Chapter 360: Forced to Withdraw Troops
Yan Nantian pointed to the distance of the battlefield and said, "Look, my lord." ”
Sun Yueling jumped on horseback and looked in the direction he pointed, only to see Wu Xiang's 2,000 Guan Ning Iron Cavalry circling in a big circle in the distance, and was rushing towards the south, getting farther and farther away from the entire battlefield, and the big "Wu" flag was getting smaller and smaller in the field of vision.
Sun Yueling suddenly felt incredulous, and his heart was cold.
The current battle can be said to be advancing step by step according to his plan, although Mang Gurtai is brave, but has been dragged by them, the two thousand Ming army is gradually encroaching on the living force of the blue flag, as long as Mang Gurtai shows its decline, it is the time for the Ming army to sweep the battlefield with all its might.
However, at this very juncture, Wu Xiang fled without a fight.
- This is simply a joke on the lives of thousands of Ming soldiers.
Man Gui is fighting to the death with the main cavalry of the Zhenglan Banner, which can be said to contain most of the troops of the Zhenglan Banner, as long as he can hold out until the left flank of Houjin is defeated, it will be done; Thousands of Ming troops broke through to the central battlefield from the left flank, and most of the Zhenglan Banner had to be damaged.
And Wu Xiang's task is to drag the enemy from the right flank, even if he does not engage the enemy and does not lose a soldier or a horse, as long as he can keep the right flank of Mangui as stable as Mount Tai, then it is still a great achievement.
However, at this critical moment, he didn't say hello and ran away alone.
Sun Yueling was almost angry with Wu Xiang, and at the same time shouted in his heart that he had made a mistake - in later generations, he had heard that the Guanning Army Headquarters had fought repeatedly and always didn't care about the life or death of the guest army, and let the guest army fight in front of them, and then they would be able to coerce Kou to respect themselves, so that the imperial court would continue to pay attention to them, and continue to smash silver at the Guanning defense line.
This is just a joke on the Internet that he has seen before, but he didn't expect the situation to unfold at this moment, and this thing will be staged alive in front of his eyes.
Sun Yueling regretted it, Wu Xiang's departure would only lead to the emptiness of Mangui's right flank, and the 1,000 iron horsemen who were originally used to contain Wu Xiang by the Zhenglan Banner had no scruples at this time, and could directly insert the henchmen of the Gui Department from the right side.
In this case, the general situation is at stake.
But what can he do now, even if he sends someone to chase Wu Xiang, it will be too late.
Sun Yueling's spear was shocked, and he shouted: "All the soldiers of the army, kill the enemy with me!" ”
After shouting, he rode his horse and galloped towards the formation of the white-armored soldiers. Now is the time to fight, fight perseverance, if they can get rid of the elite of the white armor in front of them before the defeat of the Mangui army, then there is still room for maneuver, even if they can't win a big victory, they won't be defeated.
"Kill!" Seeing that the commander was so brave, the blood of all the generals boiled, and they clenched the weapons in their hands one after another, and rushed towards the white-armored soldiers.
But the bravery of the white-armored soldiers was simply beyond his expectations, these Tartars formed a formation, and the advance and retreat were very disciplined, which was not comparable to ordinary duels.
Sun Yueling couldn't help but sigh, sure enough, martial arts have little effect on the battlefield, and the battlefield pays attention to cooperation and discipline, and the comparison is fast, accurate and ruthless, especially in this kind of large-scale group combat, even if you are martial arts, it is difficult to deploy it, and under such an efficient attack and cooperation, it can only be useless for heroes.
Fortunately, the Ming army had the advantage in numbers, as long as thousands of Ming troops dared to fight, even the most elite white-armored soldiers in Houjin could not resist.
Just as Sun Yueling was taking a breath, Sun Zushou came to his side and shouted to him: "My lord, General Man can't stand it......"
Sun Yueling raised his eyes and saw that in the middle of the battlefield, Hou Jin's 1,000 cavalry really inserted into the Mangui army from the right flank, opening a long gap and dividing the Mangui army into two.
Man Gui's 2,000 horsemen were attacked on several sides, and suddenly the formation was in chaos, and they were about to be defeated.
Sun Yueling's heart ached, the Mangui Department was finally unable to withstand the attack from several sides, at this time, even if they could completely annihilate the white-armored elite soldiers in front of them, but the Mangui Department would also have to pay a heavy price, and the two thousand iron cavalry might not be able to protect it.
If you continue to fight, it will be a lose-lose ending.
This is an outcome that he does not want to see.
"Wu Xiang, this shit!" Rao is he has always been calm, and he couldn't help but burst into a foul language, and said to Sun Zushou, "Order the whole army to retreat, the infantry go first, and the cavalry will be cut off." ”
Sun Zushou looked unwilling, but finally obeyed his orders.
Soon, the order to retreat was given, and the Ming army on the left flank began to retreat in an orderly manner, with all the archers and musketeers going first, and the cavalry leaving behind.
But Man Gui didn't have such good luck, the Ming army that was trapped in the encirclement didn't have time to withdraw for a while, and could only become the target of the Houjin massacre, but fortunately, the seven or hundred horsemen behind were still able to escape from the battlefield and quickly retreat to their side.
"My lord, do you want to save General Man?" Sun Zushou said bitterly, those besieged Ming troops are all elite horses, and Man Gui is also the robe he admires the most, seeing the friendly army being slaughtered by Houjin, he really can't bear this breath.
