Chapter 562: Enter Jinyang City
Liu Meng was unwilling to fail, in his opinion, the remaining more than 20,000 people of the Xiongnu on the right would not lose to the Wei army Pingbei Army, which had only 10,000 horses, and the emaciated camel was no longer bigger than the horse.
But Liu Meng forgot one point, the victory or defeat of the war is never based on the number of people, there are many factors that determine the outcome of the war, such as the right time and place, but the most decisive role is morale, if the fighting spirit of an army has collapsed, then no matter how many people are it is difficult to recover the defeat.
Now the Xiongnu army is in this state of low morale, although Liu Meng repeatedly ordered the Xiongnu army to muster up the fighting spirit to fight tenaciously, and he issued a huge reward, wanting to use material conditions to stimulate these Xiongnu soldiers to work for him again.
But now is different from the past, the heart of the Hun soldiers is gone, even if Liu Meng sacrifices the tried and tested bounty tricks before, it is difficult to make these Hun soldiers tempted.
In the face of the offensive of the Wei cavalry, the rout of the Huns came faster than expected, and even they did not even have the courage to fight the Wei army, but when they heard the news of the Wei army's attack, they fled.
The Great Rout caused great chaos, and in the Great Chaos, Liu Meng had lost command and control of the army, and some of the orders he issued were almost lost in the sea, and no one paid attention to them anymore.
The shouts of killing in all directions were deafening, and Liu Meng couldn't help but lament in his heart, he had completely failed this battle, and the Wei army's strong cavalry was infested on all sides, and his hope of escaping was already very slim.
But fortunately, there is still a pro-guard team of hundreds of people under Liu Meng's command, and the other armies have dispersed, but this pro-guard team has been guarding Liu Meng's side, desperately escorting him to break out of the encirclement.
Because there were too many Hun soldiers who fled in all directions, although the Wei cavalry launched a strong pursuit, they were still undermanned after all, so that many Hun soldiers fled and became fish that slipped through the net.
At the critical time, Liu Meng's luck was still good, under the protection of the pro-soldier guards, he finally escaped safely, but the pro-soldiers and guards around him were more than half damaged and suffered heavy casualties.
After breaking out of the encirclement, Liu Meng finally could rest and take a breath, but suddenly hit a group of men and horses from the northwest direction, and Liu Meng was so startled that he hurriedly jumped on the war horse, and when he was about to flee, he heard his subordinates shouting: "Right Xian Wang, that seems to be the banner of the central handsome." ”
When Liu Meng looked up, sure enough, Liu Jiao led his troops to come.
However, Liu Jiao's current appearance is also embarrassing enough, his clothes and armor are torn, and there are many colors on his body, it is obvious that he also experienced a big war and escaped death.
Now Liu Meng's appearance is not much different from Liu Jiao, they are both extremely embarrassed, but fortunately, they are still alive.
Liu Jiao led his troops to engage the Bingzhou army, the battle situation was in an unfavorable situation from the beginning, under the strong attack of the Bingzhou army, Liu Jiao's men and horses suffered heavy losses, and had to lead the army to retreat.
Along the way, he encountered the defeated army of the Huns on the right, Liu Jiao knew that Liu Meng's side was also over, he collected the defeated Hun soldiers all the way, and looked for Liu Meng all the way, and finally had eyes in the sky, so that he could find Liu Meng.
"King Youxian, this is not a place to stay for a long time, so let's withdraw quickly."
"Withdraw?" Liu Meng smiled bitterly, this heaven and earth are big, and there is no place for him, "No matter how big this world is, I am afraid there is no place for this king." ”
Liu Jiao said: "Why don't you go to Jiuyuan, the north has not been occupied by the Wei people." ”
"Let this king go to Liu Teng?" Liu Meng smiled bitterly and said: "It's better to be under the fence like this, and suffer from the white eyes of others, it's better to die!" ”
He didn't have a good relationship with Liu Teng before, but now he wants to be like a lost dog, but he defected to Liu Teng, needless to say, this humiliation alone is not acceptable to Liu Meng.
Liu Jiao persuaded: "The right virtuous king must not, the Han people do not often say, victory and defeat is a common thing in soldiers, since it is a war, it must be a loss and a win, stay in the grassland, not afraid of no cattle and sheep, now only Jiuyuan still exists, we go to Jiuyuan, maybe we can make a comeback in the future." ”
Liu Meng was silent for a long time, and finally nodded, agreed to Liu Jiao's suggestion, gathered the remnants, and looked in the direction of Jiuyuan.
Because the Huns were all cavalry, so the foot distance was faster, even if it was a rout, only part of the men and horses were annihilated by the Wei army, and finally most of the men and horses escaped, followed Liu Meng, and defected to Liu Teng together.
In fact, after Liu Teng and Liu Bao withdrew their troops from Dongguan, they did not immediately return to Jiuyuan, but marched to Dongshan and temporarily stopped on the mountain.
Hearing the news of Liu Meng's defeat, Liu Bao discussed with Liu Teng, believing that at the moment of the great enemy, the Xiongnu tribes should still unite as one, otherwise they would be defeated by the Wei people.
So Liu Bao sent someone down the mountain to pick up Liu Meng.
At this time, Liu Meng was sleepy and tired, and if a Wei army was killed, I am afraid they could only be captured.
Fortunately, Liu Bao's men and horses responded, and Liu Meng and Liu Jiao were able to evacuate to Dongshan safely.
The gathering of the four Xiongnu commanders was inevitably a little embarrassing, but fortunately, Liu Bao was shrewd, and first stated that it was his own fault, and he failed to respond to Liu Meng as soon as possible, which led to today's defeat.
Liu Meng naturally couldn't hold his quasi-Shan Yu shelf anymore, and said continuously: "If you don't listen to the good words of King Zuo Xian and the northern marshal, it's too late to regret it." ”
At present, the four tribes of the Huns still reached a compromise, gave up their previous suspicions, and unanimously faced the enemy.
Dongshan is naturally not a place to stay for a long time, after collecting most of the defeated troops of the Huns, Liu Teng proposed that the Huns still go to Jiuyuan to ensure the supply of military supplies.
At the top of Dongshan, if the weather is good, you can see Jinyang City from afar.
Liu Meng looked at this unattainable city from afar, and secretly swore that he would definitely come back and enter Jinyang in the future.
This is just a long-cherished wish of Liu Meng, in this life, I am afraid that the distance between him and Jinyang City is separated by an insurmountable city wall, and he wants to cross this distance, which is like a moat.
Leaving Jinyang, he is afraid that he will never have the opportunity to come here again in this life.
However, what Liu Meng couldn't do, Cao Liang was as easy as a finger.
On the second day after the end of the Battle of Dongguan, Tian Yu tried his best to invite Cao Liang to Jinyang City, and he would personally sweep the couch to greet him.
Of course, Cao Liang did not refuse Tian Yu's kindness, anyway, Jinyang was the last stop of his rescue and annexation of the state, and he was definitely going to enter Jinyang City, so he waved his army north and entered Jinyang City.