Chapter 369 Eat It in One Bite

Something is wrong!

Everything is weird!

Lu Xiufu was very excited to come to the camp of General Lin under the leadership of the defeated soldiers.

But after entering the camp.

He saw the flag style and the soldiers' armor style, and found that they were not the standard of the Song army!

Especially the black flag, which made Lu Xiufu's heart sink.

Where did this General Lin come from?

Several bad thoughts flashed through Lu Xiufu's mind.

When he came to Lin Chen's tent and saw this young general, Lu Xiufu's face was full of astonishment.

He didn't expect that the person who could kill Kublai Khan was so young.

"Envoy Lu, is there something on my face?"

Lu Xiufu's eyes were slightly stern when he heard the other party's words.

Because Lin Chen called Lu Xiufu an envoy, not the name of his colleagues.

In other words.

The other party claimed that he was not an official of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Lu Xiufu forced a smile on his face, and he wanted to ask about Lin Chen's origins.

Before he could speak, Lin Chen saw what Lu Xiufu was thinking, and a strange smile flashed across his face, saying: "I am from Sichuan."

Guo Xiang had picked him up in Sichuan, so it was not wrong to say that he was from Sichuan.

"Sichuan?"

Lu Xiufu thought more.

He thought about it for a while, but he didn't expect that there was a family of officials surnamed Lin in Sichuan.

The other party could raise such a large army, so his identity must be extraordinary.

However, Lu Xiufu couldn't guess that Lin Chen came from the outside world.

Lu Xiufu, who had no choice but to try to find out Lin Chen's attitude towards the Southern Song Dynasty.

According to what Lu Xiufu said.

If Lin Chen was willing to submit to the Southern Song Dynasty, he would definitely not lose his title of marquis.

Indeed.

The current situation in the Southern Song Dynasty is almost ruined.

If Lin Chen led his people to submit to the Southern Song Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty could still be maintained.

Although it is possible that the other party could use this to dominate the government, Lu Xiufu understood that this was the best solution at present.

However, Lu Xiufu overlooked one point.

That is, the person in front of him has no intention of being a minister.

"Envoy Lu, don't worry. I will discuss this matter after I have dealt with the Mongolian army in front of me." Lin Chen smiled but said nothing.

At the same time, he stopped Lu Xiufu from continuing to speak and ordered people to prepare a residence to accommodate Lu Xiufu and his party.

But Lu Xiufu is not a simple person after all.

He immediately found a way to send all the news he knew back to the Lin'an court.

When the news of Lu Xiufu arrived, all the officials of the Southern Song Dynasty were shocked.

Many ministers who were originally writing letters of surrender at home suddenly became energetic.

That is to make sure that Lin Chen led his army to serve the court!

When the Empress Dowager Xie Daoqing learned the news, she also hurriedly issued an order to reward Lin Chen with an official position.

It has to be said.

In order to hold on to Lin Chen, the last straw of life, Xie Daoqing has put a lot of thought into it.

What kind of Duke of the Protectorate, ranked first, plus Pingzhangshi, Duguan Anti-Mongol Military Strategy, almost all the official titles that can be given have been granted.

But just as the imperial edict of the Southern Song court was on its way, the Mongolian army that had been trapped here for a long time also began to move.

These Mongolian generals were divided into two factions.

One faction planned to leave this place, go up the river, try to grab enough ships to cross the Yangtze River and return to the north.

The other group planned to lead the army to continue to advance to the hinterland of the Southern Song Dynasty, with the main goal of fighting to the death.

However.

Before these Mongolian generals could discuss the general rules, civil strife broke out.

At night.

A Han army of up to 30,000 people rebelled.

Most of this group were under the command of Lu Wenhuan's old subordinates.

But no one expected.

This rebellion attracted more Han troops to join.

The reason was very simple.

The Mongolian army was short of food, and the few food and grass were given priority to Mongolian soldiers and nobles.

As for these Han soldiers, they were not regarded as human beings at all.

