After reading the military report, Wokuotai was so angry that he was shaking all over.

Zhao Tai's clever alienation plan caused him to miss the perfect opportunity to capture Kaifeng and hurriedly retreated to the grassland, making him a laughing stock.

After that, Kuoduan went south to attack the Song Dynasty, intending to force the Southern Song Dynasty to surrender. However, Zhao Tai ruined his good deeds and caused the Mongolian army to be defeated.

This time Zhao Tai almost wiped out the entire Eastern Route Army and beat Kuo Duan to death, which made Wo Kuotai not angry.

"I will send troops immediately to destroy Zhao Tai!" Wo Kuotai gritted his teeth and became furious.

Everyone in the tent was silent. Subutai was shocked when he heard this and quickly persuaded, "Great Khan, the most important thing is to capture Luoyang and destroy the Jin Kingdom's Guanhe defense line. Although Zhao Tai is hateful, I will

I thought it would not be too late to deal with him after we capture Luoyang."

Many Mongolian generals were also shocked by the disastrous defeat of the Eastern Route Army and the killing of Kuo Duan.

They did not expect that the powerful Mongolian army would encounter obstacles at the hands of Zhao Tai one after another.

However, the main task of the Mongolian army at the moment should indeed be to capture Luoyang and consolidate the results achieved on the western front.

The Guanhe defense line of the Jin Kingdom was breached, and eastern Henan was covered with plains. From then on, it was at the mercy of the Mongolian army.

Therefore, everyone advised Wo Kuotai to calm down and not to ruin the good situation on the Western Front because of Zhao Tai.

Wo Kuotai gradually calmed down under the persuasion of everyone, but the breath he was holding in his heart made it difficult for him to calm down his hatred of Zhao Tai.

Although Wo Guotai knew that the right decision at the moment was not to be affected by the war on the Eastern Front, continue to capture Luoyang step by step, and completely destroy the Guanhe defense line of the Jin Kingdom, but he still wanted to kill Zhao Tai, who was in Kuo Duan, and he could continue to be at ease.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became.

The Wokuo table was as heavy as water. He was silent for a long time, and finally said word by word: "Give me the order and attack Luoyang immediately! If Zhao Tai comes to save me, I will kill him first. If he dares not come, I will take Luoyang."

After that, we will march eastward to settle accounts with him."

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At the end of December, the Mongolian army besieged Luoyang for a month.

During this period of time, although the Mongolian army failed to capture Luoyang Gate, they rushed to the city many times, posing a great threat to the Luoyang defenders.

However, during the siege battle, the Mongolian army's siege equipment was severely damaged, and the Mongolian army was not in a hurry to break the city. Therefore, as the New Year approached, the Mongolian army gradually slowed down the pace of the siege, focusing on besieging the city and rushing to build equipment.

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At night, with the cold wind howling and heavy snow falling, the defenders at the head of the city were resting against the city wall, holding their weapons and covering themselves with thatch.

After one night, most of the soldiers were covered in heavy snow, and everyone's limbs were stiff from the cold.

Early in the morning, as the east grew whiter and the wind and snow subsided, some of the defenders on the city got up one after another and moved their stiff bodies.

"Dang, dang, dang." Suddenly, a rapid alarm bell rang from the city tower. The soldiers at the top of the city quickly climbed up and looked outside the city. They saw tens of thousands of Mongolian troops pushing their equipment out of the camp.

Seeing this, the defenders on the city couldn't help but punch the wall and cursed: "Straight bitch, you won't stop even during the New Year!"

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Kaifeng City.

Wanyan Shouxu adopted Zhao Tai's suggestion and sent Xizuo to Longshang to contact Guo Xiabao, asking him to abandon Longshang and enter Guanzhong to harass the Mongolian army's food road.

On the Kaifeng side, soldiers and horses were gathered to prepare to rescue Luoyang again.

At this time, outside Kaifeng City, elite soldiers from Kaifeng City and more than 40,000 elite troops drawn from the Eastern Front gathered, totaling about 70,000 people.

The Jin State took the privy envoy Yili Pu'a as the commander-in-chief, and Zhao Tai, Wuxian, Heda and others followed him to gather the last elites of the Jin State to try to relieve the siege of Luoyang.

