"Shoot the Arrow" The knights of the Xia army flew on the horse and kept turning around and releasing arrows, these cavalry archery skills from the northern grasslands were very exquisite, in addition to the dense rain of arrows, the Song army was almost powerless to fight back, and there was no good way to fight the cavalry on the plain but to avoid its edge, and now the Song army foot soldiers were entangled by the Xia army knights, and they couldn't get out at all.
The two sides fought for an hour, the Song army infantry was exhausted by the cavalry, under the strong attack of the Xia cavalry, coupled with the delay in the Song army's reinforcements, the Song army finally could not support it, and began to have soldiers fleeing, which is like a broken embankment, there is a leakage, it will quickly break the entire embankment.
"Brothers, don't mess up, don't mess up; Meet the enemy with me, meet the enemy with me," the general of the rear army ordered.
However, the generals of the rear army had lost control of the army by this time, and many of the soldiers had disobeyed orders and began to flee to the south; This is a once-in-a-lifetime fighter for the Xia army, and Zhao Ge immediately ordered: "Horn order, the army will attack" "Woo, woo, woo, woo" The dull sound of the horn spread throughout the sky, and the cavalry of the Xia army began to assemble to launch a frontal attack on the Song army, and in the face of the impact of the Xia army's iron cavalry, the rout of the Song army was even faster, and the 200,000 Song soldiers instantly scattered and fled around; An officer of the Song army said to the general of the rear army: "General, the Xia army has begun to launch a fierce attack, hurry up and retreat, it will be too late if you don't withdraw." ” The general of the rear army ordered angrily: "Tell the order that all parts break out and break out, and how much can they run out." ” "The general has an order, disperse and break through" With the military order to withdraw the army, the Song army ran even faster, and the Xia army was also divided into two parts, one part began to scatter to pursue the Song army under the leadership of Zhao Ge, and the other part surrounded the Song army that did not have time to evacuate under the leadership of Zhu Xu, and then implemented the usual interspersed tactics of the Xia army, divided the Song army into pieces, and then gradually ate it; But this time, unlike in the past, the Xia army did not kill prisoners, as long as the Song army was willing to hold the title, they could basically save their lives.
The more than 80,000 Song troops blocked by the Xia army surrendered under the threat of the Xia army's iron cavalry, except for the thousands who were killed; And Zhao Ge led the Xia army that went out to pursue the Song army all the way to chase and kill the Song army, and the Xia soldiers shouted along the way: "Those who surrender throw away their weapons and kneel on both sides, and those who escape without permission will be killed."
Not to mention that the slogan of the Xia army is really in charge, many Song soldiers who can't run will throw their weapons and obediently kneel on the side of the road to wait for the Xia army to come and detain, and the rest is a very wise choice for the Song army soldiers to surrender, now it is the middle of winter, and the entire Hebei land is suffering from war, if the fleeing Song army soldiers can't catch up with the army in time, there is no food and grass and there is no way to keep out the cold sooner or later they will be starved to death or frozen to death.
As a prisoner of the Xia army, although he may not have eaten well or eaten enough, at least he will not be starved to death, so many Song soldiers who escaped from the Xia army's cavalry surrounded by the Xia army's cavalry obediently knelt on both sides of the road after hearing the Xia army's shouts, waiting for the Xia army to come to collect the prisoners, and when the Xia army pursued and returned, there were kneeling Song soldiers everywhere along the way, and they were driven by the Xia army's cavalry to the Xia army's assembly point.
When the war ended, it was late, and it was too late to set up camp, so the soldiers of the Xia army could only monitor the prisoners of war of the Song army to cut some wood in the forest not far away, and took it back to light a pile of cage fire to keep out the cold, all the prisoners of the Song army were all held together, afraid that these prisoners would freeze to death, and they were also set on fire, but there was no food, and hundreds of thousands of Song prisoners could only starve in the bitter cold, and some of the wounded Song soldiers never survived this cold night.
In the early morning of the next day, when the sky was just dawning, the various units of the Xia army took care of the prisoners and began to clean up the battlefield, and all the captured baggage was loaded onto the simple cart made overnight last night, and the corpses of the Song army were all buried on the spot, and the bodies of the Xia soldiers were transported back together for a grand burial.
"General Zhao's results have been counted, this time we annihilated a total of 200,000 Song troops, including 130,000 prisoners of war, more than 20,000 people were killed, probably less than 50,000 people are on the run, countless weapons and armor have been captured, and there is no food and grass in such a cold day, and it is estimated that there will not be many people who will flee back."
Zhu Xu came to Zhao Ge's side and said.
"What about our losses," Zhao Ge asked with concern.
"Our army has 150,000 soldiers and less than 10,000 losses, which is a big victory," Zhu Xu said with a smile.
"With such a big victory, our subsequent battles should be much smoother."
Zhao Ge said with a smile: "Order the army to escort the captured and captured baggage north to return to Julu. ” "I'll arrange it" On the other side, inside the camp of the Xia army outside Julu City.
Zhao Ge and Zhu Xu led the army to pursue all night and did not return, the first reaction of Li Bingchang, the king of Jin, was that they were ambushed by the Song army, Li Bingchang wanted to send troops to rescue, but after thinking about it, he gave up this idea, not that Li Bingchang did not want to save, but Li Bingchang was afraid that he would fall into the trap of the Song army again, if the hundreds of thousands of Bingzhou troops were also ambushed by the Song army, then the Xia army on the western front of the entire northern battlefield would not have any troops at all.
Although he did not immediately send troops to rescue, Li Bingchang still sent a large number of scouts to find the shadow of Zhao Ge's army, and at the same time gathered a large army to wait for it, either to rescue or to defend the camp; There was no news from the scattered detectives, and Li Bingchang also did not sleep all night, and came to the gate of the camp to wait at dawn in the morning.
When the sun had just risen, a flying horseman shouted: "Report, report, report to the prince, Zhao Ge's army has won a complete victory, not only destroying 200,000 Song troops, but also capturing more than 100,000 enemy troops, capturing countless weapons and armor, and now General Zhao Ge and General Zhu Xu are escorting the captives back to the camp on the way." ” After listening to this, Li Bingchang clenched his fists tightly and said, "This king knows, you go down."
Li Bingchang only felt that his face was hot at this time, Zhao Ge's victory was tantamount to a naked slap in the face for Li Bingchang, Li Bingchang's heart was very uncomfortable, if Zhao Ge failed, it would be easy to say, it could just bring out Li Bingchang's smart resourcefulness, but Zhao Ge welcomed it and won a big victory, Li Bingchang regretted it, Li Bingchang thought that if he led the troops to pursue, he would definitely leave all the Song troops behind.
When Zhao Ge and Zhu Xu led the army to arrive, Li Bingchang, the king of Jin, personally led his Wenchen military generals out of the camp to greet him, "The two generals returned triumphantly to this king is deeply gratified, and the camp has set up a celebration banquet for the two, please invite the two generals into the camp."
Looking at Li Bingchang's smiling face, Zhao Ge said to Li Bingchang: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin is serious, but the small victory is not enough to worry about, in addition, we have been fighting for a day and a night, and the brothers are already physically and mentally exhausted, so let the brothers rest early, these prisoners, as well as the captured weapons and armor, will be handed over to the prince to deal with, and the general will leave." ” Zhao Ge's words made Li Bingchang very faceless, and Li Bingchang was invited by his angry face, but Li Bingchang still said: "The two generals, please take care of yourself." ” The second is more presented, continue to ask for recommendations: