When the 450,000 Roman soldiers retreated, they discarded the fence and baggage, and traveled lightly and quickly.
By the time the Han army discovered it and gathered its troops to chase after them, the Romans had already withdrawn thirty or forty miles.
It's September now, the weather is getting cooler, and winter is coming soon.
The Romans could have discarded their bedding and cotton clothing, just because they were going home, and if they broke through the Loble's defenses, they could return to the Apennines in a month and a half.
All the way west was the territory of the Romans, Solona and Turin were the important cities of the Roman Empire, with many inhabitants and abundant supplies, so the Romans could replenish their clothing on the spot to protect themselves from the cold, so they did not have to fear the coming cold.
The Han people, on the other hand, did not dare to take risks, and traveled thousands of miles from the East to the West, unfamiliar with geography, unfamiliar with the climate, God knows how many months the cold winter in the West will come, and the ghost knows how cold the winter in the West will be Therefore, Yue Fei ordered the whole army to pull out the camp during the pursuit, not to abandon a tent, not to throw away a cotton coat, to avoid unnecessary attrition in the future.
After such a delay, the Romans retreated to the west for forty or fifty miles, Yue Fei led 500,000 Han soldiers to embark on the pursuit of the journey, by Gao Chong, Yue Yun, Jiang Song three tiger generals led 50,000 cavalry to take the lead, Yue Fei, Su Lie, Xiang Yu led the army in the center, Yang Ye, Zhang Han postponed, starry night to chase the retreating Roman army.
The Han army pursued all the way, from Ssalonica to Ljuble, and drove more than a thousand miles, and the two sides still maintained a distance of seventy or eighty miles.
But because there were 70,000 soldiers guarding Ljuble, Yue Fei was not worried that the Romans would put on their wings and escape, so he ordered the scouts to keep an eye on the whereabouts of the Roman army, and at the same time urged the troops to march quickly, biting the tail of the Romans tightly.
The Romans approached Ljuble, and the two armies were engaged in a fierce battle, and the corpses were strewn all over the field, and rivers of blood flowed.
After Gao Zhong got the news, he urged the troops to rush forward, eager to join the battlefield, but unexpectedly, when the army reached Futu Mountain, the land suddenly collapsed, and a large area of the mountain collapsed, completely blocking the road.
The mountain road is hundreds of zhang wide and full of craggy rocks, full of grinning stones, and everywhere there are pines and cypresses, blocking the road tightly.
If you want to pass through the mountain road, even if tens of thousands of people clear the obstacles, I am afraid it will take three or four days.
"Damn, why did this mountain collapse all of a sudden?"
Gao Zhong was anxious and angry, and scolded with the reins, anxious like ants on a hot pot, but helpless.
And Jiang Song was palpitating, and he was stumbling on the horse: "Fortunately, our war horse didn't run fast enough, otherwise we would have been buried under the collapsed hillside to see the king of Hades." 50,000 iron horsemen were blocked at the foot of Futu Mountain, and for a time people shouted and neighed, and the neighing and sneezing of war horses pierced the sky and soared into the sky.
Gao Zhong had no choice but to order the soldiers to temporarily dismount and rest, and sent a messenger to report to Yue Fei and ask for instructions.
"What, Futu Mountain has collapsed" Yue Fei was taken aback when he got the news, and hurriedly took Su Lie, Xiang Yu, Sun Bin, Liu Ye and other civil and military officers to speed up, throw off the army and go straight to the foot of Futu Mountain to check.
An hour and a half later, Yue Fei and his entourage arrived at the accident site, and Gao Chong, Jiang Song, Yue Yun and other generals rushed to pay homage and accompanied Yue Fei to inspect the road.
From a distance, I saw that the tall and majestic Futu Mountain seemed to have broken a tooth, and the collapsed rocks completely blocked the road, and there was a danger of another landslide overhead at any time.
