Chapter 443: Tail Pursuit

On the endless plain, more than 24,000 troops retreated slowly. The officers in the army stretched their necks and looked around, feeling quite nervous.

tread! tread! tread!

Woo! Woo! Woo!

The sound of horseshoes, the sound of horns, and the roar of soldiers were mixed in the middle. Countless voices merged together to form a death sonata.

"Cavalry! Xu Huang's cavalry!"

"The enemy cavalry is coming again, why don't you stop quickly?"

"Array, array! Where are the archers?"

After a flurry of mobilization in Ji Ling's army, the more than 24,000 troops stopped immediately and formed a formation on the spot. A whole row of swords and shields formed a solid wall of iron and steel. The shining spears were placed on top of the large shield, forming an attack and battle formation. Keep the combination.

And behind the shining large shield and spear, thousands of crossbowmen drew their bows and set arrows, aiming outside, ready to go.

Rumble! The horseshoes of two thousand cavalry trampled on the ground, making a deafening roar. Under the leadership of Xu Huang, they galloped wantonly over the field like a flood.

"Archers ready!"

Ji Ling yelled, and the crossbowmen in the army tensed up, and the palms holding the arrows trembled slightly.

"Attention! Two hundred and fifty steps, retreat immediately, absolutely do not go any further, you know?"

Hearing Xu Huang's order, the two thousand iron cavalry galloped forward, but they did not keep fighting and charging until they were 250 steps away from Yuan Shu's army, when they suddenly made a big turn, which was not like Instead of rushing forward, he circled back.

Two hundred and fifty steps is just the right distance for an archer, belonging to the extreme edge of the effective range.

jump!

Although Ji Ling didn't give the order to shoot, there were quite a few archers in the army. They let go of the bow string nervously, and many archers were affected. Thousands of arrows were shot out at once, but fell into the dust behind the cavalry.

"Ji Ling, Xu Huang take a step first, and I'll greet you later, haha!" Xu Huang turned around from a distance and laughed, then turned and retreated with two thousand cavalry.

"Damn it!" Ji Ling punched hard, but the hammer was weak in the air, so angry that he had no choice but to do anything.

"This damned Xu Huang is following our army like tarsal maggots, and he can't get rid of it." Ji Ling said angrily: "In this way, our army's speed in a day is less than forty. Here, in the Year of the Monkey, can we return to Runan?"

"General, there is nothing we can do about it." Yan Xiang said helplessly, "Xu Huang's two thousand cavalry are fast-moving, and most of our army is infantry. There is no way to do it without cavalry."

Ji Ling snorted, and said with lingering anger: "Forget it, tell the whole army to hurry up and don't waste time."

Ever since Ji Ling led the army to retreat, Xu Huang has been chasing after him, following closely behind Ji Ling's army, and following up as soon as the opportunity arises.

In the past few times, Ji Lingjun was unable to react in time, and Xu Huang killed hundreds of people successively. Later, Ji Lingjun took precautions, and when he saw Xu Huang and the cavalry rushing up, he immediately formed layers of formations like a conditioned reflex. Note, dozens of people were also shot.

Xu Huang blamed himself quite a bit. From then on, as long as he was about to reach the range of the enemy's crossbowmen, he immediately turned around and left, never rushing directly. Because of Xu Huang's army harassment, Ji Lingjun's marching speed can only be kept at about forty miles a day, which is extremely slow. It's been the fourth day now, but Ji Ling has just arrived at Dingling, and there are two days before he can reach Yan County, and five days before he can return to Runan County.

After Xu Huang led the cavalry to retreat, after a short walk, he saw a flag erected in the wind with the word "Guan".

"Brother Yun!" Xu Huang rode forward and greeted Guan Yu.

"Gongming, thanks to you." Guan Yu stroked his beard lightly, and said with a smile, "Ji Ling's army can only move at a slow pace, and I don't know how aggrieved I am."

After Ji Ling withdrew from Yingyang City, Xu Huang brought iron cavalry to harass him, but Guan Yu was quite dissatisfied with being besieged by Ji Ling for several days, so after leaving more than 2,000 young men and his eldest son Guan Ping to defend the city, he personally led 3,000 soldiers and horses Go out of the city and pursue Ji Lingjun.

Under Xu Huang's harassment, Ji Ling's army could only march slowly, while Guan Yu's army maintained a relatively fast marching speed. Xu Huang and Guan Yu's army joined forces, waiting for an opportunity to intercept and kill Ji Ling.

"Brother Yun, did Duke Xuande reply?" Xu Huang asked.

"Yes." Guan Yu nodded, and replied: "Brother ordered Cao Bao to guard Chen Guo. He personally led 5,000 elite soldiers and his third younger brother. He has already detoured from Changping to the north of Runan County. At this moment, he should enter Yingchuan County. .”

"good!"

Xu Huang clenched his fists tightly, and said seriously: "When Xuande's soldiers arrive, you and I will attack from both sides. Discipline Ji Ling can come, and we can't go back!"

After thinking about it, Guan Yu thought this was a good time to weaken Yuan Shujun, so he wrote a letter to Liu Bei, analyzing the situation of Ji Ling's troops in detail, and believed that Ji Ling's army marched slowly, lacked food and grass, and had low morale. Great opportunity for the enemy.

After discussing with Xu Huang for a while, Xu Huang was a very daring man in the use of troops. After hearing Guan Yu's plan to attack Ji Ling's army of more than 20,000 with 10,000, he resolutely agreed.

So in the past few days, Xu Huang kept harassing Ji Lingjun with cavalry, slowing down his marching speed, so that his food and grass would be exhausted without fighting. Spirit Department.

"By the way, we have to pay attention." Guan Yu suddenly said: "Gongming, you led troops to harass from behind, which delayed Ji Ling's marching speed. Maybe this fellow will secretly march at night. This must be guarded against."

"Haha, don't worry, Brother Yun." Xu Huang smiled confidently: "Someone also arranged a group of scouts at night to follow Ji Lingjun at all times. Once he sees Ji Lingjun's changes, he will come naturally. report."

"I can't see clearly at night. If Ji Ling marches at night and is discovered by our army, he only needs a surprise attack to throw himself into disarray. At that time, Ji Ling will collapse without fighting. There is no need for Duke Xuande." Xu Huang laughed.

Guan Yu nodded and said firmly, "Well, this time, Ji Ling must stay in Yingchuan County forever!"

After Xu Huang led his army to harass Ji Ling, Ji Ling marched slowly, and finally reached Dingling after two full days. After Ji Ling ordered people to collect a batch of grain and grass from Dingling, he ordered the whole army to retreat in the direction of Yan County.

"Brother, Yan County is ahead!"

Liu Bei nodded: "Well, Yan County is located at the junction of Yingchuan and Runan Counties, so Ji Ling must not be allowed to cross Yan County."

In the darkness of night, a flag with the character of Liu was fluttering in the wind. Liu Bei had a sword on each side of his waist, and Zhang Fei stood behind him, holding a Zhangba Snake Spear in his hand. Behind him were 5,000 soldiers and horses, including Danyang soldiers and Yuzhou soldiers. soldier.