In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 409 Kublai Khan’s Plan

Hara Helin, who was thousands of miles away, did not know that a Song army was approaching their holy land, because no one expected at this time that the Song army would attack over a long distance of more than 4,000 miles away, and it was still in the process of negotiating a second peace with Mongolia. The important thing is that the forward cavalry of the Song Army are all dressed as Mongolians, which can't be seen from a distance.

Khalahelin was the capital of the Great Mongol Empire designated by Temujin. Although it was later entrusted to Tolei, because it had the largest number of households and the best resources, Ogedai had always wanted to take it for himself.

There are more than 100,000 war horses and tens of thousands of craftsmen raised here all year round, which continuously provide various resources for the Mongol Empire to conquer the east and west. In order to seize the Harahe Forest, Wokuotai also made the same decision as before. s Choice.

In the third year of Yuanzhen (1235), when Meng Ge was still leading the Western Expedition, Wokuotai began to build Helin City and the Imperial City Wan'an Palace in the name of the capital city being incapable of living without city walls and palaces, and the scale of Helin City was larger than the original of bigger.

Kublai Khan strongly opposed this matter, because once the imperial city was built, Wo Kuo Tai, who had been in Guanshan all year round, would have an excuse to move to Harahe Forest. This fiefdom belonging to Tuo Lei was likely to fall into Wo Kuo On stage.

However, their mother Luheteni did not refuse and immediately agreed to Ogedai's request, but at the same time asked Ogedai to support the craftsmen and civilians.

Wokuotai mobilized thousands of families of craftsmen and 20,000 people from his neighboring land, southwest of Haraholin, to participate in the construction of Wan'an Palace and the city wall.

Therefore, the total number of households in Harahe Forest now exceeds 80,000, with about 200,000 people living there. It can be said to be Mongolia’s rear area, a large base, and the most densely populated place.

Although the population here is large, it is not very strong. Most of the elite warriors either participated in the Mongolian Western Expedition or defended the Song Dynasty in Xixia and Hebei. Some of them were concentrated in the Guanshan area to protect the Great Khan Wokuotai. .

At the end of August, the forward sentries of the Song Army encountered a group of Mongolian soldiers and horses more than 200 miles away in Harahe Forest.

This is the great Mongolian imperial capital, surrounded by Mongolian territory, so the Mongolian army usually sends out sentries quite perfunctorily, but that day there happened to be a group of troops planning to go to Guanshan to communicate.

Because Wan'an Palace has been built, with a circumference of four miles, twice the size of the original design, and Helin City is still under construction and is nearing completion. Solu Heteni estimates that this year will be twelve It can be completed in a month, so I sent someone to inform Ogedai if you would like to come over in December to see your imperial city and palace.

The sentry cavalry of the Song Army were organized according to the Mongolian army, usually a team of eleven cavalry, but each person would carry two horses.

Opposite the Mongolian army is a team of twelve people, two of whom are messengers.

But on the opposite side, each person has a horse.

From here to Guanshan is the territory of the Mongols, and they can buy new horses everywhere at any time.

"Xu" At this time, the Mongolian army on the opposite side was slowing down and approaching the Song army.

The Song Army also began to slow down as before, and the two sides got closer and closer.

After a while, both sides reined in their horses, and the two teams were within a few steps of each other.

The Song army immediately surrounded them from all sides without leaving a trace, and blocked their way with extra horses.

A general leading the army on the opposite side looked at the Song army in confusion: "Which tribe are you from? Why have I never seen this before?" Guan Jian didn't look very much like a Mongolian. Of course, the presence of Han troops in the Mongolian army counts. normal.

"We are -" When Song Jun was talking, he suddenly touched from behind, swiss swish.

All kinds of short axes and daggers were thrown at the faces of the Mongolian soldiers.

Pu Chi Pu Chi, there were screams and screams on the scene. Almost half of the men were hit directly in the face and fell down on the spot.

"Kill." After Song Jun threw it away, he drew his sword and rushed forward to chop.

There was chaos in the field, and the Mongolian troops were cut down to the ground after a slight resistance.

A corps commander named Zhong of the Song Army laughed loudly. They were wearing Mongolian clothes along the way. It was so convenient to kill many groups of Mongolian troops when they encountered them.

At this time, he was stepping on the face of a Mongolian. The Mongolian was hit in the face, but he was still alive and was yelling at them.

Chief Zhong Wu pulled out a short dagger and was about to cut his throat, but unexpectedly a rider suddenly appeared not far away.

The sound of horse hooves could also be heard faintly, and everyone subconsciously turned to look.

But they saw that Yi Mengqi was running wildly, but suddenly his speed became slower and slower. He soon stopped slowly more than a hundred steps away from them, and then looked here with a confused face.

"What the hell." Chief Zhong immediately cursed.

"Hahaha - Damn Song people, pretending to be us?" Mongolia laughed ferociously.

It turned out that there were thirteen people in their group, and two of them were envoys. Not long ago, one of the envoys had a stomachache, so he went to have a bowel movement, and then he quickly caught up with him.

Unexpectedly, he was not ambushed by the Song army.

"Hurry." Commander Zhong Wu roared wildly, and several Song soldiers on horseback rushed forward without waiting for his call.

Meng Shi, who was more than a hundred steps away, also noticed something was wrong, turned around and ran away.

Commander Zhong cut the Mongolian army on the ground with a knife, turned around and ordered: "Notify the back, we have been discovered."

"promise."

Song Jun immediately turned back.

At this time, it was only more than two hundred miles away from Harahe Forest, and it was surrounded by densely populated Mongolian settlements. Even if they were not discovered now, there would be Mongolian settlements everywhere behind them.

The Song army that was pursuing them stopped chasing after more than dozens of miles and returned immediately.

The Mongolian envoys on the opposite side were very good at riding. The distance was getting farther and farther, and they gradually entered the densely populated Mongolian area. After fifty miles, you can see various pastures and camps everywhere, as well as countless tents.

So in less than a quarter of an hour, Meng Ying, who was five miles away from the sentry cavalry, received news that the Mongolian army might have discovered it.

"It's okay." Meng Ying nodded. Hara Helin is not far from here. The Mongols don't know how many of us are here. They will definitely lead troops to fight. The whole army will take a rest and drive straight to Hara Helin tomorrow. .

Meng Ying didn't know how far it was from Harahelin, but it was definitely within a day or two's journey.

If he knew that it was only over 200 miles away, the cavalry could reach it by running at full strength for a day, but they would definitely be tired and there was no need. It would be better to rest where they were and wait for the work.

Because the Mongolian army knew that the enemy was coming, they did not know how many people were coming from the Song army, and they could not immediately abandon Halahelin and head to Batu or Wokuotai in the west, or to Xixia in the south.

While Song Jun was resting in place.

More than two hundred miles away, Soluheteni in Helin City received news that the envoy had fled back.

"A Mongolian army killed a Mongolian army."

"?" Luheteni looked confused.

The messenger said that he saw a Mongolian army with one man and two horses from the east and killed their group. Fortunately, he had a stomachache and defecated behind him and escaped. The other party still pursued him for fifty miles. Fortunately, they met a ranch on the road. The messenger ran into the ranch and gathered people before the other party returned.

"Are you sure you are one of our tribesmen? Who would attack our people?" Luheteni was puzzled.

"Is Wokuotai going to take action against us?" Centurion Yizala asked Luheteni in a low voice.

Soluheteni obviously didn't believe it. She shook her head blankly: "Impossible, impossible."

"The other party has one person and two horses?" she asked again.

"One person and two horses, I saw a lot of horses." The messenger who escaped confirmed.     “How many men and horses do they have?”

"I don't know. I've asked Arang Ranch to gather a group of people to investigate. The news will come back soon."

"One person and two horses?" Yizhala was also talking to himself.

Mongolians here rarely go out with two horses, because there are pastures everywhere where they can exchange horses.

If there is one person and two horses, unless they are coming from far away, are they really coming from Guanshan?

The Song army was wearing Mongolian clothes, and the envoy saw it a hundred steps away. He really couldn't tell who was on the other side.

Soluheteni did not panic. She had always been calm and composed. After Tuo Lei died, she was the one who supported the entire family and was respected by everyone.

"Call Kublai Khan, Brother Ali, Brother Bochuo, and Brother Mo."

Soluheteni wanted to call over all his sons who had not followed Meng Ge in the Western Expedition, but not all of them were in Helin City, and some even had not returned from hunting.

When his subordinates went to summon people, they instigated Luheteni to ask Yizhala: "How is Helin City built? Is there any place that can be invaded?"

Yizala immediately said: "Most of the city wall has been built, only the east gate section and the Wengcheng are still under construction."

The Song army came at the right time. They instigated Luheteni to build Wan'an Palace first and then Helin City. Now Helin City still has a section of wall that has not yet been built.

Soluheteni nodded: "Mobile all the warriors who can fight on the city wall first, and let the craftsmen hurry up. If it's too late, block this section with big rocks and wood first. I must know who is coming and how many people there are." ?”

Luheteni did not gather her troops and rush out to fight as Meng Ying expected. Instead, she planned to defend Helin City first.

However, the size of Helin City is limited. Currently, there are 80,000 Mongolian herdsmen households and nearly 200,000 people within 200 miles nearby. It is obviously impossible to withdraw all of them.

Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of war horses and millions of cattle and sheep they raise.

The two were discussing, and it was reported outside that Kublai Khan had arrived.

