Tens of thousands of troops are fighting in the daytime. If the commander does not stand at a high place, it will be difficult for him to understand the overall situation of the battlefield.

If the battle takes place at night, it will basically be a blackout.

Kublai Khan was in the camp last night, and the darkness made it impossible for him to observe the fighting outside the gates with his own eyes.

At this time, the results of the battle outside the east, west, and south gates have been reported.

Because the three gates were moved by sheep, there were not many gains, but each gate reported more than 200 gains.

Seeing Kublai Khan looking at her expectantly, Zhang Rou gritted her teeth and blushed slightly, "Report to the prince, after counting his humble position, he got 2,003 heads."

Kublai Khan frowned, "Why only behead two thousand people?"

Last night there were explosions everywhere, and the shouts of killing could not be heard. The battle was so fierce that Kublai Khan thought it was a great victory.

Although judging from the current statistics, the loss of the defenders in the city was close to 30%, which was a good result, but it was still far from Kublai Khan's expectations.

Without waiting for Zhang Rou's answer, Kublai Khan asked again, "Have you ever captured or killed Zhao Tai?"

Zhang Rou shook her head, "Judging from the harvested heads, Zhao Tai was not found."

Kublai Khan's face darkened a little, "Have you ever killed the Zhao thief general?"

Zhang Rou lowered her head and whispered: "Judging from the corpses' armor, no enemy generals have been killed!"

Kublai Khan's good mood disappeared instantly, "Zhao Thief fell into my plan, you will achieve this result."

Kublai Khan admitted that Zhao Taicheng was well defended, but in the field battle, Mongolia still had to be looked at.

Zhao Tai left Pizhou City last night. His soldiers and horses lost the protection of the city wall and were suddenly attacked. They must have suffered heavy losses.

When everyone saw Kublai Khan's face changed, the cheerful atmosphere in the tent disappeared, and the generals no longer dared to eat meat or drink wine.

Zhang Rou hurriedly said: "Report to the prince, the battle last night mainly took place at the city gate. After dawn, Beizhi was worried about the crossbow bed at the head of the city and could not send people to harvest the heads, so the harvest of Beizhi was actually more than two thousand levels."

After hearing what he said, Kublai Khan touched his short beard under his jaw, suddenly picked up the wine glass, stood up and laughed: "Hahaha, Zhang Wanhu, don't be nervous. You did a great job in the battle last night, come and drink it."

This cup."

Zhang Rou stepped forward and took the wine glass, a little embarrassed, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Kublai Khan looked at him with a smile and thought: "Zhang Rou's Han army was defeated by Zhao Tai several times. It is already good to have such a record. Zhao Tai's fellow is also cunning. He must have found out that Zhang Rou was stationed in Beicheng.

, specializes in picking weak persimmons. If he had gone through the heavily guarded east gate, his entire army might have been wiped out. It would be really difficult for Zhang Rou to destroy Zhao Tai. After all, Zhang Rou doesn’t have that strength!"

Thinking of this, Kublai felt relieved and said, "Drink!"

Zhang Rou raised her head and drank the wine, thanking her again.

Kublai Khan laughed, motioned for Zhang Rou to take a seat, and then said to everyone: "Come on! Let's continue drinking!"

"Haha~" Many generals in the tent immediately laughed in agreement after hearing this, and the atmosphere became lively again.

At the celebration banquet, Zhang Rou undoubtedly became the focus. Many Mongolian generals came over to propose a toast, which made him quite embarrassed.

On the way here, Zhang Rou was still hesitant about the gains reported by his subordinates.

After all, he only had a few hundred corpses on hand. If his subordinates killed civilians to claim military merit, they might be discovered by Kublai Khan.

On the other hand, he has been tortured terribly by Zhao Tai in the past two years. Many of his subordinates followed him and they were starved for nine meals in three days. They did not gain much benefit. The family was so poor that they could hardly open the pot.

They had no part in going south to Huainan to plunder, and since Pizhou couldn't be conquered, they had no chance to make money.

Now that his subordinates have reported their military exploits, if he does not report them to Mongolia and defrauds them of rewards, then his subordinates will definitely be dissatisfied with him.

As a result, it will be difficult to lead the team.

The battle last night mainly took place under the city wall. Zhang Rou thought that after fighting for most of the night, he lost more than 2,000 people. If Zhao Tai messed up the ambush, the loss should be no less than his own, so it is not too exaggerated to report a gain of 2,000.

Results.

Thinking of this, and the continuous toasts from the surrounding generals, Zhang Rou, who was originally a little guilty, gradually integrated into the atmosphere of victory and began to exchange glasses with everyone.

At this time, Kublai Khan waved his hand, directly pushing the atmosphere of the banquet to a climax, "I keep my word, behead one level, reward ten guan, and double the reward for officers."

"Your Majesty is wise!" After hearing this, everyone was overjoyed and their morale increased greatly.

Kublai Khan led more than 100,000 people into Shandong. After slamming the nail on Pizhou, he divided his troops into two groups and went south to invade Huainan and plunder them. They followed him all the way to besiege Pizhou.

Zhao Taina built a strong wall and cleared the countryside, and not a single hair was left outside the city of Pizhou. The Mongolian army besieging Pizhou saw that the Mongolian army marching south had made a fortune, and they were naturally dissatisfied.

Now, Wulianghetai would be continuously transported from Huainan, and Kublai Khan decided to take this opportunity to reward various ministries.

At this time, he saw that everyone was smiling happily, and then said: "Zhao Tai suffered heavy losses last night. The number of troops in Pizhou City is estimated to be reduced by 40%. I have decided to attack Pizhou again. After you have received the reward, you should attack the city with all your strength!"

Judging from the battle achievements reported by various ministries, Zhao Tai's three thousand men and horses were killed and wounded at the east, west and south gates, and two thousand were beheaded at the north gate. In addition, there were uncountable gains near the city wall. A more optimistic estimate shows that Zhao Tai lost nearly half of his troops.

A conservative estimate is that three to four adults and horses were lost.

Therefore, the current defensive strength of Pizhou City is definitely not as good as before. Kublai Khan wanted to attack again to see if it was true or not. Maybe he could break through and capture Zhao Tai alive.

The three towns in Shandong, led by Zhao Tai, defeated Zhao Tai, and the other two towns were not afraid.

When the generals heard that they were going to attack the city, their faces showed embarrassment.

The total number of soldiers and horses that Zhao Tai sent out of the city last night did not exceed 3,000, and each sect reported that the number of beheadings alone was close to 3,000. It was obvious that each sect had falsely reported their military exploits to varying degrees.

They heard that Kublai Khan was going to attack the city again. Zhang Rou was frightened and tried: "Your Majesty, although Zhao Tai suffered heavy losses, we have no way to restrain the artillery group in the city. In addition, there are no siege equipment!"

Kublai Khan frowned slightly and was about to speak when he raised the curtain and entered the tent.

He glanced at everyone, then walked straight to Kublai Khan, and then whispered.

When Kublai Khan heard what he said, his eyes became sinister. He waved his hand for the man to retreat, and then said to everyone in a deep voice: "The situation has changed! Zhang Rou, you continue to prepare the siege equipment, and the other ministries will mobilize the horse army."

, secretly leave the camp tonight and go to Yanzhou to rescue Yan Zhongji."

When Kublai Khan went south, he seemed to be invincible, but in fact he did not seriously injure Wu Xian and Li Fen.

Now the soldiers and horses of the two towns are counterattacking, and the Mongolian army in northern Shandong only has Yan Zhongji's troops left, so naturally it cannot withstand the counterattack of the two towns.
Chapter completed!