Chapter 168 The Dust Settled

Escape or fight to the death?

Li Wenhou was at war between heaven and man, and finally made a decision.

escape.

There is only one life, and the rebellion is for glory and wealth, even if it fails in the end, you can't lose your life, right?

Li Wenhou turned his head to look at Huangfusong's handsome flag, then turned around and sighed.

The whip whipped in the air and made a loud noise.

"Walk!"

Li Wenhou's legs clamped the horse's belly, and he waved his whip and shouted, and there were more than 3,000 horsemen around him who stopped fighting, but broke out and followed Li Wenhou to fight.

Hu Qi, who had launched a charge against Huangfu Song's army, was exhausted, and a row of soldiers breathed a sigh of relief.

"The sword and shield hand, the spearman stepped forward and besieged."

"Let Liu Yuqing catch Li Wenhou!"

The northern army and the county soldiers who had retreated before were full of energy and rushed forward. Tens of thousands of soldiers from Beijun Commandery were gearing up, sneering again and again, and slowly lined up from the formation, surrounding more than 2,000 Huqi.

Surrounded by ten, the combined number of the Northern Army and the county soldiers exceeds 20,000, and it is more than enough to encircle 2,000 Huqi.

More than 20,000 Han soldiers looked at Hu Qi who was surrounded, sneered tacitly, and stepped forward slowly, compressing Hu Qi's living space.

"Archers ready!"

"Sword, shield, spear, and spear work closely together."

Ten times the enemy blocked the retreat like a copper wall and an iron wall. They fired with bows and crossbows, and the shield, wall and spear forest advanced layer by layer. The two thousand horses were quickly wiped out.

Li Wenhou turned and ran away, how could Liu Ye let him go so easily, and immediately pointed his gun at Li Wenhou.

"kill!"

In addition to the 1,300 or so cavalry in his headquarters, there are more than 4,000 cavalry closely following him. After all, chasing and killing Li Wenhou is a great contribution. Even if a small soldier captures Li Wenhou, he can reach the sky in one step. , but being an army commander or even a school lieutenant is always not a problem.

Didn't the five pawns who captured and killed King Xiang back then be enshrined as marquises? Although Li Wenhou is far inferior to King Xiang, he is still one of the leaders of the rebel army, and his gold content is not small.

Li Wenhou's three thousand Hu Qi fled desperately, and Liu Ye led six thousand Han cavalry in pursuit, biting the tail of Hu Qi tightly, but these Hu Qi would turn their heads and shoot arrows from time to time. From time to time, someone screamed and fell off the horse.

These Hu Qi were born on horseback, and riding and shooting has almost become their instinct. Even sitting on horseback and shooting arrows, they are quite proficient. However, these frontier troops who had been in the northwest for a long time were not vegetarians, and they fought back one after another.

In fact, riding is also a kind of skill to put it bluntly. The Qiang people rode horses every day since they were young.

Just like Gongsun Zan, who was later known as the White Horse General, his White Horse Yicong was a powerful army with unparalleled riding and shooting.

Han Qi and Hu Qi fired arrows at each other. In fact, Hu Qi's horse shooting was far better than Han Qi's, but they turned around and shot, while Han Qi shot directly, and the gap was further narrowed.

Whoosh whoosh, both sides come and go, each has hundreds of casualties, from time to time there are arrow feathers shot towards Liu Ye, and he shoots left and right with his spear, none of them can get close, now with his skill, Unless it is the kind of dense coverage salvo that can hurt him, this kind of scattering is not to be taken seriously.

"drive!"

The white horse under Liu Ye's crotch is a BMW. It was not easy for Bumeng to get it in his hands. He had just passed his infancy, and it was a good time to go wild. He gradually separated from the cavalry behind him and got closer and closer to the Hu cavalry formation. .

Seeing Liu Ye chasing after Hu Qi, four arrogant and brave Hu Qi turned around and rushed towards him. The four Hu cavalry were quite strategic. Three of them rode their horses and rushed up, while the other took out his bow and interfered with Liu Ye.