Yue Fei immediately decided: "Futu Mountain is crumbling and may collapse again at any time, so we must not risk clearing the road to avoid mass casualties." ” Sun Bin and Liu Ye agreed: "What Yue Shuai said is extremely true, for the sake of the safety of the army, you must not risk the road, or take a detour to Macedonia."
"Futu Mountain stretches for more than 200 miles from north to south, and if you make a detour through Macedonia, you can reach Ljuble in three days at the earliest, and by then I am afraid that the Roman army has broken through the defense line of Huo Quji."
Liu Ye added.
Su Lie was depressed, and blamed himself repeatedly: "If I could have blocked Liu Bangduo for a long time, maybe they would have been buried by the collapsed Futu Mountain, but in the end it blocked the road we were chasing, the sky didn't bless my big man, but also my Su Lie was incompetent."
Yue Fei patted Su Lie on the shoulder and comforted: "It is up to people to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen, and General Dingfang doesn't have to blame himself."
From another point of view, we should feel glad that if our army had pursued faster, wouldn't we have buried countless soldiers on this collapsed hillside."
Hearing Yue Fei say this, the hearts of all the soldiers were a little more comfortable: "Yue Shuai is reasonable, I should not die, otherwise I will sleep at the foot of Futu Mountain in half an hour."
Xiang Yu frowned and said: "How could a good mountain suddenly collapse and cut off the road impartially, creating an opportunity for Liu Bang to escape, it's really strange."
Su Lie seemed to suddenly remember something, and said solemnly: "Last time, I surrounded and suppressed Liu Xiu in Babylon with General Wu Qi, and I saw that he was unable to fly, but I didn't expect Ivory Mountain to suddenly erupt, flames soaring into the sky, and mud flowing, resulting in heavy casualties among the two armies, and Liu Xiu also took the opportunity to escape.
This time it turned out to be the same, could it be that this Liu Xiu has the ability to command the universe through the heavens and the earth?"
Jiang Song also remembered the magma of Ivory Mountain deeply, it was the first time in his life that he witnessed a majestic volcanic eruption, and said in a loud voice: "That volcanic eruption and this landslide are very weird, maybe this Liu Xiu really has strange abilities, if so, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with." ” Yue Fei's eyes widened, and he suddenly remembered Zhuge Liang: "I have read the documents of the imperial court, which mentioned that when our army besieged Luoyang, Cao manipulated the fire and committed murder, and Luoyang became a hell on earth. ” After a pause, he continued: "Not only that, Kong Ming also begged for lightning to fall in the sky above Luoyang Palace, killing Cao Cao, a national thief.
And thousands of miles of showers, thousands of miles of thunder, and at the same time killed Li Yuanba, who was far away in Goryeo, maybe Kong Ming can compete with Liu Xiu" Zhuge Liang's battle report of praying for rain and thunder has been coming for more than half a year, and all the civil and military forces have already heard about it, and they immediately discussed: "I almost forgot about Kong Ming, pinch my fingers and calculate, Zhuge Kongming's reinforcements should arrive in a few days, I hope he has a way to restrain Liu Xiu's weird ability" Yue Fei said with a smile: "I heard that Your Majesty planned to resurrect Kong Ming after the end of the war, this is the ability to bring the dead back to life, Kong Ming is really a god, how can he be compared to a mere Liu Xiu."
"Huo Qujian only has 70,000 soldiers under his command, and it is really unknown whether he can stop the Romans for three or four days.
If you can reach Ljubl before the Romans break through, it will naturally be blessed by God, and if you are broken through by Liu Bang, it will also be providential. can only plan for the future, step by step, and encroach on the territory of the Roman court step by step. ” Yue Fei immediately ordered the army to make a detour to Macedonia, and still led the cavalry by Gao Chong, Jiang Song, and Yue Yun to open the way, and he, Xiang Yu, and Su Lie led the army to follow, striving to rush to Ljubl as quickly as possible to reinforce Huo Quji. t1706231537: