Chapter 286

But the Liao army didn't know that this Ming army was different from the Ming army in front.

This Ming army not only has grenades, but also has abundant physical strength.

As soon as Jiang Yansi saw the Liao army dividing his troops, he immediately ordered to throw grenades at the main force of the Liao army, which was preparing to bypass.

There was only one chance to throw, and then, it met the oncoming 800 Liao cavalry swordsmen.

But the explosion of this wave of grenades caused the speed of the Liao army's forward to be setback.

The remnants of the Fourth Army, which had fled south, thus widened the distance to five miles.

Yelu Shuogu didn't want to take care of this Ming army at all, but chose to pursue.

More than two hours have passed since the beginning of the pursuit, and more than 100 miles have been run unconsciously.

After another twenty miles, the distance was again closer.

By this time, the soldiers of the Fourth Army had already seen the stretching body of the Great Wall.

As long as the Great Wall was crossed, the Ming army would be safe, because the Great Wall was defended by the Zhou army, and even if it could not defeat the Liao army, it could also block the Liao army north of the Great Wall.

But according to the current distance between the two armies, it is impossible not to be caught up by the Liao army before escaping to the Great Wall.

Although the way of life was in sight, it could not be touched, and the soldiers behind could only launch another attack.

At this moment, a large cloud of "thick smoke" rose in the direction of the Great Wall.

This smoke is actually dust.

Whether it is the soldiers of the Liao army or the Ming army, they all know that the only thing that can stir up such a big dust is the cavalry.

And the only cavalry that could appear on the south side of the Great Wall was the Zhou army.

Unfortunately, this time they were wrong. It was the Ming army that came on.

Yang Ye's Twelfth Army.

When Yang Ye received the messenger sent by Badongdu, he personally led 20,000 cavalry and immediately went north from Lanzhou to Fuzhou. He also encountered more than 1,000 remnants of Zhu Kuangye who had broken through on the side of the Great Wall, confirmed the direction of the Fourth Army, and led the way by Zhu Kuangye's troops and marched north.

At this time, it happened to meet the remnants of the Fourth Army who had fled south.

Yelu Shuogu didn't dare to chase anymore, he could look down on the Central Plains Zhou army, but he would never dare to despise the Ming army. This fierce battle for several days gave Yelu Shuogu a personal experience of the combat power of the Ming army, and he was able to fight with the leather room army in a night without distinguishing between victory and defeat. There is no need to be insulted.

The dust that was flying closer and closer on the opposite side, for Yelu Shuogu, a veteran general who had led the army for many years, could clearly estimate the number of this army, no less than 20,000 cavalry.

The pursuing Liao army was less than 20,000. Along the way, several waves of Liao troops were divided to encircle and annihilate the small forces of the Ming army and counterattack. By this time, the Liao army was about 15,000 people.

With fifteen thousand against twenty thousand, Jelu Shuogu did not dare to hold it up.

Yelu Shuogu then ordered the Liao army to stop the pursuit and retreat north to join the Pi Room army.

Looking at the remnants of the Fourth Army in the distance, Yelu Shuogu cried out in his heart for pity, and with deep regret, Yelu Shuogu led the Liao army to embark on the road back to the north.

But Jerushuchus didn't know this time. He couldn't go back.

……。

Yanyun Chen Yanzheng had already personally led 30,000 cavalry out of the Great Wall to the west, at this time. has crossed the Yellow River, according to the messenger of Badongdu and Zhu Kuangye, who reported the news, and went north to rescue.

Chen Yanzheng had already prepared for the worst in his heart, but he didn't want to give up, and he didn't dare to give up the "scout team" he had carefully assembled.

This team has too much of his old department and spiritual sustenance, to be precise, this team is his life.

No one will give up their lives.

Only an hour after the Yellow River went north, the scouts found the 8,000 leather room soldiers resting in place and the corpses of that place.

The blood oozing from the corpses of tens of thousands of people gathered into wisps of streams, which did not have time to seep into the soil and flowed on the ground in waves.

At the same time that the Ming army scouts discovered the leather room army, the skin room army scouts also discovered the Ming army.

The generals of the Leather Room Army made an accurate judgment that this Ming army going north was by no means comparable to his 8,000 people, so the Leather Room Army chose to retreat north.

If it were the old days, the 8,000 leather room army would have launched a surprise attack on the enemy a long time ago.

In the history of the Khitan people, there are many examples of 5,000 Pi Room troops defeating tens of thousands of Han troops in the Central Plains.

But this certainly does not include the Ming army.

The proud Liao State Pi Room Army, after two days of fierce battles with the Fourth Army, also had to restrain their arrogance.

Chen Yanzheng's troops could not pursue the leather room army, and on this desert, the Han people would never be able to compete with the Khitans in terms of speed, so Chen Yanzheng could only order the whole army to clean up the battlefield.

Because the north is Shengzhou, and Shengzhou is now in the hands of the Liao army, this corpse all over the ground can only show that the Fourth Army is likely to have been destroyed, at least it has been defeated, whether it is to break through or be defeated, it is impossible to go north.

And what Chen Yanzheng is most worried about is his "scout team".

The 30,000-strong army rummaged through the entire battlefield and roughly counted the number of corpses killed by the Fourth Army and the "scouts", and found that the number was different from the establishment.

This made Chen Yanzheng feel hopeful in his heart, maybe someone else broke through.

It was this last hope in his heart that determined the fate of Yelu Shuogu.

Chen Yanzheng ordered the army to rush south.

There is no need to search westward, a horizontal march of 30,000 troops of this scale is enough for any living creature within ten miles to escape the sight of the Ming army.

At this time, Yelu Shuogu led an army of more than 10,000 tribes returning north.

He didn't know that his way back had been cut off by Chen Yanzheng, and he didn't know that the 8,000 leather room army had fled north when he heard the news.

Yelushuku's heart was already in turmoil, and all he was worried about was how to go back and explain to Yelujing, this tyrant was likely to cut off his head in a fit of rage, and although he was worried, Yelushuku had to go back, because there was not much left of the 40,000 tribal army he could rely on in this battle.

In the south, Yang Ye's 20,000 cavalry followed him like a shadow, pursuing the Yelushuo ancient tribe that fled north.

Among them, there were also Zhu Kuangye's troops who reflexively joined the pursuit, and the remnants of the Fourth Army who had just escaped from the clutches.

The guards sent Ding Sijing, who was seriously injured and unconscious, to the south of the Great Wall, and the rest of the army did not hesitate to join the queue of counterattacks, and they had only one wish in their hearts, and that was revenge.

In the past two days, the Ming soldiers have died too much, and how many brothers have gotten along with each other day and night among them can no longer be counted, and the surviving soldiers have been completely exhausted and physically exhausted, and the moment they escorted Ding Sijin to escape, they relieved their duties, and now it is time to repay the debts they owe.

This debt is life.

I owe the lives of my fallen brothers to the north.

Yelu Shuogu's headquarters was chased madly by the Ming army in the south, and the originally high morale was chased by the Ming army and disappeared for no reason.

It is said that the retreat hurts morale, and it is reflected in this chase battle.

The more the tribal soldiers fled, the more panicked they became, and the faster they fled, so that even the scouts could not come forward.

was intercepted head-on by Chen Yanzheng's 30,000 cavalry head-on. (To be continued......)