Guo Xiabao led the cavalry and rushed over. The civilians and troops escorting the grain dispersed in a hurry.
The Tongyuan Army cavalry chased them for a while. When they saw them running back into the woods, they stopped chasing and returned their horses to the grain cart.
Guo Toad stabbed the sack with a horse spear, and the food inside immediately flowed out. He immediately ordered: "Take away as much as you can! If you can't take away, destroy it all!"
At that moment, a group of soldiers dismounted, put grain bags on their horses, pushed the vehicles together, lit a big fire, and rode away.
It was long after the cavalry left that Zhou Haicheng, who had escaped, led the garrison from Fufeng County and rushed over. Only the burning vehicles and food were seen, and the Tongyuan Army was no longer visible.
A few days later, the news that Fengxiang's grain transport team had been robbed reached Xi'an, and the Meng general who was guarding Xi'an, Suhuncha, became furious when he heard the news.
In just half a month, many transportation teams were robbed. Han warlords in various states and counties delayed the transportation of grain to Xi'an on the grounds that they were afraid of being attacked by toads. As a result, only half of the grain transportation teams that were supposed to arrive in Xi'an arrived.
Seeing this, Suhun wanted to encircle and suppress Guo Xiabao, but the prefectures and counties that had just surrendered to Mongolia were reluctant to contribute, and the Mongolian troops in Xi'an were not strong enough, so he could only ask Wokuotai for support.
…
Outside Luoyang City, inside the Mongolian army camp.
After Wokuotai learned that the main force of the Jin army was advancing westward with the intention of eating the Zhengzhou defenders, he immediately sent Subotai to lead an army of 20,000 to Hulao Pass.
He urged the Mongolian tribes under Luoyang City to storm Luoyang, intending to capture Luoyang first before the Jin army captured Zhengzhou, and then march eastward to defeat the main force of the Jin army and determine the outcome in one battle.
Wokuotai was full of confidence in taking Luoyang before the Jin army captured Zhengzhou, and many Mongolian princes and nobles had no doubts.
Without it, the Mongolian army had been besieging Luoyang for more than a month, but the Jin soldiers had just arrived at the gates of Zhengzhou.
In addition, nearly 100,000 Mongolian troops on the Luoyang side besieged 20,000 golden soldiers, while 40,000 golden soldiers on the Zhengzhou side attacked Zhengzhou, which was guarded by 20,000 elite Mongolian troops.
From this point of view, the Mongolian army has obvious advantages, and time is on the side of the Mongolian army.
However, just when Wokuotai was confidently besieging Luoyang, an unpleasant and annoying thing made him distressed.
At this time, in the Mongolian army's tent, Wo Kuotai was furious, "Why are you only sending this little food?"
"Great Khan, calm down!" The grain escort who came from Xi'an knelt on the ground and explained quickly: "The remnant of the Jin Army in Guanlong, Guo Xia Tou, attacked our grain transport team everywhere, causing many batches of grain and grass to be robbed, so that's why Only these are shipped.”
"Guo Xiadou?" Wo Kuotai frowned.
Kublai Khan had been stationed in Xi'an for a period of time. After listening to the grain escort's words, he wondered: "Isn't the Guo shrimp entrenched in Longshang? Why did it suddenly enter Guanzhong to rob grain?"
Wo Kuotai clenched his fists and quickly realized what he was doing. He gritted his teeth and said, "This must be part of Zhao Tai's plan to rescue Luoyang! He should have been ordered by the Jin Dynasty court, so he left Longshang, robbed food everywhere, and harassed the local people. Khan’s food path.”
Kublai Khan frowned, "This Zhao Tai is really full of tricks. His move made us very passive!"
Wokuotai had a dark face. He had more than 100,000 troops, and most of his supplies could only be provided by Guanzhong.
Now the Jin soldiers are disturbing the grain roads, resulting in insufficient supply for the army. The grain supply must be solved before they can attack Luoyang with peace of mind.
