Yang Yun was furious at this moment and roared for the cavalry to form a team and fight again.
He followed Deng Chun in Chengdu, and was transferred to the north and followed Chen Ziyi. Three years ago, he finally led the army alone and was transferred back to the northern suburbs of Kaifeng to be responsible for building the third cavalry regiment of the Ming Dynasty.
These cavalry are all his hard work, and the officers and soldiers are all from the elite of each army.
As a result, there were nearly a thousand casualties in the first battle, and Yang Yun was so angry that he almost went crazy.
In fact, the Jin cavalry suffered greater casualties.
More than 200 Hezha Mengan were killed in battle, more than 600 Jurchen Xiaoqi were killed in battle, and more than 500 Bohai Xiaoqi were killed in battle.
These more than a thousand golden cavalry were all killed in battle!
And what about the Mingqi? They only suffered nearly a thousand casualties.
During the battle, more and more Ming cavalry rushed up, and the Jin cavalry who were rushing in front were all trapped. Yang Yun and Li Shifu dismounted and fought on foot again, bypassing the hillside to flank them, and all the Jin cavalry became living targets.
There were sporadic battles at the mouth of the valley, with Ming troops surrounding the Jin soldiers and killing them.
Even in order to capture the horse, the Ming army no longer chopped off the horse's legs. Several Ming soldiers raised their spears, surrounded and stabbed a Jin soldier, and worked together to poke him off the horse's back, and then swarmed up and killed him quickly.
The soldiers of the Ming army were already on fire, and they didn't want to take prisoners if they could. They had to kill them on the spot to relieve their anger.
When the battle came to an end, Yang Yun, Li Shifu, and Yang Zaixing had already reorganized their troops with their cavalry.
The Ming cavalry lying on the ground, whether injured or killed, were quickly carried to the hillsides on both sides to prevent friendly forces from accidentally stepping on them when passing by.
"Report! No one in our army is on the road."
"Follow me to hunt down the enemy!"
“Woooooooo~~~”
Yang Yun gave the order, and the war horses walked slowly across the battlefield, passed the valley entrance where corpses were lying on the ground, and immediately accelerated to run forward.
At this moment, Liu E led his army to run very fast.
In the battle just now, he guessed that Wanyan Zongfu led the core elite to block the ambush.
Out of fear of Hezha Mengan, Liu E did not dare to step forward at all, and led his clan soldiers to watch the entire battle from behind.
Now that the Ming army had won the battle, Liu E was scared to death, worried that the Ming army would blame him for not working hard.
In the next battle, Liu E plans to go all out.
Even if more than half of the clan soldiers under his command were killed or injured, they still had to earn their performance from the Ming army.
After a long delay, the Jin cavalry had fled far away.
Wanyan Zongfu became more and more desperate. Even if he couldn't defeat the Ming army's firearms and chariot formations, the Jin army lost even if the cavalry fought. Although the Ming army had more cavalry, the Jin cavalry used an ambush and raid, and there were also Hezha Meng'an.
as a precursor.
He blamed himself very much and regretted that he should not have blocked the Ming army at the mouth of the valley and fought.
Instead, they should ambush on both sides of the valley, wait for half of the Ming army's cavalry to rush out of the valley, and then lead their troops to attack the Ming army from both sides. Maybe they can win.
The reason why Wanyan Zongfu did not do that was because the Jin cavalry only numbered over 2,000. The Ming cavalry was far more numerous than this. If they were to fight outside the valley, it would be unclear who would cut whom.
There was no other way, most of the Jin soldiers had fled. In his haste, Wanyan Zongfu could only bring a few soldiers to stop the attack.
If it were the Song Army or the Liao Army, they would have been frightened by such a charge by the Jin cavalry and would have collapsed on the spot. Even if they had not collapsed on the spot, they would never have charged desperately. At this time, the Jin cavalry in the front row could calmly withdraw and follow the troops behind.
The cavalry charged alternately, and they collapsed after repeated attacks.
Unexpectedly, the Ming army was all desperate, risking their lives to entangle the Jin soldiers, and then they continued to kill them. As a result, the tactics of the Jin cavalry could not be used in the narrow terrain.
