After hearing the report, Monk Chen was shocked and asked hurriedly: "Where is the person?"

"We are in the tower, and our brothers are checking." The soldier reported.

Monk Chen then strode forward and hurriedly arrived at the Ximen Tower. He saw a group of golden soldiers surrounding a man asking questions.

"The commander-in-chief is here!" When the soldiers on the city saw Monk Chen and his party, they quickly made way for them.

Monk Chen came over and the messenger immediately saluted, "The Zhongyi Army Jiedu envoys Sun Desheng from a hundred households under the command of Xianggong Zhao to pay homage to Marshal Du."

Monk Chen was a little happy, "You are from Zhao Tai."

The messenger knelt down on one knee and took out a letter from his chest, "Marshal, my Xianggong besieged Zhengzhou and attracted the Mongolian army to split up for rescue. I asked the marshal to tell the marshal to wait for an opportunity to break out."

Upon hearing this, Monk Chen took the letter, immediately tore open the wax seal and opened it to read.

The content of the letter and the words spoken by the messenger are two different sets of rhetoric.

Zhao Tai told Monk Chen in the letter that General Guo Xiabao, the military commander of the Tongyuan Army, would march into Guanzhong and attack the Mongolian army's grain roads, and that he would lead the main force of the Jin army westward to rescue Luoyang, leaving Monk Chen to defend the city.

At the back of the letter, Zhao Tai said some words of encouragement, some of which were exactly what Zhao Tai said to him when the two met for the first time.

On the surface, the letter told Monk Chen not to give up hope and to hold on to Luoyang, but in reality it was to persuade Monk Chen not to think too hard, to leave the mountains alive without fear of running out of firewood, and to let him try to break out of the encirclement and survive first.

After reading the letter, Monk Chen knew that Zhao Tai's true intention was to let him break out of the encirclement, not to hold on to Luoyang, as the messenger said.

The reason why the letter said that was most likely because he was afraid that the letter would fall into the hands of the Mongolian army.

Although the Mongolian siege was weak and Luoyang was not completely surrounded, messengers came over the mountains and ridges, and it was still not an easy task to deliver the letter to Luoyang.

After reading the letter, Monk Chen said, "I know what your husband means."

The messenger immediately said: "Marshal, our husband has said that he will prepare fine wine and wait to have a drink with the marshal."

Monk Chen read the letter and listened to the messenger's words. He couldn't help but feel a little moved in his heart. He had fallen into a desperate situation, but Zhao Tai still came to rescue him.

This brother Xiao Zhao is really good at getting along!

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Hulao Pass.

After receiving Ogedai's order, Subotai led 20,000 Mongolian troops and arrived at Guancheng in only one and a half days.

At this marching speed, if the Jin army had not blocked the gate, the Mongolian cavalry would have been able to rush to Zhengzhou City in no time.

At that time, before the Jin army started to attack, they would be attacked by cavalry.

Now they are attacking Pu'a and Wanyan Heda, leading an army of 30,000 to block the pass. The Mongolian cavalry will not be able to drive directly to Zhengzhou.

To be precise, of the 30,000 Jin soldiers, there were actually only 20,000 below Hulao Pass. The other 10,000 people, after the Jin soldiers built fortifications in front of the pass wall, then went to defend various trails to prevent the Mongols from detouring.

sneak attack.

At this time, a large group of cavalry galloped to Guancheng. Subutai hurriedly climbed onto the city wall. Guard Guo Dongliang pointed to the Jin army camp outside the city and said, "Commander, the gold thieves have built a stronghold in front of the pass to prevent us from leaving the pass."

Subotai held the city wall and looked down. The Mongolian army arrived very quickly, so the Jin army did not have enough time to build defenses. They only built a low wall between the two mountains in front of the pass.

Seeing this, Subotai immediately waved his hand and ordered, "The Great Khan has given an order, let our troops defeat the enemy in front of the pass, and then rescue Zhengzhou. Send the order, immediately assemble troops and horses, and help me to attack the enemy camp."

