Chapter 310: The Wrath of Tow Thunder

Pang Yu killed Liu Heima and dedicated himself to Lu Pass, which can be said to be nine days of thunder for the shock of the Mengyuan court.

First of all, the loss of Linlu Pass, which means that more than 200,000 Han troops in the pass are encircled, in order to strengthen the control of the Han army, in Yanjing did not hoard too much grain and grass, full of calculations, can support a month is very remarkable. No one knows how long these Han troops, who have no food and grass inside and no supreme life outside, will be able to hold out.

The second is a very bad start, the Menghu magnates don't trust all the Han troops, and Han officials like Shi Tianze and Li Quan don't trust their subordinates, and everyone is afraid of taking off their heads to ask for merit and rewards. Even the broad-minded tow mine dropped out of the dynasty for several days in a row, refusing to see the Han officials.

And the "Text on the Remnants of the Remnants of the Invasion of Fighting" also spread to the entire territory of Mengyuan in a very short period of time, so Mengyuan sent a large number of people to search and arrest, and nearly 10,000 people were arrested in just five days, and all of them were slashed and killed.

On April 28, the seventh year of the Great Song Dynasty, when the Central Plains was making a fuss about the corruption of officials in the three provinces and seventeen counties, the Mengyuan court finally sounded the drum of summoning ministers a few days after dropping out of the dynasty.

Huanglongfu was not a big city in the first place, although the Jin Kingdom had been operating here for a hundred years, but after the destruction of Menghu, there was not much left. In the past few years, Li Rui has become a Han official in charge of various ministers in Mengyuan, which has made Huanglong Mansion look like this. At least a few of the city's avenues were paved with concrete — one of Li Rui's political achievements, and he led Mengyuan craftsmen to learn how to fire cement.

However, because the steel-making skills could not be passed, there were not a few carriages running on this concrete road, and the carriages that were expensive in the Great Song Dynasty were even more expensive in the territory of Mengyuan. Most of the powerful people of Mengyuan still choose to ride horses when they go out, and Li Rui's uncle and nephew are the same.

The two of them drove their horses side by side, and their faces were quite solemn.

"I didn't summon Hanchen for five days, but today I suddenly sounded a drum to summon my ministers...... Virtuous nephew, you must be cautious in your words later, this is not the time for us to come out. ”

"Nephew understands." Li Rui's expression was somewhat unnatural, and he looked at Li Quan: "Uncle, will Your Majesty let you lead the troops?" ”

"What, you want to earn military merit?" The wrinkles on Li Quanquan make him look like an old man in his fifties, and in recent years, he has made great achievements in hoarding land and clearing wasteland, and he can often get praise for towing mines, but in fact he is not happy. He regretted it a little, Peng Yibin, who was far inferior to him in the Loyal and Righteous Army, is now the governor of the Hebei Military Region of the Great Song Dynasty, if he had not betrayed the Song Dynasty, then this position was originally his!

"That's natural, our uncles and nephews have worked hard without merit over the years, the army's food, and the salaries of hundreds of officials are all the result of our uncles and nephews' hard work. However, my Dayuan is heavy on military merits, and my uncle and I are busy for three hundred and sixty days a year, and the rewards we receive are less than half of Yan Shi, Shi Tianze and others. Li Rui made no secret of his contempt for Yan Shi and Shi Tianze in front of his uncle: "If my uncle and nephew lead the troops, how can it be like this?" ”

Li Quan stopped the horse when he heard this, looked at Li Rui with a side face, his expression was very solemn, and after a while, seeing that those guards were far away, he said in a low voice: "Virtuous nephew, you are from the Great Song Dynasty, you said that I lost Yanyun in Mengyuan and lost Linlu Pass, can I still confront the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

Li Rui was stunned, not knowing the intention of Li Quan's words.

