Chapter 148: Chasing after Victory
The next day, before dawn, Er Qing got up and climbed the city wall.
The enemy camp seems to be very busy, which is a precursor to another attack, and it means that it is necessary to retreat.
Before Erqing climbed the city wall, he had already explained to Baguha, asking him to investigate the truth as quickly as possible.
Er Qing had just climbed the city wall, and Zhu Gaozhi arrived later.
"Master Pony, you're really early!" Seeing Er Qing standing in the morning and twilight to check the enemy's situation, Zhu Gaozhi couldn't help but have an admiration for him, this Er Qing seems to be younger than himself, but he speaks and does things much more calmly! And his bravery and wisdom are really admirable, think about this court is really heroic, at such a young age, he can be independent.
No wonder this imperial grandfather has a discerning eye, ignoring the admonition that the princess of the Ming Dynasty must not marry a general, and recruits him as a concubine!
Zhu Gaozhi thought to himself in his heart.
"By the way, Shizi, has the prince woken up? I haven't had time to visit him yet? Er Qing saw that Zhu Gaozhi was distracted, so he asked about King Yan's injury.
"I just came out of my father's tent, my father is not in good condition, he is still in a coma, Ouyang military doctor said, the poison on my father's body has begun to disappear, you should wake up soon!" When Zhu Gaozhi mentioned his father, his heart was full of worry.
This father is still in a coma today, if this Tatar invades again, how can it be good that there is no backbone in this army? Zhu Gaozhi stayed up almost all night last night, and stayed in his father's tent all night.
"That's right, Master Horse, I almost forgot one thing, yesterday morning, my father's original plan was to ask me to quickly take two teams of men and horses to intercept the enemy's horse team transporting grain halfway, but I didn't expect this battle to be fought, there was a serious shortage of manpower, and after fighting for so long, my father was heavy with poisoned arrows, and yesterday's matter was delayed!"
"Cut off the enemy's food and grass? Is this the idea that Uncle Four Emperors had in mind? Er Qing raised his eyebrows.
Zhu Gaozhi nodded and explained, "Originally, our army was outnumbered, so my father had to think of a strategy to block the enemy's food source and make it impossible for them to fight with peace of mind!" These Tatars are fierce, and this time they are heavily armed! Just in time for the acute shortage of population in our army. ”
"This is indeed a good idea, but now you look at the enemy camp, and I see a faint chaos, and I wonder if they are either going to continue to send troops, or they are going to retreat, if they do, then the matter of blocking the food source will be saved! The casualties of this enemy army in yesterday's battle were also heavy! However, I have already sent my henchmen close to the enemy camp just now, and I will know the movement of the enemy camp in half an hour! ”
"If it's really as you say, if you withdraw from the army, it will be easy!" Zhu Gaozhi also hopes that the Tatars will withdraw as soon as possible, and the Beiping Army needs to take a good rest, and it will no longer be able to withstand heavy losses!
"We don't care if he sends troops today or retreats! Taking advantage of their hecticism, let's take advantage of the victory to pursue and inflict heavy losses, so that they will not be able to turn over in the short term! Er Qing's eyes reflected a wise light.
Zhu Gaozhi had to admire this concubine, it turned out that he was not a handsome embroidered pillow, but did have some military talent.
"Shizi, these four emperor uncles haven't woken up yet, if I have to send troops to the enemy camp immediately, can you be the master of the army?" Er Qing looked at Zhu Gaozhi.
"Without further ado, I'll still call a few senior officers and soldiers in the army to discuss, this is a big deal after all!" Zhu Gaozhi was still a little hesitant.
Er Qing nodded, "Then gather all the generals immediately!" Time waits for no one! ”
"Master Pony, I'm going to gather all the soldiers!"
In yesterday's battle, several important soldiers were killed.
The people who came hung their heads, immersed in the grief of yesterday and could not extricate themselves.
This is the most serious injury in the history of the Beiping army, in this vicious battle, the loss of good generals is not a few, even the experienced Yan Wang can not be spared from the poisoned arrow, so far unconscious.
Er Qing knew that at this time, it seemed a little inappropriate to mention that he wanted to strike while the iron was hot and take down the enemy army in one fell swoop.
But the opportunity must not be lost, and the loss will not come again!
If we don't deal a heavy blow today, it is possible that the enemy army will make a comeback in a short time, and if the Beiping army suffers such a heavy blow, if the enemy army makes a comeback in a short period of time, there will definitely not be much energy to resist.
So today is the best time to do it.
"Generals, Er Qing has the courage to ask everyone, now the enemy camp is in chaos, yesterday's battle, the enemy army also suffered heavy losses, taking advantage of the current pursuit of our army, it will be difficult for the enemy army to turn over, I don't know if you can agree to Er Qing to lead the troops to the enemy camp to pursue?" Er Qing looked at everyone expectantly.
"Yes, what the horse master said is very reasonable, I think it is feasible!" Zhu Gaozhi should also be in harmony.
