Pu Chaguan Nu gave an order, and the sound of gold ringing sounded. The golden soldiers who attacked the city were confused, but they still retreated in a hurry.
Before the retreating Jin soldiers had time to take a breath, the officers ordered them to simply pack up, abandon all large equipment and baggage, and evacuate towards Xuzhou.
When the Jin Army infantry learned that the Mongolian cavalry was coming, they did not dare to hesitate and hurried southward.
Thousands of Zhongxiao Army cavalry were stationed on horseback, preparing to cover the evacuation of the Jin Army infantry.
The Zhongxiao Army is the only elite cavalry remaining in the Jin Kingdom. The soldiers are selected from warriors among the Jurchens, Khitans, and Han people. They are all good fighters who can fight one against ten.
Monk Chen led the 800 Zhongxiao Army and defeated Chi Laowen's 8,000 Mongolian cavalry.
This army can be said to be the Jin Army's last trump card.
At this time, the Jin troops on the north route retreated in a hurry. A Jin general asked inappropriately: "Xuan Xiang, Mongolian reinforcements have entered Shandong. We are evacuating to Xuzhou. We need to notify the troops on the south route to retreat quickly too!"
The corner of Pu Chaguan Nu's mouth twitched, he glared at the man, and said displeasedly: "I will notify Wu Xian and Deputy Zhao on my own, why don't you remind me!"
When the general heard this, he didn't know why Pu Chaguan's slave was unhappy. He just thought that he was irritated because he failed to capture Jeju, so he stopped talking.
At this time, not long after the Jin soldiers retreated from Jeju, thousands of cavalry came galloping from a distance.
The first Mongolian general was Zhang Rou, the marshal of Baozhou and other places in Mongolia and a Han army with ten thousand households.
After Mongolian general Zhang Rou led his troops to withdraw northward from Kuowotai, he stationed himself at Damingfu to rest and recuperate, waiting for a new offensive in winter.
Now that July is approaching, the weather is hot. Zhang Rou was spending the summer at home. Unexpectedly, he suddenly received a letter from Jinan Mongolian general Chen Nayan, announcing that the Jin army had invaded Shandong and asking him to send troops to help.
Zhang Rou learned the whole story and immediately realized that Kuo Duan was in danger.
Kuo Duan took away two Mongolian armies from Shandong and then dared to attack the Southern Song Dynasty. It was really risky.
Zhang Rou didn't know what was going on with Kuo Duan, but he knew that once the Jin army occupied Shandong, Kuo Duan would definitely not be able to come back, and the main force of the Mongolian army in Shandong would be in danger of being completely destroyed.
Thinking of this, Zhang Rou did not dare to hesitate and immediately led tens of thousands of troops to rush for reinforcements at starry night. At the same time, he sent messengers to invite the Mongolian troops stationed in Hebei to march into Shandong together.
At this time, Zhang Rou led the cavalry to gallop over and found that outside the city of Jeju, the Jin army on the north route did not even clean up the camp, so they retreated southward in a hurry.
Zhang Rou led five thousand cavalry and galloped all the way to the foot of Jeju City. When the defenders saw reinforcements entering the city, they immediately opened the city gate.
Zhang Rou galloped in with his troops, went directly to the government office, and asked the guard, "Where are the Jin soldiers outside the city?"
"Reply to the marshal!" The guard, whose face was covered with gunpowder smoke and whose body was wounded, quickly replied: "The Jin army just attacked the city and suddenly retreated. I was worried about fraud and did not have enough men, so I did not dare to pursue. I just sent out scouts to the front. Go scout.”
Zhang Rou narrowed her eyes, "Has the scout come back?"
"Not long after we came back, the scouts detected that the Jin soldiers were retreating towards Xuzhou!" the guard saluted.
Zhang Rou snorted coldly, "When I saw my commander arriving with reinforcements, I wanted to escape. It's not that easy."
Zhang Rou did not rest at that moment, so she left the state office again, and then led the cavalry to gallop southwest to pursue the Jin army.
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Huainan, Gaoyou Army.
