/kloc-At the beginning of the third century, Genghis Khan unified the tribes in the northern grassland and established a powerful Mongolian khanate. Later, he expanded on a large scale, and the former suzerain, Jin Guo, naturally bore the brunt. Suddenly, there was smoke everywhere, and everywhere the Mongolian army went, everyone died. Xu Jin was losing ground, and the capital was forced to move from Zhongdu (now Beijing) to Bianjing (now Kaifeng, Henan), the old capital of the Song Dynasty. Seeing this, the Southern Song Dynasty, which originally paid tribute to Guo Xu as a nephew, refused to send Guo Xu old coins for various reasons. This New Year's coin is not a financial burden for the Southern Song Dynasty, but it is a big income for the Jin State, where military spending has soared. Jin Xuanzong, who had just arrived in Bianjing to catch his breath, was encouraged by Hu, the powerful minister, and thought that Jin Jun was not enough to beat Mongolia and overtook it. In fact, he wanted to make up for the losses brought by the Mongols from the Southern Song Dynasty, so he ignored the danger of fighting on two fronts and launched a war of aggression against the Song Dynasty in Jiading ten years (12 17). It was in this seven-year war that Meng Gong and his son became the main generals on the battlefield of Jinghu Lake in the Southern Song Dynasty.
In the tenth year of Jiading (12 17), the Jin army invaded Xiangyang. It is believed that Jin people will commit Fan Cheng, and put forward suggestions that his father and Luo Jia cross the river to help him. Mongolia agreed that when crossing the river, the Jin people really arrived, and while half of them crossed the river to ambush, the Jin army was wiped out. Meng was also ordered to rescue Zaoyang, and his father and son were separated in the war. Meng Gong saw the white robe and white horse among the enemy cavalry and shouted, "So is my father!" " Immediately led the cavalry into the enemy line and rescued his father. Being brave and saving your father is a young hero.
In the 12th year of Jiading (12 19), Hong Yan of Jinjiang led 200,000 troops to attack Zaoyang and gathered at the gates. Meng Gong boarded the tower, showed his martial arts, drew a bow and shot an arrow, killing several people. All the soldiers are in awe. Meng ordered other methods to attack the Jin people, break 18, behead more than a thousand people and seize a large number of weapons. The gold man escaped. Meng Gong should only leave work with this achievement. Fourteen years (122 1), Meng Gong met his father's boss, Zhao Fang, the messenger of Jinghu Lake. I heard that he is Meng's son. When he saw it, he was highly valued, and appointed Meng Gong as the captain of Guanghua County.
In the sixteenth year (1223), the officer went to the right military commander, the state defense envoy and the general Zuo Wuwei, actually in charge of Jing and Hubei, and knew that Meng of Zaoyang Army was dead. History says that "the border town mourned for the strike when Japan died." This anti-gold star, who was called "Grandpa Meng" by the Jin people, left an even more powerful son to the enemy. When Meng was alive, he recruited more than 20,000 strong men from Tang, Deng, Cai and other places in the Jin Dynasty, making them "loyal and obedient soldiers". After Meng's death, he was ruled by. Due to the complicated military system and unstable military situation, Meng Gong, commander of Jinghu System, was in charge of Zhongshun Army. Meng Gong divided the obedient army into three armies, and the military situation was quickly calmed down. In the first year of Shaoding (1228), Pinglu weir was built in the west of Zaoyang City, and 65,438+10,000 mu of farmland was irrigated, which was divided equally by Zhongshun military and civilian households. At the same time, Zhongshun army was ordered to raise horses for each family, and the official provided millet, so the grain was abundant and the number of horses increased. The following year, I was promoted to the superintendent of military forces on Jingxi Road, and was promoted to the jurisdiction of military forces. When the Southern Song Dynasty resumed the trauma after the Song-Jin War, the international situation in the north changed greatly. After the San San war in Shaoding five years (1232), most of the main forces of the Jin army were defeated by the Mongolian army, and the famous Yan and others were killed. After Wu Xian, Duke of Hengshan in the State of Jin, fled, he went to Nanyang (present-day Henan) mountainous area to gather troops. In a few months, he won hundreds of thousands of troops and won a great victory. However, Jin Aizong, the new monarch of the State of Jin, believed that Bianjing had been destroyed. Six years later (1233), Jin Tingxian moved to Guide House (Yingtianfu in Nanjing in the Northern Song Dynasty, now Shangqiu in Henan Province) and then moved to Cai Zhou (now Runan in Henan Province). In order to persist, he ordered Wu Xian to be diligent. And Wu Xian came up with a very bold plan because Cai Zhou was difficult to keep. Some of them are similar to his entry into Central Asia to establish the Western Liao Dynasty: taking Sichuan in the Southern Song Dynasty as the foothold; If we don't get it, we will take Song Jun's salary on the March.
