Chapter 25: The Second World War at the Blue Mountain Fort
Another bloody battle at the Blue Mountain Fort began. This time, the Yan army did not have an advantage. Although most of the Xingzhou Army is recruited, the government soldiers trained by Yang County are not so easy to deal with.
Hua Dingshan can become a famous general in Criminal State, which naturally makes sense. Because of this time, the commanders of the Xingzhou Army were replaced by the generals of the Shaozhuang faction who had just gained power. Although the attack of the army formation is still full of loopholes, the soldiers are also bloody in the battle to the death.
The iron cavalry on both sides did bring great damage to the Xingzhou army, but after all, Hua Ming was still the son of Hua Dingshan and had won the essence of the battle.
The hedging of the Black Tiger Army also brought a lot of casualties to An Mingqian's personal guard cavalry.
Although the cavalry formation was not skilled, the repeated hedging still made the Yan cavalry on the left unable to withstand the damage and retreated.
The time is almost up, Hua Ming knows that as long as the cavalry on both sides is solved. The army will be able to rush and kill, and with the advantage of numbers and equipment, it will definitely be able to bring great damage to the Yan thieves.
Seeing that his soldiers were still wearing leather armor and holding their own scimitars. An Mingqian couldn't help but be angry.
Didn't you all change into captured iron armor? Why are you still wearing leather armor, is this looking for death?
Your Royal Highness the Prince, I did inform all the generals, but they all believed that our army had the upper hand in this battle. They are afraid of the effort to capture the head and take prisoners, and the southerners are shorter than our northerners, and their iron armor is not easy to wear.
Hearing this, An Mingqian suddenly felt like a fire burning in his heart. However, the battle did not stop because of his thinking, and the cavalry on both sides really began to retreat because of too many charges.
The Xingzhou army began to charge and kill, and the two armies soon began to exchange troops together, and the formation began to disperse. The Zhongzhou army that came from behind was not an army that often fought in battle. Moreover, the Yan army was originally heavy on cavalry and light on foot, and the infantry was not proficient in formation drills.
Soon, the two armies went from a formation to a big brawl. There was a fight everywhere, and even Zhang Chong couldn't help it, so he brought a team of cavalry forward, setting off a bloody storm in the Yan army array.
The fighting continued from the hour to the evening, and the killing began to stop.
Both sides almost put all their soldiers and horses into battle, and the Yan army's infantry was not good at formation, and they were at a disadvantage in terms of equipment. The rear cavalry was slow to come for reinforcements, which caused the Yan army to suffer huge losses.
After returning to the camp to count the casualties, An Mingqian really vomited a mouthful of blood at this time.
Twenty thousand casualties, due to the Yan army's excessive leather armor, serious injuries are almost incurable, for their current conditions.
The current An Mingqian, in addition to the 5,000 elite cavalry, the other troops can be said to have been disabled.
His Royal Highness the Prince, our army suffered heavy casualties. The grain and equipment should be burned immediately and withdrawn to Zhongzhou.
Military advisor Ji Shang spoke.
Has the rear iron cavalry of our army returned? If the military situation in the rear is not clear. Isn't returning to death?
Report, His Royal Highness the Prince, He Chun and Xi Yi are back, there are still more than 6,000 cavalry in the rear of our army, and the Xishu Army has moved their troops. They were the ones who attacked the rear of our army, and our troops were killed and wounded.
His Royal Highness the Prince, since it was the Western Army that did it. Our army should immediately burn the grain and grass, and then concentrate all the cavalry to return to Zhongzhou, today the Western Army is also engaged in war with our army, and it is inevitable to cultivate at this moment. When our army returned to Zhongzhou in the starry night, one was to preserve the living force, and the other was to defend Zhongzhou.
Cui Xiyeol, who hadn't spoken much for a day, spoke, and he didn't speak endlessly, and he needed to discard his wounded fellow soldiers in a secret, which seemed to be a matter of course for him.
Although this is the case, others who can make this judgment will always have some thoughts about him.
When it is broken, it is broken, and at the critical moment, An Mingqian is unusually calm.
Okay, that's what Mr. said. The generals will be able to act.
No one reminded the wounded soldiers and foot soldiers what to do if they moved. Then there will inevitably be a lot of movement, and it will not be good for the Xingzhou Army and the Xishu Army to find out and hunt for them.
An Mingqian left dozens of henchmen behind and asked them to set fire to them two hours after the army left, and did all this. Without looking back, he began to retreat north.
Only by keeping the 10,000 cavalry elites in their hands can we ensure that the Xishu army will not have the intention of attacking Zhongzhou or even attacking Yucheng.
And only by keeping the city will he have a future, and will he have the opportunity to ascend to the throne, unify the world, and stop the war.
When he was young, a fire broke out in the camp of An Mingqian, and the Blue Mountain Fort was burned down along with it. And because both the Xishu Army and the Xingzhou Army were engaged in a big battle during the day, at this time, neither of them was aware of the fire nor made arrangements in time.
Therefore, An Mingqian's retreat went unusually smoothly. However, there is one person, an army that is not very sleepy at this time.
That was Tu Hejin, who harassed the Yan army camp last night, and saw the fire in the Yan army camp. Tuhe, who had always been cautious, immediately asked the Moon Wolf Army to gather men and horses to cover up and kill Blue Mountain Fort.
If you want to lure the enemy again, you will not burn all your camp for bait. Of course, he still asked Luo Le to bring a thousand horsemen to follow behind, and he led more than 1,000 horses to fight everywhere.
The remnants of the Yan army fought fiercely during the day, and there was no suitable command at night, so they were naturally picked up by Tu Hejin for a ready-made bargain. Earned quite a few heads and captives.
When he entered the camp with thousands of heads and prisoners, Hua Ming couldn't help but sigh again, this brother was not staggered.
Big brother, how many casualties did our army suffer this time?
Although the Yan army's capture was important, because of the Xishu army's share of the pie, they were not very happy for a while. Therefore, Tuhe would like to mention the dead and wounded, so that he can know in his heart, so that he can go back and be like the king of Liang.
Our army did suffer many casualties, more than 26,000 dead. There were 18,000 minor injuries and only 3,000 serious injuries.
So, more than half of our army has suffered casualties?
For this casualty, Tu Hejin was really a little surprised. The front and rear flanked and exhausted the means, and the casualties were still so heavy.
Well, plus your catch, brother. In this battle, our army captured 19,000 ranks and captured more than 8,000 people.
I don't know, what is the situation on the side of the Xishu Army?
According to me, big brother, let's take the head and the captives back to Yangjun City as soon as possible. At this moment, our army has suffered a lot of casualties, and I am afraid that the Western Army will have some crooked ideas.
That's right. Let's lead the middle guard army back to the city first, the third brother, the fourth brother, you two have to take care of the wounded soldiers. I'll ship the medicine as soon as possible.
As soon as the bones are dry, look at the Blue Mountain Fort that has bled in just a few days. Tuhe couldn't help but fall into deep thought, what is this forbidden killing for?
If it were before today, he would definitely answer with a decisive answer, for the sake of fame and fortune, in order to become a human being. But at this moment, I saw the corpses all over the mountains. He also began to question, kill those enemies, those who attack you.
Kill those powerful enemies, even ordinary people, without any guilt.
But yesterday's killing of those soldiers who were still working in the fields a few days before the almost unresisted killing, Tu Hejin felt a little panicked at this time.
But why didn't I feel this way when I was in Anji before?
The answer is actually very simple, the heart of fame covers the heart of guilt.