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

Chapter 537: In fact, I am kind to Your Majesty.
After the city of Isfahan was captured, almost the entire central and southern Persia was under the control of the Song army.

It was only July, and it was only five or six hundred miles away from Rye City.

Liu Zheng rested his troops in Isfahan, collected money, and at the same time consolidated local rule. He sent small-scale troops to gradually recruit and conquer nearby small and medium-sized counties, and fully controlled central, eastern, and southern Persia.

Because Mongolian Donghan Guyu's South Route Army's Tasi Division had not yet arrived at Lai City at this time, the two sides agreed to gather in August and attack Lai City together.

At the same time, the Han king Zhao Qi, who was in charge of Borneo Province, successively added troops to Liu Zheng.

In mid-July, two armies of Song troops landed in the Persian Gulf. Zhao Qi added one army of Song troops to Liu Zheng and another army of Sanfo Qi surrender, totaling 6,000 people.

Liu Zheng sent Zhang Hui to redistribute and combine them, and led the Song army to surrender the Three Buddhas to strengthen their control over the local area.

The Song army's rule of Persia was completely different from that of the Mongolian army.

First of all, the Mongols did not kill the local lords, wealthy businessmen and officials, and even continued to reuse them. Then some were granted the title of Daru Chihua, and some were appointed Daru Chihua by the Mongols locally. Each city guarded a hundred households, and even a hundred households in a small town were guarded by the Mongols. No, it might just be a group of Mongolians who are responsible for collecting taxes locally. The actual management is still done by the local lords.

Local Persians were recruited when recruiting troops for war.

Then all the wealth of the middle and upper class people will be taken away, their grain fields will be divided, and the ordinary people in the area will be stabilized first.

Liu Zheng said nothing. Anyone who worshiped the holy fire in his family would be killed. Anyone in the Song Dynasty could only worship the Song Dynasty Emperor Zhao Yurui.

Three thousand Song troops were specifically responsible for training the 50,000 Persian troops.

At the same time, the Song army asked the Persians to learn Chinese.

Upon hearing that Liu Zheng had arrived, Tashi thought about sending someone to invite Liu Zheng to the army to discuss the siege, but he didn't expect that Liu Zheng had sent someone to invite him first.

With his peripheral vision, Liu Zheng looked around and saw that there was no one in close range. The nearest one was ten steps away. He immediately said: "Great Mongolia is going to end. Shi Wanhu has to think not only for himself but also for his family. I look forward to seeing you, Your Majesty." Shi Wanhu."

On the third day of August, Liu Zheng met Shi Tianze, a Mongolian and Han army. He brought news from Tasi. The 50,000-strong southern army of the Mongolian Eastern Khan Guiyou was approaching the east of Lai City. The Mongolian army asked the Song army to encircle the west of Lai City. face and south.

Is this Zhao Yurui always so insidious in his actions? He smiled bitterly secretly, cupped his fists and bid farewell to Liu Zheng.

It seems that the Song army was more ruthless than the Mongols, but they killed the middle- and upper-class people and distributed the fields to the lower-class people. In fact, their control over the local area became more powerful.

In this battle, Liu Zheng only led 20,000 Song troops. The number seemed small, but they were all elites. There were only about 6,000 servants, and the remaining 214,000 or so were all Song troops with flintlocks.

There were exactly 3,000 Song troops in charge of 50,000 Persian troops.

That is, Mongolia attacked the north and east of Rai City, and the Song army attacked the west and south.

Liu Zheng conquered various parts of central and southern Persia, selected 50,000 young Persians from all the surrendered troops, and gave them to Nahe to be sold and trained.

Most of them were originally slaves of the lords and nobles in various places, and a few were considered to be the elite servants of the lords.

Shi Tianze's expression remained unchanged. He was shocked and angry in his heart. Liu Zheng's voice was quite loud just now. He suspected that someone behind him must have heard it. If this was reported back, how could Guiyou trust him?

