Chapter 2573: The prince comes into the world, the civet cat changes the prince
Chapter 2573: The true prince is born, the civet cat changes to the prince
Not long after the Battle of Dragon City ended, Maodun, who received the news in advance, decisively decided to attack Orcheng.
At this time, Kublai Khan had not yet withdrawn his troops from Chifeng City, and all the Yuan troops in Monan had not yet withdrawn to Mobei. It was the best time for Maodun to seize Or City.
As expected by Mao Dun, after learning that Boyan's main force of 80,000 men had been defeated by Huo Qubing's 20,000 men, the defenders of Or City immediately lost morale and were in panic all day long, fearing that Mao Dun and Huo Qubing would send troops to Or.
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But whatever you worry about will come true.
Thanks to Mao Dun's series of heart-attacking tactics and his efforts to win over Mo Dun at all costs, the Or guard general, who was finally defeated several times, decided to surrender to Mao Dun in Kaicheng.
Just like this, after losing Chifeng City, Maodun captured Or City from Yuanmeng, which could be regarded as a comeback.
After learning the news that Or's defenders had rebelled and Or's city had fallen, Kublai Khan was naturally furious. But more than anything, he was frightened. He was worried that his own military strength would be greatly damaged and the defenders of other cities would also rebel. At the same time, he was also grateful.
He returned to Mobei in time and stopped the signs of rebellion from the source.
Kublai Khan dispatched an army of 180,000 this time, confident that he would destroy Maodun and completely unify Yuan and Meng. As a result, not only did he not gain an inch of land, but he also lost more than 100,000 troops and the city of Or, so he no longer wanted to
The fight continues.
But if he takes the initiative to seek peace, he will definitely be regarded as a defeated country by Da Qin and be severely punished.
Kublai Khan was still unwilling to read the compensation regulations of the last Jinyang Treaty, so he was naturally unwilling to sign such a treaty with Da Qin that was humiliating and humiliating the country.
But if there is no peace talks, this war will continue, and it is unknown whether an even heavier price will be paid by then.
When Kublai Khan was in a dilemma, his two most trusted advisers, Tuotuo and Yelu Chucai, agreed that not only should they not take the initiative to negotiate peace with Daqin, but they should instead put on a posture of all people fighting to defend the five cities in Mobei.
Only in this way can Da Qin take the initiative to retreat without worrying about casualties.
During Da Qin's second outing, although Yuan and Meng suffered heavy casualties, the Qin army's losses were also considerable.
Huo Qubing's 20,000-strong army suffered casualties of nearly half, and the casualties of Yue Fei's and Zhang Liao's armies also reached a quarter or even a third.
For Yuan Meng, who could use cavalry for all the people, these casualties were naturally not worth mentioning. However, the total number of cavalry in Qin was only 170,000. Such casualties were already huge for Qin's cavalry.
The reason why the Qin Dynasty went out to the fortress was because the country did not want to be wiped out in order to prevent the unification of Yuan and Mongolia.
Now that Da Qin's goal has been achieved, there is no need to continue fighting the Yuan army for the sake of Mao Dun.
Therefore, as long as Yuan and Meng are determined to hold on, the Qin army will naturally retreat in the face of difficulties, and Yuan and Meng will not need to sign a defeat treaty.
Kublai Khan felt that what the two men said was reasonable, so he issued an emergency military expansion order and recruited herders near the five cities in Mobei to serve as troops to defend the country. He actually recruited more than 200,000 troops in a short period of time.
The nomads are good at this. The living environment is difficult, so all the people are soldiers, and they can be recruited and replenished at any time.
Kublai Khan only maintained an army of 250,000 before the war. It was not that Yuan and Meng only had 250,000 troops, but that they could only raise 250,000 regular troops.
The material consumption and equipment supplies of the regular army are naturally different from those of the cannon fodder army.
The more than 200,000 troops now being recruited were all herdsmen not long ago. They had not received any military training and were poorly equipped. They obviously did not have much combat effectiveness.
If this was placed on a frontal battlefield, it would not necessarily be an opponent of the 20,000 Qin army. Naturally, it would be regarded as cannon fodder.
However, such a large number is more than enough to defend the city and fill the scene.
When Yue Fei, Zhang Liao, and Huo Qubing learned that Kublai Khan had temporarily recruited 200,000 troops to defend the city, they all tacitly chose to withdraw their troops.
There are three reasons why the three of them did this:
First, the purpose of weakening Yuan Meng and balancing the strength of Kublai Khan and Maodun has been achieved so far.
Second, Yuan and Meng have already taken precautions, and the risk of another attack on Mobei has greatly increased.
The third is that even if we continue to fight, we won't get much benefit, and it will be even more advantageous. It's better to just stop fighting.
