Outside the camp of the Song-Qi coalition forces, groups of Mongolian cavalry galloped back and forth, raising billowing yellow dust. People and horses neighed in the wilderness with great momentum.
The cavalry does not form a tight formation like the infantry. They are spread out in the wilderness. After one hundred thousand cavalry are spread out, they occupy more space than the three or four hundred thousand infantry.
In the coalition camp, the soldiers looked around and saw Mongolian cavalry everywhere they could see.
At this time, the central Mongolian army blew the horn, and the deep horn sound continued to echo in the wilderness. Countless Mongolian cavalry pressed into the coalition camp with murderous intent, putting huge pressure on the coalition forces.
At this time, Wokuotai gave an order, and a captain behind him clasped his fists and said: "I am willing to shoot him with an arrow array first to give the barbarians a disarming force."
Wo Kuotai saw that it was his concubine's eldest son, He Dan, and nodded and said, "Go!"
He Dan received the order and immediately pulled out the reins of his horse and ran back to his headquarters. Then he waved his hand and said, "Follow me and let the barbarians see the power of my Mongolian warrior."
The passionate horn sounded, and 10,000 Mongolian cavalry followed Hedan and pressed towards the coalition camp not far away.
The cavalry was so powerful that 10,000 cavalry rushed towards the camp like a rolling torrent. Thousands of hooves trampled the ground. The sound of rolling hooves was like muffled thunder, and the dust raised covered the sky.
When the two armies are fighting, morale is very important. Before the battle, the Mongolian cavalry is accustomed to using the cavalry to create a huge momentum to intimidate the opponent, so that the Mongolian army gains a psychological advantage as soon as the war begins.
Facing the galloping cavalry, the Song army, which had never seen so many war horses in the coalition camp, was immediately intimidated by the power of the Mongolian cavalry, and many soldiers' legs could not help but tremble slightly.
Although they stood behind the ditch and the village wall, they still felt that the defense was weak and they were afraid that the Mongolian cavalry would rush into the camp.
Looking upstairs, Zhao Kui saw such a scene and suddenly felt that the camp was not safe, and exclaimed in shock: "The Mongolian army is actually so powerful!"
Zhao Tai said calmly: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhizhi. The Mongolian army's momentum just seems to be bluffing. If they charge the camp with cavalry, they will definitely hit their heads and bleed!"
As he spoke, Zhao Tai pointed to the camp, "The pits, trenches, antlers, and horses outside the camp will all be insurmountable obstacles for the Mongolian cavalry. What's more, I also asked people to scatter iron pears, which will definitely kill them." Broken blood flow.”
While they were talking, ten thousand fierce-looking Mongolians wearing leather armor, holding bows and arrows, were approaching the coalition camp.
The cavalry crossed the field ridge and quickly approached the camp. While running, they drew their bows and nocked arrows, hoping to shoot a hail of arrows to severely damage the morale of the coalition forces.
Hedan saw the obstacles arranged outside the camp. The Mongolian cavalry would not be stupid enough to charge forward. He pulled the reins of his horse and prepared to lead 10,000 cavalrymen to run around the camp and kill the coalition forces with arrow arrays.
At this moment, an unexpected surprise occurred. The Mongolian cavalry galloping in front suddenly let out a mournful neigh. The horse suddenly fell forward, throwing the cavalry on top away, and hit the ground heavily, stirring up clouds of yellow dust.
The Mongolian cavalry fell one after another, and Hedan immediately realized that this was no accident, and must be some kind of underhanded trick by the coalition forces.
He saw the cavalry in front of him falling down one after another, and the cavalry behind him unable to dodge. The galloping horses trampled the fallen soldiers, turning them to pieces of flesh and blood. He immediately shouted an order in a hurry, "Retreat!"
The nearly ten thousand Mongolian cavalry could only shoot a wave of arrows in a hurry, then pulled the reins and retreated in a roundabout way.
