The Turkic language of Dadu is called "Khan Bali", which means "the residence of the Great Khan", and in the early years of the Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan issued an edict to change Yanjing to the central capital, and set it as the accompanying capital. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 In the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty, it was decided to move the capital to the central capital in the Central Plains, and at the same time began the construction of a new palace and a capital city. Liu Bingzhong, an official of Zhongshu Province, was the chief responsible for the construction of the capital, and the Arabs were also in charge of designing the new palace. Guo Shoujing served as the water supervisor of the capital, repaired the canal from Dadu to Tongzhou, and used the springs in the northwest of Beijing as the upstream water source of the Tonghui River. In the ninth year of the Yuan Dynasty, the central capital was renamed Dadu, and the upper capital was used as the accompanying capital.

More than 10 years have passed since Kublai Khan moved the capital, but the palace and official offices in the capital city have still not been completed, and even the city wall is no exception, the city wall is made of rammed earth, with a circumference of 60 li and 240 steps (28.6 kilometers), a height of about 10 to 12 meters, a base width of 20 to 24 meters, and a top width of 10 to 15 meters. When building the city, the old method of the Song Dynasty was adopted, that is, Yongding wood was set up in the wall first, and then horizontal wood was added, and then soil rammed was added. Due to the rainy summer in most of the capitals, the earthen city walls were easily washed and soaked by rainwater, resulting in collapse, so at the beginning of the construction of the city, it was proposed to cover it with bricks and stones, but due to lack of financial resources, it was abandoned. The Later Yuan Court specially dispatched the army, responsible for harvesting reeds, weaving reed mats, and covering the city wall with reed mats every summer, called "reed city", and the folk commonly known as "the city of cloth".

Now from a distance, the capital is all shrouded in reed-woven mats, just like an old man in a robe, without the grandeur of a national capital, and then think about the magnificent Bianliang City and Lin'an, many scholars who took refuge in Meng Yuan secretly shook their heads, and their hearts were full of slander.

Duo'er is just a small leader in charge of harvesting reeds, this **** is returning to the capital with his subordinates carrying mountains of reeds, and when he just walked to the city gate, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, huh? Is there anyone else running like this outside the capital? Isn't there any emergency military situation? Duo'er was only an old soldier who had followed Kublai Khan for many years, and immediately heard the unusualness, and immediately looked back, and sure enough, he saw a knight rushing towards the Daning Palace where Kublai Khan was.

"What's up ahead?" Duo'er only shouted loudly, he subconsciously clenched the handle of the knife, maybe there is another war now, but now that they are in Dadu, who can fight here?

"The southern barbarian has come ashore from the east, and you will immediately go to your boss to report and wait for orders at any time." The knight saw that he was dressed as a Mongolian, and immediately replied loudly in Mongolian, and his voice passed by Duo'er like a gust of wind, and galloped towards the Daning Palace in the north.

Duo'er only heard the words in her heart, and couldn't care about the reeds that were transported, so she immediately took her men and horses to the city, and now the soldiers and horses in the capital are following General Boyan and General Ashu to the south, if there is a war, people like them who have long been out of the army may have to go into battle.

"What? The Song army is coming to Dadu? Kublai Khan was also shocked by this news, didn't the Song army fight with Ashu and Boyan in Jiangnan and Fujian? Why did you suddenly go north to Dadu?

"The southern barbarians went ashore from Zhigu Village, countless warships, sails covered the sky and the sun, and the sea surface was tightly stuffed, and the defenders of Zhigu Village were scarce and powerless to resist, and they were all wiped out; Now that the tens of thousands of troops of the Southern Barbarians have come ashore and are coming to Dadu, I hope that Your Majesty will prepare early. The galloping knight had exhausted all his strength, and as soon as he had finished speaking, his head tilted and he fainted.

"Your Majesty, Daning Palace is located outside the city, which is not conducive to defense, and now it is better to go to the capital first." When Fan Wenhu heard about the tens of thousands of troops, he was a little panicked at the moment, all the Mengyuan army was taken to the south by Ah Shu and Boyan, and now there are less than 20,000 troops left near the capital, and there is nowhere to find reinforcements in a hurry, how can this be good.

"The capital city has not yet been repaired, and there are many loopholes in the city defense, so let's lead the army north to hunt for the time being." Chen Yan thought further, the Mengyuan army in the capital was not good at defending the city, it was better to stay nearby than to go north to avoid for a while, it was expected that those Song troops would not be able to catch up with them, and when they avoided this wave, they would gather troops to wipe out the Song army.

Unexpectedly, these words angered those Mongolian nobles, and An Tong immediately reprimanded, "Hmph, you southern barbarians, you want to run away before the battle starts." Your Majesty is the Lord of Destiny, and my Mongolian army is the master of the world, and who have I feared. After that, An Tong bowed deeply to Kublai Khan, "Your Majesty, An Tong is willing to lead the troops to meet the battle, give me 10,000 soldiers and horses, and I will definitely let these southern barbarians come and go." ”

"With an army of tens of thousands, how can you stop Lord An Tong, Your Majesty only needs to sit in the palace, or you will definitely receive good news from Lord An Tong in a few days." In Ahma's heart, the Song people still have the impression of being weak, so he is not worried that An Tong will fail, if it weren't for his lack of being good at leading troops, he would have to compete with An Tong for this low-hanging fruit.

The march and battle are still reliable for us Mongols, these southerners are too timid, Kublai Khan still believes in An Tong, one of the four cowardly Xue chiefs, and immediately issued an order, "Okay, An Tong, you lead 5,000 cowardly Xue troops and 7,000 5,000 Wu Wei troops to meet the enemy, and when you come back from victory, I will personally pour wine for you." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The cowardly Xue army is the Praetorian Guard hand-picked by Genghis Khan, the earliest by the personal guard of 100 people developed into a brave army of 10,000 people, including 1,000 guards, 1,000 archers, 8,000 scattered classes, these people are noble, superb martial arts, is the most elite force of the Mongolian army, after entering the capital, the general military defense is changed to the five guards of the army, but more than 10,000 cowardly Xue is still retained, and it is highly preferential.

After hearing about Kublai Khan's arrangement, Prince Zhenjin and Ahma and the others smiled at the same time, in their opinion, as long as the cowardly Xue army came out, there was no enemy that could not be defeated, and it was expected that it would not be long before they received the good news of a great victory, right?

But Chen Yan, Fan Wenhu and other Hanchen are still worried, the number of this Song army is several times that of An Tong's men, can this battle really be won? If they lose, they won't be able to run if they want to.

Kublai Khan's face was calm, but there was also a trace of worry in his heart, this Song army descended from the sky was really beyond his expectations, and then thought of their previous continuous harassment of Jiangnan and Fujian, luring the army to the south, so that he had an ominous omen, this should not be the Song army's intention?

However, if they want to hit the capital, they have to pass An Tong first, and then the trust in An Tong and the cowardly Xue army made Kublai Khan temporarily put aside his worries. (To be continued.) )