Chapter 135: Retreat
Under the cover of night, the battlefield was filled with a thick smell of gunpowder smoke and blood. Tai Shi Ci rode a fast horse and held a spear in his hand and rushed in the direction where Sun Ce was. Sun Ce rode a black horse and was closely followed by Tai Shici.
The two galloped across the battlefield, sometimes staggered, sometimes separated, and the chase intensified. Tai Shi Ci's mount ran like a fly in the night, while Sun Ce's mount was extremely stable, and the gap between the two gradually narrowed.
Suddenly, Tai Shi Ci saw a flaw, and he did not hesitate to swing his gun and stab at Sun Ce. Sun Ce quickly turned sideways to dodge, and at the same time, seeing an opportunity, he swung the overlord spear in his hand and slashed at Tai Shici's horse leg.
Tai Shi Ci quickly adjusted his posture and continued to rush forward.
The two shuttled through the night, constantly clashing each other, and the chase became more intense. Sun Ce's gun shadow became faster and faster, Tai Shici's marksmanship became more and more fierce, and the figures of the two moved quickly on the battlefield, constantly making bursts of golden and iron sounds.
However, there are still many enemy soldiers on this battlefield, which affects the pursuit of the two of them.
Just when Tai Shi Ci thought that he was about to catch up with Sun Ce and could prevent Sun Ce from escaping from here, at this time, Huang Gai led an army to join the battle, he raised the spear in his hand and shouted: "Young master, I will help you!" ”
Sun Ce was overjoyed when he heard Huang Gai's voice, with Huang Gai joining, their strength would be greatly enhanced. He brandished the overlord gun in his hand and shouted, "Okay, General Huang, let's repel Tai Shici together!" ”
Huang Gai nodded, held the spear in his hand tightly, and followed behind Sun Ce. The two quickly rushed towards Tai Shi Ci reflexively, Tai Shi Ci suddenly frowned, and also felt their strong pressure, and couldn't help but pull the reins of the war horse on which he sat down, turned around and accelerated his speed to retreat to the rear.
It's a joke, he is not sure that he can deal with Huang Gai and Sun Ce at the same time.
Dealing with a Sun Ce made him feel extremely serious pressure. can't even beat it at all, and can only barely contain one or two.
If another Huang Gai is added, then he will only be pressed and beaten by the two.
Even if you are a little careless, it is easy to capsize in the gutter.
Fortunately, he held Sun Ce back for so long, and it didn't matter if he delayed it for so long.
Just give up fighting with Sun Ce and return to Yuan Yao's side.
You can't stop Sun Ce this time, and you can't blame him entirely.
And seeing Tai Shici turn his head and leave, Sun Ce was about to pat his horse in pursuit.
Huang Gai on the side stretched out his hand to stop Sun Ce again.
"Young master, don't chase after the poor."
Sun Ce was a little upset. Fortunately, Huang Gai was by his side to remind him, so he suppressed the indignation in his heart.
At the same time, I remembered Huang Gai's persuasion just now.
Instead of rushing to pursue, Tai Shici turned around and looked at Huang Gai.
"General Huang, how are the soldiers and horses under our command?"
"The losses are serious, young master, these horses are not ordinary bandits and rogues, but well-trained elite soldiers, and they are not weaker than the soldiers under our command."
Huang Gai's face was gloomy, and to make a long story short, he told Sun Ce the news he had heard.
Hearing Huang Gai say this, Sun Ce's expression also became gloomy.
Thinking of Fang Cai's conversation with Tai Shici again.
He also learned that these soldiers and horses were not some mountain bandits besieging the county seat. It was the young master Yuan Yao who Tai Shici took refuge in, a person who was trained.
Before this, Sun Ce didn't pay attention to Yuan Yao, the number one person.
After all, even Yuan Yao and his Laozi Yuan Shu Sun Ce didn't care, let alone just one Yuan Yao.
But now when he heard Huang Gai say that the strength of these horses was very strong, and they could be regarded as elite soldiers and were no worse than the soldiers and horses under his command, he put Yuan Yao in a formidable opponent position again.
It's too late to think about anything here, because the soldiers around him are still fighting at the moment.
Sun Ce's soldiers are still dying in large numbers.
In this dark night, there is no way to see how many soldiers and horses the enemy army has.
If you continue to stay here and fight these people.
Not only is it a great blow to morale, but it is also risking the lives of his own soldiers.
After thinking about it for a while, Sun Ce didn't even have any other choice.
You can only choose to retreat for the time being.
Retreat a dozen miles to the rear and return to the previous camp.
Take a break and wait for tomorrow to dawn before making plans.
"General Huang, without further ado, let's hurry up and withdraw our troops."
After Sun Ce's words, Huang Gai also nodded again and again, and then gave two orders to the soldiers around him, asking him to tell Cheng Pu that Mingjin could withdraw his troops.
In a short time, the sound of the horn of retreat was heard on the battlefield.
When the soldiers who were still fighting with the enemy heard this horn, they immediately understood that it was Sun Ce who ordered them to retreat.
These centaurs have already begun to retreat.
It's just that he hasn't received a signal to retreat yet, so he doesn't dare to withdraw easily.
Now there was the sound of the horn of retreat, and they didn't dare to hold it up, they wanted to spread their legs and run back, after all, if they took a slow step, they were likely to die on the spot.
The surrounding firelight is not bright, so the visibility on this battlefield is not too far, once this group of people choose to retreat, spread their legs and run back, Yuan Yao's men are not so easy to pursue.
Yuan Yao, who was still busy directing the soldiers and horses to fight to encircle and suppress Sun Ce's men, also heard the horn of the other party's retreat at this moment.
In fact, he already knew early on that Sun Ce's men and horses would retreat.
Although he has been dispatching troops and horses to besiege the opponent's manpower, in his spare time, he has not forgotten to pay attention to the battle between Tai Shici and Sun Ce.
After all, these people are the top masters of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, and the battle between the two should be a fierce and exciting battle.
The truth is indeed as he expected, that is usually a fight between the two, which is called a good look.
It wasn't on the same level as the other battles he'd seen before.
However, he asked himself, although he also has two brushes, but if he really meets these two, one of them will be defeated.
Looking at him, he also saw that Sun Ce's strength seemed to be stronger than Tai Shici.
Just when he thought that Tai Shi Ci might be defeated.
Another military general suddenly appeared behind Sun Ce, and they didn't say a word to Sun Ce, their faces changed drastically and they began to retreat. From here, Yuan Yao knew that Sun Ce's men and horses should be running away.
But even if he knew, Yuan Yao didn't have the ability to stop it right now.
After all, Sun Ce's toughness just now, he also saw it with his own eyes, there was only one military general around him, Tai Shici, and the rest of the men and horses were barely able to deal with Sun Ce's soldiers.
There was simply no way to draw more manpower to block Sun Ce's retreat.
However, he didn't think about intercepting Sun Ce, and his purpose was very simple, that is, to eliminate as many elite soldiers as possible under Sun Ce's command.