Chapter 606: The Qin Army's Return (3)
Back in his big tent, Yang Duanhe had just sat down, only to see a guard hurriedly run into the big tent, and said: "Report to the general, the army we sent to transport the baggage was attacked by the cavalry of the Dai Army, and nearly half of the men and horses were killed or wounded, and the heavy grain and grass we brought and the siege equipment were all lost, and they were all burned by the Dai army."
Yang Duanhe was stunned at first, and couldn't help but be taken aback.
It turned out that in the early morning of this day, the army that carried heavy grain and grass to Wang Ben's department and besieged the city set off from the camp, walked for more than three hours in one breath, and walked out of a distance of more than 20 miles. And at this moment, the Dai Jun came out.
The representative army was dispatched by the right army of Fan Yong.
In the battle of Jijing, the Dai army achieved a complete success, and Wang Jian, the general and general of the Qin army, was trapped in the mansion, and when the Dai army broke through the mansion, Wang Jian committed suicide. In the end, more than 15,000 Qin troops were killed in this battle, and more than 4,000 Qin troops were captured, while the Dai army itself only suffered more than 2,500 casualties, and completely controlled Jijing City. In addition, the Qin army also had a large number of grains, grasses, materials, equipment, vehicles, etc. in Jijing City, which naturally became the trophies of the Dai army.
After the successful raid on Jijing, Sima Shang sent a letter to Chen Shi on the one hand, asking him to launch an attack on the Qin army, and at the same time strengthened the garrison in Jijing City, because Sima Shang was also worried that the Qin army might risk taking the risk of retaking Jijing, so he could not be unguarded.
But this time the army raided Jijing, only brought 30,000 troops, or mainly cavalry, the infantry army only had 12,000 infantry, although the cavalry army could also dismount to fight, but after all, it was not advisable to sacrifice the long and use the short. Moreover, after the raid battle, more than 500 people were killed and wounded, so it is still a little difficult to defend a big city like Jijing. So Sima Shang ordered to mobilize the people in Jijing City to assist the army in defending the city.
And this time, the Jinyi guards lurking in Jijing City have a place to use, they hype in the city, Wang Jian has been killed in battle, after the Qin army recaptures Jijing, will slaughter the people of Jijing, revenge for Wang Jian, so only desperately defend Jijing, block the Qin army, can be alive. The people of Jijing were really frightened, and Sima Shang ordered to recruit the people, and also promised a heavy reward, after getting the materials left by the Qin army, now the materials of the army are very rich, and they can also be promised a heavy reward, so the people of Jijing are also very eager to sign up, within two or three days, more than 30,000 young and middle-aged people were recruited to help defend the city, which can temporarily alleviate the difficulty of insufficient manpower.
However, of course, Sima Shang would not blindly garrison in Jijing City, after all, the Dai army brought so many cavalry troops, of course, it could not be wasted in vain. Therefore, Sima Shang ordered two all-cavalry armies to take turns to patrol the city. At this time, Wang Ben led the Qin army to camp in the west of Jijing City, so Sima Shang ordered Fan Yong's right army to insert directly between Wang Ben and Yang Duan and the two armies, cut off the connection between the two armies, and cut off the material exchanges between the two armies.
As a result, the transport team of the Qin army became the first victim, more than 10,000 people, with a large number of baggage materials and siege equipment, of course, it was impossible to hide their whereabouts, so they would soon find out on behalf of the army. So he took advantage of the Qin army's lunch break to kill and launched a surprise attack on the Qin army.
Although the Qin army also left a lot of guards during the lunch break, and laid out a defense line on both sides of the team, but after half a day's rush, the Qin army was exhausted, although the Qin army that formed the defense line was free to support, but after all, it was a little weak, and the cavalry of the Dai army was too fast, and the reaction time of the Qin army was too little, and when the Qin army sent the modern army to attack, it was too late, and the Dai army killed in front of the Qin army in a blink of an eye, and immediately killed the Qin army, and then broke through the Qin army's defense line. Kill the main formation of the Qin army.
At this time, the main formation of the Qin army had just received the news, and learned that there was a generation army attacking, and was forming a formation to prepare for the battle, but the generation army was too fast, and the front foot had just received the news, and the back foot of the generation army was killed, and the defense line under the arrangement barely delayed the generation army for much time, and this Qin army did not say that there was no queue, there were many Qin soldiers who had not even had time to put down the rice sulfur, and the generation army had already been killed in front of them, and the war horses galloped back and forth, and the soldiers on horseback attacked from afar with bows and arrows, or used swords and guns to fight closely, and the Qin army was killed in a blink of an eye.
After the cavalry repeatedly rushed and killed several times, the Qin army had been completely defeated, and countless wounds and deaths were killed, and the rest of the Qin soldiers saw this, and they also knew that the general trend was gone, irretrievable, so they had to retreat and flee one after another, and the whole battle took less than an hour to end, and the Qin army threw down all the materials and baggage, and the siege equipment was furnished, and they scattered and fled.