The arrows fired by the Mongolian cavalry were like locusts, covering the sky and the sun. If such a dense number of arrows fell into the camp, they would inevitably cause a large number of casualties to the coalition forces. However, the Mongolian cavalry rushed to shoot without approaching the camp. Most of the arrows fell in front of the camp and were nailed to the wooden fence.
On the watchtower, Zhao Tai saw the Mongolian cavalry retreating. He immediately raised his fists and raised his arms. The coalition forces in the camp immediately cheered, "Victory!"
"Victory!" In the coalition camp, 120,000 soldiers raised their weapons and shouted in unison. The sound billowed toward the Mongolian army, making the Mongolian army's flags rattle backwards.
At this time, under the banner of the Mongolian army, Wo Kuotai saw this scene, and his face immediately darkened.
He originally wanted to give the coalition forces a blow first, so that they would be fearful and unable to display their strength in battle. He did not want the Mongolian cavalry to be frustrated, but instead boosted the morale of the coalition forces.
Subotai on the side judged based on experience and said angrily: "Khan, it must be the iron pear!"
The Mongolians are no strangers to the iron calabash pear. During the Mongolian-Jin war, the Jin army used the iron calabash pear many times in order to fight against the Mongolian army.
This thing is very sinister. If horses and soldiers step on it, it will be wasted immediately.
If it has been soaked in venom or gold juice before being thrown away, you will die if you step on it.
The Mongols care deeply about their war horses, so they especially hate people who use iron calabash pears. Once the user falls into the hands of the Mongolian army, he will definitely be tortured to death.
"Child Zhao Tai, you are so vicious!" Wo Kuotai's cheeks twitched and he cursed angrily.
Kublai Khan frowned and said, "The enemy dug pits and trenches outside the camp, arranged deer antlers, blocked horses, and scattered iron calabash pears. This shows that the enemy has no intention of decisive battle. Great Khan, we must defeat the enemy. The army is afraid of attacking by force!"
While talking, Hedan, who had retreated, ran over, picked up an iron pear, and said angrily: "Great Khan, the enemy scattered this thing outside the camp!"
Wokuotai took it over. The iron pear was not big and consisted of four long branches. When it landed, three branches were down and one was facing up. It was extremely sharp. Once the war horse stepped on it, it would immediately lose its combat effectiveness.
Wokuotai had a dark face, knowing that Benshe Jianwei could not be realized.
Now he didn't know how many thorn pears the coalition forces had scattered outside the camp, and he didn't know what devious methods the coalition forces had to continue the attack. If they were frustrated again, it would hurt the morale of the Mongolian army, so he ordered with a black face, "First Fall back to camp, wait for the infantry to arrive, and then engage in a decisive battle."
Wokuotai gave an order and remembered the retreat horn. One hundred thousand Mongolian cavalry immediately drew their horses and retreated like a tide.
Looking upstairs, Zhao Kui and Quan Zicai waited for General Song to see this, and couldn't help but said happily: "Haha, the Mongolian army has withdrawn!"
At this time, Zhao Tai's expression became serious, "Two husbands, Wo Kuotai is worried about Guanzhong and Nanyang, and will definitely want to make a quick decision. I predict that they will attack in the near future, and we must prepare for a fierce battle."
After hearing Zhao Tai's words, both of them looked serious.
After all, this camp is not a city. The Mongolian army is very powerful. If they attack by force, the coalition forces are not fully sure to block the Mongolian attack.
Zhao Kui nodded, "Wokuotai wants to make a quick decision, so we will stick to the camp. The Mongolian cavalry is good at it. Let's see how they can break through our stronghold."
The terrifying Mongolian cavalry just now did not cause harm to the coalition forces, but instead lost hundreds of cavalry, which made Zhao Kui and others less afraid of the Mongolian army.
Now the coalition's strategy is very simple, which is to hold off the Mongolian army, and then launch a counterattack to seize Kaifeng when Wo Kuotai is worried that Guanzhong and Luoyang will be forced to retreat.
