Chapter 367 The Situation of the Southern Song Dynasty

Lv Wenhuan swallowed his saliva, his eyes struggled and hesitated, and he was caught in a choice.

Seeing this, Lin Chen was not in a hurry, waiting for him to think clearly.

It was because Lv Wenhuan was the cousin of Lv Wende, a famous anti-Mongol general.

Lv Wende was considered a famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty. He had fought against the Jin Dynasty and Mongolia for thirty years in Sichuan, Huguang and other places.

In the Southern Song army, Lv Wende had a very high reputation. After his death, he was given the posthumous title of Wu Zhong by the Southern Song court, and was also posthumously named Heyi County King.

It can be seen that Lv Wende had a high status in the Southern Song army.

After his death, Lv Wenhuan naturally inherited his family brother's connections in the Southern Song army, and was naturally appointed to guard Xiangfan, the lifeline of the Southern Song Dynasty.

But as Lv Wenhuan took the lead in surrendering to Mongolia, those old subordinates and officials also followed suit, and the entire Yangtze River defense line turned against him in an instant!

These old subordinates who defected with Lv Wenhuan were also incorporated into the Mongolian Han army by Kublai Khan to attack and destroy the Southern Song Dynasty.

So Lin Chen did not kill Lv Wenhuan directly.

In his next shocking plan, he needed the cooperation of the other party.

This time, Kublai Khan led the army to compete with Jia Sidao. In addition to the soldiers from various places to maintain the newly occupied territories, there were more than 300,000 soldiers!

Now that these Mongolian troops have lost Kublai Khan's command, they are bound to be in chaos.

But even so.

It is not something that Lin Chen can swallow with only 30,000 people.

This is not a snake swallowing an elephant, but an ant eating a tiger!

So, Lin Chen set his sights on Lv Wenhuan's old subordinates.

Because in the more than 300,000 troops, in addition to the northern Handi Hou and Mongolian army, the Southern Song soldiers who surrendered from Lv Wenhuan's old subordinates accounted for one-third!

Lv Wenhuan did not hesitate for too long.

This is natural. After all, his life is in Lin Chen's hands, and there is no possibility of bargaining.

He also knows what Lin Chen intends to do for him.

It was nothing more than writing secret letters to make the old subordinates who were still in the Mongolian army rebel again.

If Kublai Khan had not died, Lv Wenhuan would certainly not have been able to make him defect by letters alone.

But according to Lin Chen, Kublai Khan had died in his hands!

Now that the Mongolian navy is gone, can't these Mongolian troops who crossed the river swim back?

There is another more important problem.

That is, the Mongolian army's supply is cut off!

You know, the food and grass supply for their hundreds of thousands of people is an astronomical figure.

What's more, Mongolia has many cavalrymen, and the daily consumption of feeding a warhorse is enough for seven or eight infantrymen for a day.

In short.

The Mongolian army that crossed the river to pursue the defeated Southern Song army has now become a turtle in a jar!

So.

The various Mongolian generals who didn't know what happened in the rear stopped before receiving Kublai Khan's military order and sent messengers to ask what to do next.

However, there was no response for three consecutive days.

At this point, the Mongolian generals who had penetrated deep into the heart of the Southern Song Dynasty were at a loss.

Naturally, some generals led their troops back to see what was going on.

However.

When they arrived at the Yangtze River, they saw a navy blocking the river.

The flags and attire of this navy were obviously not their own!

The generals were shocked and realized that the situation was not good.

At the same time, a rumor spread like wildfire in the Mongolian army.

This time they fell into the trap of the Song army to lure the enemy deep into their territory.

A surprise force attacked the Khan's tent and killed him, and the remaining ministers did not escape much.

As soon as this news came out, the morale of the Mongolian army plummeted.

At first, some Mongolian generals strictly prohibited the spread of such rumors.

But when the navy fleet that blocked the river hung out the Mongolian Khan's tent and the heads of many ministers and nobles.

The Mongolian morale was irreversible!

The name of the Song general who killed Kublai Khan also began to spread among these Mongolian soldiers.

