Chapter 786: The Dai Army is defeated
Tuoba Shi Yijian looked up in the direction of due south, and saw a large amount of smoke and dust raised several miles away, which is enough to show that the cavalry of Xie Ai's legion is not far away, since the cavalry corps under Xie Ai is about to arrive, then, the follow-up main force will not be too far, for this reason, Tuoba Shi Yijian fell into extreme worry and helplessness.
"Your Majesty, the 20,000 cavalry of the Jin army is no more than three miles according to this, and it is about to form a situation of encirclement on three sides against our army." An acting army general reminded loudly.
"Your Majesty, the battlefield is becoming more and more unfavorable to our army, and if we want to reduce our losses, we can only break through immediately." A subordinate general shouted loudly.
Tuoba Shi Yijian's face was painful, he let out a long breath, and said softly: "That's it, we can't drag it out any longer, the whole army will immediately withdraw and retreat to Shengle City." ”
In fact, Tuoba Shi Yijian did not want to give such an order in his heart, but now the situation is very critical, if he continues to fight like this, it will not be long before the main force of the Xie Ai Legion will arrive one after another, so that the main force under his command will fall into a more disadvantageous situation, in order to save a force, Tuoba Shi Yijian has to make the decision to flee.
And this decision, for the ambitious, dream of dominating the world Tuoba Shi Yijian, is an extremely huge blow, after all, once the rout, the morale of the soldiers under his command will collapse, the loss will not be less, in this way, the country will suffer heavy losses, so as to completely lose the strength to dominate the world, and even under the pressure of the main force of the Jin army, they have to evacuate the northern part of the state and return to the desert north of the depleted resources. And this is a blow to Tuoba Shiyikey, who is ambitious to dominate the world, can be imagined.
Under the order of Tuoba Shi Yijian, the soldiers under his command began to retreat one after another, and along the path west of the original Pingcheng, they fled due north, preparing to flee back to Shengle City.
Although the soldiers of the Dai army have lost a lot, their strength is still more than that of Wang Meng's army, so once the main army of the Dai country completely breaks and flees, Wang Meng's army will not be able to stop it, but. I can take this opportunity. greatly eliminated some of the soldiers of the country.
"General, the army of the country can't support it, and it has begun to flee north." A Jin army general said excitedly.
"General. Due south. Our reinforcements are about to arrive. If the Dai Guo army does not flee immediately, it will be surrounded by our army, General Xie's men. It's just the right time! Another Jin army general looked at the billowing smoke and dust in the direction of due south and said excitedly.
Wang Meng nodded with satisfaction, he knew that at this moment, the army of the Dai Guo under the command of Tuoba Shiyijian had completely failed, and this was a good time for him to expand the results of the battle and launch a pursuit. So he looked at the few henchmen beside him, and said loudly: "Generals, Tuoba Shiyi has exhausted his strength, and the order will go down, and the whole army and horses will immediately pursue it." ”
"Yes, General." The subordinate general received the order loudly and immediately conveyed the order for the whole army to pursue.
Soon, under the order of Da Xu, all the soldiers of Wang Meng's army immediately launched a fierce pursuit of the fleeing Daiguo army.
In the south direction, Zhang Hao and his 20,000 cavalry soldiers were not far from the battlefield, and they were working hard to make a big kill, but they found that the Daiguo army and Wang Meng's army, which had just been in the thick of the fierce battle, one had completely fled, and the other had launched a comprehensive pursuit.
"General, the army of Daiguo has fled on all fronts, it must have discovered our army and was frightened." One of Zhang Hao's subordinates said loudly while galloping on his horse.
Zhang Oyster laughed loudly and said loudly: "Uncle often said to me that the acting king Tuoba Shi Yijian is a hero on the grassland, he led the desert iron cavalry under his command to gallop through the grassland and the northern part of the state, rarely meet opponents, and now, when he saw our army, he fled in a hurry, where is this hero, is it clearly a two-legged bear?" Hahaha! He laughed again.
"Hahaha!" The generals beside him also laughed.
"The general is right, Tuoba Shi Yijian is a two-legged bear, why don't we compare our army with the army under General Wang, to see who can catch this bear." A subordinate general suddenly rose up and shouted loudly.
When Zhang Hao heard this, he suddenly felt funny, smiled, and said loudly: "Soldiers, speed up, capture Tuoba Bear alive, and rush to the ......" After speaking, he accelerated and rushed north.
Under Zhang Hao's order, his 20,000 soldiers launched a pursuit of the fleeing Daiguo army at a faster speed, and they all worked hard to compete with Wang Meng's army to see who could capture the Tuoba Shi Yijian alive.
On the road northwest of Yuanping City, the acting king Tuoba Shi Yikey, under the escort of his henchmen, was rapidly retreating in the direction of Shengle City.
At this moment, most of the more than 100,000 troops under the command of Tuoba Shiyijian have been scattered, closely following the men and horses on their left and right, there are only more than 30,000 soldiers, and the remaining soldiers and horses, some are trapped by the pursuing Jin soldiers and cannot get out, some are fleeing along other paths, and even a small group of three or five hundred troops hide in the nearby mountains and rivers to avoid the pursuit of the Jin soldiers.
