Chapter 272
"Send an order, the entire army retreats for a hundred miles. If I continue to fight like this, I will have no face to see Your Majesty again!" Yang Ye looked at the battle situation and reports on his mobile phone, and his mentality completely collapsed. All the soldiers in the Zhao army camp around them were all dispatched and charged towards the Song army camp.
Xin Qiji and Zhong Shidao ordered all the troops in the battalion. They covered the army and retreated, leaving only five thousand soldiers with broken rear troops to hold on for a day and a night.
Helplessly, Yang Ye could only lead the remaining troops and horses to retreat with the remaining soldiers. Not only that, all the food and supplies were burned down, and no grain was left for the enemy.
The moment Liu Yu rushed to the central army tent, Xin Qiji ordered the five thousand troops to start moving north, making them think that the Song army turned towards the Jin Dynasty.
But they didn't expect that Liu Yu was so mean and didn't care about these five thousand small troops at all. He got accurate news from Li Xiong that Yang Ye was retreating eastward in an all-round way.
"Hey, Gao Siji, you send out cavalry immediately and destroy the moving Xin Qiji army for me. Their existence is too annoying and will only affect my army's pursuit." Liu Yu called Gao Siji while riding a horse to chase and asked them to quickly eliminate the five thousand people in Xizhou.
Gao Siji, who received the order, quickly dispatched, and the cavalry prepared by Chen Qingzhi had already been ready to stand by. When Gao Siji ordered the dispatch, the cavalry of the battalion broke out and chased northward.
Yang Ye is still complacent about getting rid of the pursuers, but what he didn't expect was that Liu Yu was chasing him. Yang Yanzhao and Yue Fei, who were in charge of the retreat of the army, heard the sound of horse hooves and became alert.
"General, General! No, the enemy is chasing him!"
Hearing the pursuit soldiers chasing again, Yang Ye's sip of water squirted out again, and all the Song soldiers were helpless. If they ran down, they probably wouldn't have to ask for their legs.
The human body is so fast. Although the war horses are fast, they can't stand hunger and physical exhaustion.
"Who is the chasing general?" Yang Ye calmed down and asked.
"Liu Yu himself brought more than 100,000 cavalry to chase him!" After a while, Jiao Zan ran over and told Yang Ye that the pursuit of no less than 150,000 soldiers were.
Yang Ye had no choice but to do this number, so he could only use light equipment and simply, all the soldiers scattered and retreated, and gathered in Guixiang, a hundred miles away three days later.
Soon, the Song soldiers began to flee separately. They dispersed as fast as possible, and soon there was no trace of them. The speed of escape was the best.
Liu Yu, who was pursuing behind him, saw that the other party was actually fleeing in dispersion, so he ordered the divisions to disperse immediately, leaving behind 10,000 light cavalry to continue to follow him to pursue Yang Ye's headquarters.
Seeing that Liu Yu was still chasing him relentlessly, Yang Ye had no other choice but to let Yang Yanzhao and Wang Gui break the back personally. As long as they could delay for two hours, they would be considered a victory.
But after hearing Han Shizhong's description Liu Yu was very crazy, Yang Yanzhao was a little scared. It was his father who asked him to cut off his rear. He had no choice but to use the tactic of suspicion to delay time.
"Go! Don't worry about the army in front of you. They have already fled in dispersed ways. There must be not many people left behind. Let me kill them!" Liu Yu had just arrived here, but he didn't stop for a moment and directly hit him. Without even thinking about it, he thought that the opponent's troops must be scarce.
Feng Hao sat on the throne of the palace and looked at the current battle situation in Xizhou. He felt very happy. Liu Yu himself caught up with Yang Ye so quickly, which was something he had never expected.
But it is normal to think about it carefully. He has always been decisive in wars. If he fights implicitly, it will not be him.
"Jingluo, the battle situation has been decided, and now Xizhou is almost in our hands." Feng Hao laughed. This battle was done without any effort. There were many famous generals in the Song Dynasty's army. This victory was purely caused by crazy and bold storm.
You should know that a famous general pays attention to tactics and tactics when fighting, but in contrast, the army of Zhao Kingdom has no rules at all, and even fights randomly.
Observing the entire battle situation, from the beginning of the war to the present, except for the period when the war started, I used more tricks. Later, when facing the crazy Song army, I didn’t have so many erotic styles, and all followed Liu Yu’s word - typing.
"I really didn't expect that the general's fierce attack and rushing could turn the situation of long-term confrontation into a clear advantage for us, and directly push it back." Wang Meng said with a smile and shook his head.
Guo Wei, who was outside the door, also walked in, and he said: "If the Prime Minister did not believe in the general, he would not have sent the general to the front line to fight in person."
Everyone smiled. What he said was indeed reasonable. If Liu Yu was not sent to the war killer, it would probably be the battle until next year.
It is now mid-October and the weather is getting colder. If the frontline soldiers cannot get good warm protection, they may not be able to support the battle for so long.
"How is the Ministry of Works? Have the soldiers made all the cotton coats for the winter?" Feng Hao asked with his head raised.
The craftsmen's department in the capital is already working overtime to rush to make clothes for the soldiers to spend the winter, but the staff is still not enough, and all the cloth craftsmen in China need to be mobilized to supply them.
This requires Feng Hao’s edict to mobilize the staff of cloth craftsmen across the country. In order for the frontline soldiers to wear cotton coats for winter, it is worth it for them to work harder.
"Listen to the people of the Ministry of Works, and immediately mobilize the national cloth craftsmen. No matter what method you use, don't use tough methods. You must operate it for me. The soldiers on the front line are fighting so hard, so don't drag us behind us!" Feng Hao sent a message to the Minister of Works in the group, asking them to gather people within seven days.
After receiving the news, the Minister of Works immediately issued Feng Hao's order, in order for the frontline soldiers to wear winter clothes, no matter how hard they work, they can do more work for one more day, so that the soldiers can wear the clothes they made and kill more enemies.
After receiving the order from the court, the people below immediately mobilized the cloth craftsman and took action in batches based on the size given by the court.
Fuzhou has also implemented the orders of the court. Although they are survivors of the Great Sui Dynasty, they still have their families on the front line, and they have also contributed their efforts in this battle.
In just four days, they have exceeded the recruitment mission.
"130,000 cloth craftsmen? Four days are so fast?" Feng Hao looked at the data on his phone in surprise and said to everyone.
"It seems that they have feelings about this battle, and many people have already joined the battle." Guo Wei nodded and said.
Chapter completed!