Zhang Yong's contribution to the capture of Tongguan. Not a big deal, both the grain and grass reserves and some of the strategies of the Jin Kingdom played a decisive role.

"Great Khan! Although the military advisor did not personally climb the city wall, his flying artifact took to the air many times to observe the enemy's city defenses.

It was like planting an eye inside the enemy, and then organized us to carry out confrontation tactics, and then conquered Tongguan in one fell swoop. Every step of the plan had the shadow of the military advisor. "

"Yes! In this battle, if it hadn't been for the military strategist and the various new weapons presented by the military strategist, we wouldn't have been able to break through Tongguan even if we besieged it for half a year."

"Great Khan Ogedai! The person who deserves the greatest credit for this battle should be the military advisor."

"Great Khan! It should be the military advisor."

Even Tuo Lei nodded slightly helplessly, admitting that Zhang Yong's military achievements were the greatest among everyone present.

After all, Zhang Yong had done too many things for this battle. The explosives, gasoline, and thunder cannons were all given by Zhang Yong.

Even half of the army's food and grass were transported from Zhang Yong's fiefdom. And to put it bluntly, the command of this battle has always been in Zhang Yong's hands.

"Okay! You have all made contributions in this battle, but my son-in-law, Zhang Yong, the king of Guanzhong, has made the greatest contribution and should be ranked first. No one has any objections.

My good brother Torre was the first to scale the enemy's city wall, and his merits are ranked second. Don't worry about the rest of the generals. There is no merit to be gained.

This war to destroy the Jin Kingdom has just begun, and there are many opportunities for you to make contributions. "Wokuotai said.

"Sweat! Sweat!"

"Well! Zhang Yong, and you Tuo Lei, the specific rewards for you two.

After I completely defeat the Kingdom of Jin and end this battle, there is no difference in the unified reward, right? "Wokuotai asked.

"Not sweaty!" Zhang Yong stood up immediately and said.

After all, the war is not completely over yet. It has just broken the hardest bone. There are still several tough battles to be fought.

That night, Wokuotai asked the entire army to hold a grand celebration to celebrate the victory over Tongguan.

Regardless of whether they were high or low, all officers and soldiers in the army, even the lowest-ranking servants, were given meat to eat, which greatly improved the morale of the Mongolian grassroots soldiers.

After all, Tongguan has blocked the Mongolian army for more than 20 years. Ever since Genghis Khan established the Great Mongolian Kingdom, it has been blocking the Mongolian attack. Now that it can be captured, it has great strategic and spiritual significance for Mongolia. It's important.

At noon the next day, Wo Kuotai summoned Zhang Yong again. The other Mongolian generals are busy with their own affairs. “Father-in-law!” Zhang Yong said as soon as he entered the room.

"You're here! I've been waiting for you to sit down!" Seeing Zhang Yong come into Wokuotai, he smiled and said.

Zhang Yong nodded and sat next to Wo Kuotai.

"This is the battle report I just received this morning. Subotai once again repelled the Song army's attack. Now they probably don't know that we have breached Tongguan." Wo Kuotai said.

It should take four to five days for the news of the fall of Tongguan to reach the mainland of Jin Dynasty. The Southern Song Dynasty needs to know this news.

It should be about ten days later, so they can make a time difference, because it only takes a few days to rush from here to Lintao Mansion.

"Father-in-law, I don't know what you mean?" Zhang Yong asked.

"This is what I think. This time you helped me conquer Tongguan. Originally, it would have been the best choice to attack the Kingdom of Jin with me.

But Guanzhong is your base camp after all. If you don't defeat these Southern Song armies, you will feel uneasy.

So make preparations today, mount some fast horses, take some guards with you, and quickly return to Lintao Mansion to direct the battle there, taking your own 10,000 troops with you.

Find a way to cut off the retreat of the Southern Song army, and then annihilate them all in your territory. "Wokuotai said.

I haven’t gone to fight you in the Southern Song Dynasty yet! You, the Southern Song Dynasty, started to offend me first. This was a huge provocation in Wo Kuotai's view.

It turns out that they want me to annihilate these 15 Southern Song troops. This is not a big problem. With his own troops, plus the troops from Subotai, and the troops in hand, it would be easy to defeat these Song armies with a few operations.

What's more, in Guanzhong, there are more than 40,000 troops in other places, and he has not yet mobilized them!

"Father-in-law, it won't be a problem to annihilate this Song army. After annihilating this Song army, I plan to march straight into the land of Sichuan and Shu. The defense of Sichuan and Shu is now very weak, so this is the best time. "Zhang Yong said.

It is no longer a matter of a day or two for him to take the land of Sichuan and Sichuan. Wo Kuotai knows this.

Moreover, the two of them had discussed this matter before, so Zhang Yong wanted to know Wo Kuotai's attitude and give himself a guarantee. After the Sichuan and Shu lands were captured, Wo Kuotai rewarded them to others.

"There's no problem with this. I promised you the land of Sichuan and Sichuan. As long as you can take it down yourself, then it's the best.

