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Chapter 437 The Wasteland Distress (2)

The desertification of the Hexi Grassland is relatively serious. Although it has not yet become a complete desert like the later generations, the half-sand and half-loess ground is abnormally soft, especially after the heavy rain, the grassland has almost turned into a mud pond. Existence——The water that was too late to seep accumulated in a depression on the grassland. From a distance, it was like a whole country. When the horse stepped on it, the mud splashed and the water sprayed into a curtain. The large group of enemy cavalry who were chasing straight from the tail couldn't play [-]% of their usual speed. At such a slow speed, after nearly a quarter of an hour of chasing, the distance between the two sides has never changed much, and has remained at About [-] paces, this kind of situation made Li Xian's heart a little anxious-it was still more than two hours before dark, but the accumulated water seeped very fast. It will be more difficult to get rid of the pursuit of the large group of enemy cavalry. If it can't be delayed until dark, the consequences of this battle may not be much better.

It is impossible to count on the reinforcements, because Li Xian walked back to Lanzhou in a hurry this time, and he neither arranged for the escort of Gao Yan, nor notified the whereabouts of the states and counties along the way, so no one would know about Li Xian's departure. In the meantime, he was being hunted down by a large group of enemy cavalry. To get out of trouble, Li Xian could only rely on his own strength, and this was obviously not an easy task. How to deal with this catastrophe became the key to Li Xian's first consideration— - It is impossible to escape directly. With the horse speeds of the two sides almost the same, after the stagnant water subsides, the enemy cavalry with absolute superiority in strength has countless tactics to choose from. Fight?That is a helpless choice as a last resort. To fight directly is tantamount to suicide. If you really want to fight, you have to choose a terrain that is beneficial to you. In view of this, Li Xian's brain is running quickly, searching for the way The terrain.

"Come with me, turn left!"

Li Xian's memory is excellent, so he didn't need to think too much, he had already made a decision, seeing that the puddles on the grass in front of him were gradually shrinking, he didn't dare to delay any longer, so he roared, Twist the horse's head, make a sharp turn, and rushed out to the left. The guards who followed Li Xian saw this, and they dared not neglect. They turned their horses and chased after Li Xian's Behind them, the large group of cavalry who were chasing after them also turned around one after another, still biting the heels of Li Xian's troops.

Speed ​​up, speed up, speed up again, as the stagnant water dissipated, the speed of the horses on both sides increased. Although the distance between them did not change much, the large group of cavalry chasing after them had already begun to make roundabout tactical movements. Two cavalry squads with a hundred men each separated from the main formation, discarded long weapons, shields and other cumbersome things, and only held horizontal knives in hand, one left and one right began to accelerate frantically, firing three arrows at once, trying to Form an encirclement trend against Li Xian's troops.

"Abandon armor!"

Li Xian had been observing the actions of the enemy cavalry while galloping. Seeing that the enemy cavalry had indeed adopted a tactic of splitting and turning around, he couldn't help being shocked. He was bound to be overtaken by the enemy cavalry before, so he didn't dare to hesitate, so he waved his hand and shouted decisively.With this order, more than [-] guards from Liu Ziming cut off the connecting ropes on the armor one after another. In an instant, the distance between the main enemy cavalry and the main force of the enemy cavalry was extended to more than four hundred steps, but it was still unable to get rid of the tails of the two enemy Qing cavalry on the left and right to catch up. Of course, the two Qing cavalry could no longer shorten the distance between the two sides. With a distance of less than two hundred steps, the chasing and fleeing situation has not changed much fundamentally.

"Abandon the horse and enter the forest!"

After more than half an hour of chasing and fighting, although Li Xian's troops were lightly armed, they were exhausted soldiers who had been chasing for several days. The Qingqi had rushed to catch up to a distance of only eighty steps away from Li Xian's troops, and if there was another Li Xu's pursuit, Li Xian's troops would not be able to escape the danger of being entangled by the enemy's large cavalry even if they spread their wings. Fortunately, at this time, Li Xian's troops had rushed to the front of a mountain forest. Seeing that the destination had arrived, Li Xian felt a little more relaxed, but he still didn't dare to be careless. He waved his hand and shouted With a cry, he rolled the saddle and jumped off the horse first.

Liu Ziming and the others are all elites in the army, all of them are skilled in equestrianism. When they saw Li Xian dismounted, they did not dare to be negligent. After giving the order, they formed a tight formation, followed Li Xian one by one, and rushed into the woods. More than a dozen empty horses hurried around the forest, and they disappeared without a trace. Seeing this, the two light cavalry who were chasing hurriedly saw this, and they didn't know whether to pursue or not for a while, and they all rushed together. Outside the forest, the galloping horses were reined in, and some of them looked blankly at the dark dense forest.

"What's going on, why don't you chase after me!"

Just when the two light cavalry were at a loss, the main force of the enemy army had also arrived, and a burly and masked man rushed forward on his horse and asked angrily.

"Report, boss, that little thief has led people to hide in the woods, I'm afraid there will be an ambush, I dare not..."

Hearing the yelling and cursing, a little boss rushed forward on his horse, rolled his saddle off the horse's back, touched one knee to the ground, and reported anxiously.

"Bastard, what an ambush, that guy fled in a panic, where did the ambush come from, a bunch of trash!"

