Chapter 638: The Battle of Tempering (Part II)
The battlefield is very wide, it has an advantage for the mobile cavalry, you can fight if you advance, you can retreat if you lose, although the Song army also has cavalry, but it has just been formed, it lacks training, whether it is riding skills or fighting on horseback, it is far from being compared with the cavalry of the black party.
Li Yanqing also knew this, so he could only use the cavalry as a flank protection for the long soldiers, and the real fierce battle still had to rely on 5,000 spear troops to carry the beams.
Nan Liguang also discovered this, they wanted to fight fiercely with the opposing cavalry several times, but they were avoided by the opposing cavalry and refused to fight them head-on.
Nan Li Guang also lost the opponent's cavalry and killed directly on the left flank of the spear army, due to the loss of cavalry protection, a weakness appeared on this side.
Li Yanqing immediately saw the other party's intentions, and he also found that the other party's battle flag was different, and his heart moved, maybe the main general of the enemy army was in that team.
He immediately turned back to Cao Meng and said, "Go and support the left flank and try to kill the enemy's commander." ”
Cao Meng's 1,000 troops played the role of crossbowmen, and he had just retreated to change the spear as a backup, he was already impatient, and when he received the order, he immediately shouted, "Follow me!" ”
He wielded a copper hammer and ran towards the left flank of the spear army, followed by a thousand soldiers, at this time, Nan Liguang was preparing to encircle and attack from the left flank spear phalanx, Cao Meng led a thousand spear troops to kill, just cut off the flank of Nan Liguang, and the two sides started a fierce battle on the other side.
At this time, it was dusk, the light was slightly dim, and the two sides had been fighting fiercely for more than an hour, and both cavalry and infantry were extremely physically exhausted.
This was originally a fierce battle of parity, and even the Song army had a slight advantage in numbers, but in individual combat, the cavalry was obviously superior, and the foundation of Li Yanqing's army was actually not good.
However, fortunately, Li Yanqing and Han Shizhong are both experienced and have enough patience to spend time with the enemy, especially Li Yanqing specially conducted overnight combat training, and dragged the battle situation until the evening.
Then night gradually fell, Nan Liguang was a little anxious, they with one blow two, with 4,000 cavalry withstood nearly 9,000 Song troops, as the casualties of the cavalry gradually increased and night fell, Nan Liguang felt that they were a little unbearable.
Nanli Guang was screaming and commanding the battle, when his own soldiers suddenly shouted: "General, danger!" ”
Nan Li Guang turned his head, but saw a silver helmet general killed from the oblique stab, this person is extremely majestic, white horse and silver spear, majestic, is known as the first fierce general of the Jingzhao Army.
At this time, another general of the Song army came from the other side, holding a sledgehammer, but it was the fierce general Cao Meng, it was a pity for Cao Meng, when he led the army to kill the left flank of the spear army, Nan Liguang happened to go to the right flank, so that Cao Meng's desire to kill the enemy's main general was disappointed.
When Nan Mianguang turned to the left flank again, Gao Zhong happened to kill again, and Cao Meng also rushed to the same time.
Cao Meng was so anxious that he shouted: "Brother, that's my military exploits!" ”
Gao Pet laughed, "Of course his head belongs to me!" ”
Nan Liguang was suddenly furious, and smashed it at Gao Zhong with a long-handled single hammer, Gao Zhong stabbed with his spear, and the sharp tip of the spear stabbed in front of him in an instant.
Nan Li was taken aback, and quickly closed the hammer to block, but Gao Zhong shook with a shot and stabbed Nan Li Guang's thigh, Nan Li screamed in pain, and the sledgehammer in his hand also dispersed.
The tip of Gao's pet spear appeared in Nan Liguang's chest like a poisonous snake, and stabbed into it with a poof, only to hear a terrible scream, when Cao Meng urged the horse to rush over, Nan Liguang had turned into a corpse that had fallen off the horse.
"Xiao Qi, I gave you the battle exploits you wanted."
Gao Pet smiled proudly, turned the horse and left, Cao screamed angrily, and smashed Nan Liguang's chest hard.
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The death of Nan Liguang was undoubtedly the last straw that broke the camel's back, and the cavalry began to be confused, but at this time, the encirclement of the Song army had been formed, and no matter which direction the cavalry broke through, they would be sniped by the Song army's strong crossbow shots and spears.
At this time, a soldier rushed to report, "Qi Qi command, the cavalry has been deployed!" ”
Li Yanqing nodded and shouted: "Let the enemy army break through from the north, and the army will cover and kill from the front!" ”
Two thousand encircled on the north side of the spear army withdrew, giving way to a vacancy, frightened more than two thousand black party cavalry swarmed out, at this time the black party cavalry has been killed by the Song army to the cold heart, morale is exhausted, once there is a tendency to escape, no one is willing to fight back with the whole army, they run to the north lifelessly, lose their armor, like a landslide and a sea collapse, the leader of the wild horse department Nan Lichun was shocked, shouted loudly, "Stop, don't escape, stop me!" ”
He killed more than a dozen deserters in a row, but he couldn't stop the cavalry from fleeing, and at this time, 5,000 Song troops came from behind, accelerating the collapse of the Black Dangxiang cavalry.
