"Commander of the Qiqi Army, the northerners outside the north of the city have been cleared, and our cavalry is pursuing."

The herald quickly reported, but Nelleson was more concerned about Bailiyan's head:

"What about the special northerner army!"

"More than 2,000 remnants of its army broke through the southeast defense line of our army and fled to the southeast, its main force has been annihilated by our army, and General Romanta is leading his troops in pursuit."

"Moon God bless, it's just wonderful!" Nileson was extremely excited, and the night's suffering was not in vain after all: "Order Romanta, pursue this enemy at all costs, and be sure to kill its master and me, if you can capture it, it will be better!" ”

"Yes!"

When Bailiyan led the army out of the encirclement, there were only more than 2,000 horsemen left around him, and he was exhausted and still had to continue to flee, and the more than 10,000 light cavalry of the barbarian army were biting behind him, and he couldn't get rid of it.

"My lord, our horses are dying!" Jiang Jie said, the war horse under Baili Yan's crotch snorted and salivated in his nose and mouth, showing signs of serious physical overdraft.

"Our horses can't do it, the horses of the barbarian army have also fought all night, and they are about to die, and now they have run away from the war horses, and they have to continue to run!"

Regardless of the life and death of the horses, Bailiyan continued to break through to the south, and the Romanta more than 10,000 light cavalry followed closely behind, and they failed to catch up with the Xian army until noon, but the distance was pulled from one mile to three miles, and the distance was pulled to five miles in the afternoon, and the Xian army was also exhausted.

"General, the brethren are exhausted, and the horses are really no longer able to walk, so let's fix for a while before continuing on the road," Bai He pleaded.

Bai Liyan looked back at the remnants of the defeated army behind him, and glanced at the pursuers in the distance, and said in frustration:

"Okay...... Let the brethren rest for a while, bandage the wounds in the area, feed the horses some salt, and do not slack off! ”

"No!"

Baili Yan grabbed the reins of the horse, and when he turned over and dismounted, his legs and stomach were weak, and he fell down from the horse with his back facing the sky, Jiang Jie was busy jumping off the war horse, and he was also physically exhausted, and he was planted on the ground:

"Your Excellency, are you alright?"

"Help me up!"

Staggered to his feet, only to feel dizzy and hungry, a hunger in his abdomen, and a sense of powerlessness suddenly swam into his heart.

"Get some water and food."

"No!"

Jiang Jie took the water bladder and dried meat, and Bailiyan took two sips to ease his strength.

"You eat some too, and there will be another fierce battle soon!"

"My lord, can we return to Xianguo alive!" Jiang Jie said pessimistically.

"Maybe, maybe there's a glimmer of life!"

Bai Liyan knew that this was just his words of comfort, at this moment, unless a miracle could happen, the more than 10,000 barbarian light horsemen behind him could trample them flat in minutes.

Sikong Nan's injury was not light, he was cut open by the axe, the skin and flesh were deep and the bones were visible, Bailiyan didn't have time to stitch him up, splashed a lot of hemostatic powder, and barely tied it with a bandage. Su Hong and Lu Gao were both injured, Su Hong was injured in the calf, and the leg was pierced by an arrow, but it was not a big problem. Lu Gao was injured in the back, and after being hit by a wolf's tooth lance, he injured his lungs, and the bleeding from the mouth and nose was not serious, but the hypoxia at the plateau was very dangerous.

I don't know what happened, the barbarian army suddenly stopped chasing when there were still three miles left, and waited and watched.

"It's weird, why didn't the barbarians chase after it!"

Bai He was puzzled, Bai Liyan took out his telescope and looked at it carefully, which was also incomprehensible:

"Can't they still have reinforcements?"

When everyone was puzzled, Jiang Jie exclaimed and shouted:

"Look, my lord, there are ambushes behind our army!"

Jiang Jie's hand guide faced the grassland, the faces of the army were like ashes, Bailiyan was shocked, and quickly turned around, stunned, only to see the fog in the distance and confused, faintly visible hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses lined up for battle, its scene is very strong.

But after thinking about it again, Bailiyan suddenly realized that it was incredible:

"Mirage, it's a mirage!"

Jiang Jie was puzzled when he listened, and hurriedly asked:

"My lord, isn't it a barbarian ambush!"

"No, it's a phantom, if it's as expected, it must be the marshal's army fighting with the main force of the barbarian army two thousand miles away, and its scenery is caused by this, not an ambush!"

Whether it is a mirage or a sea magnetic phenomenon, it is the result of air refraction projection, which occurs in the calm sea, large rivers, snowfields, lakes, deserts and other environments where water vapor transpiration is more intense, and the mirage is a distant vision, up to tens of thousands of kilometers.

The mirage scene in front of him was faintly discernible as the coalition battle array, and the barbarian army must have been intimidated by the mirage in front of them, worried that they had encountered an ambush by the coalition army.

In fact, with a little scientific knowledge, you can distinguish the flaws in this mirage. The whole scene was distorted and floating in mid-air, looking as if it was hanging in the sky, rather than a horizontal line of sight two or three miles away.

Seeing this, Bailiyan was overjoyed:

"Quick, everyone get on their horses and continue south!"

"Yes!"

Bai Liyan knew very well that the mirage lasted indefinitely and could disappear at any time, and no one knew how long it would be able to bluff the barbarian army at that time.

The Xian army quickly fled southward, and the cavalry of the Romanta Department were stunned and did not dare to pursue until the illusion disappeared after more than two hours, and the Romanta only dared to send scouts to follow them, until it was dark, and they did not see the so-called hundreds of thousands of ambush soldiers, and the generals immediately exploded.

