The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 549 Two Jewels Gold Medal

A few days later, Dong Wenbing and Ao Luchi led the army back to Jinan, the base camp of the Eastern Route Army of the Yuan Army.

As soon as he returned to the city, Dong Wenbing felt that Jinan guarding Ha Hewu looked a little weird. At the beginning, Dong Wenbing thought that Ha Hewu was killed in battle, which made Ha Hewu harbor a grudge. Within a few days, Dong Wenbing kept getting news , officials and people throughout Jinan City are rumored that Dong Wenbing and Li Tingzhi of the Song Dynasty negotiated peace with each other, which made the Yuan army retreat without a fight in the Battle of Yizhou. Following the example of Lu Wenlong, who had two guns a hundred years ago, he returned to the Song Dynasty.

In short, there are many rumors about Dong Wenbing, and this has almost become the only hot spot in Jinan city recently.

Dong Wenbing, who has always been prudent, finally couldn't bear it anymore, so Dong Shixiu called Aoluchi and Hahewu.

After the three of them were seated, Dong Wenbing cut to the chase and said, "Recently there have been rumors in the city that Mr. Dong and Li Tingzhi, the commander of the Song Army, negotiated peace in private and retreated without a fight. Mr. Dong has always been loyal. I don't know why the rumors started. General Hahewu , as the guard of Jinan, have you checked this matter?"

Hahewu said coldly: "Dong Shuai, this matter has been rumored in the city, and everyone knows it. I sent someone to investigate, but I couldn't find out who did it. Dong Shuai, you Han people have an old saying , it is called 'the clear is clear, and the turbid is turbid'. If this matter is just a fiction, why should Dong Shuai care about it?"

Olu Chidao: "Hahewu, although Dong Shuai is a Han Chinese, his contribution lies in the country. During the current war between the Yuan and Song Dynasties, the Southern Dynasty must have carefully sowed dissension and framed Dong Shuai with countermeasures. Even though you and I believe Dong Shuai's innocence , but what about the people in the city and the soldiers of the middle and lower ranks? What's more, if this matter spreads to the court, it will inevitably have an impact on Dong Shuai's career and the prospects of our East Route Army. Dong Shuai is innocent,"

As for Oruch, who is also a Mongolian nobleman, and has a high official position, Hahewu dared not disobey him, so he said: "Yes, Ao Shuai, the last general will obey."

Ten days later, Dong Wenbing did not wait for Hahewu to find out the source of the rumors, but suddenly he received an imperial decree from Dadu. Dong Wenbing was shocked, and hurriedly ordered Dong Shixiu to set up the table to receive the imperial decree.

The imperial envoy was Lu Huantuohua, the head of the guard of the Qixue Army. This person and Oruchi were from the same township, and they joined the Qixue Army in the same group. Therefore, the relationship between the two was very good. After exchanging greetings, Lu Huantuo Hua first said: "Dong Wenbing, commander of the Dayuan East Route Army, the imperial decree has arrived."

Dong Wenbing hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Please make an announcement, Your Excellency the Imperial Envoy."

Lu Huan took off the flowers and opened the imperial decree, and read out: "His Majesty the Emperor Dayuan declares to all the officers and men of the Dayuan East Route Army and all the officials and people in Jinan City that the commander of the East Route Army, General Dong Wenbing, has made outstanding military achievements and is commendable for his loyalty. title, give two gold medals with tiger heads as a reward,"

"The minister Dong Wenbing received the order, and the minister thanked the emperor for his kindness," Dong Wenbing received the imperial order and kowtowed again to thank him.

On that day, when Kublai Khan was marching south, he bestowed the gold medal with the two-beaded tiger head on Ashu, the marshal of Zhengnan. Dong Wenbing's respect.

In Dong Wenbing's memory, since the time of Genghis Khan, among the Han generals in Mongolia, he was the first to win the gold medal of Erzhu Tiger's Head. Although Kublai Khan's imperial decree came somewhat inexplicably, it gave Dong Wenbing a reassurance.

After the ceremony, everyone came to the backyard of the handsome mansion.

Lu Huan Tuohua first said: "Dong Shuai, General Oruchi, and General Hahewu, I have received the emperor's order to come here to issue the imperial decree. It is really the emperor's trust in Dong Shuai and your East Route Army. Everyone, Rumors abound in Jinan Prefecture, even Dadu has such rumors,"

"Ah," Dong Wenbing and the others were taken aback, "Most of them also have rumors about Dong."

Lu Huan said with a smile, "Exactly, many Mongolian ministers in the court proposed during the court meeting that they hoped that the emperor would investigate this matter strictly and let Ao Shuai take over the army of the East Road for the time being before the rumors are clarified, so as to avoid any changes. After all, our army One-third of the military power is in the hands of Dong Shuai,"

Dong Wenbing's heart skipped a beat, uneasy, and he heard Lu Huan take off the flowers and continue to say: "The emperor listened, just smiled, and said, 'Anyone is possible, but Yanming (Dong Wenbing's character) will not, Yanming's loyalty, I am here It was already clear sixteen or seven years ago that the Southern Dynasty had such a clumsy countermeasure, couldn't you all see it?" Immediately, the emperor issued this imperial edict again, granting Dong Shuai the title of Dong Shuai, and bestowing this two-beaded tiger-headed gold medal ,"

Dong Wenbing excitedly said: "Your Majesty is wise."

