Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 838 0833 [Is it okay to escape to Mongolia? 】

Observing the changes on the battlefield, the reinforcements sent by Li Yanxian did not go to occupy the granary.

Instead, it was divided into two, and one part followed the empty camp to the north to intercept the Jurchen deserters. Some of them went straight west, killing Wanyan Zonghan's back.

Wanyan Zonghan was attacked from the front and back, and there were prairie cavalry coming from both sides.

He did not attack immediately, but took out his binoculars and observed carefully.

Suddenly, he saw that among the Ming troops coming from behind, many had their musket barrels exposed behind their shoulders.

Wanyan Zonghan seemed to have found his target before he died. He raised his spear and said: "The southern thieves' fire rifle soldiers have no chariot formation. Come with me and rush over and annihilate them all!"

The remaining more than 300 Jurchen cavalry charged in the direction of the Ming reinforcements.

The commander of this reinforcement force was Shao Long, who ordered the entire army to dismount and line up. At the same time, he waved a signal flag at Yue Fei to prevent Yue Fei from coming to help, and quickly led the cavalry to pursue the fleeing enemy.

Several of the cavalry officers did not want to leave. They all wanted to capture Wanyan Zonghan and perform meritorious service.

While Wanyan Zonghan was charging, he could only see this side in front of him. Seeing a forest of spears ahead and invincible cavalry protection beside him, he issued a military order in advance.

These mounted infantry do not know how to fight on horseback.

When Wanyan Zonghan came to his senses, he found that all his soldiers were dead and wounded, and the Ming army even dispersed and began to survey the battlefield.

The other two spearmen quickly thrust forward with their spears, and then fired with muskets and crossbows.

With a muffled sound, the spearman's right arm was broken.

A series of bullets and crossbows were fired, and nearly a hundred of Tuhesu's troops were killed. His unit was originally a temporary reorganization with a diverse mix of soldiers, but they were immediately scattered and fled.

They passed by the empty camp, blocked some fleeing enemies, and all dismounted to intercept them.

He could only lead two teams of Jurchen cavalry and rush towards the enemy formation without hesitation. Halfway through the charge, a bullet hit the horse's neck, throwing Wanyan Zonghan away.

Bullets and crossbows were fired in turn, and the Jurchen cavalry who charged head-on fell in large numbers.

The spearmen formed a circle on the outside, squatting and kneeling with their spears raised.

The death of a generation of brave generals was not very glorious. It might have been more heroic if he had died on the road of charge.

Wanyan Zonghan was hit by two bullets, two arrows and a crossbow, and his waist and chest were pressed against by two spears. He immediately fell on his back with eyes wide open.

If it were the Song army that came to fight, chaos would most likely break out at this time. Everyone did not chase the defeated troops, but swarmed to grab the big success.

But when he fell from the horse, he hit his head and was dizzy for a long time, unable to move.

There are more than a thousand spearmen (with secondary weapons of iron bones), more than a thousand crossbowmen (equipped with small shields and waist knives), and a thousand fusiliers (also equipped with waist knives).

The incident happened suddenly, and the nearest spearman was caught off guard. He could only subconsciously raise his arm to block, still holding the second half of the barrel of the spear in his hand.

But the military discipline of the Ming Dynasty was strict. When Yue Fei blew the trumpet, all the cavalry generals led the army and followed him.

Hundreds of unarmored steppe cavalry were the first to catch up with Tu Hesu, pulling their bow strings and shooting freely. Not long after escaping, Tu Hesu was hit by two arrows, and his horse was also hit by an arrow in the butt.

Wanyan Zonghan personally led the troops to bypass, only to find that it was the same no matter which side.

Still following Tu Hesu, there were only more than a hundred soldiers left.

They were hot-headed and accompanied Wanyan Zonghan to death. They were still alive after taking a lot of bullets and crossbows, and suddenly they had a strong desire to live. These guys no longer charge into battle, but pull the reins and turn to run away.

Not only did the musketeers have to shoot from the ground, but even the crossbows had to keep their feet on the ground.

The prairie cavalry did not dare to fight a tough battle with Wanyan Zonghan, and followed Yue Fei to chase the enemy. Those fleeing Jurchen cavalry are much easier to deal with than Wanyan Zonghan!

