Chapter 27 In the fourth quarter, the capture of Zhongdu

After Genghis Khan made peace with Jin, Shouxin withdrew from Jin's territory. Although the people are gone, the remaining prestige is still there. Looking around, there are few people, and weeds are overgrown among the ruins.The monarchs and ministers of the Jin Dynasty, who were frightened by Genghis Khan, sighed and felt very melancholy.Although the Mongolian army withdrew, peace was temporarily achieved between Mongolia and Jin, but the king and ministers of the Jin Kingdom who guarded the remnant capital were still awake at night and restless. Jin Xuanzong first proposed to move the capital.His reason was: Jin Kingdom's current national strength is weak, and it is not enough to stick to the central capital. It is better to move the capital to Nanjing to avoid the flames of the Mongolian army.

Zhongdu is the capital city of the Jin Dynasty. The ancestral temple of the Jin Dynasty and the people's aspirations of the Jurchen people are all tied to this city.The move of moving the capital is of great importance, and many ministers dare not express their opinions casually.Only Tu Danyi (who was now Prime Minister Zuo of the Jin Kingdom) urged Jin Xuanzong to give up this plan, and suggested that Jin Xuanzong stick to the central capital, gather troops and stockpile millet, or retreat to Liaodong, and then draw a picture later, that is, never move the capital to Nanjing. The cities around Nanjing are easily controlled by the Mongolian army. When Nanjing is surrounded by enemies, it will be too late to regret.Jin Xuanzong was noncommittal and ambiguous about Tu Danyi's suggestion.There is no hope of rejuvenating the country, but Dan Yikong is full of economics and no one appreciates it, but he has nowhere to display his talents and talents, and dies of depression.

In May 1214, Jin Xuanzong left the right prime minister Wanyan Fuxing and Shangshu Zuocheng Mo Nian as loyal assistants to the crown prince Wanyan Shouzhong, and continued to stick to the central capital. He himself took the sixth courtyard of the harem and hurriedly moved to Nanjing. After Jin Xuanzong arrived in Liangxiang, he ordered his 10,000 troops to return to Zhongdu to defend the city.Most of those soldiers were from Henan, and they were waiting to return to their hometowns to reunite with their relatives. Xuanzong's order to return to the north made their hopes dashed. There was a lot of cannibalism inside, and it was hard to tell who won and who lost. In short, the soldiers of the Golden Army fell down again.Most of the remaining soldiers still had to return to the north, and they all stood firm in the middle.On the way, the army's morale was clamored again and again, and they were unwilling to die for the Jin Dynasty, so they pushed the Khitan Kida as the leader and raised the banner of rebellion.The rebels of the Jin Dynasty pointed directly at Zhongdu, intending to capture Zhongdu and dedicate it to Genghis Khan.

You Chancellor Wanyan Fuxing was shocked when he heard the news, and ordered Mo Nian Jinzhong and Chen Bing to stop the rebels in the Lugou Bridge area, but Mo Nian Jinzhong failed to subdue the Keda rebels, and Keda led the crowd to the city of Zhongdu.Central capital was heavily guarded, and they failed to attack, so they sent a letter to Genghis Khan, requesting surrender. If you don't take Zhongdu at this time, when will you wait! In June of the same year, Genghis Khan sent troops to the Jin Dynasty again on the grounds of moving the capital of the Jin Dynasty. After a period of recuperation, the Mongolian army became stronger.

Genghis Khan was full of confidence in this attack.He sent someone to get in touch with Keta, and then sent Alaqian to the Kingdom of Jin to question the reason for moving the capital. Since he had reconciled with Mongolia, why did he move the capital again to express his distrust of Genghis Khan.Jin Xuanzong couldn't answer.At the same time, Genghis Khan's army went south, with Sanmu Hebadu as the commander, and Khitan generals Shi Moming'an, Yelu Ahai, and Yelu Tuhua as the vanguard, and they went straight to the central capital. When Jin Xuanzong heard that the situation in Zhongdu was critical, the first thing he thought of was not how to find a way to resist it, but worried about the safety of his beloved son Shouzhong, so he immediately sent someone to take the prince to Nanjing. After the prince left, the soldiers guarding the city in Zhongdu lost their minds and panicked. .The fall of Zhongdu is inevitable!

