Xieli led the army and retreated quickly.
However, many of his cavalry fell behind and were immediately caught up by the Tang dynasty cavalry led by Mordor. Saber light flashed as saber after saber slashed down, killing the Turkic cavalry one by one.
In this pursuit, the number of Turkic cavalry that died was uncountable.
Xieli looked back and saw his own cavalry being chased until they were crying for their parents. Countless people were fleeing in all directions, no longer following the main group. Because they were following the main group but fell behind, they were definitely killed.
Therefore, they could only escape to other places.
Xieli's retreat quickly reached the rear camp. There was nothing much in this camp, only some wounded. Now that Xieli could not even protect himself, he could not take care of the wounded. He ordered the retreat and did not have time to care about the wounded.
The army continued to retreat.
This retreat went from night to night. Running all the way, they had already reached the border of Daizhou and were about to enter Shuo Province. However, there were still shouts of killing coming from behind Xieli.
The pursuing troops of the Tang dynasty were still chasing and not letting go.
The number of cavalry around Xieli had already been greatly reduced. Although Xieli was temporarily unable to count the exact number of people, he roughly estimated that there were not even thirty thousand of them left.
The loss was too great.
Xieli did not despair. He shouted, "Retreat, retreat at full speed. We are about to enter the border of Shuo Province. As long as we enter Shuo Province, we can mobilize Gao Manzheng's forces to resist. At that time, we will have fresh troops and not be afraid of the pursuit of the Tang dynasty. We can even kill our way back. "
"Retreat!"
Xieli shouted loudly.
At this time, whether it was Xieli or the soldiers under him, they were all hungry.
Most importantly, their bodies were not feeling well.
They had not eaten in the afternoon. Many of the soldiers were weak and their stomachs were hurting badly. Many of them could not stabilize their breathing while running. Their buttocks had already collapsed and their entire buttocks were in a mess.
The whole scene was very miserable.
Fortunately, Xieli's words encouraged the soldiers in the army and made them temporarily gather their spirit and retreat with all their might, trying to avoid Mordor who was chasing from behind.
Now that Mordor was leading the Tang dynasty's cavalry, everyone was extremely excited. Because in this pursuit, they had been constantly killing Turkic cavalry, and the exhilaration they felt was like drinking a cup of iced fruit juice on a hot summer day. All the pores on their bodies had opened up, and they felt incomparably comfortable.
It must be known that these border troops of the Tang dynasty were stationed at the border, and it was very difficult for them to resist the Turks. All this time, they had been passively taking a beating. They had never taken the initiative to charge into the grassland to avenge their previous humiliation.
Now, there was an opportunity.
Finally, he could take his revenge openly.
"Kill!"
Shouts and cheers could be heard from the crowd. The soldiers of the Tang dynasty were full of fighting spirit and kept urging their horses to charge forward. The horses galloped forward. When the Tang dynasty soldiers caught up with the Turkic cavalry, it was a massacre.
The pursuit continued.
More than four hours had passed, and the eastern horizon gradually began to brighten.
At this time, they had already entered the territory of Mayi. Xieli's heart, from the initial panic to now slightly calmed down. Because after entering Mayi, with Gao Manzheng's army, he could avoid this disaster.
Even more, Xieli could use Gao Manzheng's army to turn the situation around and counterattack.
Just as they were getting closer to Mayi, and when they were close to Mayi County, the sky was already bright. Suddenly, a Turkic cavalry shouted, and a large number of cavalry and infantry appeared in front of them.
This group of troops blocked their path.
"Dong! Dong! "
The sound of war drums resounded.
The war drums beat rapidly. At the front of the army blocking the road ahead, Gao Manzheng swung down his saber and shouted, "Boys, kill, follow me and kill!"
At his order, Gao Manzheng's cavalry took the lead to kill.
When Gao Manzheng's troops came, Xieli was smiling at first. He thought that Gao Manzheng's army must have come to support them and stop the Tang dynasty's army behind them.
But as the distance between the two sides got closer and closer, especially when the distance between the two sides was less than thirty steps, Xieli found that Gao Manzheng's troops did not go to the sides of the road, but went straight in their direction.
Xieli's heart skipped a beat.
Not good!
Gao Manzheng's target was not the Tang dynasty's army behind them, but this group of retreating Turkic troops. Xieli's heart could no longer find out when Gao Manzheng submitted to the Tang dynasty and began to serve the Tang dynasty.
At this moment, Xieli only wanted to escape, so he quickly led his personal guards to change direction and break through to the left.
After Xieli led Kang Sumi, Si Mo, Zhi Si Li and others to break through, the rest of the army also began to change direction. But when the following soldiers found Gao Manzheng's army, they were one step too late.
They could not avoid Gao Manzheng's cavalry.
As soon as the two sides fought, these Turkic cavalry who were originally unwell and exhausted from running continuously for an entire night suddenly received a blow to the head. They did not have the strength to resist at all and were killed one after another.
In a short time, there were countless casualties.
At Gao Manzheng's side, his strategist reminded Gao Manzheng that Xieli had escaped. Gao Manzheng turned to look in the direction Xieli had escaped and immediately gave the order to pursue. He did not want Xieli to escape. He wanted to capture Xieli so that he could make a great contribution.
So when his army was killing the Turkic cavalry, Gao Manzheng decisively changed direction and chased in the direction Xieli had escaped.
As Gao Manzheng's army surrounded them, the Turkic cavalry could only break through the encirclement like headless flies. But many who could not escape were either killed because they resisted or simply chose to surrender.
It was not that they did not dare to fight, but that they could not fight anymore. So the Turkic cavalry simply surrendered.
More and more people were killed and injured.
Mordor did not care about the part of the Turkic cavalry that had surrounded and killed them. He led the Tang dynasty cavalry to continue to kill the fleeing Turkic cavalry and also went in Xieli's direction.
This chase lasted for half the morning.
They had already chased to the border of Mayi.
But even with Mordor and Gao Manzheng's joint pursuit, they still could not catch up to Xieli's group. Gao Manzheng came to Mordor's side and said, "General Mordor, we let Xieli escape."
Mordor said, "I am not some general. I am only Young Master's bodyguard. Young Master just let me participate in this battle. "
"Retreat!"
Mordor could not catch up and gave the order to retreat.
He did not have to capture Xieli.
Seeing that Mordor did not say much, Gao Manzheng also did not say much and gave the order to retreat. As they retreated, they also began to clean up the battlefield along the way, taking captives and dealing with the Turkic corpses one by one.
While Gao Manzheng and Mordor were retreating, Xieli Khan, who had continued to run forward for almost an hour, found that there were no more pursuers behind him and then gave the order to stop and rest.
"Huff! Huff! Huff!! "
Xieli flipped off his horse and sat on the ground, panting heavily.
Everyone else was the same.
Everyone was extremely tired. They had been fighting since yesterday and running all the way until now. Finally, they had shaken off the pursuers. When they were running at high speed earlier, because their minds were tense, they did not care about anything else. But now, a tight string was loosened. One by one, they were lying on the ground, panting heavily.
But when everyone recovered, other than the exhaustion and hunger on their bodies, their faces were filled with despair and decadence. Because the losses in this battle were too great.
Xieli Khan's expression was even gloomier.
He looked around and saw that there were not many soldiers. With a cold face, he ordered, "Zhili Sili, immediately count the losses."
"Yes!"
Zhili Sili received the order and immediately went to count.
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