In Hejian Mansion, Zhao Tai summoned the generals for final discussions.

In the festival hall, the generals of Qi State gathered together. Zhao Tai pointed to the sand table and said in a deep voice: "Recently, the Mongolian army from the Western Expedition has returned eastward and will soon be stationed in Henan. It has a large number of troops and shares the natural dangers of the Yellow River with us. It is difficult to attack it for a while.

Defeat. I hold most of the land in Hebei. Youzhou is under our front, and the army in Hu Kuotai is tired from long battles and is determined to defeat it quickly. If not, our army will be attacked from both sides. Even if Sun Tzu is resurrected, the country will be destroyed.

disaster."

Li Fen, Tang Liang, Li Chunzhu, Zhang Rou, Wanyan Chenghu and other generals in the tent all knew that this battle was a matter of life and death.

However, Wokuotai's army is said to be one hundred thousand, and most of them are elites. How can the Qi army defeat it quickly?

If this battle cannot be won, the consequences needless to say. Even if it is a draw, once the Mongol Western Expedition army enters the Central Plains and outflanks Hebei, the Qi army will inevitably suffer a disastrous defeat.

At this time, Wang Bin smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, generals, in the past, the Liang and Jin countries were facing each other across the river. The Lord of the Liao Dynasty, Yelu Abaoji, sent 300,000 Liao soldiers to besiege Youzhou. The Jin State was besieged from both sides and was in danger of subjugation.

At this critical moment, the leader of the Jin Dynasty, Li Cunxu, overcame all objections and sent troops to rescue Youzhou. In the end, the Jin army only had 70,000 hastily assembled troops and defeated the 300,000 Liao soldiers."

In his heart, Wang Bin did not support the decisive battle between Zhao Tai and Wo Kuotai. He meant to shrink his troops back to Shandong for defense.

Although the Mongolian troops were large, they would definitely not be able to defeat the Qi army in an offensive and defensive battle.

What he meant was that the Qi army used the fortified city to defend, consume the Mongolian army's strength, and wait for the situation to change.

However, Zhao Tai was unwilling to give up Hebei, and Wang Bin, as a counselor, knew that he could not change Zhao Tai's decision, so he could only plan for the counterattack wholeheartedly.

Wang Bin glanced at the generals and said, "Generals, the Jin army can defeat the 300,000 Liao soldiers with 60,000 soldiers. With 80,000 elite soldiers, we can't defeat the 100,000 horses of Wo Kuotai?"

Hearing this, Tang Liang clenched his fists and said, "Sir, what you are saying is that the Mongols are no match for our defeated generals. Why should I be afraid of the Mongolian Hu!"

Zhao Tai glanced at Wang Bin with satisfaction and said loudly: "Wo Kuotai knew that his army from the west was returning to the east, so he must have thought that I could not raise an army to fight back. I sent the navy upstream to transport grain and grass to Langshan. Wo Kuotai

Kuotai must have thought that I had no intention of rescuing Langshan, so I must be arrogant and lazy. Now I am training my soldiers and armor alone, doing double duty, taking them by surprise, and using my angry crowd to attack the arrogant and lazy army, how can I not defeat them?

The principle of dryness."

Under the mobilization of Zhao Tai and Wang Bin, the generals of the Qi army were inspired to fight.

Li Fen said: "Your Majesty, just tell me how to fight this battle!"

Zhao Tai walked to the sand table, pointed at the sand table and said: "In this battle, we are outnumbered and the enemy is outnumbered. The Mongolian cavalry is numerous. If we march from the plains, the enemy will notice it in advance. If the enemy charges with their cavalry, they will kill me."

The infantry is like chopping melons and vegetables. The first thing our army must solve in this battle is how to advance!"

Zhang Rou became Zhao Tai's father-in-law. After Zhao Tai adopted the last suggestion of "replacing troops with water", he was greatly encouraged. After thinking about it, he said: "When our army marches, it must carry baggage. Not to mention the slow speed of our march,

The enemy's cavalry does not need to attack our infantry formations. They only need to plunder our army's baggage and supplies, which can also lead to a great defeat for our army."

