But who would have thought that at this moment, the bodyguard beside him suddenly shouted "Cavalry Army"
When Zuo Liangyu heard this, he thought that another imperial cavalry was chasing him, so he looked north, but he did not see any new cavalry. Only in the very distance, there seemed to be traces of imperial infantry.
"Commander, Marshal, Cavalry Army"
You could hear the fear in the guard's voice. Zuo Liangyu immediately felt something was wrong, turned around and looked in the direction of the guard's finger, and was stunned for a moment.
On the other side of Xinle City, about three miles downstream, I saw the city gate wide open, and groups of cavalry wearing imperial uniforms were emerging from the city gate. The two banners headed by them are "Liu" and "Yuan" respectively.
The cavalry who left the door first began to slowly increase their speed. The cavalry behind them sped up, and after catching up, they speeded up side by side.
When Zuo Liangyu looked up, he could already tell that the cavalry army coming out of Xinle City should be divided into two parts, led by generals Liu and Yuan respectively.
When did Xinle County have a cavalry army, and it was obvious at first glance that they belonged to the elite cavalry army?
Just after having this idea, Zuo Liangyu suddenly remembered it. Previously, the imperial officers and soldiers went out frantically at night to drive away the Tanma on their side. At first, they thought it was the troops under Duke Xingguo trying to steal each other's credit.
Later, all those who were not taken away at night were taken back. I thought that Duke Xingguo was being cautious, so he reduced his troops.
Now it seems that the treacherous boy just wanted to put a cavalry army behind him. This is his real trump card.
When he thought of this, Zuo Liangyu was so angry that he wanted to scold her. How could such a treacherous person come from
However, he did not have the time to curse, and quickly organized the cavalry to cross the river, hoping to block the imperial cavalry that came out of Xinle City.
However, at this time, his cavalry was in chaos. If he had followed the original plan, as he had explained in advance, to fake defeat first and then counterattack, it wouldn't matter if he was in such chaos. However, once the military order needs to be changed and deployment is restarted, it will definitely not be completed in a short time.
Obviously, in such a chaotic situation, it is impossible to resist the impact of the imperial cavalry.
Could it be that this fake defeat is going to turn into a real defeat?
Zuo Liangyu looked at his baggage camp and the main cavalry, his heart was bleeding, and he quickly shouted to Hou Xun who was also stunned, "Quick, blow the trumpet!"
When Hou Xun was shouted out like this, he immediately came to his senses and shouted to the guards around him, "Quick, quick, quick, blow the trumpet!"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuu"
The horn sounded immediately, and the rich sound spread far and wide.
Then, a cavalry army appeared in the distance upstream of the Dasha River. Needless to say, this was Zuo Liangyu's ambush, preparing to rush and kill the imperial officers and soldiers when they were halfway across.
However, it is a pity that this ambush was located far away for fear of being discovered by the imperial officers and soldiers.
As for the imperial cavalry that left the city from Xinle City, all of them had left the city at this time, about two thousand of them. The leading general obviously also saw the rebel cavalry. Not only did he not stop, but he began to speed up under the leadership of the general.
A general took the lead, and naturally his cavalry followed closely. The more than two thousand cavalry were divided into two arrows and shot at the rebels on the south bank of the Dasha River.
Amid the rumble of horse hooves, a deafening cry of "kill" suddenly broke out.
Over at Xinle City, groups of soldiers were still pouring out. However, judging from their attire, they should be composed of local people and government officials.
In normal times, Zuo Liangyu would definitely look down on these strong men and would like them to come out of the city to fight. But at this time, it intensified his panic.
It was obvious that the ambush was too far away and there was no time to stop the imperial cavalry. They were about to be killed, but there was still chaos here, and there were even many cavalry who had just stepped ashore from the river.
The imperial cavalry who were chasing across the river roared after seeing this scene to cheer up the friendly forces on the south bank. The momentum was so great that the rebel soldiers looked here and there in fright, and all of them had pale faces.
"Run!" Who among the rebels shouted, and immediately, many cavalry soldiers began to flee without caring about anything else. If you continue to stay here, you will be hit by that cavalry army and narrowly escape death.
Seeing this, Zuo Liangyu shouted "Retreat" in despair
Then, he immediately shot Ma to flee without any hesitation.
Because Zuo Liangyu knew it very well. If we fight to the death here, we may be able to kill off the imperial officers and soldiers coming out of Xinle City, but there will be no spare power to stop the imperial cavalry coming across the river. And the cost is very high, it is likely to consume all his troops, and he will eventually be defeated.
You know, this cavalry army is Zuo Liangyu's core force. If it is exhausted, Zuo Liangyu will be nothing.
But even if he escaped, he knew that he would definitely suffer heavy losses this time.
The original plan was to use the baggage as bait. If the battle was won, not only would the loss of the baggage not be much, but a large amount would also be captured. It would definitely be a profitable business.
As a result, it was obvious that all the baggage used as bait would fall into the hands of the imperial officers and soldiers.
Not only that, even if he ran away now, his cavalry would definitely suffer a lot.
