Chapter 57 Mu Huali's Second Battlefield

When Genghis Khan was immersed in the joy of capturing the central capital, Mu Huali was advancing like a broken bamboo on the battlefield in western Liaoning. Whenever Mu Huali Hengdao immediately stands in the forefront of the Mongolian army and appreciates the battlefield lightly, people will see his strong body and curly beard; when he designs the battlefield, people will be impressed by his meticulous planning ability; When he participated in the battle, people were even more amazed by his superb shooting skills.Mu Huali was Genghis Khan's closest comrade-in-arms and partner in his life. When he set off to sweep the Jin Kingdom base in western Liaoning in 1214, he was already 45 years old.Whether it is experience, experience or wisdom, he has accumulated, and any platform can make him shine brightly.

Mu Huali formulated an impeccable strategy, from west to east, first attack Linhuang Mansion (now Bahrain Left Banner, Inner Mongolia) in Shangjing, Jin Kingdom.After resisting for a day, the guard of Linhuang Mansion surrendered in Kaesong.Mu Huali did not slaughter the city according to the principle of "surrender and leniency". After setting up his own government officials, he continued westward to Gaozhou (now the suburb of Chifeng, Inner Mongolia). Gaozhou was originally established by the Liao Kingdom. Treat this place as a prisoner-of-war camp, mainly for North Korean prisoners of war.Another characteristic of Gaozhou is that it is extremely rich.Gaozhou defender You Xingge has repeatedly led troops out of the city to attack the Mongol reconnaissance troops since the start of the war in Mengjin.After Mu Huali learned of all this in Gaozhou City, he was very angry, so he ordered that whoever in Gaozhou City cut off Brother Youxing's head to him, he would pardon the death penalty of all the soldiers and civilians in Gaozhou City.Otherwise, the day under the city is the time to massacre the city.

The soldiers and civilians of Gaozhou City always regarded Brother Youxing as a hero, so they were not bewitched by Mu Huali's propaganda, but Brother Youxing himself felt heavy.He knew that he couldn't resist Mu Huali's army, and the Mongols were the masters of what they said, once the city was broken, the lives of the people in the city would be reduced to flying ashes.Brother Youxing is a selfless person. After weighing, he concluded that the lives of the people in the city are higher than his own head. So he opened the city gate and asked the Mongols trapped outside the city to inform Mu Huali that he would offer his head to Mu Huali himself.To his great surprise, Mu Huali didn't kill him, but praised him as a strong man and reused him.

Brother Youxing's narrow escape tells us that fate does play tricks on people. As soon as Gaozhou City came, Mu Huali held a military meeting in the city, and Shi Mo, who had been paying attention to Jin Dongdong, also spoke first: "At this time, an army should be sent to raid Tokyo." Mu Huali fell into deep thought. He didn't have many troops in the first place, so it would be very risky to allocate some of them.Shi Mo was also the first to notice Mu Huali's worry, and quickly became enthusiastic.He said he could take Tokyo with just a few thousand men.Even if you can't take it down, you can pin down the enemy.

Mu Huali pondered for a while, thinking that the risk could be taken, so he agreed to Shi Moyexian's request. Shi Mo also led a regiment to gallop day and night, bypassing the town, and headed straight for Tokyo.Probably because of his limited command ability, or the small number of his corps, in short, his progress under the city of Tokyo was slow. Not only that, but one day he was suddenly attacked by the defenders of Tokyo city. After two months of siege, Shi Mo also found that it was impossible for him to capture Tokyo, so he returned to the west. When Shi Mo was also at a loss in Tokyo, Mu Huali was going smoothly. In mid-October 1214, Mu Huali captured Chengzhou (north of today's Yixian County, Liaoning). Just as he was thinking about whether his next target would be Yizhou in the west (now Heishan County, Liaoning) or Jinzhou in the southwest (now Jinzhou, Liaoning), Jinzhou Aspects suddenly changed.Zhang Jing, a middle-ranking officer of the garrison of Jinzhou City, killed his chief. He claimed to be the king of Liaohai, and sent someone to throw Mu Huali.Mu Huali greatly appreciated Zhang Jing's understanding of current affairs at the critical moment, and declared that he would retain his title of King of Liaohai and let him manage Jinzhou for Genghis Khan.

