Chapter 170: Withdraw
Yang Jiamo, the chief soldier of Gansu, wanted to mix in the soldiers to find an opportunity to escape, but he was hated by the soldiers for his usual deduction of military pay and blood, and soon someone reported him, and he was arrested and put on a small hill next to him, and the security army was waiting for the order to dispose of him.
Yang Jiamo's mind was still in confusion at this time, he didn't understand how he was defeated, this battle was completely different from what he had experienced before. Originally, with tens of thousands of horses led by himself, he formed a military formation in a valley with relatively open terrain, and he was not afraid of the impact of the enemy at all, but there was no cavalry impact, no infantry slashing, a burst of artillery bombardment, and a salvo of muskets, the ranks of the officers and soldiers collapsed, and now the officers and troops are still marching in the direction of extension, faster than when they came, but they are now prisoners of the security army.
The order came, and Yang Jiamo was escorted back to wait for processing. Yang Jiamo joined the team to Yanchang, which was also the place he wanted to go, the same destination, different mood.
The security forces cleaned up the battlefield overnight, and by daybreak the valley was quiet again, as if nothing had happened. According to the original estimate, it would take a few days for these tens of thousands of officers and soldiers to eat them all at once, and the officers and soldiers would definitely have to come to support, He Jin and they were ready to make a hard blockade, but they didn't expect the officers and troops to fight so hard, and the security army collapsed with a charge, and they were particularly obedient, and they were taken prisoner in an orderly manner, and they evacuated faster than the march.
He Jin looked at the soldiers who were still excited after digging the soil all night, and shouted, "Let's go, find a place to sleep." The soldiers quickly put away their equipment and followed Ho Jin out of the battlefield.
On the official and military side, all kinds of news are flying all over the sky, and no one knows what is happening. The first to feel strange was Cao Wenzhao, Yang Jiamo led the team to attack and did not inform him of what to do, Cao Wenzhao only knew that Yang Jiamo was going to Yanchang through the horse, he ordered the horse to pay close attention to the movement of Yang Jiamo's team, he also wanted to see the response of the security army, there was a horse survey at night, and he heard the sound of cannons and gunfire in the direction of Ganguyi, but he couldn't get close, and a few horses who were too close were killed.
Cao Wenzhao judged that Yang Jiamo and the security army had exchanged fire, but it was already dark, and Cao Wenzhao did not dare to let the troops attack in the dark night, so he could only wait for the dawn to speak, he was not worried about Yang Jiamo's safety. Yang Jiamo has so many people, and the thieves can't take advantage of it.
The next morning, the horse sent back to report that the gunfire in the direction of Ganguyi stopped, the horse learned the lesson of yesterday and did not dare to go too close, the situation in the valley is not clear, it seems that the thieves resisted and fled, this Yang Jiamo really made the first contribution, if you catch some more people and kill the thieves, you can't run away from being promoted and rich. Can't let him take advantage of all the good things, Cao Wenzhao immediately ordered all the men and horses to march towards Ganguyi.
Approaching the valley, Cao Wenzhao stopped, and sent people to conduct a careful reconnaissance of the road ahead, and after a while, there was a report from the Malays, and no enemy was found in front, but the situation was a little strange, and many ditches were dug on both sides of the road and on the hill in the valley, and I don't know what it was for. Cao Wenzhao decided to take a look for himself, and rode forward only to see a continuous ditch, from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, the ditch was very shallow, only half a person deep, a person standing in it could reach out and touch the two walls of the trench. Cavalry can leap over with their horses, and infantry can climb over it. It seems that the enemy is in a hurry. It is possible that the security army was preparing to defend here before Yang Jiamo marched, and the army fled in a hurry as soon as it arrived. Just as Cao Wenzhao was thinking about it, a Pegasus sent to the front ran over, shouting as he ran: "My lord, it's not good, dead people, all dead people!" ”
Cao Wenzhao's guards hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, and Tanma rolled off his horse, lying on the ground, and still saying, "My lord, there are so many dead people, what a lot of dead people." ”
"Stand up and reply, 'Where is the dead man?' Cao Wenzhao was very dissatisfied with the performance of the horse, Guan Ning Tieqi was still afraid of the dead, and he had killed hundreds of them with his own hands, which soldier had not killed a few enemies.
The tanma felt Cao Wenzhao's anger and cheered up, and stood up tremblingly: "Lord Yu, the dead are all burned to death in the valley mouth. "Let's go, let's see." Cao Wenzhao wanted to see what kind of dead man could scare this Tanma like this.
Under the escort of the cavalry, Cao Wenzhao walked into the valley mouth of Ganguyi, as soon as he entered, the mountain wind blew a strange smell of burning, and then went inside, he found that the road in the valley was dark, the weeds and trees were gone, and it looked like it had been burned by fire, and there were many charred and blackened humanoid objects on the bare ground, and if you didn't get closer, you really couldn't see that it was a corpse.
The soldiers around Cao Wenzhao felt a depressed feeling in their hearts, they burned so many people in one fire, and they burned so badly, the clothes on the corpses were all burned, and they couldn't tell who it was. After walking a little further, the traces of the fire disappeared, and the fear of the officers and soldiers became even stronger. Lying there was a corpse that had not been burned by the fire, clearly an officer or soldier. The officers and soldiers died, so many people were still dumped here. Some officers and soldiers can't help but think back, there is gossip that the first thief of the security army, Zhang Chu, knows the art of heavenly fire, and the thief Wang Jiayin was attracted by him to burn tens of thousands of people to death, it is not Zhang Chu who came here to attract the heavenly fire and use evil magic to kill the soldiers in Gansu. The timid soldier couldn't help but look around, feeling that his surroundings were full of danger.
Although Cao Wenzhao didn't believe in any evil arts, he could feel the danger. He immediately ordered the team to halt its advance and send more scouts into the valley to investigate.
Soon the results of the inspection came out, there were thousands of corpses in the valley, all of them were officers and soldiers led by Yang Jiamo, the general soldier of Gansu, and no living people were found, and Yang Jiamo was not found.
Cao Wenzhao was stunned when he heard the report, Yang Jiamo's team was gone, thousands of people were killed, not to mention, where are the remaining 20,000 people? The corpses of the officers and soldiers were all thrown here, and there was not a single thief. It was definitely not Yang Jiamo who won the battle and pursued the enemy. Officers and soldiers have been arrested? Even 20,000 pigs can't be caught so clean in a night in this valley. "The whole army turned around and immediately withdrew to the battalion." Cao Wenzhao decisively issued an order to retreat, he must not take risks before the situation is unknown, and he can wipe out 30,000 officers and soldiers at once, indicating that the thieves must have at least 100,000 people, and no matter how brave their cavalry is, if they fall into a heavy encirclement, they will suffer heavy casualties, and it is the best policy to stick to it and wait for help.
came quickly and went back faster, and Cao Wenzhao's team returned to their camp before noon. (To be continued.) )