Chapter 608: Calculation
PS: Corrected later..................
Cao Liang immediately ordered a retreat, without any love.
Because such a battle itself was a melee, and a melee meant more casualties, after Cao Liang achieved his goal, in order to avoid more losses for the Wei army, he decisively ordered a retreat.
Yunzhong is the base camp of Tuoba Xianbei, the Wei army can sneak attack, but if the momentum is unforgiving, when the Xianbei people come to their senses, they will inevitably launch a crazy counterattack, Cao Liang came to Yunzhong, never thought of annihilating the Xianbei army here, so there is no need to fight to the end with them, retreat has undoubtedly become the wisest choice.
The Wei army quickly retreated, and all the attention of the Xianbei people was on the forage, so they couldn't wait for the retreat of the Wei army, and they didn't care about chasing after it, so they all rushed into the forage field and tried to put out the fire.
The Xianbei soldiers who turned back also rushed to the fire, but at this time the fire could no longer be controlled, the soaring flames engulfed everything, and the entire forage field became a sea of fire, not to mention to fight the fire, even standing a little closer, was about to be roasted.
These Xianbei soldiers could only retreat again and again, standing at a relatively safe distance, looking at the raging fire, unable to do anything.
More Xianbei people flocked here, they originally wanted to come to put out the fire, but when they got closer, they found that no one could save such a big fire, and they could only stand there stupidly, watching the fire turn from prosperity to decline, and then collapse one by one.
It wasn't until after dawn that the fire in the hay yard gradually went out, and the hay yard, which had been piled up like a mountain, was now extremely empty, and the ground was covered with thick ashes and smoke.
This is most of their wintering reserves, and nearly three-quarters of the forage is piled up here, but overnight, it all turns to ashes, and the result is really unacceptable to them.
Without this batch of forage, a large number of livestock will starve to death, that is the ration of the Xianbei people, without rations, how will they live this winter?
Sad, desperate, many people are crying and crying, and they don't want to die.
And the news that the forage field was attacked and burned down was also transmitted to Tuoba Liwei in Jiuyuan for the first time.
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After the three cavalry of the Wei army joined forces, they calmly retreated towards Yanmen Pass.
The Xianbei camp in the clouds was in chaos, and the Xianbei people didn't care about chasing the Wei army at all, and when they really came to their senses and wanted to pursue, the Wei army had already fled far away, and the whip was beyond reach.
This battle was fought very beautifully, the Wei army with the least casualties, in exchange for the most successful results, it is estimated that this fire, burned all the efforts of the Xianbei people in an autumn, this winter, for Tuoba Liwei, I am afraid it is the most difficult, even survival is difficult to guarantee.
Cao Liang believes that not only will the Xianbei people not come to attack again next spring, it is estimated that in the next few years, the state will no longer be disturbed by it, and this blow will definitely be not small for Tuoba Liwei, which is enough for him to slow down for a few years.
Next, it is estimated that the news will soon reach the ears of Tuoba Liwei, and the retreat of the Xianbei people is bound to be carried out in advance.
In previous years, when the Xianbei people retreated, the Wei army did not dare to pursue, but stood silently at the head of the city, watching the Xianbei people leave calmly.
Come if you want to, leave if you want to, it's no wonder that in recent years, Tuoba Liwei seems to regard Jinbei as his own place, advancing and retreating calmly.
However, this year's situation is very different from previous years, Cao Liang will no longer allow them to come and go so unscrupulously, it has been three years, it's time to teach them a lesson, Cao Liang will let them remember, come out to mix, sooner or later they will have to pay back!
Therefore, Cao Liang issued an order to the Wei troops in various places, under the condition of ensuring that the city was safe, to send appropriate troops to encircle, pursue and intercept the retreating Xianbei people, and try to delay the retreat of the Xianbei people as much as possible, and effectively kill and injure the enemy army.
After the order was issued, Yanghu, Du Pre, and Wang Jun led their respective armies out of the city to pursue and intercept the Xianbei people.
In the past few years, they have been surrounded and beaten by the Xianbei people, and they have long held their breath, this kind of battle that is only beaten and does not fight back is indeed extremely aggrieved, but there is no way, Cao Liang requires that the army must be strong and clear, stick to the city, and not fight with the Xianbei people, so even if they have been beaten by the Xianbei people, they have to endure it.
Now that Cao Liang has finally given the order to attack, the men and horses of each battalion are like tigers out of the cage, and they finally have the opportunity to show their strengths, and they are all excited.
Now because each battalion has a large number of village warriors joining, the strength has increased greatly, and it is no longer like in the previous battles that were always overstretched because of insufficient troops, so when the troops were sent to pursue the Xianbei people, the momentum of each battalion was very strong.
However, because these three battalions are infantry, it is very difficult to catch up with the Xianbei people, so Yanghu, Du Pre, and Wang Jun work together, some intercept in the front, some chase in the back, and ambush the Xianbei people in the dangerous places in the mountain, after all, each battalion is equipped with a side van, and they are also afraid of the counterattack of the Xianbei cavalry.
The current Xianbei people have already been in a mess, like arrows, how can they still have the mind to fight with the Wei army, in the face of the Wei army's encirclement and interception, they are just desperately fighting a bloody road, and fleeing in a panic.
After Tuoba Liwei learned that all the forage in the cloud was burned, he was in a hurry, vomited blood, and almost blew up his lungs, in previous years, he retreated gracefully and calmly, but now he didn't care about anything at all, and quickly ordered the whole line to retreat, and didn't dare to stop for a moment.
In the face of the Wei army's front and rear pursuit, Tuoba Liwei also had no intention of fighting, if it was before, he still wished that the Wei army would come to pursue, so that the Xianbei army had a chance to kill back to the horse gun, but now, the nest in the cloud was attacked, and the forage that the Xianbei people relied on to survive was burned out.
There is an interception in front, and there are chasing soldiers in the back, every time they kill a defensive line of the Wei army, the Xianbei people have to pay a lot of casualties, but at this point, Tuoba Liwei can no longer care about the life and death of his subordinates, and he can rush out as much as he wants.
Rushing all the way, breaking through all the way, and escaping to the foot of Yanmen Mountain, the Xianbei army had already suffered heavy losses, and the pass guarded by Cao Liang personally became a nightmare for the Xianbei people.
Tuoba Li fought desperately and bloodily, and this was the only way to reluctantly fight his way out, and he fled to the clouds overnight.