No matter how strong an army is, when they turn and flee, they are just as vulnerable.

Both Leonidas and Li Nan were confident that they would win this battle, but neither expected the victory to be so sudden.

Since the musketeers of the Song army were willing to be targets, the soldiers of the Zhennan army would not be relentless, and the whole army began to pursue the enemy, and the speed of advance was greatly accelerated.

Although the commander of the Song army was very angry when he learned the bad news, he was not too surprised, after all, he had been in the Western Army for many years, and he had already been accustomed to all kinds of unbelievable behaviors made by the Great Song Army.

Escorted by the remaining musketeers, the supervising army Liang Guang hurriedly withdrew from the north gate of Changsha, and after losing these main forces that could compete with Zhennan, the division was unable to return to the sky, so he had to gather the remnants of the army and then retreated.

After hearing the news that the Zhennan army was heading north, officials and wealthy merchants from various nearby state capitals ran to Changsha City for refuge, but they never expected that the strong city defended by the Song army, which had 100,000 troops, would be defeated so quickly.

These officials and wealthy families were afraid that the Zhennan army would rob their property and family members after entering the city, so they also fled from Changsha City with the defeated army of the Song State.

The fleeing Song soldiers and civilians came out of Changsha, and Liang Guang, the overseer with a war horse, was the first to flee, so he and more than 10,000 musketeers were the fastest and were at the forefront of the team.

Among the planters who had no choice but to withdraw from the city, the remnants of the army led by more than 40,000 were in the middle of the ranks, and the rear were followed by the carriages of wealthy merchants and wealthy women.

In this large-scale pursuit battle, the always strong Zhennan army showed its disadvantage, that is, the lack of horses with strong mobility.

In fact, there are horses in the south, but firstly, there are no large grasslands for breeding, and the number is smaller, and secondly, the southern horses are more suitable for use in the mountains, and they cannot be compared with the horses in the north in the plains.

The Zhennan Army has continued to expand its army over the years, and it has also obtained some horses from Tubo and Western Xia, but the number is too small, and it can only be prioritized for various legions to form reconnaissance cavalry companies.

At the current speed of the two sides, if nothing else, the Zhennan army that followed behind could only catch up with the civilians who fled on foot at the end of the line.

Changsha is about two hundred miles away from Yuezhou City, the closest city in the north, and after Liang Guang, the overseer, led more than 10,000 musketeers to march dozens of miles, the fear in his heart retreated slightly, and he suddenly felt pain everywhere on his body.

Liang Guangnai, the superintendent of the army, is the godson of Liang Shicheng, he has been pampered in Tokyo City for a long time, and today in order to escape, he rode a horse and galloped wildly, and the inner side of his legs had already been ground into great pain, so he hurriedly ordered the whole army to rest in place.

Half an hour later, the seed division also led tens of thousands of troops to follow, and when he saw Liang Guang, the overseer resting leisurely on the side of the road, and the musketeers who were lying on the ground resting in a mess, he was immediately furious.

Riding a horse to Liang Guang's side, the breeder Dao Qiang suppressed the anger in his heart, and reminded: "Liang Jian Jun, now that the Zhennan Army is chasing after him, let's hurry as soon as possible, and it is not too late to rest when we arrive in Yuezhou." ”

Liang Guang didn't know that he had caused a big defeat at this time, and said indifferently: "Don't panic, General Chong, now that we are far away from Changsha City, the Zhennan army will not be able to catch up for a while and a half." ”

Without waiting for the cultivation division to persuade again, suddenly there was a faint sound of fighting in the north, and a large number of Zhennan soldiers wearing black military uniforms appeared from the direction of Yuezhou.

Hearing that there was an enemy army in Zhennan on his retreat road, Liang Guang, the supervising army, was suddenly frightened, and hurriedly got on his horse and wanted to continue to escape, but now there are enemies in front and behind, and he has no way to escape.

Seeing this situation, the seed master hurriedly shouted in a deep voice: "Pass my order, the whole army is on alert, and line up!" ”

At the time of the arrival of such a great enemy, many frightened Song troops needed clear instructions from Shangguan to assemble quickly.

With the sabers and shield soldiers in front and thousands of musketeers behind, they set up a standard defensive formation in the face of the enemy from the north.

This time, the four major armies of the Zhennan Army marched together to attack the capital of the Song State on the fourth road, and this strange army that blocked the direction of Yuezhou was the Fourth Army led by Pang Wanchun and Zhu Tong.

The Song State was now scarce in troops, and although it gathered heavy troops to defend in Changsha to block the third army's conquest, this led to the lack of sufficient defense capabilities in the other three routes.

Song Jiang and Fang La, who relied on the rabble in their hands back then, could attack the city and plunder the land, so that the defenders of the various state capitals of the Song State could flee from the wind, not to mention the regular army of the Zhennan Army, which had a large number of firearms and was well-trained.

After Pang Wanchun's Fourth Army attacked the Jinghu North Road, it did not encounter much resistance at all, and it can be said that it occupied the entire territory without much effort.

Knowing that the Battle of Changsha was not over, Pang Wanchun left Zhu Tong and most of the soldiers to control the Jinghu North Road, and he personally led 3,000 elite soldiers to rush at full speed to block the road from Changsha to Yuezhou.

Now that the middle division and the remaining Song army have been blocked, the west side is the raging Xiangjiang River, and the other side is an unwalkable mountain, which can be said to have been forced into a desperate situation.

The besieged beasts still have to make a final struggle, not to mention the Song army, which is far more numerous than the Zhennan army?

With the encouragement of the planters, the Song army took advantage of the fact that the pursuers in the direction of Changsha were still approaching, and hurriedly ordered the Song army to attack the 3,000 Zhennan Army that blocked their own way back.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! Tens of thousands of Song soldiers let out a desperate roar of unsuccessful success, and then the desperate assault passed, and an encounter even more fierce than the Battle of Changsha unexpectedly kicked off here.

The battle didn't last long, but it was fierce.

The 3,000 Zhennan troops from the Third Army suffered more than a third of the casualties in a short period of a quarter of an hour, and if it weren't for the fact that every soldier carried four grenades with an area-of-effect effect, I am afraid that they would have been breached by the Song troops who were in a desperate situation and inspired infinite courage.

With the will to survive of the Song army under his command, the division thought that he could instantly defeat the Zhennan army front blocking the road.

Who knew that in such a tragic battle, the Zhennan army, which only had 3,000 people, still had high morale and stubbornly resisted the attack from tens of thousands of Song troops.

The seed master who was constantly observing the battle in front suddenly stopped his anxious pace, and ordered in a cold voice: "Chong Hao, you take someone to escort the people behind you!" ”

Chong Hao asked suspiciously: "What are you doing with those people at this time?" ”

The seed master did not answer the rhetorical question: "How many grenades and ammunition do you think the soldiers of the Zhennan Army can carry with them?" ”

"Oh." Chong Hao has also been in the army for many years, and he immediately understood the meaning of his uncle's words.

The ammunition carried by these soldiers of the Zhennan Army who use firearms is bound to be unlimited, just like the archers in the past, if the ammunition of the Zhennan Army runs out, the combat effectiveness will inevitably be greatly reduced.

After figuring out this festival, Chong Hao hurriedly led the soldiers to the rear of the team to drive away the wealthy merchants who fled with the army.