Guo Dayong came to Hexi with the cavalry of Beiyuan, originally, he thought that he would be under the command of Su Daosan, and then he was commanded by him and became a tool man. But he never thought that Su Daosan was very good at doing things, and directly ordered him to chase down those demon dragoons and Hexi cavalry who were wandering around attacking the city. It's a credit from the sky.

Not long after they received the order, there was a steady stream of news from the Xishan Sect and the Flying Sword Villa.

The people of the two factions are not stupid, although since Zhou Zhe left for the second time, it has brought a huge shadow to Ma Yao and made him tyrannical, but Hua Zan is a rational faction. He understands the truth of the cold lips and teeth, if he doesn't join forces with the imperial army at this moment, the demon dragon riders will inevitably come to the door afterwards, and they are the sect that takes the lead in reversing Zhou. It is natural to do such a thing as ventilating and reporting.

At the same time, the two factions are not stupid, the mountain gate is their core, although each has two thousand elite disciples, but if they really want to fight, the ghost knows how many people Liu Maosheng's group will bring and what means they will come up with. They have seen a lot of Zhou Zhe's treacherous methods, and most of the people under him are also influenced by him, and they can do any miraculous operation, and some time ago, they relied on more than 1,500 people to take the Hexi dungeon.

They were the defense of the eyes hot there, but no one had the confidence to dare to actually do it. never thought that Liu Maosheng would not only do it, but also become. This confirms Hua Zan's idea, that is, those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black. Zhou Zhe's companions around him, none of them are easy to deal with.

"The news came. Two generals. General Guo Dayong reported to the scalper and Gao Shanqi, with a mocking face.

The scalper and Gao Shanqi read the information and found that the cavalry appeared on the periphery of the Flying Sword Villa.

"That's the realm of the Flying Sword Villa, according to me, when they attack the Flying Sword Villa, let's attack from behind, and the fisherman will profit. "Gao Shancai only has his plan, the cavalry fights the cavalry, there are too many possibilities for not being able to engage in battle, and when the order is given, he has to do it, but how many hands he has to make, it is debatable.

The scalper is much more sincere: "Just by the general's orders." ”

Guo Dayong laughed: "Okay!"

Guo Dayong immediately issued an order, not a battle, but a compression, from the intelligence point of view, Liu Maosheng did not have the rumored 40,000 cavalry at all, at most it was more than 5,000, and this is probably the limit that Hexi can take out cavalry. It was about the same as he expected. Instead of the cavalry chasing the cavalry everywhere and running for their lives, it is better to constantly press forward in joint defense, compress their activity space, and force the enemy to fight a decisive battle.

Liu Maosheng was not having a good time at the moment, it was raining heavily, or the sun was blazing overhead, and their team was exhausted under the continuous attack. Attacking, most of the time, is to attack those county towns where there are almost no people in the regimental training, or they are not enough to defend at all. As for Linxi City, which has strong city defenses, just run over and shoot a few arrows to scare Feng Xun's stupidity. Siege of the city? There are no siege equipment, no joke.

And the most difficult bones to gnaw are none other than the Xishan faction and the Flying Sword Villa, which have mountain advantages and formations to protect them, these two factions, it is a blessing that they can be suppressed.

"Tomorrow, let's destroy the bunkers in front of the Flying Sword Villa, Wei Lan, Li Feishiyan, the three of you will attack with four thousand cavalry. I took 500 men to look after the periphery, and the cavalry of the northern plains went south, and they were not the cavalry of the garrisons of other provinces. ”

"Understood!"

The next day, that is, the day of the agreed attack, the three of them each took the cavalry of the demon dragoon as the centurion, and began to attack.

Liu Maosheng took the cavalry to act as a scout from afar, and when he reached the third fortress, the scout quickly came back

"General, a brigade of cavalry has come from the north, about two thousand. ”

Liu Maosheng's eyes froze: "Two thousand people, what kind of banner?"

"It's like yellow letters. ”

"Huang seems to be probing. Liu Maosheng was very dissatisfied with this ambiguous intelligence, the Hexi cavalry was not as well-trained as the Beiyuan Army, which was a reality, not to mention actual combat experience. It's not that he is boasting, when he was a light cavalry in the North Plains, the garrisons of several other provincial roads were still bullshit militias!

The news appeared one after another, and it was indeed under the banner of scalpers, so there was no need to guess, at least the scalpers came, and as for the other riders, it is estimated that there were a lot of them.

