Chapter 142

So what does Yelu Hugo want to do with the remaining less than 300,000 Liao troops?

Baili Wuji began to have a headache, and the questions that had been bothering him all these days came back to his mind.

The battle on the river beach was coming to an end, and groups of Liao troops began to surrender. Baili Wuji knew that Yelu Xiuge must also be watching the battlefield, seeing this scene, didn't he feel distressed at all?

Yelu Hugo was naturally heartbroken, but it was not for the casualties of the 60,000 Liao army, but that the 60,000 Liao army did not support the expected time, but this was no longer important, because in the area in the middle of the river where Yelu Hugo's infinite hope was pinned, the 150,000 Liao army had already launched a surprise attack on the south bank under his orders.

Yelu Huge's troops were divided into three routes, and with an army of 200,000, they launched a fierce attack on the Ming defense line in the middle; The 200,000-strong army suddenly marched to the westernmost point of the Huang River, making a posture of making a detour to the left side of the Ming army's front to flank the attack, attracting the Ming army's mobile troops to block the attack, and sticking to them to the death; However, the main strategic intention of Jeruxiugo was to make an assault on the area where the 150,000 army had been prepared. Yelu Hugo ordered the remaining 20,000 Liao troops to garrison the camp and cook according to the number of cooking pots for 170,000 people, so as to give the Ming army the illusion that the 170,000 army was still stationed in the barracks.

But what Yelu Hugo didn't expect was that the 60,000 forwards could not last for a day, and he originally planned to let all the 200,000 troops rush across the Huang River and drag the Ming army on the south bank to the death, so as to reach the area where the Ming army could not reinforce the area with land in the middle of the river, and wait for the 150,000 army to successfully assault the Ming army in front of him. In Jeruxiugo's vision, if it is smooth. In the unexpected situation of the Ming army, let the 150,000 troops copy the southern back road of the Ming army, so that it may be possible to capture the Ming emperor in one fell swoop.

Jerecius could now only retreat the 140,000-strong army that had been intercepted by artillery to the north. Gather with the more than 20,000 Liao troops stationed there, and prepare to fight again tomorrow after resting.

And just when the Liao army was about to retreat, the artillery fire of the Ming army stopped, and the Ming army on the river beach was cleaning the battlefield and containing the prisoners. Yelu Huge's heart moved, could it be that the artillery of the Ming army has a time limit?

Thinking of this, Yelu Hugo immediately issued an order to stop the Liao army from retreating. At the same time, 10,000 Liao troops were ordered to be the vanguard and carry out a tentative attack on the south bank.

This change is not only out of Bailiyi's expectations, but also out of Bailiwuji's expectations. The battle is fought to the point where the striker is gone. And the Liao army, which had already retreated, suddenly turned to attack. More than 20 zhang of the river surface plus more than 10 zhang of river beach on both sides, 40 zhang distance is not close, but it is really not far away.

The 10,000 Liao army rushed halfway through and began to shoot arrows. The Ming army was caught off guard. There was a loss, although it was not large, but it was also beaten in a hurry.

Fortunately, the Ming army that cleaned the battlefield was close to the fortifications, and it was only ten zhang away, and after suffering losses, they immediately withdrew into the trench fortifications, and the Ming troops in the fortifications began to shoot muskets to block the enemy.

Jelu Hugo again sent 30,000 Liao troops and ordered them to charge forward. Reinforcement of the forward, and at the same time make 50,000 Liao troops ready to respond.

And at this time. Bailiyi could only organize the new army to shoot muskets to prevent the Liao army from landing on the shore, and the artillery of the Ming army was indeed unable to shoot, because the barrel was already red, and it would have to be blown up if it was reloaded.

A smile began to appear on Yelu Huge's tense face, and he ordered the 50,000 Liao troops who were ready to move forward again, but for the sake of safety, Yelu Xiuge ordered the 50,000 Liao troops to stay in the middle of the Huang River, and strictly ordered that if they encountered Ming artillery, they did not need to support the first two waves of 40,000 Liao troops, and immediately retreated.

Yelu Hugo was gambling, betting that the artillery of the Ming army was as he guessed, and the shooting was not unlimited, but it was fired for a while and needed to rest for a while.

There is no doubt that Jeruhugo was right, he did have a keen sense of observation and quick reflexes, and he could think of the weakness of the artillery if he grasped the slightest clue.

However, the Ming army did not react at all, and as soon as the war ended, a new round of more tragic battles was about to begin.

Bailiyi even thought that this was a retaliatory attack that Yelu Hugo could not accept the defeat of tens of thousands of forwards in front of him.

In fact, at this time, if Baili Yi let the Ming soldiers jump out of the trench with spears and stab them again, and launch a wave of counter-charge against the Liao army, the newly victorious Ming soldiers could completely annihilate the vanguard of the 10,000 Liao army again with the power of victory, and drive the second wave of 30,000 Liao troops down the river again, so that even if Yelu Xiuge knew the interval time of the Ming army's artillery, it would be difficult to organize an effective attack on the same day.

And with this night's time, there will be news coming from the area that has been broken through by the 150,000 Liao army, so that Baili Wuji will have enough time to react.

It's a pity that Bailiyi didn't expect Yelu Xiuge's temporary intention at this time, in fact, this really can't be blamed Bailiyi, because the commander's momentary inspiration on the battlefield often determines the success or failure of the war, and Yelu Xiuge is a rare military talent in Liao.

Baili Yi ordered the Ming army to block the enemy with muskets, giving 10,000 forwards the opportunity to meet with the follow-up 30,000 Liao troops, although more than 3,000 casualties were killed and wounded under the muskets, but after the two divisions met, the Liao army with 37,000 troops from the south bank of the river beach launched a charge to the Ming army's position.

The Ming army was forced to rush out of the fortifications, and it was not even too late to take out a grenade to throw, and the Liao army started hand-to-hand combat again, and at this time, the 50,000 Liao troops who were ordered to stay in the middle of the river by Yelu Xiuge rushed to the river beach without any resistance, so that the strength of the Ming and Liao armies on the river beach was already limited, and what was more arduous was that Yelu Xiuge saw that he had made a right bet, so he increased the stakes, so that all the Liao army behind him more than 70,000 people rushed up and rushed to the south bank.

This bloody battle, which should not have happened, happened irreversibly when it was about to darken.

The Ming army, in the case of stalemate with the Liao army's forward, lost the advantage of musket shooting, and could only fight with the Liao army again, hand-to-hand combat is different from musket and artillery killing, it is a tragic and long-term physical battle.

This battle was shown to be a brutal decisive battle from the very beginning, the 100,000 new army was actually less than 90,000 after the previous battle, and the Liao army was pressed by the whole army, in addition to the thousands of people who were frustrated and killed and wounded in the forward, there were still 160,000 people, the difference in strength was almost doubled, and the difficulty can be imagined.

In just half an hour, the Ming army suddenly changed from a state of complete victory to strategic passivity, and fell into a predicament.

Baili Yi realized that something was wrong when he saw the 50,000 Liao troops in the center of the river, this was still a retaliatory attack of negative energy, and it was completely a decisive battle, and no commander could take tens of thousands of soldiers to die for his negative energy. But at this time, it was too late to change his orders, so he could only make mistakes and make the new army face the battle. (To be continued......)