A thunderbolt fell from the top of the city, but judging from its power, it was no longer the equivalent of a group of artillery fire, but an enemy of ten thousand people.
A violent explosion sounded in front of the city gate, with white light bursting, black smoke rising, and strong wind blowing. Not only were the Mongolian troops below overturned, but even the banner of the Mongolian army was violently blown up. , hunted backwards a few times, and fell down again.
Kublai Khan felt a hurricane hit his face, and saw the Mongolian army at the gate of the city flying up in a burst of white light, and then hitting the ground heavily.
Zhang Rou felt that he was blown up by the hurricane, flew backwards for several meters, and landed heavily. He tried to hold himself up, but blood gushed out from his mouth, and he vomited blood.
Around him, huge trees fell to the ground, and Mongolian armored soldiers were lying on the ground in a mess. Many of them were bleeding from their orifices and were directly killed by the explosion. Those far away from the explosion point were lying on the ground, letting out shrill wails.
Zhang Rou vomited blood and his head was buzzing. He sat on the ground for a long time before he saw someone rushing into the smoke, picking him up and dragging him away.
With this loud noise, the morale of the Mongols fell to the bottom instantly. Kublai gritted his teeth and waved his hand with difficulty, "Withdraw troops!"
After half a day of strong attack, the walls of Pizhou City were littered with corpses. The Mongolian army suffered as many as six to seven thousand casualties, but they failed to capture a single gate of Pizhou and failed to stand firm on the city wall.
This forced Kublai Khan to examine whether he could capture Pizhou in less than ten days based on the current situation.
In the Mongolian army's tent, Wu Liang Hetai and others did not lose their temper anymore. Zhang Rou had a bandage on her head and her head was still buzzing.
"Your Majesty, the Zhao thief has a strong will to resist. It is better to surround him and force him out of the city, and then use the cavalry to cover him up!" Wu Lianghetai suggested.
Kublai Khan frowned. He originally thought that with the Mongolian army's superiority in strength, even without large siege equipment, Pizhou could be broken through a strong attack from all sides.
Today's attack, he had used all his strength, but the result still ended in failure.
This was a big blow to Kublai Khan. He glanced at everyone and landed on Zhang Rou, "Zhang Wanhu, what's going on when you attack the city gate?"
Zhang Rou came back to her senses and held her head with one hand, "Report to the prince, I led people to hit the city gate in my humble position. After a few hits, I found that the Zhao thief had blocked the city gate! The brothers smashed the city gate, and then It was blown up by a firearm!"
"Zhao thieves blocked the city gate?" Kublai Khan asked in surprise: "Where are the other gates?"
"Your Majesty, we didn't reach the city gate!"
"My lord, the east city gate is also blocked. The warriors have been banging against each other for a long time, but they can't move at all!"
The generals responsible for attacking other city walls replied in a flurry of words.
Kublai Khan frowned and said, "Hasn't Zhao Tai considered that he would be trapped and die in Pizhou?"
The loyal army wanted to fight them to the death, but most of the Mongolian soldiers wanted to quickly open the passage south and go to the wealthy Southern Song Dynasty to grab a wave.
In the past two years, they have been fighting in the Central Plains. They have fought hard, but they have not gained much. The family is almost unable to open the door.
The Mongols were mainly nomadic and did not produce cloth, ironware, tea, porcelain and other daily necessities. There were only two ways for them to obtain these materials, one was to purchase them, and the other was to plunder.
The Central Plains has been smashed to pieces in recent years, and they haven't grabbed anything.
This time when I entered Shandong, I didn't even get a hair.
These daily necessities, if purchased, are very expensive and require money.
In the past two years, they have spent a lot but gained little, so they are all eager to grab something to avoid sitting on nothing.
For a time, all the generals in the big tent couldn't help but curse Zhao Tai angrily.
Wu Lianghetai couldn't help but cursed: "Zhao Tai, this bastard, is determined to make things difficult for us!"
Kublai Khan felt angry when he heard the people scolding him, but Zhao Tai was a tough guy, and there was nothing he could do against Zhao Tai.
"Your Majesty! Since Zhao Tai has blocked the city gate, why don't we leave him alone and go south directly!" Yang You suddenly suggested.
Kublai Khan looked at him, "Go south directly?"
