Preparations for the West Expedition
Ying Chunzhi was very happy. On the one hand, Chen Duo and Gao Zhongjiao ordered Chen Duo and Gao Zhongjiao to gather the Zhongyi militia to cross the Huai River and attack Haizhou on the Shandong East Road of the Jin Dynasty. Because the food and assistance were not continued, they temporarily stationed troops in Donghai County, less than 10 kilometers east of Haizhou. On the other hand, they secretly reported to the court that the Central Plains could be restored. Shi Miyuan ordered Ying Chunzhi to secretly operate. The surrendered rebel army was unified into the Zhongyi army and gave Zhongyi grain. So tens of thousands of people including Ma Liang, Gao Lin, Song Dezhen and others from the East China Sea came to the Lianshui army on the north bank of the Huai River to surrender.
The most important thing: One of the big men also looked at the Southern Song Dynasty at this time: Li Quan!
At the beginning of the outbreak of the Red Coat Army Uprising, Li Quan was not a very dazzling character. He had to come to an end after the first wave of protagonists that he suddenly rose and quickly stepped onto the stage of history!
That was the last commander of the Jin Dynasty. After Pusan Anzhen, who was wrongly killed in the war of "lost to the north and gained to the south", led the Flower Hat Army to suppress Yang Aner, Liu Erzu, and Hao Ding... the first generation of leaders were killed, and the remaining second generation of leaders began to make a living!
The purpose of the Red Coat Army was to resist the Jin Dynasty when it was uprising! At this time, it was wiped out by the Flower Hat Army, and hatred was even more escalating! In order to survive, they decided to defect to the Song Dynasty and become a united Song to resist the Jin Dynasty!
On August 1, the left counsel of the Jin Kingdom, Pusan Yifu, submitted a memorial: Kaifeng Prefecture, as the new capital city, should be given a good reputation, and suggested that the Weishi County in the south of Kaifeng be promoted to the Tushi County, Suizhou in the east be promoted to defense, and Zhengzhou in the west and Yanzhou in the north be blocked from the capital city Kaifeng in four directions. Jin Xuanzong said, "The ancestral temples and mountains are all in the fallen Zhongdu, so Kaifeng is not the place where I have lived for a long time."
Now look at the progress: the Mongolian army will definitely pursue the victory without hesitation and advance to Kaifeng, so that the tragic situation of the Northern Song Dynasty Jingkang reappeared? This is the best choice and is consistent with the Mongolian army's battle example. They never give the enemy a chance to breathe! But strangely, the Mongolians suddenly slowed down the attack speed!
This month, Genghis Khan led almost all of the Mongolian elite troops back to the grassland of Mobei. Before leaving, he handed over the Central Plains to Mu Huali, one of the four heroes, and appointed him as the Grand Tutor and King. He was appointed as the Grand Tutor and King. He gave him a vow to the gold seal, leaving the Ten Army including Hongjila and the foreign Han army to Mu Huali, allowing him to establish a province in Yanyunzhong. He also told him that "I will make a decision on the north of Taihang. I will encourage you to be the south of Taihang." It is equivalent to splitting the land and winning the title of king, and giving the widely praised Central Plains to a different surname!
Mu Huali is an alternative among Mongolian soldiers! He doesn't seem to be a Mongolian born and raised on the grasslands in the northern Mobei region, and he is not rude. Even Genghis Khan would curse and spit out contemptuously when treating the enemy, but he doesn't! He is gentle, meticulous, quiet and rational, as if he had secretly walked out of the grasslands and entered the Han area to study abroad for further studies a long time ago. Even his tactics are clearly hierarchical and have a completely different strategy from the field battles of the nomadic people in the cold zone of Mobei region. So the God of War was finally entrusted by Genghis Khan with an important task and was responsible for the governance of this super-large area of land in the Central Plains!
With such a special nature, his origin is just a slave!
For example, the rise of the Mongols was due to the extraordinary genius like Temujin, then Mu Huali was not inferior! Like a miracle, the illiterate nobles outside the border, the illiterate slave genius general, these are all unexplainable! But they are real, which has changed human history!
The figure of the Mongolian war god Mu Huali envelops the entire Central Plains!
But if you stand in Genghis Khan's position, what is this? Is it easy to satisfy the nomadic people in the cold zone of Mobei? Or is it soaked with enough blood that the Mongols no longer think about destroying the Jurchens? Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain that Genghis Khan took away most of his troops and left the good situation to the wisest general, but this god of war only had 15,000 Mongolian warriors! In this way, the Jin Kingdom will not only have a chance to breathe, but may also counterattack and fight back to the north bank of the Yellow River!
Taking huge risks is of course to do more dangerous things! The only possibility that Genghis Khan did this is: the emerging Mongol Empire faced a more powerful and dangerous opponent than the Jin Dynasty - Khwarezm!
With the blessing of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", we know that Genghis Khan once fought in this country west, and Guo Jing jumped down on the top of the cliff and captured his capital Samaerhan...
The real Khwarezm in history is great. Its origin, survival, and growth are a magnificent epic in the long river of human history, and it is no worse than other races at all!
Khwarezmian country, the old translation of Huihui country, Huoxun country. It is located in the lower reaches of the Amu River, the mother river in Central Asia, on the southern bank of the Aral Sea. Before the Mongols emerged, it also lived with the flow. After Temujin became famous, a great figure appeared in this country almost at the same time - Mokomo!
Mokmo's ancestor Neshu. Haercha was a slave to the Seljuk Turkic Empire. The starting point was so low that he could only rely on struggle to develop. Neshu. Haercha struggled throughout his life and left a good background for his son before his death. His son Hubud. Muhammad was appointed as the chief executive of the Khwarezm region and adopted the title of "Sha"... By the time Mokmo took power, the Khwarezm region had become a country. However, at that time, the Khwarezm country had many competitors of the same level and a sect leader country. We were once very familiar with this country, the Western Liao founded by Yelu Dashi, an outstanding Khwarezm! Khwarezm was a vassal state of the Western Liao!
Mokome ascended the throne, first defeated the Gur Dynasty, and its power increased greatly, and then challenged the Western Liao, and shared the Western Liao with Qu Tulu. Mokome obtained the Osman, that is, the region in the Amu River. Later, Mokome moved the capital to Samaerhan City. Then, the Gurkham State was destroyed, and the entire territory of Gejinning was occupied, and then attacked the Caliph of Joda (now Baghdad). During the above process, he was only frustrated by the heavy storm of Asadamate and had to retreat...
When Temujin unified Mongolia, attacked the Jin Kingdom, and captured Zhongdu, Mokomo already owned the entire Persia, Iraq, Khorasan, Afghanistan and the Hezhong region, becoming a superpower that dominated Central Asia!
Looking at the above, Mokomo's achievements and development speed are no less than Genghis Khan! The two dominate each end of Asia! To be fair: if the Mongol Empire is the strongest in East Asia, then the strongest in Central Asia and even West Asia is Khwarezm!
Compared with the Mongol Empire, which emerged in the cold and closed areas, Khwarezm in Mokome is actually ahead of its civilization level, especially in communicating with the outside world...
Khwarezm took the initiative to contact Mongolia. In 115, when Genghis Khan captured Zhongdu, Khwarezm's envoy came to his door. These envoys saw the Zhongdu city with their own eyes, which was piled up like mountains and blood flowing into rivers. When they saw the withered thousands of miles and deserted Central Plains, they immediately respected Genghis Khan! They felt that they were similar beings that could be interacted with.
And the desire that they have always had in their hearts, but never dared to do, let alone say, was also stopped!
Before them, the Central Asians never dared to invade the Han area. Even though Mokomo was extraordinary, he was not so arrogant. So his messenger put forward his true wish - trade!
Trade with East Asian powers is the greatest wish of every Central Asian country! It will bring huge and lasting wealth! Everyone knew at that time: East Asian, to be precise, handicrafts produced in the Han areas of the Central Plains are unparalleled in the world!
Genghis Khan also had this intention. The Mongol Empire was also full of desire for wealth! He treated Khwarezm's envoys well and ordered him to bring his decision. Mongolia recognized Khwarezm as the ruler of the West, just as he was the ruler of the East. Both sides had equal status, peaceful and friendly... Then, Genghis Khan was about to send his first batch of Mongolian envoys! And just in these envoys, the collision between the two most powerful empires at that time, the fuse of the unprecedented Mongolian expedition in human history will be ignited!
This month, Mu Huali captured Suizhou on Zhongdu Road and Lizhou on Hebei East Road. Because Lizhou was strong and surrendered, Mu Huali was angry to prepare to massacre the city. At this time, a hundred-house officer named Zhao Rong came to him and cried and said, "I am from Lizhou, my mother and brother are all in this city. I am willing to redeem the life of a city with my own life." Mu Huali followed the advice and stopped slaughtering the city.
