Even if it is a legitimate retreat, it will often evolve into a rout, which is the view of General Zuo Duguxian, and Gu Shenwei has always kept it in mind.

He knew very little about the 500 soldiers behind him, and even had suspicion of each other, and in this case, "running and fighting" was a stupid move.

His plan was to "run as you play".

Gu Shenwei sent five cavalrymen to fetch the rescuers, and then ordered the team to march to the left front, seize a small hill, arrange the formation, and prepare to meet the enemy.

The soldiers obeyed the order, but Gu Shenwei could feel the intense tension.

Stacks of torches in the distance approached quickly, and the sound of horses' hooves roared, and Morin observed for a moment, "At least three thousand." ”

Old Man Mu laughed a few times, "Freedom is to come and go as you want, Dragon King, let's not wait here to die, let's rush out while the enemy soldiers have not yet formed an encirclement." Then he lowered his voice and said, "You can leave these five hundred cavalrymen behind, and you can block them for a while." ”

When Tu Gou heard this, he shook his head again and again, "It's too unrighteous to do this, and the Dragon King will have a bad reputation." ”

"Stupid, do you think the Dragon King is a chivalrous man, what reputation do you care? Hero, you have to save your life first, don't think I haven't read the book, when the founding emperors of the Central Plains Dynasty fought with others for hegemony, didn't they often abandon the army and flee? So the Dragon King doesn't need to be embarrassed, and don't listen to an old dog's idea, I dare to guarantee, even the white fat man is here, and his thoughts are the same as mine. ”

Fang Wen definitely didn't want the Dragon King to take risks, but this time Gu Shenwei didn't mean to take risks, but had to choose, it was impossible to get rid of thousands of people in the vast grassland.

Just when the old man was nagging, the torches had been extended to both sides, forming a trap trend, and the old man sighed, feeling that his "anti-ear advice" had not been taken seriously.

Because of their absolute numerical superiority, the first round of ambush attacks was simple and straightforward, and the enemy leaders obviously wanted a quick victory.

Courage often comes from a flash of inspiration, Gu Shenwei is like this, and suddenly decided to push the tactic of "fighting and running" one step further, and he wanted to take the initiative.

He ordered Morin to restrain his soldiers from staying where they were, "Don't let the enemy get too close, you can shoot arrows from a hundred paces, and find me ten men with the best marksmanship and the farthest shots." ”

Morin said a few words in Beiting language, and immediately more than thirty cavalry drove out of the ranks, most of them close attendants.

"It's all about it. Gu Shenwei said, asked for a hard bow and a bag of arrows from the hands of a sergeant, and galloped forward, followed by thirty-four marksmen.

When the dragon king ran a dozen steps, Tu Gou said blankly: "I don't know how to use bows and arrows, so I don't have to follow, right?"

Old Man Mu nodded with satisfaction, "As long as the Dragon King has the best archery skills, we are not even ordinary, so we should stay here honestly, and wait until the time of the hand-to-hand battle, and then it will be your turn for you and me to show our skills." ”

Gu Shenwei advanced about seventy steps, turned around, and circled his own army.

It was not easy to shoot an arrow on the back of a bumpy horse, and Gu Shenwei had little experience, but he quickly found the trick, and between the moments of stability in a while, it was the best time to aim and release the arrow.

The torches are getting closer and closer, and in the darkness, it is difficult to judge the distance of these bright lights, but it is very convenient to find a target.

Gu Shenwei shot the first arrow, and the sharpshooter behind him released the bowstring almost at the same moment.

The distance is a little far, and ordinary cavalry will not release arrows at this time, but it is not a problem for Gu Shenwei and others.

The torch went out for a while, and a scream rang out.

Thirty-four sharpshooters roared at the same time.

The enemy also began to fire arrows, most of them fell to the ground before they came close, only a few flew over the target, and the people bowed down on their horses, urging the horses to speed up, and every few steps they ran up and shot an arrow, and they would get something.

Gu Shenwei went around in a small circle, and the enemy's advance slowed down significantly, and finally stopped completely, just shouting and challenging him, and he returned to his camp with the marksmen.

"The dragon king has a good means, he shoots so accurately!" the old man shouted loudly, and motioned to the slaughtering dog with his eyes to pat himself on the back.

In contrast, the praise of the cavalry was relatively simple, shouting a word in unison, rising and falling, short and powerful, and Gu Shen did not hear a syllable.

Mo Lin was about to explain, but the old man Mu preemptively said: "They are shouting 'hero', this is the praise of the steppe people for the brave shooter, Dragon King, they are starting to like you." ”

Compared with the incredible sword skills, the Beiting cavalry attaches more importance to superb archery skills and courage to defy strong enemies.

Gu Shenwei raised his short bow and accepted the cheers.

The enemy stopped for a moment and attacked again, and Morin took the initiative to ask for battle, and met it with more than seventy cavalrymen, blocking the attack again, and even forcing the opponent to retreat dozens of steps.

Gu Shenwei commanded the remaining soldiers and released arrows in advance to block the enemy troops in the rear.

The Beiting cavalry is advantageous to long-range shooting, and is not good at charging at close range, and the tactics are usually to pursue, or lure the enemy into pursuit, killing and injuring the target in the process of rapid movement, and once encountering calm and stubborn resistance, they will never hit it hard.

