Chapter 838 0833 [Is it okay to escape to Mongolia? 】(1/2)
Observing the changes on the battlefield, the reinforcements sent by Li Yanxian did not go to occupy the granary.
Instead, it was divided into two, with one part going north to intercept the Jurchen deserters. The other part went straight west to kill Wanyan Zonghan's back.
Wanyan Zonghan was attacked from the front and back, and there were prairie cavalry coming from both sides.
He did not attack immediately, but took out his binoculars and observed carefully.
Suddenly, he saw that among the Ming troops coming from behind, many had their musket barrels exposed behind their shoulders.
Wanyan Zonghan seemed to have found his target before he died. He raised his spear and said: "The southern thieves' fire rifle soldiers have no car formation, come with me and rush over and annihilate them all!"
Wanyan Zonghan lay on his side and pretended to be dead. His cavalry spear had disappeared. When the Ming army approached, Wanyan Zonghan suddenly rose up and swung out the eight-sided iron rod.
The mixed army led by Shao Long only numbered more than 3,000 people.
Hebul Khan did not go south to conquer the Jin, but under the banner of resisting the Jin, he conquered and annexed the surrounding tribes.
Shi Ziming and Wang Gui, together with more than a thousand Ming warriors, paid the price of more than 200 casualties to kill all Wanyan Zonghan's personal soldiers.
The people had different opinions. Some said that Wanyan Zonghan was defeated and died, some said that Wanyan Zonghan fled to the north, and some said that the Ming Emperor was about to arrive with a million troops.
The soldiers all fled with their respective generals, running in small groups with no clear direction at all.
Hundreds of grassland cavalry without armor were the first to catch up with Tu Hesu, pulling their bowstrings and shooting freely. Not long after they escaped, Tu Hesu was hit by two arrows, and his horse was hit by an arrow in the butt.
He was still trying to struggle to get up, but a Ming army came after him and hit his head with an iron bone flower.
If it were the Song army that came to fight, chaos would most likely break out at this time. Instead of chasing the defeated troops, everyone would swarm to grab the glory.
Still following Tu Hesu, there were only more than a hundred soldiers left.
But the military discipline of the Ming Dynasty was strict. When Yue Fei blew the trumpet, all the cavalry generals led the army and followed him.
The trumpet sounded loudly, but not many people listened to the order.
"Chase, chase!"
Such a fierce general died at the hands of two Ming cavalry.
The Ming cavalry side is actually similar.
Pu Cha and Hu Zhan did not want to die in the hands of small soldiers, so he saw Wang Gui's flag and charged.
"Blow the trumpet and follow me to fight back!"
Those hundreds of Jurchen warriors were tired from running around for days. Today, they were treated well by the Mongols, and they all let down their guard. After drinking wine and eating meat, they fell into a deep sleep.
The elite soldiers that Wanyan Mouyan inherited from his father were all wiped out by Pucha and Hu Zhan. He and Wanyan lived together, and there were only a group of Jurchen slave soldiers who had been liberated in the early days, and the remnants of soldiers gathered along the way.
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Mainly because of guilt.
A generation of brave generals did not die in a very glorious way. It might have been more heroic if he had died on the road of charge.
Pucha and Hu Zhan had previously charged into Wang Yan's infantry formation, causing heavy losses to his troops. Moreover, Wanyan Zonghan used military tactics to kill a group of them. Out of resentment, morale had dropped to the extreme.
The other two spearmen quickly thrust forward with their spears, and then fired with muskets and crossbows.
"Boohoo!"
After carrying a simple siege ladder and rushing to the top of the city, they found that all the defenders had fled.
Now the two of them are the main ones chasing and killing the fleeing enemies. Even Yue Fei's horse can't run away.
Those soldiers did not stay with the commander to die, but fled the battlefield together. There were five to six hundred of them, and they had been in reserve. The soldiers and horses were relatively strong, and all the prairie cavalry who intercepted them were killed.
The commander of this reinforcement force was Shao Long. He ordered the entire army to dismount and line up. At the same time, he waved a signal flag at Yue Fei to prevent Yue Fei from coming to help, and quickly led his cavalry to pursue the fleeing enemy.
"Have a day's rest and leave a few hundred troops to defend the city. The rest of the troops will return the same way," Li Bao said, licking his dry and flaky lips. "There are still silver skills in Xingzhong Mansion, so we can conquer it!"
Hu Tula asked again: "What if the Ming Emperor sent out troops and asked the Kelie tribe to attack from the west? The Ming army is an outsider, and they will have to go back when their food supplies are exhausted. The Kelie tribe is right next to us, and it almost happened last time
Fight."
He could only lead two teams of Jurchen cavalry and rush towards the enemy formation without hesitation. Halfway through the charge, a bullet hit the neck of the horse, throwing Wanyan Zonghan away.
Three spearmen, escorting a few crossbowmen, and gunmen came over, and when they saw any Jurchen soldiers that could still move along the way, they struck with their swords.
When Wanyan Zonghan came to his senses, he found that all his soldiers were dead or injured, and the Ming army even dispersed and began to survey the battlefield.
