The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 897 Don't Want to Live [Please Subscribe*Please Pass the Monthly Ticket]

The commander of the 500 light cavalry of the Second Column frowned. It is common sense not to pursue a desperate enemy, especially when it is discovered that the enemy has an obvious ambush, one should not underestimate the enemy and advance rashly.

"The light cavalry will guard the rear. After my heavy cavalry engages the ambush troops, the light cavalry will bypass the position and continue the pursuit." Fusu understood the five hundred masters' hesitation and continued.

Wu Baizhu nodded and patted Fusu on the shoulder.

He could also understand Fusu's feelings. With the death of his commander, Fusu was under the greatest pressure and in the worst mood.

As for ambushes, on high mountains, without falling rocks to restrain heavy cavalry, how much casualties could they cause to the heavy cavalry?

Just let Fusu kill to his heart's content.

Therefore, the Five Hundred Lords did not dissuade Fusu, and watched Fusu lead the Ninth Column into the enemy's ambush.

Maodun did not think that the ambush could stop the Red Flame Cavalry's pursuit, it was just to buy some time for his own troops to escape.

But when Maodun looked up at the sky, his eyes were gone!
A huge bird that flew from nowhere killed the Saker Falcon that he had trained for many years. He also lost his eyes for high-altitude reconnaissance and could no longer accurately know the movements of the Red Flame Cavalry as before.

Fusu also saw the huge white phoenix in the sky. He knew that it was the phoenix raised by Bai Feng. He also knew that it was the Jinyiwei who took action to guide them.

"Die!" Fusu retracted his gaze, took the lead, and rushed into the ambush circle. He waved his spear, picking off the antlers one by one, opening up a narrow path for the cavalry to pass through, and then charged into the ambush, creating an opportunity for the light cavalry to continue their pursuit.

The five hundred commanders of the Second Column looked at Fusu in surprise. His fighting power was really strong.

However, the 500 commanders of the Second Column did not waste the opportunity created by Fusu. They led the light cavalry battalion through the ambush circle quickly and continued to pursue in the direction indicated by the White Phoenix.

"Kill!" After seeing that the light cavalry had passed safely, the soldiers of the 9th Column turned around and attacked the ambush troops alternately.

In this battle, the leading general died. Not only Fusu himself was under pressure, but their Ninth Column was also under tremendous pressure. The eyes of all their colleagues also deeply hurt them.

An hour later, all the ambushers were killed by the 9th Column's heavy cavalry.

"Chase!" Fusu didn't waste any words and drove his warhorse to continue chasing towards the mark left by the light cavalry.

In just half an hour, the Second Column of Light Cavalry caught up with Maodun's headquarters, which had no aerial scouts to serve as their eyes.

"It's coming so quickly!" Maodun didn't expect that the reserve camp's pursuit would come so quickly.

Less than half a day after they evacuated, the reserve battalion had reorganized its command system and sent out vanguards to pursue them.

As he had originally expected, all the senior leaders of the reserve camp had been killed by him. Even if the reserve camp wanted to pursue him, they would have to wait for the order from the central army, and then wait for the central army to send the chief officer again to re-establish the reserve army command shogunate. This back and forth could at least delay the attack for one or two days.

However, he did not expect that the Bingzhou army was so efficient that they sent out scouts to track him in just half a day. What's more, unlike before, they also sent out aerial scouts to kill the golden eagle that he had trained hard for many years.

Before, his golden eagle could easily kill the trained eagles in the Bingzhou army, making it impossible for Bingzhou to find his location in the first place.

Now the offense and defense have changed. He has lost the Eye in the Sky, but the Bingzhou Army can monitor his movements in real time.

But he was helpless as he looked at the large white phoenix hovering in the sky. His arrows could not reach it, and other trained eagles were no match for it even if they dared to fly.

Soon, Fusu and the Ninth Column also caught up with the scout cavalry of the Second Column.

"You come so quickly!" The 500th leader of the Second Column was a little surprised.

As soon as they caught up with Maodun's main force, Fusu and the Ninth Column caught up with them, as if the ambushes did not exist.

"They have suffered heavy losses!" Fusu frowned as he watched the remnants of Maodun's army moving northward. "You don't want to challenge Maodun's main force alone!" The 500th commander of the Second Column had an ominous premonition.

Although there are less than two thousand people left in Maodun's headquarters, at most they only have a thousand people.

Moreover, the Second Column was composed of light cavalry and did not dare to rush into the enemy camp rashly.

"General, please go around to harass Maodun and keep him where he is!"

Sure enough, Fusu expressed the thoughts of the five hundred lords.

The five hundred lords looked at Fusu in a daze, then looked at the soldiers of the Ninth Column whose eyes were all red, and knew that they could not stop him.

"Forget it, I owe you!" The five hundred leaders shook their heads helplessly and commanded their men to rush to both sides of the fleeing Huns, continuously shooting arrows and forcing Maodun to stop and defend himself.

"Are these people crazy?" Maodun frowned.

Why did these people change their style all of a sudden?

They were originally timid and did not dare to engage in a head-on battle with him, so how come he now dares to forcibly block my retreat with only a thousand cavalrymen?
As for the claim that it was the main force of veteran soldiers sent by the main force of Bingzhou’s central army, he didn’t believe it. Those elite troops couldn’t have come so quickly.

So the ones who came were still the reserve army's little bastards.

Thinking of this, Maodun was not panicked at all. He directly ordered the Mingdi Guards to charge towards the light cavalry, not giving the other side the opportunity to continue harassing and delaying the advance of the army.

"Pull 'em!"

Wu Baizhu frowned, but was not panicked at all.

The advantage of light cavalry is speed. Even the Mingdi Guards can't touch a single hair of their horses.

What's more, Maodun had been driven into the forest and snow for so many years, and the war horses he had were no longer the carefully selected ones he once had.

"Kill!" Seeing that the second column had tied down Maodun's Mingdi Guards, Fusu rode his horse forward directly, intending to pursue and kill them into Maodun's army.

"Another bunch of lunatics!" Maodun felt a little annoyed when he saw the Ninth Column daring to charge with only 500 cavalrymen.

The flag guarding battalion is to protect the central army's flag and the commander, so they have to fight to the death. But the pursuers should be a group of stupid people who have just entered the battlefield and have never seen blood. How dare they charge into the battle line like this?

But Maodun forgot that there is an old saying in the Central Plains that goes "A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger." Moreover, although it was only half a day, the 9th Column had to bear the pressure and gaze of its comrades in the entire reserve army.

If they cannot bring back Maodun's head personally, they will no longer be able to gain a foothold in the Red Flame Cavalry or in the reserve camp, which is more painful than killing them.

Faced with the rain of arrows fired by Maodun's headquarters, Fusu did not order any defense. Instead, he lowered his head, lay on the horse's back, and tried his best to speed up and catch up with the enemy.

"What a fucking lunatic!" Seeing that the Ninth Column did not dodge or evade, but only tried to get closer to him faster, Maodun frowned even more tightly.

The heavy cavalry was not as fast as their cavalry, but if they turned around to shoot, their speed would naturally decrease. Moreover, there were harassment from light cavalry on both sides, which made the distance between them and the 9th Column continue to shrink.

Now Maodun regretted asking Mingdi Guard to pursue the light cavalry.

From the very beginning he should not have paid any attention to these two columns and should have just fled.

(End of this chapter)