Chapter 35: The Annihilation of the Army (Part II)
In Liaoyang Prefecture, Tokyo, the conscription work was carried out very smoothly under the auspices of cyborgs. But Feng Ye has not relaxed his vigilance, and has been sending people to keep an eye on the movements of the 300,000 army of the Liao State.
When the 30,000 pioneers of the Liao State counterattacked towards Liaoyang Mansion, Feng Ye had already received the news. handed over the work of defense to Ruan Xiaoqi. Instead of waiting for them to attack, it is better to take the initiative and solve these enemies in a war, so that the losses caused by the war will be a little smaller.
The current territory of Liaoyang Mansion is already his Feng Ye's territory.
There are 30,000 forwards in Liaoguo, one person and three horses, and they have rushed back since the fall of Liaoyang Mansion, and they have traveled under the stars and nights. In just two days, they rushed to Liaoyang Mansion.
The reason why these 30,000 forwards wanted to rush back was also because they hoped that Feng Ye's foothold was not stable, and those Liao nobles in the city would be able to bring some trouble to Feng Ye, and when the time came, they would reconcile with each other and recapture Liaoyang Mansion. Yelu Derong, the chief general of the Liao army, is also about to lead troops to counterattack.
Because there are many great nobles of the Liao Kingdom who have escaped in Liaoyang Mansion, they have very accurate information on their side. The people who occupied Liaoyang Mansion were the 3,000 Youyun Iron Cavalry led by the thief leader Feng Ye, and the 30,000 forwards sent by the Liao State this time were all elites selected by Yelu Derong, the commander of the Liao army, from the 300,000 Liao army.
It's a pity that Feng Ye cleaned the city very thoroughly, all the nobles, big landlords, and rich families of the Liao State were all cleaned by Feng Ye, and even the big Tang landlords who were close to the Liao State were also cleaned. It made the city settle down a lot in a short period of time.
The vanguard of the Liao State rushed to Liaoyang Mansion overnight, and in order to prevent being attacked by the enemy, they deliberately chose a place 30 miles away from the city to camp. After preparing for repairs, the siege will be carried out.
Thirty miles, even if the enemy knew that they were camped here and went out of the city to meet them, they would have to run for half a day. They can be given enough time to take a break to cope.
However, what the Liao army didn't expect was that the speed of the biochemical war horse in Feng Ye's hand far exceeded that of the Liao army, and it was relatively easier than ordinary cavalry fighting infantry. A distance of thirty miles is a relatively safe distance for an ordinary army. But for the Shadow Cloud Iron Rider, it's just a matter of charging.
Feng Ye led three thousand Youyun Iron Cavalry to step on the rising sun and launched an attack on the Liao army. "Kill!" Feng Ye shouted, and a virtual shadow floated behind him, emitting a glittering golden light in the sunlight. The huge dragon head raised its head to the sky and roared, making the hearts of countless Liao soldiers tremble.
In the face of the Liao army that came in the starry night, even if it was an elite, how much physical strength could be left at this moment? Youyun Tiecai rode a charge, and the Liao army was divided into two. The large battalion that had just been set up did not play a defensive role in the slightest.
The Youyun Iron Rider is a man and a horse wearing armor, and the fence tent is naturally rushed through, and under the horse's hooves, it is trampled into pieces. The Liao army had just arrived, and their camp was not built strongly. There are no pits and antlers or other defensive structures.
There are also three catties of nails in the rotten ship, and even if the Liao State is decayed and the army is corrupt and incompetent, there are still a group of loyal and patriotic people among them. These people are the elite of the Liao army. Warriors.
In this battle, which lasted from morning to noon, the corpses of the 30,000 troops were all over the field, a third of the 30,000 troops were killed, nearly 15,000 prisoners were taken, and the rest were scattered and fled.
After Feng Ye collected the captives and war horses, handed them over to Ruan Xiaoqi in Liaoyang Mansion, he led the Youyun Iron Cavalry straight to the main force of the Liao army. For ordinary cavalry, it takes two days to travel under the stars and nights, but for the Shadow Cloud Iron Cavalry, it is only less than half a day.
At this moment, Yelu Derong, the chief general of the Liao State, is looking at the generals in the military tent with an angry face, last night's battle, Chen Da, the guard of Shanhaiguan, led the army to attack at night. Let the Liao army suffer heavy losses. Yelu Derong looked at the casualty figures in his hand, only to feel that his eyes were black, his heart was stuffy, and he almost spurted out a mouthful of blood.
It's miserable. Last night's battle, even the wounded, the dead, and those who fled. The losses of the army amounted to nearly 100,000 men. This is also because he was careful enough as the commander in chief, and the camp was built in a scattered manner, stretching for dozens of miles. The camp in the back didn't know what was going on in front of them, so they didn't let the family serve it.
He originally planned to lead the army to fight back and defeat Liaoyang Mansion, but last night's battle completely exposed the weakness of the Liao army. Lack of food and grass, low morale, let alone such an army to attack Liaoyang Mansion, even whether it can successfully evacuate the battlefield is a questionable thing.
Yelu Derong slapped the paper in his hand on the table fiercely, and shouted angrily: "Tell me, how did this battle go?
"Back to the general, most of the officers of the former battalion are missing. Someone whispered back below.
