Chapter 52: The End of the Crossbow

"Retreated?"

Zhao Yuanliang could hardly believe his eyes.

However, the enemy cavalry did retreat and gave way.

No matter what the opponent thinks, get out and talk about it.

Zhao Yuanliang commanded the cavalry, rushed out of the mountain pass, and went straight to Gaizhou.

Yang Cheng responded to the order of the second battalion of water and fire to clean up the battlefield, and he led his guards to leave the mountain pass.

Su Xiaojing rode his horse and reported: "My lord, Zhao Yuanliang fled towards Gaizhou. ”

"Everything was planned." Yang Chengying said with a smile, "Next, we have to watch General Han's performance." ”

"Haha...... Zhao Yuanliang never dreamed that he couldn't even exert his strength, so he collapsed. ”

Su Xiaojing looked at his commander with admiration.

On the same day, when Yang Chengying was formulating a plan to exterminate Zhao Yuanliang, he saw the topographic map of Gaizhou given by Su Xiaojing, and a series of strategies of "throwing bricks to attract jade, luring the enemy to go deeper, encircling and annihilating him, and diverting the tiger from the mountain" was formed in his mind.

There is a general shortage of military food in Liaodong, and Zhao Yuanliang was also squeezed out by Wang Huazhen, and the situation will only get worse.

If you want to fight in the cage city or go out to fight, you need a lot of food, so searching for food everywhere has become Zhao Yuanliang's inevitable choice.

The first plan of "throwing bricks and attracting jade" was to rob him of grain, anger Zhao Yuanliang, and let him send troops to deal with the "bandits" who robbed grain.

Then "lure the enemy deeper" and lure Zhao Yuanliang and his cavalry to the nameless mountain pass.

Holding the high ground on both sides with pikemen, and blocking the front and rear roads with cavalry and crossbowmen behind the horseback formation, is to "encircle and annihilate".

Zhao Yuanliang found himself surrounded and looked for a breakthrough.

The direction of the enemy's commander looked like only archers, but he did not dare to take any chances. The terrain on both sides is not high, and they dare not rush forward. It was possible to choose only the direction in which the cavalry was located, ready to break through with numerical superiority.

Regardless of the charge on both sides, he could only let his subordinates be hurt by a beating.

Finally broke out of the "encirclement".

But these are actually appearances, and the real killer moves are behind!

Da Da Da ......

Zhao Yuanliang led the cavalry to escape from the encirclement, and when he found that no one was chasing him, he breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but stop.

"General, what's next?" The cronie asked.

"What else can I do?" Zhao Yuanliang said angrily, "Hurry back to the city, defend the city and wait for reinforcements." ”

"Hey! The responding foot soldiers have all dispersed in a hurry, can they defend the city? ”

"There are so many people in the city, and if they can't hold it, they will pull them up the city wall to help us defend the city."

Zhao Yuanliang didn't care about this at all.

In fact, as soon as he escaped, he ordered his foot soldiers to quickly retreat to Gaizhou City. But I didn't expect the infantry to see the officers and soldiers, and the morale quickly collapsed, and there were very few people who carried out the order.

At this time, the scout came to report: "General, the enemy cavalry is coming." ”

"What? You really don't want me to live. ”

Zhao Yuanliang began to lose his mind, but he realized that he was fighting with the enemy cavalry in the field, and even if he won, it would not be cost-effective, so he led the army to continue to march towards Gaizhou City.

The news of the rebels' retreat to Gaizhou reached Yang Chengying.

He and the Fengzi battalion stopped as soon as they came into contact with Zhao Yuanliang's cavalry.

When Zhao Yuanliang's cavalry fled north, he immediately turned over and dismounted. With a short break, the soldier's physical strength is restored.

Su Xiaojing, who was on the side, asked, "My lord, why don't we occupy Gaizhou City, but give this credit to Sun Degong?" ”

"You also said that we are giving credit, why let? Of course, it's for the sake of Governor Wang's face. ”

Yang Chengying turned over and waved his right hand.