"Not bad!" Yang You said: "There are only ten thousand people in Pizhou City. Zhao Tai blocked the door by himself, which is equivalent to putting himself in prison. Now that the Great Khan is attacking Kaifeng, if we can't go south quickly, when the Southern Song Dynasty is prepared, this time the South The plan to conquer has failed!"
Kublai Khan was a little tempted when he heard this, but Zhang Rou said: "My lord, if you don't destroy Zhao Tai first, if you go south directly, I'm afraid there will be trouble in the future!"
Zhang Rou's territory is close to Shandong, and every once in a while in the past two years, it will be dealt with by Zhao Tai.
If Zhao Tai is not wiped out by the Mongolian army going south, then Zhao Tai will definitely have to deal with him after he recovers.
Zhang Rou was not in a hurry to destroy the Song Dynasty. After all, he did not need to rely on looting to obtain daily necessities like the Mongols.
In addition, the Southern Song Dynasty existed, and they, the nobles of Hebei, would be useful.
The cunning rabbit is dead and the lackeys are cooked. If the Mongols really unified the world, they would definitely take away their rights.
Now that Zhao Tai has imprisoned himself in Pizhou, it is an opportunity for Zhang Rou. Even if more of his subordinates die, he will still convince the Mongols to kill Zhao Tai.
If it were someone else, Kublai Khan would have gone south, but it was Zhao Tai who was in Pizhou City, so Kublai Khan did not dare to bypass Pizhou and go south.
"I have to think about this matter!" Kublai Khan said in a deep voice: "Putting Zhao Tai behind you will make it difficult for me to sleep and eat well after I go south!"
Yang You said: "Your Majesty, I think that Zhao Tai can only occupy several states in Shandong, so there is no need for the prince to worry about it. The one Zhao Tai relied on to dare to fight against us Mongolia was the Southern Song Dynasty. Now. The prince went south, captured Jianghuai, and separated Shandong from the Southern Song Dynasty. How could Zhao and Tai, with its land of several states, compete with Mongolia, which occupied eight percent of the world?"
When Kublai Khan heard this, he felt that it made sense. Mongolia's tactics had always been flexible. For opponents that were difficult to defeat, they always failed to attack enemies head-on, so they outflanked them in roundabout ways.
The Mongols destroyed the Jin Dynasty and could not penetrate into Guanzhong from the front, so they destroyed Xixia and attacked the Jin Dynasty in a roundabout way from Longshan.
The Jin Kingdom's Guanhe defense line was so powerful that the Mongolian army could not advance into the Central Plains. They took advantage of the Southern Song Dynasty to attack the Central Plains in a roundabout way, and decided the outcome in a battle at Sanfeng Mountain.
Now that Pizhou cannot be attacked, the losses of a strong attack are too great. He goes south to attack Jianghuai and surrounds Shandong on three sides. No matter how powerful Zhao Tai is, he will only be defeated in the end in the face of the general trend.
Zhang Rou saw that Kublai Khan seemed to be tempted, and said quickly: "Your Majesty, what if we go south and Zhao Tai fights out of Pizhou? Your Majesty, please don't forget about Prince Kublai!"
Kuo Duan went south to attack the Huaihe River for the first time. As a result, Zhao Tai entered Shandong and suffered a disastrous defeat in Huainan.
After hearing this, Kublai Khan hesitated again. He looked at Yang You and said, "Zhang Wanhu's worries are not unreasonable!"
Yang You said: "Your Majesty, by blocking the city gate, the Zhao thief has locked himself up. These days, we have built low walls outside the city. We can connect them, and add a few more trenches to connect Zhao Tai." I am completely trapped to death! If the prince believes in Beizhi, Beizhi guarantees that Pizhou will be surrounded!"
For a moment, Kublai Khan still couldn't make up his mind. He took a few steps back and forth in the tent and said, "Let me think about it again!"
There were still ten days left before the time specified by Ogedai, and Kublai Khan still had time to think.
Yang You's words moved Kublai Khan very much. He knew very well that Zhao Tai was indeed not Mongolia's opponent yet.
If the Mongolian army occupied the Jianghuai River and Shandong and the Southern Song Dynasty were separated, then the states and counties of Zhao and Tai would not be able to make waves at all.
But having said that, Zhao Tai caused trouble to Mongolia many times, but Kublai Khan did not dare to leave such a nail behind him.
He paced back and forth in the tent, thought for a long time, and finally made a decision, "We will attack again tomorrow! We must defeat Pizhou!"
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