[]

Xu looked southwest in confusion.

In order to avoid alarming the main force of the enemy cavalry too early, they chose to ambush the enemy cavalry, and there were some sparse forests in the south of the forest. At this time, they came out of the mountains, and people were blocked by the trees in the low terrain, and could not see the situation south of the woods.

Logically speaking, Liu Shizhong, Cai Yuanyou, Guo Zhongxiong and others were following the elite guards when they broke through the south at night. Even if they were intercepted by the Red Gu people's cavalry, as long as they were not killed on the battlefield or were captured by the Red Gu people, as long as they had the chance, they should still want to escape to Yingzhou and Yanmen as much as possible.

If it were Liu Shizhong, Cai Yuanyou, Guo Zhongxiong and others who were forced to retreat to the north bank of the Huihe River for some reason and had to flee westward, they were targeted by the Chihu people at this time, and there should be more cavalry chasing over, rather than just two teams of 100 people.

It should be a certain Du Yuhou of Xuanwu Army or Xiaosheng Army, the commander of the Duke. The Chihu people knew that they were an important figure, but they couldn't recognize who they were?

Xu Huai has never had a good impression of the commander of Du Yuhou, who was very self-respecting and arrogant and rude to the Western Army. On the other hand, even if he did not consider that the Chihu cavalry on the periphery could reinforce at any time, it would be extremely difficult for them to eat just two teams of 100 people.

If they were merely driving away two teams of 100 cavalry pursuers, the possibility of their exposure was too high.

Once the main force of the enemy cavalry surrounded them, they could only be forced to fight back to Shuozhou in advance, and it was difficult to achieve the purpose of gathering and attracting more defeated soldiers.

The two armies of Xiaosheng and Xuanwu had a total of five or six thousand cavalry, and there were tens of thousands of horses in the army. However, whether it was horses and infantry or cavalry, they crossed the frozen Huihe River from the battlefield south of Datong City and fled to Yingzhou and Yanmen, which was much closer than those from Shuozhou to Lanzhou.

Liu Shizhong, Cai Yuanyou, Guo Zhongxiong and others regard the people of Tongbai Mountain as enemies, so how could they think of breaking into Shuozhou?

They would only order these elite cavalry, horse and infantry, who were more elite than ordinary infantry, to flee south.

For a whole day, Xu Huai and his team did not see many defeated soldiers fleeing west on horseback on horseback.

If Xu Huai led 300 cavalrymen to appear between Huairen and Jincheng at this time, how could the Chihu people ignore their existence?

If they did not attack on horseback and three hundred people dismounted and fought, how confident would Xu Huai have to think they could drive away two hundred-man cavalry teams, instead of being entangled by the two hundred-man cavalry teams of Chihu people and being unable to escape, and being surrounded by more and more Chihu cavalrymen?

They just took advantage of the defeated soldiers to lead more than 20 Red Guard cavalry into the encirclement and ambush them. Although in order to avoid being exposed too early, they did not let all the ambushed people go out, but they were three times that of the enemy.

The more important thing is that these twenty enemy cavalry chose the wrong direction of breaking through, and they bumped into each other in person. Otherwise, they would be able to shoot and kill five or six enemy cavalry without chasing them.

Of course, a large number of cavalry attacks will inevitably arouse vigilance, but Xu Huai, Wang Ju, Wang Xian and seven others boarded horses to Shulin for reconnaissance, and they didn't have to worry too much even if they were discovered.

At this time, the rivers and land on the north bank of the Huihe River between Huairen and Jincheng were everywhere, like frightened birds, and it was not that no one fled on horseback.

Xu Huai was not sure about it for a moment, so he and Wang Ju, Xu Xin'an, Wang Xian, Zhu Er, Yan Xiaoyi and others rushed to Shulin on horseback. Seeing that there were no enemy cavalry on both sides and found them, he left one person behind the forest to watch the horses. They crawled into Shulin and touched the clouds south, and soon saw the people on the south side of the forest.

The distance was only more than four hundred steps, and the sky was clear at this time. It was Liu Yan and another Xiaosheng Army Du Yuhou, surrounded by more than a hundred soldiers, who were fleeing from east to west with great difficulty.

Liu Yan and Chen Yuan led the soldiers and soldiers with complete lineups.

Judging from the color of the clothes, most of these soldiers were the personal guards of Liu Yan and Chen Yuan, and some of them were deserters who gathered along the way and had the power to fight. After almost a day and a night of escape, these people were able to maintain a clean lineup. They can be said to be elites in a hundred battles.

Of course, no matter how elite the enemy is, there is a limit. If the two teams of enemy cavalry do not care about casualties, they will definitely be able to seize Liu Yan and Chen Yuan's remaining troops with double their strength.

However, the leading generals really want to do so recklessly, and they won’t be scolded when they go back, and they will probably be beaten with a sheepskin bag when they are drunk at night.

The two 100-man cavalry were divided into six teams, covering Liu Yan and the others from the front, back and left and right. They rushed forward and shot with a shot when they had the chance. They were tightly attached if they had no chance, and at the same time they drove out other defeated soldiers to approach.

In this case, Liu Yan, Chen Yuan and others fled westward at a speed that was not much faster than snails. They might not be able to enter Jincheng after walking for another day and night. When they were exhausted, the enemy cavalry could easily annihilate them.

"Liu Shizhong may have been killed in battle or captured..." Wang Ju said with a frown.

As the son of Liu Shizhong, Liu Yan was a powerful general who knew how to fight in the Xiaosheng Army. He was commanding the only cavalry of the Xiaosheng Army. When they broke through the south at night, Cai Yuanyou and Guo Zhongxiong might leave with them, but Liu Yan would inevitably lead the cavalry to protect Liu Shizhong.

Liu Yan appeared west of Huairen at this time, with more than a hundred soldiers and Chen Yuan and only a dozen horses, which shows that they were all separated from the main force.

Liu Shizhong is naturally more inauspicious.

"You and Niu Er go back immediately, gather the defeated soldiers as bait to deploy them on the north side of the stream ditch, and our troops are ambushing along this ditch and forest!" Xu Huai squatted in the withered grass and said to Xu Xin'an and Yan Xiaoyi, asking them to go back and quickly adjust the ambush. "Uncle Qi, Wang Xian and others, try to win you half an hour as much as possible. Don't have too many cavalrymen, at most one hundred cavalry ambushing, and everyone else dismounts and fights!"

Xu Huai didn't want to expose all the three hundred cavalry for the time being. At this time, it would be meaningless to eliminate more than one or two hundred cavalry more.

Besides, if two hundred enemy cavalry are really needed to be introduced into the ambush circle and eat them, regardless of whether the enemy cavalry on the periphery comes to reinforce after hearing the news, will they have fewer casualties?

"Liu and my Wang family are blood feuds, and Liu Yan is not a good species. It would be fine if you can help with it. Why take the risk of attracting the main force of the cavalry here!" Wang Xian said reluctantly.

Although Liu did not directly participate in the edict incident, shortly after the edict incident, Liu Shidao, the brother of Liu Shidao, framed Wang Ju in Jingzhou and was imprisoned. Obviously, he had already communicated with Cai Ying at that time. When Cai Ying took charge of the Western Army and even returned to the center to be promoted to the Privy Councilor, promoting the coalition forces to attack Yan, Liu Shizhong was a supporter of his persistence.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for Liu Shizhong to take over the Yan army to serve as the commander-in-chief twice.

"The country hates and family hatred, which one comes first and which one comes later, and you can't figure out which one of your brains is wrong?" Wang Ju scolded.

"Even if the national hatred is settled, the coalition forces attack Yan are the most motivated by their Liu family. It is difficult for him to redeem his crimes if the entire Liu family is executed!" Wang Xian said with anger.

When Wang was forced to move to another place with anonymity, Wang Xian almost began to remember things at that time. He still remembered the initial hardships and had vaguely known that Wang was persecuted since he was a child.

In comparison, he remembers this family feud more deeply than Xu Huai.

"Saving Liu Yan at this time may prove that this move is causing trouble in the future, but at this time, there will be a military force in the defeated soldiers that are still combative, and will defend the southern foot of the Jingong Mountains. Whether it is to fight against the pursuit of Chihu people or gather more defeated soldiers and calm people's hearts, it is very important," Xu Huai briefly explained to Wang Xian, "When Chihu troops reach the city of Bianjing, the imperial court issued an edict to the world to serve the king. The scale of the ban on the Jianghuai and Jiangnan is small, and the combat effectiveness is never expected.

The only one worth looking forward to before was the Western Army. Liu Yan and Chen Yuan were quite aware that the army dared to fight, and they had contacted Chihu people. After they fled back, the imperial court sent an edict to recruit soldiers from Jingyuan, Huanqing, Fuyan, Xihe, and Fengxiang from the five routes of Jingyuan, Huanqing, Fuyan, Xihe, and Fengxiang, the role that Liu and Chen could play may be stronger than ten thousand elites! If you can't accept it, you and Xin'an and others will go back to send a message, it would be enough for me, your father, Yan Xiaoyi and others to harass the enemy cavalry..."
Chapter completed!