Sun Yueling was ruthless and said: "We have written down this revenge first, and there is always a chance to take revenge!" "Ordered the whole army not to stay and to withdraw from the battlefield quickly.
In the Houjin array, Yue Tuo, who had withdrawn from the left flank, followed behind Mang Gurtai and asked, "Fifth Uncle, now that the Ming army is defeated, why don't you pursue it?" ”
Mang Gurtai turned his head, glared at him fiercely, and said: "This Ming army is not trivial, and the number of people is twice as large as ours, even if we catch up, we will not be able to take advantage." ”
Yue Tuo stopped talking, he was full of slander in his heart, he said before that it was you who rushed up to fight, but now that the enemy is retreating, but you don't pursue, you will roar at your own people.
But he only dared to say this in his stomach, and he didn't dare to say it in front of Mang Gurtai, his fifth uncle has always been short-tempered, and he can't get along with himself if he provokes him.
Without waiting for him to react, Mang Gurtai pointed to the front of the battlefield and said, "Go, destroy this Ming army that is too late to withdraw for me, this is your chance to atone for your sins." ”
What else could Yue Tuo say, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he rushed to the battlefield with the rest of the soldiers.
Within Dajin, he is also an arrogant lord, and the ordinary Belle Bezi is not taken seriously by him at all, but he is alone in the reckless Gurtai, and only in front of the reckless Gurtai will he put away his arrogant appearance and become a subordinate.
Soon, the whole army of Houjin pressed on and rushed towards the 1,000 Ming army that had no time to retreat.
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Sand River Fort, night falls.
Nearly 4,000 Ming troops rested here, preparing for the next military operation.
In today's battle, the Ming army lost more than 1,000 horsemen, almost all of which were the elites brought by Mangui, which can be said to be a big loss. But the Houjin side was not much better, Yue Tuo's 2,000-man vanguard suffered heavy casualties, most of the Red Banner soldiers were wiped out, and hundreds of Mongols and puppet troops became prisoners of the Ming army, and even the Zhenglan Banner that Mang Gurtai came to rescue also lost hundreds of people.
Fortunately, Wu Wenyao, the cavalry commander who withdrew from the Mangui Department, learned from the mouth that Mangui led his cavalry to break out of the encirclement from the east, but the situation was critical, and it was too late to meet them, so he went to the south with hundreds of cavalry.
Since Mangui is fine, the casualties on both sides of this battle can be said to be almost the same, and no one has taken advantage.
But for the Ming army, having this result can be said to be a great thing to boost the morale of the army, after all, this is a field battle with the elite division of the Houjin, and did not let the other party take advantage of the slightest, the Ming army can achieve such a result, it is enough to report to the imperial court.
It's a pity that due to the timely retreat, the Ming army didn't have time to cut off the Houjin Tartar level, otherwise sending these hundreds of levels to Ningyuan City might be able to make Yuan Chonghuan change his mind and send a large army to support.
In the barracks, Sun Yueling summoned the generals to sit around the table and discussed the next march plan.
"This Wu Xiang, who killed a thousand knives, is simply a crime that cannot be forgiven!" Sun Zushou roared angrily, pressed his hands the table, and said fiercely, "If it weren't for him fleeing without a fight, we would definitely destroy the main force of the Zhenglan Banner in this battle, and my lord would have reported his victory to the imperial court!" ”
Sun Yueling said lightly: "General Sun, don't be impatient, this matter has its own sense of proportion, and he will never let thousands of soldiers die in vain." ”
After a slight pause, he added, "It's just that for now, according to your opinion, should we continue to move forward, or should we retreat?" ”
"Forward, of course." Sun Zushou replied, "We are here to save Jinzhou, how can we retreat halfway, doesn't that make Lord Yuan laugh at us?" ”
"But...... We have less than 4,000 people left......" Wu Wenyao cautiously interjected.
"So what? As long as we have the right strategy, we may not be able to reach the city of Jinzhou. Zhang Zhiqi glanced at Wu Wenyao and said coldly, "Even if we can't force ourselves with the Tartars, we can also deal with the Tartars, contain them, and relieve the pressure on Jinzhou City." ”
Wu Wenyao frowned and said, "But the current situation is that we can't even get through Tashan Fort, so how can we go straight to Jinzhou City?" Mang Gurtai's blue flag occupies Tower Hill, there are only so many of us, what are we going to fight Tower Hill? ”
Sun Yueling smiled faintly and said to Sun Zushou: "What does General Sun think about this?" ”
Sun Zushou thought for a moment and said: "Wu Dusi is right, if our army wants to reach Jinzhou, it can't bypass the Zhenglan Banner. Even if we can sneak through the eyes of the enemy, Mang Gurtai can give us a knife from behind at any time, and when the time comes, our army will be in danger if we are attacked in front and behind......"
Speaking of this, he glanced at the people present and said, "Therefore, if our army wants to reach the city of Jinzhou, it must first eat the enemy in Tashan Fort, otherwise it will not even be able to do the work of containment." ”
"Eat the blue flag?" Wu Wenyao gasped and said, "If we had a chance to do it earlier, but now that Wu Xiang has run away and General Man's whereabouts are unknown, can our troops beat the Zhenglan Banner?" ”
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