Chapter 363: Retreat from the enemy in a night battle

also looked at the cannon in the night sky, and his heart was also anxious, understanding that it was a signal for the Ming army to gather reinforcements.

Therefore, he immediately sent someone to the king of Saikan to give an order, ordering him to immediately lead his troops to help in the war.

At the same time, he also sent people south to rush to the vicinity of Datong Town, summoned the general Alazhiyuan, and ordered him to lead 30,000 troops to help in the war.

"Humph! Since Liu Juntao wanted a decisive battle, Ben Khan granted his wish! ”

Although for the Warat army, the decisive battle with the Ming army at this time was very disadvantageous, more than one-third of the soldiers and horses of the more than 100,000 army were in chaos and scattered, and the army's morale was also very unstable.

However, I also made a rough calculation first, and with the addition of the king of the competition and the general Alazhiyuan, I could also mobilize tens of thousands of iron cavalry, which was almost the same as the strength of the Ming army.

Especially since this battle is already inevitable, I also understand that I can't retreat, otherwise the casualties of the army will increase a lot, so it's better to fight than this!

"Warriors! War! ”

At this time, the 40,000 iron cavalry under the command of Ye Xian were all garrisons of the battalions in the south, and they were not affected by the chaos in the north, and the combat strength and morale of the army were still very high.

Therefore, he was also prepared to take advantage of the arrival of the Ming troops of the rest of the battalions, and immediately defeated the more than 10,000 Ming troops in front of him, and occupied a chance of winning first!

In the blink of an eye, he first mobilized 30,000 horses out of 40,000 iron horsemen, and killed the soldiers of the left battalion of Chen Ziping's department in the night.

Staff General Chen Ziping had already made preparations, and all the Wuhan Iron and Steel chariots in the battalion had been pushed to the front, forming a solid defensive line, and the soldiers of the two battalions in the army occupied positions on the left and the right, and thousands of bird-gunners immediately opened fire.

The fierce firepower continued to gush on the defense line of the Wuhan Iron and Steel Chariots, and immediately blocked the charging army of the Warat Iron Cavalry, although the 30,000 Warat Iron Cavalry were still advancing forward, but the speed was already very slow, and they were still stepping on the corpses of their own companions!

General Chen Ziping looked at the fierce battle in front of him, his brows were also tightly locked, and he immediately shouted loudly: "Prepare for the thunder thrower!" Long knife hand ready! Engage! ”

"The long knife hand comes forward!"

"Hold here!"

The generals of the Ming army at all levels continued to give orders, and thousands of long swordsmen and all the mine-throwers stepped forward one after another, and they were assembled behind the large horizontal formation of the bird-swordsmen and stood by.

At this time, the 30,000 Wara Iron Cavalry had already suffered thousands of casualties, but they still stubbornly rushed to the front of the Ming army.

Seeing this, he immediately ordered the whole army to storm and take down more than 10,000 Ming troops in front of him at any cost.

"Rush forward!"

More than 20,000 Walarat iron cavalry jumped off their horses, brandished swords and spears and rushed forward, constantly impacting the defense line of Wuhan Iron and Steel chariots.

"Thunder! Cast! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

"The long knife hand comes forward to fight!"

"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! ”

In a burst of angry roars, hundreds of sky-shattering thunderbolts sparked into the Warat array, overturning nearly two kilowatts of soldiers in the fierce explosion and fire.

Immediately afterwards, thousands of long swordsmen relied on the defense line of Wuhan Iron and Steel chariots to defend it, and fought a bloody battle with the Warat army that rushed up.

And the thousands of bird-swordsmen who retreated slightly were also loaded with bayonets, and rushed up in formation, defending the line of defense together with the long knife men, fighting to the death against the Warat army.

The strong combat power of the Ming army gave the Warat army a headache, and it made Yexian frown, and his heart was also anxious.

At this moment, the king of Saikan sent someone to send the news that his army was dragged by more than 10,000 troops of a battalion of the Ming army, and it was impossible to advance or retreat in a place more than three miles to the east.

I was shocked when I heard the news, and I was about to give orders, when I suddenly received another shocking news.

The general Alazhiyuan sent someone to send the news, the two large battalions in the west were attacked by a battalion of soldiers and horses of the Ming army, and they were about to be broken by the Ming army.

I was also surprised when I heard the news, according to the news that I also grasped first, this time Liu Juntao led a total of seven battalions of soldiers and horses, and now there is a battalion of soldiers and horses in front of his department, and the general Alazhiyuan and King Saikan were each dragged by a battalion of soldiers and horses, which means that the Ming army still has four battalions of soldiers and horses who don't know where!

"Could it be that Liu Juntao wants to concentrate four battalions of soldiers and horses to encircle and annihilate me!"

