Chapter four hundred and forty-eight wind and snow, horse neighing, grassland blood like sea (nineteen)
After Zhang Ping'an, commander of the Po Slave Army, issued the general attack order, the sound of muskets on the battlefield became even more intense, and the artillery teams of each battalion extended their attack forward under the cover of musket soldiers. In order to coordinate the pursuit of the main general, Zhang Ping'an issued another command order: order Lu Xiangsheng to lead 20,000 cavalry from four front lines, and Xu Zhen was the deputy general to pursue the escaped two Jurchen white flag cavalry. Huang Zhi led all musket soldiers on the Baishuiwa battlefield, and with the cooperation of Zhang Tong, annihilated the remaining enemy troops.
After Zhang Ping'an gave the order, he wanted to follow the charge of his personal military camp as soon as he grabbed the horse's belly. However, Hao Yidao, who came from behind, grabbed the horse's rein. Hao Yidao pulled Zhang Ping'an's rein with his left hand and held the mace in his right hand, and whispered: "Master! There are a lot of stray bullets on the front line, and you are too dangerous to go forward!"
Zhang Ping'an was not too reserved for Hao Yidao's persuasion. His main combat target was the main force of the Korqin Jurgen. If he was killed or injured by stray bullets here, it would be a bit unprofitable. What's more important is that his little brother has not eaten meat yet. If he had a good or bad on the battlefield, he would not know who would be cheaper to the Jiangnan beauty sent by the old fox of the Ming Dynasty! Zhang Dashen, who has always been practical as the premise, will never be a hero in the face of unnecessary dangers. Since there is a capable general in the front line, he, as the commander, can also go back to think about the war in Korqin, so Zhang Ping'an turned his horse and walked back to the main camp as he was good.
Lu Xiangsheng led about 12,000 cavalry to pursue the two white flag cavalry of Jurchen who fled the battlefield. Although Lu Xiangsheng's combat experience was not as good as Hu Ming, Zhang Li and others, he was still aware of the abnormal form of the two white flags escaping from the battlefield. Lu Xiangsheng observed that the two white flag cavalry of Jurchen almost did not retain horsepower when retreating, but ran away from the battlefield. This situation generally did not occur on the cavalry who evacuated in an orderly manner. Anyone who has been on the battlefield knows that it is difficult to win a battle, and it is even more difficult to evacuate the battlefield intact.
Since the two Jurchen white flags have evacuated from the battlefield in a large scale, they should alternately cover and evacuate slowly. Even if they are entangled with the enemy, they only need to leave a small group of troops who are dying. The large army may still evacuate twenty miles quickly and then retreat to the designated location at a constant speed. The most taboo thing for cavalry to retreat is to rush on horseback. Generally, war horses will lose their strength after running fifty miles. This season is the most dangerous moment for retreating cavalry. When the enemy is chasing at a constant speed, it takes only half a day to a day to catch up with the fleeing cavalry.
Lu Xiangsheng thought silently about the journey of the Jurchens to connect with the camp in Qingfeng Mountain. The Baishuipu battlefield was only 360 miles away from Qingfeng Mountain. Even if the Jurchens two white flags ran to the Qingfeng Mountain camp, it would take at least two and a half days. According to the Jurchens, the horses rushed to the Qingfeng Mountain camp. Their war horses were unable to escape again because they were unable to escape again. The pursuit army led by him would only be chased to Qingfeng Mountain within two and a half days to three days, and the Jurchens two white flags had almost no ability to continue to escape.
However, Lu Xiangsheng still knew that abnormality was a demon. While reporting this abnormality to General Zhang, he ordered the scout to capture the Jurchen cavalry who had fallen behind. The next afternoon, Lu Xiangsheng's pursuit army met the scout who came back to report the message to General Zhang's personal guard camp. The scout reported that Zhang Youhe, deputy general of the personal guard camp, had already fought with the enemy in Qingfeng Mountain, but the Jurchens' troops stationed in Qingfeng Mountain camp never left the garrison for thirty miles. On the way back to report the message, they encountered the Jurchens' escaped army, with a population of about 16,000, less than a day away from the pursuit of the Posou Army.
Soon, the scout of the Pou Nu Army arrested five Jurchen cavalry who fell behind, and the intelligence interrogator who followed the army immediately tortured on the battlefield. Although Lu Xiangsheng could not stand the bloody torture process of the torture, he just ignored it. As for the torture result, he still wanted it. However, after torture, the intelligence interrogator who had been tortured by the captives, Lu Xiangsheng was even more confused. All the Jurchen cavalry received the same order from the white flag Beledudu: no horsepower is allowed, and all the soldiers will gather in Qingfengshan camp.
Since he couldn't figure out the intentions of the Jurchen Beledudu, Lu Xiangsheng knew that Du Du must have a backup plan. When Lu Xiangsheng and Zhang Youhe, deputy chief of the personal guard camp, joined forces with Zhang Youhe, Zhang Youhe came to report: The Jurchen escaped cavalry abandoned the horses at the foot of Qingfeng Mountain and all rushed to the top of the mountain camp. After hearing Zhang Youhe's reward, Lu Xiangsheng was shocked. He speculated that the Jurchens must have other support troops, otherwise, how could the military Beiledudu dare to withdraw the entire army to the Jedi of Qingfeng Mountain.
The 20,000 Jurchen army was crowded in the small mountaintop camp, and even drinking water was a big problem. How could they stand by waiting for assistance? Lu Xiangsheng sent two scouts, a team of thousands of scouts, to conduct a comprehensive investigation around Qingfeng Mountain. The scouts of the Po Slave Army sent sixty miles to the Jurchens, but even Mao, who was rescued by Jurchens, did not find out. In addition to seizing more than 20,000 war horses, the pursuing army only captured more than 30 Jurchen cavalry. Seeing that it was getting late, Lu Xiangsheng still ordered the headquarters to pursue the cavalry, form two thousand-man musket formations, and conduct a tentative attack on Qingfeng Mountain.
