Chapter 0870. Chase and run
The losses suffered are indescribable.
In just half an hour, most of Xue Li's 12,000 elite horsemen were trapped in the huge battlefield that was stuck in a quagmire, and they were still fighting desperately.
Xue Li's headquarters had lost a third.
After more than ten years of fighting, such a tragic loss is not much, fortunately, these sacrifices are worth it, from here to the north, in addition to the 200,000 defeated soldiers who fell into the quagmire of melee are still crowded together, there is no army to maintain order, more than 20,000 cavalry of several tribes fled north with the banner of Belus, behind them, there are only more than 2,000 broken cavalry of Xue Li who are covered in wounds and are in hot pursuit.
In the era of cold weapons, war is an order, and whoever can better control the soldiers under his command will win. Belus had an army of more than 100,000 men, but he could not control it well, just like the Paradocans attacked by the Min army a month earlier.
The internal Zuo Wuwei attracted the attention and command resources of all the Central Asian cavalry, and there was also Xue Rengui's elite cavalry attack behind him.
But now Belus is not without a chance to win, and the test is the endurance of the two armies.
Just experienced the sudden formation of ten thousand troops, in the short-distance brutal hand-to-hand combat, almost all of Xue Li's remaining more than 2,000 sergeants were wounded, and their bodies were covered with blood.
Around this, the Fujian army that had penetrated the Belus army was still as morale as a rainbow, and the blood-red Fujian military flags fluttered in the air, waving a horizontal knife with a gap, and the Fujian army stared at the banner of Belus and chased after it.
On the contrary to the Min army, except for the Persian iron cavalry around Belus who was ambushed by Guo Zhifeng at the beginning, the remaining dozen tribes, including the relatives of the king of Alan, did not suffer much loss, but unfortunately, the courage of the soldiers, recalling the fear of defeat, and under the leadership of Belus, who blindly fled, they could only rout all the way.
Belus didn't have much ability to fight, but he was quite experienced in escaping, so as soon as he escaped, he led his guards to turn directly to the north.
From the stone country to the north, a large area is the remnants of the Tianshan Mountains, not far from the famous Pamir Plateau, which is now the place of the Tang people's dreams, the green mountains!
From here to the north, the terrain on the edge of the plateau begins to crumble and rugged, the valleys are crisscrossed, and there are snow-capped mountains, the perennial white mountains are covered with mist, and the goshawks surround the mountains, and the rivers rumble at the foot of the mountains, and the clouds and mist are misty, like a fairyland.
However, this is not a good place for the Min army, and the wild nomadic tribes rode up and down, or hid in the clouds and mist, or hid in the valley, which brought a bit of difficulty to the pursuit of the Min army out of thin air.
Moreover, the tribes of Central Asia that are being pursued are also not people who are willing to defeat easily.
"Shahansha, there are only two or three thousand Fujian people, and our army still has twenty or thirty thousand people, ten times more than those Fujian people!"
The man who spoke was about forty years old, with a yellow beard, and the brutal muscles of his oval face stood out on the surface, and he looked quite savage and difficult to mess with, even if he was galloping on a horse, and his face was gloomy on the other
Looking back at the sound of rumbling hooves behind him, the man simply threw his whip and rushed to the banner of Belus, shouting furiously.
This man is one of the five leaders of the Cypriots, Saxophone, who is famous in Central Asia for his irascible killing, because in every tribal battle, he is the first to enter the enemy line in a violent manner, and often kills the yellowbeard red and dripping blood before stopping, so people call him Bloodbeard Saxophone.
Such a madman, if he wanted to be chased by the enemy and fled all the way, he was not worthy of killing him, and his stomach was full of anger, and his saxophone voice buzzed, and he yelled at Belus quite unceremoniously.
"Sha Hansha, give Lao Tzu 5,000 soldiers and horses, and Lao Tzu will screw off the head of the enemy general for you."
On weekdays, in order to gain the support of these Central Asian barbarian madmen, even if they shouted so rudely, Belus had to endure it, and he had to persuade him with good words, but this time he seemed to have lost the battle and was in a bad mood, and he just glanced indifferently at this flickering guy, Belus immediately twisted his deep eagle eyes aside, and said coldly.
"Don't!"
