"Herald! Do your best to put out the fire! Let's see how much food we can grab! Although Zhang Hongfan saw that the fire was very large, he still reluctantly ordered to put out the fire.

It's better to grab a little than to burn it all out.

Half an hour later, Liu He, the marshal of the Han army, came to report breathlessly: "General, the thieves used fire oil and sulfur, the fire is too big, and the grain and grass can't be saved at all!" For now, the only way to stop the spread of the fire is to stop it from burning to other camps! ”

When Zhang Hongfan heard this, he couldn't help but jump in his eyelids.

Two months' rations of the army were destroyed, and there were only three days' rations in the battalions.

That is to say, in three days at most, the Yuan army will have to run out of food and horses and grass!

Such a big fire, such a big thing, you can't hide it if you want to, the officers and soldiers in the army must know it!

You don't have to think about it to know what it means to have your grain and grass destroyed.

Even if Zhang Hongfan is confident, he must be fluctuating now.

Now there are only three options, one is to go out of the customs and fight a decisive battle with the rebels, and end the battle within three days. The second is to send people south to Guangzhou Road to search for grain and grass in various prefectures and counties. The third is to withdraw from Meiling and go south.

There are tens of thousands of rebels in Guannan, and there is no way to collect food, and it is too late.

Then there are only two ways to do it. Either go out of the customs and fight Li Luo, or give up Meiling and go south.

Zhang Hongfan, as a famous general and veteran, quickly ruled out the method of going out of the decisive battle.

Why?

Because... Why did Li Luo want to fight with himself? He knew that he was running out of food and grass, how could he still fight a decisive battle? As long as Li Luo deliberately delayed for a few days without fighting, the hungry Yuan army would not fight and would be in chaos.

Since ancient times, those who are anxious to fight a decisive battle because of the lack of food and grass have few chances of winning, and most of them are defeats.

Then, the most reliable way is to withdraw from Meiling, lead the army south, temporarily avoid the rebels, and collect grain and grass.

This is the only reliable way!

Zhang Hongfan really deserves to be the "Nine Pulls", he figured this out, immediately raised the account, and immediately ordered: "Withdraw!" ”

The first to object was the Mongol general Adu.

"General, our army and the thieves have been facing each other for so long, and I am looking forward to a decisive battle every day, but the general does not agree. Today we are going to retreat overnight, is the general afraid? ”

Zhang Hongfan was already angry because of the destruction of grain and grass, but at this time, when he saw Ah Du's identity as a Mongolian magnate questioning and opposition, he immediately lowered his face.

"Ben Shuai is the lord of the first army, the general of Pingnan personally appointed by the Great Khan. How to fight this war, do you still need General Ah Du to teach me? Our army now only has three days of food and grass, once the decisive battle is out of the customs, Li Luo deliberately does not fight, and drags our army for three days, what will be the consequences? The lives of hundreds of thousands of warriors are at stake, why would Ben Shuai take such a big risk? ”

From a military point of view, Zhang Hongfan's decision was completely correct. But among the generals here, few can understand.

An army of more than 100,000 people took the initiative to retreat without fighting, this is simply a shame, do you want morale? More than 100,000 elite soldiers, even if the food and grass are about to run out, it is not impossible to defeat the rebels in one go.

It is too aggrieved to open his mouth and say that he will retreat.

Unconvinced, Ah Du continued: "Our army has no grain and grass, but Ganzhou does!" There are village people out of the customs and down the mountain, and they are afraid that there will be no food and grass! If Li Luo delays and doesn't fight, our army won't be able to fetch food everywhere? General, you are really cowardly, you should order to fight Ganzhou immediately......"

"Presumptuous!" Zhang Hongfan was furious, "You dare to commit it!" Come! Twenty military sticks will be heavy if you pull it out! ”

"Wow!" A few wolf-like soldiers immediately twisted Ah Du.

Liu He and the others immediately stood up and persuaded: "General, General Adu is just straightforward, and please general..."

Ah Du looked at Zhang Hongfan coldly, "General, I have offended you with my words, and I will bear these twenty military sticks today." But don't forget, general, no matter how big the world is, it is also the world of the Mongolian nation. ”

Zhang Hongfan saw the generals pleading, and originally wanted to borrow the slope to get off the donkey and spare Adu, after all, the other party was a Mongolian nobleman, and although he was a general, he was a Han after all.

