Wo Kuotai suspected that he had heard wrongly.
The city of Zhengzhou was fortified, the city was well-equipped with troops, and it was defended by the general Guo Dehai who was good at defense. How could it be possible for a mere 40,000 gold soldiers to capture Zhengzhou so quickly?
You know, he had more than 100,000 troops and attacked Luoyang, which was guarded by 20,000 people. However, he fought for more than a month and suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, but he still failed to capture Luoyang.
Therefore, psychologically, Wo Kuotai could not accept that Zhao Tai won Zhengzhou before him, because if he accepted it, it would mean that he was inferior to Zhao Tai!
"This is impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Wo Kuotai laughed suddenly and did not want to believe it, "There must be a conspiracy among the gold thieves!"
"Great Khan, the enemy's main force has all pressed to Hulao Pass. Zhengzhou has not been captured. How dare they press the entire army to the front line of Hulao Pass?" The visitor was very ignorant.
The corner of Wokuotai's mouth twitched, and he had three expressions in one second, and his expression was very exciting.
At this time, Kublai Khan came over and said, "Great Khan, the soldiers are ready. We just wait for the Great Khan to boost their morale and then launch the attack!"
Wokuotai said with a gloomy face, "Give me the order to suspend the attack and summon officers from more than 10,000 households to the camp to discuss the military situation!"
Kublai Khan was shocked when he heard this. The army was ready, but why did it suddenly stop.
Wokuotai didn't give him a chance to ask. He turned around and raised the curtain again, returning to the sweat tent.
Not long after, a group of Mongolian generals entered the tent one after another. They saw Ogedai sitting on the sweat seat with a dark face. They were all confused, but they did not dare to ask.
Recently, Wo Kuotai was in a bad mood. The East Route Army was destroyed, Kuo Duan was killed, and the Guanzhong grain transport team was harassed by the Jin army, which made him moody and extremely irritable.
Everyone gathered in the big tent, but there was no sound, and the atmosphere was a bit heavy. General Boluantai saw this and asked: "Khan, what happened? Why did you suddenly stop the attack?"
In the battle of Sanfeng Mountain last year, Tuo Lei had already eliminated the main force of the Jin Army.
Therefore, Wokuotai and many Mongolian nobles thought that the attack on gold would be relatively easy this time, but they did not expect that the Mongolian army, apart from its remarkable strategy of capturing Tongguan, would be quite ugly in other aspects.
The East Route Army was defeated, the Guanzhong grain road was attacked, and now Zhengzhou may have been lost. Wo Kuotai was extremely depressed.
As the commander-in-chief of the Mongolian army, Wokuotai's face was disgraced when the battle was so ugly.
He had a gloomy face and said in a deep voice: "Subotai sent news that the main force of the Jin army has arrived outside Hulao Pass."
Many Mongolian generals in the tent were slightly stunned when they heard this and did not react for a while.
Kublai Khan's eyes suddenly widened and he exclaimed: "Where did Zhengzhou fall?"
As soon as he said this, everyone in the room was shocked, and everyone showed an expression of disbelief.
If Zhengzhou was still in the hands of the Mongolian army, it would be impossible for the main force of the Jin army to bypass Zhengzhou and reach Hulao Pass.
Now that the main force of the Jin army appears in Hulao Pass, Zhengzhou is likely to be in trouble.
This made everyone present unable to calm down. They couldn't believe that the Jin Army was able to break through Zhengzhou before them.
Seeing this, Wokuotai said in a deep voice: "There is no definite news about Zhengzhou yet, and it is not certain that Zhengzhou has really fallen. Zhao Tai is good at using tricks. Maybe he used some strategy to trap the Zhengzhou defenders."
Everyone present was unwilling to believe it. After all, it had only been a few days, not even half a month. How could the Jin Army storm and capture Zhengzhou.
Therefore, many people agreed with Ogodei's point of view. Kublai Khan said in a deep voice: "Great Khan, we must send scouts to find out the situation in Zhengzhou as soon as possible."
As soon as he finished speaking, the tent curtain was raised, and a general came in to report, "Great Khan, Guo Dehai sent a messenger over to report urgent military information!"
