Chapter 585: Return to the Horse Gun

With the issuance of Huangfu Zhen's military order, the Yan army on the battlefield began to slowly withdraw from the battle, but it was naturally very difficult to do this. After all, the soldiers were already separated, divided by the Tang Army. But at least after the order is given, everyone knows what to do. Therefore, the further back those who are behind, the more soldiers who do not go deep into the battlefield, the faster they will break away.

At the same time, in the Three Emperor Mountains on the opposite bank, the two thousand Yan troops who had been hiding in the mountains and forests finally showed their figures after discovering the signal given by Huangfu Zhen at this time. Killed out of the mountains and rushed towards the Tang army on the south bank of the water.

Sanhuang Mountain is about five or six miles away from the south bank, and the two thousand Yan army ambushed soldiers, except for a small part of the cavalry, the rest are all foot soldiers.

Although it is said that the raid is generally dominated by cavalry, the problem is that there are not many cavalry in Murong Chui's hands, and there are really a lot of them allocated to Huangfu. In addition, he himself had to guard various places, and he couldn't do without cavalry, so he finally sent out 2,000 foot soldiers.

Of course, this is not far away, and if you really kill it, it will only be a moment's work. In fact, when these people rushed out of the mountains, it didn't take long for them to reach the north shore of the water.

Of course, Zhao Ji also noticed that the enemy's reinforcements appeared behind him, but fortunately, there was only one stone bridge here, and if the enemy wanted to kill him, he must first take this bridge. Therefore, he sent some people to guard the southern end of the bridge, so that these Yan troops could not cross the river.

Huang Fuzhen's side saw that the ambush had appeared, and began to contain part of the Tang army's energy, and immediately began to reorganize the gathered soldiers and horses. Prepare to form a tighter formation to avoid being divided and surrounded by this tactic of the Tang Army.

The ambush soldiers of the Yan army saw that the Tang army was holding the bridgehead, and they were naturally bent on taking it. As a result, the cavalry led by the cavalry rushed towards the bridgehead repeatedly, but after all, they could not break through the tight defense of the Tang army.

And just when the two sides were fighting around this stone bridge, at this time, from the direction behind these Yan troops, there was a sudden sound of dense horses' hooves.

"Dadada.....!" The sound kept ringing, and all at once the sound of the river was suppressed.

"Cavalry attack? Where did the cavalry come from? After hearing this voice, the general of the Yan army who led the ambush along the way couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and looked in the direction behind him.

I saw a puff of smoke and dust quickly approaching me from the foot of the mountain, and it didn't take long for it to reach my eyes. A large group of cavalry appeared behind him, and it was the cavalry of the Tang Army.

"Not good, didn't the cavalry of the Don Army already leave? Why is it here? Seeing this scene, these Yan soldiers couldn't help but be shocked.

In fact, when the cavalry of the Tang Army left before, these people who were hidden in the mountains basically watched them leave. Of course, they didn't expect that Chen Kang would quietly kill a horse gun along the foot of the mountain.

The reason why Chen Kang has not joined Zhao Ji since he came back is to be honest, he is waiting for the ambush of the Yan army along the way. Originally, he planned to send people into the mountains to search for the Yan army, and before the Yan cavalry on the opposite side did not react, he would solve these ambushes.

But what I didn't expect was that not long after coming, these Yan army ambush soldiers ran out by themselves. In this way, it is a godsend for Chen Kang. Without saying a word, when these people were bent on seizing the bridge, they waved their troops and killed them from behind.

With 2,000 cavalry against 2,000 Yan army ambushes, this battle does not need to be said at all. After just one round of outflanking charges, the Yan army's ambush was completely wiped out.

Then, Chen Kang no longer hesitated, and directly led everyone back to the south bank and reunited with Zhao Ji.

"Rush!" After Chen Kang and Zhao Ji nodded their heads, they shouted angrily and took the lead in rushing towards the retreating Yan army.

Originally, Huangfu really planned to take advantage of this opportunity to concentrate all the manpower, and this may be no problem when facing the foot soldiers. But if you are facing a cavalry charge, this kind of scene that is too dense and has not yet formed a formation, it is really self-defeating.

Therefore, when Chen Kang appeared on the other side, Huangfu really realized that something was wrong. However, Chen Kang came too quickly. Therefore, even if Huangfu Zhen had already urged the soldiers to line up to meet the enemy, when Chen Kang finally killed in front of him, the military formation had not yet taken shape.

Needless to say, the result after that was naturally 2,000 Tang cavalry into the dense Yan army, it was like a tiger entering a flock. After a charge and fighting, the entire Yan army completely collapsed.

