Wanyan Zonghan himself doesn't even know how many elites he still has left.
In the previous siege of Li Yanxian's camp, countless losses were suffered in the darkness, and three Jurchen warriors were killed. Before the troops were withdrawn, they learned that the army supplies had been attacked, so they hurried back to rescue the supplies.
Some remnants that have lost generals or officers can only be temporarily assigned to other generals, or officers can be temporarily promoted to generals.
At this moment, it was night combat again, and the command became even more chaotic.
It wasn't obvious when we hurried back, everyone just ran with him. Now suddenly there is a war. Those troops who had just been crippled by Li Yanxian and had not had time to reorganize were even out of touch with their new generals.
Even worse is morale!
Humans are not machines, and no matter how brave a soldier is, he will be tired and frightened. After repeated defeats, rations were taken away, enemies on all sides, running for reinforcements, fighting in the dark...the golden soldiers are full of various negative buffs.
They are still following to seize food and did not immediately disperse. Actually, there are two reasons.
First, Wanyan Zonghan’s prestige is high enough.
Second, if they don’t fight to get the rations back, they may starve to death!
Nearly ten thousand Jurchen elites rushed forward in the dark, with only more than a thousand torches guiding the way. Some of the remnant soldiers who had been temporarily reorganized became chaotic as they ran, and they could not even find their new generals.
But after all, they are elite veterans, and they can spontaneously get closer to those who have become separated - it is no problem to charge directly, but it will definitely be difficult to command complex tactics.
In the darkness, they had cavalry running back and forth on all sides, making it impossible to figure out the direction of the main force of the Ming army.
Wanyan Zonghan led his troops to charge forward, and the cavalry blocking them quickly fled one after another.
The smoother the battle went, the more frightened Wanyan Zonghan became: "The elite of the Ming army are not in the front, be careful they are coming from both sides. Send an order to Hu Zhan and ask him to lead his troops to the left wing to intercept..."
Before Wanyan Zonghan's military order was sent out, Yue Fei and Shi Ziming each led hundreds of Ming cavalry and more than a thousand prairie cavalry to block the two wings of the Jurchen soldiers and charge them.
The two wings of the Jurchen cavalry were in chaos.
Some middle and low-level Jurchen generals spontaneously led their soldiers to intercept. They quickly defeated the prairie cavalry who followed the Ming army into battle, and subconsciously pursued and killed them, causing them to lose touch with nearby friendly forces.
The chaotic wings of the Jin soldiers became even more chaotic because of their partial victory.
Who says the prairie cavalry is useless?
Letting them suffer defeat is also an effect!
Wanyan Zonghan couldn't see the situation clearly and didn't know how the two wings were being fought, so he could only send a general to lead troops to rescue.
Pucha Hu Zhan was ordered to lead his troops to the left. Before he reached the battlefield on the left wing, Luo Ruming, who was pretending to be a prairie cavalry and shooting back and forth, suddenly led hundreds of Ming Dynasty knights and more than a thousand prairie cavalry to rush to intercept him.
After the defeated prairie cavalry escaped for a distance, they saw that the Jurchen forces seemed to be entangled. So the leaders of each department brought their troops back and fired arrows at the left front of the Jurchen soldiers. Some old men were even afraid of fighting with the Jurchen soldiers.
Shooting around the side and behind - the actual damage caused is very small, but it puts huge psychological pressure on the Jurchen soldiers, who feel like they are surrounded by several times the enemy.
Unable to see far in the dark night, Wanyan Zonghan was unable to command the whole team.
In the absence of unified command, some Jurchen generals could not bear to be shot continuously. They roared and led their troops towards the prairie cavalry, who were so frightened that they fled all the way away, taking the Jurchen cavalry chasing them farther and farther away.
After all, the Ming Dynasty's knights were less than three thousand, and fighting on local battlefields was very difficult.
However, the nearly ten thousand Jurchen elites were turned into a mess. Some Jurchen cavalry were even two or three miles away from the main force because of the pursuit of the prairie cavalry. The Jurchen remnants who were temporarily reorganized were completely disorganized, and the generals could not find them at all.