This year, Wu Tianxian sent his subordinate Wu Tianxi to attack Guanghua, and opened the passage into Shu, claiming to gather more than 200,000 people. Meng Gong led the army to meet the enemy base. A drum broken village, strong man Zhang Ziliang beheaded Wu Tianxi, beheaded his head. Meng Gong won the first battle, beheading 5,000 people and capturing more than 400 people,120,000 households. Grant the deputy capital of Jiangling Prefecture control and a gold belt. Although the flag has won, Wu Xian's main force is still in Guanghua, which is a big trouble. Jinghu Zhizuo Department asked Meng Gong what to do next. At this time, the seat of Jinghu Zhizuo was Shi Songzhi, the nephew of the history of the rulers of the dynasty. Meng Gong already has a plan. He told Shi Songzhi: Wu Xian will March into Lu Yan (now the northeast of Xiangyang), and we only need 8,000 men to repel the enemy.
Sure enough, after Liu Quan and Lei defeated Jin Jun at Xiajiaqiao, Wu Xian turned to Lu Yan. When Meng Gong learned that Wu Xianjing had been recruited, he was overjoyed. When Hsien Wu marched into Yan Lu, he was surrounded by Muka, Yun Teng and Yanlu on three sides, and Meng Gong quickly retreated south to meet them. At this time, Wu Xian found that the terrain was unfavorable, and a big river prevented him from entering, but another mountain danger intercepted him and he had to retreat. As a result, 5,000 people were beheaded and more than 30,000 civilian workers were captured. Meng Gong then approached Dengzhou to the north. Ella Yuan, the governor of Dengzhou, was afraid of repeating the mistakes of Wu Tianxi and demanded surrender. After Meng Gong entered the city, he showed the demeanor of a general. Yuan bowed down to death, changed his clothes and treated him with courtesy.
In July, Liu, the lover of Wu's demure, surrendered to Meng Gong, providing information about Wu's garrison. In view of the fact that Jiuzhai in Wuxian is stationed in Mount Ma, he suggested that we should take the Golden Hill first and then isolate the other two hills. Meng Gong adopted this suggestion, and the next day, the dispatching department attacked the detachment. Song Jun pretended to be an Jin Army and sneaked into the enemy camp, then set fire to create chaos everywhere, and soon occupied Qianqie. That night, Song Jun raided Prince Hill Prison again. Marshal Jin, who was guarding the village, fell asleep drunk and died directly in his dream. He sent Taizishan Zhai away.
When Meng Gong heard the news, he led his army to attack Ma Dengshan. He ordered a frontal attack, but deliberately set aside a road in the west and set an ambush. According to historical records, this battle was full of flames and bodies. 8 Jin Jun retreated to the west, was ambushed again, suffered heavy losses, and finally 12000 people surrendered. After that, Meng Gong returned to the army to attack isolated sand nests and other mounds. Three victories a day, the Ministry of Magic will break through Merseyside again. At this point, Ma Dengshan has two remaining nine mounds. Meng Gong ordered Liu Yi to hand over the remaining two defenders of Banqiao Village. Wu Xian thinks Xiushan is steep and condescending, and should have a chance. So he started climbing mountains with his people. Meng Gong had long expected that Wu Xian would send troops to repair the mountain, and ordered people to ambush at the foot of the mountain in advance. Wu Xianjun climbed to the middle, and suddenly there were ambushes everywhere, and 8 jin j was beaten dizzy, with blood all over the mountain. The trench was thrown halfway up the mountain, and General Usha was killed.
