The 50,000 troops who conquered Chengdu Fulu included 40,000 new annexes and 10,000 Mongolian cavalry. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Such an arrangement was rare in the past, which also proves the importance of the status of Chengdu Fulu.

The long-term expedition of the Mongol army, the speed of assembly is very fast, all the preparations, only about ten days, by the end of July, the army has set off from Kaiping City and other places, to Chengdu Fu Road.

For the first time, the Mongol prince Claw became the commander of a large army and led the expedition.

After all, there are brave and warlike Hedan, Tachar and Habichi, etc., and these princes are the commanders, such as the Li Pu rebellion in Shandong, although Habichi was fighting with Abuligo's troops at that time, he was still transferred back by Kublai Khan to conquer Li Pu.

This time, Kublai Khan did not transfer Habichi, who was supervising the construction of the capital in Dadu, but chose to be the commander of the city, probably because of the courage of Wuliang Hetai, the deputy of the capital of the city.

Wuliang Hetai participated in countless expeditions, and won many battles, its military achievements are no less than many Mongolian princes, and even more than the place, but Wuliang Hetai was the most trusted person of the former Mongolian Khan Meng Ge, when Meng Ge died of illness and Kublai Khan inherited the position of Mongolian Great Khan, he did not immediately express his enthusiastic support, so he was snubbed.

This time, Wuliang Hetai became the deputy marshal and conquered Chengdu Fulu, in the eyes of everyone, it was Kublai Khan who began to reactivate Wuliang Hetai, I am afraid that after the end of this expedition, Wuliang Hetai will be reused again.

After all, Wuliang Hetai is one of the best figures among the generals of the Mongolian army.

As for Zhang Rou, the marshal of the capital, he also became the deputy of the claw capital and conquered the Chengdu Fulu, such an arrangement was considered by everyone to be the need to coordinate the relationship between the new annex army and the Mongolian iron cavalry, and Zhang Rou was also brave and good at fighting.

The army was divided into the front army and the middle army, the front army was composed of 20,000 new annexed troops, the deputy marshal Zhang Rou concurrently served as the vanguard officer, and the Chinese army was directly commanded by the deputy marshal Wuliang Hetai, as for the commander Claw, he was responsible for all matters.

It can be seen from this that the person who really commanded this operation should be Deputy Marshal Wuliang Hetai.

According to the marching plan, the army took the southeast road of Hedong and Fengxiangfu Road, and finally entered Fengzhou on the west road of Lizhou, and then marched to Xingyuan Mansion, and the army stationed in Xingyuan Mansion made peace, after the meeting, the decision was made by the marshal claw, and several armies attacked Chengdu Mansion together to recover many places that had been lost before.

At the same time, the commander Jadu also carried Kublai Khan's edict, which asked the Mongolian army stationed in Yunnan to obey the dispatch of Clawdu and participate in the battle to conquer Chengdu Fulu.

Starting from Kaiping City, arriving at Chengdu Fucheng on Chengdu Fu Road, the distance is nearly 3,000 miles, and the march will take more than a month, if it encounters a stormy climate, it will delay the time of the march, and the 50,000 army will have to travel thousands of miles, and it is not a simple matter to ensure that it can be smoothly put into battle.

The front army led by Zhang Rou has two main responsibilities, one is to explore the road in front to ensure the safety of the army's march, and the other is to be responsible for investigating the situation of Chengdu Fu Road, Lizhou East Road, Lizhou West Road and Chengdu Fu Road, and also to see what Liu Yuanzhen is doing after losing Chengdu Fucheng.

This is also the duty that the vanguard should undertake.

Zhang Rou, who has experienced a hundred battles and is brave, understands the meaning, when the army set off, he sent countless scouts to go out to investigate, some of these scouts are responsible for investigating the matters on the road ahead of the army, and report the situation every day to see if there will be any accidents on the way to the march, and some are responsible for reconnoitring intelligence in farther places, and some scouts go to Lizhou East Road, Lizhou West Road and Chengdu Fu Road to see how the situation is there.

In the process of marching, Zhang Rou also did one thing, that is, to collect grain and grass along the way to supply the front army and the Chinese army.

Zhang Rou's handling of this matter was praised by Claw Capital and Wuliang Hetai.

The march of the Mongolian army is different from the Song army, every time the Song army goes out, it must carry a large amount of grain and grass to ensure the supply of the army for a long time, while the Mongolian army is different, it will not carry too much grain and grass, so as not to delay the journey of the army.

The Mongolian tribe is a nomadic people, they have no fixed place, there will not be a lot of money and materials, there will not be too much food at home, many times are nomadic to a place, local materials, this nomadic style, followed to the army, Mongolian iron cavalry combat, never carry too much grain and grass, they travel very fast, most of the time are defeated by the opponent, loot money and materials, to ensure their own supply.

With the expansion of the size of the Mongol army, with the determination of the Mongol Great Khan to dominate the world, especially after a large number of new annexed troops joined it, this situation has been changed somewhat.

The new annexed army is accustomed to preparing part of the grain and grass, and the grain and grass carried by each expedition will ensure the supply of the army for at least half a month, and then the matter of collecting grain and grass on the spot will be thought of, and with the scale of the Mongolian army's expedition is getting larger and larger, the Mongolian high-level also recognizes the importance of preparing grain and grass, although sometimes because of the preparation of grain and grass, the journey of the army may be delayed, but the grain and grass is a guarantee, so that the army can be put into the battle without scruples, and the opponents of the Mongolian army are also extremely strong, This could not guarantee that the Mongolian army would receive a large amount of grain and grass in a short period of time.

