Smoke is billowing and heroes are at an end.

On the Hebei Plain, a cavalry chase was in full swing.

The more than 1,000 cavalry in front of them were skewed and embarrassed, and the 3,000 cavalrymen chasing behind were clearly dressed and armored, and their riding skills were exquisite.

The distance that was opened at the beginning of the chase had long been equaled by the wolf-like pursuers.

Liu Bei's troops were all foot soldiers, and although they could also ride horses, they were not as skilled as professional cavalrymen after all. Even if the pursuers are catching up with one person and one horse, they will be able to catch up sooner or later, not to mention, the pursuers are one person and two horses, and in terms of staying power, they are much stronger than Liu Bei's remnants.

When he first separated from Tai Shici, Liu Bei still felt relieved and even complacent. The division of troops was proposed by him on his own initiative. All kinds of signs show that Wang Yu has seen through his mind to promote war and profit, and decisively took retaliatory measures, who knows if the other party's revenge will end here, or if there is another means? Now if you send it to the door, isn't it sending sheep into the mouth of the tiger?

Even if you don't consider these, it is very risky to walk with Tai Shici.

Wang Yu is the thorn in Yuan Shao's side, he is just an implicated one, and in the Hebei War, he is completely inconspicuous. Separated from Tai Shi Ci, Yan Liang naturally would not continue to pursue, in this way, although he suffered heavy losses in Qingyuan, he had a thousand more war horses, but it was not without a small benefit.

No matter what happens next, there is still some capital to turn over.

However, after thousands of calculations, Liu Bei just didn't calculate that Yan Liang actually left Tai Shici and chased after him!

The moment the thunderous sound of horses' hooves came from behind him, Liu Bei almost thought it was an illusion.

Things don't make sense at all! Liu Bei was full of grief and indignation, and shouted silently: Is Yan Liang an idiot? If he doesn't chase the real enemy of life and death, he chases his own small character, could it be that he purely wants to pick soft persimmons and pinch them?

That's right. It's soft persimmons. Liu Bei sadly found that his troops were small in number and poor in horsemanship, and he did not have the ability to turn back to engage in battle, or try to get rid of it, so he could only let the other party catch up, and cut his own soldiers from behind one after another.

Yan Liang has great experience in cavalry warfare, and controls the rhythm of the pursuit very well. Although horsepower and riding had the upper hand, he was in no hurry to force a pass. Outflanking the enemy's rear path, but falling unhurriedly behind the enemy. He divided the pursuing soldiers into several teams, took turns to exert force, and each time he pursued with force, he made great gains.

This chase mode. The effect is not immediate, but it is better in the long run, and there is not much threat to oneself.

Liu Beijun, who was being chased, only cared about fleeing for his life, everyone has a benchmark in their hearts, it doesn't matter if they can't escape the enemy, as long as they escape faster than their companions, they can save their lives. No one looked back. The wounds of almost all those who fell were behind them.

If Yan Liang really surrounded Liu Bei, he would have to fight a vicious battle, and the trapped beasts would still fight, how could it be as easy as cat and mouse now?

Because it's easy. Therefore, the attack of the Jizhou army was also very restrained, only killing people, not hurting horses, and beheading people. I brought the horse back again. After chasing all the way, the horsepower of the Jizhou army became more and more sufficient.

Liu Bei didn't notice it at first. He had never commanded cavalry, was unfamiliar with cavalry warfare, and thought he had a chance to escape. After a while, he realized that the enemy was not unable to catch up at all, but deliberately did not launch a full-scale pursuit, and used this method of slow bloodletting to solve himself unscathed!

No wonder they didn't chase Tai Shici, this trick couldn't deal with the Qingzhou Army at all. Riding and archery is the specialty of the white horse Yicong, and it has a deep relationship with the Yicong, and it can even be said that the Qingzhou Army was born from the Yicong, and it also has a deep attainment in riding and shooting.

Fighting and retreating at the same time is their housekeeping skill.

