Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the most important towns in the Northeast have been Guangning, Liaoyang, Xianping, and Huining. These are the four areas with denser populations and more developed economies, plus at most Fuzhou and the newly transferred to Dinghaijun.
Gaizhou.
Ten days after the Mongolian general Zhebie sent troops, half of the important towns in the northeast had been lost, and Xianping Prefecture was also in danger, and could fall into the control of the Mongolian army at any time.
At this time, Shangjing, Zhaozhou and other places farther north were already covered with ice and snow, and the snow was many feet deep on the plains. In these two places, even the roads were changed in Huli and Supin Road. The tribes and people who were supposed to respond to the call of Jurchen officials knew that
The south was turned upside down and no one could move.
He Shi Lie Huanduan and Wendi Han Qing Gou sent envoys to Fuzhou one after another to complain. Han Xuan and Li Yun did not dare to neglect, and led the envoys 800 miles across the sea to ask for help from Shandong.
"The Mongolian army went south, which was expected by all of us. However, Heshi Liehuanduan has been serving as the Northeast Xuanfu envoy for half a year, and he has at least 20,000 people in his hands. They didn't even hold back for ten days before they were forced to the city.
Already?"
Guo Ning held the request for help document in his hand, feeling ridiculous and a little angry.
"He Shi Liehuanduan's troops had fought several battles with the Mongols that day. I thought this man was quite tough, so I gave him a chance. Previously, there were many reports from Li Yun that He Shi Liehuanduan had organized his army.
He has never slacked off in martial arts. What's going on? To say that he collapsed at the first touch is to praise him. With so many cities under his control, none of them can withstand a day?"
He threw the request for help document to the ground, strode back to his seat, and remained silent.
Ding Haijun currently controls as many as seventeen military prefectures, across the sea from Fuzhou and Gaizhou. The land is not vast and the people are sparse. According to common sense, it does not seem to be a core interest.
But in fact, the significance of Fuzhou and Gaizhou to Dingjun far exceeds the land and people themselves.
The governance of the northeastern hinterland by the Dajin Kingdom began with Emperor Xizong and was completed during the reign of King Hailing. Generally speaking, it was through the promotion of the system of prefectures and counties, focusing on the selection of officials for hereditary succession, examinations to promote governance, and supervision.
The Qing official administration was to forcibly graft the Han system onto the Han system in order to promote economic development and prosperity of the population.
But this development was almost entirely dependent on the Jin court's emphasis on the Northeast. Once the court no longer paid attention to it, all governance and construction would quickly collapse.
For example, King Hailing himself was an emperor who was keen to promote Sinicization in the northeastern hinterland, but his eyes were always on the world. In order to completely overwhelm the conservative power of the Jurchen aristocracy, he did not hesitate to destroy the Huining Mansion in Beijing and forced a large number of women to
The real person left his hometown and went south.
As a result, the peak of governance in the northeastern hinterland also became the beginning of decline.
After the Ming Dynasty, the Jin Kingdom began to weaken, and the northeastern hinterland had long returned to the state where various tribes invaded each other before the rise of the Jurchens, but there was little awareness among the people of the Jin Kingdom.
Even many Jurchens are clearly descendants of the forty-seven founding tribes of the People's Republic of China, but in terms of customs and psychological identity, they are becoming more and more similar to the native Huli Gai people or wild Jurchen tribes in the northeastern interior. On the contrary, they are different from those who moved to the interior.
The Jurchens are becoming increasingly isolated. This is why Heshi Liehuan sent troops every three days to suppress the local tribes and was very busy.
Under such a situation, Guo Ning, as an outsider, lured with a relatively good living standard, but maintained good relations with many tribes. In the past six months, there were four to five thousand Huli Gai Jurchens, Huangtou
The Jurchens or Khitans went south one after another and defected to Ding Haijun, becoming an important source of troops.
In order to maintain their territory in the Northeast, Heshi Liehuanduan and others continued to increase their trade with Dinghai Navy, which brought huge profits to Dinghai Navy.
Don't mention anything else, just weapons.