But when Ah Du said this, he immediately pushed Zhang Hongfan into a corner, so that he couldn't get off the stage.

Zhang Hongfan didn't laugh angrily, "You are a Mongolian, and I am Han, but so what?" If the Great Khan doesn't believe me, don't worry about putting hundreds of thousands of troops into my hands? I also tell you, although the world is big, it is not the world of the Mongolian nation......"

When he said this, Ah Du was certainly full of color, even the generals of the Han army and the generals of Tusi were also shocked.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Hongfan's next words were: "... It's just the world of the Great Khan, and it's the world of the Sons and Sons. It's not yours, and it's not mine. I am a servant of the Great Khan, and so are you. Since you are a slave, you must act like a slave, don't think that you are a nation, just think that you are a master. Got it? ”

Ah Du choked up and had nothing to say.

Zhang Hongfan stood up and continued: "Since you came to the army, it has not been once or twice for disobedience. I killed you by the marching method, and you died in vain. Do you think that the Great Khan and the court will punish me for this? ”

He patted Ah Du's shoulder, "At the moment of the great enemy, I have a bigger stake than you, how can I be rash." You can't be impulsive when you control the cavalry, and if you miss this battle, that's a great thing. General Adu, you have to be more considerate of me. ”

Ah Du's face was a little pale at this time, and he no longer had the arrogance he had before, he stroked his chest and said: "General, Ah Du is a rough man, he said the wrong thing, don't take it to heart, general." ”

Although Zhang Hongfan saw that Ah Du was soft, he still couldn't help but mourn in his heart.

Hate not for the Mongolian nation!

As a Han Chinese, so much so that he, the Duke of Qi and the famous general of the Great Yuan who had the merit of destroying the Song Dynasty and the Sun, was humiliated by people like Ah Du!

If Ah Du is a Han Chinese, even ten heads are not enough for him to cut off!

Zhang Hongfan calmed down Adu and continued: "Our army withdrew its troops and re-entered Fujian, and waited for Kudu Timur in Fujian to collect grain and grass in Fujian. This is one of them. ”

"Second, the rebels have a lot of powerful artillery. But it is said to be very heavy, once our army withdraws from Meiling, Li Luo will definitely lead the army to chase after it. But those bulky artillery pieces were difficult to transport to Kannan quickly. As a result, the rebel artillery was useless. ”

When the generals heard this, they all nodded yes. They had long heard that the rebel artillery was powerful, and they were all afraid of it. Although the Meiling Pass is spacious and not steep, it is certainly not lucky to climb over something that is too bulky.

"Spread the military order, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, immediately notify all battalions to pull out, and after an hour, they must be pulled. Violators of military law are engaged! Zhang Hongfan officially issued a military order.

"Also, now that the grain and grass have been destroyed, the morale of the army will definitely fluctuate. When you return to the camp, you must drum up your morale. ”

"Wow!" A group of generals in bright armor received the order together, strode out of the account with sonorous and powerful forces, and arranged for each of them.

The Yuan army camp suddenly became busy. In this hectic chaos, no one even noticed that someone was secretly descending the mountain.

The news that the grain and grass of the Yuan army were burned and Zhang Hongfan withdrew overnight was reported to Li Luo by the spies in the Yuan army in less than an hour.

Li Luo was somewhat surprised after receiving the report.

He originally thought that after the grain and grass of the Yuan army were burned, Zhang Hongfan would most likely go out of the mountains for a decisive battle. At that time, if you deliberately delay for a few days without a fight, and then annihilate it in one fell swoop, you will be able to win a beautiful victory at the lowest cost.

Who knows, Zhang Hongfan was so single, he simply chose to retreat!

I still underestimate this person.

Also, if this person is so easy to deal with, it won't leave a lot of infamy.

However, Zhang Hongfan's withdrawal overnight was also under Li Luo's consideration, but he needed another set of plans to deal with it.

Li Luo raised the military meeting overnight and reported the news that Zhang Hongfan was going to withdraw the army.

"Your Majesty, you should pull out the camp and pursue." Wen Tianxiang said, "Zhang Hongfan's grain and grass were destroyed, and he was in a hurry to get out, he was right to withdraw his troops, but our army couldn't let him go." ”

Jiang Tu, Mrs. Xu and others all suggested that they pursue immediately. Zhang Hongfan did not go out of the decisive battle, so he could only implement the second set of plans.

Li Luo said: "This old boy, if he runs, it will be difficult for our army's ten-pound artillery to pass the test." At most, you can only bring small and medium-sized cannons to clear the level. Well, it's good that our cavalry is no less than him. Then go after it! ”

Zhang Hongfan only had 20,000 colored cavalry and 5,000 Mongolian cavalry, while all the cavalry of the Tang army still had 26,000, which could be pursued.

Wen Tianxiang stroked his beard and smiled: "It's not easy for him to withdraw." Guannan has 40,000 soldiers of our Tang Dynasty, 10,000 military slaves, and 20,000 Shang Zhu and Zha Yinnan, a total of 70,000 troops. ”

Li Luo and the generals didn't discuss for long, so they ordered the camp to be pulled out and prepared to pursue them overnight. The She soldiers, who are best at fighting mountain warfare, go up the mountain first as an advance team.

When the Tang army finished preparing and drove to the bottom of the mountain, there were no Yuan army defenders, only a lot of Yuan army battle flags were planted there, and if you didn't pay attention to it, you thought that the Yuan army was still guarding.

Of course, the Tang army will not be fooled by such a suspicious plan.

Because Zhang Hongfan's grain and grass were destroyed, of course, he could not send troops to the palace to stop him. If there are fewer soldiers, they can't stop it, and they just lose their soldiers and horses in vain.

So the Tang army smoothly entered the pass.

The Meiling Pass Road is not too steep, the pass road is as wide as two zhang, except for the heavy ten-pound heavy artillery, other baggage can not be difficult to cross.

When the Tang army reached the top of the mountain, it was all messy as far as the eye could see, and it was obvious that the Yuan army was in a hurry.

At the same time, there were faint shouts and firelight at the foot of Guannan Mountain.

"The Guannan Army may have already started a fight with the Yuan Army! Pursue! "Qu Shi, the commander of the She army, is an old general of Mrs. Xu, and he is very familiar with fighting in the mountains, so he led the vanguard of the She army to chase down without saying a word.

The Tang army brigade followed one after another.

Tens of thousands of torches lit up the entire mountain.

At this time, the Yuan army had already arrived at the foot of the Guannan Mountain, and the Guannan Tang Army, which had received the news, under the command of Zhu Hao Xiaobei, set up an army formation to block the Yuan army.

The 40,000 Tang troops actually came to Guannan for only two purposes. The first is to respond to Shangzhu and Zha Yinnan to burn the grain and grass of the Yuan army, and then protect the soldiers and horses of the two from being destroyed by the Yuan army. This task has been accomplished.

The second task, when Zhang Hongfan went out of the customs and Li Luo to fight the decisive battle, took advantage of the weakness to capture Meiling, attacked the back of the Yuan army, and blocked the passage for Zhang Hongfan to flee south.

But Zhang Hongfan not only did not go out of the decisive battle, but withdrew his troops, and this second task became a blockade.

Zhang Hongfan saw that the rebel army was in full formation, and his fighting spirit was dry, and he suddenly sighed in his heart.

He didn't expect the rebels to react so quickly, and he didn't expect the rebels to know that he was going to retreat overnight.

"Light the fire and repel the rebels as quickly as possible!" Zhang Hongfan didn't dare to delay, he didn't know if Li Luo would pursue and when. But he didn't dare to gamble, so he could only hurriedly order an attack, intending to quickly defeat the rebels who blocked him by virtue of his superiority in strength.

"Boom, boom—" The army of more than 100,000 yuan immediately pressed the whole army, and it was also orderly and invulnerable. Xiao Bei and Zhu Hao had few soldiers and no cavalry, so they could only list three hollow phalanxes, in the shape of a zigzag, to hold the mouth of the valley.

The Valley of Return is not a dangerous place. Although there are high mountains on both sides, they are more than three miles wide, which is actually not a valley, otherwise Zhang Hongfan would not have sent troops to garrison it.

However, the return valley is surrounded by mountains on both sides, so it can effectively block cavalry attacks. The Yuan army had more than 20,000 iron horsemen, and they could only stare dryly.

"Kill!" Under the persecution of Zhang Hongfan, the Han army that took the lead took the lead in dispatching a team of 30,000 people, lined up in a horizontal line of nearly three miles, charging with spears, and the archers of the Yuan army behind fired dense feathered arrows.

