Chapter 549 Two Beads Gold Medal

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

As soon as he returned to the city, Dong Wenbing felt that the look of the Jinan garrison Hahegu was a little strange. At the beginning, Dong Wenbing thought that it was because of the death of Ha Xingwu, which made Ha Hegu hold a grudge. Within a few days, Dong Wenbing kept getting news that the officials and people of the entire Jinan City were rumoring that Dong Wenbing and Li Tingzhi of the Song Dynasty negotiated peace with each other, so that the Yuan army retreated without a fight in the Battle of Yizhou, and even more, it was said that Dong Wenbing was unwilling to be a traitor who had been stinking for thousands of years, but intended to follow the example of Lu Wenlong, the double-gun Lu Wenlong a hundred years ago, and return to the Song Dynasty.

In short, there are many rumors about Dong Wenbing, which has almost become the only hot spot in Jinan City in recent times.

Dong Wenbing, who has always been steady, finally couldn't bear it, so Dong Shixiu called Oluchi and Hahegu.

After the three of them sat down, Dong Wenbing said straight to the point: "Recently, rumors have spread in the city, saying that Dong and Li Tingzhi, the commander of the Song Army, negotiated peace privately and retreated without a fight. General Hahegu, as a garrison of Jinan, have you investigated this matter? ”

Hahegu said coldly: "Dong Shuai, this matter is spread in the city, and everyone knows about it. I sent someone to investigate, but I couldn't find out who did it. Dong Shuai, you Han people have an old saying, called 'the clear self-purifying, the turbid self-turbid', if this matter is just nothing, why should Dong Shuai take it seriously? ”

Oulu Equator: "Hahegu, although Dong Shuai is a Han Chinese, his credit lies in Sheji. On the occasion of the Great War of the Yuan and Song Dynasties, it must be the Southern Dynasty that sowed discord and framed Dong Shuai with counterplots, although you and I both believe in Dong Shuai's innocence, but what about the people in the city and the middle and lower class soldiers? What's more, if this matter spreads to the DPRK and China, it will inevitably have an impact on Dong Shuai's career and the prospects of our Eastern Route Army. Therefore, this matter should be strictly investigated and Dong Shuai's innocence should be restored. ”

For Oluchi, who is also a Mongolian nobleman, and his official position is high, Hahegu did not dare to rebel, so he said: "Yes, Ao Shuai, the last general will obey the order." ”

Ten days later, Dong Wenbing did not wait for Hahegu to find out the source of the rumors, but suddenly waited for a holy decree from Dadu. Dong Wenbing was shocked, and hurriedly ordered Dong Shixiu to set up the desk to welcome the holy decree.

The person who served as the Qin was Lu Huan, the head of the guard of the Cowardly Xue Army, who was the same villager as Ou Lu Chenai, and was the same group of people who participated in the Cowardly Xue Army, so the relationship between the two was very good. After greetings, Lu Huan took off the flower and said first: "Dong Wenbing, commander of the Dayuan East Route Army, the holy decree has arrived." ”

Dong Wenbing hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "Please make a decree to Lord Qincha." ”

Lu Huan opened the holy decree and read it out: "His Majesty the Emperor Dayuan announced to all the officers and soldiers of the Eastern Route Army of the Great Yuan and all the officials and people of Jinan City that General Dong Wenbing, the commander of the Eastern Route Army, has made outstanding achievements and is commendable in his loyalty. ”

"Minister Dong Wenbing received the order, and the minister thanked the emperor for his grace." Dong Wenbing took the holy decree and kowtowed again to thank him.

On the same day, when Kublai Khan was in the southern expedition, what he gave as the generalissimo of the southern expedition was the two-bead tiger head gold medal, and even the deputy marshal Boyan only got a one-bead tiger head gold medal, which was enough to see Kublai Khan's importance to Dong Wenbing.

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 the two-bead tiger head. Although Kublai Khan's decree came a little inexplicably, it gave Dong Wenbing a reassurance.

After the ceremony, everyone came to the backyard of the Shuai Mansion.

Lu Huan Dehua first said: "Dong Shuai, General Oluchi, General Hahewu, I have been ordered by the emperor to come here to promulgate the holy decree, which is really the emperor's trust in Dong Shuai and your East Route Army. ”

"Huh?" Dong Wenbing and others were all taken aback, "Most of them also have rumors about Dong?" ”

Lu Huan said with a smile: "Exactly, many Mongolian ministers in the DPRK and China proposed at the court meeting that they hoped that the emperor would strictly investigate this matter, and before the rumors were clarified, let Ao Shuai take over the East Road Army for the time being, so as not to cause changes, after all, one-third of our army's military strength is in the hands of Dong Shuai." ”

Dong Wenbing's heart chuckled, and he was uneasy, so he listened to Lu Huan and continue to say: "The emperor listened, just smiled and said, 'Anyone is possible, but Yanming (Dong Wenbing) will not, Yanming's loyalty, I have been clear sixteen or seven years ago. Can't you see such a clumsy counter-plot of the Southern Dynasty? Immediately, the emperor issued this holy decree, crowned Dong Shuai, and gave this two-bead tiger head gold medal. ”

Dong Wenbing said excitedly: "The emperor is sage." ”

Sixteen or seven years ago, Kublai Khan refers to the autumn of 1253, when Dong Wenbing led 46 of his subordinates to Dali to follow Kublai Khan, who had not yet ascended the throne.

