Chapter 186: The Bloody Battle of the Metropolis

It is said that "the heaven's calculation is worse than man's calculations", which makes sense. What happened in Dadu proves this again. The plan of Temuer and Babul is to first gather more scattered soldiers, then control the city gates, and then divide and surround the Southern Song army and defeat them. Their plan is indeed a very good plan. If their plan is successful, tens of thousands of Southern Song troops will be destroyed in Dadu, and Mongolia will achieve the greatest victory since the Lin'an Defense Battle. More importantly, they will also encircle and annihilate one of the most elite troops of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Xuanjia Cavalry, which will be even more meaningful.

Many years later, Babur and Temur recalled that their plan seemed feasible at the time was actually too wishful thinking because they did not take the most important factor into account, that is, Zhao Liangchun was an excellent military general, and his ability to grasp the situation was much higher than they thought. Flexibility and wit were a very great advantage.

Babur and the others had just finished discussing and did not go to execute, but they heard a muffled thunder sound. The sound seemed like thousands of muffled thunders roaring, shaking the earth trembled.

The sound came too suddenly, without any signs in advance, and no one could understand what was going on. Brother San, you looked at me, I looked at you, I didn't understand why. Among these people, the fastest reaction was Babul and Temuer. They looked at each other with a look of fear on their faces, and nodded slightly, shouting: "Brothers, hurry up, prepare to fight."

The two of them immediately reminded Brother Sang and the others that under the current circumstances, it was only the Southern Song army that could make such a noise, and the Mongolian army was impossible. Needless to say, they were deceived and were deceived. Zhao Liangchun was able to send so many small teams to promote the public, so these small teams naturally would not be just for publicity, but would definitely pay attention to the abnormal tasks of most of them. The news of their gathering of scattered soldiers must have been spread to Zhao Liangchun long ago.

The reason why Zhao Liangchun was slow to let them gather the scattered soldiers was to deliberately give them time to gather them, because the more they gathered, the greater the result of Zhao Liangchun taking military actions, and the smaller the possibility of the Mongolian army surviving.

Cao Cao was invading Qiang and advanced with great fanfare, but the speed of advance was not fast enough, so that the time for the Qiang soldiers to gather so that Cao Cao could wipe out his vital forces in one go and reduce the difficulty of extermination. Zhao Liangchun's move was exactly the same as Cao Cao's intention back then. As soon as these scattered soldiers gathered together, he immediately started a strike. In this way, Babul and his friends tried their best to make wedding dresses for Zhao Liangchun. Understand this festival, they were all depressed as if they had eaten ten thousand dead flies.

However, under the current circumstances, they had nothing to do except scold Zhao Liangchun for being cunning in their hearts, so they could only grit their teeth and respond.

Babur yelled: "Brothers, go out of the city immediately..." Temuer shouted: "Go out of the city to meet." The two men's reaction was really fast. They immediately thought that after this battle, they would definitely not be Zhao Liangchun's opponents and would be defeated in a mess. Only by going out of the city to continue to gather scattered soldiers and then sending people to other places to mobilize troops is the best way to deal with the crisis in the capital.

Brother San and the others did not react slowly, so they naturally understood the intentions of Babul and the others, and shouted: "Brothers, retreat quickly." The commanders began to retreat outside the city.

However, they seemed to be a little late. At this moment, countless cavalry appeared in sight. It was the Southern Song army under Zhao Liangchun who began to encircle and annihilate these scattered soldiers.

The sound of hooves, shouts, the metal sounds of swords and guns, the tragic sounds of dying before they die, and the ticks of blood dripping on the ground, forming a special song.

When Zhao Liangchun tied the war horses in blood, the corpses on the ground, the scattered soldiers that Babul and the others finally gathered were wiped out! Zhao Liangchun let out a long breath and said, "Your glory is over here!"

At this time, the imperial city was shining with fire, thick smoke rolled, corpses were everywhere, broken limbs were everywhere, blood was flowing everywhere, fighting was constantly sounding, and the sound of weapons hitting them constantly.