This time, Meng Gong completely defeated Wu's demure hope. However, Wu Xian was very stubborn, not only refused to surrender, but also planned to retreat to Shangzhou to continue to resist. Meng Gong also unambiguous, one morning launched a general assault on the caves. Because of the rain, the mountain has not cleared up, and the Ministry will be very worried. Meng Gong said with a smile: "Isn't this a great opportunity for Li Su to capture Wu Yuanji on a snowy night?" He personally commanded, and after several hours of fierce fighting, Song Jun defeated the enemy. Wu Xianjing had to put on soldiers' clothes at sixes and sevens and fled with five or six people. The remaining 70,000-odd 8 jin j surrendered one after another. Wu Xian himself was later captured and killed by Mongolian defenders during his escape. Xu Jinguo's plan to open the channel in Shu went bankrupt completely, and the last 100,000 field troops went up in smoke. After moving troops to Xiangyang, Meng Gong turned to Xiuwulang and Ezhou Jiangling Mansion. The downfall of Wu Xianjun also relieved the Mongols who besieged Cai Zhou of a great burden. However, Xu Jinguo's remaining fighting capacity is still strong. Less than six years (1233), in September, Taghachar, commander-in-chief of the Mongolian army, was defeated by 8 Jin Jun at the gates, and his morale was low. Taghachar built a fortress in the distance to prevent the 8 Jin Army from breaking through. At the same time, Wang Ming, an emissary, sent an invitation to Song Ting to destroy the gold together. At the same time, he hoped that Song Jun could support some food, because there was nothing growing anywhere the Mongolian army went.
As early as Genghis Khan's period, Mongolia hoped to form an alliance with the Southern Song Dynasty and jointly attack the State of Jin. However, people in the Song Dynasty remembered the lesson of "maritime alliance". Although the two sides exchanged envoys, they did not form a substantive Covenant, let alone send troops. However, the situation is urgent, and it is only a matter of time before Guo Xu is destroyed. In October, Song Ting decided to jointly destroy the gold and ordered the Jinghu system to send troops. So he sent Jiang Hai and Jiang Wanzai's uncle with Meng Gong to lead twenty thousand troops to transport three hundred mangoku grain on a trip to destroy gold.
Xu Jin assembled 20,000 cavalry to stop the formation of the Song-Mongolian Coalition. Meng Gong clamored for progress, beat off 8 jin j who came to stop, chased Gao Huangpo, and beheaded 1,200 people. On the fifth day of November, Song Jun entered the south of Cai Zhou and Meng Gong entered the Mongolian military camp to meet Taghachar. Mongols are a nation that worships force, so Taghachar praised Meng Gong for destroying Wu Xian, pulling him to hunt and drink together, and finally became brothers.
The two sides began to cooperate. One day, 8 jin j suddenly opened the east gate to fight, thinking about deus ex. Meng Gong cut off his way home, captured more than 80 pianjiang, and the rest drowned in Ruhe River. Meng Gong concluded that there was no food in Caizhou City and told Song Jun: "Swear to the death to hold your ground and stop the Jin Army from breaking through." He also drew a picture of guarding the land with him in case the Song and Meng armies were accidentally injured in the war.
On the sixth day of December, Song Jun fought to the death and finally captured the wall south of Cai Zhou. On the seventh day, Meng Gong ordered the generals to occupy the commanding heights of Chaitan Building. After repeated struggles, Song Jun occupied the building and captured more than 500 people. Cai Zhou relies on Chaitan water as a solid foundation, and a huge crossbow gun is erected upstairs in the city. Song Jun soldiers dare not approach. Meng Gong took the lead in excavating Chaitan levee, injecting water into Ruhe River and filling Pingtan pond with firewood. Song Jun successfully crossed the pool and captured the city. At the same time, the Mongols also decided to open Lianjiang River to the west of Cai Zhou and approach the city gate. Chaitan and Lianjiang are natural barriers outside the walls of Cai Zhou. In order to recapture the natural barrier and drive away the old, weak, women and children in the city, the guarding city Jin Jun boiled the cauldron into hot oil as a "weapon" and poured heat on Song Mengbing at the gate. Based on humanitarianism, Meng Gong sent Taoist priests to discourage this kind of behavior. That night, Kim led 500 dead men to rush out of the south gate, and his attack was blocked. I heard that the friendly forces were in trouble. The Han army sent a family to lead more than 20 death squads across the ditch, and Jin arrested two people in the city. Zhang Rou was also fascinated. When Meng Gong saw this, he immediately rushed out of the shooter, and the flying sword cut off the hook, saving Zhang Rou's life.
Time has entered the first year of Duanping (1234). Song Jun is celebrating the New Year outside Cai Zhou, but the Jin people in the city have reached the limit. On the fifth day of the first month, the history books recorded that "there is no light in the dark city". On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the allied forces of Song and Mongolia launched a siege and met with stubborn resistance. Mongols dug five big holes in the outer city of Xicheng, and troops swarmed into the open space between the inner and outer walls. Until the evening, there was no progress and they had to evacuate the city. Song Jun fought in the south gate for a long time, but failed to enter the city.
At the beginning of Kuyachu, Jin Aizong, seeing that the tide was running out, summoned hundreds of officials and said that he would meditate with Cheng Lin, the handsome Hong Yanyuan, at the east gate. In this way, a terrible meditation ceremony in human history began.
