Vol 2 Chapter 2576: The second time he went out to the fortress and won a complete victory, Kublai

Chapter 2576: The second time he went out to the fortress and won a complete victory. Kublai Khan beheaded Boyan with tears.

Chapter 2572: The second time he went out to the fortress and won a complete victory, Kublai Khan killed Boyan in tears

Bo Yan was worried that Longcheng would be breached. After continuous high-intensity marches, the army was already exhausted. He also thought that relying on his superior strength, he dared to fight Huo Qubing directly without any rest.

On the other hand, Huo Qubing started the battle directly without any command, taking the fast attack method to its extreme. It can be called a blitzkrieg in the cold weapon era.

The Yuan-Meng army was exhausted, and the command and operation of the army was much sluggish than usual. However, the Qin army on the opposite side was at its peak. How could it possibly keep up with the Qin army's blitzkrieg style?

Therefore, Boyan's series of wrong decisions caused the Yuan army to become more and more chaotic, even to the point where the generals could not command the army.

Bo Yan is not a mediocre person. When things have developed to this point, he naturally knows how to choose. In the worst case, he will just return to Longcheng.

Dragon City is only a hundred miles away from the battlefield, and the Yuan army is all cavalry, leaving some to delay the rear army. With a retreat distance of a hundred miles, how many Yuan troops can the Qin army kill?

Bo Yan was already prepared to abandon his chariots to protect his commander and leave some of his troops to fight back. However, what he never expected was that Wo Kuotai died in battle at this most critical moment.

 Who is Wo Kuotai? That was the Youxian King of Yuanmeng. His prestige in Yuanmeng was extremely high, and his status was second only to Emperor Kublai Khan of Yuanmeng.

 The death of such an important figure on the battlefield had a great impact on the morale of the Yuan army, and also made the Yuan army's already chaotic front line even more fragile.

At the critical moment when the army was about to be defeated, Boyan fully demonstrated the qualities of an excellent commander who was calm and calm in the face of crisis.

He issued several correct orders in succession, which not only temporarily stabilized the panicked Yuan army, but also prepared to cut off the front army, leaving the front army's 15,000 troops behind, intending to stop the situation and abandon the troops to protect the commander.

"Huo Qubing, although I can't defeat you, you can't keep me." Boyan thought to himself.

At this time, all the Qin army's forces were invested. Although it caused great casualties to the Yuan army, the Qin army was too small in number and the scope of the attack was limited. And Boyan made the correct arrangement, so it was not possible to defeat the Yuan army. He was able to completely defeat the Yuan army, and was unable to stop Boyan from escaping.

But at this moment, a cavalry force suddenly appeared in the south, numbering nearly ten thousand, and they were fighting with the temperament of the Great Qin. It was Li Dingguo's ten thousand Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry.

Originally, Li Dingguo's ten thousand wolf cavalry were going to Chifeng City to support Zhang Liao, but Huo Qubing did not communicate with Zhang Liao Yuefei and led his army directly into Mobei, which directly disrupted Zhang Liao's deployment.

Yue Fei and Zhang Liao naturally knew the risks of Huo Qubing's move.

But Yue Fei was far away in Shengle City, and even if he wanted to support Huo Qubing, it was too late, and only Zhang Liao could barely catch up.

Although Huo Qubing did not notify Zhang Liao and took the initiative to invade Mobei without authorization, he later came to ask for support, which made Zhang Liao very embarrassed.

But as a comrade, Zhang Liao was also unambiguous at the critical moment and decisively stopped Li Dingguo's troops, whose whereabouts had been exposed, and asked him to lead his army to Mobei to support Huo Qubing's battle.

 Zhang Liao originally wanted to treat Li Dingguo as a surprise soldier and join the battle at a critical moment in the Battle of Chifeng City so as to catch Kublai Khan off guard, but he did not expect that Kublai Khan would be so cautious.

Seeing that the people outside Chifeng City were being plundered by the Qin army, Kublai Khan could not sit still, but he still did not rush to fight. In the 20th round, he sent a large number of spies to investigate the military situation, and found traces of Li Dingguo's march.

Kublai Khan was defeated by Zhang Liao once, and he was already frightened. Now that he learned that Zhang Liao had hidden another army, and knew that it was a trap, he naturally became even more afraid to go to war.

Kublai Khan retreated to avoid the battle, and Li Dingguo was exposed again. If he continued to stay in Chifeng City, he would not be able to act as a surprise force, so it was better to send him to Mobei to support Huo Qubing.

Li Dingguo guessed that he had reached the Chifeng City area and replenished tens of thousands of supplies. He had not stayed there for two days when he received Zhang Liao's transfer order and could only rush to Mobei. After all, the war situation on Huo Qubing's side changed too fast. If he went If you are too slow, you may not even be able to make the soup.

 After a ten-day march, Li Dingguo finally arrived on the battlefield in time.

