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

Chapter 419: Inspiring Generals

At this time, there were about 10,000 Mongolian troops and more than 20,000 civilians in Dingzhou City, plus a large number of cattle, horses, sheep, grain and other supplies. They were all taken south by the police.

The north side was almost burned by the Song army and was almost in ruins.

At this time, another episode happened outside, and Chala in the city also saw it.

They saw the Mongolian army coming from Xiazhou at the top of the South Gate. They tried to attack the Song army guarding outside the South Gate, but the result was another disastrous defeat.

Five thousand Mongolian troops came from Xiazhou to support Dingzhou. Unexpectedly, there were more Song troops than Mongolian troops outside the south gate. However, the Song troops did not take the initiative to attack and pretended to defend the camp. The Mongolian troops did not know that the Song troops were there. How many people rushed directly to the camp, and suffered another disastrous defeat. Then the Song army's cavalry came out to counterattack. The Mongolian army suffered heavy casualties, and only a thousand or so cavalry were left to flee towards Xiazhou.

At this time, someone suggested, why not lower the rope from the top of the city when it gets dark, and then escape?

The Song army only guarded four city gates, and other sections of the city wall could still be entered.

Cha La asked back, where is the war horse?

Just put the people down, how can you escape without horses?

Also, if another Song army goes to attack Keyimen, where will they flee?

Chalabi Natu'er thought more, and actually thought that another Song army would attack Keyi Gate and block their way to cross the Yellow River.

On the sixth day, Chala thought that the Song army was still the same as before.

Unexpectedly, the Song army changed its strategy at this time and suddenly began to use trebuchets to randomly drop gasoline bombs to the south.

The Song Army's trebuchets entered the city, and knowing that the Mongolian troops and people were all concentrated in the south, they randomly threw gasoline bombs south.

This time it's better, it's even worse than the previous scorched earth policy.

Cha La could bear it, but neither could the people and soldiers below. At this time, he knew that he couldn't stop him. He couldn't stop Song Jun's style of fighting at all. Song Jun didn't even need to meet them, he could just drop petrol bombs to destroy them Killed tens of thousands of them.

Just when Chala was in despair, the Song army suddenly came over with arrows and asked them to surrender, otherwise they would all be burned to death.

But Chala also knew that the Song people had always been ruthless and would kill and surrender at every turn. It was said that when the Song Dynasty destroyed the Jin Kingdom, they dragged them to the river in groups to kill them. Unexpectedly, the Song army suddenly took the initiative to let them surrender.

Although Cha La didn't believe it, no one wanted to die.

Cha La immediately summoned all the generals to discuss together. Some of the Mongolian troops were willing to surrender, while others were unwilling to surrender. Those who were unwilling to surrender had heard about the brutality of the Song army, and it was said that surrender would mean death.

So the Mongolian army was finally divided into two. Chala led the entire city and more than 8,000 soldiers to surrender to the Song army. More than 1,000 Mongolian soldiers refused to surrender and retreated to a temple in the south of Dingzhou City. The temple was built along the river. , the earth and stone structure was used, and very little wood was used. The Mongolian army tore down all the wood inside, and defended against the stone wall. They also collected buckets and filled countless buckets of water, preparing to fight the Song army to the death.

This place is not big, and there is no need for war horses. The Mongolian troops are basically used as infantry.

Early the next morning, Zhang Neng led Chala and other surrendered Mongolian generals outside the temple.

The Song army surrounded the entire temple. Thousands of Mongolian soldiers inside were behind the outer wall at this time. Many people poked their heads out to check on the Song army from time to time.

Cha La had a bitter expression, knowing that this kind of wall was useless and could not stop the Song army's artillery at all.

If it weren't for saving gasoline bombs, Zhang Neng wouldn't want to use cannons and would just use fire instead.

Zhang Neng waved his hand, and the Song army pushed up a heavy cannon from behind.

Ten heavy cannons were pushed outside the main entrance wall at the same time and lined up.

"Fire artillery." With the order, the scene was thunderous and earthly, and it was the first time for many Mongolian generals to see the Song Army's artillery at close range.

Boom, I saw huge cannonballs bursting out of the barrel, and the first shot smashed the temple door into pieces.

Then heavy artillery fired on the wall one after another. After the first round, the front wall collapsed everywhere, and screams could be heard from inside.

Someone inside the wall shouted, and then a group of Mongolian troops rushed out from the gap.

"Bang bang bang" there was a burst of gunfire outside, and they lined up to be shot.

The dozens of Mongolian soldiers who rushed out fell to the ground before they could even run a few steps.

Cha La and other Mongolian generals stared at the Song army's flintlock guns with their mouths open, and they were all frightened.

After this wave of Mongolian troops were beaten to death, the Mongolian troops behind them did not dare to come out and could only hide behind the wall.

The Song army continued to bombard with artillery, and in only three rounds, a large section of the wall was destroyed at the site.

The Mongolian troops retreated one after another.

Zhang Neng waved his hand, and the fusiliers stepped forward step by step. After taking a few steps, they fired a shot.

At the same time, he took Cha La and other Meng generals forward to watch.

Chala and the others could tell Song Jun's style of play after watching it for a while.

The Fusiliers of the Song Army kept a distance of about 70 or 80 steps from the Mongolian Army.

When the Mongolian army retreated, the Song army stepped forward, chased them to within 70 or 80 steps, and fired. After the attack, they retreated and allowed those behind to come up and fight again.

The Mongolian archers couldn't shoot the Song army and wanted to rush forward. The Song army's gunshots continued continuously and they would die if they stepped forward.

Because the Song army came forward to shoot in batches, the gunfire basically kept ringing.

This kind of attack does not require three stages. It can be divided into four or five stages. Anyway, it is to finish the front and attack the back to keep the gunfire going.

Chala and others were horrified to find that the Mongolian army, which had lost their horses and vast grasslands, and was used as infantry, was like giving away nothing in front of the Song army's flintlocks.

As long as the Song army kept their distance, they could almost remain unscathed.

Even if the Mongolian army could shoot at the Song army, the Song army's armor was thick and it would be useless if it missed vital points such as the eyes and face.

There was white smoke billowing from the scene, and gunshots continued. The fusiliers advanced layer by layer. After a while, the Song army only entered a few hundred fusiliers, and had beaten the Mongolian army almost back to the river.

At this time, Zhang Neng gave an order and the Song army suspended the attack.

He turned to Chala and said, "There are about four to five hundred Mongolian troops inside."

"You lead a group of troops, go in and kill them all, leaving no one behind."

Chala and other Mongolian generals who surrendered were shocked, angry and frightened.

Moreover, the Song army did not give them weapons, because there were already hundreds of Mongolian soldiers killed by the Song army, and weapons were scattered everywhere on the ground.

Chala and others had no choice but to go in with five hundred surrendered soldiers, and then picked up weapons on the ground.

"Kill" Chala gave the last order, and the Mongolian troops in the courtyard killed the Mongolian troops, and a melee began between the two sides.

There was little resistance on the other side, and many people jumped directly into the river. However, there were Song troops on the other side of the river. The Song troops used bows and arrows to shoot and kill the Mongolian troops in the river.

In a matter of seconds, all the Mongolian soldiers in the temple were killed.

Chala came out covered in blood with a sluggish expression. The other Mongolian soldiers were also like zombies, unable to believe what they had just done.

"We are also trying to survive." A centurion beside Chala comforted Chala in a low voice.

The Battle of Dingzhou took several days to complete. The Song army received nearly 8,000 surrendered troops from the Mongolian army, tens of thousands of households, and most of Dingzhou city.

The Song army selected a thousand Mongolian soldiers with family members. All the family members continued to live in Dingzhou City. One thousand Mongolian troops followed the Song army, and the rest of the surrendered troops and civilians were all taken to Shaanxi.

