Chapter four hundred and forty-one maggots of the tarsus
The commanders in the rebels immediately conveyed the orders, and the sound of war drums under the commander's banner changed suddenly, and the military orders were like mountains. After receiving the orders, the rebels on the battlefield began to turn around and retreat westward. The most tragic thing was that the troops that had already rushed to the city wall were naturally impossible to withdraw from the city wall. Unless they surrendered, the only result would be to be beaten to death by a group.
When the defending army saw Bian Zhang leading his army to retreat, huge cheers burst out. Sun Jian, who was standing on the south wall, had already seen the arrival of the Qinglong Legion. At that moment, he felt much more relaxed. Perhaps this Hanxing City had been defended.
While cheering, the defending troops on the west wall did not know why the enemy suddenly retreated. They were full of doubts.
...Bian Zhang led nearly two million troops to retreat. Although he had to force him, his formation was not scattered. However, most of the retreating troops were just infantry, and most of the cavalry had already died in battle when they fought with Zhou Shenjun.
With the speed of these two legs, it is indeed quite difficult to get rid of the Qinglong Legion behind him. Even though those iron-armored rhinos are not good at speed, they are still much faster than those of these ordinary soldiers.
Bian Zhang was also very conflicted at this time. If he retreated with the army behind him, he would inevitably be caught up by the other party. Then there would be another battle. At this time, he did not know the other party's background, but he was definitely a tired army, which would be very unfavorable to him. If he threw away the troops behind him, it would be very reluctant to leave. This is his last remaining family background. Without this army, it would undoubtedly become very difficult for him to make a comeback.
In the end, between his life and his future, he chose to preserve his life. He immediately led nearly 300,000 cavalry to escape from the large army and evacuated to the northwest. In the northwest, it was Yaoshui City, and now the front line of Yaoshui is Li Wenhou, another leader of the Xiliang rebels. However, the journey from Hanxing to Yaoshui is far away, and it will take at least four or five Yao time to get to the place.
Seeing Bian Zhang leading the cavalry to escape, the other NPC soldiers were angry, but they did not act outrageously. In fact, until now, most of the rebel soldiers have not yet understood why Bian Zhang suddenly ordered to escape. The court's reinforcements were only tens of thousands of incoming. What if they were all cavalry? It was so difficult that they could beat their nearly three million troops?
Even if Bian Zhang ran away now, they still had the same idea, because the remaining army was more than 2 million. Although they were retreating, they did not disperse. With two million to fight 70,000, they had no reason to escape. So they retreated while waiting for the attack of the small-scale cavalry of the other side, and some even thought about how to wipe out the cavalry. If Bian Zhang knew about these ideas, he would only say that they were fearless. In fact, Bian Zhang deliberately did not tell the horror of the Qinglong Legion, otherwise these guys would not have fled in all directions? At that time, the army of Baiyun City would not bite behind him and chase him closely?
But players are different. As players, they have a very important advantage, that is, the speed of information transmission is extremely fast. Although the system has restricted it in this regard, it still cannot completely erase the advantages of players in this regard. Until now, basically no player does not know the horror of the cavalry in Baiyun City. When they saw Bian Zhang escape with elite cavalry, they immediately started to curse. However, Bian Zhang, who had already walked away, could not hear the yelling and scolding. The leaders of these player forces gathered together to discuss countermeasures.
At this time, players already knew that the army led by Beigong Boyu had been defeated by Yang Yao, and Beigong Boyu was gone. Although the imperial army suffered heavy losses after defeating the rebels, there were still nearly two million troops left. If they were dragged here and waited for the other army to arrive, it would be impossible to escape again.
So they made a quick decision and immediately decided to flee in all the horses, so that they would have a greater chance of escaping.
After making the decision, these player leaders gathered their troops and fled in different directions.
The million NPC rebels who stayed were stunned. They didn't know how these aliens had escaped, but they knew a truth: something abnormal must be true. If a force escaped by a living force, it could be considered timid and afraid of things, but a large-scale collective escape would be a bit unreasonable. The lower-level generals of these NPC rebels immediately went to contact the bosses of their respective legions, but found that the commanders of each legion had disappeared.
Only then did they realize that something was wrong! Without the commander of these legion commanders, they were just a mess of sand, and their combat effectiveness would plummet. How could they compete with the local area? Moreover, the matter in front of them was also strange, and these lower-level generals didn't know how to deal with it for the time being.
