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

Chapter 499 Another Western Expedition
In February of the eleventh year of Yuanzhen, the meeting at Ishim River was still going on, and the kings and nobles of each clan were trying to persuade each other.

The situation this year is even more chaotic than last time when Tolei and Wokuotai were still there.

Back then, only Tuo Lei and Wo Kuotai were competing, but this time there were too many people competing.

First of all, Kuochu's wife, Shiliemen's mother Hetahesi, strongly requested that Shiliemen should inherit the Khan in accordance with Ogedai's last wish.

Heta Heshen was born in the Hongjira family. Now Hongjira is quite powerful in Mongolia, and many people support him.

The Hongjira tribe has been married to Mongolia for generations. Temujin’s first queen was Queen Borte of the Hongjira tribe. His consort Alchi was also from the Hongjira tribe. Meng Ge had two wives from the Hongjira tribe, and the rest were from the Hongjira tribe. Don’t want too many nobles.

Then Tu Legena supported Guyu, and a wave of former veterans such as the Wo Kuotai clique and Yelu Chucai also supported Guyu.

Temujin's younger brother, Temujin brother Ochijin, originally wanted to be the Great Khan himself, but there were not many people who supported him. Tolege used some unknown means to convince him and supported Guyuk instead.

Then Batu supported Brother Meng, and everyone in the Batu clique supported Brother Meng. This allowed everyone to see the unity of the Batu clique.

Because the people of the Ogodai faction have been divided into two, half support the Shiliemen, and the other half support Guyu, while those of the Jochi faction are very united, and they all follow Batu to support Meng Ge.

The coach of the Southern Route Army is Meng Ge, and the deputy coach is Hulagu.

Chagatai supported Batu, but Batu was forced to have no choice. If he really stood up, the situation would be completely different.

After hesitation, the three families did not speak out, but they also did not express their refusal. After all, at this time, no one except the Song Dynasty dared to offend the Mongols.

Poor Guyu was sweating profusely for a month.

But Brother Meng had cooperated with Hulagu during the last Western Expedition, and his relationship with Hulagu was better than that with Kublai Khan.

"Whoever has outstanding military exploits will be the Great Khan?"

By the end of May, Mongol envoys had already sent word to the new sultan of the Rum Sultanate, Kaikhoslu II.

The Ayyubids ruled over northern Iraq, Syria and even further west into Egypt, and another smaller Lupini dynasty in Armenia Minor (just on the east coast of the Mediterranean).

Originally Chagatai wanted to promote Batu, but Batu himself did not want to do it, so Chagatai hesitated and turned to support Guyou.

Now both sides are still dissatisfied. Batu has strong troops here, and of course he does not support Guyou.

Just when they couldn't compete, Batu made a new decision.

Now Brother Tulie was panicking.

The commander of the Northern Route Army is Guiyu, and the deputy commander is Hedan.

Everyone should know why. When Batu was marching westward, Guyu and Batu had quarreled countless times and were disobedient to discipline.

Of course, the Mongols deliberately aroused his anger. As expected, Kaikhoslu II was furious and killed the Mongolian envoy who went to deliver the message.

These three families have all passed their peak period. Now the Ayyubid Dynasty may have the largest population, largest area, and strongest strength, but it is also the farthest away from the Mongolian army.

First, the Mongols asked him to go to the east to meet Batu in person. Second, he handed over the prince as a hostage and accepted the position of Daru Huach. Third, he paid tens of thousands of cattle, horses, sheep and various property to the Mongols every year. Fourth, the army Incorporate into Mongolia and obey Mongolian conquests.

The first few days were quite chaotic. Meng Ge and Batu expressed their intention not to do Dahan, but Batu forced Meng Ge to do it, saying that Guiyu couldn't do it.

Originally, the Mongolian army could enter the Roma Sultanate directly from Tabriz without taking a road.

This made Kublai Khan unhappy again.

In July, the Mongolian army divided into two groups. The Northern Route Army set out from Tabashi, where Kueduan was stationed, and marched along the southern coast of the Black Sea towards the Sultanate of Roma.

So at Batu's suggestion, the unlucky Roma Sultanate became the opponent of the two to gain merit.

After careful consideration, Torregona agreed to the decision.

Historically, Batu was also dissatisfied with Guyu. As a result, after Guyu came to power, he launched an army to attack Batu and died on the way.

In June of the 11th year of Yuanzhen, when the Song army was tens of thousands of miles away in the east and prepared to march towards the Bering Strait, Mongolia, thousands of miles away, gathered two armies and prepared to attack the Roma Sultanate.

The Southern Route Army set out from the city of Rai, while Kublai Khan stayed behind in the city of Rai, and set out along the east coast of the Mediterranean and Asia Minor. The Mongolian army advanced in two directions, shocking all countries in Europe and Asia.

Guiyu of the North Route Army led 20,000 troops, and Meng Ge of the South Route Army led 20,000 troops. To show fairness, they each led an army of 20,000 troops.

Taking this excuse as an excuse, the Mongolian kings immediately organized two armies.

