Jiao Jin coughed behind him. Liu Cheng understood, and the two turned to a place where Mao Bingyi couldn't hear it. Jiao Jin said: "The elite of the world is not trivial, the enemy comes with a force of 1,000 households, at least hundreds of heavy armored cavalry, maybe there will be a considerable number of accompanying infantry. In a wilderness like Shenzhou, where there is no cover, don't talk about our people, even if the two armies of Beiwei and Zhenwu are there, plus the strength of one or two armies, they can't occupy the advantage on the scene. Don't be reckless at this time"

Liu raised his eyebrows and shrugged: "Don't really think of me as an idiot, just our current people, one of the ten cowardly Xue Bing may not be an opponent." “

He turned back and shouted to the crowd, "Don't burn the ship!" Let's go! Let's go now! ”

J Jiao Jin reminded: "The second tip is now the time to use it." ”

Liu Cheng nodded, took out the bag from his arms, opened it and looked at it.

"It turns out that when the military advisor should be cunning, he still has a shrewd belly." Liu Cheng smiled and said: "The whole army listened!" ”

"Immediately retreat in the direction of Dengzhou to the south!"

The officers and generals of the teams agreed in unison, and one of the more senior officers asked, "What should the servants and craftsmen do?" ”

Liu Cheng said coldly: "Still use my orders? Give it all to me."

Jiao Jin immediately retorted loudly: "Don't misunderstand, everyone! General Liu's order is to release everyone! Our army has strict military orders and never kills civilians and captives! Got it! ”

Liu Cheng glared at Jiao Jin, ignored everyone, and walked towards the mount by himself.

A knight in full armor leaped from his armored warhorse and knelt down to examine the fresh footprints on the ground. After a while, he stood up and said to the cowardly Xue Bald Lu Hua Qianhu Qi Du who was riding on a snow-treading black horse behind him: "Sinan Siren has not been gone for a long time, and there are about a thousand people. They crossed the river and went south. ”

A pair of murderous eyes appeared under Qi Du's heavy face, and he shouted: "How much time can you catch up with those southern troops?" ”

"It depends on the road to the south." The leading officer stood up: "Sinan Si people are all infantry troops, and it won't take much time to catch up with them." ”

Qi Du turned his head and shouted at the eight hundred ironclad cavalry lined up neatly behind him: "Although there are only a thousand infantry, you must not underestimate the enemy!" Catch up and wipe them out with the sharpest spear, the fastest saber, and the most powerful bow and arrow! The first drop of blood in this autumn's expedition to Jiangnan was taken by our bald flowers! Who we are! ”

The uniform roar of the eight hundred iron horsemen shook the waters of the Prancing Horse: "We are the bald flowers, we are the spears of the Great Khan!" ”

An adjutant general behind Qi Du spoke: "Those Han craftsmen have fled to all directions, and a force should be sent to capture them." ”

"Don't be distracted by anything else. Chase two rabbits at the same time, and the last one can't be caught. Qi Du said.

"But Tumian Nayan said that craftsmen are more precious than beauties, and if so many shipbuilders run away now, what should Tasi Nayan blame?"

"Then you can't do these things with bald flowers!" Qi Du shouted: "Huo'er Chi! Immediately go and inform Yan Shi Nayan and ask him to send 2,000 people to hunt down these craftsmen! ”

He turned to the lieutenant general and said, "Send five hundred men from the companions to you, and you should take these people to get all the craftsmen back." I led the team to chase the escaped Sinan Siren! ”

The Bald Flower Army is on the levy, and each soldier is allowed to carry five to ten servants with the army, these people are either the playmates and servants of the noble children since childhood, or the warriors selected from the tribe, as the personal guards of the princes and grandchildren, although they are cowardly Xue Jun Ji Senran, but it is not good for the noble children of the Bald Flower to suffer too much, not to mention that as a heavy cavalry, they must need accompanying servants to carry out various supports. Take the 800 cowardly Xue Bald Luhua in the headquarters of Qidu as an example, when he was in Helin, the number of the entire army from soldiers to companions to various accompanying personnel exceeded 6,000, of course, some companions would stay behind when they went out to fight. However, there were more than 2,000 companions who followed the action of the bald flower.

Most of these companions were quite combative, and their horses, equipment, and armor were all provided by the bald tribes, so they appeared to be diverse, ranging from Han broadswords and spears, to Mongol spears, and Machetes and iron locks from the Western Regions. Armor also shows its own ability, and there is no unified form. Some wear armor, while others do not wear armor. However, although the horses he rode were also good horses, they never wore armor, which was to save horsepower and concentrate on serving the Bald Flower troops.

Naturally, it is best to use these companions to carry out the task of capturing craftsmen. The lieutenant led five hundred companions and scattered. Qi Du led the Ballu Flower Army across the Prancing Horse River and headed straight south.

