After receiving the order, Yang Xiao and Yin Yewang did not hesitate at all.
What does light cavalry do? Light cavalry is to attack infantry from a high position.
In the previous battles, the Ming Dynasty's light cavalry suffered a lot. Now, they can finally play to the advantages of the light cavalry. How could the two of them give up such an opportunity?
Similarly, Yang Xiao and Yin Yewang also knew that this kind of pursuit mission could only be done by them, because they were light cavalry with war horses under their crotch, while the other soldiers were heavily armored infantry. It is true that they have strong combat power, but they cannot chase and kill. At most, they can only run for one or two miles. If they run further, they will have to take a breath.
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Inoue Yu's 200,000-strong army collapsed completely. This collapse was not an orderly escape, but a scattering.
The current battlefield is not big, but it is not small either. The only amazing thing is that the defeat of the 200,000-strong army actually started from Inoue Yu's central army.
What does the Central Army do? They are the commander's guards and the key to victory on the battlefield.
However, it was this key central army that collapsed first in this crucial battle.
They could not withstand the strongest attack of the Ming army. Whether it was the so-called three-sided encirclement or the four-sided encirclement, they were all penetrated by the sharp weapons of the Ming soldiers.
As for the Japanese, they quickly reached a point of no return.
Inoue Yu was carried away with serious injuries, and Sasaki also withdrew from the battle with several generals who were close to him. As for the remaining soldiers, no matter where they were on this huge battlefield, and no matter whether they had gained an advantage locally, in short, once the collapse began, even the king of heaven would not be able to organize the current situation.
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The fight lasted for about another quarter of an hour.
It has to be said that the Japanese are not very strong in combat, but they are quite fast in running.
"Min'er, stop chasing. The battle has already been won, but it is still unrealistic to expect 30,000 to 40,000 people to intercept and kill 200,000 people. First of all, the terrain does not allow us to do so."
After taking a few breaths, Zhao Min ordered a fast horse to order all the generals, big and small, except Yang Xiao, to stop pursuing.
Zhao Min's face was full of joy: "How is it? Am I still the same as before?"
Zhang Wuji smiled and said: "No matter what Min'er looked like before, or what she will look like in the future, you are in my heart, no matter when, right now, you will always be the most beautiful and heroic moment."
Zhao Min felt a sweet feeling in her heart. After all, she was still a woman, so how could she not like such sweet words?
Although Zhang Wuji's words aroused the jealousy of the other women present, jealousy is enough. What Zhao Min did today was indeed beautiful.
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This battle, which may have affected the fate of both countries, took less than two hours from beginning to end, which was not even as long as the time Zhang Wuji usually tortured Zhou Zhiruo and others. However, the number of Japanese defeated soldiers was too large, and they were surrounded on all sides. It was not until that night that Yang Xiao and Yin Yewang returned to Zhang Wuji again.
Today, the two of them had a great time killing each other. All the frustrations they had suffered in the previous battle were also swept away in the subsequent chase.
"Two generals, you are finally back. Have you chopped off Inoue Yu's head?"
When they were asked about this again, their faces showed a little embarrassment.
"Your Majesty, we didn't get Inoue Yu's head. He ran too fast. Besides, there were Japanese defeated soldiers everywhere, and we couldn't kill them all..."
Zhang Wuji waved his hand: "Okay."
"As long as a person like him is still alive and continues to command troops, it may not be a bad thing for us."
Zhao Min knew what Zhang Wuji meant, but since she didn't catch him, she didn't catch him. At the time of great victory, it was not good for her to say anything unpleasant: "Well, if that kind of waste continues to command the troops, they will suffer more defeats in the future."
"Who can guarantee that the next Japanese coach will be even more useless than Inoue Yu?"
"If someone who is not so useless comes, we will be the ones who suffer."
"Generals, everyone is here. In today's battle, we lost more than 5,000 men on the spot, and the number of wounded is about the same."
"To be honest, we have few soldiers now, and such casualties are very sad for me. But as I said, there is no such thing as a war without death. In my man's words, this is called sacrificing one's life for the country. Those who died in battle and those who were injured and can no longer fight, their families will be supported by the Ming Dynasty. After the generals disperse, they will still have to comfort them."
"But we still need to count our gains."
"Generals, please tell us about your achievements."
After hearing this, Zhang Dingbian was the first to step forward and said: "Your Majesty, Marshal, in this battle, not to mention the gains made by General Yang and General Yin in their intensive pursuit, the Japanese army killed more than 43,000 people on the spot on this battlefield."
"The seized materials are still being counted."
"It's a pity that the Japanese ran too fast, and our soldiers were all wearing heavy armor, so we really couldn't catch up with them. Otherwise, killing 20,000 or 30,000 more people would not be a problem."
After hearing this, Yin Yewang hurriedly said: "General Yang and I encountered all the defeated Japanese soldiers on the way to chase them. But we only have more than 2,000 cavalrymen. There are too many defeated soldiers, and they are everywhere. We can catch up with them, but we can't kill them."
"During the pursuit, our Ming cavalry cut like wheat, and killed at least 16,000 to 17,000 people along the way."
Zhao Min nodded: "In that case, the casualty ratio of this battle is one to seven."
To be honest, Zhao Min was not very satisfied with this battle, but there was nothing she could do. Because of the terrain and the fact that the Ming army was too small, it was impossible to carry out a large-scale siege on the Japanese.
Zhao Min looked at Zhang Wuji; "Your Majesty, what do you think?"
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