The soldiers can only rely on force to fight independently, and at most one or twenty cavalry can organize themselves together.
There are also a large number of Jurchen soldiers who, faced with darkness and chaos, do not know which way to kill and can only run at a loss in search of the enemy.
A chaotic fight!
Wanyan Zonghan could only lead his own soldiers, blowing trumpets all the way and gathering troops to charge diagonally.
More and more Jurchen cavalry fell into chaos and rushed over after hearing the commander's bugle. If there were enemies in front, they would kill them. If there were no enemies, they would not care about anything else. They first left the chaotic battlefield and joined the commander.
It's not that easy to get out of the battle suddenly!
Some small groups of troops that were out of touch with the friendly forces were eaten by the Ming Dynasty Knights without realizing it.
In fact, the Ming army was also in chaos. During the battle, some cavalry fell behind, and then they were surrounded and killed by Jin soldiers several times their size.
Wanyan Zonghan no longer dared to rush into the camp rashly. He blew the trumpet all the way and gathered the remaining soldiers, went around the east side of the camp and rushed into the various gates.
Finally, when the morning light faded, Wanyan Zonghan took back his army rations!
After counting the number of people, there were only more than 6,000 riders left, and all of them were exhausted.
"General Yue, General Luo was killed in battle!"
After Yue Fei got the news, he rushed over and saw that Luo Ruming's body had been trampled to pieces.
The second-ranked cavalryman under Li Yanxian died at the hands of the Jin soldiers in a night melee. He collided with the core elite led by Pucha Hu Zhan. Luo Ruming not only died himself, but also more than three hundred of the Ming Dynasty cavalry under his command were killed.
Pucha Hu Zhan was originally a subordinate of Wanyan Loushi. When one thousand Jurchen cavalry defeated the thirty thousand Xixia army, he was the vanguard to lure the enemy.
He led 300 Jurchen cavalry and defeated 2,000 Xixia iron kites head-on. Then he attacked the Xixia camp and lured 30,000 enemy troops to pursue them. Finally, he lured the enemy troops to an ambush site, and then cooperated with hundreds of friendly troops to kill the 30,000 enemy troops.
Wan Xixia's soldiers were defeated and fled!
"Retreat temporarily and take General Luo's body away," Yue Fei ordered. "When this battle is over, we can bury the fallen soldiers alive. Go and inform General Li Yanxian and ask him to march urgently at all costs. The Jurchen cavalry will not attack him."
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Although Wanyan Zonghan regained the army rations, Yue Fei's battle goal had been achieved.
First, delay time until Wang Yan leads the infantry to come for reinforcements. This prevents Wanyan Zonghan from leading his elite troops to surprise Wang Yan's troops on the march.
Second, demoralize the enemy.
The female protagonists who had been fighting desperately to seize food before were now dejected.
They besieged Li Yanxian and suffered heavy losses, and were attacked by Yue Fei in a chaotic battle. They had just tried their best to seize the grain and grass, but now that they had taken back the grain and grass, the breath in their chests was relieved. What followed was confusion and fear, not knowing what to do next.
What should I do when I get down?
It's one thing to take back the food and grass, but it's another thing to take it away!
The prairie cavalry who followed them south either surrendered to the Ming Dynasty or fled back to the grassland. There were only more than 6,000 Jurchen soldiers left, holding on to a large amount of military rations, and there were no civilians to help them transport the rations.
And Wang Yan's infantry had already rushed all the way.
There were no tanks, no artillery, and no thunderbolts.
Yue Fei led the cavalry to protect them, and Wang Yan ordered the infantry to form a formation three miles away from the Jin soldiers' camp.
The sky is getting brighter and brighter.
There were still residual fires burning in the Jinbing camp. Most of the military tents were burned down, and a large piece of the wooden village wall was also burned down.
Wanyan Zonghan rode out in person, observed for a while with a telescope, and finally confirmed the strength of the Ming army.
He was beaten by Yue Fei. There weren't many Ming troops last night!
