Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 396 Deciding where to go
Li Bao's [-] infantry cavalry were the first to attack. The infantry on horseback divided into two teams and approached the Jin army's cavalry. The blow was extremely sharp.

The Jin army is all elite Jurchen cavalry. They have never been in contact with the Song cavalry. In their eyes, the cavalry and infantry of the Song court are so vulnerable. They will spend a little effort at most. Can defeat Song Jun.

But I didn't expect that the opponent's cavalry dismounted to fight, and continued to advance towards them in small groups. Let's spread out and outflank them!They immediately retreated and remounted the horse, so that you could not get rid of the pursuit and could only start a frontal battle with it.

To put it bluntly, the tactics are a bit rogue, forcing people to give up the mobility of the cavalry, and then give full play to the advantages of stepping, shooting arrow after arrow one by one.

The battle was extremely fierce, and Li Bao was desperate. The [-] Song army fought against the [-] Jin army, and it was still very difficult. It can be seen that this Jin army is definitely the main force of the Jurchen, and there is no water in it.That's right, whoever can cross the river with Brother Yinshu, how can they be a mob army?That is not a strategic detour, but to die.

However, even if the Jin army arrived at the back, even if it was a bluff and could not understand the situation, Wang Xiu was not worried at all, and did not order a full-scale counterattack.If there is anything to worry about, he has already made careful arrangements. The most important task now is to contact more troops to withdraw, and it is not the time to deal with the Jin army.

Because the existence of this Jin army can intensify the panic of the Song army and give them more reasons to withdraw their troops. Everything is to preserve their strength and better implement counterattacks.

Now, even if you win a battle, what can you get?Can stop Nianhan's [-] elite cavalry?Obviously impossible.Even if it can be delayed for a while, what about the inseparable East Army?People are different, they are like a broken bamboo, so drive straight to Kaifeng!The remnants and defeated generals will not get a respite from the reorganization, and will always be passively beaten.

The entire battle situation has deteriorated to the point where it can no longer deteriorate, blindly refusing to give up an inch, constantly consuming vitality, and finally can only step into extinction, taking a step back, it might not be a bright future.Sometimes, people understand this truth, but it is extremely difficult to do it.

Fighting fiercely in the rear, the Song soldiers in each village were panic-stricken, but they all yelled at Miao Song and other Hedong generals. The village was the first to collapse, and the crimes of Miao Song and others were directly confirmed.

All the armies pulled out their camps to move closer to Wang Xiu. They all went around the battlefield and gathered at the rear camp. No one objected to Wang Xiu's decision. It was right to retreat in the face of chaos.

Fortunately for Brother Yinshu, Li Bao didn't attack with all his strength. It should be said that Wang Xiu's established strategy was not to annihilate the cavalry of the Three Thousand Golden Army, but to maximize their role and encourage more generals of the Song Army to gather.

Similarly, he is also unfortunate. Li Bao did not try his best, but humiliated this elite Jurchen army to the extreme. His intentions were obvious. He beat the drum to frighten the Song army, and crossed the river in a detour to disintegrate the fighting spirit. Unexpectedly, the top management of the Song Army changed drastically, the Song Army was effectively restrained, the main force did not panic and collapse, and the commander did not abandon the troops to retreat. The chaotic scene was still maintained.

The rear camp is actually a simple campsite, it couldn't be more simple, it doesn't even have a wall, it just stores food and grass enough for tens of thousands of people, all of which are loaded on carts and can be moved with the army.

When the armies from all walks of life arrived, they all gathered and formed a formation. Everyone formed a group and formed a huge force, which could restore people's confidence. At least there was no need to worry about the sudden attack of the Jin army.

When all the armies gathered one after another, Li Bao didn't want to fight, and gradually left the battlefield, which made Brother Yinshu feel lucky.

As the powerful Song army columns passed by the edge of the battlefield, he was terrified. If these troops formed an encirclement circle, he would not be able to get out of the battle in the tactics of 78 generals like brown sugar, and the result could only be three The Thousand Horse Army was completely wiped out, without any suspense.

However, the sudden retreat of the Song army made him feel very strange. He hurriedly concentrated his troops to regain mobility, and sent a fast horse to report the letter, asking Nianhan to cross the river quickly.

Just as the Jin army was cruising outside, Wang Xiu summoned various generals to discuss. His first sentence was: The Jin army has crossed the river, and our army can no longer rely on the natural moat of the river. We can only retreat to the surrounding capital and wait for an opportunity.

Wang De was the first to seize the rear camp. He immediately said that he would follow Wang Xiu, and his attitude was very firm. Get ahead of them.

Wang Xiu smiled slightly, the captains really cooperated with him, hesitant, but he didn't really want to go to the capital, because the road is very unsafe, but he had to say something, so he said softly: "Everyone is considerate Now that the Dahe line of defense has been lost, it is meaningless for our army to stay here, and the army should quickly retreat to Kaifeng."

This said to the hearts of the people, field battles are useless, they do not have the confidence to fight tens of thousands of cavalry in the field, the only plan for the present is to go to the strong city, defeat is a defeat, but at least they are loyal, and the officials will not blame them for dereliction of duty.Besides, Kaifeng city is high and deep, with sufficient food and grass, which is better than eating cold wind in the wild, but this is only their idea. There are also cities around Gyeonggi, but they must firmly express that they can't hold the river, so they go directly to Kaifeng, no one speaks first go elsewhere.

But Li Bao rolled his eyes at everyone, and said decisively: "No, our army can't march towards Kaifeng without authorization."

"Why?" Wang De rolled his eyes at Li Bao, his tone very dissatisfied.

Li Bao didn't care about Wang De's attitude, nor did he care about everyone's hesitant eyes, and said: "The emperor didn't issue an order to Qin Wang, and my army suddenly appeared in the capital, I'm afraid it wasn't what the emperor wanted. Besides, do you think we can fight again? If you are overtaken by passers-by along the way, I am afraid that the army will disperse."

Everyone took a breath in unison, no, it should be said that Li Bao said what everyone thought of, but no one said it.Well, that's a good point!Everyone doesn't say anything, but they all understand that the soldiers and horses who are exhausted after long battles are extremely afraid of the Jin Army. Although many people want to avenge the hatred of losing their homes, they are still frightened towards the Jin Army in their hearts. It is difficult to fight in the field in this state. survive.

"Could it be that we are going to fight to the death with the captives in Mengzhou?" Wang De said sharply, and he didn't want to rush into a field battle.

"Okay, I have an idea." Seeing that it was almost done, Wang Xiu opened her mouth to close the net.

(End of this chapter)