Chapter 519 Brother Meng is very angry
Zhao Yulin said to them calmly: It is estimated that there will be no war in Shandong this year. We can just seize the opportunity to train our troops and form a strong cavalry to attack Huanglong directly.
The generals immediately sang Yue Fei's "Man Jiang Hong" and vowed to recover the territories of the Song Dynasty with high morale.
In Zhending Prefecture, on the other side of the Yellow River, Hubili was also convening his ministers to hold a meeting.
The autumn harvest in Hebei has been completed, but this year's grain harvest is disappointing. After the government and landlords took away most of the farmers' harvest, the farmers had no surplus grain and simply stopped farming. A large number of fields were left barren and the grain harvest was seriously poor.
Faced with such a situation, if Zhao Yulin were to handle it, he would have to take action against the landlords, ordering them to hand over grain to support the army, or purchase grain from the landlords at a low price.
However, Hubili did not dare to do so easily.
This guy's regime had just been established in the era of feudal separatism, and he relied on the feudal landlords, big and small. Without the support of the landlords, he would even lose the Han army that followed him and robbed openly all the way.
However, his brother, Da Mengge, who was far away in Goryeo, sent him a letter asking him to prepare food and supplies and ship them to Goryeo, as Da Mengge wanted to completely pacify Goryeo.
Da Mengge came to Liaodong in high spirits. After collecting the troops from Prince Laoying, he organized an army to invade Goryeo. However, the Goryeo Dynasty had already received the news of his coming to the east, and immediately fortified their defenses and fled to the mountains and islands. Even the 30,000 imperial guards that Goryeo had already assembled did not fight him, but broke up into small groups to fight guerrilla warfare.
Because the generals of Goryeo were well-known for Meng Ge, how could they easily challenge such a powerful god of war? Wouldn't that be like trying to stop a rock with an egg and seeking death?
However, the Goryeo Kingdom found that the guerrilla warfare it used was very effective. After continuous sneak attacks and surprise attacks, it realized that the tiger in front of it was not scary at all, and began to devour Mengge's troops bit by bit.
Da Mengge was very angry, and the consequences were serious. He ordered the Mongolian army to attack mountain cities one after another, and not to withdraw until the city was broken. Once the city was broken, they would massacre the people, kill all the men, take all the women as wives, and take all the old and young into the house.
The Mongolian army burned down eight mountain cities of Goryeo one after another. The brutal and bloody massacre instead aroused the fighting spirit of the Goryeo people, who vowed to never surrender.
This guy is confused and helpless.
When Da Mengge was on the Western Expedition, he was so powerful that he could lead the grassland warriors to the castle, and the city lords and castle owners would open the gates and surrender. Those who dared not to obey would be killed without mercy, and the dignitaries in the city even desperately sent gold, silver, jewelry and beautiful women to entertain the troops.
When we marched eastward to conquer Goryeo, we encountered such a fearless and unreasonable people?
This guy was overconfident. He only brought 50,000 soldiers to the East to conquer Goryeo. From spring to autumn, there were less than 40,000 soldiers left. The civilians recruited along the way kept escaping, so a small army had to be sent to escort military supplies and food. The small number of people was not enough, and they were often attacked by Goryeo guerrillas, so a large army had to be sent to protect them.
Soldiers had to be sent to protect and garrison the logistics stations along the way, which seriously dispersed Da Mengge's military strength and made him unable to move.
More importantly, when they set out, it was a spring that was getting warmer, but now it is entering an autumn that is getting colder. Winter in Goryeo comes suddenly, and thin clothes cannot keep out the cold.
Therefore, the arrogant Da Meng had no choice but to lower his noble head and send a letter for help to his younger brother Hubili, asking him to send food and fodder, and collect cotton-padded and leather clothes to him as soon as possible. He wanted to survive the cold winter and destroy the Goryeo Kingdom.
Hubili was helpless, as Brother Meng was a stubborn fool. Once he got angry, he was like a stubborn donkey that couldn't be pulled around by eight horses. As the younger brother, he had to fulfill his elder brother's request and immediately dispatched 30,000 troops to load the newly harvested grain onto trucks and transport it to Goryeo.
This time he couldn't take the convenient sea route, because his navy had just been caught and beaten by the navy of the Shenwei Army in Laizhou Bay, suffering heavy losses, and his safety at sea could no longer be guaranteed.
At this time, your friend had already launched an attack on the Shenwei Army in the Hetao area, and sent a short letter urging Bili to go south to threaten Kaifeng and support their attack on Guanzhong.
After reading the secret letter, Hubili threw it on the table, laughed dryly and said: It is enough for me to set up multiple flags for training in Hebei to scare the Shenwei Army. Do I have to expect him to cross the river and cause trouble?
Dream on.
After Zhao Yulin took charge of the military affairs in Shandong, he and Wu Yuqi immediately disguised themselves and headed straight for the northwest. They rode horses and took boats all the way. As soon as they arrived in Luoyang, they received the news that the Mongolian army was moving southward in large numbers and the war had already begun.
He ran regardless of his fatigue, but Wu Yuqi was in a lot of pain. The continuous bumps even made the woman vomit. Zhao Yulin couldn't ignore the life and death of his woman, so he was no longer in a hurry to get on with his journey.
The two came to Huixin Ferry on the Qiaohan Road to take a short break. Ke Zhenxie found him a fishing rod. Zhao Yulin accompanied Yuqi to fish in the river bend, and they happened to meet an old fisherman there.
Ke Zhenxie wanted to ask the old man to leave, but Zhao Yulin waved his hand and said no, so they could just chat and talk.
He told the old man that his wife was unwell and they had to rest here for two days before continuing their journey.
