Chapter 162: The Great War, the Final Chapter
The bloody battle continued, but Li Liangfu found that something was wrong, as if the number of the Song army had never decreased, it had been a fierce battle for six hours, and the Song army had not decreased at all, but the cavalry had lost more than half, which was obviously abnormal, and the only explanation was that the Song army was constantly increasing its troops.
Thinking that the Song army was constantly increasing troops, and then thinking about the rash withdrawal of Weihai, Li Liangfu was not confident, he didn't want to work hard to support it, and he didn't want to be a general who was wiped out and sacrificed his life for the country.
Before setting out on the expedition, Emperor Li Qianshun secretly met with Li Liangfu, and there was only one theme, that is, the whole army must not be annihilated, as long as it cannot be won, we must find a way to bring the army out.
Obviously, after the battle of Shuofang, Li Qianshun no longer thought that Richard was invincible, and he was unwilling to take risks before he gave this order, but this emperor who did not understand military affairs did not expect that this stupid decision would do all kinds of harm to the Western Xia cavalry.
Li Liangfu not only met with Emperor Li Qianshun, but also met with Li Renli, King of Shu, and Li Renzhong, King of Pu, after all, this guy doesn't want to bet on one person, and in the dispute between the three kings, how to protect himself is more important than anything else.
Once the battle is defeated and the soldiers are all wiped out, then what's the point of going back, Li Liangfu was born in the Tuoba Department, he didn't want to kill all the elites of the Tuoba Department on the battlefield, seeing that there was no hope of victory, and the Song army continued to increase its troops, he finally gave the order to retreat.
Retreating, Li Liangfu led more than 10,000 cavalry to choose to retreat, which gave the Folding Moon Immortal in front of him a big problem. Originally, it was 5,000 cavalry to chase after Brother Richard's 1,000 cavalry, but it didn't take long for Weihai to lead 5,000 cavalry to come back to help, which was equivalent to 5,000 versus 6,000.
Five thousand cavalry against six thousand cavalry, and it was a two-front battle, which was a huge pressure for the Oriyue Immortal, but she quickly made adjustments.
Zheyue Xian led 4,000 cavalry to block the 5,000 cavalry of Weiming, and Liu Ruyan led 1,000 cavalry against Richard Ge's 1,000 cavalry. Such a two-front battle, although it is at a disadvantage, but after all, it has stabilized its position, and it is difficult for the two sides to kill each other.
The battlefield is changing rapidly, with Li Liangfu leading 18,000 cavalry to kill, Zheyue Immortal knew that there was a big trouble, maybe these 5,000 cavalry would be handed over here, this is his own dowry, how can he die before he gets married?
Just when Zhiyue Immortal was in a bitter battle, Yang Zaixing and Gao Pet led the two imperial shuangbi to cover the kill, and Lu Junyi, Hua Rong, Xu Ning, Li Yun, Guan Sheng and others led the army to cover and kill from behind.
Not only that, Liu Yanqing led an army of 30,000 to cover from the left, and Yao Pingzhong led an army of 30,000 to cover from the right.
Nearly 100,000 Song troops surrounded the Western Xia cavalry in the middle from three sides, and the cavalry of Zheyue Immortal could finally breathe a sigh of relief and no longer fight on two fronts, but began to hit the energy to deal with Weiming.
The defeat was like a mountain, and Richard knew that the general trend was gone, and he knew that holding on could only destroy the whole army, so he ordered a retreat.
More than 20,000 Western Xia cavalry withdrew in the direction of the Golden Wolf Military City, and the 100,000 Song army was in hot pursuit, but the 5,000 cavalry of Zheyue Immortal was forcibly asked to withdraw from the battlefield, after all, Liu Zhenglong still felt sorry for his daughter-in-law.
The Laolongkou area is not very large, and the more than 20,000 cavalry coming here seems a little crowded.
Boom, cannon fire, the earth trembled, artillery roared, countless horses were frightened, countless cavalry were killed and wounded.
At this time, Liu Fa's 30,000 elite soldiers blocked the way of the Western Xia cavalry, followed by 100,000 Song troops, and in the middle was the artillery bombardment.
Countless cavalry were killed, the horses were frightened and fled in all directions, the Western Xia cavalry was in chaos, and even Richard's eardrums were shattered, and blood flowed everywhere, which shows how powerful the artillery is.
"Heaven will kill me, and it is not good to fight." Brother Richard finally understood why Liu Zhenglong claimed to be 80,000 infantry against 100,000 cavalry, this was originally a scam, hateful, he didn't know until now.
If there is no artillery, at least more than half of the more than 20,000 cavalry can escape under the flanking of the 130,000 Song army, but now, it is obviously very difficult to break through, and no one knows how many can run out.
