Chapter two hundred and seventy-one The battle is not over yet
With the invasion of Shanxi Zuoyunjing by the late Jin Dynasty, the news of burning, killing and looting spread rapidly in the big city, and the atmosphere in the whole big city became dignified.
After all, Zuo Yun is a county under the jurisdiction of Datong Prefecture.
More importantly, Zuoyun County is dozens of miles away from the big city, and the arrogant Tatar cavalry can burn and pillage in Zuoyun, and they can also burn and pillage outside Datong City.
At that time, the people in the big city once again felt a sense that the Tatar was about to be besieged by soldiers, and that Datong was about to fall into war again. Not only that, but all the civil and military officials and people in the whole Shanxi province focused their attention on this just-sealed governor of Shanshan.
I have the idea of watching the drama, the expectation of Wei Zheng and the idea of looking on coldly … I want to see how the governor of Shanshan just responded to the Dalai invasion …
These people didn’t let everyone down when they waited for the governor of Shanshan to sign the defense …
Well-equipped five thousand tiger and leopard cavalry, tens of thousands of people in Datong watched and resolutely went to the battlefield …
Some people are full of confidence in the upcoming battle, and some people have no hope rather than packing up and preparing to escape from Datong, a city that is about to break into war.
Just as everyone was waiting for the battle report at the front with anxiety, a horseshoe suddenly sounded in the direction of the city gate …
The night was just about to close the city gate and was quickly pushed by several soldiers.
Subsequently, several cavalry men riding horses, tigers and leopards appeared at the city gate and quickly passed through the city gate to the governor’s office in the same city on horseback.
Of course, when these cavalry rushed to the praetorium, they did not forget Zhao Yun and others’ account before they left.
The soldiers shouted at the top of their voices while manipulating their horses …
"Victory at the front … I butch fighters invaded Shanxi and rode ten thousand Tatars … body count ten thousand …"
"Triumph Tiger Leopard Army Triumph … Our army Zuoyun wiped out the enemy and recaptured Zuoyun County …"
This exciting news is like a gust of wind spreading rapidly to the big city, so the cavalry who delivered the good news have not seen Wei Zheng, and the whole people in the big city have fallen into jubilation because of this great victory.
The former Datong Company commanders mansion now two armored cavalry in the lobby of the Shaanxi Governor’s Office rushed to the front of Weizheng with a face of excitement, regardless of the fatigue of riding all the way.
After giving a big gift to Wei Zheng, I was excited to report that "I told the Governor … the front victory … After a bloody battle, our army successfully recaptured Zuoyun County and eliminated the 5,000 Tatar Musketeers who defended Zuoyun …"
"Not only that, Tatar Dourgen personally commanded five thousand cavalry elite, but less than five hundred people escaped into the mountains and the remaining four thousand five hundred cavalry were also eliminated by us …"
"You also wiped out the five thousand cavalry of Tatar …" Faced with this unexpected result, Wei Zheng’s face directly showed an unprecedented shock.
In the eyes of Wei Zheng, Zhao Yunhui’s 5,000 cavalry can’t be the opponent of 5,000 Tatar cavalry in the field even if they are retrained for half a year.
Now, the soldier told himself that Zhao Yun turned the impossible into reality, which had to shock and surprise Wei Zheng.
After being repeatedly affirmed by the soldiers in front of him, he quickly asked with a puzzled Wei Zheng, "Tell the officer … how did you do it? How did General Zhao destroy the five thousand elite cavalry of Tatars …"
Weizheng Kelly Y Zhou and others looked at the two soldiers with expectant eyes, and quickly told them as much as possible about the battle.