Hearing the little leader's explanation, the burly and strong man couldn't help being furious, and without waiting for the little leader to finish speaking, he swung his horsewhip cursingly, and whipped the little leader with a single blow. He howled miserably and rolled to the ground.

"Cough cough."

Before the burly man continued to attack, he saw two cavalrymen walking slowly out of the brigade. The first cavalry was dressed in black and wore a cloak with a mask on his head. He only fake coughed twice, and the burly man stopped Furious for no reason, he rode his horse and turned back in front of the cloaked man. Some of them bowed slightly flatteringly, and said with a smirk, "Grandfather Sun, that guy has fled into the forest. Look at this..."

"Without a horse, he can't escape. A certain family led half of the people outside to wait for rabbits, and you led half of the people into the forest. If you live, you want to see people, and if you die, you want to see corpses!"

The cloaked man didn't immediately answer the burly man's question, but lifted his cloak slightly with his hand. The eyes in the veil stared at the dense forest speculatively. After a while, he squeezed out his teeth. Say something cold.

"Ah, this..."

The burly man was obviously afraid of the Cloaked Man, even though he was reluctant to bring someone into the forest, he didn't dare to say "no" and stood there dumbfounded.

"Ok?"

Seeing that the burly man didn't follow his orders, the cloaked man was obviously displeased, but he didn't lose his temper, he just snorted coldly from his nostrils.

"Forget it, Sha can just go, but that guy's martial arts are unsurpassed. I'm afraid Sha won't be his opponent. If he misses something, it's not good. Sun Gong, look..."

Being so forced by the cloaked man, the burly man didn't dare to hesitate any longer, but he obviously lacked confidence in his heart, so he frowned and explained.

"Clap!"

The cloaked man didn't directly answer the burly man's words, but raised his hand and slapped his palms twice, and with a flash of figures behind him, six masked men in black had rushed to the cloaked man's horse, each bowed. He saluted, but did not speak.

"You just lead people to search through the net, and if you find something, call the police immediately, and the six of you will take care of it."

The cloaked man raised his hand slightly, signaling the six men in black to flatten their bodies, then turned his head towards the burly man, and ordered in a cold tone.

"That's great." The burly man was obviously unwilling to fight Li Xian in every possible way. Hearing that he only needed to be in charge of the search, he settled down and didn't insist any more. Looking at the two teams of Qingqi in front, he shouted: "All get off your horses and go into the forest with Lao Tzu, listen carefully, don't be greedy for credit, if you find a thief, call the police immediately!"

"promise!"

The burly man gave an order, and the two hundred Qingqi immediately agreed loudly. They each got off their horses, and led by the burly man, they divided into dozens of teams and scattered into the dense forest.

"Your Highness, the thieves have entered the forest!"

The mountain forest is very large, it is a branch of Qilian Mountain extending to the west of Hexi, with lush vegetation and wild animals, it is a good place for Tibetans, let alone Li Xian and his party of dozens of people, even thousands of troops are enough to accommodate them, if it is true If you want to hide, even if there are ten times more enemy cavalry chasing you, you can't even think about finding Li Xian and others, but this is not Li Xian's goal. Waste, if the Lanzhou matter is not resolved for a day, Li Xian will hardly have a day of rest. Therefore, after Li Xian led his troops into the forest, he did not go too deep, but hid in the edge area, waiting for the night It's coming, but it's not the dark, but the enemy's large-scale search of the forest, which makes Li Xian's murderous intent arouse involuntarily.

"Ziming, you lead five people to kill to the left, and go to the right alone. Ming Wu leads the rest of the people to wait for the defense. Once you meet the enemy, you can't love to fight. If there is a slight kill, you will retreat a hundred feet and gather. Hey, the thief dares Come, Gu will make it come and go!"

Li Xian wanted to kill, but he didn't plan to defend passively, so he ordered in a low voice with a cold face.

"promise!"

Liu Ziming is a hunter, he is used to hanging out in the mountains and forests since he was a child, he is not at all shy about fighting in the jungle, and he answered very simply and neatly.

"Your Highness, you are still staying behind. In the end, the general will ask for orders to lead people to attack and kill the thieves."

Not long after Zhang Mingwu was transferred to Li Xian's side, although he had heard many legends about Li Xian's superb martial arts, he had never seen it with his own eyes. When he heard that Li Xian was going to attack alone, he panicked and hurried to persuade him from the sidelines One sentence.

"You don't need to say too much, you have your own sense of proportion, and Ming Wu just needs to guard this place."

Li Xian waved his hand and stopped Zhang Mingwu's words. In a flash, he disappeared like a ghost.

"Your Highness, alas, this..."

Zhang Mingwu didn't expect Li Xian to leave as soon as he said he wanted to, but he was afraid of disturbing the thieves who entered the forest to search, so his eyes turned red with anxiety.

"Mingwu, don't worry, there is no one in this world who can keep our highness, hehe, just wait and see the good show, Qi Xuan, Wancheng... you go with someone, kill the thief!"

Liu Ziming had absolute faith in Li Xianzhi's energy. Seeing that Zhang Mingwu was in a hurry, he smiled and persuaded him, and then, regardless of Zhang Mingwu's expression, ordered five more skilled personal guards. It flashed to the left in a flash.

"Set up the formation, prepare to kill the thief!"

Seeing that Li Xian and Liu Ziming had already left one after another, although Zhang Mingwu was full of worries, he had no choice but to stamp his feet and give the general order in a low voice.

(End of this chapter)