285 Heavy Blows
Li Ziyang's suggestion was to let the two of them take a step back, and the Huaiyang army would advance westward, but not Liaoyang Prefecture, but only open the state, and the grasp was much greater, and Pu Jinzhong could also support Wu Zhong.
In fact, there are problems with this method, in the final analysis, the final result is attrition, and the cost is greater than that of Mongolia, but it is also a method.
Pu Jinzhong finally said after pondering for a long time: "Okay! However, General Wu, the Liaodong Army can't rush over to support you, so it can only advance slowly in a defensive formation, in case Mo Han turns around and hits me. At the same time, I will order the troops besieging Tongzhou to leave only the infantry to defend the siege in formation, and the cavalry, including the cavalry of the Jurchens, will quickly move south to join me, hoping that you will resist until that time. ”
Wu Zhong said with a smile: "That's it, I'm waiting for the general in Kaizhou." What's more, Mohan may not dare to come back! But Ba Yihan: They have to be careful. ”
Since Mo Han had left, there were not many defensive forces in Kaizhou, and Mo Han knew that it was difficult to hold, and the cavalry of the Han people was different from himself, it was originally infantry, and it was later changed to cavalry. However, when he received the news that the Han cavalry had left the city to attack Kaizhou, he was ecstatic, but he did not fight the cavalry that attacked the city, he wanted to fight the main force of the Huaiyang army that went out of the city later.
In Tongzhou, Ba Yihan immediately found Wan Yanyan after receiving Pu Jinzhong's order.
"County Lord, the battle in the south is about to start, Pu Shuai ordered my cavalry to go south, leaving the foot soldiers to continue to besiege the city, I need you to lead the main cavalry to the south with me to fight Mohan, are you willing?"
"What about Tongzhou? Just give up? Wan Yanyan did not directly refuse.
"With the war horses supported by the county lord, plus the original 20,000, I now have 40,000 cavalry, and I will leave all the foot soldiers to continue the siege. You don't need to go out all of you, just the main force of the county lord is 20,000. County Lord, this is an opportunity for the Jurchen tribe, I hope the County Lord understands. ”
After Yan Yan hesitated, she said after a while: "I'm afraid that other tribes have other thoughts, don't hide it from General Ba, I can't completely guarantee the safety of your troops in Tongzhou, in case ......"
Ba Yihan interrupted her and said coldly: "If they do this, what awaits them will only be the disaster of extermination, and the county lord can clearly warn them." I am not afraid to tell the county lord that the reason why we are in such a hurry is because His Highness wants to completely annihilate Li Chongshan's main force within the Great Wall, not that we can't defeat Li Chongshan, so we must defeat Mo Han as soon as possible and enter the pass. I hope they have this self-knowledge and don't leave it to chance, otherwise no one will be able to help them at that time, including the county lord. ”
Receiving the news that Kaizhou had been captured, Wu Zhong was overjoyed, but he did not dare to take it lightly, and still maintained a defensive formation to advance, he knew the horror of the Menghu cavalry, and his subordinates also knew.
Dingzhou is only seventy or eighty miles away from the state, and it is now more than halfway through, but at this moment, the shaking of the sky has come, Wu Zhong has no time to regret it, and immediately ordered to turn to the layout of defense, which is not completely ready, and Mo Han's main cavalry of more than 100,000 has been killed.
And Wu Zhong has less than 100,000 cavalry, so he can only fight to the death on the spot.
If it was Pu Jinzhong's Liaodong Army, it was estimated that it would have collapsed, but the Huaiyang Army had seen this formation and won a big victory, so it was not too panicked, and it believed that there were reinforcements, so it immediately formed a tight formation to resist.
But the cavalry has too much advantage over the infantry on the plain, and the army formations are constantly broken through, and at this time the results of Wu Zhong's long-term personal training came out, although the casualties were heavy, as long as the beginning did not collapse, as soon as the battle of life and death came, he had actually forgotten his fear, and was still resisting to the death, and also gave Mo Han heavy casualties.
