After receiving the report, Wo Kuotai hurriedly got out of bed and came to Zhending City.
Not long after, yellow dust rolled up from the south of the city, and then the ground and the city wall trembled slightly, as if a powerful force was approaching.
"It's the Qi Thief Horse Army!" Subotai pointed outside the city.
In the wilderness south of Zhending, dust was flying, and the rumble of ten thousand hooves trampling on the earth grew from small to loud, and finally seemed to shatter the earth.
Ogedai looked in the direction of Subotai's finger, and a huge cavalry team had appeared on the horizon.
Their armor was shining, their flags were flying backwards as they galloped, and the spears in their hands and the heart guards on their chests reflected a heart-warming light in the sun.
The Mongolians on the city listened to the deafening sound of hoofbeats and felt the trembling of the city wall. They couldn't help but be secretly surprised that the Qi army was so large and had such powerful cavalry.
Wo Kuotai frowned. He didn't expect that Zhao Tai had accumulated such a fortune. I was afraid that he would no longer be able to bully the Qi army's infantry with the advantage of cavalry.
At this time, the Qi army and horse troops came in overwhelming numbers. As they approached the city, they gradually slowed down and finally stopped one mile away from the Mongolian army camp outside the city.
The Mongolian soldiers in the camp hurriedly set up their defenses. The soldiers held weapons in their hands. When they saw the motionless cavalry standing like a forest in the distance, they couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
"Great Khan, the bandits' 20,000-horse army is probably all here!" Shi Tianze said in a deep voice.
Wokuotai said nothing. When he saw the Qi army's cavalry outside the city, he knew that the Mongolian army's superiority in cavalry would be greatly reduced in front of the Qi army.
While Ogedai looked solemn, Subotai pointed at the road and exclaimed again, "Great Khan, the Qi thieves' infantry has arrived too!"
At this time, in the south of Zhending, as far as the eye can see, a red line is slowly unfolding, gradually turning into several neatly arranged square formations.
These Qi army formations moved forward slowly and maintained a tight formation as they advanced. Each formation moved forward in an orderly manner.
Wokuotai squinted his eyes and looked at the huge infantry formation that appeared in the south of the city. From a distance, he could see Qi soldiers wearing heavy armor and holding various weapons such as spears and battle axes. Sonorous, the front of the entire team was like a solid city wall.
At this time, as the military formation approached, the Qi army's steps hit the ground regularly, and each step made a heavy sound, as if it was about to crush the earth and collapse the Zhending city wall. The entire battlefield seemed to be overwhelmed by the momentum of the Qi army. shrouded.
In the military formation, under the banner of the Qi army, Zhao Tai was riding proudly on his horse with a cold expression and contempt for everything.
The faces of Wo Kuotai on the city wall were shaking, and many Mongolian nobles couldn't help but have a thought in their minds, "Do we really want to fight such an enemy?"
At this time, the Qi army's infantry advanced behind the cavalry. Zhao Tai then waved his hand and raised the big banner behind him. When the advancing infantry saw the military order, they immediately stepped on the ground in unison. The tens of thousands of troops stood still for an instant, and the air seemed to change. Be quiet.
Wokuotai's face turned livid, and he said in a deep voice for a long time: "Send people to the Southern Song Dynasty again and ask the Song army to send troops immediately!"
If Wo Kuotai had some doubts about avoiding a decisive battle with the Qi army and waiting for the Southern Song Dynasty to send troops, now Wo Kuotai has firmly believed that the Southern Song Dynasty must send troops.
Many Mongolian nobles in the city clamored to defeat Zhao Tai at first, but now when they saw the main force of the Qi army, everyone felt that Wokuotai was wise.
With the spirit of the Qi army, if Mongolia had a decisive battle with the Qi army, it would definitely be a hard battle, and even if it won, it would be a tragic victory.
Wokuotai glanced at the Qi army outside the city again, and ordered with a black face, "Pass this Khan's military order, all ministries will stand firm on the spot, and no one is allowed to fight privately!"
"Yes!" Everyone saluted quickly.
At this time, there were more than 80,000 Mongolian troops inside and outside Zhending. However, facing 50,000 Qi troops, the Mongolian troops held on to the camp and city without any movement.
Zhao Tai rode on his horse and took out his telescope to observe the Mongolian army camp and the top of Zhending City. He smiled and said: "It seems that Wokuotai has no intention of leaving the city to fight."
In front of the Mongolian army, Zhao Tai and Chen Bing Yaowu wanted the Mongols to consider whether they were fully confident in defeating the Qi army.
Judging from the Mongols' reaction, Zhao Tai estimated that Wokuotai still didn't want to fight decisively.
Now Mongolia is still very powerful, but last time Kublai Khan lost tens of thousands of Mongolian troops, so the current Mongols have to consider casualties.
At present, even if Wokuotai can defeat the Qi army, he is not willing to bear the huge casualties caused by the decisive battle.
Because with the strength of the Qi army, the Han army mobilized by Wo Kuotai would not be of much use. To defeat Zhao Tai, Wo Kuotai could only use the Mongolian headquarters.
The two armies faced each other head-on, killing a thousand enemies and damaging themselves eight hundred.
Ogedai had to think clearly how many lives of Mongolian warriors would be needed to defeat the 50,000 Qi army, and whether the Mongolian Empire could bear such losses.
Zhao Tai put away his telescope and smiled. He was almost certain that Wo Kuotai would not fight to the death, so he could continue to provoke unscrupulously.
Wu Xian said: "Your Majesty, what should we do?"
Zhao Tai ordered: "The cavalry monitors the Mongolian army, and the infantry quickly descends into camp, then assembles artillery vehicles and bombards the Mongolian army camp outside the city."
Wu Xian smiled and said: "Since Mongolia raised its army, no one has ever forced Mongolia like this!"
Zhao Tai couldn't help laughing when he heard this.
At this time, the cavalry of the Qi army pressed forward, and the infantry built their camps almost face-to-face. The closest camp between the two armies was only one mile away.
Such a close distance caused huge psychological pressure on both the Qi army and the Mongolian army outside the city.
The construction of the Qi army's camp was completed, and the camp was extended to the Mongolian camp at night, which caused the Mongolian army to fire rockets continuously and stayed up all night.
Early the next morning, the Mongolian army discovered that the Qi army's camp, which was originally one mile away, had extended a large area forward, and the closest point to the Mongolian army's camp was only more than a hundred steps away.
Just when the Mongolian army was wondering why the Qi army's camp was getting closer and closer, Zhao Tai set up an artillery truck in the camp and directly threw the thunder into the Mongolian camp.
The artillery carriage used by the Qi army was the Pizhou cannon used when Pizhou was defending the city.
This kind of artillery carriage is simple to operate and has a longer range. The Mongolian army did not make it until they attacked Xiangyang.
The Qi army built the camp close to the enemy's side, and extended the camp toward the Mongolian camp at night, so that they could directly position their artillery groups in the camp to bombard the Mongolian camp.
Zhao Tai's move immediately caught the Mongolian army off guard, and the Mongolian army camp was blown into a mess by the thunder.
Wokuotai heard the noise and came to the top of Zhending City. He saw a burst of white light in the Mongolian camp, and Mongolian soldiers were constantly blown away by the explosion.
"That's unreasonable!" Wo Kuotai punched the wall, "Zhao thief went too far."
Wokuotai couldn't bear it anymore and sent an infantry army to attack the Qi army's camp. He tried to rush into the camp and destroy the Qi army's artillery group, but was driven back by the Qi army with strong bows and crossbows through the camp wall.
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