Although Torregona had released him at this time, he originally thought he could be a deputy commander.

This condition was several times harsher than in history, and was equivalent to directly asking Kaikhoslu II to surrender and destroy the country.

The forces of these three dynasties were all handed over on the east coast of the Mediterranean. The Mongolian army came out of Rai City and asked to use the road to attack the Roma Sultanate. The three dynasties were in a panic.

Chagatai disapproved of the eight-year-old Shiliemen becoming the Great Khan. This was absolutely impossible.

Because the Mongolian army was divided this time, Meng didn't want to be with Guyu, and wanted to be as far away as possible, so it was better to take the east coast of the Mediterranean.

The relatively large ones at this time were the Abbasid Dynasty, the Ayyubid Dynasty, the Lupini Dynasty, and then the Roma Sultanate. The forces of these dynasties were all intertwined.

At this time, Batu said: "I would like to make a suggestion. Let Meng Ge and Guyu each lead a group of troops to attack the Roma Sultanate. One is to destroy the Roma Sultanate and expand it into our territory of Great Mongolia. The other is to see What are the abilities of the two of them?”

And he knew that Torrego had threatened Meng Ge, and he couldn't let Guyu get his wish.

Look at the current map.

He sent someone to find Tolegona privately and said, "I know you are threatening Kublai Khan and his men with the safety of Meng Ge. Meng Ge has also expressed his unwillingness to become the Great Khan, but I will never let Guyuk become the Great Khan." , if you continue to do this, I will have no choice but to stand up and be a big sweat.

Not to mention that the Song army was secretly deploying troops to the Persian Gulf at this time, there were many dynasties in Tabriz and Asia Minor alone.

Abbas's capital was Baghdad, and he ruled later parts of Iraq and Jordan, including Saudi Arabia, Oman, and parts of the UAE to the south. Of course, because of the rise and independence of the Omanis, Abbas has already The south lost part of its territory.

You must know that this place is not like the Central Plains in the past, which only had a few countries such as Mongolia and Song Dynasty. Now this place is at the junction of Europe and Asia, and there are so many kingdoms.

On the fourth day of July, after Mengge issued a notice to borrow the road, regardless of whether the other party agreed or not, he took 20,000 elite soldiers and 50,000 war horses, set off directly from Rai City, and soon entered the territory of the Ayyubid Dynasty.

The Mongolian army was a bit arrogant, plundering as they marched, and the local people were miserable. The Ayu Dynasty also watched helplessly, because their main force and main territory were in Syria and Egypt, and northern Iraq was the outskirts of their influence. Powerless.

Just as the Mongolian army set off, the Roma Sultanate did not sit still and wait for death.

As in history, Kaikhoslu II asked for help from the surrounding kingdoms, hoping that they could join forces to fight the Mongols together, and at the same time organized an army to attack the Mongolian army. In history, after sending 30,000 troops, Kaikhoslu II gathered an army of 80,000 people. The two sides fought the famous Battle of Kesei Mountain near Erzincan in the northeastern part of Turkey.

But this time the situation was different. The Mongolian army was divided into two groups.

After receiving the news, Kaikhoslu II did not go to the northeast. Instead, he planned to go to the south, near the Mediterranean Sea, to defeat Meng Ge first, and then fight Guyu decisively.

Because there are other countries near the Mediterranean Sea, Kaikhoslu II's army is coming here, obviously to mess up the local area, it is best to drag other local dynasties into the water.

In late July, the two sides met near Shanleurfa in the southeast.

In order to win this time, Meng Ge brought quite elite soldiers and horses, and even Batu was secretly supporting him.

Mongolia's army is mainly composed of Mongols and Georgians. The Georgians are just east of the Roma Sultanate. After being conquered by Mongolia, they followed the Mongols. The army fought in the east and west, and also followed Batu in the westward expedition, and its combat effectiveness was relatively strong.

In contrast, the composition of Guiyou's soldiers and horses in the other army was more complex, including Mongols, Hans, Khitans, Jurchens, and Turks.

When the two sides were about to meet, the Mongolian army discovered that there were at least 70,000 to 80,000 people on the opposite side of Kaikhoslu II. Fortunately, they had more horses, so it seemed that there were 50,000 to 60,000 people.

At this time, a Georgian general was a little worried and asked Meng Ge that there were many people on the opposite side and it might not be easy to fight.

Meng Ge said calmly, the more soldiers and horses on the opposite side, the more heads we will kill, the greater the credit we will get, and the loot and wealth we harvest will fill your bedroom and side room.

In this way, Brother Meng, who usually rarely speaks, boosted the morale of the Mongolian army with a simple sentence.

At the beginning of August, the weather was relatively hot. Kaikhoslu II took the lead and sent 20,000 vanguards to test the Mongolian army. His troops had less cavalry and more infantry. The black army rushed towards the Mongolian army.

Hulagu was only in his twenties at this time, so he was still young, but he was also relatively mature and steady as he followed Batu and Mengge on their expeditions.

At this time, he was leading the Mongolian forward. As soon as he arrived near a river, the infantry and cavalry of the Roma Sultanate on the opposite side began to speed up.

