Wo Kuotai looked at the plume of smoke rising into the sky to the west with disbelief in his eyes.

Subotai was shocked and said: "Khan, you are talking about the horse's mouth!"

Wokuotai's expression was solemn, his cheeks twitched, and he immediately waved his hand, "Quick! Send sentries to check."

Subotai immediately ordered a few timid soldiers, and more than ten of them got on their horses and galloped out of the camp.

Yang Weizhong looked at the beacon smoke and had a bad premonition in his heart, "Khan, why are there enemy troops in the west? Is it possible?"

Wokuotai's face was dark, and he already understood that the situation was not good. He immediately said in a deep voice: "Send the order, all battalions are on alert, waiting for the military order of this Khan!"

All the generals in the Mongolian army behind him saluted and sent their subordinates back to deliver orders.

At this time, on Langshan City, Wuxian and the generals of the Wuwei Army stood at the top of the city and looked to the west.

The eyes of the Qi soldiers who originally thought they had been abandoned were filled with brilliance again.

Wearing armor, Wu Xian has swept away the decadent appearance of the past few days, and his whole body is full of energy and high-spirited fighting spirit.

"All the officials are in charge, your Majesty has not given up on us!" Wu Yanbin said with tears in his eyes on the top of the city.

Wu Xian patted him on the shoulder, glanced at everyone, and said in a deep voice: "Brothers, the Tatars are cunning, and I was almost deceived by them. Yes! Your Majesty did not give up on us!"

Wu Xian pointed to the beacon smoke in the west, "Soldiers, have you seen it? Your Majesty is leading an army to fight from the west!"

"Long live the king!"

"Long live Daqi!"

The soldiers of the Qi Army on the top of the city and the civilians in the city all raised their arms and fists, and gave out loud cheers.

Wuxian raised his hand and pressed it several times before getting the soldiers to quiet down. He stood on a high place, looked around at the generals, and then shouted loudly: "My sons, reinforcements are coming, we should cooperate from inside and outside, and the time has come to defeat the Tatars. This battle has come.

,must win!”

"We must win! We must win!" Thousands of Qi troops and tens of thousands of civilians roared together.

Wu Xian was very satisfied. He called Lu Wenxin amidst cheers and said in a deep voice: "Lv Qianhu, have your people be prepared. If the Mongolian army wants to escape, immediately attack with a boat!"

Lu Wenxin immediately clasped his fists and said, "I humbly accept my order!"

At the moment, at the head of Langshan City, all the artillery was mobilized to the east city. At the same time, the north gate was opened wide, and more than a thousand sailors boarded boats, ready to go to war at any time.

At this time, the cheers from Langshan City reached the Mongolian army camp, making Wo Kuotai's face become extremely gloomy.

Yang Weizhong heard the reaction in the city and made the first judgment, "Great Khan, we may have fallen into the Zhao thieves' plan!"

Wokuotai saw the beacon smoke in the west and heard the cheers of the Qi troops at Langshan City, and realized that he might have made a mistake in his judgment.

"You mean, Zhao Tai made a move for Ben Khan to attack the north and south?" Wo Kuotai said through gritted teeth.

Yang Weizhong clenched his fists and said, "The Qi army's return to defend Shandong will only delay the defeat and cannot change Qi's disadvantage. At the beginning, I suspected that with Zhao Tai's personality, he would not choose such a passive strategy. Now look at the beacon smoke in the west,

Most likely, Zhao Tai came here and wanted to fight us before the Western Expedition entered Henan and drive us out of Hebei, thus reversing the unfavorable situation for Qi!"

"The traitor is arrogant!" Wo Kuotai was furious when he heard this, "Is he so sure of defeating me when I have an army of 100,000? This is unreasonable! I am a great Mongol Khan, with outstanding military exploits, and the best in the world.

, everyone trembles when they hear my name, how dare you, the thief, underestimate me like this!"

Wokuotai was so angry that he gritted his teeth. At this moment, a group of cavalry rushed into the camp from the south.

