In the twentieth year of Zheng, in the winter of October, Emperor Yuan ordered Hanping Shandong, and Polo took Liaoyang.

Although Chahan accepted the order, he refused to raise the army on the pretext that the food was not enough. The intention is nothing more than to wait and see Datong and wait for Polo to go first. Emperor Yuan knew about Chahan's intentions and issued an edict twice, ordering Polo to go first. Polo was the same, although he happily accepted the order, he also found an excuse and refused to go to the army.

Emperor Yuan was helpless and issued another edict.

The edict visited the Taiwei Chahan, and worshiped the political affairs of the Zhongshu Pingzhang, and also knew the affairs of the Privy Council in Henan and Shandong, and the imperial history of Taichung in Shaanxi. Forget about the political affairs of the Zhongshu Pingzhang, the focus is on the affairs of the Privy Council of Zhishan Shandong. Before the war broke out in Shandong, this official position was given to Chahan first, which is equivalent to saying that as long as Shandong is defeated, he will acquiesce to it as his territory of influence.

At the same time, he paid homage to Polo Zhongshu Pingzhang's political affairs, and also knew the affairs of the Privy Council, and controlled Datong, Saiwai and Liaodong military horses. Where are there any Mengyuan military horses in Liaodong, there is only one Nahachu in Shenyang and Shijiabao in Liaoxi, with a total of less than 10,000 remnants of defeated generals, and they are suppressed by Liaoyang at all. This is also the point of this decree. In the same way, if Liaodong is defeated, Polo will have the final say.

At the same time, he also ordered Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen, and Chen Youding to transport grain and turn to the capital sharply. And from the scarce grain stocks in most of the capital, a part was allocated and distributed to Chahan and Polo.

At the end of the month, Polo led his army to advance and stationed in Yixing Prefecture, ready to attack Liaodong. Deng She sent Chen Hu back to Liaoyang, and chose Wang Guoyi, known as one of the three tigers under Chen Hu, and the "tiger tooth" was to attract 5,000 elite people to settle in the new city of Chifeng, as a precaution. and sent Chen Hu back to Liaoyang to sit in the town, and at the same time sent Li Ye back to Liaoxi, thinking that it echoed.

The boundary of eastern Liaoning, in winter, is cold and frozen. The snow also falls early, and after the snow, the roads are often blocked and difficult to pass. As long as Polo does not start the battle before the snow falls, the Yuan army's offensive does not seem to be fearful.

Moreover, along the lines of Chifeng and Gaozhou, there are also barrier defense lines built by Hong Jixun, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. Li Ye's department in western Liaoning, one of the five Ya in Haidong, is absolutely elite. Liaoyang has Chen Hu in charge, and Haidong as the backing, and Haidong is the foundation of Deng She, and the power is solid, even if Polo really attacks, it is completely enough to resist.

However, at the end of the month, not long after the Polo army, Chahan arrived in Luo from Shaanxi, and the generals of the General Assembly, all the three armies, led 80,000 tigers, known as 300,000, and the troops were divided into multiple routes, and launched the attack on Shandong.

The state army went out of the well and the state, the Qin army went out of Handan, and the Ze and Lu armies went out of Cizhou, and the three army horses all went to Hebei Road. And the Huai, the guard out of the white horse, and the Bian, Luo army water and land, these several roads are all taken Henan Road. He also led the iron cavalry, also went to Henan, built a general, crossed Mengjin, crossed Qin Huai, and marched east.

Whether it was Chahan's Hebei Road army or Henan Road army, Tian Feng bore the brunt. Despite his determination over the years, he was clearly no match for Chahan. Zhending, Hejian, Shunde, Baoding, Dongchang, and Gaotang Zhulu fell successively. The Chahan army was like a bamboo, and Shandong shook.

Tian Feng was anxious to ask for help, and Deng She sent Tong Shengyang to lead the Jurchen cavalry to gallop to help, and the first battle of the confrontation with Chahan, killing hundreds, covering Tian Feng's troops to take Jinan Road north and retreat into Dizhou.

