Ever since the group decided to kidnap King Sheng and come to Zhongdu, the movements of the Mongolian army seemed to have been forgotten by everyone.
In fact, the situation in Zhongdu is turbulent. Although Guo Ning's troops entered the situation with strong force, they cannot really grasp the subtleties of the entire coup. They are always outsiders, and they need to be more cautious in a turbulent environment.
Walking on thin ice, almost everyone is focused and ready to respond at any time.
But the actions of the Mongolian army will not stop just because everyone is not paying attention.
Compared with the Mongolian Plateau, the fields in Hebei seem less open, but more fertile. In the eyes of the Mongolian knights, those dotted villages and cities are infinite wealth.
Moreover, this is wealth in the hands of the enemy, and other than plundering it, the only option is to destroy it.
This is not cruelty, but an unchanging truth that the nomadic peoples on the grassland have been fighting and fighting for thousands of years. On the grassland, there is no distinction between the army and the civilians, and there is no distinction between war and peace. Therefore, the massacre of the enemy and the destruction of the enemy's war potential
Destroy, there is no distinction.
After crossing the Zijin Pass and attacking Hebei, the Mongolian army ran wildly in just one month, attacking like fire, as if a mighty wind of death was driving it, breaking apart cities and towns, flattening fields, and
Rivers and canals burst open, and buildings burned down everywhere.
As for people...the massacre of people is the simplest. Perhaps in the eyes of the Central Plains people, Hebei has become too desolate, but in the eyes of the Mongolian cavalry, there are still too many people in the Central Plains, and they seem to be killed no matter how hard they try.
If not, then you have to work harder to kill more.
For the Mongolian army, the Jin Kingdom's Hebei area should have been an unfamiliar area. It took Genghis Khan three years to find out the details of the Jin Army's northern frontier fortress, and another two years to completely destroy the Jin Kingdom's boundary trenches.
The Great Wall defense line's breakthrough into Hebei this time was supposed to be a test and a preparation for the next major attack.
However, with the military victories in the past few years, the subordinate tribes that originally gathered under the Jurchen army began to increasingly turn to the Mongols.
After all, it only took a hundred years for the Jurchens to rise to decline. They controlled the northeastern hinterland with one hand and the Central Plains with the other. They seemed to have the benefits of both, but in fact, their control over various places and tribes was never stable.
When the Jurchens were strong, all contradictions were covered up. Once the Jurchens' power began to waver, those Bohai people, Xi people, Khitan people, and even Han officials began to devote themselves to the newly rising powerful nation in the north on a large scale.
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Many of those people knew the inside story of the Jin Kingdom, understood the mountains and rivers geography, knew where to garrison troops, where to find food routes, where to plunder, where to detour, and where to take key passes.
Under their guidance and guidance, the Mongolian army divided into three groups was like a dragon swimming in the sea. Tens of thousands of cavalry were like water within a range of hundreds of miles, constantly tearing apart the resistance of the Jin army everywhere.
Causing unimaginable destruction.
Urgent documents from various places were delivered to Zhongdu like snowflakes, but in Zhongdu, a coup was busy.
Even a capable and far-sighted minister like Tu Shanyi could only suppress the scope of the coup to the minimum and complete the coup in the shortest time. But when he freed up his hands, he wanted to clean up Zhongdu.
Otherwise, the situation has already become unimaginably bad.
Right Prime Minister's Mansion.
Early in the morning, Xu Ding came to see Tu Danyi.
The massacre last night made Xu Ding admire Tu Danyi's methods even more. He and the political forces headed by him generally continued the political line of Xu Zhiguo back then, and they had frequent conflicts with the clan kings. Both sides
When they met in the court, they were all smiles and secretly cursed each other a thousand times.
Now that the power of the king was eliminated overnight, the sincerity of King Sheng and Tu Shanyi in cooperating with Han Chen was fully demonstrated. However, it turned out that Tu Shanyi had more sharp blades than Guo Ning, which shocked Xu Ding.
, we overestimate Tu Danyi’s power much more.
It seems that for quite some time from now on, it will be a must for Xu Ding to visit Tu Danyi's house every day.
But at this time, Xu Ding's eyes did not show the slightest joy in Tu Danyi's eyes that his great wish had been fulfilled.
In the past two days, Tu Shanyi has aged a lot. His face was already full of wrinkles, but now, those wrinkles are almost hanging down, and his skin is covered with age spots. His gray beard and hair,
It became visibly whiter and sparser to the naked eye, and even the eyes that often flashed with sharp light were obviously cloudy.
When he saw Xu Ding, he didn't say much. He pointed to the documents scattered on the desk and told Xu Ding to take a look.
