Chapter 313 Hugh left Kublai Khan
Kublai Khan wanted to escape and was worried about Li Jun's pursuit, so he struck first and ordered Tasi to lead 3,000 cavalry and charge directly into the nearest Li Jun infantry formation.
Li Jun's crossbowmen lacked defenses, and they were overwhelmed by the sudden attack from friendly forces, so they hardly formed an effective defense.
Seeing that Tasi had disrupted Li's infantry, Kublai Khan immediately led the remaining cavalry, whipped their whips, and fled towards Jinan.
At this time, Zhao Tai saw this and decisively ordered the entire army to pursue him.
The infantry in Zhongyi Town bypassed the Li Army's infantry formation in the front, and the Tiger Cavalry Battalion that had already detoured to the flank launched a direct attack.
"Cavalry attack!" Wanyan Chengde roared loudly.
"Woooooo~" the horn sounded throughout the wilderness, Wanyan Chengde raised his sword high and urged the war horse.
Wanyan Chenghu also raised his Daguan sword, and the cavalry behind him followed suit and rushed directly towards the Mongolian army.
After launching the pursuit in Zhongyi Town, Li Jun finally came to his senses, and only Tasi entered the formation. Li Jun's cavalry turned their horses and joined the pursuit.
"Quick, quick, quick!" Zhao Tai clenched his fists and shouted silently in his heart, staring intently at intercepting Kublai Khan's Tiger Cavalry Camp.
Li Fen's worry has some truth. Facing the powerful Mongolia, even if Zhao Tai takes Jinan, he may not be able to hold it when Mongolia launches a counterattack.
Zhao Tai was also very aware of this, so he not only wanted to seize Jinan, but also tried to eliminate the effective strength of the Mongolian army.
In this way, when he faces a counterattack, the situation will be better.
Next to Zhao Tai, military advisor Wang Bin held his breath and shouted in his heart, "Tiger Cavalry Camp, let's fight for breath!"
After Li's army fell into chaos, Kublai Khan immediately led his troops to flee north. As he was galloping on his horse, there was suddenly a thunderous sound of hoofbeats from the side.
At this time, Kublai Khan turned his head and saw thousands of cavalry galloping towards them, directly hitting the heads of the Mongolian cavalry formation.
"Kill! Scatter them!" Kublai Khan roared immediately and pointed his scimitar forward.
The Mongolian cavalry, who were galloping to escape, turned around and saw the tiger cavalry battalion approaching from the flanks. Knowing that they could not avoid it, they all raised their weapons, drew their bows and arrows and continued running.
"Shoot!" Wanyan Chengde led the Tiger Cavalry Battalion to attack diagonally, and the forwards of the two armies quickly approached.
The light cavalry of the Tiger Cavalry Battalion drew their bows and set arrows while running. When the cavalry of the two armies began to run parallel and forward, the Tiger Cavalry Battalion fired a wave of arrows.
Zhao Tai's cavalry has been in force for less than a year, but its combat effectiveness is not inferior to that of the Mongolian cavalry.
Because the cavalry of the Tiger Cavalry Battalion were mainly Jurchens, Khitans, and Bohai people who were originally loyal to the Jin Kingdom, their riding and shooting skills were no worse than those of the Mongols.
There was a dense sound of strings. The Tiger Cavalry Battalion and the Mongolian cavalry fired arrows almost at the same time while running. The cavalry of the two armies were shot by bows and arrows, and they kept falling off their horses while running.
While the light cavalry were shooting at each other, the heavy cavalry from the Tiger Cavalry Battalion charged directly forward.
Thousands of hooves trampled on the ground, splashing up clouds of mud, and the heavy cavalry launched an earth-shaking impact, like a torrent, directly crashing into the enemy formation.
The lances thrust, the swords slashed, and the horses collided. The two armies collided, and the horses and cavalry were knocked upside down by the huge impact.
Under the protection of his guards, Kublai Khan broke through the obstruction of the Tiger Cavalry Camp. He saw two torrents colliding violently, splashing blood mist, and the screams and shouts of killing were intertwined and made people mad.
