Achu. Mongolian Wuliang Hebu people, ancestor Su Butai, father Wuliang Hetai are all a generation of famous ministers and generals.

During the reign of Yuan Xianzong, Ah Shu joined the army with his father, participated in the Mongolian army Ping Dali, and outflanked the Southern Song Dynasty from the west. During the attack on Achicheng (present-day Kunming), Ashu "jumped in"; In the city of Qiande Ge (now Chengjiang), "Wuliang Hetai disease, commissioned military to Ashu". Ah Shu lived up to expectations and led his troops to "fight in the city" and break the city; Attack does not spend Heyin, Ahe Ayin (in today's Qujing realm), Ashu ascended first, and took its three cities; Attacking the Red Bald Brother Cottage (in the present-day Zhaotong Territory), pulling it out, and taking advantage of the victory to attack the Lulu Kingdom (i.e., Luoros, now the Xichang region) and the Abel Kingdom, all of them were terrified and asked to surrender ("Yuan Shi Wuliang Hetai Biography").

In the ninth year of Xianzong (1259), Wuliang Hetai was ordered to lead his troops from the southwest to break into the Song realm, in order to go north to join the main force led by Kublai Khan in Changsha, Hunan. The Song army had tens of thousands of soldiers on the line of Hengshanzhai and Laocangguan near Yongzhou in its territory, trying to intercept the advance of the Mongol army. Under the command of his father, Ah Shu "sneaked from the middle road" to bypass behind him, "rushed to the backbone", broke the Song army, and successfully broke through the Song army's obstruction. At the end of this campaign, the Wuliang Hetai First Army made smooth progress, and along the way "went to Guizhou (now Guixian County, Guangxi), ravaged Xiangzhou, entered Jingjiang Prefecture, and reached the city of Tanzhou (Changsha) even in Pochen and Yuanzhou." Soon after withdrawing from the north with his father, he was still a pioneer. In the territory of the Southern Song Dynasty, Ah Shu followed his father to "fight thousands of miles", and "did not taste defeat in the thirteen battles of all sizes" ("Yuan Shi Wuliang Hetai Biography"). In the past 10 years of military life, he has greatly tempered and improved his military strategy and command ability.

In December, the Yuan army marched to the north bank of the river. At that time, the Song army was heavily defended in the middle of the river and on both banks, and the ferries and key points were under control. Although the Yuan army used the advice of Ma Fu, the general of the Ashu army, to detour the warship into the river, it still failed to overcome the strategic point of Yangluo Fort after three consecutive days. Ah Shu suggested that Boyan suspend the siege of the city, and he led "half of the military ships, along the shore to the west, anchor at Qingshanji, and make trouble from the gap, so that you can get your will." Boyan happened to have this intention, and readily agreed with his suggestion. On a snowy night the next day, Ah Shu led the elite soldiers of the four wings to fly across the Yangtze River in a boat, and fought a "bloody battle" with the Song army sailors patrolling the river; When he landed on the sandbar near the south bank, he encountered stubborn resistance from the Song army. Ah Shu and dozens of his subordinates "climbed the shore and fought on foot, (the enemy formation) opened and reunited to four", and finally occupied a beachhead, opening the way for the brigade to cross the river.

After crossing the river, the Yuan army planned the next direction of the march. Some people advocate going down the river to the east and taking the Qi and Huang states downstream, but Ah Shu thinks, "If you go downstream, there is no basis for retreat." Take Hubei and Han, although it is late, the division has something to rely on, and it can be perfect." The facts were exactly as he expected, after the loss of natural danger, the Southern Song Dynasty guards in Hanyang and Ezhou were already frightened. The Yuan army pointed west, and the soldiers approached the city, and the two cities surrendered. This ensured that the Yuan army could gain a firm foothold after crossing the river, and then expand the results downstream. The state capitals of Qi, Huang, Jiang, Chi, and Anqing were also intimidated by the might of the Yuan army and surrendered one after another.

In the first month of the twelfth year, the advance of the Yuan army approached Wuhu. Song Cheng Prime Minister Jia Rudao came to resist the battle with heavy troops. Before the battle, the advance envoy was sent to the Yuan military camp to ask for peace. Shi Boyan also received an edict to ask them to be stationed on standby, so he asked Yu Ashu for advice. Ah Shu deeply felt the lessons of the previous Yuan army's gains and losses, and the lessons of the labor's efforts were fruitless, and strongly advocated refusing to enter the army. He reminded Boyan: "If you don't attack it, I'm afraid it will be difficult to defend the county this summer." And said angrily, "Today you should only enter the army, and if something goes wrong, the blame will be on me." ”

In February, hundreds of thousands of land and water armies of the Song and Yuan dynasties fought a decisive battle at Dingjiazhou. In the fierce battle, Ah Shu took the lead and bravely crowned the three armies. "The warships are in the latter, and the horses are summoned." He simply "stepped forward to board the boat, rushed the enemy ship with his rudder, and the sampans swayed each other, and they were separated at once." At the same time, he waved a small flag to command the generals of the Yuan army's naval divisions, "went deep into the boat", "broke through the enemy formation", and defeated the Song army.

