Chapter Seventy-Seven: Pursuit of the Remnants of the Enemy
However, it is said that the remnants of the Jiangdong army broke out with extraordinary combat effectiveness at the last moment, led by the four generals Zhu Ran, Zhu Huan, Han Dang, Ling Tong, and Song Qian.
Wang Chong's army is all cavalry, and the two thousand cavalry will undoubtedly exert terrifying combat effectiveness in the battle of more than 10,000 men and horses, and the more than 1,000 horses and horses in front of Wang Chong's department are Han Dang's more than 1,000 horses and hundreds of Chinese troops led by Zhu Ran.
Wang Chong is extremely brave, one person fights two generals but does not fall behind at all, a spear makes it extremely round, and the hundred steel spears built by Pu Yuan have exerted full power in Wang Chong's hands, even Han Dang, Zhu Ran and other fierce generals in the world can only avoid both sides, and dare not take it lightly.
Wang Chong was entangled with the second general, but Jingnan's cavalry was rapidly harvesting the foot soldiers under the command of Han Dang and Zhu Ran, and the cavalry equipped with saddles and stirrups was undoubtedly a nightmare for the foot soldiers, and many of these cavalry troops were Huo Yi's personal guards, how could such force be resisted by a temporary patchwork remnant army?
This is a one-sided situation, but the nearly 5,000 soldiers led by Ling Commander are extremely brave, these horses are all the fierce soldiers left by his father Ling Cao, and they cooperate with each other very well, as the only part of the Jiangdong Army that has been preserved, it has not disgraced the Jiangdong Army.
It was Wang Ping who was fighting with Ling Tong head-on, Ling Tong's personal force was slightly better than Wang Ping's, Wang Ping was originally a talent in terms of strategy over force, like Ling Tong's fierce generals who charged in battle formations, Wang Ping was extremely difficult to deal with.
Wang Ping led 5,000 elites of the Jingnan Army to form a group with Ling Lian, and the Jiangdong soldiers who fell into the dead played a significant victory over the Jingnan Army. But after the panic at the beginning of the battle, Wang Ping controlled the situation very well, and the two armies fought equally.
However, the more than 5,000 military horses led by Huo Liang steadily suppressed Song Qian and Zhu Huan's men and horses, and Song Qian always clamored to duel with Huo Liang, but Huo Liang sat firmly in the rear and commanded the troops and horses to encircle this Jiangdong army.
Zhu Huan saw that the situation was not right, and led more than 1,000 soldiers under his command to desperately stabilize their positions and prevent them from being surrounded by Huo Liang's military horses. Zhu Huan is undoubtedly the sharpest one among the generals of the Jiangdong Army. His gaze was always condensed, watching Jing Nanjun's every move, destroying Huo Liang's intentions as much as possible.
When the battle between the armies and horses was unbearable, they heard a trumpet and drum sound in the south of the official road, and a flash of fire appeared in the south, and they didn't need to think about it to know that Huo Yi's brigade was approaching.
Zhu Huan knew that if Huo Yi's brigade arrived, it would inevitably be the end of his own military horses. Hurriedly shouted: "The generals break through!" The enemy army has arrived! ”
In the midst of the chaos, Zhu Huan's shouts could not even be heard clearly by Song Qian's department, which was closest to him. Not to mention others. Zhu Huan hurriedly ordered more than 1,000 soldiers under his command to shout in unison, which alarmed the entire Jiangdong Army.
But the direct result of this shout was that the Jiangdong sergeants, who were still able to fight with the Jingnan army, collapsed immediately. The Jingnan army was killed. The Jiangdong sergeants seemed to be in a mess. In addition to Ling Tong's troops, many military horses have begun to flee.
Zhu Huan knew that there was only one way to defeat if he continued like this, so he looked at Song Qian, who was close to him, and said coldly: "General Song, the enemy army is strong, and there is only one self-sacrificing to temporarily resist the enemy's attack." Only then can the other departments be separated! If our troops stay, you can quickly break through with the other generals! There is still a silver lining! ”
Song Qian looked at the chaos around him, but said in a bold voice: "General Hugh Mu said so, your army and horses are less than mine, and I should come after the break!" General, go and gather the other troops! ”
Zhu Huan glanced at Song Qian solemnly: "Take care!" ”
After speaking. led his subordinates to the north, and Song Qian's troops were also covering behind. Huo Liang was indeed in a hurry. Seeing that the enemy army was about to be surrounded, he was indeed ruined by this Zhu Huan, and hurriedly ordered the military horses to catch up.
This chase really disrupted the situation on the battlefield, and the Jiangdong Army and the Jingnan Army were mixed together, and because it was dark night, it was even more difficult to distinguish between friend and foe.
Zhu Huan arrived near Ling Tong and said his plan, Ling Tong also nodded, and greeted Han Dang and Zhu Ran, and all the generals of the Jiangdong Army rushed to the north together.
There is only one Wang Ping in the north at the moment, and the formation is also scattered due to the melee, the Jiangdong soldiers and horses quickly broke through, and when they arrived in the north, Zhu Huan handed over all the more than 1,000 foot soldiers in his hands to Song Qian, Han Dang and Zhu Ran also handed over the men and horses, in fact, the generals of the Jiangdong army at this moment understood very well, only by preserving Ling Tong, a combatable army, could they have vitality, and they led the Ling clan's men and horses with four generals and did not go back, and went straight to the north.
At this moment, Song Qian had nearly 4,000 men and horses in his hands, if it weren't for the fact that many soldiers and horses died in battle or fled, he would have nearly 6,000 soldiers at this moment. Song Qian hastily arranged these messy sergeants, and Wang Ping and Huo Liang in the south had just sorted out the generals and horses, and they quickly killed them.
