Faced with the sharp reversal, Ananda tried his best to calm himself down, but the situation was still deteriorating.

The Right Army suffered considerable casualties several times, and his morale was low. He was suddenly counterattacked by the Southern Dynasty cavalry, who had been accumulating for a long time. The collapsed formation was disintegrated and was divided and hunted by the Southern Army cavalry. Facing the overwhelming impact of the Southern Army infantry, the Left Army was forced to retreat step by step, and the collapsed formation was also in front of him.

Although the front was still confrontation, it was still ready to move. The Southern Dynasty cavalry that broke out from the back defeated the intercepted rear army and detoured to them as if they wanted to cut off their retreat to the city. At this time, the Southern Army formation also spread to the two wings, which looked like the moon, and wanted to wrap them in one fell swoop.

If Ananda had replied before, he would not have believed in a Southern Army dominated by infantry, and when his troops were at an absolute disadvantage, he could block the continuous impact of the cavalry for a day, and had the spare energy to launch a counterattack and wanted to carry out a counter-encirclement to eat himself. He would have thought it was a huge joke. But the current situation made him unable to believe in the facts in front of him.

The Mongolian army, which had always been proud of, had a fast horse, a scimitar and a strong bow, seemed so fragile and powerless under the fierce artillery fire and dense rain of bullets in the Southern Army. And, under the advantage of military strength and terrain, could not break the seemingly weak front, but paid a huge price. This made Ananda feel a sense of indescribable frustration, and he couldn't help feeling desolate in his heart, and he felt timid to retreat to the grassland.

"Your Highness, our army is exhausted from fighting for a long time, let's retreat!" Seeing Ananda's answer, Minli Timuer sighed and reminded.

"Well, let Pucha'er cut off the rear, your troops will open the way and retreat northeast!" Ananda breathed a sigh of relief, exhaled the tightness in his chest, and ordered.

"Your Highness, won't we go back to Datong City?" Mingli Timur said in surprise.

"Returning to the city is a way to die, and Datong City cannot be defended!" Ananda replied with a wry smile.

"It's a pity that hundreds of thousands of stones of grain and grass in the city, the wine in the warehouse, and countless beauties!" Mingli Timuer said unwillingly.

"Don't think about looking back. Only by going to Dadu can you not starve to death!" Ananda replied that he knew his intentions. He wanted to go into the city and plunder and then return to the grassland and give up on Wei Dadu. But the food and grass they could master were not enough to support the return journey, so they could only walk forward with their teeth.

"Yes!" Mingli Timur was not a confused person, and knew that what he said was not false.

As the horn sounded, the central army's flag pointed to the northeast, and the armies gathered here, and suddenly retreated like a tide. However, the Song army seemed unwilling to accept it. The Right Army was entangled by the Southern Cavalry to win time for the infantry's encirclement; while the rear army retreated while fighting, blocking the Southern Army from the right wing, which gave the Left Army a chance to escape from the dangerous land, but was cut off by the Southern Cavalry...

Ni Liang watched Meng Yuan's main force break out in the northeast and did not order an interception, but instead directed the troops to quickly complete the encirclement, divide the enemy's remaining troops trapped in the encirclement, and at the same time sent alerts to the direction of the enemy's main force's retreat to prevent them from killing and retaliating.

The sky soon darkened, and the trapped enemy beasts were still fighting, running east and west to try to break through. However, the encirclement became tighter and tighter. The remaining soldiers gathered together were scattered and divided by the enemy cavalry again and again, and were surrounded and annihilated by the enemy infantry. In this empty wasteland valley, the two armies fought back and forth until midnight, after the small number of enemy cavalry broke out in the dark and surrounded, most of them were encircled and annihilated.

In the early morning, when the battlefield was cleared, nearly 20,000 enemy corpses were left behind, more than 20,000 enemy troops were captured, and thousands of war horses were seized. The corpses of horses killed and shot by artillery were piled up like mountains and could not be counted. Although they failed to annihilate the main enemy force, they were enough to hurt them. More importantly, they successfully completed the task of driving the enemy into the pit.

However, Ni Liang did not want to give up this prey that was in his mouth, and wanted to bite it hard during the pursuit. For this reason, he had sent multiple scouts to follow the retreating grassland tribes to grasp their whereabouts. But at this moment, these prisoners became a burden, and it was definitely unrealistic to lead them to march. Not only did they have to separate troops to take care of them, but they also had to be careful of their bombing of the camp at critical moments. Killing prisoners has always been an ominous matter, and military discipline also strictly prohibits the massacre of prisoners of war without authorization.

But soon a good news came. When the Song army defeated the grassland army that entered the guards, He Weixian also "abandoned the city and fled" as promised. Since everyone should be more concerned about acting, he sent troops to chase after ten miles. However, the fierce battle was exhausted, and the Song army did not catch up with the fugitive team that had set off for a short time. They only caught more than a dozen unlucky guys who were left behind due to damage to the vehicle, so they went home.

