Chapter 1022: Encounter
Xiong Kuohai knew that he had encountered great trouble, and it was still unsolvable. Behind him, the main force of the Northern Army commanded by Yao Changkun chased after him. In front of him, the sixth, seventh field battalions led by Yun Zhao and a large number of Meng cavalry had conquered Anlu. He was locked in Tongzhou and could no longer withdraw to Weizhou and Shangjing.
Xiongkuohai's troops are now close to 20,000, basically all of them are the Qin family's troops. More than 5,000 of them are soldiers and generals brought from Suihua. The rest are rescued from Qin Rounniang from the south after Qin Rouni turned the tables. At that time, in order to resolve the conflict with Su Can, they were transferred to Xiongkuohai's command and unified command. As for the Weizhou Town Army led by Chen Fengxiao, it has become Yao Changkun's in-tradition meal in Shuangyan Mountain and around Laiyan. The evacuation of Xiongkuohai's troops has become the last fuse for the collapse of this army. Even though Chen Fengxiao occupied the favorable terrain, his brother had managed the defense line for half a year, he only stood for a few days before being defeated by the Lucheng Camp, Panshi Camp, and the Fourth Battalion of the Northern Army at the same time, and was defeated. Chen Fengxiao surrendered to Yao Changkun at Laiyan City.
At this time, the Northern Expedition Army gathered in Tongzhou had more than 100,000, and under his command, there were only 20,000 tired troops. Moreover, the fighting will of this army has dropped greatly. Anyone who faces a desperate situation will have this kind of mentality, including the Xiongkuohai.
In the Battle of Tongzhou, he was defeated but not defeated.
More than 18,000 Qin family soldiers, more than 2,000 cavalry, and the rest are infantry. Even if they abandon all heavy weapons and move forward lightly, it would be amazing to be able to walk fifty miles a day. The future is bleak, and Xiongkuohai doesn't know where it will be the end of its own.
"General, this is where we are now. It is about seventy miles east of us. It is Jinhua County in Tongzhou, and it is also the closest county to us. At present, we can only go here and occupy this county, and then..." Zheng Guo could no longer say this. Even if he occupied Jinhua County, what could it be? Can you no longer expect Jinhua to be the second Suihua? The left and right are just pushing the failure time longer.
"How many troops are there in Jinhua County? What is the population? Can you have enough food and grass?" Xiong Kuohai asked.
"General, Jinhua County is a relatively large county in Tongzhou. In the past, we stationed some towns and troops in Jinhua to maintain local public order. Now Tongzhou has become such a situation. I don't know how they are there, but I am sure that this place is not occupied by the Northern Expedition Army. Judging from the Northern Expedition Army's current intention, we do not care about the occupation of one city and one land, but are determined to eat us."
"I'll go to Jinhua, there's not much food left in the army. No matter what, I can always get some supplements in Jinhua!" It's impossible to go to Weizhou and go back to Beijing. There must be many obstacles on this road. I can only go to Jinhua temporarily. One day is counted as one day." The command of the whole army to turn to Jinhua."
The order was soon passed to the entire army. The Qin family army began to march eastward with mechanical steps. Everyone had no expression on their faces. When things reached this point, even the most ordinary soldiers knew that their army had been attacked from all sides. The army that had fought the Battle of Suihua was better. After all, they had experienced an attack on all sides, but the Qin family army that came from the south did not have such good psychological abilities.
"General!" A cavalry rushed over and stopped in front of Xiongkuohai. A general jumped off the horse. "General, twenty miles away from our army, discovered the enemy cavalry!"
Xiong Kuohai was shocked and came so quickly.
"Have you found out clearly? Which army is it? How many people are there?" Xiong Kuohai asked anxiously.
"The General, I should have come from Anlu. Judging from the banner, it is a vanguard unit of the Malihan army, which belongs to the Mongolian cavalry of the Northern Expedition Army. The number of people is about one thousand cavalry, and is approaching us." The provoy was a little nervous. When the vanguard arrived, the main force was not far away.
"Qin Hai, Qin Feng!" Xiong Kuohai shouted loudly.
"General, the last general is here!" The two generals rushed over. "What order does the general have?"
"The enemy's vanguard cavalry is only twenty miles away from us, and will arrive in an instant. You and the two of you led the infantry to retreat quickly towards Jinhua. I led the cavalry to cover you. Remember, you can go as fast as you can. Do you understand what I mean?" Xiong Kuohai said sternly.
"I understand!" Qin Hai and Qin Feng nodded in response.
"Zheng Kingdom, gather all the cavalry and follow me to meet the enemy!" Xiong Kuohai turned around and raised his big sword.
