Chapter 2558: Yue Fei vs Murong Ke, Zhang Liao VS Kublai Khan
Chapter 2558: Yue Fei vs. Murong Ke, Zhang Liao vs. Kublai Khan
For this Yuan-Mongolian civil war, Ying Hao chose to send troops directly instead of using force as usual to deter him. This obviously put great pressure on Kublai Khan.
After all, if Qin really sent troops, Kublai Khan would not be sure of victory.
But in order to eliminate Maodun and completely unify Yuan and Meng, Kublai Khan had already made too many concessions, and now he was on the verge of doing so. Naturally, he could not retreat just because Qin sent troops.
Therefore, even if he knew that Qin had dispatched 60,000 cavalry, Kublai Khan could only bite the bullet and start the war.
Kublai Khan initially dispatched an army of 130,000, but later learned that the Qin Dynasty had sent an additional 50,000 troops, for a total of 180,000 troops.
Maodun's army numbered 80,000, plus 60,000 Qin's army, for a total of 140,000 troops.
The Yuan Army of 180,000 faced the Allied Army of 140,000. The Yuan Army had 40,000 more troops than the Allied Army, giving it a strength advantage.
Therefore, Kublai Khan wanted to eliminate Maodun in the shortest time and capture only Shengle and other three cities under Maodun's rule. Da Qin would not use only 60,000 troops to directly start a national war with Yuanmeng, right?
With this idea in mind, Kublai Khan launched a blitzkrieg against Maodun, dividing the 180,000-strong army into three groups, led by Kublai Khan, Murong Ke, and Boyan, with 60,000 troops in each group, and
Go straight to Shengle and other three cities at the fastest speed.
Mao Dun also didn't expect that Kublai Khan would come so quickly. He would definitely be unable to defeat him in a head-on confrontation. He had no choice but to agree to Bai Qi's condition of ceding Shengle City in exchange for Great Qin's 60,000 reinforcements arriving as soon as possible.
But what Moton didn't expect was that after Bai Qi agreed to send troops, there was a heavy rain in the Yinshan area. Huo Qubing's 20,000 reinforcements had to take a detour, and they would definitely not be able to reach the agreed place on time.
This is undoubtedly bad news for Modu, but now he doesn't have to worry about so many things and can only take one step at a time.
The Qin army marched out of the fortress in three groups, each rescuing a city.
Yue Fei rescued Shengle City and faced Murong Ke.
Zhang Liao saved Chifeng City and faced Kublai Khan.
Huo Qubing went to Wuhai City to face Boyan;
Among the three armies, Yue Fei's troops were the fastest and arrived at Shengle City first, and then started a battle with Murong Ke.
As the only famous commander in Yuanmeng who has more than 100 commanders, Murong Ke's ability is beyond doubt. He also has many powerful generals under his command, such as Zhebie, Meng Like, Tuotuo, etc.
Unfortunately, this time Murong Ke encountered Yue Fei, who specialized in fighting foreign races and had superimposed buffs, and there was also a gap in the general lineup.
Therefore, even if the Yuan army had much more troops than the Qin army, Murong Ke could not gain the upper hand.
Murong Ke saw that Yue Fei was coming so quickly, and it was no longer possible to break through the city with lightning, so he wanted to concentrate his troops to deal with Yue Fei first.
Facing Murong Ke's massive attack, Yue Fei made preparations for war and at the same time sent envoys to Shengle City to ask the Maodun army to cooperate with him and go out of the city to fight Murong Ke together.
However, the generals guarding Shengle City were dissatisfied with Maodun's cession of Shengle City and refused to leave the city to cooperate in the battle, which forced Yue Fei to fight alone.
If he had been a general with a bad temper, he might have retreated directly when faced with a situation that was tantamount to betrayal by Maodun's army. But Yue Fei was not an ordinary person, so naturally he would not retreat just like that.
Yue Fei used a trick to spread rumors, claiming that as long as the Yuan army lifted the siege, the Maodun army in Shengle City would break out and join forces with the Qin army to fight against the Yuan army.
Murong Ke didn't know it was false and couldn't verify it, so he could only leave 20,000 troops to contain the military officials under Shengle City, and led 40,000 cavalry to annihilate Yue Fei's troops.
Facing Murong Ke's 40,000 fine cavalry, Yue Fei could have avoided the battle. After all, it was not worth fighting for Mao Dun and Yuan Meng. However, he chose to fight, with 20,000 Qin cavalry facing off against the 40,000 Yuan Meng cavalry.
The reason why Yue Fei did this was first to show the majesty of the Qin cavalry.
