As soon as the more than 200 cavalry led by Li Yanzhi and Cao Jian set out, the captive cavalry generals who led their troops to rush out of the valley heard the sound of horse hooves generated by the running of these cavalry. When he listened carefully, he was sure that there were only about two hundred horsemen. Although his own men were far outnumbered by the cavalry that appeared, he did not want to make any more troubles when he thought of the return of the sentry horsemen and the fact that the outnumbered enemy cavalry had been divided into several ways and had formed a tendency to outflank the valley.

Under his orders, the horsemen hurried their horses and marched to the south. At this time, the leader of the captive cavalry also knew that most of their actions had angered these Liangzhou soldiers, thus incurring such a large-scale encirclement and suppression for them. He wasn't left to chance. The sentinels had already reported the situation in the valley, and if they continued to go deeper along the valley road, they could only go narrower and narrower, and there were many forks in the road, and the direction was difficult to identify. Therefore, rushing out of the valley and going to seize the ferry became their only chance of survival.

Li Yanzhi was bent on dragging these captives and preventing them from escaping calmly. Therefore, he repeatedly whipped his mount with a horsewhip, and more than 200 horsemen chased the captives fleeing from the valley mouth with all their might.

The two sides galloped for more than ten miles, and the distance between them was shortened from more than one mile to more than 50 steps. It's just that Li Yanzhi and Cao Jian's subordinates galloped all the way, so there were still twenty or thirty cavalry soldiers left behind. Cao Jian specially sent a commander to the rear to contain and assemble the stragglers, and then chased the brigade, and he continued to pursue the fleeing captives with Li Yanzhi.

Seeing that the distance between the two sides had been shortened enough to use a bow and arrow, Li Yanzhi clamped the lance with his right arm, took out the bow with his left hand, and took out an arrow from the quiver tied to the front of the saddle with his right hand.

Seeing Li Yanzhi start shooting, Cao Jian also took out his bow and arrow, and at the same time took the bamboo whistle in his mouth and blew it. When the horsemen heard the whistle, they took out their bows and arrows, and for a time the sound of drawing the bows was endless. Immediately, a rain of arrows suddenly rose from the formation and flew towards the enemy cavalry who were still fleeing.

Most of the arrows fired by the Wu Wei army's horsemen on horseback fell to the ground due to exhaustion. But there were still some soldiers who shot at the tail of the enemy army. Some of them gritted their teeth and insisted on sitting on horseback, while others fell off their horses.

In just a few dozen steps, the war horse galloped for only a few breaths, and those captives who fell from their horses died in the trampling of the cavalry of the Wuwei army in the brigade. The crisp sound of the horse's hooves stepping on the human body still made Li Yanzhi feel that the roots of his teeth were sour. But looking at the cavalry that was getting closer and closer, he shot several arrows in succession, then loaded his bow and arrows, and then with a flick of his spear, he stabbed at the thief who had gradually approached him.

The rear team of the thieves who were running heard the sound of the horses' hooves approaching the Wu Wei army, and many people looked back and saw the head of the pursuing enemy cavalry, a general riding a yellow horse and wearing iron armor, stabbing the horse lance into the back of the heart of a captive rider in front of him. Under the thorns of the horse's lance, the captive rode even if he fell off the horse and died with a whimper.

Li Yanzhi casually stabbed a captive to death, then shook the horse lance in his hand, looked at the rest of the enemy soldiers who looked back at him, their faces were full of horror, with an evil smile on their faces, and then took out the iron mask and slowly put it on. When the enemy cavalry saw this killing god, they didn't have much to resist. As they continued to push their horses desperately, they took out their bows and arrows, tried to widen the distance, and then showed their unparalleled horsemanship and archery skills.

In this way, a large group of captive cavalry ran desperately to escape, while another group of Wuwei cavalry soldiers pursued after them. As the distance between the Wu Wei army and the thieves and cavalry became closer and closer, under the scrambling of the cavalry of the Wu Wei army who were chasing, the captives and cavalry of the rear team fell off their horses one after another, and in the front and rear lines of the two armies, pieces of spare horses with no one on their backs began to appear.

Those fleeing captives are obviously not willing to be driven all the time. They took out their bows and arrows, turned around, and drew their bows to shoot waves of arrows at the cavalry of the Wuwei army who followed closely. The spare horses that appeared between the two groups of people happened to be the lifeline that separated these captives from the Wu Wei army. For a while, arrows were fired at the cavalry of the Wuwei army who was following closely. The front-row horsemen were shot one after another. Some of them carried their arrows and struggled on their horses, while others fell off their horses and were trampled to death by the hooves of the horses that followed.

Li Yanzhi was dressed in iron armor, and he was also the most conspicuous among the pursuing cavalry, and many arrows came straight towards him. However, the arrows hit the iron armor, but none of them could enter, and for a while, there was a tinkling sound in Li Yanzhi's ears, and even two arrows shot directly into his face. However, Rao is like this, and Li Yanzhi, who has an iron face to protect his face, is still safe and sound.