The victory of Jinzhou without a fight boosted the morale of Mu Huali's corps. When they advanced to the west of Yizhou City, Mu Huali casually sent envoys to the city to persuade them to surrender.There are tough men in Yizhou City, and Gao Lushan, the highest military and political officer, categorically rejects Mu Huali's persuasion to surrender.The brutal siege battle began.Mu Huali led the most elite engineering troops in the Mongolian Corps, Gaolushan's will to resist was quickly disintegrated, and he decided to die for the country.Before his blood stopped gushing, the city was broken.

When Mu Huali was resting in Yizhou, Shi Mo also ran over in disgrace first, and the two joined forces. After hearing Shi Moye's report to Jin Dongdong, Mu Huali decided to abandon Tokyo and raid Jin Beijing. To raid Beijing, one had to go through Xingzhong (now Chaoyang, Liaoning). Mu Huali sent envoys to Xingzhong City to persuade him to surrender, but Ulib, the top leader, sternly refused.As soon as Mu Huali's envoy left, the officials and local tyrants in Xingzhong City discussed and said: "Mongols are all beasts, and those who do not surrender to the city will be slaughtered. Ulib is acting as our representative. What qualifications does he have?" Decide our life and death, let him die first!"

They unite knowledge and action, and do it immediately after the discussion.Ulib was studying a map in his office when a group of soldiers rushed in and hacked him to death.Ulib's death illustrates two things.First, the Mongolian Corps' "Surrender is lenient, resist all killing" propaganda is effective; second, don't always think about representing the people, otherwise the consequences will be serious. After the local tyrants and officials in Xingzhong City jointly killed the supreme officer, they jointly elected the super local tyrant Shi Tianying as their leader.As soon as Shi Tianying sat on the position of the supreme leader of Xingzhong City, he immediately winked at Mu Huali.Mu Huali greeted his winking eyes excitedly, Shi Tianying's enthusiasm as a slave was high, and he invited Mu Huali's corps to enter Xingzhong City, and he wanted to reward the army.

Mu Huali replied: "Your loyalty can be learned from the sky, and I appreciate your enthusiasm, but I have important things to do, so I won't go to the city. On behalf of Genghis Khan, I can make you the first-level official of Xingzhong City. Work hard. I will meet you in Xingzhong City when I am triumphant." Mu Huali didn't enter Xingzhong City. On the one hand, he thought that soldiers were expensive and fast, and he had to go to Beijing immediately. On the other hand, he didn't have much interest in Xingzhong City. His greatest interest was Beijing City. The corps quickly set out on the road, passing quickly through the suburbs of Xingzhong City. In the first month of 1215, Mu Huali arrived outside Beijing. After sweeping the outer defenses, the Mongolian corps surrounded Beijing, preventing even the most nimble birds from flying out.

There is a familiar person in Beijing, and this person is Ao Tunxiang who likes to hold a goose feather fan.Some people say that he is a lucky general, he is defeated every time, and he is alive every time.Wanyan Xun didn't want to see his face anymore, so he was asked to go to Beijing to defend.As soon as this Zhuge Liang's super fan arrived in Beijing, he ran up the city wall and imitated Zhuge Liang by burning incense and playing the piano. In the first month of 1215, when the Muhuali Corps arrived at the foot of the city, it was the season when it was warm and cold. Regardless of the low temperature, he gracefully waved a goose feather fan on the city wall.This performance made Mu Huali dumbfounded, but the defenses of Beijing City and Zhongdu City were almost the same, so Mu Huali did not attack forcefully, but took the strategy of luring the enemy out of the city.

