Chapter five hundred and twenty fifth encirclement
Li Jinrui abandoned the city and fled, leading his army to retreat towards Jingzhou. However, not far after he withdrew, he was ambushed by Yang Zaixing's five thousand cavalry. In the dark night, the sky was covered with fire, the sound of drums was like thunder, and the shouts of killing shook the sky.
How many Song troops came to kill from all directions.
Under the impact of the powerful cavalry, the entire puppet Qi army collapsed, and countless people surrendered. Li Jinrui fought hard to open a bloody road and fled in panic with hundreds of remaining troops.
The Song army quickly took control of Pingliang City, and immediately issued an amnesty order signed by Chen Qing, requiring all puppet Qi soldiers who had taken refuge in civilian houses to come out and surrender without being held accountable.
By daybreak, the entire city had been cleared, and more than 8,000 puppet Qi troops had become prisoners of war.
The Xihe Army selected 6,000 elite soldiers and incorporated them into the Song Army. The remaining soldiers were each given five measures of grain and 500 coins, and were all sent back to their hometowns.
At the same time, Liu Guangshi also led an army to Beixianren Pass.
However, General Li Qiong's army did not arrive for a long time, which really made Liu Guangshi angry. He yelled in the tent: "This turtle son, he can run faster than a dog when he robs women of their money. Now he has to do something, he
So I changed my name to Turtle and went to urge him. If he doesn’t come before dawn, he won’t come.”
Wu Chang, the general in charge of the army, advised: "General Li is stationed at Dashanguan after all. He has to deploy his troops. This will take time. It is normal to be late. Commander, please be patient and wait!"
Liu Guangshi sighed helplessly and said: "I don't know why, but I always have a bad feeling now. I feel like something is going to happen?"
"I think it's because the commander hasn't had a good rest in the past two days. It's already very late. Commander, please rest early!"
Liu Guangshi was really a little tired. He nodded, "Okay! I'll sleep for a while. If Li Qiong's army arrives, notify me immediately!"
But just when Liu Guangshi lay down, he suddenly heard the rapid sound of horse hooves outside, running towards his tent. His sleepiness suddenly disappeared and he pricked up his ears.
I heard someone shouting anxiously outside: "There is an urgent military situation, and I want to report it to the commander immediately!"
"The commander just went to bed, let's talk about it at dawn!"
"No! If you delay any longer, the golden soldiers will come and kill you."
Liu Guangshi sat up in shock and shouted: "Bring the messenger in!"
Not long after, the soldiers brought the messenger into the inner tent. The messenger knelt down on one knee and said, "Commander, there is a military emergency at Raofeng Pass?"
"Tell me, what's the military situation?"
"A group of Jin soldiers attacked Raofeng Pass at night. The city has been lost, but the opponent's troops are not many, only a few thousand people."
Liu Guangshi's scalp was about to explode when he heard this. Thousands of people, that's the vanguard of the enemy, okay? The enemy must be moving south, that's tens of thousands of people.
Liu Guangshi suddenly remembered the warning that Chen Qing sent to him before. It turned out to be true. Tens of thousands of Jin soldiers and puppet Qi troops went south.
He suddenly shouted and ordered: "Beat the drums and gather the generals immediately!"
'Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!'
Fierce drumbeats sounded, and all commanders and generals rushed to the big tent. When Liu Guangshi reluctantly announced that Raofengguan had been captured by the Jin soldiers, the big tent was like a frying pan. Most of the generals' families were in Nanzheng.
County, Raofengguan fell, and Nanzheng County was next.
The crowd in the big tent was filled with excitement, and the angry generals shouted, "Withdraw the troops! Withdraw the troops! Retreat to Nanzheng immediately."
Liu Guangshi felt guilty, but he did not dare to show off, so he immediately ordered: "Send the order and the army will withdraw to Nanzheng immediately!"
Liu Guangshi's army was really in a state of disarray. They didn't need any large tents or baggage. Each soldier only carried a few days' worth of dry food and ran desperately towards Nanxianren Pass.
On the way, Liu Guangshi's army met an army of 5,000 people who came to join together, led by the commander Li Qiong.
When Li Qiong learned about the situation, he was immediately shocked. He stepped forward and said to Liu Guangshi: "I'm afraid it's too late to go to Nanzheng now. It's better for the commander to retreat southward from Jinniu Road!"
Liu Guangshi sighed and said: "The families of the soldiers are all in Nanzheng County. If I don't go to Nanzheng County, the morale of the army will be dispersed."