Today's Mongolian iron cavalry is absorbing the advantages that are beneficial to itself and making itself more powerful, and their Great Khan Kublai Khan, even more so, followed the example of the Great Song Dynasty and established many institutions to implement their own ideas.

Zhang Rou did his best to do his best, and he knew very well that if he was appreciated by the big marshal Claw Du and the deputy marshal Wuliang Hetai, then after the battle, he himself would be able to get more rewards.

The speed of the march of the front army was very fast, not to mention the Chinese army, the average daily march distance was more than 100 miles, which was by no means an easy thing for the new annex army, which still had a large number of foot soldiers.

Zhang Rou did it, and also collected a lot of grain and grass along the way.

It's no wonder that Claw and Wuliang Hetai looked at Zhang Rou differently.

On August 15, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the army arrived in Fengzhou, which is under the jurisdiction of Lizhou West Road.

The march lasted twenty-four days, the journey exceeded 2,200 miles, and almost every day was to maintain the speed of a 100-mile march, which was nothing for the Mongolian iron cavalry, but it was a great challenge for the new annex army and the Song army.

Fengzhou Prefecture City, State Office, Wing Room.

Claw Du and Wuliang Hetai were both pale, and Zhang Rou stood on the other side, bowing her head and not speaking.

The army had already been delayed for a full day in the city of Fengzhou.

Claw Du and Wuliang Hetai have been talking for a while, they are in Mongolian, and the speed of speech is very fast, Zhang Rou can't understand it at all, but Zhang Rou knows very well that the coach and the deputy marshal are discussing the next move.

Entering the Lizhou West Road, the information detected by the scouts gave a fatal lightning strike to Claw, Wuliang Hetai and Zhang Rou.

Liu Yuanzhen, the former envoy of the Chengdu Fulu Army, has been killed by the Hezhou Imperial Army of the Great Song Dynasty, and the nearly 40,000 troops under his command have almost been wiped out, and the Hezhou Imperial Front Army of the Great Song Dynasty has occupied the entire Chengdu Fu Road, as well as the Xingyuan Mansion, Lizhou, Longqing Mansion and other places to which the Lizhou East Road belongs, that is to say, the Hezhou Imperial Front Army not only completely defeated Liu Yuanzhen, but also recovered all the Fuzhou counties lost by Chengdu Fu Road and Lizhou East Road.

Suddenly hearing this news, the claw and Wuliang Hetai did not believe it, they did not believe that the Song army had such combat effectiveness at all, as for the Hezhou imperial army of the Great Song Dynasty, they had never heard of it, let alone Wu Shaogang and his people.

It is no wonder that Claw and Wuliang Hetai, although Claw is a Mongolian prince, he rarely pays attention to the affairs of the army, and he does not know a lot of news about the upper echelons of the Mongolian court, and Wuliang Hetai is even more neglected, and it is impossible to know a lot of news about the Song army.

The claw capital and Wuliang Hetai even directly believed that the news detected by the scouts was fake, and it was very likely that Liu Yuanzhen had betrayed the Mongol court and defected to the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhang Rou believes in this news, he knows that the scouts under his command are very strong, and the news detected should be true, and as a Han Chinese, Zhang Rou also cares about the situation in the Great Song Dynasty, Wu Shaogang and his person, Zhang Rou has heard of it, and it is familiar, after all, Shi Tianze once failed to Wu Shaogang.

However, the Hezhou Imperial Army was so brave that in less than two months, they completely annihilated the army under Liu Yuanzhen, and recovered so many places, which also surprised Zhang Rou.

Claw Du and Wuliang Hetai have been discussing for half an hour, Zhang Rou is standing like a wooden man, unable to speak, this kind of taste is very uncomfortable, but he can only bear it.

Finally, Claw's eyes looked at Zhang Rou and spoke in Chinese.

"Marshal Zhang Du, do you see if Liu Yuanzhen betrayed my Mongolian dynasty and surrendered to the Great Song Dynasty...

Zhang Rou's face turned a little red in an instant, but he still forced his anger to speak.

"Marshal, the last general believes that it is impossible for Liu Yuanzhen to surrender to the Great Song Dynasty, the news of his killing is the information obtained by the scouts under the command of the last general several times, the place where Liu Yuanzhen was buried, the scouts under the command of the last general have been to see, and the scouts under the last general have also contacted the eyeline left on the East Road of Lizhou, and the same is true of the information they provide, Liu Yuanzhen was ambushed by the Song army on the way to Chengdu Fucheng, that is, Zitong County, to which Longqing Mansion belongs, the scouts sent by the last general have rushed to Zitong County, and the last general believes, There should be news tonight... ”

Although Zhang Rou explained very carefully, Paw Du still shook his head, expressing disbelief.

The Wuliang Hetai on the side followed and spoke.

"The army continues to be stationed in Fengzhou, Marshal Zhangdu, since you think this matter is true, then the marshal and I will wait for the information you have detected, report to the Great Khan, and then make a decision." (To be continued.) )