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After being charged by the Ming infantry,
Those who were still alive turned and ran.
And those Tangut soldiers who captured prisoners behind them,
It has just been attacked by forty tiger-crouching cannons at optimal range with shotgun shells.
They were then attacked by their own routed troops.
Behind them followed the fierce Ming infantry.
How can they possibly hold on any longer?
"We lost...we lost too quickly..."
Li Renyi was distraught.
He had considered the possibility of defeat.
But I never expected to lose so decisively.
Such a narrow valley,
A defeat at the front will inevitably lead to a chain reaction.
They couldn't even drive the routed soldiers to bypass them from both sides.
Under the relentless pursuit of the enemy,
They would definitely be overwhelmed by the fleeing soldiers and their entire army would collapse.
"Commander, hurry and run! Escape as many as you can!"
Ding Zhongyi had already brought his horse.
Li Renyi said with a wry smile, "You were well-prepared."
Ding Zhongyi said, "Don't worry about winning, worry about losing first."
Before the routed soldiers charged,
The two men, along with their personal guards, quickly fled.
The Western Xia cavalry followed closely behind.
As for the infantry
Bless yourself.
.....
In the narrow river valley, within the main camp,
Everywhere were fleeing, disheveled soldiers.
Yang Zhi brought only five hundred cavalrymen with him.
These cavalrymen became the main force in the pursuit.
Continuously cutting off the large, sluggish, and defeated troops.
This makes it easier for our infantry to catch up and capture enemy soldiers.
Occasionally, small groups of enemies would line up and put up a stubborn resistance.
The cavalry simply bypassed them.
Let the infantry handle it.
Large numbers of defeated Western Xia soldiers trampled each other.
There was no need for the Ming army to kill them.
They trampled countless of their own people to death.
fear!
It wasn't just the fear of defeat and death,
There is also the fear of the unknown.
The reason they lost so quickly,
The defeat was so decisive and thorough.
It's because the psychological pressure from firearms is too great.
If it were an open battlefield...
For the Western Xia soldiers
The situation should be much better now.
At least they can still mobilize troops for tactical encirclement.
It can also drive the fleeing soldiers in front to run to both sides.
But in this river valley,
However, there was no extra room for maneuver.
Western Xia soldiers on both sides of the mountain peaks
Seeing the main force collapse,
They also fled along the mountainside.
After descending the mountain, we went back up.
They dared not enter the valley at all.
The mountains stretch endlessly.
They were so tired after escaping just a few hilltops that they were practically panting with their tongues hanging out.
Many Western Xia soldiers took off their armor as they fled.
They chased him for six or seven miles.
The Karo River originally flowed along the foot of the western mountain.
Suddenly it turned into a stream flowing right in the middle of the valley.
At this time, there were still 20,000 to 30,000 defeated Western Xia soldiers remaining.
They spontaneously gathered along the riverbank.
It was blocked in half of the river valley, which was only three or four hundred meters wide.
Chapter 1729 Jumping into the River
It really became a place where people were packed together.
A frenzied stampede
Completely lost their minds.
Some people panicked and jumped into the river.
He forgot he was still wearing armor.
These people are not good swimmers either.
Glug-glug struggle to drink water
Shouts for help could be heard everywhere on the river.
More and more Western Xia soldiers knelt down and begged for mercy.
They accepted the Ming army's offer to kill prisoners.
The chase lasted from afternoon until night.
The various units gradually returned.
After daybreak, a headcount of the prisoners of war was taken.
By the difference in equipment,
More than two thousand prisoners rammed your son.
They captured more than 17,000 soldiers from other ethnic groups.
More than ten miles north of the battle site
There were corpses everywhere along the way.
There were also many floating corpses on the river.
It is estimated that there will be more in a few days.
Because of the sunken corpses,
It will float to the surface on its own after it bloates.
"Too many prisoners,"
"We don't have enough food to feed them,"
"And there is also the risk of riots," Li Jinyi said.
Although Yang Zhi was cautious to the point of being cowardly,
But he is not a soft-hearted person.
“Take your son back to the land for farming.”
"Further, we identified the Qiang, Tibetan, and Uyghur people,"
"Remove their armor,"
"Let them clean up the body and then release it."
"As for the Tanguts, kill those with superior armor and weapons,"
"Leave only three thousand Tangut prisoners of war as serfs!"
I've become too lazy to even distinguish between Tangut officers.
Who wore better armor?
They just dragged him away, killed him, and buried him.
He was captured after taking off his armor.
If no one identifies it
They were lucky.
Captured people of various ethnic groups including Han, Qiang, Tibetan, and Uyghur.
They were responsible for helping to dig the hole.
Teams of Tangut prisoners,
They were taken to the edge of the pit and slaughtered.
After killing them, they were pushed into a pit and buried.
The prisoners of various ethnicities were terrified and turned pale.
Until Yang Zhi came and announced the policy,
They finally felt a little relieved.
These are all subjugated peoples.
While being oppressed by the Tanguts,
He also served as a soldier for the Tanguts.
Their hands were covered in blood.
As fewer and fewer Tanguts were killed,
We can't lead them to rob valuables.