According to the information Mu Huali found out, if you buy a three-handled navy standard straight knife, you can exchange it for a good horse from the Northeast. But in fact, Shandong relied on the foundation of mining and metallurgy in the Song and Jin dynasties, and treated its craftsmen favorably and encouraged them.
Due to large-scale production, the cost of their knives has long been reduced to just over a year ago, while the price of horses when resold to Southern Dynasty maritime merchants fluctuated between eighty and one hundred guan.
This can no longer be described as huge profits, but outright robbery. They just gave some iron weapons after the robbery as a psychological comfort.
Taking into account the fact that the relatively wealthy Beijing has taken over, the demand for salt and cloth in the northeastern hinterland will also depend on the supply of Shandong. The output and demand of this area have become as indispensable to Shandong as the central capital of Daxing Prefecture.
The lack of financial resources is the economic pillar for the navy to expand its military and prepare for war.
In this case, how should we respond to the request for help from Hampyeongfu Road?
"Gaizhou and Fuzhou are guarded by General Manager Han, and his subordinates are all elites. Even if they are defeated in the field, relying on the city to defend layer by layer, even if it is not good, they can still rely on the Shandong navy to occupy the front line of Hesihan Pass. Problem
Yes, He Shi Lie Huanduan, Wen Di Han Qing Gou and others are, after all, our allies, not subordinates. They really cannot hold on. Even if they find that there is no response to our request for help, I am afraid that they will also
Be shaken to the point of alienation from morality.”
Xu Jin didn't say anything about what happened next, but everyone understood what he meant. If Heshi Liehuanduan really had no hope for Guo Ning, it would be possible for him to surrender to Mongolia.
Liang Xunyi saw the silence in the hall and coughed twice.
"Xuan Envoy, He Shi Liehuanduan cannot be entirely blamed for this incident."
He is now in charge of the Experience Department under the Xuanfu Department in Shandong, and can be regarded as Guo Ning's main staff. He has also been an official in the Northeast for many years. He was once an important civil servant under Pu Xianwannu, and he is especially familiar with the situation around Xianping Road. Guo Ning
Ning respected him very much and asked quickly: "Mr. Jingfu, what do you say?"
Liang Xunyi stood in front of a map on the wall and pointed: "The document says that Tongchang was lost on November 3rd, Yizhou was lost on November 4th, and Guangning Mansion was lost on October 6th.
Envoy, although these three places are all important towns in the Liao region, in the past few years, the three cities have changed hands continuously in the hands of multiple forces and have been completely abandoned. I remember..."
He twirled his beard: "In the third year of Da'an, brother Yeluliu raised troops, and the three cities changed hands for the first time. In the spring of the first year of Zhining, Marshal Wanyan Chengyu sent troops to attack, and the three cities changed hands for the second time. Marshal Chengyu failed, and Yelu changed hands for the second time.
Brother Liu established himself as the king of Liao and established his capital in Guangning. This was the third time that hands changed. After that, Brother Yeluliu was defeated by the envoys, and his territory fell into the hands of General Heshi Liehuanduan. These cities were originally
Just because of the scale of the Liao Dynasty, in just two years, there were four battles and four changes of hands. The city walls have been demolished, so how can it be used as a basis to resist powerful enemies?"
Guo Ning nodded slightly.
"In addition... the Mongolian army is indeed confident of conquering the city. Na Zhebie is the leading general under Genghis Khan. Perhaps he used these cities in Liaodong to practice his tactics during this trip. It is unknown."
Yi La Chucai picked up the letter asking for help: "They chose to go south in winter, giving up the possibility of eating in the wilderness and wheat fields. The important reason is that they are confident that they can quickly seize the city and seize the military supplies stored in the city.
.This confidence may be due to those siege equipment, or it may be that the Mongols are becoming more and more experienced in arranging foreign threats to join the army."
"In that case..." Guo Ning also stood up and looked at the map: "Since the Mongols have moved, we have to move. Do we have to send an army to rescue Xianping Prefecture?"
I'm a little busy tonight. It's no longer suitable to spread the word about my boy...
At this moment, I just want to recite a poem: Nothing has ever happened, but it came out of the Qing Dynasty:-(