But the attacking musket team of the Ponu Army was attacked by artillery from Qingfeng Mountain. More than 20 generals were shot from the top of the mountain and plowed out six blood alleys in the formation of the Ponu Army's muskets. How could human flesh and blood resist the high-speed flying artillery shells? Even the brave and fearless Ponu Army was penetrated by live ammunition. The wailing sounded in the Ponu Army's musket formation. The cavalry of the back formation immediately rushed towards the musket formation and took the injured brothers away from the battlefield. The leader of the team did not care about the casualties of the troops and ordered the drummer to continue beating the drums and attack forward.
Zhang Youhe, who was watching the battle outside the military formation, saw the bombardment of Jurchen artillery, which caused great damage to the musket army formation. He rushed to Lu Xiangsheng, who was commanding the central army, and whispered: "Lu Chen, it's not enough for us to fight like this. Anyway, the Jurchen Tatars had no water on the mountain. Can they be surrounded by one to two days first? I will take the guard camp to guard your troops around you."
Lu Xiangsheng also thought what Zhang Youhe said made sense. While ordering the attacking troops to retreat, he ordered the camping on the spot. After giving the order, Lu Xiangsheng raised the whip and pointed it at the east side of Qingfeng Mountain, and asked Zhang Youhe: "Deputy General Zhang, has your personal guard camp investigated the terrain on the east side of Qingfeng Mountain?"
"Reply to Mr. Lu! I personally led people to explore the terrain there. Qingfeng Shandong is rugged in the east, and the steep peaks are not suitable for large army walking. Some people have investigated the traces, but the subordinates believe that if the Jurchen army withdraws from here, there will be no mountain road to march."
Zhang Youhe's answer was very confident. In his opinion, even if the terrain here was the mountain troops of the Po Slave Army, it would not be possible to conduct a large-scale march. In response to Zhang Youhe's answer, Lu Xiangsheng gently stroked his jaw and beard. After thinking for a while, he regretted to inspect the pursuit army camping. He arranged the main force on the west side of Qingfeng Mountain, and asked the personal guard camp to camp in the south, cutting off the Qingfeng mountains and waters. In Lu Xiangsheng's view, this time the Jurchens became Ma Su, and he wanted to be Sima Yi.
The moon was low in the middle of the night, and the three thousand guards of the Pou Nu Army held torches, illuminating the west side of Qingfeng Mountain. The Pou Nu Army rotated the guard troops every two hours, for fear that the Jurchen army would attack at night. One thousand cavalry fired guns loaded with ammunition and were ready to line up to fight the enemy at any time. However, when the light was bright that day, the entire Jurchen barracks did not move at all, as if they were too tired to escape these days and were still sleeping. This was another abnormality. After receiving the scout's report, Lu Xiangsheng immediately realized that the Jurchens had escaped in the dark.
Lu Xiangsheng, who had no sleep all night, immediately ordered the cavalry to attack Qingfeng Mountain. Lu Xiangsheng wore armor and rode out of the camp, and looked up the mountain with a telescope at the foot of Qingfeng Mountain. At this time, the scouts responsible for patrolling the west came to report and found traces of a large army walking across the west. Three thousand cavalry of the Pou Nu Army rushed to the Jurchen camp of Qingfeng Mountain without any obstacles, and saw armor all over the ground, and more than 20 generals who caused casualties to the Pou Nu Army. The Jurchens actually abandoned their armor, and only wore clothes and carried their own weapons, and the entire army retreated without leaving any ground.
Lu Xiangsheng was very guilty of this result. When he was pursuing, Zhang Dashen sent someone to spread a message. Zhang Dashen thought that Qingfeng Mountain Jurchen camp was fraudulent, and hoped that Lu Xiangsheng would pay attention to Qingfeng Mountain Jurchen camp using tricks. When Lu Xiangsheng came to the road where the Jurchen Tartars ran away, he couldn't help but sigh at the cunning of the Jurchen people. The Jurchens walked out a way in a mixed forest without roads, leaving bloody strips on the thorny vines. It seemed that many Jurchen Tartars who were walking on the road were injured, but none of them made a sound.
Although both sides fought to the death, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but feel a little respect in his heart for such a tough opponent. Lu Xiangsheng calculated silently based on the bloodstains. He estimated that the Jurchen had been away for at least two hours. If one of the two mountain troops of the Po Slave Army was here, Lu Xiangsheng would still pursue it. But these soldiers under his command had not been trained in this regard, and since the Jurchens dared to perform such a bold military action, they would definitely not think of a way to deal with the pursuers.
Marshal Zhang has always taught everyone not to pursue the enemy. If Lu Xiangsheng leads his troops into the Jurchen trick, it will seriously destroy the morale of the slave army. Lu Xiangsheng, full of regret, reported the military information to Marshal Zhang, while writing a sincere letter, expressing guilt for not realizing the Jurchen tactics. After packing up and seizing, Lu Xiangsheng led the pursuers back to Baishuipu.
Unlike Lu Xiangsheng's regret, Huang Zhi on the Baishuipu battlefield seemed much more proud. Since the two white flag cavalry of Jurchens fled the battlefield, the will of the Mingzhi troops of the Han army flag were instantly taken away. After the Pou Nu Army defeated the defense line of the Jurchens on both wings, the Mingzhi troops of the Jurchens Han army flag lost protection, and the Han army flag formation was completely exposed to the attack range of the Muskets of the Bou Nu Army. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!