Chahan took advantage of the victory to enter directly, and the armies of Hebei Province, Qin, Ze, and Lu joined Gaotang Prefecture, and Wang Baobao, the son of Chahan, supervised the battle, and entered the siege of Jinan. Chahan drove Yanzhou, Keteng, and Tengzhou Wang Shixin to surrender with Henan Daohuai and Wei Junjun. Then attack Mengyin with a partial division. Chahan led the iron cavalry, and the Bian, and Luo armies went north to besiege Tai'an.

At this point, Tianfeng's territory has almost all been lost, and half of Qilu has fallen into Chahan's pocket. And it has been less than a month since Chahan left the army.

At this time, the general situation in Shandong was as follows: Deng She's large-scale reinforcements transferred from Haidong had not yet arrived, and Chahan had already defeated Tian Feng on the periphery, with an army of nearly 100,000 people, and troops were on the front line of Jinan and Tai'an. Once Jinan and Tai'an fall, Jinan is less than 200 miles to the east, which is Yidu.

Yang Wanhu in Jinan and Chen Yutou in Tai'an, 800 miles away, went to Yidu for help.

"How many military horses do our army have?"

"There are less than 30,000 Shicheng old departments that will have time to be abolished and reorganized in the future. Most of them are also responsible for the suppression of the localities. ”

"Chahan's soldiers are indeed ruthless enough. I expected him to invade the army. Tian Feng's tens of thousands of military horses couldn't withstand a month, but it really exceeded my prediction. ”

"Our army first aided Tian Feng in Gaotang Prefecture and rescued him from Dizhou. Now I am in Jinan and Tai'an, but he does not move. It's annoying! ”

From south to north, Tai'an, Jinan, and Dizhou are almost connected into a line. Tai'an is relatively close to Jinan, about fifty or sixty miles. Dizhou is a little farther away, but it is only 100 miles away from Jinan. To say that the nearest reinforcements in Jinan are in Dizhou, but after the defeat of Tianfeng in Dizhou, he did not dare to come to the aid and could not shrink back.

"If a man is not for himself, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed. He was defeated and lost one after another, and the army had no fighting spirit, and he did not dare to send troops to aid my Jinan and Tai'an, which was not surprising. Deng She took his hand, walked around the room, pacing back and forth, but he was broad-minded, and he could understand Tian Feng's fear of war and dare not come to help, he thought for a while, hey, and said, "King Flower Horse, hey." Flower Horse King! But I think highly of you. ”

If you hadn't looked down on Tian Feng, you wouldn't have been so caught off guard. Of course, the speed of Chahan's army was also an important reason why Deng She was caught off guard. Less than three months after Deng She's entry into Yidu, Chahan came to his eyes. However, having said that, who would have thought that Tian Feng, who seemed to be very sharp, would not be able to hold out for even a month in the face of Chahan's offensive?

This is not to blame Deng She, but even more so because he took the lead and snatched Jinan and Tai'an in his own hands, otherwise, it would depend on Tian Feng's successive defeats, and it is self-evident that Jinan and Tai'an will be on the field, and I am afraid that the vanguard of Chahan will not arrive at Yidu City soon!

"My lord, Jinan and Tai'an are in an emergency, what should our army do? Jinan is not enough, there is General Yang to guard, and his subordinates are the elite of the five guards of the lord. And with the help of Liu Qi's ministry and Yang Xingjian's prefect, the place can be safe. Maybe it will last a while. Tai'an, although Liu Shimin is also the prefect, but the guard general Chen Yutou has not long been surrendered, and most of the guards are his old department. The one who attacked Tai'an was Chahan himself. If our army does not rush to help, the minister is deeply afraid, so if Chen Yutou can't support it, will it ,......? ”

Dunsher can be used to maneuver reinforcements, divided into two large sections.

One is one of the five Ya in Haidong, the command division of Dingdong, with a quota of 10,000 people, after repeated wars, although there are many supplements, the total number of people is now more than 8,000 people. The commander of the envoy is Monk Li. One is the newly formed Dingqi Army, which was selected from the elite of Shicheng's old department, and it didn't take long to train, and the commander was Bi Qianniu, Gao Yanshi and Liu Guo were his deputies, and this army also had 8,000 people.

These two groups of men and horses are stationed in Yidu City.

