After the visit, Zhang Shijie explained the situation of the Mongolian army outside the city to Ouyang Shuo.

The more I listened, the darker Ouyang Shuo's face became.

"Gaia is going to make trouble!"

Historically, the main general of the Mongolian Yuan attacking the Southern Song Dynasty was Boyan, and specifically Zhang Hongfan was Zhang Hongfan. Speaking of Zhang Hongfan, this is also a controversial figure.

Zhang Hongfan's father Zhang Rou was a Han Chinese living in the Jin Dynasty, and he was also a local tyrant. He fought with the Mongolian army at Langyaling, was defeated and captured, and surrendered to Mongolia.

Zhang Hongfan was born when Zhang Rou was 49 years old. At that time, the Jin Dynasty had fallen for four years. In other words, Zhang Hongfan was a native Han man who grew up under the Mongolian rule.

Based on this life experience, it seems that Zhang Hongfan became a general in the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. However, Zhang Hongfan was the chief general of the Mongolian army in the Battle of Yashan, and was the culprit for the destruction of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Given Zhang Hongfan's Han bloodline, he was naturally nailed to the pillar of shame in history.

Because of the separation of Chinese civilization at the Battle of Yashan, Ouyang Shuo had no good feelings for Zhang Hongfan. If he met on the battlefield, he would definitely be killed and knocked down.

In the battle map, except for Boyan and Zhang Hongfan, the Mongolian generals even came Kublai Khan, the Mongol Army boss, which was completely different from history.

What kind of person is Kublai Khan? The last Khan of the Great Mongol Kingdom and the founding emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. Speaking of this, we have to briefly review the Khans of the Great Mongol Kingdom and the transformation from the Great Mongol Kingdom to the Yuan Dynasty.

After Genghis Khan Temujin's death, he succeeded the Khan throne by his third son Ogedei, who was better at governing the country. He was able to conquer the fourth son Tolei, who was good at fighting, and was in charge of more than 80% of the army of the Great Mongolian Kingdom.

Temujin's arrangement laid the groundwork for the future division of the Great Mongolian Kingdom. During Ogedei's reign, he secretly poisoned his fourth brother Tolei to eliminate hidden dangers.

After Ogedei's death, his eldest son, Guiyu succeeded to the Khan throne. However, Guiyu was not good at doing so and died after three years of reign. Tolei's eldest son, Mengge, took advantage of the situation and seized the Khan throne of Ogedei.

From then on, the Khan throne of the Great Mongolian Kingdom was held in the hands of the Tolei family until the Yuan Dynasty was destroyed.

Mengge was an amazing figure, known as the "Whip of God" by Europeans. During his reign, he launched the third Mongolian expedition and opened up a territory that was even more vast than his grandfather Genghis Khan.

However, Mengge was also in bad luck. When he defeated the Southern Song Dynasty with his fourth brother Kublai Khan, he lost his sting in Diaoyu City and suddenly died suddenly, which not only triggered the five-year battle between Kublai Khan and Alibu Ge for the Khan throne, but also forced the third Mongolian expedition to be terminated.

At that time, the Western Expedition Army led by Hulagu had already reached the Mediterranean and was preparing to attack Egypt. If Mengge had not died suddenly at this time, the entire world history would have changed for this.

The entire European history will also be very different.

Kublai Khan was able to become the ultimate winner in the battle for the Khan throne, and a group of Han officials under his command made great contributions. It was precisely because of the influence of Confucian culture that indirectly gave birth to the Yuan Dynasty.

This siege battle, led by Kublai Khan himself, will surely be a bloody battle.

Including the Southern Song Imperial Army, the total strength of the Southern Song camp reached 460,000, but the Mongolian army that sieged the city this time was as large as one million, not including some puppet troops and prisoners of war.

Such a huge army naturally could not all be stationed outside the city. With Lin'an City as the center, Mongolia set up front camps in six surrounding cities to surround Lin'an City.

In addition to Lin'an City, the whole world has been occupied by Mongolia, and there are enough food and supplies to support a million troops. Lin'an City is more troublesome. According to Lu Xiufu's estimate, if the Yi Ren Legion is included, no matter how much it saves, the food in the city will only last for twenty days.

Twenty days later, you have to think of other ways.

There are many "famous" city defense battles in history. The city defense troops can last for months, often not because of how much food is stored in the city, but because they are looking for other food sources.

What are there?

It may be a bit sensational to say it.

When the city is short of food, the first thing that suffers is the war horses. Anyway, they can't rush out. One war horse can become the dried fruits of the soldiers guarding the city.

After the horse was finished, it was just leather armor.

That's right, it's leather armor. The soldiers cut the leather armor into pieces and put it in a pot and cook it. They can barely eat it. The leather armor is made of animal skin tanned and can barely be considered a food.

In addition to leather armor, belts, leather boots, and even bowstrings, all weapons and equipment tanned by organic matter are converted into food.

After eating the leather armor, there is only people who eat people, first they are old, sick and disabled, and then the general public...

In short, when the city guards arrive in desperate situations, there is nothing that cannot be eaten, and all benevolence, righteousness, morality, and human nature are all left aside.

In Chinese history, cannibalism is by no means a rare thing.

Specifically in the battle of Lin'an, Gaia was a bit too damn bad. On the surface, the task was set to defend for one month, but the food in the city could not last for a month.

This is a paradox.

The only way is to attack instead of defense, take the initiative to attack, and go out to find food and grass. This makes this battle even more difficult.

What made Ouyang Shuo even more troubled was that the meaning of Lu Xiufu and the other two words was vaguely revealed that although the Yi Ren Legion had an absolute advantage in terms of military strength, they did not want to give up their command.

At least, the 100,000 imperial guards of the Southern Song Dynasty were not randomly dispatched by Ouyang Shuo.

If Lu Xiufu and the other two did not cooperate, Ouyang Shuo would have a headache. Of course, he could have a "palace change" like the Anshi Rebellion and take over Lin'an's power of life and death.

If you really do that, things may get worse.

The palace transformation was made in Chang'an because there were not only Emperor Li Longji in Chang'an City, but also a prince Li Xiang who was already possessed by evil spirits, and more than a dozen princes were selected.

But what is there in Lin'an?

Except for the eight-year-old Zhao Bing, there is no one in the Zhao royal family.

If Ouyang Shuo really wants to be regent in the court, he may not be able to do anything if he offends Lu Xiufu and his three ministers. The most basic thing is to appease the people, recruit labor and raise food and grass, and it is impossible to do anything without the assistance of civil servants.

This is a battle map. Ouyang Shuo did not bring the civil servants here. Even if he really brought them, it would probably be useless. What can he do in just one month? The ones who do the specific work are the lower-level officials.

In short, without the cooperation of Lu Xiufu and the other two, the battle in Lin'an would be basically no chance.

After thinking about it, Ouyang Shuo could only pinch his nose and agree. As long as Lu Xiufu and the other two did not make any excessive requests, Ouyang Shuo would do as much as possible.

Fortunately, everyone's interests are consistent and have a foundation for cooperation.

After exploring each other, at the suggestion of Lu Xiufu, the temporary military service office was established, as the highest commanding body for the Battle of Lin'an, and took over the political affairs of the military in Lin'an City.

Lu Xiufu, Zhang Shijie and Wen Tianxiang were naturally members of the Military Affairs Office. Ouyang Shuo, as the representative of Yiren, was able to enter the Military Affairs Office. Otherwise, there would be no need to be established by this Military Affairs Office.

Seeing Ouyang Shuo cooperated so much, Lu Xiufu naturally knew how to repay his favor and allowed another lord and two generals to enter the Military Affairs Office to discuss major events together.

Ouyang Shuo felt a little relieved only then.

After thinking about it, Ouyang Shuo decided to win the lord. Of course, Ouyang Shuo could pull the Phoenix Prisoner into the Military Affairs Office to increase his voice in the Military Affairs Office, but what's the point?

In the Battle of Lin'an, it would be impossible without the participation of [Yanhuang Alliance].

As for why he was the dominant, instead of becoming the person who was talking to the [Yanhuang Alliance] again, the reason was not complicated, but Ouyang Shuo couldn't stand it.

It is not obvious if one regards him as an enemy, and the other takes the initiative to show kindness.

Ouyang Shuo spent some time thinking about the candidate for military generals. Among the 100,000 troops of Daxia, Zhou Yu was not in Lin'an City at all, and Lu Bu, the commander of the Third Army of the Imperial Guard, was not that material.

As for the general Xu Chu of Shenwu Guard, he is of the same nature as Lu Bu.

However, Jia Xu, a strategist who accompanied the army, was a good candidate. Ouyang Shuo brought Pang Tong during the Anshi Rebellion, which was the care of Pang Tong. After all, in terms of military strategy, Ouyang Shuo still prefers the "poisonous soldier" Jia Xu.

However, Jia Xu was a strategist and could not enter the Military Affairs Office.

Ouyang Shuo could only settle for the second best, first put Guo Ziyi, who came with the Phoenix Prisoner, into the Military Affairs Office, and the other military general was still left to the [Yanhuang Alliance] for them to decide at their own discretion.

After sitting in the position of King Xia for a long time, Ouyang Shuo's mind became more and more open-minded. He would not make things difficult for any occasion and would not make any petty areas [Yanhuang League].

If you really want to make things difficult, it is to see the truth in the wilderness battlefield. There is no need to be petty on the battle map. If you really do that, it will not only make Di Chen and others look down on it, but it will also be demoted to a personality style, which is worthless.

After discussion, Ouyang Shuo said goodbye and left.

During the whole process, the little emperor Zhao Bing sat on the dragon throne without saying a word, and was a puppet very much.

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Returning to the military camp from the palace, Ouyang Shuo immediately met with Xiongba and told Xiongba about the information he had found and the establishment of a temporary military service office.

After hearing this, Xiongba looked very respectful and clasped his fists and said, "Brother Ouyang is impressed by Xiongba. Don't worry, after coming down, I will definitely coordinate with the alliance army and cooperate with the command of the Military Affairs Office."

"Then it's a labor!"

Ouyang Shuo smiled and clasped his fists.

Then, Xiongba took the initiative to talk about what they learned.

During Ouyang Shuo's entry into the palace, Xiongba and others did not wait. They took their people around Lin'an City to learn about the situation, which was also not optimistic.

What is most worrying is the unstable hearts of the people in the city.

Why?

Because the Mongolian army has a tradition that is enough to scare the courage of ordinary people. During the siege, as long as the defender resists slightly, after the city is broken, the Mongolian army will massacre the city.

This is true whether it is the Western Expedition or the South.

After the massacre of the city, the Mongolian army discarded the bodies into the waterway, and millions of corpses were thrown into the Yangtze River or tributaries of the Yangtze River, and the bodies were thrown into the wells, completely polluting the groundwater. The Mongolians would also leave hundreds of people who witnessed the tragic situation of the massacre and send them to the downstream cities to spread the terror.

Before siege of Lin'an, the Mongolian army had already slaughtered several cities.

In this way, how can the people not be afraid?
Chapter completed!