In this short period of time, the rebel army had fled several kilometers, and the cavalry led by Bian Zhang had long disappeared. Only waves of sand and dust were vaguely seen rising in the distant west.
The lower-level generals looked back and saw that the iron-armored rhinoceros cavalry that was only about one kilometer away from them and were catching up with them quickly. I don’t know who shouted: “Run!”
The domino effect was fully reflected at this moment. After the lower-level generals began to escape, it immediately caused a chain reaction. A large number of rebel soldiers began to flee in all directions. Except for the direction the cavalry in the east, there were a large number of deserters in every direction. In an instant, the fighting spirit of these Xiliang rebels collapsed across the board, and the only belief left in their hearts was to escape.
At this moment, the Qinglong Legion behind him suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the deserters in front. The kilometer was approaching in an instant. The spear in his hand was raised high and stabbed at the Xiliang rebels who had no sense of resistance... This was a naked massacre. Originally, with the combat power of the Qinglong Legion, these Xiliang rebels did not have much ability to resist, and now they were still in a collapse of the entire line, and they were even more powerless to resist. At this time, the remaining army led by Zhou Shen also rushed up, and everyone liked to beat the dogs in pain.
However, the defending troops in the city did not move in and out, and they were too tired! Including Sun Jian, they felt that their physical strength had been overdrawn at this time.
However, just because of the remaining troops outside the city, the rebels in Xiliang were already killed and cried and called for their parents, and they complained that their parents had fewer legs.
After the Qinglong Legion rushed among the chaotic army for a while, he chased Bian Zhang and others in the direction of fleeing.
...After Bian Zhang led the army to leave Hanxing City, he rushed westward. In less than an hour, he ran more than 70 kilometers. This was Bai Yao, which was much faster than the marching at night, not to mention that they were all cavalry.
They had reached the shore of the Yellow River at this time. As long as they walked west along the river, they could reach Yaoshui. Looking at the surging river water in front of them, Bian Zhang finally breathed a sigh of relief. Just now, he was really afraid that the other party would catch up at all costs.
After running for more than an hour, all the soldiers were a little tired. Bian Zhang ordered the army to move slowly and recover their physical strength as soon as possible. Moreover, the journey westward is long, and if there is any change, you must have the ability to deal with it.
However, at this moment, the vanguard troops suddenly stopped, and one of the cavalry rushed back quickly, ran to Bian Zhang, and said with a terrified expression: "Report to the leader, there is an army in the vanguard's way, and the origin is unknown. Please decide!"
"What?" Bian Zhang was shocked and asked, "But the cavalry just now?"
Naru immediately said, "I saw that the army was all infantry, and there was no cavalry."
Bian Zhang breathed a sigh of relief at first, but he immediately raised his heart. You should know that the other two legions that intercepted Han Sui's army were not cavalry, but infantry, and one of them was not weaker than the Qinglong Legion. Could it be this legion in front of the soldiers blocking the road?
"Have you ever seen the other party's handsome flag?" Bian Zhang asked hurriedly.
Naru said, "I did see a handsome flag, but because the distance is too far, the sign on the flag is not clearly visible, but the main color is fiery red."
When Bian Zhang heard this, he almost realized that most of the army was one of the powerful legions of Baiyun City. However, this legion seemed to be an infantry halberd army. How could it be faster than his cavalry? Could it be that the other party would predict the future? He had known that he would be defeated and fled? And even the other party could guess the direction of the escape? This made him unbelievable.
"Chief, what should we do now?" asked a subordinate.
Bian Zhang looked at the army around him. There were less than 300,000, and the number of the strongest Western Liang cavalry was only about 5,000. It was several times worse than the army sent by Han Sui to support Beigong Boyu before. Although there was only one legion of the opponent in front, he was not sure of defeating it. Moreover, his army is now trapped and his combat power is greatly weakened.
After thinking quickly, Bian Zhang said: "Immediately turn the direction and evacuate north. I don't believe that these infantry can catch up with us elite cavalry."
The order was issued quickly, and all the troops turned their direction again and fled north. He originally thought that the legion would get up and chase him, but he didn't know that the other party was unmoved. It seemed that they had not seen them at all, so they could escape to the north smoothly.
Bian Zhang was still secretly proud of the army, thinking that it was quite sensible and knew that it could not catch up, so he wisely gave up chasing.
This escape took more than an hour. They turned around and returned to the shore of the Yellow River again. Bi Jing was in this vast desert. If there was no reference and it was not an easy task to find the exact path. Bian Zhang had to set his goal on the Yellow River. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!