Wanyan sought Yan, and Wanyan lived with the two of them. They had already led troops to defend the camp, and also ordered some grassland tribesmen to assist in the defense.
In the blink of an eye, the prairie cavalry who were forced to guard the camp took advantage of the chaos in the camp to escape.
"Send the order to the soldiers, wait until the southern thieves are close before firing arrows!" Wanyan closed his eyes and shouted.
Yue Fei led the Ming Dynasty Cavalry to rush closer and closer, as if he wanted to ride his horse to hit the camp. Suddenly, a bugle sounded, and the Ming Dynasty Cavalry split into two, and circled to both sides dozens of meters outside the camp.
They attracted the Jurchen elites, but they did not intend to attack the fort at all, but instead circled to the east and west sides of the Jinbing camp.
There are prairie cavalry burning camp as a signal!
One thousand six hundred Ming warriors, led by Yue Fei, Wang Gui, Xu Qing, and Luo Ruming, were divided into four groups and rushed in from different village gates.
They lit military tents along the way, killed the grassland tribesmen who did not want to surrender, and completely messed up the entire Jinbing camp.
The fire flickered and people screamed.
Facing the chaotic camp, Wanyan Mouyan froze on the spot, not knowing where Yue Fei had gone or what to do next.
He couldn't even tell which of the many galloping prairie cavalry had surrendered to the Ming army and which ones were still loyal to the Jin Kingdom.
"Go and save food!" Wanyan is a veteran after all, so he understands what the top priority is now.
Only then did Wanyan Mouyan react: "Follow me to save food!"
They all left the vicinity of the earthen fortress, mounted their horses and ran toward the granary.
There was a lot of military rations for tens of thousands of people, which were piled in large and small granaries. In order to prevent the fire from spreading, the granaries were separated from each other.
It is very difficult to burn all the military rations. You must light them one after another.
At this time, more than a dozen granaries had been set on fire. The Jurchen soldiers did not put out the fire, but ran and killed the prairie cavalry who were still setting fire.
"A team of fifty people, don't run away!" Wanyan warned again and asked the soldiers to go over and reiterate the military order.
No matter how dangerous it was, they had to delay until Wanyan Zonghan returned with his troops.
However, the Ming Dynasty cavalry did not give them a chance. Luo Ruming was the first to charge out from nearby, leading more than 400 cavalry to attack two groups of Jurchen cavalry.
Those Jurchen soldiers were driving away the prairie cavalry who set fire to the enemy when they were suddenly attacked from the side by a Ming army four times their size. They were immediately killed and caught off guard. They took turns covering the retreat and blew bugles to call for reinforcements from friendly forces.
Luo Ruming only killed and wounded dozens of enemy troops, then ordered an immediate withdrawal and retreated with his soldiers to the chaotic military camp.
Some Ming cavalry fell behind during the journey, but it was harmless. Even if they were separated from their own troops, these Ming cavalry could continue to cause chaos, picking up torches and burning flammable objects whenever they saw them.
In another granary, Yue Fei also led more than 400 cavalry to raid the Jurchen soldiers who were protecting the rations.
The various granaries cover too much area, and the Jurchen soldiers here are hard to guard against. They have to spread out to drive away the prairie cavalry, but once they spread out, they are easily attacked.
Use your life to buy time!
In the Jinbing camp, there were already flames everywhere.
Most of the grassland cavalry chose to flee the camp. Some people fled quickly towards the north. They just wanted to return to the grassland as soon as possible. Some tribes also gathered together and they had already discussed surrendering to the Ming Dynasty.
A Ming Dynasty knight who was left alone in the chaos set fire to more than a dozen military tents and rushed to the village gate in a daze.
He saw many torches lit outside the camp and knew that the prairie cavalry was watching a show. So he hit the horse and ran out shouting: "I am the cavalry general of the Ming Dynasty. Don't be stunned anymore, come with me to kill the Jurchens! Tribes that have made meritorious service will be rewarded."
