choke element

Chapter 500 Precursor

In the fall and winter of last year, the central capital of the Great Jin Kingdom was besieged by foreign enemies for the first time since its completion.At that time, the Mongolian army had nothing to do with the deep trenches and high fortifications in the central capital city and many surrounding passes. They only restrained their troops outside the city, occasionally attacking the city with bluff, and repeatedly mopped up the army of King Qin with Mongolian cavalry.

At that time, the main problem facing the city of Zhongdu was not the difficulty of defending the city, but the food shortage caused by the large number of refugees fleeing into Zhongdu.Even if many people had food, no one dared to go out to collect firewood because they were afraid of the Mongolian cavalry raiding and killing, so it was difficult to cook because of the lack of firewood.

Four months later, the central capital remained motionless, and the mobile forces of the Dajin Kingdom in response to King Qin's call suffered heavy losses in the process.Moreover, the more loyal the imperial court, the loyal and brave army that takes the safety of the country as its own responsibility, will die happily.On the contrary, most of the smart people who are escaping from wars in various places are alive and kicking.

This time, Zhongdu was attacked by the Mongolian army again, and the situation was slightly different from last year.

Although the soldiers and horses who attacked this time were under the banner of the Mongolian army, they were actually the Qi army and the Han army that belonged to the original court. The left-behind divisions are generally the same when they eat the imperial food.

Those generations attacked Zhongdu Road at the end of December, relying on the support of Mongolian cavalry in the field battle, they fought steadily.The siege and plundering of land is its director. They devoured the jurisdiction of the Jinglue envoy in the east of the central capital all the way, successively broke through the cities of Pingzhou, Luanzhou, Jizhou, and Shunzhou, and at the same time seized the city that runs through the northeast of the central capital. The strategically important place is Liuwoling, also known as Gubeikou.

The food, armor staff, and equipment stored by the imperial court in a series of military fortresses and fortresses also fell into the hands of the Mongolian army according to the usual practice.As a result, the work of the Mongolian army became more and more unhurried.

Of course, in accordance with the usual practice, the court continued to issue edicts to the military states and government roads to urge King Qin.However, Hebei Xuanfu envoy Pu San Anzhen was busy reorganizing Hebei's Meng'an Mouke, and the response was not positive.Outside of Hebei, the powerful generals who can reinforce Zhongdu in time are generally far away.

So all of a sudden, the only ones who could deal with the Mongols were the emperor and his Zhongdu imperial court.

By the beginning of the third year of Zhenyou, everything to the west of Daxing Mansion in the central capital had changed hands, only a few places such as Lu County in Tongzhou were still under Dajin's control.There were more than a hundred Mongolian elite riders who even drove hundreds of miles at one time, coveting Qingzhou, Bazhou and other places.

Pu San Anzhen's reaction at this time was very quick. He hurriedly led ten thousand elite soldiers from his headquarters to station at Yijin Pass in Bazhou, and waited in full force, which made the Mongolian sentry cavalry retreat a little.

Last year, the Mongols went south from Juyongguan and Zijingguan, and went straight to the Central Plains, so many people from Hebei Road and Zhongdu Road fled to the states east of Zhongdu Road. In addition, because Linhuangfu Road was lost long ago, the imperial court also took Zhongdu Road The east side is regarded as the area for accepting people fleeing from Linhuang Road.

But at the beginning of the third year of Zhenyou, the homes of these people were destroyed again, so they had to flee desperately to the west of Zhongdu.From Baodi County to the barren beach and salt field along the line of Zhigu Village, there are people everywhere carrying their only belongings on their shoulders, or fleeing to the west with their old, weak, women and children on their backs.

Their faces were terrified and miserable, and more of a loss or despair.They are all people who are rooted in the land, and every time they leave their hometown, it will bring them huge losses, but they have experienced such losses twice in two years!
The few dilapidated houses and the several acres of Susukida in their hometown have long been wiped out, but the thieves are not even willing to leave them a temporary shack and hundreds of wild wheat plants.What should the common people do?
In this kind of turmoil, even the real Mengan Mouke, the son of Zhenfangzhai, was in the same embarrassment.They fled westward together in the endless stream of people. At most, they could have a cart with old people or children sitting in it.Their life in the past must have been much better than that of Han'er, but now they have already lost all their pots and pans.

Occasionally, a few people who thought they were dignified wanted to flaunt their prestige during the escape process, and most of them would die inexplicably.Those who can be mixed with other refugees are the poor ghosts of the Jurchens. The most important belongings they carry are probably a few clothes and quilts, and at most they can hold a bag with a few pieces of dry food and a few Dading Tongbao.

Among the refugees, there are also soldiers.Most of them have discarded their helmets and armor, and their postures are extremely embarrassing.

At the end of last year, Wulin Daqizhu, the imperial envoy of economic strategy in the east, established the economic strategy department in Pingzhou, which is closest to Beijing Road, in order to show his determination.