The Battle of Dingjiazhou greatly damaged the vitality of the Southern Song Dynasty, but the Song army still had a certain strength in the Lianghuai region of Jiangbei.

In particular, Li Tingzhi, the Huaidong envoy stationed in Yangzhou, was the main force on which the Song court relied to support the crisis. In April of the same year, Ashu was ordered to divide his troops to the north to besiege Yangzhou. In order to cover the flank of the main force of the eastward advancing Yuan army, prevent the two Huai Song armies from reinforcing Lin'an.

In the same month, the Ashu army went to Zhenzhou (now Yizhen), annihilated 2,000 enemies at Zhujinsha (Lao Stork's Mouth), and sent troops to stay in place to ensure the grain route of the Yuan army. Furthermore, he occupied Guazhou, 45 miles southwest of Yangzhou, and supervised the construction of Loulu war equipment to prevent the Song army and naval division from attacking. His third move was to build a wooden barrier against the Yangzi Bridge fifteen miles south of Yangzhou, which not only "cut off the Huaidong grain road, but also sheltered the Guazhou domain." In June, the Song army of 20,000 men came to fight for the Yangtze Bridge, but was defeated by Ashu and suffered heavy losses (1).

In July, Song generals Zhang Shijie and Sun Huchen dispatched a large number of warships into Jiaoshan to directly threaten Zhenjiang and Guazhou, which were occupied by the Yuan army. The Song Zhou division "connected with the boats, and covered the river with flags", every ten boats were a boat, and they were connected with iron locks to show that they would fight to the death. Seeing that the Song army was strong, Ah Shu decided to cooperate with Atahai and other coalition troops in Zhenjiang Xingyuan to attack the Song army and break the enemy together. Before the battle, Ah Shu and Atahai climbed Shigong Mountain on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and first ordered the naval army Wanhu Liu Chen to lead an army along the south bank of the Yangtze River to go around behind enemy lines, and then Liu Guojie, Hu Tingchu, and Dong Wenbing marched together to attack the enemy formation, and followed up with Zhang Hongfan as a follow-up force. At the beginning of the battle, the Yuan army selected 1,000 strong and good marksmen, and took advantage of the wind to shoot the sails and masts of the enemy ships with rockets on two wings. In an instant, "fireworks rose to the sky". The Song army's sailors were locked together because of the boats, they couldn't fight, they couldn't go, they were completely passive, and the Yuan army chased to Tuanshan by victory, and captured hundreds of enemy ships, and "the Song people were no longer able to fight." Ashu's record effectively cooperated with the main force's frontal offensive, and the history said that "Boyan so the soldiers did not fight bloodless and pacified the Song Dynasty, and Ashu had more control power".

In February of the thirteenth year, the Huaixi Song Dynasty raised Xia Gui to surrender to the Yuan, and only Li Tingzhi and Jiang Cai, who adhered to Yang and Tai, swore not to surrender. In order to prevent Li and Jiang from "going east and Tai, and fleeing the rivers and seas", Ashu deployed more control and further tightened the division and encirclement of Yangzhou and other places. He set up a barrier in Ding Village in the northwest of Yangzhou to choke the Gaoyou and Baoying grain routes. They also stationed elite troops in Wantou and Xincheng between Yangzhou and Taizhou to cut off the eastward path of the Song army. In May, the Yuan army first pulled out the new city, and the Yangzhou Song army attacked the bay fort, and the fierce battle was still forced back. In June, the Yangzhou Song army once again sent out to attack Dingcunzha, to meet the Gaoyou Midao, and was stopped back by the elite soldiers of Ashu's subordinates, in July, Yangzhou, Taizhou to defend the city of Song will open the door and surrender, Li Tingzhi, Jiang was executed. The Yuan army occupied all of Lianghuai.

After the destruction of the Song Dynasty, Ah Shu, like other generals, was transferred to the north to suppress the rebellious kings.

