Chapter 1156: The mountain wall is in a desperate situation

When the last group of cavalry withdrew from the battlefield, the main force of the Great Eclipse cavalry was only three miles away from them, and they could clearly see the cavalry and war horses all over the mountains and fields.

However, Zhang Yuanzuo's troops withdrew very quickly, and they also maintained a basically complete structure, which benefited from the instinct generated by the Tubo people's perennial combat, which could not be achieved through training in just half a year.

Zhang Yuanzuo divided his cavalry into four routes, retreating in three directions: northwest, north, and northeast. His plan is also very simple, as long as the big food soldiers want to chase and destroy, or chase one directly, then the other three can be evacuated safely. This is a way to cut off an arm to save the whole body, as for which part the big food soldiers will chase, it can only depend on their own creation.

If the Great Food Soldiers also divide their troops to pursue, it will be in Zhang Yuanzuo's hands, they can rely on their endurance to get rid of the pursuing soldiers and move at the same time, or gather together, or interspersed with wandering, and annihilate the Great Food Soldiers with superior forces.

These are all tactics evolved by Zhang Yuanzuo after absorbing the tactics of the Tibetan soldiers. And when he was in Guanzhong, he had already pulled the cavalry of the Shenwu Army to drill more than once. Even the cavalry of the Shenwu Army had to admit that Zhang Yuanzuo's Shenwei Army did have a strong survivability.

Seeing the Tang Dynasty cavalry fleeing north, Hasim was anxious, and this time he was lucky to survive, but it did not mean that Yusuf would always treat him preferentially.

However, as the commander of one of them, Hasim did not have the opportunity to give orders to the whole army, because Yusuf personally commanded the detours and advances of the army, and he could only bow down to orders.

"General, Tang Bing fled in separate ways, chase, chase?"

Yusuf glanced at Hasim.

"Chasing, why don't you chase?"

Almost without thinking, he ordered his troops to divide into two routes, one to pursue the Tang soldiers who fled to the northwest, and the other to pursue the Tang soldiers who fled to the northeast.

In this way, no matter how the Tang soldiers divide and attack, unless they all gather together, the Great Food Chasers will always have a numerical advantage on the battlefield.

As soon as Hasim slapped his thigh, he felt that the problem he had previously made was solved by Yusuf lightly, and it seemed that it was not unreasonable for Governor Abbas to let Yusuf be the commander of the expedition.

As a result, Hasim's gaze at Yusuf became more and more awe-inspiring.

However, although they solved the problem of the number of troops, they still ignored the problem that the Tang soldiers' horsepower was more durable, after all, the Tang soldiers had at least three horses per person, and even one person with five horses.

Zhang Yuanzuo was among the cavalry rushing to the northeast, and when he saw that the Great Food Soldiers were falling farther and farther, he ordered his subordinates to slow down, and only fell not far away from the Great Food Chasing Army.

Some generals did not understand Zhang Yuanzuo's intentions, and they were worried that they would be bitten by the big food soldiers and it would be difficult to get out.

Zhang Yuanzuo had other plans.

"Don't worry, dragging the big food soldiers for a day and a night, exhausting them to the ground, it's time for us to counterattack!"

Although Zhang Yuanzuo only brought 1,500 cavalry, he still dared to challenge the 5,000 eclipse cavalry. It's just that now is not the best time, and we have to exhaust these big cannibals from walking.

Most of the Great Eclipse cavalry are one man and one horse, compared with the Tang Dynasty cavalry with one person, three horses or even one person and five horses, the longevity of horsepower is naturally incomparable.

It is precisely because of this advantage that Zhang Yuanzuo dares to take risks and play with fire without scruples.

Hasim pointed to the Tang Dynasty cavalry in front of him and said in surprise:

"General, look, Tang, the speed of the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty is ...... slower"

Originally, the distance between the two armies was getting farther and farther, and he was still a little anxious, but now he couldn't help but be overjoyed. But I heard Yusuf snort coldly and said:

"The Tang people are arrogant, do they think that 1,500 people will be able to stop my big * soldiers? Will they pay the price!"

By the time he said the last sentence, Yusuf's teeth were already rattling.

Hasim was taken aback, he didn't expect that Yusuf's reaction today was not at all as elegant as before, and Yusuf was more like a leopard with tense muscles all over his body, waiting for an opportunity to bite his prey.

Realizing this, Hasim shuddered violently.

"Slow down, slow on!"

Since the Tang people intended to entangle with him, Yusuf was not in a hurry to chase after him, on the one hand, he reduced the speed of his horse to accumulate horsepower, and on the other hand, he consumed the patience of the other party. Now the competition is about the amount of patience, in addition to physical patience and psychological patience, which one can't keep up, it may fall short.

Yusuf smiled a little coldly.

"It's time for the Tang people to have a headache......"

Sure enough, Zhang Yuanzuo looked back at the pursuers a little depressed, the other party actually saw his intentions, but this response was much more than expected, what should I do, continue to slow down? Of course not, after all, the enemy is outnumbered, in case the speed is too slow, and the other party is flanked by the other party, it will be a big trouble.

