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

Chapter 529 Seizing the City
"Drive, hurry up, hurry up." Heda Hai whipped up his horse and whipped his horse, leading two thousand elites to quickly approach Lai City.

He took the shortest road along the east coast of the Caspian Sea to the city of Rai, riding non-stop all the way, and ordered that any horse that tried to overtake them from behind must be stopped or shot.

Because what happened at the Ishim River must not be allowed to be reported to Kublai Khan by others first.

The Khuliltai Conference on the edge of the Ishim River was in chaos. The Mongolian troops were killing each other. Batu and the others fled in all directions, and Tolegona was surrounded from all sides. But it was hard to guarantee that some people would escape, because many Mongolians We are all familiar with each other, and some people may be merciful.

Hedahai's eyes were red as he walked.

He didn't want to kill his father. Although the Mongols were barbaric, if word spread about killing his father in public, his future reputation would be completely ruined.

But there was no way, Chagatai didn't like him at all.

He was forced.

Chagatai is actually a bit similar to Ogodei. He loved his grandson Haraxule the most. According to original history, he later passed the throne of Khan to his grandson. I think when the Song army invaded Chagatai's territory in a large scale, Chagatai immediately Sending his grandson Haraxule away to seek help from Batu was actually to allow his grandson to leave safely, and then take Hedahai and Baidaer to resist the Song army. Hedahai was quite dissatisfied with this.

This time Ogedai suddenly died suddenly. Hedahai thought that his father Chagatai could also compete with the Khan, but Chagatai not only refused to fight, but also supported Batu.

Batu supports Meng Ge again.

On the other side, Torregna supported Guyu.

He Dahai thought about it over and over, but he didn't have a share in either.

Once Meng Ge comes to power, Meng Ge will definitely give Chagatai a large number of fiefs and people thanks to his gratitude, and Chagatai's love for his grandson will be easy to kill Huleh.

But if he supports Guiyou's rise to power, Torrego will definitely give himself corresponding rewards and rewards.

After just a little thought, Hedahai knew what choice he should make.

At that time, Chagatai still had several sons alive. Hedahai was the youngest son, and the fourth son was Saban. Saban, like him, had a very low sense of existence. Chagatai was not good to him. The eldest and second son Mu Zizhe No, although he is the eldest, his biological mother is a female slave, and his status is not as good as that of Hedahai.

Chagatai also had a son whom he loved dearly, Brother Yesu Meng, but this guy used to defend Qianzhou and refused to surrender. After it was broken by the Song army, no one in Qianzhou City was left alive, and they were massacred like the Mongols. .

Therefore, none of Chagatai's surviving sons was his favorite.

Chagatai also had a grandson, Buli, the son of his eldest son Mu'atugan.

Buli had been friends with Guyu since childhood. During the last Western Expedition, Buli and Guyu joined forces and repeatedly contradicted and insulted their coach Batu, but Batu didn't care about them.

Historically, when Ogootai found out, he immediately ordered the two men to be transferred back and not allow them to participate in the Western Expedition, which would affect the provincial capital Batu.

So Buli also supports Guyu.

So Buli, together with several uncles, Hedahai and several brothers, decided to kill Chagatai and Haraxuleh and defect to Guiyou. Then all the brothers would get fiefdoms.

Otherwise, if Chagatai is not dead, Meng Ge comes to power, and all the fiefdoms belong to Hara Xulie, then it will be the turn of their brothers, not to mention that Batu and Buri are sworn enemies, and they will definitely target him.

"He forced us to do this. We can't be blamed." Heda Hai thought of this and couldn't help but said loudly.

Saban and Mu Zhebie were beside him. They both nodded at the same time, thinking that Chagatai was unfair and only good to his two grandsons.

Chagatai's two grandsons are relatively famous now, one is Haraxuleh and the other is Buri.

Buli is the son of Chagatai's eldest son, so he is considered his eldest grandson. His eldest son died early, and Chagatai loved Buli very much.

"Where are Buli and Beida'er?" Hedahai suddenly asked.

"Baidar ran away to Batu, and he should be with Batu."

"I didn't see it, there was a chaos of war just now."

"Bu Li is gathering troops and horses. Following Kuo Duan, we should go to fight Meng Ge or Wu Liang Hetai."

"As long as no one runs out and no one reports the news, we can quietly capture the city of Rai and cut off Meng Ge's way back, and the victory will be in our hands."

Hedahai believed that Tolegona had done a good job in the previous massacre. As long as no fish slipped through the net and there was no quick notification, they would definitely be able to get to Rai City first and deceive the defenders in the city.

"Separate the rangers and patrol around. Don't let the cavalry surpass us."

Hedahai was quite smart. He decisively sent out five hundred rangers to go around.

Sure enough, there are still some people from all ethnic groups in Mongolia who want to rebel.

Someone helped Guyu on the spot. After the incident was over, he immediately ran to Rai City to inform Kublai Khan.

