The north gate of Haizhou City opened. Peng Huizu mounted his war horse, led three thousand soldiers and horses, and his family members pushed large and small vehicles out of the city.

At this time, he couldn't help reining in his horse and looked back at Haizhou City, his eyes full of reluctance.

After Sun Li led his troops to Haizhou City, Peng Huizu communicated with Sun Li through the people in Donghai Island. He initially expressed that he had no intention of going against Zhongyi Town and wanted to remain neutral, but he learned that Zhongyi Town crushed the Mongolian army.

After encirclement and suppression, Li Fen withdrew to Linyi, and could only agree to Sun Li's request.

Zhongyi Town was also very generous and allowed him to leave with his family and their money.

"General! Let's go!" The general sighed when he saw Peng Huizu reluctant to leave.

Peng Huizu had a dark face and pulled the reins of his horse, "Let's go! When we return to Yidu, we will definitely ask the old lady for an explanation!"

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Jinan is located in the central and western part of Shandong Province. It is surrounded by Mount Tai in the south and across the old path of the Yellow River in the north. With mountains on its back and water on its back, it is the great city of Shandong.

At this time, the city of Jinan stood tall in the night, and the Mongolian soldiers patrolling the city walls with torches, unaware that the Mongolian army led by Tasi suffered a disastrous defeat.

At midnight, the soldiers patrolling the city suddenly heard the sound of insects and frogs mixed with the sound of chaotic footsteps, so they quickly reported to the guard.

Not long after, a large number of soldiers carrying torches climbed to the top of the city, bows and arrows drawn, ready for emergency response.

At this time, the guard came to the city tower, leaned on the wall stacks and looked south, but he couldn't see clearly what was going on outside the city. He could only hear the noise, getting closer and closer, as if there were thousands of troops running over.

This made the defenders tremble, and they couldn't help but start to worry.

Marshal Tasi led the main force to go south, and there were not many soldiers in Jinan City. Hearing this news, could it be that there was an invasion by local bandits?

The land of Shandong has always been unstable. There are many local bandits and rebels. Some of them accepted the Mongolian imperial edict and served Mongolia, such as Li Fen.

Some took orders from the Southern Song Dynasty, and some took orders from the Jin State. In short, it was quite confusing.

At this time, there were only two thousand men and horses in Jinan City. Just when the defenders on the city were a little uneasy, a large number of black figures had quickly moved to the bottom of the city.

Seeing this, the Mongolian troops on the top of the city hurriedly opened their bows, nocked arrows, and rounded the bowstrings. They only waited for the officer's order to shoot the invading enemy.

At this time, a man rushed out from the shadows at the bottom of the city, galloped directly to the city gate, reined in his horse, and shouted loudly: "Open the city gate quickly, the marshal is here."

The Mongolian soldiers on the city were shocked. They were not local bandits, but actually Mongolian soldiers.

How could Marshal Du return to Jinan if he had not led his army to attack the Kingdom of Jin? The guard was confused. He leaned out half of his body and looked down. He saw more and more Mongolian troops gathering in front of the city.

He was in such a miserable state that he couldn't help but feel shocked. Could it be that he had suffered a defeat?

However, in order to prevent fraud, the guard did not open the door directly, but asked: "Who are you and where is the Marshal?"

"I am Shi Tianze!" Shi Tianze felt ashamed in his heart, but he still responded loudly, "The marshal is right behind me."

After Shi Tianze finished speaking, he turned his horse back, came to Tasi's side, and whispered: "Marshal Du, please come forward and show your face."

Tasi felt humiliated, but he still rode forward and came to the city wall. He heard the voice of the city guard and said in a deep voice: "Enhesen, it's me, open the door!"

The guard on the city was shocked. When he saw that it was indeed Tasi, he did not hesitate and hurriedly asked his subordinates to open the city gate.

At this time, as soon as the city gate opened, the defeated Mongolian troops outside swarmed in. The rush of pushing each other made the Mongolian troops inside the city very frightened.

They couldn't figure out how the three-town army, which was so high-spirited when they set out from Jinan more than half a month ago and was so angry that it was like a tiger thousands of miles away, became what it is now.

At this time, the defeated soldiers entered Jinan. After making sure that they were safe, they sat on the street one by one and panted heavily. The injured soldiers groaned and looked miserable.

This time Tasi gathered troops from three towns, totaling 35,000 troops, but most of these 30,000 people were new recruits.

Zhao Tai's troops are also mainly new soldiers, but they have been training for a year now, and have experienced the battles of Xuzhou and Zhengzhou, as well as escaping from Hulao Pass. They are rich in combat experience, and the soldiers pulled by Zhang Rou and Shi Tianze

The troops are only new recruits who are less than six months old.

Zhang Rou and Shi Tianze's troops lacked training and had no combat experience. Li Fen's troops took longer to train, but after Tasi divided his troops, Tasi only had Zhang and Shi's new recruits, which led to them being ambushed.

, was quickly defeated by Zhao Tai.

At this time, Tasi rode back to the Marshal's Mansion. Zhang Rou held the reins for him, and Shi Tianze helped him dismount, "Marshal Du, we will be safe once we enter Jinan."

Zhang Rou also said: "Yes! If Zhao Tai comes after us, we will rely on the city to hold on and wait for the Khan to send troops. As soon as reinforcements arrive, Zhao Tai will be finished."

Tasi walked into the lobby and sat down on the chair, with regret on his face, "I regret that I didn't listen to what you two said. I never expected that Zhao Tai knew that Li Fen was attacking Pizhou, but he didn't rush to rescue him and instead ambushed him halfway.

It is really difficult for us, this Zhao Tai, to use common sense to predict his actions."

Zhang Rou and Shi Tianze looked miserable. Most of the troops they had just pulled up were wiped out by Zhao Tai. Their strength was greatly damaged. The two consecutive defeats would definitely make Mongolia furious. Both of them were a little worried about whether they could keep their own.

territory.

Zhang Rou was annoyed. If it hadn't been for Tasi and Li Fen, more than 30,000 of them had gathered together to confront Zhao Tai across the river, and they could have easily delayed the war until autumn.

By then, the rested Mongolian cavalry would move south, and it would be very easy to defeat Zhao Tai. However, Tasi insisted on achieving results, and Li Fen proposed a sneak attack strategy.

Tasi is a Mongolian. The two of them did not dare to offend, so they could only vent their anger on Li Fen. Zhang Ju said: "This matter can only be blamed on Li Fen. I have said long ago that we cannot divide our troops, but he proposed

The strategy of sneak attack from behind gave Zhao Tai every opportunity to defeat him."

Shi Tianze also said: "Now that Zhao Tai has defeated us, he will definitely go south to attack Li Fen. I think he will definitely be in trouble and will probably suffer a disastrous defeat."

After listening to what the two said, Tasi understood what they meant, that is, the battle was defeated and he had to report to Ogedai. Someone must be responsible for the defeat.

Tasi's face was dark and he nodded slightly, "I understand. Everyone is tired today, and they all go back to rest, appease the soldiers, and strengthen their defenses. When there is news from Li Fen, we will discuss how to report it to the Khan.

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Zhang Rou and Shi Tianze heard this and immediately bowed and left.

After Tasi fled back to Jinan, he was worried that the Jin army would take advantage of the situation to seize Jinan. However, after the Jin army captured Yanzhou, they stopped moving forward and had no intention of taking advantage of Jinan's emptiness.
Chapter completed!