Chapter 260 Pursuit and strangulation, Wanyan's defeat
Chapter 260: Pursuit and strangulation, Wanyan’s defeat
The two armies and horses converged, and the light cavalry under Teng and Wu tried their best to entangle the Jin soldiers, while the Wei army on the back could only fall behind them due to their slow speed.
"Thank you, Lord Song, for your help!" Cheng Yuhu rode up to Song Kai and others, and bowed his hands in salute. His eyes were full of envy, looking at the mighty black armor, and he could hardly move away.
However, he also knew himself. Although heavy cavalry was good, it was difficult to build up. Not to mention the soldiers and horses under his command, even he and Teng Wu could not withstand the pressure of this heavy cavalry.
Song Kai waved his hand and said: "General Cheng, we are all under your command, so there is no need to be polite!"
"In the future, we may have to join forces to fight together. I just hope that we can work together in the future and not let down your master's expectations of us."
Cheng Yuhu nodded, and then listened to Song Kai say, "General Cheng, lead the light cavalry and drive them as far as possible towards Dongping Lake. Wherever there is a big lake blocking the road, we can fight with them. In the previous battle, although they were a little bit
The loss is only a few thousand soldiers and horses. We must keep them here as much as possible so that our subsequent plans can be carried out easily."
Cheng Yuhu has nearly ten thousand cavalry under his command. Although there were a lot of damage in the previous battle, there are still six or seven thousand cavalry now. If they were to fight against the Jin soldiers, they would certainly not be their opponents. However, there are now Jin soldiers who are sitting behind the Wei army and fleeing in front.
He didn't even have the courage to turn back, so he could only be driven away by the cavalry under his command.
Once there is a lone golden soldier who breaks away from the team, he will be killed directly. As they run all the way, the corpses of the golden soldiers are almost covered with the entire road.
After fleeing for a while, Wanyan Hao finally managed to suppress his panic. He looked at the vague fog in front of him and was suddenly frightened. Dongping Lake was in front of him. If he was forced directly to Dongping Lake by these terrifying monsters behind him,
I'm afraid they may have no chance of survival.
He looked back and saw that the Song soldiers were driving them away with purpose, and the Wei army was far behind.
"Bamu! I'll give you three thousand troops and go back to the army to block the Song army's pursuit. Wadar, you lead three thousand troops and split up with me to break through!"
Although turning around and fighting would definitely result in considerable damage, at least it would avoid the risk of the entire army being annihilated.
As Wan Yanhao issued the order, the Jin soldiers were divided into three. One part of them turned directly to kill the Song soldiers behind them, while the other two soldiers turned around and broke out towards the northwest and southeast.
The three thousand soldiers and horses who were killed first did not have much effect at all. They had a battle with Cheng Yuhu's men first. However, not long after, the Beiwei army came over and crushed them. After several charges, three soldiers
Only a few of the thousands of soldiers and horses were defeated and fled, but most of them died under the attack of Beiwei's army.
"General Cheng, they already know our purpose and want to break out. Just order your sergeants to entangle them as much as possible without fighting to the death." Song Kai said to the idiom.
Under normal circumstances, Cheng Yuhu and others would naturally not be the opponents of the Jin soldiers. However, at this time, the Wei army was like a ghost urging people to kill them, coming from a distance with a butcher's knife. These Jin soldiers had no intention of fighting.
They only wanted to escape from the Song army's encirclement as quickly as possible and did not want to fight with the Song army at all.
However, as a result, the damage to the golden soldiers was even greater.
More importantly, as the casualties increased, the panic of the Jin soldiers became more serious. In fact, a small group of Jin soldiers stopped obeying Wanyan Hao's orders and fled in all directions.
According to Song Kai's instructions, Cheng Yuhu and Teng Wu led the army to entangle the Jin soldiers as much as possible. However, if they encountered the Jin soldiers, they did not fight to the death, but fought with Zhou Xuan.
In this way, the Jin soldiers were panicked and wanted to escape, while the Song army pursued them and tried their best to kill.
This battle continued until the sun set in the west, and then gradually stopped. After a whole day of fighting, the cavalry under Cheng Yuhu once again lost more than 2,000 men. However, due to their delay, six or seven men were lost.
The golden soldiers among the thousands were massacred by the Beiwei army.
Coupled with the scattered escape and the damage outside Dongping Mansion, Wanyan Hao led 20,000 elite troops this time, but they only fought for one battle and were directly defeated due to the appearance of Beiwei's army.
In the end, there were only about four to five thousand Jin soldiers who escaped with Wanyan Hao, and they suffered heavy losses.
"Sir Song, now that we have passed through Chaocheng and entered the territory of Daming Mansion, why don't we just take a rest and go to Daming Mansion tomorrow?"
Song Kai nodded, and the soldiers dismounted and set up camp. Although they were in the Kingdom of Jin, with their strength, no force around them could threaten them, so there was no need to worry.
Teng Wu directly returned to Dongping Mansion. At this point, their goal has been achieved. Next, they will threaten Daming Mansion, but there is no need to fight anymore.
If there are no accidents, the Jin soldiers in Sizhou will retreat soon. And they need to leave Shandong and Daming Prefecture as soon as possible and return to Henan Prefecture to prevent being surrounded by He Shilie Zhining's army.
Although their strength is not small, and they have the help of the Wei Army, Ge Liezhining has hundreds of thousands of golden soldiers and cavalry under his command. Even if they want to survive a certain amount of damage, it is no exaggeration to keep them all.
After staying overnight, early the next morning, 800 Beiwei and thousands of Song troops were approaching Daming Mansion. Presumably, after the previous battle, Wanyan Hao had become frightened and did not dare to fight again.
Cheng Yuhu and others fought...
News of the battle in Dongping Mansion spread quickly!
When he received the news, Heshi Liezhining sat quietly in the tent alone for half a day.
He couldn't understand why Wanyan Hao led an army of 20,000 people, but he would be defeated by 20,000 miscellaneous soldiers? Not to mention ordinary rebel troops, even with tens of thousands of Song Dynasty border troops, Wanyan Hao had no reason to fail.
However, although the news came, the detailed military report did not arrive, so he had no idea what went wrong.
But no matter what the reason was, Heshi Liezhining had to make the decision he least wanted to make, which was to withdraw his troops.
Wanyan Hao's defeat will have the most direct impact on Dongping Mansion and Jinan Mansion. The whole area is empty. That strange Song soldiers can do things behind his back without any scruples. Of course, if that's all,
He fought hard to suffer some losses in the north, but he also wanted to win the battle of Sizhou first.
However, Wanyan Hao's failure put Daming Mansion in danger. Whether it was in terms of the importance of Daming Mansion or his relationship with Wanyan Hao, he could not ignore it.