Chapter 20 two

In a few days, Tuo Lei led an army of 30,000 to sacrifice the flag and go out. Emperor Shouxu of the Jin Dynasty learned that the Mongolian army was aggressively attacking, so he urgently called Prime Minister Wanyan Heda and Dingyuan General Wanyan Chen to discuss countermeasures.Wanyan Heda suggested that the Zhongxiao Army be transferred to Henan to strengthen the outer defenses of the capital, and at the same time send envoys to the Southern Song Dynasty to invite troops to jointly resist the Mongolian army.Monk Chen advocated blocking the Mongolian army to the north of the Weihe River, and wiped out the Mongolian army in one fell swoop with an absolute superiority of 150,000 to 30,000 troops.Wanyan Heda and Monk Chen were at odds, and Shouxu reluctantly accepted Wanyan Heda's suggestion.

Tuo Lei sent Batu to attack Fengxiang, sent Bei Daer to bypass Fengxiang, and captured Baoji, an important military town southwest of Fengxiang, and sent Meng Ge to the territory of Song Dynasty to discuss with Song Emperor.Batu and Beidar are progressing smoothly, but Subotai and his son, who were ordered to capture Xiaotongguan, are in trouble.After Su Butai broke through Xiaotongguan, he met with Guiyou, and he and Wu Liang together led troops to penetrate into the Jin army's defense line and harass in depth. Guiyou led troops to respond at Xiaotongguan.Guiyou agreed wholeheartedly.Unexpectedly, Subotai and his son were besieged by the Jin army in Zhuyang. They asked Guiyou for help.Wu Lianghetai had no choice but to protect his father and marshal to break out of the siege, was chased all the way by the Jin army, and met a team of magic arrows led by Princess Weixuan at the entrance of Daotani to escape.Although there are only more than a hundred people in the Archery Team, they are all excellent archers with a hundred hits.After eating more than a hundred arrows, the Jin army was frightened by the power of the Mongolian arrow rain, so they abandoned their armor and dragged their troops back to Xiaotongguan.

Subotai has followed Genghis Khan since his youth, and has gone through countless battles, big and small, without defeat. The Battle of Xiaotongguan was his heaviest failure.Looking at less than a quarter of the soldiers who had escaped, Su Butai beat his chest and feet, and burst into tears.Wu Lianghetai hated Guiyou to the core, and according to his temper, he would directly sue Okuotai Khan to seek justice from the Great Khan.Subotai didn't allow it, he was willing to bear all the responsibility for the defeat alone.Soon, the imperial decree came to the army, ordering Su Butai to lead the remaining soldiers and horses to follow Tuo Lei to march south, but he didn't say a word about the defeat at Xiaotongguan.

Subotai led the decree to thank him, and blamed himself even deeper. Wulianghetai was overjoyed, and he could fight with Batu again. When he thought of this, the haze that had accumulated in his heart for a long time was swept away. Batu personally greeted Subotai and his son at the Zhiyang Bridge fifty miles away.It wasn't until this time that Subotai and his son learned that after Guiyou withdrew, Hai Mishi went to see Empress Naimazhen first, and according to her prior discussion with Guiyou, she blamed all the responsibility for the defeat on Subotai's arrogance , refused to listen to dissuasion, and was greedy for merit, but Empress Nai Mazhen told her husband all the same, without discerning the truth.Wo Kuotai Khan listened to the slander, became furious, and determined to pursue the crime of Su Butai.He sent Kuaiqi to discuss with Tuo Lei. Tuo Lei didn't know the real situation of the Battle of Xiaotongguan at that time, but he cherished that Su Butai was a veteran of the two dynasties. Ling Subotai and his son made contributions to save themselves.Only then did Wo Kuotai calm down, and no longer pursue the responsibility for the defeat.

