Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 647 Pursuing the Enemy 1
The retreat of the Qiang soldiers and horses declared the end of the battle. Gongsun Xu finally led the army to successfully capture the camp of the Qiang soldiers and horses, and then commanded the soldiers and horses to attack the rear of the Qiang army, causing the Qiang soldiers and horses to retreat.

"My lord, the enemy army has already retreated, why should we pursue it?" Hua Xiong rode his horse to catch up with Gongsun Xu and asked, "There is a saying in the art of war that the poor should not pursue them. If we do this, the enemy army will be cornered."

"The main force of the Qiang army is not damaged, and they still have the power to fight." Gongsun continued: "Today, because the camp of the Qiang army was taken by me, they had to retreat. After they retreat to the tribe, they will make a comeback.

Beat the dog in the water, even now, absolutely cannot give the Qiang soldiers and horses a chance to breathe.I want to guarantee that no one will threaten my rear when I send troops to northern Xinjiang in a month's time, understand?

The Qiang army was able to attack your tribe this time, and it will do so again next time. Only when it is completely conquered can we go out with confidence. "

"The main force of the enemy army is not damaged. If the pursuit is too tight, our army must suffer a lot." Hua Xiong continued: "Why don't you let me lead some troops to pursue first, and my lord go back to rest."

"Concentrate your strength and defeat the main force of the enemy army." Gongsun Xu roared: "This is the critical moment, what are you talking about resting now, Hua Xiong, you immediately lead ten thousand soldiers and horses to continue the pursuit, I will lead the army to detour to round up, remember, the enemy If the army does not stop, you are not allowed to stop."

"Promise." Hua Xiong took the order and replied, "The last general will definitely entangle the enemy."

After speaking, Hua Xiong led his troops to continue the pursuit, and after Gongsun Xu left 3000 people to clean up the battlefield and captured the scattered soldiers of the enemy, he himself led the rest of the troops to pursue from another direction.

"The enemy army will never retreat, what should we do?" A leader asked the others around him, "Su Wen Beijiang Gongsun Xu is the lord of benevolence and righteousness, why don't we surrender, he probably won't do anything to us .”

"Bastard, didn't you see that Gongsun Xu led an army of tens of thousands to round us up?" The leader roared, "Now we have more than 3 soldiers and horses gathered together, and we have the power to fight. If we surrender him, That is the meat on the chopping board, ready to be slaughtered.

It's too late to regret it.Listen to me, let's escape back to the tribe first, and then get in touch with Han Sui. This time he has nothing to do with it.

There are a lot of troubles in northern Xinjiang now, Gongsun Xu is definitely not willing to entangle with us, as long as we avoid this limelight, we will have a chance to compete with Gongsun Xu in the future. "

"The pursuers from the rear are coming again." An orderly shouted: "The enemy is about to entangle the soldiers and horses behind our army."

"This is the only way to do it now." The leader roared: "All our tribes each left hundreds of soldiers and horses, gathered [-] dead soldiers, and resisted the enemy's pursuit. As long as we can escape back to the tribe, everything will be returned. has hope."

"Okay, let's do it like this." The other leaders immediately ordered the troops in the headquarters to keep the dead soldiers.Soon, three thousand dead soldiers left the main force and ran back, each of them brandishing their weapons, and rushed towards the northern border army that was chasing and killing them.

"It's a dead soldier." Yan Xing rode his horse and ran at the forefront of the team. He stared at the enemy who was charging back and shouted: "No, general, the enemy's dead soldiers must be trying to hold back our army when they rush forward."

Hua Xiong also noticed this strange soldier and horse. When the enemy was running away, just such a soldier and horse went upstream and attacked him instead.

"Yan Xing, lead your troops to entangle the opponent." In desperation, Hua Xiong immediately ordered: "Can you complete the task?"

Yan Xing's face showed a look of struggle. These 3000 troops were obviously dead soldiers of the enemy army.When the two armies are at war, what they are most afraid of is encountering this kind of opponent. They are the kind of troops that will never retreat and fight to the last man.

Over the years, most of the northern border army has defeated their opponents in this way. In the face of the army of dead soldiers, unless they are all strangled, it is best to avoid them.

"The last general takes orders." Yan Xing finally made up his mind and said, "General, you can leave at ease, these people will be handed over to me."

"Yan Xing, I believe in you." Hua Xiong led the rest of the troops to leave after only saying this, while Yan Xing led more than 2000 troops from his headquarters to head straight.

"Brothers, hang on to them." Yan Xing charged and shouted at the front line: "For yourselves, fight to the death and never retreat."

These more than 2000 people are all members of Yan Xing's headquarters. They have followed Yan Xing on the battlefield for many years and defeated each opponent. They have been in Xiliang for so many years, and they have never retreated.

The [-] dead Qiang soldiers wanted to send troops to entangle Hua Xiong, but at this time Yan Xing had already led his army to attack.The two groups of soldiers and horses quickly fought together, and Yan Xing broke out with [-]% fighting power. If he could not persist in this battle, there would be no place for him in the whole of Northern Xinjiang and Xiliang.

It was getting dark, and the Qiang soldiers and horses could not retreat overnight. After all, they could not see the road ahead at night. If they marched forcefully, many soldiers and horses might get separated.

