Du Chao's Jeju army did not hold back the dry army, which made Tan Daoji very disappointed, he ordered the withdrawal of troops at the critical moment of the siege was not because he was afraid of the dry army, he had 80,000 horses, and the cadre army was only 60,000, in terms of troops, he still had a great advantage, but in the case that Licheng was not breached, if he fought with the dry army, he may be attacked inside and outside, and the army was hit by internal and external attacks on the morale of the army was very big, and he didn't want to capsize because of this.

The order to withdraw the troops was issued, and it was immediately executed, but the retreat was still too hasty, in order not to be hit by the cadres at this time, Tan Daoji had to order to discard a lot of baggage, so as not to delay the time of withdrawal.

Ten miles, this distance is not too far for the light cavalry marching at full speed, Chang Kun took five thousand light cavalry as the vanguard to open the way for the main force of the army, and it took less than three moments to rush to the outside of Licheng City, just bumped into the rear of the Southern Dynasty army.

Gao Jinzhi, the general of the Southern Dynasty, had to lead 3,000 cavalry to resist the pursuit of the cavalry of the dry army.

The 3,000 Liu and Song cavalry lined up neatly, forming a horizontal rectangular formation facing the 5,000 cavalry of the pursuing army.

Gao Jinzhi took off the spear from the victory hook, turned his head and yelled at the three thousand men behind him: "Prepare to fight-"

"Prepare for battle—" One by one, the heralds conveyed Gao Jinzhi's orders.

"Boom ······" The Liu Song cavalry all took out their spears and held them in their hands.

"Attack-" Gao Jinzhi rushed forward with a spear and a horse.

Chang Kun, who was galloping with his troops, sat on the back of his horse, and he saw the army of the Southern Dynasty in front of him stretching to the south for more than ten miles, like a long black dragon leaving quickly, but there was a Liu Song cavalry in a formation to block the front.

"Outflanking left and right, interspersed with roundabouts!" Chang Kun roared, pulled the reins with a three-pointed two-edged knife, and the war horse rushed towards the right front.

The standard-bearer of the herald immediately waved the flag quickly, and the five thousand cavalry split into two from the middle at great speed during the high-speed march, and the middle army of the large army cracked a crack, and outflanked the oncoming Liu Song cavalry from the left and right sides.

Cavalry archery has long become the most basic tactics of the light cavalry of the cadre army, and it is their housekeeping skill, a cavalry can not know other combat techniques and tactics, and a cavalry of the cadre army can not know other combat techniques and tactics, but they must be able to do it and be proficient in cavalry archery, and every cadre light cavalry is also trained in cavalry archery the most, and it is not allowed to train other combat skills and tactics before mastering cavalry and archery.

In the process of galloping at high speed, the cavalry of the Qianjun army, who outflanked the left and right sides, all took out their cavalry bows and wound their arrows, and no one gave orders, and everyone instinctively used this combat technique against the enemy at the first time.

The tactics of outflanking and interspersing from the two flanks, the light cavalry of the cadre army have long been well practiced, and they can complete it with their eyes closed, and this time the speed of implementing this tactic is very fast, although the formation of the team is a little scattered in the process of splitting into two, they quickly adjust in the process of galloping.

The oncoming Liu Song cavalry was rushing forward with all their strength, but suddenly found that the opponent's army formation was separated from the middle, and they hit each other headlong into the air, what should I do?

At this moment, the cavalry of the cadre army, which had already outflanked the two wings, began to release arrows from the two wings, and the rain of arrows in the sky continued to shoot at the Liu Song cavalry.

Countless screams were drowned out by shouts, shouts of killing, and rumbling horses' hooves.

Gao Jinzhi brandished his spear and kept knocking the arrows that were shooting, and he shouted: "Follow me!" After saying that, he flicked his horse's head and led the team to rush towards the cavalry of the cadre army on the right.

The cavalry of the cadre army slipped one by one without sparing their hands, and when they saw Gao Jinzhi leading the team rushing over, they immediately beat their horses to speed up and widen the distance, and at the same time kept shooting with bows and arrows.

The cavalry of Liu Song were hit by bows and arrows during the pursuit, but because of the outbreak of the war horses and the lack of endurance and speed, they could not catch up with the cavalry of the dry army, and could only be beaten passively, which was really aggrieved.

Seeing that the cavalry behind him and on his side were shot off the horse by arrows one by one, Gao Jin's heart was dripping with blood, he roared and patted his horse to speed up and catch up, his horse was a BMW bought at a great price, fast, and several arrows were shot in a row, and soon caught up with a dry cavalry with a spear.

"Dangdangdang" An ordinary cadre cavalry actually blocked Gao Jin's three moves, and was finally swept off his horse by Gao Jin's spear, which made Gao Jin's heart feel a chill.

A small soldier can block him three moves, Gao Jinzhi can imagine that only a dozen people can surround him and beat him to flee in embarrassment.

Gao Jinyi killed five or six cavalry cadres in a row, but at this time he found that the cavalry team under his command had been divided into countless pieces by the cavalry of the cadre army, and the cavalry of the cadre army kept going back and forth, they put away their weapons, and slaughtered his generals with swords and spears.

"Kill-" Gao Jinzhi looked furious, and killed frantically with a gun.

Men were stabbed with spears and thrown off their horses, others were cut down and fell, arrows flew from all directions, and knights on horseback fell to the ground like dumplings and were trampled and drowned by horses' hooves.

Gao Jinzhi and these 3,000 cavalry successfully blocked the pursuit of the cavalry of the Qianjun, so that Tan Daoji had enough time to lead the main force of the army to withdraw, although he roared angrily in the process of fighting because of the heavy casualties of his soldiers, but he did not lose his mind, waiting for the main force of the army to get out of the attack range of the cavalry of the Qianjun, he seized the opportunity to take the soldiers and horses and fight and retreat.

This is obviously the best opportunity to annihilate this broken Liu Song cavalry, how could Chang Kun let it go easily? He led the cavalry of the cadre army to bite Gao Jinzhi and the cavalry under his command and did not let go, people on both sides kept dying, but the battle never stopped for a moment, as the battle progressed, the superb cavalry skills of the cavalry of the cadre army and the skillful various cavalry tactics were vividly reflected in this battle, Gao Jinzhi broke through with the cavalry under his command again and again, but was caught up and surrounded again and again.

The sky is dark, the snow in the sky is still falling, and there is a tendency to get bigger and bigger, taking advantage of the opportunity of the sky to get darker, Gao Jinzhi and the few remaining cavalry desperately broke out of the encirclement of the Qianjun cavalry, but it was not this heavy snow, if it were not for the Qianjun cavalry had been marching at full speed for a day, Gao Jinzhi and his cavalry would not have the possibility of breaking out at all.

Seeing Gao Jinzhi flee in a hurry with the remnants of the defeated army, Chang Kun looked up at the sky, raised his hand to stop his generals from continuing the pursuit, "It's getting late, don't chase, so as not to be ambushed by Liu Songjun!" Come back tomorrow to clean up the battlefield and withdraw! ”

The cavalry of the cadres and cavalry walked very fast, and now it was almost dark, and if they did not retreat, they would have to be discredited and hurried.

By the time Chang Kun returned to Licheng with his men and horses, Zhao Junsheng had already arrived with the main force of the army, and the generals were camping in the enclosure.

"The king, the last general is here to restore his life!" Chang Kun reported to Zhao Junsheng.

At this time, Sima Chuzhi was already waiting at the gate of the city with the officials and generals of Licheng, and Zhao Junsheng, Hua Mulan, the staff officials of the army and some major generals were going to enter the city for a banquet.

"You came back just in time, this king is about to go to see Sima Chuzhi, you can go with you!"

"Yes!"

