Chapter 623 The Battle Ends
On the battlefield, the soldiers of the Hedong Army, urged by the officers, rushed towards the Qi Army like a flood. In front of the Qi Army's formation, artillery roared, and shells kept firing into the enemy group. The archers and crossbowmen all unfurled their bows and arrows, and fired at the Hedong Army.
An overwhelming number of arrows were lost.
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 armies fought hand to hand. The Mongolian army from Hedong ran into the Qi army's formation, and was stabbed by the Qi army's soldiers with spears and blunt weapons to prevent them from rushing into the formation.
Angry cries of killing echoed throughout the battlefield. On the front of the battlefield, the Han army from Hedong fiercely attacked the Qi army's formation, like a raging sea wave, hitting the Qi army over and over again. The two sides launched an extremely cruel fight.
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On both wings of the battlefield, less than 40,000 Qi troops and cavalry, together with several times the number of Mongolian cavalry, chased, collided, and engaged in brutal cavalry fights on the battlefield.
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 battle. At this time, a heavy cavalry member urged the war horse. The Qi soldiers used hooks and sickles to catch the cavalry and war horses, dragging the war horses and horses.
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 hacked them to death with axes.
On the left battlefield, 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 formation, but the elite infantry of the Qi army withstood the impact of the Mongolian cavalry.
This made Meng Ge extremely shocked. He did not expect that the weak brigade of the Qi Army also had such strength. At this time, he thought that the left and right wings of the Qi Army were the weak brigade of the Qi Army. He failed to hit it once, so he organized the cavalry and launched another attack.
impact.
Under the banner of the Qi army, Zhao Tai's face was as dark as water and he continued to command.
"Quickly eat up 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 army's 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 had reached a stalemate. The infantry of the two armies in the front were strangled into a group, the cavalry on the left and right wings were fighting each other, and the Mongolian cavalry attacked 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 the numerical advantage on both wings, became increasingly low.
Therefore, there were fewer and fewer Mongolian heavy cavalry in the Qi army formation, and there were not many living figures left. At this time, as the last heavy cavalry in the formation was dragged off the horse by the Qi army soldiers and hacked to death, the Mongolian heavy cavalry trapped in the formation
, and finally the entire army was 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.
"Command 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 when he noticed that the Qi army and cavalry were retreating, and his expression became serious. "No, the Qi army is trying to accumulate power and prepare for a counterattack!" Batu reined in his horse. On the other side, Meng
Brother discovered that the Qi army and the cavalry army were retreating, and understood Zhao Tai's intention.
Now that the Qi army has eaten up 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
You can then launch a counterattack again.
Under the banner of the Mongolian army, Guiyou held 50,000 Mongolian troops in his hands, but he never entered the battlefield and did not wait for the opportunity to attack.
Guiyou tried to send out troops several times, but there was no suitable opportunity. Although the Mongolian army had many cavalry, they could not shake the Qi army's infantry formation. If the infantry formation was not in disorder, 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 took action. 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 attacking 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
The cavalryman was shot off his horse.
At this time, on the front of the battlefield, the Han army in Hedong, urged by the officers, mustered up their strength and fought hand to hand with the Qi army.
The Qi army's spearmen, sword and shield soldiers lined up on 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. A cannon shot from the flank, and a cannon shell directly cleared a diagonal line on the battlefield.
Wherever the shells passed, the Han army in Hedong was torn to pieces by the shells, and blood and minced meat spattered on the faces of their companions, making 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 to charge by the general, 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.
"Guiyu, send troops to resist!" Meng Ge was riding on horseback, furious. Now Guiyou still had fifty thousand troops, which could resist the front. However, Guyu saw the defeat of the Han army in Hedong, 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 the Mongolian army in the center, and the cavalry on both wings were retreating. He drew his sword and roared forward,
Chapter completed!