Chapter 118: Siege and Siege Beast Persuasion
The whole army of the Che battalion was annihilated, the deputy general Manku was killed in battle, the deputy general Wang Zhiku committed suicide, and the 5,600 soldiers of the battalion were all killed in the battle except for more than 500 who withdrew with the banner of the Chinese army, and none of them survived.
In stark contrast to the Che battalion soldiers who insisted on resisting, there were those who rushed to the gate, as well as a large number of Jizhen soldiers.
After all, they have never fought with Jiannu, and they are just a group of Taiping soldiers in their bones, and it is rare to be able to fight until this time, if it weren't for God's sudden change of direction, they might also be able to stage a miracle of defeating the Jin army in Daling River. Now, there is only a chance to escape.
The army has collapsed, and no one can change the fate of the army, which will naturally put the life of the individual first. No one wants to die, and no one wants to become a slave of Jiannu, in order to survive, they can only run desperately.
In the line of sight, the front is endless, and the vast space gives the Ming army hope, they naively think that as long as they run fast, it is impossible for the Jin army to catch up with them, but the Jin army cavalry behind them is like a poisonous snake that is as stubborn as a poisonous snake, and they can't get rid of it.
Many Ming soldiers couldn't run, they simply didn't run, as soon as the weapon was thrown, they knelt on the ground, and those Jin soldiers who were chasing saw it, and they didn't pay attention to them, jumping over them and continuing to chase and kill the Ming army in front.
In addition to the Che battalion soldiers insisted on resisting, most of the Ming army did not even carry out decent resistance and fled, Zhang Chun, who was carried on the shoulders by Dong Kaiguo, was carried by the chaotic army and ran towards the Xiaoling River, in this chaotic army, Zhang Chun's order was no longer helpful, and the only thing he could do was to run with the rebels. It is also thanks to Dong Kaiguo, a brocade-clothed Wei Qianhu, who is strong, and if he is someone else, he will run all the way with a person, but he is afraid that he will be tired in less than a mile.
Zhang Hongmo's 3,000 cavalry still had seven or eight hundred left, and at this juncture, he did not try to intercept the Jin army, but rushed towards the south first, even ignoring Zhang Chun. Zhang Jifu took his own soldiers to Zhang Chun, in the chaos of the army, a rational general also tried to gather the rout to the banner of the Chinese army, but just gathered a little people, immediately caught up by the Jin army to disperse, the most reluctant, these generals can only give up the idea of gathering soldiers and horses to protect themselves, helpless to follow the crowd to the south without a charter.
From above, the south bank of the Xiaoling River was full of Ming troops vying for their lives, but behind them, there were golden horsemen chasing and killing
In order to keep the supreme honor of the only "Murgen Daiqing", Dolgon wanted to capture Zhang Chun with his own hands, but there were too many Ming troops, even 20,000 pigs ran in front, and he couldn't catch the pig he wanted at once. He could only hold Zhang Chun tightly with his brother, and he didn't dare to relax at all. Several times, Dolgon was less than a hundred steps away from Zhang Chun in front, but he was always disturbed by the Ming army fleeing from other directions. The most dangerous time, he clearly saw Zhang Chun who was being carried on his shoulder, and the white-haired man in a civil official robe was not who Zhang Chun Lao'er was
At the critical juncture, the general Xue Dahu suddenly led a hundred and ten soldiers to turn around and kill Dolgon, who had caught up, and the more than 100 brave Ming troops were scattered in front of the Jin army's iron cavalry like a wave. Xue Dahu was directly cut off by the long knife of a golden army, and he didn't even let out a scream. But it was precisely because of their bravery that Dolgon once again lost the opportunity to capture Zhang Chun alive, and there was no chance again.
The 6,000 soldiers of the two Yellow Banners of Gudang and Eben, together with the 1,000 Mongolian soldiers of Ye Chen, were ordered by Huang Taiji Khan to bypass the chaotic battlefield and gallop towards Changshan, intending to rush up before the Ming army crossed the river, so as to cut off the retreat of the Ming army in one fell swoop.
Abatai, Tang Gu, Tabai and others also led their respective swinging teeth from the west to the north bank of the Xiaoling River, they and the two yellow flags in the east echoed each other, forming a horn momentum, if the two armies met, it would firmly lock the gap of the Ming army to flee south.
Yue Tuo was the first to think of cutting off the retreat of the Ming army in the initial chaos, but because there were not many cavalry around him, he could only chase and kill the Ming army while looking for the Red Banner cavalry scattered everywhere, and finally gathered more than 1,000 Red Banner cavalry under his command.
After discovering that the Ming army was less than two or three miles away from the Xiaoling River, Yue Tuo immediately led the more than 1,000 Red Banner cavalry to give up the pursuit of the Ming army, and instead cut a hole in the flow of Ming soldiers running wolf, and ran towards the Xiaoling River regardless of it.
The Ming army, who found that the Jin army was in front, was stunned, and they shouted and ran forward desperately, but how could two legs outrun a four-legged war horse.
Finally, Yue Tuo, who was one step ahead, reached the Xiaoling River in front of the Ming army, and without stopping for a moment, he ordered more than a thousand red banner cavalry to scatter on the river beach, like a lion showing its bloody fangs, holding the sword and bow in his hand, quietly waiting for the Ming army to escape.
Zhang Huang's more than 10,000 Ming troops had no choice but to crash into the Yue Tuo Department, which was waiting for the rabbit.
The first to collide with Yue Tuo's troops was Zhang Hongmo's cavalry, although there were seven or eight hundred cavalry, but they had no fighting spirit, they just wanted to cross the river and escape quickly, and they did not organize a charge at all, and ran forward completely desperately.
As a result, under Yue Tuo's agitated dispatch, Zhang Hongmo led his troops to rush several times, but failed to cross the river, but was forced to run backwards by Yue Tuo's troops.
Yue Tuo was also careless, and when he saw that he had stopped this Ming cavalry, he relaxed in other directions, and as a result, Wu Xiang and Song Wei took advantage of the chaos to cross the river.
Zhang Hongmo became a pawn of Wu and Song to cross the river, and without him, Wu and Song would only be stopped by Yue Tuobu.
But before Wu Xiang and Song Wei could take a breath, their faces changed again, and two Jin armies appeared in the left and right directions in front of them at the same time, galloping towards the front, if they were allowed to meet, they would never be able to return to Jinzhou
Yue Tuo's efforts were not in vain, after the rout of the Ming army rushed to the Xiaoling River, they found that there were already Jin cavalry in front of them, and they were all at a loss, and finally all the Ming troops gathered together, and nearly 10,000 Ming troops gathered on the north bank.
The Jin army that came after them also came from all directions, and instantly surrounded all the Ming troops.
Seeing that the Ming army had fallen into a desperate situation and had no way to escape, Huang Taiji ordered all banners to stop pursuing, and each banner was to keep a distance of 500 steps from the Ming army, and not to attack without Khan's order.
Huang Taiji still understands the truth of the trapped beast fighting, the full pursuit just now caused great damage to the Ming army, but also greatly consumed the horsepower of the Eight Banners, at this time, a rush to kill, may be able to annihilate the Ming army, but the physical strength of the Eight Banners is also declining, if the Ming army is trapped in the beast still fighting, it will inevitably greatly increase the casualties of the Eight Banners, as a commander, Huang Taiji does not want such a thing to happen. In his eyes, every soldier is precious, and as the Great Khan, he must be responsible for every clansman who fights with him, and if he can reduce unnecessary losses, he must not suffer unnecessary casualties.
"Wen Cheng, Lao Bao, persuade that Zhang Chun Lao'er for Ben Khan." ()