So Liu Zong killed indiscriminately. By the beginning of August, Kijian had suppressed the rule of central and southern Persia, and all those who disobeyed were killed by him.

Liu Zheng left an army to control Nahemai and lived here to train the Persian troops.

After saying that, he immediately clasped his fists and said, "It's easy for Shi Wanhu to leave. On the tenth day of August, our army will definitely arrive at Lai City on time."

Nahe Maizhu had just been sent from Boluo by the King of Han. He and Zhang Hui were both generals of the Jin Kingdom. Later, they surrendered to the Song Dynasty and followed the Song army in east and west campaigns.

Now they are all members of the Song army, enjoying land, houses, and wages.

He reserved three thousand Song troops for Nahemai.

This is something the Mongols have not asked for, but Song Jun said that those who learn Chinese will receive tax benefits.

But after the Song army came, they killed almost all the local middle- and upper-class people.

Tasi did not attack the city and was waiting for the Song army to arrive.

The surrendered soldiers were shocked when they heard this, and they all looked in disbelief. Obviously, this treatment was much better than before.

Grassroots managers use other Bo Ni people and Fei Lu soldiers, and middle and high-level managers use Song people, Khitan people, Jurchens and others.

The day before their arrival, an army of 50,000 Mongol Eastern Khan led by Tasi, Shi Tianze and others also arrived to the east of Lai City.

Liu Zheng hosted a banquet for Shi Tianze and agreed to his request. When Shi Tianze came, he also brought Mongolians with him.

After Shi Tianze left, Liu Zheng and Zhang Hui also led 20,000 Song troops to set off the next day.

When they finished their meal and saw them off, Liu Zheng and Shi Tianze walked alone in front.

The Persians used to be similar to the Mongols. They were slaves of their lords. They farmed in peacetime and sent troops in wartime. They only had a very small number of lords' cronies who were considered a standing army.

According to the tradition of the Song army, all officers in the 50,000 Persian army were first killed or dismissed.

On the tenth day of August, Liu Zheng led 20,000 Song troops, 5,000 civilians, part of the baggage, artillery, and trebuchets, and finally arrived south of Lai City.

Because there is no Persian Empire now, the Persian dynasty has long since ceased to exist. When the Mongols came in, various places were divided and ruled by lords. There was no unified court or unified army.

But then he thought about it, Great Mongolia is now divided into the East and the West, and the situation is indeed a bit bad.

Then Nahe sold and lived and announced that after you join the Song Army, your monthly salary will be one silver coin, the court will provide food and accommodation, and each household will be allocated fifty acres of land, with a tax of 30%.

Then divide these 50,000 people into a camp of 500 people for a total of 100 camps.

Each battalion has thirty Song soldiers serving as officers at all levels.

In this way, the Song army marched towards the city of Rai while comprehensively managing and ruling the southern Persian region.

But some places are more difficult to do. For example, the Zoroastrian holy city of Yazide was burned down by the Song army. However, there are still a large number of believers in many nearby villages. It is useless for the Song army to divide the fields. They still hate the Song army. .

It can be said that at this time, the entire Persia, except for the important city of Rai in the north, was almost controlled by the Song army. Although some Song armies did not arrive, as long as the Song army arrived, they would definitely surrender and would not dare to resist. .

"Liu Zheng doesn't have many troops. It seems there are only more than 20,000. I'm afraid he won't dare to come to our camp, so I invite your Majesty to go." Shi Tianze said with a smile.

Tasi hesitated for a moment. People in Song Dynasty were famous for not practicing martial ethics. What if he went and was beheaded by Liu Zheng?
The Han people are famous for being a country of etiquette and justice, but in the hands of Zhao Yurui, the Han people have been disgraced. Not practicing martial ethics is Zhao Yurui's favorite thing to do.

At this time, Shi Tianan beside him said in a deep voice: "Zhao Yurui is a smart man. He knows that Batu and Meng Ge are not weak. At this time, he will not challenge our two families at the same time. Your Majesty, just go ahead."

