Chapter 395 decides where to go

Li Bao's 4,000-foot cavalry was the first to attack, and this group of foot soldiers on horseback was divided into two teams to approach the Jin army's horse team, and immediately dismounted to form a formation, covering each other, and striking at the Jin army with bows and crossbows. 『』

The Jin army is all elite Jurchen cavalry, they have not been in contact with the Great Song infantry cavalry, in their eyes, the cavalry and infantry of the Great Song Dynasty are so vulnerable, they can take a little effort at most, and a few charges can defeat the Song army.

But I didn't expect the opposing cavalry to dismount and fight, and continue to advance towards them in a small team, and if you want to carry out a scattered outflanking bar, they will immediately retreat and re-mount their horses, so that you can't get rid of the pursuit, and can only start a frontal battle with them.

To put it bluntly, the tactics are a bit of a scoundrel, forcing people to give up cavalry mobility, and then give full play to the advantage of foot pullers, shooting arrow after arrow one by one.

The battle was extremely fierce, Li Bao was also desperate, the 4,000 Song army against the 3,000 Jin army, still fighting very hard, it can be seen that this gold army is absolutely Allah, there is not the slightest water to save zài. Also, if you can follow Brother Yinshu across the river, how can it be a miscellaneous army, which is not a strategic detour, but to send you to death.

However, even if the Jin army arrived at the back, even if it was a bluff and could not figure out the situation, Wang Xiu was not worried at all and did not order a full-scale counterattack. What is there to worry about, he has already made careful arrangements, and the most important task now is to contact more troops to withdraw, not the time to solve the Jin army.

Because, with the preservation of this Jin army, the panic of the Song army can be intensified, and there will be more reasons to withdraw the troops, all in order to preserve their strength and better carry out counterattacks.

Now, even if a battle is won, it is obviously impossible to get anything that can stop the 60,000 elite horse army of Sticky Han. Even if it can be delayed for a while, what will happen to the East Road army that cannot be separated, and the people will be like a broken bamboo, and they will drive directly to Kaifeng and the remnants of the defeated generals will not get a respite from the reorganization, and they will always be passively beaten.

The entire battle situation deteriorated to the point that it could no longer deteriorate, blindly not giving an inch, constantly consuming vital forces, and finally could only step into destruction, taking a step back, it was not a sea and a sky. Sometimes, people understand this truth, but it is very difficult to do it.

The rear was fiercely fought, and the Song soldiers in each village were panicked, but they all scolded Miao Song and other Hedong generals, Wang Xiu clearly wrote on the Guantang sent to each village, the Jin Army's breakthrough was in the Hedong Forbidden Army Defense Area, and the Hedong Army villages on the north bank were the first to collapse, and directly made Miao Song and others guilty.

All the armies pulled out of the village one after another to move closer to Wang Xiu, everyone bypassed the battlefield together, and gathered in the rear guard camp, no one objected to Wang Xiu's decision, and it was correct to retreat in the chaos.

Brother Yinshu was lucky, Li Bao did not attack with all his strength, it should be said that Wang Xiu's established strategy was not to annihilate the cavalry of the three thousand Jin Army, but to maximize their role and promote the gathering of more Song army generals.

Similarly, he is also unlucky, Li Bao did not do his best, but humiliated this elite Jurchen army to the extreme, the intention of sticky Han is obvious, the drum is to deter the Song army, cross the river in a roundabout way to disintegrate the will of war, and achieve the goal of not fighting and surrendering the soldiers, but I did not expect the Song army to undergo a drastic change at the top of the army, the Song army was effectively controlled, the main force did not panic and collapse, and the marshal did not abandon the troops to retreat, but the chaos of the scene can still be maintained.

The guard camp is actually a simple campsite, simple and simple, not even a wall, but a reserve of enough food and grass for tens of thousands of people, all loaded on a cart, which can be moved with the army.

When the armies arrived, they gathered in formation, and everyone hugged each other, but they formed a huge force, which could restore people's confidence, at least without worrying about the sudden attack of the Jin army.

When the armies gathered, Li Bao did not fall in love with the battle, and gradually broke away from the battlefield, which made Brother Yinshu lucky.

As the powerful Song army passed by the edge of the battlefield, he was already frightened, if these troops formed an encirclement, he would not be able to get out of the battle at all in the tactics of seventy-eight kraft candy, and the result could only be that the three thousand horse army were all wiped out, without any suspense.

However, the sudden retreat of the Song army made him feel very strange, and he hurriedly concentrated his troops to restore mobility, and sent a fast horse to report that he would cross the river quickly, and he could not delay for a moment, and he had already seen that the Song army did not intend to fight to the death.

Just when the Jin army was cruising outside, Wang Xiu summoned all the generals to discuss, and his first sentence was: The Jin army has crossed the river, and our army can no longer rely on the big river moat, so it can only withdraw to the area around Gyeonggi and wait for the opportunity to move.

Wang De was the first to seize the guard camp, he immediately said that he followed Wang Xiu, his attitude was very resolute, and the other generals were hesitant, saying that it was okay to go to the capital to station, but some people were worried that once the Jin army crossed the river, it would move very quickly, and I was afraid that it would be ahead of them.

Wang Xiu smiled slightly, the captains really cooperated with him, hesitated, but they were not really willing to go to the capital, because the road was very unsafe, but there were some things he had to say, so he said softly: "You have considered it thoroughly, since the defense line of the great river is lost, it is meaningless for our army to stay here, and the army should retreat to Kaifeng quickly." ”

These words came to the hearts of everyone, the field battle is not good, they do not have the confidence to fight with tens of thousands of cavalry, for the sake of the plan is to go to the fortified city, defeat is defeat, but at least they are loyal, and the officials will not blame the dereliction of duty. Besides, Kaifeng City is high and deep, and there is plenty of grain and grass, which is better than eating cold wind in the wild, but this is only their idea, there are also cities around Gyeonggi, but they must resolutely say that they can't hold the river, so they go directly to Kaifeng, and no one says to go elsewhere first.

Li Bao looked at everyone and said resolutely: "It's not proper, our army can't march to Kaifeng without authorization." ”

"Why" Wang De glanced at Li Bao, and his tone was very dissatisfied.

Li Bao didn't care about Wang De's attitude, nor did he care about everyone's hesitant gaze, and said: "The Son of Heaven did not issue an edict to King Qin, and the sudden appearance of our army in Gyeonggi is probably not what the Son of Heaven wants." Besides, if you see that we can fight again, if we are caught up by passers-by along the way, I am afraid that the army will scatter in a hurry. ”

Everyone took a breath in unison, no, it should be said that Li Bao said what everyone thought of, but no one said. Well, that's a good thing to say, everyone doesn't say it, but they all understand that the soldiers and horses who have been exhausted from the long battle are extremely afraid of the Jin army, although many people want to repay the hatred of losing their homes, but they still feel sorry for the Jin army in their hearts, and it is difficult to survive in the field in such a state. "Could it be that you are fighting with the captives in Mengzhou to break the net" Wang De said sharply, and he did not want to rush into a field battle. "Alright, I have a solution." Wang Xiu saw that it was almost over, and opened his mouth to close the net