Chapter 245: The Pursuit

"Wan Sheng!"

"The Western Army wins!"

"Great Song Wansheng!"

For a while, the shouts of "Wan Sheng" were constantly heard on the battlefield in front of him, and the sound of the soldiers of the Western Army cheering for victory resounded in the sky. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhong Hao, who had been standing on the high slope behind Di Qing, looked at the soldiers of the Western Army cheering for the victory at this time, and listened to their cheers that resounded in the sky, and couldn't help but shout with them.

As soon as Zhong Hao cheered, the marshal pro-army on the high slope couldn't help but be happy, and then shouted.

Di Qing looked at the battlefield in front of him, and his mind relaxed. After the battle in front of him, it can be regarded as completely defeating the arrogance of the Jiaozhi people, and I am afraid that the Jiaozhi people will also be injured, and it will be absolutely difficult to slow down without a few years of work.

There are not many soldiers in the Cochin Kingdom, and this battle has overturned all their 50,000 elites, which is a big blow to them. At least, in a few years, or even more than ten years, these cochin monkeys will not dare to covet the Liangguang region of the Great Song Dynasty. Naturally, this will be very beneficial to the stability of the lives of the people of the two Guangxi provinces and to the reconstruction of the two Guangxi provinces.

The battle between the Western Army and the Jiaozhi Army was the second time Zhong Hao had seen such a large-scale battle between the two armies. But his mood is still the same as the first time he saw the decisive battle between the Western Army and Nong Zhigao's army, and he was still shocked! This kind of scene of tens of thousands of people shouting and fighting, as long as you see it, it will definitely be unforgettable.

Seeing the scene of the two armies fighting against each other on the battlefield in front of him, Zhong Hao couldn't help but feel his blood boiling, and he couldn't wait to go down to fight himself, only hating his low force.

Zhong Hao secretly made up his mind: Wait for this matter, in the future, he must follow Yang Huaiyu to learn martial arts, and if he has the opportunity to go to the battlefield in the future, he will also personally go into battle to kill the enemy.

…………

Seeing the cavalry of the Cochin Army fleeing, the cavalry of the vanguard army immediately chased after them.

After the cavalry of the Cochin Army and the cavalry of the Vanguard Army had fled, they immediately fled south, and by the time the Vanguard Army turned around the dock, the Vanguard cavalry had lagged behind for almost a breath. This breath of time can allow the cavalry of the Cochin Army to gallop for a long distance.

Those Cochin soldiers couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in their hearts when they saw the vanguard cavalry open for some distance.

But those Cochin cavalry had apparently forgotten the huge gap between their horses and the vanguard's horses.

The Hequ horses of the vanguard army are all tall horses, fat and strong, with very good foot strength and explosive power, while the bantam horses of the Jiaozhi army are short and thin, and their speed cannot get up at all when they are hunched on the cavalry. Although this bantam has good stamina, it has little sprint ability. The advantage of this bantam is that it is used to mountain roads, and in places with difficult terrain, it has some advantages.

If the two armies were to compete for long-distance foot strength, those bantam horses would not necessarily lose to the vanguard army's Hequ horses, but obviously this was not a competition for the strength of the horses, but a real pursuit battle.

Obviously, the vanguard army will not make this pursuit a long-distance race, so they naturally want to use the advantage of their crotch hemp horses to catch up with those Jiaozhi cavalry in a short time.

Soon, the vanguard had caught up many distances with a quick sprint, and had already caught up to the distance of the bow.

Now that they have reached the range of the bow and arrow, the vanguard army is naturally not polite, and they have picked up their bows and arrows and shot at those Jiaozhi cavalry.

Although the power of the pursuing bows and arrows has decreased, the vanguard army's cavalry bow is hard, and the leather armor of the Cochin army is poor, and the lethality is still very large.

At this time, the cavalry of the Cochin Army could not care about fighting back, and they all put their riding shields on their backs, leaned down, and desperately beat their horses to accelerate.

These Cochin cavalry also understood that the arrows shot by their bamboo bows and other soft bows were probably not lethal to the fine armor of the vanguard army, so they did not sacrifice the speed of their horses to shoot back. Because if you want to bend your bow and shoot back at those vanguard cavalry, you must take your hands off the reins, and you can only control the horse with your legs, and you must not accelerate with all your strength like controlling the reins with both hands, so you must sacrifice the speed of escape.

At this time, the cavalry of the Cochin Army were all thinking about running away, and they didn't think about how to stop the enemy. After all, if you bend your bow and arrows, as soon as the speed of your horse drops, other warriors will surpass you. As soon as you fall behind, you have less chance of escaping naturally.