There are only two thousand on this side, but what about the rest of the world?

Liu Maosheng had to be cautious, and immediately sent people to send scouts in other directions, and he also sent a message to the three people who were attacking: "Immediately retreat south." ”

Seeing that the disciples of the Flying Sword Villa in the third fortress had been shot by arrows and couldn't raise their heads, and the wooden fence at the gate had been torn down, the news of the retreat came. Wei Lan red-eyed and shouted

"In half an hour, we'll definitely be able to take it. ”

However, Shi Yan, who was relatively calm, had a different opinion: "Withdraw, it is impossible for us to hold this fortress if we take it." Retreat as ordered!"

Li Fei chose to believe Liu Maosheng, although his eyes were redder than anyone else's. Two to one, Wei Lan had no choice but to order his subordinates to start pulling away and retreating. And it is precisely because of this that they avoid the danger of total annihilation.

Liu Maosheng's judgment is accurate, this is also the usual combat method of the Beiyuan cavalry, a group of elite cavalry forward, the brigade is deployed, facing the search, once the elite front meets the enemy, entangle the enemy's main force, and the rest of the thousand troops gather on the flank to surround it. Once, in the face of the infiltration of wolf riders or spring training, they have done so countless times.

The front was indeed a light cavalry of 2,000 of his descendants led by a scalper, and Guo Dayong divided the other 10,000 men into ten thousand troops to advance step by step from north to south. In the end, it was he who took Gao Shan to ride and as a reserve for cattle for twenty miles behind him.

Not long after the positive news came, the scouts sent out around gradually gathered and reached the news, and several teams of 1,000 people had begun to move south. And the news that Wei Lan and the three of them began to retreat also came.

Liu Maosheng ordered directly here: "Let Wei Lan retreat south with the main force, not in other directions." ”

Their cavalry scouts discovered the main force of the Northern Plains cavalry, and the scouts under Guo Dayong naturally discovered them as well.

"Ordered the scalpers to go straight south to pursue, and the others accelerated the pursuit, but they were sleepy and could not run. ”

chased and fled, and the two groups of men and horses riveted their strength and galloped south. This chase is the passage of two days.

On the third day, the only remaining 4,000 Hexi cavalrymen who were together gathered in a small county town with little horses, and there were not many supplies, but instead of food, they were arrows. If you want to ask how big the loss of arrows is, there are no more than ten people left, and a battle may be consumed.

Wei Lan's face was very ugly: "Where do we retreat? Further south, can Lin Tingwu be left alone to guard Xiaoqi Mountain? He only has 10,000 people, and there is no way to survive under the repeated attacks." ”

Shi Yan asked: "Those infantry and their families should go to the boundary of Dinghai Pavilion, where the waterways are complicated, and it will be safe for us to go there." ”

"Safety, security, you just think about security. Lin Xiao's 10,000 infantry, how long can he hold it? Su Daosan has an army of 100,000. Let's just leave, what's the difference between us and deserters?" Wei Lan looked at Shi Yan angrily, and Shi Yan didn't show weakness in the fight. One is emotion, the other is victory or defeat, and it is impossible to say who is right and who is wrong.

Liu Maosheng was angry for the first time: "Enough, the enemy is now, and his own people are still arguing like this." Let's move to the east, in the direction of Xiaoqi Mountain, at least, we can't let Su Daosan's attack be so comfortable. That's it. As for the number of wins and losses ... Liu Maosheng looked at the sky: "It's up to fate." ”

Liu Maosheng set the direction, and Guo Dayong was not idle, he chased Liu Maosheng to the death, not afraid of ambushes at all, in his eyes, it doesn't matter how many Beiyuan cavalry die, as long as he can completely destroy the demon dragon horse, it is a great achievement.

He looked at the map, the narrow fifty-mile road between Xicheng and Xiaoqi Mountain, his eyes narrowed, and then he issued an order

"Let the oxen throw away the unnecessary baggage, and rush to the mountain pass west of Xiaoqi Mountain as quickly as possible, even if you fight to the point of a single soldier, you can't let a cavalry cross the mountain pass to Xiaoqi Mountain. Pass on my orders, but whoever does not need to die, will be decided. Take my commandments, and if the ox is slack, bring his head to me. ”

Guo Dayong's eyes were murderous, the position of the scalper has always been very high in Beiyuan, and his prestige in the army is not worse than him. The scalper did a good job this time, and the credit is undoubtedly that he Guo Dayong took the lion's share, and the evaluation of his proper command is indispensable, and if he doesn't follow his orders, he will take the opportunity to kill him, and his name is justified.

