Chapter 51 The Battle of Tongguan (20)
With his order, the tall and thick city gate slowly opened, with the Mongolian Baihuhele and Chin in front, three hundred Mongolian cavalry and three hundred imperial cavalry behind, staring at the black Jin army formation outside the city.
"kill!"
Hele waved the iron spear in his hand first and rushed out first. In today's world, when it comes to bloodthirsty and bravery, only the evil wolf from the grassland can be completely unafraid of the Jurchens from the white mountains and black waters.
Behind him, six hundred iron cavalry rushed out like a whirlwind, and hundreds of iron spears flew up and down, killing hundreds of Han soldiers near the city gate.
"Defeated, Jurchen dogs lost!"
In the same cooperation as these Mongolian cavalry that rushed out, tens of thousands of people on the city wall began to shout together, and the sound overwhelmed the rumbling drums.
In the deep depths of the strong fire and smoke, hundreds of cavalry wearing red armor began to burn towards the fire, plundering all enemies who dared to stop them along the way.
Burning like a moxibustion fire, the one who is in charge will be easy!
"Bang!" China waved the mace in her hand and smashed a small officer's helmet and skull into pieces. Blood and brain matter spilled out, throwing it into the sky, and then landed sparsely on the foreheads, eyes, nose, and lips of the stunned Jin soldiers.
Those who kill people will always kill them, and they will be unhappy in retribution. They killed too many weak Song troops and people who had no resistance. At this moment, they saw Chi who was smiling and waving his mace again, and that kind of grinning like a fierce god in hell instantly struck these powerful soldiers in the land that were said to be a hundred battles.
"Run!" I don't know who screamed in my throat first. Then, it gathered into a wave of sound. Hundreds and thousands of Han soldiers turned their heads back and ran to the back desperately. While running, they shouted. Some were chased by Mongolian cavalry. Some people resisted a little and immediately threw down their weapons and surrendered. Some were a little slow to react, either poked them to their hearts. Or they were knocked into pieces by a stick.
Han Chang was trembling all over and wanted to slap him a few times. He knew that the order was just now that it was the order that disrupted the morale of his subordinates, so after the other party rushed out and broke out of the city gate like chopping melons and vegetables, the rest of the soldiers not only refused to resist, but immediately lost their fighting spirit and ran away desperately. Looking at the tide of the rushing over his subordinates, he closed his eyes in great pain, knowing that at this time, any deterrence of military orders and laws no longer works. Only now can he run away desperately.
"Escape." Han Chang smiled bitterly and sent an order. Then he turned around and left, which was very happy. He was not afraid, but he just wanted to take a step first and talk about the war at Wanyan Zongbi and make a statement.
Dozens of personal soldiers around him surrounded him in the formation, regardless of the chaos behind him. They fled eastward.
On the right side of Han Chang's troops was Wanyan Salibu's troops. The Han troops were in chaos and disrupted their formation. There was a lot of sight. There was a lot of smoke and dust. I saw that the friendly troops in the side had scattered their teeth and claws and fled to death. Not far behind, Mongolian cavalry with fierce faces chased him. After hesitating, he stabbed him with a spear and carried the person into the air. He laughed. The Jin soldiers were already exhausted and did not want to rush to the city to sacrifice their lives. At this time, they saw the other side's cavalry coming out, and seemed to have an excuse. They all turned around and fled to the rear with the defeated Han army.
Hele and others broke through the two troops first, and took advantage of the chaos of the other party, and then plucked up their remaining strength to chasing Wanyan Huo Nu and other troops. In the melee, Wanyan Huo Nu was shot and fell into a coma immediately. His personal soldiers snatched him to death and fled around him.
These Jin soldiers were originally all infantry soldiers, and they separated thousands of people to scatter the horses and searched for fodder everywhere. If it weren't for the lush autumn grass in late autumn, the fodder of these tens of thousands of war horses would be a problem. Despite this, it was still very difficult and had no choice but to raise the war horses separately. However, they did not expect that the city not only did not capture it, but also formed a situation of defeat and fleeing. Tens of thousands of Jin soldiers fled desperately and returned to the camp to find the war horses, but only ten thousand people succeeded. They jumped on the war horses and followed the senior generals to escape. As for the other Jin soldiers, they were not as good as finding the horses in panic, so they had to spread their legs and follow their lucky partners to escape with them.
The Song army on the city was also infantry, and extremely tired. Although they saw the opponent defeated, they only chased after two or three miles after leaving the city, killing hundreds of scattered and backward unlucky people. Under the opponent's desperate resistance, many people died in battle. The Mongols were extremely fierce and chased for dozens of miles, dispersing the Jin soldiers who had finally gathered together many times. The morale of the other party was in chaos. Although the retreat was better than the Song army's discipline, they could resist slightly when they encountered an enemy attack, causing certain damage to the pursuing Mongolian and Song cavalry. However, one side retreated in a hurry and had no command. The other side pursued the victory and was full of courage. Most of the Jin soldiers were unwilling to resist and continued to escape after a little fight.
In this way, more than 30,000 elite cavalry of the Jin Kingdom abandoned their horses and walked, they were driven dozens of miles by more than 600 Song cavalry and chased rabbits. However, the cavalry that escaped first gathered again and came back to pick him up. China, Huile and others saw that the other party had a new system and knew that the troops were too different. After shooting dozens of people from afar, they left immediately. On the way back, they could not help but kill a few unlucky people behind the palace, and the matter was over.
