377. The sadness of Dayu
On the border of Jiangnan West Road, it passes through Dayu Ridge, which lies across the border, and is close to Dayu City.
The climate here is much colder than that of Dali and Leizhou. By the end of this year, it was already cold.
The mountains are covered with snow in the distance, and the sky and the earth are all in color.
There is still snow left on the ground, thin and close to transparency. This makes the road very easy to slip.
More than 100,000 troops were endless, and they were moving forward slowly in such ice and snow.
The soldiers pressed the brim of the hats very low to block the cold wind that was coming. No one in the army rode a horse, but they led horses and walked, and the horses were wrapped in cloth. But even so, war horses or soldiers continued to slip.
This kind of march is obviously not easy.
There were chariots in the army, and military flags were flying outside the chariots, and thousands of soldiers were guarding each other.
Inside the carriage, Boyan and Yesuer's faces were a little colder than the weather outside.
The battle against Song reached this point and they were completely defeated.
Nearly one million Yuan army were defeated by the surviving Song Dynasty so much that it was defeated and even the deputy generals Ali Hague died in the chaos, with countless generals in the army killed and injured. This battle was extremely defeated, and it was a counter-arguing example that could be written in historical books.
Looking at Boyan's marching and fighting for decades, he has never been so cowardly.
But with their current strength, it is impossible to win the victory again.
Nearly two months ago, after the Battle of Xiujiang Town, Zhao Dongting led his army back to Leizhou. Boyan and Yesuer recruited various troops in Wuzhou to provide assistance, intending to take advantage of Zhang Hongfan's opportunity to attack Leizhou and jointly defeat Leizhou, turning defeat into victory, and achieving the goal of destroying Song.
Later, when they learned that the Dali army arrived in Leizhou, they felt that this was a great opportunity to turn defeat into victory.
But as a result, when tens of thousands of reinforcements arrived, before the two had time to lead their troops out of Wuzhou, news of Zhang Hongfan and Dali's army's defeat spread to Wuzhou city one after another.
A once-in-a-lifetime great opportunity is gone.
This made Boyan and Yesuer very angry, and even hated the former surrendered troops of the Southern Song Dynasty.
They are really fencemen!
When the Yuan army was still in full swing, they all flattered and wanted to put their faces on their butts. Now that they were defeated, most of them ignored their orders.
The Song army surrendered in the old places of the Southern Song Dynasty originally had more than one million. There were hundreds of thousands of places not far from Guangxi, including Guangnan and Jinghu South Road, etc., but in the end, only tens of thousands of people were invested in them.
It is impossible to take down Leizhou with such a small amount of troops.
So, Boyan and Yesuer had to abandon Wuzhou and simply led their troops to Jiangnan West Road.
The two of them knew very well that they could no longer control the situation in the Song Dynasty, and even if they were stationed in Wuzhou, they could not hold on for long.
Although the walls of Wuzhou City are high and dangerous on all sides, they cannot stop the hot air balloons of the Song army.
The territory that they finally settled was so difficult that they could only return it like this. This is also the reason why the two looked ugly.
And it can be imagined that the surrendered troops of the Southern Song Dynasty would probably return to the arms of the Song Dynasty, and it would be even more difficult to destroy the Song Dynasty in the future.
The two of them are so crazy.
When you go back to Dadu, you will definitely never come up with it again.
The two had already discussed this issue, but in the end they decided to lead the army to guard Jiangnan West Road first.
Jiangnan West Road is adjacent to Fujian in the east, Guangnan Dynamic in the south, and Jinghu South Road in the north, which is definitely not a good place in terms of geographical location. Because it can be expected that it will take less than a long time for the Song Dynasty to take back all Jinghu South Road, Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian. At that time, Jiangnan West Road will be surrounded by three sides. But the two still chose here.
There is certainly a reason for this.
Inside the carriage, Boyan sighed and said, "Deputy Commander Yesuer, the emperor's imperial edict is coming soon, right?"
Yesuer nodded, "Maybe the marshal is not mentally prepared yet?"
Judging from her expression, she is a woman who is more determined than Boyan at this time.
Women are more cruel than men, and this is true.
Boyan murmured: "Disobeying the imperial edict is ultimately a death sentence."
Yesuer said: "But when you go back to Dadu, you can live without death, but it will be even more uncomfortable than death. We will lose our power completely."
"Well!"
Boyan sighed again, "Then let's stay on this Jiangnan West Road first and wait and see what's going on."
In fact, they could choose to continue northward and retreat to Jiangnan East Road, even Liangzhe West Road, and Huainan West Road, so that the army would be safer. Because these two routes were already very close to the border of the Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan would never sit idly by and watch their more than 100,000 troops be destroyed. However, if they retreat there, there would be no reason not to accept Kublai Khan's imperial edict. In order to stabilize the court, Kublai Khan would definitely recall them to punish him.
If they stayed on Jiangnan West Road, they could still resist the Song army and not be ordered by the emperor outside.
At that time, no matter how angry Kublai Khan is, he will have no choice but to do anything to them. He may even praise them for being willing to put a dangerous place for the court.
Kublai Khan would not care whether to kill them or not. He just needed to explain to the government and the opposition.
Boyan and Yesuer were defeated, but they still stayed on Jiangnan West Road, which was commendable!
Moreover, if we fight with the Song Dynasty again, no one in the court or the country can denounce the two of them again.
Even, they may have the opportunity to destroy the Song army.
The Song army can defeat hundreds of thousands of their troops, and the more than one hundred thousand troops, why can't they make a comeback?
Nearly evening, the army finally arrived outside Dayu City.
At this time, several years have passed since the Yuan army captured Dayu City, so the city of Dayu is considered stable.
Under the Yuan Dynasty, although the former Southern Song people were fourth-class people, they could barely survive. At least no rebellion happened.
The current county magistrate of Dayu County is still the same county magistrate in the Song Dynasty. When the Yuan army arrived at Jiangnan West Road, the chief general of the Song Dynasty Nan'an army led the troops to surrender to the Yuan Dynasty. The Dayu County is within the territory of the Nan'an army and also decisively led the defenders in the city to surrender to the Yuan Dynasty. Therefore, after the fall of Dayu County, the official positions of Song ministers in the city did not change much. The county magistrate was still the county magistrate, and the chief clerk was also the chief clerk.
Although the Yuan army was defeated, the only magistrate of Dayu County still did not have the courage to resist Boyan and Yesuer.
At the city gate, he led dozens of officials in Dayu City to stand on the official road, waiting for Boyan in the cold wind, and Yesuer's army arrived.
When the army approached, the county magistrate bowed to the army and saluted.
Not everyone planned to oppose the Yuan Dynasty and return to Song again. At least, Li Xiang, the chief general of the Nan'an Army, had no such plan. In addition, he had no ministers under his rule.
After the Yuan Dynasty, their lives were still as comfortable as before. Why did they spend time to join Song again?
The Song Dynasty is now extremely powerful, but who can tell whether it will be Song Win or Yuan Win in the end?
When the war ends, maybe decades have passed and they have become loess.
Boyan and Yesuer's carriage slowly arrived in front of the city, and the two of them lifted the curtain and walked out of the carriage.
The magistrate of Dayu County knelt down on the ground and kowtowed, "My minister, Liu Ziqi, the magistrate of Dayu County, welcomes the two marshals."
Behind him, the ministers of Dayu knelt down: "Weichen and others welcome the two marshals."
If Boyan and Yesuer were elephants in the Yuan Dynasty, then their level could only be considered an ant.
The two of them swept their eyes lightly over the ministers, and Boyan said, "Get up, can the place where the army stationed in the city be prepared?"
Liu Ziqi replied: "Return to the marshal, after receiving the military order, we have cleared out the houses and waited for the army to station."
"Um."
Boyan nodded slightly, "You did a good job in this."
Then, he and Yesuer walked towards the city. The guards behind him hurriedly followed.
Liu Ziqi and the officials of Zhuzhima from Dayu City respectfully gave in to both sides, leaving the road to the army to enter the city.
When Boyan and Yesuer walked into the corridor, Liu Ziqi hurriedly chased after him, but opened two paper umbrellas and held them for them.
The county magistrate next to him originally planned to help hold the umbrella, but Liu Ziqi stabbed him back with his eyes.
Not tactful.
How can you grab the opportunity to hold an umbrella for the two marshals?
After all, the county magistrate was just the second-in-command. Although he was angry, he had to retreat honestly.
This is the official of the Southern Song Dynasty. Liu Ziqi and this county magistrate are distinctive representatives.
The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. When Chen Yizhong became the prime minister, such flattery was already very popular in the Song Dynasty. Some officials compete for the opportunity to flattery, and their actions are simply incredible.
Everyone wants to compete for a chance to show their faces in front of their superiors, and Boyan and Yesuer are even the top officials of the Yuan Dynasty.
The folds on Liu Ziqi's face were all smiled, and her face was full of flattery, like a daisy.
But what he didn't expect was that Yesuer sneer at his actions and walked out of the umbrella coverage.
Although Yesuer is a woman, she is born on the grassland and has a very unique personality. She most despises these old officials of the Song Dynasty.
Liu Ziqi's face was slightly stunned, but behind her, the county magistrate's eyes showed a slight gloating look in his eyes.
Intrigues are everywhere.
Behind, more than 100,000 troops slowly entered the city. As soon as they entered the city, chaos arose.
They followed Boyan and Yesuer to defeat the battle, and they felt extremely frustrated. Some people saw women in the city, and even generals ran towards those women with their soldiers.
The city gate suddenly became panic.
Liu Ziqi heard the sound after hearing it, and looked back and her face changed slightly, "Marson..."
Boyan turned around, but said, "Let them."
He did not regard the people of the Song Dynasty as human beings at all. In the Yuan Dynasty, most ministers had his attitude.
The Han people are just inferior nations, and in their eyes, they are no different from pigs and dogs.
Liu Ziqi lowered her head gently, but didn't dare to say anything again.
Among the Dayu ministers following them, there was a look of extreme hatred in their eyes. Not everyone is as heartless as Liu Ziqi.
The screams of women and the rampant laughter of the Yuan army made Dayu City seem to have become a hell on earth at this moment.
Chapter completed!