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Chapter 473 Strong Enemy

Since the founding of Dajin, the major towns in Northeast China are Guangning, Liaoyang, Xianping, and Huining.These are the four most densely populated and economically developed areas, plus at most Fuzhou and Gaizhou, which were newly transferred to Dinghai.

And the Mongol general Zhebie dispatched troops for ten days, half of the important town in the Northeast has been lost, and Xianping Mansion is also in jeopardy, and will fall into the control of the Mongolian army at any time.

At this time, Shangjing, Zhaozhou and other places in the north are already covered with ice and snow, and the snow on the flat ground is about a foot deep. The south was turned upside down, and everyone was unable to move.

Heshi Liehuanduan and Wendihan Qinggou sent envoys to Fuzhou one after another to complain.Han Xuan and Li Yun didn't dare to be negligent, so they led the envoys across the sea in eight hundred li to ask for help from Shandong.

"The Mongolian army went south, which was expected by all of us, but Heshi Liehuanduan had been serving as the Xuanfu envoy of the Northeast for half a year, and there were at least 2 people in his hands. They were forced to go to the city without even holding out for ten days gone?"

Guo Ning held the request for help in his hand, feeling absurd and a little annoyed.

"That day, Heshi Liehuanduan's troops also fought a few times with the Mongols. I think this man is quite tough, and this gave him a chance. Before that, there were many reports from Li Yun's side, saying that Heshi Liehuanduan had reorganized the army Jing Wu did not slack off. What’s going on here? To say that he will collapse at the first touch is to exalt him, and if there are so many cities under his rule, none of them can last for a day?”

He threw the request for help to the ground, strode back to his seat, and fell silent.

Dinghai now controls as many as seventeen military prefectures. Fuzhou and Gaizhou are separated by the sea. The land is not vast, and the people are even rarer. According to common sense, it does not seem to be a core interest.

But in fact, the significance of Fuzhou and Gaizhou to the Ding Navy far exceeds the land and people themselves.

The governance of the Northeast inland by the Dajin Kingdom started from Emperor Xizong to Dacheng under King Hailing.In general, by promoting the system of Lufu, prefectures and counties, focusing on the selection of officials to replace heredity, examinations to promote governance, and supervision to clean up officials, that is, to forcibly graft the Han system to promote economic development and population prosperity.

But this kind of development is almost entirely dependent on the importance that the Jin Dynasty court attached to the Northeast.Once the imperial court no longer pays attention to it, all governance and construction will quickly collapse.

For example, King Hailing himself is an emperor who is keen to promote Sinicization in the Northeast, but his eyes are always confused.In order to completely overwhelm the conservative forces of the Jurchen nobles, he did not hesitate to destroy the Huining Mansion in Shangjing by himself, forcing a large number of Jurchens to leave their hometowns and go south.

As a result, the peak of governance in the Northeast mainland also became the beginning of decline.

Since the Ming Dynasty, the Dajin Kingdom began to weaken, and the Northeast Mainland has long since returned to the state before the rise of the Jurchens, the state where various tribes invaded each other, and the people of the Dajin Kingdom were rarely aware of it.

Even many Jurchens are obviously descendants of the 47 founding tribes, but regardless of their customs or psychological identity, they are more and more close to the original Huli Gai people or wild Jurchen tribes in the Northeast, but they are similar to the Jurchens who moved to the interior. increasingly isolated.That's the reason why Heshi Liehuanduan sent troops to suppress the local tribes every three days and was so busy that day.

Under such a situation, Guo Ning, as an outsider, lured him with a relatively good standard of living, but maintained good relations with many tribes. The Jurchen or Khitan people went south one after another to join the Ding Navy and became an important source of soldiers.

In order to maintain their territory in the Northeast, Heshi Liehuanduan and others continued to increase their trade with the Ding Navy, which brought huge profits to the Ding Navy.

Not to mention anything else, only weapons.

