Both the commander and the flag were killed, which was a devastating blow to a standard feudal army.
Tens of thousands of troops dispersed in a rush, and most of the soldiers were like headless flies, running around.
Occasionally, a Tatar general would try to call on the real Tatar tribesmen to fight back to the death, but they would often be killed first.
The slogans of being defeated, resisting or dying, and surrendering without killing resounded throughout the bloody rainy night.
The final outcome was, of course, a complete victory for the cavalry led by Zhou Bai. When the battlefield was sorted out the next day, more than 20,000 prisoners were stranded and did not dare to escape. They were really frightened.
Our own side suffered no more than 300 losses in battle, killed 5,000 enemies and captured 20,000 prisoners. This was an incredible victory in any era.
Zhou Bai then temporarily reorganized the 20,000 captives, and selected generals who were inclined to him or Dayan to lead the captive army according to the manifestation of luck.
If one person escapes, the whole team will be killed.
Seven hundred cavalrymen pressed down 20,000 prisoners and rushed to Hongdu Mansion without any accidents on the way.
They were really frightened and exhausted their blood and courage, but they did not forget that these Yanqi were not ordinary soldiers.
The next attack on Hongdu Mansion was extremely easy, and it was basically a matter of chance.
By March 5th, the whole government had been restored, and the main force of the 30,000 Yan army led by Lou Jinpeng was just here to take over the territory.
Soon, the miracle of war that Zhu Jun, the governor of Dayan, led thousands of cavalry to defeat 50,000 Tatars in one night spread to the north and south.
This battle was called Daoshan's great victory by Dayan, and was regarded as a great shame by the Tatar dynasty, who vowed to take revenge on Zhu Jun.
In the newly restored areas of the three southwestern provinces, Zhu Jun's reputation has reached its peak. As for Emperor Hong'an, no one in the many supervisory states has mentioned it yet.
All the people of Dayan understand what a horse-riding emperor who can win battles means to them and the hope of rejuvenation.
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Finally, Jiangnan *** could not sit still.
On March 30, Erke ordered the 60,000 Jiangnan Tatar troops stationed in Daoshan Prefecture to launch an attack on Hongdu Prefecture.
Strive to record the miracle of the Daoshan victory created by Li Dingguo and Zhu Jun before they joined forces.
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The Tatar court and the main generals including Erke would not believe a word of these "rumors".
In their view, the reason for the failure that night was just the conflict between Abao and Hetua, and one of them was bribed to rebel.
Even Erke's men immediately found evidence that Hetua had been corrupt and had taken bribes and owned a large amount of unidentified property.
In addition, there were Zhentar generals who fled back to the south of the Yangtze River and claimed that Hetu'a had defected before the battle. Therefore, this loyal first-class military minister was actually labeled as a traitor by his own people, making him the biggest blame for the defeat of Daoshan Mansion.
The 60,000 Tatar troops that launched an attack on Hongdu Prefecture included 40,000 Tatar Han troops and 20,000 Tatar troops. There were no miscellaneous armies of warlords recruited at will. They were all elite troops from the southern capital.
It is no exaggeration to say that before Zhou Bai supervises the country, he can withstand 300,000 Yan troops.
At this time, Jiangyou's troops had not yet completed their reorganization, and the supporting troops from the three southwestern provinces had not yet arrived. It was okay to defend the city, and the military strength was barely enough to use the previously recruited rebels.
But this is equivalent to telling the world that the Yan army still cannot defeat the Tatar army, and the victory of Daoshan is just a fluke.
The psychological advantage that was finally created will be unbalanced again. The Tatars cannot fail, and how can Dayan endure defeat.
The only ones that can be used in field battles are the 30,000 Yulin that Zhou Bai brought from Nanyun.
Uninformed military strategists thought that this amount of troops was far from enough, but for Zhou Bai, this was actually enough.
Indeed, the Daoshan victory almost exhausted the remaining luck in the dragon and tiger stone carvings, but he had already mastered the method of transforming the country's luck into the dragon and tiger energy after obtaining the original dragon and tiger stone carvings.
Being in the position of superintendent of the country is worse than the title of emperor, but with the fate of the Great Yan Canlong, there will be no obstacles in taking part of the country's destiny.
This means that Thirty Thousand Yulin has been practicing Xiantian Kung Fu for nearly a month with the blessing of luck.
Zhou Bai won consecutive battles on the front line, and the status of Chen Zhongbang, the "big steward" appointed by him, also rose with the tide. He was in charge of the rear and organized the logistics power of the three southwest provinces.
