Chapter 991: The Great Retreat

Yulin.

When the lancers led by Chen Hu marched here, the vanguard cavalry of the Northern Di arrived here first.

At the same time, Ma Han, who was in Yulin County, also received the battle situation from Lingwu County.

The cavalry team of the Central Army responsible for conveying the battlefield situation sent him the letter.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the order from Yongcheng also arrived.

General Chang Wei ordered him not to wait for the Central Army, but to attack immediately and defeat the Ashur tribe.

Apparently, the Central Army also sent someone to send Chang Wei the battle situation in Lingwu County.

"Prepare for battle immediately!" After receiving Chang Wei's order, Ma Han no longer hesitated.

During this period, his White Tiger Army and the Ashur tribe fought here every day.

Basically, the soldiers under Ashur charged and were repelled.

This was exactly their predetermined plan, to consume the enemy's troops with defensive advantages.

Now that the main force of the Northern Di in Lingwu County has been defeated, there is no need to continue the cat-and-mouse drama.

He wants to eat up the Ashur tribe in one bite.

At this time, the cavalry responsible for reconnaissance returned, and Ma Han asked, "How many people are there in the vanguard of Mule Hongzhen's army who arrived in advance?"

"General, about 80,000 people." The cavalry replied.

Ma Han nodded.

Mule Hongzhen retreated from Lingwu County, and there were both infantry and cavalry in the army.

Such a cumbersome team could not arrive together.

In order to let Ashur get the news in advance, some cavalry must go first.

"Mule Hongzhen was beaten badly by the Central Army this time, and he could only send out this little cavalry." Ma Han laughed twice.

In front of the Central Army, he was also not angry.

After all, Chang Wei led the royal army to conquer the entire northwest.

So, even if he is now in charge of the White Tiger Army, he is honest in front of the Central Army.

Dianzhang on the side scratched his head and couldn't help but admire it.

Then he said: "General, the Xuanwu Army also participated in the battle of Lingwu County, and will be credited with a merit at that time. We can't be pulled down by them. If we can't beat the Central Army, can we still beat the Xuanwu Army?"

"That's right." Ma Han suddenly came to his senses.

The five armies were all competing with each other, and no one wanted to be worse than the other.

Thinking of this, he rushed to the trench fortifications in the north.

Seeing that the Ashur soldiers in the trench opposite had not yet withdrawn and there was no movement in the camp, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Grabbing the trumpet from the bugle beside him, he puffed up his cheeks and blew the charge.

When he was young, because Ma Han had a good life, he was very interested in various musical instruments.

After the army was restructured, each army had a bugler. He played with the trumpet and mastered the skills.

"Toot... Toot..." The clear and high-pitched trumpet sounded.

The White Tiger Army soldiers lying in the trench were refreshed.

With their muscles tensed, they climbed out of the trench like cats and rushed out.

The counterattack began immediately!

At this moment.

In the camp in the north, Ashur had not recovered from the shock.

He asked Bamudan six times before he could believe the cruel reality with difficulty.

The army led by his brother and nephew was defeated and suffered heavy losses.

The Beidi cavalry gathered around them was less than 100,000, and the infantry was only more than 150,000, with a loss of up to 70%.

"How is it possible? How is it possible?" Ashur murmured, his eyes widened with fear.

"We had hope of victory. According to Negov's strategy, we used cavalry to carry gunpowder barrels and achieved some results, but after a strange firearm appeared on the battlefield, everything changed." Bamudan's face was gloomy.

Thinking of the cavalry slaughtered by strange muskets on the battlefield, he still has lingering fears.

"Weird muskets?" Ashur was puzzled.

Bamudan then explained it again, and he emphasized, "This kind of musket can fire continuously without pausing, and the bullets are really like raindrops."

Ashur suddenly felt a chill when he heard this.

The breech-loading rifles equipped by the Dasong army had already made them suffer enough.

Now, this kind of terrifying musket has appeared again, no wonder even his brother is defeated.

"This time we arrived first, one is to notify you to retreat, and the other is to prevent you from being counterattacked by the Dasong army and unable to cope with it." Bamudan said.

As soon as he finished speaking, his body suddenly trembled.

He heard a familiar and frightening voice.

After listening carefully, he confirmed that this voice was the strange voice when the Dasong army in Lingwu County launched a full-scale counterattack.

Ashur's face also changed. He realized that the gunfire on the battlefield was becoming more and more intense, and the explosion of grenades and the roar of artillery were also increasing.

Rushing out of the tent, he looked towards Yulin.

Just as Bamudan guessed, the Dasong army was launching a full-scale counterattack.

The Dasong army, dressed in dark green uniforms, poured out of the trenches like a tide, constantly covering their trenches.

"King Ashur, you must retreat immediately, it will be too late if you don't leave now." Bamudan said.

"Hey!" Ashur stamped his feet unwillingly, turned away, and issued an order to retreat.

Among the three armies, Mule Hongzhen led the most troops, followed by him.

When he arrived in Yulin, he had 150,000 cavalry and 200,000 infantry.

But after several battles, his infantry suffered heavy losses, only about 120,000 people, and the cavalry also lost more than 20,000 people.

Although he did not adopt the cruel charge method of Negov, he also tried to let the cavalry attack the trenches.

The result was obvious. With so many losses and no results, he stopped using cavalry.

So, his cavalry suffered the least losses.

His order was issued, and the entire camp immediately became busy.

The cavalry mounted their horses, and the infantry organized their formations, preparing to march westward to join Mule Hongzhen's troops.

As for the soldiers in the trenches, Ashur could only abandon them and let them resist the Dasong army for a while to prevent the Dasong army from catching up.

"Boom boom boom..." The war continued.

A large number of cavalry continued to flee from the camp. This scene fell into Ma Han's eyes, and he made the White Tiger Army soldiers charge boldly.

On the contrary, the morale of the Beidi soldiers in the trenches dropped to the extreme after being stunned.

Facing the attack of the Dasong soldiers, they no longer resisted, but only wanted to chase them and evacuate with the army.

So there was a chaotic scene in the trench fortifications of Beidi, with Dasong soldiers chasing and Beidi soldiers running.

Ashur, who was fleeing the battlefield, did not dare to look back at the battlefield.

At that moment, a feeling of anger, humiliation, and helplessness filled his heart.

For more than 200 years, they, Beidi, have always been the attacking party.

And today, they were driven out of the battlefield by the Dasong army.

Not only that, they may not be safe now.

Because when he was fighting in Yulin, he learned that the Beidi cavalry was defeated by the Dasong cavalry.

Where is this cavalry? Now they know nothing.