Wokuotai was furious at being teased by Zhao Tai, and urged the Mongolian cavalry to pursue eastward without stopping.
He must catch up with Zhao Tai and bite him hard to relieve the hatred in his heart.
The Mongolian cavalry went crazy, and their speed was really amazing. They could eat and sleep on their horses, and they were not even a little faster than the Jin army.
Pua and Heda, who came to greet Zhao Tai, were stunned by Zhao Tai's reaction.
They reacted and quickly shouted with Wu Xian, "Run!"
At this time, Jin Bing, who had just been lying on the ground, could only get up and continue running eastward.
Zhao Tai glanced back while running, and saw billowing yellow dust rising behind him. The cavalry led by Subotai was about to catch up, and the distance was only about seven or eight miles.
At this distance, there would be no problem if he led the cavalry to escape back to the city, but the infantry would most likely be bitten on the tail.
Zhao Tai turned around and saw Huang Chen getting closer and closer. He immediately reined in his horse and led the cavalry to a stop.
Wu Xian rode up to Zhao Tai and asked, "Guorui, what's going on?"
Zhao Tai turned his horse and faced the yellow dust raised by the Mongolian cavalry. He pointed his riding whip at the pursuers and said, "Damn, you're careless. The speed of the Mongolian cavalry is truly well-deserved! I retreated one night in advance, and they almost caught up with me!"
Pu'a and Heda saw the dust in the distance and knew that the Mongolian cavalry would arrive in the blink of an eye. They couldn't help but panicked: "There are still dozens of miles to go, what should we do?"
Zhao Tai's cheeks twitched, "You guys should spread out and run away immediately. There aren't many forward cavalry in the Mongolian army. As long as you don't get together, they won't be able to do much harm. Go quickly! Go quickly! I'll delay it for a while longer!"
The infantry of the Jin Army walked for three days and three nights. The soldiers were hungry and tired and did not have the conditions to form a formation.
Moreover, Wokuotai's army was right behind them. If they stopped to form a formation, they would most likely be overtaken by the Mongolian army and surrounded outside the city.
Therefore, Zhao Tai asked them to disperse. Even if they were caught up by the Mongolian army, the losses would not be too great.
When the three heard the words, they knew there was no need to delay, so they quickly ordered all the troops to disperse and run to Kaifeng.
Zhao Taize ordered his soldiers, who could only ride horses but could not fight, to retreat with the infantry, leaving only a thousand Song Army cavalry and two thousand armed guards cavalry, reining up their horses and standing in the wilderness, pretending to be ready.
At this time, Zhao Tai had a sinister look on his face, watching Yangchen getting closer and closer. Not long after, Subotai led the vanguard and appeared in his field of vision, and the Mongolian cavalry came from the wild.
Subotai pursued Zhao Tai all the way. He thought he would not be able to catch up with Zhao Tai, but he suddenly discovered that thousands of cavalry were waiting in the wilderness in front of him.
This made Subotai couldn't help but rein in his horse, and the cavalry behind him stopped immediately. The two cavalry were facing each other three or four miles apart, "Hey, why doesn't Zhao Tai run?"
Subotai stepped on the stirrup and stood up on the horse in order to get a better view. He looked past the Jin Army cavalry and saw the Jin Army infantry fleeing all over the mountains and plains from a distance!
"Haha~ I caught up with the golden thief!" Subotai couldn't help but be overjoyed. He knew that the Jin Army cavalry wanted to stop him, which he wanted very much.
Subotai saw the Jin Army's cavalry in formation and knew that Zhao Tai wanted to break up the Jin Army's infantry and protect the Jin Army's infantry from the impact of the cavalry. However, Subotai was not really interested in the Jin Army's infantry. He cared more about it. Is it possible to catch Zhao Tai?
Subotai looked at the Jin Army cavalry who were waiting in full formation, and he felt a trace of tragedy.
At this time, he glanced around and saw that the Jin Army and Horse Army did not charge, but stood still. Then he no longer hesitated and roared loudly, "Warriors, follow me to kill!"
After speaking, he pulled out his scimitar, swung it forward with all his strength, then slapped his horse directly and rushed towards the Jin Army cavalry formation, intending to defeat them.
