Chapter 512: Retreat to Luming Mountain
"Resist me, I can't retreat!" In the scuffle, Huang Fuyan brandished his spear and stabbed the rushing Wei cavalry to death, shouting as he fought.
Huangfu Yan was not a junior brother on the battlefield, he did not fight many times with the Northern Wei army, only twice, and the scale of the battles was not large, but he had fought many times with Kumoxi and the Khitans, and he had a wealth of experience.
Under the melee between the two armies, once one side can not resist the situation of rout, it will inevitably lead to a total rout, if the enemy takes advantage of the situation to pursue and kill, the fleeing side will inevitably suffer heavy losses, Huang Fuyan is very clear about this situation, because he has led his troops to fight Kumoxi twice when he was defeated, and there are few soldiers left who can escape back in the end.
Under the loud shouts of Huang Fuyan, the Yan generals themselves came out of the city with the mentality of revenge, and their morale was strong, and they stabilized their minds a little, but the situation that was unfavorable to them had been formed, and the Wei army under the leadership of Hua Mulan had formed an overwhelming advantage over the Yan army.
Although the Xianbei generals were arrogant and had loose military discipline, they were extremely fierce when they fought, which was incomparable to the Yan army, and they steadily suppressed the Yan army in terms of momentum.
Hua Mulan didn't know how many people she had killed, she was covered in blood, and the white horse she was riding was stained red with blood.
At this time, Wu Dade with the remaining less than 400 soldiers finally turned around and killed, he and Hua Mulan, the two soldiers and horses, flanked each other so that the morale of the Yan army was discharged, and some people were afraid on the spot, and they turned around and ran, and the Wei soldiers who fought with them immediately chased and killed.
There were people around him who saw their companions fleeing, and in a panic, they also followed the horse and turned around and fled, there were two and three, and the chain reaction appeared, and there was a rout and escape in a small area of the battlefield, the impact of this situation is getting bigger and bigger, and more and more Yan generals are affected, coupled with the desperate pursuit of the Wei army, no matter how Huang Fuyan shouts orders, it doesn't work.
The fleeing cavalry produced a large number of horses' hooves, and the roar of the Wei army in pursuit, all kinds of sounds were mixed together, and the sound of the orders given by Huangfu Yan was drowned out in these noises.
"Kill meβ" Hua Mulan shouted, swinging her knife and slashing over the two Yan cavalry passing by, beating her horse and chasing after the other fleeing Yan troops.
The Yan army finally collapsed completely, and the hysterical Huangfu Yan was coerced by the chaotic soldiers and fled forward, and his own soldiers protected him to the death, fearing that he would be killed by mistake by the chaotic deserters.
The Yan army fled desperately in front, and the Wei army chased desperately under the leadership of Hua Mulan, and the Yan army was constantly caught up and killed, and many people fell off their horses in panic and were captured by the Wei army.
After chasing for several miles, the Yan army suffered heavy losses, and as soon as the Wei army rushed out of the woods, it lost hundreds of people in one face, and a few hundred more in the body, and in the process of being pursued, it lost another number of defeaters, and there were less than six hundred men left in the 1,500 cavalry.
At this moment, a louder sound of horses' hooves came from the direction of Pinggang, and not only the Yan cavalry running in front found it, but even the Wei cavalry chasing in the rear also found it.
Hua Mulan saw billowing smoke and dust rising from the sky a few miles ahead, and at this time there were signs of a large force of cavalry, and she was chasing and killing Yan Jun, while observing with a puzzled face who this group of soldiers and horses was about to appear!
On the horizon, a cavalry finally appeared, waving its flag and showing its banner.
That is the banner of the Yan army, Hua Mulan's face changed when she saw it, where did this come from the Yan army cavalry, look at the scale of at least three or four thousand people.
Hua Mulan didn't have time to think about it, and she didn't have time to analyze where this Yan cavalry came from, she immediately made a decision, raised her big knife and shouted: "The enemy reinforcements have arrived, withdraw with me!" β
After shouting, she turned her horse's head, turned around and galloped to the rear, and the Wei cavalry behind her also turned their horses and turned and retreated.
During the pursuit, the team was too long, and although Mulan turned around and retreated in time, more than 100 cavalry in the rear team were still scattered by the Yan cavalry that rushed over.
The fleeing Huangfu Yan chased after him from both flanks with the only remaining 600 people, and he was still smart, he did not rush towards the reinforcements of Yao Zhao's army when he fled, but scattered to the left and right sides at the critical moment, leaving a passage for Yao Zhao's army to kill the Wei army.
"The last general, the general of Pinggang, Huangfu Yan, pays a visit to General Yao!"
