Chapter 527: Fierce Battle at Mount Nailong
However, in this brief period of time, the Mongolian cavalry had already approached the front of the Shenwei Army's position, and quickly waded through the minefield and engaged in a firefight with the Shenwei Army's infantry.
The two sides fought from the sky to the ground.
Zhao Yulin sat on a big rock and shook his head vigorously, asking expressionlessly: Where is Zhenxie?
How is the injury?
Zuo Liangchen, the deputy captain of the guard, choked up and said: Brother Zhenxie is gone, and the brothers swear to protect the young master until the death.
When he heard this, it felt like a cold wind was blowing into his neck and his body shook.
The medical officer immediately went up to check on him and bandaged his wound.
Zhao Yulin's face, hands and legs were covered with wounds. He sat motionless on a rock and allowed the medical officer to treat him.
The Mongolian army was still attacking frantically, but the artillery of the Shenwei Army, which had resumed its bombardment , set up a series of interception lines and suppressed their offensive momentum.
At this time, the observation post reported in horror: the Mongolian army released a large number of yaks with their buttocks on fire, and herds of yaks rushed towards our position.
Wu Jie shouted in front: Quick, take out our reflectors, reflect, reflect, reflect at the yaks. The soldiers on the position polished the reflectors that had been prepared long ago, and some soldiers even took out the small bronze mirror given by the girl from their hometown and reflected it at the yaks.
The effect was very obvious. The shield-like reflectors specially made by the Shenwei Army to deal with livestock directed the strong sunlight towards the yaks. Even the Mongolian soldiers who were driving the yaks could not bear it when they were covered.
The Mongolian army's fire bull formation collapsed in an instant.
Suddenly, a loud charge sound of the Shenwei Army came from the southwest. The brothers who were struggling to hold on in the front knew that reinforcements had arrived, and their morale was immediately boosted, and they firmly held their ground.
Soon, the artillery observation post saw clearly that it was the troops of the Minister of War Miao Gui who had arrived.
Zhao Yulin ordered, "Fight back!" Then he mounted his horse and rushed out.
The Shenwei Army immediately launched an all-out attack.
Under attack from both sides, Xiaobian immediately showed signs of defeat and immediately went into escape mode.
The Shenwei Army pursued the victory and advanced towards the Hongqing River.
Later, Miao Gui arrived. As soon as he saw them, he knelt down and kowtowed, crying and saying that they were lost and asked the third young master to punish them.
Zhao Yulin pulled him up and yelled: The Shenwei Army does not practice kneeling as a ritual, have you forgotten?
He then burst into laughter and said: God helps me, he comes at the right time, and immediately led his troops to attack.
Miao Gui received the order and jumped on his horse to chase the team...
At Guiyou's camp on Nailong Mountain, 10,000 cavalrymen from Linzhou arrived. Guiyou gave a generous reward to the leader of the cavalry and ordered them to launch an attack immediately after a short rest. Cao Heizi on the opposite side had been holding out for two days. They were the camel that broke the enemy's back.
Seeing the arrival of fresh reinforcements, the Mongolian army became more confident. A group of fools from the Western Regions tied themselves together in groups of three or five with ropes, ready to rush up to the Shenwei Army's position like a death squad.
Cao Youwen's camp had been attacked and breached repeatedly and was already in a critical situation.
At this time, the observation staff on the top of the mountain reported in panic: a large number of troops came from the south , and they looked a bit like a shortened Mongolian army, and the wolf smoke in the south had disappeared.
Cao Youwen's heart skipped a beat and a pain in his heart immediately spread throughout his body.
He secretly wondered: Could it be that Zhao Yulin was defeated?
The observation staff on the top of the mountain had already seen clearly that it was the Mongolian cavalry, and a large number of Mongolian cavalry were galloping. However, the marching formation was very scattered, and it was wondered if the Mongolian army was defeated?
Cao Youwen lowered his voice and shouted: Don't panic, wait until you see clearly, and call on the brothers to hold on, hold on.