After Mao Dun learned that the Qin army was about to withdraw, he naturally expressed strong opposition. He was also preparing to pull the Qin army's tiger skin to expand the results of the war and take advantage of the Qin army. If the Qin army just withdrew, what else would he do?
Pulling off tiger skin?
Although Mao Dun wanted to stop him, the generals of the Qin army were not fools. First, Kublai Khan took the initiative to abandon the city of Chifeng City, and then Mao Dun took advantage of the Qin army's victory to seize Or City, which already gave Mo Dun his full share.
If it is cheap, how can it be possible for Moton to continue to take advantage?
Soon after, the three Qin armies stationed in the Monan area each received the imperial edict to withdraw their troops, and returned home laden with loot.
At the same time, Zhang Yi, as the envoy of the Qin Dynasty, went to Orcheng to negotiate with Maodun.
Kublai Khan was determined to resist, and even if he continued to fight, he would never sign an armistice agreement with Da Qin.
The Qin Dynasty could not slay Kublai Khan, so it had no choice but to slay Maodun.
"What? Great Qin wants me to bear the losses of the Qin army in this battle?"
After learning Zhang Yi's intention, he jumped up in shock and decisively refused: "No way, this is absolutely impossible."
Zhang Yi sneered when he heard this: "My king, you must know that without the help of Da Qin, how could you withstand Kublai Khan's army?
Our army lost 30,000 fine cavalry this time. These 30,000 people died on this grassland just to save you, the king. It is completely reasonable and reasonable for the king to be responsible for their pensions."
Da Qin only killed 20,000 troops in the battle, but Zhang Yi deliberately repaid him with 30,000, just to cause Mao Dun to bleed heavily.
Mao Dun was dumbfounded when he heard what Zhang Yi said. He knew how high Da Qin's pension was, and he couldn't get out the pension for an army of 30,000 people even if he emptied it.
"That's true, but, but..."
Under Zhang Yi's coercion and inducement, Mao Dun did not dare but had to compromise and agreed to pay the Qin army's pension of 30,000 yuan. After all, Da Qin could be his life-saving talisman, but it could also be his life-saving talisman.
The man is a swordsman, and I am the fish and meat. Maodun has no confidence to refuse.
However, Maodun's territory was all in Monan, and it had just suffered a war, and Shengle City, the richest city, had been ceded to Da Qin. It was impossible to provide a pension of 30,000 troops in a short period of time.
After some discussion, Zhang Yi agreed that Mao Dun would use war horses, cattle and sheep to pay off the debt, as long as it was paid off within three years.
Zhang Yi directly squeezed out all the value of Mao Dun, and then left with satisfaction, leaving Mao Dun alone with a look of tears on his face. In the next few years, he would have to work for Daqin to pay off his debts.
In this way, although Da Qin failed to gain a hand from Kublai Khan, it killed Mao Dun.
Kublai Khan, who was far away in Longcheng, was secretly relieved after learning that the Qin army had withdrawn. He also immediately dismissed the temporary army, and then began to look for candidates for the prime minister. After all, Yuan Meng had to recuperate again.
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After much thought, Kublai Khan decided to make Tuo Tuo his prime minister, and his decision was undoubtedly the right one.
Although Yelu Chucai is very capable, he is of Qiang origin after all and cannot make all the major factions of Yuan and Meng feel at ease.
Just when Kublai Khan was working on the restoration of Yuan and Mongolia, news of Qin's second outing and its great victory had spread throughout the Central Plains countries.
The monarchs of the Wei, Song and Ming Dynasties, who were looking forward to the defeat of the Qin Dynasty, felt disappointed when they learned that the Qin Dynasty had won so quickly.
In addition to Zhu Di, who was appeasing the Qi clan, Cao Cao and Zhao Kuangyin summoned their counselors and generals to study the secrets of Qin's victory in the fortress, but found that there was no secret at all.
The biggest secret to Great Qin's victory was that the cavalry was strong enough, even stronger than the prairie cavalry, and it used the right generals.
Whether it is Yue Fei, Zhang Liao, or Huo Qubing, they are all generals who are good at cavalry warfare, especially Huo Qubing, whose cavalry blitz tactics this time simply amazed everyone in the world.
Cao Cao and Zhao Kuangyin naturally wanted to follow suit, but firstly they were not as fast as Huo Qubing, and secondly, even if they were as fast as Huo Qubing, they did not have Huo Qubing's confidence in victory and the courage to go ahead and win or die.
In addition to Cao Cao and Zhao Kuangyin, other kings also used the sand table to deduce it many times, but finally found that Huo Qubing's style of play was only suitable for Huo Qubing himself.
Apart from Huo Qubing, there is no other general in the world who is as extreme as him.