Yao Zhao looked at Huangfu Yan and asked, "Why is General Huangfu so embarrassed, didn't you come out of Pinggang City and defeat the Wei army?" Why did you chase and kill here, but you were killed and fled? β
Huangfu Yan hugged his fists with a look of shame and said: "The last general is ashamed, they have already set up an ambush here, and let a small number of troops go to provoke and insult, arousing the anger of the soldiers, the brothers endured it for two days and couldn't bear it, the prince of the palace let the last general lead the troops to fight, who knew that this was a treacherous plan set up by the Wei army a long time agoΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·"
Yao Zhao said: "For this plan, Hua Mulan, the general of the Wei army, was willing to lose hundreds of soldiers and spent two days to lure you out, which is really enough to look up to you!" From now on, the battle will be taken over by the general, and you must obey the general's command! Hua Mulan, they haven't run far yet, and they have just fought with you, and the loss of combat power is large, so bring your men and horses to pursue with this general, and you can't give them a chance to breathe! β
"Yes!" Huangfu Yan did not hesitate, he was worried that he would be punished by Li Fu of Taishou when he went back, after all, he proposed to go out of the city to attack the Wei army, and now he was ambushed by the Wei army, and only 600 cavalry of 1,500 people remained, and he could not explain to Li Fu.
Under the command of Yao Zhao, he led his 4,000 cavalry, Huangfu Yan's 600 cavalry and 500 infantry, a total of more than 5,100 people, to quickly pursue Mulan's right wing army.
Hua Mulan knew that she could only lead her troops to retreat at this time, after the Yan army came to the cavalry of 4,000 people, the Wei soldiers had suffered serious physical wear and tear after a fierce battle just now, and they no longer had the courage to turn around and go back to fight to the death with the Yan army, and they had to get rid of them when the Yan army caught up.
Some things are well thought out and well planned, but often backfire, Hu Ying, who is in charge of the palace, sent someone to send a horse to report: "General, the Yan army brigade has caught up, their speed is very fast, if our army is at this speed, it will be caught up in a moment at most!" β
Hua Mulan's brain was running fast after hearing the report, she didn't know where the Yan cavalry of this suddenly appeared brigade came from, but she knew that if she couldn't get rid of the pursuit of the Yan army, the only way was to find a place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and then send someone to move the rescue soldiers, this is the best way, if you turn around and go back to fight with the Yan army, the only result can only be the annihilation of the whole army, the soldiers have serious physical wear and tear, and their heart is gone, and it makes no difference if they turn around and fight and die.
Thinking of this, she immediately took out the map and looked at it, and soon had a goal, Luming Mountain, which was ten miles away from here.
"Order, brothers, hurry up and follow me!" Mulan shouted at the herald.
The Wei cavalry galloped wildly, and soon arrived at Luming Mountain, under the command of Hua Mu Kan, the Wei cavalry dismounted and climbed up the mountain, the hillside was rugged, and the war horse could not be ridden at all, so it could only lead the horse uphill.
"Hurry up, speed up the mountain, be sure to climb up before the Yan army catches up!" Mulan shouted hello.
For the Wei generals, the most important thing now is to rest, they need time to recover their strength, and the same is true for war horses, as long as there is enough rest time, when they are well rested, they can fight again, Hua Mulan knows that she must buy rest time for them.
Hua Mulan called the military Sima Hu Ying: "Hu Ying, come here!" β
"What does the general command?" Hu Ying walked over and asked.
"You quickly take people to the mountains to check the terrain, send powerful soldiers to control the passages and dangerous places on the mountains, and see if there are any water sources and wild fruits!"
"Yes!" Hu Ying clenched his fists and agreed, and immediately sped up and climbed up the mountain.
Waiting for the Wei army to almost all go up the mountain, Hua Mulan, who was still under the mountain, saw that the vanguard of the Yan army had appeared in sight, she immediately took Hua Hai and other personal soldiers to turn around and climb up the mountain, and went up the mountain before the Yan army arrived.
A Yan army general stopped at the foot of the mountain and instructed the soldiers around him: "Go and report to the general that the Wei army has retreated to Luming Mountain, and the last general has brought people to the bottom of the mountain, and immediately send people to investigate around Luming Mountain to cut off their retreat!" β
"Yes, General!" The soldiers agreed to beat their horses and turned away.
General Yan immediately sent troops to control the traffic arteries around Luming Mountain to prevent Hua Mulan and others from escaping down the mountain.
Hua Mulan came to the mountain with her own soldiers, and the Wei generals were exhausted, especially the hundreds of Wei soldiers who fled back with Wu Dade, one by one collapsed on the ground without any image and gasped for breath, and many wounded were lying on the ground humming and chirping.
The officers stood up when they saw Mulan walking by, and the soldiers saw that the officers stood up, and they couldn't continue to lie down and sit, so they all stood up.
Hua Mulan nodded, pressed her hand, and instructed the officers: "Although you treat the wounds of the wounded, the weather is hot now, and it is easy to become inflamed and suppurated!" β
"Yes, General!"
In this year, if the wound is infected and suppurated, there is a great chance of dying, and if you are lucky, the wound can only survive if it is not infected.
In particular, soldiers and military generals, the wounds wounded on the battlefield are long and deep, and it is difficult to heal, if they are infected and suppurated, there are herbs that can be used in China; In the battlefield of the ancient West, once injured, it could only be held on, and with the sanitary conditions at that time, there were very few people who were not infected, and the mortality rate reached almost more than ninety percent.
Hu Ying greeted Mulan and hugged his fist and said, "General, the last general has sent people to guard all the key roads and dangerous places leading to the mountain. I only found a small puddle three feet square, with water flowing down from the cracks in the rocks, but the flow was too small for so many of us to drink! β