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Chapter 175 Jinan

Generally speaking, the geographical center of the east and west roads in Shandong is the central and southern mountainous area of ​​Shandong built by mountains such as Mount Tai, Mount Lu, Mount Yi, and Mount Meng.The economic center of Shandong is a semi-circular plain area surrounding the central and southern mountains of Shandong.In this area, there are dense cities and rice paddies, and there are many outputs such as salt, silk, porcelain, and medicinal materials.

After the Mongolian army broke into Hebei, many military states located in the northwest of this semi-circular area have recently become the front line against the Mongolian army.This front line relies on the fork of the Yellow River in Jeju, passes through Liangshanbo to Beiqing River to the sea, and uses Dongping Prefecture, Jinan Prefecture, and Yidu Prefecture along the way as key military nodes.

Among these three nodes, Dongping Mansion and Yidu Mansion are places where heavy soldiers gather on the east and west roads of Shandong respectively, while Jinan Mansion is located between Dongping and Yidu, and the two places are [-] miles away. It itself blocks Mount Tai to the south. , can be called the elbow and armpit heavy ground.

Considering the situation that the Shandong Road Plain surrounds the central and southern mountains of Shandong, Jinan Prefecture is located in the center of this semi-circular plain and is the hub of the two roads.

At the same time, Jinan Prefecture is also the most densely populated and most economically developed among the many prefectures on the East and West Roads of Shandong.According to the figures during the Taihe period, the number of households in Jinan was as high as 30, three times that of Dongping and Yidu, and accounting for one-sixth of the entire Shandong.Its military potential and its strategic supporting role are second to none in both Shandong routes.

Therefore, there is nothing to blame for Guo Ning's military arrangements for Wanyan Sala.The current enemy of the Dajin Kingdom is the Mongolian army, not the mountain rebels such as Yang An'er.Controlling Dongping, Jinan, and Yidu with elite troops is indeed an appropriate way to resist the Mongolian army and maintain the two roads in Shandong.

Since the Mongolian army broke into Hebei, although they have crossed dozens of military prefectures, most of the cities that have been easily broken in the past few months are the relatively deserted cities on the two roads in Hebei.

Guo Ning is an old soldier himself, and he knows very well what the cities in Hebei, which are known as marginal places, look like.After several years of requisition and transfer, the number of strong men in those cities was seriously insufficient, and they had already become empty cities.Since the leader of the defeated army can take the assassins in the air and actually control the power, the Mongolian army will be destroyed, not to mention.

The Jing, Cang and other prefectures along the Caohe River have a transportation and transfer function far more than a defensive function, and they cannot become an obstacle to the Mongolian army.

When Guo Ning led his troops south to Laizhou, the Mongolian army further expanded its control area. However, such important towns as Zhending, Daming, Yidu, Dongping, and Jinan, which have been operated for many years and can be called Jincheng Tangchi, were also attacked by the Mongolian army. The harassment of the army Qingqi is always safe.

After all, the Mongolian army is good at roundabouts, surprise attacks, and field battles, but not good at attacking cities.

They swept back and forth between the two rivers, slaughtered people as much as they wanted, plundered gold, children, sheep, cattle, horses, and burned houses and villages. .After the victory in the field battle, the Mongols were able to take advantage of the momentum and sweep the siege.

After several successes, the commanders of the Jin Army everywhere feared the enemy like a tiger and dared not go out again.Therefore, the Mongolian army has not had any special achievements in the past month. Except for the fall of Lianghe Junzhou, the front line between the Jin army and the Mongolian army is almost stable.

But why was Jinan Mansion lost?
Wanyan Sara is in charge of the two armies in Shandong, and the commander of the army in his hand is at least [-] troops. It is not difficult to expand the government's grain shooting army, prison city army and patrolling division soldiers to [-].

With such a large force, Wanyan Sala had the courage to threaten Guo Ning, and had the confidence to treat Yang An'er and Liu Erzu's troops as nothing.

But with a force of this size, and stationed in the famous Jiancheng, Dacheng, how could Jinan Mansion be lost?

The biggest problem with the three defense lines of Dongping, Jinan, and Yidu is that because the plain is in a semi-circular shape, the three nodes are connected horizontally but not in depth.

In other words, if any one of the three nodes is cut off, the two Shandong roads will be cut off. Once the horizontal defense is broken, the whole territory will be threatened everywhere.

Among the three nodes, Jinan, which is in the middle and is the transportation hub of the entire Shandong two roads, is the most important one.One lost in Jinan, two roads in Shandong, two prefectures outside Jinan, three towns, four defenses, twelve thorn counties, and hundreds of counties, most of them will face the front of the Mongolian army!

One of these generals of the imperial court counts as one, can you be a little more reliable!

Guo Ning suppressed the anger in his heart and launched the military report.

Ever since he fought against Tuolei in Tangbojian, Hebei, he immediately devoted all his energy to Zhongdu, and devoted himself to grabbing benefits from the Dajin court.At this moment, everything is roughly settled, and when I come back to watch the fight between Dajin and Mongolia, I feel shocking.

It turned out that after Genghis Khan's troops went south in three ways, the main force of the headquarters was like a broken bamboo, breaking through the three prefectures of Sui, Bao and Li.

Immediately, Marshal Pucha Ali, the right supervisor, led the army to resist, but although he had experienced many battles, he was by no means an opponent of Genghis Khan. In just one battle, the elite under his command were defeated.

Genghis Khan drove the defeated soldiers as the forerunner, and then entered Hejian Mansion.

