At the end of October of the second year of Zhenyou's reign, the war in Shandong and other places had just come to an end. But Dading Prefecture in Beijing had been stable for half a year.
On this day, Mu Huali took his Nake'ers out of the official office next to Zhuxia Gate in the south of the city and went straight to Yangde Gate in the inner city of Dading Prefecture.
Wherever he and his men passed, residents on both sides of the road knelt down and buried their foreheads deeply in the muddy ground.
This scene is like riding a horse on the grassland and seeing the strong wind blowing the tall grass into deep cover. Even the sluggish and timid look of these people is no different from the dejected slaves on the grassland.
However, these residents knelt on both sides of the road, which prevented the horses from galloping freely. Behind them were the numerous buildings, as well as the stone towers and wooden towers standing behind the buildings, which fell into Mu Huali's sight, like wild dogs. The skyline was damaged and Mu Huali felt very uncomfortable.
It had been less than half a year since he led his troops to Beijing Road, but Mu Huali was still not accustomed to the cities of Han Dynasty. These layers of man-made creations were too abrupt in the eyes of a Mongolian.
Previously, Shi Mo also built a luxurious mansion for Mu Huali in Dading Mansion, Beijing. Only two days after Mu Huali settled in, he mobilized his troops to demolish the entire building, and in the large open space behind Yangde Gate, Set up a truly comfortable felt tent.
Later, Mu Huali rarely even went in and out of the city, and moved to the Xia Bo Palace of Emperor Liao at the foot of Qijin Mountain in the north of the city. Although that area was desolate and full of ruins, it had long pines and lush weeds, which could be used for livestock grazing. , the scenery is like the depths of the prairie.
There, Mu Huali seemed to see the endless green grassland. The scenery was so beautiful that it was intoxicating, as if he was drinking fine wine. The hilly areas and dense woodlands were also the same as those on the grassland. The trees were about a thousand tall. Years, ten thousand years, high and dense. The breeze blows over, bringing the unique and vibrant atmosphere of the forest.
The only thing missing is the Gobi and the desert. Sometimes when Mu Huali dreams, he will think of the impact of loneliness and magnificence, which will make people roar loudly and run around, wanting to see the endless end. What is.
However, since I have been ordered to stay in the territory of the Jin people for a long time, even if I am not used to it, I can only overcome it slowly.
After the Mongolian army took control of Dading Prefecture in Beijing and more than 30 surrounding cities, they actually faced an extremely severe external situation. Its west side directly faced Daxing Prefecture, the core area of the Jin Kingdom, and its east side faced It is the hometown of Jurchens with white mountains and black waters.
The enemies on both sides were only more than 600 miles apart from each other, but the line of contact with the Mongolian army stretched for more than 2,000 miles.
It is not easy for Muhuali to maintain deterrence and control in such a vast area. Moreover, the Wutou tribe does not have sufficient troops.
Although they were directly assigned by Genghis Khan, the Uluru, Mangwu, and Yiqili tribes together only produced more than 3,000 people. The Hongji tribe tried their best, but many thousands of families from this tribe had gone deep into the interior of the Jin Dynasty. Shandong suffered a huge defeat and suffered a lot of losses, so the number of troops currently dispatched is only a little over 2,000.
Mu Huali originally thought that relying on these five or six thousand men would not be able to control the huge Beijing Road for a long time, and Genghis Khan would definitely need to send a large army from the plateau to succeed him.
But he did not expect that the Jurchens on the east and west sides did not launch a strong counterattack. The Jin army in Liaoyang Prefecture and Guangning Prefecture were more fierce. Their kidnapping horses and Qingqi occasionally fought with the Mongolian army on the border.
As for the Jin army on the Zhongdu side, it would be easy to flee in the face of the wind. One time, Muhuali's son Bolu led a centurion sentry. The Jin army did not dare to stop him along the way, and they unexpectedly rushed to the gate of Zhongdu city in one breath.
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Therefore, Mu Huali sent a message to the grassland, asking Genghis Khan to rest assured that he would be honest and stationed on Beijing Road.
He can be regarded as the arm of Genghis Khan, and he is an extremely smart person. Once he stays for a long time, he will have long-term experience.
