Chapter 838 0833 [Is it okay to escape to Mongolia? 】
Observing the changes on the battlefield, the reinforcements sent by Li Yanxian did not go to occupy the granary.
Instead, it was divided into two, with one part going north to intercept the Jurchen deserters. The other part went straight west to kill Wanyan Zonghan's back.
Wanyan Zonghan was attacked from the front and back, and there were prairie cavalry coming from both sides.
He did not attack immediately, but took out his binoculars and observed carefully.
Suddenly, he saw that among the Ming troops coming from behind, many had their musket barrels exposed behind their shoulders.
Wanyan Zonghan seemed to have found his target before he died. He raised his spear and said: "The southern thieves' fire rifle soldiers have no car formation, come with me and rush over and annihilate them all!"
Wanyan Zonghan lay on his side and pretended to be dead. His cavalry spear had disappeared. When the Ming army approached, Wanyan Zonghan suddenly rose up and swung out the eight-sided iron rod.
The mixed army led by Shao Long only numbered more than 3,000 people.
Hebul Khan did not go south to conquer the Jin, but under the banner of resisting the Jin, he conquered and annexed the surrounding tribes.
Shi Ziming and Wang Gui, together with more than a thousand Ming warriors, paid the price of more than 200 casualties to kill all Wanyan Zonghan's personal soldiers.
The people had different opinions. Some said that Wanyan Zonghan was defeated and died, some said that Wanyan Zonghan fled to the north, and some said that the Ming Emperor was about to arrive with a million troops.
The soldiers all fled with their respective generals, running in small groups with no clear direction at all.
Hundreds of grassland cavalry without armor were the first to catch up with Tu Hesu, pulling their bowstrings and shooting freely. Not long after they escaped, Tu Hesu was hit by two arrows, and his horse was hit by an arrow in the butt.
He was still trying to struggle to get up, but a Ming army came after him and hit his head with an iron bone flower.
If it were the Song army that came to fight, chaos would most likely break out at this time. Instead of chasing the defeated troops, everyone would swarm to grab the glory.
Still following Tu Hesu, there were only more than a hundred soldiers left.
But the military discipline of the Ming Dynasty was strict. When Yue Fei blew the trumpet, all the cavalry generals led the army and followed him.
The trumpet sounded loudly, but not many people listened to the order.
"Chase, chase!"
Such a fierce general died at the hands of two Ming cavalry.
The Ming cavalry side is actually similar.
Pu Cha and Hu Zhan did not want to die in the hands of small soldiers, so he saw Wang Gui's flag and charged.
"Blow the trumpet and follow me to fight back!"
Those hundreds of Jurchen warriors were tired from running around for days. Today, they were treated well by the Mongols, and they all let down their guard. After drinking wine and eating meat, they fell into a deep sleep.
The elite soldiers that Wanyan Mouyan inherited from his father were all wiped out by Pucha and Hu Zhan. He and Wanyan lived together, and there were only a group of Jurchen slave soldiers who had been liberated in the early days, and the remnants of soldiers gathered along the way.
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Mainly because of guilt.
A generation of brave generals did not die in a very glorious way. It might have been more heroic if he had died on the road of charge.
Pucha and Hu Zhan had previously charged into Wang Yan's infantry formation, causing heavy losses to his troops. Moreover, Wanyan Zonghan used military tactics to kill a group of them. Out of resentment, morale had dropped to the extreme.
The other two spearmen quickly thrust forward with their spears, and then fired with muskets and crossbows.
"Boohoo!"
After carrying a simple siege ladder and rushing to the top of the city, they found that all the defenders had fled.
Now the two of them are the main ones chasing and killing the fleeing enemies. Even Yue Fei's horse can't run away.
Those soldiers did not stay with the commander to die, but fled the battlefield together. There were five to six hundred of them, and they had been in reserve. The soldiers and horses were relatively strong, and all the prairie cavalry who intercepted them were killed.
The commander of this reinforcement force was Shao Long. He ordered the entire army to dismount and line up. At the same time, he waved a signal flag at Yue Fei to prevent Yue Fei from coming to help, and quickly led his cavalry to pursue the fleeing enemy.
