Ninety-Five Battle of the Hutuo River (2)

Wanyan Changzhi continued: "Wanyan Yungong, it was you who didn't know what the soldiers wanted, which led to the defeat of Western Xia, and now you have to entrust others." Poor servants are loyal and loyal to you, and you are loyal to you and do your best, but you have no trust in them at all, and you destroy the city wall, you can't see such a simple plan of discord. is so immoral and incompetent, what qualifications do you have to be the emperor of Dajin again, it's ridiculous. ”

After Yan Changzhi finished saying this, he said it with his inner strength, and every soldier on both sides of the strait could hear it clearly. In the array of Wanyan Chang on the east bank of the Hutuo River, he immediately spontaneously burst into laughter, obviously mocking Wanyan Yungong, he didn't know that he had fallen into the anti-plot, and he was still complacent. On the west bank of the Hutuo River, there was an uproar. Most of the soldiers were originally stubborn for the servant and the servant and the prince, but now after hearing Yan Changzhi's direct truth, they were even more indignant in their hearts, and they were naturally extremely dissatisfied with Wan Yan Yungong. And that's exactly what Hope Looks like.

Wanyan Yungong listened, and couldn't help but feel ashamed and ashamed, and he was ashamed and angry, pointing to the other side of the river, and said sharply: "Kill, kill me across the river, kill Yan Changzhi, kill them all." As he spoke, he urged the horse to cross the river.

Po Sa and Bai Yanjing hurriedly caught up, grabbed the reins of Wan Yan Yungong's war horse, and said, "Your Majesty can't be fooled, Wan Yan Changzhi is provoking Your Majesty, let us take the initiative to cross the river." ”

But Wanyan Yungong has already been carried away by anger now, so he can still manage this, picked up the horsewhip and slashed at the two of them is a few whips, and said: "Let go, let go, I want to kill them and kill them all." ”

And although Shuqi Gaohu said that his intelligence was mediocre, he still understood such a simple truth as Bandu Ke Attack, and he hurriedly glanced at Wan Yanbai, and the two of them also caught up and tried hard to stop it.

At this moment, Wanyan Changzhi on the other side let out another long laugh and said, "Wanyan Yungong, I think you should follow the advice of your subordinates and don't cross the river." If you really have the heart to fight me to the death, let your whole army retreat a mile, and let me lead my army across the river to fight, and then decide the victory. If you don't dare, then you might as well jump into the Hutuo River and drown yourself. ”

The soldiers on the east bank laughed twice when he heard him say something funny.

After Yan Changzhi finished speaking, he didn't use his internal strength to speak, but the few people entangled in the west bank could hear it clearly, and Bai Yanjing hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, have you listened to what Yan Changzhi said, just follow his, let's retreat first, let them cross the river and fight to the death." ”

Poza also said, "Yes! Your Majesty, let them cross the river, and we will surely defeat them while they are halfway crossing. ”

Shuqi Gaohu and Wanyan Baisa also came over to persuade each other, and finally persuaded Wanyan Yungong to suppress the anger in his heart, and said to Wanyan Changzhi: "Wanyan Changzhi, what you said is true, after I withdraw the army, do you dare to cross the river?" ”

Wan Yan Changzhi said with a smile: "The words are what I said, why don't you dare, if you agree, quickly order the withdrawal of the army, don't want your mother-in-law's, like a woman." ”

Wanyan Yungong snorted, ignored the other four, pulled out the war horse, and returned to the main formation. Before he could return to the formation, he waved his shackle and ordered in a loud voice: "Retreat one mile, and the whole army retreat one mile." Retreat quickly. ”

As soon as the herald saw the emperor's angry appearance, he did not dare to slack off, and immediately sounded the horn of the withdrawal of the army. The soldiers in the front row were the closest, and although they didn't understand what was going on, they immediately turned around and retreated when they heard the call to withdraw.

Bai Yanjing and Xiao Sa saw it, but they couldn't help but be shocked, you must know that the most difficult thing to do in the war is to withdraw the army, and if one is not done well, the whole army will be chaotic and the whole line will collapse. And now there are more than 130,000 troops on his side, and it is not easy to command. If you can say that you will advance, and if you say you will retreat, you should retreat, so that the front army should stand still and stick to the front, and the rear army should withdraw first, and the men and horses will go in turn, slowly, and you must not panic at all. What about the ability to retreat with an army of more than 100,000 people?

But now it is too late to stop the army, because the order to withdraw the army has been passed down by the Jing, and the men and horses of the front team have all turned back and retreated, and the rear team has also begun to turn back one after another. Therefore, the two of them were helpless, but it would take at least an hour for Yan Changzhi's men and horses to cross the river and line up, so they could only hope that before the enemy army completed all the river crossings, they would line up in formation. Although it is possible to miss the opportunity to attack half-way, the two sides will have a much better chance of winning in a head-to-head battle.

Wanyan Changzhi watched the enemy army begin to retreat, and was overjoyed, Wanyan Yungong was really fooled, and immediately ordered: "Beat the drums, light the cigarette, and march." ”

"Knock, knock, knock, knock" Dozens of big drums in the army of Wanyan Chang immediately resounded and spread to every corner of the battlefield. Although the formation on the west bank knew that this was the signal for the other party to cross the river, they still couldn't help but look back one after another, and hundreds of war horses were frightened by the sound of drums, and jumped in surprise, and the situation turned chaotic.

