Outside Bianjing City, in various villages and towns, the village chiefs who received the order rang the gongs and shouted along the streets, "Young and old men, bring your rations and enter the city to avoid the Mongols!"

When people from every household heard the shouts, they helped the old and the young one after another and left the village with their shoulders and hands, heading to a nearby city to take shelter.

For a time, a stream of people formed on the roads outside the city, gathering towards Kaifeng City.

When the people were transferred to the Jin Kingdom, Wokuotai's army had already arrived in Zhongmou.

The defenders of Zhongmou City had no time to close the city gates before they were rushed in by the Mongolian cavalry. Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians were brutally killed.

After Wokuotai crossed the Yellow River and occupied Zhengzhou, he only sent a small number of cavalry into eastern Henan to plunder, but did not invade Kaifeng on a large scale until the results of the battle at Sanfeng Mountain were announced.

Wokuotai originally planned to wait for Tuo Lei's army to approach Kaifeng, but when he learned that Tuo Lei had been poisoned, he became furious and decided to lead the army himself to avenge Tuo Lei.

After the Mongolian forwards captured Zhongmou and rested for a while, Wo Kuotai ordered the Mongolian troops of 10,000 Xue troops, 20,000 regular troops, as well as Han troops, Khitan troops, and Semu troops, totaling 100,000 troops, to march toward Kaifeng in a mighty manner.

Advance.

On the way, anyone who resisted the Mongolian army would be massacred. At the same time, Wo Kuotai also ordered people to post a notice stating that anyone who could dedicate the Emperor of Jin to the emperor of the Jin Dynasty would be rewarded with ten thousand households and be granted the title of Marquis.

In addition, if you capture the ministers of the Jin Kingdom, you will receive different rewards according to their rank.

It is worth mentioning that Zhao Tai is also on the list, and is ranked just behind Monk Chen. For his head, you can receive a thousand taels of gold.

This was tantamount to advertising for Zhao Tai, letting the people in the Central Plains know that the Mongols hated Mr. Zhao, and became a golden sign of resistance against Mongolia in the future.

From now on, if Zhao Tai's banner is raised, it will definitely attract people who are willing to fight against Mongolia to come and seek refuge.

In early February, the Mongolian army's vanguard moved down the Yellow River and soon reached the western suburbs of Bianjing.

Bianjing City is a luxurious and magnificent city with a circumference of eighty miles. It was built starting from the reign of Emperor Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty and was reinforced by the Northern Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty. The city defense system is very complete.

The only disadvantage is that it is too large and requires a large number of troops to defend.

The Mongols have conquered cities and conquered many cities over the years, but when they took a peek at the defenses of Bianjing, they were still shocked by this behemoth.

This can be said to be the largest city they have seen since the start of the Meng-Jin war. The tallness of the city walls and the width of the moat in Bianjing can be said to be far greater than other cities captured by the Mongolian army.

At this time, the Mongolian cavalry was peeping around the city. The gate of Bianjing suddenly opened. Monk Chen led three hundred loyal and filial soldiers to rush out and charged directly at the Mongolian cavalry.

The Mongols and Monk Chen fought for a while downstream of the city. They were worried that there would be cavalry rushing out and did not dare to fight. After charging for a while, they pulled their horses and retreated.

The Mongolian vanguard sentries rushed back to Zhongmou and reported to Wokuotai. They stated that Bianjing City had high walls, a wide moat, an arrow tower, a horse face, a crossbow bed, and complete defensive equipment. It was recommended that Wokuotai and other mine-towing troops enter the city.

The Mongolian army from Shandong arrived and surrounded Bianjing again.

But Wokuotai had his own ideas. Bianjing was rich and the income from its capture would be huge.

After Temujin's death, Mongolia had Tuo Lei supervising the country for several years before handing him the throne.

Since Mongolia has the tradition of "the youngest son guarding the stove", when Temujin was still alive, Tolei obtained the best and largest fiefdoms and pastures.

