"Hahaha! The golden thief ran away. The golden thief is nothing more than that. Sons and gentlemen, please follow the Sa family to kill the thief!"
Yao Pingzhong, who had won the first battle, immediately became energetic and shouted for his subordinates to follow him to fight again. But before the people could gather again, Wang De, the second fiercest man of the Yao family, had already led a group of cavalry and came over on Pegasus. There was a man in white crouching in front of his saddle, and the man in white had both arms. She was tied up with a rope behind her back.
"Zihua," Yao Pingzhong called Wang De's name and said with a smile, "I caught him alive. Is it really yours... Do you still dare to fight again?"
Wang De already knew Li Gang's military order of "kill the thieves before fleeing", and he also knew that the Major General of the Yao Family Army was prone to recklessness in fighting. So he quickly said to Yao Pingzhong: "Major General, don't forget the military order of the Privy Councilor... The Privy Councilor wants us to win and pretend to lose!"
Yao Pingzhong hadn't had enough of killing yet, so he waved his hand and said: "Zihua, the Privy Councilor said we should win first and then fake defeat... But he didn't say how far we should win! It's better to kill for a while and win more. Bar!"
Wang De shook his head repeatedly, "This is not possible! Major General, my subordinates have already asked each team. Our losses just now were not small, at least 200 people fell... Now we are looking for them to come back, Maybe there are still many people who can be treated. If it is delayed due to fighting, these men may be gone.
Moreover, the gold thieves have many more soldiers and horses than we do. They turn around and attack us together. It is difficult for us to protect ourselves, so where can we go to find them?
And without these 200 people, we only have 800 riders left. Not only are there fewer people, but the courage of the brothers will also be much weaker..."
Speaking of which, Wang De, the second most powerful man in the Yao family army, was very thoughtful and did not get carried away by a small victory.
The losses caused to both sides by the brief melee battle between the cavalry and cavalry that just occurred were actually similar. Those golden thieves and kidnapper horses were really tough. They were ambushed by the Song Army's cavalry in the darkness of the early morning and were caught off guard. Moreover, their number, including Alixi, was less than half of the Song Army's. However, relying on their skilled martial arts, rich practical experience and brave and tenacious fighting will, they achieved a similar number of "lost horses" - the Jin soldiers had dozens of more fallen horses, and they were the losers, but the losses were not much. .
Of course, "falling off the horse" does not mean death. Many people are just injured or knocked unconscious. Whoever can control the battlefield at this time and clean it carefully can save many of his own people and at the same time deal with the wounds left by the opponent on the battlefield...
In addition, Wang De also knew very well that his soldiers' ability to withstand casualties was also limited. No one knew how many people were missing just now. They only knew that the golden thief had escaped, so everyone cheered and their morale was high.
But after these people regroup and figure out the losses on their side, I'm afraid they will be scared. The next round of fighting will definitely not be so fierce.
Moreover, the number of opponents in the next round of fighting is very likely to exceed yours!
When Wang De said this, Yao Pingzhong had no choice but to take a breath and ordered: "Pass the general order to the Sa family and ask the sons to clean up carefully, save what needs to be saved, and solve what needs to be solved... After that, we will go with you." Let’s go back together with the Sa family to receive the reward!”
As soon as he finished speaking, several cavalrymen behind Wang De suddenly shouted: "General, look east!"
Yao Pingzhong turned around and took a deep breath.
Four fire dragons moving hand in hand appeared in the night seven or eight miles to the east at some point!
At this time, the whimpering bugles and the sound of drums and drums also cut through the night from the east at the same time!
Obviously, the Jin Army troops who quietly approached the Song Army's camp in Huhe Town took advantage of the darkness. After their vanguard was ambushed by the Song Army, they simply set off torches, blew horns, and played drums to frighten Huhe Town. The Song Army!
Looking at the number of torches they have... I'm afraid the number of Jin people is no less than 100,000, right? Come on, there’s no need to fight this battle! The Privy Councilor's "fake defeat" still makes sense.
When Yao Pingzhong saw this scene, he immediately lost all fighting spirit and said calmly: "Go quickly, go quickly...go clean the battlefield quickly, and then go and meet the Privy Councilor immediately!"
...
Song Jun also lit torches!
It was not the cavalry under Yao Pingzhong and Wang De, but the Song army over there in Huhe Town.
When the Jin Army brigade lit torches, blew horns, played drums, and assumed the posture of a mighty march. Li Gang made a prompt decision and ordered his 100,000 troops to immediately light torches and lanterns and start "faking defeat"!
This was an organized and planned failure with bonuses!
Therefore, the morale of the Song Army soldiers was still quite high... They originally thought that they would be beaten up by the ferocious gold thieves before failing. Now it's okay, just fail, save the process of being beaten, and start escaping directly!
And you can get bonuses by escaping directly... The Privy Councilor is really very conscientious, so everyone must escape well and fast, so as not to disappoint the Privy Councilor.
Maybe it was because the "escape prize" worked, or maybe it was because the preparations for "escape" were very complete... In short, Li Gang's "fake defeat" showed extremely high organization and discipline.
