Du Shisheng said with a smile: "Isn't it just you? In Zhongdu, countless Jurchens are waiting for his movements. Wanyan Chenghui has a somewhat old-fashioned personality, and he can be regarded as a rare gentleman among the great ministers of the Jin Dynasty. As a result,
, he was publicly promoted last year to negotiate peace with the Mongols as an envoy. After returning to the dynasty, he was criticized by both the government and the public because of the harsh conditions. After suffering this big loss, he cherished his feathers even more, and regarded his own reputation more than anything else.
Life is more important, and at times like this, I won’t show off easily.”
"I see."
"I guess that he is hesitant now because he wants to wait for the important Jurchen ministers in Zhongdu, such as Ru Pu San Duan, Wanyan Ali Bu Sun, Natan Moujia and others to set an example first; if the envoy is anxious, he may let
People ask Mr. Pusan, maybe we can give Wanyan Chenghui a step forward, for example, reward the Tongzhou garrison with money and food, and then I will go to Tongzhou once in the name of awarding the reward?"
"Hey..." Du Shisheng knew the names of those Jurchen officials so well that Guo Ning felt dizzy after hearing them.
He shook his head repeatedly and said: "There is no need to pay attention to the clay sculptures and wooden tires in Zhongdu City. In Tongzhou City, an empty-headed governor who is trapped in an isolated city has only three to five thousand troops under his command. What is it worth? I have the nerve to let Mr. Jinzhi accompany me.
Did he go down the steps?"
After thinking for a moment, he summoned an entourage: "Let Li Zixian draw up an order for me. Send Shi Tianni as the envoy to the south of the central capital, Yelu Ke to reward Baer, Li Shouzheng as the deputy envoy, and lead the troops out of the city in the next day, and attack Zhigu first.
Siege the stronghold, and then advance to Zongzhou, Jinzhou and other places on Beijing Road according to the situation, retake Beijing Road and even Dading Prefecture in Beijing, and open up connections with the Dinghai Navy and Liaohai Defense Envoy."
The entourage took a piece of paper and pen on the horse to record briefly, and then rode away.
This Li Zixian is Li Ying, the former experienced officer of Shuhu Gaoqi.
Ordinarily, if Shuhu Gaoqi did such a treasonous thing, he would be punished for the nine clans, and Li Ying would inevitably be implicated. However, Li Ying had a close relationship with Zhang Rou, and had revealed confidential information from the court to Zhang Rou several times. He was also
He is from Shandong and his wife lives in Weizhou. Previously, Zhang Rou secretly sent a message asking Guo Ning to take care of Li Ying's family.
So after Guo Ning entered Zhongdu, he directly asked Li Ying to be his experience officer. Li Ying was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Mingchang, and his literary talent was very good. The previous copy was sent to Yidu, and Liang Chisheng read it several times.
The document was written by Li Ying.
Although Guo Ning won Zhongdu, the fighting in various places along the Zhongdu Road did not stop.
Zhang Rou and Miao Daorun, two generals, were like ferocious beasts at this time, roaming all over Zhongdu, recovering the key passes and military fortresses that had just surrendered to the Mongols not long ago, and defeating the Mongolian vassal troops.
Zhang Rou and Miao Daorun were heroes of Hebei and had prestige in Zhongdu's army. On the day Zhongdu changed hands, their troops each expanded to more than 10,000 people, more than Guo Ning's headquarters.
Guo Ning gave the order and asked them to send troops northward.
The reason is very simple. As a warrior, there is no reason to just reap the benefits without taking the risks. Since the troops are sufficient, they have to fight a tough battle. Since the Mongols have retreated, the second general has to pursue them all the way, not only to recapture the territory north of Zhongdu.
The various fortresses must try their best to push their strength back to Monan Mountain and restore the Jinshan Province.
This large-scale mobilization of troops consumes a lot of food and materials, so Zhongdu City feels particularly difficult to cope with it. Wanyan Chenghui defended Tongzhou, and despite the earth-shaking in Zhongdu City, he was slow to respond. In fact, it affected
Lushui, the food lifeline, was particularly displeasing to Guo Ning.
It's not that Tongzhou's small military strength is really a threat.
Wanyan Chenghui was probably waiting for a price, and in the entire Zhongdu city, there were many people waiting for Guo Ning to visit the thatched cottage and Qian Jin to sell the horse bones. These people were used to the power of Da Jin and thought that they would be indispensable no matter who came to power.
them.
Perhaps in their eyes, Guo Ning, who came from a rough background, only relied on force, and his foundation was particularly unstable. If he really wanted to achieve something big, he might have to ask for help from the bureaucrats of the Jin Kingdom.
