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

Chapter 532 Zhao Yurui’s plan
Batu's troops heard the trumpet and fled the battlefield.

"No, Batu fled back to the Volga River?" Tasi did not expect that Batu was unwilling to fight with them. After arriving, he immediately withdrew his troops.

This makes it difficult to deal with Batu when he returns.

"You want to catch up and try to kill and injure their people, but you have to prevent them from counterattack?" Tasi asked quickly.

The Mongolian troops in Batu were good at counterattacks, so they wanted to pursue but were afraid of counterattacks.

Guyuk almost didn't hesitate and immediately ordered the pursuit.

The situation on the battlefield suddenly changed. Batu's troops retreated in large numbers and evacuated the battlefield. Guyou's cavalry followed closely.

The two sides were chasing and running, and they were still shooting at each other. Batu's men and horses were excellent at riding and shooting.

Batu sent people to break off the rear, and the main force withdrew first. The men in the rear and Guyu's men fought together. In less than half an hour, the Mongolian army in the rear was defeated because there were too many men and horses in Guyuk.

Guyuk's army continued to pursue, and Batu's main force ran along the southeast coast of the Caspian Sea towards the Volga River.

However, after seeing the power of the Song Army, he no longer dared to be rude to the Song Army and maintained the deal with the Song Army.

Before the Song people came, he had always been loyal to the Mongols and was dispatched by Lai City.

At this point, Great Mongolia was completely divided into two, with the Caspian Sea and the city of Rai as the boundary. The east of the Caspian Sea was controlled by Guiyu Khan, and the west of the Caspian Sea was controlled by Mongke Khan. The two sides still competed for possessions in Persia. Guiyu's first goal was to attack The city of Rai, occupied Persia.

It has been several years since the Song army occupied the Persian Gulf. They were quite gentle before. Except for being a bit unreasonable when collecting taxes in the Persian Gulf, they have never attacked the lords.

At the same time that Mongolia was divided into two, in the thirteenth year of Yuanzhen, the Song army divided into two groups, marched by land and water, and began the Western Expedition.

The city of Rai is on the south bank of the Caspian Sea, connected to the Volga River, and can support each other with Batu.

The cities of Rai, Sarai, Buda, and even Damascus further away were all controlled by Mongol Batu.

On the second day of March, Liu Zheng left an army to garrison the Persian Gulf, and set out with six armies and five thousand civilians. They passed through the lords' territories in South Persia. Every time they arrived at a territory, they required the lords to express their surrender and allegiance to the Song army, otherwise they would attack. Anyone who dares to resist the city will not be left alive after the city is broken.

Although Kuduhu temporarily commanded the Mongolian army in Buda City, these soldiers and horses previously belonged to Wulianghetai and Batu. As soon as Wulianghetai returned, Kuduhu would definitely have no choice but to flee for his life.

Zhao Yurui originally planned to gather an army of 60,000 people here, but the 60,000 army and the heavy baggage required countless ships to transport it. It was too far, and they found that they could provoke Mongolia to split. In addition, the eldest son of the emperor wanted to use troops in the Malay Peninsula. In the end, only seven armies were gathered here, but in Liu Zheng's opinion, it was enough.

Dubori's city became Shiraz in later generations.

Batu lost about two to three thousand horsemen, and his troops were also about the same.

Meng Gong, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Route Army, led six armies of more than 36,000 people and 10,000 civilians. They had already passed Qianzhou and were heading towards the Iximu River. Their purpose was to occupy the Iximu River, not to help Guiyu. fight.

Du Boli was a Daruchihua appointed by the Mongols. He was also the owner of Takht Castle and owned a large area of ​​land and slaves nearby.

Wu Lianghetai returned to Salai City first, and then returned to the army with Batu's younger brother Bielge and 30,000 troops to recapture Buda City.

The city of Shiraz is also on the coast, and important sources of commerce have to pass through the Persian Gulf.

This time the Song army set out with tens of thousands of troops, and the attack was fierce. Ali Dubori, one of the great lords of South Persia, was the first to bear the brunt.

A few days before he proclaimed himself Khan, Guyu proclaimed himself the new Khan of Mongolia with the support of Tolegona, Tasi, Hedahai and others.

In March of the 13th year of Yuanzhen, Liu Zheng demanded that Kublai Khan hand over the criminals and pay him 100,000 Song Dynasty silver coins or 120,000 dinars on the grounds that a Song caravan was killed and their goods seized in Lai City.

In early December, Meng Ge went to Sarai City on the Volga River and, with the support of Batu, established himself as Khan.

When Guyu's forwards chased them to the Livoi District of later generations, there was a sudden sound of horns, and ambush troops appeared on both sides. The Mongolian troops fleeing in front also suddenly turned back. Guyu's forwards were shocked and collapsed at the first touch.

Guiyu's army pursued them all day and night. There were casualties and casualties of Batu's defeated troops everywhere on the road. Their corpses were lying for hundreds of miles.

Meng Ge also returned to Rai City with his troops.

