Chapter 60: The Battle of the Gobi

In addition to the scouts, after making all the preparations, Xuan Qi ordered the whole army to start resting and preparing for tomorrow's battle. At this time, Sergei's army had already converged with more than 10,000 cavalry of Luo Yuan, and was camping on a high ground dozens of miles away from Altai City.

As soon as it was daylight, Sergei's army marched eastward towards the city of Altai. As the army slowly approached the city of Altai, the scouts sent to report that the cavalry of the city of Altai had already set up a large camp on the high ground south of the city. Sergei did not care, and the five thousand cavalry, which was not a problem at all, immediately ordered the whole army to speed up its advance, and it was necessary to arrive in Altai City before noon.

More than 40,000 cavalry kicked up a cloud of dust and quickly approached the city of Altai. Towards noon, the army passed through a ridge of deep ravines on both sides, and the low walls of Altai and the five thousand standing cavalry could already be seen in the distance. The army rumbled into the high ground and, under the orders of Sergei, began to gallop on horseback and rushed to the opposite five thousand cavalry.

When there were still forty or fifty zhang away from the five thousand cavalry, the war horse that rushed to the front suddenly disappeared, and on the high ground in front of him, the soil layer collapsed, and the war horse rushed directly into the deep ditch with the cavalry on its back. Countless war horses that were rushing forward couldn't hold their feet at all, and fell into the pit with a bang.

In the distance in the city of Altai, a cavalry suddenly appeared at the city gate, and with the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, the cavalry quickly rushed to the high ground, and was already standing face to face with Sergei's army.

Sergei and Luo Yuan were both stunned, the white-robed general on the opposite side was not Xuan Qi, because according to the previous news, Xuan Qi should have been getting farther and farther away in the direction of Juyanhai. The two of them also secretly slandered that Mr. Bai didn't care about the life and death of the herdsmen, but rushed ahead of the two to return to Juyanhai first, so that their plans were completely frustrated, but they didn't expect to meet this evil star here again.

Fortunately, looking at the cavalry team on the opposite side, it was only about 20,000, which made the two of them relax a little, thinking that if they could kill Xuan Qi through this, it would be much better than capturing Ju Yanhai, because without Xuan Qi, Ju Yanhai was just a bag.

In front of the two of them, it is these trap pits, on the Gobi Plateau, the soil is relatively soft, it is not too difficult to dig such a trap, but I don't know how many traps there are in this short dozens of zhang. Sergei had no choice but to send his cavalry to dismount and move forward to investigate.

Just entered within thirty zhang, it was already within the range of the bow and arrow of the Xuanqi army, and these old soldiers who stepped forward cautiously were exposed to sharp arrows like live targets. After losing dozens of veterans, Sergei had to temporarily stop his exploration.

Just as the two of them were hesitating about how to crack the horse trap in front of them, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves sounded on both sides of the high ground at the same time, which startled both of them. Turning his head to look, he saw that countless cavalry had appeared on the slopes on both sides, and soon rushed to the high ground, shouting and killing to the sky. In the face of the cavalry attack on both sides, Sergei shouted loudly for his generals to shrink the defense.

At a stone's throw away from the old Mao soldiers, the Juyanhai cavalry on both sides shot the long arrows in their hands at the same time, and after the first row of cavalry shot the long arrows in their hands, they turned their horses to the sides and circled around to the back of the cavalry team. This has been repeated, but the rain of arrows on both sides seems to never stop, and it is densely shot at the old Mao soldier who is sandwiched in the middle.

At this moment, Xuan Qi waved his big hand, and more than 20,000 cavalry slowly moved forward less than twenty zhang at the same time, lined up in a line, just like the Juyan Sea cavalry on both sides, using roundabout tactics, and the arrow rain that intersected on three sides fell densely into the old Mao soldiers' formation.

In the face of the encirclement of the Juyan Sea Cavalry, which was obviously more numerous than his own, although a large number of old Mao soldiers were also firing bows and arrows to counterattack, more Lao Mao soldiers were shot by sharp arrows and fell down in pieces. Sergei's eyes widened with anger, knowing that if this continued, only the whole army would be annihilated, so he immediately shouted the order, and the whole army began to retreat.

The rear of Sergei's army turned into a front team and began to retreat back in an orderly manner, the speed of the army became faster and faster, and in an instant, it had rushed out dozens of feet. And the Juyanhai cavalry besieging on three sides also began to pursue, Sergei watched Xuan Qi lead 20,000 cavalry to rush quickly, and couldn't help but scold, the ghost knew that this Mr. Bai only dug a row of trap pits, and made himself suspicious and did not dare to rush forward, if he had ordered the whole army to attack earlier, I am afraid that he would have broken the 20,000 cavalry on the opposite side.

It's just that it's too late to regret it now, there are at least fifty or sixty thousand cavalry surrounded on three sides, which is a lot more than the army of the old Maoren, and at this moment it is a situation where the whole army is retreating, and it is impossible to turn around and attack. As the Juyan Sea cavalry behind him chased closer and closer, the old Mao soldiers who were crowded together began to riot, and countless wounded horses rampage, but many old Mao soldiers were knocked off their horses by their own people's horses and died under the hooves.

Seeing that the number of soldiers under his command was getting smaller and smaller, the anxious Sergei couldn't care much more, and rushed forward under the opening of the pro-guard guards. The narrow mountain beam had already been seen in the distance, and Sergei couldn't help but be overjoyed, as long as he rushed over the mountain beam, simply relying on his bow and arrows, he would be able to block the pursuers behind him.

Just rushed to the halfway point of the mountain beam, but there was a sound of sighing on the opposite side, and countless sharp arrows shot out, all concentrated on the mountain beam. Countless personal soldiers fell beside Sergei, and Sergei wanted to stop, but he couldn't do it at all, and countless cavalry who couldn't see the situation in front of him came in a surge.

Luo Yuan and He Wenfang, who had not yet rushed into the mountain beam, saw the situation in front of them from a distance, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh, so they had to take their army to stop their footsteps and rush towards the other side. It was only a few dozen feet away, but in the distance was a canyon, and there was no road at all. Luo Yuan, who looked frustrated, saw that the pursuers were about to surround him, so he gritted his teeth and led the army along the edge of the canyon towards the Juyanhai cavalry.

Seeing Luo Yuan's army rushing forward, the Juyanhai cavalry took the initiative to get out of the way, but kept shooting the sharp arrows in their hands, because the commander Xuan Qi had an order, in order to prevent the other party from jumping off the wall in a hurry and increasing unnecessary casualties, for a large number of enemy troops who wanted to rush out, simply let go of a road temporarily, as for whether the other party can rush out, it is up to fate.

Luo Yuan and He Wenfang rushed out of the encirclement and looked behind them, but saw that there were only two or three thousand people left behind them.