The news was transmitted back to the barbarian camp in Duhui City that night.

"Impossible, how could hundreds of thousands of northerners appear in our rear, it was Romanta who was frightened by the northerners."

"If there were hundreds of thousands of people in the north, they should have appeared in front of us a long time ago, why did they wait until after Duhui was lost, it doesn't make sense."

"Yes, it is impossible for the northerners to appear behind us, that will only kill themselves and be cut off by us."

Everyone talked about it, not to mention that the generals didn't believe it this time, and Nileson didn't believe it even more, he asked the herald:

"How many people saw it at that time, the chief Roman saw it with his own eyes!"

"This incident was not only seen by his subordinates and General Romanta, but also seen by all the soldiers, at least 340,000 northerners at that time, there were countless people, and it would never be wrong!"

"Then why didn't we attack you!"

"It's... The subordinates don't know! ”

Nellerson was skeptical, he didn't believe that the coalition forces would suddenly appear behind him, and at the same time he didn't doubt Romanta's intelligence, at least more than 10,000 people, five times the enemy, it was impossible to be frightened and panicked and looked away.

After a moment of thought, Nileson was determined to find out the truth, at least not to let himself have the slightest threat behind him:

"Order Bacudon and Hicks, each leading five thousand cavalry, divided into two wings of the chief Roman Tower, from west to east, each sixty miles apart, search and advance to the south, once you find the traces of the northerners, report immediately!"

"Yes!"

Under the combined influence of the mirage and the resistance of the remnants of the Soviet side, the barbarian army quickly withdrew its troops south and returned to Duhui City, Su Fangyi, Sai Qian and others were able to breathe, and Shu Tong did not bring more than 3,000 remnants of the defeated army to join the Su Fangyi until late that night, which was very embarrassed.

"General Shu, what about Gongzi Yan and Xianjun?"

Su Fangyi hurriedly asked, looking left and right, Shu Tong said in frustration, and plunged a sword into the ground:

"Alas...... The barbarian army is blocked layer by layer, our army is surrounded by a death battle, and the general is almost killed, but he can't respond, so he has to retreat north in a panic, Bailiyan is afraid that there will be more than one bad luck at this time! ”

"What, how can you leave Gongzi Yan in the chaos and run back by yourself!"

"Our army has done its best, for which we have lost seven or eight thousand people, why don't I want to take the Xian army out of battle, how can the enemy be outnumbered and our combat strength is very different, if it is not for the timely withdrawal, my Song army may also be more auspicious!"

While the two were talking, Sai Qian heard the news that the Song army was defeated and retreated, and hurriedly arrived:

"Where is General Shu Tong?"

Su Fang was shocked when he heard the news, and it was hard to imagine how Sai Qian would be angry if he knew that Baili Yan was fierce and auspicious:

"Master Saiqian!"

"Mr. Su, I'm a disciple!"

"He ......"

"What's wrong with him!" Sai Qian hurriedly asked, his face suddenly sank to the extreme, and a faint murderous aura spread everywhere: "Tell me quickly, where is my vain!" ”

Shu Tong didn't dare to speak, Su Fangyi trembled slightly, for fear of angering Sai Qian, and said cautiously:

"He, he was surrounded by tens of thousands of barbarian troops and couldn't get out, General Shu Tong's attempt to meet was unsuccessful and defeated, and now his life and death are uncertain, I'm afraid there will be more than one luck."

Sai Qian clenched his old fist, and pointed a line of the gun in his right hand at Shu Tong:

"Shu Tong, you!"

"I ......"

Shu Tong knew that he was wrong, and was silent, his arms trembled, and the anger in his chest rose and fell violently.

Burst! The next moment blood spurted out, and it was suddenly dark in front of him, and in the blink of an eye, he fell to the ground unconscious. Su Fangyi was shocked when he saw this:

"Seqian, Seqian...... Quick, call the medical officer! ”

……

That night, Bai Liyan led the remnants of the defeated army to spend the night in the field, and the next day he turned around and made a detour to the west, trying to bypass the Bakuton cavalry, but by the night of the fourth day, he faintly found a fire fifty miles to the west.

"My lord, this fire is less than fifty miles away from our army, let's continue to march west, and we can meet them tomorrow."

Jiang Jie said, Baili Yan frowned and thought for a moment and said:

"The situation is a little wrong, our army has chased more than 10,000 people thirty miles northeast of our army, and the enemy fifty miles away from the west side of our army, at least eighty or ninety miles away, this barbarian army is by no means the enemy behind it, it is chased out from Duhui!"

"Then why didn't our army go north to Yesui from among the barbarian troops."

"It's too late, there must be scouts between them, and there are other sentry riders behind them, they are here to beat rabbits with grass, and spread nets all over the place to search for us, our army is turning north at this time, and it is very likely that it will be discovered by the scouts of the Duhui barbarian army, and then it may be surrounded on three sides, and they can't run away! Now I can only continue to go south, widen the distance between myself and the barbarian army, and find a way to insert Ye Sui back from their gaps. ”

"But there are still two days left in our army's rations, and it is unpredictable to continue to march south!"

"No, have you ever seen that snowy mountain to the south during the day?"

Baili Yan pointed to the south, and the white mountains rising on the horizon were faintly visible in the moonlight:

"What do you mean, sir?"

"To the south of the snow-capped mountains is Chenfeng City, and to the north of the snow-capped mountains there is a citrus lake, and there is a fishing ground by the citrus lake, which is about a day's journey from here, and our army can go to the citrus lake to get some military funds."