Wanyan Shouxu had just fallen asleep when he was gently pushed awake by his beloved concubine, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"
"Is it dawn?" Wanyan Shouxu half-opened his eyes tiredly, feeling as if he hadn't slept for long.
"Your Majesty, someone outside said there is an urgent military report!" the concubine said quickly.
Hearing that it was an emergency military situation, Wanyan Shouxu suddenly woke up and sat up from the bed, "Where are the Mongolian troops going to Kaifeng?"
The concubine shook her head. Outside, Yi La Pu'a heard the movement inside and quickly reported: "Your Majesty, I have a military report. It is extremely urgent."
Wanyan Shouxu quickly asked his concubine to help him put on his clothes, then got off the bed, put on his shoes and left the palace, "Come here and report."
Yi La Pu'a hurried in, and the eunuch brought a brazier and placed it beside the two of them.
Wanyan Shouxu didn't take Pu'a to salute, so he asked first, "What's going on? Is the Mongolian army coming to Kaifeng?"
The Jin State deployed heavy troops in Kaifeng, just waiting for the Mongolian army to attack, but Wokuotai stationed troops to defend the state and stood still.
This put Wanyan Shouxu under great pressure. Every day he speculated about the Mongolian army's intentions and worried about the Mongolian army attacking elsewhere.
After all, the Jin Kingdom did not have enough troops. It focused on defending Kaifeng, and there were not enough troops in other places.
Therefore, as long as the Mongolian army does not move, Wanyan Shouxu's heart will not fall to the ground.
There was a hint of panic on Yila Pu'a's face, "Your Majesty, Wo Kuotai didn't come to Kaifeng, they went to Zhengzhou and Hulao Pass."
Wanyan Shouxu was stunned for a moment, "Going to Zhengzhou and Hulao Pass? What are they going to do?"
Just as Yi Lapua was about to reply, Wanyan Shouxu reacted as if he was struck by thunder.
Suddenly, he put a hand on his forehead and his body was shaking. Fortunately, Ua was quick and rushed forward to hold him up.
"Your Majesty, you are the pillar of Daikin, you must hold on!" Yilapua advised.
The Mongolian army did not rush to Kaifeng, but to Zhengzhou and Hulao Pass. The intention was very obvious, which was to break Hulao Pass, occupy Luoyang, and march east and west with the Mongolian army in the pass to seize Tongguan and open the channel for the Mongolian army to enter the Central Plains. , tearing apart the Jin Kingdom's Guanhe defense line.
In recent years, the Jin Kingdom's ability to compete with Mongolia depended entirely on this Guanhe defense line.
If the Mongolian army occupied Luoyang and Tongguan and opened a hole in the Guanhe defense line, the Jin Kingdom would not be able to defend Henan and could enter the countdown to its demise.
Pu'a helped Wanyan Shouxu to the chair and sat down, "Your Majesty, Luoyang is guarded by Monk Chen. The Mongols' intentions may not be achieved. If we adjust our deployment now, there may be a turn for the better!"
Wanyan Shouxu raised his head and glanced at him, "Can Monk Chen hold on?"
The Kingdom of Jin deployed the largest number of troops in Kaifeng, followed by Xuzhou on the eastern front, and Luoyang on the western front.
This is because the terrain in the west is easier to defend than the east, and it is not as flat as the east.
After Mongolia failed to attack Tongguan several times before, the main direction of Mongolia's attack moved to the north and east. Therefore, when the Jin Kingdom had insufficient troops, the west had the least defensive troops.
However, although there are fewer troops in the west, it is more than enough to block the attack from Guanzhong.
But now, in addition to guarding Tongguan, Monk Chen also had to guard Luoyang. Being attacked by the Mongolian army from both sides, the situation became dangerous.
Yi Lapua was unsure, but at this time, he could only say: "Your Majesty, Monk Chen has repeatedly defeated the Mongolian army, so there should be no problem! If we can reinforce in time, we may be able to turn the danger into safety!"
Wanyan Shouxu managed to calm down, "That's right! We must try to reinforce Monk Chen, otherwise if Tongguan and Luoyang are lost, the great wealth will be gone!"
Yila Puadao: "It's all my fault that I didn't think well, which allowed the Mongols to take advantage of the loophole!"
