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Chapter 1123 Mad Cow
"Can't he be surrounded honestly?"

Seeing Yuxi Timur constantly mobilizing troops and horses to surround Li Xia, Busy Brother was inevitably a little impatient and sneered.

Originally, the [-]-strong army had launched an encirclement that stretched for several miles, but when the dragon flag in the distance began to move eastward, the Yuan army had to speed up and tighten the encirclement, which consumed a lot of physical strength of the soldiers and horses.

"It is impossible for Li Xia to be captured without a fight." Li Dehui said in Chinese, "Your Highness must be prepared to fight a tough battle."

"Your Majesty, don't worry..."

Manggela spoke halfway in Chinese, and Yuxi Timur said in Mongolian during the command interval: "It's like when we hunted in the past, when people and horses surrounded us, the prey wanted to run to the empty space. Li Xia is a flexible deer. .No, he's a buffalo that can horn a man."

"Haha."

Mangge smiled and replied in Mongolian: "Today reminds me of the scene on the grassland when we were young."

"Does Your Majesty know what I'm thinking of?" Yuxi Timur pointed at the wind and snow all over the sky, and said, "The snow is so thick, I remembered a story my father told me."

"what?"

"The great Genghis Khan was once besieged by Qire, injured and lost his beloved horse. My grandfather carried Genghis Khan and fled to the wilderness with Mu Huali."

"It's like the wilderness in front of you."

"Yeah, they lost their tooth tents, so they had to let Da Khan lie down in the snow. Grandfather and Mu Huali spread out the blankets to cover him, and they stood there until the next day without moving a step. The snow kept falling at night, and the accumulated A few feet, covered half of their body."

Although Manggela had heard the story, he still couldn't help but sigh: "What a hero!"

"What my grandfather could do for Genghis Khan, I will also do for you," Yuxi Timur said.

"Good answer!"

The two young men clapped their shoulders and patted each other, looking very righteous.

The wind and snow rustled and fell on the big cover above their heads. After it accumulated thickly, some soldiers would sweep it away with long poles to prevent the snow from being too thick and falling down.

Mangge was full of spirits, pulled Li Dehui again, and said: "I hope the three of us can become the greatest heroes like Genghis Khan, Boershu, and Mu Huali."

Li Dehui smiled politely and said, "Yes, Your Highness."

Yuxi Timur didn't even look at Li Dehui, and twitched the corners of his mouth in disdain.

He raised his binoculars to look at the battlefield again, and he frowned.

Sure enough, Li Xia only brought a few hundred riders, not to abandon the whole army and escape, but to use himself as a bait to help the whole army break through.

When the hundreds of cavalry held the dragon flag high and ran eastward, pulling the Yuan army's line wide enough, the main force of the thousands of Tang troops left behind suddenly turned around, began to speed up gradually, and killed in the thinnest direction of the Yuan army's line. .

The Yuan army came from a long distance and planned to encircle Li Xia slowly, but they chased for a long distance in order to encircle Li Xia quickly. The horses were exhausted and seemed a little clumsy.However, the Tang army charged at full speed after waiting for work at leisure, and the soldiers of the Yuan army did not dare to collide with them, so they subconsciously pulled the reins to get out of the way.

Yuxi Timur was not in a hurry, he knew that he led the army to chase him from dozens of miles away. Of course the Tang army could escape, but he couldn't bring his luggage.

In this kind of wilderness under the strong wind and snow, it is impossible for Tang Jun to survive his pursuit without marching with luggage.

After all, not everyone can be a great hero like Genghis Khan and Borshu.That's why he just told the story, he had already thought about what would happen if Li Xia escaped from the siege.

Like a herd of bison being surrounded, they rushed out of the hunter's siege violently, but the hunter would keep chasing them until they were exhausted.

The binoculars brought the distant picture to the front, and the cavalry of the Tang army could be seen aggressively, breaking out of the encirclement in one fell swoop.

Yuxi Timur moved the binocular again and looked at Tang Jun's camp, only to see tents still left at the foot of the mountain.But Li Xia's hundreds of riders had already run too far, blocked by the mountain, and could not see, only the Yuan army followed like flowing water.

However, when he moved his eyes to the direction where the main force of the Tang army was, he was surprised to find that the "Yang" flag had turned its head.

Tang Jun did not retreat, but chose a Yuan army to kill.

Yuxi Timur couldn't help leaning forward, staring at the battlefield.

The snow fell on the brim of his hat and was shaken off, as if it could be melted by the anger in his eyes.

At this time, he can't do much command, he just ordered the horn to be blown, ordering all Yuan troops to surround and fight.

Suddenly, hundreds of riders came back from the other side of the mountain in the wind and snow, and slammed into the rear of the Yuan army that was bitten by Yang Ben.

At this time, the whole afternoon was about to pass, and the winter sky was already dark so early that I couldn't see the sunset, but unconsciously, my vision became much darker.

A banner of the commander of the Yuan army fell down.

And more Yuan troops have not yet arrived on the battlefield, some are still running, some are still adjusting their direction, and some have just received orders.After all, the battlefield with tens of thousands of people stretched for more than ten miles, and orders could not be issued immediately.It is an extreme test of the commander's command ability and the tacit understanding between the generals.

It's like when hunting, the hunters spread out and wanted to encircle, but suddenly one hunter was thrown to the ground by the prey and bit him hard.

At the same time as the blood was splashed out, the fangs tore off his flesh, the prey chewed hard twice, and rushed towards the next hunter like lightning.

Another banner of a thousand commanders fell, and the 5000 yuan army gathered at the battle was already showing signs of defeat.