"Enter from Wengcheng!"
Wanyan Zongfu shouted that the Ming cavalry was approaching.
Wanyan Xiyin, who was responsible for guarding the city, also ordered the soldiers at the top of the city: "Stretch your bow and shoot the enemy!"
The Jin Kingdom's knights had already fled back to the city, and those still outside the city were all Hezha Mengan, both men and horses wearing heavy armor.
They run slowly.
"Boohoo!"
The moment Hezha Meng'an escaped across the moat, thousands of arrows were shot from the top of the city.
"Blow the trumpet, stop!"
The Ming army reined in their horses one after another and watched the enemy troops enter Wengcheng.
Yang Yun said to Yang Zaixing: "Your troops suffered heavy losses. They retreated to the canyon just now to rest and wait for the officials to lead the main force. I will lead my troops to keep an eye on it."
Then he said to Li Shifu and Liu E: "Lead your troops and pursue them to the northeast. There should be broken troops there. Don't chase too far. Come back immediately when you hear the bugle."
"yes!"
The three of them took their orders and left.
To the northeast, there was indeed a rout.
Wanyan Zongfu and Wanyan Xiyin personally arranged the city defenses and had no time to count the number of people, and they could not count the people who were working in vain.
"Wang Zheng! Where is Wang Zheng?"
Just when they were deploying troops to lay out the city defense, they suddenly discovered that the local tycoon Wang Zheng was missing.
On Hesuguan Road, the Wang family is second only to the Gao family. They were moved to Youzhou before, but moved back after the peace talks in the Ming and Jin Dynasties. The Wang family has hundreds of elite clan soldiers, and they also temporarily recruited more than 2,000 militiamen.
Wanyan Xiyin rushed over: "Both Wang Zheng and Gao Jingshan have disappeared. Most of the militiamen they recruited fled back to the city, but all their elite clan soldiers disappeared. It is possible that... they took advantage of the chaos and went to Liaoyang.
"
"Liaoyang..."
Wanyan Zongfu was so frightened that his hair stood on end: "Send the Qingqi back to Liaoyang as quickly as possible, so that the Liaoyang defenders cannot open the city gate!"
Obviously, those two guys, Gao Jingshan and Wang Zheng, took advantage of someone to burn the camp and cause chaos, so they each led their elite tribesmen and rode towards Liaoyang at full speed.
They would pretend to be defeated soldiers and open the city gate, then surprise and kill the Jurchen soldiers stationed in Liaoyang.
There were not many Jurchen soldiers there, but there were countless Bohai clans. The clans cooperated with each other to rebel, and they could easily kill all the Jurchens, rescue the families of each clan, and bring the entire Liaoyang City to the Ming Dynasty.
Wanyan Xiyin said: "It may be too late. If Liaoyang falls and there are no family members of all ethnic groups as hostages, all the armies of all ethnic groups in Huosuguan will rebel."
Wanyan Zongfu, who had always been mild-tempered, was extremely angry at this moment. He clenched his fist and said, "They are unkind, and I am unjust. Call the generals of all tribes to a meeting immediately. Prepare to burn the food and grass and evacuate with the Jurchen warriors."
"Is this going to..." Wanyan Xiyin was stunned.
Wanyan Zongfu's tone was cold: "Kill all the handsome men in the city!"
The buildings will collapse, each one crazier than the last.
Although the heroes and marshals of all ethnic groups did not discuss the matter, they acted in a tacit understanding.
Gao Jingshan and Wang Zheng led their elite clan soldiers and took advantage of the chaos to go to Liaoyang City to rescue the hostages. The other lords and generals stayed in the Huosu Pavilion, seemingly to help Wanyan Zongfu defend the city, but in fact they wanted to delay the rebellion and take the opportunity.
Wanyan Zongfu, on the other hand, wants to kill all the handsome men left behind!
The powerful commanders who were deploying troops on various sections of the city wall rushed to a meeting after receiving the order.
Everyone had already sat down in the lobby of the government office, but Wanyan Zongfu didn't show up yet.
