Chapter 34: A Big Loss
Li Qing unfolded the map and looked at it, it was less than two hundred miles away from the Yuqu River, but there was still no shadow of Qiu Fu's army, and there was not even a trace of the army marching and the soldiers and horses trampling.
This proves that they are at least a day and a half faster than their own army.
"Dashuai, it's almost time to reach the Tatar Department, should we join Qiu Fu as soon as possible?" Li Qing asked.
Lan Yu turned over and dismounted, and flicked a soft grass with her scabbard, pulling out something black.
"What are you doing?" Li Qing stepped forward curiously, and then saw dry and hard feces.
"They're too fast." Lan Yu frowned and said, "With such a marching speed, it is too far to throw us off, and we must speed up." ”
After a pause, he said categorically: "Order, throw away some of your baggage, and march at full speed!" ”
"Huh? This ......," Li Qing said in surprise, "You don't have to be in such a hurry, right?" ”
"There's nothing wrong with prudence." Lan Yu scolded, "After learning from them, it's not too late to come back and find them, damn, I didn't expect them to be like this, the soldiers marched like this, and their combat power will definitely shrink greatly." ”
At the beginning, the battle of fishing was because the enemy army could not be found, so it was like that, but this time it was different, the Ming army had a clear goal, and there was no need for this.
Lan Yu was so angry that he was really bloody with such a teammate.
Half an hour later, the army ate and drank, unloaded most of its supplies, and marched lightly.
……
Two days later, at noon, the army was about to bury the pot and make food, and the spies sent out hurriedly came to report: "Commander, it's not good, the Tatar army has come up." ”
"Where did the Tatar army come from?" Lan Yu was surprised, "What about our allies?" ”
"Friendly forces... The friendly forces also returned, and were chased back. The spy said bitterly, "They have suffered heavy losses, and it is estimated that there are no ten thousand." ”
"Huh?"
The two of them got up openly, both with shocked expressions.
Lan Yu quickly calmed down, "Which direction are they coming from, and how long will it take to get over?" ”
"Straight ahead, two quarters of an hour at most."
"That's enough." Lan Yu took a deep breath and began to give battle instructions, "Set up cannons, place horse rejection stakes, line up phalanxes, spearmen and archers in front, broadsword soldiers in the center, and cavalry scattered on the left and right flanks......"
The opponent's momentum has risen, and only the phalanx can deal with it.
Suddenly faced with such a change, Rao is Lan Yu couldn't help but tremble, the army of 50,000 was less than 10,000, and he didn't know how many people there were on the other side.
Li Qingdao said, "According to the intelligence investigated by Jinyiwei, the main force of the Tatars should be between seven and ninety thousand, and excluding those who are left behind, it is very likely to be around fifty thousand. ”
"Fifty thousand against fifty thousand, like this?" Lan Yu scolded, "If that's the case, I really don't know how he became the prince of the country." ”
Li Qing couldn't help but be angry, the right candidate among the four people is too inferior, right?
However, now is not the time to calculate, Li Qing cooperated with Lan Yu to deploy and mobilize in front of the station......
"Click......
The dull sound of horses' hooves from far and near is shocking.
Li Qing stood on his horse, looked at it with his eyes, and after a while, he saw the banner of the Ming army, but the banner was already crooked, and six or seven thousand cavalry fled all the way.
Seeing this situation, Li Qing was about to catch up immediately, but Lan Yu grabbed him, "You don't want to die?" ”
"I know what I know." Li Qing hurriedly replied and stepped forward.
The speed of running in both directions was very fast, less than half an hour, the distance between the two sides was less than half a mile, Li Qing stopped his horse, sank his dantian, and shouted: "Avoid the front of our Ming army and follow me." ”
This light drink was long, and even in the chaotic army, many people heard it, and immediately followed Li Qing's war horse.
"Click......
A quarter of an hour later, thousands of cavalry deviated from the direction, avoiding the front of the Ming army's own men and lined up aside.
But soon, the second round of horses' hooves came, faster and more urgent.
The Chinese army was commanded by Lan Yu, and the formation had been arranged, Li Qing was not in a hurry to go back, and shouted: "Follow me to the rear wing army to defend." ”
The army had lost its backbone and immediately followed Li Qing.
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
The cannon roared ahead, the horses neighed, and the soldiers screamed one after another, and the battle had begun.
With Lan Yu here, Li Qing has nothing to worry about, the top priority is to figure out the situation first, he doesn't believe that there is really such a little bit left in the 50,000 army.