The Mongolian army retreated to the camp, and Wo Kuotai stood in the tent with a black face, looking at the map.
"Great Khan, the enemy troops are approaching Kaifeng, but they are holding strong and defending themselves. They have no intention of fighting us decisively. They obviously want to hold us back!" Kublai Khan said.
Wokuotai said, "If Guanzhong and Luoyang have enough troops, I don't care how long it takes. The problem is that there are still two Song armies, and relying on those Han princes, I am afraid that Guanzhong and Luoyang will be lost."
Subotai said: "In this case, we can only attack by force and directly defeat the enemy's camp. Then we can send troops back to defend Luoyang in Guanzhong."
Wo Kuotai clenched his fists and said, "Give me the order. The army will rest for the night and challenge again early tomorrow morning. If the barbarians dare not accept the challenge, then I will attack their camp and let the barbarians know that I, the Mongolian warrior, are not only good at riding and shooting, but also capable of riding and shooting. He won't lose to the barbarians in attacking fortified areas."
The two armies were less than ten miles apart and set up camp. At night, in order to prevent sneak attacks, both armies strengthened their defenses. The camp was dotted with torches. When viewed from the sky, it looked like two nebulae. The scene was extremely spectacular.
That night, the commanders of the two armies summoned their subordinates to discuss and formulate their own strategies.
Early the next morning, the well-fed Mongolian army once again set up a formation outside the coalition camp. One hundred thousand horses spread out in the wilderness, and the horses and men neighed, which was a spectacular sight.
At this time, Wokuotai was stationed on horseback under the banner of the Great Banner. He looked far away at the coalition camp opposite and saw military flags in the camp fluttering provocatively.
Although Wokuotai estimated that the strategy of the coalition forces was to hold on to the camp and delay the time, and it was unlikely that they would go out to fight the Mongolian army in the wild, he still ordered: "Hedan, send someone to deliver this Khan's war post and make an appointment with Zhao Taina." Let’s have a decisive battle today.”
Although the defense of the coalition camp is not as good as that of the city, if they attack by force, the Mongolian army will definitely pay the price.
Therefore, Wokuotai still wanted to fight the coalition forces in the wild. If the coalition forces fought in the wild, with the advantage of the Mongolian army's cavalry, Wokuotai would have full confidence in defeating the coalition forces.
He Dan received the letter of challenge written by Wo Kuotai and arranged for a thousand households under his command to go and write the letter of challenge.
Wokuotai was angry with Zhao Tai, so the content of the letter of challenge was naturally quite rude. He greeted all Zhao Tai's ancestors, hoping to anger Zhao Tai and achieve a decisive battle in the wild.
In the coalition camp, Zhao Tai and others were observing the Mongolian troops in formation when they suddenly saw a group of cavalry galloping over with bamboo knots.
Quanzi narrowed his eyes and said, "The Mongols sent people too quickly!"
Zhao Tai looked at it and knew that it was the person sent by Wo Kuotai to deliver the message, and immediately said: "There is nothing to talk about with the Mongols. I suggest you directly use the God's Arm Bow. If they get close, send them back to the west immediately!"
Zhao Kui shook his head, "The two armies are fighting, so don't kill the messenger! It's just a team of messengers, I don't think that's necessary!"
Zhao Tai originally wanted to shoot him directly, angering Wo Kuotai and causing Wo Kuotai to attack without preparation, but Zhao Kui felt it was unnecessary and killing the messenger would damage his reputation.
This was just a trivial matter, and Zhao Tai expected that Wo Kuotai would launch an attack whether to kill or not, so he stopped insisting.
There were not many Mongolians, only about a dozen horsemen. When they approached the camp, they dismounted, carefully avoiding the iron pear trees on the ground, and came to the trench.
