While the Mongolian East Route Army stationed troops under the city of Xuzhou and the Central Route Army stood still in Weizhou, the Mongolian West Route Army launched a fierce attack on Tongguan.
After Kublai Khan was appointed commander-in-chief of the West Route Army by Wo Kuotai, he led his army to Xi'an, gathered 50,000 troops, and arrived west of Tongguan.
Tongguan was originally the gateway to Guanzhong, mainly to defend against the Central Plains' attack on Guanzhong. However, the Mongolian and Jin Dynasties saw a tug of war. After the Jin Kingdom retreated to Henan, in order to prevent the Mongolian army from attacking the Central Plains, Tongguan was renovated to a certain extent and elite troops were stationed to guard Tongguan.
As an important part of the Guanhe defense line of the Jin Kingdom, Tongguan has blocked many attacks by the Mongolian army in the past two decades.
From Temujin to Wokuotai, the Mongolian cavalry tried several times to break through the Guanhe defense line, capture Tongguan, and break the Jin Kingdom's imperial system, but they all ended in failure.
For a long time, the Mongolian cavalry was stuck in the dilemma of being unable to cross the river or enter the customs.
It was precisely because they could not capture Tongguan that the Mongolian army finally adopted the strategy of "destroying gold through false means".
This time Kublai Khan served as the commander-in-chief of the West Route Army and came to attack Tongguan, which was tantamount to cracking a hard nut that the Mongolian army had failed to crack several times.
At first, Kublai Khan was very happy to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Western Route Army and participate in the extermination of the Jin Dynasty.
After all, the Kingdom of Jin was crippled by his father's torpedoes, and he didn't want Wokuotai to take advantage. But when he came to Tongguan, he felt the difficulty of the task.
Tongguan is adjacent to the Yellow River in the north and is located on the mountainside in the south. The terrain is narrow in front of the pass and behind the pass. Even though there are hundreds of thousands of powerful troops, they cannot deploy in front of the pass. They can only add fuel to the battle little by little. The attacking side's military advantage cannot be fully utilized.
After Kublai Khan arrived at Tongguan, he set up a large artillery truck and pounded the city. At the same time, he sent soldiers to attack Tongguan, causing heavy losses for a while.
However, last year the Mongolian army forcibly took advantage of the Southern Song Dynasty and invaded the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom. The Jin Kingdom quickly mobilized troops and horses to stop the attack and took away some of its elite soldiers from Tongguan.
After the disastrous defeat at Sanfeng Mountain, the Jin army lost all its elite troops. When the Jin Kingdom re-recruited the army, in order to allow the army to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, a group of elite soldiers were taken away from Tongguan.
At this time, Guancheng was still the same Guancheng, but the soldiers guarding the city had many more recruits.
Therefore, Tongguan, which was originally impregnable, became crumbling under Kublai Khan's fierce attack.
Below Guancheng, under the banner of the Mongolian army, the young Kublai Khan stared at the city. He seized the weakness of Tongguan's small army and ordered his subordinates to take turns to fight, launching a wheel battle.
At this time, the Mongolian archers, under the cover of artillery carts, rushed to the pass. The shield bearers in the front row held their shields high to resist the rain of arrows shot from the city. The archers behind them bent their bows and nocked arrows. The arrow was thrown onto the city wall.
Suddenly, dense arrows rained down like locusts, making the Jin soldiers on the city unable to lift their heads.
At this time, under the banner of the great banner, the Mongolian army blew a deep horn sound. Behind them, nearly a thousand elite Mongolian troops carried dozens of siege ladders and charged towards the city head like a tide.
The Mongolian army rushed to the foot of Guancheng, held up the arrows at the top of the city, and raised the ladders to the city wall.
At the top of the city, the Jin army fired arrows from the shooting holes, rolled logs one by one, and smashed stones from the top of the city.
Arrows rained down from the city, and rolling logs and rocks fell like hail. The Mongolian soldiers who were the first to rush to the city were hit by arrows and hit by rolling logs. Their bones were broken and their tendons were broken, and they wailed.
