Chapter 16: The Old Man Has No Teeth
Yu Wenhao looked at this mess and understood that there was no way to withdraw the army in this state of stalemate between the two armies, gritted his teeth, and the word "withdraw" popped out of his mouth, and he couldn't care about the cavalry and infantry in front of him, and then he took the head of the horse and the more than 100 soldiers around him to the direction of the muddy water in the north.
Jiang Lan saw on the city tower that the people under the banner of Beiyan Shuai had fled north, and even the flag of the commander of the Chinese army was thrown in place and not taken away.
Jiang Lan saw this situation and knew that this Yu Wenhao was an old fox, who broke his arm to survive at a critical moment, and did not care about the life or death of the army behind him, so he slipped away first.
"This old fox, I can see it clearly," Jiang Lan said.
Although the two armies are still in a stalemate, the Northern Yan Army has suffered countless casualties under the impact of this thousand heavy cavalry, and the key is that the morale of the army has been weakened, and the soldiers have begun to flee in all directions.
Although occasionally officers would stand up and try to stop the deserters and organize a counterattack, they were all knocked down by their own people who fled in a panic.
Wang Yuan and Li Muran were enthusiastic watching on the city tower, not to mention Wang Yuan, even literati like Li Muran, who couldn't lift a knife, were eager to go out of the city to practice.
But Jiang Lan strictly ordered that they were not allowed to go out. What are you kidding, this is a battlefield, unlike the previous roadblock robbery, now everyone under the city tower is red-eyed, and now the sword is not long-sighted.
"The overall situation has been decided, just see how many fish you can catch, go back to sleep, what is the county government looking for me" After speaking, Jiang Lan turned his head and went down the city tower.
Leaving Wang Yuan and Li Muran in a daze.
On the other side, Yu Wenhao led more than 100 personal soldiers and rushed all the way towards the muddy water camp. Yu Wenhao couldn't figure out how this could happen all the way, 20,000 troops, it took less than half a day to fold in this small Tiantai County, obviously found out in advance that Tiantai County only had a thousand troops, but today's combat effectiveness is like a thousand troops, I don't know if I thought it was the Emperor of Southern Qin who sent the Imperial Forest Army, even if the Imperial Forest Army of Southern Qin came, it couldn't eat my 20,000 horses so quickly.
Could it be that Southern Qin had gathered troops from the north and was ready to go to war? No, I didn't receive any news of the transfer of troops in Southern Qin.
Yu Wenhao's head was about to explode, but he couldn't figure out what was going on.
Along the way, he kept collecting the defeated troops, and made do with a thousand cavalry, and headed towards the camp of Muddy Waters.
As a result, when I walked not far from the Muddy Water Camp, I saw a puff of black smoke rising from the direction of the camp, soaring into the sky.
Yu Wenhao knew that the camp must have been sneak attacked, and now he has no home at all. I only felt that my head was buzzing, and under the repeated blows, I felt a sweet throat, and a mouthful of old blood spurted out, and then I rolled my eyes and planted my horse.
The soldiers around him hurriedly dismounted to help, and they were in a hurry to pinch people and feed water, and Yu Wenhao woke up leisurely.
Now his mind is full of one thought, "Run, run as fast as possible", and now he doesn't care about what it is to lose the army and lose the big battalion, and the most important thing is to save his life first. Even if you lose the camp and return to Shengjing, with the power of the family, it is still no problem to save this old life, but it must not fall into the hands of Nanqin, otherwise it will be a dead end.
So he struggled to get up and said to his soldiers, "Go directly to the muddy water river, cross the muddy water and return to Shengjing"
The soldiers around him saw the coach like this, it was sad and ridiculous. Yu Wenhao didn't care about it, he didn't have any face, he turned over and got on the horse with difficulty, and went towards the troubled water.
At this time, the weather is cold and frozen, and the muddy water river is just frozen, and you can ride through it. But Yu Wenhao still hasn't counted Jiang Lan, and at this time, Zhang Meng has already led the two thousand cavalry who sneaked into the Beiyan camp to guard on the shore of the troubled waters, waiting for Yu Wenhao to deliver the goods.
Finally arrived at the muddy water river, and when he was about to cross the river, he heard the sound of horses' hooves, and the cavalry in silver helmets and silver armor rushed out of the woods next to him and surrounded Yu Wenhao. Seeing this situation, Yu Wenhao was also disheartened and had no intention of resisting anymore. Seeing the commander like this, the soldiers under his command lost their fighting spirit and threw away their weapons one after another. Zhang Meng led someone to turn the horse over, and looked at Yu Wenhao, although the armor was filthy, but seeing that this person was dressed well, and he was protected by the soldiers around him, he was basically sure that he was the commander of Beiyan. Just wanted to ask, but a sixteen or seventeen little cavalryman next to him couldn't help but snort, and then said, "Brother Meng, look, this old man has no front teeth, his face is full of blood, he must have fallen, and his face is on the ground, and his speech must be leaking." ”
In a word, the surroundings were quiet in an instant, and then the cavalry behind them couldn't help but laugh. When Yu Wenhao heard this, he thought that his dignified commander of the first army had fallen to the point of being teased by a hairy boy, he was ashamed and angry, his blood surged, his eyes rolled, and he fell off the horse in a daze, and his face hit the ground again.
This scene provoked the cavalry behind Zhang Meng to laugh again, and even Zhang Meng couldn't help but burst out laughing. Yu Wenhao's personal soldiers were also eager to find a crack in the ground to get into in this kind of scene, and they couldn't care about helping the boss, Yu Wenhao just lay on the ground motionless.
Zhang Meng smiled and kicked the young cavalryman, "Little Liuzi, go, tie up that old man, and hold you right away"
After speaking, he faced the Northern Yan soldiers, "Put down your weapons, lest you die, and if you resist, you will be strangled on the spot"
Suddenly, these defeated troops of the Northern Yan dismounted and surrendered.
After a day of fierce fighting, it was better to say that it was a fierce battle than a one-sided massacre. Of the 20,000 Northern Yan troops, 8,000 were killed, 3,000 fled, and more than 7,000 were captured by surrender. A number of weapons were seized, more than 10,000 horses, grain and grass, according to the soldiers who attacked the Beiyan camp, there was a little grain and grass, but they were all some millet and coarse grains, and we didn't eat them, so we directly burned them.
The angry Li Muran, the big housekeeper in charge of logistics, beat his chest, wasteful, he doesn't know the price of firewood and rice, and if people don't eat it, they can pull it back and feed the horses. The captured Beiyan generals on the side rolled their eyes when they heard this, it turns out that what we eat is at the same level as your livestock.
In the county office, Jiang Lan listened to Zhang Meng and Li Muyang's reports, this time he defeated the Northern Yan army and took the camp of the Northern Yan, and there was no longer a Northern Yan army south of the Hunshui River. This means that in the future, there will be no problem of being harassed by the Northern Yan soldiers from time to time.
Of course, Tiantai County also suffered losses in this battle, with three heavy cavalry killed, ten seriously wounded, and more than 30 lightly wounded, and more than 50 light cavalry killed, more than 80 seriously wounded, and more than 200 lightly wounded.
Although this battle loss is nothing compared to the annihilation of Beiyan's entire army, Jiang Lan is still distressed, they are all brothers who have been born and died since they were homeless people.
He told Li Muran to do a good job in compensating the brothers who died in battle, and to make proper arrangements for the light and serious wounded.
Then Jiang Lan began to think about a question, what should the two guys who are still dizzy do now?