Song Qian glanced lightly at the back of the Jiangdong soldiers and horses who fled north, he knew that this battle might be the last battle in his life, he slowly held the long knife in his hand in front of him, let out a long breath, and shouted: "Don't let anyone go north!" Kill! ”
"Kill!" In fact, most of these Jiangdong soldiers are veterans above the battle array, and most of them know their outcome after this battle, but none of them retreat and flee, just quietly waiting for the arrival of the final fate, in fact, in this era of mourning, personal fate is really like a dangerous boat in the storm, it is too difficult to grasp the direction of the way. Sometimes, you can only accept the arrangement of fate.
In the dark night, Wang Ping and the others did not find the Jiangdong Army in the north, but only sincerely commanded the military horses to impact the formation of the Jiangdong Army. Huo Yi's men and horses finally arrived, and the last line of defense was still like a chicken and a dog in the face of absolute strength, Song Qian's military horses quickly disintegrated, and countless soldiers were scattered, killed or surrendered.
Song Qian led hundreds of soldiers in the center of the formation, these were the personal guards under the command of the generals, and the combat effectiveness was the strongest, and Song Qian gathered these military horses in one place.
Wang Chong's cavalry ruthlessly impacted these soldiers, but Song Qian didn't care, and struggled to catch up with Wang Chong, among the generals present at the moment, Wang Chong is undoubtedly the first fierce general under Huo Yi, Wang Chong's spear skills are mostly from Huo Yi's teaching, and his understanding in the chaos of the army is very his personal style.
Song Qian is a second-rate fierce general among the generals of the Jiangdong Army, but it is far worse than Ling Tong and Gan Ning, and after a night of defeat, his heart died early, and Song Qian, who was guarding here, actually had the heart of death.
The sky gradually brightened, and the flames of war on this battle array slowly extinguished, but the green smoke of the embers was very desolate under the cover of the morning sun. The officers and men of the Jingnan Army are slowly cleaning up the battlefield. Near the side of a brown war horse, Song Qian's knife lay across his body, the wound on his chest and the hollow eyes showed that the vitality had long been gone.
Huo Yi sat on the horse, looked coldly at the general under his command, and said coldly: "More than half of the enemy troops have escaped, and you haven't found out?" Except for Song Qian, who was not in the stream, none of the generals of the Jiangdong Army were caught! ”
Wang Ping was full of shame, the main military strength of this battle was his men and horses, but he ran away a lot of Jiangdong military horses in vain, which was his guilt.
Huo Yi looked at Wang Chong and said, "Zijin, can the cavalry still pursue?" ”
Wang Chong shook his head: "The military horses are very tired, they have been fighting and running for two days in a row, and the soldiers are too tired!" Desperately need a break! ”
Huo Yi nodded: "Forget it, all the armies will return to Linxiang to rest and recuperate, and they will be rewarded for their meritorious deeds another day!" Although it was not complete, there was still some harvest in the end, and Changsha County had already returned to the hands of our army. ”
Huo Yi looked at Zhao Tong beside him and ordered: "Boyuan, An Guo's performance last night was remarkable, it's time for you to move, go to the north to search for the remnants of Jiangdong's fleeing army, and I will let Youming allocate more than 100 scouts to you." ”
Zhao Tong took the order and left.
After Huo Yi finished the order, he looked at Wang He and Wang Ming: "Zili, you two lead the army and horses of the headquarters to attack Yiyang, and send a message to me after Yiyang is captured!" ”
Wang He and Wang Ming went as promised.
Huo Yi finished the order, but he led the remaining generals to Linxiang City.
At this moment, Linxiang City and Huo Yi were two appearances when they were here in the past, after Huo Yi moved away most of the population, the withered Linxiang City was comparable to Quanling at the moment, and the population was extremely full because of the migration of the Jiangdong Army, Huo Yi was extremely happy when he got the population book in the county guard of Linxiang City, and Jiangdong's immigration to Changsha County was completed very early, with a full 50,000 households.
We must know that the most important thing in developing military strength is the population, and where there is a population, there will be production, and where there is production, there will be grain and grass. While Jiangdongjun gave himself a big victory, he gave himself a big gift.
On the one hand, Huo Yi asked Fei Yi to send civil officials to take over the civil affairs of Changsha, and on the other hand, he mobilized military horses to stabilize Changsha's defense, and on the other hand, he urgently ordered Gao Jin to quickly lead the army to Linxiang City.
Huo Yi knew that if he wanted to expand the results of the battle, he must not give Jiangdong Army a chance to breathe, and he must take advantage of his illness to kill him. Looking at the topography map of Jingzhou, Huo Yi became more and more sure of his determination to lay down Jiangxia, at this moment Jiangxia was centered on Lukou, and three or four thousand military horses were stationed in Pingchun and Jingling, and the Lukou camp also had nearly 10,000 military horses.
Coupled with the thousands of military horses that had just escaped from their hands, even if these military horses were all in Jiangxia, there were only more than 20,000 military horses, and what made people feel even more tempting was that although Jiangxia had a lot of military horses at the moment, there was a scarcity of generals. The arrival of military horses such as Gao Jin will supplement more military horses for themselves, and at the same time, there are also many fierce generals who will make up for it.
Looking at the topography map of Jiangxia's dense water port, Huo Yi had a slight headache that his sailors were too far behind the Jiangdong Army, and if he could have a large sailor division, it would only be an instant to take Jiangxia.
Instead, Huo Yi swept his gaze to Guiyang County, the southernmost county, but he didn't know that Deng Shizai had more than 10,000 troops and horses against Lu Boyan's 20,000 elites, but what was the outcome at this moment?