Chapter 194: The End of the Road
"Three Belles, we're here too."
Huang Chengyong, the banner master of the Han army with a blue flag, led 2,000 cavalry and fled for his life, and it took about a quarter of an hour to finally catch up with the Tartar army led by Mang Gurtai and Kubilong.
This is also normal, the smaller the number of soldiers, the faster they will travel.
After all, the larger the size of the army, the more things need to be dealt with, and it is not surprising that it is now being caught up by the soldiers of the two thousand Han army with blue flags.
"Huang Chengyong, the current Gushan Fort has been lost, is there an enemy army catching up in the rear?"
At this time, Mang Gurtai didn't care about blaming the other party for why he fled without a fight.
After all, this is his own fault, treating others as cannon fodder, and in the case of death, he is not allowed to let others escape?
This is the first time I abandoned my teammates, and I can't say anything.
Although these teammates are just some pig teammates, a group of cannon fodder.
If the words are so, they can't say it clearly, otherwise, the hearts of the people will be scattered, and the team will not be easy to lead.
What Mang Gurtai is most concerned about now is that he saw that those new troops of the Ming Dynasty had about 20,000 cavalry, but he didn't know if they would chase after them.
This is a big problem, and you have to figure it out right away, so you can have a good idea of it, so that you can make corresponding countermeasures.
"Sanbeile, about ten miles away from the rear, there is a 10,000-strong cavalry brigade of the Ming New Army chasing after you."
Although he was abandoned as cannon fodder by his master before, Huang Chengyong did not dare to show his resentment and dissatisfaction at all.
He really has nowhere to go now, except for his master's life, he can only go to the deep mountains and old forests to live as a savage.
The soldiers of the Han army with blue flags behind him will not go with him.
The movement of the cavalry collective rapid march was already very large, so it was normal for Huang Chengyong to know that there was a large army chasing after him in the rear.
He is also an old **, so he naturally knows that when the army is marching, there must be scouts in front and back, left and right.
Therefore, it is normal to learn the number of pursuers of the Ming New Army.
He didn't dare to keep up with Mang Gurtai, and he was slightly behind by a horse, and then reported: "However, those Ming cavalry are not as good as us, and it is difficult for them to catch up with us. ”
It's hard to catch up, not that you can't catch up.
Because now one side is fleeing for its life and the other side is pursuing, and the speed cannot be slowed down at all.
As long as the speed of either side slows down, they will be chased by the enemy, or they will flee completely.
"Sanbeile, should we turn back and fight with the cavalry of this Ming New Army?"
On the side, his brows furrowed, and he turned his head to Mang Gurtai while galloping on his horse.
He was an experienced veteran soldier, and he knew that the large army had to cross the river in front, and when crossing the river, the speed of the cavalry march of the brigade must be slowed down as much as possible.
Now the distance between the enemy and us is less than ten miles, and under the gallop of the war horse, the enemy will soon be able to catch up with his own side.
Perhaps, as soon as his team of men and horses has crossed the river, the other party will arrive at the bank of the river.
"No way!"
Mang Gurtai was not a fool, he had a clear mind about war.
Beat?
What to fight each other?
Now this is not far from the lonely mountain fort at all, maybe the two sides have just started fighting, and the other party's reinforcements have arrived.
If you are not careful, you will be dumplings by the enemy, and there is a great possibility that the whole army will be wiped out.
He knew very well that the commander of the new army of the Ming Dynasty, since he would send troops to chase after him, he would definitely not have any follow-ups.
Lu Xiangsheng's biggest purpose should be to drag his army, and then the army will catch up and encircle and annihilate himself and others.
It was a very normal train of thought for him to think so.
After all, how could a commander who could command an army of 100,000 people, who had undergone great changes now, be a fuel-efficient lamp?
"Well, then let's speed up a little faster, don't skimp on horsepower, and hurry to the front to cross the river. After crossing the river, it is a flat river, no matter how powerful the new army of the Ming Dynasty is, it will not be able to help us for the time being. ”
Suppilon only said his own suggestion, and he also knew what Mang Gultai's concerns were.
I have to say that this reckless Gurtai looks rude and reckless, but in fact, his understanding of war is beyond that of most of the generals of the Dajin Kingdom.
Only on the side, Huang Chengyong felt that something was wrong, and he felt that there was always something wrong here.
However, he couldn't say what was wrong.
Perhaps, this is pure intuition, intuition that cannot be explained.
He subconsciously buried his head in the war horse under him and galloped, his heart was full of worries, thinking about what the hell Lu Xiangsheng was doing.
However, when I think about it, I can't understand where the trace of uneasiness in my heart comes from.
In just a few moments, the army had come to the bend in the river.
It is a vast open field, and although the river is sandy, it is very flat.
Because of this year's spring drought, the deepest part of the river can only overflow the calf, which is very suitable for large armies to cross the river.
Scouts had already been sent out at the front of the large force, and none of them reported anything out of the ordinary.
In fact, now that the large army is running away en masse, it is impossible for the scouts to conduct the same subtle investigation as usual.
After all, these scout squads, they are also busy running away.
Therefore, the vast majority of scout teams only go forward and backward to find out if there are any enemy pursuers, or whether there are enemy ambushes ahead, and there is not enough time to explore most of the places on both sides of the river.
"Cross the river!"
Mang Gurtai did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered the army to start crossing the river.
There is no way, the scouts report back, the enemy in the rear is chasing very quickly, and the enemy's pursuers are getting closer and closer to their own large forces, and at most they will not exceed ten miles.
You have to let the soldiers cross the river to the other side as soon as possible, so that they can relax and run home with peace of mind.
"Tom"
"Tom tom"
"Tom tom" ......
For a time, a large number of cavalry teams, driving the war horses under them, slowly entered the river one after another, and the sound of horses' hooves falling into the water was loud.
It took less than a quarter of an hour for half of the army to line up on the other side.
Seeing all this, Mang Gurtai and Kupilon breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.
Now it only takes a while, the army can all cross the river, even if the sound of the enemy cavalry galloping behind him is already faintly audible, the other party will definitely not catch up before his army crosses the river.
It only takes a short period of time, the sky is high and the birds can fly, and the sea is wide and the fish can jump.
However, there is an iron law at all times in the world: when you are at the most proud and relaxed in life, you will often be happy and sad, either being hit head-on by your opponent, or being betrayed by those closest to you.
Suddenly, faint, almost invisible fireworks spread rapidly from the dense forests on both sides of the river towards the vast area of the river!
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!" ……
In just a few blinks of an eye, a violent explosion erupted from the gravel on both sides of the river!
It turned out that Lu Xiangsheng and 20,000 brigades of men and horses, who were ambushed not far from both sides of the river, had already buried nearly 100 20-pound explosive bags on both sides of the river!
These nearly 100 explosive packets exploded almost at the same time, causing huge results beyond ordinary people's imagination.
The entire river and both banks were so shaken that even the ground trembled violently, and the gravel and sand in the sky splashed everywhere in an instant!
Almost all the space in this area of hundreds of zhang is full!!
The explosion caused a wave of air that seemed to distort even the air!
In the shroud of stones, sand, dust, etc., the terrible neighing of horses and the howl of people, like the sudden eruption of earthquakes and volcanoes, resounded throughout the world!