There were also people who had no choice but to take action on the spot, but later regretted it and wanted to inform the Mongolian troops everywhere.

So when Hedahai led two thousand cavalry and ran madly towards Lai City, people were catching up from behind.

People from Hedahai immediately came forward, blocking and shooting everywhere. Whether they could intercept them all depended on their luck.

They traveled from the Ishim River to the city of Rai, a journey of about three thousand miles. Each of them brought two horses, and they traveled more than two hundred miles a day.

At this speed, Hedahai still thinks it is too slow and should reach three hundred or even four hundred miles per day.

Saban comforted him: "Queen Torregona arranged it very well. They will strangle everything. No one can escape. Don't worry, we have plenty of time. We are too tired from running. If something really happens, it will be difficult to deal with it."

Hedahai had no choice but to finally ask for a daily journey of two hundred and fifty miles.

The Khuriltai Conference by the Ishim River was held on the tenth day of November. There was a carnival for three days, and on the fourth day there was a sudden massacre in Tolegna.

Hedahai gathered two thousand elites and sent them out overnight.

We traveled all the way, sometimes even when it was not dark, and horses fell from time to time on the road.

On November 25th, after traveling more than 3,000 miles, he arrived in Lai City in only about 12 days.

At this time, he still had 2,000 horses in his army, but the number of horses was less than 3,500, and he had lost more than 500 horses along the way.

There was peace in Lai City. Hedahai had lost several pounds in the past few days. He stopped a group of merchants passing by and asked, "Where are you going to trade? What goods are you bringing?"

This group of merchants was going east. When they saw the Mongolian army stopping them, they quickly said: "We are merchants from Rai City. We are going east to trade with the Delhi Sultanate (India). We mainly bring carpets and gold fabrics. We also bring There are golden lights, water essences and other precious stones, and all gold and silver utensils.”

Then he took out an official document, which showed that he had paid taxes to Kublai Khan in the city of Rai, and then he could go all the way east and enter the Delhi Sultanate.

He also said that his main task was to help the Mongolian army purchase cotton in the Delhi Sultanate.

The Mongolian army is now learning from the Song army to make cotton armor, but the cotton is far from enough. After growing it on the edge of Lai City, the Song army has driven down the price of cotton again.

Now in the entire world, the only place in the world that can compare with the price of Song Army cotton is the Delhi Sultanate, the largest cotton producer.

Hedahai asked again: "Is there any difference in Rai City in the end?"

The businessman looked confused, not knowing what he meant by his question.

Hedahai asked people to randomly check some goods, and it was indeed the case.

Just as he was about to let us go, Saban asked, "Why don't you take the water route?"

The businessman looked like he was about to cry: "If you take the water route, you have to pass through the Persian Gulf and Malacca. Now they are all under the control of the Song Army. The taxes are getting higher and higher. From one in ten to one in five."

"Furthermore, the Song army imposed heavy taxes on cotton, and cotton was taxed one out of three."

Obviously the Song Army did not want the Mongolian Army to imitate the Song Army in making cotton armor.

"Malacca was also controlled by the Song army? Where is the Srivijaya Dynasty?" He Dahai asked strangely.

"The Song army is attacking Srivijaya. Srivijaya is about to be destroyed. The capital of Sumatra has also been breached. The remaining people are retreating to Aceh. There is no way to escape the destruction."

The three Heda Hai brothers looked at each other in shock. They did not expect that the Song army was still free to attack Srivijaya. But this is fine, the Song army can't take care of the civil strife in Mongolia.

"Let's go. Let's go quickly." After Hedahai asked, he took the men and horses to rest for a while and continued to drive to Lai City.

At this time, they had entered the vicinity of Rai City, and people could be seen harvesting cotton everywhere.

The city of Rai is located in northern Persia. Cotton harvest in northern Persia begins in September and October, and reaches November at the latest.

Further east, cotton is harvested from November to January in the Delhi Sultanate and from December to February in the southern Delhi Sultanate.

Therefore, after these businessmen went to the Delhi Sultanate, they happened to catch up with the local cotton coming on the market in large quantities.

At that time, Torregona decided not to plant cotton on a large scale. In Rai City, Kublai Khan overcame all the objections and not only persuaded Mengge to grow cotton, but also built a new port, built a shipyard, and trained people in Rai City. His own navy.

So the cotton harvest is going on here in Rye, and there are people everywhere.

Hedahai looked at the busy people in the field and knew that the news of the Ishimu River had not yet reached Lai City.

"Let's go." He was confident and took the lead, approaching the city of Rai in a short while.

Before they arrived, someone in Lai City had already seen them, and then more than a hundred cavalrymen rushed out of the city.

He stopped them about a hundred steps outside the city. As soon as the two sides met, the Hedahai brothers' expressions became condensed.

