Chapter 196: Victory in the decisive battle
The reason why Li Jing "targeted" Di Qing and Lu Su "attacked" was that he hoped that the two of them would not become arrogant because of their merits, which was also a warning.
The chaos in Yili City did not stop once it began, and it would continue for a while, but even so, it would have affected the first division's entry into the city at all.
On the top of Yili City, although the soldiers on the three walls facing the First Division were the last ones to learn about the riots in the city, they were the fastest and most decisive part of the escape.
After all, they watched the Xia army standing there quietly outside the city, and they didn't know when they would attack them, and maybe they would die next moment.
Under such circumstances, the soldiers on the city were under great pressure. If there weren't a little comforting city wall and the existence of knights behind them who shouted and motivated from time to time, these soldiers wouldn't have just been waiting to die like this.
But now, the knights have all run away. They don’t want to fight with the devil-like Xia army. The Xia army has never had a single defeat, but it is like a big stone that is always pressing on their hearts.
Not to mention, the Xia army under the city is said to be the army of demons with 100,000 prisoners of war buried alive. I heard that even the knight masters could not escape. What can these little soldiers be considered?
If the lord had not forced them to come to this place, they would not have cared about the life and death of other territories, but they would not have done their best even in the territory they belong to.
So, when it was time to escape, these soldiers were not vague at all and ran faster than anyone else.
Although the gates of Yili City are still closed, the city where no soldiers stick to it is an empty city.
Soon, the First Division opened the city gate and marched into the city openly and without any obstacles.
No matter how strong the city is, it is always the easiest way to break through from the inside. Yili City is not a solid city, but there are a few soldiers inside. But even so, the attack from the inside quickly changed hands.
Since a city is lost, the battlefield outside the city becomes a battle alone, and defeat is still destined; in this decisive battle, the Xia army's great victory is still destined!
The joint army, which soon received the news of the loss of Yili City, was soon defeated under the joint attack of the Second Xia Division and the Cavalry Division, and started a "journey" of scattered escape.
Compared with the 100,000 troops in the city, although the United Army stationed outside the city did not have the protection of the city wall, because of this, after the defeat, without the shackles of the city wall, they could choose to escape.
Yili City is not a place where the Xia Kingdom's vanguard army was surrounded, so it was too far ahead and could only escape north. There were roads everywhere here. As long as you didn't go south and head towards Yili City, there was always a chance of escaping.
Seeing Huo Qubing who was defeated and fleeing, of course he could not miss this opportunity, and immediately issued a pursuit order to the cavalry.
In the previous two armies, Huo Qubing cooperated with the Second Division to fight in a stern manner, but it made him feel a little uncomfortable.
Now that we can fully exert the mobility of the cavalry, Huo Qubing immediately became energetic. After saying hello to Yan Ren, he led the team to pursue the defeated soldiers himself.
On the side of Yili City, when the First Division entered the city, there were still a large number of soldiers who did not escape from the city in time. Di Qing ordered that the 11th regiment that entered the city first occupied the city wall and issued an order to clear away the remaining enemies to the rest of the regiments.
It is actually somewhat inaccurate to call the soldiers in Yili City who did not have time to escape from the city as "remaining enemies". After all, the two armies did not engage in actual combat, nor did they suffer heavy losses, so there is no word "remaining".
But even if it is not broken now, it will become broken soon - street fighting in the city has begun.
Although the United Army in the city had no intention of fighting and was only determined to escape, they would not watch the Xia army's sword kill him in vain. They must have to resist.
Sporadic resistance was useless, and nothing was found except that some sporadic casualties were caused to the minion army.
Because the powerful and soldiers in the city were all determined to escape, the northern gate of Yili City was so crowded. After the Xia army occupied all the city walls, the people in the city actually didn't run out of the city at all.
The rest were all crowded at the city gate, clamoring and arguing. The chaos was so chaotic that they didn't even hear the screams from not far behind them. When the First Division surrounded the north of the city, these talents finally reacted.
I realized that I had reacted and knew the situation I was facing. Facing the situation surrounded, what can those who actively squeezed together do?
Li Jing, Liu Ji, Di Qing and Lu Su were standing on the top of the north city wall at this time, looking down at the enemy troops under their feet, without any sympathy in their eyes, and only indifference.
"Let's start!" Di Qing's calm command sound was like a calm sea on the surface, but in fact there was deep darkness under the sea surface, dull but bloody and fatal.
After a massacre, the bloody smell soaring into the sky in the north of Yili City can be felt by people several kilometers away from the city.
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A day of pursuit, a day of battle, a day of victory!
After cleaning the battlefield, the statistics were made, and about 120,000 enemy troops were wiped out inside and outside the city.
Most of them came from Yili City, with an estimated number of more than 60,000 people, which means that the 100,000 enemy troops in Yili City actually had less than 40,000 successful escapes, including those powerful people who saw that the situation was not good and escaped first.
The enemy's casualties on the battlefield outside the city were about 50,000. In addition to the more than 20,000 casualties during the two armies' confrontation, Huo Qubing led the cavalry after a day of pursuit and also wiped out about 20,000 enemies.
Most of the coalition forces escaped for more than 200,000, which made Li Jing feel relieved after the victory. He regretted that in this decisive battle, there was no more vitality to eliminate the enemy's army.
However, Li Jing was relieved not long after. These escaped soldiers would face the Xia army on the battlefield again in the future, and they would be eliminated at that time.
What is more important now is to report the news of victory to Yang Song, who is far away in Tianqi City, and make subsequent arrangements for hundreds of thousands of troops.
Yang Song didn't need a report from the front. Since the war started, he has been focusing on the distant battlefield from the small map of the system. Until after the victory, he laughed happily in the study alone in the sky.
Randomly, Yang Song walked out of the study with a happy face and returned to the backyard to rest with peace of mind. He was alone and was very tired to watch the battle for a long time. Now that the front line battle has won, he has nothing to worry about.
Tonight, I believe Yang Song can have a good dream!
Chapter completed!