Prelude to the Western Expedition
Solid-eyed Mongols! If you abide by the contract, you think the other party will be the same. A Mongolian merchant group of 500 people trekked all the way through the mountains and rivers across the desert and finally reached the border of Khorezm. Something happened just when I saw the other party's city wall!
The defender of the border city of Khorezm is also difficult to chi, and he is an unimaginable money fan and money man! Probably because there has been no oil and water standing guard on the frontier? So when he saw the huge merchant group coming from the east, he didn't think about the laws of the two countries, the swords and guns of the Mongols... His eyes were shining with gold, and he couldn't pull it out when he landed on this batch of goods!
He decided to take it to himself! It was also difficult to kill all the Mongol merchants, swallow up all the goods and property, and only one camel driver of the merchant group escaped, fled back to Mongolia, and reported to Genghis Khan...
Genghis Khan was furious! This was so unexpected! He treats people with justice, but he is despised and bullied to this point! Still, his sanity prevailed, and he decided to send an emissary to question Mokomoth: What is the matter? What are you going to do about it?
Before the battle with Khorezm, there is another enemy to be swept away in advance - Western Liao! Before the expedition to the west, Genghis Khan decided to pull out this nail first! He sent Jebe, the sharpshooter at the head of the 'Four Dogs', to lead 20,000 Mongol cavalry to conquer the Western Liao...
Jebel has been upgraded! He is no longer a brave general who only knew how to bend bows and shoot arrows and draw swords to cut people, but has evolved into a general! Entering the territory of Western Liao, he was not busy going to war, but first issued an order - freedom of religious belief!
This alone has forced Qu Qu Lu, who usurped the throne and stole the country and drove out all the Muslims, to a dead end!
Qu Qu Ritsu fights and is defeated by Jebel in the first battle! He then tried to retreat into the city, but the gates were closed, and the Muslims would not allow him to enter the city again! Qu Julu began to flee, and every city along the way refused him entry! Not only that, but all his Nabarian soldiers in various cities were also killed! The Mongols pursued him and captured him in a mountain called Daraz!
Western Liao and Naiman are all cleared! There is no buffer between Mongolia and Khorezm!
Qu Zhulu served as the emperor of Western Liao for a total of 7 years after usurping the throne. Later, when Yelu Chucai accompanied Genghis Khan to the west to conquer Khorezm, he found a former Western Liao nobleman named Li Shichang in the hometown of Western Liao. followed him to learn the language of his own nation (it can also be seen that in the hometown of the Central Plains, due to the cultural suppression policy of the Jurchen people, including the knowledgeable Khitan people like Yelu Chucai, they no longer speak Khitan and write Khitan characters) At the same time, he also inquired in detail about the historical events from the establishment of Yelu Dashi in Western Liao to the fall of his grandson Yelu Zhilugu, and finally Yelu Chucai wrote a five-character quatrain to mourn the heroic empire in his heart. After the poem "Wanliwei sonic shock, a hundred years of famous teaching", the author has another annotation "Big Stone Forest Tooth... Dozens of countries in the Kexi Regions. The territory is tens of thousands of miles, and the number of masters is passed on for more than 100 years. Quite still cultural and educational, the Western Regions still think about it"
Genghis Khan's rare repeated forbearance made the Khorezm monarchs and ministers collectively disdainful! The Mongol envoy Ma Hemu was very tough and would never bow down to the bandits who did not speak of faith! As a result, he stood on the golden palace of the royal court of Khorezm and was beheaded! The four companions who accompanied him were also burned off their beards and driven back to Mongolia...
Genghis Khan was silent in an instant! He sat motionless and muttered "My brave Mahmu" for a long time, and after a long time, he shed tears and walked alone to the top of the mountain...
The Great Khan of Mongolia unbuckled his belt, took off his hat, and went barehead on the top of the mountain. He put his face on the ground, prayed and wept incessantly, and fasted for three days. After that he stood up!
