When the Perak Army cavalry appeared around the new annex camp besieging Jiading City, Cao Zhizhou and other new annex generals were surprised, and even more surprised that Niulin and the Mongolian cavalry had no reaction. As the cavalry of the Perak Army came more and more, the surprise turned into panic, and finally turned into panic. They all went to the ravine where Niulin's tent was located to inquire about the situation, but found that the Mongolian cavalry camp was empty. At this moment, there was a faint sound of cannons from the Minjiang River four or five miles away. Someone suddenly said that they saw Niulin going to the Minjiang River in the morning, and these generals hurried over. At this time, there was no Mongolian cavalry on the Minjiang River, let alone Niulin. Instead, the soldiers of the New Affiliated Army guarding the embankments on both sides of the river were running around. What made the soldiers of the New Affiliated Army run around was the vanguard of the Perak Army and Navy. of five warships.
In this June fire season, Cao Zhizhou felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. He and a group of newly attached generals had already reacted - Niulin abandoned them and ran away alone with the Mongolian cavalry. In fact, Niulin did not escape alone. In addition to Hudu, he also brought most of the new auxiliary troops of Jianzhou and Longzhou. The new auxiliary troops now guarding the embankments on both sides of the strait are also the new auxiliary troops of Jianlong Prefecture. After they were left behind, before they had time to cross the river, they were cut off by the warships of the Perak Army that arrived earlier. Even though these five warships were the strength of a naval company, they easily defeated the 200 new auxiliary naval forces guarding the ferry, and completely suppressed the counterattack of the siege equipment on the river embankment.
Within a few days, the situation took a turn for the worse, leaving Cao Zhizhou and other new generals in the annexed army extremely confused. In anger, they cursed Niulin for being unkind, unjust, and without any sense of etiquette. If Ouyang Xuan saw their indignant looks, he would feel angry and funny. These traitors and traitors are the most shameless people. What qualifications do they have to stand on the moral high ground and accuse others? Tired of scolding, these new annexed generals thought of the immediate trouble. With the arrival of the Perak Army and the Navy, the Minjiang River has been controlled, making it impossible to cross eastward. Jiading City lies on the way to the south and cannot be captured for a long time. Another Perak Army is slowly coming from the north. It would be better to retreat to Yazhou in the west. There is a way, but the more than 300 Perak Army cavalry who arrived early will obviously not let them retreat calmly.
At this moment, the Mongolian army besieging Jiading City was precisely the New Affiliated Army with more than 2,000 people left, of which the Yazhou Army accounted for more than half, so the general of the New Affiliated Army pushed Cao Zhizhou to take the lead. It's just that Cao Zhizhou doesn't want to be the leader. He just wants to escape back to Yazhou at night. As the instigator of the surrender and siege of Jiading, he understood that he had failed. Not only did he fail to achieve his goal, but only half of the 3,000 people he brought were left. Fortunately, most of the losses were the 1,000-strong Yifan soldiers. His own Yazhou soldiers only lost 500 people, and they were not injured. Even more fortunately, it was already approaching dusk, otherwise the Jiading garrison and the Perak Army cavalry would attack from both front and back, and the situation would be bad.
When Zan Wanshou saw the cavalry of the Perak Army coming one after another, he sent someone to contact them. When he learned that reinforcements from the Perak Army on land and water were about to arrive, he felt reassured. The soldiers and civilians in the city also cheered. Everyone knew that Jiading City had been relieved of the siege and had avoided being attacked and massacred by the Mongolian army. In the midst of the joy, someone also proposed to attack the new annexed army with the cavalry outside the city, but Zan Wanshou rejected it after a little thought. Although there are still more than 1,000 Jiading defenders at present, they are all exhausted and many are suffering from injuries. Although there was a battalion of Perak cavalry outside the city, they were traveling quickly without carrying heavy weapons. The newly attached troops were waiting for work and were protected by wooden fences. A surprise attack at dusk was too risky.