In the camp outside the city, many Jin soldiers were training, and a group of Jin cavalry rushed back to the camp in a hurry.

The guarding soldiers quickly stopped them, and when they stepped forward to take a look, they found that almost all of the cavalry were injured, and some had already fallen off their horses as soon as they ran to the camp gate.

At this time, in the Jin army commander's tent, Yi La Pu'a was convening everyone to discuss the military situation. The tent curtain was suddenly raised, and a general came in in a hurry and whispered to Pu'a.

Zhao Tai and others were standing in the tent. Seeing Pu'a's dark face, Heda couldn't help asking: "Prime Minister, what's going on?"

Yilapua waved his hand to tell the messenger to step back, and then said in a deep voice to several people: "The forward sent to Zhengzhou was defeated by the Mongolian army!"

Zhao Tai and Wuxian looked at each other after hearing this. Both of them disapproved and rashly marched towards Zhengzhou.

The purpose of moving to Pu'a and Heda was to use the power of the great victory on the eastern front to lead the army westward, recapture Zhengzhou, and then capture Hulao Pass to rescue Luoyang.

Heda frowned and said in annoyance: "Now the Mongolian army is besieging Luoyang, but we can't even get through Zhengzhou, so how can we rescue Luoyang!"

Yilapua also looked worried, "Judging from the current situation, once the Mongolian army captures Luoyang and marches eastwards, we will definitely not be able to stop it."

The two of them were worried. They looked at Zhao Tai and Wuxian and asked, "Guorui, you have a strategy, but what can you do?"

Zhao Tai said in a deep voice: "We want to save Luoyang, and the Mongolian army is naturally very clear about this. Therefore, if you think of directly rescuing the siege, you are in the middle of nowhere."

Heda frowned, "What do you mean by Guorui?"

"Before thinking about victory, think about defeat first!" Zhao Tai said seriously: "Now the Mongols can count their defeats, but we cannot afford to suffer a single defeat. If Luoyang wants to be saved, it must be carried out on the premise of protecting its own safety, otherwise the rescue

If you don't tell me if you don't get to Luoyang, you will risk your own life, which is not a wise move."

Wu Xian echoed: "I think Guorui is right, and I agree with Guorui's analysis!"

Yilapua and Heda rolled their eyes at Wuxian, "What did Zhao Tai say? You agree and think it makes sense?"

Yi Lapua looked at Zhao Tai, "Guorui, can you elaborate?"

Zhao Tai walked to the map and muttered: "The plains of eastern Henan are vast and smooth. If we want to rescue Luoyang, we must first ensure that we can survive in this area. Now Zhengzhou is blocking our way to the west. Our army is pressing forward. You guys

Have you considered the possibility that Wo Kuotai will send cavalry to surround us under Zhengzhou City?"

Several people looked solemn when they heard this. The Jin army was mainly infantry. If they had no support in the wilderness, they would be easily wiped out by the cavalry.

If a 70,000-strong army marches westward, and the Mongolian cavalry suddenly arrives, and the 70,000-strong Jin army has no city to rely on, it can only form a formation on the spot.

At this time, as long as the Mongolian cavalry watched from the side and then sent a team of cavalry to cut off the food road, the 70,000-strong army would be almost dead.

At that time, you want to fight decisively, but the Mongolian cavalry will avoid it. If you want to leave, the Mongolian cavalry will come forward immediately. Within a few days, the Jin army will collapse.

Yilapua said in a deep voice: "Isn't there some way?"

Zhao Tai looked at a few people and said, "There is a way!"

Several people looked happy, and Heda asked anxiously, "Guorui, tell me quickly!"

Zhao Tai said in a deep voice: "We can't be led by Wo Kuotai, we have to lead him the other way. He thinks we will rescue Luoyang, but we won't go!"

Yilapua frowned, "What kind of solution is this?"

Zhao Tai smiled and said: "I haven't finished speaking yet. We can first send a group of soldiers and horses to block Hulao Pass so that the Mongolian army outside Luoyang City cannot go eastward. Then we can mobilize people and horses to surround Zhengzhou and put Zhengzhou under control."
Chapter completed!