In addition, there are thousands of Jurchen cavalry raised by Tong, after saving Tian Feng, now Jiyang (north of Jinan, dozens of miles apart). And there are more than 10,000 people in the old department of Shicheng, which are stationed in the southeastern counties. As for the men and horses brought by Chen Hu and Li Ye when they were originally divided into various parts of Shandong, they had already returned to the Liaodong garrison one after another after the end of the war. Liaodong is the fundamental place of Dunshe, and it cannot be garrisoned without heavy troops.

Getting rid of Chen Hu and Li Ye is not to mention, just talking about the military horses that Deng She left in Shandong, it is not too little. One Dingdong Army, one Yang Wanhu's Anliao Army, and two reorganized command divisions are all old-brand elite troops, loyal and capable of fighting well, with nearly 20,000 people. There are also thousands of fierce cavalry soldiers raised by Tong.

If Chahan's offensive came a little later, or if Tian Feng could resist for a little longer, then wait for him to thoroughly digest Wang Shicheng's old troops and complete the reorganization of the Dingqi army. Combined, there are more than 30,000 people in total. With these more than 30,000 warlike military horses, the land of Yidu is only a few hundred miles deep from east to west, not to mention enough to be used, and it is no problem to turn it into a military town.

However, the problem now is that Chahan came too early, Tian Feng was defeated too quickly, and the Dingqi army has not yet been able to complete the reorganization. If the reorganization is not completed, it will not be able to be used with confidence, and the enemy it is especially facing is Chahan. Therefore, these 8,000 people cannot move now.

The eight thousand could not move. Monk Li's Dingdong Army's duty was to guard Yidu, and it could not be dispatched. Yang Wanhu's An Liao army was trapped in Jinan again, and he was the one who was eager for support. pinching his fingers and calculating, the only troops that can be mobilized are Tong Shengyang's cavalry army and the old Shicheng army on the southeast coast.

The situation is very critical. Fortunately, there is a little bit of relaxation. At the first time when Chahan entered Lu, he saw that Tian Fengjie was losing and retreating, so he took precautions and sent people to Pyongyang to recruit reinforcements.

In the battle of Yidu, all the troops used in Liaodong were used, because Liaodong was close. Haidong's army was basically useless. Perhaps the situation is still not very stable in the South Korean province and there are not many military horses to gallop to help, but on the side of the Korean province, Wenhwaguo and Zhang Ji'er in the Guanbei region can still squeeze out some troops.

But even so. Mobilizing troops, traveling long distances, and crossing oceans and seas is a big deal, and it is not something that can be said to come. The prerequisite is that we must first fight the current battle, hold Yidu, Jinan, and Tai'an, and then have the possibility of waiting for reinforcements.

"What do you think?"

"The minister is ignorant. In the minister's humble opinion, the Tong Health and Raising Department should be immediately dispatched to help Tai'an. At the same time, he transferred the old department of Southeast Shicheng and went to aid Chen Yutou together. It is necessary to block the Chahan and Wang Baobao armies outside Tai'an and Jinan. Qilu is dangerous, there is no Tai'an in the west, and if Tai'an is lost, it will be in danger. ”

The person who has been answering with Deng She is none other than Luo Guoqi, the governor of Yidu Province.

Deng She listened to his speech, was noncommittal, and asked Ji Zongzhou, "Lord Ji, what is your opinion?" ”

Ji Zongzhou is currently the right minister of the province, and he is also a first-class ruler.

His defection to Deng She, which has the credit of Li Shousheng. Why did he always say good things for Deng She in front of Wang Shicheng? And why did he take the initiative to sacrifice the city gate and Yang Wanhu in the Battle of Cheongju? There is a reason in it, that is, Li Shousheng took the road of the wealthy family of Yidu and indirectly got on the line with it. He was demoted, and his scholarly background was not used to Mao Gui and Wang Shicheng's attack on the gentry and big households, so it is not surprising that he prefers Deng She, who has a more moderate position, and it is reasonable.

