Yelv Dashi held a conference of seven states and eighteen ministries.
Eighteen parts will definitely not come together.
The Wugu tribe and the Dilie tribe, because they had taken refuge in Yelu Dashi, became the targets of the Jin Kingdom to kill chickens and scare monkeys. Before the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed, the two tribes were separated and moved to Taizhou (Baicheng City). The remaining tribesmen no longer dared to openly support Yelu.
Dashi, at most he quietly sent someone to deliver some news.
Hongji's tribe had also betrayed Yelu Dashi and completely defected to the Jin Kingdom.
At this meeting, sitting next to Yelu Dashi was Hebul Khan, the leader of the Nilon Mongols, who was the great-grandfather of Genghis Khan.
Nilun Mongolia is the "Noble Mongolia", and Hebuli Khan only has three tribes: Nila, Xi's (begging), and Ji'erbi for the time being.
In addition, there are also the Dieliejin Mongols, the "ordinary Mongolian" tribe.
The Chachila tribe, which also belonged to the Nylon Mongolia, was loyal to Yelu Dashi at this time. Its leader was Zhamuhe's great-grandfather, and Yelu Dashi also took some soldiers from this tribe during the Western Expedition.
Many of these tribal leaders have feuds with each other.
For example, Beizhubu, Kele, and Merqi were all willing to submit to Yelu Dashi, but they had already fought against each other.
The Naiman tribe was too far away, and their core territory was on the Altay side. This time they only sent a thousand cavalry to support them.
"Brothers," Yelu Dashi said, "my informant in Monan has found out that the Jin Kingdom forced the southern grassland tribes to send troops. Tribes of different sizes sent thousands of troops, and hundreds of troops. They also had to bring their own food. They were not here to fight.
Ours was taken away by the Jin Kingdom to plunder the Han. The Jin Kingdom is about to fight the Han people, and this is our best opportunity to send troops."
Hebul Khan not only owned three tribes of Nilon Mongolia, but also conquered an ordinary Mongolian tribe. His strength was the strongest in the northeast of the Mongolian Plateau.
Although nominally obeying Yelu Dashi, the relationship between the two sides is more like an alliance. Hebuli Khan asked: "Don't the Han people always suffer defeat? What will happen when the Jin Kingdom defeats the Han people and brings a large army to attack us?"
Yelu Dashi pointed at Ma Kuo and Yu Yunwen: "These two are envoys sent by the emperor of the Han Dynasty."
Ma Kuo immediately boasted: "King Khan doesn't know that the Han emperor has been replaced a long time ago. In the past, it was the Song Dynasty, and the emperor was fatuous and incompetent. Now it is the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor is wise and powerful. Our country's prince Langjun once personally led the army.
During the battle, we defeated three thousand warriors from the Jin Kingdom and wiped out five thousand Jin Kingdom's brave cavalry. The Jin Kingdom's crown prince, Wan Libu, was killed by our country's crown prince, Langjun, but failed and returned to Yanshan."
Yu Yunwen also said: "My Highness, the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty, led a thousand troops to destroy the Song Dynasty and replace it. Last year, I sent troops to defeat the Xixia Kingdom. Today, the Ming Dynasty has 500,000 soldiers, and the Jin Kingdom will definitely lose this battle!"
Yelu Dashi smiled and said: "This time we are taking advantage of the Ming-Jin war. We do not need to fight to the south to send troops to the Jin Kingdom, but to conquer the Tatar Tribe (Tatar Tribe) and the Hongjira Tribe! As for the Wu who have not been moved away,
I have secretly contacted the Gu tribe and the enemy troops, and as soon as our army comes out, they will also respond with troops."
To put it bluntly, we want to kill the lackeys of the Jin Kingdom and completely control the vast grasslands around Hulun Lake.
Yelu Dashi also told the spoils-sharing plan: "If we win this battle, the tribes that are close can be divided into some pastures. The tribes that are far away can be divided into people, livestock and goods."
After hearing this, the tribal leaders began to talk about it, and then asked for details on how to divide the spoils.
Yelu Dashi said that the distribution will be based on the number of troops sent. Moreover, if you want the pasture, you cannot ask for other spoils, otherwise the tribes that are too far away will suffer.
