108 Battle of Wild Fox Ridge (3)

Although the terrain is dangerous, not all of them are rugged and difficult mountain roads, and there are several ways where the horses can also move upward, so as the Mongol army's full-scale attack unfolded, the soldiers urged the horses to gallop towards the ridge.

However, the Jin army was defeated like a mountain, and the rest of the generals Duji Sizhong, Wanyan Jiujin, Dingxue, Wanyan Husha and others also had no intention of defending the mountain anymore, and led the army to retreat. Therefore, the Mongol troops from all walks of life basically did not encounter any obstacles, and stepped up the Yehu Ridge one after another, and then continued to pursue the rear of the Jin army, and some even rushed down the ridge.

In fact, even if the badger's mouth was broken through by the Mongolian army, and the Shimo brothers defected in front of the formation, but the defenders of the Jin army here were only 10,000, and the remaining troops were more than twice that of the Mongolian army, and Mu Huali's breakthrough men and horses all dismounted and fought on foot, even if other horses attacked the mountain, but because it was fought in the mountains, the advantages of the Mongolian army's cavalry could not be brought into play, if the Jin army could concentrate its forces at this time and meet the Mongolian army on the top of the mountain, it may not be impossible to defeat the Mongolian army... Or even if the Mongol army finally conquered Yehuling, it would inevitably suffer heavy losses and lose the strength to follow the attack.

Even if the Mongol army's attack was two days late, after Yan Changzhi arrived at Yehuling, this battle might be another result, but unfortunately it was these two days, but it was enough to change the entire battle situation, the Jin army was not only completely defeated, but the Mongol army finally occupied Yehuling on the side, and also opened the passage to the south to go deep into the Jinjing.

Temujin also rode his horse to the wild fox and bowed down to the south, and as far as the eye could see, there were all corpses scattered from under his feet to the far part of the field... Looking back to the north, there was an endless sea of trees, and the branches and leaves danced wildly in the strong wind, making a piercing sound, like thousands of ghosts in hell with their teeth and claws, wailing and wailing.

Unconsciously, after a day of fighting, Temujin looked up at the sky, the sun had set in the west, and the shining silhouette gradually sank into the mountains of the west, and the red glow covered half of the sky, like blood and fire, as if there was also a fierce battle going on there.

At this time, most of the Mongol troops were resting on the ridge, and the Mongol army that was pursuing the Jin army also turned back one after another, and the three generals Mu Huali, Guo Baoyu, and Yira'er, who took the lead in attacking Yehu Ridge, came to Temujin with Shi Mo Ming'an and Shi Mo Duzhong brothers... The three of them were covered in blood, and they couldn't tell whether it was the enemy's or their own.

Temujin hurriedly dismounted, pulled the three of them, and said, "Mu Huali, Guo Baoyu, and Yi Ra'er, this time we captured Yehuling, thanks to the three of you, but we have made a great contribution." ”

Only then did Mu Huali invite Shi Mo Ming'an and Shi Mo Duzhong brothers, and said: "Great Khan, this time we attacked Yehu Ridge, thanks to the two of them. Then he told the story of the Shi Mo brothers.

After hearing this, Temujin couldn't help laughing and said, "Okay, as long as we are heroes, we definitely don't have too many here." ”

When the Shimo brothers saw that Temujin said that he was a hero, they were also very happy, and felt that they had done nothing wrong in the battle, so they immediately came to salute Temujin, and Temujin helped them up and said a few more words... Then he pointed to the south and laughed loudly: "Jin Guo, look at it, we Mongolians are finally here." ”

Guo Baoyu took a step forward and said: "Da Pollution, we were able to capture Yehuling, mainly because the Jin army did not have a unified command, but the casualties of the Jin army were not large, if they retreated to Xuande Mansion to regroup, and when Yan Changyi arrived, with a unified command, they were still our strong enemies, maybe they could recapture Yehuling, so our Mongolian army could not stop, and we must continue to pursue the Jin army, until the Jin army caught up, completely wiped out, in order to eliminate the trouble." ”

Temujin nodded and said, "Okay, but the three of you must be very tired from attacking the Wild Fox Ridge, now take a good rest for a while, and leave the pursuit to others... ”

The best at pursuit in the Mongol army were Jebe and Subutai, but now these two were not there, and went to attack Shangjing, so Temujin sent Borhu as the main general of the pursuit, with Jochi, Chagatai, Ogedai or only thirteen years old, the young son Tulei, led 20,000 horses, to pursue the Jin army. And demanded that they must catch up with the Jin army and destroy them all. And the Shimo brothers also mainly asked for orders and served as guides for the Mongol army.

After receiving the order, Bor immediately took Temujin's four sons, the Shimo brothers, and set out with his army.

At this time, Duji Sizhong, Wanyan Jiujin, Dingxue, Wanyan Husha and others each led their men and horses, and fled to the south, and many scattered soldiers and horses converged with them along the way, and gradually gathered many horses... In fact, Guo Baoyu is not bad at all, although the Jin army was defeated, the loss of men and horses was not large. The defeated army is all combined, and there are still 1340,000 people, and their strength should not be underestimated. It's just that no one has been able to stand up and reorganize the Jin army.