It's just that now that he has surrendered to Deng She and changed his master, his cautious temperament has not changed at all. In particular, Luo Guoqi's words involved Chen Youtou, and Chen Youtou, like him, is a demoted official. He didn't dare to say anything, but said respectfully: "What Lord Luo said is very true. I think so. Be the first to help Tai'an. ”

Deng She was still noncommittal, and asked the step-ancestor again, "Lord Pingzhang, what is your opinion?" What do you think? How do you think our army should behave? ”

The step-ancestor was a little flattered. Although he is named Wang Shicheng's brother-in-law, he only used to fight in battle in the past, but Shicheng rarely discussed important matters related to military aircraft because he knew that he was short-minded. He frowned bitterly, pondered for a long time, and replied: "The reason why I listened to Lord Luo's words and suggested that the lord rush to help Tai'an is nothing more than worrying about Lao Chen, afraid that Lao Chen would not be able to resist and would surrender Chahan." This is that Lord Luo doesn't know Lao Chen. ”

"Oh? Don't know? Why don't you understand? ”

"Does the lord know who the generals in Yidu City hate the Tartars the most?"

"Who?"

"It's Lao Chen."

Xu Jizu paused, and then said: "I heard that there is a Li Ye under the command of the lord, and every time the enemy fights, he will kill them all and leave no prisoners. Lao Chen is the same as him. In fact, Lao Chen's name was not called Yutou. 'Monkey' is a slander and infamy given by the Tartars after he was defeated and killed several captives. Lao Chen was very happy, so he simply gave up his original name and used it as a name. Lord, it can be seen that Lao Chen hates Tartar. So, even though he has surrendered, how can he turn his back on his lord and surrender to Chahan? I dare to guarantee that as long as he is there, Tai'an City will inevitably be there. He will never abandon the city and flee, nor will he surrender to the Tartars. ”

Monkey, is a type of monkey, that is, a macaque. Monkey, macaque head, that is, Chen Monkey's appearance looks like a macaque.

Chen Ru's head and face are like black iron, and his beard is like hedgehog hair, if you shave off his beard, if you think about it, it is really a bit similar. Not only does he look like a macaque, there is a word "Monkey Strike", which describes it as swift and brisk, and "Lynx", light and brave. On the other hand, the nickname given to Chen Rutou by the Yuan army can also show Chen Rutou's bravery and good fighting.

Luo Guoqi said: "Just as Lord Pingzhang said, even if General Chen will not surrender to the Tartars, he will lead the newly surrendered army with the city of Tai'an, and fight against the Chahan Xiongshi alone." How long does Lord Heizhang think he can hold out? ”

"What does Lord Luo think of Gao Yanshi?"

"Tiger General."

A few months ago, in a battle outside Yidu City, two or three people, Monk Li and Hu Zhong, and the absolute superiority of troops, barely captured Gao Yanshi. The word "tiger general" is well deserved.

Although Chen Yutou was defeated at the hands of General Guo Conglong Guo, his bravery was actually on par with Gao Yanshi. Gao Yan Shisheng is riding and shooting, while Chen Yutou is slightly lacking in riding and shooting, but he can be called the first person in Yidu in foot combat. Moreover, Yutou is different from Yonsei. He was a blacksmith and blacksmith, and he worked by the fire all year round, and his temperament sometimes burst like fire, but he was also able to be quiet and stoic if needed. At that time, under the banner of Mao Dashuai, he made many meritorious deeds, and he could be called able to attack and defend.

Moreover, most of his soldiers were soldiers, and they were all brought out of his hometown. Very convinced him. In his army, so to speak, he had the highest prestige. Whatever he says he will do, his soldiers will do. The drill may not be as elite as the five main officials, but in terms of morale, it is definitely not inferior at all. There is Mount Tai in Tai'an, which is really where my western natural danger lies. Will be brave and loyal, and have the geographical advantage, with him guarding Tai'an, although the opponent is Chahan, for the time being, I think there is no problem. ”

"For how long?"

Continuing to follow his ancestors with Mao Gui and Wang Shicheng, he has a good understanding of the situation of lieutenant generals and colonels and battalions, and is also very convincing. But he didn't know anything about Chahan. Guan Duo had fought with Chahan a few times, he was not present at the time, and later heard how powerful Chahan was, how powerful, after all, hearsay, experienced it personally every day. If you really want to compare Chen Rutou with Chahan, and speculate how long Chen Rutou can guard Tai'an, for a while, he can't talk about it, and he can't give Luo Guoqi a definite answer.

