Chapter 181: Rout
The officers and soldiers received the order of the governor of the three sides, Hong Chengchou, to withdraw, and for a time the whole camp became chaotic and abnormal, the officers of each team were organizing their subordinates to load the materials into the car, put away the camp tents, their actions immediately attracted the attention of the security army scouts who were monitoring the movements of the officers and troops outside the camp, and the situation was quickly reported to He Jin, and the cavalry of the security army of the brigade was sent out and stayed not far from the camp of the official army, looking for fighters.
Cao Wenzhao was in a hurry when he saw this, if he was attacked by the security army during the retreat, the chaotic officers and troops might turn directly from retreat to rout, and at this time the other officers and troops could no longer count on it, so they could only rely on their own old team. Cao Wenzhao gave an order, and his Guanning iron cavalry gathered. He ordered to leave the supplies alone, and to leave the enemy army close to him, and to cut off the army, otherwise no one would be able to leave.
The military discipline of the Guanning Iron Cavalry and the prestige of Cao Wenzhao played a role, and Cao Wenzhao's men lined up outside the camp to block the security forces and let the other teams go first.
The shadow of the famous tree, Cao Wenzhao led 3,000 iron cavalry to defeat 40,000 Wang Jiayin's men and horses have been famous, when the plan was formulated, the security army did not want to fight Cao Wenzhao to the death, seeing Cao Wenzhao lined up out of the camp, the security army did not come up to attack, but lined up to confront them.
The other officers and soldiers also saw that the situation was critical, and it was important to run away from many supplies, Cao Wenzhao looked back at the chaotic appearance of the officers and soldiers, and couldn't help sighing in his heart: "How can this battle become like this before it is fought." ”
Finally, the officers and troops evacuated the camp, Cao Wenzhao carefully began to evacuate with his own people, and the security army only followed from a distance and did not attack. Cao Wenzhao breathed a sigh of relief. If we can retreat safely in this way, we can always retain a little vitality for the officers and soldiers, and if these officers and troops are scattered again, there will be no usable troops in Shaanxi and Shanxi.
The officers and soldiers were able to retreat safely under the cover of Cao Wenzhao, and there was hope that all of them would have returned to Yan'an Mansion, but the chaotic command buried Cao Wenzhao's sacrifice, and the officers and soldiers who walked in front had only one thought in their hearts, that is, to escape, and they couldn't care about any formation, but they were running faster than anyone, and they felt that the closer they were to Yan'an, the safer it was.
Their dreams were soon shattered, and the officers and soldiers of the brigade were running on the road, when suddenly a continuous explosion drowned the entire retreating team in smoke and dust. It turned out that the front encountered Zhang Chu's troops who went to harass Yan'an Mansion.
Zhang Chu did not order his thousands of cavalry to immediately go out to attack the official army, but buried all the mines they carried on the road that the official army had to pass.
After several years of practice, the security army's mine-burying technology has also improved a lot, and this time Zhang Chu did not use the mixed mine that explodes at the touch of a button, but adopts the method of burying a chain of mines, and only when the last few mines explode, the thunder in front will sound. Moreover, the mines were buried very sparsely, covering as much as possible a larger area, so when the officers and soldiers entered the minefield, there was no immediate explosion, and when the officers and soldiers were about to walk out of the minefield, a series of explosions sounded, because the mines planted were relatively sparse, and the casualties caused to the officers and soldiers were not very dense. But the flying smoke and the loud explosions completely blinded the officers and soldiers, and they did not know what kind of enemy they had encountered, and how many casualties their troops had. The officers and soldiers let out desperate cries and fled in all directions like crazy. Some of the organized teams were also scattered.
What was even more terrifying was that as soon as the explosion stopped, the sound of horses' hooves hitting the ground was heard, and the soldiers quickly recognized that it was the sound of a large group of cavalry rushing over.
The unorganized infantry is just a lamb to the slaughter in front of the cavalry, and now the only thought of the officers and soldiers is to run, they may not be able to outrun the cavalry, and they can run past their companions, as long as they live a little longer than others.
Zhang Chu led people to rush towards the officers and soldiers who had been in chaos, Zhang Chu was in a good mood, now the officers and soldiers had no resistance at all, and the next thing would be a hearty slash, and no one would stop him this time.
Zhang Chu didn't have long to be happy when he saw the eldest princess with his Mongolian soldiers overtaking his team from behind, shouting loudly as she ran. Princess Celestia ran past him and held out her hand to despise his horsemanship.
Zhang Chu looked around, and the heavy armor of the security army and the horsemanship that was indeed inferior to the Mongols left them behind.
Celestia charged at an accelerated pace but not recklessly, he chose the weak point of the officers and troops and rushed in, and then broke out of the formation, regrouped the team and rushed in. Stir up even more chaos among the officers and soldiers.
Zhang Chu rushed in from the gap opened by the eldest princess to expand the range of attack, so that the speed of the cavalry did not decrease, constantly creating casualties, making the officers and soldiers even more panicked, the entire official army was in a mess, and all the soldiers gave up their baggage and food, and did not even look for directions, and fled for their lives.
Since the number of the security army was not very large, this time there was no battle of annihilation, but a rout, leaving almost all the enemy's baggage and food, and the enemy was running around all over the mountains and fields.
Cao Wenzhao, who was broken in the rear, heard the explosions and shouts of killing coming from ahead, and knew that the retreating team had encountered an ambush, so he ordered the cavalry to speed up the march, hoping to rescue them. But after a while, I received a report from the spies, and the officers and troops in front collapsed, running all over the mountains.
Hearing this news, Cao Wenzhao sighed and knew that this time the official army was really over. Cao Wenzhao made a quick decision, put aside the defeated soldiers, and fled along the valley with his team.
He Jin saw Cao Wenzhao withdraw from the back, and immediately ordered the security army to follow, chased all the way, and caught up with the tail of the official army rebels, and the chaotic soldiers scurried around to slow down He Jin's pursuit, but Cao Wenzhao took the opportunity to escape. Ho Kim had no choice but to order his troops to attack the officers and infantry who were fleeing in all directions.
The eldest princess rushed and killed a few back and forth among the enemies, came to Zhang Chu's side, pointed at Zhang Chu with a bloody saber and shouted: "Hurry up, show your true colors as a man, kill a few people and show me." Hurry up, or I'll go. ”
"Wait, stay safe." Zhang Chu urged the horse to rush forward and shouted loudly to prevent the eldest princess from falling into the encirclement of the enemy. Seeing that the eldest princess was covered in blood and looked excited, Zhang Chu was thinking: "A teenage girl, she is so excited to kill people, is this okay?" ”
The officers and soldiers did not have time to distinguish who had come to kill them, only that those who came on horseback were destined for their lives. They could only run as hard as they could, hoping to find a place to hide from the pursuers.
The ranks of the official army were killed by Zhang Chu and they became thinner and thinner, and finally met with the people led by He Jin, and Zhang Chu was very sorry when he heard He Jin's report that Cao Wenzhao ran away with the cavalry. This Cao Wenzhao is really powerful, in such a chaotic situation, he can quickly judge the situation and lead the team out of the battlefield in time, which is not something ordinary people can do. Let Cao Wenzhao run away this time, and it will be even more difficult to eliminate him next time. (To be continued.) )