It’s not that Han Yanmo was ignorant, but that people in the Song Dynasty generally didn’t take the Mongols seriously at this time.
The Mongols did indeed sweep through the Central Plains a few years ago and earned a great reputation. But after shaking for a while, they turned around and headed west. The Han people in the Central Plains who had suffered so much still have lingering fears after thinking about it, but after all, the Song people
I never had a direct battle with the Mongols.
In the past two years, many people still regretted it. They felt that since the Jin Kingdom was extremely weak at that time, we should send troops to the north to wipe out the barbaric atmosphere in the Central Plains. It would be better than being taken advantage of by a frontier warrior. Under this trend of thought
, many people exaggerated the decline of the Jin Kingdom to the extreme. The Mongols' greatest achievement was their defeat of the Jin Kingdom, and the importance they received became less and less.
What's more, Sichuan, unlike other places, has always had a tradition of dealing with foreigners. In the eyes of Sichuan people, the Liao, Jin, Xia and other countries in the north are indeed a bit scary, and Dali in the south is just that.
There are powerful alien tribes close to the Song Dynasty and even within the country, and there are more than a hundred other tribes. They are distributed in dozens of military prefectures in Sichuan, and their territory stretches for more than a thousand miles. They are called "strong barbarian evil officials" and number in the tens of millions.
count.
The Song Dynasty mainly managed these foreign tribes through the system of restraints, maintained good relations through the salt trade, and recruited a large number of people from these tribes as local soldiers and rebels for their own use. Rich and powerful families in various places used these people as bodyguards.
What's more, what I want is that they have short hair, tattooed faces, and ferocious looks that scare people.
Han Yanmo used to be a thief. When he met such guards when cutting paths, he would still kill them one by one. He was not afraid of them because they were foreign barbarians. Therefore, when he first heard about the Mongols, his first reaction was not to be afraid.
However, Luo Yingkui had the insight and quickly said: "That tow mine can protect so many officials. It has thousands of Mongolians who are all good at bow and horse. How can it be compared to the local barbarians? Besides... well, look.
, if the boss is so understanding, why should we bother him? Brother, don’t show off your face of being a bandit. Since you are eating from the official family, you should be more humble! There are still many things to welcome and send away in the future!
"
Luo Yingkui has always had this attitude. In fact, when the brothers became thieves, they were not willing to do so. Was it because the officials were cruel and oppressive? Now even thieves can't have enough to eat, and they have taken advantage of the rebellion and chaos in Xingyuan Mansion to have royal food.
, a status that can be used in the military with a little martial arts... at least it is the right path.
Han Yanmo knew that Luo Yingkui had joined the army when he was young and had fought with the Jurchens. Although he had no choice but to fall into the trap later, he regretted it deeply in his heart. So now he takes the identity of this pawn very seriously and is quite a hero regardless of his background.
, the idea that you can always gain wealth by relying on your martial arts and selling your loyalty.
Han Yanmo didn't like this attitude of being eager for fame, but he was too lazy to argue with his brothers. He said "Hey" and stopped talking. He just leaned against the battlement wall of the city and looked at them all with smiles on their faces.
He faced the pedestrians sideways and guided them respectfully through the ditch gap.
The vehicle was heavy, and the horizontal road below the city gate was very narrow. A few furry Mongolians wearing fur coats and not having the skills to drive a vehicle were in a dilemma.
They all shouted over and over again to order the soldiers to come out and help.
This narrow road into the city is not only part of the defense system, but also a place used by the garrison to manipulate business travelers and ask for benefits. With the first call, the soldiers thought that the tow mine would not be stingy, so they went down one after another. Only
Han Yanmo is still at the top.
Seeing this group of Mongolians dragging vehicles into the city, it was obviously cold and cold, and several of them were covered in sweat. The soldiers couldn't help but find it funny.
The vehicle in front has stopped along the road, occupying half of the north-south road of Xiaoguancheng, and the last vehicle is grinding. The Mongolian driver does not know how to adjust the direction of the two wheels of the vehicle, and the horse is not skilled at all, so it moves crookedly.
He almost hit the city gate.
Luo Yingkui leaned against the city gate and sidestepped a Mongolian man who was sitting leaning on a carriage. The strong smell of the Mongolian people made him dizzy. Although he told his brother to be humble, he was not from a good background after all.
Covering his nose and laughing, he said, "It's strange. The people who guard the caravan actually don't know how to drive the car? Isn't that stupid Tatar smart? The big man in front of you, do you want some help driving the car?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the felt cloth on the vehicle was suddenly lifted. Many men who had been crowding in the vehicle jumped out of the vehicle and started slashing and killing them with sharp knives.
The Mongolian who was sitting sideways on the carriage slashed at Luo Yingkui with his sword. Luo Yingkui didn't react in time and only raised his hand to stop him.
Where the knife fell, his right arm was broken off at the elbow. Wang Lichan rushed from the side to protect him, but the Mongolian man stabbed the back of the neck with the knife. This top-down momentum was so powerful that the blade immediately penetrated half of the
The neck and throat were covered with sizzling blood, which emerged from under the collarbone.
Seeing that his companions were dead on the ground, Luo Yingkui screamed loudly and ran towards the city. In just ten steps, he saw that the city was already in chaos. A car drove up, filled with ferocious warriors wearing armor and carrying swords. They were like tigers
They were killing people everywhere like a flock of sheep. The roads in the city and the low-walled water wells were full of soldiers and family members who were running wildly. The fleeing people soon turned into corpses.