The cavalry, who had stopped to rest, immediately mounted their horses and prepared to set off.

Su Xiaojing also got on the horse: "My lord, I have always been at odds with Governor Wang, but I have changed my temperament." With so much effort, I don't want benefits. ”

"Don't want benefits? Hum! Am I the kind of person who only suffers losses and does not benefit them? ”

Yang Chengying then ordered and said, "Brothers, don't chase too closely, so as not to be bitten back by him and cause unnecessary losses." ”

"Yes." The herald withdrew, and the herald went.

The Fengzi battalion opened again and pursued Zhao Yuanliang's cavalry.

Pay attention to the physical strength of his subordinates and seize all the time to recover their strength, these are what Yang Cheng should do.

And Zhao Yuanliang didn't realize it at all, after all, in his heart, the family was his subordinate, and the life or death of other soldiers had nothing to do with him.

As soon as he heard that the enemy was approaching, Zhao Yuanliang led the cavalry to flee with his life.

Soon, a clear river crossed in front of everyone.

After crossing the Qinghe River, we arrived at Gaizhou City.

It is a medium-sized river with a small width and can be crossed by wading.

When he arrived at the river, Zhao Yuanliang noticed that the river was not deep, and sent someone to cross the river with a bamboo pole while measuring the depth of the river.

The soldier was the first to wade through the water.

Zhao Yuanliang was relieved and ordered the whole army to cross the river.

One by one, the soldiers rolled up their trouser legs and led their horses across the icy river.

The icy water rushed from their feet and legs to their heads, freezing their teeth and fighting.

However, just about a third of the way through the soldiers, they felt unusual.

Rumble......!

The crowd followed the prestige and was terrified.

The flood rushed towards them.

Zhao Yuanliang, who was the first to cross the river, was so anxious that he shouted: "Retreat!" ”

But the speed of the flood peak is too fast.

The soldiers who were in the river didn't have time to react, and even the men and horses were washed away.

The remaining soldiers who had crossed the river and those who had not crossed the river were dumbfounded as they looked at the raging water.

Just as Zhao Yuanliang was thinking about countermeasures, cavalry appeared on the other side of the river.

Yang Chengying led the Fengzi battalion and had already arrived at the river bank in time.

"Rush, ......"

"Surrender or kill!"

The crowd shouted in unison.

At the same time, all the way to the east, all the way to the west, showing the momentum of encircling this cavalry.

"We are willing to surrender."

The huge momentum and the end of the road with no way out made these Gaizhou guards kneel down and surrender one after another.

Zhao Yuanliang, who was on the other side of the river, saw this scene and was so anxious that he stomped his feet, but there was no way.

Yang Chengying asked Su Xiaojing to deal with the battlefield, and he led his guards to the river.

"Brother Zhao, you are desperate and still don't surrender?"

Yang Chengying looked at Zhao Yuanliang's angry appearance and said loudly.

"Humph! Although you succeeded for a while, I will not let you go in the future. ”

Zhao Yuanliang gritted his teeth with hatred, but there was nothing he could do about Yang Chengying.

On the contrary, Yang Chengying was much calmer: "You only have a group of tired family members under your command, what else can you do." ”

"I've got enough of these people." Zhao Yuanliang laughed and said, "As long as the master returns to Gaizhou, he will definitely make a comeback, and then he will seek revenge on you." ”

With that, he led the cavalry that crossed the river and quickly withdrew from the battlefield.

Yang Chengying sneered: "Comeback? It's a pity that Sun Degong has already led the Chinese army to capture Gaizhou. You're going to get caught in the net. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, an infantry force appeared to the east.

Han Yunchao led the infantry to build a dam and joined Yang Chengying at the Qinghe River.

"My lord, why don't you chase after you?" Han Yunchao asked puzzled.

"Zhao Yuanliang is already at the end of the crossbow, and he can't turn the wind and waves anymore, so we don't need to get involved and retreat."

Yang Chengying smiled confidently.