Chapter 580: The Autumn Wind Sweeps the Leaves

The less than a thousand of those who escaped did not dare to linger for a moment, they only hated that their horses were missing four legs, and they were still not fast enough, and they fled to the farthest and farthest places, for fear that they would be attacked again. Even the commander Ihu was frightened, and he whipped his horse fiercely and ran frantically backwards.

And those cavalry who did not escape out of the wolf cavalry became the "meal on the plate" of the combined column army, which was three or four times more numerous than themselves, and they barely did anything to resist, and they were captured and killed in battle, and completely disintegrated.

Until the end of the day, these people felt as if they were dreaming, and in less than half an hour, the wolf cavalry army, which claimed to be the invincible of the Linhu tribe, was properly cleaned up by the opponent, and there was no decent resistance.

Qu Xin was in the army formation on the right flank to outflank the remnants of Lin Hu's troops, and he looked at the backs of the wolf cavalry who had escaped by chance, and found that they had fled very quickly, and it was estimated that they would not be able to catch up, so he gave up his intention to continue the pursuit.

Qu Xin turned his head and looked at the battlefield under the Panlong Plateau again, and saw that the Lin Jackal Cavalry, who had once flaunted their might, was invincible, and arrogant to the extreme, but now they had turned into a corpse, lying under the beam, and he was completely relaxed at this time.

While cleaning up the battlefield, the soldiers of the Hezhong Army kept shouting: "Victory! Victory! "They were happily picking up the spoils, and everyone was smiling and laughing.

When everyone saw Qu Xin, they all shouted to Qu Xin: "Congratulations to the general, the general is brave and invincible, and the Lin Hu people are vulnerable." ”

Qu Xin waved his hand to everyone and ordered: "Sons and daughters clean up the battlefield as soon as possible, let's gather and set off in an hour and go to the next goal." ”

After Qu Xin issued the order, he returned to the top of the ridge of the Panlong Plateau, which was a flat land less than three zhang wide and dozens of miles long. Xu Lu and Du Qing, the two captains of Zhao State, who did not have time to participate in the battle, were there, pointing out the positions where the smoke had cleared.

When they saw Qu Xin returning, they all bowed down on their horses and clasped their fists and saluted Qu Xin. After Du Qing was rescued, Qu Xin had not yet met him because of the urgent military situation, but when he saw Du Qing at this moment, Qu Xin was particularly pleased, and he said to Du Qing: "It's great that General Du can come back." When you return to the team, our victory can be called a complete victory. ”

Du Qing couldn't help but praise Qu Xin and said: "The general is really a godsend, the wolf cavalry of the Linhu people is rampant all over the world, and they are invincible, but after today's battle, most of them have been lost, and I am afraid it will be difficult to regroup." ”

Qu Xin smiled and replied: "I hope so, no matter how wanton and unscrupulous they are, as long as they act unscrupulously and do whatever they want in front of our joint army, they will definitely be allowed to return home and pay a painful price." ”

Qu Xinzhi is proud, and it is no wonder that although he has gone through the changes and tribulations of his life and has been able to train and become a talent in the army, he is still young after all, and he has won such a big victory and become famous in a battle, how can he not completely suppress his excitement and happiness?

He agreed with Du Qing's opinion, believing that after the battle of Panlong Plateau, even if there were still more than 10,000 people in the wolf cavalry army of the Linhu people who had not been completely wiped out, if they were allowed to continue the pursuit, I am afraid they would not have the courage to do so.

Therefore, Qu Xin confidently and boldly asked the soldiers of the Hezong Army to pack up the spoils scattered on the battlefield, and deliberately gave everyone an hour to rest, and then set off in high spirits and headed for Fukou Pass.

Lin Hu's wolf cavalry was completely different, Yi Hu led the only remaining thousands of people, and on the way back to retreat, he met the commander-in-chief of the entry battle - Zuoxian Wang Mantuo, he led the troops to report the situation to Mantuo, Mantuo was almost angry on the spot.

Mantuo really felt sorry for the 17,000 or 8,000 wolf cavalry soldiers buried under the Panlong Plateau, which was the elite of the Linhu tribe, the invincible cavalry, and now they were taken by Yi Hu and buried on the land of another country lightly. Mantuo returned to the Linhu tribe, how did he face the people of the Linhu tribe, and how did he give instructions to Linhu?

Mantuo was furious, and immediately ordered the Chinese guards to tie up Yihu, shoot him in front of the horse immediately, take off his head, and pay tribute to the dead Linhu cavalry. Ihu wept bitterly and begged Mantuo to spare his life, but Mantuo would not stop.

He closed his eyes, waved his hand, and let the executioner Lin Hu hand his hand, and he couldn't bear to look at it again from beginning to end. Later, the executioner took the head of Yihu and showed it to Mantu, who did not look at it, but ordered: "Put it up and take it back to your hometown, so that you can give an explanation to your fathers and fellow villagers." ”

Mantuo killed Ihu to comfort the army, but in his heart, he also knew very well that Ihu was just a scapegoat. If you want to talk about the root cause of the defeat in this battle, you have to start with your own drinking mistakes.

It was precisely because he mistakenly thought that the prince of Zhao in Jinyang City would not escape from the city in such a short period of time that he secretly connived at his generals and soldiers to drink and have fun for three days. Who knew that the next day, the crown prince of Zhao Guo fled, and Mantuo himself could not deal with it immediately after receiving the information.

In a hurry, he sent out the young general Yi Hu, who was young and vigorous, lacked combat experience, and although the mood for the battle was high, but on the actual battlefield, he repeatedly miscommanded, which led to this fiasco of almost the entire army.

Moreover, Mantuo also realized that he was in a hurry, and let Yihu lead the troops first, and then he led another part of the people to chase after him, which was also one of the sources of defeat. If the soldiers are divided into two ways, the strength will be scattered, and the biggest evil result will be eaten by the opponent separately.

Mantos thought about his own mistakes and the young Ihu's substitution, and tears welled up in his eyes. When the chief of the guard beside Mantuo saw him with teary eyes, he thought that Mantuo was sad because he had lost most of the wolf cavalry.

He advised: "General, don't be too sad, let's reorganize our troops, and then pursue the prince of Zhao State, and avenge the dead brothers." ”

Mantuo, who was crying, heard the uncoherent words of the chief of the guard, and was so angry that he stopped crying and stopped crying. He pointed at the sturdy guard chief and scolded: "The vertical son does not know the military situation, and his nonsense words interfere with the army's heart, be careful that I want your life." All to such a field, what are you still pursuing, do you want our remaining wolf cavalry army to die in Zhao Kingdom! ”

The chief of the guard originally intended to comfort the general he served, but he didn't expect that because of his inappropriate words, he provoked Mantuo to be so idle that he almost lost his life at the hands of the angry Mantuo. The chief guard immediately lowered his head in fright, and closed his mouth tightly, as if he were a cicada.