"Then I will go to Jinniu Road first and deploy at Jianmen Pass to defend against the enemy and go directly south to Bashu."
Liu Guangshi frowned, "But what about the troops at Dashan Pass?"
"Which is more important, Beizhi knows in his heart, and Beizhi will send people to Dasanguan to order the army to withdraw southward!"
Liu Guangshi was really helpless and could only nod his head, "Just do as the general said!"
The two armies separated at that time. Li Qiong led his army to Jianmen Pass on Jinniu Road, while Liu Guangshi led an army of 25,000 to Nanzheng County.
Liu Guangshi was really regretful. Even if he had scoffed at Chen Qing's warning at that time, it would not have led to today's situation. Instead, he had evil thoughts and wanted to take advantage of Chen Qing's expedition to seize his lair and seize his wife and children. Unexpectedly,
In the end, his lair was taken away, and the wives and children of his soldiers were arrested.
But no matter how regretful he was, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and rush to Nanzheng County as quickly as possible, hoping to reach Nanzheng County before Jin Bing.
Two days later, Liu Guangshi's army arrived near Baixi Town, thirty miles away from Nanzheng County. It was surrounded by endless wheat fields and a small river meandering in the wheat fields.
At this time, a black line appeared in the distance, and the soldiers shouted, "Golden soldiers! It's golden soldiers!"
Liu Guangshi was shocked and looked into the distance. His heart immediately went to freezing point. These were at least 20,000 cavalry. Nanzheng County was already finished.
"Commander, what should I do?"
Liu Guangshi thought of one word, 'Run!'
The opponent's 20,000 cavalrymen may be Jurchen cavalry, but I only have 25,000 cavalry. How can I be the opponent's opponent?
What else can I do if I don’t run?
But before he could give the order, soldiers from behind shouted, "There are enemy troops behind us too!"
Liu Guangshi looked back and saw a black line behind him.
They had fallen into the enemy's trap. Liu Guangshi had no choice but to bite the bullet and shout: "The whole army forms an array!"
Twenty-five thousand troops quickly formed a large formation. At this time, 20,000 Jurchen cavalry had slowly approached, and the thousand troops stopped one mile away from the Song army.
Wan Yanchang sneered, waved his hand, "Bring it up!"
I saw thousands of men, women, and children brought in by the Jin soldiers. They were the family members of Liu Guangshi's men. As soon as they appeared, they cried loudly.
At this time, a Jurchen general rushed forward and shouted, "Those who surrender can have their families reunited, and those who resist will die!"
This move was so vicious that the entire Song army fell silent. Wan Yanchang was furious and ordered: "Drag dozens of people up and kill them!"
Dozens of people in front were dragged up crying and shouting. The Jurchen cavalry raised their swords and cut off their heads.
The soldiers of the Song Army immediately broke through the defense, and hundreds of soldiers rushed forward with shouts.
"Don't kill my father, I surrender!"
"Don't kill my wife and children, I am willing to surrender!"
The Song army suddenly fell into chaos, and thousands more people ran out.
Liu Guangshi couldn't stop drinking. Seeing more and more soldiers running out, the morale of the entire army was shaken.
Wanyanchang laughed, turned around and said to Wanyan Helisa: "General Helisa, you can attack now!"
Wanyan shouted at Lisa: "Beat the drum, attack!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Sixteen thousand Jurchen cavalry, led by Wanyan Helisha, swept towards the Song army's formation from both sides.
The drums were beating loudly from behind, and Li Cheng led 30,000 puppet Qi troops to cover up the enemy from behind.
The Jin army and the puppet Qi army attacked from behind, and the Song army was defeated. Countless people were killed and surrendered.
Liu Guangshi once again took advantage of his ability to escape. He led his own soldiers to get rid of the Song soldiers who were dragging him down, ran wildly to the southwest, and rushed out of the encirclement before the enemy encircled them.
Countless Song troops, led by Wang De, also broke through to the south and ran towards the forest more than ten miles away. Wanyan and Liza led the army to pursue them. The Jurchen cavalry had fast horses and powerful cavalry and shot, killing the Song troops with corpses.
The fertile soil was covered in blood, and in the end only a thousand people fled into the forest.
This was the most tragic defeat of the Western Army since the Battle of Fuping. The 25,000-strong army was almost completely destroyed. More than 15,000 soldiers were captured. Seven to eight thousand were killed, with only more than 2,000 killed.
Escape.
The fall of Hanzhong not only affected the entire situation in Sichuan and Shaanxi, but also seriously affected Chen Qing's plan for the Eastern Expedition.