When Zhao Tai entered the government office, it was a mess. Although the bodies on the ground had been cleaned up, blood stains could still be seen everywhere.
There were 20,000 Mongolian troops in Zhengzhou, but there were only 40,000 Jin soldiers attacking the city, many of whom were new soldiers who were less than a year old.
Under normal circumstances, the Jin soldiers would definitely not be able to capture Zhengzhou, but Zhao Tai used surprise and captured the city of Zhengzhou in less than half a day.
Wuxian and others admired Zhao Tai, and those ordinary golden soldiers were even more interested in Zhao Tai.
Now as long as Zhao Tai is in the army, they will not be afraid even if they encounter the main force of the Mongolian army.
After all, Zhuge Liang borrows the east wind, and Zhao Xianggong borrows the divine thunder. Following Zhao Xianggong, he will definitely be invincible.
Zhao Tai waved his hand, "Now that the city has been captured, we will immediately inventory the supplies, and then attack Hulao with troops to put pressure on Wokuotai!"
Wu Xian smiled and said: "If Wo Kuotai learns how Zhengzhou fell, I am afraid he will not be able to feel at ease and attack Luoyang."
Zhao Taidao: "I just want to put pressure on Wo Kuotai. After I arrive in Hulao, if I perform another performance, the Hulao defenders will definitely ask for Wo Kuotai's help. By then, the Luoyang defenders will have the conditions to break out!"
At this time, several people were talking, and a general ran over with joy on his face. He saw Zhao Tai and Wuxian, and hurriedly came over to report: "My lord, my brothers found tens of thousands of war horses in the city!"
Zhao Tai raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and couldn't hide the joy on his face, "Tens of thousands of war horses! Where are they?"
In the Battle of Xuzhou, nearly 50,000 Mongolian troops were annihilated. However, the Mongolian troops on the east route were mainly infantry and only had 10,000 cavalry.
Although Zhao Tai won, he did not capture many horses.
The battle was so fierce that both the Mongolian cavalry and the Jin cavalry suffered heavy losses. In addition, after the Mongolian army was defeated, the cavalry fled quickly. In total, only more than 3,000 horses were captured, which was not enough to make up for the losses of the Jin cavalry.
Now that they heard that there were tens of thousands of war horses in the city, Zhao Tai and Wuxian both looked happy.
"In Dongcheng! Locked in a stable!" said the general.
Zhao Tai looked at Wu Xian and invited: "Have a look!"
At that moment, a group of people left the state government office and came to Dongcheng District. They found that the so-called stables were people's houses.
After the Mongols occupied Zhengzhou, they seized the people's houses and used them as barracks and horse stables. Countless people in the city froze to death.
Zhao Tai and others randomly entered a house and saw dozens of war horses tied up in the yard.
Wuxian said: "The defenders of Zhengzhou were defeated so quickly that many soldiers fled out of the city in a hurry before they had time to move their horses. With so many war horses, the harvest in this battle was huge!"
The Jin army used thunder to break down the psychological defense of the Mongolian army. The defenders collapsed in an instant. The Jin soldiers who entered the city chased them. The Mongolian army had no time to lead their horses, so they were either killed, captured, or driven away. Out of the city.
Zhengzhou is located in the plains. There are 20,000 Mongolian troops responsible for attacking the Jin army's reinforcements and blocking the Jin army's westward advance. Half of them are cavalry.
Now that the Zhengzhou defenders were in disarray, all the Mongolian cavalry horses took advantage of Zhao Tai.
Fighting against the Mongols was impossible without cavalry. Zhao Tai used smuggling to buy war horses from Li Fen. After several months, he only received a thousand horses.
Now that he has captured 10,000 horses, even after they are divided, he can form a sizable cavalry force.
Zhao Tai stroked the war horses happily and said, "With this batch of war horses, we will have more confidence to march into Hulao."