As a result, the Mongols attacked the city with a subordinate army mainly composed of Han people, Bohai people, and Xi people. Pingzhou couldn't hold it at all, and it was lost in two days.But after Jinglue died, none of the defenders in the many cities behind had any fighting spirit, and they all ran away one after another.

"Brother Ran! Brother Ran!" Panting, Zhang Pingliang rushed over from behind, shouting repeatedly: "Tartar! The Tartar cavalry is here!"

This cry was brought to a radius by the cold wind, and hundreds of people were startled to either dive into the withered grass, or to flee into the reeds farther away by stepping on the muddy water with icy particles.

The main force of the Mongolian army is not here, but sporadic sentry cavalry come and go, and there are always several times a day.Their main goal was to observe the situation in the Daxing Mansion in the central capital and to investigate the actions of the defenders. At the same time, they also searched for fugitives and tortured them to see if they could find a large number of refugees and search for some hidden property.

Soon, a group of Mongolian cavalry appeared in the eyes of Liu Ran and others.

The weather here in Zhongdu is warmer than the icy and snowy Beijing Road. This team of cavalry wrapped their filthy black and red leather robes around their waists, revealing the light armor inside the robes.They were one person and two horses, with leather bags hanging on both sides of the saddle. One side bag was full of bows and arrows of different specifications, and the other side was filled with iron spears or straight knives, iron axes and other weapons.

Obviously, relying on the capture, the equipment of the Mongolian army has become more and more sufficient and perfect.

These sentry cavalry are definitely not the Qixue army who accompanied Genghis Khan to the south this time, and they may not even be Mongols in the true sense.

Zhang Pingliang was flustered, and opened his mouth to say "Black Tartar".Liu Ran estimated that most of them were the last group of Tatars who surrendered after the rise of Genghis Khan; they might also be the remnants of the Khitans.

The fighting spirit and fierceness of these people are far inferior to the elite of the Mongolian army headquarters.But even for this kind of low-level stuff in the Mongolian army, the weapons in their hands alone are as good as those held by Liu Ran and more than a dozen others.Moreover, it is much better.

"It's not for us, everyone, don't move, wait for them to pass!" Liu Ran whispered.

Someone walked cautiously among the puddles, bringing his words to all the refugees.So more than a hundred people waited quietly in the barren grass, hoping that the Mongols would leave as soon as possible.

There were more than forty cavalry in this team, divided into six or seven small teams, the leading ones were several miles away, and the last five cavalry just appeared, riding slowly along the road.

I don't know if they noticed the footprints on the side of the road, or heard something, the first cavalryman who looked like a captain yelled twice, suddenly stopped his horse, and looked around.

Liu Ran held a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other, staring at the movement of the enemy cavalry.

"Everyone, don't move! Don't move! In case they ride in, I'll shoot the commander and the two people beside him. You deal with the two people in front. Shoot three arrows each. After the three arrows, let me pull them out." The sword came forward to fight."

What this means is that he is sure to shoot one dead with one arrow, which can be called a high art and boldness.

Including Zhang Pingliang, several deserters all nodded.

While they were nodding, they suddenly heard screams.

what happened?Everyone was shocked, and then realized that it was the Mongolian cavalry screaming!Their horses are neighing again and again!
Someone is at the forefront of the road!

Listening to the sound, the ambushers all used strong bows and arrows.The speed of the cluster of arrows was too fast and the strength was too strong. They made sharp noises when they pierced through the air, and the dense sharp noises gathered together, just like the non-stop whistling when the cold wind passes through the cracks in the rocks!
That is a rare elite soldier, attacking the Mongolian cavalry at the forefront of the road!
The Mongolian cavalry who fell behind the road were instantly alarmed.The ten captain shouted a few times, and led his subordinates to urge the horse forward.

Liu Ran rose from the cold puddle.

The distance between him and the commander is only twenty steps, which is too close!He opened his bow and drew an arrow, and the arrow hit the back of the head of the ten husband.Beside the ten captain, another Mongolian cavalry reined in his horse and turned back with fury on his face. Liu Ran stepped forward quickly, and the second arrow pierced through his open mouth.

In the next moment, No.3 Mongolian cavalry shot an arrow in the throat, and Zhang Pingliang and others also rushed out.

Xu Kai away from this small battlefield, Chen Ran's subordinates had already formed an encirclement circle around a small number of Mongolian Qingqi.Chen Ran couldn't see the situation behind the road through the stretch of grass, but he keenly noticed the change in direction, and couldn't help chuckling.

"Send a few people to meet them." He said to his subordinates: "As soon as our fleet arrives at Zhigu Village, we can bump into a hero who is fighting with the Mongols. This is a good omen!"

　Chapter 500 is over, this book is halfway through!

　
(End of this chapter)