When Jiang Wan led three thousand county soldiers to attack behind Guo Huai, Wu Yi and Liu Yin actually did not notice the changes on the battlefield for a while.
One is that the sky has begun to darken, the entire battlefield is shrouded in dusk light, and the line of sight has been greatly affected.
On the other hand, Wu Yi and Liu Yin had been pressed down and beaten by the Wei army before. All their attention was on commanding the soldiers to resist, and they could not be distracted at all. In addition, Guo Huai's Chinese army was also some distance away from the battlefield, so For the first time, neither of them noticed Jiang Wan's arrival.
Although the two men did not realize that Jiang Wan had led his troops to join the battlefield at the first time, as the battlefield situation changed, they also noticed that something was wrong. Why did the Wei army's attack rhythm slow down, and there was even a faint tendency to withdraw from the battlefield? !
Is it possible that he doesn’t plan to fight at night? !
At this time, the first person who noticed something was wrong was Wu Yi.
After all, Wu Yi is a famous general in Sichuan. He has much more battlefield experience than Liu Yin. To be honest, although Liu Yin is very talented in defense, his main job is still to govern the local governor. His battlefield experience is really not as good as that of Wu Yi. Military general.
When Liu Yin was still trying hard to command his soldiers to repel the Wei army's frontal attack, Wu Yi realized that the Wei army's attack was lagging and retreating. This allowed Wu Yi to immediately escape from commanding the local battlefield and start Examine the entire battlefield situation.
Although Wu Yi's sight was greatly restricted as the sky became darker and darker, he could still see that the position of Guo Huai's central army had changed, and there seemed to be a battle on the east side, although the intensity Not big, but this is the only reason that can explain why Guo Huai moved the central army's position.
Based on Wu Yi's experience, he thought about it for a while and immediately came to the conclusion. Guo Huai's rear army encountered a surprise attack by an army, and this army could basically be concluded to be one of his own.
Although Wu Yi didn't know why one of his people appeared behind Guo Huai, but the current situation was like this, Wu Yi had already guessed what kind of response Guo Huai would make next.
Therefore, Wu Yi ordered the entire army to counterattack at that time, trying to hold back the Wei army in front of them and not allowing the Wei army to retreat easily.
But...it's not easy.
Both the Northern Army led by Wu Yi and the Huaili garrison under Liu Yin were already exhausted from long battles.
Although affected by the arrival of reinforcements, the morale was barely boosted and some Wei troops were delayed from retreating. However, when Guo Huai personally commanded the cavalry to attack the rear, he was still unable to delay the enemy troops from withdrawing from the battle.
After all, cavalry is cavalry. Even if the soldiers of the Northern Army can block the impact of the cavalry with eight formations, it is still impossible to completely defeat the cavalry and continue to pursue the Wei army's infantry.
Therefore, when the Wei army's infantry completely withdrew from the battlefield and the cavalry was cruising behind, Wu Yi had to order the formation to close up, suspend the pursuit, and watch helplessly as the Wei army slowly withdrew from the battlefield in order to avoid greater casualties.
On the north side of the battlefield, the Wei army's four thousand county soldiers were completely trapped in a lonely battle after the main force withdrew from the battlefield.
After Jiang Wan discovered that he had lost the opportunity for the Chinese army to attack, although he was very upset, he still steeled himself, changed the direction of the attack, and began to attack the four thousand Wei army.
As for these four thousand Wei troops, their formations were already somewhat scattered due to Guo Huai's back-and-forth maneuvers. The enemy they faced this time was not the mob led by Chen Zhi, but the serious soldiers of Yongzhou County. For a moment, it was really true. Unable to break through Jiang Wan's blockage, he strives to break through.
What's even more terrible is that behind these four thousand Wei troops, there are still a lot of "rabble".
In the previous battle, 4,000 Wei troops suppressed the 8,000 rabble and beat them wildly. In just half an hour, the 8,000 rabble suffered nearly a thousand casualties. If Chen Zhi had not tried hard to restrain them, this rabble would have almost collapsed and fled for their lives. .
But things are different now.
