At this time, the sun finally broke through the heavy dark clouds, soothing the muddy land and announcing the arrival of summer.
Zhu Yixi felt refreshed all over. This battle was finally won, as expected.
Why is it said that the war has been decided?
In fact, it was because Chuangqi's huge offensive was completely contained.
The cavalry is the main force, the essence, and the advantage of the intruders.
The offensive was contained, which meant that the cavalry lost mobility and was outflanked and besieged.
"Pass my military order. The left and right wings will move forward to outflank them. I will eat all the cavalry."
"The Chinese army moves forward, fires artillery, covers the front, aims at the infantry on the opposite side, and does not allow support -"
"Li Jingwu, let me go forward with the cavalry battalion, reach the rear road on the opposite side, attack the infantry from both sides, and coerce it to attack the cavalry."
"In the personal barracks, bring me directly to the camp and capture Bai Wang alive."
Zhu Yixi gave a series of orders and mobilized his own troops. All the soldiers and horses at the bottom of the box were sent out.
After finishing speaking, he looked at the battlefield. A steady stream of soldiers and horses gathered, causing the activity range of the cavalry on the opposite side to continue to shrink and become crowded.
The cavalry battalion was like a sharp arrow, outflanking its infantry in a direct arc, forcing them to move forward and attack the sun.
The two wings outflanked him, blocking the Chuangqi's retreat path.
There were Qin troops on the left, right and in the front, but the infantry in the rear were our own, but they were rushing towards us, and we had to face the Ming cavalry. For a while, the situation was very bad.
Before long, the cavalry, which had no room to maneuver, would have no choice but to be slaughtered.
Bai Wang was in a bad mood. How could the advantage he had originally reversed suddenly?
"Rescue the cavalry!"
Bai Wang gritted his teeth and said, "The whole army is dispatched. We must rescue the cavalry at all costs."
What the invaders rely on for survival is strong mobility, and cavalry is their guarantee and advantage. Without cavalry, no matter how many infantrymen they have, they will only die.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but became furious and hurriedly gave instructions.
For a time, flags were fluttering, killing sounds were everywhere, and the muddy ground was filled with fighting people.
One wants to save, the other wants to encircle and annihilate, it’s so lively when you come and go.
In this way, at this point, the initiative on the battlefield is no longer in the hands of the commander, and planning is useless, and the soldiers can only be left to fight.
On the high platform, Zhu Yixi's eyes flashed and she watched with gusto.
Our superiority in strength was completely revealed. The struggling cavalry were like loaches in a quagmire. With the scorching heat of the sun, the water continued to evaporate, and they could only struggle for their lives.
It's a pity that his soldiers are not composed of refugees or military households. Repeated attacks will only make their restraints tighter.
From morning until noon.
After about two hours of fighting and the efforts of 80,000 people, the battlefield was already in a mess.
More than half of the Chuangqi were killed or injured. They were surrounded by heavy armored infantry and had no choice but to surrender.
Their infantry suffered countless defeats, lost all courage, and surrendered even faster.
Bai Wang huddled in the military camp, watching helplessly as his side was surrounded, trapped, and surrendered.
And he himself was trapped in the camp, unable to move.
"General soldier, a great victory -" Li Jingwu, Chen Yongfu and others came back excitedly and congratulated.
"Clean up the battlefield!"
Zhu Yixi suppressed her excitement and shouted.
However, he was not idle at this moment. He handed over a letter to Xiangyang City, which had been watching the show for a long time, with eight words:
"If we don't surrender at this time, we will all be slaughtered after the war."
At this time, with all the reinforcements and insufficient defenders, Xiangyang City had no choice but to surrender.
So, in the afternoon, Zhu Yixi and others took control of Xiangyang City.
The elders of the gentry were eating slurry from a pot, and they were inexplicably excited: "I have been trapped by thieves for half a year, and finally welcome the king. The common people are overjoyed——"
Zhu Yixi sneered in her heart, all the true loyal ministers had died long ago, and now they were just surviving.
But having said that, in this era of competition, intruders are still better than officers and soldiers, and they have no choice.
"The villagers and elders greeted each other, and Zhu Yixi was flattered."
"Pass my order. Anyone who disobeys military orders and bullies the people will be killed."
After saying this, everyone in Xiangyang breathed a sigh of relief.
The officers and soldiers were really terrible.
After politely cooperating, Zhu Yixi went straight to the Xiangyang Palace.
This place was where Li Zicheng plundered the entire Hubei region, and a large amount of gold, silver, grain and grass were stored here.
There are twenty treasuries in total, containing gold, silver, jewelry, military weapons, copper ingots, iron ingots, and treasured grain and grass.
"Boom——"
The door of the treasury was opened wide, and Zhu Yixi and others were stunned.
The hills made of gold and silver are dizzying and extremely dazzling.
"One pile, two piles, three piles -"
Li Jizu counted and asked in surprise: "How many are these?"
"The wealth of Huguang, Henan, and hundreds of states and counties has been accumulated here, which is countless."
Chen Yongfu forced himself to calm down his turbulent mood and whispered.
"The wealth of millions of people was collected, and a lot of it was taken to Guanzhong. These are not too many."
Zhu Yixi felt that her blood pressure was a little high and her legs were a little weak. It was too painful to have real money in front of her.
Simply, he took people out immediately without looking at other warehouses.
He breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Calculate the casualties and results of the armies. In addition, spread the word to me and reward each person with five taels of silver."
"General, there is another reward."
"Yes!" The generals were overjoyed and hurriedly responded.
"Um, Commander-in-Chief, do we have it?" Hui Deng and Xiang Xiang said with some shame.
"Of course we treat everyone equally!"
Zhu Yixi came over, patted the two of them on the shoulders, and said, "You've done a good job of pretending to be defeated, and you will naturally be rewarded."
Hui and Wang were overjoyed. Commander Zhu was so open-minded.
Later, the soldiers who slowly came back burst into joy and kept praising General Zhu's generosity.
Zhu Yixi did not rest. She went to visit the General Medical Office, expressed condolences to the wounded soldiers, and regained military morale.
Once the wounded soldiers are treated, they become elite soldiers.
In the evening, Bai Wang and his remaining three thousand soldiers were struggling to survive.
Zhu Yixi finally obtained accurate battle damage harvest.
In this battle, a total of 50,000 troops were invested. More than 5,000 of our own troops were injured and 1,000 were killed. The casualty ratio was about 10%.
Among the casualties ratio, Yunyang soldiers and horses accounted for 70%.
As for the harvest, it is fruitful.
Seven thousand people were killed and thirteen thousand captured.
Among them, there are 2,400 cavalry and 10,000 infantry.
There are tens of thousands of armors, horses, bows and arrows.
Once the captives have been rehabilitated, tens of thousands of new soldiers will be added, greatly increasing their strength.
More importantly, after this war, Xiangyang took over, strategically cutting off the Chuang Army's suggestions from Huguang and Henan.
In terms of reputation, Xiangyang was formerly the home of the invaders, Xiangjing, which greatly dealt a blow to the reputation of the invaders in the Huguang area, making the Qin army and Zhu Yixi famous all over the world.
The Qin army's sphere of influence expanded from Hanzhong Prefecture and Yunyang Prefecture to Xiangyang Prefecture and De'an Prefecture.
With the four prefectures in hand, they have nearly half the province's strength and control millions of people.
Once built, the potential is limitless.
"I, in the whole world, can be regarded as the first to show my talents."
Zhu Yixi said happily.
