Zhao Tai and Zhao Kui rode to the Hulao Pass and peeked at the city defense.
Zhao Tai is still familiar with this Hulao Pass. More than a year ago, Zhao Tai's troops came to Hulao Pass, but instead of attacking the pass, they blocked the pass to prevent the Mongols from coming out.
Now that we have arrived in front of the pass on horseback, there are still traces of the campsites, low walls, and trenches left behind.
Zhao Kui raised his whip and pointed at Guancheng, "This Guancheng is tall and has a moat in front of it. I came here lightly and ordered the soldiers to attack several times, but they couldn't defeat it. I heard that Guorui had a way of attacking the city. You Look at this Guancheng, how to fight it!"
The Song army on the east route hoped to break through the prison pass, and formed a pincer offensive with the Song army heading north from Xiangyang to Luoyang, forcing the Mongolian army to give up Luoyang.
Zhao Tai thought that if the Song army occupied Henan and could share the pressure for him, the Sanqi would only have to defend the north, and he intended to help the Song army break through.
At this time, Zhao Tai looked carefully and found that it was very difficult to break through the pass with traditional siege methods, so he said solemnly: "I have a plan, but it takes a lot of time!"
Zhao Kui asked: "What can I do?"
Zhao Taidao said: "Dig a tunnel and connect it only to the bottom of the city. Then use gunpowder to collapse the barrier. The army will swarm in and the barrier will be broken."
Zhao Kui heard someone say last year that Zhao Tai was particularly good at using gunpowder. He had also seen the thunderbolt that Zhao Tai pointed at, "How long will this method take?"
Zhao Tai estimated that it would be difficult to dig under the Hulao Pass, so he muttered: "Half a month! In half a month, I will blow up the city for my husband!"
Hearing that it would take half a month, Zhao Kui frowned, "Half a month is too long. The Mongolian cavalry is fast. Half a month is enough for them to go south from Luoyang and repel the people going north from Xiangyang!"
Seeing this, Zhao Tai said in a deep voice: "The only thing we can do is to launch a large artillery truck, blast it with thunderbolts that shake the sky, and then use the army to attack!"
Zhao Kui nodded, "This is the only way."
At present, the Song and Qi coalition forces are rushing to build equipment, while Zhao Tai, Zhao Kui and others are discussing the details of the siege in the camp.
Everyone gathered around the sand table and talked about the darkness, but at this moment, there was a sudden noise outside the camp. Zhao Kui couldn't help but frown, "What's the noise!"
The general went out with the tent, and returned to the tent after a while, reporting urgently, "Ms. sir, Hulao Pass seems to be leaking."
Zhao Kui and others were greatly surprised when they heard this. They quickly came out of their tents and came to the edge of the camp. They looked at Hulao Pass and saw a raging fire burning inside the pass.
Inside Hulao Pass, Cui Li stood on horseback and watched the soldiers light the firewood piled behind the closed door. The fire shot up into the sky and lit the night sky red.
"Commander, you can evacuate!" A Qianhu threw a torch onto the house and then ran over.
Cui Li nodded slightly, then pulled the reins of the horse and said in a deep voice: "Withdraw!"
At that moment, more than 20,000 Mongolian troops took their weapons and vehicles and retreated westward.
Along the way, the Mongolian infantry held torches and ran, like a huge fire snake, winding towards Luoyang.
In the coalition camp, Zhao Tai and others looked at the fire in Hulao Pass, and Quanzi said: "My lord, there are more than 20,000 people in the pass, and the fire can't be so big. I think this seems to be a deliberate arson!"
Zhao Tai heard this and agreed, "This must indeed be arson. The enemy troops in the pass may have escaped."
Zhao Kui raised his eyebrows, waved his hand immediately, and ordered: "Tan Ma, go to Hulao Pass to check immediately!"
A group of cavalry galloped away from the camp and ran directly to Hulao Pass. There was no response at all from the city wall.
Seeing this, the Song Army scouts immediately dismounted, ventured to the bottom of the city, and then climbed up to the top of the city. They saw no one on top, but behind the closed door, there were piles of firewood and a raging fire.
"I'm informing you, sir, that there is no one at the gate. The enemy has set fire to the houses and has evacuated from Hulao Pass." The detective horse came back and reported loudly.
After hearing this, Zhao Kui's face suddenly showed joy, "This must mean that the Central Army has made progress. The Mongolian army saw that Luoyang could not hold it, so it hurriedly evacuated!"
When the Song generals heard this, they immediately became excited. If the Mongolian army retreated from Luoyang, then the Song army would have recovered the entire Henan.
This can be said to be the greatest military victory since the Song Dynasty's southern migration, and all the participating generals will achieve great achievements.
Quanzi then said: "My lord, the Mongolian army is retreating. We should pursue it immediately and make one effort to capture Luoyang and Tongguan."
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Zhao Kui looked excited and immediately waved his fist, "Send the order, the army will pursue you immediately!"
Zhao Tai looked at the fire in Hulao Pass, but felt a little unreal. In his impression, the Mongolian army was very powerful, but their dispatch this time was a little too smooth.
