After the Ming Jin, various rebel forces began to retreat westward, but overall they did not retreat. Given the current state of the Shehu Army, it was naturally impossible to pursue them, and most of the enemy's cavalry troops still retained their strength, wandering near the north waiting for opportunities. Soon Wang Huan also led his cavalry troops back to the front of the formation.
Guo Xin first ordered Zhang Chenghua and others to treat the disabled and gather the soldiers, and then gathered together with Wang Huan and Qi Tingxun to learn the details of the incident in just an hour.
It turned out that when the enemy's cavalry was preparing to charge again, Wang Huan took advantage of the temporary disconnection from the opposing infantry to lead his cavalry directly towards the side of the enemy's infantry. Although the enemy army was already prepared for Wang Huan's horse army, as the elite of the Imperial Guard's horse army, the Guardian Army, with their men and horses wearing iron armor, penetrated straight into the formation effortlessly. The enemy cavalry had no choice but to temporarily turn around and come to deal with Wang Huan. Wang Huan was already out of the battle with a successful attack. When he saw the enemy cavalry chasing him, he turned back and killed him again, using fewer strikes and more to kill him. The Shehu Army's infantry formation took this opportunity to retreat to the rocky beach that was not conducive to the cavalry's fighting, reorganize their formation, and engage the enemy's infantry. This was the scene that Guo Xin later saw.
The Shehu Army is undefeated in this battle, and the key undoubtedly lies in Wang Huan. Guo Xin was not stingy with his posthumous words: "I have heard for a long time that the Protector of the Holy Army is fierce in battle. When I saw it today, it was really brave and invincible! If it weren't for Brother Wang's plan, I can't imagine the outcome of our Tiger Shooting Army today." .”
There was no joy on Wang Huan's face, and he cursed Wang Jingchong in front of everyone: "It's just a matter of killing some thieves. What's the big deal? But Wang Jingchong, a mere thief, actually caused me to lose many people!"
Qi Tingxun was also angry, but he didn't follow Wang Huan and scold Wang Jingchong: "How can we be so cunning if we fight so cowardly? We asked for help from the Chinese army early, but for a long time we didn't even see a horse. Zhao Hui clearly didn't want to take advantage of us. The Forbidden Army is one of our own! Let me tell you, if we hadn’t been here to support him, Wang Jingchong’s sword would have hit him, Zhao Hui!”
"Commander Qi, be careful what you say!" Guo Xin quickly stopped Qi Tingxun and said kindly: "No matter what, we are all here to defeat the thieves. Our army suffered a lot of losses today. When I turn around, I will definitely contribute to the soldiers and fight for the war." The deceased strives for compensation and will never let his brothers suffer."
At this moment, a scout from the Chinese army happened to run from the south: "Pass the military order! Although the enemy army has been defeated and retreated, the enemy force is still strong. All armies must not rush forward greedily. In addition, the Shehu Army has made great contributions. The war is now easing. Order the Shehu Army to go to the northwest villages to defend themselves."
"The general has received the order." Guo Xin went up to receive the order and asked the scout: "Where is the Taiwei now? What is the outcome of the war in the south?"
"Back to the general, because the enemy's spears and crossbows were all on the right formation, the cavalry troops commanded by Zhao failed to break through the enemy formation from the south and fell into a tight siege. The enemy took advantage of the situation to attack fiercely. Zhao Gong divided his troops to rescue and soon defeated the enemy's right formation. , the enemy then offered gold and retreated."
"Thank you for informing me, but I would like to inform the general on my behalf that our unit has suffered heavy losses and needs urgent repairs. I am afraid that we are unable to defend ourselves. I would like to ask Duke Zhao to select another army to help us."
The scout clasped his fists on his horse and saluted, and soon returned to the south.
Guo Xin sent the scouts away, turned back to Wang Huan and said, "No wonder the reinforcements didn't come. Our surname is not Zhao."
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Ten miles away, Fengxiang's army, which had just withdrawn from the battlefield, was temporarily repairing the road, while Wang Jingchong couldn't help but curse in the army.
"Shu Zi ruined my big job! I handed over his cavalry and entrusted him with many tasks. It's just that he failed to break the formation. Instead, he died in the hands of the enemy! Such a coward really disgraces our ancestors!"