Hunger often drives people to do some irrational things.

In addition, Shen Lian, under Lin Chen's instruction, had contact with some northern Han marquises who commanded the Han army.

The latter expressed their willingness to surrender in order to save their lives.

So the Mongolian generals had not yet reacted to what had happened.

The civil strife and Lin Chen led the Yulin Guards and 30,000 newly recruited infantry to launch an attack.

With the cooperation of Lu Wenhuan's old subordinates, the Mongolian army was caught off guard.

As an envoy, Lin Chen did not restrict Lu Xiufu's personal freedom.

This also gave him the opportunity to see how the Yulin Guards treated the soldiers.

Nothing else to say.

Just being able to eat a full meal every day won the surrender of these Southern Song defeated troops.

Lin Chen had a large number of internal responses, while the Mongolian army had no intention of fighting at all.

In less than half a day of fierce fighting, the only 100,000 Mongolian soldiers were divided into two.

Most of them fled to the banks of the Yangtze River, looking for boats to cross the river.

But anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was a waste of effort.

Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun patrolled the river day and night. How could these Mongolian soldiers find boats to cross the river?

As for a small number of Han and Mongolian soldiers, they went to the heartland of the Southern Song Dynasty under the command of a Han general named Liu Zheng.

This man was also a general of the Southern Song Dynasty. He was good at strategy and riding and shooting.

He had fought in Sichuan and made many military achievements.

But Liu Zheng heard that Lu Wende and Yu Xing were colluding and planned to frame him.

Not to mention that Jia Sidao was powerful at that time, and many Southern Song generals were imprisoned or forced to death.

So Liu Zheng, who was forced to do so, chose to lead 300,000 households of his soldiers and civilians to surrender to Mongolia.

After Liu Zheng entered Mongolia, he was highly valued by Kublai Khan.

According to the original history, this man made great contributions to Kublai Khan's destruction of the Southern Song Dynasty.

When Lin Chen learned that Liu Zheng led more than 20,000 troops to break into the heartland of the Southern Song Dynasty, he did not react much.

At present.

The Mongolian army was defeated, and Lv Wenhuan's old subordinates came to surrender, so there was no shortage of that.

For a time.

The number of soldiers under Lin Chen's command swelled to an astonishing number.

Two hundred and seventy thousand people!

If it weren't for Lin Chen's previous reward package to open a large amount of food and supplies, I'm afraid he couldn't afford so many soldiers.

However.

There are more soldiers, but there are also more mixed cattle and horses.

Especially these old subordinates of Lv Wenhuan, each one is worse than the other.

In the past, they could surrender to Kublai Khan, and now they surrender to me.

Maybe they can betray Lin Chen in the future and turn their heads to other places.

So after Lin Chen swallowed so many soldiers in one breath, he did not take any follow-up actions, but turned around and went to several prefectures that fell into the hands of Mongolia.

Most of the garrisons in these prefectures had been taken away before, and they were defenseless in front of Lin Chen's army.

Thus, most of the territory of the Southern Song Dynasty that was taken over by Mongolia was "recovered".

At the same time.

Lin Chen began to throw sand in Lv Wenhuan's old subordinates.

Wang Yuan looked at the new armor on his body and felt dazed.

Two months ago, he was still a refugee, living a life of no fixed place to live and no food to eat.

But now?

He has become a military commander, ranked from the seventh rank military position!

Yes.

Lin Chen promoted some outstanding soldiers among the newly recruited soldiers to middle and low-level officers to replace Lv Wenhuan's old subordinates.

People like Wang Yuan are guaranteed to be loyal to Lin Chen.

As for Lv Wenhuan, how could he not see what Lin Chen was doing?

But what can he do?

It's nothing more than hoping that Lin Chen can spare his life in the end.

But when a secret letter from the Southern Song Dynasty was delivered to Lu Wenhuan, he saw hope.

According to the letter, the court hoped that Lu Wenhuan would lead his troops to "abandon the dark and join the light"!

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