Regarding the ins and outs of this matter, why did Batu understand so clearly, Batu didn't go into details, and Subotai and his son didn't ask in depth.But there is one thing that Subotai and his son are convinced that only people inside the palace can know about the affairs of the palace.That's exactly what happened.The change of Wo Kuotai Khan's attitude was not only because he listened to Tuo Lei's advice, he thought of the countless military exploits of Subotai and his son, and was unwilling to touch the heroes lightly; Rong sent a quick ride to submit the battle report drafted by herself in time.Parts of the battle report were taken from the interrogation of enemy prisoners of war.After watching Bi Fang, Wo Kuotai understood how Subotai and his son advanced in depth without any foreign aid, and how they achieved brilliant results with a small number of troops.At the end of the battle report, Lan Rong asserted bluntly that even though Subotai and his son lost a glorious defeat, there was a reason for it.

Wo Kuotai almost killed the general by mistake, and became even more angry with his eldest son Guiyou.But after all, this matter involved the Sixth Empress Nai Mazhen and his daughter-in-law Hai Lost. After thinking about it, he could only turn a blind eye and close one eye, and never mentioned this matter again. It was only after receiving Lan Rong's letter that Batu learned the truth about the battle at Xiaotongguan. At that time, he was almost shocked into a cold sweat. In order to ensure that the Mongolian army had no worries during its eastward advance, Tuo Lei divided his troops into two groups, Ming Su Butai led the east route, and Wu Liang Hetai led the west route, sweeping the Song army in northern Sichuan along the way.From September to November, Subotai and his son defeated the Song army and destroyed more than 140 cities. Northern Sichuan fell into the hands of the Mongolian army.

At this time, Meng Ge sent an envoy to the Song court to discuss the matter of borrowing the way, but was captured and killed by the Song general on the way. After hearing the news, Meng Ge angrily reprimanded Song Ting for his unfaithful words, and Yueba all attacked Xingyuan Mansion.The brothers joined forces, and Xingyuan Mansion collapsed at the first touch, the commander abandoned the city and fled, causing countless casualties among soldiers and civilians.Only then did Emperor Song panic, and hastily rejected Jin's request to jointly resist Mongolia, and agreed to restore the old relationship with Mongolia.

Tuo Lei borrowed from Song Dynasty and commanded 30,000 cavalry to march towards Dengzhou. They will face the most elite cavalry in the Kingdom of Jin.In December 1231, the Mongolian army crossed the Han River in just four days, preparing to attack Dengzhou City. Wanyan Heda led all the troops into Dengzhou, Monk Chen led the Zhongxiao Army, Wuxian sent all the troops and horses from his headquarters, and Zhang Hui led the infantry to accompany him.These army horses plus other mobilized troops totaled 150,000 people, and their strength was five times that of the Mongolian army, and their generals had many years of combat experience against Mongolia.

Meng Ge detected that Wanyan Heda had set up heavy troops around Yushan, and was going to ambush the Mongolian army by virtue of the danger of the terrain.Tuo Lei received Meng Ge's information, and immediately decided not to send out a large army. He only sent Batu to lead a small group of Qingqi to avoid the front of the Jin army, detour behind the mountain, and attack the Jin army. The Jin army had to fight, and the two armies fought hand to hand.Monk Chen fought fiercely with the army, Batu retreated, fought again, retreated again, fought again, retreated again, and so on three times, the Mongolian army never confronted the Jin army head-on, but retreated fifteen miles from Yushan, and camped in Zao on the other side of the Han River. in the woods.

Batu ordered the troops not to unload their saddles, to feed during the day, so that no sound could be heard outside the forest, but they secretly watched the movement of the Jin army from time to time in order to find favorable opportunities. Monk Chen suddenly lost track of the Mongolian army, and hastily dispatched a reconnaissance force to look for it, and at the same time reported the recent battle situation to the commander. On the fourth day, the patrol team of the Jin Army reported the movement of the Mongolian army and brought back ten Mongolian soldiers.These ten Mongolian soldiers, each in poor clothes and thin horses, looked very miserable.They sobbed to Monk Chen how Batu moved several times a day to avoid the Jin army, which made them unbearably miserable, and asked Monk Chen to take them in.Monk Chen felt pity for them, ordered someone to put on new clothes for them, and hosted a banquet for them in person.