The incident happened suddenly, and the nearest spearman was caught off guard. He could only subconsciously raise his arm to block, while still holding the second half of the barrel of the spear in his hand.
Pucha Huzhan had a fierce fight at dawn and killed the Ming army cavalry general Luo Ruming. He also charged into the infantry formation after dawn. Now he was exhausted. Under the gunfire of several soldiers, he still managed to survive.
He fell off his horse and died tragically before he could reach Wang Gui.
Several cavalry officers did not want to leave. They all wanted to capture Wanyan Zonghan and perform meritorious service.
The crossbow has been re-stringed and is shooting at the nearby enemies.
Wanyan and his eldest son were both drunk and sleeping soundly at this moment.
The cavalry and horses under his command were getting increasingly tired, and some horses were even so tired that they were frothing at the mouth. After all, they had not had a good rest since midnight last night, and the horses only rested for more than ten minutes during reorganization.
There were also some Jurchen cavalry who really looked at death and rushed towards the Ming army unswervingly.
Wang Gui shouted excitedly.
Not only do musketeers have to shoot on the ground, but even crossbows have to keep their feet on the ground.
Following Pucha Huzhan, who turned around to meet the enemy, there were only a few dozen horsemen and horses who were tired and exhausted.
They passed by the empty camp, blocked some fleeing enemies, and all dismounted to intercept them.
This is also true.
These mounted infantry do not know how to fight on horseback.
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Bullets and crossbows were fired in turn, and the Jurchen cavalry who charged head-on fell in large numbers.
Tu Hesu stopped escaping completely and led his troops to charge head on.
After three attacks, out of the one hundred and fifty Jurchen cavalry, less than seventy were still charging. And their formations were all disrupted, with three or five cavalry here, seven or eight there. They were also attacked by friendly troops who had just fallen.
The corpse interferes and naturally slows down.
Atu'er, the leader of the altar, asked: "Does the Great Khan really want to take in these people?"
Hebulehan has been expanding wildly in recent years, and this year it even unified the surrounding pastures. Unknowingly, it has become a little drifting.
Their horses ran slower and slower. At this critical moment, the Jurchen soldiers who had been supplemented by Pucha Huzhan in the morning broke away from the troops and fled to both sides. They believed that the target of the Ming army was Pucha Huzhan, and as long as they stayed away from that
Guy, he probably won't be pursued as much.
At night, the second son brought Atu'er (Yesugei's biological father) to the altar, and the fourth son went to the tent to meet Hebul Khan.
Wanyan Zonghan personally led the troops to bypass, only to find that it was the same no matter which side.
Wanyan Mouyan drank so much that when his throat was cut, he didn't even wake up and went on the road in a daze.
The remaining 300 or so Jurchen cavalry charged towards the Ming reinforcements.
There are more than a thousand spearmen (with secondary weapons of iron bones), more than a thousand crossbowmen (equipped with small shields and waist knives), and a thousand fusiliers (also equipped with waist knives).
Li Bao was depressed. He tried his best to sneak around and attack, but he didn't expect that the battle was already over.
He saw only three groups of Jurchen cavalry charging from the front, and four other groups of Jurchen cavalry going around to the sides. He seemed to think that he could break the formation by going around to the side and the rear, and the Ming army there must be frightened and unstable.
Both parties were very happy and drunk.
These elites of the Jin Kingdom were only slightly inferior to Wanyan Zonghan's personal soldiers. But they had lost their souls. Even though they knew it would be difficult to escape, they were still unwilling to fight to the death.
However, his horse ran very slowly, and he himself was extremely tired. Facing a charging Ming cavalry, his gun speed was even half a beat slower, and he was knocked off the horse after just one hedging.
Some Jurchen cavalry seemed to have been awakened by the three blows.
He took his sons with him and almost reached the territory of the Jin Kingdom. Just as he was preparing to withdraw his troops, he encountered the remnant soldiers of the Jin Kingdom who were fleeing north.
With a muffled sound, the spearman's right arm was broken off.
Tu Hesu, whose hands were stained with Han blood, was entangled by reinforcements led by Zhai Liang.
Several Mongolian soldiers rushed in, held the father and son down, took out their short knives and quickly wiped their necks.
That is, a concentric circle array with four layers inside and outside.
While Sha Lizhi was escaping, he was chased by Wang Gui and his troops collapsed. The surrounding prairie cavalry swarmed up.
Let's talk about Wang Gui. During the battle just now, he had been leading the reserve team to rest. He was also sent to meet Li Yanxian's reinforcements, and received orders halfway to go around the front to intercept the fleeing enemies.
With the cooperation of the prairie cavalry, Wang Gui's slightly rejuvenated troops achieved amazing results one after another.
Wang Gui didn't care about the stragglers at all, and led his troops to chase after Pu Cha and Hu Zhan.
While Shi Ziming divided his troops to kill Tu Hesu, he led hundreds of cavalry and was chasing Wanyan Zonghan's soldiers.
They chose to stop and rest, waiting for their horses to recover a little, and then immediately continued to escape at a trot.
Because the cavalry formation was very loose, Wanyan Zonghan was not trampled to death by the galloping horses.
Li Bao was confused and asked people to arrest the people in the city for questioning.
To be continued...