Kublai Khan was stationed under the banner, and the generals around him saw the heavy losses of the Mongolian army. Seeing the soldiers climbing up, they were shot by bows and arrows, stoned, and dripped with hot oil and gold juice. They jumped down the city ladder in great pain. He couldn't help but persuade him: "My young prince, the warriors have suffered heavy losses, let them withdraw!"
Kublai Khan looked at the attacking team with cold eyes and said in a deep voice: "Don't retreat, let me continue the attack!"
The Mongolian army attacked the city without fear of death. Under their attack regardless of casualties, the fierce Mongolian army finally rushed to the top of the city and was killed by the tenacious Jin army. Both sides fought with blood and flesh on the top of the city. .
The Mongolian soldiers kept jumping up the city. A golden soldier was stabbed through the abdomen by the Mongolian army. He roared, burst out his last strength, knocked the Mongolian army against the wall, and fell down the city with the Mongolian soldier in his arms. head.
The defenders at the top of the city were attacked continuously, and the Mongolian army seemed to be endlessly killing them, launching wave after wave of attacks.
At this time, there were mountains of corpses under the city, and the Mongolian army continued to attack.
At this time, the guard on the city chopped down a Mongolian soldier who jumped onto the city. Then he grabbed the soldier beside him and said, "Quick, go to Luoyang to ask for reinforcements. He said that the Mongols were in a hurry to seize the border and asked the commander to send troops to support him." !”
"Here!" The soldier whose face was covered with blood immediately clasped his fists and then walked slowly down to the city.
Not long after, a horseman galloped out of the pass, leaving the fierce fighting in Guancheng behind, and galloped towards Luoyang.
The marshal of the Jin Kingdom in the west was Monk Chen. Heda was responsible for the defense of Xuzhou in the east, and he was responsible for the defense of Tongguan and Luoyang.
At this time in the marshal's residence, Monk Chen was frowning and looking at the map spread on the table. Suddenly a subordinate came in and saluted and reported, "Commander, General Tongguan has an urgent message!"
Monk Chen frowned and said quickly: "Bring the messenger to see me quickly!"
Not long after, the messenger soldiers came from Tongguan and were brought into the festival hall covered in blood. They bowed to Monk Chen and said anxiously: "I see the marshal for my humble position!"
Monk Chen was a little surprised when he saw his appearance, "How is the situation in Tongguan?"
"Reporting to the marshal, Kublai Khan's army is attacking Tongguan day and night. Now the situation in Guancheng is critical. General Wang implores the marshal to rescue Tongguan!" the messenger gasped.
Monk Chen was surprised. He did not expect that the Mongolian army would storm Tongguan.
He frowned and wondered, "Why did the Mongolian army storm Tongguan instead of attacking Kaifeng? Is it to contain me and prevent me from rescuing Kaifeng?"
Monk Chen had doubts about Mongolia's intentions, but Tongguan was the focus of the Guanhe defense line and must not be lost.
At this time, Monk Chen had already realized that Jin Jun's arrangement could go wrong and he would face a serious crisis, but it was too late to rearrange the arrangement at this time.
No matter what the intentions of the Mongolian army were, he had to rescue Tongguan, so he said to the messenger in a deep voice: "Go back and tell Wang Xu that I will immediately send troops to rescue Tongguan, and ask him to stick to the city and wait for reinforcements to arrive."
After saying that, Monk Chen immediately ordered the soldiers: "Send the order, let the Wujie Army pack up and reinforce Tongguan immediately!"
Monk Chen gave an order, and the 10,000 Wujie troops in Luoyang City gathered up a little and hurried to Tongguan.
Outside the city of Luoyang, several Mongolian spies watched the west city of Luoyang open up. The cavalry galloped to the west, and then the infantry ran out of the city. The leader immediately smiled and said: "Let's go back and report to the Khan that the Luoyang defenders have been transferred to Tongguan." .”
Several spies waited for the Jin soldiers to go west, then stood up from the trees, found the hidden horses, and headed north. Taking advantage of the cover of night, they crossed the river from Mengjin and went to Weizhou to report to Wokuotai.
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