And just like the land of Guanzhong, I will also exempt you from taxes for two years. In the third year, if you start paying taxes to me again, I will charge 10%. "Wokuotai said.

Anyway, you won't lose anything, and this is something you have promised to this kid before. You just need to lead your own troops to get it.

"I understand, father-in-law! Then I'm afraid I won't be able to participate in the battle to destroy the Kingdom of Jin this time." Zhang Yong said.

There was no other way. After defeating this group of Song troops, he would immediately enter Sichuan and Sichuan. He really had no time or energy to attack the Kingdom of Jin.

However, the current Jin Kingdom does not have any decent force that can stop Wokuotai's army of more than 200,000.

After Tongguan was breached, the Yellow River defense line that the Jin people had worked hard for many years no longer existed.

The Mongolian army can completely attack the Jin Kingdom from Guanzhong Tongguan, and the Yellow River defense line can also cross the river.

"What I mean is that after you and Subotai defeat this Song army, you can come over and help me eliminate the gold first.

After the Jin Kingdom is almost destroyed, you can lead your army into the land of Sichuan and Shu. "Wokuotai said.

He had no choice but to feel a little more at ease with Zhang Yong here, so he still wanted Zhang Yong to follow him into the Kingdom of Jin to fight.

"Father-in-law! With the army you are leading now and the Mongolian generals under your command, no matter what, it is impossible for the Jin people to have the slightest chance of making a comeback." Zhang Yong said.

Why are you not confident anymore in the end?

Please, how miserable is the Jin Kingdom now? Do you still want me to help you fight them?

I want to go to Sichuan and Sichuan!

"I know this, but I promised you to spare the twenty cities of Jin Kingdom before, if you don't go with me.

What about the people in these twenty cities? You know our Mongolian methods. If we don't surrender, we will massacre the city.

It's not easy for me to suppress those generals. It's okay if you follow them. After all, your prestige in the army is not small.

Are you really not going with me? "Wokuotai said.

He wanted Zhang Yong to come to the front line to help him command the battle immediately after defeating the Southern Song Dynasty's army attacking Guanzhong.

Strive to conquer the Jin Kingdom in the shortest time. When the time comes, he will lead the grassland army directly to Mongolia.

Now Mongolia not only has the Jin Kingdom as its enemy, but also Goryeo a little further north, the Dongxia Kingdom, and the Hou Liao Kingdom, which also have rebellions from time to time.

There must be an army to suppress it, not to mention that he has to send a small force to suppress the rebellion of the Khwarezm people.

For several years to come, the Mongols will have to fight and quell chaos in scattered places within a huge territory.

And the most important thing is the people of these twenty cities. He, the Mongol Khan, is the commander-in-chief, but he cannot handle everything.

Everything is taken care of.

If any Mongolian general carried out a massacre in the Central Plains, there would be heavy casualties.

"Father-in-law! It's too early to discuss this now. It's better to wait until I have defeated the Southern Song army and wiped them all out here!"

If I cannot wipe out all these Southern Song troops, they will retreat to Sichuan and Shu.

I may not be able to get in. I will help you when the time comes. "Zhang Yong thought for a while and said.

This is a good opportunity to take Sichuan and Shu. It would be a pity not to fight. But if we go to Sichuan and Shu, the casualties of the Han people in the war to destroy the Jin Kingdom will definitely be high. It is really not a good choice.

Although he has an army of 80,000, he can defeat this army of 150,000 without any problem.

But it is too early to say how to completely annihilate them.

If they cannot be annihilated, even if there are only tens of thousands of people running back to Sichuan and Shu, it will not be that easy for them to attack Sichuan and Shu.

"Okay, now I will fight in the direction of the Jin Kingdom. You go back and finish the lair first. After all, it is the retreat of our Mongolian army. We cannot let the Southern Song Dynasty be cut off.

After you go back, I will ask Subotai to obey your orders. He is our veteran general in Mongolia.

With him cooperating with you, you will definitely be able to win a big victory. "Wo Kuotai nodded and said.

"Well! Father-in-law! You first attack the Yellow River defense line and wipe out all the Jin army on the Yellow River defense line. Then let Bolu lead the Hebei army to attack with you and attack the Jin country from both sides." Zhang Yong said.

Once the Han Shihou army on the other side of the Yellow River comes down, it will not kill all the Han people in the Central Plains, and it can provide some protection for the Han people.

"Yeah! I know!" Wo Kuotai said.

"Father-in-law! Among the remaining generals in the Jin Kingdom, the only one who is more difficult to deal with is a guy named Wu Xian." Zhang Yong said.

The only general in the Kingdom of Jin who can stand out is now the only one.

"Hmph! I know this person. When Mu Huali conquered the Hebei area, he was called one of the Nine Dukes of Hebei.

Mongolia surrendered to us at that time, and we Mongolia did not treat him badly. Unexpectedly, he actually rebelled against us and surrendered to the Jin Kingdom. "Wokuotai said with a cold snort.

(End of this chapter)