Before sunset, the Perak Army cavalry outside the city suddenly rushed past the Xinfu Army Camp and rushed straight into Jiading City. After a day of fighting, these cavalrymen were exhausted and had no energy to dig trenches and build camps. In order to prevent the new auxiliary army from attacking at night, the battalion commander immediately decided to rush into Jiading City to rest and recuperate, which frightened the new auxiliary army into fear. The cavalry of the Perak Army also has one man and two horses. A battalion of 500 cavalry has a thousand horses. These horses run at the same time, their momentum is amazing. It was at this moment that the last desire to win in Cao Zhizhou's heart was shattered. He understood that if he stayed, his entire army would definitely be destroyed. He decided to escape during the night.
Escape is also a science. Cao Zhizhou immediately sent people to meet Zan Wanshou in Jiading City, claiming that he was bewitched by Liu Da'er, and for a moment he was so blinded that he did such a stupid thing as surrendering. Now he wakes up and regrets it. Since it is already late today, tomorrow I will come to the city to kneel down to see Zan Wanshou and present my order. At the same time, he sent people to notify other newly attached generals to come to his big account early tomorrow morning to discuss matters. The Yazhou military camp and other newly attached military camps are not connected together, and are one or two miles away from each other.
When the moon came up, the Yazhou army quietly abandoned the camp and headed for Yazhou. Cao Zhizhou did not notify the other newly attached troops. On the one hand, he was afraid that the large number of people would cause too much noise. On the other hand, he also wanted the remaining people to attract the Perak Army and serve as cannon fodder and rearguard. This approach was exactly the same as what Niu Lin did. rut. In fact, just when he sent someone to inform other Xinji Army generals about the meeting tomorrow morning, he had already ordered his men to prepare secretly. The summer night sky is full of moonlight and stars, which is a good time to hit the road. Most of the soldiers of the Yazhou Army also suffered from night blindness, but the bright moonlight solved this problem.
Early the next morning, the neighboring newly affiliated army found that the Yazhou military camp next door was completely silent, so they sent someone to check and found that there was no one there. The news exploded in Jiading City in an instant, and the remaining new auxiliary troops also fled in all directions. Zan Wanshou was very upset when he learned that Cao Zhizhou had escaped at night. He immediately sent the Jiading Army to pursue the newly attached troops who were fleeing to the surrounding mountains and forests, and also sent someone to ask the Pili Army Cavalry Battalion to pursue the Yazhou Army. If the new auxiliary troops who fled into the mountains and forests are not captured in time, they will become bandits and disturb the countryside. As for Cao Zhizhou and his troops, they have probably fled for dozens of miles, and they will have to rely on cavalry to catch up.
Huang Dagen, who had just arrived in Jiading with the navy brigade, learned that Niulin had retreated and the Mongolian army besieging Jiading had retreated. He immediately adjusted his combat deployment: the navy brigade and the Jiading navy went to seize Jingyan City, which was rich in salt and It is very easy to capture by the river; except for one battalion of the field division cavalry brigade to pursue the Yazhou Army, the other two battalions went to recover the counties under Meizhou and wipe out all the remaining forces of the Mongolian army and Liu Dal'er; the field division's cavalry brigade Of the two infantry brigades, one returned to station in Meizhou to prevent the Mongolian counterattack, and the other was led by Cao Ergou himself to Hongya County. Hongya is the only way for Cao Zhizhou to return to Yazhou. It would be best if he can intercept his retreat.
At this moment, Cao Zhizhou was leading his troops on a rampage. Under the shouts and whips of his own soldiers, all the Yazhou soldiers were sweating profusely and some were left behind from time to time. I am really tired from running. These big-headed soldiers couldn't help but complained a little, but they received more whips. As time went by, more and more soldiers fell behind, but Cao Zhizhou refused to let the soldiers stop and rest. Because he knew that although there were only a few hundred cavalrymen of the Perak Army in Jiading City, they could not defeat his 1,500 infantrymen in a field battle. What's more, this time they escaped overnight, carrying only light equipment, and the only weapons against the cavalry were the spears and shields in their hands.
