A group of people entered the palace, Wanyan Shouxu sat on the throne, and the others took their seats according to their official rank.
At this time, the palace maid served everyone food and wine, and then left, Wanyan Shouxu invited everyone to eat and drink.
He first praised the results achieved by Zhao Tai and others in Xuzhou, exchanged a few words, and then went straight to the topic.
Wanyan Shouxu sighed before saying anything: "Zhao Aiqing, although you defeated the Eastern Mongolian army in Xuzhou, Wokuotai led his troops to besiege Luoyang. Once Luoyang falls, Kaifeng will be in danger!"
Yilapua took over the conversation, "Yes! If the Mongols occupy Luoyang, they will attack Kaifeng Yi, but it will be difficult for me, Dajin, to attack Luoyang. Zhao Guogong has always been resourceful. I wonder if there is a strategy to solve Luoyang's difficulties?"
Originally, the Jin Kingdom relied on Tongguan and the Yellow River to keep the Mongolian army out of the Central Plains. For most of the year, the Mongolian army was blocked by the Guanhe defense line. The Mongolian army could not enter the Central Plains. The Jin Kingdom had time to produce and could barely maintain its operations. .
Now that Tongguan has fallen and Luoyang has fallen, the Mongolian army can rely on the outside of the pass around Luoyang to withstand the Jin's counterattack. The Jin army cannot threaten the Mongolian army in Luoyang, but the Mongolian army can enter the eastern Henan Plain at any time to threaten the Jin. The rule of Jin Dynasty made the Jin Kingdom unable to produce.
As a result, the Jin Kingdom was constantly attacked and harassed by Mongolia, and could only sit back and eat nothing. It would collapse within a year.
Wanyan Shouxu knew that he could not command Zhao Tai now, so he asked in a consultative tone, "Yes! Ai Qing poisoned Tuo Lei before and used a divorce plan to force Wokuotai to retreat. This time, you will have a plan, and you can teach me."
Wanyan Shouxu put a big hat on him, and Zhao Tai asked in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I wonder what the situation is in Luoyang now?"
"This is Monk Chen's memorial. Ai Qing will know the situation in Luoyang after reading it!" Wanyan Shouxu waved his hand, and a chamberlain came over with a memorial and handed it to Zhao Tai.
Zhao Tai unfolded it and read it once, and then handed it to Wu Xian on the side. Both of them looked heavy.
Although Zhao Tai defeated the Mongolian army on the east route, Zhao Tai knew how hard it was.
Zhao Tai defended Shuanggou and suffered relatively small losses, but the reinforcements from Kaifeng and Wuxian's armed guards suffered heavy losses.
Now they have no replacement. The army's losses cannot be recovered in a short time, and it is almost impossible to compete with the more than 100,000 Mongolian troops under Luoyang City.
At this time, even if the Jin Kingdom came out in full force, it would be difficult to defeat more than 100,000 Mongolian troops in the wild, and the outcome could only be another disastrous defeat at Sanfeng Mountain.
Therefore, Zhao Tai had no choice when facing the situation on the Western Front.
Zhao Tai was silent for a moment and asked, "What does your Majesty mean?"
Wanyan Shouxu said: "Luoyang has failed, endangering the country. At this critical juncture, I hope Aiqing can find a way to rescue Luoyang and restore the Guanhe defense line!"
Zhao Tai and Wuxian looked at each other. Wanyan Shouxu's request was undoubtedly too much to impose, but Zhao Tai's previous reminder had an effect. He did not give the order directly and did not dare to force it. Instead, he spoke of the matter in a consultative tone.
Luoyang's gains and losses are very important to the Kingdom of Jin, and they are equally important to Zhao Tai.
After all, if the Jin army stays in Luoyang for one more day, Zhao Tai will have one more day to develop.
At this time, Zhao Tai pondered for a while and said: "Your Majesty, I cannot just sit back and watch the crisis in Luoyang. I must try to rescue him. However, the Mongolian army is powerful, and I think it will be very difficult to rescue Luoyang. Your Majesty still needs to do a good job." , preparations for the fall of Luoyang."