Zhao Tai saw the Mongolian cavalry rushing towards him, but he pulled out the reins of his horse and said, "Retreat!"
The Jin Army cavalry pulled their reins one after another, turned their horses' heads, divided into two groups, and ran eastward, one on the left and the other on the right.
Subotai was dumbfounded as he rushed towards him, and the Mongolian cavalry simply missed him.
At this time, he looked up and saw that the Jin Army's infantry had already run far away in just a moment, so he waved his scimitar and urged his horse to attack the Jin Army's infantry.
It is difficult for the cavalry to chase the cavalry, but it is still very easy to chase the two-legged infantry.
Thousands of Mongolian cavalry immediately looked for their targets. While galloping, they raised their swords in their hands, preparing to launch a ruthless massacre.
At this time, Zhao Tai, who was galloping, saw that the Mongolian cavalry was about to catch up with the infantry. He immediately pulled the reins of his horse and led the cavalry to charge towards the Mongolian cavalry in a roundabout way, and fired a wave of arrows from a distance.
When Subotai saw the Jin Army's cavalry galloping back, he could only abandon his infantry and move his horses to attack. However, as he approached, the Jin Army's cavalry ran away again.
In this way, the Mongolian cavalry pursued the infantry, and Zhao Tai led the cavalry to rush forward to interfere. When the Mongolian army came to pursue the cavalry, the Jin army's cavalry immediately ran away.
Zhao Tai fought and retreated from behind, covering the infantry's retreat to Kaifeng, while the Mongolian army followed closely behind. Many lone Jin Army infantrymen died under the Mongolian army's scimitars. The cavalry also suffered some casualties.
The Mongolian cavalry pursued all the way, and saw a majestic city appearing in front of them, but the Mongolian army still pursued them.
They watched the Jin army fleeing across the wilderness, raising their scimitars one after another, chasing them with flying horseshoes, and did not notice the distance from the city.
Suddenly, a burst of sound broke through the air, and the Mongolian cavalry in front suddenly fell down. Some of the cavalry were even shot directly through the men and horses by large spear-like arrows.
When the defenders at the top of Kaifeng City saw the Mongolian cavalry entering the range of the crossbow, they immediately fired crossbow arrows. The running Mongolian cavalry was shot, and their bodies flew directly into the air and hit the ground heavily.
"No! Stop!" Subotai reacted and shouted loudly.
The Mongolian cavalry hurriedly reined in their horses and retreated out of the range of the crossbow. They carefully looked at the city in front of them and saw the sound of the Jin army standing on the wall.
Under the city wall, the Jin army who arrived at the city first reluctantly picked up their weapons and set up a large formation with their backs to the city. The Mongolian cavalry could only rein in their horses and stop and watch from a distance.
Zhao Tai led the cavalry to the city. He was not in a hurry to enter the city. Instead, he reined up his horse and stood at the city. He raised his head and laughed: "Hahaha~"
There were many crossbows and ballistae in Kaifeng City, as well as a large number of crossbows. The Jin army was safe when they ran to the bottom of the city.
Subotai looked at the Jin army who had fled to the city, his eyes were red with anger, he took off his pointed felt hat angrily and threw it to the ground, "Damn it, let Zhao Tai'er escape, but we failed to get rid of this disaster. What a pity, what a pity!”
This time the Jin army went out to Hulao Pass, which was actually an excellent opportunity for the Mongolian army. As long as the defenders could drag the Jin soldiers in front of the pass, after Kublai Khan's army detoured, the main force of the Jin army would Gotta be screwed.
However, Wokuotai was bluffed by Zhao Tai's bluff, but he did not expect that Zhao Tai suddenly fled.
Although the Mongolian cavalry was fast, Zhao Tai was able to get ahead of him after all, so the Mongolian cavalry failed to catch Zhao Tai in the end.
Seeing Zhao Tai laughing wildly under the city, Subotai could only order the entire army to stop the pursuit, retreat to meet up with Wo Kuotai, and collect the equipment, armor, supplies, etc. discarded by the Jin army along the way, waiting for the next opportunity to annihilate Zhao. Thai.
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