It was getting late, and when it got dark, the Qi army's fortifications were almost completed, and the Mongolian army had no chance.
If the Mongolian army cannot defeat Zhao Tai, it will be difficult for the tens of thousands of people in Batu to survive.
The decades of Mongolia's rise were also a period of rapid growth in Mongolia's population.
In recent years, the Mongolians on the grasslands have relied on blood transfusions from the Central Plains to multiply rapidly, and have already exceeded the population limit of the grasslands.
Now that Qi has unified the north, Mongolia can no longer obtain money and food from the Central Plains. In order to survive, the Mongolian tribes on the grasslands must either go south to collect food or have fierce internal fights.
Batu knew that it would be impossible for his tens of thousands of troops to survive if they were driven out of Guanzhong.
So he had no choice but to make a desperate move.
At this time, Batu rode his war horse and led the remaining tens of thousands of cavalry to attack the Qi army.
The Mongolian cavalry's horse hooves rolled, and they quickly picked up speed after coming out of the formation. When they approached the infantry that was strangled in the middle of the battlefield, they divided into two groups, bypassed the fighting infantry, and attacked the Qi army's formation at the rear of the battlefield.
It was getting late now, and the Mongolian army could only win the war by overwhelming Zhao Tai's military formation.
"Warriors! Charge!" Batu galloped on his horse, trying to bypass the fighting infantry and go straight to the Qi army's banner.
"Peng!" At this moment, in the Qi army's formation, following Zhao Tai's order, an arrow shot up into the sky and exploded.
The Qi army cavalry ambushing in the reeds on both sides could not see the flags and drums of the Chinese army. Zhao Tai could only convey military orders in this way.
At this time, on the river beach covered with reeds and green grass, the Qi army and its cavalry, both men and horses lying down in the grass, saw the signal sent by Zhao Tai.
Qi Jun immediately loosened the reins slightly and patted the horses. One by one, the horses stood up neighing.
The Qi cavalry did not hesitate, quickly got on their horses, controlled the horses, and formed a front-lost formation.
"Commanders, charge!" The generals of the horse army raised their weapons and roared loudly.
After finishing his words, the war horse neighed and shot out like lightning. The horse army behind him followed closely, rushing out of the reed swamp and pounced on the galloping Mongolian cavalry.
Batu had already arrived at the flank of the infantry battle group, and was about to bypass the infantry and charge towards the Qi army's main formation. Suddenly he heard the Qi army's signal and saw a large group of cavalry coming out from the flank.
The Qi army ambushed many soldiers and horses on both wings, and they had already been detected by the Mongolian scouts.
Therefore, Batu did not panic. He pointed with his scimitar while running, and a Meng general beside him pulled the reins and led the cavalry running outside to directly attack the Qi army's cavalry.
At this time, Batu's horse kept running fast, leading the main force of the Mongolian army, passing between the fighting infantry and the cavalry of the two armies about to fight, and hit the Qi army's formation like a huge wave.
Generally speaking, cavalry will never rush into an infantry formation, but there are exceptions.
Now the Qi army was ready in large formations, but Batu had to launch a desperate attack.
If he couldn't defeat Zhao Tai before dark, then when the night passed, Zhao Tai would definitely conjure up a solid camp for him.
In the Qi army's formation, Zhao Tai looked at the rushing Mongolian cavalry with a stern look on his face. His hand unconsciously clenched the handle of the knife, and his palms were sweating slightly.
At this time, the Mongolian cavalry that came galloping did not attack the entire front of the military formation, but were concentrated on the left and right wings of the military formation.
The advantage of this is that the Mongolian cavalry can concentrate their superior forces and attack repeatedly until all the Qi troops at the impact are killed or injured. Then they can tear open the gap and pour into the formation, eventually causing the entire army formation to collapse.
"Defense!" In the Qi army formation, the generals felt the earth shaking and saw the rolling cavalry, and couldn't help but roar.