Although some of the soldiers who were trapped in the siege slowed down the pursuit of the main force of the Jin army on a certain distance, Tuoba Shi Yijian did not dare to be careless, so he kept retreating in the direction of Shengle City.
A series of routs fled for more than ten miles, when arriving at a high ground, Tuoba Shi Yijian slowly stopped, and looked sideways behind him, at this time, the main cavalry of the Jin army was still a few miles away, and surrounded a group of men and horses under his command, watching his soldiers and horses were besieged by the main force of the Jin army and could not be rescued, Tuoba Shi Yikey's heart was very sad, and helplessly closed his eyes.
"Your Majesty, the main cavalry of the Jin army is still a few miles away, and our army should not stay for a long time, so we should evacuate immediately." Seeing that Tuoba Shi Wing Key had stopped, an acting military general shouted to persuade him.
"Your Majesty, the cavalry of the Jin army is still pursuing, evacuate immediately!" Another acting army general urged.
Tuoba Shi Yijian shook his head and said softly: "The soldiers have been galloping for several miles in a row, and it is not too late to rest for a while before leaving." After saying that, he held the horse by the neck and rested.
At this time, due to the extreme helplessness and pain in his heart, and excessive anxiety, Tuoba Shi Yijian appeared very weak, for this reason, he fled tightly for more than ten miles, and he was a little weak, so he stopped and rested for a while.
However, the pursuers of the Jin army would not give Tuoba Shi Yijian a chance to rest, and only a moment later, the main cavalry of the Jin army quickly pursued him.
"Your Majesty, the main force of the Jin army has been killed, and we can't stop any longer, so we should evacuate immediately." Seeing the main cavalry of the Jin army surging and killing, the general of the acting army anxiously urged.
Tuoba Shi Yijian was shocked when he heard this, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that in the direction of due south, the main force of the Jin army had already eliminated a unit under his command and quickly pursued it.
"Evacuate, evacuate immediately." Tuoba Shi Yijian said in a panic, and immediately rode his horse and fled in the direction of Shengle City.
More than 30,000 elite cavalry of the army followed closely behind Tuoba Shi Yijian and fled in the direction of Shengle City.
Acting Wang Tuoba Shi Yijian led the remnants to flee in the direction of Shengle City, and the main force of the Jin army naturally would not let him go lightly, so for this reason, the main army was concentrated and continued to pursue all the way.
In order to compete with Wang Meng, Zhang Hao gave up all the remnants of the Dai army along the way, and went all out to pursue the fleeing Tuoba Shi Yijian Army.
The generals of Wang Meng's army, seeing that Zhang Hao was chasing in the direction of Tuoba Shiyiqian's rout, looked at Wang Meng, and said: "General, General Zhang went all out to pursue Tuoba Shiyiqian, and they all rushed to the front of our army, and our army can't be left behind!" ”
"General, if General Zhang captures Tuoba Shiyiqian alive, he will rob our army of the first credit." Another general said loudly.
"Hahaha!" Wang Meng smiled and said softly: "Tuoba Shiyi is a hero on the grassland after all, even if he is so fielded now, but Zhang Oyster only has 20,000 horses, he can't catch him, besides, Ben Jiang doesn't care about any success, as long as he can eliminate Daiguo, it will be a victory." ”
Wang Meng said the truth, at this moment, although Tuoba Shiyiqian is in the unfavorable situation of fleeing from the wilderness, but there are still 30,000 horses under his command to follow closely, just with the escort of these 30,000 horses, it is enough to resist the attack of the cavalry under Zhang Hao, in addition, Wang Meng reinforced and merged with the state from Guanzhong, in order to eliminate the overall situation of the two countries of the Yan Dynasty, not to grab the merit, naturally he does not care about capturing the Tuoba Shiyi key alive.
A few days later, when arriving in Shengle City, the guards behind Tuoba Shiyi Key only had more than 20,000 troops, and the rest were scattered under the pursuit of the Jin army.
"Your Majesty, ahead is Shengle City, and our army has finally returned." A representative general said excitedly.
"Your Majesty, the Jin army's pursuers have been chasing for several days, and they are going to kill our army!" Another acting army general became pessimistic.
Tuoba Shi Yijian's mood at the moment is very bad, although after several days of hard work, they successfully arrived at Shengle City, but the main force of the Jin army did not accept it when they saw it, but pursued to the north of the Great Wall, and approached Shengle City, that is to say, the main force of the Jin army has a tendency to capture Shengle City and completely destroy the country, which is the most worrying for Tuoba Shi Yijian.
At present, the main army under the command of Tuoba Shi Yijian, most of them have been dispersed, and it is impossible to collect it in a short period of time, besides, the main force of the Jin army has nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses, occupying an absolute advantage in strength, once the main force of the Jin army is really determined to capture Shengle City, Tuoba Shi Yijian really does not have much confidence to hold the city, but Shengle City is the capital of the country, even if it is difficult to hold, he must defend it with all his might, after all, the significance of the capital city for any country is very huge, and it is a city that cannot be discarded at will. (To be continued......)