Chapter 986: Offense and Defense
After all, Ye Qing did not make up his mind to blow up the embankments at the two upstream ferries, and the yellow flood disaster on Shandong East Road and Bianjing Road that had just passed was still vivid. Compared with the Jin people, he knows better how harmful the disasters brought by the Yellow River will be to the people once the Yellow River bursts.
It is obviously unfair to let the tens of millions of people on the other side suffer and suffer the consequences for the sake of a momentary victory, just as it is now that the fertile fields on the East Shandong Road, which were submerged the year before, are still unable to produce any harvest because of the siltation of the Yellow River.
Therefore, he can't guarantee how the plan of relying on blowing up the embankment to retreat will end up in the end, let alone guarantee, whether the Jin people who were defeated because of this will leave these disaster-stricken people and ignore them, and when the time comes, then he will not be able to bear this heavy charge.
After a day's rest, it was the battle of the begging stone martyrs and gods to attack from both flanks, the left flank was even worse, and the offensive on the right flank was relatively relaxed, plus the frontal attack was contained, just like crossing the river at the same time to attack on three roads.
Since Ye Qing clashed with the begging stone lie gods and slaves, this is the first time that the begging stone lie gods and slaves have shown the momentum of fighting to the death. At the same time, the pressure on Ye Qing's side is conceivable, just like a that is about to burst, blocking this side, the other side will reveal a situation that cannot be supported and is about to collapse.
After a few days of fighting, the Song army, which had only 30,000 generals left, was almost led by the nose by the Jin, from early morning to early afternoon, from afternoon to sunset, from sunset to the simultaneous lighting of torches on both sides of the strait.
For a whole day, you attacked and defended, so that the embankment on the side of the Song army changed hands several times, and even for a long time, a large part of the Jin people have boarded the embankment, forming a scale trend, and most of the war equipment such as catapults and bed crossbows in front of them were damaged in this battle and could no longer be used.
The cavalry on the left and right flanks also faced greater pressure than the frontal infantry army, and the war horses rushed directly into the Yellow River with the soldiers, and together with a large number of soldiers who were about to climb the embankment, they disappeared into the water of the Yellow River.
And when the battle situation was the most difficult, it had even reached the point where Ye Qing had to give up all the fortifications in these days and began to order the entire army to retreat.
As the sunset gradually replaced by the sunset, the embankment of the Yellow River after a whole day was already slippery, and it had become extremely difficult for the Jin people to start climbing the embankment as they had done at the beginning, as if they were struggling in the mud, so that the Song army withstood the last wave and almost directly crushed their pressure.
As night fell, invisible black smoke rose from the billowing oil to illuminate the entire battlefield, and the torches were like stars that began to fade in the night sky, forming a sea of fire on the land full of fighting.
The waist knife in Ye Qing's hand that Liu Keshi "bribed" him at the beginning was also extremely heavy in his hand at the moment, as if it weighed a thousand catties, even if he wanted to lift it simply, it became extremely difficult.
It was as if my legs were stuck in the muddy mud, and every step I took took was a drain on all my strength.
It was no longer possible to change all the forces back and forth, and from the time the sunset appeared, the entire combat strategy had been completely disrupted by the Jin people, and it was not clear who should withdraw and who should be on top, allowing the others to retreat to the rear to take a breath.
The flower planters behind them were also panting like cattle, looking desperately at the torches on the other side of the Yellow River like a fire dragon, and couldn't help but look at Ye Qing, at this time, they didn't even have the strength to retreat, only relying on the remaining troops, desperately fighting with the Jin people on the embankment.
With a strength of nearly 30,000 troops, the casualties in this battle have reached an astonishing 10,000 people, and the casualties on the Jin side's side are more than double that of Ye Qing's side, plus the stampede on the slippery embankment when crossing the river, the Jin people have hundreds of soldiers at least, because of the trampling of their companions, they were either taken away by the Yellow River, or they were trampled to death by their later companions into the muddy loess.
"The Jin soldiers retreated......." The half of the spear in Wang Chong's hand was inserted into the neck of the golden soldier on the slippery embankment, and with the clatter of the bones and spear blades, it was difficult to hide his excitement and shouted to the sky.
It's just that he was already exhausted, and his voice was already hoarse after a whole day of commanding and fighting, and the words he shouted with all his might could only be vaguely heard by dozens of people around him.