He looked up at the setting sun, lamenting that after two days of fierce fighting, countless brothers had been killed and wounded. Was this battle going to be lost?
The short cavalry rushing from the south actually blew conch shells to charge. The woo, woo, woo sound of the horn added to the terror and murderous aura on the battlefield.
Cao Youwen held the iron trumpet in his left hand, drew his sword with his right hand and shouted: Brothers, today is the auspicious day for us to serve our country loyally and die on the battlefield. We will fight to the death.
The soldiers roared: Fight to the death, fight to the death, even the wounded who could move were crawling to the front and fighting bravely.
In the midst of the fierce battle, the sound of the Shenwei Army's charge was heard in the distance. The soldiers were very familiar with this sound. The sound was getting closer and louder, as if dozens of bugles were blowing.
Lao Cao shouted happily: Brothers, kill, we won, kill. He jumped on the horse and rushed out. When he saw Miao Gui, he asked: Where is Yulin?
Where is Commander Zhao?
Miao Gui simply replied: The Third Young Master will be here soon. He immediately called on his brothers to continue chasing and killing the remaining enemies.
The defeat was disastrous. Kuo Duan and Gui You fled to the Hongqing River camp in panic. The total number of troops around them was less than 30,000, and the Shenwei Army was still chasing them.
Gui You and Cao Youwen were fighting fiercely and were about to drive Cao Youwen up the mountain, but they were defeated. They were so angry that it was indescribable.
After he got nervous, he roared and asked how the short-distance fighter could fight.
It was so stupid that so many troops were defeated by Zhao Qier.
Kuangduan knew that the situation was urgent and did not argue with him. He ordered the princes and generals around him to quickly gather the remaining troops and retreat to Linzhou.
Your friend said that there are no soldiers in Linzhou and the city is empty. What are you going there for?
The two brothers were still arguing about the arrangements when news of their defeat came.
The Western Route Army Tahai and Menggedu, who were defeated by Gao Jin's army, are chasing them. Not only that, Kuo Chang's eldest son Menggedu has died because of his unwillingness to retreat, and Tahai is also seriously injured.
Kuanduan instantly collapsed into the chair like a balloon pricked by a needle.
When your friend saw him in such a state, he said unhappily, "What's the big deal about killing a man with poison?"
His second son Naohe also died in battle. Tian Khan himself didn't even know how many of his sons had died on the battlefield, but he still established a grassland empire spanning thousands of miles from east to west.
Now that we have lost our son, we can just have another one.
This guy also knows that the situation here is extremely dangerous, and he tells us to leave quickly. If they don’t run, will they wait for the New Song army to catch them?
The two brothers immediately got up and rushed to Linzhou.
Before they even mounted their horses, the soul-stirring charge of the Divine Might Army was heard in the distance.
The messenger rushed to the tent covered in blood and fell to the ground, stammering that Gao Jin, the crazy Gao, and Guo Xiazi were leading their troops to attack, and that those in front were all elite cavalry.
Your friend didn't even say hello, he ran out of the tent, jumped on the horse and shouted: Run faster.
It turned out that part of Tahai's troops had been defeated long ago.
At the beginning of the war, Kuochuan also asked Tahai to lead his troops to make a feint, and he also specifically instructed his son to follow Uncle Hai to train and never show off his strength.
Unexpectedly, Mengge Du rushed and attacked fiercely as soon as he arrived in Huaiyuan Prefecture, and quickly broke into the 200-mile border controlled by the Shenwei Army and reached the city of Huaiyuan Prefecture. It can be said that the victory was brilliant.
This guy is full of fighting spirit, why would he listen to his father's words that it was just a feint? He wants revenge, revenge for the arrow shot in Lingzhou two years ago.
No matter how Tahai tried to persuade him, he wouldn't listen. Seeing the promising results, he followed Menggedu and deviated from his original intention. He launched a series of fierce attacks on Huaiyuan Prefecture, which really made Guo Chongma nervous for several days. However, Gao Jin quickly arrived with his troops and immediately changed the situation .