Huo Qubing's excellent commanding ability in cavalry battles made monarchs from all over the world fear him. After all, Huo Qubing was as good as Bai Qi in terms of cavalry battles.
Bai Qi has already overwhelmed all countries. If Huo Qubing comes again, who can bear it?
Fortunately, Huo Qubing was only stunning in the mounted combat. Although the infantry combat was equally impressive, it did not reach the level of the mounted combat.
Moreover, Huo Qubing was promoted from General of Zhenbei to General of Zhenbei due to his meritorious service this time. From now on, he will be stationed in Northern Xinjiang to terrify the foreign races. There is a high probability that he will not participate in the Central Plains war, and this also gives the countries in the Central Plains a lot of peace of mind.
During the second expedition to the fortress, Huo Qubing came from behind, and his performance was so amazing that Yue Fei and Zhang Liao, who also performed well, were outdone by him, so they were named Generals of Zhenbei.
Yue Fei and Zhang Liao, who also won the battle, naturally received their own rewards, but not as big as Huo Qubing.
Soon after the three generals Huo Qubing, Yue Fei, and Zhang Liao led their armies back to their respective defense areas, they each led a thousand deputies to the capital to receive awards and also brought back the ashes of the fallen soldiers.
Ying Hao held a very grand welcome ceremony for the representatives who left the fortress. The people of Luoyang welcomed the return of the heroes who left the fortress with flowers and cheers. The people of Luoyang celebrated for three days.
As for the 20,000 soldiers who died in the battle, only 15,000 brought their ashes back with them, while the other 5,000 had no bones left.
Ying Hao came down directly and buried the ashes of the soldiers he brought back into the Martyrs' Shrine. For those he didn't bring back, he also set up a tomb and left their names for future generations to remember.
"With this first glass of wine, I would like to pay tribute to the 70,000 soldiers who came out of the Great Wall. Without their bloody battles, there would be no great Qin power in the Great Wall and the glory of all races coming to court."
"With this second glass of wine, I would like to pay tribute to the 20,000 soldiers who died in the battle. Without their heroic sacrifice, there would be no stable life for millions of people in Northern Qin."
"With this third glass of wine, I would like to pay tribute to the three generals Huo Bing, Yue Fei, and Zhang Liao, as well as Lu Bu, Jiang Song, Gao Chong and other generals. Under their wise command, we, the Qin Dynasty, were able to defeat the Yuan Dynasty with 70,000 cavalry.
Mongolia's 180,000 cavalrymen beheaded more than 100,000, another great victory..."
Ying Hao's words made everyone's blood boil with excitement.
The generals who participated in the expedition were full of pride, while those who did not participated were extremely regretful that they had missed this opportunity to be heroes, and were determined to fight for it next time they went out to the fortress.
Since Ying Hao had made a good start, the atmosphere of the celebration banquet was naturally very lively. However, he did not expect that only halfway through the banquet, someone from the palace suddenly came to inform him that the Queen of the East Palace was about to give birth.
After hearing this, all the generals congratulated Ying Hao and said it was a good sign.
Ying Hao also felt that this was a good sign. After all, he had won the battle, and now his legitimate son was born during the celebration banquet. It was a double happiness.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
Seeing another person coming into the palace, Ying Hao couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
"Empress Xigong is also about to give birth."
"What?"
This time it was not a surprise, but a shock. Ying Hao never expected that Liu Mu, who was pregnant one month later than Ren Hongchang, would give birth on the same day as Ren Hongchang.
Although Ren Hongchang was pregnant for twelve months, it was too much of a coincidence.
Ying Hao instinctively had a bad premonition in his heart, and immediately said: "Go back to the palace."
As soon as he finished speaking, a thunder was heard.
Boom...
Then the sky quickly darkened, strong winds rose, dark clouds gathered, and it rained heavily.
Ying Hao looked at the dim sky. For some reason, the bad premonition in his heart became stronger. He had to go back to the palace despite the heavy rain outside.
At this time, in the Qin Imperial Palace, Ren Hongchang and Liu Mu had completed production.
Ren Hongchang gave birth to a son and a daughter, while Liu Mu gave birth to a son.
Since their mothers are both great masters, the prince and princess are both healthy and not as weak as ordinary babies.
But even though both queens were great masters, the process of giving birth was extremely difficult, and the children fainted as soon as they were born.
Seeing that the queen fainted, one of the midwives was so bold that she took out a dead civet cat from the package in the bamboo basket, and then exchanged it with the newly born little prince.
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Sorry, I worked overtime for two days in a row. The author really didn't want to work overtime, because even if there is overtime pay, it cannot offset the loss of manuscript fees for not updating for two days. But there is no way, people can't help themselves in the world.