The next morning, Lu Xing and his men, who had already joined forces with Tang Zhao's troops, once again began to approach the enemy's 5,000 cavalry.
Although they pressed forward yesterday, they did not engage in a full-scale battle with the enemy.
They launched two tentative attacks, but the enemy retreated while fighting.
The noise made by both sides was quite loud, but neither side caused much casualties.
After discussing last night, Lu Xing and his team changed their strategy.
Lu Xing and Zuo Ren led 10,000 cavalrymen to advance in an all-out attack, while Tang Zhao led 5,000 elite cavalrymen to threaten the enemy's right rear.
This trick really worked.
Faced with Tang Zhao's threat, the enemy had to divide its troops to guard the right rear.
This way, the enemy's frontal forces would be even smaller.
"It's already this late, and the enemy still won't retreat!"
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...
A cold light flashed in Lu Xing's eyes, "It seems that our guess is correct!"
"Um!"
Zuo Ren's eyes were full of fighting spirit. He said in a deep voice: "You lead the main force to attract their attention. I will lead two thousand troops to go around the hill in front and attack their flank! Get rid of the enemy in front as soon as possible!"
"good!"
Lu Xing made a prompt decision.
Soon, Lu Xing led an army of 8,000 to continue the advance.
Zuo Ren led two thousand troops to attack from another direction.
Faced with the continuous pressure from the 8,000 elite cavalry led by Lu Xing, the enemy finally stopped retreating and quickly deployed an assault formation, seemingly planning to engage in a decisive battle with them on the slope in front of them.
“Beep…beep…”
As the attack horn sounded, Lu Xing quickly led 8,000 elite cavalry to attack the enemy.
The enemy is now on a small hillside, which gives them some geographical advantage.
However, the terrain here is relatively open, and this terrain advantage cannot stop Lu Xing's determination to attack.
"kill!"
“Kill!”
Eight thousand elite cavalrymen roared and urged their strong horses to charge towards the enemy.
When they were halfway through the charge, the soldiers on both sides quickly deployed and drew their bows and drew their arrows.
"kill!"
With a roar, the enemy, led by a general holding two swords, launched a fearless counterattack against them.
Lu Xing's pupils shrank, and he understood in his heart.
The enemy is fighting them with the determination to die!
The enemy must be trying to buy time for the main force!
After several rounds of arrow rain, the two sides collided like two torrents.
Lu Xing quickly led his men into the enemy's formation, with the spear in his hand flying up and down, constantly stabbing.
Lu Xing knocked the enemy soldiers off their horses one by one, and the enemy generals continued to swing their double swords to kill.
Lu Xing locked his eyes on the enemy general and immediately rode his horse towards him.
The enemy general seemed to have his eyes on him as well and rushed towards him quickly.
Both sides stared at each other, and finally, they got closer.
Ding ding ding…
The enemy general was quite powerful, and when their horses crossed each other's paths, the weapons in their hands kept colliding.
After a round of impact, the two sides exchanged positions.
After just one round of attack, half of the Xiqu cavalry was gone, and the Dagan cavalry also suffered considerable casualties.
A strong smell of blood spread.
The screams of wounded soldiers and the neighing of war horses mixed together.
"kill!"
Without any unnecessary words, both sides turned their horses around and prepared for a new round of fighting.
At the same time, Zuo Ren, who had already circled to the flank, led his troops to attack.
"Let these damned Dagan people see how powerful our Xiqu warriors are!"
The Xiqu general waved his scimitar, his eyes bloodshot as he shouted, "Warriors, follow me and kill!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Xiqu general urged his powerful horses to charge out fearlessly.
Behind him, the Xiqu cavalry shouted and rushed with him towards the Dagan cavalry which outnumbered them several times.
They are all warriors!
They haven't encountered such a fearless enemy for a long time.
Lu Xing sighed in his heart, raised the spear in his hand, and roared murderously: "Kill!"
…
At 1 p.m., Yu Shizhong received two messages.
One good news, one bad news.
The good news is that Lu Xing and his men almost wiped out the enemy's 5,000 cavalry.
And they also suffered more than 800 casualties.
Lu Xing and his team also got some information from a small number of prisoners, which confirmed their previous guesses.
Chinpu is really risking his life!
It is said that Chinpu has slaughtered all the nobles in the Xiqu Royal City, and took all the slaves and horses in the hands of the nobles for his own use, and organized an army of nearly 50,000 people to march towards Gongbu.
It is very likely that Xiquwang City does not even have a single soldier now!
The bad news is that the main force of the enemy troops withdrawing from Gaduo Mountain has crossed the Yuquan River and completely dismantled the stone bridge over the Yuquan River!
The five thousand cavalrymen sacrificed their lives to buy time for the main force to cross the river and destroy the bridge.
Now, if they want to march towards Gongbu again, the first thing they have to think about is how to cross the Yuquan River.
But now the Xiqu is in the flood season when the ice and snow have completely melted.
Many rivers, not just the Yuquan River, have fast-flowing waters.
Moreover, most of these rivers are canyon areas.
It may not be easy to find a suitable place to cross the river again.
If they keep going around in circles, it will probably take a long time.
Of course, it would be easier if they gave up their war horses and just crossed the river with people.
But without war horses, by the time they reached Gongbu on foot, the battle there would probably have been over.
This is really a bit troublesome!
At dusk, Yu Shizhong led his troops to reunite with Lu Xing and his men.
When they met again, they all had sad looks on their faces.
"Think about it, what should we do now?"
Yu Shizhong did not feel any joy at winning the battle, and instead secretly regretted it in his heart.
If they had guessed earlier that Qinpu was going to risk his life and directly cut off the troops retreating from Gadu Mountain, they would not have to face these problems now.
"Send more people to search along the river. It's such a long river. I don't believe we can't find other suitable places to cross the river!"
Lu Xing also had a worried look on his face. "If we really can't find it, we'll just have to go around."
"I don't think we need to worry that much."
Zuo Ren forced a smile, "Gongbu is led by His Highness himself! Don't we know His Highness's abilities? And there are also Zhao Shuai and Tong Gang's troops. It is almost impossible for Qinpu to capture His Highness!"
"That's what he said, but Chimpu is playing with his life!"
Yu Shizhong said in a deep voice: "He doesn't even want Xiquwang City. This is completely desperate! In this case, it is always good for us to provide timely support!"
Naturally, they had no need to doubt Yun Zheng's abilities.
But since Qinpu dared to risk his life, it meant that Qinpu at least felt that there was a little hope for this matter.
If there is no hope at all, why would Chinpu risk his life?
What they have to do is to snuff out the little bit of hope that Chimpu has.
As long as Qinpu sees no hope, the war will end.
Ending this war as soon as possible will be a good thing for both Dagan and Xiqu.
Yu Shizhong pondered silently for a while, and suddenly a trace of cruelty flashed in his eyes...
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