He looked around and found that the generals were looking at him, and then everyone suddenly laughed together.

In the eyes of the Mongolians, the fighting methods of the Roma Sultanate are similar to those of the indigenous savages. They rush forward in a chaotic manner, with infantry and cavalry mixed in. There is no military art or technical content at all. According to Zhao Yurui, Europeans will not Fighting depends on the number of people, which is no different from fighting in a group.

Of course, most Europeans still believe in martial ethics. No, the main reason is that they have no military skills. After the two armies meet, they confront each other and then fight hard. Even when the flintlock guns come out later, both sides line up to shoot without any routine. , just look at who is not afraid of death and who has more.

"It's far worse than the Song Army." Someone laughed at this time. Xu Liewu turned his head, it was his younger brother Mo Ge.

Brother Mo followed Kublai Khan and fought against the Song army. At that time, Xu Liewu was marching westward with Meng Ge and had not fought against the Song army.

Later, after returning to the army, he did not participate in forward operations.

So when Brother Mo said this, he must know that Song Jun was much stronger than his opponent.

Hulagu couldn't help but think of what Brother Meng said when he met Batu.

Batu asked Meng Ge, is it easier to attack the east (Song Dynasty) or the west (Europe)?
At that time, Meng Ge said it was to the west. Now looking at the natives of the Roma Sultanate rushing up in front of him, he identified more with Batu and Meng Ge.

"Zheng" Hulagu pulled out his long sword at this time, raised the long sword, and said loudly: "We will annihilate them all. We will not leave any soldiers to Guiyou. We will act according to the plan."

"No." All the generals responded one after another.

"kill."

"Kill." Each general rode out to the left and in all directions, returning to the front of his own army. Then amid a burst of cannon fire, the whole army slowly increased its speed.

The Mongolian army increased its speed relatively slowly, a bit like the Song army, waiting for the opponent to consume their energy.

In previous battles with the Song army, the Mongolian army increased its speed quickly, while the Song army took its time.

Now the Mongolian army has also learned, and there are more infantry camps on the opposite side, so they start running from a long distance, which makes the Mongolian army feel that the opposite side looks like SB.

Both sides were approaching each other. After a while, the Roma Sultanate was within a hundred steps of the Mongolian army.

After a while, Hulagu could clearly see that the armor rate on the opposite side was a bit low. Many infantry did not have armor, only the cavalry all had armor, and most of them were mail armor.

"Fire arrows." The Mongolian army gave an order, flags waved, and horns sounded.

Swish, swish, a burst of rapid fire from the front row of the Mongolian army.

The other side kept screaming, and there were a lot of casualties.

If the Mongolian army used to play normally, if the Mongolian army fired a few more waves, the opponent might be defeated.

But Hulagu still wanted to annihilate the 80,000-strong army of the Roma Sultanate. With the sound of his horn, the Mongolian army drew up their bows and advanced with a roar. The forwards of both sides quickly engaged in battle, and the shouts of killing were loud.

The Mongolian army had all cavalry, mixed with Roma cavalry and infantry, and actually charged at the Mongolian cavalry.

However, the troops and horses of the Roma Sultanate looked chaotic, but the infantry camp formation was still tight. After the Mongolian cavalry rushed up, they were not able to completely tear apart the opponent's infantry camp defense line.

The two sides fought for a while, arrows rained down from the air, and cries intertwined.

Hulagu led an elite force to fight left and right. After fighting for a while, he found that the Roma Sultanate was not as bad as he had just seen, and there were some rules in fighting.

The Sultanate of Roma fought with the Crusaders, but the Crusaders did not take advantage. They were good at using large shields and spears.

So just now it seemed that the infantry and cavalry were charging into the formation together. When they were approaching, the infantry camp used large shields and spears to set up a defensive line. This routine was somewhat similar to the Song Army before.

After the Mongolian cavalry rushed in for more than a dozen rows, it was difficult to rush in again. The back was densely packed with spears and large shields.

Some people also used the longer spears of the Crusaders, which could hit the Mongolian army from a long distance.

Xu Liegu was very careful. He didn't want to die in vain in this chaotic battle, so he retreated while fighting, slowly getting away from the opponent's bow and arrow range.

Fortunately, there are not many archers in the Roma Sultanate. Not to mention them, there are not many archers in European countries except for defending cities and in field battles.

They talk about martial arts. When they encounter each other on the battlefield, they fight each other in groups to see who has the most. Unlike the Mongolians who like to fly kites and rain arrows.

There was a big battle at the scene, which was inextricably fought within half an hour. The Roma Sultanate Kaikhoslu II looked at it and waved his hand, so that the main force continued to press forward. First, he wanted to surround the Mongolian army, and second, he wanted to destroy the Mongolian army. Share the Mongolian army.

He also had an elite group of cavalry in his hands, preparing on the outside, but he didn't look around.

If there was a battle between the Song Army and the Mongolian Army, no matter who it was, they would send a large number of sentries to look around to see if the other side had any ambushes or reserves.

(End of this chapter)