At this time, the Yuan army was preparing to retreat, but Huo Qubing's army was temporarily entangled and unable to stop it.

Seeing this situation, Li Dingguo was unable to rest and directly commanded the exhausted ten thousand wolf cavalry to charge towards the flank of the Yuan army.

When Boyan saw another Qin army emerging, his face turned pale for a short time. He knew that he was defeated, and completely defeated, but even so, he still had to fight to the death.

Now the only way Boyan can think of is to allocate part of his troops to hold back Li Dingguo's army as much as possible.

But Li Dingguo was not stupid either. Although the Wolf Cavalry under his command was a tired army, it had more physical strength than the Yuan army who had fought a fierce battle. They directly got entangled with the Yuan army and did not give Boyan a chance to escape. .

Li Dingguo suddenly joined the war and entangled the Yuan army so that it could not withdraw, and the morale of the Yuan army fell to the bottom.

Seeing this, Huo Qubing shouted excitedly: "Reinforcements are here, brothers, kill them."

"kill…"

The officers and soldiers of the Qin army roared one after another, their morale was like a rainbow, and they were united as one, and the Yuan army was unable to resist the attack.

Half an hour later, Boyan closed his eyes in despair and gave up the struggle completely, because the Yuan army had been defeated by the Qin army.

If it weren't for Boyan, the Yuan army would have been defeated by the Qin army long ago. Although Boyan delayed the process, Li Dingguo's timely arrival became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Under the joint fierce attack of Huo Qubing and Li Dingguo, Boyan's nearly 80,000 yuan army was completely defeated. They could no longer organize any effective resistance. They all fled to Longcheng in a panic, as if there was a glimmer of hope there.

After completely defeating the Yuan army, Huo Qubing gave full play to his special skills and followed the army in pursuit, leaving no one alive and killing a large number of fleeing Yuan army cavalry.

 Dragon City.

Brother Yelu Xiu, who was in charge of staying behind, was completely stunned after receiving the 80,000 troops from the front line and being defeated by Huo Qubing's less than 20,000 troops. He couldn't believe that Boyan, who had always been good at fighting, had an absolute advantage in military strength. Despite the situation, he still lost to Huo Qubing.

Soon Brother Yeluxiu made the decision that he must send troops to meet Boyan's defeated army. Otherwise, if the defeated army fled to Longcheng in a swarm, it would not be a good thing whether he opened the door or not.

If the city gate is opened, too many defeated troops will escape into the city, and they will easily crowd at the city gate. Once the Qin army captures the city, it will be completely over.

If the door is not opened, the retreating army may be eaten up by the Qin army. Brother Yeluxiu cannot afford this responsibility either.

After much deliberation, Brother Yelvxiu must go out of the city to meet the defeated army. Fortunately, Boyan and Wo Kuotai did not transfer the defenders of Longcheng away, so now there are still 10,000 troops in Longcheng. Otherwise, Yeluxiu Even if I want to save him, I don’t have the troops.

Brother Yelvxiu left behind three thousand soldiers and horses, and after giving some instructions to his lieutenants, he led seven thousand cavalry out of the city. As a result, he could not go more than twenty miles and ran into a large number of defeated troops who were panicking.

Brother Yelvxiu left a thousand soldiers and horses to lead the defeated army back into the city, while he led 6,000 cavalry to block Boyan from the pursuing Qin army. Boyan was naturally overjoyed when he saw Brother Yelvxiu coming to meet him. He wanted to stop others and stayed to help Brother Yelvxiu, but the Yuan army that fled was frightened. No matter how Boyan mobilized, not many people remained, so Yeluxiu could only stay. Brother Xiu cuts off the queen alone.

Huo Qubing also didn't expect that Brother Yelvxiu would dare to lead six or seven thousand cavalry out of the city to meet Boyan when he knew that Boyan's 80,000-strong army was defeated. But since Brother Yelvxiu had already arrived, he could only defeated it.

Huo Qubing roughly counted the number of people and found that there were still more than 11,000 riders.

 In other words, of the 20,000 Hezhou cavalry when they left the fortress, nearly 9,000 of them had been killed in battle, and nearly half of the men and horses were lost.

However, Li Dingguo's 10,000 Bingzhou wolf cavalry were supplemented, so Huo Qubing still had only 20,000 iron cavalry in his hands.

After most of the day's fierce fighting and pursuit, the physical strength of the Qin army's officers and men was also severely exhausted, but their morale was extremely high after the victory.

Facing the 6,000 Duanhou Yuan army at its peak, Huo Qubing and Li Dingguo cooperated and killed them all in just one hour, while also losing nearly 2,000 cavalry.

The only pity is that Brother Yelvxiu escaped early and escaped from the disaster.

After Huo Qubing destroyed the Duanhou Yuan army coming from Longcheng, he immediately sent his troops straight to Longcheng. However, due to a long delay, most of the Yuan army that fled outside had already fled into the city.