Expedition to the West! Goal: Destroy the kingdom of Khorezm!
The collision of the strongest empires of East and West is no small feat! Genghis Khan thought carefully and tried to perfect each step. Feng Mu Huali is king. Acting on his gold is just one of them...
What's more, he is not young, he is 57 years old at this time. At this age, Li Shimin and Zhao Kuangyin have long since passed away. Even if he is of a foreign race and is relatively strong, he has to think about the next generation of successors...
Genghis Khan before the expedition. Gathering all the princes and generals of the empire, the first thing I said was to complain: All of you have not reminded me of what is behind me, and I forgot to make arrangements as if I would never die...
How to arrange, it is said that with the god-like status of Genghis Khan today, it is up to him to decide! But he did it a different way!
Genghis Khan first asked his eldest son Jochi, "Who do you think should be appointed Khan?"
Jochi was silent... What does this make him say? He is the eldest son and deserves the right of first succession. But when Poltier was snatched away by the feuding beggars, he was born on the way back! All of Mongolia knew about it and doubted his bloodline! What does he say at this time?
Sure enough, his second brother Chagatai was immediately furious! He shouted, "Why did Father Khan ask Jochi? Are we to be under the jurisdiction of this scornful beggar?" After all, the feud is difficult to solve, how can Jochi, who is suspected of having a beggar blood, become a Mongol Great Khan? That's a great irony! Chagatai never recognized this big brother, he thought that he was the eldest son of Genghis Khan, and of course he didn't want to be subservient!
Jochi can't bear it! Years of discrimination made him explode all at once. He jumped up and twisted Chagatai's chest and shouted, "Father Khan never treats me as an outsider, why do you always have trouble with me?" What are you doing better than me? I'm going to be an arrow with you! If I lose, I'll cut off both of my thumbs myself! I'm competing with you! If I lose, I will fall to the ground and never get up! Please ask Father Khan to order, "Chagatai is like a blazing fire, twist Jochi on the spot!" Seeing that the two are about to merge!
The two Mongol chiefs, Mu Huali and Borshu, stepped forward to separate them, and another minister advised them in the name of their mother, Polti. Jochi and Chagatai were quiet for the time being. The end result: both men renounced their inheritance! Together with the fourth son, Genghis Khan's youngest son, Tolei, they unanimously elected the benevolent and generous third prince Ogedei as the future Great Khan of Mongolia...
The first expedition of the famous Mongol expedition to the west in the history of the world is about to begin! Genghis Khan mobilized about 200,000 troops. The members and equipment are very different from before. They are no longer pure Mongol soldiers, and more than half of the Western Expeditionary Army are Han, Khitan, Xi, etc. The military is no longer a single light cavalry, but guns, firearms, warships, bridge erection, siege equipment and medical care...
This qiē is all Genghis Khan's family business! When the Mongol army crisscrossed the eastern border of Lianghe and slaughtered the city at every turn, they always gathered the inhabitants first, and selected the handicraftsmen and young women inside before they went on a mass killing!
Craftsmen made the Mongols rapidly civilized, and young women gave birth to countless newborns to form a new Mongol army. It should be pointed out that the Mongols do not rely on race, as long as they are loyal and work hard. No matter what race, it will be recognized and become Mongols ...
The above is the strength of the first generation of Mongolian Western Expeditionary Army!
Today, Genghis Khan had to solve not only the enemies of the West, but also the enemies of the East. At this time, a Khitan army led by Lu Ge had firmly occupied the eastern city of Goryeo. Ask Genghis Khan to send troops to help. So Hazhen Zara was ordered by Genghis Khan to lead 10,000 Mongol troops to kill the Khitan rebels entrenched in Jiangdong City, and conveyed to the king of Goryeo that Geith Khan said, "After breaking the thief." About the brothers" Soon, Lu Ge was eliminated.
