When Zhao Tai captured Pi County, the Jin army on the North Road also made very smooth progress.

Because the Mongols did not expect that the Jin army would dare to take the initiative to attack, and Kuoduan took away the main force of the Mongolian army in Shandong, Pu Chaguan Nu led the Jurchen generals to attack the city and the stronghold all the way, and they were invincible.

The Jin army on the northern route attacked several cities. The Mongolian general Ao Chen Nayan, who was stationed in Jinan, could not mobilize enough troops to block the attack. He could only arrange defense while urgently sending envoys to ask for help.

Yanggu County at the junction of Dongpingfu and Damingfu in Hebei Province on East Shandong Road.

This is not far from Henan controlled by the Jin Kingdom. However, because the Jin Army has retreated to the south of the Yellow River for many years, and it is located hundreds of miles west of the canal and is not in a traffic hub, Yanggu County has been relatively peaceful in recent years.

, the people did not finish running.

At noon that day, the people in Liujia Town outside the city dug some wild vegetables and cooked wild vegetable porridge at home.

Outside the town, a group of children finished fighting with wooden sticks. When they were having fun, a woman came out of the village and called her son back to eat.

The woman didn't scream twice, but her eyes were suddenly filled with fear, and she stared blankly at the wilderness to the west, where yellow dust was rising.

The child who heard the cry ran over with a wooden stick, "Mom, is the rice ready?"

The child's cry woke up the woman. She suddenly hugged the boy into her arms and shouted to the other children who were still gesticulating: "Children, go home quickly, the Mongols are coming!"

After saying this, the woman ran back with the child in her arms. Her voice spread throughout the village. The adults of only a few families left in the village heard the voice and came out to see it. Their eyes were full of fear.

At this time, thunderous hoofbeats were heard, yellow dust rose outside the village, and large groups of Mongolian cavalry roared in.

This brought back horrifying memories for the villagers. They remembered that a few years ago, Mongolian soldiers came to the village, robbed their food and livestock, raped their women, and took away the young and strong men in the village. As a result, the village of more than 300 people now has only

There are sixty or seventy people left.

The Mongolian cavalry was very fast and reached the village entrance in the blink of an eye.

At this time, it was too late for the villagers to run away. The adults pulled the children back, and the men shouted in horror, "Quick! Hide inside the house!"

For a time, the village was in chaos. Some people took some random things and ran out of the village, while others hid their wives and children in cellars and water tanks.

The thunderous sound of hoofbeats fell, and the Mongolian cavalry had already rushed into the village. The women hiding in the house were holding their children and shivering, thinking that the end was coming, and everyone was filled with despair.

The men picked up wooden sticks and stood behind the door, thinking that if the Mongols rushed in and wanted to ruin his wife and harm his children, he would fight the Mongols desperately.

However, the earth-shattering sound of horse hooves outside made the men's hands and feet tremble, unable to hold the sticks at all.

Just when they were feeling desperate, someone discovered that they could hear the sound of horse hooves but no Mongolians came in.

This made the people hiding in the house feel doubtful. Those who had the courage to lie down at the crack of the door and took a look saw Mongolian soldiers riding war horses roaring past, with no one stopping at all.

I don't know how long it took, but the sound of horse hooves outside stopped, and the villagers hiding in the house dared to come out to check, only to find that the Mongolian cavalry had disappeared.

At this time, the villagers who ran out of the village to take shelter began to return one after another. They were all wondering what the Mongolian cavalry was doing in a hurry to the east.

Just as the villagers were wondering, countless Mongolian infantry troops came over to the west of the village, like mercury flowing over the earth.

The villagers quickly hid again, praying that the Mongolian soldiers would not break into their homes and harm their families.

In this way, the villagers were on tenterhooks all afternoon, and when it was getting dark, the Mongolian soldiers were nowhere to be seen.

The common people came out again and gathered together in twos and threes, asking if anyone had been harmed by the Mongolian soldiers.

As a result, in so many houses, not only were the people safe, but even the chickens and ducks that had not had time to hide were also there. The villagers were amazed at how the Mongolians had done nothing wrong.

~~~~~~

At the foot of Jeju City on the East and West Road of Shandong, tens of thousands of golden soldiers surrounded the city and attacked from three sides.

At this time, Pu Cha's official slaves were stationed on horseback under the banner, looking at the Jin soldiers attacking the city. When they saw the Jin soldiers attacking the city, they were very satisfied.

He went all the way north, and the prefectures and counties along the way were either captured by him, or they surrendered directly to the city.

The situation in this attack on Shandong seems to be good, but Pu Chaguannu knows very well that although the Jin army has recovered many cities, it is actually more difficult to hold them.

Jeju is located on the edge of the Grand Canal, with the Yellow River a few hundred miles to the west and the Yimeng Mountains in central Shandong to the east. It can be said to be guarding the passage for the Mongolian army to move south.

If the Jin army could capture Jeju, then Tengzhou, Pizhou, Yizhou, and Haizhou in the south could be re-incorporated into the territory of the Jin Kingdom.

If it cannot be taken, once the Mongolian reinforcements arrive, the Mongolian army will be able to use Jeju as a stronghold to move south, and the prefectures and counties recovered in the south will change hands again.

At this time, Pu Cha's official slave couldn't help but raise his whip when he saw his subordinates ascending to the top of the city. He was about to give orders when he suddenly saw a group of scouts galloping over.

The first cavalryman rolled off his saddle as soon as he stopped his horse.

This shocked everyone, and two guards quickly stepped forward and helped him up, "What's going on?"

There were several broken arrows stuck in the back of the cavalryman, and the blood flowing out had solidified on his armor.

Pu Chaoguan's slave's eyes widened, and the cavalry pointed to the northwest, panting like an ox and said: "Xuan Xiang, a large group of Mongolian cavalry is coming from the northwest."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked. The riding whip raised by Pu Chaoguan's slave froze in mid-air, and he frowned, "A large group of Mongolian troops?"

The main force of the Mongolian army in Shandong had already moved south to attack the Song Dynasty. How could a large group of Mongolian troops appear in the northwest?

Everyone was surprised and confused, but someone quickly reacted and said anxiously: "Xuan Xiang, could it be Zhang Rou who is stationed in Daming Mansion?"

When Pu Chaguan's slave realized what he was doing, he couldn't help but gritted his teeth, "This must be the Mongolian army in Hebei!"

"Xuan Xiang, Mongolian reinforcements have arrived, what should we do now?" When they heard that the Mongolian troops from Hebei entered Shandong, the Jurchen generals immediately panicked.

Pu Chaguannu glanced at Jeju City and asked in a deep voice: "How far is the Mongolian cavalry from here and how many are there?"

The scout leader gasped: "It should be less than thirty miles away now, and there are four to five thousand riders in the vanguard!"'

The Mongolian cavalry came and went like the wind. They were often in one place in the morning and one or two hundred miles away in the evening. This often caused the Jin army to suffer losses in battle.

In order to avoid being raided by Mongolian cavalry or bypassing the defense line, scouts were sent far away during the Jin army's subsequent battles.

Fortunately, we sent out scouts this time, otherwise the Mongolian cavalry suddenly arrived and the Jin soldiers on the northern route would have been defeated.
Chapter completed!