Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Great Food Army in Hot Pursuit

Not long after, the pursuing Basel returned with two thousand men, and the five hundred Anxi troops were pursued in such a hurry that they scattered and fled, divided into more than ten groups and ran in more than ten directions. Basel looked unwilling, saying that he almost caught up, and was forced to lead the team back because of the order that he could only chase ten miles.

Ziad comforted Basel with a smile and led the group on their way to the next besieged station. The situation was still the same, and when there were still seven or eight miles, the Anxi army fled in a hurry again. Then came the next station, and the same was the case. It wasn't until they reached the fourth besieged town that things changed slightly.

At this time, the two wings of Qi Yade's army of more than 20,000 people had been spread relatively wide, like a zigzag, and the two wings were spread out three or four miles to both sides, and at the same time they were two or three miles ahead of the Chinese army. The left flank led by Basel was confronted by a force of more than 300 Ancy cavalry, perhaps panicked, or they were frightened. It's so good that they don't die, these three hundred Anxi cavalry, instead of running outside, did not turn around and run back, but actually fled in a hurry in the direction of the Great Food Central Army, and plunged into the encirclement of the Great Food.

Basel immediately ordered two thousand cavalry to follow closely behind, and after three hundred Anxi cavalry galloped for more than two hundred steps, they finally found the Great Food Chinese Army not far ahead, and they suddenly looked a little flustered. A moment later, the young general who rushed to the front of the team riding a bloody horse and wearing silver armor suddenly roared, pulled the reins sharply, and forcibly turned the horse in one direction, turned ninety degrees sideways, and jumped out like an arrow in the direction of the right flank Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms.

Behind him, the three hundred Anxi cavalry also pulled the reins, and almost dreamily all completed the turn. Behind them, Basser led more than a thousand Khorasan cavalry in hot pursuit, and seeing this, he also desperately pulled the reins. Immediately, there was a neighing sound of war horses, and at this moment, at least more than three hundred horsemen could not control their mounts in this high-speed movement, and they were immediately thrown off their horses. There were more than 500 riders, but they grabbed the mount and reduced the speed by half to complete the turn. Only less than twenty percent of the big food cavalry completed this set of actions, and the speed did not decrease to chase behind the Anxi cavalry, but more than half of them were blocked by the slowing down horses in front and the knights who fell to the ground, and only more than 100 horses really chased after them.

The young general riding a sweaty BMW and wearing silver armor was Xiao Quai. It's not that the cavalry level of the Anxi cavalry far exceeds that of the large food cavalry, and there are two reasons for this situation. One is that these three hundred Anxi cavalry (including one hundred and twenty Qarluq cavalry) were carefully selected from the six thousand cavalry, and this maneuver had been specially practiced beforehand; Another is that the three hundred Anxi cavalry are less likely to turn around, and they are psychologically prepared to take the initiative to turn around, while the more than 1,000 chasing cavalry are not psychologically prepared and passively turn around, and this situation is natural.

In the direction of the Chinese army, after the riot, Qi Yade also reacted early. He took a hundred guards under his command and went out of the crowd to personally see the military situation ahead. At this time, Ziyad's eyes widened, and he watched in amazement at everything that happened more than a mile ahead.

This was the first time Ziyad had seen the Anxi army. He watched incredulously as the three hundred Anxi cavalry quickly calmed down after a brief panic, and completed the unabated turn so perfectly in such a small range. The more than 1,000 Khorasan cavalry who were in hot pursuit behind were caught off guard, and the formation was immediately chaotic. Hundreds of cavalry were thrown off their horses, and more cavalry slowed down and gathered together, and by the time they accelerated again, the three hundred Anxi cavalry had already pulled the distance away. There are only more than 100 riders who really hold on to it.

Is the cavalry level of the Anxi cavalry generally so high, or is it only 300 cavalry? Qi Yade put a big question mark in his heart, he reacted suddenly, and ordered loudly: "Order the left and right wings to open forward, cut off the retreat of the Anxi army, and the Chinese army will slowly press up, be sure to surround and kill these three hundred Anxi troops!" ”

Almost at the same time, as soon as Xiao Qu's illness turned around, he saw that the chasing Great Food Cavalry had fallen countless horses, and more hedgehogs gathered together and began to accelerate slowly, and there were only a hundred or so horsemen who were clenching on. Xiao Quzhi shouted: "Turn around and shoot the horse!" ”

The three hundred Anxi cavalry had already prepared, and they turned around one after another, twisted their bodies, bent their bows and arrows, and a rain of arrows shot at the more than 100 cannibal cavalry who were chasing after them.

Woohoo...... Whoosh whoosh ......

A round of arrow rain directly knocked over more than 40 war horses, and in an instant, blood burst out, blood mist filled the air, and people turned over on their backs. More horses were wounded by arrows, and they launched ferocity and neighed.

The more than 100 cannibal cavalry completed the pursuit when most of their companions fell off their horses and slowed down, and they were secretly rejoicing in their hearts, and at the same time they were a little proud, when they heard the sound of bowstring vibration. This hundred cannibal cavalry is also worthy of being a veteran of a hundred battles, the elite of the army, and immediately subconsciously raised the iron round shield tied to his left arm, bowed down, and the whole person hid behind the riding shield.

