246. The Battle of Wutongling (6)(1/2)
At this moment, there were only four thousand Northern Camp troops left under Kong Yuan.
It was obvious that his central army failed to break through the Song army formation head-on, and the Beiying army was around the back, which was obviously difficult to achieve success.
After being stunned, the guard choked and shouted, "General, let's retreat!"
Amid the explosion, his shouts seemed particularly sad.
He has been with Kong Yuan for many years and rarely saw Kong Yuan defeating a battle, and he has never seen him defeat so miserably.
Thinking about it in the past, even if the generals were not good at siege, they could retreat calmly. But it seemed that after they arrived in Guangxi, the gods no longer favored the general.
Under the city of Wuzhou, a hundred thousand troops paid an extremely heavy price to break through Wuzhou, which was stationed in 10,000 Song troops, was already a great humiliation by the general. At present, the general was forced to such a desperate end by the Song army.
Twenty thousand soldiers were stationed in Wutongling, but they were wiped out by the Song army in less than two quarters of an hour.
Although he was always just a personal guard, he could vaguely feel what Kong Yuan felt at this moment.
The general died in a hundred battles and suffered a great defeat. The general was afraid that he had no habit of going back to see the commander Boyan.
This kind of great defeat will become a shame for the general in this life.
However, as a personal guard, he still has to persuade him. This is his responsibility as a personal guard. As long as he leaves, he may have a chance to avenge his shame.
Unfortunately, Kong Yuan just said: "If I ordered the soldiers to charge before the Song army set up their formation, the result might not be like this..."
They could say that this battle was completely lost to the grenade launcher of the Song army. If the Song army's artillery shells had not fallen into the Yuan army like rain, with the prosperity of their cavalry, even if the Song army had thunder cannons and muskets, they might not have been able to defeat the Yuan army.
After all, melee combat is the world of cavalry.
When the guard heard Kong Yuan's words, his eyes immediately became depressed.
General Kong took all the mistakes on himself, and he instantly realized that Kong Yuan had no intention of returning to Duanxi City.
He wanted to persuade him, but he didn't know how to persuade him again.
A general is a person with good face. If he goes back alive, he will no longer be considered an ever-winning general.
And Kong Yuan said again: "Take the brothers back and report to the Marshal the victory of the Song army's firearms, so that the Marshal will not give the Song army the opportunity to arrange troops."
Upon hearing this, the personal guard suddenly knelt down on the ground, "The villain Zhao Si swears to follow the general to the death!"
He has been with Kong Yuan for more than ten years. Kong Yuan doesn't go back, and he doesn't know where to go when he goes back.
The guards around them all knelt down, their eyes red, "See the general to the death!"
Almost all of the personal guards in the army are passionate men.
Most of the personal guards like them are careless people, and they have decided to die for Kong Yuan at any time.
Kong Yuan's face flushed slightly, and he was a little moved.
These personal guards understand him, and he also knows the loyalty of these personal guards.
They were all soldiers he brought out.
"good!"
Kong Yuan did not persuade these guards anymore, his eyes were filled with tears, but his face was no longer depressed.
The end of a hero is also ambition and pride.
He turned his head to look at the priests of the Yuan Dynasty Green Forest Camp around him who looked not very good-looking, and bowed: "We are determined to die here with the Song army, so I will bother you to go back and report to the marshal."
"Goodbye!"
Without saying much about these worshippers, the leader bowed to Kong Yuan and led the worshippers to leave.
The Green Forest Camp was established separately in the Yuan Dynasty and was not under the jurisdiction of Kong Yuan. They were just here to help, so naturally they would not stay here and Kong Yuan waited for death.
Soon, these worshipped figures disappeared on Wutong Ridge.
Kong Yuan saw these envoys walking far away without any complaints, and said to his guards: "Come on, I will beat the drums myself."
He also has four thousand Beiying Army.
The drum sounded.
The wind is rustling.
The sound of drums echoed on Wutong Mountain.
