Chapter 399: The War in Sichuan
On the morning of the second day, there was a lot of discussion in the court, because Ding Daquan proposed to increase the number of troops in Sichuan, but the ministers had different opinions. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"You must know that the situation of the Mongol siege has been completed, but they are reluctant to attack the city, Li Xiang believes that what the Mongols want is not only Sichuan, but also the materials that the imperial court sends to Sichuan every time."
"You must know that although the Mongolian soldiers are brave, they have no choice but to produce Mongolia, and there is a shortage of food and armaments, even if they capture Sichuan, they will not gain much."
"Mongolia besieged Sichuan for five years, and the imperial court sent supplies to Sichuan no less than ten times? But have you ever seen any success? So, I think the Mongols can't attack the city, but they don't want to attack the city? ”
"At this time, Mongolia has everything ready only owes the east wind, this time the imperial court sent no less than 10 million materials, if it is obtained by the Mongols, not only Sichuan is not guaranteed, I'm afraid, I'm afraid it's ......."
Hua Hua'er has been a little troubled lately, and she is just a small farmer. Although he is smart and eloquent, and he has been determined to make contributions since he was a child, he abandoned farming and went to school, but after all, who can afford to be the son of a small farmer?
The clansmen laugh at themselves? said that he was kicked in the head by a donkey, but fortunately, his father has always supported him, and he did not blame himself even if he was poor and down.
Later, by chance, he took refuge under the Mongolian general Duotu, who let himself teach his son martial arts, and recommended himself to Meng Ge, who was still the king of Zong, to become the palace guard. It was not until later that he followed Meng Ge Khan to attack the Song Dynasty, and when he attacked Luzhou, he bravely ascended first, and was injured by a flowing arrow, so he was rewarded for his merits.
Later, he stayed up for a few years, and it was not until five years ago that he was awarded the title of Counselor Zhixing Provincial Affairs and Marshal of the Han Army, and Liu Rong was in charge of the Han Army together, and attacked Sichuan from the Mongolian Army Marshal Wulihan.
Fame, fortune, and power are already in hand, isn't that exactly what I wanted when I was a child? But why aren't you satisfied?
"Luzhou, Luzhou." Huahua'er stood in front of the huge map for a long time, thoughtful. Although he and Liu Rong were in charge of the Han army, they were also responsible for signing the army, tuntian, and providing salaries, but the Mongol Empire's salary and silver armaments were not easy, the Mongol Empire had money, and the warriors who returned from the European battlefield brought back unprecedented wealth, but they also consumed the armor, food and armaments captured by the Mongol Empire in previous wars against the Song Dynasty.
Yes, the valiant Mongol soldiers could live on cattle and sheep, but what about the Han army under their own command with Liu Rong? And his brother-in-law Zhang Yuanzhi, and even the Han army of Shi Tianxing, the prime minister of the right book? These Han soldiers who surrendered to Cheng were twice as many as the Mongol soldiers, so what about the salaries of these people? And what about military rations?
In the north, the Mongol aristocracy encircled farmland and converted it into pasture, forcibly seized people's land, and serfs prevailed, and the people did not have a good livelihood, not to mention taxation, and if they did not rebel, they only killed too many people. Meng Ke Khan even appointed the Semu people to govern and implemented the tax package system, and the imperial court only determined the amount of taxes, but the imperial court did not care about how much was actually collected, but he did not know that these insatiable Semu and Han bureaucrats had squeezed the people to the point of knocking out the bones and absorbing alkali.
A huge empire, the tax revenue obtained is less than one percent of the small court of the Han people, how can you not feel ridiculous, how can you not feel embarrassed?
There is a proverb: you want your horse to run fast, but you don't want it to graze. This is exactly the case in the empire, if it weren't for the opposition of Shi Tianxing, the prime minister of the right book, it is estimated that even the Han army's salary would not be issued.
Fortunately, the small court of the Han people who are partial to peace does not want to forge ahead, and the Song army is not strong.
The empire besieged Sichuan for more than five years, on the one hand, the empire was on an expedition to Europe, trapped in Sichuan with insufficient soldiers, incomplete armaments, some of them were dependent armies, and the combat power was not strong, on the other hand, the Southern Song Dynasty had continuously sent a large number of relief materials to Sichuan for five years, and unfortunately, all of these materials fell into the hands of the empire.
With the continuous supply of materials from the Han court, the Mongol Empire was not only able to besiege Sichuan for a long time, but the remaining armaments and materials were even sent to the European battlefield, otherwise the war would not have gone so smoothly.
It is said that Lu Wende, the Sichuan envoy from Chongqing, also came to Luzhou, and the number of the two armies as a combination has long been several times that of the soldiers of the Lumingshan Empire, but it is better for Lu Wende to come, don't the Han people like infighting? Fight it. Fight it.
Hua Hua'er smiled inexplicably and sat down. On the table was a letter from Shi Tianxing, the prime minister of the empire, saying that there were Han people who were brave and brave in life and death, and specialized in sabotage.
However, these motley armies actually infiltrated Prime Minister Shi Cheng's camp, destroyed the siege cannons made by two barbarians from distant Sling, and killed his youngest son Shi Yun, not gloating, but Shi Yun's death still made him happy for a long time.
Isn't it worth rejoicing? Shi Tianxing had reached the peak of non-Mongol power, if he didn't move his position, how could he go up?
Isn't it for the power in your hands that you can persevere when you are young?
"Lin Wenlong, Lu Wende." Hua Hua'er knocked lightly on the table, don't quarrel for too long. The food in the battalion is already a little insufficient, this time I have to intercept this batch of materials in front of Liu Rong, every time it is this shameless general who makes meritorious contributions, and if it goes on like this, let alone take over Shi Tianxing's phase, it is dangerous to even take charge of the Han army with this shameless general. Yes, he can indeed gain the trust of the Great Khan, but who can really understand the Great Khan?
"My lord, it's not good, my lord, it's not good." Suddenly, the cronies brought from their hometown ran in in a panic.
It can't be news from Luzhou, right? Is it so fast?
Hua Hua'er stood up in a little surprise, you must know that after Lu Wende arrived in Luzhou, the military strength of Luzhou reached 100,000, more than three times that of herself, plus most of her hands were dependent troops, the Han army, if Lu Wende and Lin Wenlong attacked wholeheartedly, it is estimated that they would also have to ask Zhang Yuanzhi or the coach Wu Lihan for help, but this is exactly what he is unwilling to do.
The cronies ran to Hua Hua'er's side panting, panting and saying, "My lord, it's not good, it's not good." ”
"What's the matter?" The cronies had experienced war with them, and if they hadn't encountered some urgent matters, they wouldn't have been so alarmed.
"Your Excellency, your Excellency." The cronies were just gasping for breath, and they couldn't even speak.
Hua Hua'er was in a hurry, grabbed her cronies, and shouted, "Why is it so alarming." ”
"My lord, woo, my lord, Zhang Wanhu, Zhang Wanhu." When the cronies said this, they couldn't go on. Hell, how does it look the same as on TV?
"It can't be that there is a problem with the Wanshan Camp, right?" Hua Hua'er was even more anxious, and grabbed her cronies: "Is there something wrong with the Wanshan camp?" What happened to Zhang Wanhu, what happened to Zhang Wanhu? ”
You must know that the Wanshan camp is the most important link in the Sichuan defense line, and the Wanshan camp cut off the grain route of Sichuan, making Sichuan finally fall into trouble, and Zhang Yuan's contribution is indispensable. (To be continued.) )