Kublai Khan was dressed in military uniform, his eyes were red, and he kept waving his scimitar and shouting loudly, cheering for the soldiers, eunuchs, palace maids, concubines, and servants. Kublai Khan is worthy of being a great monarch. He was born with the ability to inspire people's fighting spirit, which was well reflected in his decades of military career. The wars he fought well illustrate this point. Now, this talent and talent once again played a huge role. Under his inspiration, the soldiers were needless to say, eunuchs, palace maids, concubines, and servants who had not experienced wars and had no experience of fighting, they were not afraid, fear, and retreat. They waved their weapons and fought with the Xuan Armored Cavalry.

Not long after the battle started, the eunuchs, palace maids, concubines, and servants who fooled Kublai Khan knew that Kublai Khan was telling lies. Their opponent was not the Qixue Corps, but the real Southern Song army, because the Xuanjia Cavalry was very ruthless and would never show mercy. If it were his own army, it would not be so ruthless no matter how realistic it was, and he would have some mercy.

However, they were not timid because their blood was inspired. They only knew one thing, either kill the Xuanjia cavalry or the Xuanjia cavalry. As for whether to catch Kublai Khan and receive the reward, they never thought about whether they were born. Kublai Khan was a natural leader, with a temperament and charm that people admire from the bottom of their hearts, so they could only fight to the death.

How cruel this battle was, Zhao Qianshi's memories after the memories illustrate this very well. "When we rushed into the imperial city, we thought that the war was over and we could seize Kublai Khan with absolute certainty. However, the actual situation was too far from what we imagined, and they were not intimidated by our arrival. On the contrary, they inspired fighting spirit under Kublai Khan's leadership and launched a war with great power disparity with us.

"When those beautiful concubines slashed at us with their weapons, we didn't take it seriously at all. We didn't believe how much threat a delicate girl like them would be. We even disdained to fight with them and deliberately avoided them. Not long after, we realized that it was a mistake for us to despise their existence. I gave the order to kill them without hesitation, and many concubines died because of this.

"This is a real battle with a huge power gap. Their equipment is not as good as ours, and there are not as many excellent soldiers who have experienced the baptism of war. But they still do things that are hard to believe. If I hadn't experienced it myself, I wouldn't believe that they would have such a feat!

"After the attack, we used all the hand-thrown cast iron bombs, the muskets no longer sounded, and the explosive bags were used up. The entire palace became a Shura slaughterhouse. There was no way, so I had to make up my mind and order the fire. The imperial city was in a sea of ​​fire, and we were still fighting in the sea of ​​fire."

After a pause, Zhao Zhaoqian continued: "I have been thinking about what causes it. I think the most important factor is Kublai Khan's personal factor. Although we are in a hostile position, I still have to say that he is an amazing genius commander, and he has the terrible charm of turning a coward into a warrior. This charm is an indispensable talent for every outstanding military commander!"

As Zhao Qian said, the most important factor in this result was Kublai Khan's heroic actions. Li Jun also deeply agreed with this point. Li Jun said that "Kublai Khan's personal heroic behavior made the war that should have ended last. For the direction of the entire war, although it could not change the result, it made the process more tortuous and long. We have to go through more difficulties and hardships. This is very unfortunate for the people! But to be fair, I have to admit that this is a great achievement of Kublai Khan. Although he failed in the end, he still deserves to be a great commander!

"If the Jin army besieged Bianliang, the two emperors Hui and Qin had such courage. If they could perform such wonderfully, there would be no 'Jingkang shame', and there would be no humiliating history of holding half of the country for a hundred years!"

This is Zhao Qian and Li Jun's evaluation of Kublai Khan. Afterwards, Kublai Khan praised the achievements of the Xuanjia Cavalry in this battle many times in front of his ministers. He said, "In the past, we were used to being arrogant. For more than 40 years, we have been in an advantage. Our army is more brave and good at fighting than the army of the Southern Dynasties. We have more cavalry, we have excellent generals and officers baptized by war, we have more advanced military guiding ideology, and we have continued to win in the war against the Southern Dynasties, while the Southern Dynasties have been defeated repeatedly. We think we are invincible and don't take the Southern Dynasties seriously.

