Since Li Fen left the Mongolian camp on the north bank of the Sishui River, Tasi asked his subordinates to pay attention to the movements of the Jin army on the south bank.
Because Li Fen took a detour to attack Zhao Tai's rear, and he wanted to send back the news, it would definitely be later than Zhao Tai got the news.
If the Mongolian army on the north bank cannot detect Zhao Tai's movements in time, their plan may fail.
After all, Li Fen's plan divided the Mongolian army into two parts, each of which was weaker than the Jin army.
If Zhao Tai moves south quickly and the Mongolian army on the north bank fails to react, it may be possible for Zhao Tai to defeat Li Fen and turn defeat into victory, and then turn around and come back to defeat them.
At this time, in the Mongolian army commander's tent, Tasi was pacing back and forth in front of the map, with a somewhat anxious expression on his face, "Looking at the time, Li Fen should have appeared in Pizhou by now. Why is there no movement from the Jin army on the other side?"
These days, Tasi has people monitoring the other side for twelve hours, but nothing unusual is seen on the other side.
Logically speaking, Li Fen should have invaded Pizhou by now, and Zhao Tai must have received the news.
Pizhou was attacked, and it was impossible for Zhao Tai to fail to respond. This made everyone in the Mongolian army start to worry about whether there was something wrong with Li Fen's plan.
Zhang Rou stroked her beard, "Did Li Fen's sneak attack fail?"
Tasi glared at him, "Zhao Tai's troops are all on the south bank. Even if Li Fen fails to attack, Zhao Tai will be attacked from both sides and fall into panic. There is no way that the Jin army will remain silent!"
In Tasi's opinion, Zhao Tai would definitely react when he got the news.
He could either rush south immediately to help, or attack them immediately.
However, there are 20,000 Mongolian troops on the north bank, and it is unlikely that Zhao Tai will attack. He is eager to return reinforcements and will definitely go south immediately.
At this time, there was no response from the Jin Army camp, which made Tasi a little crazy.
Just as the two were saying this, the curtain was raised, and Shi Tianze rushed in and said urgently: "Marshal Du, the Jin army on the south bank has escaped, and we have been deceived by Zhao Tai."
"What?" Tasi asked quickly, "What's going on?"
Shi Tianze said: "I found out that there are not many people in Nan'an Jin camp anymore, they should withdraw."
Upon hearing this, Tasi immediately took his saber and hurried out of the tent. Then he and others came to the river bank and looked towards the south bank.
Tasi squinted his eyes, built a pergola and looked out. He saw flags fluttering in the camp opposite, and there were many figures inside. He couldn't help but look at Shi Tianze with doubts.
Shi Tianze pointed to the other side and explained: "Marshal Du, the sun is so bright, but the soldiers standing on the other side have not moved all morning. I suspect that they are not the Jin army, but straw men."
Tasi took a look and saw that the figures standing in the camp were all motionless, with only a few soldiers walking back and forth carrying spears.
It's June now, and the Shandong border is starting to get hot. The soldiers of the Mongolian army are hiding in the shade, but the soldiers on the other side are standing motionless in the bright sun. It's really not normal.
In such hot weather, most people would definitely not be able to stand standing under the sun all morning, and there was no need for Zhao Tai to torture his soldiers like this.
When Tasi saw this, he immediately said: "This must be Li Fen's sneak attack, and Zhao Tai went back to Pizhou in a hurry to help."
Li Fen crossed Mengshan Mountain to sneak attack Zhao Tai's rear, so delivering the news back would definitely be slower than Zhao Tai getting the news.
Zhang Rou and Shi Tianze had a tangled look on their faces, but Tasi immediately ordered: "Send the order, the army is ready, and I will forcefully cross Surabaya immediately and break the enemy's camp."
Zhang Rou and Shi Tianze actually disapproved of Li Fen launching a surprise attack and believed that it would be best for the two sides to confront each other across the river.
In this way, they can not only hold back Zhao Tai, but also have the opportunity to train troops without taking any risks.
