Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty Chapter 780: The chill of early spring
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"Your Majesty, we have won, and we have won a big victory! The casualties of the large number of troops are not large, and it is no calculation to win the enemy!" A military commander came over with his fists and excitedly said with a vibrato in his voice.
Guo Shao rode on the horse, looking at the sea of corpses and blood, somehow he couldn't be happy.
The wind in the sky was very small, and the smoke from a large number of artillery and matchlock guns could not disperse for a long time, and the entire mountain slopes and valleys were foggy. Obviously it is sunny, but it seems that the world is covered with haze.
The places where you can see are all corpses. The two main battlefield cores are almost invisible. The corpses have piled up and spread to all sides, and the fields are devastated. Weapons and broken flags are everywhere, even the execution grounds are not so tragic.
Guo Shao has fought many battles, but never took pleasure in massacres, and never hated life. Pain and killing will only make him uncomfortable.
But deep down, I feel that this is right. He persistently wanted to catch that trace of slaughter|The sense of justice brought about by the killing...It is better than defeat in battle!
What Li Yueji said was remembered again: Why must we fight each other?
Guo Shao looked back at the battlefield where the gunpowder was slowly surging, and said to the left and right, perhaps also to himself: "You all have seen the harassment and killings in various parts of Hebei with your own eyes. If I do not kill them today, they will To kill the soldiers and civilians of the Xu Dynasty!"
Li Chuyun bowed and said silently: "As a martial artist, it is only natural to kill people on the battlefield, and it is considered good to not slaughter women and children."
Guo Shao glanced at him and said seriously: "The founding of the country is reasonable."
Wang Pu looked into the distance, no longer able to see the scene of the chase, clasped his fist and said: "The party has dispatched more than 100,000 people in this battle, and there is no other man to adjust. Taking advantage of this opportunity to win, he can use his force. Cut the grass and root!"
Guo Shao listened to Wang Pu’s suggestion, and said: “The order, Cao Bin’s department stared at the remaining cavalry to the south. The infantry of the Forbidden Army rode horses and took turns chasing the routs of the infantry. The cavalry focused on destroying the defeat The Khitan cavalry is walking."
"The minister abides by the decree!" Wang Pu bowed with relief. Somehow, the civil official was worried that Guo Shao, who was a martial artist, was soft-hearted, but Guo Shao did not let them down.
Guo Shao stopped the unfavorable emotions, pondered for a moment, and then said: "Don't let Shi Yanchao chase after him, let Dong Zunjiao lead the main cavalry force of the First Army."
Sometimes wisdom does have nothing to do with age. Dong Zunzuo is relatively young, but Guo Shao discovered during the Northern Expedition that this servant was actually very good at judging the situation. He is also very willing to give Dong Zunzhun a chance to make meritorious service. This person is a relatively high-level young general.
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The Forbidden Army’s infantry was dismounted during combat, but after a large number of expansions after the founding of the country, the number of Forbidden troops was not large this time. For the sake of mobility, a large number of them were mounted infantry.
Even if the infantry were given horses, horse warfare was not good enough. Guo Shao's first Northern Expedition after he took office proved it. However, chasing chasing soldiers is still quite feasible. If the defeated troops resist, they will dismount to fight. Anyway, walking and running, can't run past people on horseback in a short time.
When Dong Zunzhuo in the north received the order from the Chinese army, the main force stopped chasing. On the one hand, he sent a small group of men and horses to follow the retired Liao army horse team, and on the other hand he sent people back to the barracks. , And then followed.
After some delay, Dong Zun’s team followed unhurriedly, changing horses after a while, and following until the evening, but getting farther and farther away from the defeated army.
...In the cavalry brigade of the Liao army, Yang Dagon has disappeared. The Liao Army’s reinforcements consisted of about 10,000 Khitan cavalry and 10,000 Xibing infantry. At that time, the cavalry rushed on the northern battlefield, and Yang Dagon was on the western mountain. After the defeat, the cavalry fled. A lot of people died in the battle, and they ran away a few more along the way. Now the Liao army has only a few thousand horses left, and there are also a large number of party horsemen and soldiers. Although the entire horse group is much better than when it was just defeated, it is still messy. of.
At night, the horses rushed and ran, and they ran for a whole day with people, and the horses kept getting tired.
The riders were directly defeated from the battlefield and ran away. There was nothing, and there was a shortage of food. What's more, there were no tents and other things... Everyone went into battle, it was impossible to charge with the tent! You can't bring too many extra horses.
After a large number of people stopped, they shivered with cold.
It is now in the first month, and it is spring according to the season, but the early spring night in the northwest can still freeze people to death! In less than half an hour, party cavalry had escaped quietly.
It is rare for the Khitan people to run away privately. They are from the Liao country. After the defeat, the only idea is to go north to the Liao country. For a long journey, obviously traveling with a large team is the best choice. Most of the Dangxiang cavalry are herders on the grassland north of Xiazhou, and they don't want to stay in Suizhou either.
Everyone was trembling from the cold, the wilderness was dark, and the mountains were deserted. For cutting trees, you had to use horses|swords and other weapons, because they didn't bring tools such as axes and hatchets. It can't meet the needs of the army at all.
The Khitan generals and Dangxiang generals had difficulty communicating, so they had to find someone who could speak Chinese to translate.
The generals gathered around a fire that finally rose up, crowded with people. Everyone discussed, and someone said: "Hurry up, you can go to Suizhou tomorrow, and go to Suizhou for supplies."
But the Khitan general disagreed: "If we lose this battle, the entire Pingxia land cannot stop Xu Jun. We are so exhausted, how can we go even if we get to Suizhou?"
Someone said: "After arriving in Suizhou, if Xu Jun will follow, shall we defend the city?"
Dang Xiang military commander couldn't help saying: "You want to go, Pingxia is over, where are we going?"
Everyone sighed after listening, a hopeless atmosphere.
Some people even suggested to take a break and find Xu Jun to pursue a decisive battle, because Xu Jun has a small number of cavalry. But this method was quickly denied,
After deliberation, a group of people have nothing to do. In the end, the ministries set off to continue walking, the dark valley, fortunately, you can determine the route by observing the Wuding River, otherwise you have to get lost.
Many Khitan cavalry began to dismount their horses and walk, and everyone walked with their horses in the same way. Everyone knows that if the horses are exhausted, no one will divide the horses for them, and they may stay in this broken place forever!
Walking all the way to daybreak, it was almost exhausted. At this time, the Khitanese found that there were a few thatched houses on the roadside, and were about to send someone to get some supplies, but saw that some party officials had already taken the lead. They drove out some ragged women, children and old people, and they were just "wow!" I was forced to ask where the food was hidden, and even the torn clothes were robbed, probably because I remembered the cold last night.
Suddenly saw the soldiers stabbed an old man with a knife a few times, then raised their horse|sword at a child and shouted.
The Khitan people watched silently, without questioning, the soldiers passed by, regardless of whether they were their own. Besides, the Dangxiang cavalry and the farming tribes here are not the same. ,
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