Chapter 850: Damage to vitality
Chapter 848: Damage to vitality
Before being surrounded by the coalition forces, the Liang army still had more than 4,500 people.
The sudden ambush and siege directly caused more than half of the Liang army to be caught off guard, but more than 2,000 people still survived.
The remaining two thousand remaining soldiers of Xiliang are undoubtedly the elite among the elite. Although it is not easy to break through, they are more than enough to defend.
Sure enough, the coalition forces attacked fiercely in the last quarter of an hour, which caused great casualties to the Liang army, but did not completely defeat the opponent.
Seeing that it was impossible to do anything, Xue Rengui decisively issued an order to retreat.
"Stop the attack and the entire army retreat."
After Xue Rengui gave the order, the messengers quickly shouted: "General Xue Rengui has an order to stop the attack and the entire army retreat."
"What?"
Some generals under the princes showed incredible expressions. After all, the victory of this battle was close at hand, and it was difficult for them to understand the retreat at this time.
But whether you understand or not, the order is the order, and it must not be violated.
However, it is not easy to withdraw the army when both sides are anxious.
What''s more, some generals actually took out all their troops due to heartache and casualties, which greatly delayed the efficiency of the army''s retreat.
Seeing that the army was retreating so slowly, Xue Rengui stomped his feet on one side and asked quickly: "What the **** are the front army doing? Why don''t he retreat directly according to the order?"
"Report to the generals, the generals of the former army want to avoid casualties, so..."
"These short-sighted guys."
Xue Rengui said gritting his teeth, and as soon as he finished speaking, he saw a spy running over in panic and angrily.
"Report to the general, a large-scale cavalry was found in the west, less than five miles away from our army."
"So fast?" Xue Rengui looked shocked, obviously underestimating the other party''s speed.
For full-speed cavalry, it can reach the Wuli within a moment of time, and the coalition forces obviously cannot withdraw within a quarter of an hour.
The trapped Liang Jun''er realized that reinforcements were about to arrive, so he stopped defending. Instead, he dispatched to join the coalition forces to delay the coalition''s retreat speed.
Seeing that some coalition forces were getting deeper and deeper, and if this continued, it would drag down more people, Xue Rengui made a fuss in his heart and shouted: "No matter what they are, the entire army will retreat immediately, and how much can they escape."
There is another thing that Xue Rengui didn''t dare to say clearly, that is, he sacrificed these people to serve as a custody so that his army can escape smoothly.
Of course, Xue Rengui also wanted to defeat the enemy head-on, but now the enemy is in harmony with the outside world, and his ambush is exhausted after experiencing the war. He has no chance of winning at all, so it is better to give up the small and protect the big one to retreat in time. Moreover, the results they achieved in this battle are already great enough.
After Yang Guang led the army to arrive, he saw that the enemy had not yet retreated. A ferocious smile flashed across his face and shouted, "Flying Bear Army, attack."
"Kill and kill." Among the cavalrymen Yang Guang carried this time, in addition to ordinary cavalry, there were also troops from the first battalion of the Flying Bear Army, a veteran elite Liang army, so he arrived in advance.
The three thousand flying bear army was like a tiger going down the mountain, rushing towards the enemy in front of them fiercely. In an instant, the formation of the coalition forces was torn apart, and then a one-sided massacre.
Jia Fu, Wu Yunzhao and other generals, seeing that Yang Guang finally came, were relieved and hurriedly rode their horses to meet them.
"General Yang, if you come for a quarter of an hour late, you will really not be able to see us." Wu Yunzhao said with a wry smile.
Seeing that almost all the generals were injured, and several of them were even seriously injured and unconscious, it was not difficult for Yang Guang to imagine what a tragic battle they had experienced.
"Everyone, if you can still fight, please follow Guang and kill all these miscellaneous people."
Yang Guang gritted his teeth and then waved his weapons and joined the pursuit.
Seeing this, Jia Fu and other generals could only smile bitterly, then endured the pain, and gritted their teeth and joined in.
Shortly after Xue Rengui led half of his troops to withdraw, he heard a miserable and direct scream from afar behind him. He immediately did not dare to stay and ordered the entire army to retreat quickly.
They have not yet escaped from danger. If the enemy reinforcements catch up, they will be chased away, so it would be better to retreat to the safe area as soon as possible.
Yang Guang led his army to chase after ten miles and ordered that he would not continue to pursue. Wu Yun summoned this and asked in confusion: "Why don''t the general chase? The enemy has been defeated, so we can kill them directly. Can we rescue all the trapped brothers soon?"
"well…"
Yang Guang sighed and explained: "If I had 50,000 cavalry in my hand, I would definitely continue to pursue until the trapped soldiers were rescued. However, our army now only has 10,000 cavalry, while the Kanto Alliance dispatched 100,000 cavalry.
The one who fled was just the ambush of the coalition forces. If they continued to chase after him, once Xue Rengui reacted, he might even be trapped in. ”
The generals couldn''t help but feel silent when they heard this. Yang Guang knew that they could not accept this fact, so he did not continue to say anything. He immediately ordered to the left and right: "Change the battlefield quickly and prepare for retreat."
A quarter of an hour later, the casualties report was counted. The coalition ambush was nearly 3,000 casualties, and the Liang army reinforcements basically did not suffer much casualties. However, only more than 1,000 Western Liang cavalry who fought had survived.
Yang Guang couldn''t help but take a breath. The 50,000 Western Liang Iron Cavalry left Hulao Pass, but when he came back, there were only more than 1,000 people?
This is equivalent to the entire army being wiped out, and the casualties are too heavy, right?
After learning the news, all the Liang army generals were in great pain. After all, although the order to leave the customs was issued by Li Shimin, they also played a urging role in it. How should we convey this to the lord of Chang''an?
It took Dong Zhuo more than 20 years to own a 100,000 Western Liang Iron Cavalry, but more than half of the casualties were killed in the battle. The generals in Liangzhou couldn''t believe Dong Zhuo''s reaction after knowing it.
In addition to the soldiers, the casualties of the Liang army generals were also quite large. Senior generals such as Zhang Gongjin, Gao Shilian, Mai Tiezhang, Yang Yichen, Liang Shitai were directly killed in battle, and veteran Ding Yanping was captured alive by the Qin army.
In addition, the Liang army also lost more than fifty captains, more than 30 side generals, and more than ten miscellaneous generals, which was a serious injury to the vitality.
If it weren''t for the last moment, Yang Guang led the general Wu Yunzhao and other dozens of generals to rescue him, the Liang army would directly lose more than six levels of senior generals.
Yang Guang sighed deeply. The responsibility for defeat this time was too great and he could not afford it. He could only pray in his heart that Li Shimin could survive. After all, except for Li Shimin, there was really no one in the Liang army who was Qin Hao''s opponent, and Yang Guang was also not good at it.
(This chapter ends)