"Whole army, speed up!"

Since he couldn't make a plan, Zhang Yuanzuo no longer hesitated, and directly gave up the idea of grinding the chasing soldiers to death, and continued to retreat north.

Five miles away, Hasim spat his warhorse.

"What the hell are the Tang people doing? Fast and slow ......"

This time, Yusuf actually smiled.

"Interesting!"

The opponent was able to see his intentions, and was able to decisively abandon the plan that had not worked before, and the opponent not only did not make him feel pressure, but was in a good mood and still ordered to chase him.

At this point, Yousuf can already be sure that the main general of the entire Tang Dynasty cavalry must be in the deserter team five miles ahead, as long as the 1,500 Tang soldiers are caught up and completely annihilated, the end of this little mouse that got into the belly of the elephant will come.

"Chase, chase at full speed!"

Yusuf no longer accumulates horsepower, he wants to completely annihilate the opponent outside the woodland before he rushes into the mountain.

However, what stood in front of Zhang Yuanzuo was not a woodland, but a cliff that could not be seen left and right, and the towering mountain wall was like a knife splitting an axe, more than ten zhang high. This natural high wall stood in front of the Tang Dynasty cavalry, bringing people not only amazement at the magic of nature, but also a kind of despair.

Originally, he could have changed his speed at will with the advantage of stamina to wear down the morale of the Great Food Pursuers, but now he suddenly crashed into a dead end, and it was not easy to turn to the east or west.

Because even if you can gallop east or west, as long as you can't cross Tu Mountain, there is a great chance of hitting the other big eaters in the Hexi Corridor, and then ......

Zhang Yuanzuo didn't dare to think about it anymore, but seeing that the Great Food Chase was getting closer and closer, he had to make a difficult decision.

"Give up the extra horses and advance lightly!"

The main purpose of giving up the war horses is to use these thousands of war horses to block the Great Eclipse pursuers, which will at least buy them more than half an hour, even if the Great Cannibal undoubtedly gets these war horses, it will take a lot of time just to clean up the war horses and gather them outside the pursuit road.

Immediately decided, without hesitation, a group of ownerless war horses galloped in the opposite direction to the way they came.

Hashim was frightened again, and after seeing the towering walls of the mountain to be painted, he was waiting to pick up a ready-made victory, but who would have thought that the other party would come such a hand again.

Thousands of war horses, do they want to? Even if they don't, it will take a lot of effort to avoid these frightened horses and pursue them again.

The smile on Yusuf's face became even stronger, and they unhurriedly ordered their men to stop the pursuit and began to gather their horses.

With the war horse, it is never too late to chase, not to mention that the Tang gecko gave up the war horse like a broken tail, although it can temporarily escape the catastrophe, but on the other hand, it also proves that they have reached the end of the road.

Otherwise, how could the cavalry give up the war horse that they regarded as their life?

ran out for twenty miles in a row, and seeing that there was no shadow of the pursuers behind him, Zhang Yuanzuo finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Now there are only two horses left in each of the 1,500 cavalry, and under the persuasion of his subordinates, he did not give up all the horses after all.

Now, he didn't dare to rest, because if he stayed here for a few more moments, the Great Eclipse Pursuers might be a little closer to them.

"Change horses, change horses, full speed ahead!"

In fact, this is the third time they have changed horses, and the horsepower of the war horses has been almost exhausted, but before dark, they must run as far as they can, otherwise in this unfavorable situation, once they are bitten by the big cannibals of the superior forces, I am afraid that they will be more than lucky.

The morale of the army is also strange, a towering mountain wall that stretches for dozens of miles can easily make the brave and warlike Tubo soldiers lose their fighting spirit.

The Tibetan soldiers were simple and brave, which was their advantage and disadvantage. The wall that was to be painted was a punishment from the gods in their eyes, so how could they be able to throw themselves into battle with enough high morale?

Zhang Yuanzuo was depressed, he absolutely didn't believe in ghosts and gods, but the Tubo soldiers under his command could no longer resist the chasing soldiers of Dashi head-on, so they could only run as fast as they could.

Presumably, several other groups of centaurs have encountered the same problem, but now they are still unable to protect themselves, and there is nothing they can do to help them.

Moreover, Zhang Yuanzuo had an idea in his heart, the main general of the other party must be in the pursuers behind him, so it is very likely that the other big food soldiers who were divided into troops to pursue would not have this kind of adaptability, and even their morale would be somewhat inferior.

In this way, their chances of escape will be greatly increased.

Finally, the sky was getting dark, the chasing soldiers of the Great Food did not catch up, and the steep mountain wall to Tu Mountain gradually became relaxed, but it was not easy to lead the cavalry to cross over. They could only continue to feel their way east in the darkness along the foot of the mountain, before finding a safe place to camp, and resting in such an open area was not a conscious choice.

God knows how many other big cannibals are rushing to outflank them in this narrow Hexi corridor......