The big gunners in front of the Qi army's formation clenched their spears, and their crossbowmen and musketry aimed at the galloping cavalry.
"Let go!" As the Mongolian cavalry approached, the generals in the formation shouted again.
In an instant, crossbows and arrows were fired from the Qi army's formation, and the Mongolian cavalry galloping in front fell down in response.
The horses neighed, the cavalry screamed, the cavalry in front flipped over, and the cavalry behind quickly jumped over their corpses and continued to attack the Qi army's formation.
With a loud "Peng" sound, the Mongolian cavalry ran into the Qi army's formation. The horses and cavalry were stabbed directly by the spearmen in the front row of the Qi army.
At this time, although the Qi army's spears stabbed the Mongolian cavalry to death, the inertia of the galloping horses still knocked the Qi army soldiers back.
The spearman of the Qi Army grasped the gun barrel that was soaked in blood and was slippery. Just as he was about to stabilize his body and stop retreating, there was another loud "Peng".
The spearman only felt that another huge force was coming. He first hit the corpse of the cavalry who had not yet fallen to the ground, and then pushed the corpse of the man and horse against him. He was knocked to the ground in an instant, and then fell down. The body was pressed to the ground.
Under the banner of the Qi army, Zhao Tai looked at the colliding Mongolian Qi army with a serious expression.
Those Mongolian cavalry seemed to be desperate for their lives. The front row collided with the Qi army's formation and was stabbed to death. The rear row immediately ran into them again, without giving the Qi army time to restore their formation and replenish their soldiers.
They were like a hammer repeatedly hitting nails, attacking the Qi army's formation one after another.
The Mongolian cavalry made such a desperate charge, and soon several rows of spearmen in front of the Qi army's formation were knocked down one after another. The entire army formation was dented, and many soldiers were already standing in the water, unable to retreat. retreat.
"Batu is crazy!" Wang Bin couldn't help but exclaimed when he saw this scene.
With such a desperate attack, the Mongolian cavalry quickly broke through the spearmen in front of the Qi army's formation and crashed into the crossbowmen and musketeers behind.
The crossbowmen of the Qi army abandoned their divine arm bows and picked up swords and battle axes to fight the enemy. The fire gunmen shot down the cavalry with one shot, then swung the three-eyed fire cannon and smashed the horses' heads.
At this time, the Mongolian army opened a gap in the Qi army's formation regardless of casualties. However, the Mongolian cavalry forced the formation, which also resulted in the death of a large number of Mongolian cavalry.
The corpses of these Mongolian cavalrymen and horses, as well as the corpses of Qi soldiers, covered the ground, which undoubtedly slowed down the impact of the cavalry behind them.
Zhao Tai saw a large number of Mongolian cavalry stagnating in front of the formation and losing speed. He also saw that there was a gap in the formation. He immediately drew his sword and roared loudly, "Generals of Da Qi, we will conquer the world and regain Guanzhong. Let's fight here! I'll kill!"
Zhao Tai gave an order, and the Qi soldiers did not care about the formation and quickly wrapped themselves around the cavalry in front of the formation from all directions.
For a moment, the Qi army jabbed their spears, summoned the Mongolian knights on horseback, slashed with their battle axes, and chopped off the horse's legs. The two armies fought fiercely in the narrow sand garden.
At this time, Zhao Tai's advantage in choosing Shayuan as the place for the decisive battle gradually became apparent as the battle intensified.
The sand garden is small and surrounded by rivers on three sides. There is no room for the Mongolian cavalry to detour in front of the battle. The cavalry that rushed up could not run quickly on the ground covered with corpses, and were knocked off their horses by the surrounding Qi army.
Some fierce Mongolian cavalry fought their way through the Qi formation, but had to stop before rushing down the river. As soon as they stopped, Qi soldiers immediately surrounded them from all sides and surrounded and killed them.
