Chapter 349: Destroy Tuoba Pugen!
After the Xiang army initially gained a firm foothold in the Western Regions, the Mobei side of Hebei Jiedu made Fu Hong, Liaodong Jiedu made Tao Kan Department jointly Tuoba Biyan, and launched a series of counterattacks against Tuoba Pugen, in this battle, the coalition army defeated 100,000 Tuoba Pugen people in three battles and three victories one after another, and annihilated the enemy up to 50,000 people, completely dispelling Tuoba Pugen's ambition to go south to dominate!
In September, after careful planning and the approval of the Privy Council and the Emperor, the Jin army began to direct the last garrison of Tuoba Pugen - Yanran Mountain (now Hangai Mountain) and the northern section of the Daxing'an Mountains.
Determined to fight the last time, Tuoba Pugen gathered the last young and strong in the tribe, and fled to Mobei to defeat the remnants, and gathered a total of 150,000 people, known as 300,000 to the outside world, at the foot of the wolf's mountain, ready to fight to the death with the chasing Xiang army behind him, and the Xiang army pursued at this time was only more than 50,000 people.
In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, in September, the two armies of the Great Jin and Tuoba tribes fought a decisive battle near the Wolf Residence Mountain. Tao Kan led a lone army of 3,000 men to penetrate deep into the area of Yanran Mountain, interspersed back and forth, burned, killed, and plundered, wreaking havoc on the war potential of the Xianbei people, and pinning down Tuoba Pugen, so that the enemy army could not successfully complete the assembly.
At first, the battle did not go well for the Xiang army, and as soon as the vanguard of the Xiang army reached the vicinity of Yanran Mountain, it was sniped by the main force of 15,000 Tuoba troops. The Xianbei general who led the troops saw that only 3,000 Jin troops dared to go deep alone, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and he immediately ordered the troops to disperse, trying to eat this box army in one fell swoop, breaking the myth that the Jin army was invincible.
At such a critical juncture, the Jin military captain took advantage of the enemy's encirclement before it was completed, and immediately ordered 3,000 troops to break through to the weakest northwest direction. The Jin military captain who took the lead was shot in the left arm by a stray arrow at the beginning of the breakout battle. I saw that he pulled out the arrow, and the blood from his left arm was not stopping, and he held the knife in his right arm and said sharply:
"Jiedu envoy to the lord with a heavy responsibility to entrust our army, now the enemy is on all sides, only the top and bottom are united in the place of death, and then strive to break through, otherwise you and I will have the face to see Your Majesty and the Jiedu envoy, the army will come with me!"
The former military captain held his sword and took the lead in the first place, and the three thousand troops were inspired by the commander to put life and death aside and attack one after another in the direction of the northwest corner.
The Xianbei generals guarding the direction of the northwest corner did not think that the Xiang army, which had become a trapped beast, would dare to charge back at this time, and hurriedly organized an attack in a panic. But at this moment, the Xiang army was red-eyed one by one, and actually launched six charges against the Xianbei battalion in one go, and at the cost of killing 300 people, they cut a hole in the defense line of the Xianbei people.
Hearing the news, Tuoba Pugen, who came with reinforcements, can still see the shadow of the Xiang army? Annoyed, Tuoba Pugen concentrated the main force and chased the fleeing van army all the way. But although his move put the forward department of the Xiang army in great danger, it caused a huge gap in the entire defense line of the Xianbei people.
Although the Xianbei people in Mobei have 150,000 troops. But most of them were troops that were crippled by the Xiang army. Therefore, in the face of the 3,000 Xiang army, they were helpless.
This van army, which was designed to disrupt the enemy's deployment, has been attacking everywhere since escaping the encirclement. The unit first routed a Xianbei man in charge of sniping at the Aruhun River, and then turned its guns and forced its march to. Two successive battles broke out in the area around the foot of Hangai Mountain, and 4,000 Xianbei people were defeated.
