Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 240

The Tuyuhun people retreated in a hurry in the chaos, which made the siege of the light cavalry very effective.

But the opponent did not just sit still and wait for death. After some confusion, the enemy troops adjusted their formation and retreated in groups.

The light cavalry was too weak in numbers and had to retreat.

But the opponent's defeat also has a price.

The vanguard of the Tuyuhun people was chased by the Shu army's heavy cavalry and main infantry.However, in order to maintain the retreating position, they were unable to turn back and counterattack, resulting in heavy losses.

Ma Liuzhi enjoyed killing all the way, but when the opponent broke through the blockade of the light cavalry and fled at a faster speed, he had no choice.

In the open terrain, the infantry cannot keep the cavalry. The main force of the Tuyuhun people are cavalry. Once they are determined to escape, it is difficult for the Shu army to keep them.

Gradually, the Tuyuhun people broke away from the encirclement planned by the Shu army and fled to the west.

"What about Your Highness?"

After recovering from the fight, Ma Liuzhi realized that Li Ke had disappeared into the army.

"His Highness seems to have been chasing him all the way..."

A soldier made a point.

Just now Li Ke chased all the way to the rear, trying to find Li Chengqian, but in the end he was swept up by the torrent of the enemy's retreat and disappeared in it.

"Is there anything going wrong?"

Ma Liuzhi felt worried, then brandished his knife and shouted: "Follow me all the way and have a look..."

The infantry pursued towards the west, but their speed was really poor. After chasing for a long distance, they had nothing to gain except catching up with some scattered enemy troops.

At this time, Li Ke was leading the light cavalry to follow the main force of Tuyuhun.

When the opponent fled, Li Ke was chasing all the way to the rear, and he was in line with the Tuyuhun army.

The speed of his charge was so fast that he broke away from the Shu army and rushed deep into the enemy's formation.

Fortunately, he quickly caught up with the besieging light cavalry, and led the troops to harass the enemy's flanks all the way.

In order to no longer be constrained by the enemy in the subsequent battles, he must work hard to find Li Chengqian.

It's just that the enemy's speed is not slow, and they retreat in a group, so he really can't rush into the formation.

"Your Highness, forget it!"

The general of the light cavalry has been admonishing.

At this time, the enemy's morale was slackened, and they just wanted to escape, and they couldn't care about their harassment on the flanks.

But once the opponent came back to his senses, he would find that the number of this light cavalry was only [-] to [-], far inferior to the main force of Tuyuhun.

Li Ke gradually felt that the speed of the light cavalry slowed down, and Li Ke felt helpless.

"No need to chase!"

Raising his hand, Li Ke ordered.

After all, in an away game, the warhorses are not well adapted to the climate, and long-distance pursuit will eventually be at a disadvantage.

Although the enemy was beaten back, but Li Chengqian could not be robbed, Li Ke was somewhat frustrated.

Since he agreed to Changsun Wuji and others, Li Chengqian naturally wanted to save him.

Li Ke then ordered a small group of cavalry to follow them, then turned around and led the large troops back to their positions.

"Are you... all right?"

Back at the camp, Ugly Nuer has already greeted him.

He hurriedly glanced in front of and behind Li Ke, then patted his chest and let out a sigh of relief.

Li Ke smiled and said a few words of comfort, then turned around and ordered the army to break out of camp and set off.

"Where are we going?"

Chou Nuer was very puzzled by Li Ke's actions.

"Xiping City!"

Li Ke looked to the west and frowned: "Li Chengqian is still in the hands of the enemy. They fled all the way to Xiping City..."

"But... but once the other party returns to the city, what can we do to get them?"

The ugly slave was a little worried.

If the opponent's army is out of the city and besieged the city while attacking Liangzhou, it may be effective.

But now that the enemy army is returning to the city with the strength of the Kushan camp, the strength of Xiping City has not decreased but increased.

It would be even more difficult to break into the city again.

"Go rescue that trash first!"

Li Ke sighed and said with worry.

After this battle, the Tuyuhun people lost less than half of their troops.

They will definitely blame Li Chengqian for the reason for their encounter, thinking that Li Chengqian deliberately disclosed wrong information to assassinate the Tuyuhun tribe.

If you want to ensure Li Chengqian's safety, you have to catch up and put pressure on him.

After chasing all the way for several days, the large force finally chased outside Xiping City along the path of the enemy's defeat.

At this time, in Xiping City, Raton, the lord of Xiping City, was furious.

"boom!"

"Well, you Du Moli, you actually spread false military information and put our main force in danger!"

Raton slapped the table, and cursed at Kushan Battalion general Du Moli behind him.

This Kushan camp was originally the city defense camp of Xiping City, and its main function was to support Xiping City and prevent Xiping City from being besieged by the Tang army.

The general of the Kushan camp was aggressive and naturally had to be controlled by Laton.

At this moment, being scolded by Raton, Du Moli felt aggrieved.

He learned from "Liangzhou Guard General" Li Chengqian that Liangzhou's defenses were empty, so he sent a report to inform Xiping City, and together with him led troops to attack the city.

Unexpectedly, Liangzhou City was already prepared and set up an ambush outside the city.

At this time, as long as they are not so stupid, they can think that this "Liangzhou defender" must have revealed false news on purpose.

"Well, he is a city defender, and he has fallen into the hands of my Tuyuhun people, and he dares to be dishonest. I will definitely take his skin off!"

Du Moli cursed out of thin air, first throwing away the main responsibility.

"General, this time it's the last general, Yu Lu, who fell into the enemy's tricks!"

Afterwards, Dumoli went to Naraton's side again, and bowed down to plead guilty.

This performance finally directed Naradun's anger to the "Liangzhou Guard".

After thinking about it for a while, Raton could understand that Du Moli was definitely not deliberately deceiving, but fell into the enemy's tricks.

"Go, take that shit, General Tang, out for me and chop it up!"

Thinking of the heavy loss today, Raton was furious.

The two armies had a total of over [-] troops, but only [-] to [-] were able to escape. Such a defeat was really embarrassing for him.

The worst thing is that I didn't even touch the walls of Liangzhou City, and I didn't even figure out who the army that attacked me was...

My side fled all the way, killing and injuring tens of thousands of people, and the number of Tang people killed or injured may only be counted in a hundred.

If this kind of defeat spread to the country's leader, Teralaton would be in disgrace.

"Yes! The last general will go there in person and kill that shit general!"

Du Moli turned around and was about to leave, he hated Li Chengqian to the bone, and wished to kill him quickly.

"Report!"

Just when Du Moli was about to go out, he heard the lieutenant general's report from outside.

"The Tang army came to the city with troops, intending to attack me in Xiping!"

The deputy general rushed in, stepped forward and knelt on one knee, and said eagerly.

"what?"

Raton turned around sharply, his brows tightened.

Dumoli also stopped in his tracks, and turned around to get close to Raton.

"It should be that ambush soldier just now!"

Du Moli estimated.

"Um……"

Raton thought for a while and nodded in response.

He rolled his eyes and ordered again: "Go and see the situation of the enemy army first!"

The two generals immediately left the mansion and went all the way to the tower.

When I went up to the city tower, I could see a large group of soldiers arriving in darkness outside the city, all of them raised their weapons and screamed for killing.

(End of this chapter)