Chapter 431: The tail is too big to fall
The drought in the north lasted until August and autumn, when a few rains fell, and the drought was relieved, and the government brought in seeds to plant winter wheat in a hurry, but this will not be harvested until the next summer, and relief is needed in both winter and spring...... Fortunately, in recent years, the economic situation of the Great Song Dynasty has continued to improve and laid a good foundation, and he was able to cope with such a big disaster without causing chaos and social shock, but the emperor's active disaster relief measures once again made his reputation rush to a new level.
Zhao Ta seized the opportunity of the lack of money for the farmers, invested a large amount of money to set off the infrastructure construction again, and at the same time provided high subsidies to promote the migration plan to Mobei and Gaochang areas. Local governments have used a lot of manpower to widen the roads leading from Dading to Linhuang Mansion and Gaochang, and set up post stations and delivery shops to improve traffic capacity and message transmission. In addition, tens of thousands of people have built a port in Yingzhou that can berth 100,000 ships, making it possible to mobilize troops on a large scale by sea and to transport grain from the south to the north, and to raise the level of combat readiness in the Pingzhou area.
At the same time, it can also change the ethnic composition of the northwest region, speed up ethnic integration through exchanges with various ethnic groups, and assimilate the nomadic people with the culture of the Central Plains. In the past, although various incentives were introduced, the effect was not obvious, and now it is the opportunity to use propaganda and the lure of money to attract people to the unaffected areas in the northwest. Although it is difficult to give up the poor family, there are still some people who feel that it is better to go out and break through with their sitting, and maybe they can live a better life, and under the effect of this psychology, many people have embarked on the road to the north.
The controversy in the newspapers about the 'Yiren' also died down with the completion of the projects, and those Arab craftsmen did have their own uniqueness in some aspects of the planning of the canals, the construction of the project, and the application of water conservancy machinery. These achievements are believing for those conservative forces. I understand that even a big country is not ahead in everything, and only by constantly absorbing the achievements of advanced civilization from the outside world can we remain invincible.
The war between the Mughals and the Tatars was also heating up at this time. Eager for revenge, Khutula fought the Tatars more than ten times, but did not make much money. Kutu Thorn was provoked even more into anger. He led 20,000 soldiers to the Tatar's henchman, Yu'er Luo, and wanted to smash the enemy's nest and destroy its foundation, forcing the enemy to fight a decisive battle with him. Eager to win, Kutu Thorn did not know that his actions were in the hands of the Tatars and Jurchens, who had long been planning a major operation to completely crush the vitality of the Muguls and get rid of their henchmen.
The reason why the battlefield was chosen in Yuerluo was also carefully arranged, this is the central area of the Tatar Division, they are familiar with the terrain, and they are fighting at home. Moreover, Yu'er Luo is located in the territory of the Jin Kingdom. And the Jurchens have not directly sent troops to help the Tatars, because the previous battles were mostly born in the 'safe zone' demarcated by the Great Song Dynasty, they are still afraid, afraid that directly participating in the war will provide a pretext for the invasion of the Great Song Dynasty, if the battle is born in their own territory, they can fight back against the invaders to use force for the sake of fame, and the Great Song can only stare dryly and can't help, so they have to swallow this mouthful!
One day in mid-August, the combined forces of the Jin and Tatar finally fought a decisive battle with the main Mongol army of Khutula near Yuerluo. For both sides, it was a pleasant meeting, and everyone figured out a decisive battle but enmity. The two armies faced each other, the flags were like the sea, the wind pulled the flags, and the hunting sounded. Tatar and the Golden Man laughed. This time it's time to get the job done; Ku Tura also smiled, okay, there is a wrong, there is a debtor, and now the enemies are gathered here.
Fu Shi Lie Zhining actually quietly mobilized an army of 50,000 to concentrate on Yuerluo. Among them, there are 30,000 foot archers, and the bows and crossbows they hold are all imitations of the divine arm bows of the Great Song Dynasty. Long range and great power; In addition, the reorganized 10,000 iron floats were dispatched. They abandoned the long knives that were commonly used in the past, and switched to long-handled broadswords and giant axes; And the light riding and crutching horses, which have always been the perfect match for the iron float, have become relatively independent mobile forces.
When the enemy meets, his eyes are red, he doesn't need to say anything, throw off his arms and fight! The Tatars were sent to battle, and the Mughals were introduced to the preset battlefield. Then he mobilized his light cavalry and returned to the rear of the Muguls, and arranged a battle formation with divine arm archers in front of his attack, and Tiefutu was hidden behind the battle array. The main force of the Tatars was placed on both flanks to attack the scattered Muguls, and to cooperate with the Jurchen light cavalry to complete the encirclement of them.
Blinded by hatred, Ku Tu Thorn plunged into the ambush circle according to the arrangement of Fu Shi Lie Zhining, and when he was in the middle of the time, he did not take advantage of the opportunity of the enemy's coalition to break through the encirclement, but led the army to attack the large formation, hoping to break through and destroy the enemy's large formation in one fell swoop, and capture the enemy's main general. However, their attack was difficult to break through in front of the rain of arrows like locusts, while their own casualties were increasing, and the sharpness of the attack suddenly decreased.