Not long after, a Mongolian general hurriedly came to report, "Reporting to the Great Khan, the 20,000 Qi army and horse troops stationed on the border of Baozhou suddenly entered the territory of Baozhou and came to kill here."

Zhao Tai entered the Taihang Mountains and made careful plans. Taking into account the short distance and special circumstances, he agreed on a time for the battle with all the troops involved in the battle.

The Qi cavalry was one step ahead of Zhao Tai. The cavalry had already set off before Zhao Tai could get out of the horseback trap, but the distance was far away, so the news came later.

Wokuotai said with a black face: "How far away are the enemy's cavalry?"

General Meng gasped and said, "It's about half a day's journey to the vicinity of Langshan Mountain."

At this time, before the general finished speaking, the cowardly Xue army that had been sent out to check the west galloped back to the camp. Together with the leader, they came directly to Wokuotai and reported urgently, "Great Khan, I have found out that tens of thousands of people are here."

The army and infantry came out of the horse's mouth and formed a formation to come east."

Yang Weizhong asked hurriedly, "How far is Qi Thief from here?"

"It should be twenty miles away now!" the guard quickly replied.

After Yang Weizhong heard this, he immediately saluted Wokuotai and said, "Great Khan, the Zhao thieves came out from the mountains. There should be no cavalry. Now we send cavalry to hold back the Qi army. The army will immediately break camp and withdraw across the Nanyi River, so that we can avoid fighting with him."

A decisive battle between thieves!"

The surface of Wo Kuo's platform was as heavy as water. After listening to the scout's report, he was basically certain that Zhao Tai indeed intended to fight a decisive battle with the Western Expeditionary Army before it entered the Central Plains.

For this reason, Zhao Tai first pretended to move his troops south, but actually sent the army westward into the Taihang Mountains, and then used the cover of the mountains and forests to approach Langshan Mountain in the north.

In order to avoid being noticed by him, Zhao Tai also pretended to transport grain to Langshan, making him mistakenly think that the Qi army had abandoned Langshan and left Langshan to hold on.

Wo Kuotai basically believed that Zhao Tai had arranged this place. To be on the safe side, Zhao Tai's fellow asked Wu Xian to fake a breakout, so he and the Mongolian army all focused their attention on Langshan Mountain and ignored it.

Observation of the periphery.

"Cunning!" Wo Kuotai gritted his teeth. After listening to Yang Weizhong's words, he quickly ordered: "Subotai, lead your elite cavalry and immediately attack the enemy from the west."

Subotai did not dare to neglect, and immediately saluted, "I obey!"

After saying that, he left in a hurry and hurriedly mobilized the Mongolian cavalry.

Although Wokuotai was not afraid of Zhao Tai, he knew very well that the purpose of Zhao Tai's efforts was to make a quick decision.

Now Zhao Tai is making a huge gamble, but there is no need for Wo Kuotai to decide the outcome immediately.

Now the decisive battle, the outcome is uncertain, so to avoid a decisive battle, the army withdrew across the Nanyishui River and waited for the Western Expedition to enter Henan. The Mongolian army had at least a 90% chance of winning.

Therefore, Wo Kuotai agreed with Yang Weizhong's suggestion and decided to avoid a decisive battle. He twitched his cheeks and gritted his teeth and shouted, "Give me the order. Each battalion will immediately pack up and cross the river from Dong'an City!"

As soon as these words came out, the various units of the Mongolian army that were originally preparing to attack Langshan could only pack their bags in a hurry.

The Mongolian army numbered 100,000, and the Qi army's cavalry and infantry were approaching again. If Wokuotai wanted to evacuate, he could only abandon some food and baggage.

This made Wokuotai clenched his fists and said, "What Japan throws away today will be taken back twice as much in the future."

The military order to break up camp and retreat was too sudden, and all the Mongolian troops panicked. At this time, Subotai finally gathered 20,000 cavalry and headed west.

As the Mongolian cavalry galloped out of the camp, the east gate of Langshan City suddenly opened. Wu Xian took the lead and led the Qi troops in the city to file out and began to set up an attack formation outside the city.

"Look, Khan, Wu Xian has left the city!" Shi Tianze exclaimed.
Chapter completed!