Chapter 821: Wind Scroll Battle Banner
After dawn, Wang Rengong had already led his troops to cross the white road of Yinshan and entered the south of Yinshan. When he went, he took a full load of 50,000 elite horsemen, but only one night had passed, and when he came back, there were only more than 35,000 people left in the 50,000 elite cavalry.
In the battle of attacking the camp, Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin's soldiers and horses were the most seriously damaged. In particular, the most sturdy Luo Shixin Department, almost all of the cavalry below the fire commander were wounded, and less than 3,000 of the 5,000 cavalry could cross the white road, which can be said to be more than half of the dead and wounded, and the vitality was greatly damaged. Qin Qiong's 5,000 subordinates were in a better situation, but there were more than 1,000 casualties. Of the remaining 800 warriors of the Flying Tiger Battalion, almost only about 500 returned.
The rest of the casualties were the 5,000 cavalry of Cheng Yanjin, who was in charge of the rear of the palace, facing Ashina. Si Mo's frenzied pursuit of the 30,000 wolf soldiers, although Cheng Biting Jin's troops fought desperately, but the difference in strength between the two sides was too great, one side was to cover the retreat of the brothers' troops, and the other side was to swear revenge. Especially Ashina. Among the 30,000 soldiers and horses of Simo, there were also 5,000 silver wolf guards of the original Yili Khan. These silver wolf guards who have lost their boss should be beheaded according to the system, Asina. Simo pleaded with Tongye Hu for them, allowing them to go to war to avenge Yili, and made it clear that as long as they fought meritoriously, then after the war, they would only be held accountable for their incumbents, and their families would not be punished, and their families would not be taken into slavery.
With this promise, the five thousand silver wolf guards were like crazy when they were pursuing, and in the face of Chen Qi, who was blocking the attack, they were completely launching a suicide attack. Although Cheng Biting Jin's department has not participated in the war before, he has recuperated. and strong armor. Sophisticated weapons, but in the face of the completely lifeless silver wolf cavalry, they also suffered heavy casualties. The Turks completely exchanged their lives for their lives, two for one, or even three for four, and were not afraid of damage at all.
If it weren't for the fact that the old marshal Wang Rengong set up an ambush near Baidao and ambushed the pursuing Ashina. Simo's department annihilated most of the silver wolf guards for a while, and severely damaged Ashina and Simo's department, making them a little more cautious. If you don't dare to chase and fight as hard as before, it will be difficult for Cheng Jin's 5,000 men and horses to be Yin Shanzi again. Rao was like this, and the 5,000 soldiers and horses of Cheng Yanjin's department, which broke away from the pursuit of the Turks, finally killed and wounded nearly 2,000 people.
One night battle. Chen's army killed more than 20,000 Turks and suffered more than 5,000 casualties. Although it is a large ratio of one for four, this number still makes Wang Rengong's heart difficult to calm down. In exchange for four, if it is for the soldiers and horses of other forces in the Central Plains, such a battle loss figure is quite proud. After all, the Turks have been brave since ancient times, and they can still exchange one for four when they fight with the Turks outside the Saiwai, and the other heroes don't know how to celebrate.
But Chen Jun can't, not to mention that this battle is a surprise battle, so he is unprepared to attack. What's more, Chen Jun is not an ordinary army. It is a well-built professional army, and the 50,000 troops are the elite of the elite, the generals are all senior generals of the DPRK and China, and the officers in the army are experienced professional officers who have received advanced training in the orthodox martial arts. Even if there are 50,000 cavalry, all of them are experienced veterans who have survived blood and fire and have experienced battle formations.
The training value of such a cavalry is more than five times that of Chen's infantry. A raid battle was more than 10% lost. And that's not counting the large number of wounded soldiers, when retreating. In order to prevent these wounded soldiers from being captured by the enemy, the wounded soldiers, who were more than 5,000 lightly and seriously wounded, were escorted by Wang Rengong with the generals Shen Guang and Zhang Biao with 5,000 cavalry and the remaining brothers of the Flying Tiger Battalion to retreat quietly from another road.
The wounded soldiers could not move quickly, and behind them were more than 100,000 Turkic cavalry that had been completely overthrown by Chen Cai, so Wang Rengong had no choice but to send these wounded cavalry into the mountains. to temporarily avoid enemy forces.
Wang Rengong is a veteran, and the Yinshan Mountain Range under his feet has long been crossed many times. As early as the beginning of the Sui Dynasty. He had already defected to the army. In his early years, he followed Yang Su's conquest of the Turks, followed the Shu king Yang Xiu to fight against the Southern Barbarians, and later the rebellion of the king of Pinghan, the rebellion of Yang Xuangan, and the battle of Goguryeo. …,
Jiuzhen Frontier, known as the Eight Tigers of the Northern Frontier of the Great Sui. In the end, after the demotion of Ma Yi Taishou, it was even more Weizhen in the northern Xinjiang, and the Hu people did not dare to despise it.
But in reality, this is the second time he has defeated the Turks. The first time was from Yang Su's defeat of the Turkic Yu Lingwu, when he was only a young man in his twenties, and in the blink of an eye, he won again and returned to the fortress, but it was already decades later, when his beard was white. However, for the first time, he was just a junior general, following the general Yang Su out of the army. And this time, he was already an old commander, who had just led 50,000 Chen troops to raid the Turks, with 50,000 against 200,000, not only burned the grain and grass of the Turks, but also killed one of the four little khans of the Turks, and even beheaded more than 20,000 and returned in a big victory.