On the morning of the 10th day of the first month, while meditating in the city, Jiang Hai, commander-in-chief of Song Jun outside the city, issued a general attack order to Song Jun, and Mayi Department took the lead in climbing the ladder into the city, and more than 10,000 people enthusiastically went up. The flag of DaSong was erected at the south gate, and Song Jun took the lead in entering Cai Zhou. Song Jun entered the city, went to the west gate, opened the door, and put the Mongolian army. There was an exciting street fighting in the city, which was the only big confrontation between Song, Mongolia and Jin. The palaces and streets are ablaze, and all three political parties are fighting for their respective national missions. Then Jin Aizong hanged himself. General Hong Yan and Germany led all the troops to throw themselves into the river. Those who accepted the Zen position held a ceremony at the last minute to see Jin Aizong, and were later killed by the invading Song and Meng allied forces. After the fighting in the city was put out, Minister Xu Jinguo took Meng Gong to find the body of Jin Aizong, which was black and unrecognizable. Meng Gong divided the body into two parts, one for Song and the other for Mongolia. He also divided the ritual vessels and the imperial seal of Emperor Jin Guo. The state of Jin was completely destroyed.
Meng Gong has made great contributions, avenged Jingkang's humiliation, avenged his courtiers, avenged the long-cherished wish of his predecessors such as Yue Fei, and avenged the people's heroes who have suffered from war for hundreds of years. Back in Xiangyang, he became a general of Wu Lang, with Ma Jun, the right bodyguard, in charge of the headquarters and Jiankang House. Although Meng Gong's rank of Kung Fu Lang is low, Ma Jun's bodyguard belongs to one of the three official positions of the Central Imperial Army, which reflects Song Ting's recognition of his contribution. After the death of Xu Jinguo, Song Lizong, who had just governed the country, sent Zhu Yangzu, the secretary of the Taichang Temple, to Henan Province (now Luoyang, Henan Province) to visit the mausoleum of the Emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty. Unexpectedly, intelligence showed that Mongolian troops began to station troops in Jin Meng and Tongguan. The messenger wanted to start from Huaidong, but he hesitated at this time. Meng Gong thought that the Southern Song army in Huaidong had a long journey from Huai and Si to Bian (now Kaifeng, Henan Province), so it would be better to choose elite cavalry to gallop and finish it in less than ten days. So he and several messengers traveled day and night, arrived in Luoyang, and returned to Xiangyang safely after completing the worship cleanly.
Just as Meng Gong formed the Zhenbei Army in Xiangfan to guard against the Mongolian invasion, the Privy Council ordered him to go to Lin 'an (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang) for deliberation. Song Lizong attaches great importance to Meng Gong. After summoning, he praised: "You are the son of a famous soldier. You are loyal and diligent, and you have made great contributions." Meng Gong said: "This is the prestige of the ancestral temple, the sanctity of your majesty, and the efforts of the soldiers of the three armed forces. How can I have it? " Song Lizong was very happy and asked about ZTE's plans. Meng Gong replied: "I hope your majesty will be magnanimous, save talents and wait for the opportunity." In June of the first year of Duanping, Song Lizong launched Duanping into Luoyang, trying to seize the land in the Central Plains, only to be defeated by the Mongolian army. He was lost in the development of the situation between Song and Mongolia and asked about the peace talks with Mongolia. Meng Gong's answer was knocked to the ground: "I am a samurai, so I should talk about war, not peace!" " This is the most standard answer of a military commander. Hearing this, Song Lizong gave Meng Gong a lot of rewards and appointed him as a native of Huangzhou (now Huanggang, Hubei) to command the military forces of Huangzhou, Qi, Guang and Xinyang.
After Meng Gong arrived in Huangzhou in the third year of Duanping (1236), he stepped up the construction of city walls, dug trenches, recruited refugees to open up wasteland, and settled various armies, which made the defense of Huangzhou more stable and laid a solid foundation for the victory of Huangzhou War in the later period. Meng Gong may not know that he is about to shoulder the heavy responsibility of defending most parts of the Southern Song Dynasty. In the second year of Duanping (1235), Mongolia launched an all-round invasion in Shuzhong, Shuzhong and Jingxiang in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the war between the two sides was very fierce. This year, the Mongolian army showed its strong war capability, and even broke Xiangyang, Suizhou, Yunzhou, Jingmen, Zaoyang and De 'an on the battlefield of Jingxiang. The entire Jinghu defense line in the Southern Song Dynasty was riddled with holes. In October of the third year of Duanping (1236), under the leadership of Taghachar, the Central Mongolian Army of the Southern Song Dynasty stormed qi zhou (now Qichun, Hubei). Song Lizong was so busy that he had to go to Meng Gong, Huangzhou to rescue qi zhou. Think about the brotherhood at the gates of Caizhou a few years ago, but Meng Gong and Taghachar have to meet each other, which is quite a bit vicissitudes. Taghachar knew all about Meng Gong's abilities and didn't want to pester him too much. As soon as Meng Gong arrived, Taghachar left, ready to attack Jiangling (now Jingzhou, Hubei). This is the first time that Mongolian fighters have arrived in the Yangtze River.
Jiangling is an important town in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. After the fall of Xiangyang House in the Southern Song Dynasty, Jinghu moved here. If the Mongols capture this place, they can attack Sichuan and Guizhou in the west, advance eastward along the river and go south to Hunan, with disastrous consequences. Song Ting ordered the officers and men along the Yangtze River and west of Huaihe River to organize rescue. "Everyone said that no one exceeded the standard." . Meng Gong also set off without saying anything.
At this time, the Mongolian army is weaving rafts in Zhijiang and Jianli, preparing to cross the river, and the situation is urgent. Meng Gong's men, including himself, are all Jingxiang people. When I heard that my hometown was kicked, the Ministry was very indignant and demanded "revenge at home". Meng Gong knew the disparity in strength, so he suppressed his anger and concentrated on blocking the river first. Then he used the plan of suspicious soldiers to show off that there were few people, and constantly changed the colors of flags and uniforms during the day; Light empty torches at night, line up dozens of miles along the river, and put on an army to help. The Mongolian army didn't know the truth and immediately panicked. Meng Gong took the opportunity to command the attack, won a great victory, even broke 24 enemy camps, recaptured more than 20,000 captured people, and burned the Mongolian equipment for crossing the river together, thus winning and containing the offensive situation of Mongolia. In desperation, the Mongols had to retreat. Because Meng Gong reversed the war in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, he was made a county magistrate, and was promoted to Gaozhou Secretariat, Zhongzhou Yingyong Ambassador, Jing Fuling and Jinghu appeasement agreement. Soon, the Ezhou army gained control. In October of the first year of Jiaxi (1237), the Mongols invaded south again, and General Zhang Rou led the main force to attack Huangzhou. The Yangtze River where Huangzhou is located is very narrow, which is conducive to crossing the river. It is a military center in the west of Huaihai. Zhang Rou captured a large number of ships in the Great Lakes region west of Huangzhou and put them back in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Meng Gong was ordered by his old boss, Shi Song, to lead the navy to come to the rescue from Ezhou. The two sides happened to meet on the river. In the face of this old chap, Meng Gong showed no mercy. He smashed the Mongolian fleet with Song Jun Doudou Ship, washed away the enemy fleet, fought our way out and entered Huangzhou. Because this time the Mongolian army menaced, Song Jun's first battle was unfavorable. The soldiers and civilians in Huangzhou, who were already desperate, heard that Meng Gong had come to the rescue, and their morale was greatly boosted. They cheered in unison: "My father is here!"
Huangzhou was originally the stronghold of Meng Gong, and the Yugoslav capital measures here were taken by him personally, so it was difficult to be conquered by the enemy. Meng Gong visited Chengtou every day, urged Song Jun to defend, visited the sick and wounded, and killed 49 soldiers who were afraid of the enemy's retreat, which finally stabilized Song Jun's position.
The battle of Huangzhou was first fought on the river. Meng Gong sent a water army to attack the Mongolian water army. Song Jun fought bravely, forcing Mongolian troops to retreat to the north bank of the Yangtze River, and captured more than 200 warships. The plan of crossing the river by Mongolian water army was completely bankrupt. So the Mongolian army shifted its target and attacked the eastern dike of Huangzhou, trying to cut off the connection between Huangzhou and the water army. Meng Gong selected elite soldiers to organize death squads. After fighting, he recaptured and held the East Embankment. In this way, the Mongols had to attack Huangzhou directly. The situation in Huangzhou is critical due to the continuous attacks of the Western Regions Army and the former Xixia Army. In order to destroy the siege of the Mongols, Meng Gong sent Liu Quan and other soldiers into seven roads, quietly leaving the city at night, and the soldiers raided the Mongols in seven roads. As an old friend, Zhang Rou also gave Meng Gong face, and his camp was heavily guarded, which made Song Jun's sneak attack fail. However, the victory of the Sixth Route Song Jun caused chaos in the Mongolian military camp and shook the morale of the army.
