The Mongolian army massacred the people east of Hedong without seeking Liu Heima's opinion in advance.
Of course, when the decision was made to be carried out, Meng Ge notified Liu Heima and promised him that he would not slaughter the family records of those who served Mongolia.
Liu Heima naturally opposed the Mongolian army's massacre of the people in Hedong, but his opinions could not influence the decisions of the Mongolian high-level officials.
Although Meng Ge promised not to massacre his and his subordinates' records, but the family records of tens of thousands of troops, how could the Mongolian army subdivide them.
Once the killing started, the Mongolian troops who carried out the killing would be red-eyed and would probably not identify them carefully. Even if they did, I am afraid that only the *** could save the whole clan. It would be good if ordinary soldiers could leave their immediate relatives.
Liu Heima was extremely angry when he heard what his subordinates said. He concluded that there must be someone from Qi Jun who deliberately spread the news in order to shake his military morale.
His guess was correct. The Han army in Hedong was the key target of Qi's infiltration.
The Qi army's infiltration of Mongolian high-level officials was not very successful, and it has not been able to instigate a Mongolian rebel so far.
However, the Qi army's infiltration of the lower-level Han army was relatively successful, and many low-level officers accepted Qi's benefits.
Now on the eve of the battle, the Han army in Hedong is huge in number and is a force that can influence the situation of the battle tomorrow. The Qi army will naturally spread the news and shake the morale of the Han army.
As the war approached, Liu Heima was frightened. He denounced loudly, claiming that the Qi army was spreading rumors, but the looks on the soldiers told him that they obviously didn't believe it.
The corner of Liu Heima's mouth twitched, and his hand suddenly clenched the sword tightly. He looked at the soldier who asked the question with cold eyes, and said word by word: "You are a fine soldier of the Qi Army!"
The soldiers were so frightened that they quickly kowtowed, "Commander, you are unjust for your humble position! Your humble position is not the work of the Qi army!"
"Hmph!" Liu Heima snorted coldly, "That's what Xizuo said when he was caught!"
As soon as he finished speaking, before the soldiers could react, Liu Heima pulled out his saber and pierced the soldier's chest directly. Then he suddenly pulled out his saber and looked around at everyone, "Whoever dares to disturb the morale of our soldiers will be punished with this!"
When many Han soldiers heard this and saw their comrades who died tragically, they all lowered their heads.
Seeing this, Liu Heima immediately ordered his confidants to inspect the camp. If he saw people gathering or spreading rumors, he immediately punished them on the spot.
The Qi army's harassment of the Mongolian army lasted all night, and the Mongolian army also sent scouts to harass the Qi army's camp. The scouts from both sides withdrew their camps at midnight in tacit agreement.
At the fifth watch, before dawn, the gangtou battalions of the two armies were the first to become active.
The Qi army was killing pigs and sheep, and the Huotou army was steaming white flour buns and frying egg pancakes all the time.
The food of the Mongolian army has been getting worse and worse these days, but today is a decisive battle. If we can't win, it will be the last meal. There is no point in leaving food, so the Mongolian army also brought out the best food to keep the soldiers full. After a meal, he fought decisively with the Qi army.
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, which will lead to misjudgment of the Qi army.
"Is your Majesty trying to confuse the Mongolian army?" Wu Xian Baoquan said, "I will make arrangements now."
Zhao Tai nodded slightly: "This is indeed what I thought! After exchanging the military flags, let the soldiers recognize their own military flags immediately."
Wu Xiandao: "If we just exchange military flags, it won't take long!"
Zhao Tai waved his hand, "Go and do it!"
In the Mongolian army camp, after the soldiers of each battalion had a full meal, they began to leave the camp and set up formations.
As the Great Khan of Mongolia, the 50,000 troops and horses he led were deployed in the middle of the battlefield as the central Mongolian army.
Meng Ge's 100,000 troops and more than 50,000 Hedong Han troops were asked to be placed in front of Guiyou's army to protect the Chinese army from being attacked by the Qi army.
Meng Ge led 50,000 cavalry and stationed them on the plain on the left side of the formation, while Batu led 50,000 Mongolian troops, a mixture of infantry and cavalry, on the right side.
Although it was Zhao Tai's declaration of war, the Mongolian army was obviously very active in this decisive battle and entered the battlefield one step ahead of the Qi army.
At this time, after all the troops of the Qi army had a good meal, the Qi cavalry took the lead in leaving the camp and entered the two wings of the preset battlefield.
Under the banner of the Mongolian army, Guyu, Meng Ge, and Batu were stationed on horseback. Several people watched the Qi army leave the camp. Meng Ge raised his whip and pointed: "Zhao Tai is short of horses, and the Qi army's formation is estimated to remain unchanged for ten thousand years." , it must be a stacked formation with the infantry in the center and the cavalry covering the two wings."
After Zhao Tai captured Yangquan, he gradually mobilized troops and horses into Hedong, increasing the Qi army's strength from 120,000 to 140,000.
In this battle, the Mongolian army was close to 200,000 troops, and the Qi army was close to 140,000 troops, so they were at a disadvantage.
After the nearly 40,000 Qi army cavalry left the camp, they immediately divided into two armies, occupying the left and right wings of the battlefield respectively, and then reined in their horses and stationed themselves on high hills.
While the cavalry occupied the battlefield and stabilized their position, various infantry armies of the Qi army entered the battlefield one after another.
The Qi army's formation was just as Meng Ge expected, with the infantry in the center and the cavalry covering the two wings.
The Qi army had 20,000 cavalry on each side, and in the middle was a huge square formation composed of ten armies.
At this time, under the banner of the Mongolian army, Batu and Meng Ge watched the Qi army arrange their formation, and Batu couldn't help but smile.
Because he found that opposite his military formation, the Qi army was in formation. Looking at the flags, it seemed that they were a few weak brigades in the Qi army.
In a battle involving hundreds of thousands of people, after the military formations were spread out, the battlefield was nearly twenty miles in radius.
On such a vast battlefield, once the battle begins, it will definitely be center versus center, and two wings versus two wings. We cannot fight on different opposite sides at the west end of the battlefield. We have to travel more than ten miles to fight the enemy at the east end.
Therefore, after the war, the enemy army is opposite the military formation, and we will probably fight with this enemy army by then.
Meng Ge also noticed that on the left wing of the Qi Army, the flags of several Qi Army units seemed to be Qi Army cavalry that had not been established for a long time.
This made Brother Meng feel happy.
Some people are happy, while others are worried. The Mongolian Han Guiyou looked at the banners of several Qi troops in front, and his face suddenly turned gloomy. "Zhao Tai's main force is in the middle. You will launch an attack later to contain the Qi army's attack!"