At this time of the battle in Chang'an, the deaths and injuries of the Jin soldiers were actually mostly suffered when siege the city, and very few were killed and injured during the defeat. It was because there were too few cavalry in the city and worried that the enemy's strength would not be damaged. If a counterattack was not lost, it would be a big deal. Therefore, the Song army in the city did not pursue the city, but just let the small group of cavalry charge back and forth, and disperse the enemy again and again. It would be fine.
By dawn the next day, Hele and others finally rode back. Zhao Huan and others did not sleep all night. When they saw that they finally returned safely, they all looked happy.
Zhao Huan immediately stepped down the steps, walked out along the city gate, stood with his hands behind his back, and looked at the hundreds of cavalrymen galloping in the morning light with a smile.
When he was dozens of steps away from Zhao Huan, Chi Wenhele and the others dismounted first, walked over, and knelt down to salute Zhao Huan first.
"The order was issued. The cavalry who went on the expedition yesterday rewarded ten pieces of silk and hundreds of taels of silver, and then presented the prepared beef, wine and mutton!"
Hele and China looked at each other and smiled. These rewards were very valuable. Ordinary cavalrymen had such rewards, so they were naturally more generous.
However, the two of them were not very moved by these rewards. They didn't know much about Zhao Huan's identity and status. In the past two years, the former rude Mongolian man had already understood that compared with Zhao Huan, the former owner Hebule Khan was simply a small grass under the blue sky and white clouds, insignificant.
Following Zhao Huan, making achievements and showing off his might on the battlefield is what Mongolian men long for the most.
Seeing Zhao Huan showing joy on his face, the two of them knelt down and bowed, stood up again, hugged Zhao Huan in a light order, and then greeted him. This is the highest etiquette among the Mongolians to those with higher identities, and it is even more solemn and noble than kneeling. The two of them had already served Zhao Huan for such a ritual.
But this etiquette was a bit inconsistent in the eyes of the other Song people. Moreover, the two men were smelly and covered in blood. Zhao Huan was wearing a black dragon robe and was hugged by these two men. He looked dirty.
Zhao Huan didn't care, and just smiled at the two of them, saying, "I worked hard last night, I don't know how to kill or hurt, and what is the whereabouts of the enemy?"
Both of them were moved in their eyes. Hele first spoke Chinese, who was half-baked, and said to Zhao Huan: "Master, the Golden Dog has been running eastward. We chased for nearly a hundred miles, fought thirteen times, and broke up the Golden Dog thirteen times. In the second half of the night, the Golden Dog's cavalry came back and started to fight back. After all, we were too few people and dared not fight head-on with them. We walked and retreated. We shot many more again under the moonlight, and took advantage of the situation. We came back."
China continued: "I'm afraid it's hard to count how many people have been killed. Our people have changed their spears, their swords have been rolled up a lot, and my mace has been knocked off. I don't know where to throw them. But I have estimated that there must be more than two thousand people who died in our hands. Unfortunately, we have too few people, otherwise we will break up the enemy cavalry and chase them all the way, and we will have to kill him all over the world!"
His Chinese language is much better than Hele, and in the end he used an idiom. After he finished speaking, he raised his chest and raised his belly, showing his pride.
After Zhao Huan finished speaking, he turned to Zhang Jun and said, "According to your opinion, what are their ways?"
Zhang Jun said: "The further east, the more we gather in the royal army. I heard that there were police in Chang'an, and the soldiers in front would definitely mobilize troops back to help. Most of them would cross the river from Longkou and flee to Hedong."
"I am just worried about the troops stationed in Tongguan. When I heard that there were police in Chang'an, I quickly returned to the rescue. As a result, I was attacked from both sides. The Thousand Miles Valley Road was useless and was taken advantage of by 200,000 powerful enemies. Therefore, I had sent envoys secretly and issued a strict order to prevent Zhao Ding from transferring a soldier."
Zhang Jun showed regret on his face and said to Zhao Huan: "It's urgent, and Your Majesty is so strict and decisive. Zhang Jun and others don't have many soldiers. According to my opinion, there are only enemy soldiers from all walks of life in Yanzhou to hold them back. There have been no messengers from Zhang Han in the past few days, and they are afraid that they have not escaped. This group of enemies first lost their spirits under the city, and then they were killed by a bus to break their courage, or we have tens of thousands of strong soldiers suddenly appear. I'm afraid that they can't cross the river. In this way, they can take advantage of the emptiness of Hedong, kill directly, collect Pingyang and other places, and use Hedong as the outpost for Longkou and other places, so that they will no longer be afraid of being taken advantage of the situation."
Zhao Huanmi stared at the slowly rising sun in the east. After a while, she finally shook her head slowly and said, "It's okay for Zhang Jun. He has many good generals under his command, and may not be unaware of the change of conduct. Besides, I also have a backup plan in Hedong, but it is not a great showdown on the battle formation, so I didn't know the Privy Council."
Zhang Jun remained silent, knowing that the emperor must have taken action by the pedestrians and did some activities in Hedong, but the emperor must not be completely sure now, so he refused to say it.
Chapter completed!