The speed at which information was transmitted between the Qi armies was slightly faster than was common in this era.

They can use fireworks of various colors to deliver relatively simple information over long distances, or they can use flags to deliver more complex messages within a time frame.

Therefore, soon after the cavalry company in which Salian was located realized that the Tartars were indeed shrinking their forces and had bad intentions against the scattered and plundering troops, the other cavalry companies quickly got the general news.

There is danger!

Time to go!

"Slaughter all the Tartars and burn the village." The company commander calmly instructed Sa Lian and the two platoon commanders: "Let's withdraw." ”

"Kill them all?" Sarian asked with some surprise.

"Kill them all." The company commander repeated.

The captive, who was kneeling on the ground and hung his head in despair, heard this and there was a commotion.

"Wait! Wait a minute! The man who voluntarily surrendered and gave all the information he knew struggled and shouted: "Didn't you say that you would let me go? Didn't you say to keep your mouth alive? ”

The company commander smiled coldly: "I changed my mind." ”

"Kill them all, leave no one behind, you are responsible." The company commander looked at Salian.

Sarian pouted.

Just kill a few people, and hold him accountable, as if he would sympathize with these former companions.

As long as it is not themselves who kill, how can the Jurchens sympathize with others.

He pulled out a waist knife and cut off Pu Yan's head without hesitation, which looked particularly hideous because of his unwillingness.

……

The Qi army contracted very quickly, and not a single cavalry company was nostalgic for the wealth and population of the Jurchen village, and everyone retreated without hesitation.

When they got the news, the cavalry of the Qi army had already gathered around Li Jinghuai's main force.

Realizing that the wolf was full and wanted to run, Wanyan Zongbi immediately sent cavalry to try to delay the retreat of the Qi army and create an opportunity for the main force to pursue.

However, most of the troops dispatched by the Qi army this time were cavalry, and even a small number of infantry participating in the battle were reinforced by horses stolen from Jurchen villages at this time, and their tactical mobility was greatly enhanced.

Moreover, except for horses and light and easy-to-carry gold, silver and jewelry, the Qi army did not loot anything else, there was no drag, and the retreat speed was naturally amazing.

When the Jurchen cavalry caught up with the Qi army, the Qi army had already withdrawn to a position not far from Gaizhou, and there were armored cavalry and flying artillery to respond, and the simple cold-weapon cavalry did not dare to get too close at all - it was not containment, it was just looking for death.

The Jurchens have gathered about 2,000 cavalry, and there are more people approaching in the future, but the cavalry of the Qi army is close to 5,000, although the riding skills are not very good, but the strength of the firepower and equipment of the troops are more than the Tartars, and the power of the wall charge of the cavalry of the Qi army is still fresh in the memory of the Tartars.

……

"Master, do we want to fight?" A Mou Ke approached Meng An, who was in charge of commanding the cavalry to contain the retreat of the Qi army, and asked in a low voice: "The fourth prince is asking us to block the Han dog, and we can't let the Han dog escape back before he arrive......s." ”

"Lao Tzu knows!" That Meng'an reprimanded impatiently: "But how can you fight like this?" ”

He took his horsewhip and pointed at the well-arrayed cuirassiers of the Qi army not far away.

"How do you fight like this? Are you going to rush? Do you dare to rush? ”

Na Mouke glanced at the Qi Jun array uneasily, and shrunk his neck and didn't dare to say anything more.

The mounts of the cuirassiers of the Qi army are all good horses with a shoulder height of more than 1.65 meters, and there is only a set of bright silver scale armor on the horses in summer, and a thick linen horse coat will be put on them in winter.

The cavalry were all over 1.7 meters in size, and they were all long men in this era, and with the red tassels raised high on the top of the helmet, they looked like a group of giants.

It also weighs more than 75 kilograms, which can be described as very strong, and such a body supports the double iron armor equipment of the inner chain armor and the outer cuirass, giving people the illusion that no weapon in the world can penetrate these armors.

Under the gaze of these god-like giants, the Jurchen cavalry actually developed a strange inferiority complex - all the equipment on their bodies seemed extremely messy, except for the foot bow and horse bow, even the weapons of cavalry were different.

Some people use sabers, some people use weapons such as maces, and there are naturally many horse lances, and there are even people who carry individual firearms such as bird guns or muskets.

The weapons are so chaotic, not to mention the armor, the most elite Jurchens have iron armor, and they have captured those that are self-produced, so the style is chaotic, scale armor, mountain armor, chain mail, and the iron armor of the party people.

In addition to the iron armor, there are more kinds of leather armor, linen armor, cloth armor, and poor ghosts who have no armor at all.

The Jurchens could not even unify the color and style of their clothes, no matter how strict the military discipline was and how strict the formation was, there was indeed a strong smell of horse thieves in front of the cuirassiers of the Qi army.

"Made!" Mouke swallowed and spat: "Who dares to fight!" ”

……

Under the deterrence of cavalry artillery and armored cavalry, the final retreat of the Qi army was also very smooth.

A day later, twenty miles north of Gaizhou, they joined up with the infantry units that had come out to meet them.

Until this time, the Jurchen cavalry did not dare to launch any attack.

Fortunately, the Qi army was satisfied with the results it had achieved, and had no intention of continuing the battle, and soon withdrew to Gaizhou City after joining up with the infantry.

No one dared to attack the cities defended by the Qi army - at least the Jurchen Tartars, who had suffered a lot of losses, certainly did not dare.

After the Qi army returned to the city, although more and more enemy troops gathered in the north of Gaizhou, everyone knew that they did not dare to attack.

No matter how unwilling the Tartars were, the four-year spring offensive of Longdao against the Liaozhong Plain was actually over.

……

In the north of Gaizhou City, the three Jurchen princes of Wanyan Zonggan, Wanyan Zongwang, and Wanyan Zongbi plus Wanyan Zonghan, the last four Wanhu of the Jin Kingdom, looked at the walls of Gaizhou City helplessly.

Although they were accompanied by 30,000 armor soldiers and 50,000 aha soldiers, and they must have far outnumbered the defenders of Gaizhou in terms of strength, no one dared to give the order to attack.

Just like before, their cavalry commanders did not dare to take the initiative to attack the cavalry formation of the Qi army.

"How will this Tamad fight in the future?" Wanyan Zongbi roared in a low voice: "This year's spring ploughing south of Haizhou is completely ruined, if the autumn harvest Han dog comes again, where will our food come from?" If you make a few trips like this, we will all starve to death without beating! ”

The other Bo Jilie also looked helpless.

The facts are already very clear, without defeating Gaizhou, the cavalry of the Qi army can go deep into the Liaozhong Plain anytime and anywhere, as long as the spring plowing and autumn harvest are delayed, there is no problem in starving half of the Jurchens to death in a few years.

But the problem is that the Jin army does not have the ability to take down Gaizhou.

If it is said that the field Jin army still dares to try it with all their might, even they themselves think that it is impossible to win the whole army when they come to attack the city.

"There's one last way!"

"Give up some more land!"

Wanyan Zongwang gritted his teeth and said:

"Give up all south of Haizhou! Take the population away, the wells are plugged, the farmland is burned, the earth is scorched! ”