Two or three miles to the south, I met the Tanma Red Army who were on guard in the south.

"It's been two or three hours since the southerners, and it seems that they are in a hurry, and we have sent people to follow them along the road. Pursue along the main road, and it won't take long to catch up. ”

You don't need to explore the horse and report to Qidu, you can also see the appearance of these Song soldiers fleeing in panic, the clothes and armor and military flags discarded at will, and the chaotic footprints in a hurry, all of which are unmistakably telling the Bald Flower Army that their target is already a frightened bird.

But instead of being in high spirits, the soldiers of the Bald Flower Army were a little demoralized.

If it is placed on the head of the Han army or other armies, it is really a blessing from heaven to be able to get credit so easily. Chasing down a fleeing enemy is probably the safest way to achieve victory in this era.

But for these tribal disciples who set foot on the battlefield of the southern expedition for the first time, and even for many of them were participating in the war for the first time, the work of chasing down and defeating the enemy seemed too easy. On the contrary, it is not easy to arouse their enthusiasm for fighting.

A bald flower army complained in a low voice: "We have come from Horin for such a long time, and it is not to chase and kill the cowards who escaped, where are the elite soldiers of the Southern Dynasty?" ”

Qi Du raised the horsewhip in his hand and shouted, "What are you talking about?" Whether it's a fleeing enemy or a tough one, it's the enemy of the Great Khan! Those who escaped are not well cleaned up and will soon come back. In that year, Khorezm and our army fought on the border for three days and three nights, and the Mongolian athletes won, but they did not take advantage of the victory to pursue. About 100,000 Khorezm elite soldiers fled back with rolling and crawling, but these elite soldiers were later stationed in the three major cities of Khorezm, and the Mongol men suffered countless losses before they could be captured. As long as there is a chance, all enemies are not allowed to spare! ”

He pointed his horsewhip to the south: "Don't let a single soldier of the south escape!" ”

The Jing Chu army, which was hurrying towards the south, had already used full speed. Liu Cheng didn't even have time to straighten out the marching form he boasted of pride, but let the army march slightly scattered. However, Jiao Jin led dozens of back-to-back soldiers to the end of the team and rescued many comrades who had fallen behind.

The reason for such an embarrassing retreat was that Liu Quan was worried that he would be chased by the enemy's armored cavalry before he arrived at the place where Bai Yijie asked them to retreat. You must know that Lu Dao is in a flat place, and it is extremely difficult for his thousand people to retreat in front of the elite cowardly Xue cavalry, even if he can barely resist one or two waves of enemy assaults with a formation, but after all, he cannot survive under the successive attack waves.

What's even worse is that in order to carry out surprise attacks, the troops rarely wear armor, and even the armored backguards wear leather armor and paper armor that are easy to move. At this time, if the enemy's cowardice catches up, a dense rain of arrows alone will be enough to create a massacre.

Fortunately, the retreat location explained by Bai Yijie was not far from the Dengzhou border, and the distance they retreated was not far. At this time, the dilapidated post station on the edge of the Tang River could already be seen in the distance, and the bare flagpole could be seen.

He shouted: "The Nine Posts are ahead, and the various departments are working forward!" ”

He turned his head, and before he could take a closer look at his team, he saw the smoke and dust billowing in the distance.

He was not the only one who saw the pursuers approaching, and there were people in the team who kept looking back. Rao is a soldier known as the elite Beiwei Army and Zhenwu Forward Army, and he couldn't help but panic a little when he saw the pursuers getting closer and closer in the rear. What's more, many soldiers were present when Liu tried the Mongolian officers who were captured alive, and they all knew what kind of troops the enemy army was pursuing.

If it was replaced by a military horse elsewhere in Jinghu, it might have broken up long ago under the pursuit of such a strong army, but Liu Quan also saw that although the team barely maintained composure and discipline, everyone had a heavy face and did not look relaxed at all.

In the face of the unparalleled Iron Cavalry Legion, it is inevitable that you will feel afraid.

Liu Quan is not a fool, he is naturally a little jealous of these legendary elite soldiers. But his natural character of not admitting defeat and his boldness made him look forward to a head-on conflict with the world's elite.

Not in this unsheltered wilderness, of course. but on the battlefield of his own choosing.

However, this time, Liu Quan may have to change his mind and put himself in the location that Bai Yijie chose for him to engage the enemy.

He had already seen that there were birds on the direction of the Nine Posts that were startled, which was a signal that the army was located.

And he was also surprised that Bai Yijie was willing to openly deploy troops in Jiuchongyi without hiding his traces. Isn't this a clear statement that you want to fight the enemy in the wilderness?

He shouted at the whole army: "The deputy commander has sent an army to meet us!" Let's do it again! ”

At this time, the fine people in the army had already seen the anomaly of the Nine Posts, and everyone in the shouts of surprise couldn't help but quicken their pace, even though that would quickly consume the little strength they had left.