Late at night, the camp had been assembled and the retreat began.
Except for food, grass and weapons, all baggage, including trebuchets and other equipment, must be discarded.
All the horses' hooves were wrapped in cloth, and everyone had a piece of grass in their mouths to prevent them from making any noise.
It wasn't until more than ten miles away from the camp that the sound of horse hooves was heard from behind.
Now that they have been discovered, let them run away. Although they are all on horseback at this moment, and they are still more than ten miles apart, the riding skills of the Dasheng soldiers are not as good as those of the prairie cavalry, and they cannot get up fast. They are being chased.
It's just a matter of time.
Durm rode his horse and came to Yang Xuan: "You retreat first, I will lead people to hold them back."
Yang Xuan waved his hand: "No, I have arrangements about five hundred miles ahead. As long as we can hold on there, we might be able to fight back."
Durm was confused. Facing tens of thousands of elites, how could he still fight back?
What to fight with?
If you can fight, you might as well fight now. Why run away? The worst is to fight the Fucha Department.
Yang Xuan saw his doubts and explained: "I am a businessman. Of course, I will exchange for the greatest victory at the smallest price."
Get the greatest victory at the smallest cost?
Durm seemed to realize something.
The enemy troops were getting closer and closer, so Yang Xuan arranged for the crossbow archers to stay behind. Whenever the enemy troops came into range, they would just shoot directly.
The range of the crossbow is longer than that of the sheep's horn bow of the prairie people. Moreover, the crossbow can shoot with the wind and against the wind, and with the ability to shoot arrows while riding a horse, there is no delay in escaping.
As long as the enemy is approaching, a flurry of crossbow arrows will be fired, hitting horses but not people. As long as one horse falls, a bunch of others will fall behind.
Gradually, the enemy troops slowed down and distanced themselves.
This is a tactic. Those directly behind will slow down and those on the sides will speed up. Gradually, an encirclement will be formed.
After all, Yang Xuan still lacked combat experience, so he didn't know how to use this kind of tactics. In order to avoid the enemy forces from behind catching up, the crossbow archers at the rear kept slowing down.
When the enemy surrounded him from both sides, he realized that something was wrong.
The enemy troops were surrounded on two sides. Although they were temporarily suppressed by the crossbowmen, they gradually pressed forward. Seeing that they were about to be surrounded on all sides and cut off their retreat, Yang Xuan's expression became serious.
"The whole army breaks through and the spearmen break the formation."
Looking at the enemy's encirclement that was gradually closing in, everyone knew that if they didn't rush out, they would be dumped, so they began to rush forward.
Yang Xiao took the lead, waving his long gun and killed him.
The long weapon is really an advantage. The prairie cavalry is accustomed to using scimitars, which is good for chopping. It is enough to deal with ordinary people, but against Yang Xiao, they can't even touch the edge.
Yang Xiao's spear is like a dragon. Whenever it is bumped, it will take off directly. If it stabs someone, it can throw the person into the air with a flick.
After following Yang Xuan for a long time, Yang Xiao also learned to be flexible. The spear in his hand would also be swept towards the horse's legs. With his strength, the spear was swept over and the horse's legs were immediately broken. As long as one of the horses fell, it would be
A chain reaction, turning everything upside down.
Other spearmen can't do such tricks, but they only need to clamp their spears, aim at the enemy and rush towards them.
If it was really inaccurate, I would point the tip of the spear at the horse and always hit one.
With just one charge, the surrounding enemy troops were dispersed. The people behind quickly followed up, sped up their speed, and managed to break out of the encirclement with every possible risk.
However, the enemy army was still pursuing them. Fortunately, Durm in front slowed down and came to the two wings to support him, so the enemy army did not dare to outflank the enemy unscrupulously.
However, how could Fuchardo let go and sent nearly half of his cavalry to quickly pass Yang Xuan and Durm's troops, with the obvious intention of going around to the front to intercept them.
It was just a pursuit and outflank just now, but now they are about to intercept. As long as they are blocked for a moment and the rear troops catch up, it will be a two-sided attack situation.
The only way to break the situation is to change the route and make the opponent's interception empty.
This is how Durm escaped from Fuchardo's pursuit, so he quickly notified Yang Xuan and prepared to change his route. After all, the opponent's strength was nearly twice that of his own, and he would suffer heavy losses in the event of a battle.
Yang Xuan just frowned and made some calculations, and then said: "It's okay, there are still more than a hundred miles away, and my people will be there to support me. I can still fight back when the time comes, and I have to make Fuchard understand that I want to kill him."
I have to pay the price."
Soon, Yang Xuan and the others saw the temporary position set up by Dong Yue. The thousand soldiers who were left to respond were still digging pits. When they saw the large army arriving, they quickly guided the path through the pit area and entered the temporary position.
Yang Xuan praised the Qianhu who stayed behind, and then ordered the entire army to rest quickly.
The enemy troops who had circled back and intercepted them had disappeared and no one knew where they had gone.
After resting for less than a stick of incense, the enemy troops had already arrived. Unsuspecting, they saw each other stop to rest. Thinking that the opponent could no longer run, they immediately rushed over to kill them.
Then without any suspense, he stepped into a pit. As he was flipping over, a hail of arrows rained down, causing immediate death and injury, and he had to stop.
After a moment, Fuchardo lined up and came out: "I will give you another chance. Release my people quickly. I can let you live."
"Old thief Fucha, you'd better save yourself. Even a three-year-old child doesn't believe what you say."
Yang Xuan sneered and said: "I just said that as long as we return to Dasheng safely, we will release your people, but you insist on chasing, causing nearly a hundred casualties in our army. Now I want to recover some blood debt."
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After saying that, he ordered the sergeant to push out a prisoner.
Yang Xuan walked up to the prisoner and said, "Don't blame me. This is all Fuchardo's fault. He doesn't take your lives seriously at all."
After speaking, Yang Xuan raised his arm.
The sergeant behind the prisoner also raised his steel knife high.
Yang Xuan looked at Fuchardo: "This is the consequence of you chasing me. Since you don't take the lives of your family seriously, there is no need for me to keep it for you."
Fuchardo looked ferocious: "How dare you..."
Yang Xuan snorted: "Why don't I dare."
Then he looked at the prisoner again: "If you have any last words, please say them quickly."
The prisoner was trembling with fear and began to loudly beg for mercy. At this time, a horseman jumped out of the military formation behind Fuchardo and shouted: "Save one under the sword."
Yang Xuan raised his eyebrows, thinking that it finally had some effect.
The man said to Yang Xuan: "This is a war between men. If you threaten us with a woman's family, you are not a hero."
Yang Xuan chuckled: "You are really interesting. You can reason with me, okay? I will give you a chance. Let's each send one person to challenge her. If you win, I will let her go. If
If you lose, you are not allowed to pursue me anymore. Do you dare to make this bet?"
The man immediately slapped his chest and said, "Just bet."
But at the same time, Fucardo stopped him: "Don't be impulsive."
The man turned back to look at Fuchardo: "Chief, that is your wife. Can you bear to see her beheaded? That is also my sister. I, Gubato, don't want to see my relatives die tragically in front of me.
If you can't protect it, you can't be considered a man on the grassland."
Fuchardo's expression suddenly changed, and he realized that Gubato had fallen into Yang Xuan's alienation scheme.