The golden people who remained on the shore, their faces were also covered with mud and blood, and they looked at the dark river behind them with some despair, at this moment, there was no ferry boat to cross the river, and they left on the shore
Someone, in front of the sudden burst of cheers and powerful combat power of the Song people, could only weaken their legs, and they didn't even have to wait for the Song people to make a move, and then let go of the weapons in their hands.
And the Song army, who was red-eyed and suppressed by the Jin people for several hours, finally because the Jin people no longer crossed the river, how could they let go of this opportunity to be angry?
Therefore, under the starlight in the sky, almost all of the Jin people, who originally had an advantage, became defenseless at this moment, and then waited for death one by one, lying on the muddy ground, waiting for the Song people to end, and they had already been numb to life.
Pulling over a war horse that didn't know where to fly to the saddle, Ye Qing, who was grabbing the horse's mane, stepped on the pile of corpses stacked on top of his feet and climbed onto the smooth back of the horse, patted the horse's belly weakly with one hand, and went to the Chinese military tent in front.
Before they knew it, even so, they had retreated for miles, and under the faint light of the torches, all the way was covered with groaning or stiffened corpses.
The iron hooves of the war horse seemed to be trying to survive in the cracks, stepping on the armor, helmets, and corpses, still moaning and suffering, and the soldiers who couldn't tell whether they were friends or foes, numb in the screams, and walked towards the Chinese military tent.
With the few soldiers behind him, followed Ye Qing to the flag in front of the Chinese military tent, with the torch illuminating the flag, as the soldiers who climbed up the muddy water climbed onto the high platform, laboriously under the light of the torches, they waved the leaf flag weakly, and then the ground that was already full of corpses was laid, just like the apocalyptic world was coming, and the zombies began to run rampant, one by one, it was like slow motion. Slowly climbed up from the ground full of corpses.
His face was covered with muddy water and thick blood, and a pair of tired and shining eyes turned his head to look at the flags in the direction of the Chinese military tent, and then as the torches were lit one after another on the high platforms, the whole earth, which had been sleeping in the night, seemed to come to life again, and more "corpses" began to squirm and stand up, and from time to time there were some screams floating higher into the night sky.
The armor leaves on his chest fell a lot in the fight, so that the place on his chest that was pasted with black dirt was like a blood hole under the light of the torch, although he knew that he was not injured, Ye Qing could still feel the pain that came after touching it slightly.
Only two-thirds of the helmet was still on his head, and the missing corner was still missing, and Ye Qing couldn't recall whether he collided with the enemy during the fight and knocked off a piece, or was cut off by the enemy.
In short, no matter what, at least whether it is the armor on his body or the helmet with an unclear color on his head, he has really saved his life today.
There was a sporadic and powerful assembly sound outside the tent, as the generals of all classes in the army began to gather the soldiers under their command, and then reported layer by layer, began to roughly count the casualties, and began to rearrange the defense again, Ye Qing finally took off the armor on his body with all his might, and the whole person instantly felt an unprecedented relief.
"How's it going?" Ye Qing opened his mouth, but he was startled by his somewhat hoarse voice, and buttoned the dirt and blood stains that solidified on his face, giving Ye Qing a feeling as if he had buttoned off a piece of the flesh on his face.
The guards who followed Ye Qing into the account looked at an exhausted figure outside, looked up at Jingqi for a while, and then turned around and said: "My lord, there are still some people who can't distinguish between friend and foe, in addition to gathering their own troops, generals at all levels also have a banner waving, presumably there must be a golden soldier fishing in troubled waters...... ”
Before the guard's words were finished, he heard with Ye Qing that there was a short scream behind the military tent, presumably the Jin people who had mixed into the Song army were discovered, and then they were executed on the spot.
Listening to the screams that occasionally came into his ears very clearly, or the faintly, delusional screams from afar, Ye Qing wiped the boot stain on the handle of the lower waist knife, until the handle of the knife was no longer slimy, but felt more convenient, then he stood up with the waist knife, and under the protection of several guards, began to inspect the entire post-war camp.
And the begging stone lie gods and slaves on the other side of the Yellow River, the gloomy faces at this time made all the generals present not even dare to breathe, that is, even after Yan Zonghao, after seeing the iron blood and ruthlessness of today's begging stone lie gods and slaves in front of the battle, he is still cold and shivering.