Kublai Khan, as the eldest son of Luheteni, was already a young man in his twenties.

After Kublai Khan came in, he stood aside and listened quietly for a while, and then quickly said: "With so many people, cattle, horses and sheep, I'm afraid we can't all move into the city?"

Soluheteni was very decisive: "Those who are nearby and can move in first will move in first, and those who are far away will be sent to inform them to take shelter further away for the time being."

"The people on the other side should be targeting Helin City and us." Luheteni said, "As long as the herdsmen run farther away, everything will be fine."

Kublai Khan did not think so: "Could it be the Song Army?"

If it was the Song Army, according to the Song Army's previous fighting habits with the Mongols, they would kill everyone on sight.

Before the peace talks between Mongolia and Song Dynasty, the Song army swept through Chagatai's territory and killed everyone they saw, leaving a psychological shadow on all the Mongolian nobles. This was one of the reasons why most of the Mongolian nobles agreed to the peace talks.

Soluheteni and Yizhala didn't know either, but thinking about it, it was impossible for the Song army to come from the east. How many miles would they have to travel and how many Mongolian territories they would have to cross? There would be no news.

At this moment, someone hurried in from outside, and the people from Arang Ranch came.

More than a hundred people gathered at Arang Ranch and ran over to check the news. First, they encountered groups of sentry riders, all dressed as Mongolians. They tried to go forward to check clearly and asked whose men and horses they were, but they were far away. Start shooting against them.

The people at Arang Ranch couldn't get close. Then they looked around and found that there were at least thousands of Mongolian cavalry.

The people at Arang Ranch at that time were almost certainly Mongolians, because they had never seen such a large number of disguised Mongolian cavalry.

"The enemy's troops must be in the tens of thousands, and there are cavalry sentries all around. They are driving and shooting our people to prevent us from getting close. If you want to know how many troops there are, you have to rush in." The visitor reported.

Soluheteni and Yizala were still thinking about something. Kublai Khan said: "Gather more people and horses to rush in and rush forward. Whether it is the Mongolian tribes, you will know after a few rounds. You can't even come here." Can’t anyone see it?”

Yizha thought for a moment and said, "I'll go there myself."

Arang Ranch is a small tribe, and many Mongolian nobles don't know it. If they are from Wo Kuotai, only Yizha La can recognize them.

It was getting late at this time, and Kublai Khan estimated that the opponent would either march through the night and arrive here before dark, or come tomorrow.

He grabbed Yizala who was about to leave: "How many capable warriors can we mobilize?"

Yi Zhala said: "About five or six thousand."

Then he paused and said, "If we recruit another group of people between the ages of thirteen, fourteen and eighteen, we should be able to recruit thousands more."

When the Mongol Empire was founded, people over the age of fourteen could be recruited as soldiers. In recent years, the country has become stronger and stronger, there are more servants, and the age of recruitment has also begun to rise.

Nowadays, those fighting outside are basically adults.

After Yi Zha La left, Kublai Khan said to his mother: "Please ask my mother (I will no longer use Mongolian for what I am called in the future) to order everyone over the age of fourteen to go to the city and help defend it."

"Okay." Luheteni nodded.

Kublai Khan said again: "The child wants to bring his own five hundred people, and he will gather another five hundred people, and a thousand people will support him outside the city."

After saying that, he raised his head and looked at Soluheteni.

Luheteni was slightly startled.

Kublai Khan wanted to be outside the city?

Placing an army outside the city would have made sense tactically, and if the enemy surrounded the city, people outside the city would have a chance to escape.

Did Kublai Khan want to escape for his life, or did he want to help defend the city?

After thinking about it for a moment, Soluheteni said in a deep voice: "Brother Mo, please take me with you."

"Yes, mother." Kublai Khan breathed a long sigh of relief.

Brother Mo is his ninth younger brother and the most beloved son of Soluheteni. Yesubuhua is their youngest sister and is only twelve years old now.

Kublai Khan left his mother's house in a hurry. When he came out, he met his younger brother Alibu. Alibu said hello to him. Kublai Khan didn't have time to pay attention to him. Alibu rolled his eyes at him in displeasure.

Luheteni asked Alibu brother to recruit soldiers and horses, and took several younger brothers and the Nayan people in the territory to guard various places in the city.

While the two mothers were discussing, Kublai Khan had already returned to his house immediately. He just hesitated and then ordered that everyone in the family follow him out of the city.

"What happened?" asked his wife Tegulun.

"Don't worry about it. Take your family and follow me out of the city immediately. You don't need any gold, silver or soft goods." Kublai Khan was very sensitive and always felt that there was something wrong with so many people coming from the east.

Just in case, he decided to take the whole family to stay away for a while. Anyway, he could come back at any time.

(End of this chapter)