Chapter 516: Defeat of the Steppe Cavalry
Of the more than 30,000 soldiers on the hills, more than 20,000 soldiers suddenly rushed out of the trenches and launched a surprise charge against the steppe cavalry position not far ahead.
With the impact of the subordinate army, the grassland cavalry, which was originally anxious, suddenly let fear replace it in their eyes, and almost most of the grassland cavalry were already frightened.
They turned and ran, and it was too late to pay attention to the military orders. On the contrary, there were three or four thousand cavalrymen who were still full of blood, and they turned around and rushed towards the side of the army.
Unfortunately, although they had three or four thousand men, they fell under the guns of the army of more than 20,000 people in the face of the charge of more than 20,000 soldiers.
At this time, the steppe cavalry collapsed on the whole line, and it was already completely one-sided in a rout, and the drag in the middle of the crowd was escorted by his men to rush in the direction of the left army.
At the same time, he released the news of the convergence of the right army, and at this time, it was no longer time to attack the flank of the army.
The weapons of the children's army are so powerful, no matter which way they want to win, I am afraid that it is simply impossible. Now it's better to get the two armies together and then figure it out.
With his escape, the battlefield here was also coming to an end, and Nan Mingzheng did not leave any prisoners according to Jiang Chao's intentions.
Whether it is a wounded enemy or an enemy on the run, as long as the enemy is in the sight of the army, all of them will be destroyed.
The Sons are not able to digest these captives yet, and besides, these steppe cavalry are too ferocious to keep them, leaving hidden dangers for the Sons Army.
In this way, the Zidi army wiped out all the middle route troops of the steppe cavalry, and less than 1,000 people fled.
By the time the troops were collected, the Zidi army wiped out the remaining nearly 60,000 people of the steppe cavalry at the cost of zero casualties.
Nan Mingzheng made a quick decision, and hurriedly mobilized the army and began to rush in the direction of the left army that Tu Lie had fled, and at the same time, Nan Mingzheng also conveyed the current military information to Jiang Chao's side.
When Nan Mingzheng rushed to the position of the left army of the grassland cavalry with his subordinate army, Tuo Lie happened to escape here.
The Left Route Army of the steppe was advancing at this time, and it had not yet had time to attack the hilly land in front of it.
On the other side, the Right Route Army of the Grassland, when it was also preparing to attack, received the order of Tuo Lie, and hurriedly began to approach the Left Route Army.
Looking at the enemy in front of him, Nan Mingzheng's eyes showed a gleam, at this time, the left route army of the grassland was about 90,000 people, and the right route army was about 90,000 people.
In the battle with the Jurchens, the steppe cavalry lost nearly 20,000 people, and more than 20,000 people were originally lost by the Central Route Army.
However, in the end, it was supplemented by the left and right route armies to the middle route army, but what I didn't expect was that of the last 100,000 people of the middle route army, only more than 1,000 people escaped.
The commander of the 90,000-strong army saw the embarrassment fleeing, his eyes were full of disbelief, and they thought that he had seen it wrong.
Of the 100,000 troops, only more than 1,000 people were left to escape, how could this be possible! When I heard the news of their fiasco from the mouths of Tuolie and others. The commanders of the army on the left were numb.
He looked at the hilly land in front of him, and there was a look of apprehension in his eyes, if it had been too late, they had attacked the hilly land in front of him.
The final result is very likely to be the same as the Middle Route Army, where the whole army will be wiped out. The main general of the Left Route Army looked at Tuo Lie, and the rest of the generals also looked at Tuo Lie.
They were all waiting for the boss's order, and they no longer knew whether to fight this battle or not.
After all, the combat effectiveness of the Zidi Army is too strong, to be precise, the weapons of the Zidi Army are too powerful. They can't win this battle at all.
Even if they can win by luck, it is estimated that the remaining people will not exceed thirty or forty thousand, and may be less.
At that time, what else did they take to fight the Khitan army?!
"Dashuai, what should we do now?! Is it war, or !? The commander of the left army looked at Tuo Liedao.
Tuo Lie's eyes were full of anger and unwillingness, but a thick fear also flashed in his eyes, if he had been a little slower in the battle just now, the final result might have been to stay there.
Thinking of that terrifying weapon, he had long lost any fighting spirit in his heart, and some were retreating. How can you fight like this?!
"Wait until the Right Army arrives!" He said to the generals under him.
With his voice, the generals suddenly fell silent, and they didn't want to fight anymore. Knowing that it is a death, it would be stupid to fight again.
It's just that they can't say anything dejected, when they come, they are so high-spirited that they even think that they can include this land, as well as Huaxia, and the land outside of Huaxia.
But who knew that this would be the result, and the teacher was unsuccessful!
Although they destroyed the Jurchens, in the end, when facing the Huaxia army, they faced the fate of possibly being destroyed.
Time passed little by little, and about two hours later, the Right Route Army finally arrived here, and after understanding the situation, the commander of the Right Route Army also looked at Tuo Lie.
And Tuo Lie was silent, he looked up at the group of generals who were looking at him, and finally collapsed the two armies with difficulty.
"Withdraw!"
He no longer has the confidence to fight again, although he has not rushed up to the hilly land in front of him, but he knows that in the hilly place, there is definitely an ambush for the army, and it will be a death to go up.
No matter which direction he came from, he felt that he would definitely be entangled by the army. He had developed a terrible fear of the weapons of his children.
Even if they made a detour to capture the Khitans, however, with the Zidi army there, no matter where they went, they might be pursued by the Zidi army.
The only way now is to return to the grassland and not come to Huaxia again, or, when the time comes, they will find another opportunity to obtain weapons and equipment from the Huaxia army.
At that point, they can make a comeback.
Hearing Tuo Lie's words, the eyes of the generals under him were obviously relieved, not only Tuo Lie was afraid, but their generals were also afraid.
In other words, if this battle dragged out and insisted on fighting again, the soldiers under him would have lost their fighting spirit long ago. Such an army can only be defeated in the end.
Just after Tuolie gave the order to withdraw the army, nearly 180,000 steppe cavalry began to reorganize the army. They are ready to retreat.
It's just that just when they were reorganizing their army, Jiang Chao had already blocked their way. 10,000 soldiers, although the number is not many.
But after taking position, Jiang Chao formed a semi-encircled pocket for his army, and all kinds of fortifications and positions began to expand.
The ambush position that Jiang Chao is looking for is the best ambush position at present, and it is also the position that the grassland cavalry feels is the least likely to be ambushed.
It only took less than half a day for Jiang Chao to hide all his troops under the plain. Even if the steppe cavalry rushed closer, it would be difficult to detect their presence.
But when they attack, all the traps will deal a fatal blow to the steppe cavalry.
Since the steppe cavalry dared to come, Jiang Chao certainly would not let them have a chance to escape back. From the information he received from the Southern Ming Expedition, he had already judged that the steppe cavalry was afraid that they were about to retreat.