Wanyan Shouxu also knew the situation in Luoyang. He sent several reinforcements, but they were defeated by the Mongolian army before they could reach Zhengzhou.
Therefore, he knew the difficulty of rescuing Luoyang. He originally thought that Zhao Tai would not easily agree to the rescue, but listening to Zhao Tai's words, he knew that Zhao Tai had the intention to take action, but he was not sure enough.
Wanyan Shouxu said happily: "So, Aiqing is willing to send troops to rescue."
Zhao Tai did not answer directly, but suddenly asked: "Your Majesty, Dajin is in the northwest, does it still have a troop of troops?"
Wanyan Shouxu was stunned for a moment, obviously not very clear. Yilapua looked at Zhao Tai with some surprise, "There is indeed a group of troops on the Northwest Long Mountain, and they are still persisting in fighting against the Mongols."
Zhao Taidao: "Who is the commander of this army? How many troops are there? Can I contact them?"
Yili Puadao said: "In the past year, the connection between the imperial court and Longshang has been cut off by the Mongolian army. Most of the prefectures and counties in Guanzhong have surrendered to the Mongols. I originally thought that Longshang had also fallen, but I didn't expect that not long ago, the Tongyuan Army Jiedushi Guo Xiazou sent people to Kaifeng, and I learned that Dajin still had a force stationed in Huizhou and Gongzhou. According to Guo Xiazou's report, he should have more than 10,000 people on hand, waiting. Reinforcements from the imperial court.”
Guo Xiabao was a famous general who was as famous as Monk Chen in the last years of the Jin Kingdom. After the fall of the Jin Kingdom, he was still trapped in the isolated city. It took the Mongols three years to break the city.
Zhao Tai said in a deep voice: "More than 100,000 Mongolian troops are surrounding Luoyang to attack. Our army wants to directly relieve the siege. I think it is unrealistic. Now our army is fighting in the field and is not the main opponent of the Mongolian army. If we want to rescue the siege, we can only Let Mongolia retreat on its own. And to do this, I think there are only two ways."
Wanyan Shouxu said happily: "I know that Aiqing must have a strategy. Please tell me, Aiqing."
Zhao Taidao said: "The first way is to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao, attack the Mongolian army to save it, and force the Mongolian army to retreat. The second way is to cut off the enemy's food routes. More than 100,000 Mongolian troops gathered at the gate of Luoyang City, consuming tens of thousands every day, and the Mongolian army The way to obtain supplies, in addition to looting nearby, is to obtain supplies through Tongguan."
Wanyan Shouxu asked: "How to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao, and how to cut off the enemy's supply of food?"
Zhao Tai pondered: "It is difficult to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao, because there is currently no target for us to encircle and Mongolia must rescue. To do this, we must at least be able to threaten Zhongdu and Taiyuan and make a gesture of regaining the north in one fell swoop. But right now we The military power cannot do this."
What Zhao Tai said was the truth. It was precisely because of the lack of troops in the Jin Kingdom that there was a gap in the Guanhe defense line and the Mongols tore through the defense line.
With the current military strength of the Jin Kingdom, it is definitely impossible to carry out the strategy of surrounding Wei and rescuing Zhao.
Wanyan Shouxu nodded heavily, "Zhongdu and Taiyuan are both in Taiyuan. It is indeed difficult for us to pose a threat to them."
Zhao Taidao: "So, now we can only try to contact Guo Xiabao and ask him to abandon the western prefectures and counties, enter the Guanzhong area, harass the Mongolian army's food routes, threaten the Mongolian army's logistics, and force Wo Kuotai to divide his troops for encirclement and suppression. In Wo Kuotai After the Kuotai troops are divided, we can try our best to save Luoyang if we can relieve the siege. If we are not strong enough to relieve the siege, I think we need to change our strategy and let Monk Chen lead his troops to break through. Try to save as many troops as possible to prepare for the Mongolian army's attack on Kaifeng. Invasion."
Wanyan Shouxu pondered for a while, he thought about Zhao Tai's plan, and could only accept it, so he said to Yi La Pu'a: "Prime Minister, you try to contact Guo Xiabao and let him enter the military pass to threaten the food route of Wokuotai. "
