"Boom!" The cavalry group rushed into the Modao army formation. The powerful impact caused many heavy armored infantry to be overturned, but the spear infantry behind them immediately stepped forward to fill their vacancies.
The sharp blade of the Mo Dao pierced the bodies of the war horses and the enemy soldiers, blood spurted out, and more and more cavalry died. Soon, a wall of corpses formed, blocking the charge of the cavalry behind them.
With one leap, they passed over the heads of the heavy armored infantry and landed behind the heavy armored infantry, but what awaited them was the ruthless stabs from dozens of spears.
The powerful shock wave finally stopped. The heavy armored infantry stood up one after another, stepped on the enemy's corpses, and slashed at the enemy with their swords...
"Ready-to cum!"
Thousands of crossbowmen fired for the second time, and another 10,000 crossbow arrows rose into the air and fired densely at the enemy crowd. The previous round of crossbow arrows caused more than 3,000 casualties, but this time as the main army surged forward, the enemy army
The soldiers became even denser, and ten thousand crossbow arrows fell. The soldiers had no way to hide, and fell to the ground one after another. In many cases, one arrow could even penetrate two people.
In just two rounds of crossbows, more than 7,000 soldiers were injured or killed by the arrows. The cavalry in front could not break through the human wall of the Modao Army. They were killed and many people were thrown off their backs. Their limbs were stumped on the ground. There were viscera everywhere, and the stench was unbearable.
Desire to vomit.
At this time, the third round of crossbow arrows was launched, and 10,000 crossbow arrows were fired at the dense enemy soldiers again...
Zhu Ye watched helplessly as tens of thousands of soldiers fell under the enemy's arrows. The front was blocked and the army could not attack. If the enemy fired a few more rounds, his army would be completely lost.
He immediately ordered: "The army retreats two miles!"
After the order was passed, the army began to slowly retreat. Seeing that the enemy army had wavered, Li Bing immediately ordered: "Send the signal!"
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Dozens of gunpowder arrows were shot into the air and exploded in the air. Tens of thousands of cavalry rushed out of the woods on both sides, surging like a flood that broke a bank, screaming and charging towards the enemy.
Zhu Ye was shocked and shouted: "Retreat! Retreat!"
The Donghu soldiers, like the prairie cavalry, pay attention to the high morale. They are indeed very fierce when their morale is high, but once they are frustrated, their fighting spirit will easily decline. When the Jin army killed tens of thousands of Donghu soldiers with three rounds of crossbows, the commander-in-chief Zhu Ye gave the order
After retreating three miles, their morale quickly declined.
At this time, ten thousand cavalrymen came from each side. The Donghu soldiers trembled with fear and turned around and ran away. In just a moment, tens of thousands of troops were defeated like a mountain. All the soldiers only regretted that their parents had lost two legs.
The cavalry covered up the enemy behind, killing enemy corpses all over the ground. The soldiers ran around crying, or knelt down and begged, but the Jin army showed no mercy and beheaded and killed all these evil Donghu soldiers.
Zhu Ye ran wildly on his horse, followed by the remnants of the army who were also running wildly. At this time, there were two violent explosions in the direction of the city ahead, like a mountain falling apart. Not long after, thousands of Khitan soldiers who were guarding the city also escaped.
, met Zhu Ye head-on.
Yelu Hongwen, the captain of ten thousand men, cried to Zhu Ye: "The enemy used thunder to blast the city, and the city collapsed. Tens of thousands of enemy troops entered the city. We couldn't resist it, so we had to flee out of the city in panic."
When Zhu Ye heard that the violent thunder just now turned out to be a thunderstorm blasting the city, he was very frightened and did not dare to return to Jinzhou City. He fled northwest with less than 20,000 remaining troops.
In this battle, the Jin army killed nearly 60,000 enemies. They did not accept prisoners of war and killed tens of thousands of Donghu soldiers who surrendered on their knees.
This scene is exactly the same as the scene where tens of thousands of Silla nobles knelt down to surrender and were mercilessly beheaded by Donghu soldiers. It was in the same place, except that the murderer was replaced by the murdered.
Li Bing did not continue to pursue the enemy, but led his army into Jinzhou City.
The city of Jinzhou is already devastated, like a woman who has been ravaged to the point of dying. Less than half of the original population of 200,000 people in the capital of Silla are left. Donghu soldiers search for deserters from house to house, causing catastrophe throughout the city. Every household has relatives.
Those who were killed were basically young and strong men.
Most of the women were humiliated and ravaged, and only more than a thousand young noble women escaped by chance. But it was not that they were lucky, but that their fate was different. They were to be sent back to the tribe to be presented to the various chiefs.
Even as a sacrifice to the Immortal Heaven.
All kinds of property were looted, and even the food was robbed. Starvation was everywhere in the city. Countless children were crying for food. The people in the city were numb. Only the old, weak, women and children were left. Even the Jin army could not see their joy when they entered the city.