Zhao Tai said in a deep voice: "Ms. sir, please send someone to contact us first, the army in the middle!"
Zhao Kui stroked his beard and said, "Of course we have to contact you, but now we need to control Hulao Pass and open the passage into Luoyang!"
At that time, the Song and Qi coalition forces were dispatched overnight. The soldiers scaled the city wall, extinguished the fire behind the city gate, then opened the city gate and drove directly into the pass.
Cui Li had his tents, warehouses and houses set on fire to thwart the allied forces' pursuit. The allied forces poured into Hulao Pass without paying any casualties.
The coalition forces originally thought that the Mongolian army would defend Hulao, then go south to repel the Central Army, and then send troops to reinforce Hulao.
I didn't want to wait for the coalition forces to launch a strong attack and easily enter the pass without paying the price of tens of thousands of casualties.
Although the process of capturing Guancheng was different from what the soldiers wanted, the morale of the Song soldiers who captured Hulao Pass was still greatly shaken.
At this time, the Song Army on the East Route had recaptured Guide and Bianjing in a very short period of time. Now that the passage to Luoyang was opened, it was about to recapture the three capitals. The Song Army officers and soldiers were extremely excited.
When the fire was extinguished and Zhao Kui and others entered the pass, the Song army occupying the pass immediately raised their weapons and cheered into the sky, "Wan Sheng! Wan Victory! Wan Sheng of the Song Dynasty!"
Zhao Kui was riding on a war horse, waving his whip vigorously in response to the cheers of the soldiers.
At this time, the coalition forces captured Hulao Pass, which opened the door to Luoyang. The Mongolian army faced attacks from two armies, plus the West Route Army attacked Guanzhong, so the Mongolian army would inevitably not defend Luoyang.
Because they were guarding Luoyang, they were in danger of being surrounded and annihilated by the three armies of the Song Dynasty.
If the Song army on the east route controls Hulao Pass to the west of Luoyang, the Song army on the middle route will capture Nanyang after leaving Xiangyang, and go north to control Yinchuan south of Luoyang. After the west route army enters Guanzhong, it will attack Tongguan, and the Mongolian army will Will be trapped in Luoyang.
Therefore, Zhao Kui judged from Cui Li's abandonment of Hulao Pass that Mongolia was probably preparing to abandon Luoyang and retreat westward into the Pass.
In this way, as long as the Mongols defend Tongguan, they can block the Song Army's east and middle armies, and they only need to repel the west army to stabilize Guanzhong.
With this judgment in mind, all departments of the Song Army could not help but gear up, hoping to seize the first victory in regaining Luoyang.
In April, Zhao Kui was worried about the Central Army and entered Luoyang first. Then he sent Quan Zicai and led 30,000 Song troops to leave Hulao Pass and march towards Luoyang.
Along the way, Quan Zicai marched while sending rangers to conduct reconnaissance, but did not find the Mongolian army. The Song army regained Gongxian and Yanshi without encountering any obstruction by the Mongolian army. The army soon arrived in the eastern suburbs of Luoyang.
At this time, Quan Zicai saw that it was getting late. He was originally preparing to leave the camp, but he sent out to explore the horses but reported that the gates of Luoyang were wide open and there were no Mongolian troops in the city.
The Song army encountered no resistance from the Mongolian army along the way, making the Song army think that all the Mongolian troops had withdrawn.
In any case, the city was definitely safer than the camp, so Quanzi immediately ordered the army to enter Luoyang for the night.
At that moment, the Song army rushed to the city gate and saw that the city gate was wide open. Not only were there no Mongolian troops in the city, but there were no people around. Luoyang had become an empty city.
"Ms. sir, there are no Mongolian troops or people in the city. The Mongols are taking away everything they can in the city, leaving only an empty city for us. We are late!" the general reported.
Quan Zicai frowned slightly, "When the Mongolian army captured Luoyang, they massacred the city. There were not many people in the city! Now that we have entered the city, we need to rest for a night and recharge our batteries before pursuing the enemy!"
Looking at the situation in Luoyang, the Mongolian army probably really chose to decisively abandon Henan and withdraw from Guanzhong.
When the Song army entered Luoyang, they immediately buried pots and cooked rice, and sent people to guard the four gates. In addition, during the period of caution, they still sent detective horses out of the city to guard.
Thirty thousand Song troops pursued all the way, and the infantry relied on two old legs. The soldiers chased for two to three hundred miles, and they were all very tired. After entering the city, they buried pots to cook, had a quick meal, and then fell asleep one after another.
At this time, in the woods outside Luoyang City, a group of Mongolian scouts saw the Song army entering the city and ran westward.
Wokuotai heard that the Song Army's three-pronged Northern Expedition was worried.
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Concerned about the safety of Luoyang and Guanzhong, he hurriedly captured Kaifeng and immediately withdrew his troops after destroying the Jin Kingdom.
He ordered Cui Li to guard Hulao Pass and led his troops back to Luoyang to prepare for the Southern Song Dynasty's Central Army.
