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Chapter 361 The Northern Plains Chase (2)

At the moment of time, the sun finally poked its head out from the horizon. The golden sunlight pierced through the sea of ​​fog like a sharp arrow. The thick mist like milk was churning endlessly, and it gradually faded away. There is only a haze like a thin veil left, and as far as the line of sight can reach, it can be as far as a hundred steps away. The two cavalry troops chasing and fleeing can finally vaguely see each other. The mood is completely different.

"Chasing, chasing after, killing a thief, rewarding a hundred guan, sons, take the reward!"

Seeing that Li Xian and his party were within reach, Zhao Zhaodeng became excited. He pulled out the horizontal knife from his waist, pointed forward forcefully, shouted, and immediately rushed forward. rushed.

"Kill! The thieves are gone!"

"Take the bounty!"

"Chasing, don't leave the thief!"

Baiguan is not a small number. All the cavalry are from military households. Apart from the negligible allowance when it is their turn to serve in the army, they can only rely on [-] mu of land for food at home. The actual yield per mu is not as high as that of the later generations, if you work hard, you can save ten or eight in a year, which is considered a good year. If you kill one person, you can get a hundred There are so many people, there is no one who is not brave, one by one screaming and galloping, rushing towards the Yingwang Palace and the group like a raging wave, the speed is extremely fast, and the distance between the two sides is shortened to within an instant. Less than sixty steps away, many cavalrymen already had their bows in their hands, and were waiting to get closer to another ten steps, and shower the "thief" in front with a shower of arrows.

"Your Highness, the thieves are catching up, sixty paces away!"

Although Li Xian never looked back, he had his own observation post to report the enemy's situation. Hearing that the pursuers had sped up, Li Xian didn't dare to be negligent. Listen to the order, speed up, and get rid of the thief!"

The horses of the Longyou Cavalry Army are all good horses, and their speed at charging is astonishing. However, compared with the horses under the crotch of the people in the Yingwang Palace, they are far worse. You must know that Li Xian is not short of money In order to improve the combat effectiveness of the personal guards, Li Xian specially purchased a large number of good horses from Dawan, plus the Qinghai fine horses captured from Tuyuhun the year before last, more than [-] people in the royal guards had two horses. In terms of the quality of the horses, there are not many cavalry troops in the world that can compete with the Royal Palace Guards, not to mention that these guards are all equestrian masters. The reason why Li Xian didn't give the order to move forward at full speed earlier was because of the foggy road and the difficulty of walking, but in fact he also planned to raise his horsepower. After all, the horses under everyone's crotches had been running around for three days in a row. After a late rest, it is very difficult to fully recover. At this moment, such a wild gallop instantly widened the distance between the two sides to a hundred steps, and this distance has a tendency to become wider and wider.

"Damn it, the thief is about to escape, let me catch up, speed up, speed up!"

Zhao Zhao obviously didn't expect the speed of Ying Wangfu and his party to be so fast. Seeing that the distance between each other was getting wider and wider, he immediately became anxious. If Li Xian escaped from life, looking back, he Zhao Zhao even had several heads that were not enough to chop off. Even if Li Xian didn't kill him, his superiors would definitely not spare his life. In desperation, he didn't care about the life and death of all his subordinates, so he rushed forward desperately, desperately Catch Ying Wangfu and his party, but the difference in horsepower between them is too great. After chasing and escaping, in just a short while, the distance between them has expanded to nearly two hundred steps.

"Slow down, let the thief get closer!"

Li Xian glanced back at the pursuers who had been pulled away by a long distance, smiled coldly, and immediately gave the order to slow down, and the horse team that was galloping at full speed gradually slowed down a bit.

"The thief has run out of horsepower, boys, catch up and kill him!"

Looking at the people in King Ying's Mansion who were drifting away, Zhao Zhao's heart was already half cold, but when he saw the people in King Ying's Mansion unknowingly slowed down, Hope immediately rose again, yelling He galloped his horses wildly and led his troops in hot pursuit, narrowing the distance between the two sides to within a hundred steps again. However, under such a fast pursuit, the originally neat queue of more than [-] people was gone. It was dragged into a long line, there was no trace of formation to speak of, and even some cavalry with poor horses were left far behind.

"Change horses, speed up!"

Seeing the pursuers getting closer and closer, Li Xian calmly raised his hand and gave the order to change horses, but seeing everyone in the Yingwang Palace who was speeding up and down, they landed on the side of the spare horses. On the back, the movements are uniform, no one makes a mistake and falls off the horse, and it doesn't even affect the forward speed of the entire cavalry. Even the most elite Turkic cavalry can not be achieved by many people, and this is One of Li Xian's trump cards when he dared to play against a strong opponent in an open field.

"Damn, bastard, chase, chase, chase!"

Seeing the miraculous horse-changing action of the whole group of King Ying's Mansion, Zhao Zhao's eyes straightened immediately, and he didn't catch his breath. However, Zhao Zhao himself could barely complete the difficult movements, but none of the more than a hundred people in front of them missed, and the speed of the forward charge was never affected. This kind of ability can only be described by the word "miracle". , Zhao Zhao has no confidence in whether he can catch up with the people in Prince Ying's Mansion, but he has no way out at the moment, so he can only bite the bullet and chase forward.

A quarter of an hour passed, half an hour passed, time was like flowing water, and soon, an hour passed, the sun had risen three poles, the fog had disappeared without a trace, and the two cavalry corps were still chasing Then, the distance between each other is always hovering between a hundred steps and two hundred steps. It seems that there is not much difference from the beginning, at least for the people in the Yingwangfu, but as the chaser Zhao Zhao Suo's troops were in serious trouble, the entire team had completely fallen apart, and only a thousand riders were left trying to catch up with Li Xian's troops, and this number was still decreasing.

To chase or not to chase?This is a big problem!Zhao Zhaoneng became the leading general, and he was not an idiot. How could it be possible for him not to know what the plans of the former Fanying Palace were? Thinking of the serious consequences of Li Xian's escape, Zhao Zhao really didn't dare to give up at this point. Under the dilemma, Ma Su slowed down a little unconsciously.

Hmm, are you planning to stop chasing?Hey, there's nothing so cheap!After such a long-distance chase, Li Xian no longer kept his head buried in the gallop as before, but kept an eye on the movements of the pursuers at all times. Seeing that Zhao Zhao's troops showed signs of slowing down, he immediately guessed Seeing Zhao Zhao's psychological change, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he couldn't help laughing, but he didn't order the whole army to slow down, but just made a gesture to indicate that the original speed of the whole army remained unchanged, but he himself slowed down the speed of the horse and fell to the ground. At the end, he rode his horse slowly, secretly took down the big iron bow hanging from his waist, and took out three carved feather arrows from the quiver, and held them in his hands.

"The thief can't run anymore, kill him!"

Zhao Zhaoben was hesitating whether to pursue or not to pursue, when he suddenly found that a rider in front of him had fallen behind, and then looked at the white horse under his crotch and the golden soft armor on his body, and immediately recognized the fallen man. It was the goal of this trip—the King of England, Li Xian, who immediately became ecstatic, mustered up his remaining courage, and rushed forward with all his strength, but he himself kept his eyes open and did not sprint ahead, but hid behind him. Under the cover of a dozen personal guards.

A hundred steps, eighty steps, sixty steps!Although Li Xian never turned his head, he could accurately judge the distance between the pursuers and himself by listening to the sound of horseshoes. When the pursuers reached sixty paces, Li Xian no longer hesitated, and suddenly turned around. With one turn, he drew the bow perfectly, and with just one glance, he could see clearly the formation of the pursuers. Seeing that Zhao Zhao, who was always yelling at the front of the queue, was hiding in the formation, he couldn't help but sneered. up.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

Li Xian fired a series of arrows, but after hearing a sound of strings, three feathered arrows shot out one after another, piercing the space like meteors, and shot into the queue of pursuers in just a flash. One arrow hit the leading cavalry general, the second arrow knocked off a cavalry standing in front of Zhao Zhao, and the third feathered arrow followed the second feathered arrow, like a rainbow flying from the sky. It went straight to Zhao Zhao's throat.

"oops!"

Half of Zhao Zhao's military career was spent in the Habayashi Army. He had heard a lot about Li Xian's bravery. As soon as Li Xian turned his head and opened his bow, he quickly retracted his head subconsciously. It was precisely because of such a subconscious action that he just dodged Li Xian's deadly arrow - the third feather. The arrow grazed the cheek of the unlucky bodyguard who fell off the horse, and hit the top of Zhao Zhao's helmet like a shooting star. After a sharp whistle, the arrow flew into Zhao Zhao's back with the red tassel on the helmet. In the chest of one of the guards, although he escaped death by chance, Zhao Zhao couldn't help exclaiming under the numbness of his scalp. Regardless of his image, he stretched out his hand to wipe the top helmet, and his complexion instantly changed. one white.

Damn, what a pity!Li Xian's chain of three arrows was intended to take Zhao Zhao's life, but he missed it. He was very frustrated, but Li Xian did not forget to use this as a good way to stimulate the other party, so he laughed loudly and said : "Hahaha... dog thief, if you dare to chase after him, be careful of your dog's head!"

"Chasing, chasing, killing, killing all the thieves! Go, let me go!"

After Zhao Zhao was frightened, he was ashamed and annoyed. He yelled angrily, waved his troops recklessly, accelerated and chased forward again, as if he would vow not to withdraw his troops if he didn't take down Li Xian.

(End of this chapter)