HCB Chapter 310 Exchange of Interests
Chapter 310 Exchange of Interests
Ning Yi hid his own cavalry army in the northeast outside Yuanzhou City.
The reason for hiding such an army was to surprise the barbarian general.
In order to prevent the barbarian general from having more troops than himself, he ordered his army to hide in the camp.
That would be a huge disadvantage for Ning Yi.
Naturally, he only showed out 30,000 cavalrymen and fought desperately with the barbarian general.
The barbarian general felt that he would definitely have a chance to win, and he never looked down on the Wu cavalry in his heart.
Now that the battlefield was in a tense state, they realized that the blocking army led by the Sixth Prince of Wu State was even more powerful and was not something their own small army could deal with.
With a decisive order, five thousand cavalrymen hurried to meet the approaching cavalry.
The others could only follow Dalto and fight desperately towards Yu Shengfei's army. Only by breaking through could they survive.
When Yu Shengfei saw the reinforcements coming, there was no time to waste. Victory was at hand, and he had to fight to the death.
The two sides soon collided with each other, and people kept falling off their horses with screams, but this time the barbarian cavalry suffered a heavy loss.
Their troops were reduced in number and were attacked everywhere by the Wu cavalry, suffering heavy losses all at once.
The barbarian general Dalto had just led the cavalry out of the battle, but he immediately changed horses quickly and fled to the west without looking back.
Yu Shengfei did not pursue them. Instead, he led a large army and, together with Ning Yi's personal guards, besieged the remaining 5,000 cavalry.
Seeing that the battlefield had been brought under control, Ning Yi immediately gave orders for the 3,000 vassal soldiers in the rear to join the battlefield.
They had rested for a long time and had been protecting Ning Yi's rear.
Now they suddenly dispersed from both wings and rushed to the west.
Then he turned around and rushed directly into the group of rebel infantry who were fighting fiercely.
Ning Yi was not prepared to send the prince's 3,000 cavalrymen to the battlefield to fight the barbarians.
After all, their mission is to find opportunities to attack the infantry phalanx.
Sure enough, the rebel infantry phalanx, which was fighting seriously and under great pressure, was suddenly attacked from both sides by these 3,000 cavalrymen, and the archer team in the rear immediately collapsed.
Especially the rebel generals, they had already noticed that the situation was not right, and they quickly led hundreds of their personal soldiers to flee on horseback.
The other rebels immediately fell into chaos and lost their command.
Seeing that the rebel army had already begun to fall into chaos, Ning Yi also gave orders, and the two thousand scholar soldiers who had been on high alert also rushed forward to experience the battlefield.
Except for his own guard musket battalion, all others went to the battlefield.
The 5,000 barbarian cavalry were surrounded by more than 30,000 cavalry. Only a few hundred of them managed to break out, but were immediately dealt with by other troops.
Not many people managed to escape to the west.
The tens of thousands of rebel infantrymen were attacked by various large armies and collapsed in panic one after another. They even lost their generals. They were also surrounded and blocked everywhere, so they could not fight on.
The defeat was like a landslide, with men constantly surrendering. There were cavalry everywhere, and it was impossible to even escape.
Ning Yi's battle actually lasted less than two hours, from morning to noon.
He immediately gave orders, forcing all the prisoners to take off their cotton coats, and then stripped winter clothes from the wounded soldiers and corpses on the ground.
Especially those wounded cavalrymen, they were all dressed so comfortably and covered in fur. If I didn’t take them off, who else would I take them off?
The entire army led by Ning Yi was like a group of bandits, looting clothes everywhere.
The governor of Yuanzhou on the city wall was stunned. No way, he would have thought that the Sixth Prince would lead a large army and defeat the ferocious barbarian army that scared countless people outside Yuanzhou city.
Except for more than 10,000 cavalrymen who fled, almost the entire army was wiped out.
How could he not be shocked by such a record?
In the past, he often heard that the Sixth Prince had won battles and annihilated many enemies, but he always felt that it was empty.
After all, they could often rely on a group of old soldiers from the Beijing camp, or a group of useless people, to defeat a very powerful elite enemy.
After a few times, everyone would think that the Sixth Prince was too boastful.
But today, the prefect of Yuanzhou saw with his own eyes that the barbarian army collapsed across the board and fled in panic.
Looking at batches of prisoners being escorted aside, how could this be fake?
He quickly urged, "Hurry, hurry, open the city gates. I will personally lead the Yuanzhou garrison to assist the Sixth Prince in fighting the barbarians."
How could he let go of such a good opportunity?
He had already thought about how to write the memorial. At that time, the Sixth Prince would lead the army to fight a decisive battle with the barbarian army of 100,000 at the foot of Yuanzhou City.
The governor of Yuanzhou also led the Yuanzhou defenders and able-bodied men, thousands of whom fought desperately together.
Even if one is shameless, one can write about how he personally took up arms and went to the battlefield to fight with the barbarians and bandits.
The governor of Yuanzhou hurried out with thousands of defenders and several thousand able-bodied men, carrying a mess of weapons.
He was still shouting about beating the barbarians.
This made a group of Wu soldiers very stunned. The barbarians have been defeated, why are you running out?
However, some soldiers held their weapons and shouted, "No one is allowed to touch the captured supplies."
The governor of Yuanzhou didn't care about these rags and the cotton coats stripped from the corpses and wounded soldiers.
He took the initiative to come over and bowed to Ning Yi, who was standing on the roof of the car observing the entire battlefield: "Your Highness, I will personally lead the entire city's garrison and able-bodied men to assist Your Highness."
Ning Yi looked down at him. This guy had a face full of anticipation, and he immediately understood what he meant.
Isn't it just that you want to take advantage of the autumn wind and improve your record?
Ning Yi smiled indifferently and said, "No problem, it's just that my army just finished a great battle and needs a good meal."
"Your Highness, rest assured." The Yuanzhou prefect immediately patted his chest and assured: "I will immediately have the wealthy people in the city send military rations."
Seeing him so understanding, Ning Yi continued, "Although this prince defeated the barbarian army, many of the barbarian cavalry escaped. The soldiers wanted to deal with them, but they don't have enough winter clothes."
"We are still short of at least 50,000 sets."
The prefect of Yuanzhou looked very stubborn and said, "Your Highness, you are asking for too much. Where in the whole Yuanzhou can we find so many winter clothes?"
In order to get this record, the governor of Yuanzhou had to grit his teeth and said: "Your Highness, 50,000 is too much. We can, we can send 5,000 sets."
Ning Yi looked at him without saying anything.
The prefect of Yuanzhou had no choice but to say, "Eight thousand sets, that's the most."
"Your Highness, although Yuanzhou is a big city, there are not many people in the city. Many people have moved south."
Eight thousand sets would also be fine. Ning Yi nodded with satisfaction: "In that case, I'll trouble the prefect to submit this memorial to the emperor."
The prefect of Yuanzhou knew what he meant and immediately understood that the two sides were just exchanging interests.
This time, Ning Yi first selected more than 2,000 cavalrymen from the former border army from among the captives.
Cavalry is very important on the battlefield and is the key to victory or defeat.
Then the rebel generals were dragged out one by one and beheaded. Without them, the entire rebel army would be just a group of honest soldiers.