The Yuan army had a characteristic similar to the Tang army, that is, there were no pure archers, and the equipment rate of bows and arrows was very high. Tens of thousands of troops arrived and released arrows together, which immediately shrouded the Tang army in a rain of arrows.

Zhang Hongfan also quickly dispatched 30,000 Tusi barbarians to climb the mountains on both sides of the Return Valley, intending to attack the two flanks of the Tang army.

His shot was really extraordinary, and under such a terrain, he quickly put most of the soldiers and horses in the state of attack output, and there were not too many soldiers and horses idle.

Just when Zhang Hongfan thought that he would soon be able to open up the valley, suddenly there was a fire from the rebel array opposite, followed by a deafening loud noise.

"Boom, boom—"

"Bang—"

It turned out that the artillery and fire guns of the hollow phalanx of the Tang army were finally fired.

The spearmen of the traitor army, who rushed to the front of the Tang army, fell in rows like wheat blown down by the wind. The lead bullet of the firebolt pierced their armor and blasted into their bodies, and they wailed in pain.

A large number of artillery shells bombarded the dense ranks of the Yuan army, plowing out shocking blood grooves, and I don't know how many Yuan troops were killed and wounded.

Due to the long range of the artillery, it actually hit the vicinity of Zhang Hongfan's Chinese army, and many of the Mongolian soldiers who were hiding behind were killed by this round of artillery fire.

At this moment, not only thousands of Yuan troops were killed and wounded, but also greatly shocked the psychology of the Yuan army. With such sharp firearms, they all retreated in fear.

Not only the firearms of the Tang army, but also the feather arrows of the Tang army were also as dense as rain, and bed crossbows were also being fired one after another, shooting a large number of Yuan troops all the time.

Of course, the Yuan army's feather arrows were more dense, so for a time the Tang army also suffered a lot of casualties. In particular, the Mongolian soldiers who dismounted and shot arrows shot directly at the face of the Tang soldiers by the light of the fire, and their arrows shot far and accurately, and when a few arrows were shot, one person would be hit by the arrow.

As soon as the battle began, it was white-hot. It's just that because it's night, neither side can play to their maximum combat power.

Zhang Hongfan picked up a hot bloodstained cannonball, and couldn't help but shudder in his heart.

Is this the rebel firearm? It's really sharp. Wanzhe is not unjustly defeated!

The Tang army took advantage of the retreat of the Yuan army, quickly loaded the ammunition, and when the Yuan army attacked again, they cast it one after another, and hit the corpses of the Yuan army again, which was miserable.

However, the shrewd Zhang Hongfan finally discovered the weakness of the Tang army's firearms, that is, they were not reloaded fast enough.

"Herald! Heavy infantry on top! Top! Zhang Hongfan dispatched 10,000 heavy infantry from the Chinese army and ordered the general Liu He to personally supervise the battle, so that the heavy infantry could fight to the death.

"Kill!"

"Boom—"

Tens of thousands of pikemen retreated, and 10,000 of the most elite heavy infantry of the Yuan army rushed in stride, holding a shield in one hand and an iron bone in the other.

"Bang bang bang—"

"Shoot—"

"Boom—"

The Tang army's guns and artillery bombarded again, and the Yuan troops of the brigade were killed, but the heavy infantry wearing heavy armor and holding shields did not suffer many casualties.

Before the ammunition of the Tang army's firearms was loaded, the heavy infantry of the Yuan army had already approached.

"Heavy attack-" Xiao Bei gave an order, and the five thousand Tang Army heavy infantry that had been prepared long ago also held a shield in one hand and an iron bone in the other, followed closely in front of the prominent formation, and collided with the 10,000 yuan army heavy infantry.

"Boom—"

The two heavy infantry collided together, and suddenly there was a huge sound of armor leaf grinding and gold and iron.

The number of heavy steps of the Yuan army was doubled, and the heavy infantry of the Tang army was obviously stronger in individual combat, and the pikemen next to him fiercely stabbed out their spears, and the Yuan army heavy steps could not take advantage of the slightest.

"Ahh

"Dead—"

At this time, the advantages of the performance of the Tang army's armor also appeared, and it was more difficult for the Yuan army to injure the Tang army's heavy soldiers, and it was relatively easier for the Tang army's heavy troops to kill the Yuan army.

One of the Tang army's heavy soldiers was killed, and two Yuan soldiers were killed. Of course, this also has the results of the pikemen of the Tang Army. However, the pikemen of the Tang army were also killed by the Yuan army from time to time. On the side of the Tang army, with the addition of pikemen, the casualty ratio of the two armies in white-knuckle combat was almost the same.

