Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

In Mobei, Kedun City can be found.

Yelu Dashi held a conference of seven states and eighteen ministries.

Eighteen films will definitely not come together.

The Wugu tribe and the enemy tribe, because they took refuge in Yelu Dashi, became the targets of the Jin Kingdom to kill chickens and scare monkeys. Before the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty, the two tribes were separated and moved to Taizhou (Baicheng City). The remaining tribesmen no longer dared to openly support Yelu Dashi. At most, they secretly sent people to deliver some news.

Hongji's tribe also betrayed Yelu Dashi and completely fell to the Jin Kingdom.

At this meeting, sitting next to Yelu Dashi was Hebul Khan, the leader of the Nilon Mongolia, who was the great-grandfather of Genghis Khan.

Nilun Mongolia, the "Noble Mongolia", Hebul Khan currently only has three tribes: Nila, Xi's (Qiyan), and Jiu'erbi.

In addition, there is the Dieliejin Mongolian tribe, the "ordinary Mongolian" tribe.

The Chachila tribe, which also belonged to Nylon Mongolia, was loyal to Yelu Dashi at this time. Its leader was Zhamuhe's great-grandfather, and Yelu Dashi also took some soldiers from this tribe during his western expedition.

Many of these tribal leaders have feuds with each other.

For example, Beizhubu, Kele, and Merqi were all willing to submit to Yelu Dashi, but they had already been fooled by each other.

The Naiman tribe was too far away, and their core territory was on the Altay side. This time they only sent a thousand cavalry to support them.

"Brothers," Yelu Dashi said, "my informant in Monan has found out that the Jin Kingdom forced the southern grassland tribes to send troops. Tribes of different sizes sent thousands of troops, and hundreds of troops. They also had to bring their own food. They are not here to fight. Ours was taken away by the Jin Kingdom to plunder the Han. The Jin Kingdom is about to fight the Han people, and this is our best opportunity to send troops."

Hebul Khan not only owned three tribes of Nilon Mongolia, but also conquered an ordinary Mongolian tribe. His strength was the strongest in the northeast of the Mongolian plateau.

Although nominally obeying Yelu Dashi, the relationship between the two sides was more like an alliance. Hebuli Khan asked: "Don't the Han people always suffer defeat? What will happen when the Jin Kingdom defeats the Han people and brings a large army to attack us?"

Yelu Dashi pointed at Ma Kuo and Yu Yunwen: "These two are envoys sent by the emperor of the Han Dynasty."

Ma Kuo immediately boasted: "King Khan doesn't know that the Han emperor has been replaced a long time ago. In the past, it was the Song Dynasty, and the emperor was fatuous and incompetent. Now it is the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor is wise and powerful. Our country's prince Langjun once personally led the army. In the battle, three thousand Hezha Meng'an and five thousand Jin Kingdom's heroic cavalry were all annihilated. The Jin Kingdom's crown prince was killed by our country's prince Lang Jun. He returned to Yanshan without success."

Yu Yunwen also said: "My Highness, the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty, led an army of a thousand men to destroy the Song Dynasty and replace it. Last year, I sent troops to beat Xixia to surrender. Today's Ming Dynasty has 500,000 soldiers, and the Jin Kingdom will definitely lose this battle!"

Yelu Dashi smiled and said: "This time we are taking advantage of the Ming-Jin war. We do not need to fight to the south to send troops to the Jin Kingdom, but to conquer the Tatar Tribe (Tatar Tribe) and the Hongjira Tribe! As for the Wu who have not been moved away, I have secretly contacted the Gu tribe and the enemy troops, and as soon as our army comes out, they will also respond with troops."

To put it bluntly, the goal is to kill the lackeys of the Jin Kingdom and completely control the vast grasslands around Hulun Lake.

Yelu Dashi then told the spoils-sharing plan: "If we win this battle, the tribes that are close can be allocated some pasture. The tribes that are far away can be divided into people, livestock and goods."

After hearing this, the tribal leaders began to talk about it, and then asked for details on how to divide the spoils.

Yelu Dashi said that the distribution will be based on the number of troops sent. Moreover, if you want pasture, you cannot ask for other loot, otherwise the tribe that is too far away will suffer.