The three Hu cavalry came up in a zigzag shape, each brandishing their sabers, and surrounded them with ferocious expressions, while the Hu cavalry holding a bow loosened his bowstring, and an arrow shot out of his hand.

A cold light flashed in Liu Ye's eyes, the long spear stuck out, and the tip of the spear stuck to the arrow and swiped forcefully to the left. The arrow flew towards him, caught by the tip of Liu Ye's spear, turned his direction, and shot directly into the neck of Hu Qi on the left, and fell to the ground.

While the remaining two Hu Qimen rushed up, Liu Ye flicked the tip of the gun in his hand, swishing two shots, and the two of them fell to the ground again.

Liu Ye suddenly urged his horse forward, charging through the rear of the Hu cavalry for a while, with the long spear hanging on the side of the horse, and holding the longbow hanging behind the back with his left hand, he pulled it out.

A heavy iron arrow in the quiver rested on the bowstring, Liu Ye narrowed his eyes, and locked onto Li Wenhou's heart from afar.

The bowstring was stretched tightly, and the arrow aimed at Li Wenhou's neck at a distance of about two hundred and seventy steps. Fortunately, it was still within the maximum range, and even a heavy iron arrow could be shot.

Whoosh!

The heavy iron arrow pierced the air, the eagle feathers did not move, the sound of the bowstring and the sound of the sharp arrow piercing the air sounded at the same time.

"General beware!"

A soldier beside Li Wenhou rushed forward bravely, the sharp arrow pierced through his body and shot into Li Wenhou's flesh, but failed to hit the vital point.

"pity."

Liu Ye let out a long sigh, and chased after him with his jaws open behind him.

"Sima, do you want to continue the pursuit?"

"Chasing for another ten miles, it's fine if we can't catch up. The horses of this group of horsemen are quite fast."

In April of the second year of Zhongping, Huang Fusong, the general of Zuo Cheqi, was ordered to suppress the rebellion, and sent more than 30,000 troops to Anding County.

The Qiang rebels in the northwest went deep into the enemy's territory. Huangfusong immediately dispatched troops to cut off the grain roads in Jingyang City with light soldiers, and launched a fierce attack. Li Wenhou, the leader of the rebel army, responded with 30,000 Qiang soldiers. Huangfu Song defended with the infantry formation, and the cavalry on both wings attacked. After defeating the Qiang infantry, the cavalry returned to the division.

The Han army joined forces on foot and cavalry, attacking back and forth. Li Wenhou was defeated and fled. He was shot by Liu Ye with an arrow and escaped wounded.

Huangfu Song won the first battle, with less than 2,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry injured, most of whom were soldiers from the county; while 14,000 of the 30,000 Qiang soldiers were killed, and more than 10,000 were captured, less than 4,000 Fleeing, most of them were cavalry following Li Wenhou.

Emperor Ling was overjoyed when he heard the news, and issued an edict to increase Huangfu Song's household by one thousand, and each of his subordinates would be rewarded, and the crisis of the three assistants was temporarily lifted. Huangfusong sent troops to settle in Anding County, and the territory of Yongzhou felt relieved.

Li Wenhou was injured and fled to Jincheng County, where he joined Beigong Boyu, Bian Zhang Han Sui and others. Beigong Boyu immediately marched eastward, sent 80,000 troops south to Yongzhou, and divided his troops to station in Longxi and Tianshui to confront Huangfu Song's army.

Huangfusong believed that the enemy had a lot of soldiers and he could not fight decisively at will, so he was in a stalemate with the enemy. Although the situation in the northwest was tense for a while, no major battle broke out.

And Liu Ye was named a school lieutenant because of his meritorious service, and led two army horses. He was about to expand the infantry to a thousand people, with Guan Hai and Yu Jin as the army Sima, and practiced day and night in the northwest.