Although the Mongolian army suffered a setback yesterday, the morale of the Mongolian army was still high. When the first thousand households saw hundreds of divine arm bows pointed at them behind the village wall, they were not afraid. Instead, they raised a letter of challenge and shouted loudly, "The soldiers in the camp Barbarians, listen, I, the Great Khan of Mongolia, issue a letter of war to you, if you are a man, go out to camp and fight decisively!"
After finishing speaking, the thousands of households raised their bows and nocked arrows, and shot out the war letter. The arrow was nailed to the camp gate. After the soldiers took it off, they immediately handed it over to Zhao Kui.
Zhao Kui took it and took a look, then frowned and handed it to Zhao Tai, "Guorui, take a look!"
Wo Kuotai's letter of war was full of insults to Zhao Tai and did not mention Zhao Kui, which made Zhao Kui, the commander of the coalition forces, feel a little unhappy.
He felt that the Mongols only had Zhao Tai in their eyes and did not care about him as the commander of the coalition forces at all.
Zhao Tai took the letter of challenge and started reading it. Most of the contents were scolding him, so he sneered and said: "This is the Mongolian method of provoking generals, don't pay attention to it."
After saying that, Zhao Tai rubbed the war letter and then tore it into pieces.
After the Mongolian Qianhu declared war, they returned to the main formation. Wo Kuotai waited for a long time and saw that there was no movement in the coalition camp, so he knew that Zhao Tai did not intend to fight.
"Khan, it seems that Zhao Tai has made up his mind to be a tortoise and hide in the camp instead of fighting with us!" Subotai said bitterly.
Wokuotai's cheeks moved. Since the coalition forces were unwilling to fight in the field, the Mongolian army could only attack the fortress. He said in a deep voice: "Huh, Zhao Tai, the kid, thinks that he can win by hiding in the camp. He hides in the camp and doesn't dare to Going to battle shows that he knows very well that he is no match for our Mongolian cavalry! Since our Mongolian attack on the Jin Dynasty, we have not captured Jin Zhongdu, Xi'an, Taiyuan, Tongguan, these majestic cities and dangerous passes. Zhao Tai wants to rely on us A fortress on the plain to resist this Khan is simply overestimating its capabilities!"
Subotai and the others nodded slightly, "Yes, we have defeated Luoyang and Kaifeng, but we still can't break a single camp!"
Many Mongolian generals were confident after hearing this, but Kublai Khan on the side poured cold water on him at this moment: "Khan, there is something I have to remind you. The enemy has 20,000 more troops than us, and they are still On the defensive side, if we attack with force, we must be fully prepared!"
Wokuotai frowned and said: "We don't have enough time. We can't delay too long! Although the enemy has many soldiers and horses, their combat power is not as good as ours! In addition, the enemy's camp covers a vast area and it is impossible to be impregnable everywhere. The army attacks in all directions, and when the enemy's weakness is exposed, the cavalry will break in, and they will definitely be able to break through the enemy's stronghold!"
The Twelve Allied Forces were divided into multiple camps, occupying a very vast area. There were ten miles between the easternmost and westernmost camps. The Mongolian cavalry could take advantage of their mobility to attack in all directions and mobilize the allied forces, making them exhausted and waiting for the allied forces. Expose the flaw, and then use heavy cavalry to fill the camp.
Subotai said: "That's right! The enemy's camp stretches for more than ten miles, and it is impossible to have perfect defense everywhere. We have one hundred thousand cavalry, even if the enemy's camp is made of copper and iron walls, they will crush it!"
Wokuotai immediately waved his hand: "Send the order, the army is ready. I must give this Khan today to break through the enemy camp and capture Zhao Tai alive!"
Wokuotai gave an order, and the Mongolian central army blew the horn. Nearly half of the Mongolian cavalry immediately dismounted, moved their tibias, and prepared equipment to take a bite of the coalition's stronghold.
In the camp, Zhao Tai saw the movement of the Mongolian army and immediately said: "Two gentlemen, Wokuotai is about to attack!"
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