One hundred pairs of iron armor!"
Most grassland tribesmen cannot understand Chinese, but there are a few who can.
After the Ming Dynasty's knights shouted repeatedly, someone finally followed them with troops and helped shout in Khitan dialect.
Soon, more than a thousand cavalry followed this man, rushing into the camp surrounded by flames and speeding towards the granary.
These guys didn't dare to fight in close combat with the Jurchen cavalry, and they couldn't even tell which was the Jurchen and which was the Ming army. Anyway, they would shoot whoever was protecting the food and grass. If no one came to kill them, they would keep shooting. If someone came to kill, they would hit their horses and run away.
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The Jurchen cavalry were so annoyed that they seemed to be surrounded by countless mosquitoes while sleeping at night.
This was the second time Wang Gui led his troops to attack. He led his troops around the camp. When he saw someone protecting the granary, he rushed forward. He didn't even know who he was charging at. He only knew that the opponent was more powerful than him.
There were few of them, and they were shot very badly by the prairie cavalry.
Wang Gui led his army to rush forward, but the first thing he scared away was a group of prairie cavalry who were shooting arrows - they thought Wang Gui was a Jurchen general.
Wanyan Mouyan was driving away a group of prairie cavalry when he suddenly heard the rumble of horse hooves behind him.
Then, there was another sound from the side.
However, the passage here was too narrow, so Wang Gui's four hundred cavalry were divided into two teams to attack from both sides.
Wanyan Mouyan was about to turn around to face the enemy, when suddenly an arrow flew towards him.
It wasn't very powerful, but it hit him right in the cheek.
Who knows which herdsman is shooting arrows, because there are people shooting arrows everywhere.
Wanyan Mouyan's teeth were in severe pain. He reached out and pulled out the arrow, tearing his face.
"Fight to the death, fight to the death, until the marshal comes back with his troops!" Wanyan Mouyan shouted with all his strength, pulling at the wound causing his facial muscles to twitch.
Xu Qing rushed from the other side. He couldn't figure out which side of the melee was his.
But it can be judged from the prairie cavalry that those guys must be shooting at the enemy!
Xu Qing led his troops and rushed forward, instantly turning into a three-sided attack. No matter how brave the Jurchen soldiers were, they were too afraid to bear the enemy's death, and they all rushed towards the side where there was no Ming army.
Another group of Jurchen soldiers came to the rescue. Along the way, the prairie cavalry were frightened and fled in a hurry. Then they shot arrows at this group of Jurchen soldiers.
Wang Gui led his troops to pursue them bravely, and all the Jurchen soldiers responsible for covering them had been annihilated by him. He still pursued closely to prevent the enemy troops who had broken out from regrouping.
At this moment, reinforcements arrived!
Wanyan Zonghan was still on the way when Han Su came with the Ming cavalry from Dading Prefecture and thousands of grassland cavalry who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.
The cavalry commander sent by Wang Yan was named Shi Ziming. Historically, he led a group of civilian rebels and defeated Han Chang, who was already a member of the Jin Kingdom.
"General Yue has successfully attacked the camp. Come with me to kill the gold thieves. The whole army shouted, one hundred thousand Ming troops have arrived!" Shi Ziming said to Han Su, "Go tell the grassland tribesmen and let them shout ten
The Wan Ming Army is coming to kill!"
"One hundred thousand Ming troops are coming to kill!"
"One hundred thousand Ming troops are coming to kill!"
Chinese and Khitan dialects were shouted by thousands of people.
Although the shouting is confusing, you can understand it after listening a few times.
The grassland tribesmen who were still fighting outside the camp also joined the team and fought towards the granary.
The "Ming Dynasty-Grassland Allied Forces" instantly became as powerful as a rainbow.
Those guys who only dared to shoot arrows were also filled with enthusiasm at this moment, and they rushed forward with their weapons in hand.
The camp caught fire, all the friendly troops rebelled, and there were no one knows how many enemies came. The Jurchen soldiers finally couldn't hold on any longer and broke out towards a less crowded place.