This Mongolian cavalry that was approaching the Qin family army came from the vanguard of the Mongolian Maria in the Northern Expedition Army. The commander was Albugu, a horse bandit who was scattered across the desert. Speaking of this person, he was a legendary figure. He and Shen Feng were a figure of the same era, but he was much younger than Shen Feng. When Shen Feng led the Eagle-billed Rock Horse Bandits to scatter across the desert and were famous, the only one who could fight against him was Albugu, who was entrenched in the Dijinze. The two families could be considered as well as water without scattering the rivers and each had no trouble.
But as Albugu's strength grew, defeating Yingzuiyan became his dream. The two families finally started a war. At that time, Yun Zhao had joined Yingzuiyan. After several fierce battles, Albugu lost and had no way to escape. He eventually defected to Zamuhe, which was incorporated by Jamuhe. Since then, he has been charging forward for Jamuhe's tribe.
This man was also very lucky. After so many years of great wars, he suffered numerous injuries. When he was confronted with the Northern Army, he almost died and survived several times. However, this man's official fortune was very bumpy. He was born into a horse bandit and was not very popular even among the Mongolian Army. In addition, the Mongolian Army surrendered to the Northern Army as a whole. Jamuha and others knew that this man would not be promoted vigorously to him. Ten years have passed. Although he was brave in combat, he was just a general who led thousands of people to charge.
Albugu knew this very well. The unknown boy who once fought against him at the time has now become the noble King of Conquest and is already in the sky and earth with himself. Albugu knows very well that a guy like him should not show up in front of Yun Zhao, otherwise it would be counterproductive. Now he is no longer the same as him back then. The desert is no longer the paradise for the bandits, and he himself has already married and had children. He has followed his brothers in his early years and is now dead. There are many people who have retired to live a small life. Speaking of which, he has no trusted subordinates. Fortunately, after joining the Battle of Conquest, the military pay is generous and he has made contributions, and the reward will not be reduced to him. His life is also enjoyable. Now he wants him to be a bandit and robbed the house, but he will never do it.
The Northern Army conquered the world is just in front of him. Even the former horse bandit who didn't know a word about it was well aware of this. Perhaps after a few more battles, the horses would be released into the Nanshan Mountain and the swords and guns would be put into the warehouse. At that time, it would be a good choice to return to the desert to raise sheep and spend the next half of his life comfortably with his accumulated possessions.
It is true that Albugu is not welcomed in the army, but it is also undisputed that this person is a rare general on the battlefield. Therefore, Malihan still sent him as the vanguard of the entire army and led more than a thousand cavalry to intercept Xiongkuohai's troops.
Interspersed, divided, and wiped out Xiongkuohai's troops in Tongzhou. This was a death order issued by Yun Zhao. He would never allow this army that could still fight in Shangjing to return smoothly.
"Discover the main force of Xiongkuohai?" Albugu was overjoyed. For a belligerent former horse bandit, when he found the enemy was like a crocodile smelling blood, he immediately wanted to try it out.
"Yes, General Albugu, the enemy infantry was moving eastward, while nearly two thousand cavalry were gathering and forming arrays. It seemed that they wanted to intercept us so that we would not disturb their infantry's retreat!" The whistle cavalry inquired clearly.
"Just because of these little fish and shrimps, they also want to block us?" Albugu laughed to the sky, "Did he think they were the cavalry battalions of the Zhengbei Army?" In recent years, he has fought countless battles with the Southern Dynasties with the Zhengbei Army. Even the leading guards led by Liu Huajian did not let Albugu see it. In his opinion, in this world, except for the cavalry battalions of the Zhengbei Army who can compete with the Mengqi in cavalry combat, everything else is a scumbag. Even the Eagle-billed Rock Horse Bandits that had crossed the desert back then failed to sink into the sand due to their huge disadvantage in number.
"Kill them!" Albugu's two long swords danced loudly, "Defeat this cavalry and pursue their infantry again. Come and send a message to General Malihan. Our troops have discovered that the main force of the enemy is fighting bravely, delaying the enemy's advance speed. Please provide the main force with quick support!"
Like Albugubu, the more than a thousand vanguard cavalry he led did not take Xiong Kuohai's troops seriously. They were the most elite troops of the Zarchiti tribe. Among the Mongolian cavalry, no one can compete with them except for the big tent soldiers.
Several riders turned around and delivered letters backwards, but the rest, led by Albugu, rode forward and chased the cavalry of Xiongkuohai.
Xiongkuohai did not wait for the enemy to arrive at this time, but instead destroyed the war horses and slowly advanced forward with his cavalry.
One hour later, the two armies encountered each other without hesitation. The Meng cavalry destroyed the war horses, walked forward in a row, trotted, sprinted, and formed a fan to rush up. The strange screams of Yoho Yoho filled the battlefield. Albugu waved his swords and rushed to the front.
Chapter completed!