The soldiers all fled with their respective generals, running in small groups with no clear direction at all.

Fusiliers and crossbowmen mixed together, standing behind the pikemen, forming three concentric circles.

The mixed army led by Shao Long only numbered more than 3,000 people.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The first row of fusiliers also finished loading again and fired at sporadic enemies - the current large open fusiliers could already fire three to four rounds per minute.

Some Jurchen cavalry seemed to have been awakened by the three blows.

Wanyan Zonghan lay on his side pretending to be dead, his cavalry spear missing. After the Ming army approached, Wanyan Zonghan suddenly rose up and struck out with an eight-edged iron rod.

Tu Hesu, whose hands were stained with Han blood, was entangled by the reinforcements led by Zhai Liang.

Because the cavalry formation was very loose, Wanyan Zonghan was not trampled to death by the galloping horses.

That is, a concentric circle array with four layers inside and outside.

After three attacks, out of the one hundred and fifty Jurchen cavalry, less than seventy were still charging. And the formations were all disrupted, with three or five cavalry here and seven or eight cavalry there. It was also disturbed by the bodies of friendly troops that had just fallen, so it naturally slowed down.

……

There were also some Jurchen cavalry who really looked at death and rushed towards the Ming army unswervingly.

Three spearmen came over escorting several crossbowmen and musketeers, and they struck at the Jurchen soldiers who were still able to move along the way.

"Shhhhhhh!"

The crossbow has been re-stringed and fired at the nearby enemy.

But the delay just now caused the war horse to slow down severely. When they rushed to the spear formation, the war horses were unwilling to die. They either raised their hooves to stop in an emergency, or walked around the spear formation.

Only three groups of Jurchen cavalry were seen charging from the front, while four other groups of Jurchen cavalry circled to both sides. He seemed to think that he could break the formation by going around to the side and behind, and the Ming army there would be frightened and unstable.

Although it caused no real damage, it aroused the fierceness of Tuhesu.

This guy actually didn't run away. After slowing down, he turned around and charged with his own soldiers. The prairie cavalry hurriedly swept away to both sides, not daring to engage in close combat with Tu Hesu. They stretched the distance and fired arrows again.

Tu Hesu led his troops in pursuit and killed only a few of the slower ones.

The cavalry and horses under his command became increasingly tired, and some horses were even foaming at the white from exhaustion. After all, they had not had a good rest since midnight yesterday, and the war horses only rested for more than ten minutes during reorganization.

The Ming cavalry side is actually similar.

Only Shi Ziming's nearly a thousand cavalry and Wang Gui's hundreds of cavalry were relatively easy. The former came from Dadingfu City, while the latter was in reserve during the war and did not attack.

Now the two of them are the main ones chasing and killing the fleeing enemies. Even Yue Fei's horse can't run away.

Shi Ziming had already led his troops to deal with a group of defeated enemies. When he learned that there were still Jurchens who dared to fight, he immediately sent out five hundred cavalry to kill them. They were a fresh force and they rushed towards more than a hundred tired enemy troops. It was a completely one-sided battle.

Tu Hesu stopped escaping completely and led his army to charge forward.

However, his horse ran very slowly and he himself was extremely tired. Facing an approaching Ming cavalryman, his firing speed was half a beat slower, and he was knocked off his horse after just one hedging.

He was still trying to struggle to get up, but a Ming army came after him and hit his head with an iron bone flower.

Died suddenly on the spot!

The Song and Liao armies that were defeated by Tu Hesu totaled almost 50,000. The number of soldiers and civilians of all ethnic groups who died directly from his troops ranged from 80,000 to 30,000 to 50,000, and those who died indirectly were not counted.

Such a fierce general died at the hands of two Ming cavalry.

As for Wang Gui, when he was arrayed for the battle just now, he had always led his troops as a reserve team and was resting. He was also sent to meet Li Yanxian's reinforcements, and received orders halfway to go around the front to intercept the fleeing enemies. With the cooperation of the prairie cavalry, Wang Gui's slightly rejuvenated troops achieved amazing results one after another.

While Sha Lizhi was escaping, he was chased by Wang Gui and his troops collapsed. The surrounding prairie cavalry swarmed up.