Subsequently, Yelu Liuge, the king of Liao, led the Khitan army under his command, joined the 100,000 troops sent by Puxian Wannu, the king of Eastern Xia, and the 400,000 troops brought by Jin Qili and Zhao Chong of Goryeo, and besieged another Khitan rebel general, Heshe. Hesher hanged himself. Except for a small amount of the remaining Khitan tribe to Goryeo, the rest were still under the control of Yeluliuge.
After that, the Mongol army withdrew from Goryeo, and the king of Goryeo? then immediately submitted to Genghis Khan.
On January 1, the 12th year of Jiading (1219), Dong Juyi, the envoy of the Sichuan system, was recalled. Replace it with Nie Zishu.
On the 21st, the Jin army attacked Chengzhou on the west road of Lizhou, and Zhang Wei, the commander of the Song army, retreated from Xihe Prefecture to Xianrenyuan. On the 24th, the Jin army attacked Xihe Prefecture. was ambushed and defeated by the Song general Zhao Yanna.
On the 25th, Jin Xuanzong was faced with the danger that Hedong Road had completely fallen, and convened hundreds of officials to discuss countermeasures. Tu Shan Ho said, "If you want to fight today, your troops will be insufficient, and if you want peace, the enemy will not obey, so you can only keep your ears!" But Heshuo Prefecture is dilapidated and undefended. When the wish is taken by the migrants. Tun in Henan, Shaanxi. If they don't want to, they will push their own strengths and protect the dangers and obstacles," Wentun Huhal said, "The people of the Hebei counties should be migrated to Henan or Jin'an, Hezhong and all dangerous passes." Measure the amount of food, grant the open land, do your best to cultivate, put the officials of overseas Chinese governance, and follow the religious war, so as to gradually restore the fù" Yila Guangzu said, "Taiyuan must not be lost, it must be recovered quickly!" It can give the local natives the right to aspect. Those who overcome one will be given by the head of the way. Those who can defend the county of Zhou, that is, "Wanyan Bojia, who is far away in the province of Hezhong, also wrote that "the Central Plains has the east of the river, just as people have shoulders and backs." The ancients said that 'you can't go east of the river, you can't be a hero', if you miss it, I'm afraid it won't be easy to take."
On the 27th, the Jin army broke through Fengzhou on the West Road of Lizhou. On the 28th, in the battle of Huangniubao in Fengzhou, Wu Zheng, the capital of the Song army, Xingyuan, was killed. On February 6, the Jin army captured Wuxiu Pass on the border between Fengzhou and Xingyuanfu, and the Song general Li Gui fled.
On the 9th, Jin Xuanzong asked his ministers, "The Song people have always been weak, but now they are attacked by our army, and their people are very distressed, and they are invited to surrender, and none of them are willing to obey." And my Heshuozhou County, when I encounter Mongolian soldiers, often surrender. What makes sense of that?"
On the 10th, the Jin army captured Xingyuan Mansion, the capital of Lizhou East Road, and the defender Zhao Xishi abandoned the city and fled. On the 14th, the Jin army broke through the Da'an Army and Yangzhou on the Lizhou East Road. On the 15th, the former Sichuan system made Dong Juyi escape. Fortunately, Zhang Wei sent Shi Xuan to fight a big battle with the Jin army, annihilating 3,000 enemies and capturing his general Baturuan, and the Jin army retreated. On the 28th, the Western Xia came again to the Southern Song Dynasty to attack the Jin State, and Lizhou Road appeased Ding Yan Xu Zhi.
This month, the battlefield on the middle road: Wan Yan Yanke led a large army to surround the Zaoyang army on the Jingnan Road. Meng Zongzheng tried his best to refuse, and at the same time sent people to Xiangyang to report the emergency. Zhao Fang then besieged Wei to save Zhao Zhice: ordered Hu Zaixing and Xu Guo to lead more than 30,000 troops, divided into two routes, and went north to attack Tang and Deng Erzhou on Nanjing Road in Jinguo. At the same time, Zhao Fang also sent his two sons to the front: Zhao Fan as the supervisor and Zhao Kui as the palace army.