At this time, Han Shizhong led 2,000 cavalry to kill head-on, cutting off the retreat of the enemy's cavalry, and more than 2,000 cavalry scattered and fled, or knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
In the first battle of Baiguyuan, the armies of Nanli, Yema, and Qijie were almost all wiped out, but the Song army also paid a heavy price of more than 1,000 casualties.
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At noon the next day, the 8,000 Song army arrived at the Yeli Department at the foot of Maling, and the Yeli Ministry had formally reached a reconciliation plan with Jing Zhaojun and its Gyeongju the day before yesterday, of course, whether this plan was effective or not had to be decided by the imperial court, but Li Yanqing's task this time was to quell the riots, and the meaning of the word pacifier was to settle it peacefully and ensure that the black party would not make any more trouble, so Li Yanqing was basically sure that the reconciliation plan would be approved by the imperial court.
The army stopped moving forward three miles away from the Yelibu Dazhai, which was also built on a mountainside, stretching for more than ten miles, and the mountain was full of caves and buildings.
It is not surprising that the Song army arrived in Ye Lisheng, he has received the news that the three-tribe alliance has been completely defeated by the Song army, and almost all the army has been wiped out, Nan Liguang and Nan Lichun have died in the chaos, and the leader of the beggar tribe, Tuoba Ning, did not participate in the war because of his age, but his nephew Tuoba Hao also died on the battlefield.
Ye Lisheng stood in front of the gate of the village and silently watched the Song army in the distance, the surrounding subordinates were very nervous, and they all opened their bows and arrows, as if facing a great enemy, at this time, Ye Li Yuanli whispered in horror on the side: "How can this be, if it is not an agreement, they should not come to trouble the Ye Li Ministry." ”
Ye Lisheng said lightly: "Ye Li has reached an agreement, but the black party item does not, he is here to curry favor with the black party item!" ”
Ye Li Yuanli remembered that Ye Li Sheng was still the chief of the black party this time, and he hurriedly asked, "Then what should I do?" Or..... Shall I talk to them again? ”
Ye Lisheng shook his head, "Li Yanqing wants to see me, and you can't solve the problem by talking." ”
"I don't really understand!"
Ye Lisheng smiled bitterly, turned to the army and shouted: "Open the gate of the wall, put down the weapon, and raise the white flag!" ”
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Three miles away, Li Yanqing was also looking at this village, which had been in operation for a hundred years, the largest cottage in the black party, and also their old nest.
"Commander, will they surrender?" Han Shizhong asked in a low voice on the side.
Li Yanqing smiled, "A reconciliation agreement has been signed, why don't you surrender, if they feel that they still have the capital to confront the Song army, I am willing to accompany them to the end." ”
At this time, a soldier shouted: "They have raised the white flag!" ”
I saw a white flag raised above Dazhai, the door of the village was wide open, and a team of dozens of people came out of Dazhai, led by a young man, shirtless, followed by hundreds of men and women.
Yeli Yuanli stepped forward and knelt down and said: "The chief of my family has come to ask the system to take the blame, please accept the sincerity of the black party!" ”
Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "You told me that the cavalry of the Nanli Department is uneven, but the truth is not what you said, I almost underestimated the enemy." ”
Yeli Yuanli was so frightened that he hurriedly kowtowed, "It's really good and bad, I'm not lying, it's just that Nan Liguang's commander is very capable, and I also said that as long as Nan Liguang is killed, this army will soon collapse." ”
"You're right, alright! I accept the sincerity of the black party. ”
Ye Li Yuanli hurriedly rushed back, and after a while, Ye Li Sheng stepped forward with his wife, children and more than a dozen elders, Ye Li Sheng knelt down and said: "Ye Li Sheng Telai, the chief of the Black Party, is willing to accept all the punishments of the court and the army, and has no complaints!" ”
Li Yanqing said coldly: "The Yeli Ministry has expressed remorse with sincerity and made compensation, I will no longer hold the Yeli Ministry and the other eight small tribes responsible, and the Feituo Department has also paid a heavy price for their crimes, and I don't want to mention it again, but Nanli, Mustang and Qijie participated in the riot, with a tough attitude, and refused to repent, so I need to ask the black party for an explanation." ”
Ye Li Sheng hugged his fists and said: "Although Nanli, Mustang and Qijie are unruly, I have repeatedly warned, and they still turn a deaf ear, but as the big chief of the black party, I am responsible for the crimes they have committed, and I implore Li Tongzhi to give me three days to let me completely rectify the three tribes, and I will definitely give Li Tongzhi a satisfactory answer." ”
Li Yanqing nodded, "I have seen the sincerity of Chief Yeli, but I prefer to see the actual actions of the chief, my conditions are still those three, and I will get a clear answer in three days, whether it is war or peace is in the hands of the chief." ”
"I see!"
Li Yanqing immediately ordered: "The class teacher returns to the camp!" ”
'Woo-' The low horn sounded, and the 8,000 Song army began to slowly turn around and head towards Anhua County in the south.
It wasn't until the Song army walked away that Yeli Yuanli hurriedly took his clothes and put them on the chief, and at the same time ripped off the thorns on his back, "Chief, go back!" ”
At this time, Ye Lisheng showed a smug smile, "If it weren't for Li Yanqing's strong help, I'm afraid that I, the chief, would still not be worthy of my name!" ”
"So what do we do?"
"What to do?" Ye Lisheng said coldly: "We will immediately take over the three departments of Nanli, we should release them, we should compensate, we should finish it within three days, and then write to the court to ask for guilt!" ”