As soon as Qin Hao left, Wang Meng launched a decisive battle with his rear foot. Of course, this was not because Wang Meng was impatient, but because Murong Chui realized that he had fallen into another trap, so he decisively launched a breakout in advance.
Murong Chui did not expect that Bai Qi would still dare to send all the cavalry to chase him after he had left an army of 150,000 men. In his opinion, Bai Qi simply wanted to die with him.
Originally, Murong Chui's plan was pretty good. With the fighting power that his 70,000 mourning troops could unleash, Ningxia's 100,000 tired troops would definitely not be able to stop him. He could at least take away 60,000 cavalry and escape back to the grassland.
But under Bai Qi's saucy maneuver, he had 100,000 cavalry in front of him to block the enemy, and 40,000 cavalry in pursuit, which made Murong Chui feel a little guilty.
Murong Chui's decision was very correct. If he delayed for a day or two, he would really have no chance of breaking out.
Under the leadership of Murong Chui, the 70,000 Ai army launched a breakthrough towards the weak point of the Han army's blockade, and broke through three Han army blockades in succession, but were finally blocked by Wang Meng in time.
The Han army's 100,000 infantry and cavalry troops once again fought a decisive battle with Yuan and Meng's 70,000 iron cavalry eighty miles west of Pingluo County.
The Yuan army's combat power doubled in the state of Aijun. Wang Meng led 60,000 main infantry to block the attack, and Xue Rengui led 40,000 fine cavalry to resist with all their strength, but Murong Chui was almost able to break through.
After the two armies fought fiercely for an hour, Li Jing arrived in time with 40,000 elite cavalry, and ordered Gao Chong and Jiang Song to each lead 20,000 cavalry to attack Murong Chui's rear in two directions.
As the saying goes: A mournful army will win.
But even the Ai Army also has its limits.
Murong Chui's 70,000 cavalry were indeed the Ai army, but they were blocked by Wang Meng's 100,000 cavalry, and then Li Jing's 40,000 elite cavalry attacked. Under attack from two sides by an elite army of 140,000, even if all 70,000 Yuan troops were
They are all in mourning and the soldiers are also helpless.
After a fierce battle, the Han army killed more than 20,000 Yuan army cavalry at the expense of 10,000 infantry and cavalry troops.
After the Yuan army learned that there was no hope of breaking out of the encirclement, and Wang Meng shouted the slogan "surrender without killing" in time, nearly 40,000 Yuan Meng cavalry finally laid down their weapons and surrendered, while Murong Chui and Wo Kuotai escaped with less than 10,000 people.
go out.
After the victory, Wang Meng sent a group of men to quickly clean up the battlefield, while he personally led 20,000 light cavalry to pursue them.
As for the remaining troops, except for some who stayed behind to guard the prisoners of war, the rest went north to obey Bai Qi's orders.
Wang Meng led his army in pursuit for hundreds of miles, and captured another three thousand Yuan troops on the way. Seeing that Murong Chui could not escape the Han army's pursuers, he immediately discussed with Wo Kuotai: "The Han army is chasing after them in a hurry, and it is absolutely impossible to escape like this."
If you fall, maybe you can save your life by running separately."
"Um."
Wo Kuotai nodded solemnly and said in a deep voice: "You and I each lead half of the troops. Whether we can jump out depends on our fate."
"good."
In this way, after escaping into Yinchuan County, the Yuan army that escaped from Ningxia County was divided into two. Murongchui and Wokuotai each led 3,000 cavalry, one fled to the northwest and the other to the southwest.
"Report...report to the Commander-in-Chief, the remnants of Yuanmeng's army fled separately."
Wang Meng couldn't help but take a deep breath when he heard this, and then said in a deep voice: "In that case, let's divide our troops to pursue him.
General Li Jing, you and I each lead 10,000 cavalry to pursue us."
"No." Li Jing responded with clasped fists.
