On the battlefield, the soldiers of the Hedong Army rushed towards the Qi Army like a flood under the urging of their officers. In front of the Qi army's formation, the artillery roared and shells kept firing into the enemy group. The crossbowmen set their bows and arrows in unison, shooting an overwhelming barrage of arrows at the Hedong army.
The charging Hedong Army was constantly torn apart by artillery shells and shot down by bows and arrows. The soldiers mustered up their energy and continued to charge forward.
"Kill!" the Mongolian army shouted repeatedly, and the soldiers of the two soldiers fought hand to hand. The Mongolian army from Hedong ran into the Qi army's formation, and was stabbed by the Qi soldiers' spears and blunt weapons to prevent them from rushing into the formation.
Angry shouts of killing echoed throughout the battlefield. On the front of the battlefield, the Han army from Hedong violently attacked the Qi army's formation, like a raging sea wave, hitting the Qi army over and over again, and the two sides launched an extremely cruel fight.
On both wings of the battlefield, less than 40,000 Qi troops and horsemen chased and collided with several times the number of Mongolian cavalry on the battlefield, engaging in fierce cavalry fights.
For a time, at the foot of Taihang Mountain, the soldiers of the two armies were fighting passionately. At this time, the Qi army's front army was resisting the attack of the Han army in Hedong, and the horse army was desperately entangled with the Mongolian cavalry.
The Qi infantry on the left and right wings picked up their weapons and attacked the heavy cavalry entering the formation. At this time, a member of the heavy cavalry was urging the war horses. The Qi soldiers used hooks and sickles to hook the cavalry and war horses, and dragged the war horses and cavalry.
The Mongolian heavy armored cavalry waved their weapons desperately, trying to force the surrounding Qi army back, but the Qi army followed up, pulled the cavalry off their horses, and then hacked them to death with axes.
On the battlefield on the left wing, Meng Ge saw that there were fewer and fewer heavy cavalry in the formation, so he led the light cavalry to risk a surprise attack.
The cavalry was like a heavy hammer, denting the entire formation, but the elite infantry of the Qi army withstood the impact of the Mongolian cavalry.
This shocked Brother Meng. He did not expect that the weak brigade of Qi Army also had such strength. At this time, he thought that the left and right flanks of the Qi army were weak brigades of the Qi army. He failed to make a collision, so he organized his cavalry and launched another attack.
Under the banner of the Qi army, Zhao Tai continued to command with his face as dark as water.
"Quickly eat the enemy's heavy cavalry!" Now Zhao Tai no matter how the Mongolian army fights, he has only one goal, that is, he cannot let the Mongolian heavy cavalry rush out and must destroy the Mongolian heavy cavalry.
Time gradually passed to noon, and the Mongolian and Qi armies fought bloody battles for two hours on the battlefield dozens of miles around the foot of Taihang Mountain.
At this time, the battle situation has fallen into a stalemate. The infantry of the two armies in the front are strangled into a group, the cavalry on the left and right wings are fighting each other, and the Mongolian cavalry attacks the infantry on both wings of the Qi army from time to time.
However, despite the passage of time, the morale of the Mongolian cavalry, which had a numerical advantage on both wings, became increasingly low.
Therefore, there are fewer and fewer Mongolian heavy cavalry in the Qi army's formation, and there are not many living figures left. At this time, the last heavy cavalry in the formation was dragged off his horse and hacked to death by Qi soldiers. The Mongolian heavy cavalry trapped in the formation was finally wiped out.
Under the banner of the Qi army, Zhao Tai looked at the battlefield. He saw that the Mongolian heavy cavalry had been wiped out, and he immediately waved his hand and gave orders.
"Order the cavalry to retreat temporarily!" The cavalry of the Qi army who were fighting on the battlefield immediately began to shrink and hide behind the rear formation after receiving the military order.
Batu was directing his subordinates to charge and kill, and when he saw the Qi army and cavalry retreating, his expression became serious.
