Chapter 236: Heavy losses
"Pass on my military order, the former army will change to the rear army, and the rear army will change to the front army, and return to Tongguan as quickly as possible, quickly!"
When everyone sighed in their hearts, Su Qi'an's hurried military order sounded in their ears.
Everyone immediately came back to their senses, adjusted the queue as fast as they could, reined in their horses, turned around, and ran wildly all the way.
They could feel the tension of the commander-in-chief, which they had never seen before, and it could be said that there was a bit of a gaffe.
But as soldiers, they only need to obey orders, and the rest is not their concern.
Su Qi'an rode on horseback and rushed out first, his face was very serious.
This scene made Su Yong, who followed behind, a little nervous, following Su Qi'an for so long, Su Yong saw panic on Su Qi'an's face for the first time.
He quickly chased after him and asked, "Sir, what the hell is going on?" We either set up defenders at Tongguan, or we are afraid that the enemy will attack, so we rush back at our speed, and the defenders of Tongguan should be able to hold on."
Only Su Yong dared to ask questions at this time, Su Qi'an did not hide it, and said directly.
"That's right, the five thousand defenders of Tongguan are just preparing to prevent enemy attacks, but I really underestimated Amurai, I thought that his harassment was at most a few thousand people."
"But this time, he gave up the most important defensive town, Juyong Pass, and it seems that he intends to fight against the water."
"This kind of courage to break the cauldron and sink the boat, coupled with the terrifying combat power of the 30,000 wolf legions that converge, and Tongguan with 5,000 troops, Commander Liu is afraid that he will not be able to hold it."
"Once Tongguan is breached, Amurai will not hesitate to lead a large army and approach Kyoto in the rear."
"That's when Kyoto is in real danger."
Su Yong nodded, now he could understand Su Qi'an's panic, indeed, last time, there were only about 8,000 wolf cavalry, so what kind of toss about Kyoto City.
This time, the wolf army city of 30,000 people, if it really attacked Kyoto City, with the strength of Kyoto City, it would not be able to resist it at all.
Once Kyoto fails, Su Qi'an, the commander-in-chief, will definitely be held accountable.
Su Yong understood that this battle was the most important battle of this war, and it was also the final battle of the Battle of Kyoto.
Both sides are scrambling for time, and whoever can be one step ahead of others will be able to control the initiative on the battlefield.
One thing to say, Yamulei's trick is really beautiful.
Being able to make up this kind of determination and make a breakthrough is not something that ordinary people can do.
Moreover, Yamulai's tactics were arranged very quickly, and Su Qi'an took the lead to give him a lurking silence, and finally took Hangu Pass.
Yamu Lei gave him a move with his backhand, hiding from the world, this kind of tactic not only tests the adaptability of both sides, but also a great test of psychology.
Seeing who can hold their breath is the key.
Su Qi'an, who was galloping all the way, gradually regained his calm, and the tension in his heart was forcibly pressed.
What he has to do now is to keep a clear head and not be disturbed by a little battlefield emotion from the outside world.
All he could pray for now was that he hoped that Liu Xin's 5,000 men and horses would try to buy him a little time, even if it was a little more.
In this return defense, Su Qi'an's men and horses directly turned on the hurricane mode, and at that speed, the military horses under him were a little unbearable.
During this period, more than a dozen military horses were exhausted, and Su Qi'an had no intention of staying, and ordered the cavalry without horses to stay and join the infantry corps.
The rest of the people continued to hurry, that is, in a word, even if the horse is tired to death, you have to climb to Tongguan for me.
Under such a gallop, the journey that originally took an hour was shortened by Su Qi'an by half an hour.
When Su Qi'an's vanguard cavalry arrived at Tongguan, bad news came.
Tongguan is broken! Liu Xin's 5,000 men and horses were killed and wounded, Liu Xin was seriously injured, and less than 200 people survived, including the wounded and sick.
When this news came, Su Qi'an's face was very ugly, he had thought about how much pressure Liu Xin was facing, but the casualties were so big that it was really beyond Su Qi'an's expectations.
Su Qi'an rode his horse and rushed in directly
Tongguan.
In Tongguan City, there were corpses all over the ground, lying horizontally and vertically, and blood flowed all over the ground.
In the city, some of the wounded soldiers who survived, showing sad looks, successively collected the bodies of their dead brothers.
As Su Qi'an thought, Yamu Lei broke through Tongguan, not leaving a single soldier to defend it, but concentrated all the men and horses, and went towards Kyoto City in front of him with all his might.
After all, leaving a few thousand soldiers and horses at the moment can't stop Su Qi'an at all, and Yamulei doesn't have many troops, so instead of wasting men and horses, it is better to simply assemble and fight hard to conquer Daliang Kyoto.
This approach of Amurai looks no different from suicide, it is a lone army.
But such a lone army, if he really broke through Daliang Kyoto and was lucky enough to capture the Daliang Emperor and his royal family, it would be a huge blow to the front-line soldiers.
Even if Su Xuanyong and other royal families evacuated in time and were attacked in Daliang Kyoto, this can also bring a huge shock to the Daliang states.