Liu Zheng, the commander-in-chief of the Southern Route Army, gathered 42,000 troops from seven armies in the Persian Gulf. They were all transported bit by bit from the sea. It took two or three years to transport them, and they were trained in Borneo, the Malay Peninsula, etc. for more than half a year. , and finally came to the Persian Gulf in batches. This is where the war came, mainly to capture the city of Rai (Tehran).

Kublai Khan was shocked and angry, and finally realized the shamelessness of the Song people. Liu Zheng made up something that was obviously not true. He had met Liu Zheng before, and the two of them even gave each other gifts. He and Liu Zheng were still there We had dinner together and felt that Liu Zheng was a very nice person.

Then the Song Army stated that all ships supporting Mongolia in Persia would not be able to pass through the Persian Gulf, let alone Malacca.

Meng Ge planned to temporarily build the city of Salai as the capital, and Batu gave Meng Ge the new city he had worked hard to build for several years as the capital, which shows that he supported him quite a lot.

Meng Ge has hundreds of thousands of elites alone. Counting other servants, he can collect 200,000 soldiers and horses.

Batu was not wrong in his judgment.

Shiraz is one of the oldest cities in Persia. It was even the central area of ​​Persia in the sixth century BC. After the Mongols occupied Persia, the mosque and Takht Castle were built here.

Because Guyu is still living on the grassland and there is no fixed big city.

Bielge and Wuliang joined forces and led 30,000 troops back to seize Buda City, plus 20,000 Damascus troops.

In late November, the Batu troops returned to Sarai City. Not long after, bad news came back to Tolegona one after another.

In mid-November of the twelfth year of Yuanzhen, Guyu and Batu's troops fought for two days and one night between the Caspian Sea and the Ishimu River. Both sides suffered casualties, and the outcome was still undecided.

Kublai Khan led 30,000 troops to defend Rai, and Batu had 50,000 troops to defend the city of Salai.

Back when he led troops to conquer the Persian Gulf, this guy had more than a thousand soldiers, so he was considered a relatively large lord.

This boosted Guyou's confidence and made him even more energetic. At this time, Han general Shi Tianze and others were trying to persuade him not to pursue anymore, or to be careful and wait for the artillery behind to catch up. But Guyou finally had a chance to defeat Batu, how could he Give up and keep chasing.

If they join forces with the Song army to attack, they will first defend the cities of Salai and Lai, and then fully manage the two rear areas of Damascus and Jiyali. If they cannot hold it, they can retreat back.

Unexpectedly, Liu Zheng would fall out whenever he said so.

Batu turned around and finally got a small revenge, but immediately returned to Sarai City with his main force, not wanting to fight.

The strategy of Meng Ge and Batu is to first see whether Guiyu attacks alone or joins forces with the Song army, because Batu believes that the Song army will definitely add insult to injury at this time.

It is about a thousand miles away from Heping City built by the Song Army.

Liu Zheng came to him first.

On the sixth day of the lunar month, the Song army came to Shiraz City. The city gates were closed tightly and the city was full of people.

Liu Zheng sent a local man to come forward and write an archery letter, asking Du Boli to surrender, dedicate the city, and serve the Song army in the future. However, the conditions were quite harsh, and it could even be said that he was deliberately forced.

The Song army asked Du Boli to hand over all his power and property, and allowed him to leave the city of Shiraz with his property and family including ten thousand silver coins.

This is tantamount to raiding Du Boli's house.

Can Du Boli tolerate this? The Mongols didn't do this even after they came. They also named him Daru Chihua and allowed him to continue to rule this area.

Du Boli immediately refused and ordered the Persians who came to deliver the message to be shot to death with arrows.

"Okay, good shot." Liu Zheng looked at Daxi and rubbed his hands, extremely excited, as if the person who died was not one of theirs.

But this Persian was indeed caught randomly by them locally, and it didn't matter if he died.

Next to him, Zhang Hui asked strangely: "Don't you want to surrender?" Don't want the population and labor?
Liu Zheng thought for a while: "The Persians here are difficult to control. They have their own ideas. How can they steal money if they don't kill them?" Yes, if you have to destroy their civilization, you must fight in. Kill most of them, and the rest will be honest.

The Mongols ruled so well here, didn't they just rely on killing them in the early stage?
If Du Boli refused to surrender, he would play into Liu Zheng's arms.

On the seventh day of the lunar month, soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty came to the outside of Shiraz one after another with artillery.

Liu Zheng has been looking around Shiraz City for the past two days. This ancient city is quite old. It was originally a wooden and mud structure. The city is more than ten feet high and looks like a small fort in the Song Dynasty.

After the Mongols came, they built Takht Castle in the west of the city. A team of 100 households of the Mongolian army lived in it. Its main function was to collect taxes locally.

The administrator of the city of Shiraz remained Dubori.

Now that Du Boli does not surrender, the Mongolian troops inside also have a headache.

There are hundreds of Mongolian soldiers named Ji Shu.

At first, he followed Choermahan into Persia. Later, the commander was changed to Baizhu, and then to Mengge.

