The battlefield with nearly 400,000 people is an extremely grand and spectacular picture.
Zhao Tai only glanced at it casually with his telescope and was shocked by the scene in the camera.
This is not Zhao Tai's fault. Battles of this scale are rare in history.
Zhao Tai used a telescope to observe, and his expression gradually became serious. He himself had never commanded a battle of this scale and had to take it seriously.
"Put up the watchtower!" Zhao Tai watched for a while and found that even with a sharp weapon like a telescope, he couldn't see the entire battlefield clearly, so he put down the telescope and ordered in a deep voice.
The hill where Zhao Tai is located is about the same height as the nearby hills. All views are blocked by many hills. Even with a telescope, the entire battlefield cannot be seen clearly.
Therefore, he needs a higher position to obtain a better vision in order to make correct judgments on the battlefield situation.
Zhao Tai gave the order, and the soldiers of the Chinese army immediately took down the wood from the car. The craftsmen chose a position and began to build a simple watchtower.
At this time, the Mongolian cavalry that had detoured to the flank had arrived at the flank. The cavalry stopped for a moment, seeming to observe the flank and look for weaknesses.
In the military formation of nearly 100,000 people, Zhao Tai placed the strongest loyalist army in the front, the right wing was composed of the Wuwei army led by Wu Xian, the left wing was Li Fen's Ning Haijun, and the weakest 20,000 forbidden troops were placed in the rear.
Kublai Khan's guess was good. Zhao Tai's soldiers and horses were indeed uneven. The combat power of Ning Haijun on the left was about equal to that of the Han warlords in the Mongolian army.
The Mongolian army, about 3,000 strong, observed for a moment on the left wing, and then rushed towards the left wing of the formation with overwhelming momentum.
At this time, the Mongolian cavalry trampled the ground with iron hoofs, like huge waves, hitting Ning Haijun directly.
Li Fen stood in the military formation, raising his right hand with a serious expression. Suddenly there was the sound of bowstrings in the formation. Thousands of archers strung their arrows and pointed diagonally at the sky.
The equipment of the Ning Navy was not as good as that of the Zhongyi Army. Although they were large in number, they lacked heavy armor and divine arm bows. The equipment of the army's officers and soldiers were mainly leather armor and bows and arrows. This was the reason why Zhao Tai was able to overtake Li Fen and become the overlord of Shandong.
The Mongolian cavalry still used their usual tricks, loading their bows and arrows while running. After the cavalry entered the shooting range, they quickly threw a shower of arrows at the military formation.
"Let go!" Almost at the same time, Li Fen shouted.
He waved his arm, and when Ning Haijun was neutral, the strings sounded like thunderbolts, and black arrows rose up in the military formation, rising into the sky like a black cloud, and then suddenly crashed down.
In an instant, the Mongolian cavalry formation was covered by a cloud of arrows. The galloping cavalry fell down in response. The war horses rose into the air with a miserable hiss, and together with the cavalry above, they rolled and hit the ground heavily.
At the same time, Ning Haijun's infantry armed with spears and archers also fell to the ground after being hit by arrows.
The Mongolian cavalry fired a wave and quickly left. Ning Haijun's soldiers quickly moved the bodies away and carried the injured soldiers to the Chinese army for treatment.
Only the Zhongyi Army in the Qi army had craftsman battalions and medical battalions. The former built roads, bridges, and made equipment during wartime, while the latter treated wounded soldiers.
Because the Ning Navy had no medical soldiers, all the injured soldiers were sent to the Chinese Army and treated at a temporary medical camp set up under the hill.
At this time, the corpses were removed, the wounded were carried away, and a large number of infantry troops just took up the empty positions. The Mongolian horse army formed a team for a while, then galloped over again and began the next wave of attacks.
When the cavalry tested Zhao Tai's army formation, Zhao Tai's army had already assembled a tall watchtower.
Although Zhao Taizhong's army was also on a hill, the view was still not enough.
At this time, the watchtower was erected, and Zhao Tai immediately climbed up. His field of vision instantly broadened. With the help of the telescope, he could already see the central Chu army fighting hard to the west.
For a moment, the entire battlefield was almost in full view, and Zhao Tai finally saw the situation on the battlefield clearly.
At this time, the entire battlefield is neither circular nor square, but a "pin" shape.
The "mouth" on the top is the main force of the Mongolian army in the north, the "mouth" in the lower left corner is Zhao Tai's military formation, and the other is Chu soldiers.
Strictly speaking, the formation of the Chu soldiers is not in the shape of a "kou", but an inverted "t". The short one is the loyal and shun army, and the formation like a long snake is the main force of the Chu army.
Now on the entire battlefield, the main forces of Zhao Tai and Kublai Khan were not moving, and only the southwest was engaged in fierce fighting.
Among them, the loyal and obedient army led by the Mongolian Communists fought equally with the Mongolian army. There is no need to worry for the time being, but through the telescope, the situation of the Chu army's central army is very dangerous.
Zhao Tai couldn't help frowning when he saw this, "The situation is not optimistic! The Chu army is in critical condition, and they may not be able to hold out for long."
Shi Songzhi's main formation was to the west of the Meng Communist Party. Zhao Fan and others heard the words and quickly looked around, but they were too far away to see.
Zhao Tai handed the telescope to Zhao Fan, "Use this to see!"
Zhao Fan took it over to watch, while Zhao Taize made a quick calculation in his mind. He saw that the center of the Chu army was being besieged by several times the Mongolian army. The Mongolian army had already attacked the hilltop, but it was difficult for the Chu army to send reinforcements.
In fact, not only was the Chu army unable to reinforce its own central army, but Zhao Tai was also unable to reinforce Shi Songzhi.
Now the distance between the two armies is too far, with the Mongolian Communists separated in the middle. If the infantry wants to support them, they will be intercepted and killed by the Mongolian cavalry halfway.
At this time, the Mongolian cavalry fired and harassed for two rounds, causing Ning Haijun's formation to become chaotic. After the Mongolian cavalry fired, they did not pull the reins to escape, but seized the opportunity and pounced directly.
Ning Haijun's archers fired quickly, but the Mongolian cavalry was extremely fast and could reach them in the blink of an eye.
Under the banner of the Mongolian army, Kublai Khan watched the Mongolian cavalry test Zhao Tai's army formation, and the result of the test would determine what strategy Kublai Khan would adopt.
More than 3,000 Mongolian cavalry rushed towards Ning Haijun in a chaotic formation, facing the rain of arrows. The horses directly hit the military formation, and the flanks of the formation were deeply dented. Ning Haijun was like a sharp weapon. Punctured plastic bag.
The Mongolian cavalry broke through several layers of gunmen in succession, but when they were about to break through the spear formation and rush into the archers to massacre, they were caught by the deformed spear formation.
Ning Haijun did not collapse under the impact of the cavalry, and the last few rows of spearmen caught the impact of the Mongolian cavalry.
As soon as the cavalry was blocked, Li Fen shouted angrily, "Kill! Keep them!"
Ning Haijun's soldiers immediately surrounded them, using spear soldiers to stab the horse cavalry, while soldiers holding swords chopped off the horse's legs.
As soon as the Mongolian army saw that they could not move forward, the cavalry suffered heavy losses due to being stuck in the formation, so they quickly pulled the reins of their horses and withdrew from the formation.
Under the banner of the Mongolian army, Kublai Khan frowned slightly after watching this scene. He quickly judged that Zhao Tai's military formation was not as strong as imagined, but it was not weak either.
Kublai Khan immediately realized that it was unlikely to break through Zhao Tai's army in a short time, and he immediately turned his attention to the Chu army again.
"No! The Mongolian infantry has moved!" Zhao Fan, who was holding a telescope, exclaimed, "They are heading towards the center of the Chu army!"
