(34) Temporary peace

Ning Yuan's ability to read the battlefield was still very strong, and seeing the situation passively, he began to retreat. It's a pity that tens of thousands of horses on the left are entangled by the coalition forces, and Ning Yuan also had to give an order, and the left army will resist on the spot, all of which should be broken. The rest of Zhang Chu's army retreated without chaos, and after being broken off with heavy cavalry, the whole army slowly moved west.

"A strong man breaks his wrist! What a Ning Yuan! Bai Yunqi looked at Zhang Chu's left route army, which was still fighting hard, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Your Majesty, chase it!" Seeing Zhang Chujun retreating, Hu Junbai, the commander of the Later Wei Dynasty, of course did not want to let go of this opportunity to beat the water dogs, thinking that the Later Wei had been bullied by Zhang Chu for decades, and the opportunity for revenge had come.

"It's a pity that you met me Baiyunqi and want to leave? It's not that easy! Bai Yunqi muttered to himself, did not answer Hu Junbai, said that Bai Yunqi jumped on the war horse violently, and said to Zhang Chujun, who was retreating in front: "The right side will solve the battle as soon as possible, and the middle lane will be the striker, and the whole army will pursue, chase but not fight."

A strange phenomenon appeared on the battlefield, Zhang Chu's tens of thousands of infantry were still fighting, but the main force had begun to retreat, and there was no intention of saving each other at all. Bai Yunqi personally led an army of 100,000 to chase Zhang Chu's army, but he chased but did not fight, and kept the best impact distance without leaving, as if he was waiting for something.

Hulu mouth! As the name suggests, you can know the terrain of this place, the two-mile-long gourd mouth is the way for Zhang Chu's army to return to the camp but must pass, the fierce battle has been carried out for a day, the sun is oblique, as long as it is safe to pass through the gourd mouth, the coalition army has no possibility of pursuit.

With such a dangerous way back, of course Ning Yuan was prepared before coming, and a thousand officers and soldiers were responsible for the vigilance and guards on both sides. Everything looked normal, and the thousand Zhang Chu soldiers in charge of the guard were still there. Ning Yuan immediately ordered, and the remaining 60,000 heavy cavalry lined up to resist the pursuers, and Zhang Chu's army began to pass through Hulukou.

The heavy cavalry is the heavy cavalry, after the formation was set, Bai Yunqi did not take the initiative to attack, it seems that he was planning to send Zhang Chujun out of the border, anyway, the purpose of this battle has been achieved.

The army passed through the gourd mouth one after another, and Ning Yuan, who was standing on the side and commanding, was in a very complicated mood, he was strong against weak, and he actually fell into a defeated situation, although there were also reasons for the coalition army to use new weapons on the battlefield, but when he found that the coalition army put on a strange formation, why couldn't he make adjustments in time, if the central breakthrough was implemented with heavy cavalry, it would be difficult to say whether the battle would be won or lost. In the final analysis, it is still the lack of adaptability in the battle, and the main reason is that he underestimated the enemy, and despised the Hou Wei army that was defeated not long ago and in his hands, thinking that 100,000 cavalry could easily break through the opponent, but the result was the loss of 40,000 cavalry, not to mention, the left side of the middle road added up to 80,000 people, which can not but be said to be a fiasco.

More than half of the army, Ning Yuan's mind was still wandering in the battle just now, and suddenly he heard a cannon fire on both sides of the gourd, Ning Yuan suddenly woke up, and his heart screamed badly.

Zhang Chujun, who was passing through the mouth of the gourd, suddenly found that countless boulder logs rolled down on the high ground on both sides, and there was an ambush here, what were the thousand defenders doing? Ning Yuan wanted to find the general guarding this place for the first time, but when he looked up, he found that the soldiers who were originally in charge of guarding on both sides had already run away, so he reacted badly.

Fortunately, there were not many enemy troops in ambush on both sides, and after a wave of stones and logs fell down, it only blocked the road, and the damage caused was not very large, Ning Yuan hurriedly ordered 20,000 people to launch a counterattack on the high ground on both sides, and ordered other troops to quickly clear the road. It took half an hour for the counterattacking troops to occupy it smoothly; On the high ground on both sides, it turned out that I didn't find an enemy above, so I ran away early.

Ning Yuan was still secretly glad that if it weren't for Bai Yunqi's lack of troops, his life would have to stay here today. I was glad to see the smoke billowing from the west, and soon someone in front of me came to report that it was his own camp that was burned. The battalion was ended, which means that the army has no place to stay tonight, and must retreat overnight, which means that the coalition forces have many more opportunities to attack Zhang Chu's army.

Zhang Chujun, who was already demoralized, suddenly saw that the nest was raided, and his morale suddenly reached the lowest point, and everyone wanted to get out of this ghost place as soon as possible. At this moment, Bai Yun, who had not moved, made a move, using the chain of horses as a barrier, and three hundred thunderbolts shot at the Zhang Chu cavalry who was in charge of the broken rear at the same time, and the thunderbolt carriages that were not fast followed in time, and the final blow to Zhang Chujun began.

Zhang Chujun, who was in turmoil, suddenly suffered a fierce blow, and the heavy cavalry in charge of the broken rear was suddenly in chaos, and the chain of horses that appeared as a strange soldier in Baiyunqi began the final impact after being recovered. More than 100,000 Zhang Chu troops were in a mess in the gourd, everyone rushed to run out, how could the damaged roads pass smoothly, and trampled on each other for a time, causing countless deaths.

