Chapter 241 The inspector ordered a meal
The Mongolian army was in chaos on the path below, and jumped into the ditches on the side in panic, but they didn't expect that these places were the places where people were killed invisibly.
The mines buried by the Shenwei Army earlier, the wolf traps, bear traps and spurs scattered there were all deadly things. There were flashes of fire, explosions and screams in the narrow mountain stream.
After Zhang Qi released the fireball and hand grenade in his hand, he blew the charge horn of the Shenwei Army. The remaining Mongolian troops abandoned their horses and fled desperately.
However, Zhang Qi followed Zhao Yulin's order and did not just tighten the pocket to annihilate the enemy completely, but instead occupied the advantageous terrain at the exit and attacked from both sides, shooting as hard as he could.
It was already daybreak, and with a glimmer of hope for escape, Tachaer urged the Mongol army to resist on both sides with his sword, opening a bloody passage for him to escape. Because the Song army was still chasing, he couldn't even count the number of people, and he didn't dare to stop for a moment as he moved closer to Ando'er.
Android's battlefield was a bit far away from Taccar, and the Shenwei Army did not use artillery fire, so the explosions of hand grenades and thunder bombs were much smaller than what he heard. He thought that such low-intensity warfare was normal.
If Zhao Qi'er surrendered without any resistance, he would still doubt whether he was really fighting with Zhao Qi'er.
But at the moment, Android's frontal attack encountered strong resistance at the second sniper line.
Zhao Yulin was stunned when he heard a loud explosion coming from the official road in the city. He didn't expect that the Mongolian army actually brought such a powerful weapon as the Huihui Cannon, and the explosion was obviously the explosion of a thunder bomb.
This was after the Mongolian army obtained the formula and production method from Yu Yangzi, and they also made the thunder bomb.
Zhao Yulin grabbed the guard's 800 million stick and was about to leave the city, but Xiao Yan held him tightly and refused to let him go. He glared at Xiao Yan and said that if we let the Mongolian army rush to the city, we will not be able to defend it.
There is no such thing as escape in his mind. If you want to be his woman you have to defend the city well.
Zhao Yulin pushed Xiao Yan away and led the guards out of the city gate.
When Xiao Yan saw that Zhao Yulin left the city despite the advice, she immediately burst into tears.
The defending general Zhang Shun said to her, "Maybe the inspector doesn't know the third young master's temper? Let's quickly arrange to defend the city."
Xiao Yan then woke up and asked Zhang Shun to make arrangements, and she personally supervised it.
Luo Mingqiu was stunned at first, but after taking a breath, he said, "That's right." He quickly took out a set of special cotton armor from the Shenwei Army and asked her to put it on, and followed Xiao Yan up to the tower.
Zhao Yulin trotted all the way to the battlefield, and Geng Feihu said anxiously: Young master is in danger, why are you here again?
He said that if they couldn't block the enemy on the official road, they would lose everything, so what was the point of him staying in the city?
Feihu pointed to the Mongolian artillery position in front that was still firing thunder bombs and said, "The northern barbarians have set up positions on the reverse slope. We can't hit them for the time being. Our brothers have suffered heavy losses."
Zhao Yulin looked at the Mongolian army's thunder bombs constantly exploding on the battlefield, and ordered an immediate retreat to the third blockade line, where they would hold on and wait for reinforcements.
The team retreated quickly.
Xiao Yan stood on the city wall and saw the flames on the battlefield approaching the county town, and she was extremely nervous.
Luo Mingqiu comforted her, saying that with the Third Young Master around, they would surely win the battle and there would be no worries about supervision. She could ask the people in the city to prepare meals and wait for the triumphant return of the soldiers.
The little girl took it seriously and went down to find the two bailiffs, ordering them to immediately organize the elderly and women to prepare meals for the army.
As soon as Zhao Yulin and his men retreated, Android led his troops to attack them, and the two sides began to fight for the third blockade line.
Geng Feihu brought several capable men from his guard to surround him and asked him to remove the fourth blockade, which was the final one.
The guards' duty is to protect the young master's safety, so the young master must retreat.
Zhao Yulin told them to ignore all this for the time being. If the blockade collapsed, there would be no guarantee that everyone would be alive. He shouted for the artillery to take the mortars to seize the commanding heights and destroy the enemy's Huihui artillery.
Feihu couldn't persuade him, so he waved his hand and led his brothers to the front line.
Android saw that his troops were winning victory after victory and had broken through two positions of the Shenwei Army. He shouted with full confidence and charged forward.
This guy has always been a brave and fearless person in battle, and he is no exception to the soldiers under the command of Tachaer. If anyone retreats, he will chop off their head with a single blow before they can even reach him.
Therefore, the Mongolian army on the battlefield could only advance and dared not retreat.
However, after two battles, he lost hundreds of men. If it were not for the horses, he would have been in a losing position on the battlefield.
Androuer was determined to go all out. He drove up the unridden horses, set their tails on fire, and then stabbed a dagger into their butts. The horses felt the pain and ran towards the position of the Shenwei Army. He then waved his hand to order the cavalry to follow.
Geng Feihu saw it clearly and immediately ordered the catapults to fire and the iron barrel cannons to shoot. The battlefield was instantly turned dark. Android took this opportunity to move his Huihui cannon forward and shoot at the Shenwei Army at close range.
The Shenwei Army's interception fire was ineffective because the battle line was too long and there was a serious shortage of catapults and mortars. All they did was use the iron barrel cannons at close range to play a deterrent role.
It was already daybreak, and the mortar observer quickly caught the sound of the enemy artillery shifting positions in the distance, and immediately looked for a chance to aim and fire.
Andouer believed that victory or defeat depended on this move, so he personally urged the cavalry to charge. The enemy cavalry was going downhill and moving too fast, and Zhao Yulin shouted "shoot arrows, fire" from 150 steps away.
He aimed at the closest Mongolian soldier and fired at him, calling out his names one by one.
In the smoke and dust, several warriors were escorting a burly man riding a tall horse and rushing over. Zhao Yulin didn't have time to aim, so he just swept the horse horizontally. The horse let out a long cry and immediately rolled to the ground.
The Mongolian army's bombs hit Zhao Yulin like hail, and he immediately hid in the anti-artillery hole in the trench.
But the Mongolian army stopped charging. Several brave men risked their lives to dismount from their horses, rescued the people, and fled backwards.
The Mongolian offensive came to a halt.
It was already bright in the sky. The mortars locked onto the Mongolian army's Huihui artillery and opened fire. Five guns fired at the same time, eliminating their right to speak.
At this time, a team came from the direction of the county town. It was the Jinzhou garrison troops that blocked the trail and came to support. After defeating Tachaer who attempted a sneak attack, they immediately sent 3,000 troops to support.
Geng Feihu was overjoyed and immediately rushed out with his men.
The horse shot dead by Zhao Yulin was Android's mount. It rushed too fast just now, and his tall horse was very conspicuous. Zhao Yulin shot the horse to death with a burst of gunfire, and also shot it in the right leg. Fortunately, his personal guards risked their lives to save it, otherwise he would have lost his life in Neixiang.
He tore off a piece of cloth to wrap around his injured leg, stood up and wanted to fight again, but Tachaer's messenger came and ordered him to retreat immediately because the king was injured.
When Andu'er heard that Taccar was injured, he knew that the attack had failed and reluctantly ordered his men to leave.
However, the unique charge of the Shenwei Army sounded, and the thunder bombs fired by the catapults were approaching like a curtain wall. Android looked at his wounded men and sighed. The guards put him on the horse and immediately fled.
When he and Tacaer met up, the two of them immediately rode their horses straight to Zhenping, and the Mongolian troops behind them would try to escape as many as possible.
After Zhao Yulin and his men arrived at the fork in the road and met up with Zhang Qi, Zhang Qi reported to him that there were less than a thousand Mongolian troops who had escaped through the trail, and that the brothers were riding on the captured horses and pursuing them with all their might.
He told them to be careful of the ambush of the Mongolian army, as they still had 10,000 infantry. Geng Feihu clasped his fists to Zhang Qi and said that he was going to return to the team, and asked Zhang Qi to lead the pursuit of the Mongolian army.
Zhao Yulin didn't say another word, picked up the 800 million bar and walked back.
At this time, Zhenping's Shenwei Army was fighting fiercely with the Mongolian Haner Army outside the city. They knew the enemy had arrived last night, but they couldn't figure out the enemy's situation because it was dark. After some reconnaissance, they found that the enemy was surrounding but not attacking, and they suspected that they were trying to stop them from attacking Neixiang. They quickly sent several waves of warriors to deliver intelligence to Neixiang, but unexpectedly, a fight had already started there.
After daybreak, people in the city learned that the enemy had launched a surprise attack on Neixiang. They were anxious and opened the west gate to rush out to rescue. However, after three battles, they still failed. Both sides suffered heavy losses and had to hold on and wait for help.
After Tacaer escaped, this Mongolian army became the main force, fighting while retreating to Nanyang.
In Xinye County, Yang Xingyun commanded 30,000 troops to fight against Tacaer's 20,000 main forces. The two sides fought fiercely in the mountains and hills outside the county. Yang Jia took advantage of the Bozhou army's habit of climbing mountains and climbed up the back mountains and cliffs, interspersed and divided the enemy, and successfully cut the Mongolian army into three sections.
Under the concentrated bombardment of the Shenwei Army's catapults, the Mongolian army was in great chaos and tried to withdraw from the battlefield, resulting in serious congestion on the official road retreating to Nanyang. Yang Xingyun took advantage of this and pursued them relentlessly.
It was not until Kuoduan arrived and stabilized the front army and set up blocking positions that the Mongolian army gradually stabilized.
However, their retreating army was blocked at Waziliang, less than 30 miles away from Nanyang.
It was a corps of the New Second Column that rushed over.
The New Second Column went north to intercept the Mongolian army's reinforcement to Luoyang according to the original plan, but failed. The enemy changed its tactics and went south. Yang Xingyun ordered them to go south immediately to join the battlefield. The brothers ran as fast as they could and finally caught up.
Kuoduan never expected that he would be surrounded by the Shenwei Army just when he was about to reach home, and a death order was issued to open the line of life and death.
The two sides fought a life-and-death battle at Waziliang. The Mongolian army had a strong desire to survive and charged forward recklessly.
The hastily established blocking positions by the newly arrived First Corps of the New Second Column were too simple. After suffering heavy casualties, the commander regretfully ordered to open the gap, retreat to the hillside to guard the two sides, and shoot them from a long distance before letting them pass.
When the Mongolian troops from Tangzhou were approaching Xinye, they learned that the Mongolian troops in Xinye were surrounded. Fearing an ambush on the way, they turned directly back to Nanyang.
In this way, Tachaer's southward attack, attempting to mobilize the Southern Group of the Shenwei Army to capture Xinye and arrest Zhao Yulin, completely failed.
When Zhao Yulin returned to the city, Xiao Yan saw him covered in dust and blood, and she rushed over to him and started crying.
Zhao Yulin said everything was fine and asked the brothers to come in for dinner as they were all starving.
