Chapter 1412: Defeat of the Wei Army
Remember [new] in one second! It has to be said that Xu You's escape ability is still very strong. Just like in real history, after Xu You got his nephew captured, without saying a word, he immediately went south to surrender to Cao Cao and survived.
It was the same this time. He was not optimistic about the upcoming war at all, so he immediately prepared to drag his boss away. Not only that, he also retreated to advance, volunteering to stay and command the troops for Yuan Shao, and prepare for his escape. Road to gain time.
Then, as expected, Yuan Shao refused directly, because he was already feeling guilty for not following Xu You's advice, and now Xu You actually volunteered to cut off the throne for him. This moved Yuan Shao even more, and without saying a word, he handed over the commander of the troops to He left the matter to Feng Ji and took Xu You with him and ran away.
Not only that, Yuan Shao also specifically emphasized to Feng Ji, asking him to resist the Tang army for at least an hour. After an hour, the army can retreat in an orderly manner and retreat to Gaoliu City. If there is a mistake, he will be killed without mercy. Now Feng Ji My claws suddenly became numb.
But the current situation did not allow him to make irresponsible remarks. He advocated sending troops to merge with the state. The purpose was to overpower Xu You again. Who knew, this time he hit the iron plate? If you want to continue to live well, you must listen to Yuan Shao honestly, otherwise, the dissatisfaction in Yuan Shao's eyes just now was evident on his face.
However, it was not that he had no chance. When Yuan Shao left, he did not take away the chariots and chariots, just to not shake the morale of the army. Not only that, only 2,000 of the 10,000 imperial guards were taken away, and there were also famous generals and generals in the Wei army. Their soldiers and horses have not moved yet, these are his support.
It's just that his escape skills seemed to be a little inferior to Xu You. Xu You had already seen how powerful the Tang army was. His two swords and chariot formations probably wouldn't be able to stop the Tang army's cavalry, so he escaped first. , but Fengji was still thinking that he should have no problem resisting the Tang army for an hour, and maybe he could also break up the Tang army's offensive.
Xu You's vision is still very good. Although Yuan Shao repeatedly emphasized to Feng Ji that he was supporting him for an hour, and Feng Ji and the generals of Wei did not cheat, but in the face of absolute strength, everything was in vain. The fire horse formation composed of thousands of horses broke through the Wei army's chariot formation in only half an hour.
Zhang Liao, who followed closely behind, quickly led the Bingzhou wolf cavalry to advance and easily broke through the Wei army's chariot formation. As a result, tens of thousands of Tang army cavalry poured into the Wei army's formation like a flood that burst a dike, overwhelming tens of thousands of Wei army's troops. The formation was shattered into pieces.
At this time, Feng Ji could not care less about Yuan Shao's order to stick to it for an hour, and immediately ordered the Chinese army to begin to evacuate.
Of course, he was not stupid enough to shout and run away. Instead, he used Yuan Shao's order to let several armies take over. However, in the face of the successive attacks of generals Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, and Xu Huang, even Wei Wei Even Wen Chou, the most powerful general in the country, could not resist.
After being injured in the battle with Zhao Yun, Wen Chou had to retreat hastily under the protection of his own soldiers. Once Wen Chou withdrew, the other Wei generals became even more unable to resist.
In less than an hour, one hundred thousand Wei troops were herded and rushed towards Gaoliu City over the mountains and plains. However, Zhao Yun's generals were not critical. Fa Zheng was left behind to lead tens of thousands of ordinary cavalry to clean up the battlefield, while Zhao Yun himself led Zhang Liao and others. A general led tens of thousands of special cavalry to chase Wei's defeated army all the way east.
By the time the cavalry of the Tang Army chased Gaoliu City, Yuan Shao had already entered Gaoliu City, and there were 40,000 infantry in the city. Zhao Yun's generals would not be crazy enough to attack the city with cavalry. Tens of thousands of cavalry were showing off their power under Gaoliu City. After showing off, under Zhao Yun's order, he withdrew his troops and returned to Bingzhou.
It was not until late at night that the battlefield outside Pingcheng completely quieted down. Zhao Yun did not station his Chinese army inside Pingcheng. Instead, he set up a large Chinese army tent outside the city where the Wei army set up their formation. A number of generals from the Tang army guarded Zhao Yun. Under his greeting, they all rushed to the big tent to discuss matters.
After a battle, both the soldiers and the generals were very happy. The big tent in the middle tent was very lively. Zhao Yun did not stop him. He smiled and watched the people in the tent talking about each other while waiting for the arrival of the other generals.
After all the generals arrived, Zhao Yun finally spoke: "Okay, since everyone is here, let's hear today's harvest."
It was rare for Zhao Yun to speak like this. All the generals in the tent were stunned, and then laughed together.
Fa Zheng, the person in charge of the final statistics, listened to Zhao Yun's words and stood up with a smile: "Just as General Zhao said, we have lived up to the king's trust. The soldiers fought bravely to kill the enemy in this battle, and the harvest is still very good. "
"Killed and wounded more than 10,000 Wei troops!"
"We captured more than 40,000 Wei soldiers, more than 30,000 civilians, and more than 10,000 horses!"
"Money, food, supplies, hundreds of thousands of weapons and armor!"
"Beheaded more than ten generals of the Wei Army and above, and captured sixteen Wei generals Gao Gan, Han Fan, and Liang Qi, below the rank of colonel!"
Every time Fazheng said something, the faces of the people in the tent became more happy. When Fazheng finished speaking, the faces of the generals in the tent were all red. How could they not be happy for such a great victory.
Zhao Yun stretched out his hand to stop everyone's noise: "Okay, everyone knows the harvest, but what about the army's losses? Please also ask the military advisor to tell you too."
After listening to Zhao Yun's words, the generals immediately fell silent. Although everyone knew that the losses of their own soldiers and horses should not be large, Fa Zheng's final statistics were still needed to determine the exact extent.
"Although our army's losses are not big, they are not small. The various troops lost more than 5,000 cavalry, which was exchanged after losing more than 6,000 war horses. If it weren't for the loss of more than 6,000 war horses, the loss would be even greater, and most of the losses were concentrated in Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry and Tuo Cavalry, as well as special troops such as Baima Yicong."
"It's the ordinary cavalry, because they basically only undertake some mopping-up battles, so the loss is smaller." At this point, Fa Zheng's voice was a little excited: "However, the good thing is that the more than 6,000 war horses we lost are all ordinary war horses, and the war horses captured from the Wei army this time are basically slightly stronger than the war horses we lost, which can be said to be a profit."
"Hahaha..." The generals laughed again after hearing this.
"Okay, I will write the battle report of this battle with the military advisor later, and send it to Luoyang to be delivered to the king overnight. I believe the king will definitely reward it generously." Zhao Yun said;
Everyone was excited again after hearing this.
"General Zhang Liao!" After everyone calmed down a little, Zhao Yun gave another order;
"General Wei is here!" Zhang Liao stepped out immediately after hearing this;
"The battle here is over, General, you can lead the troops south to join the king. As for the lost soldiers, the general can select them from the army. After the replenishment is completed, all Bingzhou Wolf Riders will be equipped with three of the best war horses and quickly go south to join the king."
"General Wei obeys the order!"
"The rest of the generals will return to their positions according to the prior arrangements. Now the Wei army should not dare to move westward in a short time. In the next period of time, everyone needs to go all out and prepare to deal with the attack of the Xianbei people."
"Yes!" Upon hearing this, the generals stood up together, clasped their fists and responded in unison.