What does it mean to be missing, everyone is not a newcomer to the battlefield, of course they know it. After the enemy's night attack, this kind of situation of not seeing people alive and dead without seeing corpses is most likely to flee. Of course, the possibility of being captured is not ruled out, but that is unlikely.
It is very troublesome to collect captives during night raids, so most night raids do not have captives.
Yelu Derong gently rubbed his aching head, most of these guys who escaped were from Khitan nobles, and this time they came to mix military merits. At the beginning, I was looking for relationships one by one to stuff people in. At the moment, they are running faster than the other.
At this moment, the army is short of food, and the defeat is decided. After going back, I was afraid of the guilt of defeat, and I still needed him, the Lord, to resist. Even if he was born into the royal family and was defeated like this, I am afraid that after he goes back, there will be no good end.
If it weren't for Feng Ye's unusually harsh policy towards the Khitan nobles, I'm afraid that he would even have the mind of surrendering now.
"General, although we killed a lot of people in the battle last night, it is not necessarily a bad thing. A general whispered below.
"Hmm, tell me?" said Yelu Derong as he looked up and said in a cold voice.
"General, in our army, there was originally five days of food and grass hoarded, but now the general sent 30,000 elites to counterattack Liaoyang Mansion. Last night, nearly 100,000 more were killed and wounded. If you save money, it will be enough for the army to hold out for ten days. With this time, we can return to Zhongjing Dading Mansion. The Liao general said in a low voice.
Now that the war has just been defeated, everyone from top to bottom is in a bad mood, so even if it is an idea, you have to keep your voice down, otherwise this kind of escape idea is easy to be used as a punching bag and a scapegoat.
The city of Liaoyang Mansion is thick and thick, and these generals are very clear, where can be taken in a short time, rather than fighting for their lives, it is better to honestly return to Zhongjing Dading Mansion. Anyway, the punishment for defeat does not fall on their heads. And the Lord shall bear the glory of Jerod. For them, retiring is the best option.
"Alas, how can it be so easy, as you can see, the thief army in the city will not let us retreat smoothly. Jerodron said bitterly.
"General, all go, of course it's unrealistic, but we still have more than half of the infantry in our army, and the infantry is good at defensive operations, so it's better to stay and buy time for the army to retreat. As soon as they heard this idea, several Liao State officers suddenly lit up.
To put it bluntly, the gecko broke its tail, leaving the infantry to block the enemy, and the generals ran away with the cavalry.
"General, now Zhongjing, Shangjing is empty of garrison, once the enemy attacks, the consequences are unimaginable, for the sake of Daliao, we must bring the large army back!" Several generals became more and more excited, and one by one they were awe-inspiring, as if they were not allowed to go back with their troops at this time, and who was the culprit of the country's demise.
Yelu Derong smiled disdainfully and said: "Since several generals understand the current battle situation, then let's discuss, who will stay behind to lead those infantry to stop the enemy!" As soon as this sentence came out, all the generals immediately fell silent.
Everyone understands that at this time, staying is a dead end. The most important thing is that there is no food. The cavalry had to bring enough food with them when they ran. How much food could be left for these infantry? When the time came, the troops would have to mutiniate without the enemy attacking. Even a general with the ability to do it will be helpless in the face of this situation.
Immediately afterwards, the eyes of everyone in the big tent were on the person who came up with the idea, Qu Li, the general of the Liao State.
In many cases, this is the case, whoever finds the problem, has to solve it. Are you the only one who is smart enough to see the problem? It's just that everyone doesn't say it. If you say you've found a problem, then I'm sorry, and the problem should be left to you to solve.
Everyone's idea is also very simple: "Of course you have to implement your idea." Do you have the idea of sending someone else to death?"
Qu Li's face flushed with anger, and he shouted angrily: "It all depends on what Lao Tzu does? Lao Tzu's subordinates are all cavalry, and they will not lead the infantry. "When it comes to this life-and-death situation, he can't care about the righteousness.
Yelu Derong pondered for a while, Qu Li was a nobleman of the Liao State after all, and this task of sending him to death was handed over, and he was afraid that his family would not give up after he went back. Originally, I lost the battle inexplicably, and there was no good fruit to eat after I went back, so at this time, it was better not to have one more enemy.
Selected, a group of Liao nobles set their sights on the Han general Sun Zhong. As a general with no background and not from the Khitan ethnic group. When it comes to this kind of life-and-death situation, of course, he is the most suitable.
There may be people who are not active in the war, but in this kind of defeat and escape, these people are extremely fast. The deliberations were completed in the morning, and before noon, the army of 50,000 was ready to go.
It's not that I don't want to bring more people, but there is no food in the army now. If there are more people with you, the rest of the people are not stupid, once the soldiers below know about it, they don't need to fight the thief army, and the army will immediately fall apart.
Of course, it can't be said to be an escape, but only to recapture Liaoyang Mansion in Tokyo. The group didn't even eat lunch at the camp, so they set off in a hurry. There is a shortage of food and grass, and there is a fart fight.
Feng Ye's Tanma has been staring at the Liao army camp, and the 50,000 army has been targeted by Feng Ye since they left the barracks. Today's Liao army lacks food and grass and has low morale. It was the best time to destroy them, how could Feng Ye let these living forces live to the Liao Kingdom.