Xu Ding was a busy minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Even though he had recently become a political advisor, he kept to himself and rarely had contact with the military. However, after the new emperor came to the throne, Xu Ding would definitely be one of the prime ministers with real power. Military matters
He had to grasp many trends in time.
Each military newspaper, some were messily written, some were dirty, and some were even bloody.
In the past few days, everyone in the imperial court has been watching the changes in the court, but someone has to read military reports, and bad news will always be known.
Xu Ding looked at them one by one and his face gradually turned pale.
"Enzhou, Jingzhou and Xianzhou have all been lost, and the water transportation from Damingfu to Zhongdu has been completely cut off? Linqing and Liting in Enzhou, Jiangling in Jingzhou, and Hecang belonging to Dongguang counties,
A total of two million dan of grain reserves fell into the hands of the Mongolian army?"
With trembling hands, Xu Ding put aside these military reports and read the next pile.
"The situation on the north and south roads of Henan... After Pucha Ali's elite cavalry was defeated by the Mongolian army, our army stayed in the Zhending area and did not dare to advance. On the contrary, the southern Ze, Lu and other prefectures and Pingyang Prefecture were empty and lost one after another. Now
In Taiyuan, there were dozens of surprises a day in the Xin Dynasty. The Xijing province was attacked on three sides. Xijing was left behind and Zhongzhong controlled it. Only Datong Prefecture was left. In addition, Jizhou, Xizhou, Lanzhou and other places had long lost their troops.
The newspaper has probably been lost as well?"
Xu Ding's chanting voice became lower and lower. He put aside the pile of military reports and flipped through the third batch. There were only two copies of this batch of military reports, and the content was brief:
One said that Wanyan Chenghui, who had been appointed as the military envoy of Shandong Road Command earlier, intended to go south, but the army blocked Cangzhou and the road was cut off and difficult to travel.
Another one said that Wanyan Salara, the current commander of the Shandong Army, led an army of 20,000 people and entered Dezhou, where he defeated the Mongolian army in a battle.
If you think about it calmly, there are no other military reports in such a vast area like Shandong's east and west routes except these two?
There is no military report, which proves that something big has happened!
Xu Ding let out a long sigh and looked at the next letter. It was not a military report, but a letter from home.
Obviously, such a large number of military affairs gave Tu Shanyi a headache. His old man's desk was in a mess, with personal letters and official documents mixed together.
Xu Ding took out this family letter alone and placed it in front of Tu Danyi.
Tu Danyi lowered his eyes, his cloudy eyes motionless.
Xu Ding thought that Tu Danyi was dozing off again, so he leaned forward slightly and wanted to call him. Tu Danyi said slowly and authentically: "I've seen it."
"What?"
"This is the letter that Monk Zhang sent me. Please read it."
Xu Ding knew that the man named Zhang Seng was Tu Shanyi's nephew, and the current governor of Anzhou, Tu Shanhang. Previously, Tu Shanyi and Wanyan Gang had an unfavorable political battle, and many of his party members in the six departments were unlucky one after another. As a result,
Tu Shanhang was kicked out of his position as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and fell directly to the barren Anzhou where the people were poor and became the governor.
Tu Shanhang himself was very unwilling to do so, so he thought of many ways. Tu Danyi also always liked his nephew and was always trying to think of ways to create opportunities for Tu Shanhang.
Xu Ding opened the letter, and there were only a few words on it. At the beginning, he greeted Tu Danyi a few words, and then said that the Mongolian army was traveling on light cavalry, hundreds of miles away, and could arrive day and night. Although the army had previously detoured to Baozhou and Lizhou
The front line went south, but Anzhou would inevitably be attacked. He was the son-in-law of the Shan family for two generations, and had received great favor from the country. He would never surrender, and he would have to die with the city.
Seeing this, Xu Ding was a little surprised, but then his disciple Shan Yi said slowly: "Seng Zhang's temperament has always been a bit soft, but he likes to bluff. To be honest, he is fierce in appearance but soft in heart. But this time, he is a bit tougher.
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"Could it be that Anzhou..."
"Anzhou was besieged ten days ago. Zhang Seng led his troops to defend for five days and finally fell. He, his wife and family have all hanged themselves to death."
Xu Ding sighed and comforted Tu Shan Yi with a few words.
There are so many military reports on the table, but he has read less than half of them, and the rest of them will not have good news. Obviously, with so many cities changing hands, the connection between Zhongdu Daxing Mansion and the vast territory of Dajin is changing.
was quickly blocked. In the following months, how to maintain the situation in Daxing Prefecture and how to persevere under the invading Mongolian army?
That's really difficult.
He thought for a while and then asked: "Sir, since the situation is like this, why is it necessary to send Guo Ning's troops to Shandong? In my opinion, it is better..."
Tu Danyi smiled hoarsely: "He Zhi, don't you know? That's because they want to go."