Qiming 1158

Chapter 460 They Immediately Go North to Hejian
On the whole, Duan Yi and Xu Ang recaptured Jiaohe County without much effort, except for the difficult battle against Wanyan Benjian's personal soldiers.

It is impossible for the remnants of the Jin Army to successfully defend the city without defense weapons and reserves. Facing the decisive attack of the Restoration Army, they could only retreat step by step, and soon the entire army was wiped out.

Those who were killed were killed, those who surrendered surrendered, and most of the people soon lost their confidence in fighting and chose to give up resistance.

The Restoration Army then closed the city gates and searched for the golden soldiers in the houses in the whole city, so that no one of the golden soldiers escaped.

Only through the post-war interrogation and body identification did Duan Yi and Xu Ang know how much credit they had made and how the battle was on the front line.

To be precise, this battle has been won, the Restoration Army has won a great victory, the main force led by Su Yonglin has defeated the main force of the Jin army, and the Jin army has fled.

This rout army was led by General Jin Guo and the left-leading commander, Wanyan Benji. They had been running away for several days, but ended up trapped in a tight siege here.

The veteran who committed suicide was Wanyan Benjian. This was the result of the identification of a large number of Jin soldiers. When they saw Wanyan Benjian's body, they all knelt down and cried together, offering their last condolences to the only surviving veteran of the Jin Kingdom. .

In addition to Wanyan Benjian, the Restoration Army also killed four generals at the general level, captured two generals at the general manager level, and captured a small number of officials of the Jin court.

After identifying the identity, it is a strict trial.

These pampered guys obviously don't stand up to scrutiny.

Through the mouths of these people, Duan Yi and Xu Ang learned about the details of Su Yonglin's defeat of the Jin Army, as well as information about another remnant of the Jin Army that fled north.

But I have to say that Duan Yi and Xu Ang have no other ideas to think about the remnants of the Golden Army.

The joy of victory alone filled their whole body and mind.

They've won, they've won a hard-earned victory, they've earned this well-deserved victory through valiant battles, and they're on the verge of a full-scale counterattack and glory.

The Restoration Army of the whole city fell into a sea of ​​joy.

Then they decided not to go further south, but instead sent troops to inform the headquarters of the Restoration Army in the south, and escorted the prisoners to the south. They would lead the main force to turn north and choose to go to Hejian City to find out the latest news from the north.

Duan Yi and Xu Ang were keenly aware that after this anti-aggression war was won, the Restoration Army would immediately turn into a strategic offensive.

This is the strategy Su Yonglin proposed before the war.

If the counterattack is won, then the main force of the Restoration Army will immediately enter Yanyun after winning the counterattack, retake Yanyun, retake the Great Wall, establish a complete northern line of defense, and put a lock on their victory.

Then they can breathe a sigh of relief.

This is only a slight sigh of relief, and after a little rectification of the army, it is necessary to launch non-stop attacks on Liaodong, Hedong, Guan and other places, and use this power to completely annex and digest the Jin Kingdom.

Only in this way can we truly gain a firm foothold in the Central Plains, restore China, and ensure that the fruits of their victory are not stolen.

And it is only after they have gained a firm foothold in the entire Central Plains that they can have a real rest, end their long-term fatigue, and have a good rest for a while.

No matter how you look at it, it will be a few years later. If everything goes well, they can get a real rest after a few years.

In contrast, they will have to ride their horses on the battlefield for a long time in the future.

That was a great opportunity to make merit and make his name in history. Duan Yi and Xu Ang, who have a keen sense of war, would not allow themselves to miss this opportunity.

They immediately went north to Hejian.

The two routes of the three fleeing Golden Soldiers have been smashed into the sand, and the last route was personally pursued by Su Yonglin.

Through the report of the tracking cavalry sent by Han Jinggui, Su Yonglin learned that the golden soldiers who escaped first had the most complete equipment and the largest number of soldiers, so he judged that they should be the main force of escape.

