Chapter 33: The Pursuit

The long sword stabbed out, but it was right in the heart of Lan Yun. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Lan Yun screamed, let go of the long whip in his hand, grabbed the wrist of the man in black and pulled it, and immediately hugged the man in black, bit it down, and bit it at the throat of the man in black. The two hugged each other and fell to the ground, Lan Yun's eyes gradually lost their luster, but his teeth were still biting on the throat of the man in black. The man in black gurgled a few times, but his throat was bitten off, and he kept twitching on the ground, and finally he was motionless.

Lan Yun has never been married in his life, and he has followed Li Hu since he was in his twenties, but more than 40 years have passed, and Li Xing and Li Sheng are also honored by their Uncle Lan on weekdays. Now, this old man died in front of Li Sheng, which suddenly made Li Sheng a little crazy. Li Sheng roared, slapped his palm on the sword of the man in black in front of him, stepped forward, locked the throat of the man in black, and pinched it hard, crushing the throat bone of the man in black.

At this time, Xuan Qi also arrived just in time, and slapped his palm on the back of the heart of another man in black, and the man in black spurted out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground screaming. Li Sheng looked like a mad tiger, but he grabbed the long sword of another man in black with his left hand, and slashed at the top of the man in black with his right hand. The man in black suddenly had his brain splashed and died on the spot. Li Sheng let go of the long sword, but his left hand was dripping with blood, dripping downward.

The rest of the black-clothed men who were fighting with Chang Bin saw that the situation was not good, and forced Chang Bin back with a sword, and they were about to rush out. He didn't take a few steps, but he was blocked by pikemen. Chang Bin chased after the man in black, and the cooked copper stick in his hand slashed towards the top of the man in black with all his might, and the man in black took two steps back to avoid Chang Bin's cooked copper stick. There was a pop sound, but it was the countless spears behind the man in black, all of which were stuck in the man in black.

By the time all the men in black have been settled, the sky is already light. Li Sheng's face was solemn, and he personally carried Lan Yun's body into the coffin, and Chang Bin escorted him all the way to Lan Yun's hometown.

Sending Lan Yun away, Li Sheng was still furious, summoned all the generals, and discussed the strategy of attacking the enemy. was discussing, but the scouts came to report that the rebels were slowly withdrawing from Longzhong City, and the fortresses around Longzhong, retreating westward. Li Sheng knew that the rebels were mainly because of the lack of food and grass, so he gave up Longzhong City and wanted to retreat to Lanzhou. At this time, although the rebels were short of food and grass, in order to survive, their combat effectiveness must have risen, which should not be underestimated.

After everyone discussed, they all felt that it was not appropriate to attack on a large scale at this time, and it was better to send cavalry to harass the rebels all the way. In addition, a large army was sent to bypass the rebels and intercept the rebels' way before the rebels reached Lanzhou. As a result, the rebels will inevitably collapse under attack from the front and back. Li Sheng immediately issued one military order after another, and the generals took the orders and left.

Hundreds of thousands of troops marching slowly on the snowy plateau are quite spectacular. Xuan Qi was ordered to lead 50,000 cavalry and follow the rebels far behind. The army moved slowly, but Xuan Qi was not in a hurry, and only sent two or three thousand cavalry each time, and after rushing and killing for a while, he immediately retreated.

The cavalry was relatively fast, and in one day, almost unscathed, it attacked more than a dozen times, killing and wounding tens of thousands of rebels. Fan Xiong, who was in charge of the break, was furious, but the next morning, he sent all the 80,000 cavalry of the rebel army in one fell swoop, wanting to teach Xuan Qi a lesson.

Xuan Qi seemed to have guessed Fan Xiong's intentions, but the 50,000 cavalry was only far away from Fan Xiong's army, not close, but he still kept sending small groups of cavalry to harass Fan Xiong's army. Fan Xiong's 80,000 cavalry had to pursue them every once in a while, but they often returned in vain.

Although Fan Xiong was furious, he was not stupid, and after noon, he ordered the cavalry to divide into three lines. 20,000 cavalry on the left and right roads, outflanking both sides, wanting to encircle Xuanqi's 50,000 cavalry. Fan Xiong personally led 40,000 cavalry and confronted Xuanqi's cavalry from afar.

Fan Xiong's 20,000 cavalry on the left side, after detouring for more than ten miles, was getting closer and closer to Xuanqi's cavalry team. According to Fan Xiong's plan, the general who led the team did not continue to approach Xuan Qi's cavalry team, but continued to move forward quickly, wanting to go around behind Xuan Qi.

The cavalry team is five or six miles ahead, but here is a deep valley two or three miles long, and out of the deep valley, it is already behind the Xuanqi army. The cavalry advanced quickly, gradually pulling into a long dragon. When the last cavalry entered the deep valley, there were already three or four thousand cavalry out of the valley in front.

Suddenly, a gong sounded, and on the high ground on both sides of the deep valley, boulders and sand continued to roll down. The valley mouth on both sides was instantly blocked by boulders, and the dust and snow foam in the sky made the more than 10,000 cavalrymen who had not yet left the valley unable to see the situation in front of them clearly. As boulders and clods of earth kept falling, the cavalry in the valley was already in disarray, scurrying around in fright, trampling each other.

The three or four thousand cavalry who rushed out of the deep valley were all jumped by the loud noise behind them, and when they looked back, they saw that the mouth of the valley was blocked by huge rocks, and there was no way out at all. The general who led the team knew that he had been ambushed, and rushed forward in a panic with three or four thousand cavalry.

Rushing out of less than two miles, he saw a group of cavalry in front of him standing quietly on the hillside, and he was the first general, but it was not who Xuan Qi was? The general who led the team could not imagine that Xuan Qi would dare to leave the cavalry and come to intercept him. The general immediately ordered the whole army to rush forward, wanting to fight Xuan Qi to the death.

When the rebel cavalry approached, Xuan Qi slowly raised his right hand, but the cavalry behind him suddenly all bent their bows and arrows, and the arrows flashed with cold light, dense. As Xuan Qi's right hand fell, the sound of a sigh spread throughout the rebel cavalry ranks. When the horses were neighing, countless cavalry fell off their horses, and the cavalry team that rushed forward suddenly stagnated, and their speed slowed down. When Xuan Qi's right hand was lowered again, the ruthless arrow shot into the rebels again, and in an instant, hundreds of people lost their lives.

After three consecutive rounds of arrow rain, the rebels' cavalry ranks were scattered, and there were less than 500 people who could sit on horses. Most of the cavalry were either shot by a rain of arrows or thrown off their horses by their horses. The wounded horses fled in all directions, and everywhere there was a loud bang of startled horses.

Xuan Qi grabbed the spear on his horse and rushed towards the rebels first, and the 20,000 cavalry behind him, all of whom put away their bows and arrows, brandished their sabers, followed behind Xuan Qi, and rushed forward. The ruthless saber continued to harvest life, countless horses' hooves fell, and a large number of rebels were trampled to death and wounded. When Xuan Qi threw down a rebel on the tip of the spear, none of the three or four thousand cavalry of the rebel army could sit on a horse.

Seeing that the overall situation had been decided, Xuan Qi immediately left two thousand cavalry to clean up the battlefield and clean up the mess, while he took the rest of the cavalry team and quickly rushed into a canyon.