Chapter 59: Huanghuayu Annihilates the Enemy
This place is called Huanghuayu, a flat land in the valley, about ten miles square, a total of about hundreds of families live. Seeing that the houses here were neat and tall, and knowing that he had encountered a rich land, he naturally refused to let go, and after killing a few men who dared to resist, he began to rob indiscriminately, things to rob, people to rob, strong men and beautiful women were lined up, tied up with ropes and connected in a row, ready to be taken back together.
Because there was no resistance these days, the people of the Akabe were also careless, and only sent a dozen or so people to ride on horseback to guard, so Cao Wenzhao led people to rush until they were very close to the guards before they were discovered. The vigilant Mongols immediately shot a chirping and then rushed towards them on horseback.
Cao Wenzhao secretly praised the bravery of the Mongols, drew arrows, and shot them again and again. Eight arrows and five hits, the rushing Mongols were taken aback. Cao Wenzhao scolded secretly: "It's really not good to shoot on a horse!" He put away his bow, stooped down and picked up the spear on the Victory Hook, and rushed forward.
Two thousand against two hundred, the result is naturally no doubt at all. After the battle, the battlefield was cleared, a total of 237 Mongols were beheaded, a total of 590 unwounded horses were snatched, another 43 wounded horses, and several dead horses were captured. On his side, thirty-six people died, only a dozen were slightly injured, and five were seriously injured.
Cao Wenzhao found a few local Baozheng, arranged for the wounded to recuperate in Huanghuayu first, and the dead horse as the living expenses for recuperation, and then led people to continue to search and advance to Shenmu City.
On the road, he constantly encountered dozens of Mongolian soldiers with a maximum of hundreds of people, and of course he could win every attack, but the number of beheadings was not as good as the number of wounded soldiers on his side, which made Cao Wenzhao miss the flintlock firearms of the guards again, and when a row of firebolts hit, these Mongols had already fallen to the ground.
When he was about to reach Qu Yechuan at Shenmu City, Yechi had already received the news and led people to wait for the Ming army by the river. After receiving the scout's report, Cao Wenzhao ordered to camp on a small hillside five miles from the Kakuno River, which had many small trees and was not afraid of the Mongol cavalry charge.
Yechi always couldn't wait for the Ming army, and only after sending scouts did he know that the Ming army had already set up camp. After asking about the terrain, he knew that it would not be good to attack, so he crossed the Quno River, leaving 2,000 men to defend the mouth of the river, while the others continued to rob.
The scouts sent by Cao Wenzhao reported the whereabouts of the Mongols, but Cao Wenzhao did not dare to advance further. The 2,000 Mongols are like a joke against their own 2,000 new troops, he will not fight a positional war with you at all, he will always harass with cavalry, and he can slowly clean himself up with the tactics of cavalry. To deal with the Mongols, it was necessary either to have the weapons of the Guards, or to have a much larger number than them.
The next day, Sun Chuanting rushed over with two battalions of soldiers from Yanchuan, so that there were nearly 5,000 soldiers, and the two decided to attack the Mongols who remained at the mouth of the Quye River, but the two had different opinions on how to distribute the troops.
Sun Chuanting wanted to divide 2,000 troops to block the Yongxingbao breach, cut off the return route of the Mongols, and could completely annihilate the Mongols. Cao Wenzhao thought that if everyone was used to attack the Mongols, the Mongols would not be able to go fast with what they had looted, and they could effectively annihilate the Mongols.
One of the two wants to be annihilated, and the other is worried that the Mongols are too powerful, which makes sense. So in the end, the two each took a step back, Sun Chuanting led a thousand troops to make a detour to Yongxingbao to block the pass, and Cao Wenzhao attacked the Mongols head-on. This made Cao Wenzhao have a very good impression of Sun Chuanting, he was accustomed to seeing the disdain of civil officials for military generals, so he naturally had a deep impression of Sun Chuanting's behavior of actively listening to the opinions of military generals.
After Sun Chuanting left, Cao Wenzhao did not wait for reinforcements at all, and led the troops to Quye River first, and the Mongols on the opposite side rushed from across the river after seeing the Ming soldiers. Cao Wenzhao mixed the pikemen and sword and shield soldiers, and rushed directly forward to the river to wait for the Mongols. When the horse was in the river, the Mongols' arrows were not so powerful, so the Ming army suffered little losses, and although they were newly trained, they were not much worse than the guards in terms of discipline.
When the Mongols rushed to this side of the river, their bows and arrows were no longer of much use, and it was impossible to charge in front of the dense spears, so they immediately took out their long weapons to fight the Ming army. The spears of the Ming army were specially designed to stab the horse's head, and the sword and shield soldiers were waiting for the horse to fall when the Mongols were cut and killed, and the officers of the Ming army kept shouting and commanding, so that the Ming army became slowly skilled from the panic at the beginning, and the Mongols were inseparable.
Cao Wenzhao was greatly admired, I really can't see that this is just a recruit who has been trained for half a year to a year, and it is indeed a Qin soldier who has endured hard fighting since ancient times. He picked up his iron spear and charged forward.
Also Chibe stayed at the mouth of the river is Yechi's younger brother Su Buye, he held a mace, rushed to the front alone, and when he saw Cao Wenzhao's clothes and armor were different, he screamed and rushed towards him.
With a cruel smile on his lips, he raised his mace, ready to blow the general's head like a watermelon, and he smiled even more as he saw that he was near, when a spear stabbed through his throat like lightning, and then quickly drew it and stabbed at another Mongol soldier next to him. The mace fell to the ground, and Su Bu grabbed his throat with both hands, but he couldn't stop the blood gushing out, and he fell down unwillingly.
Cao Wenzhao stabbed seven Mongol soldiers to death, his marksmanship was simple and practical, as long as he stabbed the enemy's vital point, he would not use more force to turn to other enemies, so he killed the enemy quickly and seemed to have spare strength.
Su Bu is also the most powerful warrior in the Red Division, his death greatly reduced the morale of the Mongols, and Cao Wenzhao's bravery made them even began to be afraid, so the momentum of both sides changed, the situation also changed, some Mongols began to plan how to escape, Cao Wenzhao was overjoyed, shouted: "Sons, kill with me." Then a man slaughtered the Mongol crowd.
A soldier bears a nest of bears. The general taking the lead in the charge was the most morale-encouraging, so the Ming army was like a rainbow for a while, and the Mongol soldiers were slaughtered in disarray.
At this time, Yechi received the news and hurriedly collected more than 100 soldiers to rush over to support, but the formation of the Mongols stabilized a little, and after Cao Wenzhao shot him to death with an arrow, the Mongols finally collapsed and began to flee in all directions.
Of course, the infantry could not catch up with the cavalry, so Cao Wenzhao organized about 400 pikemen and 200 sword and shield soldiers, rode on the captured war horses in front, and began to pursue the fleeing Mongols.
The Mongols knew that the robbery had failed, and now they just wanted to go home quickly, and after the rout, they began to flee in the direction of Yongxingbao, Cao Wenzhao led people to chase closely, and finally surrounded the Mongols in a narrow flat land with Sun Chuanting in front of Yongxingbao.