Kublai Khan was surprised when he heard the report.
Zhao Taigang failed to break through and broke out again. Is he crazy?
After losing so many soldiers and horses, Zhao Tai still had the courage to leave the city. He was really brave.
This made Kublai Khan have to admire Zhao Tai's courage.
Kublai Khan did not panic and snorted coldly, "Send the order and let Zhang Rou resist first. I will immediately mobilize my troops to destroy Zhao Tai."
Although Kublai Khan divided his troops to rescue Yan Zhongji, the troops he left outside Pizhou City were still quite strong, more than three times that of Zhao Tai.
Zhao Tai was hiding in the city. He couldn't do anything to him for a while, but now he ran out again, just looking for death.
"Yes!" Upon hearing this, the general saluted hurriedly and turned around to go out.
Kublai Khan couldn't sleep anymore, so he called his personal guards to pierce his armor. At this moment, another person broke into the tent and said in panic: "Your Majesty, the bandits have attacked and Zhang Rou's camp is in chaos. Please hurry up, Your Majesty." reinforce!"
Kublai Khan raised his brows and had a bad premonition in his heart, "I have built many obstacles outside Pizhou City. What did Zhang Rou do? He was so panicked in a night attack."
Zhao Tai suffered heavy losses last night. Even if he attacks Zhang Rou tonight, with Zhang Rou's strength, it should be more than enough to withstand him until he sends reinforcements.
Kublai Khan hurriedly took the sword and walked out of the tent. When he saw the flames shooting into the sky in the direction of Beiying, he believed the report from the visitor and showed disbelief on his face, "Zhang Rou, this loser, did not keep Zhao Tai last night, but tonight he actually let the remnant soldiers Entered the camp."
If they were fighting within the fortifications, there would be no such fire. And with such a huge fire, most of the northern sky was red. There was only one explanation, and that was that the loyal army had killed Zhang Rou at the camp and burned the tents and baggage.
This made Kublai Khan, who was originally calm, a little unsettled. He looked to the north, then turned his gaze to the dark Pizhou, and quickly judged Zhao Tai's intention.
Is Zhao Tai harassing or breaking through tonight?
If he were to break through, where would he choose to break out?
"Is there any situation in other sects?" Kublai Khan asked with a black face.
"Reporting to the prince, only the North Gate is hostile at the moment!" the general replied quickly.
Kublai Khan's eyes were sinister, and he had already made a decision in a moment, "Order the three major camps in the east, west, and south to strengthen defenses, and send troops and horses to test the siege. Then order the timid Xue army to follow my king to reinforce the northern camp."
At this time, Kublai Khan received limited information and only knew that the defenders in the city attacked the North Camp.
At this time, Zhao Tai tried his best to break out of the encirclement, but Kublai Khan did not know whether the defenders were slacking off after last night's victory and launched a surprise attack.
If it's just a surprise attack, it won't be a big problem. As long as Zhao Tai doesn't escape, it won't affect the outcome.
If Zhao Tai wants to break out, there are many problems that need to be clarified.
That is whether Zhao Tai's breakout direction is Beicheng or another direction.
Therefore, after thinking about it, Kublai Khan came up with such a stable solution.
This Zhao Tai was so scheming that he often exceeded his expectations, forcing Kublai Khan to think in complicated ways.
After a while, three thousand timid Xue troops quickly gathered. After Kublai Khan made arrangements, he immediately led his cavalry to the north camp.
In the dark night, the Mongolian cavalry advanced with fire. Before the team reached the camp in the north of the city, they encountered a group of defeated soldiers stumbling over.
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When Kublai Khan saw this, his heart trembled, "No way! No way! Zhang Rou won't let Zhao Tai be overwhelmed so quickly!"
What are you afraid of?
When Xue Jun saw the rushing crowd, it was difficult to defeat him in the dark. Hundreds of horsemen immediately galloped forward to stop them, and shouted loudly to ask which group they belonged to.