It is still the same tentative siege and then retreat. The main force sets up an ambush to lure the enemy into the ambush.Like a stupid pig, Ao Tunxiang fell into the trap, went out of the city to pursue him, stepped into Mu Huali's ambush, and fled back to the city alone, leaving the goose feather fan on the battlefield. Ao Tunxiang's life is in danger, but the danger does not come from the enemy Mu Huali, but from his colleagues inside the city of Beijing.As we all know, Ao Tunxiang has no military talent. From the fact that he likes to play Zhuge Liang, it can be concluded that he is a bit arrogant and not very social.He entered the city of Beijing as a special commissioner of the decadent central government, and it must be difficult for him to convince the public.Especially when the emperor Wanyan Xun fled to Kaifeng, Ao Tunxiang's status as a special commissioner of the Central Committee was extremely embarrassing. In addition, he went out of the city and returned after a disastrous defeat, and the only bit of authority disappeared like his goose feather fan. It was not the local officials in Beijing who attacked him first, but the military supervisor Wanyan Xilie who came with him.At the military meeting, Wanyan Xilie proposed to surrender, which was absolutely unacceptable to Ao Tunxiang's loyal and patriotic heart, so the two had a fierce quarrel.After the quarrel, Ao Tunxiang went home to make goose feather fans, but Wanyan Xilie had no such leisure time. He gathered a group of loyal brothers, broke into Ao Tunxiang's residence, and killed Ao Tunxiang. But Wanyan Xilie is also a downright stupid person. After killing Ao Tunxiang, he monopolized the power and forgot about surrendering to the Mongols.The local officials in Beijing were very dissatisfied. They killed Wanyan Xilie and elected two senior military figures as leaders.Immediately after taking the oath of office, the two leaders surrendered to the Muhuali Corps outside the city. The city of Beijing fell silently like this.After Mu Huali entered the city, an evil fire suddenly arose, thinking that it was too late for Beijing to surrender and the city should be massacred according to the rules.Shi Mo also hastily dissuaded him first, saying, "Everyone in the world knows that Beijing surrendered voluntarily. Don't break our rules. Otherwise, how will we win people's trust in the future?" Mu Huali thought that Shi Moyexian's words made sense, and Beijing escaped unharmed.Tokyo City immediately entered Mu Huali's combat vision. In March 1215, the Muhuali Corps advanced rapidly from Beijing City to the northeast. The Corps bypassed all the cities and approached Tokyo City with preserved combat power.Martial law in the city of Tokyo appeared in front of Mu Huali with the appearance of living and dying with the city. Mu Huali decided to attack by force, and Shi Mo, who had suffered a loss from the city wall of Tokyo, also dissuaded him first, saying: "You can only outsmart, never attack by force." Mu Huali asked: "The plan will be released?" Shi Mo also had no plan for the time being, and after a few days, Shi Mo also had a plan.Wan Yanxun's Kaifeng government immediately sent an official who was said to be very good at defending the city to Tokyo after learning that Tokyo had been attacked.From Kaifeng to Tokyo, the journey is long and full of dangers, and no one can guarantee that this official will arrive smoothly.But the official unexpectedly escaped all danger and appeared fifty miles away from Tokyo City.But he did not escape the Mongolian patrol and was captured alive on the spot. Shi Mo was also overjoyed when he heard the news first, and he came up with a plan: he disguised himself as the official, entered Tokyo City, and asked Tokyo City to withdraw its defenses. Mu Huali thinks this strategy is very risky, because Tokyo people have seen Shi Mo before.Shi Mo also insisted on going his own way. He said that a few months ago, he failed in the city of Tokyo, and now he wants to save face. The plan was quickly implemented, and Shi Mo also passed through the makeup artist's skillful hands first, and became another person.He entered the city of Tokyo and took out a letter of commission issued by the Kaifeng government. Tokyo officials believed that he was the savior who had come.To the surprise of Tokyo officials, a rescue plan proposed by the savior is: open the door and surrender. Just when the Tokyo officials were stunned, he had already boarded the city wall, withdrew all the troops on the city wall, destroyed the defensive weapons, and then opened the city gate. The Muhuali Corps entered Tokyo City without any resistance. It captured 100,000 households in the city, enough food for 100,000 people for a year, and a large number of advanced weapons. History books say that Shi Mo also outsmarted Tokyo first, which can be described as the most thrilling scene in the history of human warfare, which is an exaggeration.When Mu Huali rushed to Tokyo from Beijing, the Tokyo side had already received reliable information that the whole of Western Liaoning had fallen into the hands of the Mongols, and the city of Tokyo was actually an isolated city. He went in hesitantly.So when Shi Mo also withdrew the defense in Tokyo City first, no one stopped him, let alone raised any objections.Because they know that this may be the best ending. Throughout 1215, the Mongolian Corps took Jinzhongdu as the center and radiated outward in all directions, capturing 862 large and small cities in the Kingdom of Jin, and taking over the dilapidated, empty, and exhausted Hebei area.