The people of Song Dynasty must first destroy Brother Batu and Meng. Even if they want to fall out with Guyu, they must destroy Brother Batu and Brother Meng first. Ta Si heard that it made sense.

"Let's go meet Liu Zheng."

Tasilius was overjoyed and took Shi Tianze, Shi Tian'an brothers and a hundred riders to Liu Zheng's camp.

Liu Zheng entertained them warmly, and during the dinner they talked about the attack on Lai City.

According to the prior agreement, the Mongolian army of the Eastern Khan attacked the north and east of Lai, and the Song army attacked the west and south.

After entering the city, the two sides took the central axis of the city as the boundary, with the Song army in the west and the Mongolian army in the east.

The wealth of each region belongs to each other, but the Mongolian army wants craftsmen and surrendered troops, because there are many Mongolian soldiers who are considered their own clansmen.

Liu Zheng listened quietly. Kublai Khan built a shipyard in the north of Rai City and also built ships to communicate with the Caspian Sea and the Volga River. Tasi was going to attack the north, and he was obviously rushing to seize the shipyard. .

"You want craftsmen, shipyards, and troops. This will put our Song Dynasty at a great disadvantage." Liu Zheng frowned after hearing this.

Tasi immediately said: "Afterwards, the city of Rai will be yours. This is all agreed upon. If you get the city of Rai, the whole of Persia will also be yours. You will not suffer any loss."

"After this battle, Lai City is afraid that it will become a ruin. We don't know how much we will have to invest in rebuilding it." Liu Zheng looked embarrassed again.

Shi Tianze said at this time: "The most important thing about the alliance between the two countries is trust. If Commander Liu has any ideas, we can discuss them. Everyone agrees. This way the fight will be enjoyable and there will be no worries."

"Let's do this." Liu Zheng said: "I know that there are at least 30,000 Mongolian troops in the city, and there may be as many as 50,000."

"After the battle, the Mongolians will belong to you, and the other tribes will belong to us."

Kublai Khan also had many servants in his hands, including Georgians, Turks, and Oghuz from the original Roma Sultanate.

After hearing this, Tasi felt that it was acceptable. After all, he only valued his fellow Mongolians in his heart: "Okay."

Then he quickly said: "You can't kill the craftsmen on the west side, you have to leave them to us."

Now the Mongols are in dire need of craftsmen. After losing their two major bases of Haraholin and Qianzhou City, their craftsmen are getting fewer and fewer.

Liu Zheng disagreed. Nowadays, there are so many craftsmen in the Song Dynasty and there are specialized schools. These craftsmen really look down on them: "Of course."

The two sides talked happily that day, and the Mongols also wanted to drink. Zhao and Rui originally stipulated that the generals were not allowed to drink outside, so Liu Zheng had to ask the Persians in the army to drink with them.

In the early morning of August 11th, at dawn, the troops of Song Army and Tasi were still gathering. Liu Zheng took Zhang Hui and other generals to look with telescopes along the south and west of Lai City.

Although the Song Army intelligence department had reported it before, it was still quite shocking to see it on the spot.

Rai City was first reinforced and expanded by Choermahan, and a moat was dug to prevent the Song army.

In the past few years since Meng Ge and Kublai Khan were stationed, they have intensified their efforts and paid more attention to defense.

The top of the city learned from the Song Army and built a shed roof with bluestone. In this way, it would be difficult for the Song Army's trebuchets to throw incendiary bombs and other items on the top of the city, but it would be easy to throw them on the top of the shed. Burning the bluestone would be useless.

Fortunately, Tas has heavy Huihui cannons that can throw stone bombs weighing hundreds of kilograms, which can be used specifically to deal with this kind of bluestone roof.

But there are also many artillery pieces on Rye City, with an average of one artillery piece every 50 steps. There are so many of them densely packed together. It is estimated that many artillery pieces will be blown up before the moat is filled in in the early stage.

