Chapter 587: Pursuit
Although Liu Bao and Liu Jiao had the idea of escape when the city wall collapsed, they had secretly prepared their own escape route beforehand.
Since the Wei army mainly attacked the south wall of the city, most of the Huns' troops were concentrated to the south, but this did not mean that the other city gates were unguarded.
After the incident, the Huns changed the defense of Jiuyuan City. The right Xiongnu army guarded the north gate, the left Xiongnu army guarded the east gate, the middle Xiongnu army guarded the west gate, and the remaining south gate was jointly guarded by the three Huns.
Most of the Huns' troops were concentrated here, including the armies of the northern Huns and the southern Huns.
The collapse of the southern city wall meant the fall of Jiuyuan City. Liu Bao and Liu Jiao obviously had no intention of coexisting with the city. Seeing that the situation was not good, they immediately retreated, and they did not even say hello to Liu Meng when they left.
That's fine with Liu Bao. After all, he and Liu Meng are inseparable but have different dreams. However, Liu Jiao has always been Liu Meng's strongest ally. But at this critical moment, he still took the lead in escaping. When disaster strikes, they both fly away. What kind of loyalty and friendship are there?
This time it's bullshit.
Liu Bao escaped from the east gate controlled by the Huns on the left, and Liu Jiao escaped from the west gate controlled by the Huns in the middle. Both gates were guarded by their henchmen, so even if the defeated army was like
Chao, Liu Bao and Liu Jiao can also escape smoothly.
But Liu Meng was not so lucky. Although his subordinates controlled the north gate, Liu Meng retreated relatively late. By the time he arrived at the north gate, the dark mass of defeated troops had completely blocked the road out of the city.
At this moment, if Liu Meng wants to go out of town again, he may only be able to do so by growing two wings.
Unlike Liu Yue's wretched surrender, Liu Meng chose the most heroic method and ended his life by flying a moth into the flame. The warrior who wanted to be a Shanyu and lead the Huns back to their peak finally finally
He was killed by thousands of arrows piercing his heart.
There is no word "surrender" in his dictionary. He would rather die in battle than surrender.
Liu Meng died righteously and vigorously, but unfortunately, the Xiongnu army was defeated like a mountain. The situation was over and no one could save it.
From the collapse of the southern city wall to the end of the battle, the whole process only lasted more than an hour. The Wei army completely controlled Jiuyuan City and captured countless Xiongnu soldiers.
News of victories from all sides continued to be reported to Cao Liang, but Cao Liang was more concerned about how many fish had slipped through the net. Since the Wei army only concentrated its forces to attack the south and did not send troops to block the attack in other directions, of course,
It's not that Cao Liang doesn't want to block the attack, it's just that the troops in his hands are a little stretched, and the attack in one direction is a little weak. If he divides his troops and goes out, he will become more and more alone.
However, such an attack method will definitely cause many fish to slip through the net. According to the information, in addition to the right Xian Wang Liu Meng who died in the battle, the left Xian Wang Liu Bao and the central commander Liu Jiao have already led their troops to escape.
However, due to the chaos when the Huns fled, and the city gate being too narrow, causing a large amount of congestion, the casualties and captured Huns accounted for more than 80% of the total, and only about 20% of the Huns fled Jiuyuan.
The Wei army won a complete victory in this battle. In a real sense, the threat of the Huns was completely eliminated. Even though Liu Bao and Liu Jiao escaped, they only led an army of more than 10,000 people, and after losing the Jiuyuan
After this was the last territory of the Huns, Liu Bao and Liu Jiao would be in a difficult situation no matter where they fled. At least in Bingzhou, they would have no place to stay.
However, Cao Liang is not satisfied with such a victory. Liu Bao and Liu Jiao, the two fishes that slipped through the net, must not be left alone. They are hundreds-footed insects that will die but not freeze. What Cao Liang has to do now is to take advantage of the opportunity.
Victory and pursuit, completely eliminate these two Huns, and solve all worries.
So Cao Liang ordered that the task of cleaning the battlefield be handed over to the infantry, Changshui and Shesheng battalions, while the Yueqi battalion and the Tunqi battalion were divided into two groups to pursue the remaining troops of the Huns.
Deng Ai and Shi Bao immediately took orders and led the Yueqi battalion and Tunqi battalion to leave Jiuyuan. According to the current intelligence, Liu Bao, the Xian King of Zuo, escaped from the east gate. Deng Ai led the Yueqi battalion out of the east gate to pursue him.
Liu Jiao, the commander-in-chief of the central government, escaped from the west gate, and Shi Bao led the cavalry battalion to pursue him all the way from the west gate.
Since the Xiongnu soldiers did not escape for a long time, the Wei army could pursue them all the way by following their remaining traces, such as the footprints of the horses' hooves, the remaining clothing and weapons of the Xiongnu soldiers, etc.
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Although Liu Bao escaped from the east gate, after leaving the city, he did not go east, but turned north and walked north.
Liu Bao did not bring many soldiers and horses. In addition to his trusted subordinates, there were still thousands of miscellaneous troops. Some of these Huns soldiers came from the right, some from the north, and some from the center. In short, they fled
At that time, the organization of various ministries had long been broken up. Many Huns soldiers were like headless flies, rushing out whenever they could. Anyway, staying in the city would lead to death.
Although Liu Bao wanted to bring out more troops on his left, in the chaotic situation at the city gate, he was lucky to be able to escape. At that moment, Liu Bao really couldn't care less
It's a lot. If I were to go a little slower, I might never be able to get away.
Liu Meng acted as a quasi-chanyu in the city, trying to summon more Huns to resist the Wei army's attack, but Liu Bao could see clearly that the Huns were now scattered and had no fighting spirit. What could they do with such an army?
To resist the Wei army's attack?
If you stay in the city, you will probably have to die. If you escape, you may have a chance of survival.
In this case, Liu Bao chose to escape decisively and wisely, and before escaping, he did not say hello to Liu Meng. It was not that he did not want to fight, but that they were too far apart and there was no time.
The Wei army's cavalry attacked very quickly, and Liu Bao could only think about protecting himself. Although he and Liu Meng were inseparable and hostile to each other, their interests were still the same in fighting the Wei people.
Understand.
It’s not that I don’t want to save him, it’s just that he’s beyond our reach!
I don’t know what’s going on with Liu Meng now, but looking at the situation, it’s probably more serious than bad.
Chapter completed!