Chapter 638 The Battle of Grinding (Part 2)
The battlefield is very wide and has an advantage for mobile cavalry. They can fight when advancing and retreat when defeating. Although the Song army also has cavalry, they have just been formed and lack training. Whether it is horse riding skills or fighting on horseback, they are far from being compared with the cavalry of the black party.
Li Yanqing also knew this well, so he could only treat the cavalry as the flanks of the long soldiers. The real fierce battle still had to rely on the five thousand spear troops to carry the beams.
Nan Liguang also discovered this. They wanted to fight fiercely with the opponent's cavalry several times, but were avoided by the opponent's cavalry and refused to compete with them head-on.
Nan Liguang simply threw away the opponent's cavalry and directly rushed to the left wing of the Spear Army. Due to the loss of cavalry guards, a weak spot appeared here.
Li Yanqing immediately saw the other party's intentions, and he also found that the other party's battle flag was different. He felt a move in his heart, perhaps the enemy's chief general was in that team.
He immediately turned around and said to Cao Meng: "Go to support the left wing and try to kill the enemy's chief general."
Cao Meng's thousand troops acted as crossbow soldiers. He had just returned and replaced the spear as a backup. He was already impatient. After receiving the order, he immediately yelled, "Follow me!"
He waved the copper hammer and ran towards the left wing of the Spear Army, with a thousand soldiers following closely behind. At this time, Nan Liguang was preparing to surround the spear formation from the side of the left wing. Cao Meng led the one thousand spear army to kill, and just cut off Nan Liguang who was fighting on the side. The two sides fought fiercely on the other side.
It was dusk at this time, and the light was slightly dim. Both sides had been fighting fiercely for more than an hour, and both the cavalry and infantry were extremely overdrawn.
This was originally a fierce battle with equal force, and even the Song army was slightly superior in number, but in individual combat, the cavalry was obviously superior. In addition, the foundation of the army of Li Yanqing was not good. It was originally the Xiang Army of Jingzhao Prefecture. After the entire army of Jingzhao Prefecture was destroyed during the Northern Expedition, the Xiang Army had the opportunity to become an imperial guard. There was still some lack in training and cooperation.
Fortunately, Li Yanqing and Han Shizhong are both experienced and have enough patience to fight with the enemy. In particular, Li Yanqing specially conducted overnight training and dragged the battle until there was a special plane at night.
Then night gradually came, and Nan Liguang became a little anxious. They used one-and-two strikes and four thousand cavalry teams to withstand nearly nine thousand Song troops. As the casualties of the cavalry gradually grew and the night fell, Nan Liguang felt that they could not stand it anymore.
Nan Liguang was commanding the battle with all his might. At this moment, his personal soldiers suddenly shouted: "General, danger!"
When Nan Liguang turned his head, he saw a silver-helmet general coming from the diagonal stab. This man was extremely majestic, with a white horse and silver spear, majestic. He was Gao Chong, known as the number one general of the Jingzhao Army.
At this time, another Song army general came from the other side, holding a sled hammer, but it was a fierce general Cao Meng. It was a pity that Cao Meng said. When he led his army to the left wing of the Spear Army, Nan Liguang just turned to the right wing, which made Cao Meng's desire to kill the enemy's chief general fail.
When Nanmeng Guang turned to the left wing again, Gao Chong happened to come out again, and Cao Meng also arrived at the same time.
Cao Meng shouted anxiously: "Brother, that's my military achievements!"
Gao Chong laughed, "Of course his head belongs to me!"
Nan Liguang was furious and swung his long-handled single hammer to hit Gao Chong. Gao Chong stabbed his gun and stabbed his sharp spear in an instant.
Nan Liguang was shocked and hurriedly closed the hammer to block it. Gao Chong shot and stabbed Nan Liguang in the thigh. Nan Li screamed in pain, and the hammer in his hand also spread out.
Gao Chong's spear tip appeared on Nan Liguang's chest like a poisonous snake, stabbed in, and heard a shrill scream. When Cao Meng urged the horse to rush over, Nan Liguang had turned into a corpse that was dismissed.
"Xiao Qi, I'll give you the military achievements you want."
Gao Chong smiled proudly and then left. Cao Meng screamed in anger and hit Nan Liguang in the chest with a hard hammer.
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The death of Nan Liguang was undoubtedly the last straw that overwhelmed the camel. The cavalry began to become chaotic, but at this time, the encirclement of the Song army had been formed. No matter which direction the cavalry broke through, they would be shot by the Song army's powerful crossbows and spears.
At this time, a soldier rushed to report, "Report to the rule, the cavalry has been deployed!"
Li Yanqing nodded and ordered: "Let the enemy break through the north, and then the army blocked the killing!"
Two thousand spear troops surrounding the north side retreated, leaving a vacant gap. More than two thousand black party Xiang cavalry were flocking out. At this time, the black party Xiang cavalry had been killed by the Song army and was exhausted. Once there was a rush to escape, no one was willing to retaliate against the army. They ran north desperately, throwing their armor, like a mountain collapse, and collapsed. Nan Lichun, the leader of the wild horse tribe, was shocked and shouted loudly, "Stop, don't escape, stop for me!"
He killed more than a dozen deserters in a row, but could not stop the cavalry from escaping. At this time, five thousand Song troops came from behind, accelerating the collapse of the black party Xiang cavalry.
