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As he spoke, Bai Feng still jumped on the saddle and was about to raise his whip and ride on the horse. He saw that the soldiers beside him were unmoved and ordered again: "Mount the horse and retreat!"
The left and right commanders reconfirmed the order. Although they were reluctant to do so, this new army was founded by Bai Feng. In any case, they had reasons to trust the young man unconditionally. Finally, the two of them accepted the military order and immediately went to inform their subordinates.
"There is an enemy attack ahead, the entire army retreats!"
The cavalry phalanx that was still leisurely strolling on the grassland just now started galloping in the opposite direction. The flags fell and the morale of the troops was dispersed. When the remaining infantry saw this, they all abandoned their armor and followed their troops, and fled in the wind.
The Rouran vanguard who pursued them were overjoyed when they saw the mess on the ground, with flags and armor and soldiers everywhere, and pursued them even more. However, they chased for ten miles but always maintained a subtle distance from the rebels and could not get closer - the Rouran people could see the fleeing soldiers, but they were still unable to injure the opponents with their bows, crossbows and swords.
When a person is infinitely close to what he wants but cannot get a response, he will be more likely to be willing to risk everything to chase it.
However, after a moment, the Rouran people began to form their formation and attack with all their strength! At this moment, everyone was only thinking about killing more people and getting more rewards. If they could kill the enemy general, it would be a good opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune, so everyone worked bravely and competed for the first place.
When Bai Feng saw that the opponent was approaching and fell into a trap, he immediately led his troops into formation, with the cavalry in the lead and the infantry at the rear. Arrows rained out and war roars were heard.
"kill!"
Although Rouran thought this was a dying battle for the rebels, he was not afraid at all and still chose to rush forward, completely ignoring the rebel cavalry filing out from the high slopes on the flanks.
"Destroy all the enemy forces!" The speaker held a big sword and stood on a high slope with his horse. Someone beside him held up two flags. The flags were two feet wide, with a yellow background and red edges. The four corners of the flags were embellished with copper bells, and each one was embroidered in the middle. The words "quell thieves and put an end to chaos" and "do justice for heaven" are written on it.
After speaking, the war drums sounded, and on both sides of the Rouran Army, countless rebel cavalry formed a compact formation, thrusting straight into the center of the Rouran Army like steel cones. The Rouran Army's loose formation due to the disorderly attack was instantly cut into countless small units.
The Rouran people who were still rushing towards the Bai Feng Army suddenly heard the sound of fighting coming from behind. They suddenly woke up and hurried back to help.
Bai Feng, who was originally the vanguard, now became the reinforcement. At his command, his cavalry formed a square formation and began to charge, constantly forcing the Rouran people to tighten their formation, and controlling them in a small area so that they could not move freely. Then countless rebel infantry rushed into Gaixin.
Quite a few of these infantry thought that Bai Feng was really trying to escape and that they had lost all their weapons and equipment. However, this did not dissuade them from their courage to charge forward. They picked up the enemy's long swords and scimitars, quickly rejoined the battle, and performed more bravely than ordinary soldiers.
The battlefields in front and on both sides were at a disadvantage, and the attack and defense were changing. The Rouran people in the rear of the formation saw that the situation was not good and chose to flee back without hesitation.
Huang Yixiao held a big sword and took advantage of the situation to lead a pair of light cavalry around the battlefield and quickly completed the encirclement of the remaining enemies.
Only half a day passed between the expedition and the victory. Bai Feng and Huang Yixiao successfully met here at dusk.
In this great victory, the rebels wiped out more than 2,000 enemies with very few casualties, and captured countless weapons, armor, and thousands of horses. For the rebels who had yet to defeat the enemy from the front, this battle not only greatly boosted morale, but also made the young man who led the army for the first time famous.
After returning to the camp to rest, a banquet was held all night long in the camp. All the soldiers shouted Bai Feng's name and started drinking. Just when they were changing cups, a guard on duty caught a "spy" Send it to Huang Yixiao's camp.
Huang Yixiao saw this and scolded: "How can this be a spy? Get loose quickly!"
Bai Feng continued: "Li San, where have you been?"
"The villain finally came back alive to see all the brothers!" The "spy" suddenly knelt down and kowtowed to everyone present.
Bai Feng went over to help him up and said, "Come on, let's drink a bowl of wine first."
Li San finished drinking and replied: "General Bai Feng, I delivered the letter as you said. The Rouran people were doubtful about the letter, so they asked me to accompany the vanguard... I took advantage of the chaos to escape from the battlefield. To think that the rebels actually won?"
"Okay, let's not talk about these things. Since you are willing to come, let's have a drink with our brothers!" After Bai Feng said that, he drank three glasses of wine and apologized to Huang Yixiao: "Brother Huang, what happened last time I was wrong, everyone present is my true brother of Bai Feng!"
"General Bai Feng is serious!" Huang Yixiao said with a smile: "If it weren't for your strategy, Brother Bai, how could we have fought such a beautiful battle? Hahaha..."
The two captains who followed Bai Feng in the war were also guests in the tent, and they respected Bai Feng even more.
"General Bai Feng's plan in advance was so clever that even we were fooled."
"From the very beginning when Li San was asked to deliver a message, to the deliberate exhaustion of the soldiers on the battlefield, pretending to be a defeated army, and then luring the enemy deep into the trap, from the vanguard to the reinforcement... every step of this was a wonderful move!"
Bai Feng waved his hand to signal everyone to stop talking, then drank another bowl of wine and said: "No matter what, this is a risky move. If it were me in the normal position, I would never make such a decision. So here we go." The battle is thanks to Brother Huang. It was his trust in Li San that led to this great victory. Little brother, here’s to General Huangquan!”
"Hey, brother Bai, don't get drunk so early. You will have to perform on stage later!" Huang Yi smiled.
"What show?"
The five people present all burst into laughter, and one of them said: "General Bai Feng, don't you know? Miss Shen Qiongzhi spread the word throughout the camp early, saying that she wanted to embarrass you in tonight's sumo performance. What’s the matter of ‘one thing comes down to another’, everyone can look forward to it!”
Bai Feng said in confusion: "I thought she just said it casually..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Qiongzhi's cry came from outside the camp, and he heard: "Let that boy Bai Feng come out quickly. Don't think that you will be invincible after a big victory. I tell you, he will never be able to defeat me!"
"Uh..." Bai Feng listened, then pretended not to hear, and started drinking again.
"Stop drinking, stop drinking!" Huang Yixiao snatched Bai Feng's wine and said happily: "Miss Shen asked you to go out to fight, why didn't you refuse to fight? Are you afraid?"
Bai Feng said suspiciously: "No, I just think there must be a 'conspiracy' in this."
"Hahaha..." Huang Yixiao was overjoyed, and the other five captains also laughed: "Don't be afraid, I'll give you a face, Brother Huang, it doesn't matter if I lose."
Unexpectedly, the young man began to fall asleep at the banquet, showing a posture that he would never accept a fight. Everyone was helpless when they saw this.