After the reorganization of the Mongolian army, it launched a round-the-clock attack. Meng Jun bombarded Huangzhou with artillery and burned all the towers on the wall of Huangzhou, but because of Huangzhou's persistence, Chengtou made up the gap at any time, which made Meng Jun unable to take the opportunity to capture Chengtou. The Mongols rushed to Huangzhou City to dig a wall, trying to dig a hole in the wall and directly kill the city. Meng Gong sent someone to build another wall in advance in the city where the Mongols dug the wall, and dug a big hole in the wall as a trap, which was called "mass grave". When Meng Jun finally dug up the wall and rushed in, the front was still a solid wall, while the former troops fell into the pit under the pushing of the rear army and were stoned to death by Song Jun. In the following spring (1238), the Mongolian army with "78 casualties 10" finally retreated. Meng Gong once again reversed the passive war situation in the Southern Song Dynasty, and awarded Ningyuan the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief. Soon, he was promoted to the commander-in-chief of Xijing and Western Hubei, and was actually the commander-in-chief of the battlefield in the mid-Southern Song Dynasty. In the second year of Jiaxi (1238), Meng Gong, who had just been promoted to Hubei Road as a pacifier, actively sought to occupy and recover Xiangyang House, a central town. The Southern Song Dynasty imperial court agreed to his plan. So, Song Jun launched a counterattack in Jingxiang battlefield.
In December of the same year, Zhang Jun was recaptured by Song, Jingmen was recaptured by He Shun, and Liu Quan was defeated by Zaijun, Fancheng and Langshenshan. At the beginning of the third year (1239), Xinyang Army was recovered. Encouraged by successive victories, the Mongolian and Song armies abandoned the empty Xiangyang, occupied Xiangyang City, and then fought with mongolia local warlord Liu Lianhe. At this time, they conspired against Meng Jun in Xiangyang under the command of Song Jun. Due to the powerful internal forces, Song Jun successfully advanced into Xiangfan and recovered Fancheng. In April, Jiang Hai led Song Jun from Jingmen, recruiting officials, militia and farmers along the way to prepare for the long-term battle after recovering Xiangyang. In the face of Song Jun's powerful offensive, Xiangyang Mongols captured Liu Yiren and surrendered to Song Jun. At this point, Song Jun recovered the entire Jingxiang area.
But Meng Gong knew that this did not mean that Song Jun was so powerful that he could recover Xiangyang so easily, but because Mongolia didn't look at Xiangyang at all. After he set foot in Xiangyang, he immediately reported to the imperial court: "Xiang and Fan are the foundation of the imperial court, and they are victorious today. If you are a manager, if you are not a hundred thousand soldiers, you will not be able to keep it. " Instead of sending troops after the enemy comes, who can guarantee this victory? It is an indisputable dispute to go to the army to make a plan! "At this time, Meng Gong's old boss Shi Songzhi has just been worshipped as the right prime minister and Tang Tang, and he is very supportive of Meng Gong's work. Therefore, the elite soldiers from Cai and two States were deployed to form the loyal guard, and the "reformists" from Xiang and Ying States were deployed to form the vanguard to supplement Xiangyang's troops. Xiangyang began to recover gradually and became a military center again.
At the beginning of the 4th year of Jiaxi (1240), Yu Guicai discovered that Zhang Rou, an old friend, led an army to open up wasteland in Henan, and at the same time stockpiled shipbuilding timber in Dengzhou and Yang Shun (now Xichuan, Henan). He changed the old method of "enemy will block, water has means to cover up", learned the Mongolian method, and sent troops to harass and destroy Mongolia's offensive preparation on his own initiative.
Yu Guiling left Suizhou, Ren Yi left Xinyang, Jiao went in and out of Xiangyang, and the Mongolian army was harassed by the shunt, which made it impossible for the Mongolian army to settle down. At the same time, Wang Jian was sent to attack Yang Shun, burning all the shipbuilding materials accumulated by the Mongolian army, and Zhang De and Liu Zheng were sent to attack Cai Zhou, burning the enemy's material warehouse. Mongols don't know that Song Jun, who has been passively beaten, can take the initiative to defend. It can be said that Song Jun won a great victory in the offensive operations in the base areas behind the Mongols, and nipped the enemy's attack in the bud, which is known as the "Battle of Deng" in history. After the war in Jinghu Lake eased, Meng Gong was ordered to rescue the precarious upstream battlefield in Sichuan. Since 1235, Mongolia has invaded Sichuan every year, and Chengdu alone has suffered two inhuman massacres. Sichuan has become a ruin from half of the tax revenue in the Southern Song Dynasty. In the autumn of the third year of Jiaxi (1239), Mongolian generals Tahai and Tuxue led their troops claiming to be 800,000, and they once again entered Sichuan, quickly pushed to the east of Sichuan, broke through Kaizhou (now Kaixian County, Chongqing) and reached the north bank of the Yangtze River in Wanzhou (now Wanxian County, Chongqing). Song Jun quickly stationed troops on the south bank of the Yangtze River. Unexpectedly, the Mongolian army deliberately listed a large number of ships on the north bank of the Yangtze River in Wanzhou, made a gesture of forcibly crossing the river, and ordered Wang Shixian to set an ambush in the upper reaches. The next day, the Mongolian army began to cross the river, and Song Jun sent hundreds of warships to stop it. Wang Shixian led the ambush to rush into Song Jun's fleet by boat, and immediately defeated the Song Jun Navy. The Mongols pursued Song Jun to Kuizhou (now Fengjie, Chongqing), an important town in the east of Sichuan, and approached Kuimen. The rest of the Mongolian army crossed the Yangtze River from Wanzhou and quickly advanced to Kuimen along the south bank.
At the end of the same year, Meng Gong led more than 10,000 Hubei soldiers deployed on Kuizhou Road. At this time, Meng Gong's brother Meng Jing reached an appeasement agreement and made great contributions in Xiazhi, Hubei Province, and asked him for help. In the face of ten times his own enemy, Meng Gong knew that it was absolutely impossible to divide his troops easily, and he had to find a suitable regional defense. He accurately judged that Wang Shixian, the main force of the Mongolian army, wanted to cross the river in Daoshi and Guizhou (now Pengshui, Sichuan), so he sent 2,000 people to Tunxia (now Yichang, Hubei) and 1000 people back to Guizhou (now Zigui, Hubei), and another part of the troops were sent back to Wan Hu Valley, an important pass in Guizhou (now Zigui, Hubei). His brother Meng Ying was stationed in Songzi with 5000 soldiers. As a reserve, my brother Meng Zhang led 2000 elite soldiers to defend the Mongolian army in Shihe. Meng Gong's military defense system is properly deployed, interlocking and echoing from afar.
Due to Meng Gong's proper defense, the Southern Song Dynasty won a lot of good news, but the Mongolian army lost one after another: the Mongolian army on the south side of Shizhou was defeated by Liu Yi of Meng Jing Department in Qingping (now Badong, Hubei), and the gains were not counted. Meng Jing won a great victory after a fierce battle in Xidaya Village, Guizhou. The Mongolian army abandoned its helmet and armour, retreated to Kuizhou, and all the materials seized before were returned to Song Jun. This is the famous "Battle of Daya Village" in history.
At this time, Meng Gong himself has not visited the front, he is leading his troops to the west. When Meng Gong arrived at the front, Kuizhou had been recovered. After the war, Meng Gong's title was promoted to Suifenhezi.
In September of the 4th year of Jiaxi (1240), after Song Jun successfully rescued Kuizhou and harassed Henan, Song Lizong awarded Ningwujun of Meng Gong and Fu Xuan of Sichuan as our envoy to Kuizhou. Our title is a very high honorary title for military commanders in the Song Dynasty. At that time, Yue Fei was only 365,438+0 years old, which made other generals jealous. This time, 45-year-old Meng Gong was highly recognized by Song Ting for his outstanding military exploits. After Yue Fei and Bi Zaiyu, he became the third flag general in the Southern Song Dynasty and undertook the important task of establishing Sichuan's defense system.
After Meng Gong was in charge of Sichuan, he recruited people from Macheng, Bahe, Anleji and Guangongdian, and formed the "Ningwujun" under the name of Jie. Yi Xiaozhong, a Uighur, led the strong horse to surrender and founded the Flying Stork Army. Because the Song Dynasty pursued the national policy of not killing ministers, the punishment for dereliction of duty was not very heavy, which formed a very bad atmosphere. On one occasion, Liang Dong of Kaizhou was absent without leave on the pretext of lack of food. After Meng Gong escorted Liang Dong to Kuizhou, he was beheaded immediately to show that he could not abandon the land. After Meng Gong's vigorous rectification and the governance of Yu Jie, the new commander-in-chief of Sichuan two years later, the war situation in Sichuan took on a new look, and Song Jun, who recovered his fighting capacity, persisted for several years after the death of Song Dynasty. There are also many performances at the Chinese Character Festival in Meng Gong. In the battle of Huangzhou, the court gave Meng Gong a golden bowl, and he gave it to the generals with 520 taels of platinum. The soldiers fought day and night, and there were many wounded and sick. Meng Gong shared weal and woe with everyone and sent more military doctors to treat soldiers. The soldiers are grateful.
During the period of administering Sichuan and Shu, Sichuan made Chen Longzhi and Peng Daya, the deputy envoy, at odds and impeached each other. Meng Gong wrote to them and said, "In this case, you two can't fight against Mongolia, but now you fight bravely in private. Are you worthy of the courage of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru? " Persuade with the story of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru. After reading the letter, they were very ashamed and made up again.
In the second year of Chunyou (1242), Yu was an outstanding ambassador to Sichuan and sent to Meng Gong. When the two famous men who supported most of the Southern Song Dynasty met, they thought that there was too little food and grass in Chongqing (the Sichuan Manufacturing Department had moved to Chongqing from Chengdu), so they generously sent hundreds of stone crops to Yu Jie as gifts, and sent 6,000 troops to Shu, and ordered their son Meng Zhijing to be in charge of the coordination department and be ready for rescue at any time.
In the second year of Chunyou, Meng Gong asked the imperial court to build a shrine for the hundred officials who died in the War of Resistance Against Mongolia, in order to commemorate their contribution to defending the country and inspire future generations to devote themselves to serving the country. He built an ancestral temple under the famous secretariat tower in Yueyang, and was named the People's Temple by imperial decree, and paid homage to the martyrs once a year. Meng Gong's sympathy touched the families of the local people and soldiers. Later, after Meng Gong's death, he also entered the people's temple and was worshipped by later generations. In the spring of the first year of Chunyou (124 1), Meng Gong was appointed as the full-time ambassador of Jinghu appeasement system, and was later appointed as the founder of Handong County. In the fourth spring of Chunyou (1244), he was also the magistrate of Jiangling. Starting from the fourth year of Chunyou, Meng Gong took advantage of the death of Wokuotai and the civil strife in Mongolia, played the role of beating the straw, sent troops to attack many times, attacked the Mongolian fortress in Henan, burned the grain and grass hoarded by the enemy, and won many victories, making his reputation even more prominent. Many soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty who surrendered to the Mongolian army came back one after another, which made the situation on the battlefield in Jinghu an unprecedented improvement.
In the sixth year of Chunyou (1246), Fan Yongji, a former general of the Northern Army in the Southern Song Dynasty and then a province of Mongolia in Henan, betrayed Mongolia and secretly asked Meng Gong to surrender. Meng Gong was overjoyed and quickly wrote to the court for approval.
Fan Yongji, as the military and political chief of Mongolia and Henan Province, will obviously be of great benefit to the Southern Song Dynasty militarily once he submits to it, but the history books record that "the ruling and opposition parties are not obedient." The more common explanation is that Song Ting was afraid of making trouble and was unwilling to surrender. But another explanation is that Song Lizong was worried that Fan Yongji's surrender would increase Meng Gong's power, and he became suspicious, and rejected Meng Gong's request on the grounds that Fan Yongji was "disobedient and not diligent". When Meng Gong heard this, he was disheartened and sighed: "Thirty years of cleaning up the people in the Central Plains can't be delayed." So I asked Shi Zhi and Song Lizong for immediate approval, and asked Meng Gong to check the retirement of Shao Shi and Ningwujun. Meng Gong is ill, so I'm afraid he will get worse. He can't stay in Jiangling all summer.
On the third day of September of the same year (10, 13), there was a big star falling in China, which sounded like thunder. Then there was a strong wind, which overturned houses and blew down trees. That night, Meng Gong died in Jiangling at the age of 52. When the obituary arrived in Hangzhou, Song Lizong was very shocked. He wrote a letter to Shao Shi to express his condolences. Later, it was presented to a surname, Ji Guogong and posthumous title Zhongxiang. At the request of the elders in Jingxiang area, a temple named "Ivy" was built for Meng Gong. Liu Kezhuang, a writer in the Southern Song Dynasty, wrote an inscription for Meng Gong. People in Meng Gong's hometown named Meng Jia's hometown in Suizhou Mengjiaqiao to commemorate Meng Gong's loyalty.
Meng Gong was buried in Shouchang Army, and his tomb is located in Xiayang Village, Tujianao Town, Ezhou City, Hubei Province.
In Huang Daozhou's Biography of the General of Ming Dynasty, Meng Gong is one of them.