Gao Shanqi on the side immediately objected: "If Liu Maosheng fights to the death, I'm afraid that the two thousand cavalry of the scalper will be worried about the annihilation of the whole army." ”

Guo Dayong stared at Gao Shanqi and sneered: "Are you afraid? As long as Liu Maosheng dares to fight scalpers, they will also be wiped out." Our army is right behind the scalpers. Loyal to the monarch to serve the country, the fate of the general, why be afraid?"

Said high-sounding justice awe-inspiring, Gao Shanqi opposed useless, and could only grit his teeth, order his troops, and also speed up the march.

In this way, the pursuing side picked up speed again.

This chase and escape was finally completed in the early morning of the next day. The two thousand cavalry of the ox, eating the last supplies, went day and night, and arrived at the westernmost mountain pass of Xiaoqi Mountain, thirty miles away from Linxi City and twenty miles from the underground city of Xiaoqi Mountain.

And they didn't settle down for long, and Liu Maosheng, who was sleepy and tired, also saw the continuous mountains of Xiaoqi Mountain from a distance.

"At last, when they entered the mountain, the role of the cavalry was greatly reduced, and their brigade could not be spread. When the time comes, as long as you take advantage of the night to replenish in Xiaoqi Mountain, and go to the northeast, you will jump out of their encirclement. Liu Maosheng looked at the green mountains and felt much better.

Everyone else was affected, and the exhaustion seemed to lessen a bit.

Just as they approached the mountain pass and watched the mountain road winding, the two teams met unexpectedly, and they were only a few arrows away. The mountain blocked the view of both sides, and it was a real narrow road.

"Scalper?" Liu Maosheng's eyesight has always been very good, and he saw the veteran leader from a distance, standing in front of the formation with a spear, and beside him were the three hundred most elite scalpers, three hundred people who dared to fight.

"Demon Dragoon. The scalper also saw a group of centaurs with black skeletal dragon icons in the morning sun.

Looking at the surrounding mountains, there were no enemies in his field of vision, Liu Maosheng estimated that they had just arrived, he waved back the crowd and walked to the front and shouted, "General Huang, don't come unharmed." ”

The scalper looked at Liu Maosheng in front of him, and his heart was full of emotion, once, these people were the idols of Beiyuan, they reached the top of the Spirit Medium Mountain and did what all Beiyuan people wanted to do. Once, they played polo together on the court, and they also played a game with Zhou Zhe. Now, one is a general of the imperial army, and the other is indeed the leader of the anti-thieves.

"Liu Maosheng. Hahahaha!" The scalper looked at the black-pressed demon dragon rider and the Hexi cavalry in front of him, as if he saw that soon, these people would step on his corpse and enter the mountain.

Liu Maosheng immediately bowed his hand and said: "I know that General Huang is also acting on orders, if I attack, you will be wiped out, it is better to give way, let's go half of the road to the sky." ”

The scalper shook his head helplessly, this kind of condition, a brave general would not agree.

Liu Maosheng knew that this would be the result, weighing the pros and cons, after all, he did not order all the staff to attack.

"Retreat! Follow the outside of the mountain, go south!" Liu Maosheng turned his head to look at the scalper who was still standing in the morning sun but had white hair, and reluctantly gave the order to retreat.

Li Fei asked: "They only have half of us, so it's a pity to withdraw like this." ”

Liu Maosheng nodded: "Yes, but we defeated them in time, and we are also sleepy and tired, and we can't go far." Perhaps, Guo Dayong's cavalry will be arriving soon. Don't gamble, if you win the bet, our number will be halved, and if you lose the bet, we will be wiped out. ”

"Where are you going now?" Wei Lan looked at the scalper tangledly, when she first arrived at Longquan Pass, she fell in love with this upright veteran, saying that he was half a grandfather, and it was okay. She breathed a sigh of relief, but also struggled with the road below.

"To the south, go to Dinghai Pavilion to repair first. For today's plan, I can only trust Lin Tingwu. Liu Maosheng was helpless, this was a forced choice. Many people have said that on the battlefield, when you walk on the path left for you by the enemy, you have basically lost. Now, that's the case.