A chase unfolded on the grassland, starting at midnight and continuing until dawn.
Xue Dingshan's small victory had long since evaporated due to this chase. During the process, he discovered the fact that Cheng Dalei escaped very quickly. He was clearly in front of him just now, but disappeared in the blink of an eye. Going forward, Cheng Dalei was not far away.
Waiting for them everywhere.
Time and time again, the imperial army was exhausted in the pursuit. Subsequently, complaints arose among the army. Xue Dingshan beheaded one of them to suppress the dissatisfaction of the soldiers.
Xue Dingshan is too eager for this victory. Whether it is notoriety or prestige, Cheng Dalei has already become famous all over the world. I don’t know how many people in the empire want to climb up on Cheng Dalei’s shoulders. Now that Cheng Dalei has fallen into poverty, it is not the best opportunity to beat the drowned dog.
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Xue Dingshan had the same thought as Cheng Dalei: If he didn't kill him today, he would not have the chance to kill him in the future.
On the contrary, Cheng Dalei's self-confidence gradually returned. Relying on the bonus of divine movement, Xue Dingshan wanted to catch up with him, which could almost be said to be a wishful thinking. Since all of his own troops were cavalry, they could still conserve their physical strength during a long march. But the enemy...
...I'm afraid that my legs are shaking now from exhaustion.
"kill!"
Cheng Dalei suddenly turned around and killed a carbine. The two hundred cavalrymen pierced the imperial army like a spear. Cheng Dalei was not reluctant to fight. He harvested a group of heads and withdrew from the battle, leaving the enemy behind.
Xue Dingshan suppressed his anger. Even though the anger in his heart was burning, his expression remained calm. The opponent's troops had an absolute advantage, and it was almost impossible to catch up with the enemy. However, letting Cheng Dalei escape like this was definitely not what he wanted to see.
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"Retreat." Xue Dingshan ordered.
The men shouted good luck and breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that they could return to camp early and have lunch in time.
Seeing this scene, Xue Dingshan was in an extremely bad mood. How could he go into battle with these people?
What the Imperial Army did not expect was that when Xue Dingshan ordered to escape, Cheng Dalei came up instead. Like a yellow wolf chasing its prey on the grassland, it would only pounce on the prey when it is exhausted and bite the throat of the prey with its teeth.
Xue Dingshan seemed not to know how bad the situation was, and retreated in an orderly manner with his soldiers. When Cheng Dalei attacked, he set up defenses. Naturally, a group of tired soldiers could not form effective resistance against Cheng Dalei, but Xue Dingshan tried his best to minimize casualties.
During the process, the Imperial Army continued to reduce its numbers, and a thousand people died at the feet of the Rebel Army.
At noon, Cheng Dalei launched another attack. Cheng Dalei did not mind using this method to kill the imperial army, and then cut off Xue Dingshan's head with an axe.
But something unexpected happened during this attack. Just when Cheng Dalei was killing Xue Dingshan happily and was thinking about killing Xue Dingshan, a group of men suddenly came out from behind. Although the number was not large, only about a thousand, they were elite.
The cavalry was led by Lu Cheng.
"kill!"
"Let's go, let's go!"
Cheng Dalei waved his ax and withdrew the rebel troops who were fighting happily and fled into the distance.
"General Xue, General Xue..." At the critical moment, Lu Cheng arrived with reinforcements.
"It's nothing. I have already killed Cheng Dalei here. Let's kill him now, when the enemy is weak." Xue Dingshan.
"Yes, Prime Minister Cui has said that all these thousand cavalry will be commanded by General Xue." Lu Cheng.
"Okay, I'll go after the enemy, and these people will be handed over to the Army Division."
Bearing the loss of troops, but also dragging Cheng Dalei here, Xue Dingshan has been feeling angry in his heart. This time with the addition of elite strength, he immediately led the cavalry team to pursue Cheng Dalei.
Then, he discovered a terrible fact. Even if he chased with cavalry, he still couldn't keep up with Cheng Dalei's speed. It felt like Cheng Dalei's team had wings, it was unhurried and slow, but you just couldn't catch up.
Cheng Dalei and his men ran like rabbits. Who would have thought that Xue Dingshan was so hateful that he risked a third of his casualties just to hold him back.
Compassion cannot lead an army, justice cannot lead an army. To be honest, Xue Dingshan is more suitable to lead an army than himself.
Of course, because of the effect of the divine power, it would not be easy for Xue Dingshan to catch up with him. However, Cheng Dalei always felt a little regretful that he could not kill Xue Dingshan today.
He fled on the black bull, stopping occasionally and making faces at Xue Dingshan, who was panting after him.
At this moment, a group of about a thousand people came out from opposite Cheng Dalei, led by a general, who shouted at Cheng Dalei.
"Cheng Dalei, where are you running away!"
Cheng Dalei hurriedly turned around. Unexpectedly, there was an ambush here, so he quickly led the soldiers to the east.
A group of men and horses shot out from a grassy slope in the east, cutting off Cheng Dalei's path.
"Cheng Dalei, where are you going!"
Cheng Dalei changed direction again and headed northeast. A group of men and horses emerged from the woods in the northeast, led by a general with a stick.
Northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest... From all directions, Cheng Dalei was surrounded. The number of people in each team was not large, more than a thousand people, as few as hundreds, but they occupied any position where Cheng Dalei could escape.
They drank loudly and advanced layer by layer, shortening the encirclement around Cheng Dalei.
This is not entirely the team of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but includes the General's Mansion, the Yangzhou Army and other princes.
After killing Lin Shaoyu, as far as the imperial court was concerned, the matter of the Righteousness Cult was over, except for the little tail of Cheng Dalei. In the past few days, all the princes sent their men to hunt down Cheng Dalei. So this group of people operating on the grassland
Not only Xue Dingshan was involved, but the news about Lu Cheng's encounter with Cheng Dalei had already spread. Teams from various families rushed here, and finally converged at this moment, surrounding Cheng Dalei.
Nowadays, Cheng Dalei feels like a nine-headed insect being hunted by heavenly soldiers and generals. There is no way to the sky and no door to the earth. No matter where you go, you will poke your head out and shout: "Where to go!"
Cheng Dalei's road was indeed blocked, and he couldn't break through the siege. Finally, Cheng Dalei was blocked in front of a big river. Looking back, the imperial army was advancing layer by layer, and the distance was getting shorter and shorter, so short that he could see clearly every step.
The expression on an individual's face.
In front of him is the endless river, and behind him are layers of imperial troops. Now Cheng Dalei can understand Lin Shaoyu's feeling of being cornered, but this time, there is no natural danger like Killing the Tiger's Mouth for Cheng Dalei to turn around.
A young Silver Halberd general clapped his horse forward and shouted: "Master Cheng, I am Xue Dingshan from Jingzhou. Are you willing to die under my halberd?"
Cheng Dalei was itching with hatred. This was the first time he took a serious look at Xue Dingshan. To be honest, he looked really handsome. Now he was itching with hatred. Firstly, he hated Xue Dingshan, the pretty boy, and secondly, he was very systematic...
If you are killed by someone you summoned, there is really no way to deal with it.