After driving away the Qin army, the Dai army immediately set fire to the Qin army's supplies and siege equipment, and then retreated. Although after the retreat of the Dai army, some Qin troops turned back to Zhanyang, but at this time, the fire broke out, and it was impossible to extinguish it at all, so they could only give up and flee back to the camp to report to Yang Duanhe.
At this time, Yang Duanhe also knew very well that the general trend of the Qin army had gone, and it was impossible to recapture Jijing and turn defeat into victory. First of all, because the Qin army brought heavy grain and grass, there were not many siege equipment, and the transport team was attacked by the army, and the baggage and heavy equipment were burned, and the Qin army did not have any siege equipment, and now even if Jijing is an empty city, it is difficult for the Qin army to attack the city; The second is that the grain and grass of the Qin army is also insufficient, even in the big camp, the remaining grain and grass is only enough to support the appearance of seven or eight days, and ten days is not enough. It can be said that as long as the Dai army and the Qin army spend more than ten days, the Qin army will be chaotic without a fight; And in the end, judging from the transport team of the Qin army's assault on this day, the army not only has enough troops to defend Jijing City, but also can launch an attack on the Qin army.
Therefore, now the Qin army is not to mention recapturing Jijing, as long as it can take away the remaining tens of thousands of Qin troops safely and withdraw to the south bank of Yishui, it will be thankful to God. If it is as soon as he learns the news of the loss of Jijing, he will immediately retreat the army, maybe it will be too late, but in the current situation, the Qin army wants to withdraw safely to the south bank of Yishui, how easy it is to say, the Dai army will never let the Qin army withdraw so lightly, since the Dai army can attack the Qin army's transport team, it will naturally surprise the retreating Qin army, you must know that the Dai army cavalry is best at this kind of pursuit war.
In fact, although Yang Duanhe is not a handsome person who can lead the overall situation like Wang Jian, even if he is compared with Wang Ben and Meng Tian, he is not as good, but he is also a veteran general who has been in battle for a long time and is proficient in the art of war, and he knows very well that after the loss of Jijing, the Qin army has lost its rear stronghold and replenishment, and if it wants to recapture Jijing, the chance of turning defeat into victory is very small, if it is against the armies of other countries, it may be able to fight, but in the face of the representative army whose combat effectiveness is not inferior to that of the Qin army, there is almost no chance of winning. But one is out of its own responsibility; Second, he also considered Wang Jian's safety, so Yang Duanhe decided to take a risk, hoping to get away with the defeat.
But the actual result made Yang Duanhe completely sober up, and there was no luck in front of Dai Jun. Although the best time to retreat was missed, Yang Duanhe could only start preparing for the withdrawal.
Since it is to withdraw the army, then there is no need to hesitate and delay, the army must be withdrawn overnight, if you wait until daytime, I am afraid that you will not be able to leave, because the acting army has been coming to challenge the Qin army for four days, and I am afraid that tomorrow will not be an exception.
So Yang Duanhe immediately wrote to Wang Ben, telling him that he had decided to withdraw his troops, and asked Wang Ben to also withdraw his troops from Jijing, meet him halfway, and then withdraw to the south bank of Yishui together, and then ordered all the soldiers of the Qin army to start preparations immediately, and all the baggage materials, vehicles and equipment were all abandoned, even tents and camps were not needed, and each soldier only brought three days' rations in addition to the armor and weapons he carried, and set off lightly to march faster.
After all, the current shape shì is very unfavorable to the Qin army, so the Qin army must travel lightly in order to be able to get rid of the pursuit of the Dai army, Yang Duanhe estimated, three days of rapid marching, enough for the Qin army to withdraw to the south bank of Yishui, and to the south bank of Yishui, which is the area controlled by the Qin state, can not only get rid of the pursuit of the Dai army, but also be able to obtain food and grass supplies.
In the battle a few days ago, the Qin army also had a lot of wounded soldiers, among which the wounded were more serious, and it was difficult to participate in the march, or it was difficult to march for a long time at a normal speed, about 2,000 people, and this group of people was obviously impossible to keep up with the actions of the army, so they could only give up and leave them to fend for themselves.
After the order was handed down, the Qin army camp was also busy for a while, mainly busy steaming noodles to make dry food, after all, everything else had to be thrown away, and after more than an hour of preparation, most of the Qin army was ready.
However, at this time, the news of the loss of Jijing also quietly spread among the Qin army, and then contacted Yang Duanhe to order, withdraw the army overnight, and all the baggage was abandoned, so the soldiers of the Qin army couldn't help but panic, and some of the wounded soldiers learned that they would be thrown away, and they were left to fend for themselves, and they couldn't help but be sad and angry, some soldiers struggled to get up, crutches, and wanted to retreat with the Qin army, while some soldiers who couldn't get up cried loudly, begging not to leave themselves behind.
For a while, the camp was full of weeping and pleading, and it seemed very desolate.
Seeing this scene, Yang Duanhe was also very uncomfortable in his heart, but now he had no choice, he couldn't bury tens of thousands of people here because of these 2,000 wounded soldiers, so he could only bite his teeth and his heart was crossed, and he ordered to keep up if he could, and if he couldn't keep up, then leave it to fate, and then lead the army, leave the camp, and withdraw overnight.