Cao Jian drew his bow and arrows, and rode his horse back and forth, moving left and right so that the captive cavalry in front of him could not accurately aim at him. And he opened his bow left and right, and wherever the arrows were pulled, all the enemy horsemen fell off their horses, and in just a dozen breaths, there were seven or eight captives who were shot by him one after another. And the horsemen on his left and right were also encouraged to see that the master was so brave, and each took out his bow and arrows to shoot at the enemy horsemen in front of him.

Li Yanzhi couldn't pursue the cavalry in front for a while, he was in a hurry, and in the face of those unmanned war horses that stood in the way, he had to take the whip and jerk at the buttocks of the unmanned war horses he encountered. As a result of his efforts, the unmanned horses in front of him neighed and fled, and immediately a path was cleared for him to pursue the enemy horsemen.

Seeing that the front was almost emptied, Li Yanzhi urged his horse again to pursue the enemy. Not long after, he caught up with the tail of the enemy army again, and immediately swept away like a mountain and a sea, and suddenly stabbed straight like a poisonous snake spitting out a letter, and in the blink of an eye, more than ten captives were killed under his gun.

Xu was unbearable to be chased and eaten by Wu Weijun like this, Xu was resentful of Li Yanzhi, who was chasing after him, and the cavalry general Zuo witnessed this scene in the team, and immediately blew the bamboo whistle to meet the battle. As the intermittent sound of bamboo whistles continued to sound, the captives divided into two groups from the head of the group. They turned their horses' heads and made a large circle in the field ahead, and then they wanted to turn back, outflanking the two wings of Wu Wei's cavalry, and trying to surround them.

The galloping captives took out their bows and arrows one after another, and released waves of arrows at the Wu Wei army cavalry while running. The number of soldiers who were shot by arrows in the team increased dramatically. Cao Jian lay his body on the back of the horse, dodged several arrows that grazed his scalp, and then straightened his waist, looked at Li Yanzhi, who was still pursuing the captive horseman, and asked loudly: "Changshi, how should my generation meet the enemy now?" ”

Although Cao Jian asked, Li Yanzhi, who seemed to have been addicted to the process of chasing and killing the thief, turned a deaf ear to him. Cao Jiandeng was anxious and yelled two more words, but Li Yanzhi still did not react. On the contrary, because of the continuous pursuit of the captive horse, the distance between him and him became farther and farther away. Cao Jian had no choice but to blow three long and two short whistles and order the cavalry on the left to assemble.

Most of the horsemen who heard the whistle gathered around. Cao Jiandang shouted: "Follow Li Changshi and attack the enemy's main formation!" ”

At the sound of the order, the assembled cavalry braved the rain of arrows to march forward, the outer cavalry held their spears and spears, and the cavalry in the inner circle took out their bows and arrows and fired back at the captive cavalry. For a time, arrows flew staggered over the battlefield and fell into the formations of the two armies, and the horsemen of the two armies who were hit by the arrows fell from their horses one after another.

Li Yanzhi rushed too fast, and the cavalry assembled in the rear failed to catch up for a while, so there was a gap of thirty or fifty paces between him and him. And Li Yanzhi, who was galloping alone, almost became the unanimous target of the left close cavalry. However, in about half an hour, Li Yanzhi had already been hit by more than ten arrows from his horse under his crotch, and he himself was also hit by an arrow in his left arm.

Li Yanzhi struggled to pull out the arrow from his left arm, and then endured the pain and continued to pursue the captive horseman. However, no matter where they pursued, the captives fled swiftly and swiftly, and no one dared to provoke the Hades. Although Li Yanzhi had the heart to catch up and fight for a while, the war horse was hit by too many arrows, and he saw that he was already overwhelmed.

In the end, the war horse galloped forward for another thirty or fifty paces, and then fell to the ground with a bang. Xu was aware of the crumbling of the war horse, and Li Yanzhi on the horseback jumped away quickly with agility, avoiding the fate of being held down by the horse's legs, making it difficult to get out and becoming a live target.

Li Yanzhi, who jumped off the horse, stood up, but looked even more isolated. Seeing that Li Yanzhi had lost his horse, Zuo Jinlu rode his horse with a little provocation, and galloped to Li Yanzhi's left without scrupulously, and then drew his bow and shot waves of arrows at him. Li Yanzhi had no choice but to shrink his forearms without iron armor into the wide shoulder armor as much as possible, lowered his head slightly, and let the arrows hit his iron armor like raindrops, making a clanging sound.

Li Yanzhi took advantage of the gap between the captive horsemen's shooting, raised his head and looked in all directions, trying to find a vacant war horse that could be ridden. But most of those who saw it were ten paces away. And the horses were all running around grazing. Li Yanzhi couldn't do it for a while, but when he looked back, he saw that Cao Jian had already led a vacant war horse to him.