At this time, Fu Shi Lie Zhining released Tiefutu, who had been recuperating, and in the face of the heavy cavalry that was invulnerable to the sword, the Mengwu people were all panicked, and the scimitars in their hands could not fight against the long weapons in Tiefutu's hands at all, and the front was broken through again and again. At this moment, Kutu Thorn had realized that he was not the opponent of the Jurchen and Tatar coalition forces, and it was too late to break through, the Tatars besieged from both flanks, and the Jurchen light cavalry completed the roundabout siege.
The battle quickly broke up and the result was clear, the Mughal people rushed left and right like encircled tigers in the encirclement, but it was difficult to break the encirclement, while the noose in the hands of Sushi Lie Zhining was tightened more and more, and the space for its activities was constantly compressed. It was no longer difficult for the Mughal people to maintain their composure under the attack from all sides, and the Kutu Assassin could no longer control the whole army, and the various tribes broke through separately, and most of them fell under the enemy's swords, guns, bows and arrows, and only a few people followed the Kutu Assassin to escape the siege and fled back to the safety zone across the Heishui River.
The battered Muguls retreated to safety, but the Tatars followed in hot pursuit, leaving the Mughuls no longer able to fight, and their tribe was on the verge of division. At that time, the Mughal tribe was developed by the Haidu tribe, and his two great-grandsons were both khans, namely Hebul Khan and Baba Khan. After the death of the child, the position of the Mughal leader was inherited by the son of Hebul.
He was a powerful leader, and everyone was willing to join him under his banner, and the descendants of the Baba Boy had hoped to destroy the Tatars under his leadership and avenge their disgrace. Unexpectedly, because of their recklessness, not only did they fail to get revenge, but instead caused the tribe to suffer heavy losses, and they wandered around under the pursuit of the Tatars, which made them dissatisfied, and the various tribes left their respective exhibitions, and also caused the Mughal tribe to descend from a powerful tribal alliance into an ordinary tribe......
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"Hmph, Kutu Assassin really lives up to his name, he is a fool, he gave up his advantages to fight a strong enemy, not only ruined his own tribe, but also allowed the Tatars to occupy their territory!" Zhao Ta slapped his palm heavily on the long table and said with a cold snort.
"Your Majesty is angry, the Mughal tribe continues to split after the defeat, and now the population is less than 10,000 people, less than 2,000 people can go on horses to fight, and the loss of livestock is huge, and under the pressure of the Tatars, I have to migrate to the border of our Great Song Dynasty, relying on picking wild vegetables and picking grass seeds to fill my stomach, which is very miserable!" Shang Hu hurriedly persuaded, he was very puzzled, it was the emperor who forbade him to remind Kutu to beware of the Tatars' tricks, hoping to teach them a lesson, but now he was angry about it.
"It was self-inflicted, the Mughul lacked systematic military training, and it was not its forte to charge and kill the two armies. And the biggest headache for the Jurchens is the tactics of the Mughurs scattering and attacking everywhere, and they are hoping to have a decisive battle with them in a large army. Zhao Ta said angrily, as if Shang Hu in front of him was a thorn.
"Your Majesty is right, the Mugwu people are weasels and rats are not as good as a litter, how can they be undefeated in such a way!" Shang Hu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, it turned out that the emperor was angry and didn't know how to use soldiers to command blindly, not to be angry with himself.
"If they can provide some food and grass for these unscrupulous fellows, and don't starve them to death, what about the Tatars?" Zhao Taxin sat down and said in a slow tone.
"My subordinates understand!" Shang Hu said, "After this battle, the Tatars have conquered many small tribes, and now their strength has increased greatly, and the population has reached 70,000, divided into several tribes, and they have become the most powerful tribe entrenched in the desert!" ā
"Hehe, this is really like a storm on the grassland that never subsides, disappears in one place, and appears in another place, endlessly!" Zhao Ta laughed instead of being angry.
"Your Majesty, should we strike at the arrogance of the Tatars, after all, their growth is not conducive to the buffer zone between us and the Jin State!" Shang Hu clearly saw the coldness from the emperor's smile, and built a yƬ way.
"No need, the Jurchens will clean him up, and what we have to do is to stop the Jurchens from winning over the Mughutures!" Zhao Ta shook his head and said.
"Your Majesty, this ...... This doesn't make sense! Shang Hu said puzzled, he even wondered if the emperor was confused.
"The Tatars were equally greedy and self-righteous, and when they thought they were strong enough that the Jin Kingdom could not satisfy their appetites, they would try to get rid of the Jurchens. This is obviously not good for the Jin State's plan to use the Tatars to control the steppe for a long time, when the tail is too big to fall, it is the time for the Jurchens to do it, and within a year they will inevitably eat dogs! Zhao Ta said coldly, obviously having a plan in his heart...... (To be continued......)
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