Before Lu Ci could react, he heard the sound of intensive horse hoofbeats coming from behind Yannang Pass, followed by a group of Beixi Qingqi galloping towards them.
"Reinforcements are coming!"
Lu Ci roared, and collapsed on the ground, breathing heavily, as if he had turned around and saved his life.
The desperate defenders at the scene were grasping at straws as if they had been granted amnesty.
"Who is coming?" Lu Ci ran out of the camp and greeted him excitedly. However, Beixi Qingqi did not stop at all and went straight to pursue Chen Mou in the direction where he escaped.
Not long after, another cavalry appeared in the camp. This cavalry was very strange because in addition to their respective mounts, they also had a spare horse beside them.
Li Zhao on the side suddenly realized it and said excitedly: "Two cavalry and three horses! This is Beixi County's pursuit tactic!"
"Every two cavalrymen prepare a spare horse and march at full speed. When they reach the pursuit point, the cavalry responsible for the pursuit switches to the spare horse. In this way, the physical strength of the mounts is far superior to that of the enemy, and they can carry out long distances. Chase from a distance!”
"It's just that the cavalry itself is extremely valuable. Only the Marquis of Qin has the capital to use such a luxurious tactic as two cavalry and three horses."
Hearing this, Lu Ci's eyes widened and he said in disbelief: "Beixi Qingqi not only wants to drive away the Snow Wolf Brigade, but they also want to chase them?!"
"Stop! The opponent is not an ordinary cavalry, it is the Snow Wolf Brigade!"
Little did they know that it was Qin Feng himself who led the team.
At this time, Qin Feng was in a very bad mood. Just now, when he and Jing Qianying were enjoying each other's warmth, they were interrupted by Ning Hu's urgent military information. When he learned that Yannan Pass was attacked by the Snow Wolf Brigade, Qin Feng's mood suddenly changed. Adding insult to injury!
When I passed the Yannan Pass camp just now, I found that the camp was in a mess. A total of 6,800 defenders were beaten so miserably.
It's hard to imagine that there are many soldiers here who are guerrilla veterans.
Sure enough, once these soldiers and horses surrender and rebel, their combat effectiveness will plummet.
Qin Feng was angry and had no choice but to deal with the Snow Wolf Brigade first.
At this time, a cavalry messenger rushed to Chen Mou: "General, it's bad, Beixi Qingqi is chasing us. The horse speed is much faster than us. If we keep going like this, I'm afraid we can catch up in a stick of incense." "
After hearing this, Chen Mou's eyes remained cold and unwavering.
During the National War, Chen Mou led the Snow Wolf Brigade, which often fought against Beixi County. Both sides had their own victories and defeats. When they encountered old opponents, they just fought. There was nothing to be afraid of.
However, based on Chen Mou's understanding of Beixi County's troops and horses, the enemy coming for reinforcements and being able to maintain a high-speed pursuit must have brought spare horses.
The condition of the mount is not proportional, so if you rush to fight, you will definitely suffer a loss.
Chen Mou decisively ordered: "It is late at night and the whereabouts are difficult to identify. Leave fifty people as bait and the main force will withdraw to the camp."
Being a bait is tantamount to waiting for death, but for the Snow Wolf Brigade cavalry, they are fearless and take the initiative to leave more than fifty cavalry behind. I'm afraid it's more than two hundred!
In the end, the school captain who was in charge of this matter named fifty young people who had no family fortune and left them behind.
In less than a stick of incense, the advance scouts had already brought the news to Qin Feng.
"Marquis Qin, the enemy forces ahead are divided into two groups. The large forces continue to advance westward, while the small forces move slowly southward."
Qin Feng naturally understood that this was the Snow Wolf Brigade's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain. It seemed that the opponent's horse could no longer run. Knowing that it was impossible to escape, he sacrificed a small amount to save the large army.
But now that you are here, don’t even think about leaving!
Qin Feng did not hesitate: "The bait must be killed, and the main force must also be killed!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the two thousand Beixi Qingqi immediately formed a team of two hundred people and pursued the fifty baits.
The remaining 1,800 troops continued their pursuit westward.
Qin Feng's eyes were firm. If the Snow Wolf Brigade were allowed to run away tonight, the Snow Wolf Brigade would only become more emboldened and continue to harass Sangzhou with guerrilla attacks. As a result, it may be difficult for the opposition imperialist party to grow.
This is Qin Feng's big plan, and it must not be ruined by just one Snow Wolf Brigade!
Facing Qin Feng's unswerving pursuit, Chen Mou's eyes finally showed a strange look, but it was not fear, but excitement.
For the first time since leaving the camp, Chen Mou mixed personal emotions with his words.
"As expected of the soldiers and horses of Beixi County, this little trick can't be hidden from them. It is expected that our army is surrounded by scouts now, and it is no longer realistic to get rid of the pursuers."
Realizing this, Chen Mou no longer ran away blindly, but continued to issue orders.
"Send the messenger to the camp to ask for reinforcements and order more manpower to protect the messenger from being intercepted by Beixi scouts on the way."
"The rest of the troops and horses should turn around within two hundred steps and catch the pursuers by surprise!"
As the order was issued, and after successive fierce battles, men were continuously separated, leaving only a large force of 600 soldiers and horses. They gradually slowed down within 200 steps, then turned their horses' heads and gradually accelerated in the opposite direction.
Qin Feng heard the sound of horse hooves right in front and thought he was finally catching up with the enemy. He immediately slowed down his horse and retreated to the center of the team. At the same time, he ordered the front row of cavalry to prepare their bows and arrows, and the cavalry on both wings to set up their horses in case of emergencies. need.
In just a few moments of breathing space, under the dark night, a majestic and majestic cavalry rushed towards them.
Because Qin Feng was located in the center of the team, he did not see the enemy's movements clearly at the first time. By the time the front row of cavalry conveyed the order, it was already too late.
The six hundred Snow Wolf Brigade cavalry meant six hundred horses. The two sides were heading towards each other. The huge impact directly tore apart the Beixi Qingqi formation.
In just a moment, the scene was in chaos. Beixi Qingqi, who was caught off guard, was either directly stabbed to death by the horse's spear, or the horses of both sides collided with each other, and the whole person flew out, and was trampled into a pulp by random hooves.
Qin Feng suffered heavy losses after hedging. At least more than a hundred light cavalry were killed on the spot. There were probably about a hundred injured. As for the remaining cavalry, because the two sides collided together, the scene was too chaotic and there was no formation at all. .
Chen Mou was not much better. After all, this was not a charge against the infantry formation, but a charge against the cavalry.
Although Qin Feng's vanguard did not hold a horse-taker, the mere collision of the two sides' horses caused hundreds of people to fall off their horses. Before they had time to get up, they were trampled on the spot by the Beixi horses in front of them and the friendly troops behind who had no time to slow down. die.
The casualties on both sides were almost equal, but Qin Feng's formation was completely disrupted.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Chen Mou immediately ordered: "The entire army retreats!"
Unfortunately, the two sides became entangled, and the cavalry under his command could not leave the battlefield immediately. Only less than 200 people returned to Chen Mou.
Qin Feng didn't expect that Chen Mouyi, a master, was so bold that he would fight back, and he was shocked and angry at the same time.
