"Prime Minister, let's go." Several nobles stepped forward, supported Helan's shaky head, and urged him hard.
Helan Ai came back to his senses and said, "We can also organize manpower to charge again."
"Stop fighting, Aunt!" Someone was angry: "If you can't ride a horse, you can only fight on foot. No matter how many people are on board, you will die."
Helan Ai turned his head and took another look. The three thousand men charging had already begun to collapse.
He was extremely anxious and angry, and even more unwilling to do so.
But what they say makes sense. If you dismount and fight on foot, you have given up your biggest advantage. How can you compare with a team that has been practicing martial arts for many years and fighting for twenty years?
Moreover, the people of Jin waited for their work with ease, and might have rested for a day and a half longer than they did, but they had been rushing all the way here in embarrassment, and their physical strength was greatly reduced.
During the hesitation, another troop arrived from behind and said: "Prime Minister, the people from the Che Kun Department stopped a few miles away."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone reviled him.
Che Kun was the last one to defect, and seemed half-hearted. They obviously wanted to wait and see whether they could directly break through the obstruction and return to Shengle. They didn't want to fight all the way.
"Withdraw! Take a detour." Helan Aitou was decisive at the critical moment and issued the order.
The road in front of him is only the most convenient road, but it is not the only road. You can completely take a detour, but in this way, many people will be separated on the road, such as the group of people who directly chose to part ways with him and cross the river to the west.
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Originally, Helan Aitou was disdainful. Even if someone collects boats and there are people on the other side of the river to help them, hundreds of people can be ferried in one day. Thousands of people can lift up to the sky. How can it be so easy to ferry seven or eight thousand people?
But I can't laugh anymore. Today is the second day of June, and they should have started crossing the river for two or three days.
It was difficult for them to run under the muddy ground, and it was troublesome for the Jin people to pursue them. On the contrary, it was an advantage for the group of people who were waiting to cross the river at the ferry.
"After I personally cut it off, you can lead the others first..." Helan Aitou was just halfway through speaking when a second group of people started to run away.
It was hard to tell which tribe it belonged to from a distance, but perhaps soldiers from several small and medium-sized tribes were gathered together, totaling 1,400 to 500 people, leading horses and walking around the hilly areas to the west.
Looking to the east, there were also more than a thousand people leaving quietly.
His eyes suddenly became a little sad.
Those who could follow him here are not willing to take refuge with Wang and his mother, but the degree varies.
The least loyal ones parted ways halfway through.
Those who were more loyal reluctantly followed him to the north, but like Che Kun, he set off a little later than them. As soon as he heard about the battle, he stopped ten miles away to watch.
The most loyal ones are those who are willing to follow him to the battlefield, but now that the offensive has been thwarted, they don't want to fight even after seeing it.
"Evacuate." He Lan calmed down and said, "I will lead the people to cut off the troops myself. You go ahead and join the Che Kun Department and take a detour!"
Having said that, without hesitation, he personally organized a second wave of manpower, doubled the original reward, and stayed on the spot.
In addition, he also organized a wave of cavalry.
But as soon as these people mounted their horses and charged for dozens of steps, they felt like they were on their backs. There was no way, the heavy rain had only passed for less than a day, and the ground was so muddy that they couldn't walk at all.
The cavalry gritted their teeth and began to jog.
The horse snorted reluctantly and was very bad-tempered.
Many war horses stood upright, trying to throw off the knights on their backs.
There were also many knights who fell to the ground with their horses.
The ground was soft and muddy, so the people were fine, but the horses fell heavily and neighed in pain.
Jin Zheng saw this from a distance and without hesitation, directly ordered the five hundred Jie cavalry accompanying the army to dispatch to stop the enemy's cavalry.
If Suotou dismounted and fought on foot, he didn't panic at all and didn't take it seriously at all. However, if he mounted his horse to charge and shoot at a gallop, it was still a bit of a threat, so he decisively sent out the only cavalry unit at hand.
The Jie people who led the team looked at the slippery and muddy grass with a troubled expression and said: "Captain, in fact, our army does not need to fight in the field at all. The enemy will be defeated by now, so we can just withdraw our troops and return to camp."
In fact, he does not support going out to camp for field battles at all. He has mentioned it once before.
