Chapter 375: Bite to Death
In July of the second year of Jingtai, the large camp of the Chinese army in Warat.
In the northland in July, the weather has cooled slightly, and the strong winds in the wilderness at night have completely blown away the heat of the day, and the battle flags in the camp have been blown to the sound of hunting.
The Great Khan of Warat also stood expressionlessly outside the tent, looking at the large-scale mobilization of soldiers and horses in the night, and his heart set off a turbulent wave.
At this time, nearly 150,000 Warat troops received the order to retreat almost at the same time, of which 12,000 soldiers and horses were gathering towards the Chinese army camp, and the remaining 13 or 40,000 Warat troops all began to slowly retreat.
The general Arazhiin had already set off with 30,000 vanguard soldiers and horses, and took advantage of the night to rush to the north to clear the way for the main army.
And the king of the journal is commanding the army to assemble and go north.
After watching it for a while, he left the Chinese army camp under the escort of a thousand heavily armored iron horsemen, and it didn't take long for him to catch up with the main army led by the king of Saikan, and more than 100,000 people hurried with their heads bowed in the night, like an endless army of night demons.
In the past, when the Warat army marched, it was full of people, and for these Hu people, military discipline was not so strict, and generals at all levels would not ask soldiers to be quiet during the march.
But at this moment, almost all the Warat soldiers were silent, and the shadow of defeat hung over everyone's hearts like a dark cloud.
At the same time, the power of the soldiers and horses in Yanzhou Town also made these Tartars feel uneasy, and almost all the Warat soldiers unconsciously watched into the night in all directions, for fear that those fierce Ming troops would suddenly kill.
also rode forward first, and the king of the race followed the horse, and the two of them were also silent, just hurrying away.
By dawn, the army of more than 100,000 Warat was already exhausted, and the Great Khan of Warat ordered the whole army to camp on the spot, rest for an hour, and then continue on the road.
At the same time, Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Yanzhou Town, also received an urgent report from the night, and learned that the main army of Warat had retreated north overnight, leaving only more than 10,000 people and horses to garrison the camp to block the army's pursuit northward.
"Haha! It seems that I can't hold on to it at first! ”
Therefore, Liu Juntao sent a fast horse to inform the soldiers of the front and rear battalions of Yanzhou Town to prepare to intercept the Wara army, and informed the officers and men of the Iron Cavalry Army to follow the main army of Warat, delaying the northward speed of the main force of Wara;
At the same time, Liu Juntao immediately assembled the soldiers of the pioneer battalion, the right battalion, and the middle army battalion in Yanzhou Town, and assembled within an hour, and the army immediately went north to pursue it.
An hour later, Liu Juntao led three battalions of soldiers and nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses all the way north, rushed directly to the camp of the Wara Chinese Army, surrounded the 12,000 Warat soldiers and horses who remained here, and then launched a siege.
Due to the urgency of time, Liu Juntao did not have enough time to attack slowly, so he ordered the soldiers of the two battalions of the pioneer battalion and the right battalion of Yanzhou Town to attack at the same time, and took the large battalion of the Wara Central Army within half an hour.
This time, because Liu Juntao led the army to pursue, the artillery of each battalion did not go north with the army, and all of them remained in the large camp and were guarded by the baggage soldiers of each battalion.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”
"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”
In the blink of an eye, there was a roar all around the large camp of the Warat Central Army, and more than 20,000 soldiers from the pioneer battalion and the right battalion of Yanzhou Town attacked at the same time, and more than 10,000 bird guns continued to bombard in turn, which suddenly brought a storm to the Warat soldiers and horses in the camp.
In just a short period of time, 12,000 Wirat soldiers and horses suffered one-third casualties, and the rest of the Warat soldiers were also terrified, and even many people ran away in shock, and the entire Warat camp was extremely chaotic.
Temporary camp for the main army of Warat.
The general Zhou Zongsheng also led more than 5,000 iron cavalry soldiers to catch up with the main force of the Yexian Division, and these more than 5,000 iron cavalry soldiers were divided into dozens of teams, and they used the three-eyed gun as an offensive means to rush towards the hundreds of thousands of Wara troops that had been lined up for defense.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”
"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”
The roar of one after another sounded, and the Wara soldiers and horses who rushed up to intercept the soldiers of the Iron Cavalry were suddenly hit hard, and hundreds of Warat Iron Horsemen fell off their horses and died tragically, and the remaining thousands of Warat Iron Horsemen were also frightened.
