Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

At noon that day, the Song army that was divided into small pieces was quickly annihilated, leaving only Zhao Fan and dozens of soldiers around him. Surrounded by thousands of Mongolian cavalry.

The remaining Southern Song army was dying and running away, and basically disappeared. The Song Dynasty's rear army began to flee, and then it also spread to the central army and the front army. Hundreds of thousands of people fled, the scene was very spectacular!

Now Zhang Yong understands what was said in his previous life, even if it takes one night to catch tens of thousands of pigs, it does not take one night to defeat tens of thousands of people.

Because people can run, and they will scatter in all directions. You can defeat them, but it is difficult to capture or kill them alive.

The battlefield was littered with discarded helmets, weapons, armor, mutilated corpses, burnt firewood, and tents.

After the large-scale rout began, serious stampedes also occurred. Many Southern Song soldiers were not killed by the Mongols at all, but by their own people.

I have to say that the Southern Song Dynasty's army was really speechless when fighting. Are you saying that the soldiers are not well trained? The training of the soldiers is also very good, and their combat literacy is not bad, especially the forbidden troops.

Generally speaking, the combat effectiveness of Xiang armies in some places may be slightly inferior, but after all, they are local armies and are completely incomparable with the central armies.

Isn’t the equipment of the Southern Song Dynasty good?

No! The equipment of the Southern Song Dynasty was also the best at that time. Whether it was iron casting technology or armor manufacturing technology, the Southern Song Dynasty was far ahead of the other two countries.

It was better than Mongolia and the Jin Kingdom, and the Southern Song Dynasty was equipped with advanced firearms, and was even the first dynasty to use artillery in actual combat.

But why did the Southern Song Dynasty always lose in wars? In the final analysis, officials at the top, upper and even middle levels are generally corrupt.

Basically, everyone fights in his own way, and when he sees that the situation is not going well, he immediately takes the lead in escaping.

Military generals were not taken seriously in the court and basically had no say. Civil servants completely controlled the government. Even when the generals went out to fight, a supervisor was assigned. The supervisor's power was far greater than that of the general who led the team.

This also led to the fact that many military generals were basically not particularly loyal. Only a small number of military generals were willing to fight to the death for the imperial court, and most of the military generals were basically living in a stalemate.

Even the Xiang army troops in some places suffered from large-scale starvation of pay, which was very common in all dynasties.

Zhang Yong estimated that although the Southern Song Dynasty's march was called 150,000, 50,000 were civilians and local troops, and 50,000 were temporarily recruited Xiang troops.

There are only 50,000 forbidden troops who can really fight, and among these people there are still more, excluding a lot of guys who are on free wages, so when it comes to real organization, Zhang Yong estimates that they only have 112,000 people.

Zhang Yong would not have won so easily this time, if the unknown supervisor had cooperated.

If he wanted to devour the entire Southern Song army, he would have to pay some casualties and spend more time.

But there are not so many possibilities in war. The Southern Song Dynasty's army is much worse than the Northern Song Dynasty in external combat. The Northern Song Dynasty did have some land to raise horses, but the Southern Song Dynasty did not have any.

"Surrender! General Zhao, if we continue to fight, it will only increase casualties!" Zhang Yong rode to the encirclement, and looked at Zhao Fan, who was surrounded by dozens of people, and said.

After a fierce battle for half a day, at this time, there were only about ten cavalry and more than twenty infantry left beside the Southern Song general.

After the great rout began, many troops also surrendered to the Mongolian army. Zhang Yong didn't have any difficulty with these people who surrendered on their own initiative, and asked them to put down their weapons and stay aside.

"Although I am defeated today, I will only die! Be loyal to me, the Song Dynasty! Be loyal to our emperor!" Zhao Fan looked at Zhang Yong and said.

"I have no intention of killing General Zhao, but I just want to invite General Zhao to my Guanzhong Palace as a guest for a few days." Zhang Yong said.

"Hmph! The Puppet King of Guanzhong, your death is coming soon. You will not die a good death for working for the Mongols! How can you be worthy of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty? How can you be worthy of the son of the Han family?" Zhao Fan looked at Zhang Yong and said.

"Does working for your Song Dynasty mean you are loyal? Zhao Song cannot represent the Han people. The Han people in the north only hate Zhao Song and nothing else.