But now Li Fen launched a surprise attack and Tasi asked them to send troops, and the two of them had no reason to refuse.
Although the battle was won and most of the credit went to Tasi and Li Fen, they could also get part of the credit as long as they participated.
If he could defeat Zhao Tai during the pursuit, or even capture Zhao Tai, that would be a great achievement.
"Yes!" The two looked at each other and immediately clasped their fists.
Not long after, the horn sounded in the Mongolian camp, and more than 20,000 Mongolian troops quickly came out of the camp to gather.
A large number of Mongolian troops came to the shore carrying rafts, and the soldiers boarded the rafts and boats. When the Jin Army camp on the other side discovered the movements of the Mongolian troops on the north bank, they immediately started shouting with gongs and drums and warning sounds.
Tasi saw the movement on the north bank, but sneered again and again, "The gold thieves are bluffing, don't be deceived by them, cross the river for me."
Zhang Rou then pulled out the waist knife and swung it forward, "Kill!"
With an order, hundreds of rafts on the north bank set off together, and the soldiers rowed desperately to rush to the south bank.
In the Jin army camp, the soldiers who stayed behind fired sporadic arrows, but they were unable to prevent the Mongolian army from crossing the river.
Soon, the Mongolian army rushed to the shore, and the soldiers jumped off the raft, waving their swords, and rushed towards the Jin army's camp.
When Wanyan Chenghu, who was left behind at the camp, saw this, he immediately waved his hand and shouted loudly, "Ming Jin, retreat!"
There was a rapid golden sound, and the Jin army who was standing on the shore shooting arrows saw that the Mongolian army was about to rush ashore. They quickly ran back to the camp, then got on their horses and fled south at a gallop.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the Mongolian army that came ashore broke through the Jin army's camp and occupied Zhao Tai's camp.
Zhang Rou came to the camp, used a knife to remove the clothes on the straw man, and couldn't help cursing: "Zhao Tai is really cunning."
Not long after, Tasi crossed the Surabaya River, and Zhang Rou immediately stepped forward and saluted, "Marshal Du, Zhao Tai's fellow has indeed run away. The soldiers in the camp are all straw men. In addition, the fellow should have left in a hurry, tents, pots and pans , I didn’t even have time to take away the food.”
Shi Tianze said in a deep voice: "Zhao Tai left in a hurry, and I don't know how long he left!"
At this time, a cavalryman came from behind, dismounted, and reported: "Marshal Du, Marshal Li defeated the Jin army in Aishan to block the troops, killed thousands of enemies, and has now entered the border of Pizhou!"
"Okay!" When Tasi heard this, he no longer had any scruples and immediately said excitedly: "Li Fen succeeded. The faster Zhao Tai walks, the more critical his rear is. We must seize this opportunity and the entire army must not rest." , immediately pursue southward."
In Tasi's view, Li Fen succeeded in attacking Zhao Tai, which is why Zhao Tai left in such a hurry.
Now that Zhao Tai is heading south, he must pursue him immediately, otherwise if Zhao Tai rushes back and defeats Li Fen, their work will be in vain.
Zhang Rou and Shi Tianze were also a little moved, and immediately ordered the entire army to reorganize briefly before rushing south to pursue the Jin soldiers.
When the Mongolian army pursued southward, Zhao Tai and Wuxian had already retreated to Tengzhou.
There is the Yimeng Mountains in central Shandong, but the Mongolian army left Yanzhou and entered Tengzhou, close to the Grand Canal, and the terrain was relatively flat.
Although Zhang and Shi were mainly infantry troops, Tasi had a thousand Mongolian cavalry.
The Mongols like to send out sentries and cavalry in battle to understand the battlefield environment. It is actually more difficult for Zhao Tai to lay an ambush.
In order to avoid being discovered by the Mongolian sentries, Zhao Tai placed the ambush site on the south bank of Xue River in Tengzhou, and asked Wanyan Chenghu to lead more than a thousand troops to lead the enemy into the encirclement.
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