Even though the Mongolian rule was extremely violent and they frequently massacred cities and annihilated people, this was always the case when a powerful northern tribe rose up. In the eyes of countless soldiers and civilians on Beijing Road, it was nothing more than a repeat of the past when the Jurchens replaced the Khitans. Therefore, as long as the Mongols
Give them a way to survive and they will be very willing to obey.
At least, the people in Dading Prefecture in Beijing and the surrounding areas have now adjusted their emotions and slowly returned to normal life from the ruins and piles of dead people.
The number of these common people is a bit larger, the distribution is a bit denser, and the customs are also a bit different from Mongolia, but how can the shepherds be afraid of too many sheep, or the sheep being disobedient?
As long as there are enough shepherd dogs and the whip is strong enough, any difficulty can be overcome, and Muhuali can get a steady stream of benefits from the sheep.
So in the past two months, Mu Huali suppressed his temper and slowly sorted out the political affairs of the entire Beijing Road, paying special attention to differentiation and gentle methods of win-over, rather than simply killing.
He successively promoted the Khitan Shi Mo Yexian, Han Chinese Zhang Jing, Zhang Zhi, Shi Tianying and others. According to Han's custom, he awarded them the positions of censor, prince, marshal, general and so on, allowing them to serve as Mongolians.
A human shepherd dog, to manage the sheep well.
Shepherd dogs generally work hard.
For example, Shi Mo also had civil and military talents and could take charge of one side, so Mu Huali made him the imperial censor, the Yin of Xingzhong Prefecture, and the leader of Daru Huachi in Beijing and the ten governors of Dading Prefecture, totaling one
The Han army of 6,000 men.
Zhang Jing had several brothers, and they were very effective in managing the Jinzhou area, so Mu Huali asked him to recruit troops in Jinzhou and Zong. Zhang Jing quickly formed an army composed mainly of Han and Bohai people, with a strength of more than 10,000.
Twelve thousand, because black flags were mostly used, so the army was called the Black Army.
Shi Tianying was originally Zhang Jing's subordinate. Because his riding and shooting skills were similar to those of the Mongols, he was suddenly promoted by Mu Huali. More importantly, Shi Tianying was very good at making various siege equipment.
Just now, Mu Huali went to the military camp in the south of the city and saw the facilities such as battering rams, ladder trucks, and arrow towers built by Shi Tianying, and asked him to demonstrate on the spot how to use these tools to break through the city walls and moats.
These instruments are all huge. The wooden wheels of some ladder trucks are taller than an adult. The wooden ladders for people to climb in the vehicles are four to five feet long. The entire vehicle requires hundreds of people to push it.
This huge structure itself was vaguely exquisite, which greatly shocked Mu Huali, who had never seen siege equipment before.
Surprised, he immediately issued three orders.
The first is to quickly recruit craftsmen within Beijing Road. Not only blacksmiths, but also carpenters who have not been taken seriously before, must be collected for unified management.
Article 2: Shi Tianying was given the hereditary official position of a hundred households in the Han army on the spot, and he was asked to follow the Mongolian generals to seize Hulancheli and build these equipment as soon as possible regardless of the cost.
Finally, he sent another Nak'er to compose a libretto about everything he saw today, and immediately returned to the grassland. He wanted this Nak'er to tell Genghis Khan that the iron-like Zhongdu City was no longer an obstacle, and the loyal Muhua
Li found a way to destroy it.
After the order was given, he left the military camp and prepared to return to his big tent at Yangde Gate.
But just as he was galloping, he suddenly saw something out of the corner of his eye.
He suddenly reined in his horse and stood in the middle of the street.
His younger brother, Mongolian Qianhu, came up and said, "Brother, what's wrong?"
"There!"
Muhuali raised his whip and pointed: "Someone looked at us in that direction and looked wrong. They looked at us as enemies, just like when we crossed the Buheidu Erma River, the Naiman tribe's people were upstream.
They look at us the same way."
Buhe held down the scimitar at his waist: "I'm going to kill them!"
The expressions of several officials who were following Mu Huali changed suddenly, and some shed tears instantly, but they did not dare to speak anyway.
Mu Huali nodded calmly.
"From here, to there." He continued to point with his whip: "Kill these two people from Lifang."