Wang Gui no longer cared about the defeated troops and went to hunt down Pucha Hu Zhan.

Pu Cha Hu Zhan had previously forced his way into Wang Yan's infantry formation, and his troops suffered heavy losses. Moreover, Wanyan Zonghan used military tactics to cut off a team. With resentment in his heart, morale had dropped to the extreme.

Their horses ran slower and slower. At this critical moment of life and death, the Jurchen soldiers who had been supplemented by Pucha Huzhan in the morning broke away from the troops and fled in both directions. They believed that the Ming army's target was Pucha Huzhan, and as long as they stayed away from that guy, they should not be pursued heavily.

The same is true.

Wang Gui didn't care about the stragglers at all, and led his troops to chase after Pu Cha and Hu Zhan.

After chasing him for three or four miles, Pucha and Hu Zhan felt that they could not escape. His horse was almost reaching its limit. If he continued to escape, he would die sooner or later. It would be better to fight vigorously before dying.

"Blow the trumpet and follow me to fight back!"

The trumpet sounded loudly, but not many people listened to the order.

These elites among the elites of the Jin Kingdom were only slightly inferior to Wanyan Zonghan's personal soldiers. But they have lost their souls. Even though they know it is difficult to escape, they are still unwilling to fight to the death.

Following Pucha Huzhan, who turned around to meet the enemy, there were only a few dozen horsemen and horses who were exhausted.

Pu Cha Hu Zhan didn't want to die in the hands of the soldiers, so he saw Wang Gui's flag and charged.

Wang Gui was a bad guy. When he saw Pu Cha and Hu Zhan rushing towards him, he immediately slowed down his horse and let a few soldiers around him meet the enemy.

Mainly because of guilt.

Luo Ruming was so powerful in cavalry and died at the hands of Pucha Hu Zhan. Wang Gui felt that there was no need to take risks.

Pucha and Hu Zhan had a fierce fight at dawn and killed the Ming army's cavalry general Luo Ruming. He rushed into the infantry formation after dawn, and now he was very tired. Under the gunfire of several soldiers, Wang Gui fell from his horse and died miserably before he could reach Wang Gui.

"Chase, chase!"

Wang Gui shouted excitedly.

Although Pucha Hu Zhan is dead, all the Jurchen soldiers who escaped under his command must be killed today. They are all the best among the best, we must not let them escape!

While Shi Ziming divided his forces to kill Tu Hesu, he led hundreds of cavalry and was chasing Wanyan Zonghan's soldiers.

Those soldiers did not stay with the commander to die, but fled the battlefield together. There were five to six hundred people, and they had been in reserve before. The soldiers and horses were relatively strong, and all the prairie cavalry who intercepted them were killed.

Shi Ziming led his troops to intercept and kill him, but he couldn't stand it anymore and could only continue to pursue and entangle them.

He called back the separated cavalry and continued to pursue and entangle them for a while. When he saw Wang Gui chasing and defeating the enemy in front, he quickly blew the trumpet and called Wang Gui for reinforcements.

Shi Ziming and Wang Gui, together with more than a thousand Ming warriors, paid the price of more than two hundred casualties to kill all Wanyan Zonghan's personal soldiers.

Wanyan Mouyan and Wanyan lived together, but they managed to escape from the battlefield.

All the elites Wanyan Mouyan inherited from his father were wiped out by Pucha Hu Zhan. He and Wanyan lived together, leaving only a group of Jurchen slave soldiers who had been liberated in the early stages, and the remnant soldiers who were gathering along the way.

At the end of the escape, many horses fell to the ground.

They chose to stop and rest, waiting for their horses to recover a little, and then immediately continued to escape at a trot.

The Jurchen soldiers who lost their horses were ruthlessly abandoned by them. If a general or officer's horse died, they would even snatch the soldiers' horses.

If he got hungry on the way, he would kill the war horse that was about to run out of gear to satisfy his hunger.

They first fled to Huihe County, where they replenished their supplies of food and pack horses. After resting for half the night, they continued to flee north.

The officials and miscellaneous defenders in the county vaguely guessed that the front line was defeated, so they also involved Xinruan and ran away. The news quickly spread to Jinyuan County in the southeast, and the officials and defenders of Jinyuan County quickly fled.