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and there was a little fear in his eyes when he looked at the night ahead.

At the same time, Liu Juntao also led the army of the Chinese military camp to the battlefield.

According to Liu Juntao's arrangement, at this time, the general Zhang Xiaojun had already led his troops to entangle the soldiers and horses of the general A Razhi Academy, the general Sun Xu had already led his troops to entangle the department of the king of the competition, and the general Gao Ran and the general Zhou Zongsheng had led their troops to the periphery of the battlefield at the same time.

In this battle, the Ming army is already victorious!

Liu Juntao secretly said in his heart: "In this battle, even if the Tartars are immortal, they must shed their skin!" ”

Looking at the battlefield that was fighting fiercely, Liu Juntao immediately ordered the Chinese military camp to immediately rush in from the right side of the battlefield, and more than 10,000 soldiers roared into the battlefield, which immediately made more than 20,000 Watarat iron riders chaotic.

He was also frightened at first, and immediately prepared to command the more than 10,000 follow-up soldiers and horses that had just been assembled to rush forward to support.

Suddenly, the staff general Gao Ran and the staff general Zhou Zongsheng led the soldiers of each department to kill at the same time, and rushed into the battlefield from the left side of the battlefield at the same time.

In particular, the general Zhou Zongsheng led more than 6,000 iron cavalry soldiers to charge forward, and immediately rushed to the warat soldiers and horses to turn over on their backs, and the more than 20,000 warat iron cavalry that was attacking the general Chen Ziping collapsed in a blink of an eye.

Liu Juntao was overjoyed when he saw this, and immediately ordered a general attack of the whole army, and the four battalions of nearly 50,000 troops attacked at the same time.

He was the first to return to the camp, and hurriedly mobilized all troops and horses to resist the north of the camp.

Subsequently, the four battalions of the Ming army continued to attack the Wara battalion, but at this time also mobilized tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to block the north of the camp, including nearly 20,000 archers, although the Wara army was still in a disadvantageous situation in the battle, but it was also able to fight with the Ming army for a long time.

After a long time, he issued an order to withdraw the troops, and at the same time ordered the general Zhou Zongsheng to immediately lead his troops out of the battlefield, and quickly rushed to the east and west battlefields to assist the vanguard battalion led by General Zhang Xiaojun and the front battalion led by General Sun Xu to withdraw to the main camp.

At this time, the guerrilla general Bai Yuxing rushed to ask "General Town!" Seeing that the Tartar camp was about to be breached, why did he withdraw his troops? ”

Liu Juntao sighed slightly, and said: "This battle is not one or two fierce battles can be over, although Warat was successfully attacked by us, but there are many troops and the strength is still the same, let's take it when we see it." After a long time, the strength advantage of the Warat army will be brought into play, and even if we win, we will suffer heavy casualties, so the gains outweigh the losses! ”

Bai Yuxing wanted to say something more, Liu Juntao waved his hand and said directly; "That's it, withdraw the troops!"

Soon, nearly 50,000 soldiers of the Ming army withdrew like a tide, and began to form again two miles north of the Warat camp.

However, this time, the soldiers of the Ming army only lined up according to the battalion, and then began to withdraw to the north.

In this regard, he also breathed a sigh of relief, and did not lead the army to pursue, after all, his own side had already lost his troops tonight.

At the same time, he also sent fast horses to inform the generals Arazhiyuan and the king of Saikan not to pursue the Ming army, and to lead their own troops to strictly guard the camp.

After dawn, the Warat camp, which stretched for more than ten miles, looked very chaotic and in disarray under the morning light.

In last night's fierce battle, the casualties of all parts of the Warat army were more than 30,000 people, plus the more than 5,000 soldiers and horses lost before, at this time, the 200,000 Warat army had already lost 40,000 troops!

And in addition to sweeping the surrounding area of Datong Town, there is no result to speak of.

After Liu Juntao led his troops back to the camp, he also asked each battalion to immediately report the battle damage, and after statistics, the casualties of each battalion added up to more than 2,000 people, mainly the casualties caused by the final attack on the Warat camp.

In this battle, the Ming army won a big victory!

Two days later, they also discussed with the king of Saikan and the general Ala, and in the face of the threat of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under Liu Juntao, the three of them have always decided to lead the army to retreat, temporarily preserving their strength first, in order to fight again.

Liu Juntao also received the news of the retreat of the Wara army, and learned that the more than 100,000 Warat army bypassed the Ming army camp from the Baishan Mountain area, and retreated 30 miles to the north before resetting up the camp.

After hearing the news, Liu Juntao laughed and said to Liu Zi'an and Zhang Yuqing: "Haha! Since we are so sensible first, let's rest for a few days first. Walk! Let's lead our army into the city! ”