After a while, Li Quan shook his head, and then answered the question himself: "Do you know, Uncle Wei is dreaming every night now, and in his dream, Uncle Wei is still a general of the Loyal Army...... Virtuous nephew, that Shi Tianze and others are luckier than us, they took refuge in Da Yuan at the beginning, and now they are not able to raise troops to surrender to the Song Dynasty, and they will not lose their wealth, you and I will vote for Da Yuan first, and we are already not trusted, and then I want to turn back, and it is too late to regret it! ”

"A few days ago, after learning that Linlu Pass was lost, I have ordered your aunt to take two brothers to Liaoyang, which is my hometown of hoarding land, quite a few of my cronies, virtuous nephews, I have advised you to marry a wife and stay behind, but you always don't listen, and now ......"

The despair in Li Quan's tone could no longer be hidden, Li Rui pursed his lips for a long time before he said quietly: "Is there anything else to do?" ”

"It's impossible, those national magnates in the DPRK think that the emperor of the Song State is just recovering Yanyun, but they don't know that this Northern Expedition is a battle to destroy the country, unless they flee back to the grassland to take refuge in Ogedai Khan, only in this way can they survive for a while." Li Quan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This is the family business that I and your uncle and nephew have placed for them in the past few years, how can they be willing to leave it behind and go back to the grassland to live that bitter life?" ”

"Is it to flee back to the grassland, and the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty will not follow the example of the Han Wu Tang Sect and send a large army deep into the desert and plough the caves?"

These words have been held back in Li Quan's heart for a long time, and today he confided in front of his nephew, which can be regarded as venting. But when it came to this, he couldn't say any more, shook his head and said: "Let's go, if you are late, you will inevitably be impeached by the Menghu magnates." ”

Inadvertently, he used "Menghu", a term commonly used by Song people on Mongolian people, instead of the usual "nation", Li Rui was silent for a while, only shaking his head and smiling bitterly.

Li Quan is right, his uncle and nephew have built a comfortable family business for Meng Yuan, and now from the top to the thunder, down to the ordinary Mongolian people, they can't leave this family business.

He drove his horse to catch up, and then asked, "Does Your Majesty know about this, does King Polu know about this?" ”

"How can Your Majesty not know, but before the battle is defeated, how can Your Majesty gather the morale of the people? Besides, the Great Yuan Dynasty is not the only one who can call the shots, those cowardly Xue Jun and Tan Ma Chi Jun, are they willing to endure hardships with His Majesty? Hundreds of thousands of Han troops, would they like to go with His Majesty? Li Quan shook his head again when he said this: "Your Majesty still has a concern, he has always been heroic and martial, and he is jealous of his brother. If Your Majesty goes to take refuge in your brothers, he will have a lot of troops and wealth, and your brothers will not be at ease, and if he loses his strength and wealth, he can only be at the mercy of his brothers. Let's put it this way, Your Majesty voted for the Song Dynasty, and he can still live in seclusion until death, if he votes for his brothers, he is afraid that he will not live for more than a year. ”

These words were very sharp, Li Rui listened silently, and had to admit that Jiang was still old and spicy.

When the two of them arrived in front of the palace, a large number of Han officials had already gathered here, and everyone had a look of uneasiness on their faces. However, none of those Menghu nobles appeared, and they waited for half an hour before they were rumored to enter the temple to worship.

Tuo Lei now, deeply understands the pain of the original Yan Shouxu, the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty is too strong, and the military leadership is too much, although he fully supports it, he can't sleep under the pressure of the Great Song Dynasty. He was only forty years old, and his hair was already completely white, and he was no longer as heroic as when Li Quan first saw him in Dahan's ears.

"Don't go through those red tape today, summon all the secretaries to discuss countermeasures." Tuo Lei was tired on his face, his eyes swept in front of the ministers, and he nodded slightly when he looked at Li Rui, Li Rui's heart moved, although Tuo Lei treated his uncle and nephew as a favor, but it was as clear as now, it was still unprecedented. As soon as he thought about it, he guessed what he was thinking: whether it was fighting or defending, a large amount of food was needed, and how to collect food and salary could only depend on their uncles and nephews.