On 7 March, the Jin army withdrew after burning the city of Yangzhou to the ground.
In the second half of the year, Wanyan Bojia returned to the court from the Hezhong Mansion, and still served as the Imperial History Zhongcheng, and Jin Xuanzong said that "the river in the river and Jin'an are brought by the mountains and the river, and they are the battleground for protecting Guanshan." Although it is dilapidated, the shape still exists. If others are allowed to use it, then south of Hejin and north of Taihang, the imperial court is not enough to rely on" On the 28th, Jin Xuanzong urgently issued an edict to the states and counties on Hedong Road: let the people push their loved ones as governors and try to protect themselves.
In leap March, Fusan Anzhen suddenly exerted his strength, led the army to cross the Huai River, and galloped across the vast Huai and Huai battlefields, besieging the Anfeng Army on the Huainan West Road, Haozhou, Gwangju and Chuzhou on the Huainan East Road. Jianghuai made Li Jue order Wushi Dao and Chen Xiaozhong to go to the rescue, but they did not dare to enter. So Fusan Anzhen divided his troops to the south in three ways: one route was Gwangju to attack Macheng in Huangzhou, one route was Haozhou to attack Hezhou's Shimoi, one route was Xuyi to attack Tianchang, Chuzhou's Quanjiao, Lai'an, and Liuhe in Zhenzhou... The people of Huainan all crossed the river to avoid chaos, and all cities were closed. Hundreds of forward rangers of the Jin army even reached the beachhead of the Yangtze River defense line, quarrying rocks, and Yanglindu!
The soldiers are sharp, Jiankang Mansion is shaking, and Lin'an Mansion is turbulent!
Jin Guoneng suddenly exerted his strength, and it was all the personal energy of Anzhen! The three famous generals of his family: his grandfather Fusan Zhongyi was the commander of the Northern Expedition of Longxing of the Xiaozong Dynasty of the Southern Song Dynasty, and his father Fusan was the commander of the Northern Expedition of the Kaixi Dynasty of the Ningzong Dynasty of the Southern Song Dynasty, and it was the turn of Fusan Anzhen, who had just led the Flower Hat Army to quell the uprising of the Red Jacket Army in Shandong...
At this time, Jia Shezheng served as the governor of Chuzhou and controlled the Red Jacket Army and the Loyal and Righteous Army that surrendered to the Southern Song Dynasty in various parts of Shandong. Hearing that Jianghuai was in danger, he immediately sent several rescuers: Chen Xiaozhong went to Chuzhou; Shi Qi, Xia Quan, and Shi Qing went to Haozhou; Ji Xian, Ge Ping, and Yang Deguang went to Chuhao. The brothers Li Quan and Li Fu, who had the strongest troops, were responsible for cutting off the enemy's way back. Li Quan was ordered to come to the mouth of the vortex, and fought a bloody battle with the golden general Su Shilie Yohd in Huahupi, killing several enemy generals and winning his gold medal. So the Jin army relieved the siege of Zhuzhou and returned to the north. Li Quan pursued all the way to Caojiazhuang, and killed hundreds of gold troops, and then came back to ask Jia Shi for merit and reward...
At the beginning, Jia Shi once announced: In this war, those who can kill the prince of Jin will be rewarded on the spot; the reward for killing the prince; The reward for the slaughter of the horse. Li Quan was eager to seek merit, so he handed over the gold medal he had obtained, and lied to Jia She: This is the horse Aha's. I killed him, so I got this gold medal (馸马阿ha, that is, the last famous general of the Jin Kingdom at this time, Susan Anzhen. Of course he didn't die) Jia She, without investigating in detail, immediately fulfilled his promise and made Li Quan an observer in Guangzhou.
On the 28th, sergeants Zhang Fu and Mo Jian launched an uprising in Xingyuan Mansion, and the rebel army was wrapped in a red scarf, which was known as the Red Turban Army Uprising. (To be continued......)