After Zhao Tai captured Zhengzhou, there was a delay in clearing the battlefield and distributing the spoils. Therefore, Guo Dehai's messenger, who had escaped across the Yellow River, arrived in Luoyang almost at the same time as the news that Zhao Tai's troops were approaching Hulao Pass.
When Wo Kuotai heard that it was the messenger sent by Guo Dehai, his face suddenly showed joy, and he immediately said: "Bring the people in quickly. Guo Dehai's messenger should be able to answer my questions for this Khan."
Not long after, a member of the Hundred Households was brought into the big tent. When he saw the generals gathered in the tent, he felt a little timid. He lowered his head and walked to the tent and knelt down, "Your Majesty, Wang Chengzhi of the Hundred Households under the command of the Right Supervisor Army has been ordered to deliver a gift to the Great Khan. Come for urgent military information."
After finishing speaking, he took out a letter from his chest, and Wo Kuotai's bodyguard immediately stepped forward to take it and forward it to Wo Kuotai.
At this time, Wo Kuotai couldn't wait to tear open the wax seal, and then opened it to look at it. He just took one look and became furious instantly, "This is unreasonable. Guo Dehai is such a urchin, how dare he deceive me like this!"
The Mongolian nobles in the tent looked at each other, not understanding what was happening.
Kublai Khan stepped forward, picked up the letter that was crumpled into a ball on the bed and thrown on the ground. Several Mongolian nobles also gathered around, and they all immediately showed incredulous expressions.
Guo Dehai truthfully reported to Wokuotai the story of the fall of Zhengzhou, and attributed the cause of the fall to Zhao Tai's sorcery, which was able to summon divine thunder to attack the city, causing the defenders to panic and be defeated by the Jin army.
He reported truthfully, but in the eyes of Wo Kuotai and others, it was completely off the mark.
Although Mongolians are also superstitious, Wokuotai and others obviously cannot believe that Zhao Tai knows sorcery.
Kublai Khan read the letter and said, "Most of the content in this letter was made up by Guo Dehai for fear of being held accountable, but it seems that Zhengzhou was indeed lost. Now that the main force of the Jin army is approaching Hulao Pass, we should consider continuing to attack Luoyang. It’s better to send troops to reinforce Hulao Pass!”
After Wokuotai was angry, he supported his forehead with one hand. He was silent for a long time before accepting the fact that Zhengzhou was lost.
At this time, Wokuotai tried his best to calm down. Everyone knew that he was thinking, so they all held their breath and concentrated.
After a while, Wo Kuotai said: "Hulao Pass is guarded by Subutai and 25,000 troops, and it will definitely be able to withstand the main force of the Jin Army. Luoyang has been beaten to the last breath by Ben Khan. Let's take it first. Go down to Luoyang and then march eastward."
Wokuotai knew that all the actions of the Jin army were to rescue Luoyang.
The continuous defeats made Wo Kuotai just want to end the war as soon as possible. He decided to take Luoyang first to avoid long nights and dreams.
Now that Wokuotai had decided, each general immediately went out of his tent and returned to his position. As they returned to their positions, the Mongolian army waiting for military orders under the city immediately launched a fierce attack on Luoyang.
Wokuotai put on his helmet, held his sword, and personally supervised the battle on horseback. He ordered all the troops to capture Luoyang.
For a time, arrows were intertwined up and down the city wall, the sound of killing was loud, and the Mongolian soldiers were like ants all over the city.
At this time, when the battle was raging, another group of cavalry came galloping over from Hulao Pass. They learned that Wo Kuotai was supervising the battle in the Chinese army. The leading cavalry galloped directly to the Chinese army, dismounted, knelt down and reported in panic, "Big Khan, Hulao Pass is in danger, and the Jin army knows sorcery and summons divine thunder to bombard the pass. Marshal Subotai asked his ministers to come over and ask for help from the Great Khan."
Wokuotai was commanding the Mongolian army to attack the city. His face was full of astonishment when he heard this. He could not believe Guo Dehai's words, but he had to believe what Subutai said.
For a moment, Wo Kuotai was terrified, "Could it be that Zhao Tai really knows sorcery? This is absolutely impossible!"
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