However, although he returned from a big victory, the old handsome's heart was still full of anxiety.
In front of the generals, the old marshal was happy, but secretly, the old marshal was extremely anxious. The Turks gathered in Yinshan and prepared to gather an army of 400,000 to the south, and this pressure was unprecedented. Although the Turks also had two major expeditions of 400,000 people to the south, this time is different from the past.
In the previous two Turkic expeditions to the south, one was when the Turks were internally unstable, and the other was when the Central Plains was unified. And now, the Turks are united, but the Central Plains is still divided. The Turks marched south, and although there were many heroes in the Central Plains, this pressure was only faced by the Da Chen family alone.
Although the emperor was extremely tough on the surface, he would rather break the mountains and rivers than bow to the Turks, and vowed to fight the Turks to the end. But in fact, the old marshal knew that the emperor was not as easy as he appeared.
The Turks have 400,000 wolf cavalry, many soldiers and generals, and there are still seven major separatist forces in the Central Plains to spy on behind them. North, south, and west, if one is not careful, the great cause of Dachen's reunification may collapse in the middle way.
This time he led 50,000 soldiers and horses out of the fortress, and the emperor also gritted his teeth and handed over the most elite 50,000 cavalry to him. In a bloody battle, there were 10,000 casualties and 20,000 soldiers and horses, but in exchange for 40,000 or 50,000 casualties among the Turks.
Although the battle was won, Wang Rengong knew very well in his heart that the first sword had already been struck, and now it was the turn of the angry Turks to fight back. Although the Turks commanded 40,000 or 50,000 horses, there were still 150,000 people in the Turkic camp, and even 200,000 troops were constantly coming.
But there can be no more, Chen Jun took advantage of equipment and training to raid and severely damage the Turks once, but there will never be a second chance for such an opportunity. And the idea of a head-on decisive battle, with a small number of enemies to fight with the Turks, Wang Rengong would never have this kind of idea.
After this battle, he knew that there was definitely a possibility that the Turks would move south in advance.
Aside from the surprise attack, the only way for the Chen army to resist the Turks was to defend the city. But do you really want to let the Turks go south and go to Yanmen to fight to the death? Although Yanmen is strong, the Turks are numerous, and no matter how strong the city is, there are times when the city is broken. At the beginning, Yang Guang guarded Yanmen, but didn't the city break several times in the end?
If the Turks are not allowed to go south, what can they do?
The old marshal was worried, and with the 35,000 horsemen in his hand, he really couldn't think of a good way to resist hundreds of thousands of Turks.
It's a pity that Shen Guang killed Yili Little Khan, if he killed Tong Ye Hu. Tongye Hu is the foundation of the Turkic Khanate, and if Tong Yehu dies, the Turkic Khanate will definitely fall back into infighting, and it is absolutely impossible to continue to go south at this time. It's a pity that Tong Ye Hu is not so easy to kill, and Shen Guangneng has already made him overjoyed and surprised when he kills Yili.
Thinking of this, the old general couldn't help but be extremely tired, and even the idea of giving up rose in his heart. Maybe he retreated to Yanmen, which was a preservation plan.
But the old marshal didn't want to live up to the trust of the soldiers and the emperor. He has been in the Hedong Frontier for decades, and he has long had a deep affection for this land, not to mention, he has been moved by the words of Emperor Chen Kefu about the revival of the Han family and the revival of China over the years. He really didn't want to see the beautiful mountains and rivers of the Central Plains, but he fell in front of him. …,
"The order goes down, the whole army accelerates, and rushes to Dali City before dark, the Turks of the dog day are chasing so closely, let's treat them well in Dali once. Just in time, send them to meet the 5,000 Turkic wolf cubs they killed the day before yesterday. Wang Rengong gave a loud order, and after several days of rapid marching and surprise attacks, his subordinates were exhausted. Although I know that the Turks who are now following closely behind are only more than twenty or thirty thousand.
But with such a tail biting on the back, they can't rest. If this continues, even if the more than 30,000 elites of the Chen army can still hold on, those elite war horses will not be able to hold on. If this tail is not cut off, the entire army will be dragged to death by the Turks. Once everyone is exhausted, the Turkic armies that follow will be able to kill them all.
In any case, only by solving this tail first can they be considered safe for the time being, and only then can they have time to plan for the future.
The autumn wind is bleak, and the white dew is frost.
Dingxiang in September is completely regarded as the scenery outside the upper stopper. The Dingxiang grassland, which is already remote like a no-man's land, is even more withered grass, swaying with the wind. As far as the eye can see, except for the withered grass and bare trees, there is no one to live.
"Blow the trumpet, tell the brethren to quicken the pace!"
The sergeant at the front of the line was ordered by the commander to blow his horn loudly and remind the brothers behind to hurry up. There is still a long, long way to go, and there is no room for delay. In each section of the "woo woo woo" team, some soldiers raised their horns in response
The sound of trumpets quickly echoed through the mountains, first with a sound, then in a string, then in a piece. Suddenly, there seemed to be a horn on the top of the hill in front of me, echoing the trumpet of the march.
Whining!
Whining!
Whining! ~
The wind blew through the mountains with the sound of horns. In the glimmer of the morning light, the wind swept the battle flag, the war horse was like a dragon, and the knight was like a tiger! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )