Li Rusong, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, who was known as the "Magical Taibo" during the battle against Yuan Dynasty, suddenly descended from the sky when the battle of Lightning Lake reached its peak!
More than 30,000 elite Liaodong cavalry troops from the Li family rolled in. The ground to the north of the battlefield was trampled by horse hooves like muffled thunder. It echoed the muffled thunder from the more than 50,000 horses on the main battlefield from the north to the south, shocking people's hearts and blood. , their eyes were red, and many people couldn't help but scream for reasons they didn't know.
Gao Qi, the intelligence secretary of the Secretariat and Gao Jingshi's cousin, was sharp-eyed and loudly informed Gao Jingshi that reinforcements from the north were approaching. When Cao Ke, Gao Wuzhong, Ruan Fuyuan, Gao Wuruo, and Gao Wuzheng heard this, they immediately raised their binoculars to check. After seeing the six-character banner of "Liaodong Chief Military Officer Li" clearly, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
Gao Wuruo wiped his sweat and said with emotion: "Li Yangcheng is really 'as fast as the wind'! The eldest brother arranged for three armies to come to the rescue as soon as possible. His route was the farthest, but he was the first one to arrive, 'the magic walking Taibao'" 'There is no false person under such a great reputation... If we win this battle, it seems that he will be indispensable for his contribution."
Gao Wuzheng also added: "Originally, I was worried that Li Yangcheng might have a grudge, and he might have deliberately delayed it. But now it seems that I have judged a gentleman with a villain's heart, and I am really ashamed."
Cao Ke laughed and comforted: "Sixth Master, Seventh Master, although Li Yangcheng has a domineering temper, it depends on who is right. In front of the teacher, even he may not have the capital to be proud."
Gao Wuzhong nodded when he heard the words and agreed: "Yes, yes. Although the Li family army is known as the leader of the generals, it only has 40,000 soldiers under its command. In front of the eldest brother, a minister who commands an army of 600,000 people, how can he dare to do anything?" Secondly, put the military law of Jingtai and the sword of Shangfang into nothingness?"
Seeing that they were getting more and more outrageous, Gao pragmatic waved his hand and interrupted: "Okay, okay, there is an army of 600,000, but it is the emperor's army. What does it have to do with me, a minister? It's not so much that Li Zimao is afraid of me. They are loyal to the emperor. They obey my orders and obey the emperor's orders. You must remember not to talk nonsense."
"Yes, brother (teacher, uncle) taught you right, we will remember it." Everyone responded quickly. While he was talking, suddenly there was a loud golden sound in front of him.
Ming Jin withdraws his troops?
Ming Jin's power only belongs to the head coach. It is impossible for Gao Pragmatic to order the withdrawal of troops now, so Ming Jin's army can only be the Mongolian army. Everyone looked up and saw that the Mongolian cavalry immediately began to prepare for retreat as soon as they heard the sound of gold behind them.
Retreating is not a retreat, and has always been very particular. It is a technical job, and if it is not done well, it will cause an avalanche-like rout. However, the Mongols are extremely professional in this regard, probably because the Mongols' guerrilla tactics often require constant fighting and retreating, and when opportunities arise, they will attack again and retreat again.
In short, the performance of the Mongols in retreat was not only professional, but also extremely stable. It is rare to hear that the Mongols were defeated until the entire army collapsed, and then they could not even retreat in an orderly manner.
The same is true now. After hearing the golden sound behind them, no one in the Mongolian army looked around blankly, but began to move in unison.
The Mongolian cavalry who were still engaged in the battle rarely used wide-open and wide-open sword swings to force their opponents back, and then reined in their horses and turned around; some of the cavalry behind them who had not been able to join the front-line attack had already begun to retreat, leaving the front to retreat. The comrade made way out of the way, and at the same time, he changed his horse and bow in his hand, and threw it behind him without even looking.
Since it is a projectile, of course it is not to shoot at the comrades, but to shoot over the comrades into the enemy's formation, disrupting the enemy's possible pursuit. On the whole, the retreat of the Mongolian army was not a straight line retreat, but a C shape drawn in two different directions on the left and right wings. The two C characters will eventually form an O character at the Mingjin point, which means the rendezvous is completed. .
Why go around the arc? Although the straight line between the two points is the shortest, facing the Ming army with the advantage of muskets, once the Ming army pushed forward those who had loaded bullets and gunpowder but did not fire and fired a salvo, the Mongolian army would draw a C-shaped trajectory. By retreating you can avoid being spanked directly.
At the same time, the Mongolian army could use Mangu's evil tactics to shoot arrows in reverse, causing damage to the dense gun formation that the Ming army might put up.
However, the Mongolian army understood the Ming army, and the Ming army also understood the Mongolian army. Seeing the Mongolian army retreating like this, the three generals Ye Bangrong, Xu Long, and Pogui who were in charge of the frontline command immediately ordered to wave the orange flag fiercely, asking their troops to be cautious against the enemy and not to pursue easily.
