At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 179
Just as Qin Shubao expected, less than an hour after everyone left, the cavalry commander Jin Gongcheng arrived with a thousand Goguryeo cavalry.Looking at the messy corpses of their comrades in front of them, as well as the weapons and flags thrown everywhere, the eyes of these Goguryeo cavalry were red, and they roared like wild animals from time to time. Crushed.

Although he hated extremely, although he was full of anger, although his chest was full of murderous intent, Jin Gongcheng had to spend some time to bury the corpses of more than 200 comrades.

Burying comrades takes time, but if they are not buried, it will hit the morale of the cavalry, and even arouse public anger among the cavalry, so some things have to be done knowing that they will delay important events.

Just as Jin Gongcheng's men were collecting and burying the corpses of their comrades, Liu Zaishang also arrived with a thousand cavalry.

Seeing the pile of corpses in front of him, Liu Zaishang was stunned, his throat was sweet, and he almost spat out another mouthful of blood. It was really a careless move, and he lost everything. I blame myself for being too careless. The remnants of the Sui army, but they let them go because of their arrogance. Unexpectedly, the destructive power of this remnant Sui army, which numbered only a few hundred, was so amazing. The strength has skyrocketed, and it has defeated a thousand-man infantry head-on. If it is allowed to develop recklessly...

Thinking about the consequences, Liu Zaishang shuddered! !
"General Liu, according to the observations of my subordinates, the Sui army only took away bows and arrows, shields, and food, and did not take other weapons. Obviously they left in a hurry. Judging from the time, they will not leave here for more than an hour, that is, Say, this Sui army is about thirty miles away from us at most." Liu Chengwu rode his horse up to Liu Zai and said in a low voice.

It was obvious that Liu Chengwu was urging Liu Zaishang to give an order to chase after him, but Liu Zaishang just nodded and said, "Don't worry, they won't be able to run away, so it's okay to let them live for an extra hour or two."

In fact, Liu Zaishang didn't want to chase up and annihilate this Sui army immediately, but Jin Gongcheng's men were burying the corpses of his comrades, so he naturally couldn't take them away immediately. Don't do it, and if Liu Zaishang leads people to leave first at this time, he will undoubtedly be suspected of stealing credit, which will definitely cause dissatisfaction with Jin Gongcheng and his generals.

Therefore, Liu Zaishang had to wait patiently for Jin Gongcheng to bury more than 200 corpses. Then, the two thousand commanders swore to the sky in front of the big pit where the corpses were buried, arousing everyone's feelings of common hatred and hatred, and then led two thousand cavalry to continue Chase, and it was already an hour later.

After chasing for about five miles, Liu Zaishang and Jin Gongcheng found that the footprints left on the ground were divided into two, so they had to stop to discuss.

"This Sui army must have escaped in two ways. It's not too late. General Liu, why don't you and I pursue each other separately." Jin Gongcheng suggested.

Liu Chengwu next to him immediately interjected, "This is not right."

Jin Gongcheng frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"

Liu Chengwu said solemnly: "General Jin, this subordinate has dealt with the leader of this Sui army. Although that kid is young, he is very cunning. The subordinate was once misled by the traces he left on the ground."

Then, Liu Chengwu told the story of the last time he led his cavalry to chase Gao Bufan, but it took half a day, and finally he only caught up with a few donkeys with empty carts.

After hearing this, Jin Gongcheng nodded and said: "In this way, this son is indeed very cunning, but the reason why you were fooled was because you were too careless. If you noticed that there were no human footprints on the ground when you were by the stream, you would not be fooled at all. Fooled."

After Jin Gongcheng finished speaking, he got off his horse, pointed to the hoof prints and footprints on the ground and said: "Look, there are human and horse tracks on both sides. It is obvious that this Sui army has already fled in two ways. It can't be faked, and there are also people here. There is no stream to hide its tracks.

If the general's prediction is correct, the reason why the Sui army fled separately was just to disperse the pursuers, but we have two thousand cavalry, even if we divide into two groups to pursue, why not be afraid? "

Liu Zaishang nodded: "Lord Jin's analysis is reasonable." After speaking, he looked at Liu Chengwu who was hesitant to speak, and said, "Old Liu, what do you think?"

Liu Chengwu hurriedly said: "Master Jin's analysis is certainly reasonable, but the leader of the Sui Army is too cunning to be defended against, so the subordinates feel that it is better not to divide the troops, so as not to fall into the ambush of the opponent and be attacked by the opponent one by one."

Jin Gongcheng frowned in displeasure, obviously he didn't like to hear such dejected words, and a centurion under his command couldn't help mocking: "The defeated general is so brave, it seems that Liu Chengwu was scared out of his nerve by the Sui dog. gone."

Liu Chengwu couldn't help glaring at him. The centurion under Jin Gongcheng happened to be Liu, named Liu Cunxiong. He met Liu Chengwu's angry eyes and continued to taunt: "Isn't it? Your brother Liu Chengxun died at the hands of the other party, and you almost died The entire army was wiped out under the opponent's hands, and a hundred cavalrymen jumped into the mud like they were blind, and lost their lives in vain. In fact, the hundred brothers were killed by your stupidity. Liu Chengwu, you are a stupid coward, just Want to take revenge like this? Just dream."

Liu Chengwu was so angry that he pulled out his knife and said angrily: "Liu Chuanxiong, you can insult me, but why insult my dead brother and soldiers, today you must give me an explanation."

Liu Chuancun pulled out his weapon fearlessly, and said with a sneer, "I'm just telling the truth. If you want to do something, I will accompany you at any time."

Seeing that the two were about to fight, Jin Gongcheng and Liu Zaishang had no choice but to call back their respective subordinates.

"Lord Jin, we have two thousand cavalry, and the opponent has less than three thousand infantry. Even if the opponent's division of troops into two groups is just an illusion, how can we win? Fear of the tail will only delay time, and the opponent will really run away. "Although Liu Cunxiong put the knife back into its sheath, he still said loudly.

Jin Gongcheng nodded. The mobility of the cavalry is far from comparable to that of the infantry. Even if the opponent really has some conspiracy, he can't fight and retreat. Anyway, the opponent can't catch up. Whether it is fighting or retreating, the initiative is all on me, so why bother to be timid.

Jin Gongcheng made up his mind, and said to Liu Zaishang, "Lord Liu, we have already been delayed for quite a while, we can't delay any longer, let's split up our troops to catch up, there is no need to argue anymore, you choose first!"

Liu Zaishang frowned, and finally asked Liu Chengwu: "Old Liu, which direction do you think we should chase?"

Liu Chengxun glanced at the smoke rising in the distance, and guessed that it was a suspicious formation, so he pointed to another footprint and said: "This subordinate recommends chasing this one."

Liu Zaishang nodded and said, "Okay, then I will chase to the southeast!"

Jin Gongcheng heard the words and said: "Then I will chase south."

So the two thousand cavalry were divided into two groups, one went to the southeast, and the other went to the south.

(End of this chapter)