Wanyan Mouyan followed and asked: "Marshal, should you hold on or retreat?"
Wanyan Zonghan said: "Attack!"
"Attack?" Wanyan Mouyan said in horror, "Now that morale is low and we are exhausted, how can we storm the enemy's formation?"
Wanyan Zonghan said: "We are tired, so aren't the southern thieves tired? These infantrymen in front of us all came from Dadingfu City. They were already half dead from exhaustion from marching all the way. We must take advantage of their unstable footing and lack of protection by car formations.
Use all our strength to crush them and annihilate them! Otherwise, when the Ming army (Li Yanxian) from the south arrives with chariots for reinforcements, how will we have any chance of winning by then?"
Wanyan Mouyan was already frightened: "Since these infantry troops came from Dading Fucheng, then Dading Fucheng must be empty. How about we ride on horseback and attack Dading Fucheng to capture Dading Fucheng!"
"Idiot," Wanyan Zonghan said, "there must be defenders in Dadingfu City, and there are also artillery and iron fire thunders that can explode. Even if the number of defenders in the city is small, we will still suffer casualties if we want to attack the city. And if we go to attack the city, here
Do you still need the military rations? If you want military rations, divide your troops. Once your troops are divided, how can you withstand the enemy in front of you? Even if we successfully capture the city, we will only use the camp and military rations here to exchange for the Ming army's city and military rations. When the time comes,
, we still have to be trapped in the isolated city!"
Wanyan Mouyan could not refute.
Wanyan Zonghan said: "Now there is only one way to annihilate these enemies in front of us. Send the order, all units have been reorganized, come immediately for a decisive battle!"
"Don't you want to eat first?" Wanyan Mouyan said, "Even the men and horses are hungry, and the horses have not recovered yet. It is better to let the soldiers eat first and let the horses recover for a while."
Wanyan Zonghan said angrily: "When our army's horses recover, the enemy's infantry will also recover!"
Wanyan Zonghan was very tired.
Wanyan Yan's mother died of illness, and Wanyan Lou's family also died of illness. Although Shi Jianu and Po Luhuo were not dead, they were suffering from injuries and were recuperating in Beijing, and they could no longer ride horses to fight.
Among Wanyan Zonghan's veteran generals, only one of them can still play silver.
Yin Shu can be sent to Xingzhong Prefecture to resist Li Bao's main force. He cannot be lost there. Once Xingzhong Prefecture falls and the Ming army from Liaodong direction captures Jinzhou, they will be able to join forces with the Ming army here.
At this moment, beside Wanyan Zonghan, there is not even a general who can discuss military matters!
The Jurchen soldiers began to lead the horses out of the camp. They had fed the horses with beans, salt and river water. But the horses were still so tired that they were reluctant to ride them now.
The remaining more than 6,000 Jurchen elites have just been reorganized by Wanyan Zonghan.
"Hu Zhan, come and attack the enemy!" Wanyan Zonghan said.
Pu Cha Hu Zhan said: "I will never retreat until I die!"
Pucha Hu Zhan's men were all the strong troops left by Wanyan Lou's family. They were the ones who killed Luo Ruming just now, and also killed more than three hundred Ming Xiaoqi.
They themselves suffered heavy casualties, but Wanyan Zonghan immediately reorganized and reorganized.
They are all the best of the best!
Before these guys met the Ming army, they always defeated more with less, and their results were outrageous. The battle with Xixia has already been said. When they besieged Taiyuan, they defeated 10,000 Song troops with a thousand cavalry, and then defeated them with a thousand cavalry.
One thousand cavalry defeated 30,000 Song troops.
Yue Fei is also reorganizing and restoring the strength of his war horses.
Even when cleaning the battlefield, we collected all available armor and equipped it for the grassland tribes that performed well.
The infantry under Wang Yan marched in a hurry. They led the mules carrying the armor and trotted for half the night. In the end, the mules didn't want to run away. They thought the mules were walking slowly, so they simply put on their armor and came over.
We were lining up in formation, very tired!
The reinforcements led by Li Yanxian were still ten miles away at this time.
