Chapter 576: Chasing the Dead and Chasing the North (2)
After the general Zhou Zongsheng sent someone to report to Liu Juntao, he led more than 10,000 iron cavalry soldiers of the Changshui Army to continue to attack, and launched an attack against the 10,000 Tatar troops who had just come to the city from Haramang.
The two armies of iron cavalry suddenly collided together, and the people turned on their backs!
At this time, the light was too dark in the night, and the armies of the two sides were already close at hand, and the soldiers of the Changshui Army had no time to open fire, so they simply galloped on horseback and fought to the end with the 10,000 Tatar iron cavalry army!
At the same time, Liu Juntao led the soldiers of the Tiance Army to attack all the way, and the fierce battle lasted for more than an hour, and the four large battalions of the Tatar Department in the west of the city of Hara Manglai had all been broken, and the Tatar iron cavalry stationed in these four large camps scattered and fled, and they all fled towards the city of Hara Manglai.
"Herald!"
"The Eagle Yang Army and the Vietnamese Cavalry Army continue to pursue the remnants of the enemy! The trapping army and the Tiger Ben army forced Ha Lamang to come to the city to prevent the Tatar troops and horses in the city from going out of the city to support! The Zhichong Army and the Longxiang Army attacked to the east and attacked all the camps in the middle lane! ”
"Order!"
A team of horses galloped wildly at night, sending Liu Juntao's orders out one after another, and it didn't take long for the soldiers and horses of the Tiance Army to start moving, dividing their troops to attack everywhere.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
After the Eagle Yang Army, the Yue Cavalry Army, the Trap Army, and the Tiger Ben Army attacked separately, Liu Juntao, accompanied by Gao Ran, a general of the Zhichong Army, and Hu Dexing, the chief officer of Shandong Town, led the Longxiang Army and the Zhichong Army to kill the battalions in the middle road.
It didn't take long to break through the two Tatar battalions in front of them, and in the face of the Tatar iron cavalry army that came out like a tide, Liu Juntao sneered, and immediately ordered the Long Xiang army to be in front and the Zhichong army to be behind, and the officers and men of the two armies immediately met the battle.
"Ready! Put! ”
The thousands of birds of the Dragon Xiang Army had already finished arraying, and at this time they suddenly opened fire, and suddenly a dazzling fire dragon slashed through the dark night, beating the Tatar iron cavalry army that rushed out on their backs.
However, the battlefield was too chaotic at this time, and the Tatar iron cavalry had already rushed within eighty paces, and there was no time for the soldiers to continue shooting.
As a result, the iron cavalry soldiers of the Longxiang army and the Zhichong army also rushed forward, firmly entangled thousands of Tatar iron cavalry, and slowed down the enemy's charging speed.
General Gao Ran had already made preparations, and asked all the bird gunners of the Zhichong Army to put on their bayonets, and seeing the situation at this time, he immediately ordered the whole army to charge, and mixed with thousands of Tatar iron cavalry!
"Wan Sheng!"
More than 10,000 soldiers of the Zhichong Army roared in unison, and under the cover of the earth-shattering thunder thrown by the thunderbolts, they directly surrounded thousands of Tatar iron cavalry, and launched an encirclement and annihilation together with the thousands of iron cavalry belonging to the Longxiang Army and the Zhichong Army.
Seeing this, Liu Juntao immediately ordered the Long Xiang army to bypass the battlefield, directly enter the two large camps, and continue to advance towards the middle road.
Half an hour later, thousands of Tatar horsemen were wiped out!
Staff General Gao Ran led the soldiers of the Zhichong Army to follow up, and together with the soldiers of the Longxiang Army in front, a huge arrow was formed, the soldiers of the Longxiang Army were sharp arrows, and the soldiers of the Zhichong Army were stout arrows, and more than 20,000 soldiers advanced all the way, directly colliding with the tens of thousands of Tatar iron cavalry in the middle.