Shuzi is talking about Wang Jingchong's son Wang Derang, who is the main general of the cavalry army he arranged for this battle. I originally thought that Zhao Hui's right formation had the smallest number of people, and the cavalry army could break the formation in two back and forth. Then he pressed the entire army and strangled the officers and soldiers by the Donggou River. It was planned to be a big victory. As a result, only halfway through the fight, Wang Derang's soldiers came back to report, saying that Wang Derang died while chasing an enemy general!
When he heard the news, Wang Jingchong couldn't believe his ears! It wasn't until the soldiers brought back Wang Derang's blood-stained red robe that he had to believe that Wang Derang was really dead. The defeat and the pain of losing his son made Wang Jingchong extremely angry.
There were more than a dozen people kneeling beside his horse. They were a group of Wang Derang's soldiers who had withdrawn from the battle formation. They were all kneeling on the ground with their hands tied behind their backs, crying and begging him for mercy.
"Fuck you, mother!" Wang Jingchong glared angrily, pulled out his sword, and swung the sword to behead the nearest person. Then he got off his horse and cut off more than a dozen heads in a row until the last person was left. , the soldier's face was covered with snot and tears, and his whole body was shaking like a sieve.
Wang Jingchong put his sword blade against the back of his soldier's neck: "Tell me! Who is the enemy general who killed that Shuzi?"
The soldier trembled, and after hearing this, he quickly tried his best to speak clearly: "Commander, spare your life... The army is in chaos. We don't know who that person is. We only know that the enemy general is extremely accurate with arrows... By the way, that enemy general is embroidering the flag." What is the Shehu bugle embroidered on it? I guess, no, it must be the enemy’s right formation commander!”
A general on the left and right said: "It is said that Chang'an sent a Forbidden Army to assist Zhao Hui. Today I saw the enemy's right formation with neat formations and bright armor. I think the Tiger Shooting Army may be part of the Tokyo Forbidden Army."
Wang Jingchong looked back and glared at the general who spoke angrily: "I served in the Tokyo Forbidden Army from the previous dynasty to this dynasty, and I have seen not only a hundred but also dozens of bugles. When did I hear the name of the Tiger Shooting Army?"
The general did not dare to say anything anymore.
Wang Jingchong snorted coldly and raised his iron sword again.
The soldier was so frightened that he closed his eyes and bowed his head. Unexpectedly, Wang Jingchong cut off the rope on his body.
"Thank you so much, Marshal Jie, for sparing your life! I humbly wish to serve as commander-in-chief for the rest of my life..." The soldier immediately bowed to the ground and kowtowed even harder.
"Go away yet!" Wang Jingchong kicked the soldier to the ground.
"I'm so humble, get out now!"
The soldier crawled to his feet and ran away. Wang Jingchong took off his horse's bow from the saddle, shot an arrow in the back, and fell to the ground.
"Death to betray the general!" Wang Jingchong angrily closed his bow and threw the iron sword with the gap on the ground.
When the generals following him saw this scene, they didn't dare to vent their anger.
"Commander, calm down." Zhou Can, the mature and prudent general, came out to persuade: "The important thing now is to discuss how to retreat. It is better to let Zhang Sirian lead the cavalry to resist here for a while. Let's quickly take the belongings in the city and retreat north to Qianyang or Qianyang." We are holding on to Longzhou. If we return to Fengxiang City and wait for the enemy to encircle us, we will not be able to escape, and we will all become turtles in an urn, and it will be too late to regret by then!"
Zhang Sirian, who was named, jumped up when he heard it. His face turned pale and he argued: "The Shu army will leave the pass and come north soon. Zhao Hui's troops are only ten thousand. Let's lose this time. The outcome has not yet been determined!"
Another general also immediately expressed his objection: "Exactly! The army and their families are all in the city, why go to Longzhou so far away?"
A group of people made a loud noise. After hearing this, Wang Jingchong became even more irritable and said loudly: "Today the two armies only attacked and defended each other, who can say that our army has been defeated? Then Zhao Hui did not dare to pursue, which shows that he is mentally weak and exhausted. But that’s it! Send an order to all the troops to return to the city, and wait until we have repaired in the city before planning!"
The generals had no choice but to clasp their fists and say yes.
