In Langshan City, the Qi army, which had been trapped for half a year, finally received reinforcements. This made the soldiers and civilians in the city couldn't help but cheer. Wu Xian even came to the North City in person to greet Lu Wenxin and his party.
At this time, the people in the city were carrying supplies from the boats into the city. Wu Xian came to the city gate and said with a hearty smile: "Hahaha, I have finally waited for you to come." Lu Wenxin immediately knelt down and saluted.
"Lv Wenxin, who has a humble position in the water camp and has a thousand households, pays homage to the governor of the capital." Wu Xian helped him up.
"Lü Qianhu, there is no need to be polite. You arrived just in time. If it had been a little longer, I would have killed horses to satisfy my hunger." The Mongolian army piled up dirt outside Dong'an City, and the Dong'an defenders were suppressed by the Mongolian army. Wuxian then asked the Dong'an garrison to withdraw into Langshan City, which is located on a high ground.
The people were withdrawn, but the ordnance and food could not be withdrawn. The people and horses from the two cities were crowded into one city, and the army and food supplies soon ran out.
This is also because the treasury of the State of Qi was empty. Although it considered that the two cities might be trapped, it sent a batch of food in advance, but the State of Qi did not have food stored in Hebei, so it could not provide enough food.
Langshan was trapped for half a year, and the hearts of the people in the city were floating. Now that the food was delivered, the morale of the troops was immediately calmed down. Lu Wenxin took out a letter from his arms,
"Capital Commander, this is a secret letter from the King to you." Wu Xian heard the words and took the letter, tore open the wax seal, opened it and looked at it, his expression became serious.
"First call the brothers to enter the city!" Wu Xian read the letter and gave an order to his subordinates, and then said to Lu Wenxin: "Lv Qianhu, come with me!" After speaking, Wu Xian led Lu Wenxin into the city and directly Arriving at the North Gate Tower.
Wu Xian asked: "Lu Qianhu, do you know the content of the letter?" Lu Wenxin shook his head.
"This is the king's secret letter. How dare we open it without authorization." Wu Xian nodded: "Then do you know that the Mongolian expeditionary army from the west will return to the east and will soon enter the Central Plains?" Lu Wenxin was startled, but still shook his head. He was just water. Naturally, middle-level military officers do not know this information.
In fact, the news brought back by Yang You was only known to the senior officials of Qi State. When Zhao Tai mobilized his troops, he did not inform the soldiers about the return of the Mongolian expeditionary army from the west.
After all, Qi State had recently acquired Hebei and Huainan, so not everyone was willing to risk their lives with Zhao Tai.
Therefore, only a few high-level officials knew about the crisis facing Qi State, fearing that if the news spread, it would cause domestic panic.
Zhao Tai's letter to Wu Xian was not to tell Wu Xian to hold on, but to inform Wu Xian that he had decided to fight Wo Kuotai. He was also worried that Wo Kuotai would notice in advance and lead his army to retreat to avoid the battle, so he asked Wu Xian to fake a breakout. , attracted Wokuotai's attention, and dragged the Mongolian army to Langshan.
The last time Mongolia and Song Dynasty attacked Qi State, Wokuotai had been avoiding the battle in order to wait for the Song army to take action. It is also possible that Wokuotai would choose to wait for the Western Expeditionary Army to enter the Central Plains before fighting Zhao Tai.
Qi State originally planned to launch a counterattack after the autumn harvest, but now the decisive battle is ahead of schedule. Qi State has insufficient military grain reserves in Hebei. Zhao Tai only carried more than ten days of grain and plunged into the Taihang Mountains.
Due to lack of food, Zhao Tai had to fight his last battle after he came out of the mountain and immediately fought a decisive battle with Wokuotai. Therefore, Wu Xian must attract Wo Kuotai's attention to himself, so that Zhao Tai can catch Wo Kuotai off guard and force Wo Kuotai to engage in a decisive battle.
After Wu Xian read Zhao Tai's letter and understood Zhao Tai's plan, he quickly considered the feasibility of the plan.
