In Langshan City, the Qi army, which had been trapped for almost 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 finally expected you to come."

Lu Wenxin immediately knelt down and saluted, "Lv Wenxin, who has a thousand households in the Shuiying camp, pays his respects to the governor of the capital."

Wu Xian helped him up and said, "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 the horse to satisfy my hunger."

The Mongolian army piled up mounds of earth outside Dong'an City, and the Dong'an defenders were suppressed by the Mongolian troops. Wu Xian ordered the Dong'an defenders to withdraw into Langshan City, which is located on high ground.

The people were withdrawn, but the ordnance and food could not be withdrawn. 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 grain in advance, but the State of Qi did not have grain in Hebei, so it could not provide enough grain.

Langshan was trapped for half a year, and the hearts of the people in the city were unstable. Now that the food was delivered, the morale of the troops was immediately calmed down.

Lu Wenxin took out a letter from his arms and said, "Capital Commander, this is a secret letter from the king to you."

After hearing this, Wu Xian took the letter, tore open the wax seal, opened it and looked at it, his expression became serious.

"Let the brothers enter the city first!" Wu Xian ordered his subordinates after reading the letter, and then said to Lu Wenxin: "Lu Qianhu, come with me!"

After speaking, Wu Xian led Lu Wenxin into the city and went directly to 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 message. How dare we open it without permission?"

Wu Xian nodded: "Then do you know that the Mongolian expeditionary army from the west is returning to the east and will soon enter the Central Plains?"

Lu Wenxin was startled, but still shook his head. He was only a middle-level naval officer, so naturally he didn't know this information.

In fact, the news brought back by Yang You was only known to the senior officials of the Qi State. When Zhao Tai mobilized his troops, he did not inform the soldiers of the news that the Mongolian expeditionary army from the west had returned to the east.

After all, Qi 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 the attention of Zhu Wo Kuotai, and dragged the Mongolian army to Langshan.

The last time Mongolia and Song Dynasty attacked Qi State, Wo Kuotai 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 was ahead of schedule. Qi State's military grain reserves in Hebei were insufficient. 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 coming 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 calculated in his mind the feasibility of the plan.

Now Qi State pretended to give up launching a counterattack in Hebei and transferred its troops to Shandong to defend the Mongolian Western Expedition. Langshan became 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 solemnly: "Since your navy has entered Langshan, you will temporarily listen to my command. Do you have any questions?"

Lu Wenxin quickly clasped his fists and said, "I am willing to obey the military orders of the Commander-in-Chief!"

Wu Xian put away the letter and did not inform Lu Wenxin that he was about to fake a breakout.

Now the Qi army is eager for a decisive battle, and 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 under control, and the Mongolian army has set up obstacles on the river."

After hearing this, Wuxian came out of the city tower and walked to the city wall to look out. Lu Wenxin followed behind him and saw Mongolian soldiers on the river section north of Dong'an City descending into the river and driving piles into the river.

"This should be because the Mongolian army saw that they broke through the downstream obstruction and led the small boat to Langshan. In order to prevent the navy from continuing to send food to Langshan, they blocked the river." Lu Wen 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 men and cut down trees outside the artillery range of Langshan City.

Obstacles were placed on the river 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 to the city, "Listen to the Qi army in the city, we Mongolians

The Western Expeditionary Army has entered the Central Plains, and the traitor Zhao Tai has returned to Shandong to defend himself. Langshan has become the abandoned son of the traitor Zhao. If the generals in the city can kill the Wuxian and surrender, the Great Khan will surely give him a heavy reward!"

When Wu Yanbing heard the shouts of the Mongolian army, he couldn't help but became furious, "Everyone controls the officials, but the Tatars disturb the morale of the army and let the humble officers launch artillery bombardments."

When Wu Xian heard the shouts of the Mongolian troops outside the city, he was not angry but happy, "It seems that Mongolia has been deceived by the king, so I will use his plan to make you believe it."

The officers and 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 telling lies 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 in a deep voice: "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 grain and grass, but within a short period of time, it is no longer possible in Hebei.

Launch a counterattack and let us fight Ogodei alone!"

When many generals in the city heard this, they were shocked 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.
Chapter completed!