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The shadow of sword, light and sword shines brightly in people's eyes, so that people can't see other things clearly. The slope was not high, and within a few breaths, the two armies collided.
And the army under the already chaotic hillside seemed to collapse at the touch of a button. There was no collision between the two armies, and there seemed to be no suspense in this battle.
In the army that was disturbed by the sudden attack, the flag fell to the ground, and countless panicked footsteps stepped on it, which was wrinkled and broken with dust.
Hua Xiong's army was almost unstopped, and had already rushed through the seemingly huge army formation. The leader of the princes' army seemed to be a man who had never fought, and there was no way to prevent any effective counterattack.
The battle formation turned into a one-sided pursuit. Wherever Hua Xiong's army passed, the soldiers threw away their weapons and fled in a hurry.
The scene was a mess for a while.
"Withdraw!!" Someone in the princes' army yelled, and then there was no longer any resistance in the army. Amidst the chaotic figures and footsteps, the defeated army fled towards the valley.
The knife in the hand of Hua Xiong riding on the horse sliced through the back of a soldier. The armor on the back was easily cut off, the flesh rolled up, and the soldier fell to the ground. Stepped on, no sound.
Hua Xiong was about to continue rushing into the princes' army to kill the general, but when he looked up, he saw countless soldiers had retreated into the valley, including the general with the bamboo hat.
The moment he looked over, the general also looked back at him.
What Gu Nan was looking at was not Hua Xiong, but the corpse left there after the withdrawal of troops.
The soldiers in her army didn't know the strategy of feigning defeat. Firstly, it was to stabilize the morale of the army, and secondly, because only they didn't know that defeat was true enough to convince Hua Xiong.
The lives of these soldiers have been selected as victims of this war since they entered the army formation, and they are considered to be people who are going to die.
The soldiers who entered the valley were still flustered.
Some soldiers tripped over the corpses on the ground, and before he got up, the countless fleeing people behind him had already stepped on him, and they were trampled to death there.
The soldiers from Xiliang didn't go after them directly, and they couldn't move without the command of the general.
Hua Xiong held the reins and stopped at the mouth of the valley, looking at the defeated army in the valley in a panic.
The contact between the two armies was only a cup of tea.
The corpses of the princes' army were left on the ground, at least there were nearly a thousand people, and the Huaxiong army had almost no casualties.
"General." A general came from behind Hua Xiong and asked, "The front is a valley, so it's not suitable for cavalry to march. Shall I chase after you? Could this be a trick for the princes to lure the enemy?"
Hua Xiong looked at the soldiers of the princes in the valley who had lost even their weapons. The panic of the army was not fake. When they fled, they stomped on them and probably killed hundreds of people.
Moreover, most of the soldiers in this army formation could not escape the pursuit of the Xiliang cavalry army.
If this is a tactic to lure the enemy, then the capital of the princes is too great. At least half of this army will be lost, and the main general may die here.
This army consisted of at least 20,000 to 30,000 men, and the armies of the feudal lords were only more than 100,000 men. Sun Jian had just lost a part of them, so it was impossible to use so many soldiers and horses to lure the enemy into losing them.
If more than half of this army was killed, I'm afraid it was Hua Xiong's army that was wiped out, and the princes were also trading at a loss, and the princes are not so stupid.
"That army is mostly infantry, if it is a strategy to lure the enemy."
Hua Xiong turned his eyes to the general beside him and said.
"Unless this army is all here to die, it is possible that even the chief general will die. There are 20,000 to 30,000 people, and none of the princes has such courage."
After finishing speaking, the long knife in Hua Xiong's hand hung down, and the blood on it flowed through the blade and dripped to the ground.
"Chase!"
"Tap Tat Tat." Horseshoes echoed in the valley, and countless cavalry rushed into the mountains.
After entering the valley, the speed of the Xiliang army was indeed seriously affected, especially the cavalry army. The valley was mostly gravel, and the horses had to detour on this kind of ground, which was much slower.
On the contrary, the soldiers of the vassal army seemed to start throwing away their armor and fleeing, which is really ridiculous. Abandoning armor in battle is no different from throwing away their lives.
Although it is ridiculous, it has to be said that the princes' army marched lightly, and their speed increased a lot.
Even so, the Xiliang army still followed them stubbornly, and they could catch up and kill them from time to time, and they could barely get rid of them only by using the rocks in the valley.
It can be predicted that as long as they leave this valley, these soldiers who have no armor and weapons will be chased and killed by the Xiliang army.
Hua Xiong led the Xiliang cavalry army around another piece of rock, looked at the princes' army who had already run away, and suddenly frowned slightly.
The military formation of the princes' army seemed to have shrunk a lot.
He turned his head to look at the way he was chasing. There were not many corpses of the princes and soldiers on the ground. There should be no more than a thousand princes and soldiers killed by them chasing them all the way. Although the ground was a mess, most of them were discarded armor.
How could the military formation shrink? Their losses should not be so large.
Although he was suspicious in his heart, he shook his head afterward.
At this time, the army of the princes didn't even have armor, so it had no combat power at all. As long as the Xiliang army caught up, it would be a one-sided massacre.
To lure the enemy is to ensure the safe evacuation of the troops, otherwise the loss outweighs the gain.
The current Xiliang army is basically chasing and killing all the way.
Unless the general is crazy, or doesn't take the lives of himself and his soldiers seriously, it is impossible to act like this just by pretending to be defeated.
The sound of soldiers and horses marching in the valley, or the sound of screams and wailing resounded.
In some narrow and long valleys, such a sound can reverberate for a long time, spreading all the way to the mountains and forests, causing the trees in the mountains and forests to shake for a while.
There were more rocks in the middle of the valley, which made it impossible for the Xiliang army to catch up with the princes' army for the time being. Even so, they had killed at least two or three thousand people along the way.
The princes' army was still running away in a panic, which made them more convinced that this was a defeated army, not an army that lured the enemy.
In the process of chasing, Hua Xiong saw the general of the princes' army wearing a bamboo hat several times, and the general turned his head to look at him several times.
For some reason, he couldn't see that the general panicked at all.
"Tap Tat Tat!"
After passing a section of the road in the middle of the valley, the road surface became smooth again, amidst the rapid sound of horseshoes.
A gust of wind overwhelmed the withered grass beside the road, and then there was a deafening sound accompanied by dense horseshoes speeding across the valley.
Seeing that they were about to catch up to the Taniguchi of the upper valley, if nothing unexpected happened, they would catch up with the army of princes before leaving the valley.
Hua Xiong urged his horse, looking forward to the end of the valley that was gradually visible.
His eyes froze there.