Not only were they defeated without chaos, but they were also defeated with good organization and high morale!
The 100,000 troops lined up in the most organized formation, with the happiest mood since leaving the city. According to the order announced by Zhe Yanzhi earlier, they drove out of the Huhe Town camp one by one, and then quickly headed south.
This neatness, this deftness, and this decisiveness shocked the enemies who came to attack... Is this a false defeat? Is this a trap?
Standing on the saddle of her war horse, Wanyan's mother stared at the Song army's orderly torch team in the distance with her eyes wide open for a while, then she lowered her head and looked at Wanyan Zong and said, "Oh no, are we in trouble?" Is it a human trap? The Confederate army seems to be heading south... Is it going to detour to our flank or behind?"
"Huh, they're just infantry! How can we outflank us?" Wanyan Zongwang's doughy face was stern, looking confident, "We can at least dispatch tens of thousands of horse troops... No matter in the plains Whether you maneuver or open up for a formation battle, you will win without a doubt!"
"That's right!" Wanyan Yanmu had already spread her legs, allowing her butt to slide firmly onto the saddle. He turned to ask Zong Wang, "What should we do now? Continue the pursuit?"
"Go south!" Wanyan Zongwang gritted his teeth and said, "Turn south!
The southern soldiers go south, and we also go south... If they go due south next, then we will insert them southwest. We have many horses, so we can divide some of the cavalry to move faster and cut them in two! "
"But... 80 miles to the south is the Wuzhang River!" Wanyan's mother whispered, "There is probably Captain Gao on the Wuzhang River! Could this be Captain Gao's trick?"
Wanyan's mother is about to develop "Gao Taiwei's phobia"!
"Impossible!" Wanyan Zongwang shook his head heavily, "How could Gao Qiu command someone like Li Gang? And this place is not far from Kaifeng Mansion. Zhao Kai can command remotely... How could he hand over all the power to Gao Qiu?"
His analysis was good, but he didn't expect that there were two Gao Taiwei in the Song Dynasty, one was the real Gao Taiwei who was about to die, and the other was the virtual Gao Taiwei!
"That makes sense!" Mu Mu didn't know there was a "virtual Captain Gao", so she said, "If we can't mediate, let me lead the troops to cut off the southerners!"
Wanyan Yanmu always likes to take the lead, so he is called the commander-in-chief, but actually he wants to lead the team to kill. So this time he simply handed over the command to Wanyan Zongwang.
Wanyan Zongwang nodded, "Okay, then I'll leave it to Uncle Eleven!"
Wanyan Yan's mother gritted her teeth and said, "It's all on me... I must capture Li Gang alive this time to avenge Alu's child!"
He actually had some responsibility for Aru's death. He was the one who asked Aru to die on the wooden raft pontoon!
So he has to take revenge for Aru!
Gao Qiu and Zhao Bupo seem to be difficult to eliminate, so they can only kill Li Gang to make up for it.
As a result, on the battlefield near Huhe Town in Puzhou, the Jin army also turned a corner. The Song army turned towards due south (approximately due south), while the Jin soldiers turned to the southwest in order to cut the fleeing Song army in two.
If you look down from a high altitude, you can see that two armies of similar size from the Jin and Song sides are turning towards the Wuzhang River. It's just that the direction is slightly different, so what is formed is not two parallel lines, but two straight lines that are about to intersect!
As for whether these two straight lines will eventually intertwine, it depends on which one of them runs faster, and also depends on the performance of the virtual Captain Gao Qiu!
Yes, while Li Gang was stationing troops in Huhe Town, 72 warships led by Zhao Kai were moored in the Wuzhang River near Dingtao to rest - Zhao Kai arrived in Dingtao two days ago. It was also in Dingtao that I received a report from Zhu Fengying and his personal expedition, and learned that Li Gang had led 100,000 troops to rescue him.
So Zhao Kai immediately ordered the fleet to stop moving forward and "draw arrows and prepare for war" (there were dozens of boats with many arrows still stuck in them) - there were only two routes from Kaifeng Mansion to Liangshanbo, and they were not to take the Wuzhang River. Just take the route Li Gang took.
Therefore, Zhao Kai could probably guess that Li Gang would encounter Jin Bing in the Puzhou area.
Therefore, while he sent people to search for Li Gang's army, he also had people fly the flag of General Ya and Captain Gao at the top of Dingtao County.
Zhao Bupo's recognition flag was also displayed on the warship on the Wuzhang River.
He also issued an order to the personal expedition camp in Kaifeng Prefecture, ordering him to immediately send 5,000 war horses to Dingtao.
However, before the war horses arrived, the cavalry sent by Zhao Kai to search for Li Gang (riding horses collected from the Guangji Army) came back and reported that they had discovered Li Gang's army!
In the early hours of this morning, Zhao Kai, who was sleeping soundly, was woken up by Guo Tiannu, and then he saw several "fire dragons" approaching quickly on the top platform of his royal boat!