The imperial court has needed a lot of manpower to manage the Yellow River and other matters in the past few years. These common people and the Mongolian army will be assigned one after another. Some will go mining, and some will work as Yellow River coolies.

Among them, the people of the Mongolian army were all taken away from the whole family. Their parents managed the Yellow River, and their children continued to work when they grew up. The Song people did not need to pay wages, and they only needed to feed them with food.

After capturing Dingzhou, the Song army took a short rest and turned around to the southeast, attacking Yanzhou first.

There were not many defenders in Yanzhou, only two to three thousand Mongolians were present. Chala took the lead in recruiting them to surrender, and they surrendered before they could fight.

Then they went to Xiazhou and Yinzhou to fight. The states originally assigned to the Mongols were successively captured by the Song army.

Among them, only Xiazhou resisted.

Xiazhou had more soldiers and horses, but the defender refused to surrender.

Naturally, the Song army followed the old routine, sealing each gate first, and then using petrol bombs to force the Mongolian army down the city wall. At the same time, they asked Chala to lead a thousand Mongolian army ants to surround the city.

The flames above were not extinguished, so the Chala and Mongolian troops put on Song fire clothes and climbed up.

The Song army broke through the city in the morning and pacified the entire city in the afternoon.

Then it’s time to learn about the Mongols.

All cities that resisted were killed, leaving no one alive.

Longzhou, Hongzhou, Shizhou, Youzhou, Pulecheng, Yulincheng, etc. behind them all surrendered after hearing the news.

Chen Xiang and Zhang Neng's right-leg army took less than two months to completely recover the eastern and southeastern parts of Xixia that were originally assigned to Mongolia, and connected them with Shaanxi, which was the territory of Song Dynasty.

At this time, Yulin City was still an inconspicuous small castle, but it was an important town in the Ming Dynasty.

The Qin Dynasty built the Great Wall here, and later the Sui Dynasty expanded it, but it was not until the Ming Dynasty that it was truly perfected.

During the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, Yu Zijun, governor of Yansui, built the Yulin Town Great Wall on the basis of the original Sui Great Wall.

The Ming Dynasty Great Wall in Yulin Town has a total length of 880 kilometers, starting from Qingshuiying (Yulin) in the east, passing through six counties and districts of Fugu, Shenmu, Yuyang, Hengshan, Jingbian and Dingbian, and ending at Huamachi (Yanzhou) in the west. There are 40 There are 93 castles, 890 piers and cliffs.

Naturally, the Great Wall of the Qin and Sui Dynasties had long been dilapidated, and Xixia had not been properly repaired. After the Song army captured it, they quickly gathered their troops and horses temporarily in Yulin, and successively transferred supplies from Zhongxingfu and Yan'an.
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When Dingzhou City was wrapped in fire, another place was also besieged by the Song army.

Meng Gong personally led the 120,000-strong Central Route Army to besiege Keyi Gate.

Keyi Gate is the barrier in the northern part of Xixia. At that time, Xixia had 50,000 troops gathered here, which shows that they attached great importance to this place.

Keyi Gate has a dangerous terrain, built between two valleys of Helan Mountain, with the Yellow River on its right. It can be called a city of natural danger. Under normal circumstances, this strong barrier cannot be broken.

When the Mongolian army invaded, Temujin personally led an army to attack Keyi Gate. However, the Mongolian cavalry was helpless in the face of such a dangerous situation. The attack was ineffective and they were unable to do anything after a month of fighting.

Under normal circumstances, the general commander would be ready to withdraw his troops.

But Temujin quickly thought of a way. Unable to capture the city gate, he thought of a way to deal with the opposing coach.

The commander-in-chief of Keyimen in Xixia is Wei Minglinggong. This Weiminglinggong is also considered a famous general in Xixia. He is very intelligent and has a relatively high status, so he is quite conceited and narrow-minded.

So Temujin ordered everyone to go to the city to insult Wei Mingling, saying that he had wasted his reputation and only dared to hold on and did not dare to fight. He also dared to say that he was the best general in Xixia. This was bullshit. Then he greeted Wei again. Relatives on the maternal side of Minglinggong's family.