The entire city was shrouded in the breath of death.
Yang Meng led an army of 20,000 men and used giant iron fire mines to blow open the north city gate. The army entered the city. After a fierce battle, they occupied the enemy's barracks and thousands of Khitan soldiers withdrew from the city.
Yang Meng immediately ordered the soldiers to set up pots to cook porridge on the street to help the hungry people. People in the city came to get porridge and lined up in a long queue. The soldiers began to clean up the city, carried the bodies out of the city, burned them and buried them. All kinds of garbage were also cleaned out of the city and went from house to house.
Distribute dry food door to door to appease the people.
In the afternoon, Guo Song led the army to Jinzhou City. The army set up a tent outside the city. He entered Jinzhou City under the escort of more than a thousand cavalry, with Li Bing following him.
The depression in the city was beyond Guo Song's expectation. There was no martial law or curfew in the city, but all he saw were old, weak, women and children, carrying porridge in their hands, and hurriedly walked towards their homes.
For a long time, Guo Song couldn't see a single young man. "Why are they all old, weak, women and children?"
Guo Song asked in confusion: "Have all the young and strong men been killed?"
Li Bing shook his head, "Almost half of them were killed, and a small number were sent to the Khitan for mining. The Donghu people are indeed cruel. As long as there are calluses on their hands, they will be considered soldiers and will be killed without hesitation. Women will be killed unless they are too
Most of them, old or too young, could not escape their clutches. They originally wanted to send all the young women away, but before they could, they were rescued by Yang Meng's army, which numbered about thirty to forty thousand people."
Guo Song had an idea. Many of his soldiers were unmarried and it was not easy to find wives. Instead, he could let them marry these women and stay in Silla. If they were given land and wealth, they would become Silla's slaves.
Middle class.
This matter is not urgent, he needs to think about it carefully, "Have all these women been released home?"
"Everyone who can go home has gone home, and there are still nearly 20,000 homeless people. The humble position means that if they are willing, they can be married to our soldiers, and some of our soldiers can start families here."
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Guo Song smiled and said: "You and I thought of going together. Let Du Sima handle this matter. We will concentrate our forces to eliminate the remnants of Donghu."
After a pause, Guo Song asked again: "How many nobles are left in the city?"
"No more, no one left. I heard that Zhu Ye originally wanted to capture Jin Yansheng alive and send him to Khitan, but Jin Yansheng also died in the rebellion. In the end, even the body was not found, and he was burned by the Donghu people.
The nobles in the city who had not had time to escape were gathered together and massacred by Zhu Ye, even the children were not spared."
Although Zhu Ye's actions were deeply in line with Guo Song's strategy, his brutal behavior that even spared children was still difficult for Guo Song to accept. In any case, these Donghu people had to pay the price for their cruelty.
At this time, Pei Xin came riding on horseback and bowed and said: "I'm sorry to see you, Your Highness!"
Guo Song coldly ordered: "General Pei and General Yang can lead 30,000 cavalry to pursue the enemy. They must drive out the Donghu people and kill them all..."
"I humbly obey orders!"
Pei Xin took the military order, bowed and hurried away.
Guo Song was not very worried that the enemy troops would flee north. Zhang Yun led 30,000 troops, 20,000 naval troops and hundreds of large ships to blockade the Han River, completely cutting off the Donghu army's retreat.
He also sent ten armies, each with 2,000 men, to various states to clear out the Donghu occupying forces.
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Zhu Ye escaped for more than 40 miles in one breath. When he saw that the Jin army was no longer pursuing him, he stopped to sort out the remaining troops. There were only more than 21,000 people left in his 60,000-strong army, of which at least 3,000 or 4,000 were injured.
Lost combat effectiveness.
He summoned the remaining captains of ten thousand to discuss countermeasures. This time everyone was frightened, especially Yelu Hongwen. He personally witnessed the city gate being blown to pieces, the city wall collapsing, and the King of Jin actually using magic.
, under his description, all the generals felt extremely fearful in their hearts, and unanimously demanded to withdraw northward.
In fact, they have returned a large number of slaves and wealth captured along the way to the tribe, and now it is their turn to enjoy it. They do not want to lose their lives in Silla.
Zhu Ye himself had no idea, but he knew one thing very well. With his small force, he was no match for the Jin army. He could flee as far as he could!
He immediately ordered, "The army continues to withdraw northward!"
Regardless of fatigue, the 20,000-strong army marched day and night, and arrived at the Han River in the early morning of the third day. They had built three pontoon bridges on the Han River. On the other side of the Han River, Zhu Ye still had 2,000 troops stationed in Hanzhou City, but now, the three pontoon bridges were all
They disappeared. Only a few large ships were seen cruising on the Han River. Everyone was shocked. Where did these large ships come from?