If you are pursuing Qingzhou, it will be a big problem just to break through the oncoming rain of arrows. Even if the archery skills of the two sides chasing and fleeing are similar, the side that runs will also take advantage, considering the influence of horse speed, the relative speed of the right arrow in pursuit is much faster.

Liu Bei was full of grief and indignation, but there was nothing he could do.

Fighting, you can't beat it, and even if you want to fight, it's too late.

At the beginning, it was a retreat, a turn, and after discovering the enemy's traces, it was not difficult to regroup. But now, the transfer has evolved into a rout, and the morale of the soldiers has been discharged, even if Sun Wu is resurrected and Wu Qi is reincarnated, don't want to drive them back to fight.

Many of the individual's mounts fell down due to exhaustion of physical strength, and people were also chased and hacked to death by Yan Liangjun. So later, in order to get rid of the pursuers, many of the soldiers who fell behind ran away, hoping that the large army could divert the main attention of Yan Liangjun.

There are even more intelligent ones, who find that the enemy army is less interested in killing people, and more focused on the war horse. So, as they ran away, they were still tugging at the reins, and when the horses began to slow down, they rolled straight down from the saddle, and then crawled away.

Just running away, it is indeed impossible to escape the pursuit, although Yan Liang's attention is focused on Liu Bei and Guan Yu, but it is not a trouble to divide a small team of cavalry to chase and kill these stragglers.

But those who dismounted from the saddle ran away, and it was difficult for the cavalry to attack the targets that lay on the ground. In addition, they also have to collect the spoils of war horses, a few insignificant pawns, and let them go.

Now that all kinds of deserters have appeared, Yan is more and more sure in his conscience, this battle is won, and it is a complete victory!

He raised the big knife in his hand and shouted with high spirits: "Wu Na Guan Yu, how majestic you were in the sour jujube that day, why are you panicking like a lost dog today?" Nian is also a good man, and it is not good to die so embarrassed, I could have given you two chances......"

He raised two fingers, and a smile on his face was clear: "If you abandon the darkness and turn to the light in time, this general will make an introduction for you, with your martial arts, when a certain marquis pays homage to the general, but you will also have the position of a deputy general." If you are still obsessed, it doesn't matter, you will be magnanimous and still willing to give you a fair chance to fight. As long as you win the general, you will let you wait for a way out, how about it? Do you dare? ”

With that, he laughed.

He has high martial arts skills, and he has enough energy, Rao is horse's hooves shook the sky, and his shout was also transmitted to the four fields, so that Liu Bei and others could hear it clearly.

The Lord will be so proud. The troops in Jizhou were also in high spirits, shouting in unison: "To surrender or not to surrender?" To dare or not to dare? ”

The three thousand men shouted these eight characters three times, and the roar was like thunder, rolling over the wilderness, shaking the stumps and leaves like rain.

Guan Yu is arrogant, where can he stand this, he is so angry that his hair is all open, and his body trembles violently. A red face is like a heavy jujube, and it is even more red and about to drip blood.

"How dare a thief be arrogant? Wait for a certain ......"

"The clouds can't grow!" Liu Bei was shocked.

Guan Yu is the last barrier around him, how can he be released so easily? He believed that his brother's martial arts were higher than Yan Liang's, but Yan Liang was not alone. They may not be willing to keep their promises. Besides, since the beginning of the breakthrough, Guan Yu has been rushing to the front line, and he has been fighting hard for half a day, but Yan Liang is still a new force! Even if he is really single-handed, Guan Yu will not be able to guarantee victory.

"Big brother, for the sake of the future. If you want to get out, that's the only way. Guan Yu said in a deep voice: "Yan Liang is also a person with a rebellious personality, and he won a trick against him in sour jujube that day, which made him grit his teeth and hate it to this day." If a certain person returns to invite him to fight, he will follow it. Yan Liang was restrained by a certain person, and the eldest brother just took this opportunity to get out! ”

"But ......"

