Chapter 264 Counterattack
"Count the casualties immediately."
Chen Yu took off his helmet, dismounted and checked Ben Xiao's injuries.
I was chopped in the battle before, but fortunately I was wearing armor. My saddlebag was damaged, but everything else was fine.
This night attack was a really great success. Fortunately, they reacted in time. The daytime raid was followed by a night attack, which did not give the Western Jue people any time to consider and change their battle plan.
Xiao Chuan ran over on the snow, panting and saying, "When they escaped, they let the horses in the stable go and burned the food and grass, but they didn't burn it all. I sent someone to transport it back."
Chen Yu looked at the direction where the Xijue people fled, thought for a while, and said: "You immediately count the casualties, and we will continue to lead the troops to pursue them. They can't run far. Capture ten people alive to lead the way, and ask them separately. Whoever gives a different retreat route from others will be killed. I will see who dares to lie.
"One more thing." Chen Yu quickly arranged: "Let Cao Guang come in to clean up the battlefield, and have someone keep an eye on him to prevent him from pocketing the spoils. Each person should prepare five days' worth of dry food. We will set out in an hour, and we will have to march quickly."
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The clouds were very low before the snow fell.
Behind Bei Rong were the Qingyun Guards wearing black armor, chasing them closely.
They fled east and west, constantly changing the direction of their escape. It seemed chaotic, but in fact, they would make adjustments every time the route deviated, and they were always moving in one direction.
Their soldiers were already lying in ambush there. They only needed to lure the approximately 10,000 Qingyun Guards behind them into the ambush to defeat this wave.
Ten thousand casualties would be a huge loss of vitality for either side, and would be equivalent to breaking the stalemate and gaining the advantage.
Huyantuo stared straight ahead. Above their heads were several falcons soaring.
"We're almost there." said the general on the side.
Huyantuo looked back on his horse, then looked forward to the place where the snow and the sky met. The arrows behind him fell into the snow.
All Huyantuo could hear was his own breathing, and his warhorse was also panting from exhaustion.
"It's just in front." Huyantuo said, pointing ahead.
As they got closer and closer to their ambush, the pursuers behind them suddenly stopped.
Huyantuo gradually realized that something was wrong. He smelled the bloody smell brought by the wind.
"Stop!" Huyantuo pulled the reins of his horse suddenly, and the falcon fell from the sky, staring ahead with sharp eyes.
He blew a long whistle, and the falcon reluctantly took off as ordered. However, before it reached high altitude, a swooping bird suddenly swooped down from the clouds.
A Saker Falcon grabbed a hunting falcon in mid-air and tore it apart with all its might.
The falcons let out shrill screams, and three falcons and a Saker Falcon fought in the air, with feathers falling from the sky.
"Retreat!" Huyantuo shouted, "Retreat to the northwest!"
He had already seen that it was Xie Tingzhou's Saker Falcon. No one else's trained eagle could surpass it and become the overlord of the sky.
Xie Tingzhou's Saker Falcon appeared in front, but there was no movement at the ambush site ahead, which could only mean that there was something wrong with their tactics.
Maybe they were wiped out, or maybe they escaped.
Now he only has one way to go, which is to escape to the northwest.
At the same time, the falcon named Agu had half of its wings torn off by Baiyu. It could not maintain its balance in the air and fell headfirst into the snow.
Huyantuo ran forward desperately. In the cold wind and sweat, he was thinking about what went wrong. Was there a traitor among them?
The Beirong people fled to the northwest when they were caught in the crossfire.
Whoosh—whoosh—
Huyantuo was panting, but the cavalry in front suddenly reined in their horses, and the ones behind didn't have time to stop and they almost collided with each other.
Xie Tingzhou was sitting on his horse. He didn't look like someone who came to fight. He was not wearing armor, his sleeves were neatly tied up, and his clothes and high-bound hair were flying in the wind.
Behind him were the quiet, silent, and ready-to-go Qingyun Guards.
When their eyes met, it seemed as if there was a flicker of fire.
At this moment, Huyantuo finally knew what went wrong.
Xie Tingzhou didn't know where he was ambushed, but Huyantuo's behavior told him. His countless changes of direction just pointed Xie Tingzhou in the right direction.
It was not Huyantuo who chose to come here, but Xie Tingzhou who made him choose here.
Xie Tingzhou only needs to have people block other directions, and Huyantuo will definitely run into his sword.
Huyantuo held the knife at his waist and stared at Xie Tingzhou. "I didn't expect you to be able to go to the battlefield in person. Can you still hold a weapon?"
Xie Tingzhou slowly pulled out the sword that had not seen blood for a long time.
"Don't worry, maybe you don't know." The sword made a sound when rubbing against the scabbard.
Xie Tingzhou heard this and said with a smile: "It has wanted to drink your blood for a long time."
The Qingyun Guard was like a huge black rock, colliding fiercely with the Beirong army in the vast snow.
In an instant, the sounds of killing rang out between heaven and earth.
Huyantuo's opponent is Xie Tingzhou.
When the weapons came into contact, he realized that he had underestimated the enemy.
He is Xie Tingzhou, the man who was still able to chase him for more than a hundred miles even after being seriously injured.
But he also discovered Xie Tingzhou's shortcomings in his moves.
Xie Tingzhou felt weak inside and could not hold on for long.
Huyantuo saw it.
The scimitar cut across and blocked Xie Tingzhou's sword. He smiled evilly on his horse and suddenly turned his horse's head to go in another direction.
Xie Tingzhou followed closely behind, chasing after him on his horse against the wind.
Xie Tingzhou lay on the horse's back, staring at the figure on the horse in front of him. He had thrown away the cloak that was in the way, and the corners of his clothes were blown backwards by the wind.
He wanted to kill Huyantuo.
Whether for the sake of the war situation or because Huyantuo had verbally insulted Shen Yu, he would not let this person go.
The wind whistled in his ears. Xie Tingzhou raised the bow hanging on the side of his horse's back and aimed it at the back of the person in front of him.
Huyantuo was sweating from running, and he could hear the sound of horses chasing him behind him.
He was riding the best warhorse of Beirong, but he could not pull away from the enemy. He knew that Xie Tingzhou had been poisoned and his body could not sustain long-term running. As long as he could delay the time, he would be the winner in the end.
As long as the green mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood. Huyantuo thought that Xie Tingzhou obviously did not understand this truth. Xie Tingzhou actually dared to break away from the army and chase him. He wanted to starve Xie Tingzhou to death.
call out--
The arrow flew through the wind, making a sound of breaking through the air.
Huyantuo pulled the reins, the horse deviated slightly, and the arrow missed.
Huyantuo was secretly delighted in his heart, but another sharp arrow came one after another. He only had time to turn his body, and the arrow brushed past his arm, leaving a streak of blood on his arm.
"Fuck!" Huyantuo cursed.
He pulled the reins hard, and the horse's head suddenly turned in another direction.
He slowed down, and when Xie Tingzhou approached, he pushed his horse's back and pounced towards Xie Tingzhou.
The horse's hooves stepped across the ice of the Shima River.
A sudden heart palpitation came over her, and Shen Yu suddenly pulled the reins.
"Princess?" Xiao Chuan turned his horse around and came back. "What's wrong?"
Chen Yu looked back to the north, and was stunned for a long time in the intense palpitations and vague uneasiness, then shook her head and said, "It's okay, let's keep going."
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