"Why didn't Zhu Qing say anything?"

After a long while, the ministers in the hall were still silent, and Tuo Lei asked again.

In fact, he also knew that the ministers couldn't come up with any good ideas. Originally, he and the ministers were all the same idea, the Great Song Dynasty was to start a war, and at most it was to take away Yanyun, and then the Song and Yuan could confront each other across the pass, as long as Linlu Pass was in the hands of the Great Yuan, the Song army would not be able to move north, and his rule in Liaodong could be maintained. He even discussed with several Hanchen the possibility of negotiating peace with the Song State, but everyone thought that after repeated defeats, they could not obtain good conditions for negotiating peace, and that peace could only be negotiated after a battle. However, after the war began, the speed of the Song people's advance was really beyond their expectations, and in less than a month, they swept half of the East Hebei Road, and even captured the Linlu Pass, intercepting the retreat of more than 200,000 Han troops in the pass.

In the inscription of the Song Kingdom, it is even more clear that the Song people also want to get involved in the land of Liaodong.

However, there is still a glimmer of hope for Tuolei, if it can hurt the Song people and make the Song people realize that Meng Yuan still has strength, then maybe they can also fight for a more favorable condition.

Even if it is a short three years of peace, Tuo Lei thinks that it is enough, and in these three years, he will either go north or west, in short, he will find a way to live for himself.

However, the ministers responded to him or were silent, just like Wanyan Shouxu asked the ministers about the timing after the defeat in the Battle of Xuzhou, there was also a Wanyan Heda who committed suicide and martyrdom, and in his eyes, these Hanchens all flickered, and they didn't know what their idea was.

"Yan Congyuan, tell me, your brother is still working hard in Yanjing, you have always prided yourself on Kong Ming today, I think there must be a plan?" Tuo Lei had to name Yan Shi's cousin Yan Congyuan.

Yan Congyuan secretly complained in his heart, since the defeat in the Battle of Xuzhou three years ago, Yan Shi has been hiding in the pass for fear of being suspicious, but he and his relatives have been sent to Huanglong Mansion, especially recommended him to the court, and made him a "big official" of Meng Yuan. This made Yan Congyuan very excited, in the past two years, he has not turned over those old classics, and tried every means to praise Temujin and Tuolei, especially Tuolei, who was praised by him as "Holy Lord" and "Great Emperor", even "Three Emperors and Five Emperors" cannot be compared. It's just that every time he touts, he doesn't forget to brag a few words for himself, what "today Kong Ming", "living room" and the like, Zhang Zifang is also a person, although Tuo Lei knows, but he never takes it to heart, but it is the "Three Kingdoms Commentary" from the Song Kingdom that let Tuo Lei know Zhuge Liang's name, at this time, the dead horse can only be used as a live horse doctor, pulling this "now Kong Ming" to offer advice.

"Minister, minister......"

It's a pity that this "Jin Kongming" has always had a wider mouth than a face, and he muttered for a long time, and suddenly his body was crooked, and he actually foamed at the mouth and fell to the ground. Looking at the way he twitched, Tuo Lei was first stunned, then annoyed, and then sighed.

Dayuan established the country by force, and now the generals are silent, but they went to ask a civil servant for advice, but he really found the wrong person, and he complained about this guy pretending to be dead.

"Drag it out and find a doctor to treat him." Tow Mine is cold and authentic.

Immediately, two cowardly Xue came up, one left and one right set up Yan Congyuan, Yan Congyuan convulsed non-stop, and after being dragged out of the hall, he was still foaming at the mouth, and his mouth was more similar, and he kept humming. That cowardly Xue originally looked down on the Han people, and even more despised the Han cultural officials, and became irritable when he heard it, and happened to see the dry horse manure on the side of the road, so he grabbed a ball and stuffed it into Yan Congyuan's mouth, and shouted: "Look at Lao Tzu to treat you!" ”

When the horse manure entered his mouth, Yan Congyuan was immediately silenced, but tears rolled down, looking pitiful.