In the twenty-third year, Ah Shu was ordered to crusade against the rebel king Xiramu and others, and returned triumphantly. times

After Yuan Shizu ascended the throne, Ah Shu entered the guard. In the third year of Zhongtong (1262), from the kings worshipped, Tige pacified Li Pu's rebellion. In September of the same year, he was transferred from General Su Wei to the post of marshal of the southern capital and stationed in Kaifeng. After taking office, Ashu resumed the establishment of Suzhou in Huaibei, and used it as a base to "pass through the two Huai, capture the battle, and the military voice was greatly boosted" (1).

In the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1267), the Yuan court, in view of the previous lessons learned, began to shift the main goal of the attack on the Song Dynasty to Xiangyang, a military town in the upper reaches of the Han River. The Song and Yuan dynasties invested a large number of troops in this five-year or six-year battle. As the commander-in-chief of the Yuan army in the Battle of Xiangyang, Ah Shu presided over the entire process of the attack on the city. In August of that year. Ashu "watched the troops in Xiangyang" and stationed in Mahutou Mountain to reconnoiter the surrounding terrain and the deployment of the Song army. He led a group of elite cavalry to "enter the southern county, take the immortals, iron city and other gates", avoid the interception of the Song army when retreating, "set up a false village, set up a suspicious fire" in the central ridge, set up an ambush, and annihilated more than 10,000 enemies at a time.

The Yuan army knew that the city of Xiangyang was strong and deep, and it could not be attacked by force, so it decided to take a long-term siege strategy and "kill itself". From the fifth year of the Yuan Dynasty, at the request of Ashu, Shizu continued to increase his troops in Xiangyang, especially the Han army that was good at attacking cottages and water gates. In order to adapt to the water war, Ashu asked to build thousands of ships and train tens of thousands of naval troops. This not only strengthened the Yuan army's control over the Han River, but also created favorable conditions for the later southward crossing of the Yangtze River to destroy the Song Dynasty. At the same time, Ah Shu commanded the Yuan army to build a long siege around Xiangyang, and successively built castles such as Baihekou, Lumen, Xincheng, Chushan, Baizhang, and Manhetan. Even "building Taiwan in the Han water, corresponding to Jiajiang Fort", effectively cut off the Song army's land and water aid routes, and completed the strategic encirclement of Xiangyang. In the following years, the Yuan army mainly adopted the strategy and tactics of encircling the point to send reinforcements, and repeatedly defeated the Song army that came to help. Among them, the larger battles include the battles of Xinbao and Huweizhou in the sixth year of the Yuan Dynasty, the battles of Wanshanbao and Guanzitan in seven years, the battles of Lumen, Baizhang Mountain and Tuantan in eight years, and the battle of Jiemenguan in nine years. In these battles, Ashu personally commanded the Southern Song Dynasty reinforcements and achieved the goal of isolating Xiangyang and putting it to death. During this period, Ashu also organized the Yuan army to attack the outer prefectures and counties of Xiangyang many times, plundered land to Fuzhou, De'an, Jingshan and other places, and "captured 10,000 people and returned" (1).

In the ninth year of the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan army broke through the outer city of Fancheng, which was facing Xiangyang with the Jiajiang River, and built a heavy siege to force it. However, Fancheng could still communicate with Xiangyang on the other side of the river through the pontoon bridge in the Han River and support each other. Ah Shu listened to the opinions of his subordinates, sent troops to destroy the main fence and iron cable that the Song army had planted in the river to protect the pontoon bridge, and burned the floating beams, severing the connection between Xiang and Fan in one fell swoop, paving the way for the final conquest of the two cities. In December of that year, Fancheng fell, and the Xiangyang garrison general Lu Wenhuan surrendered the city.

Ten years later, Shizu appointed Ah Shu and Shi Tianze to serve in the Privy Council of Jinghu and other roads in Xiangyang. In the first month of the following year, Ah Shu entered the Hajj and played together with Ali Hague to take advantage of the situation to destroy the Song Dynasty, and the discussion was indecisive for a long time. Ah Shu further confirmed with his own experience: "The minister has been in the line for a long time, and he has seen that the Song soldiers are weaker than in the past, and they will not take the present and will not come again." Finally, Shizu made up his mind to destroy the Song Dynasty, resolutely increased his troops by 100,000, and promoted Ah Shu to the Pingzhang political affairs, and joined the prime minister Boyan and the political officer Ali Hague to form the command center of the Song Dynasty in Jinghu.

In September, the Yuan army descended by land and water, and first arrived at the fortified Yingzhou. When Ah Shu learned from a captive that there was a way to bypass Yingzhou, he "discussed with Prime Minister Boyan and decided to move forward, so he dragged the boat to the (Han) River and left Ying" (2).