Fight to the death, bloody battle? Brother Richard did not have the courage to fight, he was not afraid of failure, but once the 100,000 cavalry was wiped out and he returned to Xingqing Mansion, how to explain to the imperial court, King Pu and King Shu would definitely take the opportunity to make trouble, at that time, it was not how dangerous he was, but that His Majesty's throne would be in jeopardy.
Breaking through, Richard Brother, who did not have the courage to fight to the end, finally chose to break through and let the generals lead his men to flee in all directions, and they can escape as much as they can.
Weihai was loyal to Brother Richard, and this guy led 3,000 cavalry Brother Richard to break through and run towards the Golden Wolf Military City.
Under the impact of 3,000 cavalry, Liu Jiajun suffered heavy casualties, and finally there were loopholes in the defense, allowing Wei Ming Weihai to escort Li Chage to break through successfully.
Although he let Richard go, Liu Fa did not despair, and he ordered the remaining Western Xia cavalry to be surrounded and annihilated.
There were constantly successful breakouts of the Xixi cavalry, but in the end most of them were wiped out, and those who really broke through successfully were not even 10,000.
However, the terrain of this place is relatively good, even if the breakthrough is successful, before reaching the Golden Wolf Military City, there is only this one direction to escape. Of course, there are still sheep trails, but there is no way for large-scale cavalry to pass through.
The army was in hot pursuit, and although the speed of the infantry could not catch up with the cavalry, the two sides could not close the distance because they were not much away from the Golden Wolf Military City.
Now it's like a giant dragon, the Western Xia cavalry is the dragon's head, and the Song army behind is the dragon's tail, but it feels like the tail is too big to fall.
When Richard was fleeing, he kept dividing his troops, making the soldiers run around in hundreds, and he himself changed into the clothes of ordinary soldiers.
At this time, there was no Jin King Richard, only the Western Xia cavalry scattered and fled. This is definitely a nightmare for the Western Xia cavalry, without the king of Jin, it is equivalent to the dragons without a leader, and the soldiers no longer have the courage to fight, just run with one mind.
It is not so easy to run, although there are only 1,000 defenders in the Golden Wolf Military City, but the Western Xia cavalry does not have the courage to enter the city, because once they enter the city, they are doomed to be surrounded and annihilated, and it is impossible to run.
At this time, it can be said that there are Richard brothers among dozens of Western Xia cavalry, and there is no Richard brother in every team of the First World Fire, in a word, this invincible Western Xia god of war disappeared out of thin air.
In the face of the scattered and fleeing Western Xia cavalry, it is much more difficult to encircle and annihilate, after all, two legs can't run four legs, which is destined to be extremely difficult to annihilate, but these are not the reasons for the generals to report upward, because there is only victory or defeat on the battlefield, and there is no reason.
After Liu Fa and Li Jun and Liu Fa discussed, it was decided that the large-scale encirclement and annihilation could have come to an end, and now the army was divided into zero, and the Western Xia cavalry continued to be pursued and annihilated by hundreds and thousands of people, after all, there were only four roads leading to the interior of the Western Xia, and in the end it was necessary to cross the big river, otherwise it would be necessary to detour hundreds of miles or even farther, for these Western Xia cavalry who had no food, that road was not easy to walk.
At the same time that Liu Fa and others divided the army's words into zero, Liu Yanqing, Liu Qi, and the middle class of the seed division received a notice and began the work of encirclement and annihilation.
The long river is destined to be a nightmare for the Western Xia cavalry, and it is destined to pay a price if you want to cross the river, knowing that hundreds of warships are cruising on the river, and it is almost impossible to retreat with all your body.
Sheepskin raft, at this time, the Western Xia cavalry's means of crossing the river played a major role, the first batch of Western Xia cavalry who escaped to the big river began to break into pieces, three or four soldiers took a sheepskin raft to cross the river. These sheepskin rafts were sewn from sheepskin and were the most common tool used by nomads when crossing the river, the small ones could carry one or two people, three or four people, and the large ones could carry dozens of soldiers and even horses across the river.
Because it is from the battlefield retreat, only some soldiers with small sheepskin rafts, many do not have sheepskin rafts, when crossing the river, there are wolves with more meat and less, at this time, there are sheepskin rafts to cross the river to have a chance to live, followed by the Song army to chase and kill, either cross the river or die.
In order to cross the river, the Western Xia soldiers began to fight, and then a battle ensued, and countless soldiers were not killed by the Song army, but died at the hands of their own people.
It is very lucky to be able to come to the edge of the river, after all, most of the people are still fighting hard behind, there are interceptions in front, and there are pursuers in the back, this group of Western Xia cavalry is like a lost dog, scurrying around.
