951. Desire to cut the back road
The Dali army suddenly appeared to be defeated.
In the darkness of the night, not to mention those who fell behind and were hit by bullets, there were not a few casualties due to trampling on each other.
It's just that Jin Hancai led the army and finally failed to capture Duan Shi alive.
Duan Shi was under the guards of those worshippers and personal guards, and under the cover of the night, he soon did not know where to run.
His cavalry scattered and fled.
Jin Hancai pursued for about ten minutes, and saw that only some stragglers were still in sight, so he was unwilling to bother to chase them.
He gathered his army, returned to the same place to clean up the battlefield, and then swept towards the surrounding villages and towns again.
Yuanling.
The Great Song Fei Heavenly Army, the Great Sage Special Forces, and the First and Second Heavy Cavalry Regiments of the Tiangu Army also launched confrontations with the Dali Army in the villages and towns of Yuanling.
The entire Chenzhou is in full flames.
In this area of thousands of square kilometers, the Great Song Iron Cavalry and the Dali Cavalry are constantly colliding like sparks.
And with the might of the Great Song Iron Cavalry and the Special Forces, they are invincible in such a small group of operations.
After paying a lot of losses, the Dali army could no longer care about grabbing food, and shrank towards the county town one after another.
Only in this way can they avoid the edge of the Great Song Iron Cavalry, otherwise with the rainbow-like momentum of the Great Song Iron Cavalry at this time, they may be able to annihilate all the troops outside the city.
In this battle, I don't know how many Dali generals were deeply aware of the gap between them and the Song army.
Until after returning to the county seat, there were still many Dali generals who were still in shock. And after a short rest and preliminary statistics of battle losses, the result made them feel even more chills.
Prince Dali also led the crowd back to Chenxi County, and he was a little afraid, and at this time, the letter was finally delivered.
He asked Duan Shi to lead his army to the west of Chenzhou to converge, and to set up a defensive line to block all these Song troops in Chenzhou.
Duan Shi didn't dare to lead the army out again this time, but just let the generals of the forbidden army under his command lead more than 10,000 soldiers out of the city.
This is also all the soldiers and horses that he can unexpectedly mobilize at the moment, except for the soldiers who defend the city. Some of the rest have not yet returned to the city, and some have slept outside the city forever.
Almost at the same time, the chief general of Dali who led the army to Yuanling also led the army to the west of Chenzhou.
The total number of military horses in the three counties of Yuanling, Luxi, and Chenxi is afraid that there must be 30,000 or 40,000 people.
At this time, the Great Song Dynasty Zhulu Iron Cavalry was still galloping in Chenzhou.
It wasn't until time gradually passed, after they swept through many villages and towns in Chenzhou, that it was difficult to encounter a large-scale Dali army.
Jin Hancai, Yin Yongning and others also knew that the Dali army was afraid that they would all gather in the county seat, so they also went west to prepare to return to the camp.
With their strength, it was almost impossible to build a county town with walls as a defense.
As a result, it is not known how many armies from both sides are converging westward in Chenzhou for a while.
On the way, the first heavy cavalry regiment of the Tiangu Army and the Dali army set off from Yuanling County encountered.
The two armies looked at each other from a distance.
After several battles, there were about 600 people left in the first heavy cavalry regiment of the Tiangu Army. But the Dali torches stretch with no end in sight.
Seeing this, the regiment commander Gu Junying did not dare to directly attack and led the army to avoid it.
Although the Great Song Iron Cavalry is strong, it also has limits. In the face of the Dali cavalry of more than 10,000 people, people were tired and tired at this time, and it was difficult to take advantage.
What only made Gu Junying quite puzzled was that this Dali army watched them avoid it, but they didn't pursue it.
He led his men on a westward journey, and it was not until a long time before he suddenly woke up.
The Dali army is trying to cut off their back road.
Otherwise, this Dali army would have no reason to ignore these hundreds of them. Obviously, I don't look down on them.
And if the back road is cut off by the Dali army, the consequences will undoubtedly be unimaginable.
After all, the more than ten armies of the Great Song Iron Cavalry seem to be menacing, but in fact there are only more than 10,000 people.
But there are more than 100,000 Dali troops in this Chenzhou.
If they are blocked in the territory of Chenzhou, more than ten iron cavalry are likely to be annihilated one by one. If you can't fight the county seat, you basically have no way to escape.
Gu Junying, who realized this, changed slightly, and hurriedly summoned more than ten scouts.
He instructed these scouts: "Go and look for the generals at once, saying that the Dali army is going east from the city, and I am afraid that it will cut off the retreat of our army." I will lead the soldiers to wait for them to gather at Liuye Village on the banks of the Wuxi River, and then go west at dawn. If I can't wait, I will lead the army to break through first, and then wait for them in Stone Town, more than 30 miles east of Zhenxi Village. ”
Zhenxi Village is where Zhang Jue's army is encamped.
"Command!"
"Command!"
More than ten scout commanders all agreed, and then returned to the army, and hurriedly led the scouts under their command.
It's just that whether they can meet the army led by Yang Kanglong, Jin Hancai, Yin Yongning and others in this huge Chenzhou is naturally unknown.
After watching the scouts go away, the middle-aged Gu Junying led the soldiers to the east and went to Liuye Village on the bank of the Wuxi River.
In my heart, I am inevitably a little uneasy.
Thinking of the Dali army he had just encountered, he knew that at this time, there must be a lot of Dali troops converging towards the west. Breaking through will be a tough battle.
It's a pity that communication is inconvenient in this era, but he can't get in touch with Jin Hancai and others immediately.
The night is getting darker.
Gu Junying led his subordinates from Yuanling to the west, and crossed a little territory of Luxi, and finally arrived at Liuye Village when there was still an hour before dawn.
Liuye Village is not a big village, and there are only more than 100 households in the village.
In fact, there is a town only more than ten miles away from Liuye Village, and Gu Junying is worried that there will be Dali troops guarding there, so he chooses the small village of Liuye Village.
And after he led the army to Deliuye Village, the village was already devastated.
The Dali army has already swept this place.
Looking at the burned houses in the village and the corpses of the people lying outside, the Great Song Iron Riders were all filled with righteous indignation.
Some generals even asked Gu Junying to lead the army to fight directly with those Dali troops.
Now Zhang Jue is still leading the remaining army to be stationed in Zhenxi Village, they only need to fight with the Dali army here until tomorrow, and Zhang Jue will definitely lead the army to help.
Gu Junying refused.
He said: "Our first regiment has been fighting hard until now, and the brothers are already tired, and we will not be able to bargain for any more fighting, and we will wait for the commanders of the regiment to lead the army to come and gather." ”
He was not afraid, but he knew that now that the Dali army was gathered, it would be difficult for them to take advantage of each other like this.
After persuading the generals again, Gu Junying ordered: "The soldiers of the whole army put out the fire torches and rest on the spot!" ”
Under his order, the torches in Liuye Village were gradually extinguished.
There are soldiers resting on the floor.
Others are looking for forage to feed the horses.
Gu Junying and the others were not sleepy, and looked at the outside of the village with bulging eyes. At this moment, I just expected that a general would lead the army to gather.
The closer she got to dawn, the more uneasy Gu Junying's heart became.
It wasn't until dozens of minutes had passed that the Great Song Iron Cavalry finally arrived at this Liuye Village again.
In front of him were the scouts under Gu Junying's command leading the way.
Seeing that the torch arrived, Gu Junying and the others hurriedly got up and ran towards the entrance of the village. Seeing the Great Song Banner in the firelight, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It was the Great Sage Special Regiment under Ren Weifei's Heavenly Army who arrived.
The head of the regiment, Shi Kangshengren, arrived at the entrance of the village, and when he saw Gu Junying and others, he turned over and dismounted, and said, "Commander Gu! ”
Gu Junying returned the salute and looked at the army behind Shi Kangsheng. I can't help but sigh a little in my heart.
He led the heavy cavalry regiment and the Dali army to charge and kill several times, thinking that there were still more than 600 people left, which was an extremely glorious record. At this moment, when I saw the Great Holy Order, I realized what a gap was.
In the end, it is a special forces regiment, the elite of the elite.
The Great Sage Special Forces Corps looked almost undamaged. This is something that is hard to imagine, but it is so real in front of Gu Junying.
After bringing Shi Kangsheng and the others to the village, Shi Kangsheng glanced around and asked, "Head Gu, haven't the rest of the robes rushed over at the moment?" ”
Gu Junying shook his head a little solemnly, "Not yet." ”
Then he couldn't help but ask Shi Kangsheng, "Division commander, have you ever encountered the Dali army?" ”
Shi Kangsheng replied with some doubts: "This is naturally there. We have had a fierce battle with the two Dali armies so far, why did Regiment Commander Gu ask so much? ”
Gu Junying's eyes showed a little admiration, "I just saw that the soldiers under your command didn't seem to have any damage." ”
"Haha!"
Shi Kangsheng laughed loudly, "Those Dali troops are just local chickens and dogs. ”
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