"The emperor is wise and martial, and he has never been seen before." Lu Huan smiled and joked, "The emperor's favor to Dong Shuai, even the Mongolians such as me are jealous, this two-bead gold medal is very rare." ”

Oulu Equator: "General Lu Huan, Dong Shuai has gone through thousands of hardships and made countless military exploits since he followed the emperor, and this kind of grace should also be deserved." ”

Lu Huan dehuated and praised: "Haha, exactly, or Ao Shuai said it well, in fact, whether it is Meng or Han, as long as it is due to Sheji, the emperor will treat everyone equally." ”

Dong Wenbing believes that Kublai Khan is indeed not thin on himself, and at the same time, because he still has the value of use, in the current Yuan Dynasty army, the number of Han troops has exceeded that of the Mongols and Semu soldiers. Since the death of General Zhang Rou, he Dong Wenbing is the first person among the generals of the Han army, and he will be reused by the imperial court, but at the same time, he will be more and more suspicious. Dong Wenbing knew very well in his heart that no matter how good Lu Huan said it, the Han and the Mongols would never be equal.

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

At this time, the wine and food were served, Dong Wenbing personally poured wine for everyone, raised his glass and said: "General Lu Huandehua, generals, please." ”

"Dong Shuai, please."

After three rounds of drinking, Lu Huan's words gradually increased, sometimes talking about interesting things with Ou Luchi when he was young, and sometimes talking about things in the court, but when it came to it, he still talked about the current war situation.

"Having said that, the firearms of the Southern Dynasty are indeed powerful, our Middle Route Army has lost several games in a row, Marshal Ashu and Marshal Boyan are all famous generals in the world, but they are still inferior to the firearms of the Southern Dynasty. Fortunately, the emperor was wise and with the help of the Supreme Lord, the first batch of firearms of our dynasty was successfully released at the end of last month, 500 pieces. ”

When Oluchi heard this, he smiled and said, "From now on, our army will not fall into disadvantage with muskets against muskets." ”

"Well, although the musket has been made, but ......" Speaking of this, Lu Huan looked around and lowered his voice, "But the artillery has not progressed, and our army is still suffering a little." ”

"General Lu Huandehua, there are two if there is one, since the musket has been manufactured, presumably the artillery will not be too far away, right?"

Lu Huan shook his head and said: "Dong Shuai, this is hard to say, the main reason why the musket can be made smoothly is because General Shi got the real thing of the musket from the Southern Dynasty, and the cannon is huge, and it is difficult to get a real thing that can be referenced." ”

Olu said: "That's right. ”

Hahegu drank a glass of wine alone and said, "Generals, the last general has never seen a firearm, so the firearm is really so powerful?" ”

"Ugh." Ou Luchi sighed and said, "General Hahegu, this is indeed true, do you think that Dong Shuai, Ben Shuai, the tens of thousands of troops on my East Road and the Marshal Ah Shu and Boyan of the Middle Route Army are all paper paste?" ”

Hahewu said: "The last general was under the account of General Ashu, so he naturally knew that the commander was powerful and invincible, and he was a well-deserved god of war in our dynasty, but I didn't expect that even he was not the enemy of firearms." ”

Oulu frowned and said, "General Hahegu, let's put it this way, firearms are so powerful that they can't be resisted by manpower. ”

Hahegu looked a little panicked: "Then what should I do, Li Tingzhi of the Southern Dynasty will soon hit Jinan Mansion." ”

Dong Wenbing said: "These days, I have been thinking about this problem, the only way is not to give firearms a chance, in other words, firearms are conducive to long-range attacks, as long as our army is close to them, the power of firearms can be greatly reduced, so as to give full play to the strengths of our army." There is a large area of flat terrain outside the city of Jinan, called Nankeping, and if my cavalry besieges from all directions, it will be very easy to break through the blockade of the Song army's 20 guns. And the number of muskets and fireballs is limited after all, and it cannot be compared with the middle route army of the Song army, perhaps, our army will pay a considerable price, but as long as it rushes into the enemy formation, our elite cavalry will be ten when it can win, and if it can capture the opponent's artillery and pay tribute to the emperor, then it can be the same as the musket, and it can be made by itself. ”

Lu Huan took off the flower and said: "Dong Shuai Gao saw that when Marshal Ah Shu was in Nanyang, he was also ready to adopt the same tactics, but for some reason, the middle route army of the Southern Dynasty suddenly changed its tactics and did not attack Nanyang. ”

Oluchi and Hahegu both replied to themselves: "Dong Shuai, this method is also feasible. ”

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

After two days of repair, the army continued to march north, and according to Li Tingzhi's unified deployment, the main force of the Eastern Route Northern Expeditionary Army marched directly to Jinan, and the two generals, Wang Sheng and Zhu Huan, each led a group of men and horses to attack the surrounding towns.

It is said that the main force of the Song army, under the leadership of Li Tingzhi and Xia Gui, went all the way north, and although it constantly encountered harassment and attacks by small groups of Yuan troops on the way, with the superior strength of the Song army, it still successfully arrived at Tai'an Prefecture (now Tai'an City), which is about 150 miles away from Jinan City, at noon on 15 May.