Seeing that the defense line of the Xianbei people on the opposite side was in chaos. Hebei Jiedu made Fu Hong and Liaodong Jiedu let Tao Kan know that the forward box army had succeeded. It is time to annihilate the remnants of Xianbei. On 10 September, under the bombardment of more than 100 artillery pieces, the general attack of the Xiang army on the Xianbei people officially began.
50,000 soldiers of the Xiang Army, who had been stumbling and rolling in the flames of previous wars, and had trained into steel like a mountain torrent, launched a tsunami attack on the Xianbei people. On the afternoon of the 10th, the left flank of the Xianbei people's defense, which was empty due to the pursuit of the advance of the Xiang army, was soon crushed under the strong impact of the Xiang army.
After the breakthrough of the left flank, the commander of the Left Army, Fu Hong, ordered his troops to immediately pursue the fleeing enemy army, and as a result, his main force encountered 10,000 Xianbei who had come to reinforce him at the Tula River. Seeing that the opportunity could not be lost, Fu Hong immediately concentrated his superior forces of 30,000 to trap the opponent's regiments.
30,000 against 10,000, plus the box army has an artillery advantage, although the Xianbei people are trapped in the beast but the fate of defeat has been irreversible, after an hour of fierce fighting, 10,000 Xianbei people were killed, 3,000 people and the rest of the people dismounted and surrendered.
Although only 10,000 Xianbei people were exterminated, the impact was enormous. The Xianbei people, who were already demoralized because of successive defeats, once again showed signs of collapse.
By this time, Tuoba Pugen had no way to retreat, and after consulting with the leaders, he immediately gathered all his troops of 120,000 men at the foot of Mount Kent and prepared to fight to the death with the Xiang army.
After clearing the outer obstacles, Fu Hong and Tao Kan mobilized all the artillery that could participate in the battle to launch a fierce bombardment of the Xianbei people's defense line, and the fall of thousands of shells blew up the Xianbei people's hard-working defense line, forcing the defenders on the right flank to keep retreating, and finally crowded into a narrow defense line.
When the last shell was also fired, the Xianbei people on the opposite side had completely lost their combat capability. The decisive battle has turned into a one-sided war of annihilation of the Xiang army. The Xianbei people, who were routed by artillery, still had the intention of continuing to fight, and fled to the north one after another. Tuoba Pugen was trapped in the center of the battlefield, and the left and right conflicts could not break out of the encirclement, and at the critical moment, fortunately, the guards risked death to save him to open a bloody road, and Tuoba Pugen had to escape.
Although Tuoba Pugen ran out, but the main force of the Xianbei people could not break out, after a hard battle, the Xiang army completely annihilated the main force of Xianbei in Kent Mountain, and most of the Xianbei generals were killed in it.
After the end of the battle, the 150,000 Xiang army was defeated, of which more than 20,000 were killed and wounded, more than 50,000 were wounded, and 70,000 were captured and surrendered. This battle completely destroyed the military strength of the Xianbei people, and Tuoba Pugen could only lead the remnants of less than 5,000 people to retreat to the Great Xing'an Mountains to support themselves, and at the same time sent envoys to Shile in the Western Regions to ask for help.
But at this time, Shile was also facing strong military pressure, where would he have the strength to support Tuoba Pugen again? It was only a matter of time before Tuoba Pugen was wiped out.
"The general, the striker, Captain Qian, they are back." Tao Kan and Fu Hong, who were directing the cleaning of the battlefield, suddenly received a report from the guards.
Fu Hong and Tao Kan were stunned and hurriedly said, "Please!" ”
Immediately afterwards, Tao Kan frowned and said to Fu Hong: "General Fu, this time we were able to successfully annihilate the main force of the Xianbei people, and it has a lot to do with the forward troops disrupting the deployment of the Xianbei people. If it weren't for Captain Qian, they pinned down most of the Xianbei people, especially the enemy troops on the left flank, and gave us the opportunity to break through the enemy's defense line! ”
"Yes, they were besieged by the Xianbei army, and I am afraid that the losses will not be less! After returning to the Central Plains, Ben will personally ask His Majesty for them! Fu Hong said with a heavy sigh.