At this time, he also looked at the thousands of soldiers of the Iron Cavalry who were rushing back and forth, all of them frowned, and the two of them were also extremely anxious in their hearts, for fear that the time would drag on for too long, Liu Juntao led tens of thousands of main forces to catch up, and then it would be convenient to break their muscles and bones.
"I don't know what's going on over there in Arazhiyuan!"
He also looked at the battle situation in front of him, but in his heart he was thinking about the 30,000 army that opened the way in front.
The king of the journal was also shocked when he heard this, and the meaning of the first could not be more obvious, since the Ming army could suddenly appear here and drag the main army of his own side, it could also appear in the north, intercept the soldiers and horses of the Arakzhi Academy, and completely cut off the way of life for hundreds of thousands of troops to return north!
The king of the journal took a deep breath and said, "There shouldn't be a big problem over there, our sentinels are all over a radius of more than ten miles, and we haven't seen the movement of a large number of Ming troops!" ”
also looked at Baishan Mountain in front of him first, and said: "Don't forget, we are surrounded by Baishan Mountain and Leigong Mountain, and the Ming army can make a detour from the mountains day and night!" ”
Hearing this, the king of the journal suddenly panicked, and whispered: "So, what can I do!" ”
Yexian's face was also ugly, and he said, "No way! Concentrate the main army and defeat the Ming army iron cavalry in front of you at any cost! ”
"What!"
The king of the journal exclaimed: "Then the casualties of our army are very large! ”
"Time!"
also said with a blushing face; "Now we don't have time, we can only exchange human lives for time!"
Soon, he also gathered 50,000 iron cavalry, surrounded him from three sides, and rushed towards the iron cavalry soldiers.
At this time, the situation of the Warat army was very critical, and the whole Warat army understood this, so under this charge, all the 50,000 Warat iron horsemen took the lead, and the momentum was extremely huge!
Seeing this, General Zhou Zongsheng also frowned, and then waved his hand and ordered the whole army to retreat immediately, leaving the battlefield first.
Liu Juntao's order to the Iron Cavalry only delayed the advance of the main force of Warat, so there was no need for Zhou Zongsheng to fight to the death.
Soon, more than 5,000 iron cavalry soldiers retreated like a tide and withdrew in the direction of Baishan Mountain.
However, Yexian's face was still ugly, and he said, "Herald!" The army immediately went north, and at the same time sent additional sentry cavalry to prevent the Ming army from entanglement again! ”
Really!
The main force of Warat had just advanced not far away, and Zhou Zongsheng once again led his army to attack and harass, which made Yexian and the king of the competition very worried.
He was furious and immediately gathered 30,000 iron cavalry to attack, and ordered the iron cavalry soldiers to be pursued and killed until they were defeated.
Seeing this, the general Zhou Zongsheng knew that he could not delay any longer, so he fought and retreated, completely got rid of the attack of the Wara army, and went directly south to join Liu Juntao's department.
At this time, Liu Juntao had already led the main army to annihilate the 12,000 soldiers and horses of the large army camp in Wara, and joined the soldiers of the Iron Cavalry on the way north.
Knowing that the main army of Warat had gone north at full speed, Liu Juntao did not blame Zhou Zongsheng, and said to Zhou Zongsheng who came to ask for guilt with a smile: "The iron cavalry army has insufficient soldiers, which is also an inevitable thing, and it is not a fault of war!" ”
After that, Liu Juntao ordered the whole army to pursue north at full speed, preparing to flank the Warat army together with the front and rear camps of Yanzhou Town, which were already guarding between Baishan Mountain and Leigong Mountain in the north.
"The whole army is in pursuit!"
The army rolled north, and Liu Juntao roared loudly in the army: "Soldiers! After hitting the Tartars hard, the people of the northern land of the Ming Dynasty can rest and recuperate, catch up, and bite the Tartar army to death for me! ”
For a time, the whole army went north at full speed.
However, after tens of thousands of Ming soldiers pursued more than ten miles north, they collided head-on with the 20,000 Warat army.
These 20,000 troops are the elite of the Warat army, and they are the blocking soldiers and horses left behind to save their lives.
Liu Juntao's face was also a little ugly when he saw this, and immediately ordered the officers and men of each battalion to meet him for a decisive battle, and ordered the whole army to defeat the enemy within an hour at any cost!
In the blink of an eye, the sound of killing in the wilderness shook the sky, countless birds roared, the whole earth shook, and even the sun in the sky was frightened, and hid in the clouds!