According to Wo Kuotai's understanding, in terms of strength among the three military regions of Sichuan-Shu, Jingxiang, and Lianghuai in the Southern Song Dynasty, Sichuan-Shu was the strongest, followed by Jingxiang, and Lianghuai was the weakest.
Sichuan and Shu had the foundation of the Western Army that withdrew to Dashan Pass, and Jingxiang had the Yue Family Army.
Now there is a famous general Meng Gong in Jingxiang. If he leads his army northward, he will pose a huge threat to Luoyang.
Wokuotai withdrew to Luoyang, expecting a fierce battle, but the detective horses released found no trace of the Song army in the middle.
At first Wokuotai thought that the Song Army in the middle was out of nowhere and was going to launch a sneak attack, but later he discovered that he had indeed not seen the Song Army in the middle. Finally, he found out that the Song Army in the middle had not gone north at all.
This made Wo Kuotai a little surprised. He couldn't figure out why the Central Route Army of the Southern Song Dynasty gave up such an excellent opportunity and why they stood still. But it didn't matter if they couldn't figure it out, as long as they knew that they did not go north.
When he learned that the Song army in Jingxiang was still attacking the county town in Dengzhou, Wo Kuotai immediately had a plan.
In the Mongolian army's sweat tent, Wo Kuotai was sitting upright, and the scout reported: "Reporting to the Great Khan, the Song army's forward has entered Luoyang!"
Hearing this, Wokuotai looked cruel and waved his hand immediately, "Okay! Send the order, the army will turn back and surround Luoyang for this Khan!"
It was night, with a crescent moon in the sky. Under the cover of the dark night, tens of thousands of Mongolian troops marched rapidly eastward, intending to return to Luoyang and surround the Song troops entering the city.
The Mongolian cavalry came and went like the wind. They stayed far away when the Song army marched into Luoyang, and now they were close to Luoyang again in the middle of the night.
Luoyang is surrounded by flat land, and there are large areas of abandoned fields along the way, where Mongolian cavalry was used to march.
They galloped all the way, and by the time of midnight, they were only more than ten miles away from Luoyang.
"Khan, we are already close to Luoyang." Subotai pointed forward with his riding crop: "More than ten miles ahead, we will reach Luoyang City!"
Hearing this, Wokuotai immediately reined in his horses, summoned the generals, and ordered: "The Song army has entered the city, don't let them escape. Now I order you to divide into four roads here, and block one gate in each road. Trap the Song army entering the city."
Subotai and other generals nodded in unison, Subotai sneered, "Don't worry, Khan, let them chase and let them run rampant. This time we will definitely make them regret it!"
Wokuotai nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "Song army sentry cavalry are usually stationed thirty miles away. You first wait thirty miles away. When the enemy is asleep at the fifth watch, all troops will approach Luoyang together. At this time, you are discovered by the Sentinel Cavalry, so you don’t need to pay attention. You can rush directly to the city and organize the Song army to leave the city."
Subotai and others took the order, and then the army was divided into four parts and headed towards Lintong.
At the fifth watch, various Mongolian armies followed the plan and began to rush towards Luoyang. They set off on time and galloped to the gate of Luoyang City at the same time.
The distance of thirty miles takes half a day for infantry, but it takes only a blink of an eye for cavalry.
The Mongolian cavalry galloped directly to the city.
In the city, when Quanzi was sleeping soundly, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the house, and a voice called out in panic, "Mr. sir, sir, something bad has happened! We are surrounded!"
Quan Zi was woken up and sat up. When he heard the voice of his subordinates outside the room, he sat up in shock and asked quickly: "What? What's going on?"
"My lord, tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry suddenly appeared outside the city, and they surrounded the city!" said the subordinate outside.
Quanzi was so frightened that he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. He was so frightened that he lost all sleep in an instant.
He suddenly got out of bed, put on his shoes in a hurry, and opened the door wearing only a coat.
His soldiers rushed into the house, took the armor, put it on him hastily, and then brought the horses.
Quanzi hurried to the city gate, climbed to the top of the city and looked down. He saw Mongolian cavalry outside, and his face turned pale instantly.
The Mongolian cavalry outside the city was carrying torches. A group of cavalry dismounted and deployed horses and spears outside the city to block the exit of the city gate.
Only then did Quanzi realize that he had fallen into the trap. He took a look at the top of the city and asked, "What's going on with the other city gates?"
"Reporting to my husband, we all have Mongolian cavalry. Are we in the middle?"
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It’s a plan! "The general's face was filled with fear.
Quan Zi just heard the words and did not answer. He just clenched his fist and punched the wall in frustration.
The Mongolian cavalry galloped to the bottom of the city. The Song troops in the city were unable to leave the city and could only be held in Luoyang, waiting for reinforcements to relieve the siege.
At dawn, the defenders on the city could see more clearly. They saw densely packed Mongolian troops outside the city. The morale of the Song army was suddenly depleted.
Wokuotai, who had just arrived at this time, rode his horse to the city. He couldn't help laughing and said: "Luoyang is an empty city. There is not a grain of food in the city. The Song soldiers were chasing in a hurry. They must not have brought any food. Look at how sleepy I am." Kill them!"
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