The Qin army also divided its forces and launched a pursuit, but the direction shifted. They chased for more than a hundred miles out of the Hetao, but failed to catch up with Murong Chui.
"No, the direction is wrong."
Wang Meng, who was looking at the map, suddenly exclaimed and immediately ordered: "Start to the south immediately."
"promise."
A group of 30,000 horsemen changed direction again, and within an hour of marching, they found the enemy in front, but the situation was somewhat beyond Wang Meng's expectation.
"Informing the Commander-in-Chief, traces of Murong Chui's army have been found ahead, but they are now fighting with Liang's army."
"Liang Jun?"
Wang Meng frowned slightly, and then ordered: "Surround them first, and don't attack for the time being."
"promise."
Thirty thousand fine cavalry formed a semicircle and quickly surrounded thousands of people who were fighting. A cavalry general also rushed out from the Liang army.
"Don't shoot arrows. Our general is the Marquis of Wen. Lu Bu and Lu Fengxian have left the Liang army and are preparing to go to Bingzhou to join the Duke of Jin."
Wang Meng also recognized the person and couldn't help but said in surprise: "General Cao Xing? It's you."
"Mr. Jinglue?"
Although he had left Bingzhou for many years, Cao Xing still recognized Wang Meng at a glance. After all, when he was still in Bingzhou, Wang Meng was Qin Hao's only adviser. It was difficult for Cao Xing to forget him. He didn't want to see Wang Meng after seeing each other for so many years.
But he has become the governor of an army, but he and his lord Lu Bu are homeless.
It’s true that things are different and people are different.
Cao Xing sighed slightly in his heart, but he still stepped forward with a forced smile, clasped his fists at the respectful Wang Meng and said, "Mr. Jinglue, don't let go of your arrows. Marquis Wen came back to join Duke Jin."
Wang Meng nodded to Cao Xing, telling him not to panic, and then quietly listened to Cao Xing's story.
It turned out that after Yang Guang returned to Liangzhou, although he did not prevent Lu Bu from leaving the Liang army, he could not provide strong support, so he cut off Lu Bu's logistics and forced Lu Bu to join Ma Teng's army. After some looting
, and then gathered enough food and grass to go to the Hetao, but unexpectedly, they bumped into the retreating Murong Chui on the way.
Lu Bu knew that the great Han Qin Hao in Hetao was at a disadvantage, and wanted to go to Hetao to help Qin Hao, but in the end it was too late. Before he arrived, Yuan Mengdu had already lost, and even Temujin died in the battle.
When did Temujin feel so helpless to fight?
Lu Bu complained secretly in his heart. He originally wanted to provide help in times of need, but now it was said to be carbon, and even the ash could not be touched, so he planned to use Murong Chui's head as a gift to Qin Wen as a certificate of surrender.
Lu Bu originally thought that Yuan Meng had been completely defeated, and Murong Chui had also fled all the way, so these three thousand defeated troops should not have much fighting power, so he directly led his three thousand troops to stop them, but after the battle started, he discovered that this army had a strong will to fight.
Scary.
Without Lu Bu taking action, this escape force was able to fight on a par with Lu Bu's army. If the fight continued, it would definitely be a lose-lose outcome for both sides.
In order to prevent excessive casualties among his troops, Lu Bu rode alone into the Yuan-Meng army, preparing to personally kill Murong Chui and end the battle directly.
Lu Bu, who was ranked eighth on the generals list, took action himself. How could ordinary Yuanmeng soldiers stop him? Lu Bu quickly rode to Murong Chui alone.
Seeing this, Murong Chui shouted anxiously: "That general Liang will take action for the time being. I, Dayuan and Yang Jian, have always kept their peace, so why are they attacking me now for no reason?"
"You will know after you die and ask Yang Jian yourself."
Lu Bu sneered, and then he used the red rabbit horse to get closer, and decisively chopped off Murong Chui's head with a halberd.