When fighting on the plains, they were most afraid of encountering cavalry. The Jin army went to Hulao Pass, which was too far from Kaifeng. If the battle went unfavorably, it would be a death march for the infantry to retreat.
If it is cavalry, it is different. If the battle situation is unfavorable, they can retreat calmly.
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Guanzhong.
When Zhao Tai attacked Zhengzhou, Guo Xiabao, the military commander of the Tongyuan Army, decided to abandon Huizhou after receiving the order from the Jin court.
At this time, the entire Guanzhong area had fallen. Guo Xiabao considered that under such circumstances, it would be impossible for him to lead more than 10,000 men through the Guanzhong area controlled by the Mongolian army and enter Henan to join the main force of the Jin army.
So he only selected a thousand elite soldiers from the army, and each man was equipped with two war horses and a mule. The war horses were used for fighting and the mules were used for carrying rations. Then he left Longshang and entered the Guanzhong area.
This day in Fengxiang territory, at the foot of Qishan Mountain, near an official road, a group of Tongyuan Army scouts were resting and eating dry food in the woods not far from the road.
After Guo Xiazou received the order, he did not bring his main force and left one general to guard Huizhou. He selected a thousand elite cavalry. After entering Guanzhong, he did not rush to Henan, but followed the requirements of the Jin Dynasty court. , harassing the rear of the Mongolian army.
Wokuotai led more than 100,000 Mongolian troops to attack Henan. In winter, the horses had no grass to eat, and the Mongolian troops could not drink mare's milk every day. They needed a steady supply of food and grass.
As the area closest to the battlefield, Guanzhong is naturally responsible for supplying food and fodder to the army.
After Guo Xiabao entered Guanzhong, the entire army disguised itself as Mongolian cavalry, wandered among states and counties, and had attacked many Mongolian army transport convoys.
Relying on the mobility of the cavalry, he committed crimes on the move. Once he was done, he immediately moved. He also chose the location where he was stationed at the junction of the two states. He was so elusive that the Mongolian army had no clue.
The number of scouts in the woods is small, only six people. Their task is to monitor the official roads and look for Mongolian transport teams. There are more than ten teams of scouts like them, scattered in Fengxiang, Qianzhou and other places, providing Guo Xiabao, who is hiding deep in Qishan Mountain, provides news.
The Mongolian transport team is slow, and the Guo Xia Toad's thousand cavalry are flexible. As long as they are discovered, they can catch up and annihilate them.
The team was resting in the woods. Suddenly, a soldier who was on guard outside ran back and said, "Boss, the enemy transport team has been found!"
The scouts in the woods immediately stood up, and the leading scout asked: "How many vehicles are there, and are there unmanned escorts?"
The soldier replied: "There are hundreds of carts, the civilians transporting them, and the escorting troops, there are probably nearly a thousand people."
The leading scout immediately waved his hand, "Everyone, just follow me and take a look."
At that moment, everyone came out of the woods and hid behind the trees. Not long after, a huge convoy appeared on the official road, with hundreds of carts, loaded with food, walking slowly on the road.
More than 100,000 Mongolian troops besieged Luoyang, and the daily consumption was an astronomical figure. Xi'an's treasury had long been emptied, and now they could only collect grain and grass from the prefectures and counties in Guanzhong and transport it to Luoyang.
The Tongyuan Army scouts lay on the ground and observed for a while. The leader of the scouts then ordered: "Sun Liuzi, you take a brother back to report, and I will continue to follow the convoy."
The subordinate who was named nodded, "Boss, be careful not to be discovered by the Mongolian army."
"Stop talking nonsense!" The scout leader waved his hand, "Go back quickly and bring the commander here as soon as possible."
Seeing this, Sun Liuzi immediately patted a scout on the shoulder, and the two quietly retreated into the forest, then took out their horses and galloped towards Qishan Mountain.
The scout leader left marks along the way and followed the transport team to monitor their movements.
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