On September 17, the Mongolian army attacked Xizhou on the southeastern Hedong Road of Jinguo and Fenxi County of Pingyang Prefecture. On the 19th, they attacked Qinzhou. On the 20th, they attacked Jiaocheng County and Qingyuan County of Taiyuan Prefecture, the capital of the northeastern Hedong Road of Jinguo, and advanced to Taiyuan Prefecture. On October 11, they attacked Zhongshan Prefecture and Xinle County of Dingzhou on the western Hebei Road, and then captured Cizhou.
On the 18th, Xu Gu, the right censor of the Jin Dynasty, wrote a memorial to oppose the Southern Expedition. "In the past, because of the prosperity of Shizong and Zhangzong, the treasury was abundant, and the world was rich, and it still could not succeed. Once I marched south today, I would have to fight but not retreat. The period of rescheduling was not visible. Moreover, there was accumulation in Jiangnan, and I stopped Henan and the disadvantages of levying taxes could be disappointed. Now it is time to communicate with the peace. When Mongolia heard about it, it would also restrain its traces, because I had no restraints." Jin Zhangzong ordered the prime ministers to discuss. Gao Ruli, the left chief of the Shangshu, believed that it was necessary to ask the Southern Song Dynasty to seek peace first, so that we could stop when we saw the good. Zhang Xingxin, the assistant political affairs officer, set out from the people's foundation and strongly opposed this southern expedition.
Xu Gu was ordered by Emperor Xuanzong of Jin to draft a letter of peace talks. But all the powers of the present are in the hands of Gao Qi. After reading the powerful ministers of Shuhu, they thought that this article had the intention of mourning and praying, and showed that they were weak. Therefore, peace talks could not be carried out. The Jin and Song dynasties should continue fighting...
On the 7th, the Mongolian soldiers captured Zouping, Changshan and Zichuan County of Zizhou, Shandong East Road, Jin Dynasty. On November 1, they captured Binzhou, Dizhou, and Bozhou of Shandong East Road. On the 15th, they captured Zizhou. On the 16th, they captured Yizhou of Shandong East Road. On the 4th, they attacked Taiyuan Prefecture. On January 1, they attacked Luzhou of Hedong South Road, and the commander Ma Fu was killed in battle. On the 7th, they captured Yidu Prefecture, the capital of Shandong East Road. On the 18th, they captured Mizhou of Shandong East Road, and the Jiedu Prefecture was killed in battle.
On the 5th, because the war between the Jin and Song dynasties began, in order to raise military rations, the Southern Song Dynasty issued an edict: The people can take grain to replenish their officials.
This month, Xu Ding, the political affairs officer of the Jin Kingdom, was ordered to divide his troops into three groups in Sichuan and Shaanxi to invade south: Fengxiang Prefecture, Qinzhou and Gongzhou. However, while setting out, he still wrote a letter to the emperor that "The Sixth of the Southern Expedition is Not Now" to persuade the emperor to give up this meaningless war. On the 0th, Wanyan Yun led 10,000 infantry and cavalry invaded Sichuan. On the 5th, he advanced to the Qiuchi Fort in Xihezhou. On the 6th, he captured the Tianshui Army and the Southern Song Dynasty guard Huang Yansun fled. The Jin army continued to capture Baihuan Fort. On the 7th, he advanced to the Huangniu Fort in Fengzhou. When the Dasan Pass was confiscated by the Jin army, he hurriedly abandoned Dasan Pass and fled.
This month, after receiving military supplies from the Southern Song Dynasty, Li Quan's team grew rapidly. In a short period of time, he and his brother Li Fu seized the sea on Shandong East Road, Juzhou and Qingzhou Yidu Prefecture, the capital of Shandong East Road.
This year, Wensak, the governor of Yanzhou of the Jin Dynasty, made a memorial, "You can do another major diversion of the Yellow River in Xinxiang County, Weizhou, West Road, Hebei Road! Let the Yellow River no longer follow the Huai River path, but take the old path from Liukou, Qingzhou to the sea. In this way, Shandong, Daming and other roads can be drawn onto the territory of Henan. This way, there is a natural barrier for the Yellow River to resist the Mongolian cavalry. Retreat is enough to prepare for the defense and advance to strengthen the map of recovery." However, everyone thinks that the Yellow River has been diverted south for a long time, and now it is not a good idea to change it back to the old path again...
Genghis Khan did not underestimate any opponent, let alone Khwarezm, the most powerful country in the West! He sent an order: to recruit elite troops from various Mongolian tribes and follow him to fight westward! At the same time, he recruited troops from Weiwuer, Halalu, and Western Xia...
Chapter completed!