According to the information obtained by Mu Huali, Ding Haijun can exchange for a good Northeast horse with three standard straight knives.But in fact, relying on the foundation of mining and metallurgy in the Song and Jin dynasties, Shandong locals treated craftsmen favorably and encouraged large-scale production. The cost of their output knives has long been reduced to a little over a year ago, and the price of horses sold to merchants in the Southern Dynasties , it fluctuates between eighty and one hundred.

This can no longer be described as huge profits, but outright robbery.It's just that after the robbing, I will give some iron weapons as psychological comfort.

Taking into account the richer Louis in Beijing, the demand for salt and cloth in the Northeast mainland all depended on the supply from Shandong.The output and demand of this area, like the Daxing Mansion in the central capital, has become an indispensable financial source for Shandong, and it is the economic pillar of the Ding Navy's military expansion and war preparations.

That being the case, how should we respond to the call for help from Xianpingfu Road?

"Gaizhou and Fuzhou are guarded by General Manager Han, and his subordinates are all elite. Even if they are defeated in the field, relying on the city to defend at various levels, even if it is not good, they can rely on the Shandong navy to occupy the front line of Hesihanguan. Question Yes, Heshi Liehuanduan, Wendihan Qinggou and others are only our allies after all, not subordinates. If they really can't hold on, even if they find that there is no response to our request for help, I'm afraid they will have Shaken to the point of renunciation."

After that, Xu Yu didn't say anything, but everyone understood the meaning.Heshi Liehuanduan really had no hope for Guo Ning, and it was not impossible for him to surrender to Mongolia.

Seeing the silence in the hall, Liang Xunyi coughed dryly twice.

"Xuanshi, this matter can't be entirely blamed on Heshi Liehuanduan."

He is now in charge of the Experience Department under the Shandong Xuanfu Department, and he 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 official under Puxian Wannu, and he is especially familiar with the situation around Xianping Road.Guo Ning respected him very much, and quickly asked, "Mr. Jingfu, what do you say?"

Liang Xunyi stood in front of a map on the wall and pointed out: "The document says that Tongchang was lost on November [-]rd, Yizhou was lost on November [-]th, and Guangning Mansion was lost on October [-]th. Xuanshi, although these three places are all important towns in the Liao region, in the past few years, the three cities have changed hands successively in the hands of multiple forces, and they have been completely abandoned. I remember..."

He twisted his beard: "During the third year of Da'an, Brother Yeluliu raised his army, and the three cities changed hands for the first time. In the spring of the first year of Ning, Marshal Wanyan Chengyu sent troops to attack, and the three cities changed hands for the second time. When Marshal Chengyu failed, Yelu Brother Liu established himself as the King of Liao and established his capital in Guangning. This was the third time that Brother Liu changed hands. After that, Brother Yelu Liu was defeated by the envoy, and his territory fell into the hands of General Heshi Liehuanduan. These cities, originally Just because of the scale of Xun Liao, in just two years, there were four times of fighting and four times of changing hands. The city wall has been demolished, how can it be used as a defense against powerful enemies?"

Guo Ning nodded slightly.

"In addition... the Mongolian army does have the confidence to conquer the city. Jebe is the number one general under Genghis Khan's command. Maybe he used these cities in Liaodong to practice tactics during his trip. It's unknown."

Yila Chucai picked up the letter asking for help: "They chose to go south in winter, waiting for the possibility of eating in the field wheat fields if they gave up. The important reason is that they are confident that they can quickly seize the city and seize the military supplies accumulated in the city. This confidence may be due to the siege equipment, or it may be that the Mongols are getting more and more experienced in dispatching alien coercion troops."

"Since that's the 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 a soldier to rescue Xianping Mansion?"

　I'm a bit busy tonight, it's not suitable to spread the news about my kid...

At this moment, I just want to sing a poem: There has never been an incident, but it came out of the Qing Dynasty:-(

　
(End of this chapter)