The meeting was held amidst the noise for a whole day, and the division of the spoils was agreed upon before the war began, and the number of troops sent by each tribe was also determined.

The next day, the leaders of various tribes slaughtered cattle and sheep, and swore an alliance outside Kedun City to raise troops.

After a feast, Hebul Khan left with his entourage. This time he did not want pasture, but only people and supplies.

Hebul Khan's ambition is to unify Mongolia. With the population and materials, he can annex surrounding tribes faster. Historically, this man was able to defeat the Jin soldiers' conquest after seven years, and was canonized as the King of the Mongolian Kingdom by the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom.

Genghis Khan’s ancestors chose population and materials, but Zhamuhe’s ancestors chose pasture.

The two of them would fight sooner or later because their territories were very close to each other and they both belonged to the Nelum Mongol system.

In early September, the autumn grass on the grassland has turned yellow, and the war horses are fat and strong.

Under the call of Yelu Dashi, more than 30,000 troops went out to fight, advancing rapidly from the north and west to attack the tribes who had surrendered to the Jin Kingdom.

The Tatar tribe was caught off guard and lost all their pasture. The old, weak, women, children and livestock that had not had time to evacuate were also snatched away by the Yelu Stone. There were only two to three thousand remnant soldiers and a few family members left, and they fled in despair to the nearby Hongji tribe.

Hongji Labu's territory is close to the Greater Khingan Mountains.

The two groups had nearly 10,000 troops, but they did not dare to fight Yelu Dashi head-on. They fled with their population and supplies to the territory actually controlled by the Jin Kingdom.

In less than a month of fighting, Yelu Dashi captured the entire Hulunbuir grassland.

However, Yelu Dashi is only the co-owner of the grassland, and the leaders of various tribes may not be obedient. For the sake of profit, various ministries would attack each other, and Yelu Dashi would at most mediate.

His base is too weak.

Only after the tribal leader disobeys the order, Yelu Dashi sends troops to conquer, and wins several consecutive expeditions, in order to completely establish his prestige. Moreover, you must have your own tribe and pasture, otherwise it will be all in vain.

The prairie has prairie rules!

He also gave birth to more sons, enfeoffed pastures to increase blood-related tribes, and had many children to marry into various tribes.

The ruling system of the Central Plains cannot be played here.

Of course, leading the tribes in Mobei to continue fighting south and continuously winning victories to conquer Monan will also make Yelu Dashi a real grassland overlord.

But it will definitely not work this year. Not only is he afraid of recruiting the main force of the Jin army, he is also afraid of forcing the Monan tribes to collectively resist.

…

Upon receiving the news of the fall of Hulunbuir Grassland, the Jin Dynasty court had no reaction.

As soon as the Jin soldiers had gone south to prepare for a decisive battle with the Ming Dynasty, they could not spare any extra troops. Secondly, it was originally Jisu's territory, and the Jin Kingdom had never actually controlled it.

If you lose it, just throw it away. Once you defeat the Ming Dynasty, you can take it back.

This war, which affected five countries, first broke out in the Hulunbuir Grassland.

Xixia and Goryeo are purely the sixth. The former quietly sends troops north to spy on the reality of Dongsheng Prefecture, and will start fighting as soon as he finds the opportunity. The latter gathered troops in Baozhou, lying that they were going to support Liaonan and help the Jin Kingdom regain the land of Lushun, but in fact they wanted to take the opportunity to occupy the north of the Yalu River.

Before the Jin Kingdom officially started war, its two younger brothers were ready to rebel.

Mid-September.

Wanyan Zonghan couldn't wait for enough food and grass, so he took the lead in sending troops southward, and his 50,000 troops marched directly to Taiyuan City.

He also divided his troops into more than 10,000 troops, so that Yin Shu could lead them and go to the prefectures where discounts were available.

Zhe Keqiu frantically sent out a letter asking for help, asking Liu Yanqing next door to come to the rescue quickly. Liu Yanqing claimed that he wanted to guard against Xixia, regardless of the life and death of the Zhe family, and strengthened the fortresses and passes in his territory.

Under Taiyuan City, the Jin soldiers were building siege equipment and sending people to call for battle.

"Strictly guard the city and don't go to war!"