If Tahai wanted to run away now, it was still in time.
However, Meng Ge was not going to run away. When he saw Gao Jin's cavalry, he was so jealous that he wanted to fight to the death if he caught him. This guy did stupid things again and again. Gao Jin didn't give him a chance to escape, so he shot this kid to death on the horse.
After the Shenwei Army's counterattack was a great victory, Gao Jin pursued the victory. Tahai saw that Mengge was poisoned to death, and knew that it would be difficult to explain if he returned, so he also resisted with the belief that he would die. Naturally, he was retreating like eating sugarcane. Finally, after one of his legs was broken by the Shenwei Army's thunder bomb, he escaped under the desperate protection of his subordinates.
Therefore, the shortened Western Route Army was finished here.
When Gao Jin and Guo Chongma saw Miao Gui, they said happily: What a great victory, what a great victory.
Then ask about the third young master?
Miao Gui was not happy, and whispered: "The Third Young Master was injured, but it's not serious. Don't tell anyone, let's catch him."
When Guo Chongma heard that Zhao Yulin was injured, he was furious and shouted, "Charge! Catch Kuo Chuan! There will be a big reward for catching Kuo Chuan." All the brothers rushed forward to chase him. They didn't even look at the Mongolian soldiers who were squatting on the roadside to surrender, and just ran forward, determined to catch Kuo Chuan and get the reward.
In Luoyang, Lai Chuanfang was overjoyed after receiving Meng Gong's secret order to cross the river and march forward. He immediately led the vanguard troops westward with Cao Youliang to Huixindu at Shen'ao Ridge and forced a crossing of the Yellow River under the cover of night.
This was the assault route that Zhao Yulin had chosen for him.
There is a folk saying: The Yellow River cannot be crossed overnight, but here the river is wide and the current is slow, so you can take a risk. When Zhao Yulin accompanied Wu Yuqi to fish here, an old fisherman told him about it, and Lai Chuanfang knew about it.
Under the leadership of Yi Shuigui, the special warfare elites of the Shenwei Army Navy forced a night crossing and easily occupied the simply fortified ferry crossing. Then a large number of ferries entered the dock.
If Lai Chuanfang turned his troops eastward and attacked from the flank and rear, it would be much easier to seize the coastal dock opposite Luoyang.
In two days, the Mongolian army's defense lines in Luoyang and Shanzhou collapsed, and the defeated soldiers fled like ducks, which made it easier for Hubili to expand his army.
This guy accepted all the soldiers, no matter who they were. In a short time, he formed a large army of more than 30,000 people.
Hubili is anxious.
Seeing that the grassland royal court was on the decline, he had to reserve enough strength for himself as soon as possible.
All these things were happening one after another, but Zhao Yulin was totally unaware of them. At this moment, he was sitting in a carriage swaying on the road leading to Mount Nailong.
Zhao Yulin was in a bad mood and dozed off halfway in the carriage.
The battle in the Gobi Desert had caused heavy casualties. His guard captain Ke Zhenxie and several of his personal guards were all gone, and each column, including the artillery, had lost many outstanding soldiers. Even his head, arms, and legs were bandaged.
The new captain of the guard, Zuo Liangchen, called softly from outside: Young Master, we have arrived at Nailong Mountain.
As soon as Zhao Yulin's carriage came to a stop, Cao Youwen came up to him and stretched out a strong hand to serve as a handrail. Zhao Yulin smiled faintly, got off the carriage and said: Thank you, my lord, I do feel a little pain after relaxing.
Lao Cao watched Zhao Yulin limping beside him, and said with great guilt that it was he who launched the attack prematurely and harmed his brother. He originally thought that delaying the Northern Barbarians and inflicting the greatest damage would reduce the pressure on the infantry, but he did not expect the Northern Barbarians to be so smart that they trapped him and rushed directly to kill the infantry.