The Qiang army stopped, and so did Hua Xiong's side.He only has 8000 troops on his side. Compared with the enemy's more than 3 troops, his strength is indeed a bit weaker.

The two armies calmed down in the dark like this. Not long after the two sides set up camp, Yan Xing rushed over with less than [-] troops left in the headquarters.

When he saw that Yan Xing was covered in blood, Hua Xiong couldn't help asking, "Are you injured?"

"The last general is fine." Yan Xing replied, "It's all the blood of the enemy. All 3000 of the enemy army were defeated by our army, and the remaining one thousand of the enemy army fled. The last general's headquarters also suffered hundreds of casualties."

"Well done." Hua Xiong helped Yan Xing up and said, "Don't worry, I will ask for credit for you. This time, go down and rest first, there will be a hard fight tomorrow."

"promise."

After Yan Xing left, Hua Xiong ordered his subordinates to step up patrols to prevent the enemy from robbing the camp.He still doesn't know where Gongsun Xu led the army, but he understands that as long as he does his job well and tries to hold back the main force of the enemy army, Gongsun Xu will definitely be able to deal a fatal blow to the enemy.

After dawn, Hua Xiong immediately ordered to bury the pot and make rice.When the battle ended yesterday, Hua Xiong guessed that the enemy might be chasing after him, so he brought some cooking utensils for lighting a fire, and now they come in handy.

At this time, more than 3 Qiang troops were also preparing their own breakfast. These leaders already knew that it was Han Sui's general Yan Xing who defeated their broken troops yesterday. Although they were all very angry, there was nothing they could do now. He could only settle the account with Han Sui after returning to the tribe.

Before the Qiang soldiers and horses pulled out of the camp, Hua Xiong led the army to approach. His task was to hold the opponent back. As for whether to fight or not, it depends on the situation.

"If there are less than 3 people, you dare to be arrogant." In the temporary camp of the Qiang army, the leader stared at the enemy outside and said: "Our army has [-] horses, are we still afraid of them? Come on, gather your son , defeated the enemy."

When fleeing yesterday, the Qiang soldiers and horses left in a hurry, and Gongsun Xu also led the army to pursue them for a while, so they always thought that there were more than 4 pursuers behind them, but now they understand that the number of pursuers does not exceed 1 , these leaders are not worried about anything.

"Don't fight to the death." Hua Xiong ordered, "If the enemy army comes, we will just retreat."

It seemed that Hua Xiong planned to fight the enemy force head-on at all, and it was true that Gongsun Xu's order from the beginning was to entangle the opponent, not to fight head-on.

"Leader, please look, that's Yan Xing." A thousand volt commander pointed to Yan Xing and said to his leader: "Han Sui's number one general, I know him."

"Didn't Yan Xing agree to lead an army to cooperate with us?" These leaders discussed, "Could it be that we were betrayed by Han Sui?"

"This account will always be settled with Han Sui." The leader of the leader said angrily: "First find a way to solve the matter in front of us, the most important thing now is to return to the tribe. be defeated."

The Qiang army gathered quickly, and it seemed that they really wanted to deal with these pursuers while they still had some strength on their side.

However, Hua Xiong was not stupid. After the Qiang soldiers assembled, he took the initiative to lead his troops back for five miles. As a result, the Qiang soldiers didn't know what to do.

"Withdraw." The leader ordered: "They dare not fight recklessly, let's go."

The Qiang army can't afford to spend it now, and try not to fight if they can. Now Huaxiong's side is just chasing and has no intention of fighting. This is not a bad thing for them.

The two armies were in a stalemate like this, and after the Qiang army set off, Hua Xiong immediately led his troops to catch up, causing trouble for the Qiang soldiers from time to time, but when the Qiang army showed signs of turning around and fighting, Hua Xiong immediately led his men retreat.

In this way, after one day, the Qiang army only traveled more than 70 miles. This should be said to be quite slow for a pure cavalry unit. You can run hundreds of miles even if you come down.

When it was getting dark, about 1 troops suddenly appeared behind Huaxiong's troops. After the opponents approached, Huaxiong discovered that they were troops sent by Li Ru to support him.

After asking clearly, Hua Xiong found out that after he followed Gongsun Xu to pursue the enemy army and left, Li Ru immediately commanded the remaining troops in the camp to round up the defeated Qiang army, and at the same time he took over the Qiang camp.

After finishing the matter at hand, Li Ru immediately dispatched 1 horses from the tribe to follow the traces along the way to catch up.Fortunately, Huaxiong's march was not fast, and the ten thousand cavalrymen finally caught up after chasing for a long time.

"My lord ordered me to entangle the enemy army, there must be a reason." Hua Xiong said to himself: "The military advisor sent me an additional ten thousand troops, obviously because he was worried that I would not be able to entangle the enemy. It seems that the military advisor probably also Guess the intention of the lord.

Forget it, I just acted according to the order, the lord and the military adviser are extremely smart people, the things they can think of must be beyond my imagination, now I have [-] cavalry, enough to entangle the opponent, hehe, let me see what you do this time escape. "

(End of this chapter)