Li Yan and Li Mu drew a semicircle from the ranks of the thieves with their cavalry and killed them from the left side of the ranks of the thieves. The cavalry behind also followed the two of them and slaughtered them, intercepting more than two hundred people from the retreating ranks of the thieves.

Some of these thieves took advantage of the gap between the cavalry and ran towards their large army, and most of them were surrounded by the cavalry. Li Yan and the others circled around these thieves, and at the same time used the long knives in their hands to kill the thieves on the periphery.

After the initial panic, the thieves who were intercepted also began to resist in a rallying group. They retreated, and they fled from time to time, so the weapons in their hands were still there, so the threat to Li Yan was not small. During the siege, two horsemen were thrown off their horses, and three horses were wounded and withdrew from the siege of the bandits.

Li Yan frowned, he only had these few cavalrymen, if he was injured more, his losses would be great. When he was thinking of a way, Li Mu whistled and took the lead in running into the distance. Li Yan and the others also ran over.

"You can't do that!" Li Mu waited for Li Yan to come over and said, "You can't let them form a formation, you have to mess them up." ”

Li Yan asked, "Then what should I do?" ”

Li Mu thought for a moment and said, "Stay away from these guys and let them run back by themselves." We'll get back on when they're running. ”

Li Yan nodded and said, "Okay, let's do it." ”

They formed their formation at a distance, allowing the thieves who had been intercepted to run back on their own. But those thieves took advantage of Li Yan's retreat to reorganize their team, which was tighter than just now.

"Bastard! Pretty smart! Li Mu scolded. After that, he said: "Fourth brother, let's ignore these guys and continue to chase the thieves in front." ”

Li Yan frowned and looked at the small team in front of him, although there were no bows and arrows, but it was also a little headache. So he nodded and said, "Okay, just let these people go for the time being." ”

After that, Li Yan led the cavalry to bypass the thieves who formed in the middle of the road, and continued to rush towards the thieves in the brigade.

The thieves in the front brigade saw that the cavalry of the official army was coming again, so they became even more confused. They shoved their accomplices in front of them, trying to escape faster.

This time, Li Yan and the others learned to be smart, and instead of rushing in like just now, they directly drew an arc behind the thieves and killed the thieves who ran behind. Then he ran back, went around in a circle, and then cut through the back of the bandits, and over and over again, the ranks of the thieves were killed and wounded, and they fell to the ground in a wail.

This method is much better than the initial process of directly intercepting some people from the ranks of thieves, and it is much more lethal. It didn't take long for this to start, and the number of thieves killed and injured was already more than 200, which was more than the first interception.

At this time, the thieves panicked even more, especially the people at the back, who were completely panicked. So they began to squeeze forward desperately, and if they couldn't get through, they pulled the people in front of them, and they ran away faster.

The thieves lined up in the middle of the road were also frightened when they saw that their brigade was in chaos. They did not dare to move closer to the brigade anymore, and they did not dare to attack the enemy's military formation. If they stay where they are, when the officers and soldiers come, they will die sooner or later.

So these people saw that the cavalry of the official army had no intention of coming to deal with them, so they lost the unity they had just had, and began to flee in all directions. In groups of three or five, they ran to the fields on both sides, and then fled to Suizhou City, which they had agreed upon.

At this time, Yuan Laoshan and Yilong had already run away, if they were, seeing that there were only a few dozen cavalry chasing their troops, they would definitely make a decision to counterattack. But they all ran first, and those who stayed didn't want their men to be cut off, so they all tried desperately to let their men escape, as long as they escaped faster than their companions, and whoever stayed behind was unlucky.

So the thieves fled desperately, no longer in formation and formation, and the strong ones blocked the weak ones behind, and then slowly pulled away the distance. The old and weak stay last, and the strong lead in front. This can be regarded as a kind of elimination, in the cruel cold weapon war, those who can stay are strong.

Li Yan They don't care about this, in their eyes, these are all thieves. They continued to cut through the tail of the thieves over and over again, killing the thieves who ran last. It wasn't until the sky was already dark and Li Yan's horses were already sweating like rain that they stopped chasing and killing. At this time, they had already chased the thieves for a little twenty miles, and they had already entered the boundary of Suizhou.

Li Yan instructed: "Let's go, go back." Find the brother who stayed behind and bring it with you. ”

By the time they returned to the formation, it was completely dark. Li Zhong had dozens of bonfires lit on the road, illuminating the distance of more than two hundred steps.

Li Yan and the others sent someone to go over to the joint first to avoid accidental injuries. After that, the troops camped on the spot to prevent the thieves from returning and returning. Li Yan issued an order for all the people in the villages to come out, light torches, and cooperate with the soldiers left behind in the villages to search all places in the territory overnight.

After nightfall, the territory of Qixian County is full of torches, and it becomes a night sky. The men, women, and children of the village all came out, and in a few units of several houses, they took sticks and farm tools, lit torches, beat gongs, and shouted, and began to open a large net in the wilderness, and there were almost no dead spots to search.

"Bang", "Bang", after two gongs, the villagers shouted: "Catch the thief!" Catch the thief! ”

As soon as the thieves hiding in the shadows saw this battle, they rushed out of their hiding places and ran into the distance. At this time, the soldiers among the villagers would greet them with crossbow arrows. If it's far away, then chase it, and not too far ahead, there will be other people pulling the net to search.

Originally, these thieves wanted to hide all night, wait for the middle of the night to go to the village to get some food, and then go to Suizhou tomorrow. But before they could go to the village to get food, countless villagers began to search. Some of them were very brave, and several of them attacked the searching crowd. But they were soon killed by crossbow arrows, and when they died, they realized that it was not only the villagers who were searching, but also the officers and soldiers with bows and crossbows.

For the whole night, the whole Qixian County was spent in the light of fire and gongs. That night, more than 300 thieves were cleared out, and only seven villagers and soldiers were injured, and none died.

"Oh, that's a great idea! The results are only a little less than ours. Li Mu said in surprise.

Li Zhong also praised: "It's very good, the casualties are small, the effect is large, and all the thieves in the territory have been cleaned up." ”

"There is a lot of strength in numbers." Li Yan also said with a smile.