Chapter Twenty-Four: Oiling the soles of his feet and capturing the king alone
The archers returned to the camp to rest, and until the evening, Yang Yifei did not see the army returning, so he couldn't sit still, and went to the Chinese army's tent to find Zheng Bai to understand the situation.
Zheng Bai listened to Yang Yifei's intention, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "General Yang doesn't need to worry, according to the news from the scouts, General Meng has broken through the Dirong camp at the end of the day. ”
"General Li also annihilated the remnants of Dijon's cavalry, and attacked Dijon's main force with General Meng before and after, and the 120,000 Dijon army on this road has been defeated, and the enemy has lost more than 50,000."
"The reason why the army has not returned so far is that it is to chase and kill the enemy's rout, and it will camp in the field at night, and this time may last for several days."
"The meaning of General Meng and General Li is to finish their work in one battle, and this time they must fight Di Rong until they are unable to invade the border within thirty years before they stop."
Yang Yifei had no experience in marching and fighting in ancient times, and when he saw that the army had not returned for a long time, he couldn't help but worry, and after listening to Zheng Bai's explanation at this time, he was relieved.
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After waiting in the camp for five days, Zheng Bai sent a herald to inform Yang Yifei that the battle ahead had ended, and the enemy's rout had been driven into the vast Gobi, and there was no value in pursuing.
Meng Yi and Li Xin each led the army to the northeast, and went straight to Beidi County, and ordered the 10,000 Mengjia troops guarding the camp to immediately start and go to Jingyuan to join the division, because there were still 80,000 Dirong there, and the Great Qin defenders were only 20,000, and they needed to rush to support as soon as possible.
The 120,000 army that invaded Longxi County was Qiangrong, while the 80,000 army of Beidi County was composed of 50,000 Yueshi Dirong and 30,000 Wusun Dirong.
There are only 40,000 or 50,000 Qiangrong who have escaped, with no food and no horses, and they are scattered into the vast Gobi, and how much they can survive depends on their lives.
After this battle, Qiang Rong not only did not plunder the slightest resource, but his vitality was greatly damaged, not to mention thirty years, it is not bad to recover in fifty years.
Yang Yifei immediately gathered his men and horses, and the two Mengjia armies led by Zheng Bai marched together, crossed the Weishui at the shoal, and looked north along the Sandu River, but the 20,000 troops under Li Xin did not join them, but withdrew to Jixian and stationed.
For the next few decades, unless the Huns attacked, they would no longer have to face Dijon's attack.
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After traveling north for less than seven days, a mighty and mighty, windy and turbulent, rolling and surging, magnificent river that poured thousands of miles appeared in front of Yang Yifei.
This is a great cradle of the survival and development of the Chinese nation, her name is the Yellow River, she was born from the reckless sky, to the vast northwest, and then to the mysterious Silk Road, Hexi Corridor, desert wasteland...... All the way up north and south, rushing to the sea and never returning.
Later generations affectionately called it "the mother river of the motherland", and the favorite water to drink is always the water of the Yellow River, and she is a deep bond for distant wanderers.
The Yellow River has brought boundless longevity and depth, the ethereal and confused desert solitary smoke and vast emptiness, and the poetic and picturesque hazy sunset...... Of course, she has also become the dividing line between civilization and barbarism.
The southeast of the Yellow River is the territory of Great Qin, and the northwest is the land of Dirong, and Jingyuan City is located next to this mother river.
Perhaps the Qin people did not yet have the concept of a mother river, but they also refused to allow any foreign tribe to cross the Yellow River.
Because for them, the Yellow River is the territory of Great Qin, and the Yellow River represents the dignity of Great Qin, and if it is crossed by foreigners, it is equivalent to the territory of Great Qin being violated by foreigners, and the dignity of Great Qin is trampled on.
Therefore, the Qin army gave up the high walls of Jingyuan City, which was more conducive to defense, and chose to fight the enemy to the death outside the Yellow River.
20,000 against 80,000, they were not afraid at all, and in a series of battles, the Qin army suffered heavy casualties, but they did not retreat a step, and blocked the enemy from the territory of Great Qin.
Up to now, the Qin army has suffered more than 7,000 casualties, but Di Rong has paid the price of nearly 15,000 soldiers and horses in the case of bullying the widows.
Seeing that Pao Ze suffered such heavy casualties, Meng Yi and Li Xin were furious, and they attacked Qiangrong's 120,000 army with 50,000 soldiers and horses, and the total casualties were only about 5,000.
But here, because Di Rong was outnumbered, the robes were killed and injured heavily, where could they swallow this breath?
So this time they were even more crazy, chasing and killing for ten days, chasing out for eight hundred miles, and chasing them to the land of Tianzhu, which happened to be located here.
The Qin army descended from the sky, and the king of the Yue clan, who was still leisurely eating roast mutton, fled in a hurry.
The Yue clan is a nomadic people, where the king is, where the king's tent is, they don't have any concept of defending the land and defending the country.
In this pursuit, the archers also participated, because the archers had the lightest weight and the fastest speed, Yang Yifei led the archers under his command to bite the king of the Yue clan and his guards.
It's a pity that before the archers pursued, the horsepower had been lost, but the king of the Yue clan and his party were full of horsepower, and in the end, the archers could only helplessly watch the king of the Yue clan go away.
However, the archers were helpless, but it did not mean that Yang Yifei was willing to let go of the Yue King, the war horse was not strong, and when the speed dropped sharply, Yang Yifei decisively jumped off the horse, only carrying a bronze short sword, unfolding the soles of his feet to smear oil, and continued to pursue forward at a speed faster than that of a galloping horse.
The archers were shocked, and a master of two or five hundred called out anxiously: "General, no." ”
"Poor Kou Mo chases the general......"
"Wait...... You look at the speed of the general. ”
"Shhh...... My emperor is above, the general's speed, I'm afraid it's faster than the black wind, right? ”
"Don't forget, the general has the courage of ten thousand people, and there are only hundreds of guards left around the king of the Yue clan, and he may not be able to stop the general."
"It's not the courage of ten thousand people, I heard that it is the invincible skill of ten thousand people."
"No matter what he is, go and report to General Meng, now I'm afraid only his black wind can catch up."
At the speed of oiling the soles of his feet, only BMWs such as Chitu and Wuqi can barely match, and ordinary war horses are a lot slower than him.
By this time the horses were no longer moving, and the swift archers dismounted, threw down their bows and arrows, and rushed to the rear.
He rushed out about two miles away, and met Meng Yi who was leading a large army.
Although Meng Yi's black wind is fast enough, and his physical endurance is far beyond that of ordinary war horses, as the commander of an army, he can't leave the army behind and pursue it alone, so he is much slower.
Meng Yi saw the archers running back on foot, and hurriedly ordered to rein in the horse, "What's the matter?" What about you, General Yang? ”
The archer cavalry didn't wait for a breath to catch up, and forced a breath and said urgently: "The war horse is exhausted, General Yang dismounted and chased after him alone, he is faster than the galloping horse, not under the black wind." ”
Meng Yi's face changed greatly, and he shouted: "Nangong Yan." ”
"The end will be."
"You take the army, and General Ben will go to pick up General Yang first."
Nangong Yan's face also changed, and he hurriedly said: "The general is not ......"
"Driving"
Before Nangong Yan's word "may" came out, Meng Yi had already urged the horse to run out, and he said loudly: "Hei Feng, we must not let Brother Yang have an accident, we must catch up, hurry, hurry up." ”
"Sigh the law ......"
Hei Feng hissed as if he understood Meng Yi's words, and the speed was a few points faster, and a phantom almost formed between the front and back hooves.