Yanshan, where the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are located, defended the Chinese nation even until later periods of the War of Resistance, and was used by us to resist the invaders.

The famous Xifengkou Anti-Japanese War is one of the famous examples of the war.

But since 936 AD, Yanshan has fallen into the hands of others.

At that time, Shi Jingtang, the founding emperor of the Later Jin Dynasty, rebelled against the Tang Dynasty and then sought help from the Khitan.

After the Khitan sent troops to support him and established the Later Jin Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of Liao made an appointment with Shi Jingtang to be a father and son.

Then in the third year of Tianfu (938), Shi Jingtang ceded the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to the Khitan according to the requirements of the Khitan.

This allowed the territory of the Liao Kingdom to be expanded along the Great Wall, and several dynasties in the Central Plains to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

This also caused the regime to pass for more than 160 years under the threat of the north after the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty.

It was because of the traitor Shi Jingtang who handed over the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun that he was scolded by the world for thousands of years.

Because this is equivalent to a place where jackals and thieves are rampant, this prodigal son gave the north courtyard wall to the enemy! Therefore, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun became a heart-wrenching problem at the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty.

Because as long as the northern ethnic minorities cross this Yanshan Mountains, the vast North China Plain below will be thousands of miles away and there is no danger to guard.

Therefore, emperors of all dynasties cursed Shi Jingtang every day and night, and at the same time they tried desperately to take back Yan Yun.

However, in history, several actions to recover Yanyun were all failed. The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were ruled for 455 years (913-1368).

If Shen Mo had not been able to have this tall courtyard wall not recovered until the first year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1368).

Well, now we know how important the strategic position of the Yanshan Mountains is, which is why the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun must be recaptured.

So what did Shen Mo plan to do during this Northern Expedition?

This involves the deployment of the Mongolian army in the occupied areas of the Jin Dynasty.

When Temujin had just begun to emerge, the Mongolian army at that time had a very robbery style of robbers.

Every time they set a place, what they do can basically be summarized in three words... they are to snatch it away, burn it, and kill it all.

So after they occupied the northern part of the Jin Kingdom, they basically still had this routine.

At that time, a Mongolian nobleman named Beidi even wrote a letter to express his advice: There are too many people in the Jin Dynasty and too few lands, so it is better to kill them all so that they can make room to shed sheep and herd horses.

Fortunately, this proposal was stopped by Yelu Chucai, one of the four Mongolian ministers.

Yelu Chucai gave Temujin the reason that the conquered area of ​​the Jin Kingdom could provide Mongolia with a large amount of taxes, so that all the people in the Jin Kingdom would not continue.

As expected, Mu Huali, the "Taishi King" who was responsible for managing the occupied areas of the Jin Kingdom at that time, was very surprised when he saw the taxes collected by Yelu Chucai.

After this, even for a long time, the food and taxes provided by the Jin-occupied areas for Mongolia maintained large areas of Mongolia.

So much so that when Kublai Khan later fought for the position of the Great Khan, when Kublai Khan cut off the supply line to Mongolia south of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, Ali Buge's army immediately had food supply inadequate, which even indirectly caused his failure.

——The words are too far-reaching. In short, after the Mongols occupied the Jin Kingdom, they only wanted to kill the meat-eating people at the beginning.

As a result, due to the hard work and kindness of the farming peoples in the former Jin Dynasty, they turned them into cows of the Mongolian army.

...The Yanshan Mountains are high and steep, making the climate south of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun warmer, while the temperature in the north is much lower.

This can be clearly reflected in vegetation. Bamboo can be planted alive south of Yanshan Mountain, while north of it is nothing to do with this.

Therefore, the Mongolian nobles who did not like the heat basically stayed north of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and the Mongolian army's control over the Jin Kingdom was divided into three levels.

The first level is the Disaster Ma Red Army, which is a direct unit of the Mongols. It is usually stationed on key passes of mountains and rivers and is responsible for controlling the throats of important places.

As for the second level, the Dashihou, it is basically composed of Jin generals or local armed forces who surrendered to the Mongolian army.

They were enfeoffed by the Mongols to various positions in the Jin Dynasty, such as Shi Tianze, Zhang Rou of Zhenzhou, Li Yan of Yidu, etc.

Simply put, Dashihou was a puppet army under the Mongolian army. These people needed to send their son to Temujin's tent to listen to it.

It is said that it is an eunuch, but it is actually a hostage.

After that, they can inherit the title of Dashihou and guard the Mongols for generations.

At the same time, under the command of Dashihou, there were some small surrender forces.

For example, Shi Tianlu, Duanzhi, Duanzhou, Duanfeng, and Tan Cheng, Jiaocheng, etc., all of them occupied one or two prefectures and counties, and were guarding the Mongolian army and herds.

These people are equivalent to the princes of all sizes under the Mongolian army, and they are all listened to by the "King of the Grand Tutor" Mu Huali.

After Mu Huali died nine years ago, his son Bolu took over the position of his father.

By the way, this Bolu is the Mongolian general who was defeated by Shen Mo in the previous article, the fearless king Lu Wuwei's sworn son Anda.

...In history, there is a man named Zhao Gong (some say Meng Gong), who once served as an envoy of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Then he wrote an article called "Mongolian Taurus Preparations".

In this article, Zhao Gong once introduced the scene when the then Grand Tutor King Mu Huali was entertaining him in Huanzhou (now Xilingol League) north of Yanshan Mountain.

At that time, Mu Huali had instructed his subordinates to treat Zhao Gong well. His original words were: "If I live in a good city for a few more days, I will have good wine and food, good food and food, good flute and drums."

The good city mentioned here means wealthy prefectures and counties.

As for Mu Huali’s original words... to be honest, it really has a strong nomadic style.

...As for the occupied areas of the Jin Kingdom, the third level of the Mongolian army rule is what was mentioned in the previous article, Yelu Chucai's tax system.

With his advice, Yelu Chucai preserved the lives of the people in the Jin Dynasty, but the large amount of tax revenue also made the local people feel in pain.

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When the people were not rich to pay taxes, the Mongolians would use a "lamb interest" with extremely high interest rates to lend money to the people, exploiting all ethnic groups in the old land of the Jin Dynasty to death.

The interest rate for this kind of "lamb interest" is doubled every year, and the annual profit is rising.

So once you start borrowing, there will never be a time to pay it off.

At the same time, in the Mongolian army occupied by the Jin Dynasty, there were some Mongolian teams named "Olu".

This word is translated into Chinese as "Laoxiaoying", which is actually the place where the Mongolian army resettled its family members.

However, the military disciplines of these old camps stationed in the Jin Dynasty were very poor, which made the local people often suffer from the Mongolian army.
Chapter completed!