Chapter 1028 Suspected Master Shaoguo

After the meeting, Zhang Shijie explained to Ouyang Shuo the situation of the Mongolian army outside the city.

The more he listened, the darker Ouyang Shuo's face became.

"Gaia is going to make trouble!"

Historically, Boyan was the main general who attacked the Southern Song Dynasty in the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, and it was Zhang Hongfan in the battle of Yashan. Speaking of Zhang Hongfan, this is also a controversial figure.

Zhang Hongfan's father, Zhang Rou, was a Han Chinese living in the Kingdom of Jin, and he was also a local tyrant. He fought against the Mongolian army in Langya Ridge, was defeated and captured, and surrendered to Mongolia.

Zhang Hongfan was born when Zhang Rou was forty-nine years old. At that time, the Kingdom of Jin had been subjugated for four years. In other words, Zhang Hongfan was a native Han Chinese who grew up under Mongolian rule.

Based on such a life experience, it seems understandable for Zhang Hongfan to become an official in Meng Yuan. It's just that Zhang Hongfan was the chief general of the Mongolian army in the Battle of Yashan, and he was regarded as the chief culprit in the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty.

In view of Zhang Hongfan's Han blood, he was naturally nailed to the pillar of shame in history.

Because the Battle of Yashan split the Chinese civilization, Ouyang Shuo absolutely did not like Zhang Hongfan. If they met on the battlefield, he would definitely be killed.

In the battle map, apart from Boyan and Zhang Hongfan, the generals of the Mongolian army even came to Kublai Khan, the big boss of Mengyuan, which is completely different from history.

What kind of person is Kublai Khan? The last Khan of the Great Mongol Kingdom was also the founding emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. Speaking of this, I have to briefly review the Khans of the Mongolian Kingdom and the transition from the Mongolian Kingdom to the Yuan Dynasty.

After the death of Genghis Khan Temujin, the proud son of Genghis Khan, his third son, Okuotai, who was better at governing the country, succeeded him as Khan.

Temujin's arrangement paved the way for the future split of the Great Mongol Kingdom. During Wo Kuotai's reign, in order to eliminate hidden dangers, he secretly poisoned his fourth brother Tuo Lei.

After Wo Kuotai's death, the eldest son Guiyou succeeded Khan. However, Guiyou failed to live up to expectations, and died after three years in office. Tuolei's eldest son, Mengge, took advantage of the situation and took over the ranks of Wo Kuotai's family.

Since then, the Khan position of the Mongolian Kingdom has been in the hands of the Tuolei family until the fall of the Yuan Dynasty.

Meng Ge is a remarkable figure, known by the Europeans as the "Whip of God". During his reign, he launched the third Mongolian Western Expedition, and opened up a territory even wider than that of his grandfather Genghis Khan.

However, Brother Meng also had a bad life. When he and his fourth brother Kublai Khan attacked the Southern Song Dynasty together, they broke down Diaoyu City and died suddenly. Let the third Mongolian Western Expedition, which is still in progress, be forced to suspend.

At that time, the Western Expeditionary Army led by Hulagu had reached the Mediterranean Sea and was preparing to attack Egypt. If Meng Ge hadn't died suddenly at this time, the entire history of the world might have changed for this reason.

The whole of European history would also be very different.

Kublai Khan was able to become the final winner in the battle for the position of Khan, and a group of Han officials under his command contributed a lot. It was precisely because of the influence of Confucian culture that indirectly gave birth to the Yuan Dynasty.

This siege battle, led by Kublai Khan himself, is bound to be a bloody battle.

Counting the Forbidden Army of the Southern Song Dynasty, the total strength of the Southern Song camp reached 460,000, but the Mongolian army that attacked the city this time was as many as one million, not including some puppet troops and prisoners of war troops.

Naturally, it is impossible for such a huge army to be stationed outside the city. With Lin'an City as the center, Mongolia set up front-line camps in six surrounding cities to surround Lin'an City.

Except for Lin'an City, the entire world has been occupied by Mongolia, and there are enough food and grass materials to support millions of troops. Lin'an City is more troublesome. According to Lu Xiufu's estimation, including the Alien Legion, no matter how economical it is, the food in the city can only last for 20 days.

Twenty days away, you have to think of other ways.

There are many "famous" city defense battles in history. The reason why the city defense troops can last for several months is often not because of how much food is stored in the city, but because they are looking for other food sources.

What are there?

It might sound sensational to say it.

When there was a shortage of food in the city, the first to suffer would be the war horses. They couldn't rush out anyway, and each war horse became the fruit of the city guards.

When the horse is finished eating, he eats the leather armor.

That's right, it's leather armor. The soldiers cut the leather armor into strips, put them in a pot and cooked them, and they could barely eat them. Gein's leather armor is made from tanned animal skins, and it is barely considered a kind of food.

Except for leather armor, belts, leather boots, and even bowstrings, all weapons and equipment tanned from organic matter were transformed into food.

Are you done with the leather armor? Then there is only cannibalism, first the old meat, the sick and disabled, and then ordinary people...

All in all, when the city defenders are in a desperate situation, there is nothing that cannot be eaten, and all benevolence, morality, and human nature are all thrown aside.

Cannibalism is by no means uncommon in Chinese history.

When it comes to the battle of Lin'an, Gaia is a bit too deceitful. On the surface, the task is set to defend for a month, but the food in the city can't last for a month at all.

This is a paradox.

The only way is to replace defense with offense, take the initiative to attack, and go out to find food and grass. In this way, the battle will be more difficult.

What made Ouyang Shuo even more troublesome was that, from what Lu Xiufu said, the meaning of the three people's words faintly revealed that although the Alien Legion had an absolute advantage in terms of military strength, they did not want to give up command.