The rope heads are withdrawn in a mess. You hold on to the camp. They only have 7,000 people. How can you capture the camp guarded by 3,000 or 4,000 people? There is no need to go out to humiliate them. What if something unexpected happens?
But now that he has won the battle, he can't say much. But should he just give it up?
"You don't understand." Jin Zheng was in a good mood at this moment, and he didn't mind explaining a little more: "The enemy came in a panic, and their morale is low. Our army is waiting for work, and its morale is high. It doesn't dare to fight in the field, which makes people look down upon. No need to say more.
, just go out and fight."
"Yes." Bu Da didn't insist anymore.
He was originally a member of Mrs. Liu's tribe before, but when he was transferred out, he became a member of the Liu family both inside and outside.
Mrs. Liu specially summoned these old troops and carefully warned them to fight hard. The King of Liang would reward them with titles, gold and silk. In this case, there was nothing to hesitate about, just fight.
Neither side can outrun the horse, so let's have a bloody fight in the mud.
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Although the cavalry on both sides were on their backs and looked very funny when advancing, they still engaged the infantry before them.
On a piece of muddy grass, occasionally interspersed with a few vegetable fields, the cavalry approached each other at an excruciatingly slow speed, and then almost stood there, waving their swords and guns, and fiercely greeted the enemy.
The knights fell off their horses one after another, and the screams shook the heavens and the earth.
The grass that had just absorbed the rain greedily absorbed the blood again, and even the green vegetables in the vegetable patch became alluring.
On the frontal battlefield, the soldiers have entered a pursuit state.
More than 3,000 rope heads were defeated and retreated, shouting and yelling.
Some people were running, but they simply stopped running and collapsed to the ground.
The soldiers of the government paid no attention to these people and continued to pursue them with great bravery.
One after another, the rope heads who lost their fighting spirit were chopped down to the ground.
One after another, the exhausted enemies collapsed on the ground and gasped.
One after another, the numb Xianbei people fled backwards in confusion, attacking their own camp.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!" A sparse arrow shot out first, knocking down the rope head that was running around like a headless fly to the ground.
This is a warning to these broken troops not to disrupt their own formation.
But it doesn't seem to be of much use.
Some people woke up, dispersed to both sides, and ran back to the rear.
Some people still run around without thinking under the influence of panic around them.
"Buzz!" A large number of arrows were densely covered.
The rope head that was collapsing backward fell to the ground in a large area, and corpses were scattered everywhere. It was really terrible to see.
"Buzz!" The second batch of arrows fell, sweeping down a large group of people again.
The fleeing rope head woke up as if from a dream, and many people pushed aside their robes and ran to both sides.
However, there are still some people who are in a state of despair, as if they have lost all perception and are deaf to everything outside. They are only wrapped in their own fear and run forward mechanically - in fact, they may not even know where they are running.
A powerful arrow shot over.
These people were swept to the ground one after another, and even the Dajin soldiers who were chasing faster and closely guarding these defeated soldiers were shot to death and many were injured.
They shouted loudly, asking the sword and shield men to rush forward to block the enemy's arrows.
The enemy's arrows kept falling.
Archers from our own formation also came forward and kept fighting back. People in both formations continued to fall down, and the scene was extremely bloody.
"Dang-dang..." The sound of the clang echoed in the village behind it.
The soldiers were about to rush forward when they heard the order to retreat. No matter how unwilling they were, they could only sigh secretly, quickly gather their strength, and then retreat.
When retreating, they even imagined that Suo Tou would pursue them, and they would come back to fight and cut them to pieces. However, Suo Tou only dared to shoot arrows from a distance, and ultimately did not have the courage to pursue them.
After the two sides broke away from contact, they re-arranged for confrontation.
Only then did they realize that it was the Jie people on the flank who had been defeated, and a group of hundreds of enemy cavalry were coming to outflank them from behind.
The last few hundred reserves have been dispatched from the camp to go out to meet them.
After seeing their pursuers withdrawing, they, led by their officers, turned and charged towards the cable-headed cavalry.
The enemy's cavalry could not charge forward, and they knew that fighting the infantry at this moment was seeking death, so they turned their horses' heads and retreated in a hurry.
