At dusk, Cui Jiu brought a clear answer to Wan Yanchang. The fodder and black beans were only enough for one meal. If the war horses were allowed to eat wheat, they could survive for about ten days. After ten days, there would be no food for both humans and horses.
Already.
The situation was very serious, so Wan Yanchang immediately invited Absu to discuss countermeasures.
Ah Busu hurried over. After listening to the situation report, he said without hesitation: "Marshal Du, since there is no hope for us to defend Daming Mansion, why don't we retreat now? Do we have to wait until ten days later when our food supply is cut off before we think of retreating?"
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Ah Busu's questions were sharp and aggressive. He was still fed up with Wan Yanchang's hypocrisy and incompetence, and he became rude in his words.
"Please forgive my frankness. If Marshal Du doesn't want to fight the Western Army, then retreat quickly. The sooner the better. If you want to have a decisive battle with the Western Army, then make a good plan. In short, waiting without doing anything can only be
Sit back and wait for death!"
Wan Yanchang pointed at the map and hesitated for a moment and said: "I am considering a battle with the Western Army, otherwise I will not be able to see the Emperor when I go back. But how to fight this battle is very particular. The other side has two armies, one from the East and the other from the East."
Yixi, then should we concentrate our forces and fight together, or should we divide our forces into two groups and fight one army each?"
Ah Busu saw that the map was full of various battle plans, and he believed that Wan Yanchang really wanted to fight the Western Army. He thought for a while and said: "The two armies are actually not far apart, only twenty miles.
The cavalry can kill them quickly. If we concentrate our forces to fight one army, the most likely situation is that we will be attacked by two armies from the front and back. I think it is better to fight separately."
Wan Yanchang nodded, "Heroes see the same thing, and I think about it the same way. Chen Qing is not a fool. He deployed his troops like this because he wanted us to attack the army in the west. Then he would lead his army to come from the east and flank us.
I am also considering attacking separately, so let’s do it! My troops are slightly stronger. I will lead the army to attack the main camp in the east. The general can lead his headquarters and 20,000 troops to attack the military camp in the west. If there is no enemy, we will attack in time.
Return to the city!"
"I agree with Marshal Du!"
The two reached an agreement and agreed to lead the army to attack at the fourth watch.
Wanyanchang put on his armor and came to the camp. His son-in-law Pucha Falcon Balu stepped forward and said, "Father-in-law, do we really want to attack the Western Army camp?"
"What did you say?"
Wan Yanchang glanced at him coldly. "These 80,000 troops are my foundation in the Kingdom of Jin. Without these troops, I would have been killed by the emperor in the Kingdom of Jin. If I wanted to have a decisive battle with the Western Army, I would wait until now
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"My son-in-law knows his mistake!"
Wan Yanchang added: "After leaving the city, retreat directly to the north. Don't worry about Absu's army. I will take care of the emperor's side!"
At this time, Chen Qing was also nervously mobilizing troops. He knew from Cui Jiu's letter to him that Wan Yanchang would not fight a decisive battle with him. He would definitely return to the Kingdom of Jin with 80,000 troops. These 80,000 troops
It is his political foundation.
If Wan Yanchang wanted to use the golden cicada to escape from his shell, he would definitely keep the shell. This shell would be Absu's 50,000 troops plus Hejian Prefecture's 20,000 troops.
This army was left to Yang Zaixing and Niu Gao to deal with. He wanted to deal with Wan Yanchang.
At the first watch, Chen Qing led 200,000 troops to divide into three groups and go north.
His plan was very risky. If Wan Yanchang found out that he was leading his army north, he would definitely join forces with Absu's army to destroy Yang Zaixing and Niu Gao's army. Therefore, Chen Qing left several scout teams behind. Once he found that the situation was not right, he would
He immediately notified Yang Zaixing's troops to retreat.
This was because Chen Qing's scouts had already eliminated the enemy spies left outside the city, at least all the enemy spies near the Western Army, so they dared to take this risky move.
But nothing is absolute. If there are still one or two Jin soldiers who have not been eliminated, Wan Yanchang will definitely know if they leave the camp and go north.
At the fourth watch, Absu's army and Wan Yanchang's army left Daming City at the same time and rushed towards the Western Army camp ten miles away in the east and west.
