Chapter 961: Driving away wolves and devouring tigers
After Niu Qi came back, he naturally said something else and said to Dangxiong and Mino: "The Ming army agreed to our surrender, but they were worried about us and worried that we were pretending to surrender."
"How do they want us to prove it?" Dangxiong asked in a deep voice.
"They said that if we defect on the battlefield and hunt down the Yuan army, we will be able to prove it," Niu Qi replied.
When Xiong and Mino looked at each other, they were both troubled.
"I wonder if we have this ability?" Mino asked tangledly.
"They said we can fight if we can. If we can't, we will wear them down and just withdraw to the side." Niu Begged: "The main thing is to reassure them."
"That's no problem." Dangxiong nodded and said, "Damn Yaizhu dares to make us the scapegoats. It's only natural for us to take revenge!"
"Okay." Mino agreed.
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At night, Yaizhu secretly issued an order to his subordinates to withdraw, just as Dangxiong had expected.
At the second watch, the Yuan army who packed up their gear began to quietly evacuate their positions.
However, the chieftain soldier who had been watching them took a serious look and immediately passed the news back.
Dang Xiong and the other three had already gathered their tribes together, and when they saw the remaining 10,000 people, the three of them were almost in tears.
This loss is too heavy...
The three people did not dare to blame the Ming army, so they transferred all their anger to the Yuan army!
"Brothers," Dangxiong dragged his seriously injured body and shouted to everyone in a hissing voice: "I just received news that damn Yaizhu led the Yuan army and ran away without us!"
When the soldiers heard this, they were in an uproar and began to curse.
Dangxiong raised his hand to ask them to be quiet, and then said angrily: "We worked hard for them, died for them, sacrificed so many people, but in the end we got this result. Can you accept it?!"
"No!" all the soldiers shouted in unison.
"Since they have betrayed us, there is no need for us to continue to work for them!" Dangxiong shouted with all his strength: "We will attack these traitors who betrayed our allies, and use their heads as a pledge of surrender to the Ming Dynasty.
, do you agree or not?!”
"Agree!" The soldiers responded uniformly. They were ignorant, but they were not stupid either. Only by surrendering to the Ming army could they survive.
"Well, catch up with them, chop off their heads, and let's go!" Dangxiong waved his hand fiercely.
The local soldiers, led by Mu Nai and Niu Qi, launched a pursuit in the direction where the Yuan army fled.
Not far behind them, the Ming army had sent its vanguard troops into the deserted defensive position...
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The Yuan army fled quietly, naturally they did not dare to run too fast without being discovered.
Therefore, the rear army was quickly overtaken by the soldiers.
"Why are you following us?!" The officer holding the battle thought that the soldiers were fleeing with him, and he yelled arrogantly: "Go back, everyone! Watch your positions!"
"Look at your mother!" Niu Beggar hid a horn-sharp knife in his sleeve and stabbed him in the neck.
The officer immediately spurted blood and fell to the ground with fear in his eyes.
"We are the Ming army now!" Niu Qi pulled out his knife, pointed at the Yuan army and shouted: "Kill these Yuan dogs!"
The soldiers rushed forward with swords and guns! Maybe they saw the hope of survival, so they fought extra hard this time.
The Yuan army was caught off guard, and many of them were cut down. The situation was immediately in chaos, and the soldiers were chased by the soldiers and fled...
In fact, in the era of cold weapons, psychology often determines combat effectiveness.
If anyone dares to block the Yuan army's retreat, they will fight tooth and nail without anyone's encouragement. This is the so-called "don't stop them when they return to the army".
But if you chase after them, even the same group of enemies will have completely opposite results - no one will have the will to fight!
Because staying to fight means being left behind by the large army. Therefore, the soldiers in the front will only use the time they buy to escape instead of staying to help them.
Therefore, experienced commanders never block the enemy's retreat, but only let them pass first, and then chase after them. This way, the sacrifices can be minimized, but the victory may not be insignificant.
Therefore, when a large army retreats, it is necessary to leave behind those who are willing to sacrifice themselves so that the majority can be saved.
But the people behind the break not only refused to be sacrificed, but started to chase and kill the large army, which was completely embarrassing.
This is the situation that Yaizhu is encountering now. He arranged for the chieftain soldiers to guard the east position, just to let them passively block the rear.
Even if they find that the army has withdrawn and they quickly flee, they will still be left behind and can still play the role of docking the tail of the gecko.
But I didn't expect that the three families reacted so quickly. As soon as they took off, they caught up with them and started to attack without saying a word...
This time, it was the Yuan army that was caught off guard. If Yaizhu still had authority, he might be able to send an army to re-break the rear. But now no one wants to die, everyone is pretending to be deaf and dumb, and just rushes on.
It's useless no matter how loud he shouts.
Xi Tianbu couldn't stand it anymore and whispered: "Dad, how about I go..."
"Fuck you!" Bitizhu scolded and told him to get out of the way. But then no one would pay attention to him, and he simply stopped saying anything. If you don't want to listen, you won't listen. Just do whatever you want.
Anyway, having a horse is better than being without a horse.
As a result, the Yuan army was completely in chaos. The rear army only knew how to run away and dispersed the Chinese army. The Chinese army did not understand the situation and only heard the shouts of killing from behind, so they began to run away without hesitation.
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In the end, the front army was also dispersed, and an orderly retreat turned into a rout.
Originally, the chieftain soldiers planned to give chase, but upon seeing this, they became more energetic and followed closely. Along the way, they cut down many Yuan soldiers who were lagging behind.
The Ming army had nothing to worry about now, so they were not in a hurry to catch up, and simply followed behind to watch the show.
This made the people on Puding Fort anxious...
During the day, Mu Ying ordered everyone to withdraw into Puding Fort, with no intention of blocking the Yuan army.
But he didn't ask the troops to disband, he just asked them to stand by and wait for the opportunity.
The shouts of killing in the canyon had already alerted the defenders on the city top. They raised their eyes and looked around, but they only heard the sound but could not see anyone. They were too anxious to stop.
It wasn't until the movement outside got closer and closer that one could faintly see that one army was escaping and the other party was chasing. Farther away, there were some people with torches watching the fun...
"What are you doing?" The soldiers were confused, but Fu Youde and Mu Ying understood it at a glance.
Marquis Yingchuan laughed and said: "Marquis Xuande's trick of driving wolves and chasing tigers is quite clever."
"Yes, I only knew that Marquis Xuande used his troops in an upright manner, but I didn't expect that he would come up with such a strange move." Mu Ying said with a smile: "It saves us some trouble."
"No, I think you should proceed as planned, that is, as soon as the Yuan army passes by, they will immediately pursue you." But Yingchuan Hou shook his head and said: "Since we have taken the lead in one step, we should take the lead in every step! Get ahead of Dalima.
Wouldn't it be nice to occupy Pu'an Village and even Luoshan City before the arrival of the army?"
