"Quickly, surround the troops of Jesbu and Tieletai and annihilate them!" Xu Huizu ordered loudly.
At this time, the Ming army had already defended the gap in the formation, the Xilu cavalry had begun to retreat, and the Chinese army led by Timur had also begun to retreat in an attempt to escape. Although the dawn of victory had flashed, the battle was not over yet.
So when everyone showed a smile of victory, Xu Huizu's face was still very serious and he gave instructions loudly.
"In addition, all cavalry, except for the left and right guards of the government, are sent out to pursue the Xilu, and they must not be allowed to escape!"
"Yes, Duke Wei/General Xu." Everyone originally planned to start cheering for victory, but suddenly heard Xu Huizu's order, and suddenly realized that the battle was not over yet, and hurriedly suppressed their smiles and followed Xu Huizu's order.
"General Xu, our army's cavalry is not large in number, and it suffered a lot of losses in the previous battles with the Xilu. If we do not include the left and right guards of the government, there are only more than 70,000 cavalry."
"The infantry of the Xilu cannot escape, but all the auxiliary troops of the Xilu are cavalry. There are at least 150,000 cavalry gathered together to retreat. The number of our army is less than half of the enemy's army. Now the Xilu are just
Because the formation was broken and the main force suffered heavy losses, they panicked. If they wake up and launch a counterattack when our army is pursuing them, even if our cavalry has high morale, they may not be able to defeat more than twice the number of Xilu. What's more, there are many Xilu.
The Mongols who believe in the Tianfang religion are good at Mangu tactics, but most of our troops do not have thick armor and cannot protect themselves from bows and arrows."
"So General Xu, let's put the left and right guards of the government army into the battlefield." Song Sheng said.
"This." Xu Huizu pondered. Of course what Song Sheng said made sense, but now that the victory was determined, he was unwilling to let Shang Zhiwei suffer too many losses.
Based on the above thoughts, he decided to verbally refuse to accept Song Sheng's suggestion. "It means that these more than 100,000 cavalry will be let go, and this battle will not be fully successful. But it is good this way, my credit will be smaller, and His Majesty will be less worried."
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But just as he was about to speak, he heard a voice from not far behind him: "Of course we will send the cavalry from the left and right guards of the government to pursue us!" This voice was still very familiar.
"Your Majesty, Xu Huizu, has seen you. Long live your Majesty!" Xu Huizu turned around and knelt down quickly and said.
"Your Majesty Song Sheng/... I have met your Majesty, long live your Majesty!" Song Sheng and others also knelt down and said.
This person was Yunxi who was supposed to be in Yiwu. When he saw everyone kneeling down, he said with a smile: "My dear friends, you don't need to be polite."
After they stood up, they praised again: "My dear friends, you have commanded the army to defeat the Xilu, and you have done a great job. After all the battles are over, I will hold a celebration banquet to celebrate your achievements!"
"Thank you for the gift, Your Majesty." Everyone agreed in unison.
After that, Xu Huizu immediately said: "Your Majesty, I heard that Vice General Zhang of the Zuo Army sent someone to escort your Majesty to Yiwu City. How could you enter the army at this time?"
"How can I go to Yiwu with confidence?" Yunxi said: "I was very worried about the situation of the battle and did not want to go to Yiwu to hear the news, so I led the guard to patrol outside the rear army formation to watch the battle."
It turned out that after Yunxi left the Zuo Army's camp under the protection of the guard post, the more he thought about it, the less willing he was to leave the battlefield at this time, so he quietly led his troops back. When anyone asked, he said that Xu Huizu ordered them to be here.
Although the generals at the nearby guard station were surprised, they showed Xu Huizu's handwriting (the blank document that Yun Xi had taken before and added the order), and they did not expect anyone to dare to forge Xu Huizu's order, so they ignored it. Xu Huizu himself was very nervous about this battle.
, didn’t pay attention to the back of the formation, and no one came to report to him, so he didn’t know.
"Immediately send an order to Cao Xing and Song Xuan, ordering them to send the cavalry of the left and right guards of the government army to pursue. In addition, I will also bring the cavalry guard guarding me and the cavalry guard you left in the camp.
, and sent them out to pursue the Xilu!" He continued.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Since Yunxi personally gave the order, he no longer objected.
"There are more than 90,000 cavalry chasing the Xilu now, and there are also elite Shangzhi Guard cavalry, which should be enough to defeat the Xilu." Song Sheng said.
"Your Majesty, who will command the soldiers who are chasing the Westerners?" Since Yunxi was here, Xu Huizu returned the personnel rights to Your Majesty.
"Command them with Zhang Fu as the commander-in-chief." Yunxi paused and said.
A feeling of jealousy suddenly emerged in everyone's heart. At this time, the pursuit of Xilu had great merit and no danger, but a very good job was actually handed over to Zhang Fu. 'He is not related to the Queen's family, is he?' Someone
Can't help but think about it.
"The horse infantry of the left and right guards of the government army were ordered to entangle the infantry of the central Xilu army and prevent them from escaping. As for the other soldiers, they were divided into two groups. One group surrounded and annihilated the Xilu infantry led by Jesbu and Tieltai, and the other group went up.
Go forward to attack the central army of Xilu."
"The artillery is aimed at Jesbu and Tieldai's troops, and they will be completely destroyed first. If the resistance of the Western Lu army is too tenacious, we will not attack by force for the time being. We will attack Jesbu and Tieldai's troops after they are destroyed."
"After the central Xilu army is destroyed, storm the camp and completely wipe out all the Xilu in the Yiwu Basin." Yunxi issued the orders one by one.
There was nothing wrong with Yun Xi's orders, so everyone had no objections. The flag-talking soldiers immediately began to wave flags to convey his orders. Xu Huizu also led the Chinese military guard who had not been on the battlefield just now to press against the Jesbu troops.
come over.
"Your Majesty, I will lead these guards to encircle and annihilate the troops of Jasib of Xilu, and I will send another guard to protect Your Majesty." He said to Yunxi again.
"No need." Yunxi said, "I am in this great formation, and I want to see with my own eyes that these two groups of Xilu are completely annihilated."
"But, your majesty, Jesbu's command has cannons. Your majesty's golden body must not be damaged at all. Please also watch the battle under the protection of other guards." Xu Huizu said.
"Even if Jesb's troops have artillery, they are all small guns with a range of only two miles at most. The shells are also small and not very powerful. There is no need to worry."
"Besides, he has cannons. You have more cannons. Why are you afraid that his few cannons will fail?" Yunhe said with a smile.
"But," Xu Huizu wanted to persuade him again, but he heard Yunxi say: "I have made up my mind, you don't need to persuade me anymore." After hearing this, Xu Huizu could only take back what he had already said and bowed to agree.
Immediately, he commanded the central army's guard post and slowly pressed towards Jesb's headquarters; the soldiers of the artillery unit, which had not been used since the beginning of the war, also loaded the cannons onto the carriages and moved forward.