Night fell again, but huyansheng ran away with a group of disabled and defeated soldiers on straddling horses. Behind them were a large number of Han Army light cavalry, and the running and chasing of both sides had been going on for ten miles.
This is a night with a full moon. Under cloudless conditions, the moonlight can provide enough light. It seems that the number of people led by huyansheng will not exceed 1000. In fact, they are a group of nearly 50000 people running away. There are scenes of escape and pursuit everywhere in the wilderness.
Huyansheng led the army to intercept the cavalry of the Han army. Since the Han Army crossed the Jishui River, the war situation was unfavorable to the intercepted Qiang troops.
They are also cavalry, but they are also divided into 369 classes. Not only are there differences in weapons and armor, but also the advantages and disadvantages of sitting down horses. The Han army is only a Huben army, which puts great pressure on huyansheng. There are nearly 25000 sudden cavalry and light cavalry. It seems that there are more Han cavalry crossing the river behind. Huyansheng's headquarters persisted for almost four days, It was in the afternoon that the Han Army ran into a desperate rush camp and staged a horse stepping on the joint venture, which collapsed.
There were not many cavalry on both sides killed on the spot, and the number of people who died in the pursuit and escape behind was estimated to be very limited. What really killed was that huyansheng lost control of his troops.
The cavalry of the Han Army, led by Qian Jiantong, who is chasing huyansheng, is a light cavalry that looks light.
Qian Jiantong was ordered to pursue and kill the enemy of about 1000 people, but a red line was drawn. He could only chase five miles close to the main battlefield. When he got there, he should go towards the Yellow River.
Most of the Han troops pursuing and killing the defeated Qiang soldiers received similar orders, that is, chasing and killing the enemy can only be the target of the third sequence. The first goal is to destroy the floating bridge built by the Qiang troops, and the second goal is to move to zhu'a county.
If they were asked not to take prisoners alive, there would be a scene in which after landing the enemy soldiers, they would be tied up in a string and then killed one by one.
"Come on, come on!" Qian Jiantong shouted, "turn!"
In front of them is the main battlefield of fire. Even if it is five miles away, bursts of horns and drums can be heard.
Zhu'a county is in the southwest of the main battlefield. It is the west exit of the narrow section between the Yellow River and Jishui. It is actually close to Dongping county.
Liu Yan took such a big risk and took himself as the bait. Of course, he was thinking of annihilating the Qiang nationality. They set up a big situation, far more than the main battlefield and peripheral battlefield, including the Han Army in Dongping county and Yuzhou.
Luoyin is the farthest from the Yellow River, that is, 60 Li. There are too many Qiang troops. In fact, the camp they set up is closer to the Yellow River.
First, a group of Qiang rout soldiers fled back, and then a series of batches. Each batch of Qiang rout soldiers must be followed by a Han army. As a result, both sides came one after another.
The first question after huyansheng entered the camp was: "where is the military Lord?"
In fact, the Qiang soldiers left behind in the camp have panicked. That is the news of the defeat brought by the escape of a large number of defeated soldiers. In addition, the Han Army rushed into the camp with the defeated soldiers, resulting in chaos in the camp in the East. At the same time, there was a fire in the camp.
Yao Yizhong still waited until the rear camp was in chaos before he knew what had happened. He didn't have to guess too much. In an instant, he knew that one of the Han troops responsible for blocking the two routes had failed, and it was an ugly defeat.
Huyansheng soon appeared in front of Yao Yizhong. When he was far away from Yao Yizhong, he pushed Jinshan down to Yuzhu and knelt down, shouting "guilty", with a sad look on his face.
Yao Yizhong is actually a very self-restraint person, but at this time, all self-restraint and bearing are put aside. He went over with a ferocious face, kicked huyansheng down with one foot, and asked fiercely: "did he lose so much that he didn't even have time to send someone back for advance warning!?"
Huyansheng was sad and shouted: "the enemy created the illusion of being unable to attack in the past two days. We didn't rush out of the camp and relax our vigilance, but... They rushed the camp with sudden cavalry at any cost, and finally..."
Yao Yizhong was stunned. Of course, he knew that if the cavalry charged at any cost, they couldn't stop without sharp bows and crossbows, and the Han sudden cavalry on the main battlefield also launched a decisive impact. At that time, he understood that he already had the mind to retreat. Liu Yan must have guessed it. As a result, the Han Army didn't care about casualties at all and began to be cruel.
There was no spare time to recall anything. Yao Yizhong didn't talk to Hu Yansheng. He shouted at his confidant: "take someone to stick to the Yellow River floating bridge!"
With the coming of the surrounding army, the Han army was also found to be in a loud voice of cheer.
"Brothers, it's our turn to counter attack!"
In the past half a month, the Han Army has always been a defensive posture. Only local counterattacks have been made, and the war has been quite passive. How can it be said that the soldiers do not hold fire in their hearts.
The officers were shouting to boost morale, and the soldiers were excited by the arrival of reinforcements. They had not been confused and hesitated for a long time, and all cried out that they were going to kill all the enemy troops.
The rise and fall of morale has never been unilateral. The morale of the Han Army has been greatly boosted, and the morale of the Qiang army has naturally been frustrated.
The Han cavalry who came to help did not come to the main battlefield to meet Liu Yan's headquarters. They had the opportunity to enter the stronghold of the Qiang army to create chaos, but more ran to the position of the floating bridge.
Yao Yizhong still attaches great importance to the defense of the location of the floating bridge, and the arch guards arranged are all the elite under his command. His arrangement wasted not much elite before, but he became very wise when the Han army killed him.
When the Han army came, Yao Xiang was taking a large number of old and weak women and children to the North Bank of the Yellow River from the pontoon. He saw his elite cavalry face the Han Army and put forward a front to block. Some understood Yao Yizhong's saying that "everything should be cautious".
[if the guards were not elite...] Yao Xiang looked at the people in front and thought with a little fear: [I'm afraid it would be a crushing defeat in the face of such fierce Han cavalry?]
The sudden killing of the Han Army changed a lot. The Qiang soldiers who had sacrificed their lives to attack the last line of defense where Liu Yan was located first retreated in large numbers. It was a kind of frustration after holding their breath to do something and finding no hope.
There is nothing more devastating than this. Seeing the collapse of his own offensive forces and the counter attack of the Han Army in the camp, Yao Yizhong has no nonsense. He just turns his horse head to the core camp. If he wants to arrange for the camp to stick to the problem, he should concentrate on the elite. It's time to plan for the future.