"Have a day's rest and leave a few hundred troops to defend the city. The rest of the troops will return the same way," Li Bao said, licking his dry and flaky lips. "There are still silver skills in Xingzhong Mansion, so we can conquer it!"
Hu Tula asked again: "What if the Ming Emperor sent out troops and asked the Kelie tribe to attack from the west? The Ming army is an outsider, and they will have to go back when their food supplies are exhausted. The Kelie tribe is right next to us, and it almost happened last time
Fight."
He could only lead two teams of Jurchen cavalry and rush towards the enemy formation without hesitation. Halfway through the charge, a bullet hit the neck of the horse, throwing Wanyan Zonghan away.
Three spearmen, escorting a few crossbowmen, and gunmen came over, and when they saw any Jurchen soldiers that could still move along the way, they struck with their swords.
When Wanyan Zonghan came to his senses, he found that all his soldiers were dead or injured, and the Ming army even dispersed and began to survey the battlefield.
The incident happened suddenly, and the nearest spearman was caught off guard. He could only subconsciously raise his arm to block, while still holding the second half of the barrel of the spear in his hand.
Pucha Huzhan had a fierce fight at dawn and killed the Ming army cavalry general Luo Ruming. He also charged into the infantry formation after dawn. Now he was exhausted. Under the gunfire of several soldiers, he still managed to survive.
He fell off his horse and died tragically before he could reach Wang Gui.
Several cavalry officers did not want to leave. They all wanted to capture Wanyan Zonghan and perform meritorious service.
The crossbow has been re-stringed and is shooting at the nearby enemies.
Wanyan and his eldest son were both drunk and sleeping soundly at this moment.
The cavalry and horses under his command were getting increasingly tired, and some horses were even so tired that they were frothing at the mouth. After all, they had not had a good rest since midnight last night, and the horses only rested for more than ten minutes during reorganization.
There were also some Jurchen cavalry who really looked at death and rushed towards the Ming army unswervingly.
Wang Gui shouted excitedly.
Not only do musketeers have to shoot on the ground, but even crossbows have to keep their feet on the ground.
Following Pucha Huzhan, who turned around to meet the enemy, there were only a few dozen horsemen and horses who were tired and exhausted.
They passed by the empty camp, blocked some fleeing enemies, and all dismounted to intercept them.
This is also true.
These mounted infantry do not know how to fight on horseback.
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Bullets and crossbows were fired in turn, and the Jurchen cavalry who charged head-on fell in large numbers.
Tu Hesu stopped escaping completely and led his troops to charge head on.
After three attacks, out of the one hundred and fifty Jurchen cavalry, less than seventy were still charging. And their formations were all disrupted, with three or five cavalry here, seven or eight there. They were also attacked by friendly troops who had just fallen.
The corpse interferes and naturally slows down.
Atu'er, the leader of the altar, asked: "Does the Great Khan really want to take in these people?"
Hebulehan has been expanding wildly in recent years, and this year it even unified the surrounding pastures. Unknowingly, it has become a little drifting.
Their horses ran slower and slower. At this critical moment, the Jurchen soldiers who had been supplemented by Pucha Huzhan in the morning broke away from the troops and fled to both sides. They believed that the target of the Ming army was Pucha Huzhan, and as long as they stayed away from that
Guy, he probably won't be pursued as much.
At night, the second son brought Atu'er (Yesugei's biological father) to the altar, and the fourth son went to the tent to meet Hebul Khan.
Wanyan Zonghan personally led the troops to bypass, only to find that it was the same no matter which side.
Wanyan Mouyan drank so much that when his throat was cut, he didn't even wake up and went on the road in a daze.
The remaining 300 or so Jurchen cavalry charged towards the Ming reinforcements.
There are more than a thousand spearmen (with secondary weapons of iron bones), more than a thousand crossbowmen (equipped with small shields and waist knives), and a thousand fusiliers (also equipped with waist knives).
Li Bao was depressed. He tried his best to sneak around and attack, but he didn't expect that the battle was already over.
He saw only three groups of Jurchen cavalry charging from the front, and four other groups of Jurchen cavalry going around to the sides. He seemed to think that he could break the formation by going around to the side and the rear, and the Ming army there must be frightened and unstable.
Both parties were very happy and drunk.