"No, the Qi army is trying to conserve its power and prepare for a counterattack!" Batu reined in his horse. On the other side, Brother Meng discovered that the Qi army and the horse army were retreating, and understood Zhao Tai's intention.
Now that the Qi army has eaten the heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army, the Qi army's horse army does not need to contain the Mongolian horse army. They retreated to the rear of the battlefield, rested their horse power, and reorganized their formation. When the Mongolian army could not break the Qi army's infantry formation, the cavalry could launch a counterattack again.
Under the banner of the Mongolian army, Guyu held 50,000 Mongolian troops, but he never entered the battlefield and did not wait for the opportunity to attack.
Guyuk wanted to send troops several times, but there were no suitable fighters. Although the Mongolian army had many cavalry, they could not shake the Qi army's infantry formation. If the infantry formation was not chaotic, the cavalry would only die if they charged forward.
After the heavy cavalry of the Mongolian army was deceived by Zhao Tai and annihilated by the Qi army, the war was actually over, but the Mongolian army was not willing to accept it and was still fighting to the death.
At this time, Guiyou held 50,000 troops and horses, but never made a move. After Batu found it difficult to win, he set up foreign workers on the flanks. The only ones who were still working hard on the entire battlefield were the cavalry led by Meng Ge. , and the Hedong Han army who attacked from the front.
Meng Ge led the cavalry and launched waves of attacks on the Qi army, shooting arrows at the Qi army's formation.
However, after the Qi army cleared the heavy cavalry in the formation, the infantry formation was tight, and the range of artillery and divine arm bows was far greater than that of the Mongolian cavalry bows. Therefore, Meng Ge failed to cause chaos to the Qi army again. Instead, countless Cavalryman, shot off his horse.
At this time, on the front of the battlefield, the Han army in Hedong, urged by the officers, gathered their strength and fought hand to hand with the Qi army.
The Qi army's spearmen and sword and shield soldiers lined the city wall to block the densely packed Hedong Han army from the front.
Facing the densely packed Hedong Han army on the battlefield, the Qi army's artillery began to unleash its power. With a sound from the flank, a cannon shell directly cleared a diagonal line on the battlefield.
Wherever the shells passed, the Han army in Hedong was torn apart by the shells, and blood and minced meat spattered on the faces of their companions, which made people almost collapse.
"Why didn't Guyou attack yet?" Meng Ge roared a little manically after he led the cavalry to shoot.
At this moment, a strange sound that frightened him came from the front of the battlefield. Meng turned his head to look and saw that the attacking Hedong Han army not only failed to shake the Qi army's formation, but began to shout in surprise. Then fled.
The Han army in Hedong had doubts about the Mongolian massacre of the people in Hedong. They were forced by the general to charge, but they could not defeat the Qi army at all. Instead, they suffered heavy losses under the artillery bombardment due to the resistance of the Qi army.
The brutal fighting and huge casualties caused some desperate Han troops to flee the battlefield, and their rout also heralded the complete defeat of the Mongolian army.
"Guiyou, send troops to resist!" Meng Ge was riding on horseback, furious. Now Guyu still has 50,000 troops, which can withstand the front. However, Guyu saw that the Han army in Hedong was defeated, but he did not send any troops under his command.
Yang Weizhong said: "Great Khan, the Qi army's foot formation is not in disorder, and it will be useless for us to rush forward!" Guiyou nodded and sighed,
"This Khan knows, withdraw the troops!" On the flank of the battlefield, Batu saw the scene and said to his subordinates: "Guiyou will not send troops, send the order and retreat to the west!" Under the banner of the Qi army, Zhao Tai smelled victory. Smell, he turned his head and saw that the cavalry troops who had retreated to the rear had reorganized their formation. He also saw that the Mongolian army's center and cavalry on both wings were retreating, so he drew his sword and roared forward,
"Generals of Daqi, attack alone!"