"This, this ,......。" He guessed, "Half a month is about the same, right?" ”

"Tian Feng tens of thousands of military horses, in less than a month, lost several roads in a row. A Tai'an, can block Chahan for half a month? ”

"Although Tianfeng's territory is large, there is no danger to defend. The danger of Qilu is in the river, the sea in the east, and Mount Tai in the west. This sentence was not said by the step-ancestor, but Deng She interjected.

"My lord?"

After listening to the words of the step-ancestor, Deng She seemed to have made a decision, but he refused to say it rashly, he raised his head, looked outside, and asked, "What about Mr. Hong and General Zhao?" ”

In order to rectify the place, two months ago, Deng She transferred Hong Jixun and Wu Henian. When the letters from Tai'an and Jinan for help arrived, Hong Jixun was not in the city, but was in the vicinity of the prefecture and county. Dunshe had already sent someone to call him back. Zhao Guo was not in the city, but in the barracks outside the city. More than half a day had passed, and it was time for them to arrive.

The sunlight at the door was obscured, and the light suddenly dimmed, and then brightened again. Hong Jixun and Zhao Guo, one in white and the other in shining armor, walked into the room one after another. Following the two of them, Wang Zongzhe, Li Monk, Bi Qianniu, Guo Conglong, Gao Yanshi, Luo Lilang, Pan Xianer, Ju Sheng, Hu Zhong, Deng Chengzhi, Zhang Yu, Guo Yongan, and Liu Mingjiang came in droves.

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1, Tian Feng's tens of thousands of troops couldn't stop Chahan for a month.

In history, Chahan went out in July, Pingdongchang Road in the same month, and in August, he descended to Pingtian Feng.

At that time, Chakhan Timur led his division to the Salt River, sent his son to expand Timur and the generals Yan Sixiao, etc., and would pass the Bao, Hulinchi and other armies, and the generals built pontoon bridges from the East River to help, and the thieves took it with more than 20,000 people. With 50,000 elite soldiers, Dongping puppet prime minister Tian Feng sent Cui Shiying and others to fight, broke it, beheaded more than 10,000 people, and reached the city.

"Chakhan Timur took Tian Feng to take Shandong for a long time, and the army and the people obeyed him, so he sent an envoy to recruit Tian Feng, surrender Feng, and then restore Dongping and Jining. Ling Feng was the striker, and he fought from the east of the army. ”

After Tian Feng fell, it was also in August, "Dizhou Yu Bao and Dongchang Yang Cheng all fell, and Lu Di was decided." Entering Jinan, Liu Jue surrendered, and then besieged Yidu. "It's really overwhelming, invincible." In August, when Wu Guogong heard that Chakhan Timur had pacified Shandong, he sent an envoy to communicate with Chakhan Timur. ”

If Chahan fights an incompetent general, it will be fine, looking at Tian Feng's record, it is also very powerful.

In July of the seventeenth year of his reign, he lowered Mao Gui, "trapped in Jining Road, the right of the province was the right Cheng Shili Gate escaped, the volunteer soldiers Wanhu Meng attacked it this week, Tian Feng was defeated, and he still guarded Jining this week." "The first battle was won and then defeated, and then it was won one after another, in the first month of the eighteenth year, "trapped Dongping Road", and in February, "recaptured Jining Road." Seeking, Huizhou falls. New City's Wentian Feng approached Dongchang, abandoned the city, and fell into Dongchang Road", March, "trapped Yidu Road", April, "trapped in Guangping Road, plundered, surrendered Dongchang", November, "trapped Shunde Road". Within a year, in the belly of the Yuan Dynasty, it occupied five roads in a row. Shunde, Shunde, Hebei, has begun to advance from Shandong to Hebei.

In the nineteenth year, in February, "Trapped in Baoding Road, the imperial court sent an envoy to kill him." Feng fell into Mengzhou and Zhaozhou", about Baoding Road was later recaptured by the Yuan army, or Tian Feng only occupied several cities on Baoding Road this time, and in March of the following year, he "trapped Baoding Road". The two years of fighting were in Hebei, and the Yuan army was relatively strong, and there were not many battles, but they all won. Baoding, Mengzhou, Zhaozhou, this is not far from Dada.

If Tian Feng's record against the Yuan army is compared, it is really a stark contrast compared to his record against Chahan.