At the very least, the 100,000 Imperial Guards of the Southern Song Dynasty were not allowed to be dispatched by Ouyang Shuo at will.

If the three of Lu Xiufu don't cooperate, Ouyang Shuo will also have a great headache. Of course, he can do a "palace change" like the Anshi Rebellion and take over the power of life and death in Lin'an.

Had it done that, things could have gotten worse.

The palace change works well in Chang'an because there are not only the emperor Li Longji in Chang'an city, but also a prince Li Xiang who is pregnant with ghosts, and more than a dozen princes to choose from.

What can Lin'an have?

Except for the eight-year-old Zhao Bing, there is no one in the Zhao family.

If Ouyang Shuo really wanted to be regent, he might not be able to do anything if he offended Lu Xiufu and the three ministers. The most basic thing is to appease the hearts of the people, recruit laborers, and raise food and grass. Without the assistance of civil servants, it is impossible to do things quickly.

This is the battle map, Ouyang Shuo didn't bring civil officials here, even if he did, it would be useless, what can he do in just one month, the specific things are the low-level officials.

In short, without the cooperation of Lu Xiufu and the three of them, the battle of Lin'an would have been basically useless.

After much deliberation, Ouyang Shuo could only hold his nose and agree. As long as Lu Xiufu and the other three don't make any excessive demands, if they can do it, Ouyang Shuo will do as much as possible.

Fortunately, everyone's interests are consistent and there is a basis for cooperation.

After probing each other, Lu Xiufu proposed to set up a temporary military aircraft department as the highest command organization of the Lin'an battle to take over the military and political affairs of Lin'an City.

Lu Xiufu, Zhang Shijie, and Wen Tianxiang were naturally members of the Military Aircraft Department, and Ouyang Shuo, as a representative of a different person, was also able to enter the Military Aircraft Department. Otherwise, there would be no need to set up the Military Aircraft Department.

Seeing Ouyang Shuo's cooperation, Lu Xiufu naturally knew how to reciprocate, and allowed another lord and two generals to enter the military aircraft department to discuss important matters.

Only then did Ouyang Shuo feel more at ease.

After thinking about it for a while, Ouyang Shuo selected Xiong Ba as the leader. Of course Ouyang Shuo could pull Feng Prison into the military plane to increase his voice in the military plane, but what's the point?

The Battle of Lin'an would have been absolutely impossible without the participation of the [Yanhuang League].

As for why it was Xiong Ba, instead of Di Chen who had once again become the talker of the [Yanhuang League], the reason was not complicated, it was just that Ouyang Shuo couldn't get used to it.

One regards him as an enemy, and the other takes the initiative to show his favor. Isn't it obvious who to choose.

Ouyang Shuo had to spend a lot of time thinking about the candidates for generals. Among the 100,000 troops of the Great Xia, the Royal Fleet commanded by Zhou Yu was not in Lin'an City at all, and the commander of the Fourth Army of the Imperial Guard was not that material.

As for General Xu Chu of Shenwuwei, he is of the same nature as evil.

On the contrary, Jia Xu, the counselor accompanying the army this time, is a good candidate. During the Anshi Rebellion, Ouyang Shuo led Pang Tong, which was to take care of Pang Tong. After all, when it comes to military strategy, Ouyang Shuo still prefers the "poison man" Jia Xu.

However, Jia Xu is a counselor and cannot enter the military plane.

Ouyang Shuo could only settle for the next best thing. First, Guo Ziyi, who came with Phoenix Prisoner, was included in the Military Plane Department, and the other general was still reserved for [Yanhuang League], let them decide on their own.

After sitting in the position of King Xia for a long time, Ouyang Shuo's heart became more and more broad-minded, and he would not deliberately make things difficult for the petty regions [Yanhuangmeng] on what occasions and what to do.

If it's really embarrassing, it's also true in the wilderness battlefield, so there's no need to worry about it on the battle map. If you really want to do that, not only will Dichen and the others look down upon you, but you will also degrade yourself, which is not worth it.

After discussing well, Ouyang Shuo said goodbye and left.

During the whole process, the little emperor Zhao Bing sat on the dragon chair without saying a word, acting like a puppet.

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Returning from the palace to the barracks, Ouyang Shuo immediately met with Xiong Ba, and told Xiong Ba about the information he found and the establishment of a temporary military aircraft office.

After listening to Xiongba, his expression was filled with admiration, he clasped his fists and said, "Brother Ouyang's heart, I admire Xiongba, don't worry, after I come down, I will coordinate the alliance army and fully cooperate with the command of the Military Aircraft Department."

"Then it's time to work!"

Ouyang Shuo smiled and cupped his fists.

Then, Xiongba took the initiative to talk about what they had learned.

During Ouyang Shuo's entry into the palace, Xiong Ba and the others did not just wait, they took people around Lin'an City to understand the situation, which was also not optimistic.

The most worrying thing is that the people in the city are not stable.

why?

Gein's Mongolian army has a tradition that is enough to scare the courage of ordinary people. During the siege, as long as the defenders resist a little, after the city is broken, the Mongolian army will slaughter the city.

This is true whether it is going west or going south.

After the massacre, the Mongolian army discarded the corpses into the waterways, and millions of corpses were thrown into the Yangtze River or its tributaries, and the corpses were thrown into the wells, completely polluting the groundwater. The Mongols would also leave hundreds of civilians who had witnessed the massacre and send them to downstream cities to spread terror.

Before besieging Lin'an, the Mongolian army had slaughtered several cities.

So, are the common people not afraid?

Ouyang Shuo thought for a while, then suddenly said, "I think of a good way to appease the people."