Four thousand Wei troops were left behind on the battlefield by their commander. Their morale plummeted. Coupled with Jiang Wan's blockade, their breakout direction was blocked. The morale and formation of the entire army were visibly dissipated.
At this time, there was no need for Chen Zhi to order a two-sided attack, this gang of people rushed up on their own.
No one is better than this gang of rabble when it comes to grabbing heads in a tailwind battle. Seeing that the enemy in front of you is about to collapse, you would be a fool if you don't quickly seize the opportunity to gain military exploits by taking heads.
In this way, under attack from two sides, the four thousand Wei troops quickly fell into a passive position. In addition, the sky had turned dark and their sight was blocked. The group of Wei troops quickly fell into fighting on their own without any formation. .
At this point, the defeat of the four thousand Wei troops was certain, but Jiang Wan was furious.
First, it was because under this situation, Jiang Wan gathered up his formation and wanted to take the opportunity to persuade Wei troops to surrender. These Wei troops were all qualified men and sources of county soldiers, and they were not consumables. It would be best to persuade them to surrender.
But the rabble led by Chen Zhi were on the verge of killing, regardless of the situation on the battlefield. In their eyes, the heads of these Wei soldiers were all their own money and land.
Jiang Wan couldn't stop him.
Secondly, if that group of rabble-rousers only attacked the Wei army, even though it would make Jiang Wan angry, they would at least be dealing with the enemy. But these bastards were so eager to kill that they actually came towards the defense line of their own soldiers. There is no intention to close the trend.
How dare you even kill your own people? !
Jiang Wan really got angry and almost ordered to fire arrows to kill the ragtag group of people on the battlefield who did not obey orders at all.
Fortunately, on the one hand, Chen Zhi finally caught up from behind and gave the timely order to stop the mob's behavior. On the other hand, Wu Yi and Liu Yin finally gave up chasing Guo Huai and led their troops to join them.
Faced with so many regular troops, this ragtag group of people restrained themselves and did not dare to follow their own temper. They managed to calm down the situation for a while, and then Jiang Wan had the opportunity to come forward to recruit and persuade the remaining Wei troops to surrender.
But the harvest was not great. Only about a thousand Wei troops surrendered.
It wasn't that he was killed by the shameless mob. The main reason was that in a chaotic battle, Jiang Wan was unable to suppress the mob's attack. In the final withdrawal, the mob had no idea of taking prisoners, which made many people The Wei army took advantage of the darkness and fled in all directions.
This made Jiang Wan very angry again. Even Wu Yi and Liu Yin, after learning about the situation, also had serious opinions on this rabble led by Chen Zhi.
Just do whatever you want to do and make trouble for the first place! ! !
But Chen Zhi was also wronged. With such a bunch of bastards, who of you can take care of them? !
You think it's causing trouble for you, why the hell don't I think so? !
Let me emphasize again, if I go to the battlefield with such soldiers in the future, I will just disarm and return to the field. I really can't afford to worry about this, and I can't afford to lose this person! ! !
When it comes to depression and resentment, Chen Zhi is more depressed than anyone present.
And Chen Zhi is not the kind of genuine general who is good at turning waste into treasure. He can deceive this group of rabble outside Huaili City, which is considered to be his best effort.
After understanding Chen Zhi's depression and sadness along the way, even Wu Yi didn't know what to say to get involved in this group of things. Let alone Chen Zhi, a civil servant who had never been on the battlefield, he was an experienced one. The generals led by generals cannot be much better than those led by Chen Zhi.
Let's just let this matter go. Since we have this time to settle accounts, we might as well discuss what to do next.
Guo Huai has already led his troops to retreat. In this weather environment, it is almost impossible to pursue the cavalry without retreating. In other words, Guo Huai has led at least 6,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry and retreated to the right. East side of Fufeng.
This force is not too much, not too much. If we defend the city and continue to stalemate with the Han Dynasty, we will not be able to quickly end the battle of Youfufeng in a short time.
Even if Guo Huai is allowed to withdraw to the Youfufeng fortress group and use the fortress group for defense. With sufficient infantry and cavalry, even if Wu Yi's 30,000 elite Northern troops arrive, they will not be able to shake the defense of the fortress group.