Now Qi State pretends to give up launching a counterattack in Hebei and transfers its troops to Shandong to defend the Mongolian Western Expedition. Langshan has become an isolated city without reinforcements.
Although the Qi army sent supplies, without reinforcements, Langshan would be captured by the Mongolian army sooner or later. Zhao Tai's choice to return to defend Shandong was tantamount to abandoning Langshan, and it is logically reasonable for the Langshan defenders to choose to break out at this time.
After all, how could a military leader like him, Wuxian, be willing to wait for death in Langshan City? Therefore, Wu Xian decided to implement Zhao Tai's plan. After Wu Xian asked Lu Wenxin a few questions, he said in a deep voice: "Since your navy has entered Langshan, you will temporarily listen to my command. Do you have any problems?" Lu Wenxin hurriedly said Hold your fists,
"I am willing to obey the military orders of the capital commander!" Wu Xian put the letter away and did not tell Lu Wenxin that he was about to fake a breakout.
Now that the Qi army is eager for a decisive battle, Wu Xian cannot let anyone see his inner thoughts, lest someone secretly communicate with Mongolia and leak Zhao Tai's plan.
At this time, the two were talking, and Wu Yanbin came outside to report.
"The officials are in charge, and the Mongolian army has set up obstacles on the river." After hearing this, Wu Xian came out of the city tower and walked to the city wall to look out. Lu Wenxin followed behind and saw the Mongolian soldiers descending to the river in the north of Dong'an City. In the river, drive piles into the river channel.
"This should be because the Mongolian army saw that the humble soldiers broke through the downstream obstruction and led the boat to Langshan. In order to prevent the navy from continuing to send food to Langshan, they blocked the river." Lu Wenxin said.
Wokuotai built a pontoon bridge downstream and used iron cables across the river to block the Nanyi River and establish a line of defense to prevent the Qi army's navy from advancing westward.
Although the Mongolian army had heard that the Qi army's navy was powerful, they did not expect that the Qi army's navy could easily destroy the Mongolian army's obstruction on the river.
Now Wo Kuotai saw that the Qi army was able to sail upstream in small boats. In order to cut off Langshan's connection with the outside world and prevent the Qi army's boats from returning to the lower reaches, he organized his men to cut down trees outside the artillery range of Langshan City. Obstacles were placed on the river in the north of Dong'an City.
At this time, when the Mongolian army went down the river to set up obstacles, a group of Han troops came to the foot of Langshan City. They did not attack the city, but hid behind the mountain and shouted loudly towards the city,
"Listen to the Qi army in the city. Our Mongolian Western Expeditionary Army has entered the Central Plains. The traitor Zhao Tai has returned to Shandong to defend. Langshan has become the abandoned son of the Zhao traitor. All the generals in the city can kill the Wuxian and surrender. The Great Khan will surely give you a heavy reward!" "Wu Yanbing couldn't help but became furious after hearing the Mongolian army's cry.
"Everyone controls the officials, but the Tatars disturb the morale of the army and let the humble officers bombard them." After hearing the shouts of the Mongolian troops outside the city, Wu Xian was not angry but happy.
"It seems that Mongolia has been deceived by the king, so I will use my plan to make you believe it." The soldiers of the Qi army in the city couldn't help but be filled with indignation after hearing the shouts outside the city. Many people expressed,
"The Mongolian army is lying and disturbing the morale of the army. It is impossible for the king to ignore Langshan!" At this time, Wu Xian had a dark face and said solemnly:
"The Mongols are right. The Mongolian Western Expeditionary Army is about to arrive in the Central Plains. Your Majesty has led his army back to defend Shandong. Your Majesty has sent food and grass, but within a short period of time, it is no longer possible to launch a counterattack in Hebei. Let us fight against Ogedai alone!" Many generals were shocked when they heard this and couldn't believe that Zhao Tai would give up Langshan.
Zhao Tai originally sent them to build the city and promised to launch a counterattack after the autumn harvest, but now he abandoned them and returned to defend Shandong, which made it difficult for the generals to accept it.
Wu Xian continued:
"Brothers, Langshan cannot hold on for long, we must break out."