Hundreds of people were chasing after them, and they rushed forward for more than 200 steps and killed more than a hundred enemy cavalry before withdrawing their troops and returning to camp.
After all the dust settled, Jin Zheng personally went out to the camp to reorganize his troops.
There are still two to three thousand people on foot and cavalry. After gathering them, their morale is quite high.
"Send an order to Luo County. The ruined city can be thrown away. Just leave a few people to monitor it." Jin Zheng found a messenger and carefully ordered: "The rest of the people will be transferred here."
"As ordered." The messenger turned and left.
Jin Zheng thought for a while, then called a second messenger and said: "Take two people and go eastward in the direction of Shanwu. Urgent Xu Lang and ask how long it will take for him to arrive."
"Eat some water." Jin Zheng ordered that dry food and water bags be distributed to everyone to help everyone regain their strength.
The sun was gradually setting in the west, and the grassland where the fierce battle had been fought all day was littered with corpses of men and horses, which was truly tragic.
Jin Zheng felt that time was running out.
Just now he discovered that a group of enemy cavalry had climbed over the low hills to the west, apparently taking a detour back to Shengle.
Some people ran directly south, perhaps to join the larger army, or perhaps their pastures were not in Shengle and they did not want to continue working with Helan Aitou.
If Xu Lang's reinforcements could arrive in time, he would be sure to keep most of the enemies behind today.
But if it takes a day or two, it will be difficult.
After nightfall, the enemy had cover and was running around. Jin Zheng didn't know where to pursue them.
After finishing the food and water quickly, and resting for a while, Kim Zheng ordered the troops to line up in formation.
At this time, there is only the last ray of sunshine left in the west.
After the drums sounded, Jin Zheng left Chen Jingen to guard the camp and personally led the team, leading 1,800 soldiers to charge straight away.
Helan Aitou personally boosted morale and headed forward.
The battle was inseparable, and there was no surprise at all. Even Helan Aitou's most elite confidants were defeated and fled under the attack of Zuo Feilong's guards.
Upon seeing this, more than a thousand rope heads located on the east bank of Zhongling River fled away without even the intention of reinforcing them.
After nightfall, Jin Zheng led his army to pursue them for more than 20 miles, beheading hundreds more, capturing more than 1,500 people, and seizing more than 5,000 horses, before withdrawing his troops and returning to the camp.
On the fourth day of June, Xu Lang finally arrived panting with more than 10,000 people, so he separated some troops to search the mountains and pursue them.
Another group of troops moved northward, digging trenches and setting up fences.
There was indeed a vanguard force arriving from the direction of Shengle. Perhaps they had caught up with some of the defeated troops who had taken a detour over the mountains, and learned the outcome of the battle ahead. They hesitated again and again, but in the end did not act rashly.
On the fifth day of the sixth lunar month, hundreds of people were beheaded, more than 500 defeated soldiers were captured, and 2,000 horses were captured.
On the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, five hundred prisoners were killed.
On the seventh day of the lunar month, more than a hundred people were killed and more than 400 were captured.
At this point, together with the gains made during the attack on Luo County, Jin Zheng's assault resulted in the killing of more than 4,000 enemies and the capture of more than 2,000 people.
Most of the thousands of horses led by Qiu Dun had crossed the river to the west bank.
As the way forward was blocked, people came one after another to seek refuge. By the tenth day of the lunar month, a total of more than 8,000 people had successfully reached the West Bank.
At this time, the pursuers arrived in force, and the rope head that was still stranded on the east bank immediately collapsed and could not even think of resisting.
The nearby tribes remained silent and sent people to negotiate for surrender.
It was also on this day that Helan Aitou struggled to return to Shengle. Some people dispersed along the way, and the scattered soldiers gathered again along the way. In the end, only two thousand people followed him back to Shengle.
Not counting other accounts, the 30,000 cavalry who followed him south this time lost almost one-third.
No, if you include Dou Qin, Dou Yuzhen and his son who surrendered, the loss is even more inestimable.
On June 11, after hearing that Wang's troops had arrived at Shenhexing, where they had mobilized many tribes, and fought fierce battles with several tribes that were unwilling to surrender, Helan Aitou finally no longer hesitated and issued the order to retreat.
Sheng Le, there is no need to keep it any longer.
Chapter completed!