This allowed Cao Wei to occupy a large area in Youfufeng, and he could use the fortress group as a springboard to invade Youfufeng at any time.
This is not what the big man wants to see.
Therefore, Jiang Wan's suggestion was to pursue them all night.
Although marching at night is very difficult, if you rest on the spot for a night and then pursue, Guo Huai's leadership ability can completely escape the tracking of the Han army. If you want to compete with Guo Huai for speed and time, you will be at a disadvantage.
Moreover, Jiang Wan is also worried about Lantian County.
He led 3,000 county soldiers out, leaving Lantian County with only the original 500 soldiers guarding it. The magistrate of Lantian County, Wangge Jiang Wan, did not believe that this man would choose to defend Lantian County.
Therefore, Jiang Wan hoped that Wu Yi could personally lead the pursuit, at least return to Lantian County first, use Lantian County as an advance base, and force the Cao Wei defenders in the Youfufeng Fortress Group to surrender as soon as possible, without giving Guo Huai a chance to escape back to Wuguan.
Wu Yi still agreed with Jiang Wan's suggestion.
Although the Northern Army experienced a fierce battle, suffered considerable losses, and the sergeants were very tired. However, with the level of training of the Northern Army, it was not difficult to pursue them all night under such circumstances.
As an elite, if they don't have this kind of combat ability, then the Northern Army will be no different from ordinary county soldiers.
Therefore, Wu Yi ordered Liu Yin to lead his troops to stay in Huaili City, strengthen the city defenses, and repair the city walls just in case. At the same time, he coordinated with the main force of the Northern Army led by Feng Xi and Zhang Nan, informed them of their whereabouts, and asked them to lead the army to follow them as soon as possible and arrive at the Youfufeng Fortress Group.
As for Wu Yi, he and Jiang Wan led a mixed team of northern and county soldiers totaling less than 7,000, and rushed all night, at least to get to the Youfufeng fortress group before Guo Huai, to create pressure and force the Wei army to surrender the fortress group.
There is nothing wrong with this decision in itself, except for one thing - Chen Zhi asked, what should he do with this ragtag group of people under his command? !
The Prime Minister has an order. Before the war in Youfufeng is completely over, this group of rabble must not withdraw to Chang'an. The number of Chang'an defenders is too small and they cannot afford any changes.
Wu Yi was right when he thought about it. Otherwise, let this group of rabble stay in Huaili City.
Anyway, the defense of Huaili City is now dilapidated and the defenders are seriously lacking. It would be good to leave these people to help with the defense and prevent Guo Huai from trying to counterattack.
But after saying this, Liu Yin refused.
Just let these guys enter Huaili City, God knows what trouble will happen.
If there is another mutiny, Liu Yin has to think about the people who have always supported him in Huaili, right? !
Liu Yin firmly refused to allow such a thing as luring a wolf into the house.
This reason is hard even for Chen Zhi to refute.
Chen Zhi now knew very well what things were under his hands. It was not impossible for them to do such wicked things.
But just because of this trivial matter, we can't just leave the army where we are and let Guo Huai retreat to the fortress group, right? !
In the end, it was Wu Yi who made the decision after some coordination.
Chen Zhi led a mob of people to camp outside Huaili City. Liu Yin was responsible for providing all the logistics supplies, while Liu Yin led his troops back to the city to rest and be prepared at any time.
Anyway, it doesn’t take too long. Wait a day or two. When Feng Xi and Zhang Nan lead the Northern Army to Huaili, they will switch defenses with Liu Yin. Zhang Nan will lead 5,000 Northern troops to stay in Huaili, and Liu Yin will follow him. Go east.
There are 5,000 Northern troops guarding Huaili. Even if the ragtag group does mutiny, they can be easily suppressed.
After making these arrangements, everyone had no objections. Wu Yi immediately began to organize his army, marched overnight with torches, and rushed back to Lantian County with Jiang Wan.
Afterwards, take a rest to restore your physical strength and morale, and then proceed to the Youfufeng Fortress Group.
(End of chapter)
