The soldiers who fled in the desert, the cavalry who rode in pursuit, launched a battle royale in the wilderness, many soldiers of the Eastern Army actually did not want to escape, but after the collapse of the army formation, everyone ran away, and they had to run.

To escape on the battlefield, you don't need to run too fast, you just need to be faster than others, no matter how bad it is, as long as you don't fall behind, it's okay, but the cavalry of the Western Army is in hot pursuit, and it seems that it is difficult to escape, so some soldiers of the Eastern Army gather to try to resist and survive in danger.

However, such a hastily organized small formation was broken one by one by the pursuing Western cavalry.

Shi Wansui, the marching commander who led the cavalry in pursuit, would not give the opponent any chance to counterattack, and he asked his subordinates to cooperate with each other in a team of ten cavalry to pursue, and at any time to 'stir up' the rout that might gather.

When the Battle of Bishan was defeated, the young Shi Wansui escaped from the battle royale, not only that, but also escaped from the battlefield with his father and subordinates, he could guess what the rout was thinking, so he would never let the other party succeed.

The soldiers who ran away could be ignored, and those who shouted loudly that they were suspected of gathering their comrades must be killed immediately, and those soldiers who knelt on the ground and begged for mercy were left to the infantry behind them to take prisoners, and the heads must not be cut in a hurry.

Shi Wansui wants to completely defeat the will of the rout, and let the other party understand that there is no escape, resistance is death, and surrender can save his life, so even if there are only a few hundred horsemen, he is sure to capture thousands of people.

Not to mention that their own side has won a complete victory, and the troops and horses are pursuing the rout separately, this great victory should be a war of annihilation, and must not turn into a rout.

The so-called annihilation does not necessarily mean killing all the enemies, capturing the enemy is also considered annihilation, anyway, these routs cannot be allowed to escape.

After a hard day's fighting, Shi Wansui didn't want the enemy soldiers to flee back and gather, and he had to fight another decisive battle after a while.

The cavalry on the right flank led by him had already chased and killed the enemy army that was defeated first, and the infantry that came later cut many heads and captured many prisoners, and Han Baohu, the commander of the right army and the head of the march, saw that his central army and the left army had broken the enemy army one after another, and more enemy soldiers were defeated, so he immediately adjusted his strategy.

Abandoning the pursuit of the enemy in front of him, he led his troops and horses to rotate to the left (north) to intercept the enemy in the middle and right of the enemy who had fled.

In these years, no one will be suspicious of the lack of heads, so for the soldiers and horses of the Western Army, as long as they are in the wilderness, they can stop the enemy soldiers who are about to break and flee here.

The idea is good, but Han Baohu knows that it is too stupid to really implement it: so many routs are rushing to the road, and it is right to have no intention of fighting, but whoever wants to block their way of escape, the dog will cause unnecessary losses if he jumps under the wall.

Therefore, how to catch prisoners efficiently and with low casualties, some skills need to be adopted, and this is the experience that Han Baohu wants to teach his nephew Li Jing.

Nephew Li Yaowang has been in the army for many years and has rich experience in actual combat, while another nephew Li Jing is familiar with military books, but has never fought any decent battles.

It is definitely not possible to intercept the rout head-on, and it is easy to be overwhelmed by the opponent, so you have to attack sideways, chase these routs on horseback, and put on a posture that you almost want to catch up but can't always catch up, forcing the other party to keep running.

After running for several miles, the person's legs became weak, and he was panting like an ox, and he couldn't run anymore if he wanted to.

But it's not enough to just tailgrate, you have to give the opponent a "quick whip" from time to time, that is, to attack the outer edge of the rout, from time to time to stab down one or two people, which can cause more rout to panic, regardless of physical strength, and run wildly until you are too tired to run.

In order to avoid this, the cavalry should use a wooden stick to hit the back of the head of the defeated soldier to make him lose his combat effectiveness.

Of course, the wooden stick should be prepared in advance, the reason why the wooden stick is used is to save effort, after all, the weight of the iron mace is not light, and the arm will be sore if you pick it up a few times, and in order to avoid the subordinates from grabbing the first level and delaying the military aircraft, you can only use the wooden stick to knock the enemy soldiers unconscious.

Otherwise, if everyone fights to cut off people's heads, more enemy soldiers will flee.

This kind of experience will not be recorded in the books, it is completely taught orally, Han Baohu is a battlefield general, and his nephew Li Jing attaches great importance to it, so he has to pass on his experience whenever he has the opportunity.

Li Jing understood his uncle's point as soon as he heard it, so he took the initiative to follow his brother Li Yaowang's cavalry to drive away the rout and capture prisoners by the way.

The cavalry of the Western Army, divided into small groups, approached the fleeing enemy soldiers, and drove the crowd forward like a flock of sheep.

In order to reduce the load, many soldiers of the Eastern Army have taken off their scarves and armor and threw them away, and in the face of the stubborn cavalry, they have no courage to resist at all, and only think about running in front of others and not becoming unlucky.

But the routs are everywhere, and everyone doesn't want to be cut down behind, so one runs faster than the other, and the enemy cavalry is chasing after them, more and more people choose to run wildly, and the result is that after running a certain distance, their legs are weak and unsustainable.

In the face of the constant shouts of "surrender or kill" by the pursuers behind them, many soldiers gave up fleeing for their lives and stayed where they were tied up, but some people were active, and when they saw the cavalry of the Western Army approaching, they wanted to surrender and try to seize the horses.

Li Jing, who was riding his horse close to the enemy group, saw that the enemy soldier who was originally squatting on the ground with his head in his hand suddenly stood up and rushed towards him, and he turned his horse's head unhurriedly and crashed straight into him.

He didn't have a horse lance in his hand, he was holding a wooden stick, a saber at his waist, and a bow and arrow behind the saddle.

The last person held a spear and poked it at Li Jing, but he gave way to it sideways, and then grabbed the shaft of the spear.

The two sides were fighting, Li Jing suddenly let go of the spear shaft, causing the other party to fall to the ground, and then he rode his horse and trampled on it, trampling the opponent's chest and vomiting blood to death, just a moment, Li Jing alone solved a few enemy soldiers who jumped off the wall in a hurry.

A few more routers tried to rush up and grab their horses, but they were knocked down and trampled in the dust by the other cavalry, and the other routers were so frightened that they crouched on the ground with their heads in their hands, and honestly did not dare to make any unnecessary movements.

Seeing that his younger brother was doing well, Li Yaowang smiled and pointed the wooden stick in his hand forward: "Pharmacist, continue to drive the sheep!" ”

"Good!"

Li Jing responded loudly, followed his brother and galloped forward, the smell of blood on the battlefield made his blood boil, fighting is much more interesting than the hunting of flying eagles and lackeys, only a wide battlefield can accommodate the ambition in his chest.

The rumored brave and warlike King of Xiyang, Li Jing has seen it, and he feels that the King of Xiyang's style of using troops is a little strange, often relying on some whimsy to turn the tide of the battle, and it seems that he is not very good at using cavalry.

This may be because of the lack of cavalry, which makes it difficult for the Xiyang Wang Qiaonu to cook without rice, so she can only choose to ride on foot, relying on endless tricks to make up for the shortcomings of the army's narrow range of activities and insufficient movement speed.

Li Jing, who was 'driving sheep', couldn't help but have a question in his heart when he thought about it: If he led the troops to fight against the King of Xiyang, how would he break the other party?