"Long history, get on the horse!" Cao Jian was in a panic and hurriedly shouted. Li Yanzhi threw a grateful look at him, and then quickly got on his horse, followed by the cavalry that had just rushed out, and launched an attack on the captive horses around him.

With a large number of people, it is difficult for these captives to aim at any target. The intensity of the arrow is not as concentrated as that of Fang Cai. Among the cavalry of the charging Wu Wei army, although there were still people who were hit by arrows one after another, the arrows shot in the formation also caused the thieves to fall one after another.

In this desperate chase, the horses on both sides used a lot of physical strength. At this time, whether it was the captive cavalry or the war horses of the Wu Wei army's cavalry, they were already a little out of breath. However, when they met on a narrow road, only the brave won, and the generals on both sides who had been in battle for a long time understood this truth, and almost at the same time, both sides launched an attack on each other.

The captives did not want to run away any longer. Although they had different colors, at this time on the road of charging, the eyes of the Wu Wei army cavalry were also extremely fierce. Before the two sides met with weapons, they had already begun a showdown in momentum.

As the two sides drew closer, the horsemen adjusted their posture and the direction of their weapons, and tried to cut off the enemy on their opposite side in the first charge of hand-to-hand combat. There was a brief silence on the battlefield, and apart from the noisy sound of horses' hooves, it seemed that everyone's heartbeat could be heard.

For the first time, the advantage of the relatively long weapons of the Wu Wei army was revealed. When the hedging captives fell off their horses and died, few of the horsemen of the Wu Wei army were swordsmen. These cavalrymen have endured countless battles, large and small, but their numbers have remained low. And it is these veterans who have been in battle for a long time that can make their experience play its due role on the brutal battlefield.

After hedging, the disadvantage of the small number of cavalry of the Wu Wei army was undoubtedly revealed. Although they killed a large number of enemy cavalry in the hedge, they were unable to shake the stronger formation of the captive cavalry. The positions of the dead captives were filled by the rest of them one after another, and the battle between the two sides changed from hedging to face-to-face hand-to-hand combat.

In this kind of fighting, the high mobility and impact advantages of the cavalry itself cannot be demonstrated, and the two sides stab each other on horseback, relying on whose combat skills are more superb. But in this regard, the cavalry of the Wu Wei army does not have any advantage compared with the cavalry of the Hu people who have practiced martial arts since childhood.

Li Yanzhi reined in the horse, and the horse stood up, and then he raised the horse lance in his hand, and at the moment when the horse's front hooves touched the ground, he struggled to stab the long lance in his hand into the body of a captive rider in front of him. Seeing that the gleam in the captive rider's eyes was gradually passing, Li Yanzhi pulled out his spear expressionlessly, and then turned to deal with the next target.

A quarter of an hour had passed since the engagement, and in the midst of the selfless fighting between the two sides, the lives on the battlefield were passing at a speed visible to the naked eye. The disadvantage of the small number of Wu Wei's army was once again revealed—in the face of a large number of captives, these warriors were invincible with two fists and four hands, and they were constantly falling from their horses and dying. Seeing that there were more and more casualties under his command, Li Yanzhi also went crazy, trying his best to fight with the many captives in front of him. On the side, Cao Jian's skin was scratched by a shot in the face by the captive horse, and he was bleeding at this time, looking extremely hideous and terrifying.

And just when the cavalry of the Wuwei army was besieged by the captives and cavalry on all sides, and gradually lost their support, behind the thieves' formation, the bamboo whistles suddenly sounded one after another, and then, the rumbling horses' hooves sounded again, almost overshadowing the fighting and hoarse shouts on this battlefield.

Suddenly, on the horizon in the distance, hundreds of Liangzhou army cavalry soldiers came with a strong wind. When the captives saw this scene, they all had a sense of failure. As these reinforcements arrived in an instant, the captives on the side of the attack took the lead in fleeing.

Lei Rong and Tao Heng took the lead, leading their troops to stir back and forth in this captive cavalry formation. It is difficult to have a combined general among the enemies encountered. Encountering two fierce enemy cavalry in succession, the thieves could not bear it, and they were on the edge of the line, and when they saw the opportunity to hurry, they abandoned the brigade and fled in all directions.

With the flight of some of the captives, the line of the captive cavalry brigade, which was still fighting, began to thin. After Tao Heng, several Liangzhou army cavalry soldiers were put into the battlefield one after another. Under the combined efforts of several teams, the collapse of this captive cavalry began to spread from the attacked side to the entire battlefield.

In the encirclement of the captives, the cavalry of the Wuwei army led by Li Yanzhi and Cao Jian finally waited for the moment of raising their eyebrows, and for a while, everyone beat their horses to pursue the captives who fled in all directions. And most of these captives are still running south with their lives, heading towards the ferry of Jinchengdu.

Seeing the behavior of these captives and riding on their own deaths, Li Yanzhi couldn't help laughing and said: "The door is closed, and the dog still wants to run?" How can it be so easy! ”