Everyone rode their horses together in the direction of the city gate, and Zhao Junsheng asked, "How is the battle?" ”

"After Tan Daoji left 3,000 cavalry to break off, look at the banner should be his subordinate general Gao Jinzhi, the last general rushed up to fight with it, they fought and retreated, were outflanked and besieged by the last general several times, and broke through several times, with heavy losses, and only a few hundred people were left when they fled. The casualties of our army are about 500 people, the specific number is ominous, and we will report to the king at the end of tomorrow! ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded, and instructed Yuan He beside him: "General Yuan, you are responsible for the arrangement and inspection of the vigilance patrols, open posts, and secret posts inside and outside the camp tonight, the Southern Dynasty army has 80,000 horses, if they succeed in a sneak attack, we will be finished, and we must not be sloppy!" ”

Yuan He hugged his fists and promised: "Don't worry, the king will obey the order!" ”

Soon the people rode to the gate of the city, which was already in tatters, the moat had long since been filled in, and the walls of the city were almost in ruins.

Sima Chuzhi, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately led the civil officials and military generals to greet him, hugged his fists and bowed down: "Sima Chuzhi led thirty-six people including officials and generals from Qizhou to greet the king!" ”

Zhao Junsheng jumped off the horse and greeted him with a smile and held up Sima Chuzhi's arm: "King Langya and all the Qizhou officials and generals don't have to be polite!" ”

Sima Chuzhi then introduced Zhao Junsheng to his military generals, and Zhao Junsheng knew them one by one.

Zhao Junsheng introduced to Sima Chuzhi and others: "This is Neiko Mulan, dog Zhao Dong!" ”

Sima Chuzhi and the others immediately saluted Mulan: "Meet Madame, little prince!" ”

Hua Mulan smiled and said, "King Langya and the generals are polite!" ”

Zhao Junsheng introduced his subordinates to Sima Chuzhi and others, and the two sides exchanged pleasantries for a while under the goose feathers and heavy snow before going to the city together.

In the middle of the night, Tan Daoji led the main force of the army to retreat to Zhengjiapu, which was forty miles away from the southeast of Licheng.

In a private house, several torches were lit in the hall, and there were warriors with swords standing outside and inside the door, Tan Daoji held an oil lamp and looked at the simple map spread on the table, his brows furrowed.

"Dashuai, Gao Jinzhi is back, but ······" Xue Tong walked in quickly to report.

Tan Daoji immediately put down the oil lamp and looked up and asked; "Tell me what's wrong with him?"

"You······ Ask him yourself! Xue Tong's face was ashen, and he retreated sideways.

Gao Jinzhi walked in with two armor soldiers on his arms, and his face was a little pale and bloodless.

Tan Daoji was shocked, and quickly stepped forward and asked loudly, "What's wrong with you?" Someone, go and call the medical officer to treat him! ”

Gao Jinzhi was supported, his breath was unsteady, and he said extremely weakly: "Dashuai, the last general has disappointed you, three thousand cavalry, only three hundred people can follow the last general's withdrawal, the last general ······ The last general deserves death! ”

Tan Daoji frowned and asked, "During the battle, there were cadres and cavalry who joined?" ”

"No, their vanguard of 5,000 men and horses have an advantage in terms of strength, but this is not the reason for the heavy losses of our army, every one of the cavalry of this cadre army is superb in horsemanship, skilled in combat skills and tactics, and tacit understanding, even if the combat effectiveness of individual soldiers is also very strong, how does the commander think the martial arts of the last general? Not to mention the strength of thousands of troops, it is impossible for a hundred and ten people to stay behind, right? But an ordinary cavalry on the other side can block the three moves of the last general, if there are more than a dozen people, the last general is afraid that he will not be able to leave! ”

Tan Daoji's face turned pale, "So powerful?" ”

Gao Jinzhi nodded solemnly: "Compared to other Wei cavalry, it is only stronger, not weaker!" ”

Tan Daoji took a deep breath, his gaze moved to the map, "This cavalry drill is really not an overnight thing, and having a horse may not be able to build a strong cavalry, it seems that we have to choose the battlefield again!" ”