At least 3,000 people were trapped by the Black Banner Army and could not be withdrawn. Fu Zhengming's heartache was shown on his face biting his lip. The 10,000 people were trained by him alone, and did not belong to his elder brother Fu Zhengnan. Directly, that's why Fu Zhengnan agreed with him to lead troops out of the city to stop the Black Banner Army on the river bank. Now it seems that the decision to go out of the city this time was completely wrong.
Fu Zhengming had no choice but to give the order to retreat, and the archers fired their arrows with concern. For the safety of the rear team, they had to abandon the comrades who were caught in the front.
This kind of pain may only be understood by the person involved.
Among the people in the front who are fighting against the Black Banner Army, there may be best friends in daily life, blood relatives, neighbors from the same town, or congenial brothers, but now, the people behind have to use sharp arrows shoot at them. I don't know how many people pulled the bowstring with tears. Maybe in the days to come, every soldier of the Nanyan Army who survived will not be able to forget today.
"General, you go first!"
The deputy general pulled Fu Zhengming's horse by the reins and yelled. The shouts of killing from the soldiers of the Black Banner Army were so deafening that he had to shout at the top of his voice to let the other party hear his words.
"The signal has been sent. It won't be long before the city lord will send troops to respond. We must retreat to the city as soon as possible. Once we are stuck by the black flag army from behind, it will be difficult for our people to retreat! There is no momentum of success or defeat. Slow down, the soldiers in front will retreat and charge back, and all the troops will be involved!"
"I fucking know!"
Fu Zhengming yelled fiercely, his eyes turned red when he saw the soldiers who were glued to death in front of him: "These soldiers were all trained by me, just like my nephews!"
"You are still here, the soldiers will gather again in the future!"
The deputy general knew that there was no longer any delay, and at this moment he was calmer than Fu Zhengming. He stretched out his hand and pulled Fu Zhengming's horse to turn around, and then stabbed the horse's butt with a knife. This method of forcing the horse to run wild by injuring the horse is too unwise, but in this case he can only do so. Because the horse will run desperately when it is injured and in pain, the blood from the wound will continue to flow out, and the horse will collapse after running for a long time. Even if the war horse survived by luck, nine out of ten it would be useless.
But fortunately, the battlefield is only a few miles away from Qingyuan City. If there is no accident, the horses can last until they run back. Besides, there are still teams in the city to come out to meet them, so the deputy general had to do this in order to let Fu Zhengming leave quickly.
Fu Zhengming cursed, in order not to be thrown off by the horse, he had no choice but to hold on to the rein tightly to his body. The wounded war horse neighed, spread its hooves and rushed out, knocking over several Nanyan soldiers who couldn't dodge in time.
Seeing that the defeat is certain, unless a large number of troops come to support, it is impossible to hold the river bank. But at this time, it is absolutely impossible for Fu Zhengnan to bring all the people out to support. In that case, Qingyuan City will become an empty city. lost.
Fu Zhengming felt the wind blowing in his ears, as if slaps were being slapped hard on his face one after another. In fact, why didn't he know that he shouldn't go out of the city to fight, but as a general, who wouldn't want to make a victory that would be famous in history
He originally planned to hold back the initial offensive of the Black Banner Army, and when the Black Banner Army was unable to control the south bank after repeated attacks, he immediately sent a reserve team to counterattack. If he was lucky, he could rush along the pontoon bridge built by the Black Banner Army. After crossing the north bank, the Black Banner Army can be caught off guard. Even if the Black Banner Army can't be hit hard, it will be enough to boost the morale of the Nanyan Army.
However, miracles are called miracles precisely because they happen so rarely.
Luck only happens when it is possible, and it is impossible when it is impossible. This seems like a nonsense sentence, but Fu Zhengming understood the meaning of this sentence. He was looking forward to the appearance of luck to defeat the Black Banner Army, but when the strength of the opponent was too strong for him to shake, it was impossible for any luck to appear.
Fu Zhengming's personal soldiers rushed back all the way behind him, and six or seven thousand soldiers of the Nanyan Army followed like crazy. The team pulled apart, and there was no array at all like a flock of sheep.
The deputy general of the Nanyan Army stabbed Fu Zhengming's horse's buttock, fundamentally to keep Fu Zhengming safe, but he forgot that under such circumstances, it would be difficult for Fu Zhengming to restrain the retreating soldiers. When people run away in extreme fear, and there is no one with weight to restrain them... the result can be imagined.
Where can the team see the establishment, some ran along the official road, and some ran along the wilderness, like a colony of ants that had been frightened and dispersed, a large area of blackness, but with an unconcealable embarrassment.
"General, I saw someone in the city responding!"
A soldier shouted with unconcealable joy, pointing forward in the direction of Qingyuan City.
After passing the Jinshui River and Yimapingchuan, it is easy to see Qingyuan City. Fu Zhengming couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw a pair of men and horses coming out of the city gate. He looked back to see his party fleeing in a shameful fashion. But at this time, he didn't even lose his anger, and he could only sigh with emotion that he had brought back more than half of the people.
At this time, who was lucky to be able to bring back some more people, how could he still be as energetic as before
On the south bank of the river, when the abandoned soldiers of the Nanyan Army realized that resistance could no longer keep them alive, their surrender began to gradually spread from individuals to groups.
Some soldiers saw their comrades throw down the horizontal sword and long lance and knelt down to beg for mercy, and after a moment of hesitation, they chose the same approach. At this time, they were only supported by the idea of living. As for the glory of the Nanyan people, they had already been wiped out by the murderous aura on the knives of the soldiers of the Black Banner Army.
"Pursuit!"