But after Wan Yanchang's 80,000-strong army left the city for five miles, they turned around and headed north without hesitation. Their horses' hooves were wrapped in thick cloth. Although there was no loud sound of hoofbeats, it was still dense and dull.
, the rumble is heart-pounding.
Wanyanchang wanted to lead his army to escape, so he counted on Pucha'a's unhurried army to hold him back.
At the same moment when Wan Yanchang's army went north, Pucha Abu Su also led an army of 70,000 to the Western Army camp. Although Abu Su hated Wan Yanchang very much and did not want to aid Wan Yanchang, he always wanted to leave.
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But Ah Busu never imagined that Wan Yanchang would be so shameless and betray himself, yet he escaped and retreated north.
The army arrived at the Western Army camp, only three miles away. Ah Busu ordered: "Sign the army to attack!"
Of course Absu would not lead his army to attack on his own. He ordered 20,000 soldiers to attack as the vanguard. The leader of the army was called Wei Guoming. Although he was extremely reluctant, he had no choice but to shout, "Assault!"
"Woo--" the horn sounded, and 20,000 troops rushed towards the Western Army camp like a tide.
The Western Army camp was not a board-walled camp, but surrounded by a camp fence, and the Western Army patrol posts around it retreated one after another.
The 20,000-strong army rushed closer and closer, like a surging tide, and were only 150 steps away from the Western Army. At this moment, a bang sounded, 'Bang! Bang! Bang!'
The 20,000 Western archers and crossbowmen who were ambushing in the trench fired 20,000 arrows at the running soldiers. The soldiers were caught off guard. Arrows shot into the crowd like a storm, causing screams and wails.
From all sides, soldiers fell down one by one, and thousands of them were shot down in an instant.
The soldiers of the Signing Army were so frightened that they turned around and ran away. Pucha Abusu had sent three thousand swordsmen and axemen to supervise the battle, and the soldiers were not allowed to retreat. Once they retreated, they would all beheaded, killing hundreds of people in a row. With no choice, the Signing Army
The soldiers had no choice but to turn around and continue running.
The equipment of the soldiers of the signing army was relatively poor. They wore old leather armor that had been eliminated by the Jin soldiers. They didn't even have shields. They held spears in their hands and rushed forward with their heads lowered. Life or death was at stake.
This time, Absu's troops divided into two groups, broke through the military camp from the north and south, and bypassed the Western Army's crossbow array.
More than 16,000 signature troops lowered their heads and rushed forward, once again entering the crossbow range of the Western Army. This time, the Western Army started shooting from 250 steps away, and the 5,000-step divine arm crossbow fired from a long distance. Even the commander Wei Guoming
He was also caught off guard and was shot through his body by dozens of arrows. He fell off his horse and died immediately.
Soldiers kept falling, the tide of soldiers continued to rush forward, 20,000 arrows were fired again, this time like a strong wind sweeping away fallen leaves, enemy soldiers fell one by one, followed by the second round, and the third round of arrow rain, dense
The arrows were like a violent storm, and nearly 40% of the 20,000 soldiers were killed or injured.
Looking at their screaming and wailing companions everywhere, the army collapsed completely. They turned around and fled in all directions, discarding their helmets and armor. The swordsmen and axemen could not stop them. In the chaos, hundreds of Jurchen swordsmen and axemen were also angry.
The soldiers stabbed him with spears.
The Jurchen cavalry who were preparing to attack the Western Army's camp from the north and south were also ambushed. Hundreds of thousands of Western Army cavalry, spearmen, and chariots surrounded the two Jurchen cavalry from all directions. Hundreds of chariots were driven by war horses.
Pulling, the small trebuchet threw wooden barrels of fire thunder into the enemy group. The fire thunder exploded, the poisoned iron nails were scattered, and the war horses neighed in fear.
At this time, a large iron fire mine exploded in the Jurchen cavalry group. There was a loud bang, flames rose, and black smoke filled the air. Hundreds of soldiers were blown to pieces, and several soldiers were blown up.
Absu realized that he had fallen into a trap. The Western Army had already ambushed him. Seeing that his army was not good at night fighting in the dark and suffered heavy casualties, he felt extremely regretful and shouted: "Break out!"
But this time, Chen Qing has ordered the Jin soldiers to be wiped out at all costs. If they want to break out again, it will not be so easy.