The two cowardly Xue did not have the slightest sympathy, and after carrying him out of the palace gate, he pushed him to the ground, he got up and waited to argue, and suddenly remembered that he was learning to pretend to be sick, and after hesitation, he was kicked again, and rushed to the bottom of a tree with a rolling belt, and retched at the roots for a long time, before he squirted out all the horse manure in his mouth. He relieved himself, and saw a half-torn piece of paper under the tree, with many printed handwriting on the paper, and then he paid attention to it, it was a newspaper from the Great Song Dynasty, and a line of words on the newspaper stood out:

"Those who are traitors will bring shame upon themselves!"

After driving Yan Congyuan away, Tuo Lei's gaze swept over the ministers again, and this time he stared at Li Rui for the last time. In the past few years, Li Rui has made great efforts in the implementation of sinicization, and it has been quite effective, and the Mongolian people have attacked his uncle and nephew for not winning a high position with martial arts, but Tuo Lei is somewhat sorry in his heart, if it is not to appease these Mongolian people, like Li Quan and Li Rui, they should get more rewards and titles.

In his memory, Li Ruiren, as his name, has a sharp spirit that other Hanchen does not have, no matter how complicated the situation, he can always find another way and think of a solution. Meng Yuan's financial constraints in recent years really rely on his wisdom. If it weren't for the lack of suitable candidates, and it might provoke the criticism of the Mongolian princes, Tuo Lei wanted to marry the daughter of the clan to Li Rui in the name of a princess.

However, this time Li Rui also disappointed him, knowing that he was watching, Li Rui lowered his head and said nothing.

"Sure enough...... These Hanchen are all unreliable. Extremely disappointed, he stood up and let out a sneer.

"Zhuqing is all Hanchen, presumably there is still the idea of changing the master when the Great Song Dynasty comes......"

"Over the years, I have been familiar with the history books of your Han people, and I have discovered one thing: the country has always perished, and it is the country of the Son of Heaven that has died, not the country of scholars. You scholars and doctors are nothing more than changing people to worship and be holy, and continue to be your officials, Han has changed Wei, Wei has changed Jin, Gai Mo is like this. ”

"When the world is peaceful, you compete for power and profit, nominally the Son of Heaven is the supreme of the world, but in fact, how many subjects can the Son of Heaven and his family enjoy, that is, how much money does it cost to drink wine and meat forests? And you scholars, how many of you are under the banner of the Son of Heaven, up and down, and fill your pockets! ”

"When the people are overwhelmed and rise up, you insatiable people will push out the Son of Heaven and offer it to the new Lord, so that the Son of Heaven will become your scapegoat!"

"I think that the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, since he ascended the throne, has repeatedly changed the official system and assumed power, just because I see that you scholars are unreliable!"

"If you can't come up with a plan today, what will I do with you? All of them are executed, the family property is confiscated from the labor army, or they can also fight with the Southern Dynasty! ”

Speaking of this, Tuo Lei was really angry, he snorted, and walked away in front of the ministers, leaving these Hanchen to look at each other together.

Note 1: In historical facts, the death of Tuo Lei is even more naked than the sound of candle shadows and axes in the early Song Dynasty. Before Wokotai inherited the Han throne, Tuo Lei had been in charge of the country for three years, Tuo Lei was heroic, and even won the heart of the soldiers, Wo Kotai was very jealous, and later came back from the levy, Wo Kotai claimed to be sick, and asked the witch doctor to cleanse the disease in the water, so that Tuo Lei drank it, and died soon after Tuo Lei drank, whether it was a disease or poison in the cup of water, only left to future generations to guess.