Although the collision of the Tiger Cavalry Battalion did not stop the Mongolian cavalry, the collision between the two armies during the galloping caused the two armies to be unable to maintain their formation when they broke through the formation.
"Ignore it and continue to break out of Jinan!" Kublai Khan ordered the cavalry to continue fleeing north without looking at the dead bodies and ownerless horses behind him.
Seeing that the Tiger Cavalry Camp failed to delay Kublai Khan, Zhao Tai led his men and horses to gallop directly in front of Li Fen and said urgently: "Commander Li, we cannot let Kublai Khan escape into Jinan. Your cavalry will gallop forward immediately to stop Kublai Khan."
Enter the city."
At this time, Li Fen did not bother to complain about Zhao Tai. Kublai Khan ordered Tasi to raid him, which showed that the Mongols had concluded that he was colluding with Zhao Tai.
In this case, Li Fen had no choice but to board Zhao Tai's shaky ship.
Now he and Zhao Tai are already weaker than Mongolia. If they don't take advantage of Wo Kuotai's siege on Kaifeng, wipe out Kublai Khan, and wait for Wo Kuotai to march to Shandong, it will be difficult for them to resist.
At that moment, Li Fen gritted his teeth and shouted in a deep voice: "Listen to Marshal Zhao, order the cavalry to advance towards Jinan immediately!"
From the beginning of the war until now, Li Jun's entire state is actually in a state of confusion.
They originally came to stop Zhao Tai and fight with him, but when the two armies faced off, the Mongols who came to help suddenly stabbed them in the back and fled to Jinan.
This made Li Jun's soldiers unable to react for a while, and there was almost no effective command.
Now Li Fen has adjusted, and as he begins to take command, the 40,000 Li army finally recovers.
The exciting sound of horns on the battlefield resounded throughout the field. After the Li army's cavalry received the order, Peng Huizu clamped his horse's belly and led the cavalry to rush north.
At this time, Tasi rushed into the flank of Li Jun and saw Li Jun's cavalry joining the pursuit. As Li Jun resumed command, various infantry units began to surround him. Tasi was afraid of falling into the formation, so he immediately ordered: "Retreat!"
As soon as he gave the order, the cavalry around him blew the horn, and the Mongolian cavalry who entered the formation abandoned the Li army in front of them and turned their horses to break through the encirclement to the north.
Wang Bin, the central army in Zhongyi Town, saw Tasi also breaking through to the north, and immediately said urgently: "Commander, all the Mongolian troops have broken through."
Zhao Tai took a closer look and saw all the Mongolian cavalry on the battlefield fleeing to the north.
"Hahaha~" Zhao Tai couldn't help but raise his head and laugh wildly, roaring loudly: "The whole army pursues, let me drive the enemy troops away and rush into Jinan City."
Countless horns sounded on the battlefield, signaling the attack, and the beating drums encouraged the soldiers. The soldiers in Zhongyi Town mustered up their energy and launched a vigorous pursuit of the Mongolian army.
At this time, there were more than 10,000 Mongolian troops on the battlefield, fleeing north across the field. On the Zhongyi Town and Li Jun sides, the cavalry followed the Mongolian troops and rushed forward. Tens of thousands of infantry troops followed the cavalry of the two armies and ran wildly.
to pursue.
Kublai Khan lay prone on his horse, dodging the arrows shot from the left and right, screaming in his heart.
"Go away Kublai Khan!"
"Capture Kublai Khan alive!"
The chasing cavalry, followed by the infantry running wildly, shouted loudly while pursuing.
Kublai Khan massacred Suzhou last year, causing Zhao Tai to suffer a great loss, which made him quite proud. He did not want Zhao Tai's revenge to fall on him so quickly.
If Zhao Tai and Li Fen had only infantry, Kublai Khan could easily break through. However, both Zhao Tai and Li Fen had thousands of elite cavalry, so Kublai Khan could not escape the pursuit.
Seeing that his pursuers were about to enter Jinan with him, Kublai Khan suddenly took off his armor and lost his shirt while running, and shouted in a low voice, "Run west!"
Chapter completed!