Zhao Tai nodded slightly, "On the battlefield, the sure way to win is to use your strengths and avoid weaknesses and take surprise. We can't walk on the plains, so we will take the mountain road. To the west of Langshan City is the Taihang Mountains. In the rugged mountain road, the Mongolian cavalry cannot go, so we and others

The infantry can rely on the favorable geographical location, hide in the mountains and forests, rely on the endless mountains, and drive directly to the foot of Langshan City. At that time, if they cooperate with the defenders inside and outside the city, they will surely defeat the enemy."

After the strategy of the Qi army was finalized, all the generals praised it for its good deeds.

Zhao Tai immediately looked at everyone, raised his arms and shouted: "Relieve the siege of Dingba, and send troops in this battle!"

"Send troops!" All the generals in the tent raised their arms and shouted.

After unifying the people, Zhao Tai immediately made arrangements and placed 20,000 cavalry in Anyang County near Baozhou.

Then he ordered the six most elite armies of the Qi army, the Zhongyi, Feijie, Shenji, Xiaosheng, Ninghai, and Guiyi armies, to pretend to retreat southward, and then use the banner of the Six Armies as Hebei Nanxiang Yong to confuse the Mongolian army.

The Sixth Army then went out by day and night and entered the territory of Zhending. The soldiers took fifteen days' rations and plunged into the Taihang Mountains.

This battle can be said to be a last-ditch battle for Zhao Tai.

Because there was still more than a month before the autumn harvest, the Qi army's military rations were not in place. The food stored in Hebei was only enough for the Qi army to conduct outbound operations for less than a month.

Zhao Tai led an army of 60,000 troops into the Taihang Mountains. The food carried by the army was barely enough for them to get out of the Taihang Mountains, and then they immediately fought a decisive battle with the Mongolian army. There was no way out.

When Zhao Tai entered the Taihang Mountains, the navy of Qi State had already arrived at the water area twenty miles east of Dong'an City.

In order to bypass the two cities of Dong'an and Langshan, the Mongolian army built a pontoon bridge to cross the river here.

Today, the pontoon bridge still spans both sides of the bank. It is a channel for the Mongolian army to connect the two sides of the bank. It is also a fortification to block the river and prevent the Qi army from rescuing Langshan from the waterway.

At this time, on the Qi army warship, Lu Wenhuan took out his telescope and looked at the pontoon bridge in the distance. He saw the Mongolian army patrolling above and the Mongolian army fortresses at both ends of the pontoon bridge.

Lu Wenhuan put down his telescope and summoned the generals and said: "If we want to get in touch with Langshan, we must destroy the pontoon bridge in front of us. I just took a look and found that the pontoon bridge should be connected to the two sides by iron chains, and most of the camps on both sides are

A group of artillery pieces were deployed to control the river."

Lu Wenxin said: "Our artillery can hit farther than theirs and can destroy their camp from a distance. As for the iron ropes, they can be burned with fire. The Mongols want to use this trick to stop us. They are undoubtedly looking down on us.

Qi Shuishi."

Lu Wenhuan said: "It is easy to destroy the obstruction of the Mongolian army in front of us. The key is that the water upstream is shallow. Our big ship cannot go up, so we can only send small boats upstream. By then, the Mongolian army will definitely go down the river to attack, and we want to rush to the foot of Langshan City

, it’s not easy!”

"Commander! Let me go!" Lu Wenxin clasped his fists and begged for orders, "Our navy, even in small boats, is not afraid of Mongolia in the water!"

When Lu Wenhuan heard this, he couldn't help but praise: "Good! I will defeat the Mongolian army for you. You can lead the boat to assist Langshan."

The Qi navy navy appeared not far away, and the Mongolian troops guarding the pontoon immediately took precautions.

A large number of Khitan soldiers came to the pontoon slowly, with swords and shields in front and bows and crossbows behind, turning the pontoon into a long wall on the water.

At the same time, in the camps on both sides of the pontoon bridge, the Khitans set up artillery carts with cannon stones in their leather pockets. As soon as the Qi army's warships approached the pontoon bridge, they would fire all the cannons and rocks to destroy the Qi army's warships.
Chapter completed!