The meeting was held amidst the noise for a whole day, and the division of the spoils was agreed upon even before the war started. At the same time, the number of troops sent by each tribe was determined.
The next day, the leaders of each tribe slaughtered cattle and sheep, and swore an alliance to raise troops outside the city of Kedun.
After a feast and a feast, Hebul Khan left with his entourage. He did not want pasture this time, but only people and supplies.
Hebul Khan's ambition was to unify Mongolia. With the population and materials, he could annex surrounding tribes more quickly. Historically, this man was able to defeat the Jin soldiers' conquest after seven years and was canonized as Mongolian by the Jin emperor.
King of Wu Kingdom.
Genghis Khan's ancestors chose population and materials, but Zhamuhe's ancestors chose pasture.
The two of them would have to fight sooner or later because their territories were very close together and they both belonged to the Nylon Mongolian system.
At the beginning of September, the autumn grass on the grassland has turned yellow, and the war horses are fat and strong.
Under the call of Yelu Dashi, more than 30,000 troops went out to fight, advancing rapidly from the north and west to attack the tribes who had surrendered to the Jin Kingdom.
The Tata'er tribe was caught off guard and lost all their pastures. The old, weak, women, children and livestock that had not had time to evacuate were also snatched away by the Yelv Stone. Only two to three thousand remnants and a few family members were left, and they fled in despair to the nearby villages.
Hongji Labu.
The territory of Hongji Labu is close to the Greater Khingan Mountains.
The two armies had nearly 10,000 troops, but they did not dare to fight directly with Yelu Dashi, so they fled with their population and supplies to the territory actually controlled by the Jin Kingdom.
In less than a month of fighting, Yelu Dashi captured the entire Hulunbuir Grassland.
However, Yelu Dashi is only the co-owner of the grassland, and the leaders of each tribe may not necessarily be obedient. For the sake of interests, the tribes will attack each other, and Yelu Dashi will at most mediate.
His fundamentals are too weak.
After the tribal leader disobeys the order, Yelu Dashi must send out troops to conquer, and win several consecutive expeditions, in order to completely establish his prestige. Moreover, he must have his own tribe and pasture, otherwise it will be all in vain.
The prairie has prairie rules!
He also gave birth to more sons, enfeoffed pastures to increase blood-related tribes, and had many children to marry into various tribes.
The ruling system of the Central Plains cannot be used here.
Of course, leading the tribes in Mobei to continue fighting south and continuously winning victories to conquer Monan will also allow Yelu Dashi to become a real grassland overlord.
But it will definitely not work this year. Not only is he afraid of recruiting the main force of the Jin army, he is also afraid of forcing the Monan tribes to collectively resist.
…
After receiving the news of the fall of Hulunbuir Grassland, the Jin Dynasty court had no reaction.
Firstly, the Jin soldiers had already moved south, preparing for a decisive battle with the Ming Dynasty, and could not spare any extra troops. Secondly, the area was already Jisu territory, and the Jin Kingdom had never actually controlled it.
If you lose it, just throw it away. Once you defeat the Ming Dynasty, you can take it back.
This war, which affected five countries, first broke out in the Hulunbuir Grassland.
Xixia and Goryeo were the sixth ones. The former secretly sent troops north to spy on the reality of Dongsheng Prefecture, and would start fighting as soon as they found the opportunity. The latter gathered troops in Baozhou, lying about going to support Liaonan and help the Jin Kingdom regain Lushun.
land, but actually wanted to take the opportunity to occupy the north of the Yalu River.
Before the Jin Kingdom officially started war, its two younger brothers were ready to rebel.
Mid September.
Wanyan Zonghan could not wait for enough food and grass, so he took the lead in sending troops southward, and his 50,000 troops marched directly to Taiyuan City.
He also divided his troops into more than 10,000 troops, allowing Yin Shu to lead them and go to prefectures where discounts were available.
Zhe Keqiu frantically sent out a letter asking for help, asking Liu Yanqing next door to come to the rescue. Liu Yanqing claimed that he wanted to guard against Xixia, not caring about the life and death of the Zhe family, and strengthened the fortress passes in his territory.
At the foot of Taiyuan City, the Jin soldiers were building siege equipment and sending people to call for battle.
"Strictly guard the city and don't go to war!"
