The Xuzhou defenders took advantage of Kuaduan to move south and attack the Mongolian camp.
At this time, Kuoduan has cleared the obstacles to attack Shuanggou Town, so naturally we cannot give up halfway.
Zhao Tai's men were all new soldiers, and there were only more than 20,000 soldiers, while Kuoduan had 40,000 troops, which was a very obvious advantage.
Therefore, Kuo Duan decided to defeat Zhao Tai first, and then go back to deal with the Xuzhou defenders.
At this time, Kuo Duan gave an order, and Zhang Rou had his flag waved. Nearly five thousand Mongolian armored soldiers roared and left the formation.
As one of the more powerful warlords in Hebei, Zhang Rou's family background can be said to be quite strong.
He has an army of armored soldiers. The soldiers are all strong and strong, wearing iron armor and equipped with shields, swords, spears, short axes, and iron bones.
Because time was urgent, Zhang Rou did not hold anything back and sent out his elite heavy infantry as soon as possible.
As soon as the military order came out, the heavy infantry rushed in like a wall. They carried fifty or sixty kilograms of equipment, and their defensive power was not inferior to the heavy infantry of the Song Dynasty wearing infantry armor.
Because they were heavily armored, they could not charge quickly. They could only slowly leave the formation and beat the shields with their sabers and iron bones, making a sonorous and powerful sound to intimidate the defenders.
In Shuanggou Town, Zhao Tai stared at the Mongolian army pressing over like a wall. Hearing the sound of weapons hitting shields, he felt the tremendous pressure.
At this time, in the Mongolian army formation, Zhang Rou waved her hand again shortly after stepping out of the formation, "Fengshi Army, follow us."
With the command flags waving and war drums beating, nearly five thousand Mongolian archers holding long bows and quivers hanging from their waists immediately came out of the formation after the Mongolian army marched out of the formation.
They formed nine rows, followed the heavy infantry, and pressed towards the town.
Under the banner of the Mongolian army, Kuo Duan stood proudly on his war horse, looking at the town and sneered: "Zhao Tai, you are not a cat or a dog. After half a year of training, you can be called an army, and you can fight with me in the field!"
In the town, Zhao Tai saw the enemy troops approaching. He immediately raised his left hand solemnly and ordered: "Shoot the positioning arrow!"
The crossbowmen and archers in the town fired at the same time. The arrows flew into the sky, then fell rapidly, nailed to the ground, and the tail fins shook violently.
Soon, the Mongolian army stepped over the positioning arrows, trampled and broke the arrows nailed to the ground, and entered the shooting range of the divine arm bow and the crossbow.
Zhao Tai knew that there were many new soldiers on his side, and he had to use crossbows to shoot more enemy soldiers from a distance in order to stabilize the battle line. Otherwise, he would be at a disadvantage in a short period of time.
"Crossbowman, let go!" Zhao Tai suddenly swung the sword forward, and veins popped out on his forehead.
In the town, the divine arm bows and crossbows of the Zhongyi Army fired immediately. Thousands of crossbow arrows were fired at the same time, causing waves of air to roar towards the Mongolian army.
Facing the shooting of the loyal army, the Mongolian army seemed to have expected it. At the moment Zhao Tai gave the order, the officers in the Mongolian army also shouted loudly: "Pick up the shield!"
The Mongolian soldiers walking in the front row immediately lifted up their shields in order to protect their vital points. The next second, countless sharp arrows roared towards them. The sharp arrows hit the shields, making a loud "doo" sound. Some of the arrows hit the shields, and only a few of the Mongolian soldiers fell to the ground.
The formation of the Mongolian infantry was not disordered at all. The soldiers in the rear row came forward with shields to fill the gaps. The soldiers used their weapons to sweep off the crossbow arrows nailed to the shields and continued to advance like a wall.
Seeing this, Zhao Tai ordered in a deep voice, "Shoot again! Archers prepare!"
The crossbowmen in the town continued to shoot, shooting arrows at the Mongolian army. The archers unfurled their bows and nocked arrows, pointing their arrows diagonally at the sky, preparing to shoot at the Mongolian army.
Soon the Mongolian army stepped forward, and with the crossbows of the Zhongyi Army, they entered the range of the bows and arrows.
Seeing that the crossbow arrows did not cause much damage to the enemy, Zhao Tai immediately shouted: "Archer, shoot for me!"
There was a sound of strings, thousands of arrows were fired in the town, and a cloud of locusts rose up, making the Mongolian infantry feel that the sky above their heads was darkened.
Facing the cloud of arrows rising into the sky, the officers in the Mongolian formation calmly ordered, "Raise your shields!"
Among the heavy infantry of the Mongolian army, the soldiers in the front row still raised their shields to their chests to protect the vital points in front of them, while the heavy infantry in the rear row raised their shields to their heads in a uniform manner.
For a time, thousands of Mongolian infantrymen raised their shields and immediately formed a shield wall above the array. Arrows roared down and most of them hit the shields.
Under the banner of the Mongolian army, Kuo Duan showed a complacent look on his face, "Zhao Tai, how dare you underestimate me, how is my army doing?"
In the town, Zhao Tai was really shocked. The loyal soldiers in the town were a little panicked when they saw that the Mongolian infantry could handle arrows easily without causing many casualties to them.
At this time, the Mongolian army continued to advance. As the distance approached, the armor-piercing ability of the crossbows became stronger, and the Mongolian army's casualties increased.
Fifty steps later, the crossbow arrow shot out with a "whoosh" shot directly through the shield and into the Mongolian armor.
"Charge!" At this moment, the Mongolian army, which had been advancing slowly and maintaining its formation, suddenly roared, and then they all picked up speed, ran howling, and charged towards the town.
These Mongolian heavy infantrymen lifted up the horse stakes and antlers outside the town, quickly rushed to the fortifications built by the loyal army with wooden planks and carts, slashed wildly with their swords, and slammed their bodies like bison.
Zhao Tai immediately roared, "Lancer, stab me! Crossbowman, keep shooting!"
The loyal army relied on the fortifications, and the recruits held spears and stabbed the Mongolian troops who wanted to rush in in terror.
There were loud noises one after another, and the two armies were in close combat. The Mongols hit the defense line of the Loyalty Army. Weapons of various colors from both sides flew up and down, spears pierced, and blood and flesh splashed everywhere!
At this time, while the Mongolian heavy infantry was attacking the defense line, the Mongolian archers stopped behind their heavy infantry.
The Mongolian archers lined up in nine rows, bent their bows and set arrows, pointed the arrows diagonally at the sky, and then released the bowstrings.
The defenders in the town felt that the sky suddenly darkened. When they looked up, they saw countless arrows falling like locusts.
For a time, roofs, streets, and houses were all filled with arrows falling from the sky. The defenders were suppressed by the enemy and could only find places to take shelter.
The battle had just begun, and the Mongolian army took advantage and suppressed Zhao Tai's loyal army in the town.
The first field battle that the new recruits of the Loyalty Army encountered turned into a life-and-death battle.
Under the banner of the Mongolian army, Kuo Duan smiled and said to the left and right: "Haha, looking at the progress, Zhang Wanhu's statement is still too conservative. I think Shuanggou Town will be broken before noon!"
Zhang Rou felt relieved when she saw the Mongolian army suppressing the defenders. But at this moment, a group of Mongolian army scouts came galloping from behind.
The cavalry galloped to the center of the army, dismounted and said, "Report! Report to the prince, thousands of enemy cavalry are coming from the west, rushing towards Shuanggou!"
