Chapter 397: The Last Pursuit
After a few more days of waiting, the snow was getting heavier and heavier.
The city tower already needs soldiers to clear the snow every day, the city is covered with snow, covered in silver, Yang Zhao walked to the city tower and looked out, thousands of miles of ice, the feeling of thousands of miles of snow drifting, or the first time to experience.
It's really shocking.
"Lord, there seems to be movement in the Xianbei people's military camp." Tian Yu, who was beside him, said suddenly.
Yang Zhao's gaze retracted in the frozen scenery, and then looked to the north.
Sure enough, you can see that in the Xianbei people's military camp, some tents have been demolished by them, and you can also see people walking back and forth, looking very busy, and it seems that they can't hold on anymore and want to retreat.
He immediately said: "Guorang, go find Zilong, your cavalry go out to find out the situation, if the Xianbei people really want to retreat, chase and kill in the rear, remember to only kill the rear, don't chase too deep." ”
"Yes!"
Tian Yu said in response and hurriedly walked down the city tower.
The news that the Xianbei people were going to retreat soon spread among the army, and except for the cavalry who went out to fight, the others came to the city tower to look north.
At this point, the gates opened.
The two teams of cavalry galloped out, the snow outside the city was not shallow, and the horses' hooves stepped on it, making a small sound, but the snow was not very suitable for wild running, and the speed of running was not too fast.
It's not fast, but it's not slow.
A large snowflake, splashed under the horse's hooves.
The Xuanjia elite cavalry approached first, and when they came to the Xianbei military camp, they saw that those Xianbei soldiers had finally cleaned up the camp and were preparing to retreat.
Tuoba Liwei actually didn't want to retreat, and really wanted to directly cut through Yang Zhao's defense line.
But in this kind of weather, they had a hard time, there was not much grain in storage, and the food carried by the army was consumed quickly, and in desperation, Tuoba Liwei could only let people go back and send a message to Budugen, asking what Budugen's opinion was.
In the end, Budugen agreed, and asked them to retreat first and make plans for the next year.
They dismantled their tents today, pulled out the camp and went back to the north, and seeing that the soldiers were almost ready, Tuoba Liwei gave the order, and when they were about to retreat, the soldiers of the rear army came in a hurry.
"Shan Yu, the cavalry of the Han army is coming!"
Hearing this, Tuobali was slightly startled and hurriedly turned around to look behind.
Sure enough, you can see those familiar cavalry, rushing to kill in the rear.
Tuoba Liwei hurriedly shouted: "After the cavalry and archers are broken, the rest go quickly!" ”
He knew very well that his own soldiers did not have much fighting spirit and morale now, and they did not want to fight, they were like arrows, and everyone only wanted to go home, and they could not unite with the Han cavalry.
Now that only some people can be sacrificed, he led the large army to leave as soon as possible.
The cavalry and archers did not want to fight, but the order was given, and they could not help it, and the remaining cavalry rushed towards the Xuanjia elite cavalry.
"Fight!"
Tian Yu shouted.
The knights got the order and acted quickly, the crossbows in their hands were raised, aimed at the rushing Xianbei cavalry, and a large number of crossbow arrows were shot out.
A group of Xianbei cavalry fell, and the rest continued to rush, thinking that when the Xuanjia elite cavalry changed arrows, they also pulled their bows and cavalry to shoot back, but the next scene made them stunned.
Tian Yu's Xuanjia elite rider does not need to change arrows at all.
The repeater in his hand, after shooting the first arrow, the second arrow came to him in the blink of an eye.
This is another weapon that is many versions ahead of Xianbei!
"How can this be fought?"
In the hearts of the Xianbei cavalry, this thought appeared at the same time.
The weapons can't keep up, the combat power can't keep up, and the morale can't keep up, and they can only be beaten in the face of the Han cavalry.
"Separate, separate!"
The general of the Xianbei cavalry, seeing the repeating crossbow in the Xuanjia elite rider, seemed to be able to send out a third arrow, so he had to give the order to dodge.
No sooner had they dodged than the hoplites finally followed.
The heavily armored cavalry still slaughtered on a rampage, and as soon as the Xianbei cavalry separated, they were rushed to a route.
The light and heavy cavalry once again cooperated to kill the Xianbei cavalry.
The sound of shouting and killing echoed across the snowfield.
The snow under his feet is gradually dyed red, but it is soon covered by falling snowflakes, and there is a feeling of white and red.
"Retreat!"
Seeing this, the leader of the cavalry did not dare to fight any further, gritted his teeth and turned to flee.
Those archers who had been broken followed at this time, drew their bows and shot at the Xuanjia Elite Cavalry, covering their escape.
"Separate!"
Tian Yu did not dare to harden the enemy's arrows, and ordered to withdraw from the range on both sides.
Zhao Yun and they didn't have much concern, watching the rain of arrows coming, with the defense of the armor on their bodies, they rushed towards the enemy's arrows, the range of Xianbei arrows was about a hundred steps, and the Xianbei archers were about a hundred steps away, counterattacking the cavalry.
But at this distance, whether they can hit the enemy or not depends on luck, all they do is to cover a large area with arrows to expand the killing range.
So at about a hundred paces, the arrow fell on the armor, and it didn't have much lethality.
The distance of a hundred paces is not very far in the eyes of the cavalry, and at the moment when the enemy changes arrows, the heavy cavalry is almost finished, and the first to enter the enemy is still the leader of the cavalry, Zhao Yun.
"Die!"
Zhao Yun stabbed the silver spear in his hand, and the tip of the spear penetrated the body of an enemy, leading several guards to kill the enemy first, tearing a gap.
The remaining hoplites surged into the Xianbei archers.
Those archers could only throw away their bows and arrows, and drew their swords and tried to fight back, but one of them rushed over, and suffered heavy casualties.
Zhao Yun led several soldiers to rush back and forth, and the archers died and fled.
Not even the ability to resist.
Under the leadership of Tian Yu, the Xuanjia elite cavalry caught up with the retreating cavalry of Xianbei.
Tian Yu simply judged the distance, entered the range of an arrow, and immediately raised the crossbow to shoot.
Seeing this, the cavalry around him also raised their crossbows.
The Xianbei cavalry, who walked behind, was quickly plundered and killed.
Zhao Yun eliminated the archers and also caught up.
The Xianbei cavalry caught up with the retreating rear army of Xianbei, and the Xuanjia elite cavalry and heavy cavalry also chased after the Xianbei rear army, not only to torture and kill the cavalry, but also to the retreating rear infantry.
The Xianbei people panicked, constantly resisting and resisting.
The Xuanjia elite cavalry did not dare to rush forward, but the heavy cavalry was not afraid, and defeated the Xianbei people several times.
chased and fled, and killed a lot of people in the blink of an eye.
Seeing that the distance of the Xianbei people's retreat was getting farther and farther away, Zhao Yun and Tian Yu kept Yang Zhao's words in mind and did not chase too deeply.
Seeing that they were almost in pursuit, they retreated south.
At this point, the Xianbei people who escaped slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
Tuoba Liwei, who was walking in the front, let out a long breath of turbid air, and finally escaped.
But Xianbei was defeated so badly, and it far exceeded his expectations, even if he could fight again in the spring of next year, he was afraid that it would be difficult to defeat Yang Zhao.
It is not known whether Yang Zhao will lead his troops deep into the desert and hunt down their Xianbei tribe.
"I shouldn't, accept Hu Chuquan's invitation to send troops."
Tuobali Wei regrets it now.
Before sending troops, he couldn't imagine that Yang Zhao could fight so well.