Zhang Xiaochun and Yang Weizhong are in charge of Taiyuan's defense. They are all new soldiers who were trained last year. They used to be able to defend for half a year without soldiers and food, but now they have enough food and grass and are not afraid.
As for Zhang Guangdao's elite, they were not in Taiyuan at all. He had been stationed in Shouyang, trying to capture the Pingding Army (Yangquan), then opened up Chengtian Village (Niangziguan), and fought his way out of Jingxing to seize Zhending Mansion, the capital of the pseudo-Song Dynasty.
Leping County (Xiyang) under the rule of the Pingding Army, as well as Jingyang Village and Baijing Village further east, were all captured by Zhang Guangdao last year, and now only one military city is still in the hands of the Jin soldiers.
It is difficult to pacify the military city. There are 3,000 Jurchen soldiers stationed in the city, 5,000 old Liao and Han soldiers, and 2,000 puppet soldiers of the Song Dynasty.
Moreover, those who defended the hardest were those old Liao and Han soldiers!
They were tricked by the Song Dynasty court, and they were on the same level as the Han people in Shaanxi, and they were determined to be the lackeys of the Jin Kingdom. They were both Han people, but when they fought against the Ming army, they were even more desperate than the Jurchen soldiers.
Below Taiyuan City.
Wanyan Loushi looked at the tall and solid city and admonished: "Marshal Langjun, this city is not easy to capture. If we continue to attack, it will only waste food and grass. The previous siege lasted for more than half a year, and we didn't even climb the city wall a few times. Why?
Do we have to fight it again?"
Wanyan Zonghan said: "If you can't conquer Taiyuan, you can never destroy Ming Dynasty."
"The Ming army is besieging the Pingding Army. It is better to leave one force to attack Taiyuan. The main force of our army will go to pacify the Ding Army and fight the main force of the Ming Dynasty in Shanxi," Wanyan Loushi suggested. "After defeating the main force of the Ming Army in Shanxi, the Taiyuan defenders
The morale of the army will definitely be greatly reduced, and it may be possible to surrender without a fight."
Wanyan Zonghan thought carefully, nodded and said, "Okay!"
In fact, he didn't want to leave, he just wanted to fight in Taiyuan. This had almost become an obsession.
Wanyan Zonghan had been fighting for many years and was invincible in all battles and invincible in every attack. However, he was blocked here and had no way to defeat Taiyuan City.
After all, we can't fight with emotion. After staring at Taiyuan City for a while, Wanyan Zonghan ordered his troops to be divided. He wanted to take the main force to fight Zhang Guangdao in the field.
The task given by Ju Ming to Zhang Guangdao was to hold the city and hold back Wanyan Zonghan's West Route Army.
However, everyone has selfish motives. Yang Zhi and Li Bao successively made great achievements. Zhang Guangdao led the army in Shanxi for more than a year, but only captured one county town, one pass city and two walled cities.
Yao Pingzhong has led troops to support Shanxi. Zhang Guangdao felt that the troops were enough and he did not want to defend the city. So he led people to defeat Dingjun City and attracted Wanyan Zonghan's main force to rescue him. He wanted to go head-to-head with the most elite troops of the Jin Kingdom!
Four of the generals under Yao Pingzhong are relatively well-known, namely: Liu Qi, Wang De, Wu Jie, and Wu Lin.
Wooden cannons were carried one by one through the mountain roads by civilian workers.
Yao Pingzhong's eyes shone when he saw it, and he asked: "Can these wooden cannons be used?"
Zhang Guangdao nodded and said: "It can be used, but it can only hit a few dozen steps, so I have to be more prepared."
"How many?" Yao Pingzhong asked.
Zhang Guangdao grinned: "In more than a year, I built more than 300 doors. The projectiles were all made of stone, but there was not enough gunpowder, so I urged the court to transport them several times."
"More than three hundred guns..." Yao Pingzhong took a breath. He could imagine the scene of a salvo.
Zhang Guangdao said: "If we had attacked by force regardless of casualties, I would have defeated Pingding Military City long ago. The terrain here is very good, and it is very suitable to besiege the city and provide reinforcements. I have selected more than a dozen battlefields for arranging troops.
This is the most suitable place for thousands of cannons to unleash their might!”
