Chapter 198 Unexpected Ending
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Lu Fang rushed down the mountain and was not far from the foot of the mountain, so he did not dare to move forward again. The stone cannons shot from the back of the mountain fell like raindrops, and then fell on the ground and rolled around, making people afraid to move forward at all.
Thinking of Xu Ping's words of capturing or killing, and seeing that Xu Ping did not stop the gunner, Lu Fang didn't understand why the soldiers behind him stopped. The crossbowman stepped forward and aimed at Li Fengxiao and his party passing through the rocks, shooting arrows. Other soldiers also had bows and followed the crossbowman to shoot together.
Li Fengxiao was careful in the rocks and did not dare to be distracted at all. He did not know that he had become someone else's target.
After a round of shooting, half of the people fell to the ground. Only then did Li Fengxiao notice the Song army dozens of steps away.
Seeing that the Song army's archer bent his bow and arrow, he was about to shoot again in the second round. Li Fengxiao was determined to hide, but the stone bullets rolled around on the ground and had no place to hide. He just hesitated and had an arrow on his back.
If it were above the battle formation, Li Fengxiao would not be afraid of such an arrow. He would be desperate. When he came out of the valley, he would have a armor apart. Without iron armor, the arrow penetrated into the bones. How could the flesh and blood body resist Li Fengxiao's pain and dizziness.
When the Song army crossbowmen re-opened the strings and the second round of powerful crossbow arrows shot over, Li Fengxiao no longer had the strength to dodge. He was caught in five arrows, and the arrows were penetrated into the bones and slowly fell to the ground.
Lu Fang didn't know the identities of these people, so he just called the crossbowman to shoot arrows until he shot all the people down before he took them back to the top of the mountain to report.
As the stone bullets flew, there was no need to worry that someone would pretend to be dead. If he lie on the ground, he would soon be smashed into meat pies.
At this time, the sun had already passed over the head, and the sunlight was no longer so cruel and unbearable. The heat in the world had not dissipated. In addition, the raging fires burning everywhere outside the valley, Xu Ping stood under the shade of the trees on the top of the mountain and was sweating.
After Lu Fang reported his life, Xu Ping paid attention to the war in the valley.
The Song army had been just a coercion, not going forward to fight, but fired cannons one after another. After more than a dozen cannons, the barrels of the cannon were red. They had to pour one bucket after another to maintain it. There were even two cannons that were unbearable and had an accident that caused a blow-off, and it was still not stopped.
The Jiaozhi army was already in chaos. After Li Fengxiao left, no one organized and commanded it. Headless flies crowded into a mess at the entrance of the valley.
The fire at the entrance of the valley finally gradually became smaller, and the Jiaozhi army, who was forced into a dead end, rushed to escape to the valley. At this time, there were only less than 5,000 people left. The others were either dead or injured. Even the remaining five thousand people, there were only one or two thousand people who had the courage to escape to the valley. The others hid in some corners, threw away the weapons in their hands, and hugged their heads and waited to be captured by the Song army.
Seeing that the remaining Jiaozhi people escaped from the sky, Xu Ping did not order anyone to stop him, but asked his personal soldiers to send orders. The crossbowmen in the valley cooperated with the cavalry to follow the Jiaozhi army and cleared the road out of the valley.
Since the Song army rushed into the military camp, Li Renyi recruited the most elite central army to protect himself. He rode on the horse and chose a high place to look carefully at the entrance of the valley. When Li Fengxiao rushed out, he did not see clearly. The Jiaozhi soldiers in the Bento Valley finally escaped and passed through the Song army's stone cannon isolation belt. In the end, less than a thousand people arrived at the Jiaozhi military camp. Li Renyi still saw clearly.
With this appearance of Jiaozhi army, Li Renyi was sure that Li Fengxiao was no longer there, otherwise it would not be so unruly. As a famous general of Jiaozhi, Li Fengxiao was still impeccable to leading troops.
After sighing in his heart, Li Renyi looked at the military camp full of fire and said to his personal soldiers: "Come into the camp to collect troops. How many people are counted, and immediately withdraw back to the south bank of the Fuliang River. We have already lost here in Liangzhou. Go back early to prepare for defense. Don't let the enemy take advantage of the situation to fight to the city of Shenglong Mansion."