The Mongolian army who ran over quickly revealed his identity, that he was Zhang Roujun, and claimed that the loyal army attacked the Beida camp at night, causing the camp to collapse and the soldiers suffered heavy losses.
The cowardly Xue cavalryman immediately brought the leading officer to Kublai Khan. Upon hearing the report, Kublai Khan's face suddenly dropped as dark as water, and he said angrily: "Where is Zhang Rou?"
"My commander is still resisting in the camp!"
"I saw the commander-in-chief stabbed to death by thieves."
"Nonsense, the commander is right behind and ran out."
The loyal army's surprise attack was so sudden that many Mongolian soldiers didn't even have time to put on their trousers, and the camp was already in chaos. They fled in panic and had no idea what was going on in the camp.
For a time, many officers from Zhang's department were talking all over the place, with various versions, and the information was somewhat confusing.
Kublai Khan heard what they were saying here and there, and became furious: "You must quickly collect the defeated troops and follow behind me to make up for your mistakes. If you dare to continue to flee, you will be killed without mercy!"
After Kublai Khan finished speaking, he ignored them. With a sinister look on his face, he grabbed the horse's belly and ran directly towards Beiying.
At this time, the closer the cavalry got to the Beida camp, the more broken soldiers they met on the road. They all said that the loyal and rebel army had suddenly attacked and the camp had collapsed.
Kublai Khan had been surrounding Zhao Tai for so long, and now the cooked duck was about to fly away. He was anxious and angry.
For a time, three thousand Xue troops ran wildly, and finally saw the Beida Camp with the naked eye. They saw flames in the camp and people running around. To the north of the camp, thousands of people and horses ran wildly north, followed by a group of soldiers and horses. catch up.
"Zhao Tai!" Kublai Khan gritted his teeth, "Zhang Rou is a loser! The camp was penetrated so quickly!"
Kublai Khan understood the situation with just one glance. Zhao Tai killed Zhang Rou's camp and fled north.
Kublai Khan was so angry that he took his bow and arrow, clamped the horse's belly, and directly joined the pursuit.
The personal guards wanted to pull him, but Kublai Khan had already rushed out like lightning. Seeing this, the timid Xue army could only rush on their horses and follow him, trying to protect him in the middle.
Zhao Tai broke through Zhang Rou's camp without any hesitation, leading everyone to rush out of the camp and then ran northward.
At this time, seven or eight thousand people and horses had run less than ten miles, and there was a loud sound of hooves behind them.
While Kublai Khan was galloping, he rounded his bow string on horseback and shot an arrow. A fallen loyalist fell to the ground.
"Your Majesty, the Mongolian horse army is catching up!" Tang Liang said in shock.
Zhao Tai glanced back and saw the Mongolian horse army firing arrows continuously while running. The loyal army running behind was hit by arrows in the back from time to time and fell to the ground.
Six thousand of Zhao Tai's eight thousand men and horses are infantry. If they keep running like this, most of them will be overtaken by the Mongolian horse army and then shot or hacked to death from behind.
"Tang Liang, Chang Yu, and Li Chunzhu, take your troops, extinguish the torches, and run away! Let's meet at the border of Yizhou!" Zhao Tai decided immediately.
After hearing the order, the three generals did not dare to hesitate, "Your Majesty, take care!"
Although Zhao Tai took advantage of his plan and asked Kublai Khan to divide his troops and go north. There were not many Mongolian horse troops left outside Pizhou City, but if all the remaining horse troops were to pursue them, not many loyalists would be able to escape to a safe area.
Now faced with the pursuit of the Mongolian horse army, the Zhongyi Army could only take advantage of the night to separate and run away.
Upon hearing the order, the three generals immediately pulled the reins of their horses, led the team away from the group, and ran into the darkness on both sides of the road.
Zhao Tai led the Tiger Cavalry Camp with 2,000 men and horses, leading the Mongols northward. Behind him, Kublai Khan led 3,000 cavalrymen. While pursuing, he shot arrows and missed them~
