Chapter 250: Bloodshed and Become a Hero(1/3)
"Quick, shoot out all the arrows in your bag -"
Wanyan Honglie stood at the south gate of Zhongdu, looking not far outside the city. One by one, the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom were being killed. They all died on the way to the charge.
"Your Majesty, are there still our brothers there?"
When the deputy general saw Wanyan Honglie, he ordered the Jin archers on the city wall to fire arrows at the Mongolian cavalry outside the city, completely ignoring the Jin cavalry who were still fighting.
"Confused, once we wait for Borshu to completely annihilate them, we will suffer even greater losses if we attack the city again."
Wanyan Honglie seemed to have lost his mind and took the lead in bending his bow and arrow and shooting out of the city.
"For the Great Jin Kingdom, kill -"
The number of Jin cavalry abandoned outside the city has dropped sharply from more than 3,000 to less than 800. They have realized their situation, but they are still fighting without hesitation.
"Try to aim at the Mongolian soldiers and fire arrows——"
The deputy general also knew that there could be no delay, so he commanded two thousand archers. While there were still Jin cavalry under the city to contain the Mongolian army, he fired arrows desperately and kept killing the enemy.
Borshu also became ruthless and must annihilate all the Jin cavalry. He kept urging the whole army to attack until the last Jin cavalry fell off his horse.
After the Borshu army appeared, Wanyan Honglie lost more than six thousand people, but only more than half an hour had passed.
As for Borshu's army, the number was reduced by more than 8,000, and most of them died from bows and arrows.
Although they had gone through several months of training, these 50,000 people were only Koreans after all, and their riding and shooting skills were still inferior to those of the Jin cavalry.
Time is urgent and there is no need to delay.
Borshu just asked the army to make a slight adjustment and picked up the giant shield left by the Jin people from the ground. There were actually more than a hundred shields left, which could barely be used again.
Five thousand cavalry stepped forward and kept throwing bows and arrows at the city head. Another two thousand death squads were organized, holding more than a hundred giant shields in front, and launched an attack on the south gate of Zhongdu.
"I will drag the Borshu under the city outside the city for half an hour even to the death, and I will personally go and open a way out for everyone——"
Wanyan Honglie knew that the south gate could not be defended at all. Not to mention the huge disparity in strength between the offensive and defensive forces, there were not even many basic defensive equipment on the city top, and the battle in Zhongdu City was still going on.
Facing the attack of more than 2,000 "cowardly Xue troops", the Jin cavalry paid a heavy price, almost always at a ratio of one for five, or even higher.
The "Qixue Army" killed more than 1,400 people, but killed nearly 7,000 Jin soldiers.
This means that in Zhongdu City, if it were on a wide outdoor battlefield, I am afraid that the Jin Army would have suffered more casualties.
Zhelemei had already lost his combat effectiveness and had been waiting for a long time. Now he could only command loudly from the rear of the military formation.
The powerful generals of the Jin Kingdom moved to Pu'a and withdrew from the battle.
He was attacked by Hunshouluo, who was dressed as a personal soldier, and struck Pua's left arm in the middle. The entire arm was temporarily unable to move.
He had no choice but to hold the Santing machete upside down with one hand, and like Zhe Lemi, he retreated to the rear of the military formation.
"My lord, why are you here? The general is incompetent..."
As soon as he retreated to the rear, Yilapua saw Wanyan Honglie hurriedly coming down from the tower.
At some point, Wanyan Honglie's shoulder was hit by an arrow. Looking at the exposed arrow shaft, he knew that the arrow was inserted very deep.
An arrow wound like this cannot be pulled out casually. You can only wait until the battle is over before asking a doctor or military doctor to treat it.
"To attack General Yipua, 50,000 Korean troops led by Borshu came outside the southern city. We, Daijin, lost more than 6,000 warriors, but the enemy's casualties were even greater than ours."
"Now, if we can't capture the Mongolian army in the city as soon as possible, we can only choose one to break out."
Wanyan Honglie said with difficulty, he also knew that breaking out was the best option at the moment, but in this case, all the 20,000 infantrymen involved in the sneak attack would be left behind.
"Your Majesty, please lead your troops to break out of the siege from the west gate. After exiting the west gate, go straight west, then turn south, until you reach Taiyuan Prefecture. You will not encounter any decent Mongolian troops along the way."
"Leave ten thousand brothers for me, and I will fight to the death to hold back these Mongols!"
Yi La Pu'a was also a sensible person, and a ruthless character. He also immediately thought of the 20,000 infantry. Between life and death, he chose to stay behind.
At this moment, it is impossible to say how many of these 20,000 people are left.
Wanyan Honglie looked at Yi Lapua in front of him. This man was originally a Khitan man. He had been his bodyguard when the Emperor of Jin was still the crown prince.
Until the prince ascended the throne and became the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, Yilapua also became one of the most valuable generals in the Jin Kingdom.
It's just that after being emperor for a long time, he often likes to listen to flattery or praise his virtues, but instead becomes alienated from the fighting men in the army.
For example, Yilapua was originally a guard of the emperor, but he had not seen the emperor for four or five years. He was sent to the state capital on the border of Mengjin and Jin to guard the border.
The Jin Dynasty's court moved south, and moved to Pu'a upright and bravely. Unwilling to "escape" in despair, he volunteered and took 30,000 people under his command to follow Wanyan Honglie and guard the Hebei area.
