Seeing that Mongolia was failing, Wang Shixian wanted to find a way out for himself. Yang You smiled and said: "Commander Wang, as long as you lead your troops and surrender to Daqi, my king has said that I will protect you as a Marquis of the World and make your Wang family the border of Daqi Shizhen." This time Zhao Tai occupied Hedong and surrendered a large number of people from Hedong. However, due to lack of preparation, Zhao Tai did not completely integrate these princes, but allowed them to retain their troops.
At that time, the Eastern and Western Wei had been fighting for many years before the winner was determined. Now, although Mongolia has lost Hedong, its strength is far stronger than that of the Western Wei.
Zhao Tai originally thought that Mongolia could still hold on for a while, but the reality was that Mongolia's collapse was beyond Zhao Tai's expectations.
After losing Hedong, Mongolia no longer has the confidence to stick to Guanzhong, and may destroy Guanzhong at any time and completely retreat to the grassland.
Therefore, Zhao Tai did not have enough time to prepare and needed to take over the entire north. If there is enough time, Zhao Tai will naturally not allow the princes to exist like independent princes. However, Zhao Tai is worried that after Batu escapes back to Guanzhong, he will massacre the people in Guanzhong. The Qi army may want to invade Guanzhong non-stop, so he can only fight with the princes of Hedong as soon as possible. The prince reached a compromise and promised extremely favorable conditions to his rival Guanzhong Shihou.
Zhao Tai was worried that Batu would massacre Guanzhong at any time, plunder the people in Guanzhong and then return north to the grasslands, so he could only win over the princes living in Guanzhong and use them to prevent the Mongolian army from destroying Guanzhong.
Wang Shixian was overjoyed after hearing Yang You's words. He quickly stood up and saluted.
"Da Qi has such trust that I, Wang Shixian, am willing to die for Da Qi!" Yang You said with a smile: "Commander Wang, Mongolia can no longer stay in Guanzhong. Da Qi is very worried that Mongolia will massacre Guanzhong and then withdraw to the grassland like it did in Hedong. The King hopes that you, the Wang family, will stop the Mongols from destroying Guanzhong. If you can protect Guanzhong, the King will reward you greatly." After hearing this, Wang Shixian immediately felt that his choice was right, and he immediately promised,
"General Yang, don't worry, Wang will definitely protect the people of Guanzhong for Da Qi."...Guanzhong, Xi'an. After the defeat of Hedong, although Mongolia itself did not suffer much losses, Mongolia fell apart.
Guyuk did not use the Battle of Hedong to reshape the authority of the Mongolian Khan. After losing Hedong, Meng Ge retreated to the grassland and began to focus on the use of the grassland, which intensified the conflict between Guyu and Meng Ge.
As the Mongol Empire developed outwards and continued to obtain new benefits from the outside, the internal conflicts within the Mongol Empire could be resolved and reconciled.
When the Mongol Empire was unable to obtain benefits from the outside, the empire stopped developing, and the cake could not grow bigger, internal conflicts would become acute.
After the Mongolian army withdrew from Hedong, Guyu and Mengge began to compete for the interests of the grasslands. Neither side could provide substantial help to Guanzhong.
After Batu led his army back to Guanzhong, he asked Guyu what to do in Guanzhong. Guyu wrote back to him, asking him to stick to Guanzhong to wait for the changes.
Batu sneered at Guyuk's order. Guyuk gave the order but did not give him enough support to let him fight against Qi.
After returning to Guanzhong, Batu found that the Mongolian people's hearts had dispersed, and his thoughts were not in Guanzhong, but returned to the great plains of Eastern Europe.
Since the Western Expeditionary Army was recalled, it has not gained any benefits in the Central Plains. It is really not as cost-effective as fighting in Eastern Europe.
After Batu returned to Guanzhong, he made up his mind to lead his subordinates back to Eastern Europe and did not want to fight Qi in the Central Plains.
However, it was not an easy task for Batu to return to Eastern Europe from Guanzhong, a journey of tens of thousands of miles, and without the support of other Mongolian tribes.
At this time, in the palace, Batu summoned several confidants to discuss returning to Eastern Europe. Batu said in a deep voice:
"My king was originally invincible in the west and was about to establish a huge khanate, but he was called back by Ogedai Khan to fight with the Qi people in the middle. In the past few years since we returned to the east, we have fought continuously, but we have not obtained land or slaves. This king You think we are a complete waste of time. Now I have decided to lead you to avoid the Qi people and launch a new Western Expedition. What do you think?" Many Mongolian nobles were talking about it. After the defeat in Hedong, people in Mongolia were panicked, and no one in Mongolia could The Great Khan, who led the entire Mongolia, caused the Mongolian nobles to no longer have the confidence to continue to fight against Qi.
After they withdrew from Hedong to Guanzhong, they exploited Guanzhong wantonly because they believed that Guanzhong would be taken away by Qi sooner or later, so it was better to take the opportunity to squeeze out more property.
"I agree with the prince's proposal. We can't save Guanzhong anyway, so we should find another way out earlier! Now that Guiyou and Meng Ge are fighting on the grassland, our position has been lost. We should continue the westward expedition and conquer a pasture." Xibandao .
Many Mongolian leaders nodded in agreement. Batu was quite satisfied with this and said in a deep voice:
"Since everyone agrees, we must raise money and food as soon as possible, and then launch the Western Expedition!" The previous Western Expedition was supported by the Mongolian Empire. This time Batu gave up Guanzhong and went west, so he needed to raise money and food by himself.
Xiban said:
"We can't defend this pass anyway, and we have no intention of taking it. I think we'll plunder it with troops and then evacuate directly." Batu squinted his eyes and shook his head.
"Now the Qi army is watching with eager eyes. If we directly show that we will abandon Guanzhong, the Qi army will definitely contact the Han people in Guanzhong and take the opportunity to enter the pass. At that time, we can only evacuate in a hurry."
"What does the prince mean?" Xiban asked. Batu said in a deep voice:
"First, in the name of guarding Guanzhong, let the princes and people in Guan Nei turn over this year's money and food. After we have obtained enough money and food, we will destroy Guanzhong. By then, even if the Han people in Guan let the Qi army enter the pass, we will have obtained enough With enough food, we can evacuate Guanzhong calmly." Hearing this, many Mongolian nobles nodded and approved Batu's plan.
A few days later, the Mongolian cavalry went out and issued military orders to all states and counties to collect money and food, and ordered all states and counties to pay all the money and food for this year within one month.
If there are prefectures and counties that cannot surrender, Batu will immediately send cavalry to attack, and the Mongolian cavalry will directly enter the city to collect the goods.
For a time, all parts of Guanzhong were in turmoil. Many prefectures and counties were plundered by the Mongolian cavalry because they could not complete the surrender.
Gongchang Mansion, Wang Shixian's residence. At this time, many members of the Wang family gathered together, and everyone looked at Wang Shixian with serious expressions.
"Commander, the Mongols are draining the land and asking us to hand over this year's money and food in advance. We just said we needed time to collect it, so they sent troops to directly rob. There is no way to survive this day." A prince said angrily.
Wang Shixian looked gloomy and asked:
"Where did the Mongols transport the money and food they collected? Did they send it to the front line?"
