It's night, the fourth watch, when people are asleep.
In Hulao Pass, three hundred elite Mongolian troops quietly left the city and approached the Jin Army's artillery group a few hundred steps away.
At this time, the Mongolian troops who had left the customs were lying on the ground. The leading general waved his hand, and several soldiers stepped forward to move the obstacles in front of them.
The Mongolian soldiers were very cautious and found that the Jin army had tied bells on the Juma and the antlers. They first carefully took off the bells, and then gently moved away the Juma stakes.
The leading general was getting up happily and was about to lead his subordinates to touch it when a dog barked, breaking the peace in the night.
"Who!" In the darkness, the Jin Army's sentry immediately shouted angrily.
The Mongolian army responsible for the sneak attack saw that they were discovered by the Jin army, and immediately roared: "Come for me!"
In an instant, the sneak attack turned into a violent attack. Several hundred Mongolian soldiers jumped up from the ground and rushed towards the Jin Army's artillery group.
The shouting of killing alerted the sleeping Jin Army camp. Zhao Tai stood up quickly, picked up the hanging sword and went out of the tent, "What's going on?"
The guard quickly said: "It seems to be a sneak attack by the Mongolian army!"
The location of the Jin army's camp was not easy for the Mongolian army to make a sneak attack. Due to terrain restrictions, the Mongolian army could only sneak attack the front of the camp, which was easily defended by the Jin army.
Zhao Tai narrowed his eyes and hurriedly climbed to a higher place. When he saw a fierce battle in the direction of the artillery group, he fell into deep thought.
The sneak attack by the Mongolian army did not last long. As the Jin army reacted, the Mongolian army that left the city quickly withdrew into the pass.
On Guancheng, Wokuotai stayed up all night, waiting for the result of the Mongolian army's sneak attack.
At this time, the Mongolian troops who had withdrawn into the pass had just returned. Before they had time to take a breath, they were led to Wokuotai.
Wokuotai stood up immediately and asked urgently: "Can I get the divine thunder?"
"Reporting to the Great Khan, we were discovered by the Jin army just as we were preparing for a sneak attack." General Meng reported in annoyance, "The Jin people are extremely cunning. They not only tied bells on the obstacles, but also raised yellow dogs in the artillery group. We had just approached, He was discovered by the dog.”
The muscles in the corners of Wo Guotai's mouth twitched, and he secretly cursed Zhao Tai for his many tricks, such as marching and fighting, and even raising dogs. However, these were not the focus of his concern, so he asked clearly: "Where is the divine thunder?"
General Meng said quickly: "I led my men to break into the artillery group, but only found the trebuchets, not the divine thunder. I don't know if they heard the noise and moved the divine thunder, or if they didn't put it in the artillery array at all."
After hearing this, Wokuotai walked back to his seat and sat down. He estimated that Zhao Tai did not put the divine thunder in the artillery group at all, so he couldn't help but sigh, "Zhao Tai, my son, you have thought so carefully. You are really the enemy of this Khan for life."
At this time, the Mongolian army was repulsed, but it was still dark.
Zhao Tai was no longer sleepy, so he washed and dressed and went to Yilapu'a's handsome tent.
Not long after, the tent curtain was raised and Wu Xian entered the tent. Yi Lapua immediately asked, "Mr. Hengshang, how is the situation?"
Wu Xian said solemnly: "The Mongolian army intended to raid the artillery group, but the brothers discovered it and asked me to command the soldiers to repel it."
Zhao Tai asked: "What's the loss?"
Wu Xiandao: "A few trebuchets were destroyed, but nothing else happened. I think the Mongolian army came mostly for the Thunder Thunder, but fortunately Guorui was prepared and packed all the Thunder Thunder in boxes at night. Transport it back to camp and preserve it.”
Zhentian Lei is Zhao Tai's secret weapon. Although its principle is simple and easy to imitate, sometimes the opponent cannot even imagine it and can't make it without getting the actual object and taking a quick look at it.
At present, Zhentian Lei is undoubtedly a secret for Zhao Tai. In order to prevent leakage, he has taken strong confidentiality measures. Except for a group of people designated by the Zhongyi Army, no one is allowed to contact Zhentian Lei without authorization.
Because after being used during the day, Zhentian Lei needed to be packed, packed, and stored in storage, so the Mongols wereted no time.
But despite this, Zhao Tai still had a heavy expression on his face. He looked at the people in the tent and said again: "Prime Minister, we must evacuate as soon as possible."
Yi Lapua was a little surprised, "Guorui, this is just a small raid by the Mongolian army. It has been repulsed and did not cause much loss to us. Is it necessary to retreat in a hurry?"
Heda frowned, "Didn't Guorui promise yesterday that he would lead his army to retreat after definite news came from Luoyang?"
Zhao Tai said in a deep voice: "The Mongolian army dared to leave the border at night and sneak attack the artillery group, which shows that they are no longer afraid of the thunder. They have realized that this is just a new weapon. How much strength we have, everyone must be aware of it." It is clear that without the deterrence brought by ghosts and gods, Mongolia will not just retreat to defend within the pass, they will definitely plan how to annihilate us."
The Jin army captured Zhengzhou and suppressed the Hulao Pass defenders in the pass. To a large extent, they relied on the mystery of Zhentian Lei, which caused huge psychological pressure on Mongolia.
This is just like the Mongolian army's use of firearms in the Battle of the Seyo River, which caused a great psychological shock to the European coalition forces who had never seen firearms, causing them to quickly collapse.
The Mongols misunderstood because they had never seen such a powerful firearm at first, and because Zhao Tai personally performed the magic dance and deliberately guided it.
But after the Mongolian people have seen it many times, they will gradually wake up and look away from Zhentian Lei's mysterious face.
Now that the Mongols are leaving the city to steal the thunder, it shows that they have become somewhat awakened.
In the past, the Mongols may have been afraid of ghosts and gods and did not dare to act rashly, but after discovering that the so-called divine thunder is just a new weapon of the Jin army, they will definitely take action.
So Zhao Tai changed his mind and insisted on evacuating quickly.
Yilapua and Heda frowned, "But what about the Luoyang defenders?"
Zhao Taidao: "We have attracted the Mongolian army. They were able to break through. Now they have broken through and there is no need for us to support them. If we cannot break out, we staying here will put ourselves in danger. To the east of Hulao Pass, there are plains. Once the enemy takes a detour and appears on our flanks or rear, how will we retreat?"
Now that the Mongolian army, attracted by the Jin army, has divided its forces and opportunities have been created, the rest can only depend on the Luoyang defenders themselves.
After listening to Zhao Tai's words, Wu Xian pondered for a while and said: "I agree with Guorui's opinion. Since the thundering thunder can no longer deter them, we must return to Kaifeng as soon as possible."
Seeing that the two major warlords wanted to retreat, Heda and Pua could only nod. When they agreed to retreat, they soon discovered that they could not retreat if they wanted to.
Pu A said: "Seventy thousand troops have gathered in front of the pass. How can we retreat?"
Seventy thousand Jin troops gathered in front of Hulao Pass, with a huge number of men, horses and baggage. Once they withdrew, the Mongolian troops inside the pass would surely pursue them.
Exiting Hulao Pass is the plain of eastern Henan. How the Jin army will successfully retreat to Kaifeng under the pursuit of the Mongolian cavalry will be a huge problem.
After all, the cavalry is easy to retreat, while the infantry and baggage can easily be overtaken by the Mongolian army and surrounded by the cavalry in the wilderness.
After thinking about how to retreat, Heda finally understood why Zhao Tai was so eager to withdraw.