Wanyan Mouyan has been being chased by Wang Gui's troops, and there are fewer and fewer soldiers behind him.
I don’t know how long I had been running away, but I had already left the camp for two or three miles when the sound of the Ming army’s retreating troops came from behind.
Wang Gui cursed and stopped pursuing, and led his troops to join Yue Fei in the camp.
Wanyan Mouyan did not dare to stop, so he continued to run for two miles, and finally stopped to count the number of soldiers - only a dozen or so soldiers were still following him.
Continuing to flee south, when he heard the sound of horse hoofbeats behind him, Wanyan Mouyan was so frightened that he quickly accelerated.
But it was Wanyan Hezhu who came with the remaining soldiers. The veteran's helmet was knocked off, and he actually brought out more than two hundred Jurchen knights.
After advancing for more than a mile, they met the vanguard troops sent back by Wanyan Zonghan.
Because he couldn't figure out the situation, he didn't dare to rush back, so he could only continue to wait for Wanyan Zonghan's main force.
Not long after, Wanyan Zonghan arrived and asked, "All the food and grass were burned?"
Wanyan Mouyan said: "Only a dozen granaries were burned, but the main camp was occupied by the Southern bandits."
Wanyan Zonghan said angrily: "Idiot. You might as well let the food and grass burn up!"
Wanyan Mouyan defended: "It's just a very false rumor. All the tribes in the grassland believed it, thinking that the southern thieves had captured the city behind our army. Those cavalry from the grassland rebelled or fled one after another. I couldn't suppress them at all."
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At this moment, Wanyan Zonghan could finally understand Wanyan Zongfu. It was really helpless for the foreign races under his command to rebel one after another.
Wanyan Zonghan asked: "How many southern thieves have come?"
Wanyan said, "There shouldn't be many. Otherwise, we would have been unable to hold on long ago, and we wouldn't have been able to survive until now. However, many grassland tribes have defected to the southern thieves. Although these people are not strong enough to fight, they are also very capable in a real fight."
Annoying.”
Wanyan Zonghan said without hesitation: "The whole army will follow me to take back the food and grass. If we can't get the food and grass back, the whole army will starve to death!"
In fact, where Wanyan Zonghan attacked Li Yanxian, the camp had stored grain and grass for several days. But he rushed back in a hurry to save more grain and grass, and burned the military grain in the south.
Just as Wanyan Zonghan was rushing back, Yue Fei was also deploying his troops.
He first sent a few light cavalry, one group went west to contact Wang Yan, and asked Wang Yan to speed up the march with the infantry, and rush to take over the Jinbing camp as soon as possible. The other group bypassed the battlefield, and asked Li Yanxian to lead the troops to advance slowly, and arrived for the decisive battle.
At the same time, prevent the golden soldiers from turning around.
Immediately afterwards, Yue Fei led all the cavalry, including the prairie cavalry, to the wilderness south of the camp.
He had to fight Wanyan Zonghan in a bloody battle here until Wang Yan's infantry arrived.
Although the prairie cavalry is not very useful, it can still be used to harass and delay the attack with arrows.
Wanyan Zonghan came with the Jurchen elite, and immediately heard the sound of horns. There were trumpets blowing from the north, east, and west, and there was the sound of horse hooves from cavalry running back and forth. There were no one knows how many enemies there were in the darkness, as if the Jurchen strength had already
Being surrounded.
Extreme fear shrouded the heads of the Jurchen soldiers.
Their attack on Li Yanxian had just failed miserably, and the core elites suffered numerous casualties. Now the camp was also occupied by the Ming army, and all the food and grass were taken away. It was dark again, with the sound of horns and the sound of horse hooves on all sides.
Wanyan and his colleagues could guess that the Ming army was small, but ordinary soldiers had no idea.
Even if you say it, they don't believe it.
Wanyan Zonghan ordered: "Don't look elsewhere, rush forward and take back our food and grass!"