During the dinner, Monk Chen asked about the whereabouts of the Mongolian army. Ten Mongolian soldiers responded one after another. After comparing the information obtained, Monk Chen found that what they said was true, and finally took them into the camp with confidence. On the night of the third day, ten Mongolian soldiers suddenly seized the horses of the Golden Army and left quietly.Only then did Monk Chen know that he had fallen into Batu's plan to surrender.These ten Mongolian soldiers were actually the secret agents sent by Batu. They left the camp immediately after ascertaining the information about the deployment of the Jin army's troops and supplies.Monk Chen was very frustrated. In order to avoid accidents and the food and grass ran out, he had to lead his troops back to Dengzhou City to replenish the army rations. Monk Chen led the Jin army to the jujube forest when they were attacked by the Mongolian army. The Jin army was caught off guard and rushed to fight.During the battle, Batu only used a hundred cavalry to seize the supplies of the Jin army, and Monk Chen had to retreat to Dengzhou City again.Batu chased to Dengzhou City by night and stationed outside the city, waiting to join the commander.Soon, Tuolei led the troops to arrive, and joined forces to attack Dengzhou City with all their strength. The defense of Dengzhou City was strong, and the Mongolian army was unable to attack for three consecutive days.Considering that the cost of attacking Dengzhou City was too high, Tuo Lei decided to give up the siege. Apart from leaving a part of the Jin army to contain Dengzhou City, most of the rest of the troops were divided into six groups, bypassing Dengzhou City, and marching towards Bianjing, the capital of Jin.These six troops were led by himself, Batu, Mengge, Subotai, Wulianghetai, and Mangesa, and swept across the states and counties along the way, cutting off the connection between Dengzhou and Bianjing. After Batu captured the cities of Nanyang, he made rapid progress, and his troops reached the north of Shahe River, waiting to join the rest of the army. At this time, Wanyan Heda, who was guarding Dengzhou City, discussed with the generals that since the Mongolian army went north, it was meaningless to hold on to Dengzhou City. In order to prevent the Mongolian army from rushing to the capital, it is better to abandon Dengzhou and go to Beijing for rescue. The 150,000 Jin army split up and was constantly ambushed by the Mongolian army along the way.Batu led 5,000 people to lure the enemy, and did not fight hard. When the Jin army set up camp, they attacked and harassed them several times a day, which made the Jin army unable to rest and eat, and was extremely exhausted. Monk Chen suggested to the commander-in-chief to organize the army in the city of Junzhou. Wanyan Heda also wanted to get rid of the Mongolian army that followed him everywhere, so he immediately ordered the whole army to pull out the camp.Batu ordered the army to cut trees and set up barriers to delay the Jin army as much as possible.Monk Chen took the lead, pulling up trees to clear the way, and finally won a way out. Seeing that it was only thirty-five miles away from Junzhou City, the weather didn't seem to be good. In the evening, there was a continuous drizzle, and in the middle of the night, the temperature dropped sharply, and heavy snow fell. The Jin army could not advance, so they camped on the spot .The Mongolian army, like an unstoppable iron army, attacked Monk Chen's camp overnight. Monk Chen lost hundreds of people, screaming in anger, wishing he could eat the meat of Batu alive. Wanyan Heda urgently called Chen Monk, Wuxian, Zhang Hui and other major generals to discuss the strategy of defending against the enemy.Under the flickering lights, Wanyan Heda was frowning, as if he had something on his mind. Monk Chen was impatient, and asked first: "What is the commander calling us for?" Wanyan Heda picked up the imperial decree on the table and showed it to the generals. It turned out that the Mongolian army was approaching the capital, and Emperor Jin ordered Heda to speed up the army and horses to go to Beijing. "It's easy to say! Walk like this, like a tortoise crawling, how long will it take to get to the capital!" Wu Xian complained impatiently. "That's right. This boss is really hard to deal with. My soldiers haven't touched their teeth for three days. If we don't want to find a way to deal with him, I'm afraid we will all be dragged to death by him on the way." Zhang Hui also echoed. Monk Chen gave them both a blank look, "It's useless to complain now! According to me, the number of Mongolian troops is less than