Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 409

Xue Yantuo was defeated like a mountain, as if he had received an electric shock, he wanted to escape, but he was driven to death by the fifty thousand infantry, and he could not escape.Some Xue Yantuo people even had no time to go to the stables to lead the horses, to get the knives in the tent, or to put on the leather armor, so they fled in a hurry under the cover of night.

The first battle will determine the world, and the whole army will rejoice.Zhao Sheng took Zhao Hong to meet the prince, and said that he had cleared up the ins and outs of the black smoke report.It turned out that it was Zhao Hong who arrived in Bingzhou with Xu Qing's semaphore, and because Xu Qing was beside the prince, they thought of such a way.In fact, even if you don't cooperate with the prince, you can win the battle directly by attacking at night.

Xue Yantuo's defeated general brought along his remnant soldiers, and dared not look south again.These [-] infantry soldiers got on their horses, and transformed into more than [-] cavalrymen, and also captured tens of thousands of horses and countless weapons.Killed four khans on the spot, captured three, Prince Li Jiancheng, beheaded these three people to sacrificial flags, breathed out the bluntness of the past few days, and ordered to pursue the enemy.

Chasing overnight, the crown prince brought several hundred personal guards of his own, and one hundred dragon guards brought by Xu Qing by his side. Like tens of thousands of others, he pursued the fleeing Xue Yantuo.In the dark night, for the first time, the Han people were chased like a pack of wolves, and the Xueyantuo people were also chased like sheep for the first time.The Xue Yantuo people may not know that there are [-] cavalry waiting in front of them.

The group of people pursued by Li Jiancheng and Xu Qing is one of the sixteen Khans, and there are hundreds of guards around them.Halfway through the chase, Xue Yantuo who was being chased suddenly disappeared.

"Huh?" Li Jiancheng stopped his horse and looked around vigilantly. When Xu Qing arrived on horseback, he said in distaste, "Xu Qing, you have to learn how to equestrian. Why are you so slow?"

Xu Qing pursed his lips and said: "I haven't got off the horse these days, and my crotch has been hurting all the time, so I dare not ride too fast."

Li Jiancheng snorted and said, "Don't worry about your broken butt, come and take a look, Xue Yantuo has disappeared."

Xu Qing was stunned for a moment, then glanced at Li Jiancheng with disdain and said, "His Royal Highness is so good at equestrianism, and runs so fast, did he not catch up with Xue Yantuo?"

After Li Jiancheng knew that Xue Yantuo was about to be defeated, Li Jiancheng's temperament suddenly changed. He used to be an aloof person who would kill the prince when he met him, but now he is the brother next door who can talk to Xu Qing.What Xu Qing said just now was based on such a change.

Li Jiancheng lowered his head and thought for a while, "We just followed them over a hill, and we didn't see them."

Xu Qing laughed and said: "You can still watch them turn over a hill, so you can't chase them closely, no wonder they ran away."

Li Jiancheng looked at Xu Qing like an idiot and said, "Xu Qing, you must not be happy to say that you don't understand this method of pursuit. Let me tell you, you can only chase slowly, not rush. On the snowy ground, you are not afraid that the enemy will get lost, you can chase slowly, and you can kill those Xue Yantuo people who are lagging behind without any effort."

After hearing this, Xu Qing also felt that this made sense, but how could Xu be able to admit defeat intellectually? He continued to curl his lips and said, "What's the use? Isn't it still chasing people away?"

Li Jiancheng didn't speak, walked up the small hill, looked down, and there was not even a horse's hoof print.At this time, it was very late, but the snow was white, and the hoofprints of hundreds of people could still be discerned.But now, there is nothing but the vast expanse of snow.

"Could it be that these Xue Yantuo people can really fly?" Xu Qing frowned and said, "Let's go, maybe they took some time to erase these hoof prints, I can't see them clearly here, go down and have a look... ..."

Although Xu Qing was fooling around, he also knew that now was the time to risk his life, and he must not be casual.Li Jiancheng nodded slightly, and led his horse down to search.

At this time, Xu Qing thought of something: "These Xue Yantuo people, Xue Yantuo Khan knows, will not be able to escape today, and if we catch him, he will undoubtedly die. However, if he surrenders, he will be appeased by my Tang Dynasty and keep himself The Khan's position is nothing to worry about."

Li Jiancheng also looked at Xu Qing and said, "If they were killed or surrendered, we will definitely search them. Only by hiding can they not be searched by us. Could it be that these Xue Yantuo people are trying to hide something?"

Xu Qing nodded vigorously and said, "That's right, that's exactly what I think."

After a while, Li Jiancheng and others went down the hill. Looking forward, they still couldn't see the hoof prints.But at this moment, like an avalanche suddenly appeared on the hill, a snow cover suddenly cracked, and a cave appeared inside!More than a hundred cavalrymen flew down from there.Li Jiancheng was not surprised, and said with a sneer, "Small tricks, give it to Gu!"

The prince's hundreds of guards rushed up the mountain against the terrain.This small hill is very gentle, and the advantages and disadvantages of the terrain have been weakened a lot.In the blink of an eye, the two armies were at war.Before the invention of stirrups, grassland people used bows and arrows more in battle, but less swords and guns.Therefore, the prairie people have developed cavalry and shooting, but their cavalry is relatively weak, and stirrups are popular in the Central Plains, so they are all heavy cavalry with spears and sabers.

Seeing that the fight on the mountain was going well, Li Jiancheng couldn't help but look at Xu Qing, meaning, this is my soldier, did you see it?But at this time, under the mountain, in front of Xu Qing and the others, there was another burst of shouting.Those Xue Yantuo people, like Xu Qing, wrapped themselves and their horses in white linen.But Xue Yantuo was obviously better at controlling the horses, and they even fell asleep more than a hundred horses in the snow.At a glance, it looks like Baixue, but now with a bang, the horse jumped up from the snow.

Go straight to Li Jiancheng and kill him!
Xu Qing drank in a low voice: "Long Wei, go!"

Eighty Dragon Guards lifted the light crossbow in their hands, first shot an arrow, killed a few cavalrymen, and then set up their swords and guns to fight over.

Ordinarily, at this time Xu Qing should immediately put on a bad face to Li Jiancheng, and pay back Li Jiancheng's previous bad face.But now, Xu Qing faintly felt that something was wrong, again and again, it seemed that the enemy was still hiding this ambush.

Just as Xu Qing thought, at this moment, a group of cavalry also sprang up from the left, killing the generals and shouting: "Li Jiancheng, die!"

There were only about ten cavalry in this group, but they seemed to be more elite. Seeing the sound of hooves getting closer, Xu Qing suddenly became terrified.What the hell is going to die here?
But seeing that Li Jiancheng said "Good time!", he raised Ma Qiang, protected Xu Qing behind him, and killed him like a tiger descending a mountain.

The cavalry didn't seem to realize that it was Li Jiancheng who rushed towards them, but thought that Xu Qing was Li Jiancheng. They only fought with Li Jiancheng for a round or two, leaving a few to lead him, and the rest swung their knives to kill Xu Qing.

Meeting on a narrow road, the brave wins, Xu Qing took out his gun tremblingly, and shot forward with a bang, one rider fell to the ground, and the rest of the cavalry came like the wind!

(End of this chapter)