She Song

Chapter 148 Ultimatum
The battle in the midfield, no, it should be said that the one-sided killing was coming to an end, and the right-wing cavalry of the imperial army was obviously frightened by such a tragic and inexplicable scene.

Therefore, Zheng Liang seized the opportunity to counterattack, and the infantry advanced. The cavalry inserted diagonally into the opponent's side from the left, forming a pincer attack. When the right-wing imperial army was preparing to escape, they found that the Korean cavalry horses were running faster and faster. He cut through his own queue from behind, then turned his horse's head in front to intercept.

Except for a few who were running around and couldn't be caught, after beheading a hundred cavalrymen, the remaining [-] people were forced to surrender.

The right wing of the commander-in-chief of Yuan [-] had the upper hand in the melee, two on one. Now that the Chinese army was defeated so miserably, the remaining three to four hundred forbidden troops did not want to continue fighting hard. They simply surrendered after hearing that the Korean army treated prisoners preferentially.

Xin Xingzong's heart was as sharp as a knife. The nearly a thousand elite cavalry he had accumulated over ten years of hard work were all lost before he could reach eighty steps. Hundreds of thousands of them were wasted...

He picked up the sword and put it across his neck, and his followers tried desperately to dissuade him, but they were afraid of irritating the family master and did not dare to come up and snatch it.

But Xin Xingzong closed his eyes and refused to take action.

Han Xiaoyao rode forward slowly on his horse, glanced at the other party, and said coldly: "Hurry up and don't delay me in cleaning up Tong Guan. If you can't do it yourself, I will be happy to help!"

At this time, a nephew of the Xin family couldn't stand Han Xiaoyao's ridicule and drew a long knife. Maybe he just wanted to demonstrate and show the integrity of the Xin family.

But Han Xiaoyao's attendant shot him in the throat with an arrow and said sternly: "Anyone who offends the King of Zhenbei will be killed without mercy!"

In an instant, everyone lowered their heads.

The nephew of the Xin family, who was hit by an arrow and fell from his horse, twisted a few times and stopped moving. However, the tragic scene before his death frightened Xin Xingzong, and the sword in his hand slipped weakly to the ground.

Difficult and only death since ancient times!
As Tong Guan's favorite general, Xin Xingzong had amassed a huge amount of wealth in various ways, and he did not want to live a comfortable life. Although he originally wanted to imitate the martyr's bravery, Sen Han's sword light had already made him tremble all over.

Since he did not dare to die, he had no choice but to dismount from his horse, knelt on one knee and said: "Your army is superior in skill. Xin admits defeat and is willing to surrender. Please treat our soldiers kindly!"

"It's boring! Forget it, let them disarm and accept our military control, otherwise it will be regarded as stubborn resistance!"

Han Xiaoyao shook his head, as if it was a pity that Xin Zongxing was not dead.

However, this battle caught Xin Xingzong off guard, completely eliminated Tong Guan's cavalry, and captured nearly [-] horses.

Seeing so many good horses, Zheng Liang looked left and right, as if he had found a treasure.

Han Xiaoyao took out [-] of the newly collected war horses and handed them to Zheng Liang: "Among the whole army, you go and pick the [-] best cavalry and archers, each with two horses, to form the strongest mobile cavalry brigade! I doubt it. , the best cavalry in the Forbidden Army was reserved by Tong Guan for use when escaping, Commander Zheng will have to stop them for me then!"

Riding two horses and rotating the horses during long-distance raids can greatly increase the marching speed and fully utilize the advantages of the cavalry.

"Yes!"

Zheng Liang was overjoyed. This kind of luxurious configuration had never been seen in the Song Dynasty army. Moreover, Han Xiaoyao gave him the power to select elites, which showed that he truly trusted himself.

What's more, when I came back from home and just fought a battle, I was immediately promoted to two levels and became a commander!

Zheng Liang began to carefully select the most elite cavalry brigade. He was born as a cavalryman, and the blood of cavalry flowed in his bones. He could tell that the soldiers were inseparable just by looking at their sitting postures on horses.

At this time, Tu Xiong also crossed the river with more than a thousand soldiers to come for reinforcements.

