Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 269 An unprecedented victory! (3.2k!)
Su Yun took the lead and chased the Western Xia army of more than 100,000. Zhe Keshi was terrified when he saw it.

Attacking the weak spot of the Western Xia army from the rear during the battle seems to be quite risky, but it is actually not that bad. After all, the Song army in the front can also come back to support. However, the practice of three thousand cavalry chasing an army of more than 100,000 is really scary.

He didn't know what others were thinking, but Zhe Keshi believed that they shouldn't underestimate the enemy and advance rashly. If Ye Beima were to launch a surprise attack, the 3,000 cavalrymen would not be enough to defeat the enemy's army of more than 100,000.

In fact, it’s not Zhe Keshi’s fault. Not only him, but all the Western troops have the same idea.

You know, it’s been less than a year since the defeat of Yongle City, and everyone’s fear of the Western Xia army is still in their minds. Two hundred thousand soldiers and civilians were slaughtered by the Western Xia people. Just imagine who would not be afraid!
Today, the memorial for the victims of Yongle City is still there!
Seeing that Su Yun was about to chase him, Qi Keyong hurried over on horseback, grabbed Su Yun's horse head, and advised: "Su Junlie, don't chase after a desperate enemy! Don't chase after a desperate enemy!"

Zhe Keshi also hurriedly advised: "Yes, Su Jinglie, we have only killed and wounded a few thousand people in the Western Xia army, and the main force is still intact. If three thousand cavalry catch up with us, it will be difficult to do anything. If he sets a trap for us, we will all be buried!"

Su Yun was about to speak when Qi Keyong said, "We can win this battle thanks to you, General Su. You defended the city and cleared the countryside for months, lured the enemy deep into our territory, and then led 800 soldiers deep into the Xia territory, breaking through three major cities and cutting off the food supply of the Xixia army. It was your painstaking efforts that led to today's victory.

But then again, this is just a small victory of killing thousands of people. The enemy's main force is still there, and we only achieved this after exhausting all means. Now you are chasing with a small number of cavalry, which is too dangerous. Moreover, you can't bring engineering equipment and the like. If you encounter a strong city, you can't fight at all. What's the point?"

Su Yun didn't care and shouted directly: "Let go!"

After being yelled at by Su Yun, Qi Keyong couldn't help but let go of his hand. Su Yun rode out on his horse, and three thousand riders immediately followed. Zhe Keshi had no choice but to follow, but Qi Keyong couldn't follow, as there were tens of thousands of troops behind him waiting for him to clean up the mess.

Moreover, since Su Yun was so reckless, he would have to wait for news at any time, and might even need rescue when the time comes.

Three thousand cavalrymen followed Su Yun and rushed along the Wuding River. Soon they saw a large number of Western Xia troops, about five or six thousand people.

Zhe Keshi was overjoyed and said to Su Yun: "Let's kill these five or six thousand people right here, and that will be a great achievement!"

Su Yun shook his head and ordered: "Don't aim to kill them, drive them into the valleys on the plateau. The valleys here are complicated and it will be difficult for them to find a way out once they get in. At least we can delay them for a while."

Zhe Keshi cried out, a little confused, but he could only give orders quickly. Three thousand cavalrymen circled around like driving sheep, forcing five or six thousand soldiers to flee into the valley for their lives.

Afterwards, Su Yun led the three thousand cavalrymen to continue forward. Not long after, they encountered thousands of defeated soldiers. They dealt with them in the same way, chasing them, driving them away, and forcing them to flee for their lives. If they wanted to escape, they could either jump into the Wuding River or flee into the intricate valleys.

Jumping into the Wuding River was definitely not a good choice. Not many Xixia people could swim. If they fell into the river, they would sink like a lump of iron and die quickly.

So most of the deserters mindlessly fled into the intricate valleys. They ran for a long time until they could no longer hear the sound of horse hooves. Then they stopped and found that they were lost.

Su Yun led 3,000 cavalrymen and did this until he reached the city of Luowu. He had already driven 70,000 to 80,000 deserters into the valleys. Then Ye Beima, who was running ahead, fled into Luowu city with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses.

Su Yun immediately sent someone back to inform Qi Keyong to bring a large army to besiege Luowu City!
After receiving the order, Qi Keyong did not dare to delay and quickly led his army forward.

Ye Beima and his companions entered the city and counted the troops. They found that only about 10,000 people were left out of the army of more than 100,000. Together with the thousands of troops in Luowu City, the total number was less than 20,000!
More than a hundred thousand soldiers and horses, just gone like that?

Now both of them were numb.

What frightened them even more was that the food and fodder in the city had already been taken away by Ye Beima's army, and the remaining food was only enough for a few thousand people to barely survive. Now that more than ten thousand people had joined, the food might not even last for a few days!

By the evening, the main force of the Song army arrived and besieged Luowu City, which made the Western Xia army in Luowu City very frightened!

Ye Beima and Mei Emai were truly in despair. With only so few soldiers left, Luowu City was completely undefendable and there was no reinforcement from the rear!

However, Ye Beima and Mei Emai thought about it for a whole day and night but still couldn't figure it out. It was true that they were defeated, but how could an army of more than 100,000 people disappear without a sound?
In fact, Qi Keyong and others were also very curious about this question.

The one who asked this was Qi Keyong. Qi Keyong said, "Su Jinglie won the battle, but he abandoned his infantry and didn't bring any siege equipment. He chased all the way to the city with light cavalry. Now Luowu City has become an isolated city and will be captured soon. I don't quite understand. What do you think, Su Jinglie? Please give me some advice."