Your empire in the Song Dynasty was not seized from the orphans and widowers of the Chai family, and Zhao Kuangyin's descendants did not inherit the throne, but his younger brother inherited it.

Since I became the King of Guanzhong, I have felt no shame in treating the people under my rule! The Han people in the north are called reformed people by you and others. How can you meet the elders of the Central Plains?

And I am not a subject of your Song Dynasty. I am a member of the Han Dynasty established by the great ancestor Liu Bang. I accidentally entered the cave of the God for three years. After I came out, it was a changed world. Thousands of years have passed since the world.

Nowadays, the weather has changed, and the artifacts have become easier. This is a natural principle. You, the Song Dynasty, have been thinking about the fate of the country for more than three hundred years, and now you have exhausted your energy. "Zhang Yong said.

"Hmph! You are just a bunch of people who harbor evil intentions. You seek refuge with the Mongols, but in fact you want to develop your own power. You have long been self-reliant. Sooner or later, you will break with the Mongols." Zhao Fan said.

I'm afraid I won't be able to return to Song Dynasty today. In this case, I will bite off a piece of your flesh even if I die.

You are surrounded by Mongolian troops. I don't believe that there are no thoughtful people who would tell my words to the Mongol Khan.

Now your King of Guanzhong is very majestic, but when Mongolia destroys the Jin Kingdom and completely takes over the Central Plains, I wonder how long you can be arrogant?

When the time comes, your fate will be the same as that of Han Xin: the birds will be gone, the good bow will be hidden, the cunning rabbit will die, and the lackeys will be cooked.

"Hahaha! General Zhao, you are resorting to counterintuitive tactics now. Let me tell you the truth! Mongolia is different from you. There is no king with a foreign surname in the Southern Song Dynasty.

However, Mongolia does. Mongolia’s governance method is similar to the feudal system of the Western Zhou Dynasty. In addition to me, there are many large and small clan kings in the West who have their own khanates, so I won’t worry about this matter. "Zhang Yong said with a smile.

To a certain extent, Zhang Yong is now also a top Mongolian clan king, and his status is not inferior to that of Genghis Khan's sons. If you want to become a Mongolian clan king, you must be a member of the Golden Family.

Because of his origins and artifacts, Zhang Yong assumed the identity of a member of the golden family with Genghis Khan, and became Genghis Khan's son-in-law and Ogodei's son-in-law.

It is even more bound to Mongolia's core interests. This is Genghis Khan's wooing of himself, and it is also a binding of interests.

What's more, Mongolia's core strategy now is to develop westward. As long as this goal remains unchanged, it will have a lot of room for maneuver.

In any case, since I have chosen this path, I will not regret it. It is better to go to the Southern Song Dynasty and be an ordinary civil servant. After a few decades, it is better to jump from the cliff to the sea.

Zhang Yong had already thought about this matter at the beginning of his time travel. Otherwise, he would not have gone to meet Genghis Khan at that time, but would have driven directly to the Southern Song Dynasty.

There is no future in being an official in the Southern Song Dynasty. Even if you have amazing talents and you are absolutely sure of a comeback, the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty will definitely give you small shoes.

The emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty did not allow any of his ministers to become powerful, but in these troubled times, if you do not allow the generals to become powerful, then the only fate waiting for you is to be destroyed.

He took every precaution to guard against his own people, but he didn't know that there were already a pack of wolves watching outside.

"Hahaha! Mongolia was just the Great Jin Kingdom back then. It defeated some Western barbarians. How can the lands of those Western barbarians compare to our land in the Central Plains?

You are just the puppet Qi back then. Whatever their fate was back then, you will not change. Mongolia will definitely settle in the Central Plains. "Zhao Fan said.

"Then why don't you, old general, keep your own life and see what happens to me in the future? Of course, in my cell." Zhang Yong said.

If you are not polite to me, then I will not be polite to you either!

"Hmph!" Zhao Fan snorted coldly, drew out his sword, and placed it across his neck. It seemed that he was going to die for his country.

"Shuai Zhao, Marshal Zhao doesn't want it, Marshal Zhao doesn't want it!" The soldiers beside Zhao Fan immediately grabbed him, took the sword from his hand, and said.

"Everyone, after I die, surrender to the Mongols! If you can save your life, that's fine! As for me, there is no benefit at all whether I am captured or surrendered." Zhao Fan said.

is not that right? If he died here, the Song Dynasty court would give him various awards, posthumous titles, and treat his family well.

