Cao Xing slashed one person to death with the saber in his hand, and dodged another person's scimitar. He had only one hand to dodge, and he had no time to fight back, so he was immediately in a dilemma.
But he was not alone. Cao Xing blocked the way, and Xilu was about to turn his scimitar and strike again, when he felt a chill in his heart and fell off his horse.
"Sir, how could you take such a risk!" One of his soldiers rushed over and complained.
"Be sure to pay attention next time." Cao Xing said with a smile.
The soldiers sighed. Cao Xing always said to be careful next time, but every time he got into a melee, he would rush in with weapons. Sometimes the soldiers would not have time to react. If Cao Xing hadn't turned on a lucky halo,
Yes, he could no longer lead troops on expeditions long ago. However, Cao Xing was very kind to these soldiers and never put on airs, so they dared to complain in person.
Cao Xing met up with his soldiers, paid attention to the situation on the battlefield at this time, and then looked back at the Chinese army where Xu Huizu was. Seeing that the situation was normal, he rode his horse forward to kill, and his soldiers hurriedly followed.
But not long after he fought this time, he suddenly felt something was wrong. He hurriedly took a few steps back from the battle, raised his head and paid attention to the current situation.
But as soon as he took a few glances, Ji Ye rushed to him with his guards and said to him: "Cao Xing, the Western captives are gradually retreating."
"I just feel something is wrong. It turns out they are trying to run away!" Cao Xing said. When he was fighting just now, he felt that there were fewer and fewer Xilu around him, and his soldiers were getting closer and closer to the west. He thought the situation was not right and hurriedly left the battle.
After careful observation, his feeling was indeed correct.
"Not only the cavalry led by Salha are retreating, but the tens of thousands of infantry led by Jesb are also retreating, but the retreat is very clever and difficult to be noticed." Song Xuan also rode over and said to them.
"So, the Westerners are retreating?" Cao Xing said excitedly: "Timur can't hold on any longer and plans to retreat. This battle is going to be won. Pass my order and the whole army will pursue it!"
"Chasing, we must not let Timur escape successfully!" Ji Ye also said excitedly.
"Your Highness, Cao Xing!" Song Xuan said: "Don't act rashly. When the Western captives are far from exhausted, it may not be that Timur wants to retreat."
"Song Xuan, you are just too cautious." Cao Xing said: "Although there is still a stalemate now, our army has the advantage, and Timur will not fail to see this. Even if he really uses his troops to turn the situation around,
But Xu Huizu was cautious in using his troops, so he could only fight hard. Even if he won in the end, the losses would be very heavy, and a disastrous victory would feel like defeat."
"Timur can never accept the result of a disastrous victory or defeat. Have you forgotten what is written in the "Summary of the Kingdom of Samarkand" issued by His Majesty? Although Timur is extremely prestigious in his country, he imposes excessive taxes and
All tribes are angry but dare not speak out. If Timur's elite main force is exhausted in the Western Region, the tribal leaders in the country will rise up, and war will be everywhere in an instant, making it impossible to maintain domestic rule."
"At the same time, although the Ming Dynasty has gathered here all elites, there are still more than one million troops in the Central Plains. No matter how confident Timur is, he will not think that he can conquer the Central Plains with the defeated soldiers left after the war.
At that time, he had tens of thousands of remaining soldiers in his hands and could only defend the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains. How could he be willing to do so?"
"So in my opinion, Timur must have found it difficult to defeat our army, so he wanted to retreat, stopped the Eastern Expedition and led his troops back home. As long as he led his troops back home, even if his prestige was reduced because he failed to win this battle,
The tribal leaders did not dare to resist. Besides, I heard that Timur knew that his end was approaching and had already arranged for a crown prince. If he returns to the country with his troops, he can hand over the court to the crown prince more smoothly."
"As for the troops that are currently fighting with our army and are difficult to retreat, would those conscripted herdsmen Timur care about their lives and deaths? He only needs to lead the elite main force back. So Jesb is also leading the infantry to retreat in order to
Save your troops."
"So what our army has to do now is to bite the main cavalry in front of us and the infantry led by Jesbu to prevent them from successfully withdrawing. Timur can abandon the conscripted herdsmen, but he will never abandon the 50,000 to 60,000 main troops
, when General Xu leads the army to cover up and kill them, the Western captives will be defeated!"
"This." Song Xuan pondered. He felt that what Cao Xing said made sense, but it was still a bit risky.
"Don't hesitate any more. Every time you hesitate, the possibility of Xilu escaping increases." Cao Xing said anxiously. Although he was in charge of the left and right guards of the government army, his official position was only the governor of the central military governor's office.
Song Xuan, who was also the commander of the left guard of the government army, did not join the general rank in this expedition, so Song Xuan could command the right guard of the government army to disobey his orders. If he only commanded the left guard of the government army to pursue the pursuit, he might not be able to achieve it.
Purpose. So he must persuade Song Xuan.
"Cao Xing, it's better not to take such risks." Song Xuan said after thinking: "Don't pursue the poor bandits. Your Majesty has no intention of completely destroying the Kingdom of Samarkand. Just let them withdraw."
He thought about it, but still felt that it was a bit risky. Even if Cao Xing's guess was correct, Timur would not fail to be prepared for the Ming army to pursue him. The consequences of them leading troops to pursue him were uncertain; and Song Xuan was not like Cao Xing.
He loves war. His father previously led the soldiers to defend Yiwu City. After the war, at least one earl was obtained. He could just wait and wait to inherit the earl's position. There was no need to take risks.
"Song Xuan!" Ji Ye suddenly said: "Such a great achievement is at your fingertips, how can you not pursue it?" Because of his sensitive identity, he did not say anything just now, but now he heard that Song Xuan was unwilling to pursue him, so he anxiously persuaded her.
But Song Xuan shook his head, still unwilling to lead his troops in pursuit.
Cao Xing's face turned red in a hurry, and when he was about to say something more, his eyes suddenly fixed, he pointed at the Chinese army and said: "Song Xuan, look, General Xu's order ordered us to lead troops to pursue them!"
"What!" Song Xuan immediately turned his head and looked behind him, reading the signal twice. It was indeed an order for them to pursue.
"Okay. Order the drummers to beat the drums and chase the Westerners." Since Xu Huizu gave the order, he could only execute it.
"Soldiers, follow me to pursue the Xilu! Destroy the Xilu, and the Ming Dynasty will win!" Cao Xing shouted loudly after the drum sounded, and then chased after him. Under his instigation, the soldiers on the left and right sides of the government army also
Then he shouted "The Ming Dynasty will win" loudly and chased after him.
"General Xu, if the Xi captives are pretending to be defeated, what should we do?" Zhu Shanglie stood next to Xu Huizu and said to him. The terrain where they are located is higher, and they can have an overview of the situation from behind, so they are not as familiar with the situation as Cao Cao.
Be so optimistic.
"Even if Xilu is pretending to be defeated, I will make him really defeated!" Xu Huizu sneered, turned around and ordered: "Order Yongming Zuowei and the Korean army to send troops to pursue them."