The soldiers of the Long Xiang Army and the Zhichong Army advanced with bayonets and earth-shattering thunder, and the Tatar Iron Cavalry fought to the death with scimitars and bows and arrows, and the two sides roared and fought bloodily in the largest camp in the middle of the road, which immediately attracted the attention of the entire battlefield and became the most fierce battle on the battlefield.
"Encirclement! Encirclement and annihilation! ”
Yan Hu, the general of the Eagle Yang Army, who was leading his troops to encircle and annihilate the remnants of the enemy in the west, roared angrily and commanded the officers and men of the whole army to continue to attack.
Chen Ziping, a general of the Vietnamese cavalry, was also urgent, and directly led his personal guards to stand at the front, constantly commanding the soldiers to bombard the enemy with earth-shattering thunder.
Under the onslaught of the officers and men of the two armies, regardless of casualties, the remnants of the Tatar army on the western battlefield were finally defeated, most of the more than 20,000 troops were annihilated, and the remaining remnants of the enemy fled into the night.
Counselor General Chen Ziping hurriedly found General Yan Hu at the first time, and said loudly: "Let's go to support the Governor immediately!" ”
General Yan Hu groaned slightly, and then said loudly: "I'm going to support the Governor!" Now there are nearly 30,000 horses in the middle battlefield of the Longxiang Army and the Zhichong Army, which is enough! General Chen led his troops to support the trapping army and the tiger army, although the city was ruined, it was a city after all, and the enemy army in the city must also be the most elite soldiers and horses of the Tatar department, I am worried that the trapped army and the tiger army are not enough! ”
General Chen Ziping also agreed, and immediately said goodbye to Yan Hu, and yelled at the generals: "The whole army is going north!" Kill! ”
More than 10,000 soldiers of the Vietnamese cavalry immediately turned around and slaughtered the city of Hara Mang.
The general Yan Hu led the soldiers of the Eagle Yang Army to also rush all the way, defeating several waves of enemy troops ranging from hundreds to thousands on the way, and finally arrived at the middle battlefield.
At this time, the soldiers of the Longxiang Army and the Zhichong Army had reached a stalemate, and they were on par with the tens of thousands of Tatar Iron Cavalry, but in comparison, the casualties of the Tatar Iron Cavalry Army were much greater, and at least three or four Tatar soldiers could be replaced by a Tiance Army soldier.
But this stalemate did not continue, as the general Yan Hu led the Yingyang army soldiers to kill, thousands of soldiers lined up and fired several rounds of volleys, directly killing hundreds of Tatar iron cavalry in front of them, and immediately killed the Tatar iron cavalry army A gap.
"Kill it!"
Yan Hu gave an order, and more than 1,000 heavily armored iron cavalry soldiers belonging to the Eagle Yang Army roared angrily and launched a charge, with the blessing of the three-eyed gun, these more than 1,000 iron cavalry soldiers were like a dragon crossing the river, and they were unstoppable in the army of tens of thousands of Tatar iron cavalry!
The situation on the battlefield was rewritten in an instant, Liu Juntao also noticed that the battle flag of the Eagle Yang Army appeared on the west side of the battlefield, and immediately ordered the whole army to launch a counterattack, and ordered the Long Xiang Army and the Zhichong Army to join the Iron Cavalry to meet the Iron Cavalry of the Eagle Yang Army.
For a time, the battlefield was full of firelight, the roars of the soldiers of the Tiance Army everywhere, and the figures of the Tatar troops fleeing everywhere.
At this time, the sky in the east was already dark, but the battlefield was still full of murderous sounds.
Standing on the head of the city, as far as the eye can see, all of them are a feeling of fright, the eastern, central, and western battlefields, now only the eastern battlefield is still in a state of stalemate, but the 10,000 elite iron cavalry can not support for long, under the onslaught of the Changshui Army, the current strength is only about two-thirds at most.