"Shizi, it's just that His Royal Highness King Yan is still in a coma now, isn't it a bit abrupt for us to rashly pursue the enemy like this? Besides, now that our army has suffered such heavy casualties, the morale of the soldiers has been seriously damaged, and if we go to pursue it, then our army's losses will be even heavier! One of the older generals suggested worriedly.
"I think what Major General Erqing said is that we have to strike while the iron is hot! Let them never turn over and avenge the dead brothers, if you don't go, I will go with Major General Erqing!" "Vice General Meng was a little emotional, he couldn't wait to kill the enemy without leaving a piece of armor behind, in order to relieve the hatred in his heart!
Everyone understands Vice General Meng's feelings, and Vice General Yao's death hit him too hard.
"Shizi, right now, His Royal Highness King Yan is in a coma, you can call the shots in this army! Beat! This enemy should be fought! Vice General Meng stood up indignantly.
The rest of the generals were silent.
Just then, Baguha arrived.
"Major General Hui, those Tatars are preparing to retire today, and they are packing up their uniforms at this time!"
"No, we can't let them go like this! Shizi, Major General Erqing, hurry up and give the order! Otherwise, it will be too late to wait for the enemy's Qichen! "General Meng heard a report from Baguha that the enemy might be about to retreat.
Er Qing looked at Zhu Gaozhi: "Shizi, you hurry up and decide!" ”
Zhu Gaozhi bit his lip: "Fight!" Dispatch troops! ”
Er Qing asked Zhu Gaozhi to stay in the barracks to take care of him, and he and Deputy General Meng led the men and horses to run towards the enemy army.
At this time, the enemy camp was in chaos, and I didn't expect the Beiping army to come at this time.
Almost unprepared.
"Brethren! Kill! Kill him without leaving a piece of armor behind, and avenge the dead soldiers! General Meng swung his hammer and rode his horse to lead the way into the enemy camp.
He was probably full of hatred in his heart, and he saw two sledgehammers waving like the wind, and suddenly the enemy in front of him fell one by one.
"Archers, archers prepare!" Yelu Dada, who was blinded by Zhu Gaozhi's shooting in one eye yesterday, came out of the tent like a one-eyed dragon and commanded the enemy army that was already confused.
Er Qing saw that the enemy's archers were about to take place, and this Tatar bow and arrow was notoriously powerful, and he couldn't get them ready.
Erqing rode his horse and galloped towards the row of archers.
He swung his long sword, dividing five by two, and before the archers could react, a dozen of them lay down.
The soldiers behind Er Qing saw that Vice General Meng and Er Qing were so brave, and they also fought with the enemy.
Arum heard the sound of weapons outside, and the sound of fighting was deafening, and he knew that the Tatar army was in danger.
It's still about saving your life! It is said that the Northern Mongolian people will never abandon their weapons and surrender until they die, and they will not retreat.
But Arumu is scared this time, he must save his life in order to come to the future, if his life is also suspended, then there will be no chance to turn over.
Thinking of this, Arum changed into the clothes of an ordinary soldier, took a few people, and fled north on horseback.
At this time, Er Qing saw that more than a dozen people had fled north, and wanted to chase them, but there were too many enemies around him, and he couldn't pull away.
"Oh no, presumably the one who escaped must be the leader of this enemy army!" Er Qing knew it wasn't good.
He shouted, "Baguha, come to the rescue!" ”
Baguha, who was not far away, heard Derqing calling, and hurriedly rode his horse, approaching Erqing while killing.
"Baguha, it must have been the enemy leader Arum who fled just now! After you break off, I'll chase it! Erqing patted the horse's back and galloped towards the place where the men had fled.
"Young master, you need to be careful!" Baguha shouted towards the place where Erqing had galloped away.
But the young master has long since disappeared.
The soldiers of the enemy camp listened to what the two of them said just now, presumably their commander Arum had already fled, thinking to themselves, the leaders had abandoned their weapons and fled, what was the use of them fighting bravely here, it was better to save their lives.
Thinking so, a few little minions quickly stretched out their hands and surrendered.
Yelu Dada was physically exhausted because of the arrow he received yesterday, and Vice General Meng, who was full of hatred in his heart, became more and more courageous, and soon this Yelu Dada was killed by Deputy General Meng's hammer.
The remaining soldiers of the enemy camp saw that the commander had left them to flee, and then Yelu Dada was also killed, and felt that they had no intention of fighting, and that many people had already surrendered, and the remaining stubborn ones simply surrendered.
Now, this Tatar has been completely taken, and Vice General Meng is happy in his heart.
"Brother Yao, this revenge has been avenged for you!" Vice General Meng looked up to the sky and roared.
The soldiers of the enemy camp squatting on the ground were frightened by his long roar in the sky, many people today were taught by his two big hammers, many people died with one hammer, and even their deputy commander Yelu Dada died under the hammer, and those two hammers were stained with Yin Hong's blood.
He roared again, and the surrendered enemy trembled.
"Young general, where are your generals?" Only then did Vice General Meng realize that Er Qing was gone.
"He's chasing Arum!" Baguha was a little anxious.
"Little brother, you are here to deal with the aftermath, I will go after your young general!" As he spoke, General Meng also jumped on horseback.
Ran in the direction of Arum's hasty escape.
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