Li Jun looked at the Western Xia soldiers who were torn apart by the river, and couldn't help but laugh secretly at Tong Wei and Tong Meng in his heart, and the two brothers said, "You can't give them all the opportunities to make meritorious contributions, it's time for you to show your face, maybe you can catch Brother Richard, don't say so much, you are ready, try to kill all of them, and don't let a single Western Xia soldier cross the river." ”
Obviously, the guns on the big ships were not used, but the sticks did, and the three or four feet long poles on the warship were slapped, and the sheepskin rafts were overturned, and the soldiers on them also fell into the river.
The battle on the river was very spectacular, but these had nothing to do with Liu Zhenglong, he took Zhiyue Immortal and Liu Ruyan to return to Jingzhao Mansion under the escort of five thousand cavalry.
I have to say that Wang Boyan can be a man, and the prefect of Jingzhao Mansion led the officials, gentry, students and business people of Jingzhao Mansion to greet him outside the south gate, which can be said to have given Liu Zhenglong enough face.
The prefect of the fifth grade personally went out to greet the sixth rank official, this is where Wang Boyan will come, on the other hand, Liu Zhenglong is the Qinling county prince of the second grade, and there is nothing wrong with Wang Boyan to greet him.
Good things come in pairs, Hua Rongying gave birth to a son the day before Liu Zhenglong came back, which is indeed a good thing for Hua Rong, who is an uncle, and he has strengthened his confidence to follow Liu Zhenglong.
The family was happy together, and Hua Langying's son was finally named Liu Yingchen, which is Liu Zhenglong's eldest son. A few days later, Liang Hongyu gave birth to a son named Liu Yuchen. Now Liu Zhenglong is regarded as two sons and two daughters, before Liu Rumei gave birth to the eldest daughter Liu Rushi, and Pan Yun gave birth to the second daughter Liu Yunshi.
The entire Jingzhao Mansion was filled with the joy of victory, but Liu Zhenglong was very calm, after all, if he couldn't catch Brother Richard, this battle would not be considered a complete victory, and all he could do now was wait.
Where is Richard? In order to avoid being chased and killed, this lost dog hid in Tibet, and he finally gave up crossing the river and chose to take a detour. This guy knows that Liu Zhenglong will never let himself return smoothly, there are 30,000 Song Dynasty sailors on the river, and it is not easy to cross the river, and a detour is the safest.
Safety is destined to come at a price, that is, to make a detour of hundreds of miles, in the deserted Gobi Desert, if you want to survive, you can only kill horses to satisfy hunger. Although nomads regard horses as their lives, it is normal to kill horses when their lives are threatened.
Ten days later, Richard finally returned, and they came to the Orlan tribe, a very small tribe in Western Xia, with less than a thousand people, but they had always been loyal to Richard.
The leader of the Orlan tribe, Orlan Junjian, personally greeted Brother Richard, killed cattle, killed sheep, and entertained him, which was regarded as a shock to the king of Western Xia and Jin.
Maybe it's because he's too tired, or maybe it's because he came to his own territory to relax, Brother Richard, who hasn't been drunk for more than 20 years, is actually drunk.
I don't know how long it took for Brother Richard to come to his senses, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the Great Song Dynasty cavalry, and saw a beautiful and heroic female general.
"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, you have finally woken up, and the little woman Fold Moon Shadow will send you to Jingzhao Mansion."
"You, you, the hateful Orlan tribe, I will destroy them." Brother Richard immediately understood that it was the Orlan tribe who betrayed him, but at this time, he regretted that he had a fart, so he could only accept his fate.
Folding Moon Shadow said with a smile, "Don't complain about the Orlan tribe, in the case of thousands of cavalry pressing the border, Orlan Junjian is purely for self-preservation. As for exterminating them, I'm afraid you don't have a chance. ”
It has always been said that the Folding Moon Fairy is the first beauty in the Northwest, and everyone ignores the female general Folding Moon Shadow, in fact, the Folding Moon Shadow is indeed unable to catch up with her sister, but she is half a head taller than the other party, and it should be more than one meter eight if you measure it with the current ruler, and she is definitely a supermodel in modern times.
Orizuki Shadow is a mixed-race child, her mother is a beauty from the Western Regions, with long golden wavy hair, dark blue eyes, a high nose bridge, and an angular face that is indeed not a super beauty in the Oriental aesthetics, but according to the perspective of modern Liu Zhenglong, it should be more charming than Zheyue Immortal.
Catching Brother Richard is considered a complete merit. Liu Zhenglong received a summons from the political hall and personally led a team to escort Richard back to Beijing. This time, except for the old general Yang Zhengling and the master Dao, almost all the generals who participated in the war accompanied him, after all, it was a great honor to meet the official family at this time, and no one wanted to miss it. The happiest thing is to ask for it, he knows that this time his harvest is the greatest, and in the future, the Zhejia army will no longer have to be inferior.