Vol 2 Chapter 2558: Bai Qi took advantage of the situation and robbed him, while Mao Dun reluctantl
Chapter 2558 Bai Qi took advantage of the situation and robbed him, while Mao Dun reluctantly ceded the territory.
Chapter 2554: Bai Qi took advantage of the situation and robbed him, while Mao Dun reluctantly ceded the territory.
Zhong Xing said that he was one of the hidden figures born in the special Baizhao **** profession. His implanted identity was that of a Han Dynasty eunuch, and he came to the grassland as an attaché of the Han-Hungarian marriage.
Later Qin Wen served as the governor of Yanmen County, rebuilt Yanmen Pass, and defeated the Huns several times. The relationship between Han and Huns was completely broken, and all Han people were angered and became slaves, including Zhongxing Shuo.
The Bank of China said that after working as a slave on the grassland for more than ten years, he went through the four eras of Yuvluo, Temujin, Tolei, and Kublai Khan. Finally, he became a horse slave by relying on the good feeding of horses, and he was lucky. After getting in touch with Mao Dun, he had the opportunity to get rid of his slavery.
At that time, it was the first civil war between Yuan and Meng. Mao Dun was forced to take the initiative, but was defeated by Murong Ke and Kublai Khan. He lost a lot of troops. He was extremely worried. As a slave of Man, Bank of China said that he Wake him up with one sentence.
“The Emperor of Qin, Ying Hao, definitely doesn’t want the Yuan Dynasty to eliminate internal troubles, so why not ask Da Qin for help.”
After thinking about it carefully, Mao Dun felt that it made sense. Seeing that Zhong Xing said that a horse slave who was also a **** could have such insight, he ordered him to serve as his staff.
The strategy mentioned by Bank of China can only be considered second-rate, but he has a very good view of the overall situation, and he is proficient in arithmetic and good at internal affairs. This kind of talent is what Mao Dun lacks the most, so he quickly got Mao Dun's help, and later He also helped Mao Dun a lot during the civil war.
It is a pity that Kublai Khan not only had better methods, but also had more talents under his command.
Kublai Khan not only had the support of Yuan and Meng veterans such as Wokuotai, Zhebie, Boyan, Meng Ge, and Ali Buge, but also the support of the Xianbei clan such as Murong Ke, Murong Bai Yao, Yuan Xin, Hou Mo, and Chen Chong. , as well as the support of the Qiang clan such as Yelu Chucai (Tou Yuan), Yelu Xiuge, and Yelu Xiezhen.
In addition, there were many Han people under Kublai Khan who rebelled against Han and Qin, such as Shi Bingzhi (a hidden figure in the Song and Yuan Dynasties in the Bronze Hundred Calls), Wang Shixian, Zhang Rou, and Yan Zhongji.
These four people are also collectively known as the four great princes of the Han people in the Yuan Dynasty;
The Qin Dynasty carried out two national liquidations against the traitors in its territory. The first time was around the Second Battle of Hetao, and the second time was after the unification of Hebei.
In these two raids on traitors, heads were killed and blood flowed like rivers.
A large number of traitor families who had colluded with the Yuan and Qing Dynasties and sent resources to the grasslands were all directly exterminated by the Qin Dynasty.
Even so, there are still many family members who may have learned the news in advance, or were doing business abroad and escaped by luck.
Most of these people fled into the grasslands, either to avoid disaster or to seek refuge with Yuan Meng. A small number of them who had the foresight to seek refuge with Kublai Khan, while most of the short-sighted ones sought refuge with Mao Dun. After all, Mao Dun's power was at that time. The strongest.
But these people never expected that the weak Kublai Khan would turn against the wind, so most of these people died in the two Yuan-Mongolia civil wars.
There are many talents under Kublai Khan. On the other hand, Maodun only has the support of the Luotang clan such as Laoshang, Junchen, Yi Zhixie, and Hu Hanxie, as well as the support of Han people such as Liu Zheng, Sun Yanyu, Li Qi, Chen Youding, and Liu Bolin.
The talent lineup gap between the two sides is too big. Even with the support of Tou Man, Bank of China and others, Mao Dun is still no match for Kublai Khan.
So, Maodun lost both of the two civil wars between Yuan and Meng, and lost all their capital bit by bit.
Had it not been for the intervention of Da Qin, Modun would not have been able to survive the second civil war, let alone the third civil war with an even greater disparity in power.
After hearing Mao Dun’s question, Bank of China shook its head sadly and said, "Bai Qi agreed to send troops to support, but he was unwilling to send troops in vain. He made a condition."
When Mao Dun heard this, he said directly without thinking, "As long as Bai Qi sends troops, I will agree to any conditions."
Maodun was able to say these words, which clearly shows the anxiety in his heart at this time.
Maodun’s murder of Tuo Lei has long been exposed, and he and Kublai Khan had a grudge against their father.
The hatred for killing one's father is irreconcilable.
Kublai Khan held Qin hostage for several years, returned to his country and succeeded to the throne. He endured the humiliation and accepted the traitor as his father. After two civil wars, he finally gained an absolute advantage.
Even if Mao Dun surrenders his military power, Kublai Khan will never let him go. The two sides are already fighting to the death, and only the victorious side can survive.
Maodun naturally didn’t want to die, so he had no choice but to let Kublai Khan die, and for this he would do whatever it took.
“Bai Qi’s condition is to cede Shengle City.” Bank of China said with a wry smile.
"What?"
When Mao Dun heard this, he immediately became anxious and said angrily: "Bai Qi is taking advantage of the situation. If this king can't hold on, isn't he afraid that Ying Hao will punish him for resisting the imperial decree and disrespecting the emperor?"
Shengle City is the most populous and affluent city in Yuan and Meng in addition to Dragon City.
The Guisui Grassland where Shengle City is located is close to the Youbian Prefecture of Daqin.
In the trade exchanges between Qin and Yuan Dynasty, nearly five cities were traded in Shengle City.
It is officially because of this that Shengle City became so prosperous in a short period of time.
If he gives up Shengle City, Mao Dun's strength will be weakened by half, so he is naturally unwilling to cede it.
As for the punishment that Maodun mentioned? It was because the Great Qin court did not put any conditions on Maodun, and the cession of Shengle City was the condition put forward by Bai Qi himself.
Since Bai Qi was transferred to Youzhou and took charge of the military affairs of the three states of You and Binghe, he was preparing to send troops to the grassland.
Bai Qi recruited 20,000 cavalry in each of the three Youbinghe states, totaling 30 battalions and 60,000 cavalry. He prepared to divide his troops into the grassland in three groups to rush to support Maodun.
Youzhou has 20,000 cavalry. The leader will be Yue Fei, the governor of Youzhou. His generals include: Gao Chong, Xiong Kuohai, Taishi Ci, Niu Gao, Yue Zhongqi, Li Ling, Wei Rui, Zhou Yafu...
Bingzhou has 20,000 cavalry. The leader will be Zhang Liao, the governor of Bingzhou. The generals under his command include: Lu Bu, Xu Huang, Zhang He, Gao Shun, Yu Jin, Yang Yanding, Yang Yansi, Shi Long, Zhang Dingbian...
Hezhou has 20,000 cavalry. The leader will be Huo Bing, the governor of Hezhou. His generals include: Jiang Song, Qin Wu, Wei Qing, Luo Cheng, Ding Yanping, Su Xian, Cheng Yaojin, Qin Yi, Xiao Yan...
The main generals of the three armies have reached 100, and each army is equipped with a super **** general, a war god, multiple **** generals, and many famous generals with a command of more than 90. Such a general lineup is simply gorgeous. If the number of troops is not limited to 60,000, but can reach 300,000, or 200,000 cavalry, it may be able to directly overthrow the entire Yuanmeng.
It is a pity that the whole country of Qin did not have 200,000 cavalry, and before it unified the world, it was impossible to use 300,000 troops to deal with Yuan and Meng.
Bai Qi arranged the three armies in an orderly manner. As for himself, as a general, he could no longer be promoted, so he no longer competed with his juniors for credit, so he still sat in Youzhou and commanded the overall situation remotely.
Maodun was relieved when he saw that Bai Qi had been dispatching troops. However, after all the troops had been dispatched, Bai Qi was reluctant to give the order to dispatch troops.
Mao Dun was impatient, so he sent the Bank of China to inquire. Unexpectedly, Bai Qi took advantage of the situation and asked him to cede Shengle City. This made Mao Dun extremely angry and frightened.
The angry one is that Bai Qi did not abide by the agreement, and the frightened one is that he is afraid that if the Qin Dynasty does not send reinforcements, then his end will be near.
Hearing Mao Dun’s words, Zhong Xing smiled bitterly and said with a bitter look on his face: “My lord, Bai Qi is just taking advantage of the situation, and he is confident.
Given Bai Qi's contribution to the Qin Dynasty, even if he really resisted and disrespected the imperial decree, the punishment he could receive would at most be a demotion and a pay penalty.