Bai Yanjing frowned, looked back, and saw that behind the array of Wanyan Chang, three puffs of wolf smoke rose, heading straight for Yunxiao, but he didn't know what it meant.

At this moment, in the distance on the west bank, there was a sudden rise of smoke and dust, as if countless men and horses had been killed. Shuqi Gaohu, Po Sa, Bai Yanjing and others also saw it, and they were all shocked, Shuqi Gaohu panicked all of a sudden, and said in a trembling voice: "Is it so difficult that Yan Changzhi still set up an ambush behind his back?" ”

Even Wan Yan Yungong, who was bent on a decisive battle with Wan Yan Changzhi just now, was a little at a loss, and said, "What should I do now?" Are we not caught between them and from behind? ”

In the end, Po Sa has been in battle for a long time, and he is not chaotic when he hears the change, and said: "Your Majesty, don't panic, our troops are enough to meet the battle on both sides, and it will take a while to complete the formation of Yan Changzhi crossing the river, I think it will take a while to deal with the men and horses behind first." ”

After hearing this, Yan Yungong felt a little relieved, and said, "Posa, you will lead the army to meet the enemy army behind." ”

Poza agreed, and immediately urged his horse to run to the rear. However, at this time, the formation on the west bank was somewhat chaotic, and the way of Poza was blocked by the retreating soldiers, and he could not reach the rear in a hurry.

At this time, Wanyan returned to the formation, took the bow and arrow from Pu Atong's hand, hung it up, and took the spear from Shi Dingyue's hand, pointed to the west bank and laughed: "Sons of the three armies, you see, Monk Wanyan Chen has launched an attack from behind them, let us kill the river and defeat the enemy." ”

In fact, the dust on the other side was nothing more than a thousand cavalry troops arranged by Wan Yan Changzhi in advance, who crossed the Hutuo River in the dark last night, and ambushed the rear of the enemy's flank, and when the wolf smoke was lit on the east bank, he tied a branch behind the horse's tail, and galloped back and forth behind the enemy's rear, raising dust, and from a distance, it really looked like a large army had been killed. But because they had done enough work before, no one doubted the soldiers of Wanyan Changzhi, and everyone was so high-spirited that they couldn't wait to fly across the river and kill the enemy to make a contribution.

And Shi Dingyue, Pu Atong and others, who knew the inside story, understood that what Wanyan Changzhi said had other preparations, and it turned out that there was such a trick. In this way, at least in the early stages of the engagement, the soldiers could maintain high morale and not be afraid of the enemy's outnumber.

Then, Wan Yan Changyi waved the spear in his hand and said, "Sons, follow me to cross the river and defeat the enemy." So saying, he urged his horse away, and took the lead, leading the way into the Hutuo River.

At this time, Bai Yanjing, who was retreating beside Wan Yan Yungong, had a trace of doubt in his heart, judging from the current situation, it should be Wan Yan Changzhi's signal to call the ambush soldiers, everything is reasonable.

But Bai Yanjing finally had something wrong, if Wanyan Changzhi really set up an ambush in his rear formation, then he should press the front and try to attract his attention, so that the ambush soldiers can kill from behind him, and kill himself by surprise. And now although the array on his side is a little chaotic, but the men and horses have all turned around and turned into a head-on battle against the ambush army, and there is still a certain amount of time to complete the crossing of the river in the big year of Yan Changzhi, in this case, it seems that it is not the most important time for the ambush army to attack. With the ability to use troops with a long face, it seems that such a mistake should not be made. Unless Wanyan Changzhi can take advantage of the fact that he has turned his head now and his attention is also attracted by the ambush army, he can quickly cross the Hutuo River and attack.

But Bai Yanjing knew that it was also impossible. Although the Hutuo River can be crossed by wading, the speed of the men and horses walking in the chest-length river is very slow, and all the men and horses who have completed the face and long have crossed the Hutuo River, and it will take at least half an hour to complete it in the formation. At that time, the retreat and distribution of the self-side side have been completed, and the troops can be calmly divided into two ways to meet the battle.

Thinking of this, Bai Yanjing couldn't help but look back at the east bank of the Hutuo River, only to see that Yan Changzhi's men and horses were divided into three teams and began to cross the river. Most of the cavalry in the vanguard stepped into the river, and the most of them reached the center of the river. Most surprisingly, the deepest part of the river was at best up to the horse's knee, and it was much shallower than originally expected to submerge the horse's back, at most more than two feet deep and less than three feet. Therefore, in such a situation, the enemy crossed the river as fast as on land.

Bai Yanjing couldn't help but be shocked, although he didn't know how the water of the Hutuo River suddenly became shallow, but the situation was also very bad, because at this time, his entire army was retreating, and all the backs were sold to the enemy, once Yan Changzhi crossed the river, he couldn't turn back and resist. Therefore, he suddenly shouted: "It's not good, don't retreat, hurry back to the army to fight." Then he immediately beckoned to the soldiers around him and hurried back to meet the battle.

However, at this time, the men and horses on the west bank were retreating, and the gongs, drums, horns, and other communication and herald things were not around. Without these things, Bai Yanjing just shouted through his throat, and few people could hear it.