Therefore, when Borhu led Jochi, Chagatai, Ogedei, Tuolei and the Mongol army to catch up, the Jin army was powerless to resist at all, and could only flee desperately. The tone of the whole battle changed to the one-sided massacre of the Mongol army against the Jin army. Most of the soldiers of the Jin army did not even have time to fight back, so they were caught up by the Mongol army behind, slashing with guns and bayonets, and shooting arrows from horses, while other Jin soldiers threw away their weapons and armor to reduce their weight and escape from the iron cavalry of the Mongol army.

From Yehuling to the south, along the road are the corpses of the Jin army and the discarded weapons, armor, flags, and supplies... And in such a pursuit, the Jin army was eaten by the Mongol army one by one.

After a day and a night of pursuit, Wanyan Jiujin's men and horses took the lead to the Huhe River. The Hun River is a tributary of the Wuding River, although the river surface is not narrow, but the usual water flow is not urgent, the river is not deep, you can cross the river on foot, and after crossing the Hun River, you can enter the Huhe Fort, although the castle is not big, but at least there is a wall to defend, and it can also resist the pursuit of the Mongol army. It's just that it's just spring, and the river is very cold, so the Jin army doesn't dare to go down the river easily for a while.

At this time, Duji Sizhong, Dingxue, Wanyan Husha, Duji Qianjianu and others also rushed to the Hun River one after another, and at once these Jin troops, who gathered nearly 100,000, also crowded the plain and quiet and wide riverbank, and there was almost no place to put down...

When the Jin army was noisy and shouting, and was still hesitating whether to cross the river, they only heard a great confusion in the rear team, and at the same time, the sound of dense horse kneeling immediately sounded, and the Mongol army caught up again. In fact, at this time, there was still a considerable number of defeated troops who did not flee to the Huhe River, and the generals couldn't help but look at each other, thinking that they would chase the defeated army in front of the defeated army without leading the Mongol army.

It turned out that the Shimo brothers were familiar with the terrain in this area, and knew that once the Jin army fled into Huhe Fort, there was a city to defend, and the Mongol army had no way to take them. Therefore, it was suggested that Borhu ignore the rout and rush to the Hunhe River to block the Jin army.

Although Bolhu and Mu Huali are also among the four masters, in the ranking, Mu Huali ranks second among the four masters, and even has the momentum to catch up with the first Bolshu, but Bolhu is not in the fourth place, although he also admits that the first three are worthy of the name, but his heart is not very comfortable, so in every battle, he also holds his breath, wanting to prove that he is not worse than the three of them...

Before the start of the war, Bor Hu was not assigned the task of the main attack because he opposed Mu Huali's attack on the wild fox from the badger's mouth. Seeing that Mu Huali and others conquered the badger's mouth and made the first contribution to the capture of Yehuling, they didn't feel good in their hearts, and now they were ordered by Temujin to pursue the Jin army. Bolhu is also determined to seize this opportunity, and must completely annihilate the Jin army and make some contributions. Therefore, he also decided to follow Shi Mo Ming'an's advice and rushed to the Huhe River first to block the retreat of the Jin army.

So along the way, Borhu left only a few troops, pursued the Jin army behind, and took his four sons with Temujin, under the leadership of the Shimo brothers, crossed the scattered rout, and went straight to the Hun River... But in the end, because there were routs along the road, it was finally a step too late. Tens of thousands of Jin troops were assembled on the banks of the Hun River.

Seeing that the Jin army could not be stopped, Bor immediately ordered to immediately launch a full-scale attack on the Jin army on the bank of the river.

In fact, the Mongolian army that chased to the river was only 15,000 men and horses, and the Jin army gathered 100,000 people at this time, which was six or seven times the strength of the Mongolian army, but now the Jin army was killed by the Mongolian army and had no fighting spirit, and only wanted to cross the river to escape, and did not want to resist the Mongolian army. Therefore, when they saw that the Mongol army had arrived, they didn't care about the cold water of the river, so they jumped into the river and fled to the other side. Even some people who didn't plan to go into the water were pushed by the people behind them, and they involuntarily entered the water. In the blink of an eye, the river was crowded with people, one foot deeper, one foot shallow, walking towards the opposite bank.

The Mongol army did not rush towards the Jin army, but kept a distance, opened the bow and released arrows, which was also the best way for the Mongol army to fight. Because the Jin army was very dense at this time, the Mongol army did not need to aim at all, as long as the general aspect was good, there were almost no arrows, and each arrow would definitely hit a Jin army.

And with the death of the Mongol army, the rain of arrows fell from the sky, rows and rows of Jin troops were shot to the ground by bows and arrows, some died at that time, some were light and not dead, still wailing and moaning, in the blink of an eye, the Jin army was killed all over the field, blood flowing. The soldiers, who had not yet been hit by the arrows, desperately squeezed into the river, hoping to escape the Mongol bows and arrows, but the men and horses pushed and trampled on each other, and countless people were killed and wounded. The banks of the Hun River have become a hell of killing, and it is unbearable.

But escaping into the river does not mean that it is safe, the Mongol army stepped on the corpse of the Jin army, and pressed towards the Hun River step by step, lined up along the river bank, aimed at the Jin army in the river, and fired arrows. Except for a few who went into the water to cross the river first, and at this time, except for a few Jin troops who passed to the opposite side, almost no one could escape this baptism of blood, and the wails and screams continued to sound, and a large number of corpses were poured into the water, and even the river was dyed red, and soon after, a corpse dam was formed, which almost cut off the flow of water.