Where the two armies fought, the white-knuckle battle was extremely tragic and simply terrifying. The hoplites liked to smash their opponents' helmets and armor with iron bones. Some of them even scuffled together, lifted each other's face armor, and drew their sabers to stab.

Often at this time, it can be seen that although the number of heavy infantry of the Tang Army is small, the individual combat power is much stronger, especially the samurai in the heavy steps, which are even more fierce and brave. Gradually, under the fierce blows of the Tang army, the Yuan army was defeated.

At the same time, the rain of arrows from the Tang army and the Yuan army camp also poured into the opposing formations without asking for money from the heavy infantry, and the soldiers on both sides were suffering hundreds of casualties all the time.

Zhang Hongfan looked at the tragic battle under the firelight, and his heart was a little trance.

This is Li Luo's rebels? How is it so strong?

Zhao Liangchao had hundreds of thousands of troops before, but he was able to win more with less and easily win. Although there are many puppet Song thief armies, they are almost all rabble, and they are not his opponents at all.

Therefore, although he had long known that Li Luo's rebels were not comparable to the puppet Song thief army, he did not expect that the rebels would be so strong in terms of equipment, fighting spirit, military formation, and even bravery.

It's still too underestimated.

Where can this kind of combat power be possessed by the thief army? It is completely the grade of Dayuan's elite.

Originally, he thought that the rebels did not have heavy infantry. As long as your heavy infantry comes out, you can break the formation.

Who knew that the rebels also had heavy steps, and... Stronger!

Just when Zhang Hongfan was stunned, there was suddenly a loud sound of "boom, boom, boom", and in the rain of blood, there were large tracts of Yuan troops who were immortal and wounded. What's worse is that this time the artillery was fired at the cavalry of the rear team, and the loss of cavalry exceeded 1,000 people.

With a "boom-", the heavy infantry of the Yuan army finally collapsed under the deterrence of the loud sound of artillery.

However, the casualties of the Tang army were not small, and the troops were at an absolute disadvantage, so they did not pursue, but only stuck to the big formation.

At this time, a large number of Tusi barbarians finally occupied the high mountains on both sides, and condescendingly poured arrows on the Tang army on both wings, and they were poisonous arrows!

Zhu Jie, monk Shangzhu and others had to transfer a large number of shields to the sides to resist the rain of arrows from the Tusi barbarian army, and they were passive for a while.

The Yuan army's two attacks were defeated, but after all, they were elite, and under the personal supervision of Zhang Hongfan, tens of thousands of pikemen shouted again to launch a charge.

However, the Yuan army had more than twice the strength advantage, but it was never able to shake the Tang army in front, but suffered heavy losses. In particular, the firearms of the Tang army, every time they were fired, they brought a large number of casualties to the Yuan army.

Zhang Hongfan's heart was pounding and he was anxious, what he was most worried about now was...... Li Luo is chasing!

However, I was afraid of something, and at this moment, suddenly a general rushed to Zhang Hongfan with a sweaty head, and said breathlessly: "General! Li Luo has already caught up! ”

What the?

So fast!

Zhang Hongfan turned his head to look, only to see that there was fire everywhere at the foot of the mountain behind him.

The main force of the rebels...... It's here!

Zhang Hongfan only miscalculated, he never imagined that Li Luo would catch up so quickly, more than he expected. He originally thought that if he quietly withdrew his troops, Li Luo would not find out until daylight the next day at the earliest.

Guannan and Guanbei are separated by a huge Meiling, and the distance is at least twenty miles, even if the battle in Guannan is fierce, Li Luo's camp under Guanbei Mountain can't hear it.

I can't catch up so quickly. Unless... Li Luo had already received the news!

It's not that he's stupid, how did he know that as soon as he ordered a retreat, there was news from a spy in the army?

But he is actually not wronged. In Li Luo's opinion, your secrecy work in the army has become a sieve, and the core information is all in my hands, where can you still win me?

Zhang Hongfan was so depressed that he almost vomited blood, what kind of battle is this? When have I fought such a humiliating battle?

After all, he is a seasoned veteran and quickly judged how to respond.

Survive with a broken tail!

He still has an army of more than 100,000 people, why do he do this?

Because this battlefield is not only small, but it is not good for him!