When Boyan saw that Duanhou's brother Yelvxiu had escaped with only a dozen of his cavalry, he immediately understood that Duanhou's army must have been completely wiped out. After welcoming him back to the city, he quickly closed the city gate and let Huo Qubing escape. .

Huo Qubing failed to seize the city, so he could only retreat temporarily and continue to hunt down the scattered troops while counting the results of the battle.

The next day, the Yuan army took the lead in completing the inventory. Of the 72,000 troops before the war, only 30,000 actually escaped back to Longcheng.

In other words, a full 42,000 troops died in yesterday's battle, and most of them died on the way to escape.

　　Including the remaining 6,000 troops, that is to say, in yesterday's battle alone, the Yuan army lost 48,000 cavalry, nearly 50,000.

After Boyan learned that so many people had been killed and injured, he was so angry that he vomited blood and fainted.

On the other hand, Huo Qubing's side was full of jubilation. Because of Brother Yelvxiu, although the Qin army did not complete their efforts and took advantage of the situation to seize the gate and attack Dragon City, the results they achieved were still great enough.

 After five days of inventory, the Qin army was completely reorganized.

In this battle, Huo Qubing used Hezhou's 15,000 iron cavalry and Li Dingguo's 10,000 Bingzhou wolf cavalry to defeat the 80,000 yuan army, beheading a total of 43,000 people, while the Qin army only suffered more than 6,000 casualties. It was a great victory. Total victory.

After this battle, although the Qin army won a great victory, it was still injured.

Nearly half of the 20,000 Hezhou army was lost in the battle, and a quarter of the remaining troops were wounded, and they were no longer able to fight any longer.

Furthermore, even if the Qin army can still fight, the Yuan army does not dare to fight anymore, so the Qin army's continued stay is a waste of food and grass.

Huo Qubing knew this, but still chose to stay, but this time he was not doing it for the credit, but to wait for Kublai Khan's reaction.

In the Battle of Longcheng, the Yuan army suffered a disastrous defeat, with nearly 50,000 soldiers lost. For Yuan and Meng, this had already reached the point of breaking their muscles and bones.

　　Kublai Khan almost fainted when he learned about it. After repeated discussions with his counselors, he decided that he could not continue like this.

Each of the three armies of Yuan and Meng suffered losses, and Boyan's army suffered a disastrous defeat. A total of nearly 70,000 troops were lost to Huo Qubing.

When Huo Qubing came out of the fortress, he only had a total of 20,000 troops. Do you believe that he only lost 10,000 troops and defeated Yuan and Meng's 70,000 troops?

Yuanmeng had been cultivating for so many years and finally regained some of his strength. However, he was knocked back to the starting point by the Great Qin in a battle.

Kublai Khan was really scared of being beaten. Now he just wanted to stop his losses in time, so he decided to abandon Chifeng City and return to Mobei. He would not continue to fight with Da Qin. It was important to preserve some vitality for Yuan Meng.

Kublai Khan pretended to accept Zhang Liao's letter of challenge, but in fact he abandoned Chifeng City and led all his troops back to Mobei, completely confusing Zhang Liao who was waiting for the decisive battle.

Please, you guys obviously have more troops, so why did you abandon the city and flee?

Zhang Liao naturally did not want to let Kublai Khan go, and after chasing him for thousands of miles, he completely lost track of Kublai Khan's army. In order to prevent him from getting lost on the grassland, he had to return to Chifeng City first.

Shortly after Kublai Khan retreated, Huo Qubing and Murong Ke also took the initiative to withdraw their troops, and neither Boyan nor Yue Fei stopped them.

Yue Fei didn't stop him because he knew he couldn't, but Boyan did it simply because he didn't dare. He was also completely frightened by Huo Qubing, and even reached the point of "talking about Huo."

After Kublai Khan returned to Longcheng, he immediately imprisoned Boyan and defeated him twice in a row.

In the two battles of Wuhai and Longcheng, Boyan used hundreds of thousands of troops, but was defeated by Huo Qubing's 30,000 troops, and nearly 70,000 people died directly in the battle.

 This is no longer a matter of incompetence, but of extreme incompetence.

As Kublai Khan’s mastermind and right-hand man, Boyan had always been loyal to Kublai Khan, and Kublai Khan did not want to hold him accountable.

 But Yuan Meng lost so miserably in this battle that someone must take responsibility for it.

 As the general, if Boyan doesn’t take the responsibility, who will?

Not long after, Kublai Khan publicly executed his right-hand man, Boyan, the Prime Minister of Yuan and Meng, on the grounds that Boyan's command of the troops was ineffective, which resulted in the defeat of hundreds of thousands of Yuan and Meng troops, and also implicated two other armies.

Kublai Khan reluctantly executed Boyan. Naturally, he was very sad, but what made him even more heartbroken and angry was that the city of Or was captured by Moton.

   Next Chapter The legitimate son is born

　　

　　

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