Chapter Fifty-Nine: The Great Pursuit of the Prairie
The tens of thousands of old Mao soldiers who were seriously injured couldn't stop the attack of the Xuanqi army at all, and in the case of losing their horses, they also knew that they had no way to escape, so they could only move forward bravely. More than an hour passed, and the Xuanqi army completely annihilated the tens of thousands of old wounded soldiers under the narrow mountain pass.
After Xuan Qi left 5,000 cavalry to clean up the mess, he led the army and quickly rushed out of the mountain. With the arrival of the scout, Sergei had already led the army south along the Altai Mountains, Xuanqi faintly felt that something was wrong, but he really couldn't guess Sergei's movements, so he had to order the whole army to march quickly and catch up with Sergei's army as soon as possible.
At this time, Sergei's army had already reached Burhan. Sergei's army, counting those who were slightly wounded, there were nearly 70,000, and Luo Yuan's army also had nearly 40,000 people. Sergei led 30,000 troops and attacked southeast, Adjutant General Tajevich led 20,000 troops to attack due east, and another adjutant general, Niyadin, led 20,000 troops and attacked south along the Altai Mountains.
Luo Yuan's army was divided into two routes, one was a 20,000-strong army, led by Luo Yuan and He Wenfang, almost parallel to Sergei's 30,000-strong army, and the other was a 15,000-strong army, led by Tao Qingping, which also went south along the Altai Mountains.
The armies of all walks of life left behind their baggage and most of the grain and grass, and rode straight forward, heading towards Juyanhai. Xuanqi went all the way south, seeing that there were baggage and grain and grass everywhere, but he couldn't guess what Sergei wanted for a while, so he had to send scouts to investigate while going south.
With the scout's report, Xuan Qi couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, he didn't expect Sergei to be so ruthless, and he actually divided his troops into five ways to attack Juyanhai. This trip to Juyanhai can be said to be a flat river, without any army garrison, there are only herdsmen grazing on the steppe, and they can't stop the attack of Sergei's army at all. Moreover, the cattle and sheep of these herdsmen are equivalent to the grain and grass of Sergei's army, and it is no wonder that Sergei dares to discard most of the grain and grass.
In Xuan Qi's heart, only Helian Yu'er and his two sons are the most important, and the rest are floating clouds, which Sergei and Luo Yuan never expected. Because of this, the anxious Xuan Qi immediately ordered the whole army to rush back to Juyanhai with all his might, and he took an army of 10,000 people, single man and two horses, to chase the enemy army in the southeast direction. In Xuan Qi's mind, pursuing the enemy army is not the first priority, and rushing back to Juyanhai in advance is the top priority.
The army of Ju Yanhai, who was very tired, heard that his hometown was very likely to be invaded by the army of the old hair, so he didn't care about the exhaustion of his body at all, so he tried his best to ride his horse and run wildly and chase forward. Along the way, I saw two herdsmen's felt bags destroyed, and more than 20 herdsmen lying in pools of blood. The blood on the ground aroused the 10,000 soldiers to rush back to the heart of Juyanhai as soon as possible, and they didn't care about the darkness at the moment, but tried their best to urge the horsepower and move forward.
With war horses to take turns to replace, Xuan Qi with an army of 10,000 was much faster, and at noon the next day, he could already see the dust raised by the horses' hooves in front of him from a distance. When he got closer, he could already see from afar that it was Luo Yuan's army through his outfit.
Luo Yuan's army was only more than 20,000 people, and he saw a white-robed general chasing after the army from a distance, but the dust raised was not clear how many men and horses there were. Luo Yuan couldn't help but be shocked, he didn't expect Xuan Qi to catch up with him so quickly, and immediately shouted loudly to let the army disperse on both sides, first, to resist Xuan Qi's pursuers, and secondly, to facilitate his escape at any time.
The Xuanqi army was too lazy to pay attention, and in the rumbling sound of horses' hooves, they had already rushed directly into the formation of Luo Yuan's army. Luo Yuan's army had just suffered a big loss from Xuanqi, and he still had lingering fears about this killing god, so he didn't care about stopping Xuanqi's army at all, but scattered and fled.
The people turned on their horses, and countless cavalry of Luo Yuan's army were picked off their horses and died under the horses' hooves. Fierce collisions and almost one-sided slaughter, everywhere there were the sounds of crying fathers and mothers. The Xuanqi army didn't care about it at all, and soon rushed past Luo Yuan's army, leaving thousands of corpses behind, and galloped away.
Luo Yuan, who was originally thinking of escaping, saw that the Xuanqi army did not attack his army again, and the number of people seemed to be much smaller than his own, so he immediately scolded, as if all this was someone else's sin.
Xuan Qi didn't care about Luo Yuan, and roared forward with the army, until midnight, when he finally ordered the whole army to rest in place. The soldiers, who had not closed their eyes for two days and two nights, lay down on the grass at will, covered them with a blanket, and soon fell into a deep sleep.
Early the next morning, the army continued to set out, and until the evening did not encounter the cavalry of the old Mao, and the herdsmen along the way were not harmed. Xuan Qi felt that he should have rushed to the front of the old hairy man, so he relaxed a little, set up a large camp on the grassland, and at the same time sent scouts to start probing the news in the left and right directions.
After dawn, the news of the scouts began to come one after another, and sure enough, the 10,000 cavalry led by Xuan Qi had already crossed the army of the old hairy. Another exciting news for Xuan Qi was that the 60,000 army led by Eligo also caught up with Luo Yuan's army, and after fierce battles between the two sides, Luo Yuan's army was defeated and was already heading to the northeast, intending to join Sergei's 30,000 army.
Xuanqi asked people to get the map and chose to give Sergei a big gift on the Gobi Plateau south of Altai City. After deciding, Xuan Qiling scouts informed Eligo to lead a large army and approach Altai City, while he himself led 10,000 cavalry and headed directly to the north.
In the afternoon of the next day, Xuan Qi led the army to the city of Altai and met the city lord Hu Yanying. Hu Yanying was startled when he heard that the old Mao army was not far from Altai City, but when he saw that Mr. Bai was here, he was slightly relieved. As the largest city near the Altai Mountains, Hu Yanying also had 5,000 cavalry, and after listening to Xuan Qi's plan, he handed it over to Xuan Qi's command.
Although Altai City is not under the jurisdiction of Juyanhai, Xuan Qizi will not be polite, and with more than 10,000 cavalry, he went to the Gobi Heights south of the city and began to prepare everything for Sergei's arrival. In the middle of the night, Iligo, who received Xuanqi's order, also led the army to Altai City overnight, with the addition of more than 60,000 troops, Xuanqi suddenly relaxed, and simply called Iligo, and the two drank a little wine and waited for Sergei's arrival.