Wu Zhong's face was covered with blood, and he had already received two rounds of impact, but although his subordinates had been killed and wounded, they were still fighting, desperate, and constantly falling, and some people even died directly holding the enemy.
Wu Zhong shed tears, he had decided to live and die with his brothers, and never take half a step back, at this time, the performance of the main general was crucial, and it was the source of confidence for the soldiers and generals, that is, to believe that there would be reinforcements immediately.
The 40,000 cavalry who captured Kaizhou City had obviously been instructed before setting off, and had been paying attention to the position of Wu Zhong's main force.
The 30,000 cavalry had not been formed for a long time, and their combat strength was certainly not comparable to that of Mohan, but the symbolism he brought was incomparably great, because they were reinforcements.
With so many casualties, even the most valiant troops would have been confused, but as soon as their own cavalry appeared, the situation immediately changed course, and the dying spirit came back and attacked the enemy with the last of its strength.
Mo Han was afraid, in such a place and in such a situation, he still couldn't defeat the Han people quickly, what hope was there for staying in the Han land again? He knew that it was not only him who was afraid, but also his subordinates.
Pu Jinzhong was anxious when he received the news that Mo Han had killed Hui Ma Gun, he knew that he couldn't catch up no matter what, but Ba Yihan could, Wan Yanyan could. Pu Jinzhong didn't have time to wait for them to come over to converge, nor did he have time to think about other problems, let alone be proud because he expected the enemy to be the first, and now how to keep Wu Zhong and the main force under his command is the top priority. He immediately directly asked the scouts to hurry over, and ordered the 60,000 cavalry coalition troops of Bayixiang Wanyan Yan, who had already approached, to directly turn around and attack Mohan.
Mo Han also received news from the death of the surveillance reinforcements, a cavalry brigade had already come, and there were 20,000 Jurchen cavalry.
Mo Han sighed, he didn't dare to continue the decisive battle, he must maintain enough troops, now it is a comprehensive decisive battle between Han and Hu, he must hold on here, not die together, in this situation, he can only lead the remaining cavalry main force of less than 100,000 to retreat to Liaoyang, that's it, and was gnawed by Wan Yanyan, who came to the tail, and lost nearly 10,000. On the plains, the Jurchen cavalry was stronger than them, how could Yan Yan let go of such a situation?
Wu Zhong was lucky not to die in battle, but was seriously wounded.
It turns out that the Lord will make a decision, and he can really decide the life and death of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people at will, and the bandaged Wu Zhong has stood in the middle of the battlefield for a long time, he is grieving, he is remembering, he is washing, and he is also growing.
Of the 40,000 cavalry, only 8,000 remained. Of the 100,000 heavy infantry, only 40,000 remained, which was the heaviest casualty in Lin Jianyue's battle since he formed the army.
It was not only Wu Zhong who grew up, but also the Liaodong Army that followed. The process of the war and the corpses on the scene also gave them an extraordinary influence, telling them what is the real battlefield of life and death, what courage is, and what they should do when facing life and death, and it is conceivable that they are about to become a strong army.
Wan Yanyan is also affected, there are still millions of such troops, who else in the world can resist?
Mo Han's 150,000 main cavalry, the remaining 90,000, there is no way but to withdraw the troops attacking Chenzhou, adding up to Liaoyang is only 120,000 cavalry, 50,000 foot soldiers, Tongzhou's troops have been surrounded, can not be withdrawn, let alone dare to go out again, morale is very low, can only stick to Liaoyang Mansion for a dying struggle.
Pu Jinzhong was also decisive, and took the opportunity to immediately order Ba Yihan to take the captured war horses, 40,000 cavalry and 40,000 cavalry infantry, and quickly attacked north to occupy Yinzhou between Tongzhou and Liaoyang Prefecture, directly cutting off the enemy's way of life in Tongzhou, while Wanyan Yan returned to Tongzhou to continue the attack to maintain the situation.