Su Yun smiled and said, "The Xixia army is brave and good at fighting. It has been several months since the invasion, but no matter how brave and good at fighting, after several months of fighting, it is inevitable that they will feel lazy.

I led a light force deep into Song territory and used tricky means to break three cities, destroying their food and fodder, thus cutting off the food supply of the Western Xia army.

The Xixia army must have become restless without food. I carefully observed and calculated the number and frequency of their burying pots every day. I figured out that their food was exhausted and their morale was unstable, so I believed that the time for war had come.

That's why I ordered you to line up and fight them in the field. You only need to hold off the Western Xia army for an hour or two. I will lead three thousand cavalrymen to go around the back and directly attack the central army commander. The Western Xia army is already exhausted, and once the central army flag moves, the soldiers will surely think that they are defeated, and a chain reaction will be formed immediately.

If we stop here, it will only be a victory of beheading thousands of people. Even if I chase them with 3,000 cavalrymen, I can kill a few more people. But if the purpose is to drive them away, the speed will be very fast. We drove 70,000 to 80,000 Xixia soldiers into a complex ravine. It will take them at least one or two days to find a way out. But we have blocked the road to Luowu City. They can only cross the river back to Xixia. There is no way to gather. Therefore, I ordered the rest of the defenders to attack with all their strength and kill the deserters.

Luowu City will become an isolated city. Without reinforcements, Luowu City will have to surrender in three days at most!"

Qi Keyong, Zhe Keshi and others were dumbfounded.

According to their normal understanding, Su Yun's 800 cavalrymen's capture of three cities in a row was already an astonishing act, but it might not have been without some tricks involved.

Before this battle, it was in line with military common sense to fortify the walls, clear the fields, lure the enemy deep into our territory, and launch surprise attacks from behind.

But after winning the battle in front of Mizhi Village, everything that happened was beyond their understanding.

According to normal understanding, the Western Xia army had more than 100,000 soldiers. The victory in the battle in front of Mizhi Village only killed and wounded a few thousand people, and the general was not captured. It was a rout with not many casualties, just a small victory, and did not affect the foundation of the Western Xia army. The normal rhythm is that the Song army will stop when it sees the advantage and advance steadily, gradually gaining the advantage over the Western Xia army.
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This is also the normal military rhythm of the battle between the Song Army and the Western Xia Army.

Su Yun directly led 3,000 cavalrymen to chase the army of more than 100,000. Although the enemy was a defeated army, their generals were still there. Who knew if they would make a surprise attack?

However, Su Yun did not forcibly kill these defeated soldiers, but drove them into the ravines one by one, cutting off communication between them and directly isolating Ye Beima from the army of more than 100,000!
Now, once Luowu City surrenders, the Xixia’s so-called 200,000-strong army’s military operation to attack the Song Dynasty will be completely bankrupt.

And how many of the more than 100,000 Xixia soldiers could escape the siege of the Song Dynasty fortress group?
It can be said that the defeat of Yongle City that Western Xia gave to the Song Dynasty was returned to it by Su Yun in just one year!
Sure enough, the Song army besieged Luowu City for three days. On the fourth day, Ye Beima and Mie Emai opened the gates of the city and surrendered with more than 10,000 Dangxiang soldiers.

Ye Beima did not put forward any conditions, only one request, which was to meet Su Yun.

Su Yun naturally would not refuse this simple request.

The moment Ye Bei Ma saw Su Yun, he was completely convinced. In front of all the generals of the Song army, he prostrated himself before Su Yun. It was not just words, but true prostration.

Su Yun did not intend to humiliate the surrendered general, so he quickly asked someone to help him up and asked, "Marshal Ye Beima, what are you doing?"

Ye Beima looked at Su Yun and said with a wry smile, "I am just convinced and in awe of you.

After the battle of Yongle City, I thought I was a famous general, but in front of you, I was like a three-year-old child, letting you do whatever you want. I am really ashamed of myself and I am convinced!"

Su Yun smiled and said, "It was just luck."

Ye Bei Ma shook his head and said, "Don't be modest. Once you are modest, I will look even more unbearable. To be honest, it is Ye Bei Ma's luck to be defeated by a person like you.

Thousands of years later, when people talk about the famous Chinese general Su Yun, they will also mention the battle that made him famous. And as your first opponent, you will also be remembered for thousands of years!"

Su Yun laughed when he heard this and said, "This is not a good reputation."

Ye Beima smiled in relief and said, "It's better than being defeated by an unknown person. People like Su Jinglie are rare in the world. Your military talent is not inferior to the famous generals in ancient times.

Eight hundred cavalrymen trampled upon Fei Tingsheng's camp, and then captured the majestic city of Yinzhou, then Xiazhou, and then Youzhou. Famous Xixia generals Li Liangxiang, Renduo Lingding, Fei Tingsheng, Liang Yongneng, etc., all died at your hands!

In this battle between us, you used an army of 30,000 or 40,000 to fight against my army of over 100,000, yet you defeated me miserably, and the army of over 100,000 was wiped out. How many famous generals in ancient times could do this?

I am really convinced, I am convinced!"

Su Yun felt a little embarrassed by Ye Beima's praise, but seeing that Qi Keyong and the other generals showed approval on their faces, no one thought that what Ye Beima said was flattering.

Ye Beima asked again: "I wonder how old Su Jinglie is this year?"

Su Yun smiled and said, "I was born in the twelfth month of the first year of Zhiping."

After these words were spoken, everyone did a quick calculation and were all dumbfounded.

Because Su Yun is not yet nineteen years old!

(End of this chapter)