Mongolia's main force advanced to Zhongdu, but it was not in a hurry to attack.Once again Genghis Khan showed his military prowess.The state of Jin was declining, but Zhongdu was still a golden city, indestructible, eager for success, and would lose troops. Genghis Khan realized this, and sent only a small number of troops to harass the Jin army in turn, and then surrounded Zhongdu. Cut off its connection with the outside world, making it an isolated city. After being trapped for half a year, food and grass in the central capital became more and more scarce, and it became more and more difficult to support them.Wanyan Fuxing had to go to Nanjing for rescue.

Before Jin Xuanzong received the news, he had already sent Yongxi, Qingshou, and Li Ying to transport food and rescue them. Maybe he still had a few threads of conscience and didn't want his ancestors' society to be destroyed.After all, lack of knowledge, Jin Xuanzong's original intention of aiding Zhongdu was good, but it was a big mistake to send Li Ying, a civil servant, as the main force to transport food. After Genghis Khan heard about this situation, he sent Mu Huali and others to encircle and intercept Li Ying's army in Bazhou, and obtained countless food and grass.The other two reinforcements were weak, and before the battle started, they all collapsed, leaving only a few thousand grain trucks as a gift to the Mongolian army.

Genghis Khan's actions dealt a heavy blow to the defenders of Zhongdu. The food and grass in Zhongdu were exhausted, and hundreds of thousands of Jin troops were so hungry that they killed each other. Seeing this, Wanyan Fuxing lamented unceasingly. He only hoped that being loyal would play a role in stabilizing the morale of the army and revitalizing the army's prestige, but the basic requirements for human survival cannot be met.What's more, this kind of loyalty is not a general talent, his combat level is mediocre, and his personality is really not flattering.On the surface, Mo Nian Zhongzhong promised to work together with the old prime minister to defend Zhongdu to the death, but he secretly planned to escape.Wanyan Fuxing gradually saw the intention of Mo Nian Jinzhong, but he was helpless as the military power was in the hands of Mo Nian Jinzhong.

The Mongolian army's main attack on Zhongdu has begun!The central capital was at stake, and the old prime minister had no hope of saving the country. In grief and indignation, he committed suicide by drinking medicine.He left two suicide notes, one to Jin Xuanzong in Nanjing, accusing him of the misdeeds of Shuhu Gaoqi, Mo Nian Jinzhong and others, expressing his full feelings of serving the country; one to Genghis Khan who was about to enter the city, imploring him Cherish the people in the city, don't give orders to massacre the city. The city gate of Zhongdu was quickly attacked!Tens of thousands of Mongolian troops rushed in and began looting.By the time Wanyan Fuxing's cronies had gone to great lengths and risked to deliver the old prime minister's letter to Genghis Khan, the people of Zhongdu were already in dire straits, and the order to massacre the city had already been issued!

After Genghis Khan heard that Yan Fuxing had served his country with his death, he couldn't help feeling a little admiration for this old prime minister of Jin who served his country faithfully.The massacre order has been issued, the looting of the central capital has begun, the situation is irreparable, and Genghis Khan does not want to restore it.In the eyes of any Mongolian soldier at that time, massacring the city was a matter of course, which was their practice.The cry of the enemy and the screams of the enemy are their victory, and the bones of the golden army will only make them feel extremely proud.However, regretting Wanyan Fuxing's integrity, Genghis Khan still ordered not to touch any plants and trees in his mansion.

China has fallen!The symbol of the regime of the Dajin Dynasty and the ancestral temple of the Dajin Dynasty were destroyed.The majestic Zhongdu has become a hell on earth, with ghosts crying and wolves howling, full of swords and blood. Jin Xuanzong wanted to cry but had no tears, and wanted to be angry without words. Who told him not to listen to the advice of Tu Shanyi and others?It was too late to regret, and the Mongolian army that had looted the central capital was divided into three groups, and rushed towards other cities in the Kingdom of Jin with the force of lightning. On the one hand, Genghis Khan sent Muhuali, Sanmuhebadu, and Tuolun to divide Atu'er's army into various cities, and on the other hand, he sent Araqian to Nanjing to force Jin Xuanzong to surrender, but Jin Xuanzong refused. The two armies led by Sanmu Hebadu pretended to go to Xixia, broke through Tongguan from Guanzhong, and 20,000 fine horsemen went straight to the vicinity of Nanjing, and plundered and returned.Mu Huali was invincible all the way, sweeping east and west of Liaodong; Tuolun flooded Dongping with A Tu'er and led the Central Route Army, and occupied Dongping and Zhending and other places.In less than a year, the Mongolian army conquered more than 800 cities and towns in the Kingdom of Jin, and the Mongols spread all over the Jin Dynasty.