There are rebels in front of him, and his combat strength is far beyond his expectations, and he will not even want to defeat the other party for a while. And the main force of the rebels in the back can condescendingly attack themselves and fight to the best of their ability.

Not only is the terrain unfavorable, but also the rebels are flanked by the front and back, and it is difficult for more than 100,000 troops to deploy.

No matter how you look at it, it's a desperate situation.

It's a trap at all!

Zhang Hongfan couldn't take care of it at all, he showed the demeanor of a famous general and a strong man with a broken wrist, and immediately ordered a heavy cavalry attack, trying to break through the rebel formation that blocked him regardless of casualties.

Do this even if the heavy cavalry is wiped out!

Then he fled with the hussars.

As for the Han army's infantry army, the Tusi barbarian army, I can't take care of it.

The military orders of the Yuan army were strict, even if the army was in turmoil at this time, but under Zhang Hongfan's strict orders, the three thousand heavy cavalry still quickly got on their horses with the help of slaves, roared out of the Yuan army array, and rushed towards the Tang army formation in the return valley with great momentum.

And Zhang Hongfan led the personal guards and 20,000 cavalry, followed by the heavy cavalry, and launched a cavalry charge with all his might.

Due to the narrow battlefield here and the crowding of more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, the cavalry accelerated for a short distance, not even half a mile, which seriously affected the power of the heavy cavalry. So much so that when he rushed to the front of the Tang army, the speed was still not fast.

But... Zhang Hongfan has no other way. At this moment, he was not thinking of the Great Khan, not the Great Yuan, but his own life.

"Put!"

"Boom, boom!"

"Bang—"

Seeing the cavalry of the Yuan Army, the Tang Army had already arranged firearms to be ready for battle. At this time, a round of bombardment is simply for nothing.

Because the battlefield was narrow, the formation of more than 20,000 cavalry was very dense, and under the bombardment of artillery fire, the cavalry of the Yuan army in front fell off their horses in large numbers, and the horses neighed and fell down, or ran around in fright.

Especially the heavy cavalry at the front, the casualties were even heavier. It was simply bombarded with the head.

The cavalry of the Yuan army in the back was blocked by the dead and wounded war horse cavalry in front, and the speed could not be accelerated.

"Rush! Rush! ”

"Mordoga!"

With such heavy casualties, the cavalry of the Yuan army still desperately drove their horses to rush over.

The Don firearms could only retreat, while the heavy infantry and pikemen were again on top.

"Boom!"

The cavalry of the Yuan army collided with the pikemen, and in an instant, I don't know how many cavalrymen were stabbed to death by spears. Cavalry generally does not attack the spear formation, because it is too cost-effective, but Zhang Hongfan can take care of so much.

At the same time, many of the pikemen of the Tang army also died under the impact of the cavalry of the Yuan army.

"Kill!" Liu He, the general of the traitor army, also led tens of thousands of traitor troops to rush up. But in front of them was the cavalry of the Yuan army, which was blocked, and they couldn't get over at all, so they had to shoot a rain of arrows.

Under the onslaught of the cavalry of the 20,000 Yuan Army at any cost, the cavalry of the Yuan Army finally rushed into the Tang Army's main array.

Sadly, however, the speed of the horse has been lost!

So the cavalry of the Yuan army was even more miserable. The well-trained Tang army had long been trained in the tactics of breaking the formation once the cavalry broke the formation, so they did not panic at all, since the formation was chaotic, they simply gave up the military formation, and took the even as the combat unit, under the command of the commander and the samurai, formed a small team one after another, and killed the cavalry of the Yuan army, which had lost its horse speed.

The cavalry of the Yuan army charged the formation at any cost, and when they rushed into the large array, they had already suffered nearly half of the casualties, and at this time the horsepower was lost again, and they immediately fell into a situation of being besieged.

Many cavalrymen were dragged off their horses and killed.

At this time, Li Luo's Tang army finally arrived and launched an attack on the Yuan army's infantry army.

First was a volley of firearms, and then there was a rain of arrows in the sky, killing and injuring a large number of Yuan troops and hitting the morale of the Yuan army, and then Li Luo took the opportunity to give the order for the squad to fight.

"Squad melee" is a tactic specially trained by the Tang Army. In the case that your own formation is chaotic or the battlefield is very chaotic, the squad melee can give full play to the advantages of the Tang Army's strong individual combat power and good at squad cooperation, and kill the enemy to the greatest extent.

