Chapter 1723: Entering Huanzhou, Encountering Yuanyang Park
Chapter 1723: Marching into Huanzhou and encountering a mandarin duck
Whether it was the death of Tuoba Jie or the death of hundreds of his bodyguards, Shen Tang just watched silently and did not step forward to stop it.
This is their destiny, their responsibility, and their glory.
If Shen Tang chooses to stop them, it will be a humiliation for them!
The general is wrapped in horse leather, so it may not be a bad choice for them to die here.
At the end, Shen Tang dismounted and stepped forward, bowing deeply! Then, he turned to his generals and said, "You have all heard the promise I made to him before, and I don't want anyone to violate it!"
"In addition, although they are enemies, they also deserve respect.
Give him a good burial!"
The end of this battle also means that the battle within Xijing Road is basically over. Although there is still a group of troops from Yehuling, they are already too weak to support themselves and are not enough to cause trouble.
Afterwards, Shen Tang left Zhong Yan and Wang Hu behind with a small number of troops.
The first is to guard the two passes, and the second is to wait for the arrival of the follow-up troops from Tuktan Kashgar and completely clear out the small number of Xia and Liao troops remaining on the Xijing Road.
Their main force went directly to Huanzhou in the northeast.
After marching for more than ten days, they encountered Xia and Liao troops retreating from Yehuling in the Yuanyangbo area of Xuande County.
When the soldiers and horses in Yehuling learned about the retreat of the other two troops, they did not rush to retreat immediately. First, they had many soldiers and horses here, as many as 40,000 to 50,000, and secondly, their food and grass were also in short supply. Relatively abundant.
Moreover, even if the other two troops retreated, they would have nothing to worry about in a short time.
However, the other two troops retreated much faster than they planned. By the time they received further information, the two troops in Maoerzhuang and Xiashui Town were already in disarray, and could not contain many troops from the Jin Kingdom.
Only then did the Yehuling troops realize that they had to retreat.
Otherwise, when the soldiers and horses of the Kingdom of Jin completely eliminate Tuoba Jie, they will face all the soldiers and horses of the Kingdom of Jin within the entire Xijing Road.
As a result, Xia Liao soldiers and Jin soldiers fought several more battles in the Taoshan area. Seeing that there was no possibility of breaking through the Great Wall defense line, they finally chose to retreat.
However, he never thought that he would encounter soldiers and horses under Shen Tang and Tu Shan Kening in the Yuanyangbo area.
Regarding this encounter, no matter which side they were on, there was some consternation! As for Xia and Liao, they did not expect the soldiers and horses of the Jin Kingdom to arrive so quickly. After all, Tuobajie and others did not delay much, and Shen Tang directly left the follow-up matters to the soldiers and horses of Tuktan Kashgar, and the main force under his command continued to attack.
The same is true for Shen Tang. He and Tu Dankening thought that when the two troops from Maoerzhuang and Xiashui Town chose to retreat, the troops from Yehuling would not stay any longer. Maybe he just chose to withdraw from the army.
However, I didn't expect that after this delay, I would meet here by chance.
The two sides each have more than 40,000 soldiers and horses. These nearly 100,000 elites are facing each other across a small Yuanyangbo!
Within the central army, Tu Dankening asked Shen Tang, "What should we do next?"
Shen Tang thought for a long time, and then said, "Send a small group of soldiers and horses to split up in the direction of Huanzhou, and then the main force retreats twenty miles toward Yehuling."
"retreat?"
Tu Dankening asked in astonishment.
"good!"
"Why?
Now we have the advantage! Our soldiers and horses are not inferior to the opponent's. We only need to hold them back and wait for the arrival of soldiers and horses from Xijing. Then we can completely keep them."
Tu Dankening was puzzled.
We are here to fight. Now that we have encountered the other side's troops, it is enough not to fight. How can we choose to retreat?
"There is no point in continuing this battle!"
"My uncle is right. If we plan against the opponent now, with the current situation and our strength, it is indeed very possible to defeat the opponent. It is not impossible to even cause heavy damage to the opponent.
However, this requires too much time and a huge price.
After all, the opponent still has more than 40,000 troops, and the opponent is different from the previous two troops."
"This army is not only more elite, but even though it is retreating, it is not without rules.
If we force each other to stay, we must pay the same price."
"The most important thing is that there is no need for us to force each other here."
"Now, the goal should be to end the entire war situation as soon as possible, rather than to gain or lose one city or one place! As long as we rush to Huanzhou and open up contact with Commander Heshi Liezhining, the entire war situation will be controlled by us, and we will never be able to control it again.
If there is any accident, and we are delayed here, the war situation in the north is uncertain, even if we destroy this army, it will not mean much, and the gain will outweigh the loss."
Tu Dankening suddenly realized, "But, even if we choose to retreat, what if the other party doesn't retreat?"
"They want us to retreat, so why don't they?
Now the other side wants to fight less than we do. After all, we have a comprehensive advantage in the situation on Xijing Road. If they fight, they will only die.
Therefore, as long as we show that we do not want to fight, they will definitely go north and continue to retreat as soon as possible."
"Moreover, in the battle in the north, the Mongolian troops and horses are the main force, and the Xia and Liao troops only have a partial division. They are happy to let us attack the Mongolian troops and horses, and they will never be willing to use their own troops to fight hard.
!These forces have different intentions. When they have the upper hand, they can naturally cooperate. But now that the defeat is doomed, they will naturally have dirty thoughts."
"I have no doubt that these troops will backstab their former friendly forces!"
"You're such a bad boy!"
Tu Dankening laughed unscrupulously, "Then according to what you said, we will stay here today and wait until tomorrow. Let Ugu Lunda lead five thousand soldiers and horses to bypass Yuanyangbo and divide the troops into Huanzhou. You and I
Then lead the main force to retreat towards the rear."
As a result, both sides had nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, close at hand and at war with each other, but they faced off forcefully, and no one was in a hurry to take action first.
On the second day, Xia and Liao soldiers and horses detected that the Jin Kingdom had divided its troops in Huanzhou, and the main force retreated.
In shock, they also began to break camp and carefully continue to retreat north. Sure enough, Tan Ma found that the opponent's tens of thousands of soldiers had no intention of pursuing them.
While breathing a sigh of relief, the troops really had no intention of staying and headed north as quickly as possible. It took only three days to leave Xuandezhou and enter the territory of the Mongolian Wanggu tribe.
Within the territory, at the same time, the troops of Shen Tang and Tu Shan Kening also continued to set off quickly towards the territory of Huanzhou.