Luo Yingkui felt that the pain in his broken arm was unbearable, and his eyesight went black. He did not dare to go in the direction where the Mongols were gathering, and staggered towards the ramp behind the city gate. But he fell down after just a few steps. It turned out that
The Mongols who were following him slashed with their swords and cut off his hamstring with just one blow.
When he rolled to the ground, he heard continuous roars from above. It turned out that his brother Han Yanmo jumped down, and the swords fell down like swordsmanship, colliding with the Mongolian scimitars again and again.
As expected of a mountain bandit, Han Yanmo's martial arts skills were impressive. The Mongols blocked him several times and retreated continuously.
Han Yanmo advanced step by step, and when he reached Luo Yingkui, he waved his sword in his hand to threaten him. He squatted down and used his left hand to pull Luo Yingkui back, trying to pull Luo Yingkui back.
But how could Luo Yingkui stand up? He struggled a few times, but his body didn't move very far, and red blood gushed out from the wounds on his hands and feet, soaking into the rammed earth beneath him.
At this time, it would be better for one of them to escape than to die all together. Luo Yingkui mustered up his last strength and shouted in a hissing voice: "Hurry up!"
Han Yanmo lowered his head and smiled, then exerted force, and then his whole body froze.
He slowly sat down next to Luo Yingkui, then turned to lie on his back.
Only then did Luo Yingkui discover that Han Yanmo had an arrow shaft trembling on his left chest, and he was dead. The swishing sounds that pierced the air were heard one after another, which was when the Mongolians began to release arrows at all moving targets unhurriedly.
In a daze, Luo Yingkui heard someone approaching and stamping his feet.
The man trembled: "Why do you kill people like this! This is the pass of our Song Dynasty, and these are the soldiers and civilians of our Song Dynasty!"
"But this is also the only way our army must pass."
Tuo Lei, who had been accompanied by Du Tou into the depths of the city gate earlier, came back and stood not far in front of Luo Yingkui.
"You Song people are very good at talking and doing things. I like it very much. But there is only one thing that makes none of you happy. I have killed all the rebels outside Xingyuan Mansion as promised, and then I should
Open up the passes along the way and let our army advance eastward as soon as possible? It's a very simple matter, why hesitate? Why shirk the blame? If you insist on delaying, I will have no choice but to do it myself...why make a fuss?"
The person who spoke before was silent for a while.
"You've just killed so many people after crossing Raofeng Pass. How many more people are you going to kill all the way east? By doing this, are you trying to make yourself an enemy of the Song Dynasty?"
"I don't care how many people I kill. I don't care if we become enemies of the Song Dynasty."
Tuo Lei laughed twice and said: "In addition, those who followed me this time are not all Mongolian warriors. There are also Qiang people and Tubo people from Maozhou. Have you ever thought about where these people come from? In fact,
, there are also people in the Song Kingdom who hope that we Mongols and Zhou Dynasty will fight hard, so that we can suppress our neighbors in the north a little. Do you want me to tell you the name of that person? With the power of our army, plus
With that person’s support, how far do you think I can go?”
After a long time, the person who spoke before said: "I can't come forward under any circumstances! However, I will send you a hundred people, all of whom are familiar with the roads and can arrange supplies of food and materials along the way. You must pass as soon as possible, and don't make any further arrangements."
It’s causing trouble!”
"Haha, haha, that's okay too."
Toilei had been traveling around the Song Dynasty for a long time, and he became more and more familiar with the convoluted talking skills of Song officials. When he heard that Dong Juyi regarded his raid on Raofengguan as "causing trouble," he knew that Dong Juyi had completely surrendered, and then
Whatever you ask this guy to do, it will go very smoothly.
Isn't it bad to have been like this for a long time? What should have been a very simple matter has to be coy and hidden one by one. As expected, the Song people's old habits cannot be changed. To deal with them, they have to use knives to speak with human lives to be effective.
Having said that, Tuo Lei did not despise the Song people because of this.
After the defeat in Shandong and the loss of military power, Tuo Lei quickly took control of administrative power in various countries in the Western Regions, making up for the dilemma of not knowing what to do after the massacre by the Mongolian army. His power could almost eclipse Genghis Khan. That was because his subordinates
, there are many Han talents, and even other Khitan people and Jurchens also read Han people's books, and they are no different from the Han people.
I heard them say that the Han people and the Song people are actually one family, just like all the tribesmen on the Mongolian grassland are Mongolians.
Therefore, when Tuo Lei was deprived of power again and had to come to the Song Dynasty to restart his business, he did not hesitate to recruit many subordinates from the Song Dynasty, and even became almost half a Song Dynasty himself. Only in this way could he grasp the situation in a short period of time.
Seizing the opportunity, he introduced the Mongols into the territory of the Song State. He also spent huge resources to establish a private line with a powerful figure in the Song State, so as to find out the person's immediate concerns and long-term concerns, and secretly reach a tacit understanding.
Because of this experience, Tuo Lei sometimes even felt that if he wanted to achieve great things, he should rely more on many foreign races, including the Song people, and only use the Mongols as murderous knives.
This is what is called employing people based on their strengths.
There was a rush of footsteps in Guancheng, and a Mongolian centurion hurriedly came over and reported to Tuolei: "Fourth Prince, everyone in the city has been killed, and the grain depot and arsenal have been found."
"Urge the troops at the back to speed up, and ask the captain to bring people to collect weapons and armor, and feed all the food to the horses. I want to see all the troops arrive here before dark, and continue to set off early tomorrow morning."
Tuo Lei gave the order briskly, then raised his foot and kicked away the one-armed dead man with round eyes in front of him.