In October, Ashu took dozens of horses from the queen of the palace. Walking to Dazezhong, he suddenly encountered the pursuit of thousands of Song cavalry from Yingzhou, and Ashu stepped forward to meet the battle, annihilating hundreds of enemies in one fell swoop, and repelled the pursuit of the Song army. Ashu, Wuliang's clan, all handsome Wuliang and Taizi also. Shen Ji has wisdom and strategy, and he is brave in battle, and he is full of thousands of people. When Xianzong, he conquered the southwest from his father, led the elite soldiers to wait for the horse, and was destroyed in the direction, and he did not dare to be his front. Zhiping Dali, Ke Zhubu, descending Jiaozhi, all in the line. See "The Biography of Wuliang Hetai". Xianzong tasted his labor and said: "Ah Shu has no name, stand up to serve the country, and give three hundred taels of gold to encourage the future." "The ancestor ascended the throne and stayed as a guard. In the third year of Zhongtong, he worshiped from the kings, and Brother Ti recruited Li Pu with merit. In September, the general of the self-suwei visited the marshal of the southern capital and governed the army in Bian. Re-establishment of Suzhou. In August of the first year of the first year, the two Huai were slightly captured, and the army was greatly inspired. Ashu, Wuliang's clan, all handsome Wuliang and Taizi also. Shen Ji has wisdom and strategy, and he is brave in battle, and he is full of thousands of people. When Xianzong, he conquered the southwest from his father, led the elite soldiers to wait for the horse, and was destroyed in the direction, and he did not dare to be his front. Zhiping Dali, Ke Zhubu, descending Jiaozhi, all in the line. See "The Biography of Wuliang Hetai". Xianzong tasted his labor and said: "Ah Shu has no name, stand up to serve the country, and give three hundred taels of gold to encourage the future." "The ancestor ascended the throne and stayed as a guard. In the third year of Zhongtong, he worshiped from the kings, and Brother Ti recruited Li Pu with merit. In September, the general of the self-suwei visited the marshal of the southern capital and governed the army in Bian. Re-establishment of Suzhou. In August of the first year of the first year, the two Huai were slightly captured, and the army was greatly inspired.

In the first month of the eleventh year, he entered the Hajj and invited the Song Dynasty with Ali Hague, who participated in politics. The emperor ordered the ministers to discuss, but it was indecisive for a long time. A Shujin said: "The ministers have been in the line for a long time, and they have seen that the Song soldiers are weaker than in the past, and they will not take it if they lose it, and they will not come again." "The emperor can play it, and the edict is 100,000 soldiers, and the prime minister Boyan and the political Ali Hague are the same as the Song Dynasty. In March, he entered the Pingzhang political affairs.

In autumn and September, the division of Yingzhi Salt Mountain, the prisoners said: "The elite of the nine counties along the river in the Song Dynasty gathered in the east and west cities of the Yingjiang River. If you take Huangjiawan Fort, there is an estuary in the east, you can tug into the lake from it, and turn to the river for convenience. From there, he gave up and fled. In the line of Daze, thousands of cavalry from the Song Dynasty suddenly arrived. When there were only dozens of people riding from the horse, Ah Shu was fighting hard to attack. Fearful, chased more than 500 levels, and captured Zhao and Fan Er. Attack Shayang and Xincheng and pull them out. The last time Fuzhou, the guard general Zhai Gui surrendered. In the summer, Guisuo locked the big ships to choke the river and Hankou, and the two sides of the strait were well prepared. Ashu used the army general Ma Fuji, returned to the mouth of the river, crossed the lake, and entered the river from the mouth of Xishawukou of Yangluobao. In December, the army arrived at Yangluo Fort and attacked it. Ah Shu said to Boyan: "Siege the city, make a decision." If half of the military ships are divided, they follow the shore to the west, anchor at Qingshan Rock, and wait for the gap to make trouble, and they can get their will. "From it. Tomorrow, Ah Shu saw the sandbar on the south bank from afar, and led the crowd to follow it, carrying the horse behind. Song general Cheng Pengfei refused, and in the middle of the battle, Pengfei was defeated. The armies arrived at the sandbank, attacked sharply, climbed the shore and fought on foot, opened and regrouped the number of four, the enemy was small, and the horse was on the shore, so the force broke it, and pursued to the east gate of Hubei and returned. When Xia Gui heard that Ashu was flying, he was shocked, and led 300 soldiers to flee first, and the rest were all defeated