At this time, the imperial court issued an edict to soldiers and horses from all over the country to work hard for the king, so soldiers and horses from all the important towns marched by land and water, passing through Jingzhou and heading for Zhongdu.Genghis Khan's troops used Hejian Mansion as their base, eating the savings of a large number of canal canals and warehouses in En, Jing, Xian, Cang and other states, and outflanked and detoured on both sides of the Yuhe River back and forth.

This kind of high-speed maneuvering, big advance and big retreat tactics, used on the increasingly dull Jin army, is like crushing.In just one month's time, the Mongolian army defeated the imperial court soldiers and horses in succession, almost making Zhongdu an isolated city.

And this made Zuo Cheng Wanyangang, who was in charge of the military at that time, feel the pressure deeply, so he rushed to urge Hu Shahu, who was stationed in the central capital, to go out to meet the enemy, and a big coup happened as a result.

At the same time as the Zhongdu coup, the main force of the Mongolian army swept through the states of Xiong, Ba, Mo, and An, completely destroying the military presence of the Kingdom of Jin in northern Hebei.Guo Ning's old acquaintance, Shan Hang, died at this time.

But the Zhongdu coup ended, and the new emperor tried his best to integrate the military and government of Zhongdu, intending to fight against Mongolia, but Genghis Khan abandoned Zhongdu and went south again.

At this time, the weather was cool in autumn, and the Mongol army became even more fierce. They broke through the prefectures of Shen, Ji, En, and Ci, and besieged Daming Mansion. Shan Ming, the apostle Xuanfu of Daming Road, tried his best to defend the city, so the Mongol army besieged the city with one part and the main force Continue to go south and capture Kai, Hua, Jun, Wei and other states, threatening Xiangzhou on the one hand, and Kaifeng Mansion in Nanjing on the other.

Xiangzhou is the residence of Zhangde Army's Jiedu Envoy. Today's Emperor Dajin inherits the throne alone. Except for the eldest son Shouzhong, who is originally in Zhongdu, all his family members are in Xiangzhou... There is absolutely nothing to lose in this place.

As for Kaifeng Mansion in Nanjing, it is the center of the land in the south of Dajin. Half of the country's tax revenue depends on Nanjing Road. This place is really the fate of the country, and it must not be lost.

As a result, half of the world was shaken, and the imperial edict issued again and again, including Jingzhaofu Road, Shanxi Road and other places, all raised troops to rescue.

The reason why Wanyan Sala forced Guo Ning to go to Yidu was because his troops in Jeju and Dongping were all moving. There were omissions in the solid defense lines of Dongping, Jinan and Yidu, which needed to be filled in time.

But his intentions were too late.

In the process of going south, the Mongolian army continued to gather people who surrendered in the local area. They became more and more aware of the dangerous terrain of the Kingdom of Jin and the mobilization of soldiers and horses. Their tactics of long-distance raids became more and more unpredictable.

When the attention of the Jin army from all walks of life was focused on the danger of the Yellow River, Genghis Khan led his army back to Daming in just two days, and turned to go straight to the southeast.

Thirty thousand Mongolian troops were divided into six groups, and they crossed the Beiqing River in just one night.

The Jinan garrison has a lot of troops, but in the past few days, they have only heard of fighting in Kaizhou, Huazhou and other states hundreds of miles away and along the Yellow River, so it is inevitable to slack off.

Before the Sixth Route Mongolian Army, there were many surrendered troops who claimed to be defeated in Bozhou and Enzhou.They won the city gate easily, and the main force of the Mongolian army arrived immediately, broke into the city and set fire and killed wantonly.

Two days before and after.

The great city fell, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were overthrown, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians were killed, and countless food, fodder, assets, and armaments became the spoils of war for the Mongols.And the defense line covering the front of the two roads in Shandong was breached.

So Wanyan Sara sent envoys again, and he confessed without hesitation, and pinched his nose to recognize the murderer who killed Aotun Zhongxiao, all because of the loss of Jinan, most of Shandong's gates were opened.

In the current situation, Wanyan Sala is no longer sitting in Shandong, only the Shandong Commander in Yidu and the Dinghai Jiedushi who just controlled Laizhou are left. Now they are all facing strong enemies, and I am afraid that they should join forces Warm up.

But even if we hold a group, can we get warmth?

The Mongolian army is based in Jinan, and it is only 550 miles away from Laizhou. This is not a safe distance!
What's more, the one who led the army to take Jinan was not an ordinary Mongolian general, but Genghis Khan himself!

Seeing that Guo Ning had finished reading the military newspaper, Wanyan Niangu carefully took out another document.

This copy is Wanyan Sala's own handwriting, and its content is indeed polite, only that the situation is dangerous and the two places must watch and help each other.

Guo Ning handed over both documents to Yila Chucai, and smiled to ask Wanyan Niangu to rest assured.We are all loyal ministers of Dajin, at this time, we naturally have to support each other.

After talking over and over for a long time, he asked Yisa Chucai to write a reply letter with a pen, and personally used the seal, Wanyan Niangu bowed deeply, saluted and left.

Hearing his footsteps walking away, Guo Ning's smile disappeared, and his face turned livid.

He stood up straight and gripped the handle of the knife at his waist.After a while, he said in a deep voice: "Urgently send a message to Ye County to call Jing Anmin, Qiu Huiluo, and Hao Duan back for military discussions."

"Yes!"

"Urgently transmit to the direction of Purification Town, Jiaoshui County, and Laiyang County, and call Monk Luo, Han Xuan, and Ma Bao back for military discussions."

"Yes!"

"The Chinese army is beating the drum, calling Wang Shixian, Li Ting and other generals for a meeting!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)