But with Guo Ning’s background and position, how could he care about this?
He relied on spears, swords, and the iron bones in his hands to control troubles in the court; since the force was sufficient, there was no need to think about giving people any steps. In his opinion, if someone was waiting for steps instead of
If he is willing to come here, it must be because Guo Ning did not put enough pressure on him to let him see the sharpness of the sword with his own eyes.
What's more, since Guo Ning has taken control of Zhongdu, the future Jin Dynasty will never continue to be a Jurchen court. If the Jurchens cooperate more, they can still get a few positions to show off; if they don't cooperate, they will have their own problems.
Where they go.
In Zhongdu, the Mongolian army and Shuhu Gaoqi's troops burned and killed them wantonly the day before yesterday, resulting in a shocking number of deaths, among which a large number of Jurchen officials were high-ranking officials. Now that the navy is in control of Zhongdu, it is inevitable that there will be oversights in public security.
, Occasionally there will be some troubles here and there, and a few groups of people will die. It must be that the remaining bandits are running wild and crazy, and it will not affect the reputation of the Ding Navy.
As for outside the city of Zhongdu, it is even simpler. The war north of Zhongdu has not been extinguished, and the Ding Navy should have fought some fierce battles south of Zhongdu to scare the monkeys.
At this moment, Shi Tianni, Yelu Kechou Baer and Li Shouzheng will immediately send troops.
The dispatch of these soldiers and horses immediately aroused some people's wariness.
Shi Tianying, Xuetalahai, Yang Jiezhige, You Xingzong and other generals originally led their troops to besiege Zhigu Village. Because Chen Ran led his troops to support Guo Ning from the waterway, the defenders were weak on the left and right, and the attackers had the superior strength.
On the day Genghis Khan was defeated, they had already begun to fight for the wall of Zhigu Village, so much so that Chen Ran's deputy general Tian Xiong was injured in the battle.
However, as news of the Mongols' defeat continued to spread, Shi Tianying and others did not dare to attack again. When Zhongdu changed hands, they gathered their troops and retreated to Jizhou and Luanzhou overnight, and sent envoys with the intention of communicating with Ding.
The navy contacted and tried to maintain its semi-independent status on Beijing Road.
However, he never thought that Guo Ning had reliable military force and did not intend to recruit warlords without restrictions, let alone agree to their requests.
When everyone was discussing how to deal with it, Bohai native You Xingge was the first to jump out and proposed to repel Shi Tianni's troops and then return to Beijing Road to separatist power, so as to swing between Dajin and Mongolia. Shi Tianying and others applauded.
, immediately invited the Mongolian supervisors who were under house arrest again, and assumed a fighting posture with Shi Tianni's troops.
Shi Tianni relieved the siege of Zhigu Village and immediately received the support of grain and fodder from Shandong. With sufficient confidence, he immediately raised troops to suppress the attack, and the two sides fought continuously for days.
It is also interesting to say that Guo Ning defeated the main force of the Mongolian army several times with only more than 10,000 troops. However, these temporarily attached military generals fought a few final battles, but the strength expanded to tens of thousands. The troops of the two sides fought in advance and retreat.
There were two battles, and finally they faced off in the area of Shicheng and Yongji, with Dangyu Mountain as the boundary in the north and Shaliu River in the south. The entire battlefield was forked like a dense forest.
After two days of confrontation, everyone thought that there was going to be a decisive battle. Shi Tianying, Yang Jiezhi and others suddenly launched an attack again and attacked You Xing's Bohai Navy forcefully at night. After a melee, nearly 20,000 Bohai Navy troops were killed.
They were defeated. Brother You Xing was furious, gathered the defeated soldiers, and planned to flee to Changli. Unexpectedly, a group of Biao Jingqi came from the direction of Zongzhou and Jinzhou, which belonged to Xiao Mo Le, a subordinate of the Liaohai Defense Department.
It turns out that when Guo Ning entered Zhongdu, the Ding navy from Fuzhou and Gaizhou had also been dispatched. As soon as the two armies collided, the Bohai navy was completely defeated. Shi Tianying, Xue Tahai, Yang Jiezhi and others would not want to
The Bohai navy killed all those who surrendered, and contacted many important towns in Jizhou, Pingzhou, Luanzhou and other places to surrender together.
It only took ten days for the entire Zhongdu Road to be completely pacified. Although the power belonging to the Mongolian army was wiped out, only the three troops in the hands of the Jurchens were left in Tongzhou City.
Five thousand remaining soldiers.
Before being crushed by such unreasonable force, what could Wanyan Chenghui do?
In desperation, he left Tongzhou with three or five followers and came to Zhongdu to pay homage to Guo Ning.