Because he died in battle, civilian officials would never say anything or make an article about a general who died in battle.

But if he is captured or surrenders, the treatment will be different. If he surrenders, his family may be implicated.

When several soldiers heard this, they knelt on the ground and cried bitterly. In order to save his family and for his family to have a way to survive, Zhao Shuai had no choice but to die now.

If he doesn't die, the family members will also be implicated.

After appeasing his own soldiers, Zhao Fan picked up the sword and slashed his neck. A stream of blood spurted out. The famous Southern Song general fell to the ground, his body twitched twice, and then stopped moving. . "Kill! Avenge Zhao Shuai!" After Zhao Fan died.

None of his soldiers surrendered. They all drew their swords and rushed towards Zhang Yong, but they were all shot to death by arrows fired by Mongolian soldiers along the way.

"Bury them properly!" Zhang Yong waved his hand and said with a sigh.

These Southern Song generals, unless they are some local military generals and have their families around them, these people may surrender.

But generally speaking, generals who lead troops outside cannot surrender. Once they surrender, everyone at home will be implicated.

By the afternoon of that day, the Mongolian army had thoroughly cleaned the battlefield. Zhang Yong also began to direct the soldiers to count the loot. Subotai also returned with tens of thousands of cavalry.

"Strategy! This time we have an unprecedented victory. The enemy only fled 30,000 people. I captured a lot of prisoners and also seized some baggage." Subotai said.

"Excuse me, General Subotai. I just counted it. The grain and grass we captured amounted to 50,000 shi, and we captured more than 10,000 soldiers. We also had a number of other weapons and armors." Zhang Yong said.

"I have captured more than 10,000 people here, and some grain and grass. I haven't counted the specific amount.

The front has entered the land of Sichuan and Sichuan. The terrain is a bit narrow and mostly mountainous. It is difficult for me to pursue too deep and let the supervisory army escape by then. Subotai said.

Once entering the land of Sichuan and Shu, the cavalry cannot be used at all, and it is useless no matter how many people there are. If you want to enter the land of Sichuan and Shu, you can only take the Longxi Road or Jinniu Road, which can also allow large-scale cavalry to enter.

"Well! Just run away! Anyway, our strategic goals have been completed." Zhang Yong said.

"Master Military Advisor! Now that the army of the Southern Song Dynasty has been annihilated, I will take 50,000 troops to the direction of the Kingdom of Jin to join the Great Khan. I will leave this place to you." Subotai said.

After all, the order he received was only to guard this place and defeat the Southern Song army. After defeating these Southern Song armies, Subotai's mission had been completed, and it was naturally time to return to Ogedai.

"Okay! Please ask General Subotai to take the grain, grass, weapons and armor we captured with us! You can eat some leftovers on the way. It will be given to the Great Khan." Zhang Yong said.

Anyway, I won’t use this food myself, so I’ll just give it to Wokuotai as a favor!

Subotai nodded, accepting Zhang Yong's opinion, and then the two began to clean the battlefield, and returned to Lintao Mansion three days later.

Early the next morning, Subutai took 50,000 Mongolian cavalry and a large amount of food and supplies, and marched toward the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom to meet up with Wo Kuotai.

The battle report here must also be informed to Wo Kuotai.

The 20,000 Song soldiers captured by Zhang Yong were also organized into servants at this time. They stayed in the military camp first and were guarded by 3,000 cavalry and 10,000 local troops.

In addition to these ordinary soldiers who surrendered, there were dozens of grassroots officers of the Song Dynasty, and several high-level officers also surrendered.

Zhang Yong temporarily sent some high-level generals from the Forbidden Army to Jingzhao Mansion and detained them individually, while some local generals from the Xiang Army in Sichuan and Shu were summoned.

"Let me ask you, how many troops are there in Sichuan and Shu to defend those who have fled back? Will they stay in Sichuan and Shu?" Zhang Yong asked.

"King of Guanzhong! The current defense force of Sichuan and Shu is extremely weak. When we attacked Guanzhong before, all the soldiers of Sichuan and Shu were mobilized, and even a large number of civilians were mobilized.

Most of those who escaped were Xiang troops from the Jiangnan area. As for the eight thousand soldiers led by the supervisor, they were all part of the Forbidden Army and should not stay in Sichuan and Shu. "A Southern Song general stood up and said.

"Well! What's your name? Do you hold any position in the army?" Zhang Yong asked.

"Back to the King of Guanzhong, my name is He Daoyong. He serves as a sixth-rank officer and a flying cavalry officer in the Sichuan Army." He Daoyong said carefully.

"What about you?" Zhang Yong looked at the other generals and asked.

"Reporting to the King of Guanzhong, I, Liu Zhengfeng, serve as a seventh-grade Yunqi Lieutenant in the Sichuan Army."

"Report to the King of Guanzhong, I am under Guo Yunlu, from the seventh rank, in the Sichuan army, serving as a military cavalry officer from Qi."

"Reporting to the King of Guanzhong, I am Xu Haifeng, an officer of the sixth rank in the Sichuan army and the captain of Zhaowu."

"Reporting to the King of Guanzhong, I am Zheng Huaxing, an eighth-rank officer in the Sichuan Army and a captain of the Imperial Martial Arts School."

Several military generals present reported their official positions one after another. The oldest one was a sixth-grade officer.

"Since you have sincerely surrendered to me, I will not treat you badly. After taking over the land of Guan, Sichuan and Shu, you and the others will all be promoted to one level." Zhang Yong said.

After careful consideration, Zhang Yong still planned to attack Sichuan and Shu first, and quickly end the battle within two months, and then head north to the Kingdom of Jin.

According to Zhang Yong's estimation, the Jin Kingdom should have assembled a final effective force, plus reinforcements from the Southern Song Dynasty, to fight the Mongolian army in Wokuotai. The two sides should still be fighting fiercely for a while.

During this period of time, he has to take over the land of Sichuan and Shu. The land of Sichuan and Shu is really too important to him.

"Sir! We all know the terrain of Sichuan and Sichuan very well. We also served in Xingyuan Prefecture, Lizhou, Bazhou and other places before, and we also know some of the local military attachés and generals." Xu Haifeng said.

He is the only official of the sixth rank among all the people, and most of his family members are also in Sichuan and Shu.

If he could take over the land of Sichuan and Shu, he could also serve under the king of Hanzhong.

"Can you conquer the surrendered troops for me?" Zhang Yong asked.

"Most of the captured troops came from the Sichuan and Sichuan lands where we are waiting. If the prince treats them well, we can naturally make them sincerely join us."

The real Forbidden Army had already died in the battle or escaped, and most of those who remained and were captured were Xiang soldiers or civilians from Sichuan and Shu.

"I will attack Sichuan and Sichuan soon. Which way do you think is better?" Zhang Yong asked.

"King of Hanzhong, I wonder how many troops you plan to bring into Sichuan and Shu?" He Daoyong asked.

"I plan to bring 20,000 infantry, 10,000 cavalry, and your 20,000 surrender troops, a total of 50,000 troops into Sichuan and Shu." Zhang Yong said.

This is the largest force he can spare at present, and most of the remaining troops are stationed in the fields.

"King of Guanzhong, if there are 50,000 troops, enough to take over the entire land of Sichuan and Sichuan, Your Majesty, you can take the Jinniu Road and first take the Chencang Road from Dashan Pass to Sichuan.

Take Yangping Pass, go down to Xingyuan Prefecture, take the Jinniu Road, attack Lizhou and Bazhou, pass Tongchuan Prefecture, and then enter Chengdu. "He Daoyong said.

As long as the army can enter Sichuan and Shu, there will be basically no effective resistance in Sichuan and Shu, and most of them will surrender.

Because there are not many soldiers to fight in the Sichuan-Sichuan land now, and the defeated troops of the Southern Song Dynasty will not stay for long after entering the Sichuan-Sichuan land.

The Ziwu Road is not easy to walk, not to mention that if you want to attack Hanzhong, which is Xingyuan Prefecture, then the Chencang Road in Dasanguan is the closest, and you can also take advantage of the situation to attack Feng County and Wei County.

"I will give you three days to appease your lieutenants and the surrendered soldiers. After three days, I will wait for you to enter Sichuan." Zhang Yong said.

With 20,000 elite soldiers and 10,000 cavalry under him, he is not afraid of 20,000 rebels. As long as he can capture Sichuan and Shu, these 20,000 people can be stationed there as a field army. (End of chapter)