The battlefields of the middle and west roads have all collapsed now, and there are as many as 30,000 or 40,000 defeated soldiers who have fled to the city of Hara Manglai, and I don't know how many defeated soldiers have fled into the night, but you can imagine how many iron cavalry are still fighting on the battlefield now!
His heart was dripping blood, and the 180,000 iron cavalry army he organized fell apart and was defeated in a battle under a night attack by the Tiance Army!
Originally, I just thought that the Tiance Army relied on sharp firearms, but now it seems that the face-to-face fighting power of the Tiance Army is also above its own iron cavalry army, at least comparable!
Moreover, the soldiers and horses of the Tiance army dared to fight and kill, and they had the courage to attack the camp of the 180,000 army at night!
The courage and combat power of the Tiance army were unexpected, and the 180,000 Tatar iron cavalry could not withstand a night attack, which was also unexpected!
"Herald! The various departments slowly retreated, and all returned to the sweat tent to assemble! ”
The words that came out of his mouth, and the voice seemed to come from the Nine Hells, which made the surrounding soldiers shudder, and the heralds ran away as if they had fled.
"Let them escape back to the tent on their own!"
Xiao Lai pointed to the tens of thousands of defeated soldiers under the city and said bitterly, and then ordered the remaining 20,000 iron cavalry troops in the city to gather immediately, and escort themselves back to the sweat tent first.
With the abandonment of the city and the flight, the Tatar army on the entire battlefield suddenly lost its command, and the soldiers and horses of each department began to fight on their own, and most of the soldiers and horses began to break through and flee, and some of the Tatar iron cavalry who were surrounded by the soldiers of the Tiance Army and had no way to go basically began to surrender.
As the banner disappeared from the battlefield, the Tartars had no determination to fight to the death.
Seeing this, Liu Juntao expected that he had fled, but at this time Liu Juntao had no intention of sending an army to pursue, after all, the poor should not chase, and at this time there were still tens of thousands of Tatar remnants on the battlefield who needed to be annihilated.
"Order all the troops to hurry up and encircle and annihilate!"
After Liu Juntao gave the order, he supervised the army to attack, and the fighting sound on the battlefield in the middle became less and less, and in less than half an hour, it was completely quelled.
Previously, on the battlefield of the East Road, the general Zhou Zongsheng had led the officers and soldiers of the Changshui Army to defeat the 10,000 Tatar iron cavalry in front of him, led the army to block the three gates of the city of Halamang, and joined forces with the trapping army and the Tiger Ben army to storm the city of Hara Manglai, and almost solved the battle at the same time as Liu Juntao's department.
At this time, the sky was bright, and a blood-colored sunrise rose in the distance, covering the earth with a layer of blood-red morning glow.
Liu Juntao walked up to the city wall of Hara Manglai City tiredly, looking at the battlefield full of broken and corpses, and his heart was also full of emotion.
"Herald!"
Liu Juntao let out a sigh of relief and said: "Let the soldiers of all departments clean up the battlefield as soon as possible, concentrate all of them in custody, and all departments will bury pots and cook on the spot for rest, and the army will go north to pursue after noon!" ”
"Order!"
Subsequently, the results of this battle were preliminarily counted.
More than 4,000 soldiers were killed and wounded in all units of the Tiance Army, plus the losses from the previous fierce battles, the casualties of the various units of the Tiance Army at this time had already reached 8 or 9,000 people, which can be said to be the heaviest since the previous battles of the Tiance Army!
And the 180,000 Tatar iron cavalry suffered heavy casualties, with more than 39,000 heads captured by each department alone and more than 14,000 captured!
According to Liu Juntao's estimates, if you count the corpses that were bombarded with firearms and the corpses and wounded that were snatched by the Tatars, and the enemy soldiers who fled and eventually died, the casualties of the Tatars in this battle were at least 50,000 or more, plus the more than 14,000 people captured by themselves, and the 180,000 Tatar iron cavalry lost 60,000 or 70,000 horses in the first battle!