Especially at sunset, when following the Qishilie gods and slaves to the right flank of the main attack, because they could not attack for a long time, and the Song people on the other side swore to death
Resisting, watching the figure of a golden soldier being pierced into the river by the Song people, which made the soldiers who were ready to continue crossing the river involuntarily retreat, and began to cause a riot.
Without hesitation, the good heads of the soldiers under his command, together with the torso, rolled into the murky river water and disappeared with blood, and the gods and slaves of Qishilie did not even blink their eyes, and after a dozen or so retreating soldiers were killed on the spot, this made the Jin soldiers, who were originally about to retreat, have to attack the opposite bank again.
It is precisely because of the ruthless military management skills of the begging stone lie gods and slaves that Wanyan Zonghao once thought that he was about to completely capture the opposite riverbank, and he could directly send more main forces to cross the river without hesitation, after all, the Song people at that time were already retreating on the shore, and they couldn't resist the pressure of the Jin people rushing to the embankment.
But in the end, it fell short, not only because the Song people on the opposite side were simply not people, but also because the embankment over there was too slippery, coupled with the supervision of the gods and slaves of Qishilie, so that even if the Jin soldiers crossed the river safely, they did not dare to slack off, and they didn't even care about the companions in front of them, and just rushed forward with a sullen roar.
As a result, the rules of cover and landing were lost, so that at the most critical moment, there were too many golden soldiers crowded on the opposite embankment, but they could not form any effective connection with the golden soldiers on the embankment.
The Qishilie Divine Slave knew that the Flower Cultivation Army was very strong, even to the point of being unbelievable and jaw-dropping, but this battle of the Flower Cultivation Army was once again beyond the imagination of the Qishi Lie Divine Slave, he really couldn't imagine how he could continuously and tirelessly respond and fight for a whole day with 5,000 people!
Even in the end, when watching the Song army, which had been defeated and retreating, bully and oppress them again, and countered them and began to resist the embankment, the begging stone lie gods and slaves once wondered if there were reinforcements on Ye Qing's side, so that the Song army, which was originally dying, broke out with strong combat power again.
But he knew better than anyone that from the beginning of the morning to the end, the Song army had not even had a single reinforcement, but even so, the Song people still held on to the embankment again, so that they still could not land as they wished.
The beggar stone martyr in the military tent had a pale face, the only thing he could be sure of at the moment was that Ye Qing must have gone to the battlefield in person in today's battle, but which side did he appear on? It's still an unknown.
In the dead tent, only the gasps of the gods and slaves of Qishilie who seemed to be short of anger sounded abruptly in the military tent, although the casualties had not yet been counted, he could already estimate that after today's battle, the casualties on his side would be much larger than those of the Song Dynasty.
And the reinforcements on the southeast road of the river have not yet arrived, so even if he wants to take advantage of the decline of the Song army on the other side tomorrow to launch another battle to cross the river, he has become a little more than willing and weak.
Of course, he knew that the fatigue of the Song army today was far better than his own, but after all, the army on the other side was the army that won today's battle, and the morale of the army was naturally much stronger than that of them who could not attack for a long time, so if they attacked again tomorrow, it would be tantamount to taking their own humiliation, and they would take the initiative to send their heads.
The beggar stone martyr who had been silent suddenly let out a long sigh in the silent military tent, and suddenly the generals who were still wearing armor in the military tent were frightened, and when they shook their bodies uneasily, the armor on their bodies made a slight collision sound.
"When will the army of Hedongnan Road arrive?" The begging stone martyr god slave clenched his green fists again, and asked in a cold voice, an invisible pressure instantly pounced on the dozens of generals in the tent like a mountain.
"Back to the general, you will be able to arrive within three days." After Yan Zonghao's eyes rose slightly, he saw that the gods and slaves of Qishi Lie were staring at him, and he was instantly frightened and trembling, and he hurriedly replied more nervously than he had seen the life-and-death and tragic battlefield today.
"Let's all go down." The begging stone martyr god slave sighed again, with a trace of remorse in his tone that could not be hidden.
After the generals left, the originally clenched fists of the beggar stone lie gods and slaves instantly smashed on the desk in front of them and made a bang: "It's really stupid, at the last moment, I turned the cart before the horse, and I didn't have a keen grasp of the key points of the entire battle situation." Ye Qing must be in the middle military tent, and he did not appear on the left and right wings! ”