Text Chapter 460 Retreat
After Liu Renyu and Yang Desheng led the pikemen to repel the Chahar Ironclad Army, they immediately turned around and ran towards the left and right flanks respectively, preparing to help his men and horses engage the Chahar left and right flanks.
Ke Zhihong was still guarding the rear road, and the air ground crew used hanging baskets to deliver new incendiary and explosive bombs to him, so that he could keep the fire suppressed.
Before Liu Renyu and Yang Desheng did not lead troops to join the war group, the soldiers and horses on the left and right wings of the Chahar army could only rely on the numerical advantage to be able to fight with the Jingbianbao army and the Guyuan army.
The left and right flanks of the Chahar army have changed from being evenly matched with the Ming army to fighting and retreating, and the reason why they have not yet been defeated is only because the current Huluk Tashhai has not issued a retreat order.
Even the ironclad army retreated, how could they still hold on, only the last straw was left, and they could completely crush the left and right wings of the Chahar army.
That's all there is to it!
The Jingbian Fort Army brought a total of three hot air balloons, the hot air balloon where Ke Zhihong was located had been suspended in the air, and he was sitting in the back, and the air force of the other two hot air balloons quickly took action after receiving Liu Renyu's order, raised the hot air balloon, and flew over the heads of the soldiers and horses on the left and right wings of the Chahar Department to carry out bombing.
As soon as the air force of the Jingbianbao Army attacked, the fate of the soldiers and horses on the left and right flanks of the Chahar Department was the same as that of the Ironclad Army.
The officers and men of the Jingbianbao Army and Air Force on the two hot air balloons also threw incendiary bombs and then explosive bombs in accordance with Ke Zhihong's offensive method, and specially selected the middle area between the front army and the rear formation of the Chahar Army to drop bombs, with the aim of cutting off the connection between the front and rear armies of the Chahar Army and allowing their own army to form a local advantage of fighting more and fighting less.
The Jingbianbao Army and Air Force threw down 10,000 enemies, and only the Chahar Army who bombed the army cried wolf and howled, which was miserable.
It can be said that the soldiers and horses on the left and right wings of the Chahar army may not be less afraid of the hot air balloon than their own ironclad army.
Zhang Tieniu, Wang Zuohang, Liu Renjie, Li Mingzhe, and Li Jiye were all old men, and they could see at once that the enemy army was already showing its decline.
"Sons, rush and kill with all your might." These generals roared in unison, and led their men to fight back with all their might.
When the soldiers of the Jingbian Fort Army heard the call of their own generals, they all roared in unison, stimulating their own small universe, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and frantically slashed and killed the enemy in front of them.
The Chahar army never expected that after nearly half an hour of fighting, these Jingbian Fort troops were not tired at all, and when they heard the order of their superiors, they violently pounced on their own army formation like tigers descending the mountain.
The Chahar army can't stand it anymore, and this battle is really torturous for one more minute.
"Run, the Ming army is really tight."
It doesn't matter who shouted this sentence, what matters is that this sentence shouts out the hearts of the vast number of soldiers and horses on the left and right wings of the Chahar Division.
They fled frantically, but as soon as they came out, they faced the same dilemma as the ironclad army in front, and their horses were temporarily lost due to the fright of the bombs of the Jingbian Fort Army.
The Chahar army hurriedly blew their whistles and called for their horses to pick them up.
This process is very time-consuming, and of course the Jingbian Fort Army will not give up this good opportunity to pursue and kill, they are like evil ghosts, clinging to the retreating Chahar army, and they are crazy to slash and kill.
Liu Renyu saw that the men and horses on the left and right flanks of the Chahar army were all defeated and retreated, and immediately ordered several of his subordinates: "Chase them out fifty paces and retreat, let the archers shoot them, and when they run more than seventy paces, open cannons to bombard them, Renjie, General Li, go back and get on your horse and prepare to attack." ”
"Yes, Marshal." The generals of the Jingbian Fort Army and Li Mingzhe received the order, so they went to carry out the order.
Besides, the Jingbianbao army bit all the way behind the Chahar army, and when they were fighting hard, they suddenly heard the sound of the swan of the retreating troops, although they were reluctant in their hearts, and they were reluctant to get the military merits in front of them, but after all, the military order was like a mountain, even if they were reluctant in their hearts, they had to turn around without hesitation and return to their own military formation.
After the defeated soldiers of the Chahar army retreated, the archers under Zhang Tieniu's command quickly boarded the Tiger heavy chariot, bent their bows and arrows, and shot at the Chahar army.
The Chahar army was heavily struck by arrows, which also prompted them to run faster and faster.
Generally speaking, except for the kind of special people who are born with divine power and can penetrate Yang in a hundred steps, the effective range of bows and arrows is only seventy paces, and when the Chahar army ran to a distance of seventy paces, the Jingbian Fort army stopped shooting bows and arrows.
But the Chahar army could not breathe a sigh of relief because the archers stopped attacking, and the artillery followed.
When the archers of the Jingbianbao army attacked the Chahar army, the artillery of the Jingbianbao army immediately entered the chariot, removed the splints, cleaned the barrels, filled the bombs and explosives, and bombarded the enemy troops with artillery one after another.
The power of the cannon is naturally much stronger than the bow and arrow, but fortunately, when the Chahar army fled, the formation was not as dense as the initial attack, so the effect of these rounds of artillery bombardment was not very good.
Although they did not receive the order of Lin Dan Khan to allow the troops to retreat, they did not want to send a team to stop the retreat of their own men and horses, because they couldn't bear it!
It's miserable! It's so miserable! It had only been half an hour, and the casualties on either of their two wings were already approaching two thousand, and the losses on the ironclad side were probably approaching five thousand.
There are only a few people in the Chahar Department, and nearly one-tenth of this battle has been defeated, and if it takes a few more hours, it is not known whether the Ming army can be wiped out, but I am afraid that the Chahar Department will be wiped out from now on and become a historical term on the grassland.
As soon as they thought of this, Tashhai and Huluk did not stop their men and horses from retreating, on the contrary, they saw that their soldiers and horses were retreating, and they expected that the enemy army would inevitably pursue and kill, so they organized the remaining soldiers and horses to prepare to meet their defeated troops.
If the Ming army pursued very urgently, these two people also wanted to lead the cavalry to charge and kill the Ming army, so as to play some face, but the Ming army only chased fifty paces away, then stopped, and each returned to their own army formation.
Next, the archers and artillery of the Ming army attacked their own men and horses one after another, killing and wounding many of their own men and horses again.
Huluk and Tashhai saw that the Ming army was not leaking, so they gave up the idea of knocking the Ming army with a dull stick, and they thought about gathering the scattered men and horses at this time, and seeing what Lin Dan Khan ordered, whether to fight again or retreat.
While Huluk and Tashhai were gathering their men, Guiyingcha and Deshenzhuang had already returned to Lin Dan Khan with their troops.
"Great Khan, our army ....."
The battle was unfavorable, Guiying was about to explain to Lin Dan Khan, but Lin Dan Khan waved his hand and said: "Needless to say, this Ming army is not easy to deal with, and we can't win this battle." Our army suffered a lot of losses in this battle, so let's go back first, there is not enough food, and then we will find a way. ”