Knowing that the general situation was going away, Ning Yuan did not panic when his subordinates tried to pull him to escape, this battle was like this, what face did he have to go back. The deputy general tried his best to restore order in the mouth of the gourd, and he took a thousand of his own soldiers to the cavalry unit after the break. Due to Ning Yuan's timely arrival, the cavalry troops after the break were finally not completely messed up, Zhang Chutie cavalry was worthy of the world's strongest army, but such a critical situation could withstand the impact of the coalition army, Ning Yuan's handsome flag always fluttered behind the cavalry troops, Ning Yuan did not retreat, and no one in the cavalry retreated, no matter how the chain of horses of Baiyunqi attacked, these cavalry were desperate not to retreat.

The crossbow shot did not penetrate and waited for the chain horse to approach, and the spear could not move the soldier jumped onto the chain horse, and the thunderbolt at this time did not dare to fire again, and the two armies fought chaotically, and the Zhang Chu army expected by Bai Yunqi did not appear in a comprehensive retreat.

"I still underestimate him, the wise man Qianzhu finally made a mistake, ordered the whole army, stopped the attack, and only shot Bai Yunqi with a thunderbolt The face was also a little helpless.

Zhang Chujun finally retreated, Ning Yuan looked up to the sky and sighed: "Everyone abandon the horse and run for your life After saying this, Ning Yuan fiercely pulled out his sword and was about to kill himself, but fortunately, his subordinates had already taken precautions and hugged it."

"Zhang Chujun has never had a time when the commander died in battle, although the commander went first, I took my brothers to give you the main cavalry commander General Niu shouted loudly.

Ning Yuan finally withdrew, and none of the 60,000 heavy cavalry surrendered, and all of them were killed. The battle finally ended at dusk, with the loss of 160,000 troops and the 100,000 heavy cavalry.

In the sound of dripping horses' hooves, Baiyun got up to the final battlefield of Zhang Chu's cavalry resistance, the smoke of gunpowder did not dissipate, a war horse refused to leave by the master's side, and kept licking the master's face with his tongue, but it was a pity that his master would never wake up again.

Bai Yun got up and went to the horse, but saw a Zhang Chu general lying in a pool of blood, and his chest was cut open by a piece of shrapnel from a thunderbolt.

"These men are warriors, and they are buried with great honor

After learning that Zhang Chujun was rude in the decisive battle, Mr. Ning Da on the periphery of Qizhou also hurriedly withdrew his troops, and the defenders of Qizhou wanted to take advantage of the situation to chase and kill, but they were ambushed and repelled by Mr. Ning Da, losing more than 20,000 people, and Zhang Chujun retreated to Dingzhou.

So far, the coalition army has achieved a decisive victory in the battle with Zhang Chujun, and while destroying the opponent as much as 200,000, its own casualties are as high as 80,000, of course, there is also a part of the Qizhou army's pursuit mistakes.

After learning of the crushing defeat of Qizhou, the combined forces of the Xiongnu and Zhang Chu had to abandon the siege.

In September of the second year of China, Baiyun started to teach Duliang, and also established the position of the hegemon of the Central Plains in World War I. At the celebration banquet, Bai Yunfan asked the lord of the country, "Why didn't Zhang Chujun chase when he first retreated."

Bai Yunqi replied: "At that time, the main force of Zhang Chu's army was still there, and of course he could win a big victory after him, but the price paid was much greater, and before the war, Wu Ming was sent to lead 2,000 men and horses from his headquarters to attack the defenders of Hulukou, and then rushed to attack Zhang Chu's camp. Hulukou ruined its way back, burned its camp and disrupted its army's heart, but in this way, Zhang Chu's 60,000 heavy cavalry still completed the task after the break, and it cannot be said that it is not a pity

In October, the envoys of the Northern Qin came to visit, and together with the envoys of the Later Wei, the Three Kingdoms signed an alliance, and in the same month, Zhang Chu signed an offensive and defensive alliance with the Xiongnu.

The two sides of this war were too much to consume, and neither had the strength to fight again, and a temporary peace came.

A year passed quickly, and all parties were taking advantage of this short time to recuperate and accumulate strength. The policy of Baiyunqi in the summer of the third year of China has been rewarded, the wind and rain in the second year of China, the autumn of the second year, the tax recovery, the states have collected countless grains, the new tax policy has also greatly encouraged the development of industry and commerce, Duliangcheng has become the commercial center of the Central Plains, the production of liquor and glass products, not to mention all over the Central Plains, even the distant desert has merchants to purchase.

With the guarantee of economic strength, the Chinese ** pair began a new round of reorganization, and finally became a force with 50,000 cavalry, 100,000 heavy infantry, 50,000 strong crossbows, and a force composed of 20,000 people and 2,000 thunderbolts. The number of troops after the reorganization has decreased, but this does not mean that the combat effectiveness has decreased, and Baiyunqi has always advocated the policy of elite troops, so the combat effectiveness has been improved instead of the number of troops.

At the same time as changing the army, Baiyunqi introduced a new policy, that is, the policy of reserve forces, the whole country, all men over the age of 18 and under the age of 50, except for those who are officials in the DPRK, must be compiled into the register, and the local government organizes military training every month, in the words of Bai Yunqi, this is called hiding soldiers from the people, with the introduction of this policy, once war breaks out, Baiyunqi can immediately mobilize 800,000 troops from the people for regular military training.

In the summer of the third year of China, the Xiongnu and the Houjin, who had been confronted for decades, unexpectedly concluded a non-aggression pact. In the spring of the fourth year of China, the Northern Qin suddenly announced that it would withdraw from the alliance with China's Later Wei, but announced that it would remain neutral, and the pattern of the world underwent a subtle change.