Wanyan Shouxu shook his head in pain, "I can't blame you! We have few soldiers. No matter how we arrange it, there will always be loopholes!"
Wokuotai's plan can actually be said to be a conspiracy. Since the Jin Kingdom has insufficient troops, the Jin Kingdom can only protect Kaifeng first.
If the Jin Kingdom deployed its troops in Luoyang, the Mongolian army would directly besiege Kaifeng, or open a gap from other weak points.
Wanyan Shouxu knew that this was due to insufficient troops and the loss of all elites. No matter how he defended, there would be loopholes in the Guanhe defense line.
Both the monarch and his ministers sighed, knowing that they were destined to have no sleep tonight. They discussed all night long how to support Monk Chen and reverse the situation.
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As for the Jin Kingdom, the first person to realize that the Mongols' target was not Kaifeng was probably Monk Chen.
At the beginning, the Jin Kingdom judged that the Mongolian troops on the east route were approaching Xuzhou, the troops on the north route were garrisoning in the state, and the troops on the west route were attacking Tongguan. The goal of the Mongolian troops on the east route was to seize Xuzhou and cut off the Southern Song Dynasty's rescue route to Kaifeng. The goal is to attack Tongguan to contain the Jin army on the western front so that they cannot reinforce Kaifeng, while the Mongolian army on the northern route plans to capture Kaifeng and destroy the Jin Kingdom.
Monk Chen discovered something was wrong because he heard that the main force of the Mongolian army stationed in Weizhou was standing still, while the Western Mongolian army, which was responsible for the feint attack and containment task, launched a fierce attack on Tongguan.
Monk Chen felt that as long as the Western Mongolian Army was stationed outside Tongguan and acted casually as a feint attack, he would not dare to move lightly. However, the Western Mongolian Army did not care about casualties and launched a fierce attack.
This made Monk Chen suspicious, thinking that the Mongolian army wanted to attack Kaifeng on the surface, but actually wanted to attack itself.
This made Monk Chen immediately realize that his situation was very dangerous. After he sent another 10,000 gold soldiers to reinforce Tongguan, he immediately led more than a hundred fine cavalry to Hulao Pass.
After Wokuotai learned that the Luoyang defenders had gone to reinforce Tongguan, he immediately raised his troops and marched all the way to Zhengzhou and all the way to Hulao Pass.
The Mongolian general Subutai led 10,000 Mongolian cavalry as the vanguard of the army and galloped to Hulao Pass.
More than ten thousand Mongolian cavalry suddenly arrived, causing the garrison to sound the alarm immediately, and the garrison soldiers hurried to the city to guard.
At this time, Su Butai reined in his horse and looked at Guancheng five hundred steps away. He found that there were only a few soldiers on the wall. He couldn't help but raise his whip and shouted: "Get off your horse and prepare siege equipment quickly. While there are not many defenders in Guancheng, Take this pass for me."
At the order, the Mongolian cavalry immediately dismounted and began to cut down trees and carry them back to the city to build siege equipment.
At this time, Monk Chen stood on the city wall, glanced at the busy Mongolian army below the city, couldn't help but snorted, and hurriedly got off the city wall, and then got on his horse.
In Guancheng, there are more than a hundred Jin Army heavy cavalry with only two eyes exposed. They are in a group of four, connected with each other by iron chains. They have formed a formation inside the pass. Behind the cavalry , nearly a thousand infantry ready to harvest heads.
At this time, the door suddenly opened. The Mongolians were unprepared. Monk Chen shouted, "Kill!"
After speaking, he led more than a hundred heavy cavalry, rushed out of Guancheng, and launched an earth-shaking attack on the Mongols.
The Mongolians were busy making equipment and did not expect that the golden soldiers would rush out. In panic, they were killed by Monk Chen and retreated for twenty miles.
The heavy cavalry of the Jin army did not pursue the Mongolian army. After breaking up the Mongolian army in front of the pass, they burned the equipment they had just made and hurriedly withdrew into the pass.
Monk Chen was the first person in the Jin Kingdom to realize Mongolia's strategic goals. At the same time, Zhao Tai from Suining County also saw the problem almost at the same time.
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