Chapter 236: Jiannu Withdrawal
The Tengxiang Cavalry Division who arrived at the scene, the 003rd Division could only be described as tragic. At this time, more than half of the officers and soldiers of the 003rd Division were killed, and most of the remaining were injured. Some were briefly bandaged and then continued to fight. Some did not even have time to take any measures.
Such a fierce battle, they survived.
However, the 003 Division's results were extremely brilliant. The number of Jiannu they killed was at least more than 20,000. However, despite the huge price of Jiannu, they still did not chew off the hard bone of the 003 Division, but instead broke down his mouth.
If the tenacious will of the 003rd Division drove Jiannu crazy, then the emergence of the Tengxiang Cavalry Army made the wild boar skin feel deeply fear and frightened.
But driven by fear, the wild boar skin wanted to destroy the Tengxiang cavalry army more than anyone else.
"We cannot let them go, we cannot let them go. This Ming cavalry is too powerful. If these cavalry are more, my country will be destroyed not far from the Jin Dynasty." Wild boar skin realized the most serious problem.
If the strength of the 003rd Division was only the Ming army had the right level in the infantry that was traditionally superior, then the Tengxiang Cavalry Army broke the law that the cavalry did not have the advantage in China's feudal history.
"Father Khan is wise. I believe that the Ming army infantry and cavalry in front of him are the most elite troops of the Ming Dynasty. Such elite troops will definitely be rare. The Ming Dynasty must have invested huge financial resources and energy to form these elite troops. As long as we keep these Ming troops completely, the other troops of the Ming Dynasty will not be enough to worry about." Huang Taiji also agreed with the wild boar skin's idea. Then he analyzed: "Although we have only about 50,000 troops left, it is still OK to destroy these Ming troops."
"Yes. These elite Ming Dynasty soldiers are so powerful that they will never be destroyed for a day, and I, Dajin, will not be at peace for a day." The wild boar skin said with a gloomy face, and then shouted loudly: "Transfer the will of my Khan to destroy these Ming troops with all their strength." Then he gritted his teeth and said heavily: "At any cost!"
"Yes!" Huang Taiji and others received the order.
Wild Boar Skin and Huang Taiji obviously didn't know that the Ming army in front of us were obviously not all the elites of the Ming Dynasty. There were more infantry divisions and cavalry divisions being formed, while infantry formed 14 divisions and cavalry also formed 8 divisions. These elite infantry and cavalry are being formed in batches.
After the Jiannu flags gathered the defeated troops, they soon reorganized an attack like a tide. This kind of wheel-fighting attack is the greatest power of dragging the Ming army into the quagmire. No matter how well-equipped the equipment is, they will have limited physical strength.
Wild Boar Skin still has nearly 50,000 troops in his hands, and it is feasible to forcibly annihilate the Tengxiang Cavalry Army and more than half of the officers and soldiers who died.
Even if the Tengxiang Cavalry Division had just shown strong combat power, so what? The Tengxiang Cavalry Division did not have an advantage in terms of military strength.
Moreover, Jiannu began to dismount a large number of soldiers and turned into infantry, forming infantry formations to attack the Tengxiang Cavalry Army, and at the same time, they used cavalry to first stick to the Tengxiang Cavalry Army.
Infantry with a tight formation is definitely the nemesis of cavalry.
When Jiannu completed these troops and formations, nearly half an hour had passed. The two cavalry divisions of the Tengxiang Cavalry Army were acting as the protection of the 003rd Division. Commander Li Wei calmly watched Jiannu set up troops and formations, just to let his subordinates prepare for combat.
"Old Li, the wild boar skin seems to still have ideas about us." Liang Qingchang looked at Jiannu busy deploying troops and said to Li Wei with a frown.
"They are now anxious and naturally have ideas about us." Li Wei said calmly. Then a playful smile appeared on his face, "I believe that it will be a good show in no time."
"Is it Sun Junmen..." Liang Qingchang asked in a deep thought. Li Wei nodded and smiled, "Yes, Sun Junmen has ordered the main force to encircle Jiannu. The longer the Jiannu spends here, the bigger the fall will fall."
Then he looked up at the sky, and Li Wei touched his chin and said, "From the time point, Jiannu should be about to receive information."
As expected, just as the Wild Boar Skin was about to officially siege and kill the Tengxiang Cavalry Army and the 003rd Division, a shocking news came.
"Report..."
A fast horse ran towards us quickly. The scout of Jiannu Celuo ran to the central army. Seeing the location of the wild boar skin, 100,000 people flew over and dismounted. "Reported to the Khan, there are about 60,000 Ming troops, who are surrounding our army's rear. In addition, there are 40,000 Ming troops coming to our army, which is only twenty miles away from our army."
"What!" The wild boar skin tightened and the chrysanthemums tightened on the spot. The Ming army detoured to their rear, with obvious intentions. What made the wild boar skin even more desperate was that there were 40,000 Ming troops who were reinforcements here.
The intention of annihilation of the Tengxiang Cavalry Army and the 003rd Division was obviously ruthlessly bankrupt.
Wild boar skin and a group of senior Jiannu executives heard the news and their faces changed drastically. A bad feeling surged in their hearts, and followed by a sense of powerless frustration.
"Sweat..."
"Stop talking, withdraw~!" The wild boar skin looked ashen and gritted his teeth: "Let's go back to Liaoyang!"
"Yes, khan."
The military formation that had just been arranged quickly retreated. All the Jiannu soldiers turned over and began to withdraw from the battlefield in an orderly manner.
The wild boar skin and the others knew that something would happen if they didn’t leave.
The Ming army was circumventing their rear. Once the Ming army went around them, they would be attacked from both sides.
Faced with such roundabout encirclement tactics, there are only two options. One is to retreat and eliminate the enemy in the back. The other is to quickly defeat the enemy in the front and then deal with the enemy in the back.
The former plan is obviously a bit problematic. Once the Ming army is pulled into the quagmire of attrition, the Jiannu robber gang led by Wild Boar Skin can't afford it. The latter is even more nonsense. The Ming army's reinforcements are almost here and there is no time to annihilate the Ming army head-on.
The only option is to withdraw from the battlefield before the Ming army successfully encircled the rear and get rid of entanglement with the Ming army.
Jiannu chose to retreat, and soon the initiative on the battlefield was reversed and turned into the Ming army siege and intercepted the main force of Jiannu.
The Tengxiang Cavalry Army immediately put it on like a dog's skin plaster. Even if Jiannu wanted to retreat, he would tear off a layer of skin from them.
Jiannu was unwilling to fight, but the Tengxiang Cavalry Army had to fight after it like this.
If the confrontation is immediately, the Tengxiang Cavalry Army will naturally not be afraid.
Perhaps 100 Ming cavalry can't defeat 100 Jiannu cavalry who are proficient in cavalry and shooting. However, 1,000 Ming cavalry can defeat 1,000 Jiannu cavalry. If there are 10,000 Ming cavalry, you can compete with the Jiannu cavalry several times that of your own.
The more troops the new cavalry has, the greater the space for cooperation.
At this time, the Tengxiang Cavalry Army was not afraid of fighting with Jiannu.
Chapter completed!