He gave an order, and the trumpets in the pass suddenly sounded. After a while, the gate was opened, and five thousand Mongolian troops marched out of the pass and formed an array at the pass.

At this time, the Mongolian army at Hulao Pass numbered 25,000, which was more than the Jin soldiers in front of the pass. However, the area in front of the pass was relatively narrow and the army could not deploy, so only 5,000 troops were sent to fight.

The Mongolian soldiers formed an array in front of the pass, with the sword and shield soldiers in front and the archers behind. As a trumpet sounded from the pass, the Mongolian soldiers in formation immediately opened a flood gate and launched a surging attack towards the Jin army's camp.

"Defense!" In the Jin army's camp, war drums beat, and Wanyan Heda drew his sword and shouted.

A large number of Jin troops poured out of the camp, and soldiers with swords, shields and spearmen defended the wall. Countless archers stood behind the low wall, with their bows and arrows pointed at the sky.

"Shoot!" the officer ordered, and the arrow flew into the air, covering the sky instantly.

After Subotai arrived at Hulao Pass, he immediately organized his army and began to storm the Jin army camp. At this time, Zhengzhou was still peaceful.

Zhao Tai and Wuxian led 40,000 gold soldiers and surrounded Zhengzhou for several days. The towering siege equipment in the camp was raised one after another, but there was still no attack.

The abnormal behavior of the Jin army made the Zhengzhou defenders a little confused.

At this time, Guo Dehai was standing at the top of the city, overlooking the Jin army camp outside the city. "The gold thieves are setting up weapons outside the city. Logically speaking, they are well prepared, so why don't they attack? Could it be that my miscalculation is wrong? The gold thieves' target is not

Eat Zhengzhou.”

Guo Dehai talked to himself, as if he was speaking to himself, but also as if he was asking his subordinates.

"Yes!" said the general next to him: "They said that the gold thieves were going to rescue Luoyang, but only 30,000 people went west, so it was of no use. They said that they wanted to take Zhengzhou, but they didn't attack. You know, Luoyang has already

Besieged by the Great Khan for more than a month, the golden soldiers outside the city keep dragging them on. When the Great Khan takes Luoyang and marches eastward, the golden thieves outside the city will face a dead end. They haven't taken action yet, and they don't know what they are waiting for.

What, it’s really hard to figure out.”

After hearing the general's words, Guo Dehai frowned into the character "Chuan".

At this time, he frowned and thought, staring at the Jin Army camp outside the city. For a long time, the leopard's eyes suddenly widened, shining with the light of wisdom, as if he had thought of something.

"I know that Luoyang is about to be captured by the Great Khan, and the gold thieves naturally know it too." Guo Dehai said coldly: "Then Zhao Tai is full of tricks. He must know that with a normal attack, the Jin army will not be able to capture the Great Khan.

Capture Zhengzhou before Luoyang. Therefore, if he wants to capture the city first, there is only one way!"

"What does the commander-in-chief mean?" the generals couldn't help but ask.

Guo Dehai said solemnly: "The only way for the Jin soldiers to capture Zhengzhou before Luoyang is captured is to use surprise!"

After listening to Guo Dehai's analysis, everyone felt it made sense.

Even if the Jin army launches a strong attack now, it is estimated that it will be difficult to capture Zhengzhou before the fall of Luoyang. In this case, it makes sense for the Jin army not to attack the city.

Then Zhao Tai must have been harboring some bad ideas and wanted to outwit Zhengzhou.

Now Zhao Tai's reputation has spread among the Mongolian army, and everyone is a little afraid of Zhao Tai.

It was a good thing that the Jin army attacked the city. It was provoked but not launched. The Mongolian army did not know what strategy the Jin army would adopt, which made everyone feel a little uneasy.

"Commander, what tricks will the gold thief use?" the generals asked.
Chapter completed!