Chapter 1103 Good News
The Khitans had already marched from the tribal alliance toward the feudal state, so the 50,000 army had a strong organizational force and retreated in an orderly manner under the leadership of the nobles.
But how could Yang Ye let them succeed?
"Kill the Khitan Dog--" Then, Yang Ye roared angrily, waved his spear, and rushed forward quickly with one horse.
"Throw the torch--" as he approached, he immediately shouted, and then hundreds of cavalrymen of the vanguard were thrown away, and the horses were instantly frightened, and the orderly team instantly showed gaps.
How could he let go of such a good opportunity?
In an instant, with his legs clamped, the war horse ran quickly, rushing to the Khitan army, like a ferocious tiger, and he was bound to bite a piece of meat.
Tarr and Yelu Dilie naturally knew his intentions, but preserving their elite strength was the most important thing, and some sacrifices were worth it.
The Tang army regained their passion and rushed towards it fiercely. The Khitans did not dare to be killed. They raised their bows and arrows from time to time to fight back, but in this case, the effect would be as good as nothing.
With a lot of fighting in the dark night, Yang Ye bit his tail hard, never slack, and kept following him, which made Taer even more angry: "Tangren is really disgusting-"
"Let the Han soldiers cut off the rear!"
Immediately, the Han soldiers, who were abandoned, fell to the end, carrying out a deadly mission and working for his Khitan master.
Yang Ye soon realized something was wrong. The cavalry that broke the rear was more than weaker than the Khitans, whether in armor, war horses, or body shape. He instantly realized that this group of people was probably Han soldiers.
"Are you Han people?" Yang Ye slowed down slightly, and the spear in his hand kept dripping blood. He asked with a frown.
It seemed that he had noticed goodwill, and a Han soldier who looked like an officer replied: "That's right, we are Han people."
"This general, we are willing to surrender. We hope not to fight again. We are unwilling to work hard for the Khitans."
"Yes, we'll stop doing it."
"We are willing to surrender-"
Soon, a large number of Han soldiers said something and swept across the entire army in an instant. It seemed to be to express sincerity, they all dismounted and expressed obedience.
"Shi Xingzhang, the commander of the Yulin Army, has met the general!" At this time, a burly man walked out and saluted respectfully.
Immediately, another man walked out and named himself the commander of the Crane Army, named Wei Long, who was also a great man.
Yang Ye still knew about the Khitan. The Han army in Youzhou established six armies according to the Central Plains' imperial guards, each with 3,000 troops. In other words, about 6,000 Han army left behind this time.
"You're the only one?"
"There are only two armies to go south this time!" Shi Xingzhang smiled bitterly: "When he came, he was 6,000 people, but now there are less than 4,000. The brothers were killed and injured, so they didn't want to fight."
Yang Ye knew that the Han army in Youzhou had the lowest status and the worst treatment. Even the Xi people and Shiwei people were inferior, and insults were common. There were military riots every year.
Therefore, the person in front of you is trustworthy.
"Okay!" Yang Ye said bluntly: "You take off your armor and kill the Khitan dog with me-"
"Okay, fuck it--" The Han army responded in unison, threw down its already ragged armor, shouted together, turned the horse's head and chased it away, with a high momentum, sweeping away the previous loss, like a mad dog.
Their pursuit was even more crazy and fierce than Yang Ye, which scared Tang Jun.
On the other side, Hu Yanzan finally brought his troops to attack from the side.
You chased each other until dawn, and chased for nearly a hundred miles. Yang Ye and Hu Yanzan met, all of them were stained with blood and panting, and the horses under their crotch could not run!
The Khitans fled all night, and along the way, they were full of corpses and grazing war horses. The armor and swords fell to the ground, and a large number of corpses were placed in a row on the grassland.
Only the infantry coming out of Yanmen Pass picked up all the way, collected a large number of war horses and armor, gathered together, forming mountains.
The captured Khitan soldiers were tied with ropes and sat down with bad luck, losing their souls, exhausted and hungry, causing them to be tossed.
"Hahaha--" Yang Ye stood on a mountain bag, looking at the captured soldiers and the resting soldiers, and couldn't help but laugh:
"I have been enduring the anger for decades and finally came out. It's so satisfying!"
"Hahaha!" Hu Yanzan also climbed up, looking at the magnificent grassland and the mess all over the ground, he also laughed and said, "I finally got something from the north. It's worth it. How worth it!"
On the other side, after a day and night of running, Taer and Yelu Dilie finally returned to Datong Town. After counting, they were in tears.
Fifty thousand people besieged the city, but when they came back, there were only 30,000, and nearly half of the troops disappeared. If they were added to Shiling Pass, then the more than 50,000 troops defeated by the Tang people.
One hundred thousand people went south around, but half of the loss was lost.
The soldiers and horses of Datong Town returned without any danger, without any harm, and they were not guilty of retreating first.
As for the tribes in the southern desert, they ignored them, like weeds.
The two looked at each other and their faces turned red.
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"Good news-" Outside Taiyuan City, a cavalry, galloping in a fast horse, and his momentum was moving forward. Pedestrians on the road hurriedly avoided.
After seeing people a little, I naturally understood that this was the battle situation at Yanmen Pass in the north. For a moment, there was a lot of discussion. The Emperor of the Tang family seemed to have been firmly in Taiyuan, and the inside and outside the city was noisy and lively for a while.
Many restaurants and shops are discussing the issue in a hurry, and there are more and more pedestrians on the street.
The Taiyuan people's fear of the Khitans has penetrated into their bones, and naturally, it is accompanied by disgust.
It is no matter how you defeat the Khitans, it is a great joy.
Soon, the messenger came to the palace. The emperor was talking with a group of civil and military officials about how to build a northern defense system. His hatred for Shi Jingtang became more and more powerful.
The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are the areas east of Taihang Mountain, namely You, Ji, Ying, Mo, Zhuo, Tan, Shun, which are the seven prefectures in front of the mountain, with Youzhou as the center, and the Great Wall.
The loss of Youyan area left the north with no danger to defend. Even if the Later Jin Dynasty defeated the Ming Dynasty and almost destroyed the country in the late Ming Dynasty, there was no way to wait for Wu Sangui to open Shanhaiguan.
As for the other nine provinces behind the mountain, there are Yun, Ru, Gui, Wu, Xin, Wei, Ying, Huan, Shuo, and Datong as the center, commonly known as Daibei, which is an important horse-raising land.
The importance of Datong was caused by the Khitans to set it as Xijing.
In other words, Datong blocked the Central Plains dynasty's advance northward and could not obtain large numbers of horses and vassals.
That’s right, to deal with the Khitans, the grassland tribes were the best choice. The counterattacks of the Huns in the Han Dynasty, the Northern Expedition in the early Ming Dynasty, and the Taiban cavalry were basically all grassland people.
"Report——" At this moment, a joyful voice sounded.
Chapter completed!