To say that Wei Minglinggong was quite patient, he endured it for another month.

The Mongolian army attacked the key point for a month and scolded Wei Mingling for a month.

It can be said that Temujin also had amazing perseverance, and actually sent someone to scold him for a full month.

In fact, many people have done this kind of thing in history, some did it well, and some did it poorly.

For example, Zhuge Liang also did it in Wuzhangyuan, but Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi fought against each other in Wuzhangyuan for more than three months. Although Zhuge Liang repeatedly criticized him, he did not send anyone to insult him for a month, and Sima Yi didn't take it seriously at all. If Zhuge Liang had imitated Temujin, If you patiently send someone to scold Sima Yi for three months, Sima Yi will definitely be unable to bear it and come out to fight him.

When Zhu Di in the Ming Dynasty attacked the first fortified city of Jizhou after he raised his troops, he also sent people to scold him. After only a day of scolding, the defenders inside couldn't help but come out, and were immediately defeated by Zhu Di.

Therefore, the ancient method of swearing was quite useful.

Of course, the key is that you have to have perseverance and face consumption.

Temujin was very perseverant and sent people to scold him for a month.

In the end, Weiming Linggong couldn't stand it anymore, so he gathered his troops and rushed out. As a result, the Mongolian army pretended to be defeated first, leading Weiming Linggong to lead the charge, and then counterattacked. The Xixia army was defeated, and Weiming Linggong was captured alive. The impregnable pass of Keyi Gate was also breached, and all 50,000 Xixia troops were killed.

During the peace talks in Dingzhou, the Mongolian army also knew the importance of Keyi Gate and wanted to transfer Keyi Gate and Heishui City to Mongolia no matter what.

The Song army finally agreed, and the Mongolian army stationed 50,000 troops here, which shows that they attach great importance to this place.

In fact, after the Song army reached Yingli City, they could cross the Yellow River from Shazhou or Huanghejiu, and they could also attack Heishui City.

However, no matter from the direction of Shazhou or the Nine Crossing of the Yellow River, they all pass through the Tengger Desert or the Badain Jaran Desert, and the journey is thousands of miles long, which is not conducive to the movement of a large number of troops.

The Song army led few civilians and had high requirements for supplies, so Meng Gong chose to attack Keyi Gate by force. He walked from Keyi Gate and bypassed two deserts. The journey was shortened by more than half, and supplies could be available at any time for the first few hundred miles.

Of course, the key to Meng Gong attacking Keyimen first was that he was confident that he could capture this strong city.

The Mongols had nothing to do with the Keyi Gate, but the Song people were not afraid.

When Dingzhou City was in flames, Meng Gong's 120,000 troops had just arrived in front of Keyi.

The generals followed Meng Gong and took a look at Keyi Gate first. As soon as all the generals had heard about it beforehand, they had also seen the rough model of Zhongxing Mansion made of sand and mud, but they were still very shocked to see Keyi Gate with their own eyes.

Keyimen was built between two valleys, with the Yellow River on the right, so there was only one direction from which to attack.

The Song army came from the south and could only fight from the south.

If you go from the north, you can only go to the north.

The Mongolian army only needs to defend one side.

In the era of cold weapons, this kind of city gate was really unsolvable.

Even Meng Gong sighed after reading it: "No wonder Temujin scolded Duke Wei Ming here for a month."

Temujin came from the north back then. If Wei Minglinggong didn't come out, Temujin would have absolutely nothing to do with Keyi Gate.

Of course, the Mongolian army was divided into three groups. One of them came from Shazhou and crossed the Yellow River from Jiudu.

If Temujin cannot capture Keyi Gate, another line of Mongolian troops can surround Keyi Gate from the south from the direction where Meng Gong's army is now coming in. Then both sides will have to consume more food to see who has more food.

"Who is the guard opposite?" At this time, a subordinate asked.

"The mouth is warm," said Zhao Di, the Mongolian general at that time.

(End of this chapter)