Especially Pinggui, a Mongolian general, even quickly took out a weird horn trumpet and blew it fiercely. When his subordinates heard this, they immediately dispersed. Not only did they not form a dense formation, but they distanced themselves one after another and formed a loose formation like a skirmisher line in later generations.
Sure enough, although most of the retreating Mongolian troops couldn't figure out the reason for the retreat, almost everyone acted like a conditioned reflex. After retreating to a suitable distance, they began to do something bad, twist their bows and arrows, and reflexively shoot.
Fortunately, the Ming army and the Mongols were old rivals for two hundred years. Instead of pursuing them, they stopped and concentrated on dealing with the incoming cold arrows. As the two sides retreated and stopped, the battle line was quickly drawn apart.
At this time, cold sweat had already broken out on Burihatu's forehead. Although the retreat of the Mongolian army was perfect, Li Rusong's advance was too fast. What the Mongolian army should do next was already the number one decision he had to make as soon as possible. Big deal.
Turning his head and looking at Buyan Huang Taiji who was about to arrive at the battlefield, Buyan Hatu was so anxious that his mouth was bubbling, his eyes were red and his eyes were flying. He glanced at Li Rusong's department to the left and Buyan Huangtai Ji's department to his right. His mind was racing, and various tactical arrangements were rushed through his mind over and over again. Finally, he sighed in despair and shook his head bitterly.
Burihatu raised his hand, gritted his teeth and ordered: "Call the gold again to withdraw the troops, and Jiuzi Baizhen retreats." Then he added: "Flow the flag to inform Huang Taiji that the Ming army is coming to help. The plan is cancelled, and he is asked to cover the army quickly." Evacuate.”
One of his trusted generals was shocked and advised: "In charge, if our army retreats at this time, the previous losses will be..."
Of course, Burihatu also knew that retreating at this time meant that thousands of battle losses were all wasted, and no benefits were gained at all, but so what? If we don't retreat now and are attacked by Li Rusong's more than 30,000 fresh troops, it's hard to say that the whole army will be wiped out, but at least half of the 20,000 people will be lost. Wouldn't it be even worse then?
It is better to cut off a strong man's wrist than to cut off his head!
Burihatu looked hard and shouted: "The Han people say that if you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about running out of firewood. I have known this truth in Mongolia hundreds of years ago! Now the situation is at stake. If we don't retreat, the green hills will be gone! There will be no more firewood!" If you don’t hurry up and send me my order, I will go and claim it from the Great Khan as soon as you answer the blame!”
The general had no choice but to sigh and take the order. Burihatu himself didn't stay long, reined in his horse and turned around to leave. After walking only three steps, he suddenly stopped again, turned back and took a deep look at the "Mongolian and Yuan Jinglue" banner flying high in the Ming army formation.
There was a trace of indescribable sadness in Burihatu's eyes. He sighed softly and murmured: "Xu Shi seeks immortality, but there is no way to save him. It is not me, Yu Erliang, but the world is hopeless. I Now that we are traveling far away, we must create a new world for Mongolia, and you can wait and see what happens in the Southern Dynasties!"
After saying that, Burihatu suddenly turned around, spurred his horse and shouted: "All warriors, listen up! We have avenged Monan today, and now the reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty are coming. We will send their heads to our necks for the time being. Come back to get it in the future... follow me and retreat!"
Is this statement true or false? He said that he had avenged Monan, probably because the current battle situation was that the Mongolian army was mainly attacking and the Ming army was mainly defending. If we only talk about this situation, it is not nonsense. After all, the Ming army is indeed on the defensive overall.
However, in fact, if we talk about the losses of both sides, the Mongolian army was actually greater. After all, one of his two killer moves was accidentally broken, and the other move was about to be used but was forced to be unable to be used by Li Rusong who happened to arrive. In this case, not only had the Mongolian army suffered more losses than the Ming army, but due to the battlefield situation, the five thousand elites who had previously been killed in the Ming army's rear formation were unlikely to be spared.
To say that the losses were heavy, it was actually not much worse than the time when his father, Xin Ai, and Huang Taiji had beheaded during the Battle of Monan.
However, this time his opponent originally had more troops than him, and with the more than 30,000 to nearly 40,000 elite reinforcements that Li Rusong arrived at this time, the Ming army actually had nearly 70,000 troops, while he had more than 20,000 troops. , it is already very impressive to be able to barely keep the main force from retreating, and it can be called a "crime other than war." It must be said that "Revenge of Monan" was avenged, but it cannot be said to be complete nonsense.
On the other side, Buyan Huang Taiji didn't understand it when he saw the command flag of Bu Rihatu, and was even quite angry. He thought that the army had to risk such huge losses to create such a flag that could defeat the Ming army - especially the Mongolian Yuan army. The opportunity to manage the headquarters—it was unbearable to retreat just because Ming army reinforcements were approaching.
