Chapter Seventy-Eight: Helian Lu Dies
Helian Lu looked at the surging flowing water, obviously on this road, Ju Yanhai's army was waiting for him, and he collided head-on, maybe there was only one way to die, so Helian Lu made a road that he thought was unexpected, but let himself go to perdition.
The army of Helian turned straight south and went straight to Yalu along the western foot of Hangai Mountain, which was the only way to reach the city of Altai. The army marched south, hoping to find a little supply in the towns along the way, until the next night, the villages and towns it passed through were all in ruins, and there was not even a ghost at all, so how could there be food?
Thousands of war horses were slaughtered again, which made Helian Lu feel distressed. It's just that Helian Lu didn't expect that it was he who invaded his country with the old Mao people, which led to his current predicament, that is, these villages and towns that should have been prosperous, all the people left their homes because they escaped the war.
On the fifth day, as the mountain became higher and higher, Helian Lu finally began to be a little excited, because as long as he crossed this mountain beam, he could see the Zabkhan River in the distance, and not far south of the Zabkhan River was the largest city between the Altai Mountains and the Hangai Mountains, Altai City. Helian Lu seemed to have seen countless delicacies, wines, and beauties that he hadn't seen for a whole month and a half.
There are less than 90,000 war horses left, and the road up the mountain can't stand the two of them riding together, so countless old soldiers have to get off the war horses, walk towards the top of the mountain with heavy thighs. When it got dark, there was still at least half a day's journey to the top of the mountain, and Helian Lu knew that his old soldiers were very tired, so he had to order the whole army to set up a large camp on the slope of the mountain.
The smell of roasted horse meat had just wafted out, and an old hairy soldier was about to take it off, when he stretched out his hand when a sharp arrow pierced straight through the back of his neck. The old soldier didn't even scream in pain, and threw himself into the roaring bonfire with the roast horse meat, and the sparks he brought up were scattered in all directions, which immediately caused bursts of exclamations.
Before the exclamations fell, countless sharp arrows shot down from the top of the hillside, covering the entire camp. The screams and the neighing of the horses blended together, and the panicked old Mao soldiers began to scatter and flee, but in this dark night, I don't know how many war horses and old Mao soldiers together, one foot in the air, bones rolled down the hillside. More than 80,000 frightened horses and more than 100,000 old soldiers crowded together, and from time to time there was a loud noise crashing into each other.
The rain of arrows still didn't stop, condescendingly shooting down from above, and countless Juyan Sea cavalry were approaching step by step on foot. At first, some old soldiers shot sharp arrows in their hands, but they couldn't shoot a single cold hair at the condescending Juyanhai soldiers, so they could only run towards the hillside in the dark.
In the midst of the chaos, several personal soldiers escorted Helian Lu to run down the hillside, and suddenly a startled horse rushed out and hit Helian Lu's horse. Like a kite with a broken string, Helian Lu flew up from his horse, fell far away, and disappeared into the craggy rocks. Helian Lu's own soldiers didn't care about looking for Helian Lu's body anymore, and began to scatter and flee, after all, at this time, it was still their own lives that mattered.
In this dark night, in order to avoid casualties, Xuan Qi did not order the pursuit of the deserters, because there was only one road down the mountain to Yalu, and Helian Nian was waiting for them in Yalu with 30,000 cavalry. As for the old Mao soldiers who fled to the mountains everywhere, I am afraid that if they are not eaten by the tigers, leopards and jackals in the deep mountains, most of them will be starved to death, and if they can survive, it can only be said that they have been favored by God.
After dawn, Xuanqi left 10,000 cavalry and began to search along the jungles on both sides of the mountain road, while he led an army of more than 50,000 to chase the defeated old Mao soldiers. It can be regarded as a miracle, the Xuanqi army of 100,000 troops marched out, and now there are more than 94,000 people left, while Helian Lu's 300,000 army has already lost most of it, and the remaining stragglers can no longer play a big role, I am afraid that most of them will not be able to escape the iron cavalry of the Juyanhai cavalry.
After chasing out more than 20 miles, sporadic old Mao soldiers began to appear on the road, and the old Mao soldiers who lost their mounts walked forward step by step with heavy steps. The Juyan Sea Cavalry will not be polite, and constantly reap the lives of the old soldiers.
After noon, there were more and more old soldiers on the road, and there began to be old soldiers who couldn't walk and simply lay on the side of the road and waited for death. Once these invincible cavalry left the horse, their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced in an instant, and even the aisle became a very difficult thing. The old Mao soldier, who had not eaten for a day and a night, could only organize a meager resistance and was instantly submerged under the rolling iron hooves of the Xuanqi army.
Xuan Qi was not in a hurry, like a shepherd driving a flock of sheep, he slowly advanced, and the army also spread out in a fan shape, trying not to let the old soldiers have too many fish that slipped through the net. On this day, the army only advanced more than fifty miles, and the old Mao soldiers walking on the road had become very scarce, and Xuan Qi simply ordered the whole army to stop before nightfall and rest for a night. Early the next morning, the army continued on the road, and after noon, some small groups of old hairy cavalry gradually began to appear, all of which were riding wounded horses and unable to advance quickly.
Helian Nian's army of 30,000 was quietly waiting in the dense forests on both sides of a valley only twenty miles away from Yalu, and the scouts in front reported that about 20,000 Lao Mao cavalry had arrived more than ten miles away, and would soon rush into the encirclement. Helian Nian rode a horse and stood on the mountain beam, and he could already see the dust raised by the horse's hooves in the distance, and then the rumbling sound of the horse's hooves came, and countless old hairy cavalry appeared in the field of vision. Helian Nian rode his horse and began to descend slowly, ready to deal the most fatal blow to the remnants of the old Mao.
The rumbling of horses' hooves drew closer and closer, and finally entered the encirclement. Helian Nian was not in a hurry, and quietly watched as the old hairy cavalry rushed to the narrow exit of the valley. Suddenly, a rumbling sound sounded, and countless boulders rolled down the hillside at the mouth of the valley, blocking the way of the old soldier in an instant.
With the rolling down of the boulder, in the valley that stretched for two or three miles, the arrow rain fell like locusts, and in an instant, hundreds of old hairy cavalry lost their lives, and they were injured by arrows, and countless people fell off their horses. The panicked old hairy cavalry had to retreat in a hurry, leaving behind a corpse and preparing to withdraw from the valley.
Helian Nian sat on his horse, waved the spear in his hand, and rushed down quickly, and the army of 30,000 rushed into the army of the old Mao man like a tide from the hillside.