These elites of the Jin Kingdom were only slightly inferior to Wanyan Zonghan's personal soldiers. But they had lost their souls. Even though they knew it would be difficult to escape, they were still unwilling to fight to the death.
However, his horse ran very slowly, and he himself was extremely tired. Facing a charging Ming cavalry, his gun speed was even half a beat slower, and he was knocked off the horse after just one hedging.
Some Jurchen cavalry seemed to have been awakened by the three blows.
He took his sons with him and almost reached the territory of the Jin Kingdom. Just as he was preparing to withdraw his troops, he encountered the remnant soldiers of the Jin Kingdom who were fleeing north.
With a muffled sound, the spearman's right arm was broken off.
Tu Hesu, whose hands were stained with Han blood, was entangled by reinforcements led by Zhai Liang.
Several Mongolian soldiers rushed in, held the father and son down, took out their short knives and quickly wiped their necks.
That is, a concentric circle array with four layers inside and outside.
While Sha Lizhi was escaping, he was chased by Wang Gui and his troops collapsed. The surrounding prairie cavalry swarmed up.
Let's talk about Wang Gui. During the battle just now, he had been leading the reserve team to rest. He was also sent to meet Li Yanxian's reinforcements, and received orders halfway to go around the front to intercept the fleeing enemies.
With the cooperation of the prairie cavalry, Wang Gui's slightly rejuvenated troops achieved amazing results one after another.
Wang Gui didn't care about the stragglers at all, and led his troops to chase after Pu Cha and Hu Zhan.
While Shi Ziming divided his troops to kill Tu Hesu, he led hundreds of cavalry and was chasing Wanyan Zonghan's soldiers.
They chose to stop and rest, waiting for their horses to recover a little, and then immediately continued to escape at a trot.
Because the cavalry formation was very loose, Wanyan Zonghan was not trampled to death by the galloping horses.
Li Bao was confused and asked people to arrest the people in the city for questioning.
Officials and garrison guards in the county vaguely guessed that the front line was defeated, so they also fled with Xinruan. The news soon spread to Jinyuan County in the southeast, and the officials and garrison in Jinyuan County also hurriedly fled.
Fusiliers and crossbowmen mixed together, standing behind the pikemen, forming three concentric circles.
Hebul Khan was overjoyed and his vanity was greatly satisfied. He also learned that they had brought hundreds of armored cavalry to surrender, and he quickly had cattle and sheep slaughtered for entertainment.
No matter what, Wanyan Zonghan's defeat will definitely be no problem.
Although it did not cause any actual damage, it aroused the fierceness of the sudden attack.
At the end of the escape, many horses fell to the ground.
Wang Gui no longer cared about the defeated troops and went to hunt down Pucha and Hu Zhan.
But the delay just now caused the war horse to slow down severely. When it rushed to the spear formation, the war horse was unwilling to die. It either raised its hooves and stopped urgently, or walked around the spear line.
Wanyan was looking for Yan, and Wanyan lived together and was taken there. When they met, they knelt down and shouted the name of Hebul Khan.
If he got hungry on the way, he would kill the horses that were about to run out of gear to satisfy his hunger.
Wanyan Zonghan was hit by two bullets, two arrows and a crossbow, and his waist and chest were pressed against by two spears. He immediately fell on his back with eyes wide open.
Only Shi Ziming's nearly a thousand cavalry and Wang Gui's hundreds of cavalry were relatively relaxed. The former came from Dadingfu City, while the latter was in reserve during the war and did not attack.
However, he told Wanyan to seek Yan, Wanyan lived with the two of them, and fled north with the remaining soldiers.
The total number of Song and Liao armies defeated by Tu Hesu was almost 50,000. The number of soldiers and civilians of all ethnic groups who died directly from his troops ranged from 80,000 to 30,000 to 50,000, and those who died indirectly were not counted.
Hebule Khan said with drunken eyes: "They came all the way, why don't you take them in? I can use hundreds of Jurchen armored knights."
Tu Hesu led his troops in pursuit and killed only a few of the slower ones.
Shi Ziming led his troops to intercept and kill him, but he couldn't stand it anymore and could only continue to pursue and entangle him.
At this time, Hebulehan was reminded by his son that he was completely drunk and was so shocked that he broke into a cold sweat on his vest.