"Zhao Tai is forcing me to divide his troops to capture Guo Xiatu, so that I can't attack Luoyang with all my strength!" Wo Kuotai gritted his teeth. He suddenly realized that Zhao Tai was the most difficult person he had ever encountered since his conquest. opponent.
Kublai Khan said in a deep voice: "There is nothing we can do about it. After all, by maintaining the supply of food and grass, the army can attack Luoyang with peace of mind and march eastward to fight the decisive battle with the Jin army!"
Wokuotai looked at the kneeling Aoliangguan, "How many men and horses does Guo Xia Toad have?"
"Reporting to the Great Khan, there are about a thousand people, but they are all cavalry and come and go without a trace. The troops stationed in various states and counties are mainly infantry, so it is difficult to deal with them!" the grain officer reported.
When Wokuotai heard that there were only a thousand people, he sneered and said, "Send the order and send five thousand cavalry back to Guanzhong to kill this golden army for me!"
…
After Zhengzhou was captured, Guo Dehai could only escape with more than ten horses. He fled all the way north to Weizhou. After making sure that Zhao Tai did not send troops to pursue him, he stopped and settled in Weizhou.
When the Weizhou garrison saw Guo Dehai running back in embarrassment, he immediately asked the reason. The defeated soldiers told the story of the fall of Zhengzhou, which made the Weizhou garrison stunned for a moment.
They had no personal experience, so they naturally did not believe the words of the defeated soldiers. They only thought that Guo Dehai was evading responsibility and talking nonsense.
Seeing that the Weizhou defenders did not believe it, Guo Dehai had no choice but to do so. Although the incident was indeed unbelievable, he still recorded it truthfully and sent a quick horse to report to Luoyang.
After Zhao Tai captured Zhengzhou, he counted the seizures. In addition to tens of thousands of war horses, he also seized a lot of weapons, money and food.
Zhao Tai made the most of his contribution in this battle. He did his part and won the bulk of the capture.
Regarding the captured money, grain and ordnance, Zhao Tai generously distributed 10,000 war horses to various branches of the Jin army, while Zhao Tai had 8,000 horses for himself and only gave 2,000 horses to Wuxian.
The various departments of the Jin Army had no objections to this distribution. After all, Zhao Tai blew down the city wall and bombarded the city with thunder, which caused the defenders to collapse quickly. They received a large amount of money, food and ordnance without any effort. Not only did they feel unhappy Objection, but a little embarrassed.
After Zhao Tai captured Zhengzhou, he quickly made a distribution of the captured troops, and then led the army to continue to advance westward in a mighty manner.
On the way to the march, Zhao Tai distributed 8,000 war horses and asked the soldiers to practice riding while marching.
Zhao Tai did not ask them to quickly grow into cavalry capable of charging and killing. He only hoped that they could escape on horseback when the battle was unfavorable.
Under the Hulao Pass, Subotai was commanding the army and stormed the Jin army camp. The two sides were engaged in a fierce battle under the pass.
The Mongolian army was divided into three parts. One part rushed towards the low wall in the front, and the other two parts attacked the hills on the left and right flanks.
At this time, when the battle was raging, the Mongolian troops on the city wall suddenly exclaimed, "Marshal, look!"
Subotai looked up and saw yellow dust billowing from behind the Jin army's camp, flags covering the sky, and a large number of troops rolling in.
This shocked Subotai and the generals in the city, their faces full of astonishment. Subotai said in astonishment: "What's going on? Could it be that Zhengzhou has fallen? How come there are so many golden soldiers coming?"
There was a commotion among the Mongolian troops in the city. They had rich combat experience and could roughly tell how many troops were coming with just one glance.
Subotai roughly estimated that the size of the Jin army was at least 40,000, which was exactly the number of Jin troops besieging Zhengzhou. Seeing that this Jin army actually came to Hulao Pass, the Mongolian army who closed the gate was suddenly shocked.