Kuo Duan asked Li Fen to contain the Song army in Chuzhou. Relying on the Southern Song's defense plan in Huainan, he led 10,000 cavalry and marched southward.
He originally wanted to follow the agreement with Shi Miyuan, kill at the gate of Yangzhou City, drink from the Yangtze River, and force the Southern Song Dynasty to surrender.
Yangzhou is a large city in the north of the Yangtze River. It was the economic center of the Southern Song Dynasty in the north of the Yangtze River. The city was extremely prosperous and there were many wealthy households in the city.
In any era, the rich control the vast majority of social resources and means of production and have extremely powerful influence.
The wealthy people in Yangzhou City have a certain degree of strength in the officialdom and among the people. Their attitudes can sometimes even affect the formulation of national policies.
If the Mongolian cavalry could appear under Yangzhou City, the wealthy people in the city would be terrified and angry that Zheng Qingzhi and others would provoke the Mongols.
Rich families across the Yangtze River would panic due to the appearance of Mongolian cavalry, fearing that the Mongols would come and rob their wealth.
Therefore, in their hearts, they will probably secretly hate the main militant faction.
At this time, if Shi Miyuan instigates a little, the government and the public will form a huge anti-Zheng momentum, and even the emperor will have to consider public opinion and remove Zheng Qingzhi to quell public anger.
Kuo Duan's plan can be said to be very good and very feasible, but some problems arose during the implementation process.
Kuo Duan underestimated the southern river network, which restricted the mobility of the Mongolian cavalry, and also underestimated the resistance will of the Southern Song army.
Before passing through Sheyangze, the Mongolian army made very smooth progress, but after leaving Sheyangze, the broad end began to hit a wall.
He rushed south several times, but was blocked by the Song army relying on the river.
In areas with dense river networks, it was difficult for the Mongolian cavalry to take advantage of its mobility. At this time, Zheng Qingzhi, the Prime Minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, arrived in Yangzhou to stabilize the morale of the army.
As reinforcements from the Southern Song Dynasty from Huaixi and Jiangnan arrived near Yangzhou, Kuaduan not only failed to break through the defense line, but was in danger of being surrounded by the Southern Song army.
Under this situation, Kuo Duan began to become anxious, and the surrender faction within the Southern Song Dynasty could not sit still when they saw the Mongolian cavalry being blocked in the territory of Gaoyou Army, so they quietly sent information to Kuo Duan.
However, Zhao Kui set up an ambush and caught Kuo Duan off guard. The Mongolian army failed to cross the river and instead lost hundreds of cavalry.
Within the territory of Gaoyoujun, there was a dilapidated town, surrounded by Mongolian war horses. In the town, in a relatively complete courtyard, Kuoduan sat with his mind open.
The army made no progress, and the number of Song troops increased, which made Kuo Duan feel a little irritated.
"Your Majesty! There was something wrong with the intelligence sent by Shi Miyuan, which caused us to lose hundreds of warriors. It's really abominable!" Meng General Luhas said angrily.
Kuoduan's cheeks twitched and he said in a deep voice: "It seems that Zhao Kui and Zhao Fan already know that someone has leaked information about the Song army to me. I can no longer rely on the information sent by Shi Miyuan!"
"Your Majesty, now we are blocked by the Song Army and cannot continue southward. Reinforcements from the Song Army are coming in a steady stream. What should we do next?" Luhas asked.
Kuo Duan had a gloomy face, but at this moment, a Mongolian soldier rushed in and said, "Your Majesty, Li Fen sent you urgent military information!"
Kuoduan's heart trembled. Could it be that Li Fen was defeated?
"Bring it here!" Kuo Duan stretched out his hand and shouted.
Baihu presented the letter, took it at the broad end, tore open the wax seal, and then glanced at it quickly, feeling shocked in his heart.
Li Fen said in the letter that the Jin army crossed the river to attack Shandong and had conquered Pi County.
This shocked Kuo Duan, but his face remained calm.
"Your Majesty, what's going on?" everyone asked.
Kuo Duan pretended to be calm, put the letter away, and said with a smile: "It's not a big problem, it's just a small thing!"
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