The words of the messenger were like a bolt from the blue for the Tang and Gu. They could not believe that more than 30,000 Halalu Guards were wiped out in just four days after leaving the city. You should know that among the personal guards of the Mongolian Yuan guards, their combat effectiveness was also among the top three, second only to the Qincha Guards and the Han Guards, and they were the strong brigades that Kublai Khan relied on.

However, people privately believed that the Han army guards were suppressed and alienated by Kublai Khan after the assassination of Ahma. They not only replaced the Han army generals, but also strictly prohibited them from carrying weapons on a daily basis. Even the Grand Khan camp of the Suwei was limited to the periphery and were not allowed to wear long-range weapons such as bows and arrows. This led to the decline of the status of the Han army guards, their morale was not high, and they were neglected to train, and their combat effectiveness was no longer as good as before.

However, the Halalu Guard was increasingly valued by the Khan, and this situation continued after the real gold ascended the throne. Therefore, the Halalu Guards were not only favored, but also had excellent weapons and well-trained, and were used as the ace of the guards' personal army. This time they left Beijing, they were also given high hopes by the Khan. In the case of extremely tight finance, they also asked for food and money. And they did not let Jun's grace down. After arriving in Xuzhou, they confronted the Southern Army outside the city, making it impossible for them to get half a step closer to the city.

Tiemaichi was also a famous general of the dynasty. He was good at riding and shooting. When he was young, he served in the tent of Empress Hulan. He first followed Taizu to determine Xixia and then from the prince Kuo. Hudu was Tuo. The province of Tiemudaer decided to determine Henan and had military achievements. Later, he followed Kublai Khan to conquer Xichuan, Ezhou, and Jiangxia. After Kublai Khan ascended the throne, he rebelled against the king in the land of the earth, and his work was even more serious. It can be said that he had experienced many battles and was invincible in the battle. However, he was defeated by a small ditch such as Jiagou Post. How could Tang Gu and others believe it?

"Report to the three generals, Bei Zhi was ordered to go to Fu Li to inform the commander of Tiemaichidu in Xuzhou that I was in trouble. I went all day and night along the way and did not dare to neglect..." The messenger drank a bowl of wine, took a breath, and reported truthfully.

"Don't say nonsense, pick up important words!" Tang Gu couldn't help but feel anxious when he heard the messenger's talk, and he slapped the table and said angrily.

"Yes, Bei Zhi understands!" The messenger was frightened and his words were much more concise. "At first, Bei Zhi thought that Halalu Guard had only three days to set off. He should be able to catch up with Fu Li with a quick horse. Therefore, he tried his best along the way to change horses and chase after him. But when he was still ten miles away from Jiagou, he heard a constant explosion. It was suspected that there was a battle ahead, so he slowed down and moved forward carefully!"

"The more Bei Yi walked forward, the more violent the explosion sounded, so he sent people to investigate and found that a large number of Southern Army appeared in Jiagouji, under the banner of the Southern Dynasty's imperial guards, and the one who was besieging the Halalu Guards. The war was coming to an end. The Song army had already attacked the valley, but we could not get close, let alone contact General Tiemai Chi, and could only hide in the distance and watch the changes."

"Before Tiemaichi set out, he said that the Song army was close to him and he should speed up his journey so as to avoid being intercepted and killed by the Song army's detectives along the way. According to his words, he should have been camping in Jiagou Post that day." Tang Gu thought for a moment.

"If this is the case, when Halalu Guard left the city, it was discovered by the Song army and set up an ambush in Jiagouji!" Ming'an continued.

"Don't worry about what happened before, let him tell me what he saw!" Sumada interrupted them impatiently and pointed at the messenger.

"Yes!" Tang Gu waved his hand and asked the messenger to continue.

"Because we are far away from the battlefield, and because the valley is covered with smoke, we cannot see the details clearly. It was not until the sun was west and the sound of gunfire was gradually fading that we dared to approach, and we dared to enter the valley after the Song army retreated. I saw..." The messenger's face became very ugly and his lips kept shaking.

"Tell me quickly, what did you see?" Tang Gu actually had an answer in his heart at this time, but he still felt a little lucky and asked.

"White … After entering the valley, the people felt bloody soaring into the sky. The eyes were filled with broken corpses of our army, and there was almost no place to stand. The more they moved forward, the more terrifying it became. The corpses were piled up like mountains, and if they stopped for a moment, they would be stuck with blood. And the dry ditch several feet deep in the town was also full of corpses. The inn and houses were razed to the ground. The corpses leading to Fuli's mountain pass were like hills, and countless people were left by the Song army when they evacuated..." The messenger thought that he still did not break free from the horror scene he saw, and was silent for a moment before speaking again.

"I wanted to find out the truth, but after searching for a long time in the town, I didn't see a living person. Then I followed the direction of our army's retreat and found that there were floating corpses in the lake within a radius of more than ten miles. Blood dyed the lake water red, and fish and shrimps seemed to be unable to bear the bloody atmosphere.