The Yulin Army had enough meat, as well as countless herbs scavenged from the mountains, and was finally able to provide 500 Houtian realms, 10,000 body forgings for a great achievement, and 20,000 for a small body forging.
This does not include the full complement of a thousand guardsmen and cavalry. They have a foundation in innate skills, and half of them have broken through to the acquired realm so far.
As the auxiliary star of military commanders, Gao Hu is very compatible with the pattern of Jun, Dragon, Chen, and Tiger. With the luck of the tiger, his martial arts has progressed by leaps and bounds, and he is now the only innate in the world.
Of course, this is also due to the recovery of Dayan's country and the increase in luck.
While the system can maintain basic operation, additional luck can be mobilized to provide targeted blessings to the Yulin Guards.
On April 3, Zhou Bai led 30,000 Yulin and 1,000 Imperial Guard Yanqi to fight against 60,000 Tatars at the border of Hongdu Prefecture.
After all, Great Yan is still too dilapidated, and there are not too many national weapons to directly consume and increase extraordinary combat power. This battle is a real tough battle.
The two armies faced each other, with blood and fire intertwined. The battle lasted for a whole day and night.
After the first battalion leader was dead, the second battalion leader's army formation collapsed, and the vacancy was immediately filled in the follow-up.
But the Tatar army obviously did not expect that the Yan army he faced were all warriors with full energy and blood. Even the elite true Tatars needed many against one.
After one night, the Yan army suffered 3,000 casualties, and the Tatar army was killed by nearly 10,000 Tatar and Han troops, and 5,000 true Tatars were killed.
Under the protection of a thousand imperial guards, Zhou Bai personally held the Yanlong flag and charged back and forth among the enemy formations, as if he was in a deserted land.
The Tatar cavalry tried to stop them, but no matter whether they were 3,000 cavalry or 5,000 cavalry, they all ended up being killed by force.
After going back and forth, by the next day, the morale of both sides was already in the sky and on the ground.
The Yan army was full of strength, and Zhou Bai was very passionate about killing the Tatars. However, in several head-to-head battles, the Tatars were at a disadvantage or even defeated miserably, and their desire to win had long been exhausted.
People all admire the strong and brave. It is such a shame that something that the Tartars have always been proud of has been trampled on by what they consider to be a weakling.
It was impossible to defeat them head-on, so the casualty rate that the Tatar army could withstand dropped again and again until it collapsed.
In the end, the Yan Army won a great victory, but it was more "arduous" than winning the Daoshan victory.
But it was also a hearty victory, a great victory achieved in a head-on battle without any concessions.
Unprecedented in history, nearly 10,000 true Tatars were killed and nearly 10,000 true Tatars were captured. This was a force that subdued them.
Of the 60,000 Tatars, half were captured and killed, and only a few thousand escaped.
On April 7, Daoshan Mansion was successfully captured, and the entire territory of Jiangyou was recovered.
However, Zhou Bai did not stop advancing, he wanted to take advantage of the situation and attack Jiangnan directly.
On the one hand, Li Dingguo led one hundred thousand elites who had caught up from Huguang. This was a strong new force.
On the other hand, after wiping out the 60,000 Tatars, not many of the 300,000 troops that once crossed the river were left.
Yichuan, Huguang, Jiangyou, Lingnan, and Haixi allocated 150,000 troops, and returned to the north to suppress tens of thousands of rebels. There were no more 60,000 troops.
According to worst-case estimates, Erke, who is sitting in the south of the Yangtze River, still has at most 100,000 Tatar troops in his hands.
Most of them are real Tatars, but precisely because they are real Tatars, they cannot afford to die and do not dare to die.
If hundreds of thousands of young people die, it will be a problem for the Tatars to continue the next generation, let alone rule Great Yan.
On April 10, Li Dingguo led his troops to join forces, and Zhou Bai appointed him as the deputy commander of the Eastern Expedition camp, along with Lou Jinpeng.
After Zhou Bai's inspection, he found that Li Dingguo's 100,000 troops were not as good as Yu Lin, but they were indeed elites who had experienced the baptism of war. It was not a problem to use them to deal with miscellaneous armies and even the Tatar and Han armies.
On April 13, grain and grass from Yichuan and Huguang began to be shipped continuously, and logistics were guaranteed.
On April 15, Li Dingguo, as the vanguard, led an army of 30,000 troops and broke into the Jiangnan area.