Li Bao climbed all the way over the mountains and ridges and rushed to the outside of Jinyuan County. He rested in the mountains until night, planning to make a surprise attack in the dark to seize the city.

After carrying a simple siege ladder and rushing to the top of the city, they found that all the defenders had fled.

Li Bao was confused and asked people to arrest the people in the city for questioning.

The people had different opinions. Some said that Wanyan Zonghan was defeated and died, some said that Wanyan Zonghan fled to the north, and some said that the Ming Emperor was about to arrive with a million troops.

No matter what, Wanyan Zonghan's defeat will definitely be no problem.

Li Bao was depressed. He tried his best to sneak around and attack, but he didn't expect that the battle was over.

"Have a day's rest and leave a few hundred troops to defend the city. The rest of the troops will return the same way they came," Li Bao said, licking his dry and flaky lips. "Xingzhong Mansion still has silver skills, so we can conquer it!"

But Wanyan Mouyan and Wanyan lived together and fled north with the remaining soldiers.

Most of the young grassland tribes along the way were conquered by Wanyan Zonghan. They blackmailed the old, weak, women and children who were left behind, and continued on their way with their livestock. Finally, they arrived at the Mongolian territory before it started to snow.

Hebul Khan did not go south to conquer the Jin, but under the banner of resisting the Jin, he conquered and annexed the surrounding tribes.

He took his sons with him and almost reached the territory of the Jin Kingdom. Just as he was preparing to withdraw his troops, he encountered the remnants of the Jin Kingdom's soldiers who were fleeing north.

Wanyan Mouyan and Wanyan were taken together. When they met, they knelt down and shouted the name of Hebul Khan.

Hebuli Khan was overjoyed and his vanity was greatly satisfied. It was also learned that they had brought hundreds of armored cavalry to surrender, and they quickly had cattle and sheep slaughtered for entertainment.

Both parties were very happy and drunk.

Those hundreds of Jurchen warriors were tired from running around for days. After receiving the hospitality from Mongolia today, everyone put down their guard and fell asleep after drinking wine and eating meat.

At night, the second son brought Atu'er (Yesugei's biological father) and the fourth son to the tent, and together they went to the tent to see Hebul Khan.

Atu'er, the leader of the altar, asked: "Does the Great Khan really want to take in these people?"

Hebulehan said with drunken eyes, "They came all the way, why don't you take them in? Hundreds of Jurchen armored knights can all be used by me."

Hu Tula asked: "If the Ming Emperor knows that we have taken in the remaining Jurchen tribe, how will we deal with it then?"

Hebuli Khan said: "Although I surrender to the Ming Emperor, I am not really afraid of him. If he sends someone to question us, we can just find an excuse to send him away. If the Ming Dynasty sends troops to attack, we will retreat all the way. At worst, we will escape." Go into the mountains and wait until the Ming army runs out of food and supplies, then come out and follow them!"

Hu Tula asked again: "What if the Emperor of Ming Dynasty sent out troops and asked the Kelie tribe to attack from the west? The Ming army is an outsider, and they will have to go back when their food supplies are exhausted. The Kelie tribe is right next to us, and it almost happened last time Fight."

Hebulehan has expanded wildly in the past few years, and this year it even unified the surrounding pastures. Unknowingly, he has become a little drifting.

At this time, being reminded by his son, Hebulehan lost all his alcoholic state in an instant, and was so shocked that he broke out in a cold sweat on his vest.

He stood up and said: "You must gather your troops immediately, not too many, only one or two thousand elites. Go quietly and kill them in their sleep. Leave their horses and armor behind, and chop off all their heads." Send it to Emperor Ming!"

Wanyan and his eldest son were both drunk and sleeping soundly at this moment.

As he got older and slept less, Wanyan suddenly heard a noise while he was sleeping, and subconsciously sat up to touch the weapon.

Several Mongolian soldiers rushed in, held down the father and son, took out a short knife and quickly wiped their necks.

Wanyan Mouyan drank so much that when his throat was cut, he didn't even wake up and went on the road in a daze.

Hebuli Khan was very happy. He picked up hundreds of iron armors for nothing!

Moreover, you can also ask for merit from Emperor Ming, and Emperor Zhu will definitely reward you with cloth and tea.

(End of this chapter)