The good news is that Durm captured Dumuji, killed nearly a hundred people in the Fucha tribe's direct relatives, and captured more than a dozen people. Even the grandson of the leader of the Fucha tribe became a prisoner.
The bad news is that the Fucha army has withdrawn from Dasheng and is pursuing Durmu. Durmu is retreating this way and was intercepted by Aguta on the way, causing heavy damage.
Yang Xuan was dumbfounded and stared at the cavalryman who reported the news for a long time: "These are obviously two pieces of bad news. How did you see the good news?"
The cavalryman said gruntingly: "It must be good news that the Fucha army has withdrawn from Dasheng."
Yang Xuan was at a loss for words, but he immediately rolled his eyes: "Can this be considered good news? It would be good news if they withdraw their troops later. Now what we have to face is that the Fucha Department comes out in force. Do you think we can still
Can you hold it?"
He tapped the cavalryman's helmet with his fingers: "We're afraid we're going to die on this grassland."
The cavalryman patted his chest: "As soldiers, it is our duty to die in battle."
Yang Xuan kicked him in the butt: "Go away, our combat goal has been achieved, and now life-saving is the first priority. Fight to death."
After the cavalry left, Chen Zhuo and Dong Yue also looked solemn.
"Sir Yang, the city of Dumuji has been destroyed, the Fucha troops have withdrawn, and so many people have been killed in Dulm, I'm afraid it will be a fight to the death."
"Yes, yes, Master Yang, we need to make plans early."
Yang Xuan glanced at the two of them: "Then what suggestions do you have?"
The two looked at each other and said, "I will wait for Master Yang's instructions."
Yang Xuan nodded. He thought the two men were trying to persuade him to leave Durm behind and retreat first.
From his point of view, abandoning Durm is also an option, but the loss is too great. It is not as simple as Durm and the others dying in the battle, but the relationship established with the Essien Department. It is estimated that this will end
collapse.
So Yang Xuan planned to make a big gamble, that is, to stay and cover Durm and retreat together. Although the risk was high, the reward was proportional to the risk.
By keeping the Durm army retreating, the relationship with the Essien tribe can be further improved. After the Oara people are defeated, they can join forces with the Essien tribe to annihilate the Fucha tribe in one fell swoop. By then, the entire grassland will be ruled by the Essien tribe.
Well, with this relationship, the crown prince's position is secure.
"Dong Yue, take your troops and set off to the south today. Set up positions every five hundred miles and leave some soldiers to support you."
Dong Yue was a little confused, but he still accepted the order.
"Chen Zhuo, just follow me here to support Durm."
"My subordinates have orders."
Dong Yue thought for a while and then said: "Master Yang, otherwise, General Chen and I should stay behind to support you, while Master Yang leads the troops to build a position."
Yang Xuan raised his eyebrows: "What, you still want to take my credit?"
Dong Yue was embarrassed: "I don't mean that, I think..."
"I don't need what you think, I just want what I feel. Just now you said it was just my order, but now you turn around and deny it?"
"My subordinates dare not."
"If you don't dare, go quickly. Don't delay. If you didn't build a good position when we retreated, I will punish you."
"Yes, I will guarantee it with my head..."
"Go, go, go, whoever wants your head will be the ugliest person in the army."
Dong Yue went out crying.
He was the retreat arranged by Yang Xuan, a position five hundred miles away. The so-called position was nothing more than digging holes to block the enemy cavalry.
After all, it takes five days to go south to enter the pass. By then, there is no need to worry about enemy pursuit. The people asking for help have already set off. As long as the pass guard does not deliberately delay, they may be able to meet Dasheng's reinforcements in three days.
After arranging everything, Yang Xuan sent people to continue digging holes, and at the same time sent three thousand cavalry from the Fucha Department to provoke the enemy.
The enemy chose to station here, obviously to prevent Durm from crossing the river. As a response, Yang Xuan had to cause some trouble for the enemy.
Since it is a provocation, it is not really about fighting, but constant harassment so that you can get closer and dig a hole. It is best to bring the enemy camp within the range of the trebuchet.
At the end of the day, Yang Xuan's troops advanced a full five miles, and three lines of defense were dug in the ground.
When it got dark, he dug even more unscrupulously, because after a day of provocation, the enemy did not respond. Unless all the arrows were shot into the enemy's camp, they would send a team of cavalry to drive them away.
Once you retreat, the enemy will never pursue you.
Yang Xiao was very curious about this: "Are these still prairie cavalry? Aren't they called the wolf clan? How come they are the same as sheep?"
Yang Xuan glanced at his eldest brother and sighed. Originally, he planned to let his eldest brother withdraw with Dong Yue, but his eldest brother refused to die, so he had no choice but to let him stay.
"I estimate that the enemy's troops have lost their morale and no longer have any will to fight."
Yang Xuan said: "Brother, think about it, if you are fighting and see your comrades around you die in battle, at most you will feel sad in your heart, and at most you will want to avenge your comrades, but if your comrades are injured but do not die, then
You will keep listening to his pitiful wails. As time goes by, the morale of the army will inevitably be shaken, but you can't abandon him yet."
Yang Xiao suddenly realized: "So when you command a battle, you never make a killing blow. That's why, right?"
Yang Xuan nodded: "Being injured but not dead is their burden, not only in terms of manpower and material resources, but also in spiritual terms."
Yang Xiao pondered for a moment: "Then do we want to conduct a night attack?"
Yang Xuan was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes lit up. He was only thinking about digging a hole. With such a good opportunity, it would be unreasonable not to attack at night.
He immediately summoned his generals to discuss a sneak attack.
The plan is simple. The cavalry will charge into the camp, and the crossbow archers will cover it. If the enemy counterattacks, they will retreat to the trap position.
A battle plan was made in a few words, and after some arrangements, the troops began to mobilize.
The crossbowmen go first, and after arriving at the designated position, the cavalry begins to dispatch, trying to keep the two arms arriving at the same time.
Although the trebuchets were heavy, they brought three of them.
The enemy's camp was backed by the Jina River and hung in the air on three sides. Yang Xuan was not greedy for credit and only attacked one side. When the cavalry launched a charge, although the enemy camp was passively defensive, it also began to gather troops.
But before Dasheng's cavalry arrived, overwhelming rubble fell down, sending the enemy troops flying.
When the enemy finally managed to organize a unit despite gravel and arrow rain, Da Sheng's cavalry had already rushed into the camp.
The troops that had just gathered were dispersed in an instant.
Dasheng's cavalry did not bother and charged directly into the depths of the camp. The crossbowmen behind them began to show off their power and fired in three stages, causing the crossbows to fire at the enemy without stopping.
Countless enemy soldiers were killed by crossbow arrows as soon as they rushed out of the camp.
Regardless of the fact that the enemy has nearly 30,000 soldiers, 30% of them are seriously injured and the rest are lightly injured. In other words, there are only a few intact soldiers in the entire camp.
When they were suddenly attacked by a sneak attack, although their first reaction was to fight back, after the first wave of people who had the courage to fight back were all shot and killed, the rest of them were already thinking about how to save their lives.
It's not an exaggeration to describe them as frightened. In just one stick of incense, the cavalry went back and forth in the enemy camp without encountering any decent counterattack.
When Dasheng's cavalry entered the enemy camp again, they found that the enemy troops had begun to flee.