But the Anxi army had been prepared, and the three hundred arrows were shot at the Arab war horses that they had no defense under their crotch. In the process of running at such a high speed, the war horse was killed by an arrow, and there was only one fate for the knight on the horse, that is, he was thrown off the horse hard, and he was seriously injured if he did not die. As more than forty Arabian war horses fell to the ground with a bang, more than forty knights on the horses also rolled into the dust in an instant, each of them turned over five or six heels on the ground, and a small half were killed instantly, and the others were also broken bones and tendons, losing their combat effectiveness.

After the second round of arrow rain, there were less than 20 of the more than 100 food chasers still on horseback. The casualty rate of more than 80 percent suddenly shattered the surviving dozen or so people, and they let out a scream of ghosts and wolves, and fled backwards like crazy. At this time, the six-bucket and eight-bucket cavalry bows used by ordinary Anxi knights could no longer shoot them.

Gu Xiaojun, Li Ergou, Bai Xiaode and others were still able to shoot a strong bow with one stone and six buckets on the horse, and calmly shot more than ten fleeing big food cavalrymen in turn.

Xiao Quzhi and Amir Jiang, two ultra-long-range marksmen, began to focus on clearing the farther Dashi pursuers, and Xiao Quzhi saw at a glance that Bassell was shouting from behind, and he drew a carving arrow and shot at him.

Nabasel was shouting loudly to order the hundreds of Khorasan pursuers who were lagging behind to divide their forces into pursuit, and at the same time ordered the left flank to rush forward and outflank the retreat of the three hundred Ansi cavalry. I heard the guards around me shouting, a sharp whistling sound came, and a black dot flew towards him quickly. He suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and he struggled to raise his round shield to block the arrow. But before the action began, he heard a terrible scream, and then a pain in his chest, and he was already seriously injured.

It took him a long time to realize what had happened, so fast, such a powerful arrow. His guard reacted in time, and in a hurry, he blocked in front of him, and this domineering arrow, after piercing the body of this guard, the arrow was not exhausted, and pierced into his right chest, two inches into the flesh, and nailed to one of his ribs.

Basel was so frightened that if it weren't for the guards to help him block this arrow, he would definitely be an arrow through his chest and die on the spot.

Basel took the shaft of the feather arrow on his chest, stared at the guards and soldiers under his command who surrounded him like thunder, and roared angrily: "What are you doing around Lao Tzu? All of them are for Lao Tzu to catch up, let them escape, and all of them will be dealt with by military law! ”

At this time, the three hundred Anxi cavalry were about to break out of the encirclement of the Great Food Army, and the closest to them was the Zhaowu Nine ** team on the right flank. Before the military order of Qiyad reached this point, they only spontaneously watched the place where the riot took place, and only sent a few dozen horsemen to block the front of the Anxi army.

When there were still more than 200 steps left on both sides, Xiao Quai's sick call to Prince Yama shouted to them in Sogdian: "We are Anxi cavalry, and we have come to the river to drive away the brothers of the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu." We only kill the big cannibals, and the armies of the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu hurry up and get out of the way, if you want to ask for the consequences, don't make mistakes! ”

These three hundred Anxi troops made a sharp turn, beautifully threw off thousands of Khorasan cavalry, and two rounds of arrow rain killed more than 100 cavalry in hot pursuit, these soldiers of the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu were seen from afar. In amazement and dumbfounded, there was a faint sense of happiness in their hearts.

It is always pleasant to see your enemies deflated and killed.

Then they heard the loud shouts of the prince of Yama, it turned out that the Anzai cavalry was so brave and good at fighting. The first reaction in the hearts of many Great Cannibal soldiers was, since they are here to drive away the Great Cannibal for us, and only kill the Great Cannibal, then why should we help the Great Cannibal block their way?

The vast majority of the soldiers of the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms unconsciously took the initiative to get out of the way, and only a few dozen horsemen were still hesitant, not knowing whether to let go or stop. They thought a little further, after all, if they let go of this group of Anxi cavalry, the big cannibals would definitely settle accounts with them in the end, maybe they would be killed on the spot!

At this time, the distance between the two sides was less than a hundred steps, and Xiao Quzhi sneered: "Stubborn, those who stand in the way, there is no mercy!" After saying that, the arrows were fired, and the distance of less than a hundred steps, the Heaven-Shaking Bow only needed to be pulled apart, and the three feather arrows were shot out at the same time almost in a second, and the three Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms who were still hesitant and still blocking the way covered their necks and fell off their horses.

At the same time, Amir Jiang also shot down two people, Gu Xiaojun, Li Ergou, and Bai Xiaode each shot down one person. When the three hundred cavalry bows were raised and aimed at them, the remaining soldiers of the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms, who were less than ten, immediately lost their lives and seemed to flee to the right flank brigade.

"Brothers, rush out!" The passage was opened as soon as it was opened, Xiao Qubing roared, and led the three hundred Anxi troops to rush out of the encirclement group of Da Shi before the Khorasan cavalry on the left flank outflanked the encirclement. Three hundred unprovoked cavalry bows turned around and fired overwhelmingly at the Khorasan cavalry outflanking on the left flank. In an instant, more than fifty horses were shot to the ground, and immediately the Great Eater Knight flew out like a gourd.

Thousands of Khorasan religious warriors suddenly exploded! This will get you out of the way! They let out an earth-shattering roar and pursued in furious pursuit.

As a result, the Anxi army fled in a hurry in front, and the Great Food Army pursued closely behind.