one-fifth of our army. We simply fought and walked, forcing a way out." "If you can fight early. Their cavalry are always as fast as lightning when they attack, and they can advance and retreat freely. Can you catch their shadows?" Wu Xian said to him coldly, "This Batu, He is the grandson of Genghis Khan, I have fought against Genghis Khan’s Mongolian army for twenty years, and I know their tactics better than you.” Monk Chen glanced contemptuously at Wu Xian: "I think you are afraid of losing the battle." "you!" "Okay, okay, it's useless to argue about this! Let's study the battle plan." Wanyan Heda knocked on the table with his fingers, interrupting their quarrel. Monk Chen said bluntly: "Fighting is the only way out. I will take the lead!" Wanyan Heda was overwhelmed by Batu's harassing him day and night, and he also wanted to show off, so he stared at Wuxian and the others with frowning eyes, and everyone had to nod in agreement. The next day, all the Mongolian armies gathered together, and Tuo Lei explained the tasks of each general in a few words.The Mongolian army remained as before, retreating while fighting, and gradually retreated to the northeast and southwest of Sanfeng Mountain, which is only more than ten miles away from Junzhou.Sanfeng Mountain is located in the rear of the Kingdom of Jin, and its defenses are relatively weak.The northern part of the war zone is the eastern section of Funiu Mountain, and the terrain is gentle, which is conducive to the movement of cavalry.The Jin army divided its forces to attack the northeast and southwest, and the Mongolian army retreated to the east side of Sanfeng Mountain.Wanyan Heda ordered more than 10,000 cavalry to attack the battle formation of the Mongolian army, Tuo Lei commanded the troops to fight and retreat, and unknowingly led all the Jin troops to Sanfeng Mountain.The Jin army was tired from fighting for a long time, and encountered heavy snow in the mountains. The soldiers of the Jin army stood frozen in the snow, their hands and feet were numb, and they could not lift their swords.That night, the army was full of complaints. The next day, Wanyan Heda led the generals to inspect the position and found that they had been besieged by the Mongolian army on Mount Sanfeng. Words, helpless. In a blink of an eye, the Jin army had been trapped for three days, and the food and grass had already run out.Sometimes, faintly smelling the aroma of Mongolian barbecue, the hungry soldiers of the Golden Army could only sigh.Wanyan Heda knew that if this situation continued, the army might mutiny, so he decided to forcibly break through. Tuo Lei seemed to have guessed Wanyan Heda's intentions, and early the next morning, he gave way to a road to Junzhou and sent the Jin army northward, but sent Batu and Meng Ge to set up ambush on both sides of the road.Wanyan Heda knew that there was a fraud, but at this moment, rather than waiting to die, it would be better to fight to the death and open a bloody path.Unexpectedly, the Jin army was sleepy for a long time, and wished to leave this place of life and death immediately. The soldiers competed for the road. Batu and Mengge attacked at the right time, and the Jin army collapsed across the board, like a collapsed mountain.Zhang Hui and others died in battle one after another. Wuxian fled into the forest with thirty cavalry, lost to Mi County, and disappeared since then.Wanyan Heda and Monk Chen led hundreds of riders to flee to Junzhou city.Soon, the city of Junzhou was breached by the Mongolian army, and Wanyan Heda was killed in battle.Monk Chen tried to escape from the hideout outside the city after the fighting stopped for a while, but was captured by Mongolian soldiers.So far, the 150,000 elite Jin army has been wiped out, most of the famous anti-Mongolian generals were lost in this battle, and the Kingdom of Jin lost the last fresh force it relied on to maintain.When Emperor Jin heard the news of his defeat in Bianjing, he burst into tears, as if mourning his concubine. A few days later, Wokuotai Khan came to Tuolei barracks in person to reward the whole army. Batu originally wanted to participate in the next siege of Bianjing, but the situation in Khwarazmo changed, and Zalandin made a comeback.Wo Kuotai Khan decided to let Batu and Xiban lead the headquarters to return to the fief quickly, first stabilize the situation in the fief, and wait for the Jin Kingdom to be conquered before launching a large-scale conquest. Wokuotai Khan personally hosted a banquet for Batu.Tuo Lei personally sent Batu and Xiban out of Junzhou City, the moment they bid farewell, they did not expect that this farewell would be a permanent farewell.