Chapter 209: Chasing the Poor

Xue Yantuo's army was defeated like a mountain, as if he had received an electric shock, and he wanted to escape, but he was driven to death by these 50,000 infantry, and he couldn't escape. Some Xue Yantuo people didn't even have time to go to the horse pen to lead the horse, too late to go to the tent to get a knife, too late to put on leather armor, so they took advantage of the night and fled in a hurry.

The first battle was decided, and the whole army rejoiced. Zhao Sheng took Zhao Hong to meet with the crown prince, saying that he had cleared the ins and outs of the black smoke report. It turned out that Zhao Hong arrived in Bingzhou with Xu Qing's banner, and Xu Qing was by the prince's side, so they thought of such a way. In fact, even if you don't cooperate with the prince and attack directly at night, you can still win.

Xue Yantuo was defeated and took the remnants of the army, and did not dare to look south. These 50,000 infantrymen turned on their horses, conjured more than 10,000 cavalry, and captured tens of thousands of war horses and countless weapons. Killed four khans on the spot, captured three, the crown prince Li Jiancheng, beheaded the three people with sacrificial flags, let out a dull breath of these days, and ordered to pursue the enemy.

Pursuing overnight, the prince took hundreds of his own personal guards, and a hundred dragon guards led by Xu Qing by his side, like tens of thousands of other people, to pursue the fleeing Xue Yantuo. In the dark night, for the first time, the Han people pursued like wolves, and the Xueyantuo people were chased like sheep for the first time. The people of Xue Yantuo may not know that there are still 20,000 cavalry waiting in front of them.

The group of people pursued by Li Jiancheng and Xu Qing was one of the sixteen khans, and there were hundreds of guards around them. Halfway through the chase, the chased Xue Yantuo suddenly disappeared.

"Huh?" Li Jiancheng stopped his horse and looked around vigilantly, and when Xu Qing arrived on horseback, he said disgustedly: "Xu Qing, you have to learn your equestrian skills, why are you so slow?" ”

Xu Qing pouted and said: "The minister has not been off the horse for a few days, and his crotch has been painful, so he doesn't dare to ride too fast." ”

Li Jiancheng snorted and said, "Don't care about your broken belly, come and see, Xue Yantuo has disappeared." ”

Xu Qing was stunned for a moment, then glanced at Li Jiancheng with contempt and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has such good equestrian skills and runs so fast, isn't it that he hasn't caught up with Xue Yantuo?" ”

After Li Jiancheng knew that Xue Yantuo was about to be defeated, Li Jiancheng's temperament suddenly changed, he used to be a cold person, and when he met, he was the prince who wanted to kill, but now, he is the little brother next door who can talk to Xu Qing. Xu Qing's sentence just now was also based on such a change before he dared to say it.

Li Jiancheng lowered his head and thought for a while: "We just watched them climb over a hill, and we didn't see it." ”

Xu Qing said haha: "You can still watch them climb over a hill, then you can't chase them tightly, no wonder they ran away." ”

Li Jiancheng looked at Xu Qing like an idiot and said, "Xu Qing, if you don't understand this method of pursuit, you will definitely not be happy." Let me tell you, this pursuit of the fleeing enemy can only be pursued slowly, and cannot be rushed. On this snowy land, I am not afraid that the enemy will run away, and I can chase it slowly, and I can kill those backward Xue Yantuo people without much effort. ”

When Xu Qing heard this, he also felt that this made sense, but how could Xu Da be able to admit defeat intellectually, he continued to pout: "What's the use? Isn't it still chasing people away? ”

Li Jiancheng didn't speak, walked up the small hill, and looked down, but there was not even a horse's hoof print. At this time, it was very late, but the snow was white, and the hoof prints of hundreds of people could still be discerned. But now, there is nothing but vast snow.

"Could it be that these Xue Yantuo people can really fly?" Xu Qing frowned and said, "Let's go, maybe they took some time to erase these hoof prints, I can't see them clearly here, go down and take a look......"

Although Xu Qing is hanging, he also knows that now is the time to play with his life, and he must not be casual. Li Jiancheng nodded slightly, and led the horse to search down.

At this time, Xu Qing thought of something: "These Xue Yantuo people, Xue Yantuo Khan knows that they will not be able to escape today, and they will definitely die if they are caught by us." However, if he surrenders, he will be appeased by my Tang Dynasty, and it is not worrying to keep his position as khan. ”

Li Jiancheng also looked at Xu Qingdao: "If they are killed and surrendered, we will definitely search for them, and only by hiding can we not be searched." Could it be that these Xue Yantuo people are trying to hide something? ”

Xu Qing nodded vigorously and said, "Yes, that's exactly what the minister thinks." ”

After a while, Li Jiancheng and the others went down the hill, looked ahead, and still didn't see hoof prints. But at this moment, there was a sudden avalanche on the hill, and a snow cover suddenly cracked, and a cave appeared inside! More than 100 cavalry flew down from there. Li Jiancheng was not surprised, and sneered: "Carving insect skills, give Lonely!" ”

The prince's hundreds of guards rushed up the hill against the terrain. The hill is very gentle, and the terrain is much weaker. In the blink of an eye, the two armies were at war together. Before the invention of the stirrup, the steppe people used bows and arrows more and less knives and guns to fight. Therefore, the cavalry and archery of the steppe people are developed, but the riding spear is relatively weak, and the stirrup of the Central Plains is popular, so they are all heavy cavalry with riding spears and sabers.

Li Jiancheng saw that the battle on the mountain was going well, and couldn't help but look at Xu Qing, meaning, this is my soldier, do you see it. At this time, under the mountain, in front of Xu Qing and the others, there was another burst of drinking. Those Xue Yantuo people, like Xu Qing, wrapped themselves and their horses in white linen. But the Xue Yantuo people were obviously more able to control the horses, and even slept more than a hundred horses in the snow. At first glance, it was the same as the snow, and now with a loud shout, the horses rose from the snow.

Go straight to Li Jiancheng to kill!

Xu Qing drank in a low voice and said, "Long Wei, go!" ”

Eighty Dragon Guard lifted the light crossbow in his hand, first shot an arrow, shot a few cavalrymen, and then set up a sword and spear to fight the past.

It is said that Xu Qing at this time should immediately put on a stinky face for Li Jiancheng and pay tribute to Li Jiancheng's previous stinky face. But now, Xu Qing faintly felt bad in his heart, and again and again, it seemed that the enemy was still hiding this ambush.

Just as Xu Qing thought, at this time, a cavalry also rose on the left, and the killing general came over, and shouted: "Li Jiancheng, suffer death!" ”

There were only about ten cavalry in this group, but it looked much more elite and thoughtful, and seeing the sound of hooves getting closer and closer, Xu Qing suddenly shuddered. Why is this going to die here?

But seeing Li Jiancheng, he said, "It's a good time!" He lifted the horse lance, protected Xu Qing behind him, and killed him like a tiger descending from the mountain.

Those cavalry didn't seem to see that it was Li Jiancheng who rushed towards them, but thought that Xu Qing was Li Jiancheng, and only fought with Li Jiancheng for one or two rounds, leaving a few people to lead him, and the rest of the people waved their knives to kill Xu Qing.

When the brave wins on the narrow road, Xu Qing shook the rope and took out his gun, slammed forward with a shot, and the rest of the cavalry came like the wind!