Before being surrounded by the coalition forces, there were still more than 4,500 Liang troops.
The sudden ambush and siege directly killed and injured more than half of the Liang army who were caught off guard, but there were still more than 2,000 soldiers alive.
The remaining two thousand or so Xiliang soldiers are undoubtedly the best among the best. Although it is not easy to break through, the defense is more than enough.
Sure enough, the coalition launched a fierce attack in the last quarter of an hour. Although it caused heavy casualties to the Liang army, it did not completely defeat the opponent.
Seeing that nothing could be done, Xue Rengui decisively issued an order to retreat.
"Stop the attack and retreat."
After Xue Rengui gave the order, the soldiers quickly shouted: "General Xue Rengui has an order to stop the attack and retreat."
"What?"
Some of the generals under the princes showed disbelief. After all, victory in this battle was close at hand, and retreating at this time was a bit difficult for them to understand.
But whether you understand it or not, a general order is a general order, and it must never be violated.
However, when both sides are anxious, it is not an easy task to withdraw the army.
What's more, some generals, suffering from heartache and casualties, even thought of taking out all their troops unscathed, which greatly delayed the efficiency of the army's retreat.
Seeing that the army was retreating so slowly, Xue Rengui on the side stamped his feet anxiously and asked quickly: "What on earth are the front troops doing? Why don't they retreat directly according to the order?"
"General Qi, the generals of the former army want to avoid casualties, so..."
"These short-sighted guys."
Xue Rengui said through gritted teeth. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a spy running over in a panic and angrily.
"Report... to the general, a large number of their cavalry has been spotted in the west direction, and they are less than five miles away from our army."
"Come so fast?" Xue Rengui looked shocked, obviously underestimating the opponent's speed.
For the cavalry at full speed, five miles can be reached in less than a quarter of an hour, but the coalition forces obviously cannot be withdrawn within a quarter of an hour.
The trapped Liang army realized that reinforcements were about to arrive, so they stopped defending and instead moved out to entangle the coalition forces to delay their retreat.
Seeing that some of the coalition forces were getting deeper and deeper, and if this situation continued, more people would be dragged down, so Xue Rengui was heartbroken and shouted: "Ignore them, the entire army will retreat immediately, as much as they can escape."
There was another point that Xue Rengui did not dare to say clearly, which was to sacrifice these people to serve as backers so that his own troops could escape smoothly.
Of course Xue Rengui also wanted to defeat the enemy head-on, but now the enemy is cooperating inside and outside, and his own ambush troops are exhausted after the battle. With the enemy outnumbered, we have no chance of victory, so it is better to retreat in time without sacrificing the small and safe. Besides, this
The results they achieved in the first battle were already great enough.
After Yang Guang arrived with his troops, he saw that the enemy troops had not withdrawn yet. A ferocious smile flashed across his face and he shouted: "Flying Bear Army, attack."
"Kill kill kill."
Among the cavalry Yang Guang brought this time, in addition to ordinary cavalry, there was also the first battalion of the Liang Army's veteran elite Flying Bear Army, so he was able to arrive early.
The three thousand flying bear troops were like tigers descending from the mountain, charging towards the enemy in front of them with incomparable ferocity. In an instant, the coalition's formation was directly torn apart, and what followed was a one-sided massacre.
When Jia Fu, Wu Yunzhao and other generals saw that Yang Guang had finally arrived, they felt relieved and quickly rode their horses to meet him.
"General Yang, if you had come even a quarter of an hour late, you really wouldn't have been able to see us." Wu Yunzhao said with a wry smile.
Seeing that almost all of the generals were injured, and several were even seriously injured and unconscious, it was not difficult for Yang Guang to imagine what a brutal battle they had experienced.
"Everyone, if you can still fight, please follow Guang and kill all these bastards."
Yang Guang gritted his teeth and wrote, then waved his weapon and personally joined the pursuit.
Seeing this, Jia Fu and other generals could only smile bitterly, then endured the pain and gritted their teeth and joined in.
Not long after Xue Rengui led half of his troops to withdraw, he heard miserable and direct screams in the distance behind him. He immediately did not dare to stay longer and ordered the entire army to retreat quickly.
They are not out of danger yet. If enemy reinforcements catch up, they will be forced to run away, so it is better to withdraw to a safe zone as soon as possible.
Yang Guang led the army in pursuit for ten miles, and then gave the order not to continue the pursuit. Wu Yun summoned him and asked in confusion: "Why don't you pursue the general? The enemy has been defeated. We will kill them directly. Soon we will kill all the trapped brothers."
Have you been rescued?"
"well……"
Yang Guang sighed and explained: "If I had 50,000 cavalry in my hands, I would definitely continue to pursue until the trapped soldiers were rescued. However, our army now only has 10,000 cavalry, while the Kwantung Allied Forces dispatched 100,000 cavalry.
The ones who fled were just the ambush of the coalition forces. If the pursuit continues, once Xue Rengui reacts, I am afraid that even the 10,000 cavalry will be trapped."
The generals couldn't help but be silent for a while after hearing this. Yang Guang knew that it was difficult for them to accept this fact, so he didn't say anything more. He immediately ordered to the left and right: "Sweep the battlefield quickly and prepare the entire army to retreat."
A quarter of an hour later, the casualty report was calculated. The coalition ambush casualties were nearly 3,000, and the Liang army reinforcements basically suffered no casualties. However, of the 50,000 Xiliang cavalry who went into battle, only more than 1,000 survived.
Yang Guang couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. Fifty thousand Xiliang cavalry left Hulao Pass, but when they came back, there were only more than a thousand?
This is equivalent to the annihilation of the entire army. The casualties are too heavy, right?
After learning the news, all the Liang Army generals were in agony. After all, although Li Shimin gave the order to leave the customs, they also played an urging role in it. How could they convey this to the master of Chang'an?
It took Dong Zhuo more than 20 years to have 100,000 Xiliang cavalry, but more than half of them were killed or injured in one battle. The generals in Liangzhou couldn't believe Dong Zhuo's reaction when he found out.
In addition to the soldiers, the casualties among the generals of the Liang Army were also considerable. Senior generals such as Zhang Gongjin, Gao Shilian, Mai Tiegan, Yang Yichen, and Liang Shitai were killed directly in battle, and the veteran general Ding Yanping was captured alive by the Qin army.
In addition, the Liang army also lost more than fifty captains, more than thirty partial generals, and more than ten miscellaneous generals. It can be said that their vitality was seriously damaged.
Had it not been for the rescue of dozens of generals including General Wu Yunzhao by Yang Guang at the last moment, more than 60% of the Liang Army's generals would have been killed directly.
Yang Guang sighed deeply. The responsibility for this defeat was too great and he couldn't bear it. He could only pray in his heart that Li Shimin could survive. After all, except for Li Shimin, no one in the Liang army was Qin Hao's opponent. He