"It was my idea to assassinate General Pu'a. This sneak attack on Zhongdu City was my idea. Now that we are in such a situation, I should bear the responsibility."
"A few months ago, I escaped from here once, and I don't want to escape again."
Wanyan Honglie said, taking off the sword from his waist and taking out his token from his arms.
"General Yilapua, just follow the route you just mentioned and take as many brothers out as possible. General, please bring these two things to my son in Xixia."
"Tell Kang'er, don't avenge me, just let yourself live well!"
"Your Majesty——"
Yi Lapua never expected that Wanyan Honglie would do something like this at the moment of life and death.
The two of them don't have much contact with each other on weekdays. Although they have known each other for many years, they have only had more interactions in the past few months.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "General Yi La Pu'a, this is a military order, take all the cavalry and leave quickly——"
Wanyan Honglie saw that Yilapua still wanted to refuse, so he threw the sword and token into his arms, picked up an iron gun, and forced Yilapua to leave.
"Your Majesty——"
Seeing Wanyan Honglie's resolute look, Yilapua knew that the matter was irreversible. Tears welled up in the eyes of the iron-clad man, so he had no choice but to give a deep military salute on his horse.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, Yilapu'a will definitely bring the things and your words to the young prince!... From now on, Yilapu'a will guard the young prince and will not let him die in Yilapu
Ah’s front——”
"Hahaha, okay, I, Wanyan Honglie, will die in peace with my words about attacking General Pu'a! Let's go quickly——"
Yi La Pu'a stopped dragging his feet and led the remaining cavalry, turning around and heading towards the west gate to kill.
Even if you want to leave through the west gate, you won't be able to leave smoothly. You still need to fight your way out.
Wanyan Honglie's hundreds of soldiers naturally wanted to stay. Not counting the two thousand archers on the south city gate, there were still more than five thousand infantry inside the south city gate.
"Chiheer, why didn't you leave?"
Wanyan Honglie discovered that there were actually more than 2,000 Jin cavalry left in Nancheng, and the leader was none other than Chi Heer, the captain of his palace guard, who was later released and became the commander-in-chief of the army.
"Haha, I, Chi Heer, am dead. If it hadn't been for the prince's generous meal, Chi Heer would have passed away long ago."
"Now that my eldest son has followed the young prince to Xixia, let Chi Hel stay with the prince again."
The naive Chi Hel is no longer the young boy he once was. He is in his forties but has shaved his head. He has a shiny black head and his helmet has been thrown away long ago.
"Okay, you are worthy of being a man from Prince Zhao's Mansion. Let's rely on these less than 10,000 Jin warriors to have a good fight with the world-famous Genghis Khan!"
Seeing Chi Heer's enthusiasm also aroused Wanyan Honglie's pride. He stretched out his hand and broke the exposed arrow shaft to avoid being touched again during the fight.
The retreat of the Jin cavalry also attracted the attention of the Mongolian army.
However, neither Ogedai nor Genghis Khan issued the order to pursue immediately.
The battle has been going on for almost four hours now, and even the east is getting a little light.
More than half of the "Xue Xue Army" was damaged, and together with the fifty people guarding Temujin, the number of survivors was only 1,400.
There used to be more than 14,000 people under Wokuotai's command, but now there are less than 5,000.
Mu Huali took away 5,000 people, and the suppression of the city was still in progress. Some of the Jin soldiers who sneaked in saw that the situation was not right and fled out of the city through the tunnel.
As for the more than 8,000 horses left by Mu Huali on the South City Gate battlefield, more than 3,000 were lost.
In other words, the Mongolian army standing opposite Wanyan Honglie only totaled more than 11,000 people, not much more than them.
The key is that the opponent has a "Qixue Army" of 1,400 people, Mu Huali's 5,000 Mongolian cavalry who may come back at any time, and more than 40,000 Goryeo troops outside the South Gate City.
"Where is the Great Khan Temujin? Wanyan Honglie of the Great Jin Kingdom asked the Great Khan Temujin to come forward and answer——"
Perhaps having taken life and death lightly, Wanyan Honglie actually urged his horse forward and shouted to the Mongolian army on the opposite side.
In fact, the two sides were not too far apart. It was just that thousands of people spent a long time clearing the passage, and now it was almost piled up into a mountain of corpses.
The sky is getting brighter, and those with sharp eyes can even see soldiers who have not yet died in the mountain of corpses, trying to push away the layers of corpses pressing on them, trying to climb out.
Broken arms and limbs are everywhere, and red intestines and white brains can be seen everywhere. This place is simply a veritable Shura field, a flesh and blood mill.
Both sides invested more than 80,000 troops each. In addition to less than 10,000 people present, the Jin Kingdom also took away less than 30,000 troops from Yilu and Pua, resulting in losses of more than half.
In the end, the Mongolian army was more powerful, with a total loss of more than 20,000 people, or the 8,000 Korean soldiers were killed and injured.
"This Khan is here. Wanyan Honglie, why don't you dismount and surrender?"
"My destiny is in Mongolia, how can you resist it? For the sake of our long friendship, I may consider sparing your life and live your life in Zhongdu City from now on."
Temujin also rode forward on his horse, and even waved his hand to stop the "Xie Xue Army" who was following him, and slowly stepped forward with only one of his own soldiers.
With a completely victorious attitude, he also invites Wanyan Honglie to "live his old age" in Zhongdu City?
Is this the rhythm of wanting to be imprisoned until death?
To be continued...