The sixteen or seven years ago that Kublai Khan mentioned meant that in the autumn of 1253, Dong Wenbing led 46 people to Dali to follow Kublai Khan, who had not ascended the throne at that time.

"Your Majesty is so wise and powerful, so there is no one in history before," Lu Huan said with a smile, jokingly, "Even the Mongols are jealous of the Emperor's favor towards Dong Shuai. This two-pearl gold medal is one of the few few,"

Oru Equator: "General Lu Huan Tuohua, since Dong Shuai followed the emperor, he has gone through many hardships and made countless military exploits. This kind of favor is also deserved."

Lu Huan took off the flowers and praised: "Haha, that's right, it's what Ao Shuai said. In fact, no matter if it's a Mongolian or a Han, as long as it contributes to the country, the emperor will treat it equally."

Dong Wenbing believed that Kublai Khan did not treat him badly. At the same time, it was also because he was still valuable. In the current Yuan Dynasty army, the number of Han troops had surpassed that of Mongolian and Semu soldiers. He, Dong Wenbing, is No.1 among the generals of the Han army, and he will be reused by the court. However, while he is reused, he will be more and more suspicious. Dong Wenbing knows very well that even if Lu Huan said No matter how nice it sounds, Han Chinese and Mongols will never be equal.

Han people, should we go back to the dynasty of the Han people?

At this time, the wine and dishes were served, and Dong Wenbing poured wine for everyone himself, raised their glasses and said, "General Lu Huan Tuohua, all generals, please,"

"Dong Shuai, please,"

After drinking for three rounds, Lu Huan talked more and more, sometimes he talked about the interesting things about him and Oruchi when he was young, and sometimes he talked about the affairs of the court, but after all, he still talked about the current war situation .

"Speaking of which, the firearms of the Southern Dynasty are indeed powerful. My Central Route Army has lost several games in a row. Marshal Ashu and Marshal Boyan are both famous generals in the world, but they still lost to the firearms of the Southern Dynasty. Fortunately, the emperor is wise and has the help of the Supreme Lord. My first batch of firearms has been successfully baked [-] at the end of last month, "

When Oluchi heard this, he smiled and said, "From now on, our army will fight muskets against muskets, and we won't be at a disadvantage."

"Well, although the musket has been manufactured, but,,,,,," said this, Lu Huan took a look around and lowered his voice, "but the artillery has not made any progress, and our army is still at a disadvantage. "

"General Lu Huan Tuohua, if there is one, there will be two. Now that the gun is manufactured, it must not be too far away."

Lu Huan shook his head and said, "Dong Shuai, it's hard to say. The main reason why the musket can be made smoothly is because General Shi got the actual musket from the Southern Dynasty. The cannon is huge, so it is difficult to get a real musket for reference. ,"

Oru Equator: "That's true,"

Ha Hewu drank a glass of wine by himself, and said: "Generals, the last general has never seen a firearm before, and that firearm is really so powerful."

"Oh," Oruchi sighed, "General Hahewu, this is indeed true. Do you think Dong Shuai, this commander, my tens of thousands of troops on the East Road, and Marshal Ashu and Boyan from the Central Army Is it all paper?"

Ha Hewu said: "The last general was under the tent of General Ashu, so he naturally knew how powerful the general is, and he is invincible. He is a well-deserved god of war in our dynasty. I didn't expect that even he is not the enemy of firearms."

Oruchi frowned and said, "General Hahewu, let's put it this way, the power of firearms is so powerful that human power cannot resist it."

Ha Hewu seemed a little panicked: "Then what to do, Li Tingzhi from the Southern Dynasty will soon reach Jinan Mansion,"

Dong Wenbing said: "I have been thinking about this issue these days. The only way is not to give firearms a chance. In other words, firearms are good for long-distance attack. As long as our army is close to us, the power of firearms can be greatly reduced. , so as to give full play to the strengths of our army. There is a large flat land outside Jinan City, named Nankeping. After all, the number of muskets and fireballs is limited, and it cannot be compared with the Song Army's Central Route Army. Perhaps our army will pay a considerable price, but as long as we rush into the enemy's line, our elite cavalry will be able to win ten times. Capture the opponent's artillery and present it to the emperor, then you can make it yourself like a musket."

Lu Huan took off the flowers and said, "Dong Shuai has a good opinion. When Marshal A Shu was in Nanyang, he was planning to adopt the same tactics, but for some reason, the Central Route Army of the Southern Dynasty suddenly changed their tactics and did not attack Nanyang."

Oluchi and Hahewu both replied, "Dong Shuai, this method is feasible."

Without losing a single soldier, Li Tingzhi led his troops to recover Yizhou and Teng County. Of course, Li Tingzhi, Xia Gui and others also understood that the Yuan army retreating north also had no casualties.

After two days of repairing, the army continued to march northward. According to Li Tingzhi's unified deployment, the main force of the Eastern Northern Expeditionary Army marched directly to Jinan, and the two generals Wang Sheng and Zhu Huan each led a group of troops to attack the surrounding towns.

Let’s say that the main force of the Song Army was led by Li Tingzhi and Xia Gui all the way to the north. Although they were constantly harassed and attacked by a small group of Yuan troops on the way, with the superior strength of the Song Army, it was still on May 150th. At noon, they successfully arrived in Tai'an Prefecture (now Tai'an City), about [-] miles away from Jinan City.