I don't know since when, there was a saying among the Han people, saying that the reason why the Han cavalry defeated the Hu cavalry was just because of their more advanced equipment. Once the number of people was not as large as the opponent's, they would definitely not dare to fight.
Now Yue Fei broke this rumor and slapped these people in the face.
As for the second point, it is suitable for Yue Fei to have absolute confidence in his 20,000 Youzhou cavalry.
These 20,000 Youzhou cavalry have all been trained by Yue Fei himself. Not only are they elite, but there are two elite battalions alone, one is the white horse righteous followers, and the other is Yue Fei's personal bodyguards, the Weijun.
Yue Fei was confident that he could fight with 20,000 iron cavalry against twice as many barbarian cavalry and win.
Of course, self-confidence does not mean arrogance, so Yue Fei resorted to tricks and used military officials to contain part of Murong Ke's troops. After all, if there were more, it would be too difficult to win head-on.
As for the third point, it was because the opponent was Murong Ke.
Yue Fei knew that Murong Ke was a wise general. Playing tricks with such an opponent would not be effective. It would be better to win with absolute strength and dignity.
In the past, the Qin army was indeed able to crush the Yuan army in terms of equipment, but with Tuo Lei and Kublai Khan ascending the throne, Yuan Meng also made updates and iterations in their equipment.
Not only has Yuan Meng thoroughly promoted stirrups, saddles, and horseshoes throughout your country, but the cavalry has also been equipped with light armor, crossbows, and even heavy cavalry.
Compared with the Qin cavalry in terms of equipment, today's Yuan-Meng cavalry still has a certain gap, but it is no longer as big as it was during Temujin's time.
Therefore, when he learned that Yue Fei did not avoid the war, Murong Ke was naturally overjoyed. In his heart, he felt that Yue Fei was too arrogant and would not be as well-known as he was in person. However, when the war started, he was deceived.
Since Yue Fei had been in Jingbei before and did not have much experience in commanding cavalry, Murong Ke thought that Yue Fei was better at commanding infantry and had average cavalry commanding ability.
But after the war, Murong Ke discovered that Yue Fei's cavalry command was very experienced, not much inferior to him, and he easily saw through his cavalry traps. This also forced Murong Ke to deal with it with all his strength.
But he was still defeated by Yue Fei.
Shortly after the war, Murong Ke focused on Yue Fei's main force, while the two small Qin armies only had a thousand men, but they were deliberately separated by Yue Fei.
Murong Ke did not concentrate all his troops on the front of the Qin army. He sent Shi Jihuduhu and five thousand cavalry to wander around the battlefield and overseas.
Yue Fei was worried that after the decisive battle, the cavalry would raid his rear, so he sent Taishi Ci and Yue Zhongqi each with a thousand cavalry to ambush on the only way to raid his rear. As expected, the enemy was fooled.
After Murong Ke prepared everything, he commanded an army of 35,000 to engage in a decisive battle with Yue Fei's 18,000 Qin army, and asked Zhebie to lead the most powerful Qie Xue army to take the lead, intending to break through the Qin army's front in one fell swoop.
The Qiexue Army was Kublai Khan's pro-army, with only three thousand in number. Not only was it of high overall quality, it was also extremely well-equipped. It was the elite battalion with the strongest combat power in Yuan and Meng.
Yue Fei also knew that Xue's army was timid, so he personally commanded Beiwei's army to fight and handed over the command of Baima Yicong to Wei Rui.
After the war began, when the Qin army fought against the Yuan army, many Qin soldiers showed great discomfort when facing an enemy force twice their size. They all felt that their opponent was a bit too strong this time.
At this time, Yue Fei, Gao Chong, Xiong Kuohai, Taishi Ci, Niu Gao and other powerful generals played a great role.
The strength of personal martial prowess boosts the courage of soldiers, and their combat power exceeds the limit, even if they are one against two, they will not fall behind.
Murong Ke seemed to have expected that the Qin army would not be defeated so easily, so he ordered Shi Jihu, who was wandering and hiding outside the battlefield, to suddenly join the battle and raid the rear of Yue Fei's command. As a result, he was ambushed by Tai Shici and Yue Zhongqi.
Although Shiji Huduhu had a large number of troops, facing the two-sided attack from Taishi Ci and Yue Zhongqi, the army would inevitably lose ground.
However, Lu Jihuduhu not only refused to retreat, but also looked for another victory. He also tried to rely on his superior strength to forcefully break the encirclement. As a result, he was killed by an arrow from Taishi Ci who rushed in.
