Chapter 326: Sudden Enlightenment
At the same time, the siege battles that took place around Jingbian County were also coming to an end.
Two thousand Mongolian cavalry, after losing one thousand men in a row, finally blocked the 3,000 Tiger and Leopard Army cavalry from the direction of Yan'an on the battlefield two miles away.
At the same time, the remaining two reinforcements also felt less than five and ten miles away from the battlefield.
Faced with a large net about to form around him, Adjutant Dorgon wisely chose to retreat.
The remnants of the Mongol cavalry, which numbered less than 6,000 men, disappeared in the blink of an eye with the help of war horses, leaving behind corpses everywhere and a battlefield completely enveloped in the smell of blood.
When the thousands of musketeers of the commander of the Wei Zheng entered Jingbian County, the other two reinforcements also entered Jingbian County one after another.
In the defensive battle for several hours in a row, Zhou Yuhong, who personally commanded his subordinates to destroy at least 3,000 Mongolian cavalry with a loss of more than 300 people, walked to Wei Zheng with a face full of shame and pleaded guilty: "Marshal, the last general has not completed the general order, and dragged thousands of Mongolian cavalry outside the city, please surrender the marshal......"
Wei Zheng shook his head and replied with a frown: "It's not your fault, it's that our enemies are getting more and more cunning..."
Speaking of this, Wei Zheng, who had a dignified face, directly sighed: "Not surprisingly, from the time when our three reinforcements drove out of the three county towns of Yan'an, Dingbian, and Yulin, we were under the surveillance of the Mongols. Otherwise, the Mongols attacking Dingbian would never have sent to stop General Zhao so accurately. And before our encirclement is formed, choose to retreat wisely, and grasp the timing so well..."
"You know. These Mongols besieging the county town of Jingbian. Just retreat half an hour later....no. It's half an hour, and they'll be completely surrounded by us, and even if they want to retreat, they won't be able to....so, it's not your fault..."
Under the desperate interception of 2,000 Mongols, Zhao Yun, who lost hundreds of cavalry, replied with an approving face: "The last general completely agrees with the analysis of the marshal....The Mongols besieging Jingbian County are very cunning..."
"Still. Even if they manage to escape from us, their losses will be very large...."
"In half an hour of intercepting our 3,000 cavalry, the Mongols directly lost more than 1,000 taels of cavalry...... In addition, the last general made a preliminary estimate that there were about 3,000 Mongols who fell outside Jingbian City. ”
In this way, the Mongolian cavalry besieging Jingbian County paid more than 4,000 losses. And we ourselves have lost less than 600 people when we are fully counted...... In this way, this Mongol army. Not only did they not get the food they urgently needed from Jingbian County, but they suffered heavy losses....it can be said that they lost their wives and soldiers..."
Hear here. The solemn expression on Wei Zheng's face finally looked a lot better.
After taking a deep breath, he affirmed to everyone: "Everyone is right, although we have not been able to destroy this Mongolian cavalry. However, it was a big victory..."
Seeing the smiles on everyone's faces, Wei Zheng changed his words and continued: "However, don't be too happy....As General Zhao just said, the Mongols did not receive any food supplies from Jingbian County. ”
"Under such circumstances, the lack of food is still a problem that the Mongols urgently need to solve....now, except for Yulin, the defenders of the two county towns of Yan'an and Dingbian have less than one regiment..."
In order to avoid the disappeared Mongols, they shifted their looting targets to the two county towns of Yan'an and Dingbian. General Zhao and General Zhou, you must immediately command your soldiers and quickly return to the two county towns to supply the Mongol cavalry with any opportunity..."
"The Last General Commands ......"
After several hours of rapid marching, Zhao Yun, who looked tired, finally saw the city tower of Yan'an County.
However, to Zhao Yun's surprise, he did not see the flag of the Haw Par Army on the city tower.
As he got closer and closer to Yan'an City, the corpses left by the Mongols outside Yan'an City finally appeared in Zhao Yun's field of vision....It is estimated that the number of Mongols who fell in front of Zhao Yun was at least 700......
"What's going on....Could it be that when we reinforced Jingbian County, Yan'an County was attacked, and it was also attacked by Mongolian cavalry..."
"In addition to the 10,000 cavalry besieging Jingbian County, the Mongolian cavalry also has a large number of cavalry..."
"The county town of Yan'an was attacked by the Mongols, was it captured by the Mongols....What happened to the more than 1,000 musketeers who defended the city...."
Thinking of these questions, a heartfelt expression of concern quickly appeared on Zhao Yun's solemn face.
kicked the war horse under his crotch with both feet, shouted, and rushed to Yan'an County, which was close at hand with his cavalry.
As soon as he rushed to the gate of the city, a strong smell of blood rushed towards Zhao Yun.
At the same time, the tragic scene at the gate of the city also appeared in front of Zhao Yun....
Dozens of Haw Par musketeers, some with their heads cut off, some trampled into meat by the hooves of war horses... Without exception, all fell at the gate of the city, telling Zhao Yun that the city of Yan'an had been captured by the Mongols...
At this time, the worry on Zhao Yun's face had been replaced by anger.
The hands that were gripping the reins of the war horse also began to tremble with anger. After taking a deep breath, he shouted an order to his subordinates behind him, who were also full of shock.
"What are you doing... Immediately into town... Let's see if there are any brothers alive....I'm going to know what happened to Yan'an County after we left Yan'an......"
"Yes, General......"
Under the search of more than 2,000 cavalry, dozens of civilians who had escaped the massacre of the Mongols, and more than a dozen musketeers who were seriously wounded, were all brought to Zhao Yun.
The platoon commander with the highest position in the middle of more than a dozen musketeers, under the gaze of Zhao Yun's fierce eyes, reported with a face full of fear: "General, Mongols, brothers are all killed by Mongols...... You must avenge your brothers..."
Under the narration of these people, Zhao Yun finally knew the entire battle situation that took place in Yan'an County...
Under the siege of six or seven thousand Mongols, the county seat of Yan'an was finally captured by the Mongols....
After taking the county seat, the Mongols not only robbed the county town of all the food and equipment, but also killed all the musketeers and ordinary people in the county town......
Of course, under the sworn resistance of the musket regiment, the Mongols who attacked the county also paid a huge loss of three thousand people.
After clarifying the specific battle situation, a bold idea quickly emerged in Zhao Yun's mind.
The Mongols attacked the county town of Jingbian, and then withdrew in time...... When all the main forces of the Tiger and Par Army were attracted to Jingbian, the Mongols concentrated their elite again and suddenly launched an attack on Yan'an, which was empty of troops... Strike the east and the west, and take Yan'an.
It turned out that all of this was a conspiracy of the Mongols. And he is still in his bones, thinking that he has won a big victory in Jingbian... (To be continued......)