Soon a group of soldiers wearing tattered armor appeared in front of Fu Hong and Tao Kan, these people looked so haggard and sloppy, for a box army that paid attention to appearance, it was simply unimaginable. Moreover, Captain Qian's subordinates were not only scarred all over their bodies, but even had a sour smell emanating from everyone, and everyone's faces were full of exhaustion.
"Do you report to the two envoys of the festival, since receiving the general's order, our department has gone through thirteen battles to annihilate nearly 5,000 enemy troops and destroy five places where the enemy's grain and grass are hoarded......" Speaking of this, Captain Qian's face darkened: "Our army has suffered 1,523 casualties and 341 seriously wounded......"
"Brothers, hard work! Come on, take the brothers down and have a good rest! ”
After eliminating the main force of Xianbei, the Xiang army began to sweep Mobei on a large scale, starting from the north of Yinshan Mountain, to the eastern foot of Altai Mountain, the western foot of the Great Xing'an Mountains, the entire Mobei region was full of horses galloping Xiang army, they wiped out one by one Xianbei tribes, and gathered all those Xianbei people.
And Tuoba Pugen, who was hiding on the Great Xianbei Mountain, could no longer hide after receiving the news that his people were being slaughtered continuously. As the leader of the Xianbei, Tuoba Pugen would rather die in battle than live a savage life in Tibet. Tuoba Pugen concentrated the last thousand elites and prepared to go out of the mountains to fight to the death with the Xiang army.
Tuoba Pugen brandished a big knife, and rushed towards the opposite Xiang army, shouting as he rushed: "Tuoba Da Dan is Tuoba Pugen again, and those who avoid me will die!" Han Dog is coming! ”
Tuoba Pugen took a big sword, slashed out Huhu Shengfeng and was extremely brave, and behind him were a thousand Xianbei warriors, who had long put life and death on the line. Listening to the whistling sound in the middle of the formation, Tuoba Pugen seemed to have returned to the era when he had commanded thousands of troops.
The forward van army got out of the way and let the Xianbei people into battle, and the cavalry on both wings quickly outflanked the Xianbei people and surrounded the Xianbei people. Tuoba Pugen, who was struggling to fight, looked at the Xiang army surrounded by the regiments, and smiled miserably, "Sons, follow this list to kill the enemy!" ”
An elegant general of the Xiang army shouted at Tuoba Pugen: "Da Danyu, Liaodong Jiedu makes Tao Kan here, and he doesn't get off his horse and tie his hands?" ”
Looking at this old opponent, Tuoba Pugen stared for a while and suddenly laughed out loud: "Ben Dan Yu has long put life and death out of the way, and if he can die in the hands of the general today, it will not be in vain for Ben Dan Yu to be famous!" This single is here, who dares to step forward! ”
Tao Kan sighed slightly, stretched out his right hand and raised his shoulder and swung it forward slightly, which was like an order. The soldiers of the Xiang army around him immediately rushed forward with a roar, Tuoba Pugen shook his spirit, swung his big sword, slashed left and right, and killed several Han soldiers at that time. But no matter how brave Tuoba Pugen is, he is alone after all, and after a while, his body is already scarred, and he is not paying attention to the thigh being slashed by a knife, screaming and falling from the horse, he is about to turn over but has been pointed at his body by countless knives and guns.
Tuoba Pugen, who had long been determined to die, smiled slightly, and then he glanced back and found that there were no more Xianbei people standing in the array, and a sad smile appeared on his face: Tuoba Xianbei is over! In the laughter, Tuoba Pugen struggled to jump up and straighten up and hit the knife and gun, and suddenly his body collapsed, Tuoba Pugen, the last Xianbei Da Danyu, finally died! (To be continued......)