Chapter 494: It is advisable to chase after the poor man with the remaining bravery
Deng Ai received the order, reassembled the Yuecai battalion, and marched all the way to the north, looking at Pingyang.
The speed of the Vietnamese cavalry battalion still maintained its original speed, and it always maintained a distance of three to five miles from the three infantry battalions of the Chinese army behind it, so as not to cause the entire team to be disjointed because the Vietnamese cavalry battalion was marching too fast.
But Liu Yue fled for his life at the moment, and ran back to the Hun camp outside Pingyang without stopping.
When Liu Yue led his army south to block the Wei reinforcements, the Huns' attack on Pingyang City did not stop, and they continued to attack Pingyang City, and the situation of the Pingyang defenders was in danger.
If it weren't for the lack of experience of the Huns in attacking the city and the single means of siege, it would be almost difficult for the defenders of Pingyang to hold Pingyang City.
However, Rao is so, the defenders of Pingyang who fought continuously could not help but suffer casualties, and all the soldiers were extremely tired, and they were completely at the end of the crossbow, if it were not for the people in the city who were afraid of the Huns slaughtering the city and rushed to support, it would be difficult to sustain the Hedong soldiers led by Lin Duwei.
The Huns who stayed in the Pingyang camp were amazed to see their commanders go and return so quickly, whether they won or lost the battle, they were fighting a little too fast, and it was unbelievably fast.
However, looking at Liu Yue's embarrassed appearance and the chaotic Hun soldiers, everyone concluded that Liu Yue had suffered defeat and returned.
Defeated so quickly, everyone was puzzled, could it be that Liu Yue kicked the iron plate this time? It was so neatly defeated.
But the Hun generals were silent in unison, they all knew that Liu Yue's temper was not good, and he would usually get angry because of a little thing, whipping his subordinates and even killing people, so seeing that Liu Yue was in a bad mood, none of these people dared to speak.
Liu Yue was on fire in his belly at this time, and this defeat made him depressed to the extreme.
At this time, since Puzi raised his army, Liu Yue had repeatedly defeated the Wei army and successfully expelled the Wei army from the southern Xiongnu base area.
The successive victories made Liu Yue is spring breeze full of pride, this time the rebellion of other Xiongnu tribes in the state was extremely huge, and many cities had been broken one after another, which also made many Xiongnu seem to see the hope of rebuilding the Xiongnu Empire.
The rise of the Xiongnu in the south was relatively late, and when the Xiongnu tribes in the annexed states had already conquered the city, Liu Yue made up his mind to raise an army to rebel.
But Liu Yue started late, but the development is very fast, after all, the southern Xiongnu in Hedong County, relatively speaking, the strength of the county soldiers in Hedong is slightly weaker, not Liu Yue's opponent at all, just one month, Liu Yue successively took Puzi and Beiqu two county seats, and the Hedong town of Pingyang was besieged.
If Pingyang can be taken, the whole situation will change greatly, Liu Yue even has the idea of continuing to go south, attacking Anyi, and pocketing the entire Hedong County, such a sweet dream, Liu Yue can wake up with a smile when he sleeps.
But this time the failure to block the Wei army's reinforcements was like giving Liu Yue a slap in the face, and he was still confused, what was wrong, and the previously invincible Hun cavalry would be so defeated this time.
And the biggest consequence of this defeat is that Pingyang City can't stay still, after this big victory of the Wei army reinforcements, they will definitely take advantage of the victory and attack Pingyang, if the defenders in the city and the reinforcements outside the city should be combined, I am afraid that Liu Yue will be defeated even worse.
The only way to do this now is to withdraw the troops and return to their hometowns.
Liu Yue looked at Pingyang, full of regret, if he could be given a few more days, Liu Yue believed that he would definitely be able to conquer Pingyang City.
For Pingyang City, Liu Yue has long been salivating, although it is the same county seat, the poor Puzi City and the rich Pingyang City can not be compared at all, and the capture of Pingyang City, for Liu Yue, it is a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, and countless beauties and money.
But now it's all missing, there's no way, although things are good, but life is more important, and you can't enjoy anything without life.
Liu Yuedao also made a decision immediately, without the slightest delay, and ordered the Xiongnu soldiers besieging Pingyang and the defeated Xiongnu soldiers to retreat together and go to their base camp Puzi County.
Because the Huns were all cavalry and their movements were extremely fast, not long after Liu Yue gave the order, the Huns all flew on horseback and galloped all the way.
The Hun cavalry that fled back from the front line ran the fastest, and to be honest, the nightmare brought to them by the Wei cavalry may not be forgotten for a while.
The Hun soldiers who stayed in the camp to attack the city did not have any intuitive feelings about this defeat, and they even felt that Liu Yue's withdrawal was a little too hasty, even if Liu Yue brought half of the cavalry, but the soldiers and horses who stayed in the camp accounted for half, and the two places were combined, and the Huns had at least seventy percent of the soldiers and horses.
With so many soldiers and horses, why should they flee like lost dogs?
But Liu Yue seemed to have lost his courage, and he didn't dare to stay in Pingyang anymore, and only by returning to his hometown in the south of the Xiongnu could he provide him with a sense of security.
Under Liu Yue's orders, the Huns discarded almost all the camp tents and heavy supplies, and rode away.
Facts have proved that Liu Yue's decision is still very correct, they have just left Pingyang City less than an hour ago, and the Yue cavalry battalion has already been killed.
However, looking at the Huns who went to the camp empty, Deng Ai still shook his head in a little disappointment, it seems that the Wei army is still a step late.
The Xiongnu retreated, and the Wei reinforcements arrived, and Lin Duwei was overjoyed and ordered to open the city gate to welcome the reinforcements into the city.
However, Cao Liang had no intention of entering the city, although this encounter with the Yue cavalry battalion achieved a big victory, but the capture was not too much, only annihilating more than 1,000 Hun cavalry.
Although it is said that the 2,000-strong Yue Cavalry Battalion can kill 1,000 enemies, which is already a pretty good record, it is far from enough for Cao Liang.
He needs to defeat Liu Yue completely, wipe the southern Xiongnu from Cao Wei's map, and it is advisable to chase the poor Kou with the remaining bravery, and not to become a famous overlord.
Therefore, Cao Liang refused Lin Duwei's invitation to enter the city, after all, the current enemy is far from the point where Ma Fang Nanshan is located, Cao Liang asked Lin Duwei to guard Pingyang City and beware of the second sneak attack of the Huns.
As for the Pingbei Army, it stopped outside the city for a while, and dealt with the large number of captured war horses and heavy materials, Cao Liang left all the things that the Pingbei Army needed, and left those that were not needed to Lin Duwei for him to deal with.
There were also some Xiongnu prisoners of war captured in the battle, and Cao Liang also handed them over to Lin Duwei, so that he could be imprisoned in the prison first and wait for the court to deal with them.
Then, Cao Liang immediately waved his army westward and went straight to Puzi.