This guy actually didn't run away. After slowing down, he turned around and charged with his own soldiers. The prairie cavalry quickly swept away to both sides, not daring to engage in close combat with Tu Hesu. They pulled away and fired arrows again.
Wang Gui was a bad guy. When he saw Pu Cha and Hu Zhan rushing towards him, he immediately slowed down his horse and let a few of his own soldiers meet the enemy.
He called back the separated cavalry and continued to pursue and entangle them for a while. When he saw Wang Gui chasing and defeating the enemy in front, he quickly blew the trumpet to call for Wang Gui to come for reinforcements.
Most of the young and strong grassland tribes along the way were conquered by Wanyan Zonghan. They blackmailed the old, weak, women and children who were left behind, and continued on their way with their livestock, finally arriving at the Mongolian territory before it started to snow.
Li Bao climbed all the way over the mountains and ridges and rushed to the outside of Jinyuan County. He rested in the mountains until night, planning to make a surprise attack in the dark to seize the city.
He stood up and said: "Immediately gather your troops and horses, not too many, only one or two thousand elites. Go quietly and kill them in their sleep. Leave their horses and armor behind, and chop off all their heads."
Send it to Emperor Ming!"
During the charge, Wanyan Zonghan could only see the side in front of him. Seeing a forest of spears in front of him and protected by invincible cavalry beside him, he issued a military order in advance.
Died suddenly on the spot!
A series of bullets and crossbows were fired, and Tuhe Su's troops fell to the death of nearly a hundred people. His troops were originally temporarily reorganized, and they were composed of various soldiers. They were immediately beaten and fled.
Hebul Khan said: "Although I surrender to the Ming Emperor, I am not really afraid of him. If he sends someone to accuse him, he can just find an excuse to send them away. If the Ming Dynasty sends troops to attack, we will retreat all the way, and we will not escape at all."
Go into the mountains. Wait for the Ming army to run out of food and retreat, then come out of the mountains to follow and chase them!"
"Bang bang bang bang!"
Hu Tula asked: "If the Ming Emperor knows that we have taken in the remnants of the Jurchens, how should we deal with it then?"
Wanyan planned to escape, and Wanyan lived with the two guys, but they managed to escape from the battlefield.
The first row of fusiliers also finished loading again and fired at sporadic enemies - the current large open fusiliers could already fire three to four rounds per minute.
The spearmen formed a circle on the outside, squatting and kneeling with their spears raised.
As he gets older, he sleeps very lightly. Wanyan suddenly heard a noise when he was sleeping, and subconsciously sat up to touch the weapon.
The prairie cavalry did not dare to fight a tough battle with Wanyan Zonghan, and followed Yue Fei to chase the enemy. Those fleeing Jurchen cavalry were much easier to deal with than Wanyan Zonghan!
They were so hot-headed that they accompanied Wanyan Zonghan to his death. They were still alive after taking a lot of bullets and crossbows, and suddenly they had a strong desire to survive. These guys no longer charged into the formation, but pulled the reins and turned to escape.
But he hit his head when he fell from the horse, and he was dizzy and unable to move for a long time.
Shi Ziming had already led his troops to deal with a group of defeated enemies. When he learned that there were still Jurchens who dared to fight, he immediately sent out five hundred cavalry to kill them. They were a fresh force and rushed towards more than a hundred tired enemy troops. It was a completely one-sided battle.
The Jurchen soldiers who lost their horses were ruthlessly abandoned by them. If a general or officer's horse died, they would even snatch the soldiers' horses.
Luo Ruming was so powerful in cavalry and died at the hands of Pucha Hu Zhan. Wang Gui felt that there was no need to take risks.
They first fled to Huihe County, where they replenished their supplies of food and pack horses. After resting for half the night, they continued to flee north.
Although Pucha Hu Zhan is dead, all the Jurchen soldiers who escaped under his command must be killed today. They are all the best among the best, and they must not be allowed to escape!
After chasing for three or four miles, Pucha Hu Zhan felt that he could not escape. His horse was almost reaching its limit. If he continued to escape, he would die sooner or later. It would be better to fight vigorously before dying.
Hebuli Khan was very happy. He picked up hundreds of iron armors for nothing!
Moreover, you can ask for merit from Emperor Ming, and Emperor Zhu will definitely reward you with cloth and tea.