The south of the Yangtze River was shaken, and the southern capital was shaken. The Tatar court in the north held a court meeting for three consecutive days to discuss matters in the south of the Yangtze River.
Erke has made the intelligence very clear. There are 130,000 enemy troops. Without reinforcements, the prosperous land south of the Yangtze River will never be saved.
Because if 60,000 Tatar elites attack another 30,000, the whole army will be almost wiped out, let alone 130,000.
In fact, there are only two choices, whether to defend or withdraw, and no matter which one you choose, it will be extremely involved.
Defend, then it depends on how many reinforcements are sent. If it is less, Roubaozi beats the dog, but if it is more, the north is not yet stable and needs heavy troops to be stationed.
To withdraw would mean giving up the entire south, and it would no longer be possible to easily obtain wealth and food to fill the broken north.
Of course, the advantage is that it can maintain its combat power and can stably control the river.
There are many plains in the north, which are suitable for cavalry regiments to fight. Even if they fail one after another, the Tatars still believe that they can become the orthodox Northern Dynasty by relying on their cavalry.
Your most powerful guard cavalry only has one thousand cavalry. It can defeat five thousand. How can it defeat fifty thousand?
According to Erke's suggestion, we must withdraw.
Although he didn't understand what changes had occurred within the Yan Army since leaving Tailou Pass, the successive defeats had made him realize the reality.
A good man will not suffer any immediate losses. Jiangnan's military strength is not enough to protect this wealthy treasure land.
The Tatar nobles who have just tasted the sweetness are not willing to give up easily.
While the Tatar court was still debating, Li Dingguo had already conquered seven cities. If Erke hadn't mobilized heavy troops in time to intercept, he might have been able to reach the gates of Nandu with one forward.
On the one hand, Zhou Bai led a 100,000-strong main force as backup, but more importantly, Li Dingguo himself knew how to use troops, with both bravery and wisdom.
On April 25, Lou Jinpeng also led an army of 30,000 men and penetrated the hinterland of Jiangnan, completely cutting off the connection between Nandu and the entire south.
On April 30, Zhou Bai led the main force to support Li
Dingguo, surrounded and annihilated more than 10,000 Tatar troops, and completely opened the southern capital barrier.
On May 5th, 100,000 Yan troops came to the gates of Nandu. After four years, the Great Yan King's division returned to Nandu again.
At this time, there were nearly 100,000 defenders in the southern capital city, but only 10,000 direct lineage of the Tatar army remained.
The good news is that the Tatar emperor's brother Erke is still there, the culprit of several massacres. The bad news is that he has already killed them first, and moved the wealth and the Tatar army northward.
Nandu City has high walls and deep walls, and all kinds of defensive facilities are complete. It is said to be impregnable. If it is attacked by force, many people will die.
The fall of such a fortified city is never due to the inability to defend the city, but to the failure of the people's hearts.
Zhou Bai set up two large camps to attack Nandu and began a long siege.
He did not talk to Erke, and what he threw into the city was not a surrender letter, but a condition to allow other Yan people in the city to survive.
Within five days, anyone who opens the city with Erke's head and surrenders will be made a marquis, and will be rewarded with ten thousand gold as if he were captured alive. No one in the city will be killed if he is forced to join the rebellion.
Within ten days, the person who surrendered in Erke Kaicheng was captured and killed. Feng Bo.
Within twenty days, if the city has not yet been surrendered and the Yan people rebel, they will be treated like true Tatar criminals.
If they do not surrender within a month, on the day the city is broken, all those with swords will be slaughtered.
In the next half month, the Yan army did not launch any offensive, but only divided its troops to pacify various places in the south of the Yangtze River.
Erke had the means, including all kinds of coercion and inducement, and bloody suppression. He simply relied on more than 10,000 Tatar troops to frighten the remaining nearly 100,000 subordinate miscellaneous troops.
During this process, uprisings continued to occur.
Until June 4th, the last day before Zhou Bai's one-month deadline, Erke could no longer control himself, and a shocking massacre overturned his rule.
Erke was assassinated by his attendants, and his head, limbs, and even his flesh and blood were robbed into hundreds of pieces just to claim credit and protect himself.
The gates of the southern capital were opened wide. At this point, Zhou Baiguang recovered half of Great Yan.
And just when he was stationed in Nandu, preparing to proclaim himself emperor and ascend the throne, he finally discovered traces of the intervention of foreign forces.