Kong Yuan beat the drum himself, and there were only dozens of personal guards left around him, as well as a few commanders and drum beaters.
There were still fighting at the foot of the mountains on the east and south sides, but some Yuan soldiers had already begun to flee.
Guns are constantly firing and shouting to kill.
Just as the drums were heard, the Yuan army's 4,000 Northern Camp Army finally surrounded the back of Su Quandang's army.
But unfortunately, what they bumped into was the overwhelming artillery attack of the Song army.
Su Quandang had long used a telescope to discover their movements.
He was only a few hundred meters north of Wutongling. With a telescope, he could see the mice on the hillside in the north clearly, let alone the army of 4,000 yuan?
Therefore, even though these Yuan troops had tried their best to surround and hide, they still couldn't escape the sight.
The shouts of killing suddenly echoed under Wutong Mountain again.
When the Yuan army's Beiying Army rushed to the rear of the Song army, they were shocked to find that the Song army was not panicked at all.
The Song army's rear army seemed to be on high alert, as if they were just waiting for them to come.
The gunshots.
The Yuan cavalry in the front row fell to the ground screaming one after another.
The Song army's rear formation seemed to have a total of 1,55 musketeers.
And that's fine. After a round of gunfire, the four hundred thunderbolt chariots were also pushed into the front of the army.
"put!"
Amid the shouts of the side generals, four hundred crossbow arrows tied with thunderbolt cannons roared towards the Yuan cavalry formation.
Balls of soil and grass chips were blown away.
The Northern Army of the Yuan army rushed forward and overturned the horses. Countless soldiers, and the horses were blown to pieces and blood.
The scene is extremely bloody and cruel.
Kong Yuan looked at this scene on the hillside, and his right hand holding the long sword couldn't help but tremble slightly.
He knew that they had no hope of victory in this war.
The Northern Army had 4,000, and it was impossible for it to break through the Song army's strong formation. It was completely sending sheep into the tiger's mouth.
The crossbows of the Song army and their muskets were too powerful. Without tens of thousands of cavalry, they could not break through their formation.
But Kong Yuan had no intention of recalling the Beiying Army.
The cavalry's rushing momentum has been completed, and even if they retreat at this time, it is impossible to leave many more people.
He looked sad and angry again, and he put the sword in front of his neck and said, "Brothers, I will go first."
Sometimes, for the ever-winning general, a big defeat also means death.
It can be said that they cherish their feathers, or they value face too much. But this is the truth.
Not everyone who has a smooth journey can withstand the twists and turns. Kong Yuan defeated the Yuan army all the way, and he really couldn't accept such a defeat.
The sword passes through the long neck.
On this day, the Yuan vanguard General Kong Yuan committed suicide on Wutongling.
"General!"
Dozens of personal guards knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.
Afterwards, no one of them, as well as the soldiers who stayed on the slope, chose to survive, and they all followed Kong Yuan.
War cannot tell who is right or wrong. They are all people with blood on their hands, but there is no doubt that Kong Yuan is a man and a good general.
His personal guards are also men.
They are real soldiers.
In less than two quarters of an hour, the 4,000 troops of the Yuan army's Beiying were also eliminated on the battlefield, those who died, those who surrendered, and those who escaped.
The fighting sounds at the foot of Xichu Mountain behind the peak have completely stopped.
There are only survivors except those who worshipped by the Green Forest Camp.
On the hillside of Wutongling and on the surrounding fields, there are corpses of Yuan army everywhere.
There are also battle flags and corpses burning.
Su Quandang took Zhao Da, Liu Zaiyuan and others to the Wutong Mountains and went to the hillside near the top of Wutong Mountains.
There are no Yuan army tents here.
On the weeds, there were the corpses of nearly 100 Yuan soldiers including Kong Yuan. They all committed suicide with their long swords.
Su Quandang glanced over the corpses on the ground. Kong Yuan was covered with golden silk ink armor, red cloak, and winged cloud helmets. He could recognize his identity at a glance. Such armor was only available to commanders of the Yuan army of ten thousand men or above.
To be continued...