Wanyan Chenghu took the lead and led the cavalry to gallop over, shouting, "Charge the tiger cavalry camp for me."

Three thousand soldiers from the Huaiyuan Battalion formed an array in the wilderness. Li Chunzhu stood in the array with his sword in hand and shouted loudly, "Don't panic, the lances are outside and the bows and crossbows are inside. If the enemy cavalry approaches, shoot immediately!"

The spearmen from Huaiyuan Battalion immediately stepped on the tail of their spears and thrust the lime-stained spearheads out diagonally.

The crossbowman loaded the large crossbow with training arrows without arrowheads.

At this time, thousands of cavalry came galloping forward, their horses' hooves trampling the ground, the sound was terrifying, and the spearmen in the front row of Huaiyuan Camp showed nervous expressions.

"Don't panic, everyone! The range of our divine arm bow exceeds that of the cavalry bow of the Tiger Cavalry Camp!" Li Chunzhu loudly comforted his subordinates. When he saw the cavalry entering the shooting range, he immediately shouted: "Shoot!"

At the command, the crossbowmen in the formation immediately fired, and the arrows roared out, hitting the galloping horses and cavalry, leaving white spots on their bodies.

The cavalrymen who were shot could not help but curse, but according to the rules, they could only rein in their horses and withdraw from the battlefield.

Of course, since this was their first sparring session, many soldiers were shot, but they still charged on horseback, forgetting the rules taught by the officers.

At this time, in the infantry formation, the crossbowmen fired continuously, and many cavalrymen were shot off their horses.

Wanyan Chenghu was shocked, but the person was not really dead, so he didn't worry about it, so he continued to shout: "Run into the chaotic formation and crush them!"

The cavalry faced the arrows fired by the infantry, stretched their bows and arrows while running, and fired arrows at the infantry formation to counterattack and disrupt the infantry formation.

Zhao Tai, who was observing from a distance, ordered: "In future exercises, observers must be dispatched on both sides to prevent anyone from being shot and leaving the field not according to regulations!"

The eyes of those watching the battle were attracted by the battlefield, especially those of the infantry and camp commanders, whose eyes were shining brightly.

Because they have already seen that the Tiger Cavalry Camp may suffer.

The phalanx that Zhao Tai asked them to practice was similar to the Spanish phalanx, but the decline of the Spanish phalanx had to wait until the appearance of field artillery.

The spearmen of the Huaiyuan camp stood on the outside, and the crossbowmen stood in the formation. It was difficult for the cavalry to rush in, but the crossbows could continue to cause damage to the cavalry.

At this time, Wanyan Chenghu led the cavalry and fired a wave of arrows. He rushed to the front of the formation. He saw a spear piercing in front of him. If he hit it, he would be stabbed to death immediately. He could only rein in the horse, pull it back, and then

Shoot into chaos again.

Zhao Tai looked at the performance of the Huaiyuan Battalion and couldn't help but nodded slightly. He needed a way to deal with the Mongolian cavalry, and now it seemed that the spear formation practiced by the infantry was already capable of fighting when faced with a cavalry surprise attack.

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At the end of April, when Zhao Tai was training his army, the Mongolian side also took action.

Wokuotai left Subutai to guard Luoyang, and ordered the Mongolian cavalry to leave Hulao Pass to harass the plains of eastern Henan, preventing the people of the Central Plains from producing, and destroying the war potential of the Jin Kingdom.

At the same time, Wokuotai ordered General Tasi and the Governor of Hebei and Shandong Province to rectify the tribes of Zhang Rou, Shi Tianze, and Li Fen and order them to retake the east and west roads of Shandong.

At the beginning of May, Tasi led Qianqi into Jinan and immediately summoned Shi Tianze, Zhang Rou, and Li Fen to see him.

That day, outside the Jinan Marshal's residence, a group of cavalry galloped over. Li Fen got off his horse and saw Shi Tianze and Zhang Rou were there, so he exchanged a few words.