"Surround up!" Yuxi Timur roared angrily.

"Let's withdraw troops temporarily today." Li Dehui said: "Tang Jun failed to escape, and he is almost exhausted today, so there is no need to rush."

What he said was not euphemistic.

Yuxi Timur did not give an order, but scanned the battlefield to see if more yuan troops could kill before dark and win as soon as possible.

Li Dehui hurriedly said to Brother Mangsha: "Your Highness, the sky will be dark. Our army's exhausted troops are coming from far away. If we continue to fight, what if the army is defeated at night..."

Mangge did not wait for Li Dehui to finish his speech, he said decisively to Yuxi Timur: "Don't fight any more, withdraw troops today."

In fact, Yuxi Timur has already considered it clearly. He has a lot of troops, and he is suitable for spending slowly around Li Xia, and Li Xia is the one who wants to decide the outcome of today's game.

It's just that when he was about to give an order, Li Dehui took a step ahead.

Soon, the Yuan army of about 5000 people attacked by the Tang army heard the sound of gold and couldn't wait to start retreating.

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Like the flood receding, leaving a mess all over the place.

Yang Ben turned his head and heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the cavalrymen of the frontier battalion holding the dragon flag through half a mile of corpses and plasma.

In this battle, even he was frightened by Li Xia's boldness, and even led three hundred cavalry to clash back and forth on the battlefield, killing five thousand enemy soldiers.

Naturally, the casualties were high. Everyone seemed to be dyed back from a blood vat, and then thrown into the ice and snow to freeze again.

"Pass down the order, don't have to chase, and bring the spoils back to the camp!"

"Move quickly, put on the armor and horse, and return to the camp..."

Yang Ben actually felt a little pity.

He hopes that the Yuan army will not retreat and continue to fight. He is very hopeful that they will be defeated, and then drive the defeated army to attack the commander of the Yuan army.The first confrontation is the best fighter for him.

Since the Yuan army has retreated, there is no point in chasing them. It is difficult to defeat them in the short term, but they will be dragged until they are exhausted and lose their camp.It's better to seize the time and go back to rest with the spoils.

The Yuan army from several other directions was still coming here, and one even rushed to the Tang army's camp.

"Mother, if you don't go to camp, you will freeze to death at night."

Yang Ben cursed to himself, the sweat on his body was blown by the cold wind, and his nose was almost frozen off.

He had no choice but to suck it hard, and shouted: "Don't want the rest, kill back!"

……

A Yuan army has rushed to the vicinity of the Tang army's camp, but found that the snow is full of traps. The snow may not be solid ground, but it may be a horse trap full of spears.

The horses and soldiers who fell heavily into the pit and were pierced howled.

Although the soldiers of the Tang army who stayed in the camp were wounded, they had already shot crossbow arrows one after another.

Under such circumstances, it was impossible to seize the camp, and seeing the main force of the Tang army turn back, the Yuan army had no choice but to withdraw.

"Back to camp!"

When the soldiers and horses rushed back to the camp, the bonfire was still burning, and the military doctors rushed to help the wounded soldiers.

The firehead army quickly disposed of the dead horses and roasted the horse meat.

In the past at times like this, Li Xia would personally appease the army as soon as possible, but today he went back to the main tent of the Chinese army first.

Yang Ben felt uneasy, hurried over and asked through the curtain.

"His Majesty?"

"come in."

Hearing Li Xia's voice, Yang Ben breathed a sigh of relief, lifted the curtain and entered the room, only to see that Li Xia had bandaged the wound and put on clothes, but his face was still a little pale.

"This……"

Yang Ben was startled when he saw the blood on the gauze, and said in shame: "Your Majesty only led 300 people to break through the formation, but let the minister live in the command of the Chinese army. I am guilty!"

"Even you talk like that." Li Xia said: "I'm fine, at least...created a chance to defeat the enemy, even if it doesn't work out, it's worth it."

"It would be great if I could defeat that Yuan army sooner."

"It's okay, look ahead." Li Xia stood up, put on his armor, and said, "Go, follow me to work in the army."

Yang Ben couldn't see whether his injury was serious, and he didn't dare to ask, so he could only hide his worry in his heart.

That night, Yang Ben stayed up all night.

He arranged his defenses, rearranged the traps outside the camp, and was able to return to sit by the campfire before dawn, toasting the wet and dry, dry and soaking shoes and socks.

"If the general doesn't go back to sleep in the tent, he can squat by the fire for a while." A school general came over and said.

Yang Ben responded lightly, but he didn't feel sleepy at all, and asked back.

"Am I annoying?"

"What? How could General Yang be annoying?"

"My temper is stinky and arrogant, so I'm really annoying." Yang Ben said to himself, "It's only because I met His Majesty that I have today."

He looked up at the snowflakes all over the sky, as if thinking about the past ten years.

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As soon as the sky dawned, the Tang army had set up an array and attacked in the direction where the commander-in-chief of the Yuan army was.

After yesterday afternoon's battle, the morale gap between the two sides was even greater, and the Tang army returned to the camp to rest after the battle, but the Yuan army still had to set up camp and did not rest well.

This is the strategy that Li Xia and Yang Ben think they can win. Through a sneak attack and an anti-encirclement, they can build advantages in morale and soldiers' state and make up for the shortage of troops.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom..."

The drums kept beating, and the besieged Tang army was gradually approaching the banner of Mangge. It seemed that they were the ones who took the initiative on the battlefield.

Hearing the sound of war drums, Mang Gela, who just woke up from the bed, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "This time I surrounded a mad cow, and the bull's horns are endless..."

(End of this chapter)