Gu Shenwei and Mo Lin took turns to lead the troops to meet the battle, and never let the enemy enter the shooting range, the old man Mu found that the situation was not so dangerous, and pulled the slaughter dog to run half a circle, but except for shouting and cheering, he didn't help much.

After the fifth round of blocking, the sky brightened, and Merlin reminded the dragon king of a fatal problem: the arrows were about to run out.

This is also the reason why the enemy army is besieging but not attacking, they are waiting for the dragon king to lose his minions.

Only an army with one heart and one mind could carry out an effective retreat, and Gu Shenwei glanced at his soldiers and felt that they were available.

"One in front, one in the back, ready to retreat. ”

Merlin quickly gave the order, he led more than 200 ordinary cavalry to lead the way, Gu Shenwei and the close guards were in charge of the palace, the two groups of troops were not far away, and the speed of march was not fast, towards a gap in the northeast.

This is also one of the common tactics used by the Beiting cavalry, never completely surround the target, but leave a gap to lure the target to flee.

In the process of fleeing, the greatest impulse is to speed up, desperately speeding up, as a result, the front line is extended and scattered, and he has no energy to fight back, becoming a moving target.

Therefore, Gu Shenwei strictly limited the speed and always ensured that the two groups of troops in the front and rear supported each other.

More than half of the arrows were consumed, and long-distance shooting was too wasteful, so Gu Shenwei waited until the pursuing enemy army entered the effective range before ordering the arrows to be released, and the enemy left more than a dozen corpses and retreated again, but several cavalry around him also fell.

When the day dawned, the old man stood on horseback and suddenly pointed to the flag in the distance, "Hey, this is not the army of the Bird King. ”

When the ambush appeared, everyone took it for granted that this was a trick of the Holy King, and they didn't even discuss it, even Gu Shenwei.

"That's ...... It is said that the banner of chasing the king. Old man Mu said in surprise.

It is said that the king died in the Dragon Court, and his generals led the remnants of the army to retreat to their hometown in the west, so how could there still be an army of thousands of people left here?

Gu Shen was also confused, but now was not the time to look for answers.

When withdrawing five or six miles, Gu Shenwei's army suffered a big blow, and the five messengers that Gu Shenwei had sent out to fetch the rescue troops were all killed, and their bodies were stuck in wooden stakes, apparently intentionally showing them.

There was no hope for help, and the nearest Shulitu army was dozens of miles away, but they had few arrows left.

Merlin turned back from the front and brought a request from the soldiers, "Dragon King, we hope you can go first, we can still block at least one round of attacks." ”

Old man Mu showed an expression of "it should have been like this a long time ago", "I protect the Dragon King, as long as we keep a distance, we don't have to ride a horse, jump into the grass and hide for a while, who can find it?" Old dog, you forget it, the light skills are too poor, the goal is also big, and you are carrying a cane that is taller than a person, so don't be a burden." ”

"It's an idea. Gu Shenwei said.

The Dragon King agreed so happily that Old Man Mu didn't think it was a good thing.

The army of the King of Chasers attacked again, and they had already realized that the enemy's arrows were running out, so they were nearer.

"The Dragon King has fled!" someone shouted.

Sure enough, two horses ran out of the slowly retreating team, one was wearing the costume of the Dragon King, and the other was short in stature, and it was undoubtedly the old man Mu, the guard of the Dragon King's side.

The pursuers immediately divided into two routes, one to continue the attack, and the other to pursue the dragon king with fast horses.

Morin became commander and ordered the whole army to turn around and rush to the northwest, where the main army of Shulitu was located.

"Shoot the Dragon King!" someone shouted excitedly in the distance, and the besiegers dispersed in large numbers, and Merlin led his army to break through the obstacles and hasten their retreat, they had run out of arrows, and they were no longer able to resist the enemy.

A soldier voluntarily swapped clothes with the Dragon King and fled, accompanied by Old Man Mu, attracting a large number of pursuers.

At first, Merlin was worried about whether this little trick would work, but the result was better than he expected, and the army of the King Chaser was easily fooled, but they also woke up quickly, and the fake dragon king was shot before he could run far, revealing the truth.

Gu Shen tried to avoid fleeing as much as possible, but the matter had come to this, and they had no other choice but to run at full speed.

It is said that the army of the king pursues again, following one way and outflanking the other, which is a tactic they are all too familiar with: chasing and killing targets that have no power to fight back, there is no need to rush into the enemy group, only need to keep shooting from a safe distance.

The arrows swept like cold rain swept over, and each round swept down a group of soldiers.

Gu Shenwei had seen the war between the Beiting army, but the gap between the two sides was not as big as it was now, this was the first time he personally felt the power of the grassland archer, the sword was almost useless at this time, he used the knife to open a few arrows, but he couldn't save more people.

The soldiers surrounded the dragon king at the core, blocking most of the arrows for him with their flesh and blood.

Gu Shenwei experienced a fiasco, and began to wonder if his previous decision was correct, perhaps Old Man Mu's idea of "running and fighting" was the most useful.

More than half of the 500-strong army suffered casualties, and an unexpected reinforcement finally appeared.

(To be continued)