In this attack on the Jin Dynasty, the Mongolian army first defeated the main force of the Jin army in Huailai and Jinshan, forcing the Jin army commanders Wanyan Gang and Shuhu Gaoqi to retreat to Juyong Pass, and then bypassed Zijin Pass and invaded the Central Plains.
The army was divided into three routes in the Central Plains. The left route followed the sea to the east and attacked Zhongdu and Liaoxi; the right route followed Taihang to the south and then entered the north and south roads of Hebei Province; the main force of the middle route army swept across Hebei East and West Roads, Damingfu Road, and then Go deep into the east and west roads of Shandong.
The already shaky armed forces of the Kingdom of Jin suffered another heavy blow in this war.
Among the nineteen governor's roads in the territory of the Kingdom of Jin, the seven most elite roads in Hebei, Zhongyuan, and Shandong are all fertile lands with dense populations and rich wealth. By this time, seven of them had suffered from military disasters. Six.
All living creatures have been wiped out in the fertile fields for thousands of miles, and their bones are scattered like a tangled mess. Although the Jurchens were completely wiped out, the Han people who had lived here for generations suffered another bloody massacre after a lapse of a hundred years, with millions of people killed.
Such a powerful prairie cavalry, such a sharp attack, such a devastating destruction, such a merciless massacre, has never happened since ancient times.
Of course, the Mongolian army also has hidden worries.
If at the beginning of their march south, the Mongolian army was like hungry and bloodthirsty wolves, now they are full, and some even overeat and are holding on.
Many of their troops gradually lost their original rapid advance and retreat style, and began to be slowed down by the huge number of prisoners and material seizures, which also weakened their fighting spirit.
Relatively speaking, the previous coup of the Jin Kingdom in Zhongdu, although it caused huge casualties, was like a sharp knife cutting through carrion, giving a slight rebirth to the seriously ill body.
After the new emperor came to the throne, he used his disciples Shan Yi, Xu Ding and others to govern the country, and also promoted a number of military men.
Generals such as Pusan Anzhen, Wanyan Chenghui, Wulin Dayu, Heshi Lieheshou, Miao Daorun, and Zhang Rou who controlled the military forces around Zhongdu were all talented, and they more than withstood the Mongolian left route army's attack on Zhongdu. Invasion, and even the momentum of a two-pronged counterattack.
Along the way, after the new emperor ascended the throne, he led 20,000 troops to defend the Wugu Sun Wutun camp left behind in Beijing.
Wugu Sun Wutun fought against the Song people of the Southern Dynasties. He used 5,000 elite soldiers to defeat the water formation of 50,000 Song soldiers. From morning to noon, he captured three bridges and pulled out 13 fences. He was named Tiger General.
Wugu Sunwutun led his troops out of the central capital and marched westward until they reached Dingxing County in Zhuozhou, which was where Yang Aner's Tiewagang Army was stationed that day. This effectively threatened the Mongolian army's east and west retreat routes at the same time.
The other group is headed by Li Ying, the experienced officer of Shuhu Gaoqi.
Li Ying, as the Xuandi governor, gathered the remaining soldiers and civilians in Xuandezhou, Dexing Prefecture and other places, and obtained the strong man Li Xiong and others, with tens of thousands of soldiers. He then used this army as a stronghold in Xishan, Zhongdu, and constantly threatened Juyongguan, robbed and killed The strength of the Mongolian army squad marching here.
These two people are not serious enemies in the first place, but they have the emperor of the Jin Kingdom behind them and the Zhongdu City with millions of soldiers and civilians as support, so they are difficult to deal with.
So ten days ago, Genghis Khan personally led Qixue's army and twenty thousand households as the main force of the Central Army to leave Jinan and head north at full speed.
When the military report reached Zhuozhou, Wugu Sun Wutun did not dare to engage in a direct battle with Genghis Khan, so he immediately withdrew his troops and returned to the central capital. As a result, his troops were still halfway there, and the Mongolian cavalry traveled four hundred miles day and night to arrive. Changqi killed all 20,000 soldiers and horses, and Wugusun Wutun died in the battle among the rebels.
At the same time, Hesar and other troops who were originally in Zhuozhou tried to make achievements before Genghis Khan arrived. As expected, they defeated Li Ying's troops at Qingbaikou, and Li Ying was seriously injured and returned to Zhongdu.
At this point, the Mongolian army re-guaranteed the retreat route of the army and continued to maintain a semi-encirclement situation on Zhongdu.
Genghis Khan went north to Zhongdu, and the fourth prince Tu Lei went south to Shandong. Soldiers and civilians from various places around Jinan gradually gathered to resist. The two Mongolian troops stationed in Jinan had thousands of households, so they launched attacks one after another.
Naturally, the soldiers and civilians everywhere were unable to resist the ferocious might of the Mongolian army. Just to the west of Jinan City, Fengji Town, Changqing County, Guide Town, and Guangli Town changed hands one after another and were burned down by the Mongolian army.
The Mongolian army rose up and took advantage of the momentum to continue advancing westward until they reached the lush mountains of Pingyin County, where they were blocked by the defenders of Dongping Prefecture.
But the defenders did not dare to fight for a long time. When the Mongols gathered thousands of horses, the defenders immediately fled. A member of the Baihu family named Yan led some soldiers and civilians to maintain the organization and fled all the way into Pingyin County.