At this time, all the troops in the city had withdrawn, and the officials and wealthy families in the city fled to Shangdu with them. However, in the chaos, it was inevitable that there would be robbers and looting the people. Ni Liang quickly sent the first cavalry division to quickly enter Datong to close the city gate, and he then led the Chief Command to rush to Datong City.

While setting up defense, Ni Liang sent troops to the streets to inspect and restore order. He took over the government office and various institutions, collected account books, checked granaries, and seized official workshops and Bureau A. He Weixian was really good at doing things. In a hurry, he did not forget to sort out various documents in different categories, leaving many officials to help them take over.

After cleaning, it was found that He Weixian had only taken away the gold, silver and wealth, some military equipment and some food in the treasury, and there was a lot of things left for them. The grain stored in the granaries alone was enough to use 100,000 people for two years, and the armor and soldiers in the arsenal were enough to be equipped with a team of tens of thousands of people. As for silk, wine, spices and various royal supplies, it was difficult to count.

Seeing this, Ni Liang was not only deeply moved. If the emperor had not arranged the secret son of He Weixian, they would not have recovered Shanxi so smoothly. However, he was a little unfaithful and placed more than 100,000 grassland troops entering Dadu into Datong. Relying on the solid city and sufficient material reserves, even if they had strong combat power, they would have to be very scheming and pay a huge price to conquer the city with their strong combat power.

While claiming victory to the emperor, Ni Liang also attached another secret report to He Weixian's achievements, which he rarely praised. At the same time, he dispatched 5,000 troops from each unit to form a left-behind force to garrison Datong, a military center that connects the Central Plains and the Great Wall, and left wounded and captives in the city.

Although the combat troops were exhausted for several days, after a day of quitting, Ni Liang still recruited the pack animals and chariots in Datong City to carry infantry and baggage to pursue the fleeing enemy. He ordered the cavalry brigade and the first cavalry division of the guards to set out first to bite the enemy's tail, and tried to separate them from the brigade, and encircle and annihilate them after the infantry arrived. Although the results of this may not be abundant, they can accumulate small victories into big victories, and continuously weaken the strength of this enemy. After reaching Dadu, they will also lose their strength greatly and become the last of the strength.

Ni Liang dared to use infantry to pursue the more mobile cavalry. In addition to the strong combat power of the imperial guards, the enemy's strength was also weakened to a certain extent after the war in Datong. In particular, the enemy lost a large number of war horses, which inevitably decreased its maneuver power. They fled in a hurry and had to discard part of the food and grass.

In addition, the war horses on the grassland mainly feed on forage, and after the severe winter, they are exhausted and are already very thin in spring, which is not conducive to combat. This is also one of the important reasons why nomads often choose to invade the Central Plains after autumn. Now, after a long-distance marching, the war horses are seriously exhausted and it is difficult to withstand long-term marching. Even if there is a sub-horse replacement, they have to rest frequently.

According to the scout's reward, it was not much different from Ni Liang's judgment. The defeated enemy troops broke through the siege and rushed for thirty miles before gathering the team. They did not dare to stop and march fifty miles overnight before camping and resting. However, the scout had already discovered that the exhausted horses along the way had died. After losing a large number of war horses in the battle, many cavalrymen even had only one horse left.

However, the strong combat power and maneuverability of Mongolian soldiers are based on one person and more horses. Each person is often equipped with three horses when they go to war. Among them, the horse with the best quality and training is used as war horses. They are usually ridden by marching on weekdays and will only ride when participating in battles. The other two horses, one is used as a carriage, weapons and supplies; the other is used for daily riding.

During a long-distance marching, three war horses can be ridden alternately, thus obtaining powerful power and realizing the myth of traveling more than 200 miles a day. However, most of the war they consumed in this battle were the best quality war horses, and they could not be replaced on the way, which further increased the burden on the remaining horses and made it difficult to achieve a fast long-distance marching again.

The current horse farms in the Song Dynasty are mainly distributed in the Huaihe area, and there are limited places to grazing. In addition to forage, they are also fed with food. The loss of weight loss in winter is not serious. In this battle, the Song army's supply of materials is sufficient, and when the supply of forage is insufficient, they can be fed with food, so they are full of energy.

Moreover, several main cavalry divisions of the Song army have achieved one-man double cavalry, and their accompanying combat equipment is lighter than that of Mongolian soldiers, without heavy armor and weapons, and can withstand long-term continuous marching and combat tasks better than them. In addition, in yesterday's battle, the cavalry only entered the battle at the last moment, and the losses were much smaller, and they could be supplemented in time with captured war horses.

When he set out, Ni Liang received the latest reward from the scouts. They were only a hundred miles away from the enemy's rear, which made him confident that he could catch the enemy after a two-day marching. As the battle unfolded, the enemy troops who were short of food became increasingly tired under their continuous harassment, and their mobility became worse and worse. If they did not receive timely responses, they would eventually be eaten by them.
Chapter completed!