Li Qing shouted: "Come out and take care of things." ”
After a while, two gray-faced middle-aged men drove their horses over, hugged their fists and said, "Yongqing Hou." ”
"Marquis Anping, Marquis Wucheng, where is the marshal?" Li Qing hurriedly said, "What about the army?" ”
The faces of the two were ugly, and Wang Cong said in a trembling voice, "The handsome enemy has rushed into battle and died, and the army is also ......."
Li Yuan was relatively calm, and quickly explained, "We found a Tatar skirmisher near the Yuqu River, and the marshal led more than a thousand cavalry to encircle and suppress it, and captured a Tatar Shangshu;
The marshal listened to the slander of Na Shangshu, went deep into the hinterland, and the whole army was annihilated, and all of them were captured with Anhou Huozhen and Jing'an Marquis Wang Zhong...... unyielding death;
We were caught off guard, and before we could set up our position, the Tatar army rushed up, and in the midst of the chaos, there was no commander, which led to ...... Alas! ”
Li Qing felt distressed when he heard that the army was really gone, but now was not the time to settle accounts, so he immediately said, "The two of you need to make a mistake and follow me to kill back from the flank." ”
The two did not hesitate, nodded and agreed, the battle was like this, it was not unusual to go back and cut off their heads, and they fought hard, maybe there was still room for conversion.
The two immediately summoned their own soldiers and gave combat instructions.
A quarter of an hour later, a cavalry of several thousand men, at a tricky angle, brazenly slaughtered the Tatar army.
The Tatar troops on the flanks reacted extremely quickly, and although they did not set up a battle, they also responded effectively.
"Bell Chang Chang~"
"Puff puff ......"
"Sigh the ——! of the law"
All kinds of scalp-numbing sounds rang out non-stop, and after a while, Li Qing's whole body was dyed red.
It was the first time he had taken the lead in charging through the chaos, and the danger was even greater than he had imagined.
"Hum~"
Xue Liang's big knife swept in the strong wind, and while Li Qing turned his head to dodge, he gave the man a backhand knife, and during this period, he maintained his momentum.
"When the long ~ poof......"
Li Qing is incomparably brave, and he is invincible all the way.
Suddenly, a piercing chill came to his heart, Li Qing didn't have time to think, instinctively tilted his neck, and sharp arrows grazed his cheeks.
Immediately, a warm sensation hit, followed by a sharp pain.
Li Qing turned his head to take a look, but he didn't see the person's appearance clearly, and after a quick glance, he seemed to see a familiar look.
In the crowd of thousands of horses, there was a crowd of people, where did he care about revenge, and he didn't even care about breaking his appearance, he just moved forward to kill.
About a quarter of an hour later, Li Qing finally came out and walked away by inertia.
After leaving the battlefield, the number of people was counted, and there were less than 3,000 left.
But their rush provided Lan Yu with a huge fighter, and the horn of counterattack sounded, and the Ming army changed from defense to offense.
"Kill ......!"
The momentum of the Ming army was like a rainbow, but the Tatars were also very strong, and the battle was extremely fierce.
It lasted for half an hour, and finally the Tatar Mingjin withdrew his troops, and then began to retreat in a well-trained manner, and the palace was full of crossbowmen, and the Ming army dared to chase it, and it was bound to be kite-flying.
Seeing that there was no chance, Lan Yu ordered to rest in place, and at the same time, prepare for the enemy to kill back.
This battle did not last long, only about an hour, but there were a lot of kills, plus the assistance of artillery, there were tens of thousands, and there were no more than 15,000 kills.
The Ming army suffered nearly 7,000 killed and wounded about 13,000.
It's really okay to be attacked like this!
But Qiu Fu lost more than 40,000 casualties, and in general, this battle was a loss for the Ming Dynasty, and a big loss.
The army rested for nearly an hour, and then hurried to the place where the supplies had been left behind.
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After setting up camp, Lan Yu summoned the commanders of the various departments and sighed: "We can fight now, less than 40,000, Tatar and the Yuqu River as a barrier, we want to make a surprise army to attack the Yellow Dragon, we can't do it at all;
If you insist on fighting, the other party will definitely fight a war of attrition with us, this is their base camp, they can consume, but we can't afford to consume. ”
The generals all looked ugly, and the battle was like this, which was beyond everyone's expectations.
"Lan Shuai, try again, just try once." Wang Cong and Li Yuan felt that it was difficult to recover their lives when they went back, and said with red eyes, "The two of us are pioneers, and we will rest if we die~!" ”
In fact, they can't be blamed for the death of the army, what can they do when they meet such a boss.
But someone must bear the responsibility, but Qiu Fu is dead, and Wang Zhong and Huo Zhen are also dead.
A prince, two marquises, and more than 40,000 troops were all buried, and the two of them could not afford this crime, and they would rather die on the battlefield than be escorted to the execution ground.