Early the next morning, after the Hulao was closed, the Mongolian army stood up and moved its stiff body.
At this time, a soldier glanced outside the pass, suddenly his expression changed, and he exclaimed: "There is a fire in Jin Camp."
The Mongolian army on the city was startled when they heard the sound, and quickly turned around to see, only to see a fire suddenly burning in the Jin army's camp, and thick smoke rising into the sky.
The Mongolian general looked stunned and immediately shouted: "Report to the Khan quickly."
Not long after, Wokuotai, Subotai and others hurriedly came to the city. When they saw the fire in Jinying, their expressions changed and their expressions were very exciting.
Subotai said in surprise: "Khan, has the gold thief escaped?"
The generals in the city were all stunned. How arrogant the gold thieves had been in the past two days. They looked like they were going to fight them. Why did they suddenly run away?
"Could it be the young prince Kublai Khan who detoured behind the golden thief?" someone exclaimed.
Counting the time, Kublai Khan should not have arrived yet. Wo Kuotai's expression turned red and he immediately shouted: "Open the door and send the cavalry to check!"
The door was opened, and a group of Mongolian cavalry galloped out.
When they came to the Jin Army camp, the Jin Army cavalry who were setting fire in the camp saw this. The leading general threw his torch and immediately shouted: "Brothers, retreat!"
Nearly a hundred Jin cavalrymen, one man and two horses, were not willing to fight when the Mongolian army rushed into the camp. They hurriedly left the burning camp and ran towards the east.
The Mongolian cavalry rushed into the camp, only to see fires burning everywhere, and no one could be seen in the camp.
The Mongolian cavalry was immediately divided into two teams. One team pursued forward and probed to see if the Jin army had really retreated, while the other team rode back to Guancheng.
"The golden soldiers have withdrawn!" the cavalrymen who were galloping back shouted loudly from a distance.
Wokuotai at the head of the city heard this and almost spit out a mouthful of old blood. He turned around and went down to the pass with a dark face. Just as the cavalry galloped in, he shouted: "What's going on?"
The cavalryman turned over and dismounted, knelt down and reported, "Great Khan, the gold thieves camp is empty. Only a few cavalrymen set fire. When they saw us approaching, they immediately fled eastward."
At this time, Wo Kuotai had already understood that he had been tricked by Zhao Tai again. He immediately roared, "Subotai, you speed up the cavalry to pursue the enemy. I will bite the gold thieves and don't let them escape into the fortified city."
Subotai saluted and hurriedly went to mobilize his troops. Not long after, nearly ten thousand Mongolian cavalry got on their horses, galloped out of Hulao Pass, and chased eastward.
Wokuotai didn't stay long either. He led the remaining troops and followed Subutai out of the seclusion.
At this time, Wokuotai rode out, suddenly reined in the horse, his eyes fell on the new soil, and then ordered: "Go and take a look."
The night before yesterday, Wokuotai heard an explosion outside the pass. Early the next morning, he discovered a large crater on the ground in front of the pass, as well as a lot of new soil that had been disturbed.
Combined with the military report given to him by Guo Dehai, Wo Kuotai thought that Zhao Tai had buried a weapon that could explode underground in front of the pass, trying to lure him out of the pass, and then suddenly detonate it and send him to heaven.
Therefore, these days in Wokuotai, no matter how insulted Zhao Tai was, he was just a tortoise, hiding in the pass and waiting for Kublai Khan to get behind Zhao Tai, then attack from both front and back, and destroy Zhao Tai in one fell swoop.
When he saw the new soil, he asked someone to see if there was any divine thunder buried in it.
Wokuotai ordered his subordinates to dig, while he unbridled his horse and pulled his horse far away to prevent the explosion from affecting him.
After receiving the order, the two Mongolian soldiers had no choice but to use their hands to scoop them up, but within two strokes, they spit them out. There was no magic thunder underneath, just a big pile of dung.
The technology of landmines only gradually matured in the Ming Dynasty. Zhao Tai has not yet had time to open this technological point, but he will definitely have it in the future.
"Great Khan, there is nothing down there, only ~" the soldier came back to report, "There is only a big pile of dung."
When Wo Kuotai heard this, the muscles in the corner of his mouth twitched. He was really angry and ordered, "The whole army marches eastward and must catch up with the gold thief."
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Thirty miles west of Kaifeng City, Bajiao Town.
In the wilderness, a crowd of people suddenly appeared. There were only a few scattered people in the front, but the crowd became denser as they went back, just like the Yellow River had burst and flooded.
These people were all Jin Army infantry who retreated from Hulao Pass. They hardly rested along the way, and the whole army retreated to Kaifeng day and night.
At this time, many soldiers had already taken off their armor and threw it on the cart in order to walk faster. Some of them even didn't even take their weapons.
The Jin army is in this state, as if it has suffered a defeat. Once the enemy cavalry catches up, this army can be defeated in one surprise attack.
Because they knew this, the Jin army did not dare to stop. The soldiers supported each other and hurried eastward.
At this time, while the team was marching, a hungry and tired soldier fell down from time to time. Seeing this, his colleagues picked him up and dragged him away, not daring to stay too much.
Pu'a, Heda, Wuxian and other Jin army commanders were in a better situation. They were not so tired on their war horses, but their horses were jolted and the hunger in their bellies made them unbearable.
"Where are you going?" Pu'a suddenly asked.
Heda licked his chapped lips, "We should be arriving at Bajiao Town soon. We are only thirty miles away from Kaifeng."
After hearing this, Pu'a didn't want to leave. He reined in his horse and almost rolled down. Then he sat down on the ground and gasped: "Since we are almost at Bianjing, let's rest for a while!"
Heda and Wu Xian couldn't help but frown together, but they looked at the army and saw that the soldiers were sleepy and hungry. Some people kept falling down. They were really exhausted, so they had no choice but to dismount.
At this time, the army had just stopped, and the soldiers fell to the ground tiredly. Before they could take a breath, they suddenly heard a commotion behind them.
"Ma Jun, there are cavalry troops catching up!" Suddenly, people from behind the Jin Army team exclaimed again and again.
The few people who had just sat down immediately stood up and looked to the west. They saw an army of horses galloping towards them, and their expressions immediately changed.
Pu'a quickly climbed onto his horse and shouted, "Hurry, run to Kaifeng."
There was an immediate commotion in the Jin army, and at this moment, another cheer came from the rear, "It's our cavalry army!"
Everyone heard the shouts of the soldiers behind them, and Wu Xian said: "It should be Guorui who has caught up."
At that moment, the three of them mounted their horses and walked back, and happened to bump into Zhao Tai, who was speeding towards them.
When everyone saw it, they were shocked, because Zhao Tai and the many cavalry looked very embarrassed. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they had abandoned their helmets and armor.
Zhao Tai ran away one night in advance, but most of the Jin army had one man and one horse, while the Mongolian cavalry had at least two horses.
Not long after Zhao Tai ran across Zhengzhou, the Mongolian cavalry caught up with him. In order to reduce the burden on the horses, Zhao Tai had no choice but to let the soldiers abandon their armor and flee towards Kaifeng.
At this time, he ran over and saw the soldiers resting on the ground. He couldn't help but became furious. "Who told you to rest? Get up and run away!"
Heda and others came to greet him. Seeing Zhao Tai roaring angrily, his heart trembled. Wu Xian hurriedly shouted: "Everyone, get up and run!"
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