But at this time, Han Shizhong led two thousand cavalry to come towards him, cut off the retreat route of the enemy cavalry. More than 2,000 cavalry fled in scattered areas, or knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. This battle killed Baiguyuan to make blood flow into a river, and broken corpses piled up like mountains.
In the Battle of Baiguyuan, the army of Nanli, Wild Horses and Beggars were almost completely destroyed, but the Song army also paid a heavy price of more than 1,000 casualties.
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At noon the next day, the eight thousand Song troops arrived at the Yeli tribe at the foot of Maling. The Yeli tribe had officially reached a settlement plan with the Jingzhao Army and its Qingzhou the day before yesterday. Of course, whether this plan is effective depends on the court. However, Li Yanqing accepted the task this time to quell the riots. The meaning of the two words "silence" is to resolve the peace and ensure that the black party will no longer cause rebellion. Therefore, Li Yanqing was basically sure that the settlement plan was approved by the court.
The army stopped moving three miles away from Yelibu Dazhai. Yelibu Dazhai also built a mountainside, stretching for more than ten miles, and the mountain was covered with caves and buildings.
It is not surprising that the Song army came to Yelisheng. He has received news that the three tribe coalition forces have been completely defeated by the Song army and almost all the troops have been destroyed. Nan Liguang and Nan Lichun both died in the chaos. Tuoba Ning, the leader of the Qijie tribe, did not participate in the war because he was old, but his nephew Tuoba Hao also died on the battlefield.
Yerisheng stood in front of the village gate and looked at the Song army in the distance. The subordinates around him were extremely nervous and they all set their bows and arrows, as if they were facing a great enemy. At this time, Yeri Yuanli whispered in horror: "How could this happen? It's not that an agreement has been reached. They should not come to trouble the Yeri's troops."
Norisheng said lightly: "The Nori's ministry reached an agreement, but the Black Party Xiang did not. He is here to please the Black Party Xiang!"
Nori Yuanli remembered that Nori Sheng was still the chief of the Black Party Xiang this time, and he hurriedly asked, "What should I do? Why don't I go and talk to them again?"
Yerisheng shook his head, "Li Yanqing wants to see me, and you can't solve the problem by talking."
"I don't quite understand!"
Norisheng smiled bitterly, turned around and ordered loudly to the army: "Open the gate of the village, put down the weapons, and raise the white flag!"
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Three miles away, Li Yanqing was also looking at this old village that had been operating for a hundred years. This is the largest copycat in the Black Party, and it is also their nest.
"Reign, will they surrender?" Han Shizhong asked in a low voice.
Li Yanqing smiled, "I have signed a settlement agreement, why not surrender? If they feel that they still have the capital to fight against the Song army, I am willing to accompany you to the end."
At this time, a soldier shouted: "They raised the white flag!"
I saw a white flag raised above the village, and the gate of the village was wide open. A team of dozens of people walked out of the village. The leader seemed to be a young man, naked, followed by hundreds of men and women. Soon, several soldiers accompanied an old man to come forward. Li Yanqing knew the old man, who was Yeli Yuanli who negotiated with them.
Nori Yuanli stepped forward and knelt down and said, "My chief is here to apologize to the governor, please accept the sincerity of the black party!"
Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "Tell me that the cavalry in the Nanli tribe is of varying quality, but the fact is not what you said, I almost underestimated the enemy."
Nori Yuanli was so scared that he kowtowed quickly, "It's true that the quality is different. I didn't lie, but Nan Liguang has a strong command ability. I also said that as long as Nan Liguang is killed, this army will collapse soon."
"You said it well, okay! I accept the sincerity of the Black Party Xiang."
Nori Yuanli rushed back quickly. Soon, Norisheng walked forward with his wife and children and more than a dozen elders. Norisheng knelt down and said, "The chief of the black party Xiang, Yerisheng Trey, was willing to accept all punishments from the court and the army, and there is no complaint!"
Li Yanqing said coldly: "The Yeli Ministry has expressed regret with sincerity and has also made compensation. I will not hold the Yeli Ministry and the other eight small tribes accountable. The Feituo Ministry has also paid a heavy price for their crimes. I don't want to mention it anymore, but the three ministries of Nanli, Yema and Qijie participated in the riot, had a tough attitude and refused to repent, so I need to ask the black party Xiang to give an explanation."
Yelisheng clasped his fists and said, "Although Nanli, Yema and Qijie are unruly, I have repeatedly warned that they still ignore them. As the chief of the black party, I have no choice but to ask Li Tongzhi to give me three days to completely rectify the three tribes, and I will definitely give Li Tongzhi a satisfactory answer."
Li Yanqing nodded, "I saw Chief Yeli's sincerity, but I would rather see the chief's actual actions. My conditions are still the three. Three days later, I will get a clear answer, whether to fight or to be harmonious is in the hands of the chief."
"I see!"
Li Yanqing immediately ordered: "Teacher returns to the camp!"
‘Woo--’ The low horn sounded, and the eight thousand Song troops began to turn slowly and head towards Anhua County to the south.
It was not until the Song army walked away that Yeri Yuanli quickly took the clothes and put them on the chief, and at the same time pulled off the thorn on his back, "Chief, go back!"
At this time, Norisheng showed a smug smile, "If it weren't for Li Yanqing's strong help, I, the chief, would probably be inconsistent with my name!"
"What should we do?"
Chapter completed!