And this is the effect that Yamulei wants, not to mention far away, let's just say that at present, Ningzhou on the front line is now fighting fiercely with Darong's 200,000 army.
Once it is known that Kyoto has been breached, will Daei's side directly increase its forces and launch a full-scale war against Daliang.
Once a full-scale war starts, Da Liang will lose the country if it is not done well.
This is what Su Qi'an definitely doesn't want to see, now he doesn't have the strength to completely protect his family, once the all-out war starts, where will the Daliang states be a pure land.
Under the nest, there are no eggs, Su Qi understands this truth better than anyone else.
Before coming, a military report had been sent to Kyoto, so that everyone in Kyoto was ready to fight to the death.
This time, he still hopes that Kyoto can hold on, after all, Kyoto is still in their hands, and if they give up, there will be no protection from Kyoto.
Think about it, when the time comes, will the wolf legion that kills the crazy Amurray kill them all at once, and who can guarantee their absolute safety.
In the military report, Su Qi'an promised Su Xuanyong that he would definitely stop Yamulei's army before it attacked Kyoto.
But before chasing, Su Qi'an still had to figure out one thing, that is, under Liu Xin's 5,000 men and horses, plus the defense of Tongguan, in less than half an hour, Tongguan was breached.
Yamulei's wolf legion, Liu Xin has not been in contact with it, in the previous battle, he held out for two days, even if there are not many troops now, but it was broken so quickly, Su Qi'an found it hard to believe. Look at the book
Moreover, the wounded soldiers in the city, together with the dead personnel, Su Qi'an did not find the body of a powerful marquis, not even the prison army Wang Xian, who was not dealing with him.
He didn't believe it, they all died fighting for Da Liang.
What Su Qi'an wanted to find most was Liu Xin, but Liu Xin was seriously injured and fell into a coma because of this fierce battle, and he is still being rescued.
While searching all the way, Su Qi'an finally found a surviving lieutenant general.
Seeing Su Qi'an coming, this rugged man pounced, knelt in front of Su Qi'an, his eyes were red, and he cried directly.
"Commander-in-chief, you are back, you have to be the master of Commander Liu, and the decision of these dead brothers."
Su Qi'an helped him up and hurriedly asked, "Don't worry, what's going on, you say it slowly."
The adjutant wiped away the tears on his face, and intermittently, little by little, told all the causes and consequences of the attack on Tongguan.
Listening to the deputy general's narration, Su Qi'an's face couldn't be cold, his fists couldn't help but clench, and his face was full of anger.
It turned out that not long after Su Qi'an left with his army, Yamulai's army came to attack Tongguan, but this time, Yamurai did not attack on a large scale and repeatedly hid most of his army.
With only a few thousand men and horses, frequent harassment.
For this kind of harassment, Liu Xin is not fooled at all, every time the enemy invades, release arrows, and wait until the other party retreats, stop the attack, anyway, there is only one principle, no matter what, you can't stick to it.
If it can be maintained forever, maybe you can wait for Su Qi'an's reinforcement, and the two sides will attack together, and Tongguan will not become what it is now.
Seeing that the harassment was ineffective, Yamure directly sent an army of 10,000 troops, divided into four batches, to surround Tongguan and attack Tongguan in four aspects.
Because there is war on all sides. The four walls of Tongguan need a commander to sit in charge.
Liu Xin was in charge of the front, and the rest of the three parties, Liu Xin hesitated for a while, but still let Zheng Liang and other powerful people sit in charge.
But before they went, Liu Xin told them very seriously not to leave the city no matter what.
In this matter, the overseer Wang Xian also made a package ticket, and at the beginning of the siege, they did what Liu Xin wanted.
But as the siege continued, especially, when Amurai appeared at the southern gate, which was the position that Zheng Liang and Wang Xian were in charge of.
Amurley followed the siege troops to be frustrated, and even hit an arrow, and had no choice but to retreat, this move suddenly made the two of them think alive.
Yamulei's reputation is also well-known in Daliang, but now he was injured in the siege and his troops were defeated, and he only had this number of men in his hands.
If Yamulei can be taken down, then they will be the absolute leader in this battle, and it will greatly improve Da Liang's morale.
A generation of fame will be taken by them, and the morale of Daiei's army will definitely be frustrated, and they will be able to become famous in Kyoto in the future.
For the sake of their official rights in the future, these two people did not greet Liu Xin, and directly ordered the soldiers to open the city gate and led people to chase them out.
As a result, this was a trap, and the two thousand men and horses led by the two had just attacked, and in an instant, in the darkness on both sides, Darong soldiers suddenly burst out like a tide.
In the melee, they were taken down without accident, and when Liu Xin knew the news and wanted to close the south gate as soon as possible, it was too late.
In less than ten minutes, Yamulei's 30,000 troops all swarmed into Nancheng District, and in the face of Liu Xin's thousands of men and horses, they directly launched a massacre.
And Yamurai's target was not Tongguan, his time was not sufficient, and he did not delay for long, after killing the defenders of Tongguan, he did not check whether there were any wounded soldiers alive, and led the army and went straight to Kyoto in the rear.
And Wang Xian, Zheng Liang and other powerful people became prisoners, were coerced, and headed towards Kyoto.