The old man said: They don't look like locals at first glance. There are all kinds of people coming and going from all over the country, but I've never seen a couple like them who are so affectionate that they would want to spend the day together at this wilderness ferry.
Zhao Yulin felt ashamed. He seldom cared about women's feelings and rarely said sweet words to his women, let alone the romantic poetry and prose.
Today, I went fishing with Yuqi and got praised by the old fisherman.
He looked up at Yuqi, and the woman's pale face turned red. Haha, a warm love word can be a good remedy for the disease.
Yuqi smiled as if it were a rosy blossom on her face, but she felt uncomfortable when he stared at her. She pointed at the float in the water and said, "The fish has taken the bait."
The two of them worked together to catch a big carp.
The old fisherman said enviously that they were extremely lucky, as he had been sitting here for most of the day and had caught nothing.
Zhao Yulin said cheerfully, "Don't worry, good things don't come in a hurry. The old man will definitely gain something."
The old fisherman twirled his beard very confidently, nodded and said: This ferry is different from others, as the saying goes: Since ancient times, the Yellow River has never been crossed at night, which means that the ferry on the Yellow River does not operate ferries at night.
However, this place is called Huixin Ferry, and you can cross the river at night. If something urgent happens, brave boatmen will dare to sail across the river.
Zhao Yulin's heart shuddered and he whispered that the fish had taken the bait.
The old fisherman quickly raised the rod and hooked a big fish.
After returning home, Zhao Yulin asked the store to cook the fish for him to taste. Yuqi said happily that she really wanted to stay here and not leave.
At that time, the army commanded by Guiyou had divided into two routes and rushed towards the northwest. The western route was led by Tahai, who went out of Wuhai to encircle Huaiyuan Prefecture. The eastern route was led by him personally, and marched south along the Qinzhi Road, occupying many counties and prefectures above and below the Great Wall.
What was even more serious was that Cao Youwen and Miao Gui underestimated the strength of their troops when dealing with the massive invasion of the Mongolian army. The Third Column and a garrison column that advanced to the northeast of Yulinzhai to attack the enemy were out of balance due to the huge disparity in strength when they hastily engaged the Mongolian army. The garrison column was quickly defeated by the sudden appearance of the Mongolian cavalry.
The 3rd Column became an isolated army surrounded by enemy forces. In order to cover the retreat of the remaining troops, it lost nearly half of its troops, which made the northwest battlefield suddenly tense.
As the battle started, there was a serious mistake. Cao was furious and wanted to enforce battlefield discipline and execute Gu Shan, but was stopped by Meng Gong.
General Meng believed that the Mongolian cavalry moved too fast. The main force of the Mongolian army that marched south and suddenly surrounded Gushan had reached 50,000 cavalry. The garrison lacked experience in dealing with such a strong cavalry attack and was bound to be defeated by the enemy. It was rare that the Third Column could cover the rest of the troops and escape, and they should be praised.
The central army headquarters had no unified opinion, so Gu Shan's head was recorded and the army was ordered to reorganize the Third Column and use it as a reserve force.
After breaking through the Great Wall, the Mongolian army acted like a piece of deserted territory and quickly surrounded Yulin Village.
However, your friend's advance southward ends here.
This guy suddenly realized that his team must concentrate 30,000 to 50,000 troops to launch an effective attack on the Shenwei Army. If they do not have enough troops, they will definitely die.
The prefectures, counties and dangerous passes in the south of the New Song Kingdom were being built more and more solidly and tightly, and defenses had been strengthened. No matter where he attacked, he would not be able succeed easily.
It would be difficult for him to organize an army of 80,000 or 100,000 again to annihilate the Shenwei Army.
The Mongolian troops organized by various tribes have stayed on the grassland for a long time. They finally ran into the Great Wall and occupied the county towns and small villages with lush grass and water. They didn't want to come out after living in the comfortable big houses. The princes and nobles of various families were searching all over the city for the hidden beautiful young ladies, and for the gold, silver and fine wine hidden by the people, and they refused to move.
Cao Youwen immediately seized the opportunity and ordered an attack. The Shenwei Army took the lead in launching a counterattack on the west bank of the Yellow River, repelling the vanguard of the Western Army composed of Tahai and Kuodu's son Menggudu, and relieved the siege of Huaiyuan Prefecture defender Guo Chongma.
However, the situation of the counterattack on the east was a mixed bag. Once the Shenwei Army was dispatched, it actually attracted the surrounding Mongolian troops and united them, and actually defeated the central army that Lu Huacai led personally to advance to Yulin Town.
The Shenwei Army only defeated the enemy that attacked Hengshan Village. Guiyou's army retreated to Hengshan, Yulin, Jinning Army and Suide areas to form two large clusters. They were not afraid of Feng Guiqi's 50,000 troops in Yulin Town.
Seven days later, Zhao Yulin and his wife came to Chang'an. He handed Wu Yuqi over to Qiu Ju, the general manager of Shunfeng, and secretly rushed to the Suide front.
Troops from all over the country were marching in a hurry, and the Qinzhi Road was filled with the rumbling of carts and the neighing of horses, making it a veritable military artery.
Zhao Yulin arrived at the Suide government office. Miao Gui, Lao Cao and Meng Gong received him and said that things would be easy now that their brother was here. The damn northern barbarians were too bullying, relying on their horses, running fast, setting fires everywhere and doing all kinds of evil.
As soon as our people chased them, they ran away, and when they got the chance, they came back to bite us hard.
The northern barbarians attacked the baggage trains wantonly. Our grain transport teams suffered repeated attacks. With fewer guards, they were brutally killed by the northern barbarians and their bodies were hung on trees and left to lie exposed in the wilderness. They also scattered all the grain on the ground as a protest.