It is rumored that Bai Qi has always been worried that his achievements will overwhelm his superiors, and he is probably eager to be demoted because of this.
But if our army cannot wait for reinforcements, it will have only one way to go: destruction.
Besides, we don’t know whether Bai Qi’s proposal to cede Shengle City was Bai Qi’s own idea or the idea of the Qin court.
If it’s the former, it’s actually a good thing, but if it’s the latter…”
The rest of the words were left unsaid, but Moton had already heard what he meant.
If it is the latter, it means that Da Qin will officially intervene in the grassland. Relatively speaking, the former is better.
At this thought, Mao Dun's face turned pale, and his heart was filled with a sense of powerlessness.
At this time, his heart was full of regrets. When Kublai Khan had just returned to the country and his footing was not yet stable, he should have directly raised troops to get rid of Kublai Khan instead of holding back and waiting for the opportunity.
As a result, the time to raise an army was not waited for, but Kublai Khan's power became stronger and stronger, and the political defeat also caused Maodun's military defeat.
Seeing Mao Dun's dejected look, BOC said after hesitating for a while, he said: "Although Bai Qi's request is excessive, he also promised that if he captures other cities in Yuanmeng, he can transfer them to our army as compensation. "
Bai Qi's promise is as good as unspoken. After all, even if the Qin army sends troops to the grasslands, they will only send cavalry. It is another question whether they can capture the city, let alone let it go after they capture it.
After being silent for a long time, Mao Dun gritted his teeth and said: "Since Bai Qi wants Shengle City, I will give it to him. As long as he can defeat Kublai Khan, any price will be worth it."
Hearing this, Bank of China couldn't help but be stunned, and then smiled bitterly and said: "My lord is wise."
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Youzhou, Beiping County, Beiping City.
Beiping County was Guangyang County, and Ji County, where it was governed, was established as the capital of the Northern Han Dynasty and was renamed Yanjing by Liu Che.
Beiping was originally Jixian and was renamed Yanjing by Liu Che, while
After the Northern Han Dynasty was destroyed by the Qin Dynasty, Ying Hao merged the five counties of Guangyang County, the four western counties of Yuyang County, and the newly built Tianjin Port into one county, and named it Beiping County. Ji County, the administrative seat, was renamed Beiping City.
As for the five eastern counties of the original Yuyang County, they were merged with the four counties of Youbeiping County and are still called Yuyang County.
Since then, the names Guangyang County and Youbeiping County have completely disappeared from the territory of Youzhou, replaced by Beiping County.
Beiping City has the foundation of Liu Che's painstaking management. Coupled with the construction of Tianjin Port, the resources of the two prefectures of Hebei and Qing Dynasties can be easily transported. In addition, with Wei Yang, a political 104 governor, the development speed of Beiping City is as fast as expected. It’s hard to be slow.
Today's Beiping City is developing very rapidly and has become the second largest city in Hebei Province, and is on the verge of catching up with Ye City, the largest city in Hebei Province.
In addition to Beiping City, other areas of Youzhou are also developing very fast, which puts Zhuge Liang, the governor of Jizhou, feeling the pressure.
However, there is no way around this. After all, the special location of Youzhou is destined to tilt the resources of Hebei and Qingzhou towards Youzhou.
Zhuge Liang can only strictly control internal affairs to ensure the integrity of the officialdom, and at the same time develop other industries in Jizhou to ensure that Jizhou's development momentum is not slower than Youzhou.
Since Jizhou’s foundation is stronger than Youzhou’s, it is relatively easy to govern. It is not too difficult for Zhuge Liang to do this.
So, even if Youzhou is developing well, it may still take a long time to catch up with Jizhou.
At this time, in the mansion of the governor of Youzhou.
The great general Bai Qi of the Great Qin State, Gongsun Yang, the governor of Youzhou, Yue Fei, the governor of Youzhou, as well as Gao Chong, Xiong Kuohai, Taishi Ci and other generals gathered together to discuss whether Maodun would cede Shengle City.
“According to my opinion, Maodun will definitely not cede Shengle City.” Yue Fei said firmly.
"Oh? Why is this?" Bai Qi asked expressionlessly.
“Shengle City has been managed by Maodun for many years. It now has a population of 150,000 and has accumulated a large amount of supplies. No matter how he looks at it, he is reluctant to cede it.”
Yue Fei said confidently, and some generals such as Gao Chong and Xiong Kuohai also agreed with this statement.
(End of this chapter)