However, when he got closer and found that the big flag in the distance seemed to be the Li Jiajun of Liaodong, Buyan Huang Taiji's mood suddenly sank to the bottom and became cold.
He led his men and horses and rushed out for a certain distance in a daze before being reminded by people around him whether he had to abide by the orders of Burihatu's administration. These words made Buyan Huangtaiji very dissatisfied - no matter how high Buyan Hatu's status is, he can't even talk about giving me orders!
However, at this time, Buyan Huang Taiji had no time to worry about this. He waved his hand reluctantly, pulled the reins of his horse and chased towards the rear of the Mongolian army. Seeing this, his subordinate Bai Ying's bodyguard had no choice but to continue to follow.
However, Buyan Huangtaiji did not pursue Burihatu, but led his men to pass diagonally through the rear formation of the main force of the Mongolian army, and fired a wave of arrows towards the Ming army to prevent the Ming army from pursuing it. Then he continued heading north without stopping, seemingly to intercept Li Rusong's men.
This move was very bold, because the strength of Li Rusong's troops was more than ten times that of his, and as a new force, he would almost be courting death if he went head-to-head with Li Rusong.
Of course, Buyan Huang Taiji does not really intend to challenge the Li family army, that is completely impossible - Li Rusong's department is stronger than the strategic headquarters before the war started, how can Buyan Huang Taiji have that ability! His visit here was just to actually obey Burihatu's order and provide cover for the retreat of the army.
According to Buyan Huang Taiji's thinking, he should still have a speed advantage. If he teases Li Rusong and then leaves, it is not impossible to leave, and he can save some face.
When Li Rusong saw this, he was really furious. The muscles on his dusty face moved slightly, the corners of his mouth drew a cold arc, and a cold light flashed in his eyes. He waved fiercely and immediately shouted: "If you want to die, then I will give it to you." One journey - brothers, follow me to kill the enemy, and whoever defeats me, Mr. Li, will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver!"
There must be a brave man under a heavy reward. Although everyone knows that "defeating Li Li in a formation" is as difficult as climbing to the sky, being rewarded with a thousand taels of silver is no joke. A good horse in this country only costs more than 20 taels of silver. In this era, what is the concept of a thousand taels of silver? Why don't you kill him seven times in and seven out and fight for it with all your strength?
There is always an ideal, but what if it comes true?
However, neither Buyan Huang Taiji nor Li Rusong expected that when they were about to try to see who was more suitable for this battlefield, the cat or the mouse, the main formations of the Ming army and the main formation of the Mongolian army suddenly rang gold at the same time, and there was a sudden sound of gold. The masterpieces are asking them to move closer to the main force.
I don't know if Li Rusong's momentum was too terrifying, but Buyan Huang Taiji first chose to obey the order, and led three thousand Mongolian elite cavalry, mainly Baiying's personal guards, across an arc again and turned away.
Li Rusong was so angry that he cursed loudly, but he couldn't understand what he was cursing over and over again. The close followers around him couldn't hear what he was cursing. In the end, it was Zu Chengxun, a veteran of the Li family army, who persuaded Li Rusong with a few words of advice as an uncle, and finally he was able to coax Li Rusong. He slowly stopped his horse and stopped cursing.
He was panting heavily, looked at the Economic Strategy Headquarters with unkind eyes, and suddenly said "Huh".
Although Zu Chengxun was not young, he seemed to have a sharp eye. He looked at Li Rusong and said "Oh?" in surprise. Then he touched the beard on his chin and said, "It seems that Gao Jinglue still knows how to measure." , the young marshal came all the way to save him. Although he did not know why he did not allow the young marshal to pursue the Mongolian army, he was at least willing to hand over the two to three thousand remaining enemies of the rear army to the young marshal. Finally, it was not in vain for us to rush all the way. .”
Li Rusong's anger subsided, he rolled his eyes, and said in a low voice: "It doesn't matter how much it is, just take the credit first and then worry about it - besides, maybe these guys in the management headquarters are not doing their job and have no energy left to deal with it." Where is the enemy?"
He suddenly raised the sword in his hand and shouted: "There is an order from the scripture platform, let us wipe out the remaining Tartar enemies! Brothers, follow me to behead the soldiers!"
The generals of the Liaodong Army under his command were all devastated by the loss of the silver reward when they saw that the pursuit was unsuccessful. Now they immediately became excited when they heard this. However, no matter why Gao Jinglue was so kind, he actually gave them such a good deal. Not to mention everyone cheering.
Li Rusong didn't say much. As soon as he finished speaking, he rushed over. The Liaodong cavalry behind him followed his young marshal in high spirits to grab the head, and they were very happy.
----------
Thanks to book friends "Cao Mianzi", "dadmant", "Seda Erlang Sanlang" and "klauszx" for their monthly ticket support, thank you!
