Chapter 109 Dugu in the second quarter

Now the Kingdom of Jin can be said to be suffering from internal and external troubles. Jin Xuanzong's relocation of the capital means that he has completely abandoned his central capital. At this time, the central capital has neither many soldiers nor many generals guarding it. It is really in jeopardy.Then Genghis Khan sees this good opportunity, will he abide by the agreement of the peace agreement, and ignore the easy-to-get fat in Zhongdu? After the loss of the Northeast hometown of the Jin Dynasty, Genghis Khan once again led an army over the Yinshan Mountain in 1215 AD, crossed the Great Wall, and launched a fierce attack on Jinzhongdu.This time, Genghis Khan wanted to conquer Jinzhongdu in one fell swoop, so the Mongolian soldiers adopted a strategy of encircling Jinzhongdu and not attacking Jinzhongdu.The fall of Tongzhou means that the possibility of transporting grain from the south to the center no longer exists.Zhongdu has become an isolated city, with no food and grass inside, no reinforcements outside, and it may fall at any time.

Before Zhongdu was surrounded by Mongolian soldiers, Emperor Xuanzong knew that Zhongdu might not be able to hold it, so he hurriedly summoned the prince to go south.Originally, he asked the prince to defend Zhongdu, that is, to make a gesture. Although I ran away, the prince is still here, and I may come back.Now he knows that the central government can't hold it anymore, the prince is my son, my son can't die here, it doesn't matter if someone else dies, so he summons the prince to go south.What kind of father raised what kind of son, and the prince didn't have the determination to live and die with the city, as soon as he heard his father's edict, thank God, he ran away. "Since the prince is doing, Zhongdu will be afraid." ("Song History Chronicle" Volume 85) Once the prince runs away, the army and militia in Zhongdu will lose their fighting spirit, and the hearts of the common people will be scattered.Originally, a minister told Xuanzong that the prince cannot be with you, which is the same as the Jingkang change in the Northern Song Dynasty.When Song Huizong wanted to recruit troops from other places, Song Qinzong was always afraid of his father's restoration and refused to let Song Huizong go.If Song Huizong was really allowed to go out, the father and son would not be caught in the same pot.So the minister told Jin Xuanzong, if you summon the prince to Bianjing, if there is a change, you and your father will be able to handle it together, then Dajin will repeat the story of the Jingkang change in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the prince should stay in the field.During the Anshi Rebellion, the Ming Emperor was lucky to Shu, and Prince Li Heng succeeded the emperor in Lingwu. He was Tang Suzong, and then commanded the suppression of the rebellion. Eight years later, the Anshi Rebellion was put down, and the Tang Dynasty was rebuilt.Now we should follow the example of Tang Suzong in the Lingwu story, let the prince stay in Zhongdu, and don't call him.After the minister finished speaking, Shuhu Gao Qi was furious. The emperor quickly killed him. This man wanted to force the palace and let the prince succeed him.Shu Hu Gao Qi was afraid that the crown prince would become the emperor. He thought that Xuanzong would become the emperor, so what's the use of being a celebrity beside the emperor?Moreover, Zhongdu is so far away from me, even if I want to control the prince remotely, I can't control it. I must hold both of them in my hands, so that I can control the government.It can be seen that at this time, the minister of power is not thinking about the safety of the country, but about how to exercise power and how it is suitable for me.In this way, the prince went south.

At that time, two people were responsible for the defense of Zhongdu City, one was Wanyan Chenghui, the right prime minister and Marshal of the capital, and the other was Pingzhang, who was loyal to political affairs.Wanyan Chenghui is from the clan of the Jin Kingdom. He has read poetry and books since he was a child and has outstanding literary talents. If he was in Taiping, he might have become a leader in the literary world. Unfortunately, he was born in troubled times.Although Wanyan Chenghui is a descendant of the horseback nation, he no longer knows about military affairs.There are portraits of Sima Guang and Su Dongpo, the famous ministers of the Northern Song Dynasty, at home. Wanyan Chenghui admires these two people the most. He regards Mr. Sima as his teacher and Mr. Su as his friend.Because he doesn't understand military affairs, the defense of Zhongdu is basically handed over to the general to be loyal.At that time, the Mongolian army looted everywhere, the central capital was an isolated city, Xijing was in danger, and Tokyo had already been captured.The Mongolian soldiers went to attack Jin’s Beijing (Dading Mansion, now Ningcheng, Inner Mongolia). At that time, Jin’s 200,000 troops defended Beijing. As soon as the war started, the subordinates wanted to surrender and killed the general. Kaesong surrendered without a single fight.This is exactly the same as the performance of the Song army when the Jin army went south.

Because Beijing once resisted, according to the rules of the game of the Mongols, after entering the city, the city should be massacred, leaving no chickens or dogs behind.At that time, the commander-in-chief of the Mongolian army was Mu Huali, the number one general under Genghis Khan’s account. A Khitan general of the Mongolian army persuaded him, saying that Beijing is an important town in western Liaoning. If they surrendered, you would kill them all. Who would dare to surrender in the future? ah?Keeping Beijing is an example and serves as a demonstration.On that day, Mu Huali was in a good mood, and ordered Beijing to be released, so the Mongols did not massacre the city.Not massacring the city is really a demonstration. In the future, when the Mongolian army goes south, many cities in the Kingdom of Jin can see that the Mongols are not killed at sight, and when Marshal Mu Huali is happy not to massacre the city, they open the city and surrender.Therefore, Xijing and Tokyo fell one after another, and Zhongdu became an isolated city.