All of a sudden, he provoked this big man, his beard trembled and trembled, and his head was bulging with green tendons, and the bloody beard shouted irritably: "I took 80,000 warriors to the territory of the Fujian people to rob, and I fled back alone, and I didn't even have the courage to find revenge, what kind of sand and sweat are you?" “
"Lao Tzu is a coward who doesn't fucking promise you! You can go to the Anxi Duhu Mansion to find the Tang people to feed. “
This remark was really unkind, and even directly vetoed Belus's position as Shahan, but in addition to the bruises in his head, Belus didn't even have a word of rebuttal, he still galloped on his horse with his head bored, and the bloodbeard couldn't help but be even more contemptuous, and raised his ghost-headed broadsword in his hand directly, and shouted at the marching army.
"With the guy in the crotch of his pants, he walked with Lao Tzu, chopped up that group of Fujian people, and the girls followed this coward who was not weaned and continued to escape! Hahaha! “
In the arrogant laughter, the saxophone turned the horse's head, and ran straight towards the pursuing Fujian army behind him, and there were really some hot-blooded men on the grassland, in addition to the saxophone headquarters, about one or two thousand people also followed him, turning the horse's head and running backwards with a scream.
There were about thirty or so good tribal magnates around Belus, and when he saw that Belus had not even refuted Bloodbeard's authority for openly challenging his authority, he couldn't help but shake his head in disappointment.
Even in the pursuit, the Min army maintained a neat sharp arrow formation, and the front end of the entire military formation was Xue Rengui, although there were a few more broken arrow shafts on his body, and there was a long bloody wound on his shoulder, which was purple and black, and he bit his lip resolutely, Xue Li was still full of solemnity and rushed to the front line.
More than a dozen elite cavalrymen followed, and Li Rang and Anna, who were holding the military flag, also followed, their foreheads were covered with beads of tired sweat, and Li Rang also hugged Da Xuan as if he were his life, and refused to let go for a moment.
In terms of speed, the Fujian army was slower than the cavalry of the steppe wolf, but at this time the enemy was still outnumbered, and no one dared to take off the armor.
Just in the persistent pursuit of the Fujian army, Leng Buqi was about to turn the corner of the mountain in front of him, when suddenly a steppe wolf rode straight out, and a man with a tall horse and a yellow beard took the lead, and two big knives rushed towards Xue Rengui's shoulders and slashed straight over.
It was too sudden, even Xue Rengui was unprepared, and hurriedly raised the Fang Tian Painting Halberd in his hand with both hands to meet the slashed weapon.
With a bang, two sparks even slashed out at the junction of the swords and soldiers, and Xue Li's shoulders were numb under the violent vibration.
In the end, it was a famous general, let go of one hand, and let the Fang Tian painting halberd that had been cut out of two seals with the other hand beat naturally, and more than half of that force was removed in a few clicks, but holding the halberd with both hands again, Xue Li roared and tilted back to make a back attack, but the war horse under him was weak, and he actually fell out with a wail.
The cavalry behind him immediately fought with the steppe wolves who rushed out, and after losing Fang Tian's halberd and rolling on the ground for five or six turns, Xue Li stabilized his body, seeing that the saxophone was fighting madly with two knives in the wild laughter, Xue Rengui subconsciously touched behind him.
But his hand was empty, his body stiffened, and Xue Li remembered that the treasure eagle bow on his back had been thrown when he was charging into battle.
The galloping war horse came in a blink of an eye, seeing the bloodbeard smiling and picking up his double knives, running high towards his head, gritting his teeth, Xue Rengui pulled out the horizontal knife from his waist again, and made a desperate fight in front of him.
Ten meters, five meters, three meters, approaching step by step, Xue Li roared and raised his horizontal knife, completely gave up his defense, and fought with his life to cut straight to the hideous face of Bloodbeard, but seeing that the men and horses intersected, he couldn't help but sax was stunned and planted from the war horse with a hideous smile on his face.
Full of cold sweat, Xue Li panted and looked back in shock, and the Min army behind him was hugged in the arms of a black, thin and old military cupboard, stretched out his hand forward, holding a short fire hammer high, and Li Rang's immature forehead was also full of cold sweat.
Showing a heartfelt smile to this cowardly prince who was known for his benevolence, Xue Li carried the knife with one hand, grabbed the saxophone with a bloody hole in his back, cut it down fiercely at the neck, and immediately picked up Fang Tian's halberd, hung the human head on the horse's neck, roared and straddled the saxophone's war horse, and rushed behind the back of the steppe wolf that was fighting with his subordinates......
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