The personal soldiers took Li Renyi's military order and took the order and left.
This time the defeat was too inexplicable. Most of the elite soldiers of Jiaozhi were left here, and the days ahead would be sad. Shenglong Mansion could not be missed, and it would be necessary to transfer troops from other places to defend. It was inevitable that the power of Jiaozhi would shrink. The north and northwest directions were mostly governed by local officials, so they could throw them to Dali and Ailao without any help. The Song Dynasty might also occupy a part. The south was the mortal enemy of Chameng and could not retreat at all. Otherwise, the occupants of the elite area of Jiaozhi were approached by the occupants army, and there would be no chance.
At this time, the war in the valley had ended. Some of the defending Song army infantry cleared the battlefield and contained the surrendered soldiers of Jiaozhi. Some of them seized time to clear the passage out of the valley and pushed the stone bullets all over the ground to the side.
Xu Ping watched as the established army began to break out of the battle in the Jiaozhi military camp in front of the mountain, gathering in the south under the leadership of the officers, and obviously was about to escape, so he frowned.
In this era, the main thing is to fight close to one's own hands and feet. If the Jiaozhi army is determined to run away, it will be difficult to keep them. This is when the cavalry takes its role and use mobility to keep the enemy.
The battle for most of the day was full of fun. Except for the 10,000 Jiaozhi army in the valley, there was no killing or injury outside the valley. Li Renyi could still gather 17,800 people. It was because of these personnel that Li Renyi was not panicked. As long as the handling was done properly, it was possible to defend Fuliangjiang and wait for reinforcements.
The infantry opened up a passage, and Han Daocheng and the cavalry brigade finally left the valley entrance and rushed straight to the Jiaozhi military camp.
Xu Ping took Tan Hu down the mountain, went to a place not far from Jiaozhi Military Camp to find a big tree to stop, and ordered his personal soldiers to find Sang Yi and Zhang Rong who were fighting with the Jiaozhi people in the army.
At this time, the established army in the Jiaozhi military camp had withdrawn, the war gradually subsided, and the Song army began to clean up the remains and clean up the battlefield.
Not long after, Sang Yi and Zhang Rong arrived under the tree and saw Xu Ping with a favor.
Xu Ping said: "How about the war in the military camp? Are our army's casualties serious?"
Sang Yi said: "I'm fine here. I've calculated it roughly and lost a thousand men. The results of the battle can be said very well, and I haven't had time to count them."
Zhang Rong said: "The casualties of the village soldiers are even worse, they should be the same as 1,500 people."
"Above the battle formation, casualties are inevitable, and you can only add a generous pension afterwards. I will not let you die in vain. But that is all the matter in the future. Now that the people of Jiaozhi flee south, if they don't chase it, we will fight in vain. How long will it take to adjust if you can pursue the south?"
Sang Yi and Zhang Rong looked at each other and said in a deep voice: "Of course you have to chase after, but you have to gather people and prepare food and grass. No matter how nervous you are, everything will be ready until midnight."
Xu Ping thought for a while and nodded, "It's midnight. I asked Han Daocheng to lead the cavalry to harasse the Jiaozhi army, and I'll be able to catch up with you. Also, you can make arrangements to let those who want to participate in the pursuit rest in advance and let others prepare for things."
The two agreed.
Xu Ping said again: "We have already won a great victory in this battle. We just do whatever we want to pursue the remaining soldiers of Jiaozhi. Remember not to take risks easily and give Jiaozhi people an opportunity to take advantage of. Liangzhou has been defended, and no matter how unwilling the Jiaozhi people are, there is no soldier to send. You follow the Jiaozhi people, fight if there is a fight, and there is no fighter. There is no need to force them. This battle is originally the case that we defend Liangzhou and win the entire victory, not to destroy the Jiaozhi country. Remember, remember."
A strange look appeared on Sang Yi's face. Looking at Xu Ping, he didn't say anything after all. He said goodbye with Zhang Rong and was ready to go separately.
Seeing the two left, Xu Ping always felt something was wrong, but he couldn't remember it, so he had to shake his head and take Tan Hu back to Liangzhou City first to deal with the matter after the battle.
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