Now Great Mongolia is divided into two, and two Khans appear.

Meng Ge was called the Western Khan, and Guiyou was called the Eastern Khan.

Ji Shu is bigger than the other two, and I don’t know who to listen to.

Some time ago, two groups of cavalry came here. One group asked them to abandon Takht Castle and return to Rai City to garrison. The other group asked them to return to the Ishim River and obey the orders of Guyuk Khan.

Ordinarily, they are now under the control of Mongolia and should listen to Brother Meng, but they came in with Choermahan. After Choermahan died, his sons Shiliemen and Bola are now with Guiyu. (This Shiliemen has the same name as Wokuotai’s grandson Shiliemen, but they are not the same person)
Ji Shu has been discussing with his subordinates where to go these days. Everyone is discussing, but they feel that they cannot make hasty bets easily.

This is a fight between two great Khans, and a wrong bet can lead to death.

Just when Ji Shu and his men were still hesitating, they didn't expect the Song Army to come again.

At this time someone asked a question.

Choermahan and his son Shiliemen were both believers of Kidouism, as were Guyu and his close associates. However, after the Mongols came in, they built the Qingzheng Temple in Shiraz City.

Brother Meng doesn't believe in anything, he only believes in himself.

Jishu and his men have been stationed in Shiraz for so many years, and they also married Persian wives there. They have their own style.

From the looks of it, why not surrender to Guiyu?

When Ji Shu and his men were considering surrendering to Guyu, Liu Zheng had already seen the entire Shiraz city. Because it was close to the sea, there was also a moat, but it was small and not difficult to fill.

Fortunately, they brought 5,000 Persian civilians with them, half of them were forced and the other half was paid, but they were put to good use.

But the Song army did not need to attack the city by force, at least they could shell it for a while first.

"Come here, load up the artillery." Following Liu Zheng's order, the Song Army's new artillery was slowly pushed five hundred steps away in front of the south city gate.

Liu Zheng brought ten medium and heavy artillery pieces of 500 kilograms. He relied on more people and more horses to move very fast, which was basically four or five hours away from their main force.

Their main force arrived yesterday, and their artillery also arrived today.

Ten artillery pieces were lined up.

Rearloaders and explosive bombs are all weapons that are far ahead of their time.

On the top of the city, Du Boli was leading his men to watch the Song Army's artillery. Seeing the Song Army's artillery pushing up, Du Boli quickly stepped aside: "Be careful, the Song Army is about to fire artillery."

Based on the experience of the Mongolian army, Du Boli huddled behind the crenellations of the wall. Generally, the solid bullets of the Song army's artillery either shot in or hit the city wall. It was definitely safe behind the crenellations.

Just as the Song Army's artillery was preparing, teams of gun and shield soldiers were called to the front, and a large number of civilians began digging and filling bags nearby.

Brothers Song Xiong and Song Zhuang, who were originally from Bo Ni, are also there. Of course, they are now considered Song people.

The two brothers trained in Borneo for more than half a year, and then took a boat to the Persian Gulf to gather.

Most of the battalion they were in were composed of Bo Ni people. Except for the important officers, all the more than 500 people from head to head were former Bo Ni people.

"We are about to attack the city, why don't we have a ladder?" Song Xiong suddenly asked strangely.

Song Zhuang also discovered this problem. The city of Shiraz is not high, but after the Mongols came, it was reinforced to about two feet, but they had to use a ladder. They came all the way without a ladder?
Just use artillery to break down the city gate?
Just as they were deep in thought, the corps commanders beside them shouted: "Don't talk. If you are afraid of the sound, cover your ears."

Not long after he finished speaking.

Boom, the first artillery shot fired.

The first shot was not accurate enough and flew over the city to the city. Then there was a loud bang in the city and it blew up a large number of Persian soldiers inside.

Du Boli gathered a large number of troops behind the city gate. If the Song army broke through the gate, he was ready to greet them. At the same time, he could replace the troops at the top of the city at any time. Unexpectedly, the first shell just passed over the city and fell into the city. , this time it hit the crowd, the shell exploded, overturning a dozen people.

Limited by the technological level of this era, the destructive effect of the bomb explosion is not very high. Most people may only be injured, but whether they can survive afterwards is also a question.

Du Boli didn't see the effect of the first shot. He only heard the sound inside. Seeing that Song Jun's shot was inaccurate, he even laughed.

"Look, the cannonball isn't very big." It should be fine if it hits the city wall.

Behind the city gate, they had already blocked it with mud bricks and sandbags.

Just when he was full of confidence, boom, boom, the Song Army's artillery fired one after another.

The first few shots were calibrated, either hitting the city head or hitting the city wall. After a few shots, it started to be accurate.

Whoosh, the first accurate cannonball landed about ten paces away from Dubori.

After falling to the ground and rolling forward, a squatting Persian soldier suddenly screamed and his feet were cut off before he could fall down.

Boom, there was a loud noise at the scene, and the shells exploded.

(End of this chapter)