At this time, Zhao Ji waved his army to kill again, and the Yan soldiers who were scattered by the cavalry were broken each by one.

Soon, the situation on the battlefield was one-sided.

"The general trend is gone, what can I do?" When Huangfu really saw the scene in front of him, he couldn't help but say angrily. Seeing that the defeat was decided, even if he wanted to save the situation at this time, it was already unlikely.

"General, our cavalry is back! Look! At this moment, a staff member next to him suddenly pointed to the west and said.

Hearing this, Huangfu Zhen hurriedly looked over there. Sure enough, the 3,000 cavalry sent out to pursue the Tang cavalry had already been killed at this time. At this moment, they are heading towards the battlefield.

"General, with the help of these 3,000 cavalry, presumably we should be able to turn defeat into victory!" The appearance of this cavalry suddenly gave everyone a lot of ambition, and some people were happy.

They may have rejoiced a little too soon, though. After all, with so many cavalry appearing in the west, it was impossible for the Tang army not to see it, especially for Chen Kang, who was on horseback.

When he found out that the Yan cavalry appeared, he eliminated the Yan soldier in front of him without saying a word, but a sentry turned around and took the initiative to kill those Yan cavalry.

In this way, although the Yan cavalry rescued the army from the Tang cavalry, they trapped themselves.

However, since everyone is a cavalryman, there is nothing to be afraid of. When the cavalry of the Yan army saw Tang cavalry rushing over, they also immediately rushed over, and the two sides soon began to fight together on the west side of the battlefield.

The battle between the cavalry and the cavalry is naturally different from the infantry. On the battlefield, the war horse gallops back and forth, and often a body staggered is already the difference between life and death. Because the distance was too close, it was impossible to use a bow and arrow, so it was necessary to fight with horses.

The Tang cavalry, whose training level was much stronger than that of the Yan army, was clearly demonstrated at this moment. The collision between the cavalry of the two sides was also quickly decided, and one by one the Yan cavalry was picked under the horse, and then could not get up again.

When the cavalry of the Yan army became less and less, it meant that this battle was about to end.

The result of the battle was unsatisfactory, which made the staff around Huang Fu Zhen very disappointed, but Huang Fu Zhen was not moved, as if he had expected this early on.

"General, why don't you feel sorry at all? This time, our troops are far superior to the Tang army, but we still suffered such a big defeat, which makes no sense at all! The people next to him couldn't help but be curious when they saw Huangfu's real expression.

How could it be unreasonable? Although we have a large number of troops, most of them are old and weak soldiers, whether in terms of training or weapons and equipment, which one is comparable to the Tang Army? Although they have fewer troops, we have never had an advantage at all, and this defeat is a matter of course! Huangfu really sighed and said leisurely.

Regarding the problem of Yan Jun itself, Huangfu Zhen, who is in a high position, may know best. Over the years, because of the continuous wars, basically from the time when Murong Jun was declared emperor to the founding of the country, it has been more than ten or twenty years now, and there have been large and small wars every year.

Even the most powerful empire, under such circumstances, I am afraid that it will already be overwhelmed. Not to mention that Yan Kingdom only occupies one-third of the world, how can it afford it.

Most of the young men were conscripted into the army, and they were sent to the battlefield before they had time to train, facing the elite Tang army or the Jin army, which was not inferior in numbers. In short, whether it is won or lost, it has greatly affected the military strength of the entire country.

Although we know that this practice of forcibly conscripting troops into the battlefield when there is a shortage of troops will greatly affect the people's livelihood, we still have to do it. Because if you don't do this, Dayan will not die at the hands of Jiang Zuo, I am afraid that she will also die at the hands of Datang.

It's like when a person is seriously ill, knowing that the poison can only relieve the suffering for a while, but he has to drink it.

Today's Yan State is in such a situation, either to deal with the attack of the Tang Army, or to deal with the attack of Jiang Zuo, or, to deal with the attack of both sides at the same time. In this way, Datang and Jiang Zuo still have time to recuperate, but Yan Guo really can't stop all the time.

The final result is that the number of troops is getting smaller and smaller, and the national strength is getting weaker and weaker, and in the end, it will be eaten by one side. Didn't Murong Ke know about such a result? Of course he knew, but he couldn't help it, because if he wanted to keep the Yan Kingdom, he had to do it.

"Withdraw your troops! Immediately order the withdrawal of troops, let's retreat to Yangwu County first! After the emperor really groaned slightly, he immediately ordered.

At this time, although the battle situation has not completely collapsed, he already knows that there is no hope.

Therefore, we have to take advantage of this time to preserve a part of the living force. Otherwise, once the whole army is really wiped out, there will be no chance to turn the tables again.