Shi Ji suddenly died, and the 5,000-yuan army lost its leader and was quickly defeated.
Taishi Ci and Yue Zhongqi covered them up for a while and completely killed them. They were sure that they could no longer form a fighting force, so they returned to support them. The decisive battle must have just begun.
Shi Ji suddenly died in battle, which was a big blow to the morale of the Yuan army, and the morale dropped a lot.
Yue Fei saw the opportunity and saw that the courage of Xue's army had been exhausted, so he ordered Wei Rui's white horse Yi Cong to attack.
The two elite cavalry armies, Beiwei Army and White Horse Yicong, joined forces. Even Qiexue Army, the most powerful force in Yuanmeng, was no match. The battle lasted for less than an hour, and nearly half of their troops had been reduced.
The Qixue army was Kublai Khan's Qin army, and Murong Ke did not dare to defeat all of this army, so he ordered to recall the Qixue army, which had lost nearly half of its troops, and put another cavalry force on top.
Although the combat power of this cavalry is also strong, there is obviously still a certain gap compared to the cowardly Xue army.
Yue Fei had just led his men to defeat the cowardly Xue army. Although the soldiers' physical strength was consumed a lot, they were at a time of excitement. Facing the obviously weak Yuan army, they naturally felt much more relaxed.
At this time, the Qin army and the Yuan army had been fighting fiercely for two hours. Both armies were exhausted physically, but they both persisted and refused to admit defeat.
Wei Er Road broke the situation, and Yue Fei personally led Beiwei's army to charge into the formation, and asked Gao Chong and Xiong Kuohai to guard the left and right sides.
A super god general, a war god, and a peak god general formed an invincible arrow, and anything that stood in the way of the Qin army would be torn apart.
Seeing the Qin army tearing apart three of their own protective nets, Murong Ke was completely helpless against Yue Fei and Bei Wei's army.
If it had been early for Yue Fei to charge in person and if he had designated the battlefield, he would have definitely dug a trap in advance, but unfortunately there were not that many ifs.
Murong Ke was also a man who could afford to take things up and let them go, so he decisively chose to retreat. Naturally, Yue Fei ordered a pursuit and withdrew his troops after a pursuit of fifty miles.
The reason why Yue Fei stopped pursuing him was that, firstly, the physical strength of the soldiers had reached its extreme, and secondly, although Murong Ke was defeated, he was not defeated and the withdrawal was in an orderly manner.
Yue Fei just wanted to defeat Murong Ke completely in one battle, which was obviously unrealistic.
But the Warring States Period in this war was already big enough.
Yue Fei used 20,000 Qin Youzhou cavalry to fight against Murong Ke's 40,000 Mongolian cavalry, but defeated them head-on and killed nearly 15,000 Yuan troops and suffered 3,500 losses;
In the battle of Shengle, Yue Fei defeated the Qin army's majesty and told the world that the Qin army was strong not only because of its weapons and equipment, but also that the Qin army was strong without any shortcomings.
Murong Ke went into battle confidently with an army of 40,000, but was defeated by Yue Fei with 20,000, and the total force dropped to 45,000.
On the other hand, on the coalition side, there are still 20,000 defenders in Shengle City and more than 16,000 Qin troops outside the city.
The strength gap between the two sides has gradually balanced, and it is basically impossible for Murong Ke to capture Shengle City.
But he was unwilling to just withdraw his troops, and wanted to look for opportunities to reverse the situation.
While Yue Fei and Murong Ke were fighting for their wits and courage, Zhang Liao also faced off with Kublai Khan over at Chifeng City, and the intensity was no less intense than that at Yue Fei's side.
Zhang Liao did not confront Kublai Khan head-on. First, he had already received the news about Yue Fei's first battle with Gao Jie. Since Yue Fei had already done this, he naturally did not need to follow suit.
Second, a rebellion broke out within Chifeng City.
Not long after Zhang Liao arrived at Chifeng City, the Han generals Liu Zheng and Sun Yanyu in the city suddenly rebelled and killed the Chifeng City defender Qie Tuanhou.
Lieutenant General Hu Hanxie led his troops to suppress the rebellion, but was wounded by Liu Zheng. If his bodyguards had not sacrificed their lives to save him, they would have died in the rebellion. In desperation, he had no choice but to escape from Chifeng City with his remaining troops. Go and seek refuge with Zhang Liao.
After Liu Zheng completely took control of Chifeng City, he directly opened the city gate and surrendered to Yuanmeng.
Kublai Khan captured Chifeng City without spending a single soldier.