At this time, Zuo Liangyu could only pray in his heart to bless his cavalry to escape faster and lose less.
On the battlefield, when Zuo Liangyu ran away, Hou Xun naturally followed him without saying a word. As soon as the two of them ran away, all the rebel soldiers ran away.
Viewed from the top of Xinle City, the rebels were like a frying pan on the ferry, running in all directions. Some went south to escape from the imperial army, as far away as possible; and some went north to ambush the rebel army. He ran away, obviously hoping to gain a sense of security from there.
The imperial cavalry coming out of Xinle City, like an arrow from a string, passed through the rebel assembly area without any pause at all. They continued along the Dasha River, chasing after the fleeing rebels and killing them all the way.
The rebel ambush was originally speeding up, but after seeing Zuo Liangyu escaping, it began to slow down slowly. In the end, it actually chased Zuo Liangyu's escape direction and fled.
Zuo Liangyu's false defeat suddenly turned into a real defeat because of the accident in Xinle City
Except for a small part of the imperial cavalry who crossed the river and stayed to guard the captured baggage, the other cavalry followed the direction pursued by the Xinle City cavalry and hunted down Zuo Liangyu who had escaped.
The bustling Dasha River slowly became quiet. Only the corpses floating in the river and more corpses on the south bank proved that there had just been a one-sided fight. Because those corpses were basically those of rebel soldiers.
Near dusk, Zhang Mingwei led the main force of the infantry to the north bank of Dasha River.
At this time, the cavalry chasing Zuo Liangyu's rebels had also returned. When they saw Duke Xingguo arriving, they all came to greet him.
Naturally, there were also the Xinle County magistrate and local squires in the welcoming team.
A great victory that made everyone smile.
At night, Duke Xingguo checked into the Xinle County Yamen. But he didn't rest, he was in a meeting.
All military generals reported their merits one after another.
In this battle, nearly 200,000 Zuo Liangyu's rebels were defeated, killing more than 10,000 enemies and taking about 160,000 prisoners, while the rest fled into the wilderness.
Among them, Zuo Liangyu's core main force, the infantry, was completely surrounded and wiped out, most of the cavalry was destroyed, and only less than two thousand cavalry escaped.
The main credit for eliminating the main force of Zuo Liangyu's infantry was Yuan Shizhong and Zhang Luofu's cavalry, as well as the follow-up infantry of Jin Zhensun.
The main ones who destroyed Zuo Liangyu's cavalry were Liu Jin and Yuan Zhuangfei's cavalry ambushing in Xinle City. They were recharging their energy in the city, and both men and horses were in top condition. Zuo Liangyu's cavalry army fled back from the decisive battle battlefield and was originally exhausted. Although most of them escaped from the Dasha River, they could not escape the pursuit of the cavalry led by Liu Jin and Yuan Zhuangfei.
It's a pity that Zuo Liangyu and Hou Xun were not caught and they ran away.
However, all their baggage was lost, and this defeated army would not be able to accomplish much for a long time.
Each department will report their merits, and the clerk will record it and verify it tomorrow. But just go through the process. This victory is obvious to all and cannot be escaped.
The people present were all smiling and happy.
However, what they didn't expect was that Zhang Mingwei stopped smiling and said to them, "This battle is won. I will repay you and report to the court. However, the summary after the war must be taken seriously. Now, you guys Each of you will tell me your gains and losses in this war."
Upon hearing this, even Zhou Yuji, who had been in battle for a long time, was a little dumbfounded. What is going on? I have never heard of a commander doing this before.
Thinking like this, he suddenly came back to his senses and roughly understood what Duke Xingguo meant. He immediately stepped out of the queue and clasped his fists and replied, "This battle is all thanks to Duke Guo's strategizing, ambushing troops behind the rebels, and winning the battle in one fell swoop."
When the other generals heard this, they were all suddenly enlightened, and they all followed suit, clasping their fists and replying, "Thanks to the Duke of Guo's strategizing, we achieved this great victory in this battle."
Zhang Mingwei was speechless and had to add, "I'm not asking you to flatter me, I'm asking you to summarize your own gains and losses. Everyone has to say it."
There was no way around it. It was my first time to lead an army in a war. As someone who grew up under the red flag, I was naturally most accustomed to learning the things that had the greatest impact. Whether it was before the war or after the war, he was always following the same example.
After these generals have finished summarizing, Zhang Mingwei will also sum up himself. Learn the lessons learned from this war and lay the foundation for winning the next war.
After he emphasized it again, Zhou Yuji and others finally understood what he meant, so they started the summary meeting.
Among them, many people's summaries were false at first, and Zhang Mingwei immediately pointed it out and guided them to summarize again.
In the end, he asked these generals to put themselves in the perspective of Zuo Liangyu's rebels and asked them to talk about how to fight this battle.
The reason for doing this is that Zhang Mingwei feels that if the next enemy he encounters is smarter than Zuo Liangyu, what variables will there be in this battle? Knowing this, he can make improvements next time.
Just like that, Zhou Yuji and others experienced the first time in their lives.
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