"The eldest brother doesn't need to worry about the younger brother, although Yan Liang's martial arts are high. But in a certain eye, it's not enough. If he really fights alone, he will be killed, if he waves his army to besiege, hey, does he think that this green dragon knife in his hand will not be able to kill a bloody way? Guan Yu sneered, his eyes were half-squinted and half-open, and he looked at him with a great momentum.

Liu Bei hesitated.

The proposal of the righteous brother is not a solution. With the martial arts of the righteous brother, as long as he is not determined to fight to the death, he still has a good chance to break through. Now the situation is in danger, if you keep being hunted down, sooner or later you will face a similar situation, and at that time, there will be no chance to even have a choice, it is better to ......

"Big brother!" Guan Yu urged Liu Bei to make a decision, with deep affection, just like when he bowed in Taoyuan that day and vowed to live and die together.

"That being the case......" Liu Bei covered his face with his hands, but he couldn't hide the sadness in his eyes, and he was about to cry when he saw it.

"My lord, the second general!" Jian Yong rushed forward and said hurriedly: "If you want to get out, you don't need the second general to fight to the death, even if you want to fight, you can't do it here!" ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"The lord is clear, Yan Liang is arrogant, the battle is just horsepower, if you can get off the horse and fight, even if you can't turn defeat into victory, you have the opportunity to fight and retreat. To the east of this place there is a valley, only three or five miles away, and if you hurry up......"

Liu Beijun's high-level people are also from Hebei, who have been fighting in Hebei for many years and know a lot about the mountains and rivers of Hebei. And Jian Yong got inspiration from the deserters, his own soldiers and horses were not cavalry, and they competed with Yan Liang in the way of cavalry, whether they were fleeing or fighting, they were all using their own shortcomings to meet the enemy's strengths.

If you want to reverse the disadvantage, you must abandon the horse and fight. Of course, it is not possible to ride on foot, the best way is to pull the enemy off the horse, and if you want to do this, you can only use the terrain to do so.

"Eh, Xianhe didn't say it, I almost forgot." Liu Bei slapped his forehead with his palm, suddenly realized, and then said with great joy: "Fortunately, it is not too late to be reminded by Xianhe." Pass the order down, turn eastward, and go all out at all costs! ”

Liu Beijun, who has survived to the present, is mostly elite after all, running away aimlessly and being hunted down, so that they can't help but have low morale, once they have a definite goal, they can still cheer up.

In Yan Liang's view, his provocation had a completely counterproductive effect, as if the enemy had been stimulated by something, whipping with horsewhips, kicking with combat boots, stabbing with weapons, and using all means to stimulate the war horses. The battered horses all let out a terrible neigh, and galloped with all their strength.

"Liu Da'er, is this crazy?" Yan Liang was dumbfounded, this way can indeed squeeze out the potential of the war horse, but this kind of outbreak will not last long, and it will not take a moment or three for the war horse to fall, and when the time comes, it will be the cavalry chasing and killing the infantry, which is simpler.

He rode his horse to follow, frowning, and reminded, "There seems to be a valley ahead......

"Oh?" Yan Liang raised his eyebrows: "Very broad?" ”

Zhao shook his head, indicating that he didn't know very well, but a local guard answered: "It's not counting, the radius is only a dozen miles, it's okay to avoid a while, and hundreds of people want to hide for many days, then it's difficult." It's just that the name of this valley is a bit ......."

As soon as he heard this, he was relieved, the reason why he chased Liu Bei was because the risk was small, even if Wang Yu really set up an ambush, he would only be hit when chasing Tai Shici. The reason is also very simple, Liu Bei and Wang Yu are not the same heart, how can they be willing to fight hard to serve as bait?

After chasing and killing along the way, Liu Bei's more than 1,000 remnants have lost nearly half of them, and they are almost gone. Use such a big price to take advantage of Wang Yu's fire? Is it realistic? Is it reasonable?

He smiled and asked, "What's the name?" ”

The guard looked at Yan Liang, but was glared at by the latter, and was forced to reply, "...... This valley is called Luoyan Valley. ”