Chapter 149: Cavalry Pursuit
Yuan Laoshan turned his head and said to a dragon: "Brother Wei, if my people are not angry, it depends on you." You can rest assured~"
Yuan Laoshan's words stopped before he finished speaking, and the words behind him were, "You go up first, my people will rectify in the back, and then attack later." But before he could finish speaking, he saw a dragon being carried by his men and running away. And he also saw several dragon-like soldiers running forward, and he didn't have to think about it to know that this was the person who informed him to retreat.
"Bastard! No righteousness! Yuan Laoshan scolded viciously, and then yelled at his own soldiers: "Go!" Let's withdraw too! Tell the people in front of you to all retreat! Go to Suizhou City for foreign exchange! ”
The soldiers were stunned, and none of them wanted to go to the front to inform their companions. There was no way, Yuan Laoshan had to personally order three people and let them go to the front to give orders. Then he retreated with the rest of his own soldiers.
Li Yan stood in the saddle, looked into the distance, and saw that not only the thieves in front were retreating, but the thieves in the back also began to retreat. He dismounted from his saddle, sat down, and commanded, "Gather all the cavalry." ”
The personal soldiers went to pass the order, which was actually the personal guards around Li Mu. At this time, Li Zhongcai rushed over with someone.
"How's it going?" After Li Zhong saw Li Yan, he immediately asked.
Li Yan said with a smile: "It's just right to come, borrow your own soldiers to use it to pursue the thieves." ”
Li Zhong looked forward, nodded, and said, "I actually defeated the thief so quickly!" If it weren't for Su Xianzun's entanglement, I would have come here a long time ago. He also forced ten teams to defend the county, and I only brought out five teams. But seven of the ten pairs were recruits. I'll just take someone in pursuit. ”
After finishing speaking, Li Zhong took out a cylinder made of brass, handed it to Li Yan, and said, "Show you a good thing." ”
Li Yan took it and looked at it over and over again, and found that there were transparent glass pieces at both ends. So he put the smaller one on his eyes, looked into the distance, and found that the distant scenery was much closer. He pulled the tube without a teacher, and after stretching it, he looked in the direction of the thieves again, and saw that the thieves were right in front of him, and he could see clearly the panicked expressions on their faces when they turned their heads to look at this side when they retreated.
He laughed and said, "It's a telescope, right?" ”
"Telescopes?" Li Zhong repeated, nodded thoughtfully, and said, "This name is good, it is very appropriate, and it can indeed be seen far away." It took me a while to understand the mystery, which is the legendary clairvoyant. ”
"Where did it come from?" Li Yan looked at the movement of the thieves in the distance with a telescope and asked.
Li Zhong replied: "Zhou He found it from the war horse where Young Marshal Zuo was shot. ”
"The second brother is also here." Li Mu came over with his own soldiers, first said hello to Li Zhong, and then asked Li Yan, "Fourth brother, what are you taking?" ”
Li Yan handed the telescope to Li Mu and said, "Telescope." You are ready, let's take our soldiers to pursue and see if we can disrupt the thieves. If you disrupt them, then chase them for ten miles and eight miles, so that these thieves can also have a long memory! ”
Li Mu snorted, and then followed Li Yan's appearance and put the telescope in his eyes.
"Oops! What is this?! Li Mu said in surprise, and reached out to grab it.
Li Yan reminded: "Hold it steady, don't break it." It's a baby. ”
Li Mu grabbed it for a while, but he didn't catch anything, and after putting down the binoculars, he saw that the tree he thought was close in front of him was still more than ten steps away.
He took it again to look at the thief in the distance, and suddenly said excitedly: "It's a baby!" The guys were going to run away, panicking one by one. ”
Li Yan instructed: "Second brother, you are here to command and answer, and the two of us will take the cavalry to chase for a while." ”
"I'll go, you're here to command." Li Zhong shook his head and said.
Li Yan explained: "I have to go and see for myself how the cavalry should be used." It's not enough to just read it from a book. ”
After that, he said to Li Mou: "Did you bring a bow with you?" I don't think the three-eyed gun is good, and it is not easy to ride a bow on a horse. ”
Li Mu returned the telescope to Li Yan and said, "No." I can do it with a bow. ”
Li Yan handed the telescope to Li Zhong and said, "Second brother, you take this first, so that you can see the situation clearly earlier and come to meet us." ”
Li Zhong nodded and said, "Okay, you guys be careful. ”
Li Yan asked the cavalry to prepare, and sent someone to inform the artillery to stop firing.
"Let's go!" Li Yan said loudly to the cavalry: "I'll take you to hunt down those bastards!" Let them never dare to go wild with us again for the rest of their lives! ”
"I want to follow the general!" The cavalry responded loudly.
After the artillery stopped firing, Li Yan led the cavalry to slowly run out of the gap in the ranks. They marched slowly on the road, allowing these still newcomer cavalrymen to slowly adjust their formation. Li Yan and Li Mu were at the front, and the other more than forty cavalry members spread out backwards one by one on both sides, forming a frontal formation.
Li Yan and Li Mu led the cavalry team to run towards the retreating thieves, and the speed of the horses slowly added up, and the rumbling hooves of the horses replaced the rumbling cannons.
The thieves looked behind them and found Li Yan and their cavalry rushing towards them, shouting in panic one by one: "Run!" Their cavalry is coming! ”
The thieves, who were still in some order, also pushed and began to flee in a panic.
After Li Yan and Li Mu saw the chaos of the thieves, they slowed down their horses again. The thieves' infantry still had one or two thousand men, and they only had more than forty cavalry, and there was no follow-up force. Therefore, they can't rush hard, they can only continue to create chaos for the thieves in the back, so that the chaos of the thieves can expand, so as to achieve the best effect.
Li Mu pointed at the panicked thieves in front of him and shouted loudly: "Peel them off!" ”
Li Yan understood, began to accelerate with Li Mu, and rushed over from the right flank of the thieves with the cavalry. The two of them were the first to rush into the ranks of the thieves, slashing left and right with the long knives in their hands. Li Mu simply held a long knife in each of his left and right hands, and completely controlled the war horse with his legs.
After Li Yan cut down the two thieves forward, he began to control the war horse and circle to the left. He and Li Mu opened the way in front, and the cavalry behind slashed through the gap with their long knives, and then expanded the gap. Then follow Li Yan and Li Mu to draw an arc to the left, slashing and slashing the thieves on both sides of them.
Although their long knives were sharp enough, they could not hack every rogues wearing piercing armor to death, and the thieves were more often knocked down by the great force. Only those who are skilled in riding can smoothly slash at the neck of the thief with a long knife and completely eliminate the thief.
Only Li Yan and Li Mu can easily use a long knife to cut through the thief's neck, so that there is not too much pressure on the shoulders and wrists, and the thief can be easily eliminated. Most of the other cavalry could only slash down the thieves in armor with great force, hoping to split the enemy's armor and inflict fatal damage on the enemy, while also putting a huge burden on their arms.