Chapter 32: The Soldiers of Daning (4)
The Laoha River originates in the eastern foothills of the bare mountains near Pingquan County. As the name suggests, the slope of the bare mountain is very small, and there are no trees, in the middle of summer it was a green meadow, but now it is full of dry grass, a bleak scene.
The battlefield of Guo Ying and Wang Bi is located at the southern foot of the bare mountain, which is a flat grassland. Guo Ying was very careful when traveling on the Laoha River, because the surrounding cliffs were erected, and it was easy to encounter ambushes. Arriving here, Guo Ying couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, on this plain, even if there were ambushes, it would be too late to run.
It's just that Wang Bi's reaction was a little unexpected for Guo Ying, seeing Guo Ying's army rushing straight over, he divided the cavalry into two parts, a small part rushed towards Guo Ying, and most of them turned to Liao Xun's roundabout men. However, this is exactly what Guo Ying wants, he just wants to disturb Wang Bi's military heart.
At the southern foot of the bare mountain, two armies with the same costumes, similar robes, and the same language were fighting desperately, perhaps to protect the fathers and villagers behind them, the Daning army forgot to die, and exchanged their lives for their lives, although there were only 5,000 people, but they blocked the advance of Guo Ying's army. Seeing this scene, Guo Ying smiled instead, if they can win the battle only by relying on martial arts, what else do they want these generals to do. He immediately ordered the front army to resist, and the army outflanked both flanks, surrounding the Daning army. For a while, Guo Yingjun's arrows rained down, and the Daning army fell one by one, even if there were a few brave men who rushed out, they finally fell under Guo Yingjun's knife.
When the encirclement was underway, Guo Ying stood on the horse, watching Wang Bi's movements. When he saw Wang Bi rushing over, Liao Xunjun hurriedly retreated, but then Wang Bijun shook a shot and went south.
Guo Ying was a little puzzled, so after encircling and annihilating the Daning army, he did not order the slaughter of Daning's women and children, because Wang Bi's army had already gone, and there was no point in slaughtering it at this time. It's just that the people of Daning were excited after witnessing their relatives being killed, and some of them rushed to fight with the Liaodong Army, because of Guo Ying's order, the Liaodong Army retreated step by step. But at this time, an accident happened, a Liaodong sergeant was killed by several women with hidden blades, and angry companions killed these women, so that the scene was completely out of control.
Looking at the chaotic crowd of people in the wilderness and the smoke rising from the ignited vehicles, Guo Ying instinctively felt the danger, and he found that his soldiers had been completely disorganized by the people, and some soldiers were still surrounded by the people. He immediately ordered the banner to be erected, the trumpet to be blown, and the cavalry to gather under the banner.
However, along with the rallying cry and the thick smoke, there was a dense sound of horses' hooves and smoke from the north and south. At the same time, the urgent report from the forward Liao Xun and the guard Zhao Baoyuan also arrived: "After the front Wang Bi's army and the army from Xifengkou Pass converged, they are rushing towards this side. "An unknown large number of cavalry appeared in the rear, rapidly approaching."
Guo Ying was shocked, what he was most worried about happened, this was a trap, Wang Bi lured himself over the hill, and abandoned the people of Daning here, leaving himself in a dilemma, and Wang Bi and the unknown cavalry were flanked before and after, and our army was in danger!
Guo Ying immediately ordered to blow the emergency assembly horn, and with the rapid sound of the horn, the people blocking the road were cut down or trampled to the ground in pieces, and in a miserable cry and wail, the Liaodong Army was quickly assembled.
But in less than two quarters of an hour, Liao Xun and Zhao Baoyuan's military reports arrived: "Wang Bi's army is unstoppable, it has broken through our army's interception, and it will reach the Chinese army in two quarters of an hour." "The rear cavalry is Mongol, which has already broken through the interception of our army and will reach the center in a quarter of an hour."
What the? Are you kidding? Guo Ying's face was pale, Wang Bi actually colluded with the Mongols, which he never expected, his own people have been resisting the Yuan all their lives, they are all heroes who drove out the Meng Yuan, and they are national heroes who are praised by the world thousands of years later. And Wang Bi did this, not only ignoring the ancestral society, but also ruining his reputation gained from a hundred battles, and in his first year, he became a traitor, this, this, this, Guo Ying didn't know what language to use to express his hatred.
However, at this moment, Guo Ying knew that what Fu Rang said was true, and Wang Bi was indeed a sincere rebellion. In a hurry, Guo Ying divided the generals into two teams, the rear team met the Mongols, and the front team drove the people of Daning to the south to hinder Wang Bi's march, Wang Bi's subordinates were the Daning army, and it was impossible to ignore the feelings of the country, so that he could win time, go all out to defeat the Mongols, and then deal with Wang Bi, and attack and retreat, and be invincible.
For a time, the Liaodong army that was encircled was also red-eyed, driving the people to flee south, and those who walked slowly were often cut down with a knife and cut to the ground, and the slower ones were also beaten down by the leather whip on their heads and faces, and the people completely forgot their parents and children, and just ran desperately to the south, quickly forming a torrent to the south on the grassland......
Guo Ying led the remaining cavalry of nearly 20,000 to flee to the northeast, and met the oncoming Mongol cavalry at the corner. The narrow road met, the brave won, and the number of the Mongol army was only in the early 20,000s, and they were quickly killed by the Ming army and retreated, on the verge of collapse. Guo Ying noticed the decline of the Mongols, was overjoyed, and was about to order the whole army to press, first defeat the Mongols, and then turn back to deal with Wang Bi. However, at this moment, Fu Rang next to him shouted: "General, Wang Bi rushed over." ”
Yes? Guo Ying looked back and found that Wang Bijun did not stay, and had no pity for the people who ran, after the galloping of thousands of horses, only a few lucky people were left to howl miserably, and the rest of the people became the ghosts under the horse's hooves, and the Ming army that drove away was caught off guard and was quickly defeated.
Guo Ying immediately understood, damn Wang Bi, except for the 5,000 Daning troops who died, the rest of his subordinates were Henan troops, so they would not disobey the military order because of the people of Daning. Thinking of this, Guo Ying couldn't help but feel a lot of hatred in his heart, Wang Bi's viciousness was far above his imagination, but time was running out, the old general immediately made a decision and shouted: "All the troops, charge with me, break the Mongols, and kill a bloody road." Kill! As he spoke, he took the lead and rushed towards the Mongols. Guo Ying was a brave general, although he is now old, but his majesty is undiminished, and the morale of the troops under his command is also greatly boosted, knowing that he is at a critical juncture of life and death, all of them are desperate, and they do not hesitate to exchange their lives for their lives, and finally before Wang Bi catches up, they open a bloody road, and finally Guo Ying rushed out with more than 10,000 people, and the rest of the soldiers either became dead souls under the knife, or became prisoners.
After Wang Bi and the Mongol army converged, they pursued and killed Guo Ying for more than 20 miles, but they were attacked head-on by Geng Xuan, who came to hear the news, and had to stop the pursuit.
At this point, the Battle of Daning came to an end.
Wang Bi brought about 13,000 Henan cavalry and about half of the Daning people into Xifengkou Pass, Guo Ying lost 20,000 cavalry, and the Mongols lost more than 10,000 cavalry. Although the two were similar in terms of troop losses, the Mongols Mahamu occupied Kaiping, Arutai occupied Daning, and behind them, the Warat and Mongol cavalry were constantly moving eastward and southward to avoid the cold wind and snow in Mobei.
After the Liaodong Army experienced this battle, its vitality was greatly damaged, and it had to send soldiers from Jinzhou, Fuzhou and other places to the east to reinforce Guangning, if Guangning was lost, the Liaodong Army would lose the way to enter the pass, and it would be impossible to talk about attacking Yongping through Shanhaiguan.
After the war, Guo Ying and Geng Xuan wrote to the Beijing Division and asked for punishment.
Wang Bi's entry into the customs had a huge impact on the negotiations between King Yan and King Zhou, and King Zhou and Feng Sheng were in a more powerful position in the negotiations......