If he guessed correctly, Wanyanliang was among the golden soldiers along the way, and the main essence of the fleeing golden army was also there, so Su Yonglin personally led the cavalry to follow him away.

The remaining two routes had to be dealt with, but the troops on hand were insufficient, so he sent people back to the cavalry camp to organize a pursuit force to pursue the north, but he himself had to set off first.

No matter what, we cannot let Wanyan Liang and the golden army center beside him go. Even if the crotch horse is run away, his legs are torn and bloody, he has to catch up with Wanyan Liang and kill Wanyan Liang. .

The fleeing troops led by Wanyan Yiying had maps, guides, adequate food, and a configuration of one person and two horses, which was considered the best match among the three-way fleeing troops.

In the process of escaping, Wanyan Yiying knew that she needed to maintain a certain marching speed, and at the same time, she had to avoid the obstacles of the Restoration Army ahead, and strive to return to Yanyun with zero contact.

This is a technical job. For this reason, Wanyan Yiying arranged for the vanguard and the rear of the army about a day's distance in front of and behind the march, to explore the way and avoid risks for the main force in the middle.

If there is a problem, the front and rear will immediately accelerate to the location of the main force to provide lightning protection information for the main force.

According to such a plan, their marching speed was originally to keep up with the consumption of grain, and it was enough to support their schedule plan for returning to Yanyun, but the problem was that people were not as good as heaven.

As assigned by Wanyan Benjian, Wanyan Yiying not only escaped with the cavalry, but also had to take a large number of court officials to escape.

This part of the court officials did not have enough physical strength to support long-term riding like the elite cavalry. These officials are delicate and pampered, and they are all masters of political struggle in the office. When it comes to the pain of marching, they express that they fully bear it. No.

When heading south, they, like Wanyanliang, traveled by car.

Senior officials also have high-end vehicles, and lower-rank officials also have relatively comfortable vehicles, and when the army goes south, the march speed is only [-] miles a day, and sometimes it is even only [-] miles. There is food, drink, and someone to take care of them. They don’t need them at all. How tired.

But how can there be so much rest time and vehicles for them to use on this escape route?

After about three days of high-intensity marching, Jin Jun arrived at the location of Xinrao'an Town in Cangzhou. Here, those delicate and expensive court officials couldn't stand it any longer, and they all asked for rest, vehicles, and hot water. hot food.

It's not too hypocritical. It's true that people's physiques cannot be generalized. How can these court bureaucrats who have been engaged in office struggles for a long time compete with elite cavalry in physical strength and riding skills?

Riding a horse is also exhausting.

Wanyan Yiying was very angry about this, and cursed at these bureaucrats, making them unable to lift their heads.

But no matter what, they really couldn't hold on and couldn't run.

It is impossible to leave them behind. These people are half of the officials of the imperial court, and they are all officials. If they all die here, Jin Ting will have to be in chaos for at least a year to recover. This responsibility Yan Yiying can't bear.

So Wanyan Yiying could only assign some soldiers with superb riding skills to continue riding with these delicate bureaucrats, and let the bureaucrats hold the bodies of these knights to ride together, so as to relieve fatigue and allow the large army to continue to move forward. .

However, this has put an excessive load on the war horses, making the frequency of changing war horses continue to increase, the fatigue of war horses has increased, and the speed of the journey cannot be slowed down.

After another two days, the rushing team arrived near Yanshan County.

Here, the fatigue level of the soldiers of the Jin Army and the fatigue level of the warhorses have reached a critical value.

Many people caught colds and coughs because of the rain and low temperature, and those who had a high fever could not continue to move forward, especially those officials in the court.

Many horses fell to the ground because of poor physical strength and slippery roads in rainy days. They were injured and had to give up.

The massive consumption of grain and horse feed also threatened the speed of the army's advance.

Although Wanyan Yiying was reluctant to stop, the reality was that he had to stop to rest and continue running, and the entire team would fall apart.

(End of this chapter)