"This city of Lai is difficult to fight." Liu Zheng only had 20,000 men, and he still had to attack the west and south, so he felt that he did not have enough troops.

Zhang Hui said: "There are heavy trebuchets over there in Tasi. We have to cooperate with them to use them."

In fact, with the current weapons and equipment of the Song Army, there are still many ways to defeat it, but there are Guiyou soldiers and horses watching by Liu Zheng, and Liu Zheng estimates that Guiyou will learn in the future.

And Guiyou has a heavy trebuchet, which means that they can use the heavy trebuchet to smash off the roof of the shed with large bluestones on it, and then use the Song army's trebuchet to drop incendiary bombs, making it impossible for the Mongolian army to stand on the top of the city. Just fill in the moat.

But the two sides had agreed before that each would fight on its own, and now they wanted to cooperate and fight together. It was not easy for Liu Zheng to say this.

He hesitated for a moment: "Let's fight two waves first, and fight slowly. After Tasi suffers a loss, they might take the initiative to speak."

Liu Zheng was right. The Song Army and the Mongolian Army of the Eastern Han Dynasty launched attacks on all sides at the same time that day. The Song Army attacked slowly and deliberately paddled the water. The Mongolian Army fought fiercely there and drove the local Persians to fill the river. , using a heavy trebuchet to throw large stone projectiles.

But their slings have a similar range to Kublai Khan's artillery, and everyone can hit everyone.

Artillery is obviously more accurate than trebuchets. After a few rounds, Tasi's trebuchets suffered heavy losses. Not to mention the little effect, they did not fill the river much. The Song army was paddling that day, but Tasi had no effect. They fought for a long time. Later, both sides suddenly withdrew their troops.

At noon, Tasi was eating in the camp while thinking about how to fight next. At the same time, he sent someone to the Song army to inquire about the situation.

People who came back soon said that the effect of the Song army's attack was not good. The Song army's artillery was more powerful than the opponent's, but it was difficult for the incendiary bombs of the trebuchet to hit it, and they were blocked by the opponent's stone shed.

The Song Army's artillery can hit the opponent's artillery, but it can't do anything with the stone shed.

Ta Si slapped the table. The Song Army's firemen had nothing to do when they encountered a stone shed. They could just use our trebuchets. The weapons of both sides could cooperate. At the same time, he also made a decision in his heart. The Song Army had nothing to do when it encountered a stone shed. From now on, we will The same thing has to be done on other city walls.

At that moment, Tasi sent someone to contact the Song army and asked the two armies to share their equipment and attack one side tomorrow.

Liu Zheng pretended to think about it for a while, and then agreed. The two sides would meet again in the evening to discuss which side to attack tomorrow?
At dinner that day, Tasi brought brothers Shi Tianze and Shi Tianan over again.

Liu Zheng continued to entertain him, and Tasi led a group of generals, and the two sides got along quite well.

Because Liu Zheng did not participate in the direct battle with Tasi, Shi Tianze and the others, it was Yu Jie, Meng Gong, and Peng Yibin who led the fight against them.

Liu Zheng had never fought with them, so he was naturally more friendly.

In order to accompany the wine, Liu Zheng continued to call a Persian to retrial His Majesty the Song Dynasty, and they were not allowed to drink during the war.

Shi Tianze and other generals looked solemn when they heard this. They couldn't believe that Zhao Yurui was so majestic now, and the generals didn't dare to disobey him outside.

Ta Si disagreed, but did not persuade Liu Zheng to drink. He only said: "Your Majesty, you are indeed one of the few Han emperors."

There was silence all around, and Liu Zheng didn't know whether he was praising or hurting.

He quickly changed the subject: "Actually, your Majesty, I am kind-hearted and very good to the people."

Yes, that's pretty good. They also massacred our Mongolian city many times, Tasi thought to himself.

The two sides drank and chatted, and finally decided that tomorrow they would focus on the south side of the Song Army's attack.

(End of this chapter)