As a result, those cavalry of the Cochin Army all held that if they didn't shoot back anyway, others would shoot back, and they blocked those pursuers in the same way. It's important to run for your life, and the task of blocking the pursuers will be left to those comrades who are good at archery and horsemanship. Everyone held the idea that the dead friends would not die and the poor would not die, but in the end, they didn't even shoot back. Of course, in fact, even if they shoot back, it probably won't have a big effect

The cavalry of the Cochin Army did not shoot back, and the cavalry of the Vanguard Army was very happy.

At the moment, they are not in a hurry to catch up with those Jiaozhi cavalry! After chasing the distance where the cavalry bow could shoot flat, the cavalry of the vanguard army controlled the war horse, maintained this distance, and bent the bow and arrows neatly, and fired the cavalry soldiers of the Jiaozhi army.

The cavalry bows of the vanguard army are all hard bows of more than eight buckets, although the power is not as powerful as the infantry archers used by the infantry archers to shoot the longbow with more than one stone and two buckets, but the power of the flat shooting of this eight-bucket cavalry bow is not small, more than twice as powerful as when it was thrown just now.

Because there was no interference from the backfire of the cavalry of the Jiaozhi Army, the cavalry of the vanguard army could calmly aim and shoot calmly, and the accuracy was greatly improved. Although the cavalry of the Cochin Army used the cavalry shields they carried to protect their backs, the mounted shields were all small round shields that could be hung on the arm, which were not fully protected at all, and there were still many body parts exposed, which allowed the cavalry of the vanguard army to aim and shoot.

Again, the cavalry shields of those Jiaozhi cavalry are all rattan shields, and the cavalry of the vanguard army has great power in shooting flat bows, and many arrows that shoot at rattan shields can penetrate those rattan shields. Although the power of those arrows after piercing the rattan shield was much smaller, there were still some arrows that drilled into the bodies of those Jiaozhi soldiers. Although the damage inflicted on the cavalry of the Cochin Army was not great, it was enough for them, especially on the galloping horses.

There was an arrow stuck in his body, and in that bumpy warhorse, the arrow must have trembled, and the feeling was naturally very sour.

Of course, in addition to shooting those Cochin Army cavalry, many of the Vanguard Army soldiers were directly aimed at the buttocks of the horses under the crotch of those Cochin Army cavalry. They still understand the principle of "shooting people first and horses first".

Soon, many feathered arrows were inserted into the buttocks of the horses that fell under the crotches of the last cavalrymen of the Cochin Army. These war horses are hit by arrows in their buttocks, although they may not fall down for a while, but they will definitely not be able to run far. If you don't treat the arrow wounds of the war horses, I'm afraid that they will only bleed, and they won't be able to run for long, and these war horses will die.

…………

Li De'an, the commander of the Jiaozhi Army, was surrounded by a group of personal soldiers with shields, and he was not hit by an arrow for the time being, but seeing the current situation, he felt that it was not a way to run like this!

If these cross-chin cavalry are going to run, they are simply people's live targets, and it won't be long before the only few hundred cavalry under their command will be shot down by others one by one.

Li Dean felt that it was better to drill into the 100,000 mountains first. These 100,000 mountains, the mountains are vertical and horizontal, endless, as long as you get into these 100,000 mountains, those cavalry's speed advantages will not be able to give full play. At that time, these bantam horses under their crotches will have a stage to play. Otherwise, on flat ground, with this way of running, I am afraid that these cavalry of the Jiaozhi Army will definitely not have any chance to run back to the territory of Jiaozhi, and they may not be able to go back.

However, although Daguling is the periphery of the 100,000 Mountain, if you want to get into the 100,000 Mountain, you have to fight hard, because the vanguard cavalry is clung to behind them, and they are afraid that they can catch up with them with a rapid sprint. Therefore, if they don't fight, I'm afraid they won't have a chance to escape into the 100,000 mountains.

At that moment, Li De'an loudly ordered his cavalry soldiers to flee separately, which was what he called a fight...... Because if their brigade of cavalry fled together, it would definitely be difficult for them to escape, and there may be many who can escape if they divide their troops and flee. He felt that no matter how powerful those vanguard cavalry were, it would be impossible to kill all the Jiaozhi cavalry they scattered and fled.

And Li De'an's small calculation is that their cavalry of the Jiaozhi Army scattered and fled, and if the cavalry of the vanguard army scattered and pursued, their forces would definitely be scattered, and they might not be able to take care of everything, of course, there could be many cavalry of the Jiaozhi Army who escaped the net. And he has more than 100 relatives around him to guard, if the vanguard army is scattered, he may not be able to stop them.

Li De'an and his own soldiers ran in the direction of the 100,000 mountains in the east, while the rest of the Jiaozhi cavalry continued to flee south according to Li De'an's orders, and some ran to the west in the opposite direction of the 100,000 mountains, and some of them were the cavalry soldiers who were hit by arrows in the buttocks of their horses, and they all turned their horses' heads and rushed towards the vanguard.