At this time, the battlefield has become a pot of porridge, and the battlefield is very small, with a radius of only a few miles, so this tactic is just used.

For a time, tens of thousands of Tang troops entered the chaotic Yuan army's infantry ranks, and the two sides began the most tragic white-knuckle battle.

In the white-knuckle battle, the effect of the Tang Army's long-term hard training was fully reflected. The Tang army is not only strong and sharp, but also has physical strength and fighting skills above the traitor army and the Tusi barbarians, and the will to fight is even more tenacious. The Yuan army suddenly fell into disadvantage at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It didn't take long for the traitor army to almost fall into the point of being slaughtered one-sidedly. Even the Tusi barbarians, who were known for their bravery, were slaughtered by hundreds of wolves and tigers by the wolf-like Tang army.

At the same time, every time the Tang army firearms were reloaded, they fired a salvo at the densely populated area of the Yuan army. Each time it brought a large number of casualties to the Yuan army.

At this time, in the return valley, the cavalry of the Yuan army finally broke out of the siege of tens of thousands of Tang troops at the cost of almost all casualties, and fled while the Tang army on this side had no cavalry.

Zhang Hongfan led the remaining more than 2,000 cavalry, desperately fighting horses to escape.

The man didn't even look back at the army he had thrown down.

Zhang Hongfan's horse was running fast, but his heart was cold. There was only one thought in his trance: escape.

He knew he was done.

Even if you have the opportunity to return to Dadu, you will be swept to the end.

The Great Khan was a magnanimous man, and victory and defeat were common in soldiers, and although this battle was so badly defeated, the Great Khan did not kill him.

But don't think about official titles at all.

How can a husband be without power for a day? Even if the Great Khan doesn't kill him, he'll be finished.

However, he didn't want to die!

Isn't it good to be alive?

In addition to Zhang Hongfan, there were also Mongolian generals such as Adu and Martinsfu who escaped together.

There were more than 800 of the 5,000 Mongolian cavalry, and only more than 1,400 of the 20,000 colored cavalry.

Of the twenty-five thousand cavalry, there are only more than two thousand left.

The cavalry rushed into the heavily defended infantry formation, and the cost was too great, too great.

Ah Du stared at Zhang Hongfan in front of him, and he had the heart to kill.

But at this time, he didn't have time to settle accounts with Zhang Hongfan.

At this time, the situation on the battlefield has been completely clear, with the surrender of a large number of traitor troops, the Yuan army that is still stubbornly resisting is only 30,000 or 40,000.

Although their resistance also brought casualties to the Tang army, it was meaningless.

Li Luo learned that Zhang Hongfan only led more than 2,000 cavalry to escape, and immediately sent Hugu himself to lead 10,000 Jurchen cavalry to pursue. After thinking about it, he didn't feel at ease, and sent Li Yi's 4,000 party cavalry to pursue.

But he was still not at ease, and once again sent Shi Mo Huaide's 5,000 Jurchen cavalry to pursue.

Nearly 20,000 cavalry were sent to pursue Zhang Hongfan in one go.

Half an hour later, the stubborn Yuan army died, surrendered, and finally the whole army was annihilated.

The captured traitor army alone exceeded 40,000 people, and thousands of Tusi barbarians surrendered. Nearly 10,000 people took advantage of the chaos to climb the mountains and flee in all directions.

After half a day of fierce fighting, the casualties of the Yuan army reached 90,000, and the army of more than 100,000 was annihilated.

Nearly 10,000 uninjured horses were captured, and weapons and armor were not counted.

The Tang Army can be described as a complete victory!

Until noon, the casualties of the Don army were also counted.

There were 15,000 casualties, of which more than 5,400 were killed.

Li Luo received the battle report and was silent for a long time.

The casualties are indeed within his acceptable range, but these are all veterans of the Tang Army!

How could Li Luo not feel distressed?

The military medical team in the Tang Army treated the wounded soldiers as soon as possible. Li Luo ordered the establishment of a wounded camp on the spot to allow the wounded soldiers to heal and recuperate.

The bodies of the soldiers who died in the war were also registered one by one and sent to Ganzhou to prepare for a grand burial.

The Battle of Meiling was the largest battle since Li Luo raised his army, and it was also the battle with the largest casualties in the history of the Tang Army.

However, the significance of this battle has far-reaching implications.

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