"Facts have proved that this is arrogance! The Southern Dynasties also had excellent generals and brave and good army, and they could fight bad wars. The battle of the Xuanjia cavalry attacking the imperial city was a classic example. We were able to persevere until the reinforcements arrived. It was not because they were incompetent, but because they were unlucky.

"Their performance is remarkable and there is nothing to say. They are excellent cavalry. When they come to the imperial city to fight us, they attack our strengths with their own shortcomings. We are familiar with every grass, every brick and tile in the imperial city. More importantly, there are many buildings in the imperial city and the houses are lined up, so we can use these advantages to resist. On the other hand, the Xuan Armored Cavalry had to abandon their strengths and dismount and fight in stages. I don't need to say what their combat effectiveness is, you know.

"Of course, I still have to thank General Zhao Qian for his kindness. He did not set fire to the imperial city as soon as he came up. If he set fire to the imperial city as soon as he came up, we would not be our opponents who had lost our house."

Kublai Khan's words made the best comment on Zhao Qian and his team's actions. As Kublai Khan said, if Zhao Qian set fire to the city as soon as he came up, it is hard to say whether Kublai Khan could still hold on until reinforcements arrived.

As for why Zhao Qian burned the imperial city without coming up, one reason was that he did not realize the threat brought by Kublai Khan's personal heroic actions in time, and another reason was that he could not bear to turn this beautiful city that had gathered the hard work of many skilled craftsmen, and it was also the crystallization of blood and sweat of the Chinese people into ashes. By the time he had to burn it, it was too late.

A beautiful sword light flashed, and the sword in Zhao Qian's hand slashed over a beautiful concubine's pink neck. A leap flew away from a long distance and fell heavily to the ground. His young face was charming, but his fragrance disappeared.

Looking at Kublai Khan who was calm, Zhao Qian said cruelly, "Kill Kublai Khan!" He wanted to capture Kublai Khan alive before, but now it seems that there is little hope of capturing him alive, so he had to kill him. The Xuanjia cavalry rushed over with shouts and fought with the guards, eunuchs, palace maids, concubines and servants around Kublai Khan.

Zhao Qian took a big step and was about to join the battle again. A soldier of the Song army rushed over like a flying man and shouted from afar: "General Zhao Qian obeyed the order!" Zhao Qian stopped and looked back. He recognized the soldier as Zhao Liangchun's personal soldiers. Knowing that the captain of the personal soldiers was coming, he must have an important military order and asked: "What order does General Zhao have?"

The captain of the personal soldiers jumped off the horse's back and asked, "General Zhao asked General, can you end the battle in half an hour?"

If it were military orders, it would be true that he would be given. How could he have such a question? Zhao Qian knew that Zhao Liangchun was a rigorous person and would never do this for no reason. He would definitely have the reason for him to do this. After thinking about it, he said, "No."

The power loss in the imperial city was severe. It can be said that two-thirds of the people had died at the hands of the Xuan Armored Cavalry. However, it was not realistic to end the battle within half an hour. It would take at least half a day to end the battle.

"Okay." The captain of the personal soldiers took a breath and said, "General Zhao said that if the general cannot solve Kublai Khan within half an hour, he will withdraw from the battle immediately."

Zhao Qian jumped up and asked, "Why is this?"

The captain of the personal soldiers did not directly answer his question, but continued: "General Zhao also said that if the general could not withdraw from Dadu within half an hour, he would wait for the Tartars to collect the body of General Zhao."

At this point, the answer is very obvious, that is, the Mongolian reinforcements have arrived. Zhao Liangchun is an excellent general. He will definitely not give up the ultimate victory that he is about to receive. He issued an order to withdraw his troops. He didn't have to think about it and knew that the situation was extremely critical and could not bear it for a moment.