When he climbed to the top of Pingyin City, the county magistrate Wendy Hantugu scolded him: "You have attracted the Mongols!"
Yan Baihu knew that the county magistrate was just complaining and was too lazy to pay more attention.
He looked down at the city with a gloomy face and saw more than a hundred Mongolian cavalry driving about three to four thousand Han people towards the city wall. Hundreds of other people on horseback stopped in the distance and watched. Some pointed at the city head and laughed loudly.
Among the three or four thousand civilians, a few suddenly broke away from the team and ran towards the forest on one side. Before he had even taken twenty steps, the Mongol army's arrows arrived.
The arrow missed their vital point and hit them in the leg. They fell to the ground and struggled to crawl forward. Then they were stepped on twice by the Mongolian cavalry who rushed over, and finally stopped moving.
The other civil servants continued on their way. Their heads were lowered, looking neither at the Mongols nor at the road ahead. When they got close, Yan Baihu rubbed his eyes and saw that there was a crying woman in the team. But those in the front row were all strong men. They had no weapons in their hands. Each of them held a bamboo basket. Occasionally, a few carried picks and the like. They walked forward slowly, getting closer and closer to the county seat.
"Damn, they want to fill the trench." Yan Baihu spat.
Wendy Hantugu said in shock: "That's not possible."
Yan Baihu called several of his subordinates: "You have a loud voice. Hurry up and tell them to disperse! You can go to the mountains to the east or the woods to the west. Don't go to the city to die! Shout!"
Pingyin County is bordered by a large river to the west and the remnants of Mount Tai to the east. Not far from the county seat, there are rolling hills and hills, and forests crisscrossing them. If these three to four thousand people run away desperately, no matter how fast the Mongolian cavalry moves, they will never be able to catch them. Kill them all.
Several subordinates immediately shouted repeatedly.
But those Han men and women were probably frightened and stunned by the Mongols, and they ignored them. The large group of people rushed to the city like zombies. Some of them used bamboo baskets to shovel soil and dump it into the trench, while others slowly crawled across the trench and used pickaxes to knock on the foundation of the city wall.
Pingyin County is a small county. The city walls are in disrepair and the trenches are shallow. How can it withstand so many people filling in and digging at the same time?
The countless soldiers and civilians on the top of the city looked pale as they looked at the gray figures below.
A soldier suddenly shouted: "This is from Changqing County! My mother-in-law is still in Changqing County!"
No one paid him any attention.
Soon after the fall of Jinan, Changqing County was lost. Later, the Mongolian army shrank, and Yan Baihu took people to see it. There was no one alive in the county for a long time. These men and women were naturally plundered by the Mongols from somewhere, but no one wanted to ask where they came from. They were just some strong men and women left after the massacre of the city, and they were driven by the Mongols to consume arrows and fill ravines. .
Only one of them will die.
And if Pingyin County is lost, the soldiers and civilians in the city will suffer the same fate.
"Fire the arrow!" Yan Baihu shouted.
More than a hundred archers immediately leaned out of the city wall and shot at the civil servants below.
This action is very dangerous, because the Mongolian knights are watching eagerly from a hundred steps away. If they want to cover the people to fill the trench, they only need to ride closer to the city, and they can cover the city with heavy bows and long arrows, and snipe the archers at the city. . The archers must have suffered heavy casualties.
However, perhaps the Mongols were a little tired. They did not move. They only lazily monitored the people digging under the city and did not allow them to escape.
The common people were shot by the archers on the city, and flowers of blood bloomed in the crowd. Some people cried loudly and fled, while others screamed twice in despair and moved forward instead, probably seeking death. A woman smiled crazily, opened her clothes, exposed her chest, and signaled the archers to shoot in the heart.
Occasionally, a few people turned around and ran away, and then the Mongols laughed and divided into small groups to kill them.
The Mongolians looked very relaxed. Sometimes they would shoot with bows and arrows, and sometimes they would chop with machetes. If someone missed, they would be laughed at loudly by others.
Yan Baihu looked at this scene indifferently. He felt painful, angry, but powerless. The archers fired two rounds, but they all felt weak and stopped their arrows one after another. County Magistrate Wendy Hantugu opened his mouth, and when he was about to give the order to continue shooting, he felt his throat was dry.
At this moment, a sharp roar came from behind the Mongolian cavalry.
Dozens of Mongolian cavalry turned back at the same time, obviously showing nervousness. After a while, a Mongolian light cavalryman driving three horses at the same time rushed over and shouted a few words to them.
I don’t know what he said, but the leader of the Mongolian cavalry suddenly pulled out his scimitar and slashed it in the air. Some Mongolians simply shouted angrily.
Yan Baihu estimated that it would not be good news. He thought that these Mongols might attack the city overnight and then massacre the city to vent their anger?
While he was getting anxious, the Mongolian cavalry suddenly dispersed and divided into several small groups to gallop along the bottom of the city. They did not check the defense situation at the top of the city. Instead, they waved their whips, whistled and roared, gathered the people back from the ditch, and then led them back to where they came from.
The smoke and dust billowed and did not disperse for a long time.
The defenders on the city looked at each other as if in a dream.
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