The Mongolian army fled in all directions, and the Song army shouted and chased them.
Li Fen pulled the reins of Kuo Duan's horse and ran away. Kuo Duan shouted that he would fight to the death. The generals around him tried to persuade him, "Your Majesty, the army has been defeated. There is a saying among the Han people that if you keep the green hills, you will not be afraid of running out of firewood! Even though we are defeated, It took a while, but after returning, I took a short rest and then went south again! Why is the prince so obsessed with winning or losing?"
Kuo Duan did not resist, but he said: "Li Fen, you are harming me! How can I, the king, face my father when I go back like this?"
Li Fen was furious. His 40,000 elite soldiers were reimbursed in Huainan. How much Mongolian talent had been lost?
Li Fen ignored Kuo Duan and just grabbed the reins and fled north. The generals around him were thinking of escaping back to the north bank and had no intention of persuading him. Kuo Duan found it boring and stopped talking.
They ran for a while, and Kuo Duan saw Li Fen running toward the camp. He knew that he wanted to cross the river from the other side of Lianshui, and he immediately became anxious.
There are indeed boats in the Mongolian camp, but Zhang Rou of Lianshui City failed to cross the river, which shows that the Song Navy must be blocking it on the river.
If they cross the river from Lianshui, they will definitely encounter the Song Navy navy, and they will most likely be dead.
Thinking of this, Kuo Duan's face turned red. He wanted to remind him, but as soon as he reminded him, wouldn't it have been in vain? Didn't it mean that he was actually afraid of death and wanted to escape for a long time?
"Don't run north. The Song Navy is on the river near Lianshui. Go west and find a place for reinforcements to cross the river!" Kuo Duan blushed. He heard the Song soldiers shouting kill behind him, and finally spoke. , reminding Li Fen that he ran in the wrong direction.
Li Fen held the reins of the horse and was stunned when he heard the words. He looked back at Kuoduan, quickly pulled out the reins of the horse and galloped westward along the Huaihe River.
At this time, the Mongolian army was defeated. The reaction of most of the defeated soldiers was to run to the camp and flee to the north. Li Fen shouted all the way, gathered some troops, and headed west together.
The Mongolian troops who ran north rushed back to the camp in a hurry, but the camp was immediately breached by the Song troops who were pursuing them. The defeated troops could only continue to flee north, and soon reached the Huaihe River.
The defeated soldiers found the boats they had used to cross the river, but found that there were densely packed Song army warships on the river.
The Mongolian soldiers who fled here fell into despair instantly.
In front were Dahe and the Song navy, and behind were the ferocious pursuers. The arrogant Mongolian army was instantly in dire straits.
Some of them took the risk of crossing the river by boat, but were directly knocked over by the Song Army's warships on the Huaihe River. Countless people drowned. Some saw that they could not cross the river, so they broke up and fled elsewhere.
For a time, the south bank of the Huaihe River was full of fleeing Mongolian troops and Song soldiers pursuing them.
Those Mongolian soldiers were okay, but the Song army couldn't catch up. The worst thing was that the Li Army's infantry were chased to the sky and had no way to go to the ground. They were killed by the Song army and cried loudly.
"Capture Kuoduan alive!"
"Kuduan, please leave!"
On the battlefield, the Song army shouted for pursuit. Kuo Duan and Li Fen fled all the way, and soon saw a large number of defeated troops in front of them. However, it was Zhang Hongji who saw the defeat of the Mongolian army, led his cavalry, quickly broke away from the Song army, and returned all the way. River crossing location.
At this time, a large number of defeated soldiers crowded on the river, scrambling for the ferry. Li Fen grabbed one with a broad end, used a knife to cut off the defeated soldiers who crowded up, and fled to the south bank by boat.
Not long after they boarded the boat, Wu Xian led his cavalry and rushed to the river. Groups of Mongolian soldiers were driven down the Huaihe River and then washed away by the river.
Li Fen and others got on the boat. They were worried that the navy of the Song Army would come to intercept them, so they all lay on the boat and paddled desperately.
Fortunately, the navy of the Song Army stopped the defeated troops crossing the river in Lianshui. Several people rowed the boat and rushed directly to the beach on the north bank.
Everyone got off the boat with lingering fear. As soon as they landed on the shore, many generals knelt on the ground, looked at the south bank, and burst into tears.
Li Fen finally managed to save some troops after the death of his father Li Quan. This time, he brought in 40,000 people at once, which really made him want to cry.
At this time, when everyone was in grief, they suddenly looked up to the sky and roared at the broad end of the shore.
This made the generals who had just escaped from death look at each other in shock and wonder, "What is happening to the prince? Could it be that he has gone crazy after being hit by this?"
But Kuo Duan suddenly pulled out his scimitar and put it on his neck, giving his subordinates time to react, "How can I, the king, survive such a defeat and survive in this world!"
Li Fen was really tired after seeing this. He had lost 40,000 horses and was really embarrassed to see Jiangdong's elders.
For warlords like Li Fen, the army is mainly composed of relatives, friends and township parties, as well as the people under his rule.
Li Fen lost 40,000 people at once, and he didn't know how to deal with the villagers who were longing for their sons and the return of their husbands.
If Kuo Duan wanted to die and the army was defeated, he could resolutely launch a desperate charge and be overwhelmed by the Song army's crowd, which would not lose its heroism.
He can also jump into the river when crossing the river, which is still tragic.
But you are already ashore and you are still acting here, which makes Li Fen a little unbearable.
Although he knew that Kuo Duan was acting, as a subordinate, Li Fen, a person who really wanted to die, still had to accompany Kuo Duan in acting to give the prince who wanted face a step down.
"My lord, you can't do it!" Several people rushed forward, took the scimitar from Kuoduan's hand, and tried to persuade him with good words.
On the south bank of the Huaihe River, the sun set on half of his face. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, Song Army coach Zhao Fan looked around the battlefield with a smile on his face.
Around him, many generals were dancing with joy, celebrating the Song Dynasty's victory.
At this time, Zhao Kui and Quan Zi were waiting for the generals to ride over. They arrived at the central army and dismounted in front of Zhao Fan.
When Zhao Fan saw the two people approaching, he stepped forward and held one of them by the hand. The three of them looked at each other and were speechless for a moment. They didn't know what to say to express their feelings at this time.
In this battle, the left and right wings withstood the impact of the Mongolian cavalry. The army formation was plowed several times by the Mongolian cavalry, but they kept reorganizing their formation and guarding the flanks of the formation. It can be said that they took the greatest credit.
"My lord! This battle is a great victory! It has greatly increased the military power of our dynasty, and my lord's name will also shock the world!" Quan Zicai was ecstatic.
At this time, Zhao Fan and them looked around the battlefield, looking at the corpses on the ground, and couldn't help but sigh.
This battle brought out the momentum of the Song army, but it was also difficult. The Song army, which had no cavalry advantage, was almost defeated by the Mongolian army.
If it hadn't been for a cavalry force coming from the east, the Song army would have been defeated.
Thinking of this, Zhao Fan couldn't help but feel a little scared. He suddenly asked: "Who is that cavalry? This battle was a complete victory. It can be said that it started from their appearance. If it were not for them, we would not be able to reverse the situation of the battle. I want to Give them credit!”
Zhao Kui and Quan Zi just looked at each other and shook their heads. They were all from Lianghuai, and together each family might have only a thousand cavalry.
The sudden appearance of a thousand cavalry definitely did not belong to the Lianghuai Song Army, and no one had this kind of family background.
Seeing the two men shaking their heads, Zhao Fan felt strange in his heart, "If it's not your troops, then whose troops are they?"
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