The soldiers and civilians in Bianjing celebrated their victory and wept with joy for escaping the massacre by the Mongols. The city was filled with joy.
On the other side of the Mongolian army, there was a man who was restless and worried all day long.
This person was Hu Zhen, who was sent to the Mongolian camp by Zhao Tai as his deathbed.
He suddenly wanted to be a hero, but being a hero was not that easy.
In the original plan, he sent false news to the Mongolian Khan, and when the Mongolian army withdrew, he would find an opportunity to slip away. However, after Ogedei got the news he brought, he did not retreat immediately, but launched an attack. To Bianjing.
The key to Zhao Tai's plan was to take advantage of Wo Guotai and Kublai Khan's mutual suspicion. There was no communication between the two parties, but once they got in touch, the plan failed.
This means that Zhao Tai made something out of nothing, and the Mongols will find out sooner or later that they have been tricked. When the time comes, Hu Zhen will definitely die wonderfully.
Hu Zhen was anxious in the Mongolian camp. He wanted to escape, but the Mongolian army would not withdraw. Once he disappeared, the plan would definitely fail.
He struggled in the camp for two days, and finally waited until the Mongols withdrew, but he should have been happy, but he became even more uneasy.
This is because the Mongols withdrew their troops and they were not far from the truth.
Ogedai would soon receive news from Kublai Khan from other directions, and he would then discover that he had been tricked.
Hu Zhen shuddered when she thought of the Mongol Khan's reaction when he found out that he had been tricked.
"Old Xu! What are you doing standing still?" A Mongolian soldier next to him looked at Hu Zhen standing by the river.
Hu Zhen came back to her senses and found that it was his turn to get on the boat. She smiled awkwardly and boarded the sheepskin raft.
In order to return to the grassland as soon as possible, Wokuotai's army quickly headed north, crossed the Yellow River to Chenqiao Town on the other side, and then walked through the Hebei Plain. It would take less than a few days to return to the grassland.
At this time, Wokuotai had already crossed the Yellow River. He stood on the north bank, looking at the rolling river water, with a gloomy expression on his face. "If we retreat today, we will destroy the gold next time. We will have to wait another year."
The Mongolian-Jin War lasted for decades. After Jin Xuanzong moved south, the Jin State began to operate the Tongguan and Yellow River defense lines.
This time, Mongolia also took advantage of the freezing of the Yellow River to enter Nanjing Road and enter Henan.
Now in February, the Yellow River has melted. After the Mongolian army withdrew across the Yellow River, they would not be able to enter Henan in a short time.
Kuo Duan said: "Father Khan, now the Kingdom of Jin only has one Henan area, which cannot afford to make waves. Father Khan will wait for another year to let the Jin people fatten up. Why don't we come back again?"
"What you said makes sense! Sheep need to be fattened to be the most delicious." Wo Kuotai nodded, but then he said bitterly: "It's just Kublai Khan and that Zhao Tai, they are really hateful! This Khan will definitely not I’ll let them go.”
Hu Zhen got on the sheepskin raft and stared at the rolling Yellow River. His water quality was not good, but once he crossed the river, he had no chance to escape.
"Old Xu, how are you doing with Shi Wanhu? Shi Wanhu trusts you very much, otherwise he wouldn't~Old Xu~What are you doing~" The Mongolian soldier sitting next to him was a talkative man. He kept talking.
Hu Zhen could only see the turbid Yellow River, and her ears could hardly hear the sounds around her.
At this time, he suddenly stood up and fell into the cold river water. "Oh, I fell into the water."
The Mongolian army on the raft was shocked, and the talkative man quickly stretched out his hand, "Old Xu, don't panic, just hold my hand."
Hu Zhen, however, was flopping and calling for help, and she was quickly flowing down the river.
The Mongolian troops on the raft were very anxious when they saw this, but most of the Han people in the north could not swim, and those who could swim did not dare to jump into the cold river water, so they could only watch Hu Zhen float further and further away, slowly. Only a human head was left, rising and falling with the waves, and finally the head disappeared into the water.
Hu Zhen fell into the water, which made the Mongolian troops on the raft very anxious. After they arrived on the other side, they reported the matter to the superiors.
However, it did not attract the attention of the Mongolian high-level officials. It is normal for more than 100,000 people to cross the river and a few people to fall into the water and drown.
After Wokuotai first met Hu Zhen once, he never saw Hu Zhen again.
Therefore, this matter did not attract the attention of the Mongolian army at this time. The 100,000-strong army rushed north in a hurry, hoping to return to the grassland before Kublai Khan returned to the army.
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On the south bank of the Yellow River, as soon as the Mongolian soldiers left, a group of golden soldiers came to the ferry.
Monk Chen stood by the Ma River and looked at the rolling Yellow River, with a hint of joy finally showing on his tired face.
"The Mongols have retreated! The Mongols have retreated!" Cheers sounded on the south bank, and the Jin soldiers waved their weapons excitedly.
In Bianjing City, after the Mongols retreated, the city gates were opened, and the people hiding in the city filed out of the city, returned to their destroyed homes, and began to resume production.
This Mongolian invasion caused great damage to the Central Plains. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians were killed and injured. Many states and counties were looted by the Mongols.
It's February now. If the people don't farm as soon as possible, there will definitely be a famine in the Central Plains.
Therefore, all states and counties urgently ordered people to go out of the city to resume farming. However, when many people returned to their villages, they found that their fields had been trampled by horse hooves and their houses were destroyed by fire. Survival was a problem, and many people were unable to cultivate the land again.
In Bianjing City, in a courtyard, Zhao Tai and ten of his subordinates were placed here.
At this time, Mongolia had withdrawn its troops for several days. A hero like Zhao Tai should have been rewarded, but the Jin court did not respond and took back the Jin soldiers assigned to him.
This made Zhao Tai's subordinates a little aggrieved, but Zhao Tai was very calm because he knew that Mongolia was only temporarily withdrawing its troops, and the Jin Kingdom had not yet overcome the crisis of national subjugation.
Moreover, the Jin Kingdom also hopes to contact the Southern Song Dynasty through himself, and rewards will come sooner or later. However, the Jin Kingdom is a country founded by the Jurchens after all, and he claims to be a member of the Zhao Song clan, which makes the Jin Kingdom's senior officials not sure what to do for a while. Use yourself.
In short, it is still the same sentence, those who are not of my race must have different hearts, and they are not at ease with Zhao Tai.
Staying in the yard these days, Zhao Tai was not idle. Instead, he held a study class in the yard and taught several subordinates how to read and write in order to distract their attention.
"Xu Erzhu, be serious!" Zhao Tai knocked on the wooden board and scolded the sleepy subordinates below, "Sun Li already knows thirty characters, and you damn can't even write your own name. Don’t you feel ashamed?”
After Sun Li was praised, he proudly picked up the big crooked characters on the white paper and admired them for himself. However, Xu Erzhu was not convinced, "I am not as good as him in reading, and he is not as good as me in killing enemies!"
Zhao Tai threw a charcoal pen at him and said, "You are so brave as an ordinary man. After Sun Li can read, he can imitate the enemy of thousands of people."
While they were talking, a chamberlain walked into the courtyard. When he saw everyone, he smiled and said, "Is Zhao Meng'an here?"
When Zhao Tai saw that he was a chamberlain, he smiled and handed over his hands, "That's me!"
The chamberlain looked at Zhao Tai and said with a smile: "Zhao Meng'an, change your clothes, Your Majesty invites you!"