Just when I was in doubt, I suddenly heard a shout: "Kill!"
Inside and outside the yamen, there were shouts of killing.
The heroes drew their weapons one after another, only to see Jurchen soldiers pouring in from everywhere, firing arrows at them randomly without saying a word.
There were mountains of food and grass in the city, but fires suddenly broke out in several places.
Wanyan Xiyin sent Jurchen officers to the barracks of soldiers of all ethnic groups and to various city walls and shouted: "The food and grass are on fire, everyone go put out the fire!"
While the soldiers of all ethnic groups were running in panic, tens of thousands of Jurchen soldiers took to the streets on horseback, opened the east and north gates and left the city. Some of them were also separated, and they rode on horseback to kill the soldiers of all ethnic groups who were putting out the fire, and the whole city was destroyed in an instant.
There was chaos.
Of the more than 10,000 Jurchen soldiers, there are only three or four thousand elite soldiers left.
The rest are all new recruits, the average age is less than sixteen years old, and the youngest is only thirteen years old.
One person and two horses, they ran wildly toward the northeast.
Li Shifu and Liu E, who were chasing the defeated troops, were returning with their respective troops when they happened to run into these Jurchen soldiers.
The two of them were startled and hurriedly hid in the mountains, thinking that the Jin soldiers were coming to kill them.
As a result, the more than 10,000 Jurchen soldiers simply ignored them and flew towards Tangchi County.
"There's a fire in the city!"
"The golden soldiers are out of the city!"
Yang Yun suddenly saw thick smoke coming out of the city a mile outside the moat, followed by a large number of golden soldiers riding out of the city.
He was a little confused, but then he reacted: "The enemy is in civil strife, occupy the city quickly. Also, capture prisoners to put out the fire, don't burn all the food and grass!"
The chief generals and deputy generals of each clan were killed, and their soldiers were driven to death. At this moment, they completely lost their organization.
Tens of thousands of soldiers fled randomly. Some were robbing the city, intending to grab the goods and go home. Some were just trying to escape for their lives and rushed out of the city gate.
Only a few middle-level and low-level officers gathered hundreds of troops and wanted to leave the city to surrender to the Ming army. However, they were blocked by the rebel soldiers and stuck at various city gates, making it difficult to leave.
There was no one to put out the fire.
Not only were several granaries set on fire, but nearby houses were also set on fire.
Yang Yun led the Ming Dynasty cavalry across the moat. Oncoming troops were all defeated, and they were blocked there and could not enter the city.
"Shout quickly, kneel down to avoid death!" Yang Yun said urgently.
"Kneel down and avoid death!"
"Kneel down and avoid death!"
While shouting, he kills anyone who blocks the way.
Along the way, the defeated soldiers dodged and knelt down. Yang Yun killed a pile of corpses in the doorway and finally led his troops into the city.
An officer and more than a hundred soldiers knelt down and shouted: "We want to bring down the sun!"
Yang Yun shouted: "Fighting fires can be a meritorious service!"
The officer was so blessed that he shouted in Chinese with a Liaodong accent: "Follow me to put out the fire and make meritorious service!"
“Firefighting can be a meritorious service!”
The slogan of the Ming Dynasty cavalry became like this. They shouted "Mercede" all the way. Many broken soldiers who were fleeing for their lives heard the words and followed them to put out the fire, and more and more broken soldiers joined in.
The Ming Dynasty cavalry was divided into several groups, and after exploring the whole city, they came back and reported: "The granaries in Beicheng and Dongcheng cannot be saved, but the remaining granaries can be saved."
"Demolish the houses in Beicheng and Dongcheng to isolate the fire," Yang Yun commanded. "The rest of the soldiers and surrendered troops will go to rescue the granaries elsewhere."
When Ju Ming arrived with the main force, the fire in the city had not yet been extinguished.
Chen Ao followed Ju Ming, flattering him and saying: "The official family is so prestigious that the enemy will flee without fighting."
Ju Ming muttered: "What the hell kind of war is this? Did I bring too many troops?"