, they all jumped out of the water..." The messenger said this for a while, and Tang Gu and the other two looked at each other with a gloomy face. They all saw each other's shock, but did not speak or urge them again. He let out a long sigh before continuing.

"We waited to search by the lake for a long time, and it was not until dark that we found several soldiers who escaped by chance. After asking, we learned that the next morning when the Halalu Guard stayed overnight in Jiagou Post, the Song army quietly came, siege the commanding heights of the mountain pass, and bombarded the inn with artillery. The commander of the city was unfortunately killed by artillery. The entire army was in chaos. The Song army took the opportunity to block the mountain pass at both ends. The generals later elected Tiemulu as their heads, and then launched a counterattack, trying to open the passage, but thousands of soldiers and horses were all repelled."

"The day before yesterday, the Song army launched a counterattack, and our army killed and injured ten thousand people, barely defending Gangou. Yesterday, the Song army opened the way with fierce artillery fire and rushed into the town in one fell swoop. Our army was defeated by the enemy's three sides and was forced into the lake by the Song army. Countless people were drowned. Then the Song army simply cleaned the battlefield roughly and hurriedly withdrew from the battlefield!"

"Then no one escaped. Where did the Song army go?" Ming'an asked after hearing this.

"The people we asked about it, the scene was very chaotic at that time, and all the troops were dispersed. They saw Temulu leading a team of men to break south, and they didn't know what happened next. And they were driven to the lake, and a few people might have fled to the mountains on the other side to escape, while they were hiding in piles of dead bodies. The Song army just cleaned the battlefield without any inspection, so they survived by chance." The messenger replied.

"As for the whereabouts of the Song army, Bei Yi had followed the traces left by his marching, but it was very strange. They did not turn to Fu Li, nor come to Xuzhou, but went northwest. Because the situation was urgent, Bei Yi did not continue to track it, but divided a few people to Fu Li to report the news, hoping that they would send people to find the whereabouts of the Halalu Guards. We will return to the generals overnight!"

"They went northwest?! Wouldn't that be heading towards Yingtian Mansion?..." Sumaida was stunned for a moment, put down the wine bowl and said in surprise.

"Are they trying to capture Yingtian Mansion? No, Tutuha received the Khan's will like us, and they will defeat the enemy in front of them and recover Huaibei. And they are heading northwest at this time, aren't they just encountering Tutuha!" Ming An calculated in his heart, and according to the itinerary, the enemy and our army were just halfway.

"Thank you for your hard work to bring back such important news, go down and get fifty ingots to rest!" Tang Gu winked and told the other two not to say anything, but to send the messenger to go down and rest first.

"The Halalu Guards were almost wiped out, and the Song army went to fight against the Tutuha tribe again. It seemed that the intention was not small. The Song troops under the city of Xuzhou were probably not just restraining us, but were trying to seize the city!" Seeing that there was no one else in the hall, Tang Gu knocked on the case twice and said a few words.

"Yes, it's all right, but the wastes in the court still haven't been able to calculate the little emperor of the Southern Dynasty." Ming An sighed and said sadly, "The situation is basically clear now. The attack on the Song army's rear camp was all fake, or the Song army deliberately indulged it to make him succeed. You must know that food and grass are the top priority, so how can we ignore it?"

"You mean that the food and grass of the Song army were burned was the bait they released. They mistakenly thought that they lacked food and grass and were unable to fight again, so they had to retreat. This tricked us into making plans to increase troops, break the Song army camp in one fell swoop, and then recover Huaibei and even Huainan. However, they secretly sent heavy troops to set up an ambush on the way and took advantage of our opportunity to go out of the city to encircle and annihilate. Once the goal is achieved, both Fuli, Xuzhou, and even Yingtian Prefecture are unable to defend because of their empty troops, and become their belongings!" Sumaida said with a wry smile.

"Haha, it seems that Xuzhou's fall is just a matter of time. We have to make a new plan!" Tang Gu also said laughing and crying. The analysis of the three of them is actually infinitely close to the truth. If the important officials and generals know that they are not as scheming as the three guys who have always been regarded as waste, they will see through the truth, will they die of shame and anger, or will they kill them to silence them...

That night, after learning that Halalu Guards were in Jiagouji, Tang Gu, who was acting as the chief general in Xuzhou, led the troops of Malong Town and Guichi Guards to go out of the city to respond. However, shortly after they left the city, the people who learned that Tiemai Chi had been defeated and died were frightened and wanted to open the city and flee, and clashed with the defending troops, which led to civil rebellion and led the Song soldiers into the city. However, the rogues in the city took the opportunity to cause trouble, smash shops, and looted the big households.

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The city was in chaos for a while, and the remaining Xibao Chiwei could not hold back. Fortunately, Longzhenwei and Guichiwei were not far from the city. After learning the police, they quickly returned to the city. The three armies worked together to suppress the riot and entered the city from three gates. Countless people died by swords and guns along the way, most of the shops were robbed, and almost all the rich people in the city were robbed.
Chapter completed!