This makes Wo Kuotai's strength worse than Tuo Lei after he succeeds to the throne.

As the Great Khan of Mongolia, it is impossible for Ogedai not to have a grudge in his heart.

Therefore, when the news of Tuo Lei's poisoning came, Wo Kuotai was both angry and a little happy.

Tuo Lei's strength far surpassed his own, and he achieved great military exploits in the Western Expedition and the Battle of Destroying Jin, making him a great khan with no sense of existence.

Now that Tuo Lei has defeated the main force of the Jin Kingdom at Sanfeng Mountain and has made great achievements, he must capture Bianjing.

In this way, he can gain the merit of capturing the Jin capital and capturing the Jin emperor, which will increase his prestige and stabilize his status.

Secondly, after capturing Bianjing, he can let his men plunder, and if they get benefits, they will become more loyal to him.

Therefore, Wokuotai decided to send troops. Bianjing was not a big city, and Zhongdu was not small either. Wasn't it also defeated by the Mongolian army?

Besides, the main force of the Jin Kingdom was completely lost. If they couldn't capture Bianjing with their 100,000 troops, then why would they talk about seizing the Central Plains and then plotting against the Song Dynasty?

At that moment, Wokuotai ordered a hundred thousand troops to march directly to Bianjing.

On the third day of February, just after the first lunar month, the weather became warmer.

Now was originally the season for sowing, but because of the war, the people around Bianjing did not go to the fields to cultivate. Instead, they hid in Kaifeng City and participated in the defense of the city.

At this time, on the wide city wall, the defenders and people were busy carrying supplies for the city defense, placing arrows, rolling stones and hammered wood at the top of the city, preparing to welcome the Mongolian attack.

The defense of Bianjing City is complete and there are many equipments on it. If there are enough troops, there is really no fear of Mongolian attack.

However, now that the main force of the Jin Kingdom has been lost, there are only 40,000 troops in the city who have been withdrawn from the Yellow River defense line. To defend the huge Bianjing, it can be said that there are loopholes everywhere.

Because they were afraid that the Mongols would massacre the city after conquering Bianjing, the people in the city spontaneously helped the defenders transport supplies and defend the city without any mobilization by the Jin government.

Zhao Tai also helped carry stones and arrows at the top of the city and learned how the Jin army defended the city.

Although the Southern Song Dynasty was still stronger in terms of defending the city, now that Zhao Tai was in the Jin Kingdom, he could only learn from the Jin army and prepare for the future.

At this time, he was carrying stones while watching Heda, Monk Chen and others deploying the city defenses. He pricked up his ears to steal the troops, but suddenly there was a commotion on the city wall.

Zhao Tai couldn't help but straighten up and looked outside the city. He saw a black line suddenly appear on the horizon and billowing yellow dust rising in the sky.

"There is enemy territory!" Someone in the city immediately shouted a warning.

Zhao Tai quickly put down the stones and came to the edge of the city wall with Monk Chen and others, looking westward.

In the wilderness on the western outskirts of Bianjing, the Mongolian cavalry galloped in front of them, and the infantry marched across the wilderness, charging towards the city like a tide.

Zhao Tai was a little surprised when he saw so many Mongolian troops, "How many troops are there?"

Monk Chen had a long face and held on to the wall with one hand, "One hundred thousand? Looking at the formation, the enemy soldiers are at least one hundred thousand."

Zhao Tai naturally did not doubt Monk Chen's experience. When he saw the galloping war horses and the heaving heads in the distance, he felt a huge sense of oppression and thought to himself: "The black clouds are pressing down on the city and are about to destroy it!"

Monk Chen ordered his subordinates to prepare for defense, and then ordered one person, "Go and report to Your Majesty quickly."

At this time, in the Mongolian army, many Mongolian generals surrounded the burly Ogedai Khan and came towards Bianjing.
Chapter completed!