Qin Yuan had long been ordered by Fang Jie, and knew that this time was not the end of the war but the beginning. The general's arrangement was not for this small victory on the bank of the Jinshui River, but for the Qingyuan City.
Just before this war, when Fang Jie stood on the city wall and watched the battle, he pointed to the south and said that it could be used there.
When these words were spoken, today's situation had already been settled.
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Shi Da Ke ran forward vigorously with his men and horses. He knew that the city lord and the second master had a very good relationship, and the second master was the right-hand man of the city lord. According to the character of the city lord, he only wanted to hold steady and didn't want to counterattack.
Back then, when the Nanyan army went straight to Pingshangdao under the leadership of Murong Yongduo and gained a lot of money, even the people from the aristocratic families in the south couldn't bear it anymore, and put together an army to go to Pingshangdao and Pingshangdao in the name of loyalty to the imperial court. Murong Yongduo snatched the loot, but he was beaten up by the Black Banner Army just after meeting each other. At the beginning, the Nanyan army had achieved fruitful results, and Murong Yongduo's success stories were sent to Dali City almost every day.
At that time, it would be unbearable for someone else. As the city closest to the Great Sui Dynasty, Fu Zhengnan did not send troops to pacify the commercial roads to plunder until the end, which shows that this person's caution has reached the point of cowardice.
As for Fengping, which was basically parallel to Qingyuan City, the city lord Zhu Chengtian sent nearly 30% of his troops northward. Of course, it was precisely because of this that Fengping City lost 30% of its troops.
In field battles, the Black Banner Army is almost invincible.
The south is different from the north, and even more different from the prairie of the Western Regions. In fact, there are not many places where war horses can run, and the southwest is better. There are rivers and waterways everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River. The reason why the Southwest was the most important rice grain producing area in the Sui Dynasty was because of the unique environment here.
The climate is warm and humid, but not low-lying and waterways intertwined. In such an environment, a fertile plain is naturally a treasure. But it was also because of this that the light cavalry of the Black Banner Army were rarely blocked by waterways, so that the tens of thousands of Nanyan troops and the millions of murderers of the He people were wiped out all over.
Shi Da Ke is very aware of the combat power of the Black Banner Army, and also very clear about the city lord's feelings for the second master, so he is anxious. Now the battle situation looks very strange, the progress of the Black Banner Army crossing the river is fast enough, the second master's army retreated without even holding on for an hour, the key is that the Qingqi Army of the Black Banner Army has never shown up!
According to the theory, the Black Banner Army's troops forcibly crossed the Jinshui River, and the Black Banner Army's light cavalry in the lower reaches could have waded over, but the Nanyan cavalry who were patrolling downstream have never warned, which shows that the Black Banner Army Qingqi did not use it at all!
This is unreasonable!
Although he hadn't fought any battles, Stark was keenly aware of this strangeness.
When he saw that Fu Zhengming's banner was getting closer, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. This time there is no need to fight, as long as the second master can be brought back.
Then, he saw the terrain ahead.
On both sides of the official road is a piece of thick reed grass. At the beginning, the Jinshui River flooded thousands of acres of fields in the south, forming several small lakes. I don’t know why the reeds came out so quickly. Although those small lakes are gradually drying up, the reeds are still so thick.
Looking at that place, Shi Da Ke always felt a little flustered in his heart.
"Second master!"
When he saw Fu Zhengming's face clearly, he immediately called out: "The city lord ordered me to take you back!"
"good!"
Fu Zhengming looked back: "You first order the formation, and wait for the troops behind. If you go back and close the city gate immediately, at least 80% of the soldiers will not be able to come back!"
Shi Dake wanted to refuse at first, but seeing that the Black Banner Army's pursuers on the other side of the Jinshui River were still far away, he nodded and ordered his 5,000 troops to form a square formation.
The follow-up routs ran over sparsely. When the team managed to gather three or four thousand people, Shi Dake began to persuade Fu Zhengming to retreat immediately, but Fu Zhengming insisted on waiting a little longer. After half an hour, the rout finally arrived. There were barely more than 5,000 people, so Fu Zhengming ordered to go back.
Stark breathed a sigh of relief, and then ordered to go back to the city. At this time, he suddenly felt that it was getting dark, and the sun was covered by something. He looked up subconsciously, and then... saw a rain of arrows that could cover the sky.
From that reed.
A round of arrow rain loosened the formation of Nanyan's army. Shi Da Ke loudly called the soldiers not to panic, and the second round of arrow rain arrived, covering the sky and covering the earth. Soon, a layer of white grass suddenly grew on the ground, almost covering the entire ground.
After two rounds of arrow rain, a small piece of reed suddenly fell from the inside, and a tall war horse jumped out of the reeds with a black armored knight on its back. Immediately afterwards, clumps of reeds fell down one after another. Horse after horse rushed out!
"The elite cavalry of the Black Banner Army!"
I don't know who yelled out of fear, and the fear immediately spread.
Shi Dake and Fu Zhengming finally knew why the light cavalry of the Black Banner Army did not show up when they were blocking the attack on the river bank. Because... they were already here!
At this moment, Stark suddenly understood something!
It turned out that the cavalry of the Black Banner Army came to harass outside the city every night before, and it was not a simple harassment at all. Fang Jie sent a group of light cavalry to yell outside the city every night. It was only one of his purposes to keep the defenders in the city from resting. The batches were sent to the south bank of the river, and then they hid in the reeds at night! The defenders in the city thought it was Fang Jie who had sent cavalry over in turn, but in fact it was to paralyze them on purpose for today!
What Fang Jie was waiting for was today!
The hussars charged forward wielding horizontal knives, like a group of gods of death wielding sickles.
For a moment, Stark's face was ashen. He glanced at Fu Zhengming, and it was the same.