Lin Chen!

At the same time.

The letter written by Lv Wenhuan was also delivered to the Mongolian army by the Jinyiwei.

The faces of the surrendered generals of the Southern Song Dynasty who received the letter changed.

Because Lv Wenhuan exaggerated the current situation at the instruction of Lin Chen.

It was said that Kublai Khan was dead, and the Southern Song Dynasty mobilized a million troops, under the command of General Lin Chen, to surround their 300,000 Mongolian main forces.

When the food and grass were cut off, they would launch a siege.

By then, these surrendered generals would definitely have no way to survive.

Fortunately, Lv Wenhuan and General Lin Chen had an old relationship, so he wrote a letter to ask them to correct the chaos.

If they succeeded, not only would they not be punished, but they would be rewarded!

The expressions of Lv Wenhuan's old subordinates after reading the letter were wonderful.

Combined with the recent news blockade and the shortage of food and grass, these surrendered generals of the Southern Song Dynasty suddenly understood.

So that's it!

To say that these surrendered generals are fence-sitters.

Before, he surrendered to Kublai Khan without hesitation, and now he can rebel again in a situation where he is doomed to die.

Lin Chen looked at the reply from Lv Wenhuan's old subordinates and felt relieved.

His plan was mostly successful!

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On the other side,

Jia Sidao, who left by boat, walked along the river from Dingjiazhou to Yangzhou in just two days.

It must be said that this cricket prime minister ran quite fast.

On the other hand, the Southern Song soldiers abandoned by Jia Sidao were killed by the Mongolian army for 150 miles, with heavy casualties!

If Lin Chen had not copied Kublai Khan's military tent, the Mongolian army could have attacked the Southern Song capital Lin'an in one go.

Even so.

When the news reached the Southern Song court, it also caused an uproar.

"This Jia Sidao has lost his army and humiliated the country. I ask to kill this beast!"

"Your Majesty, you need to mobilize troops from all over the country to defend Lin'an!"

The newly succeeded Song Gongzong Zhao Yu was at a loss.

Yes.

After learning about the battle situation in Dingjiazhou, Song Duzong Zhao Yu was not sure whether he was heartbroken or indulged in alcohol and sex, which caused serious damage to his body.

After the news came back, he died suddenly!

So Zhao Yu's second son Zhao Yu, with the urgent support of the court officials, sat on the throne of the emperor at the age of five.

So the one who could really speak in the court was the Empress Dowager Xie Daoqing.

Song Gongzong was young, and Xie Daoqing ruled the country from behind the curtain.

This Empress Dowager had a reputation for virtue in the Southern Song Dynasty.

However, Xie Daoqing could not help with the mess in the Southern Song Dynasty even if Wu Zetian and Empress Dowager Xiao were alive.

After learning that Jia Sidao was defeated and fled to Yangzhou, Xie Daoqing issued an edict to recall him.

It was just that Jia Sidao claimed to be delaying.

It seems that this cricket prime minister also knew that he was guilty of the battle of Dingjiazhou.

Xie Daoqing looked at the court officials who were quarreling, and his face became miserable.

Issue an edict to defend the king?

But the territory of Southern Song was completely cleared by Jia Sidao, so where are the soldiers to be mobilized? !

"Your Majesty, I ask for peace!"

"Yes, only peace can do."

As soon as this was said, the ministers in the court agreed unanimously.

If we don't ask for peace, will we continue to fight?

Seeing this, Xie Daoqing had no choice but to send Lu Xiufu to the north with a seal to seek peace with Mongolia.

At the same time, Xie Daoqing issued an edict to transfer Xia Gui, Sun Huchen and other generals back to Beijing.

Jia Sidao blamed Xia Gui and Sun Huchen for the failure of the battle of Dingjiazhou in his memorial.

But the current situation.

Apart from these people, there are no more generals who can fight in Southern Song.

Sun Huchen received the call and returned to Lin'an.

Only Xia Gui, who controlled tens of thousands of Southern Song navy, refused to obey, and was obviously disloyal.

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