Chapter 814: Small Victory

The dust and dust and strong fluctuations of the air carried by the air wave swept across the flat ground in front of the valley mouth, and countless stumps and broken arms, javelin arrows, fragments of iron on elephant seats, and wooden planks sprayed violently in all directions.

The dozens of remaining war elephants in the rear screamed and turned around, just to get out of this terrifying hell as soon as possible, and recklessly rushed towards the Jiaozhi infantry who were still in shock and sluggishness following the elephant formation!

The sergeants on the war elephants frantically stabbed the elephants with their javelins, trying to regain control of them, but in the blink of an eye, the agitated elephants swept them with their thick trunks, or slammed into each other's bodies, shaking them off and screaming into the forest of elephant legs.

Hong Zhenhou couldn't help but be stunned as he looked at the huge mushroom-shaped gray-yellow clouds rising in front of him.

The Cochin Army, which was closely following under the clouds, let out a terrifying cry and turned around and squeezed towards the rear army.

A scene that made him tremble appeared, countless of his own war elephants caught up with the retreating infantry and rushed into the army formation, like huge rolling stones rolling over the young grass that had just emerged on the ground, crushing over.

But the juice of the young grass, all bright colors, dyed red all the way behind the war elephant.

As soon as Wang Zhongzheng stood up, a shuttle dart with a half-section of the dart shaft flew towards him from afar, and it swept by his helmet with a "dang" sound, and he didn't know where the bullet flew.

"!" Wang Zhongzheng was knocked to a stumbling side, and the red tassel on his helmet was slashed clean by the dart blade, flying around.

But he couldn't care less, and grabbed a soldier with a brass horn on his waist: "Blow the trumpet!" Hurry up and blow the trumpet for Lao Tzu! ”

"Da Di Da-"

The sharp sound of the horn sounded on the hillside on the side of the valley, and a shout broke out from the rear of the Zhenrong army, and the rear of the Chinese army launched a charge together, squeezing the chaotic front army out of the valley!

Then it was easy to do, one by one, the horses, carrying the warriors on their backs, nimbly dodging the horses that were still frightened by the front army, and galloped towards the battlefield ahead.

The horses under Zhang Shiju's seat were still in shock, and they were pushed around by the horses of the rear army.

A sergeant rode in front of him, Zhang Shiju's eyes were quick, he pulled him off the horse, and then flew to the horse, drew his riding knife and turned around: "Kill-"

Horses are social animals, and soon, the horses of the front army were also carried by the middle and rear armies and joined the charge.

After a while, only Wang Zhongzheng's personal soldiers and strong crossbow troops were left on both sides of the valley.

"Hiss-" Wang Zhongzheng sat on the lawn with his buttocks, tilting his head and touching his neck: "I hurt my tendons." ”

Guo Huai crawled to Wang Zhongzheng's side, and the fat on his body was still trembling: "It's all right, it's not ...... Are you alright? ”

Wang Zhongzheng's face slowly twisted his neck in pain, and turned his face to the miserable Taniguchi: "Look, what good things you did on a dog day." ”

Guo Huai had the opportunity to look at the battlefield after the war for the first time, and the tragic scene frightened him: "Good ......"

Outside the valley mouth, where the van had just been parked, there was only a large pit left, and twenty or thirty elephants were lying around it.

Nearby, their bellies were broken, and there was a large patch of blood under them, and some of them in the distance were not dead, but were still screaming in pain, kicking the huge elephant's feet in vain.

From the crater to the distance beyond the valley, the grass along the road was a mess of corpses.

In the distance, thousands of cavalry chased and defeated.

The sound of shouting and fighting was almost inaudible, only the sword flickered from time to time, reflecting back the still strong sunlight of the cochin from time to time.

The soldiers gathered one by one, looked at Wang Zhongzheng and smiled: "Captain Tai ......"

encountered in a hurry, except for Guo Huai, the others in this gang did not play a role at all.

Wang Zhongzheng didn't bother to talk about them, and leaned on Guo Huai's body: "Straight lady thief, you still hide this hand?!" ”

Guo Huai had palpitations on his face: "That was an illegal operation just now, Shao Bao asked the ambush cannon to find cover to dodge after reloading, and then pulled the hair, I made it a bomb body to hit and fire...... It's dangerous......"

Wang Zhongzheng laughed, laughing softly at first, and finally laughing so much that his whole body trembled: "Lao Tzu would rather be killed by your dog day than be trampled to death by an elephant." ”

Guo Huai also gradually laughed and trembled: "Those big animals, it seems that they really don't have eggs...... I've heard that elephant trunks are delicious......"

The soldiers who were cleaning up the battlefield shouted from the side of an overturned van in the distance: "Captain! There's still a guy hiding here! ”

Wang Zhongzheng shouted: "Arrest that kid for Lao Tzu!" This courage is heavenly! I just watched him slip down! ”

A few personal soldiers brought the man over, the baby's trouser legs were also torn, the armor was crooked, and the shrapnel cut on her face, which looked very scary, and saw Wang Zhongzheng smiling: "Sun Neng has seen the capital eunuch." ”

Wang Zhongzheng scolded: "You monkey, how can I explain to your master if you are like this now?!" ”

Sun Neng was originally Li Xian's subordinate, because his father failed to fight at Kunlun Pass when he was on the southern expedition, so he asked Su You to retake the route taken by his father, inherit his father's legacy, and complete his father's career back then.