Zhao Qian's face changed a few times, he pondered for a while, and asked, "What is General Zhao doing?"

"General Zhao is guarding the city gate for the general!" The captain of the personal soldiers said helplessly: "General Zhao is unwilling to withdraw with the army."

Zhao Liangchun's meaning is very clear, and he means that Zhao Qian is the one who can do it. Whether we capture Kublai Khan or dismember the Tartars' corpse, it is up to you. I will decide to live and die with you.

"General Zhao Gao Yi!" Zhao Qian exclaimed.

The captain of the personal soldiers said: "General, keep the green mountains here, and you are not afraid of burning firewood. The court also needs generals and Xuanjia cavalry."

The captain of the personal soldiers followed Zhao Liangchun for a long time and knew Zhao Liangchun very well. What he said could be understood as Zhao Liangchun's meaning. Zhao Qian understood this truth deeply and said with infinite regret: "Order, withdraw!"

As soon as the order was conveyed, the Xuan Armored Cavalry began to rectify their formation and evacuate the battlefield in an orderly manner.

"Kublai, we meet in the Central Plains!" Zhao Qian said unconvincedly: "Kublai, you are lucky."

Kublai Khan laughed loudly and said, "General Zhao Qian, good! I will not let you down. We will meet you in the Central Plains! If you can return to the Southern Dynasties safely, pass on my will and chase you!" The leaders followed him and chased him.

Afterwards, Zhao Qian understood why Zhao Liangchun ordered the retreat because the 200,000 Mongolian troops rushed to Dadu for assistance. If they left one hour later, it would be impossible for them to withdraw from Dadu.

The reason why these Mongolian troops were able to arrive was caused by the actions of Babul, Temuer, and Sangge. When the scattered soldiers they had finally gathered into pieces for Zhao Liangchun, they were not discouraged, but were looking for a new way to resolve the situation. After a brief discussion, they finally realized a problem. If they wanted to gather the scattered soldiers in Dadu to rescue the situation with their existing strength, maybe Kublai Khan had long become a prisoner. The easiest way was to send troops to immediately seek help from reinforcements near Dadu.

They divided the collected troops into one hundred or hundreds of people to report the news. As a result, the number of people was much larger, and the Southern Song squads could no longer intercept them. It can be said that the news was passed on without any effort. The Mongolian army that received the critical news from most of the people did not make any reason to come without horses.

There were hundreds of thousands of Mongolian troops near Dadu, most of which were stationed near Dadu, not all stationed in Dadu, and less than 100,000 troops stationed in Dadu. Although Dadu's troops almost collapsed in the face of a sudden blow, these nearby troops were still intact. Once they surrounded him, Zhao Liangchun and the others would definitely be stained with blood. After weighing the pros and cons, Zhao Liangchun made the decision he least wanted to make in his life: withdraw his troops!

In Tianjin, countless Mongolian troops appeared in their sight, as dense as straw. It was estimated that there were no less than 200,000 people, and they were the Mongolian troops who followed Zhao Liangchun and the others from Dadu to chase them all the way.

Their pursuit was very fast, and Zhao Liangchun and the others were not slow either. When they chased him to Tianjin, Zhao Liangchun and the others boarded the ship and left the port.

Babur and Temuer stood side by side, looking at the fleet that was leaving, and said angrily: "If it were before, we could dispatch the navy to pursue it." Yan Lai was very resentful.

Since Zheng Jinghe defeated the Mongolian navy in Jiaoshanshui Battle, the Southern Song navy has gained an absolute advantage, and the Mongols can no longer reorganize their navy, and there is no risk in Zhao Liangchun's evacuation.

Just as Temuer was about to speak, his pupils suddenly contracted into a small crack, because countless beautiful meteors appeared in the sky, flying towards them. This was not a meteor, but a cannonball, a salute given to them by Zheng Jinghe.
Chapter completed!