Before Wei Zheng could react from the shock, Kelly Y Zhou around Wei Zheng had exclaimed, "I didn’t expect that General Zhao has become a brave and resourceful real commander …"
"But this kind of play can be this time for Tatar …"
"Learn a lesson, Tatar will definitely change the methods of warfare in the war with us in the future …"
"Do you think about it? If the Tatars don’t adopt fan-shaped cavalry attack formation but adopt triangle attack formation during the battle, it will give us a central breakthrough … Although General Zhao’s ideas can continue to be implemented, the possible losses to the Tatar cavalry will become very small …"
"Once the enemy and two cavalry are strangled together, our equipment superiority will become overwhelming … and we will become the target of Tatar slaughter in the process of close combat without training …"
Wei Zheng’s face returned to calm after being shocked, and he nodded his head and answered, "The strategist said it was a very risky battle, but no matter how risky it was, we all won the battle and won an unprecedented victory … The official can definitely say that we will win the battle in Shaanxi and Shaanxi provinces, and our tiger and leopard troops will gain a firm foothold in Shaanxi and Shaanxi provinces, and people will not be able to drive away …"
With that, the defender’s eyes shifted to two soldiers and continued to ask.
"What’s the loss of cavalry …"
"Governor … in the process of fighting and chasing, we killed 1,259 soldiers and slightly injured 24 people … in addition, we also lost 593 horses …"
"But during the whole battle and crash, we seized 2,951 horses from the Tatars. In addition to the battlefield capture, the musketeers also captured 125 horses from Zuoyuncheng, which was enough to make up for the war damage …"
"After the post-war statistics, the musketeers who attacked Zuoyuncheng killed 21 soldiers and slightly injured 12 soldiers …"
After listening to the report, the defender asked Kelly Y Zhou, "What do you think, counselor?"
Kelly Y Zhou didn’t hesitate to speak his mind directly. "The loss of adult cavalry nearly reached one-third of the total strength. One official must immediately order the cavalry to withdraw and seize the Tatar war horse and the equipment base to quickly repair and restore combat effectiveness …"
"In the occupation of Zuoyun City, Zhou Yuhong and his men should also withdraw from Zuoyun and hand Zuoyun over to the local garrison for defense. After all, the longer Zhou Yuhong and his musketeers did not report to the court to occupy Zuoyun, the easier it was to expose."
Wei Zheng nodded and asked, "You mean the battle is over …"
Kelly Y Zhou, who is full of puzzling questions about Wei Zheng, is puzzled, but he still nodded his head and answered, "Isn’t the battle over yet, my Lord?"
"Tatar Dourgen fled into the mountains with hundreds of down archers. Even if we sent troops into the mountains to search, it would be difficult to achieve results. In this case, we can expect that the next opportunity will be destroyed …"
"Apart from these hundreds of down archers invading our Shanxi province, 10,000 Tatars have been wiped out by us, and even Zuoyun, a military town, has been taken back by us. Aren’t you satisfied with this result, my Lord?"
Wei Zheng shook his head and answered "Of course not satisfied …"
At this time, a thick murderous look quickly emanated from the health guard.
Facing the increasingly puzzled expression on Kelly Y Zhou’s face, Wei Zheng didn’t let him wait too long and said directly, "As far as I know, although these Tatars stayed in Zuoyun area for two days, they died in these two days, and more than 20,000 old, weak, women and children died in their hands. Not only that, but thousands of young people and countless wealth were plundered by them to Mongolia …"
"Such a big loss, plus the loss of cavalry and musketeers, is worth our capture of thousands of horses and thousands of poles on the battlefield. We hardly have muskets …"
"Besides, after the expansion of the Tiger and Leopard Army is completed, the total number of cavalry in our hands will exceed 15,000, and 15,000 cavalry will be almost 30,000 horses according to the most basic configuration of cavalry, but the number of horses in our hands is just less than 10,000 horses that have just been seized from the Tatars."
"That is to say, if we cavalry want to complete the expansion, we still need a full 20 thousand horses …"
"It is absolutely impossible for so many war horses to count by the imperial court, leaving the option of grabbing this road from the Tatars …"
"The Tatars can rob the population and wealth from us, and we can also rob the horses we need from the Tatars."
Facing the murderous look in front of him, Kelly Y Zhou’s face showed an epiphany directly.
Followed by a trace of worry also surfaced in Kelly Y Zhou’s face.