Zhao Tai defeated the Song army in Pizhou and captured hundreds of thousands of prisoners.
After the Song army was defeated in Pizhou and only Shi Zhai led a few people to flee to the Mongolian territory, the partial division of the Song army that besieged Haizhou learned that the main force was defeated and could not return to Huainan, so they surrendered directly to the Qi army.
As a result, the Southern Song Dynasty's offensive against the Qi army completely failed.
Faced with such a great victory, Zhao Tai should have taken advantage of the victory and pursued it, but unfortunately there were too many prisoners and they were too full. Zhao Tai could only temporarily stationed in Pizhou to reorganize the prisoners.
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Hebei.
After Wokuotai learned that the Southern Song Dynasty had sent troops, he immediately turned around and returned to Zhending City.
At this time, Zhao Tai had led 10,000 cavalry southward. The remaining Qi army demolished the barracks outside the city, and the army entered the city to hold on.
This made Wokuotai's cavalry sigh when looking at the city, and could only wait for the Mongolian infantry to come back.
After the Song army invaded Shandong, the Qi army fell into a two-front battle. In Wo Kuotai's view, Zhao Tai would definitely not be able to cope with the Mongolian and Song army's attack, and failure would only be a matter of time.
In order to cooperate with the Southern Song Dynasty's offensive, Wokuotai immediately ordered the Hebei Mongolian army to launch a full-line counterattack.
At this time, all the troops of the Qi army were hiding in the city. Wokuotai was not in a hurry. He just asked the army to surround him and wait for Zhao Tai to mobilize troops from the northern front to go south, so that the Mongolian army could regain the lost territory and advance into Shandong.
After the Song Army launched the offensive, the Hebei Qi Army turned to defense across the board. The Mongolian Army was immediately elated. While they were waiting for the Song Army to continue sending them good news, Wokuotai received Zhao Taima's battalion. News of the Song army's massive defeat outside Pizhou City.
This made Wo Kuotai and the Mongolian generals laugh at the Southern Song Dynasty, but at the same time they were a little worried about whether the Song army had the ability to deal with Zhao Tai's cavalry.
Wokuotai had an urgent discussion with his subordinates. In the end, the Mongolian generals all believed that although the Southern Song Dynasty claimed to have an army of 300,000 to attack Qi, considering the precedent of hundreds of thousands of Song troops attacking Liao, they were killed by the remnants of the Liao army. , all generals have doubts about whether the Southern Song Dynasty can win.
Zhao Tai's surprise attack outside Pizhou City made Wo Kuotai doubt the ability of his ally in the Southern Song Dynasty. After discussing with his generals, he decided to lead his cavalry to risk going south and go directly to the southern front to support the Song army.
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The Qi army in Hebei was huddled in the city, and the Mongolian army could not recapture the city in a short time. Wo Kuotai immediately led 30,000 cavalry, carrying half a month's rations, avoiding the cities such as Zhending and Hejian that the Qi army held fast, and rode south directly.
On the road from Hebei to Jinan, the Mongolian cavalry quickly advanced southward along the official road.
The Mongolian army sentry cavalry went out everywhere to explore the situation ahead for the army and look for villages and towns that could be plundered.
At this time, on the road, densely packed cavalry rushed forward. The cavalry team stretched for several miles, which was extremely spectacular.
Under the banner of the Mongolian army, Wokuotai was riding proudly on his war horse, and Subutai was introducing the situation of the Qi army to him.
"Great Khan, Zhao Tainasi left his main force in Hebei and led only 10,000 cavalry southward. Now that 300,000 Song troops have crossed the Huaihe River, Zhao Tainasu's troops and horses in Shandong have all gathered to the south. The entire northern and central Shandong Province are Very empty. Will the Great Khan attack Jinan, or go south to attack Zhao Tai with the Song army?"
Wo Kuotai narrowed his eyes and could only see a thin line, "If the morale of the Song army is as high as a rainbow, I will definitely attack Jinan first and ravage the prefectures and counties controlled by Zhao Tai. But now I have no confidence in the Song army. Let’s join forces with the Song army first to destroy Zhao Tai.”
Subotai was convinced, "The Great Khan is wise. If I don't kill Zhao Tai, it will really make me sleepless and uneasy!"
Wokuotai nodded and said: "Yes! Zhao Tai is our powerful enemy in Mongolia. After killing this man, the world will be left to my own hands."
"Report!" A horse came galloping from behind.
When Wokuotai heard the sound, he turned around and saw the cavalry. He couldn't help but rein in the horse and pulled the horse to the roadside.
At this time, the cavalry galloped up to catch up, dismounted, and stepped forward to report, "Great Khan! Zhao Tai has defeated the main force of the Song army!"
After hearing this, Kuokuotai almost fell off his horse in shock.
Subotai and others thought they had heard wrong, and quickly asked: "What did you say? Where are you from, and how do you know that Zhao Tai defeated the Song army?"
"Great Khan, the Song army that attacked Qi was defeated." A visitor reported: "The envoys of the Song Dynasty and the Huaihe River fled to Henan and almost escaped with their lives. Marshal Tasi sent a messenger to report to the army. The prime minister was worried that the Great Khan did not know , sent ministers to catch up all the way."
The news was so shocking that Wo Kuotai didn't know what expression he should show.
"How can a Song army of 300,000 people be defeated even if they are defeated?" Subotai looked in disbelief.
Wokuotai was silent for a while, barely saying a word. After a while, he suddenly woke up and waved his hands and ordered, "Quick! Stop the army!"
The Mongolian cavalry quickly stopped moving south. Ogedai led 30,000 Mongolian troops to stay in the north of Jinan and sent scouts south to inquire for news.
The Mongolian army stayed for five days, and soon the scouts sent definite news. Zhao Tai not only defeated the Song army, but also captured hundreds of thousands of prisoners, and was now undergoing training in Pizhou.
This news sent chills down Wokuotai's back, and he dared to continue going south.
The Song army of 300,000 was defeated at first sight, and the southern front collapsed directly. Zhao Tai also sent hundreds of thousands of troops to Zhao Tai.
Although Wokuotai was mentally strong, he was still frightened when he heard the news.
At this time, the Southern Song Dynasty can be said to have withdrawn from the war, and Mongolia needs to face Zhao Tai alone.
Wokuotai was worried that Zhao Tai would suddenly go north and launch a sneak attack on him, so he could only lead the Mongolian army to withdraw from Shandong in a hurry.
Soon after, the Mongolian troops that besieged Zhending, Hejian and other cities gradually retreated. The Mongolian troops in Hebei retreated to the line of Baozhou and Xiongzhou, completely abandoning the prefectures and counties in Hebei occupied by the Qi troops.
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In Lin'an, when Wokuotai learned the news of the Song Army's defeat, the Song Army's messenger also crossed the Yangtze River and galloped all the way to Lin'an.
In the early morning, the gates of Lin'an City were opened wide, and people preparing to enter the city lined up outside the city.
At this time, a burst of rapid hooves and the exclamations of the people came from behind. A group of cavalry was seen, running wildly and shouting, "The military situation is extremely urgent, get out of the way, everyone out of the way!"
The officer guarding the city saw clearly the cavalry that reported the message, and quickly ordered people to disperse the people and move away to resist the horses.
The cavalry threw down a token and galloped into the city, causing the soldiers and people who were guarding the city to talk about what had happened.
In Lin'an Palace, the official Zhao Yun was sitting with his beloved concubine, enjoying the opera troupe singing on the stage.
Zhao Guan's family became excited and couldn't help but shake their heads and sing along. The days were really pleasant.
When Zhao Yun gave up the Northern Expedition and his ideal of regaining the mountains and rivers, and only sought peace in the south of the Yangtze River, he found that his life was not too comfortable.
The Zhao family was not good at running the country, but they were very talented in art. The plays he listened to earlier were all created by Zhao Tai. Later, when Zhao Tai was busy with military and political affairs and had no time to produce new plays, the Zhao family started to write operas themselves.
"My beloved concubine! How do you like the play I wrote?" Zhao Yun was quite proud.
Concubine Jia sincerely praised, "I admire the talents of the officials. I'm afraid even Liu Sanbian couldn't write such good words!"
Zhao Yun laughed when he heard this, and just when he was proud, a eunuch hurried over and whispered in his ear, and Zhao Yun's expression suddenly changed.
He looked restless, and his hands and feet began to tremble uncontrollably.