Li De'an's intention was to use these wounded cavalry soldiers to delay the pursuit of the vanguard army, and as for the division of troops to escape, it was naturally to disperse the forces of those vanguard cavalry.

Anyway, it is impossible for those cavalry soldiers who are wounded on their horses to escape, so let's sacrifice for their commander. Although this is tantamount to sending them to death, which is a bit unauthentic, Li Dean feels that there is nothing wrong with it, who made him a handsome!

As for the cavalry of the Jiaozhi Army of various divisions that fled with their troops, I am afraid that it will be difficult for them to escape the pursuit of the vanguard cavalry, whether they run south or west.

After all, in the competition of horse speed on flat ground, the Hequ horse under the crotch of the vanguard cavalry has an obvious advantage over the bantam horse under the crotch of the cavalry of the Yuejiaozhi army. I'm afraid that those vanguard cavalry only need to speed up a few times, and they will be able to quickly catch up with the cavalry of the various divisions of the Cochin Army that are scattered and fled.

But Li De'an still did not hesitate to let them run south and west, which was naturally to score the strength of the vanguard army, so that his own part could face the pursuit pressure of the smaller vanguard cavalry, and all considerations were from his own consideration.

Li De'an feels that when he is a subordinate, he should have the consciousness of sacrificing for the head coach. The cavalry of the Jiaozhi Army under his command sacrificed for his own commander, and it was definitely deserved. Because only when they escape safely back to the territory of the Jiaozhi country, the families of those Jiaozhi cavalry can be properly resettled. If even the commanders of their Jiaozhi army are planted here, their families are afraid that no one will take care of them, and they will have no value if they die here. The rest of the high-ranking officials of the Cochin State, who will care about the life or death of the families of their northern soldiers. Therefore, Li Dean felt that the soldiers under his command should cover him to escape first.

At that moment, Li De'an took the more than 100 cavalry soldiers of the Jiaozhi Army who were his closest relatives, and desperately beat his horses and ran to the 100,000 mountains in the east.

…………

When the soldiers of the vanguard saw that some of the Cochin cavalry turned around and rushed towards them, they were also unceremonious, and immediately fired a flurry of arrows, and those Cochin cavalry were quickly shot into porcupines and planted their horses one after another.

There was a trace of ridicule in the eyes of the cavalry of the Cochin Army who fell to the ground, and there was some helplessness and unwillingness, probably because the vanguard did not dare to fight with them with real swords and guns, but chose bows and arrows, which were not the attack methods of the strong to kill them. And that slightest reluctance is probably because it failed to play any role in blocking the cavalry of the vanguard army.

However, the vanguard army was not affected by the mocking eyes of the Jiaozhi army in the slightest, a group of scum who had no combat effectiveness, what was there to care about. He has a sharp cavalry bow in his hand, and whoever has time to hedge with you cavalry, and kill you with swords and spears. Not to mention the unnecessary casualties, it will take a lot of time. Their time is very precious, and if they don't get entangled with these desperately blocking cavalry, they will have more credit for chasing and killing the cavalry of the Jiaozhi Army.

These Jiaozhi cavalry, who desperately blocked the cavalry of the vanguard army, did not play their due role, they did not have the slightest obstacle to the cavalry of the vanguard army, and before they could meet each other, they were cleared by the random arrows of the cavalry soldiers of the vanguard army, and did not block the horse momentum of the vanguard cavalry in the slightest.

Yang Wenguang, the commander of the vanguard army, saw that the cavalry of the Jiaozhi Army fled separately, and immediately ordered his subordinates to divide their troops to chase after him, as Li De'an thought.

In fact, the rest of the cavalry of the Jiaozhi Army fled when they fled, and at most it was a matter of the vanguard army cutting a few fewer heads and a little less credit. Anyway, the vanguard has already made enough contributions this time, and it will have no impact if the credit of these heads is missing.

But Yang Wenguang saw the situation in front of him, and the vanguard army was fully capable of killing all the remaining cavalry of the defeated Jiaozhi army, so he couldn't let them go. He wants to uphold the meaning of his own handsome, you gang of cross-toed monkeys, since you dare to come to the land of the Great Song Dynasty, you must be prepared to come and go, the land of the Great Song Dynasty is not something you can come casually.

At that moment, Yang Wenguang asked the two cavalry battalions of the Zhenxi Army to pursue the cavalry of the Jiaozhi Army who fled separately to the south and west. He personally took the cavalry battalion of the Baojing Army and the middle battalion of the Pingxi Army to chase after the cavalry led by Li De'an.