Zhang Xiaochun and Yang Weizhong are in charge of the defense of Taiyuan, which is full of new recruits trained last year. They used to be able to hold out for half a year without troops and food, but now that they have enough food and grass, they are not afraid.

As for Zhang Guangdao's elite, they are not in Taiyuan at all. He had been stationed in Shouyang, trying to capture the Pingding Army (Yangquan), then broke through Chengtian Village (Niangziguan), fought his way out of Jingxing and took Zhendingfu, the capital of the pseudo-Song Dynasty.

Leping County (Xiyang) under the Pingding Army, as well as Jingyang Village and Baijing Village further east, were all captured by Zhang Guangdao last year, and now only one military city is still in the hands of the Jin soldiers.

It is difficult to pacify the military city. There are 3,000 Jurchen soldiers stationed in the city, 5,000 old Liao and Han soldiers, and 2,000 puppet soldiers of the Song Dynasty.

Moreover, those who defended the hardest were those old Liao and Han soldiers!

They were tricked by the Song Dynasty court, and they were on the same level as the Han people in Shaanxi, and they were determined to be the lackeys of the Jin Kingdom. They were both Han Chinese, but when fighting the Ming army, they were even more desperate than the Jurchen soldiers.

At the foot of Taiyuan City.

Wanyan Loushi looked at the tall and solid city and admonished: "Marshal Langjun, this city is not easy to capture. If we continue to attack, it will only be a waste of food and grass. The previous siege lasted for more than half a year, and we didn't even climb the city wall a few times. Why? Do you have to fight it again?"

Wanyan Zonghan said: "If you can't conquer Taiyuan, you can never destroy Ming Dynasty."

"The Ming army is besieging the Pingding Army. It is better to leave one force to attack Taiyuan. The main force of our army will go to pacify the Ding Army and have a decisive battle with the main Shanxi force of the Ming Dynasty," Wanyan Loushi suggested. "After defeating the main Shanxi force of the Ming Army, the Taiyuan defender The morale of the army must have been greatly reduced, and it may be possible to surrender without a fight.”

Wanyan Zonghan thought carefully, nodded and said, "Okay!"

In fact, he doesn't want to leave, he just wants to fight in Taiyuan. This has almost become an obsession.

Wanyan Zonghan has been fighting for many years, winning every battle and conquering every attack, but he is blocked here and has no way to defeat Taiyuan City.

After all, we can't fight with emotion. After staring at Taiyuan City for a while, Wanyan Zonghan ordered his troops to be divided. He wanted to take the main force to fight Zhang Guangdao in the field.

The task given by Ju Ming to Zhang Guangdao was to defend the city and hold off Wanyan Zonghan's West Route Army.

However, everyone has selfish motives. Yang Zhi and Li Bao made great achievements one after another. Zhang Guangdao led the army in Shanxi for more than a year, but only captured one county town, one pass city, and two walled cities.

Yao Pingzhong has led troops to support Shanxi. Zhang Guangdao feels that the troops are enough and he does not want to defend the city. So he brought people to pacify Dingjun City and attracted Wanyan Zonghan's main force to rescue him. He wanted to go head-to-head with the most elite troops of the Jin Kingdom!

Among the generals under Yao Pingzhong, four are relatively well-known, namely: Liu Qi, Wang De, Wu Jie, and Wu Lin.

Wooden cannons were carried one by one through the mountain roads by civilian workers.

Yao Pingzhong's eyes shone when he saw it, and he asked: "Can these wooden cannons be used?"

Zhang Guangdao nodded and said: "It can be used, but it can only hit a few dozen steps, so I am more prepared."

"How many?" Yao Pingzhong asked.

Zhang Guangdao grinned: "In more than a year, I built more than 300 doors. The projectiles were all made of stone, but there was not enough gunpowder. I urged the court to transport them several times."

"More than three hundred cannons..." Yao Pingzhong took a breath. He could imagine the scene of volley fire.

Zhang Guangdao said: "If we had attacked by force regardless of casualties, I would have defeated Pingding Military City long ago. The terrain here is very good, and it is very suitable to besiege the city and provide reinforcements. I have selected more than a dozen battlefields for arranging troops. This is the most suitable place for thousands of cannons to unleash their might!”