The so-called crushing defeat means that in the scene before us, whether it was Li Mi or Yang Su who came in person, it would be difficult to stop or regroup the troops to counterattack, unless Wang Junlin ordered no more pursuit, but how could that be possible.
The enemy troops, who had completely lost their fighting spirit, panicked and ran wildly on the battlefield, howling wildly. Their weapons, armors and helmets were scattered all over the ground. They had only one thought left, which was to escape from here.
There was no need for Wang Junlin to give any specific orders for the subsequent pursuit. All the horses and horses pursued them crazily, easily killing those defeated soldiers who did not resist at all from behind.
A part of the cavalry rushed into the horses left behind by the enemy and chopped them wildly. Thousands of horses were running wildly in all directions. The enemy's rear formation became more chaotic. The battlefield was dusty. There were people and horses running in panic everywhere, and wounded soldiers were left on the ground.
Wailing loudly, but no one paid attention.
The speed of the retreat in front of him was far beyond Li Mi's expectation. Everything was full of broken troops and horses running back and forth. Among them, there were also some brave enemy cavalry who chose to fight with the Far Eastern Army cavalry. Stimulated by the chaotic scene, hundreds of soldiers were killed.
Li Mi, who was guarded by his own soldiers, had already joined the fleeing ranks. However, while fleeing, Li Mi, Wang Bodang and other generals tried their best to gather the people.
After all, these 65,000 men and horses are elites trained by Yang Su. Although today's fighting has severely damaged their morale, they are different from those rogue bandits. The remaining 30,000 men and horses are gradually fleeing while running away.
Of course, this is directly related to the fact that Li Mi, Wang Bodang and others are very capable and capable.
Therefore, Wang Junlin and the others chased for a while, and there were about two thousand enemy cavalry in front of the army. The faces of these two thousand cavalry were filled with absolute expressions, and they looked crazily at the chasing army led by Wang Junlin.
Wang Junlin suddenly frowned. Under such circumstances, the enemy was able to organize an army that broke off the rear. They were indeed elite soldiers trained by Yang Su. Perhaps this was because many of them, especially the backbone of the army, were sons of the Hongnong Yang family.
There is a big relationship.
Li Mi left this army to stop his side. After he killed all this troops, it would take half an hour at the fastest. I'm afraid Li Mi would have gone far away with his men by then, right?
Wang Junlin shook his head mockingly, and suddenly realized that their previous judgment was wrong. The morale of Yang Su's side was indeed low, but don't forget that there is another truth - that is, the troops who mourn will win, and they will survive after being put to death.
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But Wang Junlin remembered why he couldn't burst out with such desperate determination when the enemy was defeated before?
Wang Junlin could not figure out this reason and could only attribute it to the complexity of human nature and the elusiveness of military morale at times.
Since the enemy left behind cavalry, the Far Eastern Army's spear battle formation has already been verified by countless battles and countless cavalry corpses - it is the nemesis of all cavalry.
Therefore, in order to reduce losses and kill the two thousand cavalrymen who were about to die in front of him as soon as possible, Wang Junlin did not hesitate to order Luo Shixin to take his four thousand cavalrymen to dismount and fight on foot.
Two thousand Yang Su's cavalry launched a charge like a lunatic...
After half an hour, there was no longer a living enemy in front of Wang Junlin. After a little reorganization of the army, Wang Junlin led people to pursue them again. Some of the enemies were infantry, and the people led by Wang Junlin were all horses and cavalry. It was a delay.
After half an hour, I should be able to catch up.
However, more than half an hour later, at a mountain pass, an infantry and cavalry battle involving 3,000 infantrymen versus about 1,000 cavalrymen lasted for less than half an hour and ended.
This is the narrowest point on the way to Liyang City, only about two to three hundred steps wide. If the enemy wants to block this mountain pass, they can only form five rows.
Therefore, in the end, another thousand corpses were left here. However, due to this delay, Wang Junlin knew that it would be difficult to catch up with the main force led by Li Mi, so he could only watch it leave.
Wang Junlin sighed and said: "This is less than sixty miles away from Liyang City, and we can no longer catch up. And if we catch up again, if Yang Su from Liyang City sends a large army to meet us, our army will be exhausted and may be defeated.
Worry about counter-suppression."
"So, send the order, set up camp on the spot, and send someone to inform Yangwu County. Lu Han will lead 2,000 people to stay behind, and the other 38,000 infantry will be led by Guan Xiaotong, and together they will send all the food, grass and baggage here. The Military Intelligence Agency sent spies.
Inquiry into Yang Su's situation in Liyang City, and sent capable personnel to bypass Liyang City and go to Luoyang, trying to get in touch with the officers and soldiers in the city."
"As commanded."
Not long after, dozens of cavalry from the south and the north galloped away. Wang Junlin led more than 20,000 cavalry and began to set up camp and rest.
Although these days they first defeated the rogues and then the elite enemy troops led by Li Mi, and achieved great victories, they still lost about 4,000 people in total.
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Liyang City.
Yang Su saw that Li Mi had only brought back about 30,000 troops, and his face was so gloomy that he could drop ink. He gave Li Mi 65,000 elite troops, and at the same time there were hundreds of thousands of rogue bandits to cooperate, and he also used Han Xiangguo's 100,000 rogue bandits as bait.
They lured Wang Junlin to lead only the cavalry to attack, and even lured them into the mountains, where they were surrounded by their army. They thought that even if they could not destroy the cavalry led by Wang Junlin in one fell swoop, they would at least be able to severely damage the opponent. But who would have thought that the result was just the opposite. They were elite
More than 35,000 people were lost, which was obviously not the result Yang Su wanted to see.
"My lord, I have a humble position and a heavy trust. I have lost more than 30,000 elites. Please punish my lord." Li Mi looked pale and knelt down to apologize to Yang Su.
"Xuansui, get up! I already know after this. I can't blame you. It's because we didn't have enough information about the Far East Army and made mistakes in inferring its combat strength." Yang Su was not a normal person after all, and he quickly recovered.
Pingqing, calling out Li Mi's name with a calm expression, helped Li Mi up.
"Thank you, Lord." Li Mi secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Yang Su did not blame him. After getting up, he asked again: "What should we do now?"
Yang Su sighed and said: "I didn't expect Wang Junlin's army to be so powerful. If you want to win this victory now, you may have to use something other than the battlefield."
When Li Mi heard this, he was shocked and asked with some doubts: "My lord, that plan is just too sinister. Will Prince Yang Jian really do such a stupid thing?"
Yang Su sneered and said: "Yang Jian is the stupidest prince in history. He will definitely follow our plan."
Li Mi hesitated for a moment and then asked: "My lord, the relationship between this matter is too important. I would like to ask you if I would like to ask whether the people placed around the prince can really influence the prince's decision."