The Mongolian army in Lai City wears cotton armor that is somewhat similar to the Song Army. It looks similar to the Song Army. Fortunately, the helmet does not look like it, but it seems to have good protection. The key is that it is a bit cold at night in November. This cotton armor also protects against cold. good.

Comparing the armors of both sides, Hedahai felt that the Song Army's cotton armor was better.

Kublai Khan had already managed well in Lai City. If he captured this place, it would be a great fiefdom. Hedahai was ecstatic.

"Stop, where are you from?" Nayan from Qianhu across the street came up and asked. He didn't know Brother Hedahai at all.

There is no way, the presence of these three brothers is too low.

On the Chagatai side, Sun Tzu Buri and his son Badar participated in the Western Expedition and led the army many times, so they were relatively famous.

In comparison, these three brothers knew very few people.

"I am Hedahai, the prince of King Chagatai. This is my brother Saban, Mu Zhebei-"

After Hedahai introduced him, the expression on the other person's face immediately became much more polite.

Then Hedahai handed over official documents and imperial edicts similar to those of the Central Plains.

"The Khuliltai Conference has ended. Guyuk was elected as the new Great Khan. We were ordered to take over the defense."

"What?" The Qianhu household opposite was stunned and immediately asked: "Where is our King Wugan?"

The place where Meng Ge lived back then was called Wugan, and his subordinates all called him King Wugan.

"The Song army is taking advantage of our meeting and is ready to move. King Meng Ge and King Batu are reorganizing their troops and may march eastward."

Qianhu didn't believe it, Brother Meng would have sent someone back to say something about such a big thing.

"You guys wait, I'll go back to the city and report to the fourth prince (Kublai Khan)."

After that, he turned around and left.

When Hedahai saw that he couldn't get in, he looked up and found that the gate of Lai City was open in front of him, and people were coming in and out from time to time. Cao Ni Niang, without saying a word, drew his sword and chopped.

Opposite Qianhu just turned around, and with a thud, his head fell directly to the ground.

"Kill." Hedahai was also brave, and there were far more defenders in the city than them, but he gave the order.

Two thousand elite cavalry attacked like crazy. They didn't care about the more than 100 cavalry on the scene and went straight in to kill them.

They had studied the strategy before coming, as long as they could control Kublai Khan.

"Enemy attack." The people in Rai City immediately screamed.

The guards under the city quickly closed the city gate.

Lai City originally had no moat. After Meng Ge and Kublai Khan arrived, they followed the example of the Song Army and dug a deep moat.

At this time, the suspension bridge was full of people. People were coming in and out, and the suspension bridge could not be pulled up at all.

The opposite side was only more than a hundred steps away from them.

The city guard general was also a ruthless man and immediately waved his hand: "Push it down, push it down."

A group of armored soldiers rushed onto the suspension bridge and stabbed anyone on sight.

Ah, there were screams on the suspension bridge, and people coming in and out were stabbed one after another and pushed off the suspension bridge.

Some of the soldiers ran back, and some jumped directly into the river.

Buzzing, buzzing, the suspension bridge was quickly pulled up.

"Drive." At this time, Muzhi Zhebei in front was a little stupid. He rushed the fastest. By the time he rushed to the edge of the suspension bridge, the suspension bridge had just been lifted up by less than half.

He swung the riding crop hard and lifted it up with all his strength.

"Huh" his warhorse neighed, suddenly flew into the air, and leaped onto the suspension bridge.

With a bang, the suspension bridge sank and almost broke. The people above who were pulling the suspension bridge also fell to the ground.

But at the city gate, many people had already hurried into the city, and the guards were outside the gate.

At this time, there were more than a dozen guards outside the door.

The suspension bridge was stuck in the air, and another war horse behind wanted to rush up. With a splash, the horse's head hit the suspension bridge, and with a bang, it fell into the water.

"La la la, shoot." Arrows rained down from the top of the city.

Mu Zizhe, other horses and people were hit by arrows one after another.

He rolled on the spot.

Suddenly, his horse fell to the ground and rolled down the inclined suspension bridge.

The suspension bridge was pulled up a little further, and the horses behind it couldn't even jump on it.

Hedahai was so angry that he came to the shore and shot arrows at the city head. The city head also shot at them. Arrows flew back and forth from both sides.

A group of armored soldiers carrying spears and weapons rushed towards Muzizhebie.

Kiguchi Tebetsu held a heavy spear and swept left and right, knocking over three or four in a row, but was soon shot in the chest by an arrow from the city wall.

"Ah" he screamed, and then he screamed, and several armored soldiers stabbed him in the chest with their spears.

Hedahai watched his brother being stabbed to death by the opposite party, feeling endless pain.

The remaining armored soldiers quickly went up to the suspension bridge and pulled down the fallen warhorse first, and the suspension bridge was quickly pulled up.

The opposite side was shooting arrows wildly. Some of these armored soldiers were shot to death, and some jumped into the river, trying to enter the city through the waterway.

Almost no one survived.

(End of this chapter)