Excluding the casualties of Korean officers and soldiers, Han Xiaoyao had more than [-] infantry and cavalry troops, and he was finally able to calmly encircle and annihilate Tong Guan's camp.

Contrary to the high morale of the Korean army, the Forbidden Army camp witnessed the disastrous defeat of Xin Xingzong's two thousand cavalry in less than an hour, and already feared that everyone was in danger.

The terrifying lethality of the Korean army's repeated crossbows was also exaggerated by the remnants of the defeated cavalry, which intensified the panic of the officers and soldiers.

Tong Guanze was trembling all over in the tent. He didn't know whether he was angry because Xin Xingzong failed in the decisive battle without authorization, or he was frightened by the unprecedented strength of the Korean army.Either way, facing more than 2000 Korean cavalry, Tong Guan would not leave the camp to fight even if he was killed.

However, in the evening, the news brought back by the few mounted scouts who narrowly escaped death made him slump in his seat.

The [-] infantry troops in Beiqiu Mountain were completely wiped out. An explosion occurred in Tokyo City, which has isolated the city defense. All forbidden troops cannot be mobilized without official gold medals.

After confirming that there were no reinforcements, Tong Guan's face turned pale. Even if he wanted to retreat in the plain area, it would be impossible for him now!
Although he controls the most elite [-] cavalry, and although this place is only more than ten miles away from Tokyo, he will never put himself at risk.

When Tu Xiong and others assembled five catapults, Han Xiaoyao gave Tong Guan an ultimatum.

"Before dusk, if you don't surrender, jump into the river!"

Seeing the huge catapult standing in front of the camp, knowing that the Korean army's general attack was imminent, Tong Guan finally chose to forcefully break through.

He publicly ordered all the infantry soldiers to divide into four groups and fight out from the left and right, but secretly ordered [-] fine cavalry to protect him and escape south after the infantry broke through and attracted the Korean army.

Although Tong Guan mobilized troops in the camp very secretly, Han Xiaoyao had a telescope and could guess Tong Guan's thoughts.

The left and right wings allowed their cavalry to rush and annihilate the infantry of the imperial army. The infantry secretly set up multiple lines of defense on the main road leading to Tokyo City, and at the same time quietly transferred Zheng Liang to the south in advance.

At dusk, the Han army did not receive a reply from Tong Guan, and began to bomb the camp with catapults.

Following Tong Guan's order, the Imperial Army immediately divided into four groups and rushed out of the camp gate, swarming towards the weak points of the Korean army's position like a tide.

Facing the wolf-like and tiger-like Korean army, the Forbidden Forces were unable to fight, but they were adept at escaping. The officers and soldiers scattered everywhere in chaos.

Although Korean infantry held the main road, most of the imperial troops escaped through the gaps.

But, soon, the infantry encountered the most feared cavalry.

But the Forbidden Army's confused and disorderly escape had no hope of success in front of the cavalry.

The Korean light cavalry did not adopt a blocking strategy. Instead, they formed groups of 50 or [-] to [-] people. They urged their war horses to brandish their swords, disrupting the ranks of the Forbidden Army at the front, and then pursued them one after another.

Viewed from the air, the Korean cavalry is like a shepherd dog driving away stray lambs, and like a flexible net, it always wraps up nearly [-] Forbidden Soldiers.

As a result, the entire Nandi battlefield sounded one after another with orders.

"If you disarm and do not kill, the Korean army will give preferential treatment to the prisoners!"

In the chaos, five to six hundred elite cavalrymen from the Forbidden Army camp, surrounded by the Duke of Chu, Tong Guan, and important civil and military officials, rushed out of the camp gate like mice and fled in a hurry to the south.

The vanguard of this cavalry was ordered by the commander-in-chief to clear the passage and create a way out for more than a hundred officials.

Therefore, they killed the Forbidden Army blocking them in front of them even more fiercely than the Korean army. The fleeing infantry were caught off guard and became even more panicked.

After the cavalry left, only heads and bloodstains were left along the way. The Forbidden Army soldiers who luckily escaped the massacre were crying without tears. More soldiers were gnashing their teeth and spitting fire from their eyes...

"Fuck you, with such a court and such a dog-eat-dog officer, we should just surrender to the Korean army and rebel!"

The long-suppressed anger erupted like a volcano.

(End of this chapter)