Now the three of them can be said to be in the same boat. Li Fen lost 40,000 troops in the battle of Huainan, while Zhang Rou and Shi Tianze also suffered heavy losses in the battle of Xuzhou.

Li Fen couldn't help but ask: "Marshuai Zhang, Marshal Shi, do you know that Marshal Du asked us to come, what's the matter?"

Zhang Rou said in a deep voice: "If there is something going on, Marshal Li should know better than us."

Li Fen said with a sad face: "I guess it is to deal with the Jin army occupying the east and west roads of Shandong."

The two nodded slightly, and that was probably what happened.

The Jin army occupying the east and west roads of Shandong had three troops, namely Zhao Tai, Wuxian and Heda.

Zhang Rou and others felt a toothache at the thought of dealing with these three people.

"Alas! I was defeated in Xuzhou and only escaped with my own life. If Marshal Du lets us attack the Jin army, the two marshals can be more patient." Zhang Rou couldn't help but say.

Shi Tianze raised his eyebrows, "Old Zhang, you said this as if I didn't suffer heavy losses."

While several people were saying this, a general came out and saluted: "Three marshals, all marshals have invited you."

The three of them followed Su Wei to the festival hall and saw Tasi, wearing Mongolian clothing, standing in front of the map with his hands behind his hands.

This Ta Si is the grandson of Mu Huali and has a relatively noble status. The three of them did not dare to neglect and saluted quickly, "Marshal!"

Tasi came back to his senses, turned to look at the three of them, looked them over, and said in a deep voice: "You are all here. Just in time, I have something to tell you."

The three of them looked at each other and lowered their heads, "Yes! Marshal Du, please give me your orders."

Tasi said solemnly: "Now that the Jin Kingdom's Guanhe defense line has been breached, Marshal Subotai sent cavalry from west to east to harass the Jin Kingdom. The Great Khan sent me to governor the armies in Shandong and Hebei to cooperate with Marshal Subotai.

Collect the Jin Kingdom’s prefectures and counties in the east, drive the Jin army from Shandong back to the east of Henan, and wait until the autumn is over to encircle and annihilate them in one fell swoop.”

Zhang Rou and others looked at each other and realized that Ta wanted to let them send troops to deal with the Jin soldiers.

Now that the Mongols have returned to the grasslands to rest, Tasi only brought Qianqi to Jinan, so he can only rely on the three of them.

Zhang Rou said with a bitter face, "Marshal Du, I was defeated miserably in Xuzhou. Almost the entire army was destroyed. I'm afraid I don't have any soldiers to fight!"

Shi Tianze also said: "Yes! Now I have just recruited more than 10,000 new soldiers, and I haven't had time to train them yet. I'm afraid I won't be able to match the golden soldiers!"

Tasi frowned and looked at Li Fen, who was so frightened that Li Fen said quickly: "Marshal Du, I lost 40,000 people in Huainan, and I haven't recovered yet!"

There was a secret agreement between Li Fen and Zhao Tai, and the trade between the two was flourishing.

Now that more than half a year has passed since the Battle of Huainan, Li Fen's current strength has actually recovered somewhat, but he does not want to fight Zhao Tai.

Seeing that the three of them were refusing, Tasi couldn't help but said angrily: "This is what the Khan wanted. Do you want to resist?"

The three of them heard the words and quickly lowered their heads, "I don't dare to do this for a humble job!"

Tasi's expression softened a little, and he said in a deep voice: "I know your situation. I don't ask you to defeat Zhao Tai, Wuxian, and Heda. I only ask you to work step by step and defeat the Jin Army step by step.

Forced back to eastern Henan, we cannot allow them to gain a foothold in Shandong! Do you understand?"

Tasi knew that the Mongolian army in Shandong and Hebei had suffered heavy losses and had not yet recovered its strength, so he did not ask for the annihilation of the Jin army in Shandong. Instead, he wanted to keep the Jin army in Shandong in a state of war just like Subutai harassed eastern Henan.

Consumption of money, food and materials from the Kingdom of Jin.
Chapter completed!