This is filial piety, Su You couldn't refuse, so he had to throw him to Wang Zhongzheng, but he told Wang Zhongzheng in private, don't worry about meritorious service or anything, don't let this kid play with his life!

As a result, he still played this play, and it can even be said that he reversed and laid the middle line of the battle in one fell swoop, such a great achievement, Wang Zhongzheng couldn't hide Su You if he wanted to.

Sun Neng bowed his hand to Guo Huai again: "Guo Sima's artillery skills are really accurate!" ”

Guo Huai is still in a trance, which is also the sequelae after the adrenaline subsides, and he can't answer at all.

On the contrary, Sun Neng, who was closest to the explosion point, was stupid and bold: "The artillery drill code can be changed, and the set of insurance measures for Shaobao is not credible in the craftsmanship of the ordnance supervisor and the case, and now it seems completely unnecessary." ”

Wang Zhongzheng glanced at him: "Hurry up and go down to find the doctor, this is broken before marrying the bride, Shao Bao should have one more layer to worry about." ”

Sun Neng ran away, and Wang Zhongzheng wanted to get up, but he felt that his legs were weak.

looked at Sun Neng with envy: "Dog's day, the old Sun family is born to plant ......"

After grinding for a while, he got up and patted the straw on his buttocks: "Count how much ammunition is left, collect the scattered horses, and see how many of those carts are still usable." ”

Guo Huai is finally normal: "The Tang Dynasty physician Chen Zangqi said that elephant gall does not attach to the liver, and only swims in various parts of the body every month. ”

"Only the nose does not go to a place, it is its own meat, the taste is the best, and the southerners cherish it for its fat and crispy, and it is still roasted."

Wang Zhongzheng looked at Guo Huai's fat body: "You really have a few points of true inheritance, but why do you have a mouthful of optics and the soles of your hands are sparse?!" Last time I ate your barbecue, I almost didn't die for Lao Tzu! ”

Guo Huaiyun smiled: "Mistake, that time was a mistake......

Wang Zhongzheng touched his neck and instructed the soldiers: "Then cut off the noses of those dead elephants and marinate them with lime." I just heard that it was a good thing, but I don't know how to get it! ”

"Let's get it according to the method of preserving the bear's paw first, and then wait until I see Shaobao. Shave off the elephant loin and braise it! Eat your fill and go on the road to catch up with the front army! ”

At the end of November of the ninth year of Xining, the Song army defeated the Jiaozhi army in the Duli Pass, Zhang Shiju expelled the elephant herd and trampled on the Jiaozhi army, and the cavalry then covered and killed, beheaded Li Chaohong Zhenhou, and pulled out the county of Hulang.

Luping Prefecture guarded Shen Jingfu's order to surrender to his subordinates, and he committed suicide by hanging himself from the beam in the palace.

The 30,000 Jiaozhi elites were completely wiped out in this battle, and the Song army captured nearly 10,000 people, and by the way, more than 70 elephants were harvested.

The Song army won a complete victory on the west road and the middle road.

However, there is no going well in the East Road Zhao Di.

Relying on the Fuliang River and the Yuanjiang River, Li Changjie deployed three lines of defense, and it was two naval divisions that contained the Song army.

In the lower reaches of the Fuliang River, Wei Shou'an and Zhaowenhou adopted correct tactics and used the ships of the Navy to launch a flexible guerrilla warfare centered on the Changjiang crossing, which greatly restrained Zhao Duan's movements.

However, Su You's Guangnan Naval Division, Hebin on the East Road and Yang Congxian on the West Road, attacked the Fuliang River from the waterway, but was attacked by another naval division of Jiaozhi - Li Jiyuan, who was stationed at the mouth of the Yuanjiang River, sent a ship to attack Wei Shou'an, and was evenly matched for a while.

And several of Su You's killer schooners are nowhere to be seen. As a result, after the Song army achieved huge initial results, the battle situation fell into a stalemate.

At the end of November, Guo Kui's Western Route Army and the Central Route Army joined forces, and the leaders of all the streams along the way also surrendered and became the leading party.

At that time, the countryside was still in a semi-feudal and semi-commune system, and the official and community fields were mostly cultivated by the population of various countries plundered by Cochin.

According to Su You's suggestion, the Song army immediately collected documents and registers whenever they went to a place, opened the official warehouse, distributed seeds and grain to slaves and peasants, and at the same time distributed the official fields and the land of the powerful people in the court to the slaves and the lower households, with an interest of about two percent.

With this measure alone, wherever the Song army went, although it was not enough to eat pot pulp to welcome the king, at least the local people could do it by turning a blind eye and not helping each other.