Lin Ye looked back and saw that the cavalry of the Beiye Army were chasing closely behind him, so he frowned.
Tuoba Lie changed his tactics, split the cavalry into two, and patrolled outside Xiantang City all day long.
Lin Ye had noticed something was wrong in the past few days, but still decided to lead his army out to harass.
As soon as they reached the south of the city, they met the cavalry of the Beiye Army head-on. The general leading the troops, judging from the flag, should be Tuoba Lie's capable general Yan Dongzhi.
The most famous general under Tuoba Lie is called Wuzhishan, which is somewhat of a joke, but it's not all a joke.
It means that if these five people lead the army, even if the gods come, he will not be able to escape from their hands.
Relatively speaking, although Yuan Qingze is considered a close confidant, his status as a leader is not as good as those of these five people.
Of these five people, one is Gu Wansheng in Liyang City, and the other is Yan Dongzhi who is chasing behind Lin Ye.
There are three others, namely General Luan Wanfu, General Xiao Jindong, and General Qi Jinsheng.
Four of these five people were old generals who followed Tuoba Lie in a deadly battle with the Loufan people in Dongbo.
Only Gu Wansheng was promoted later, but Gu Wansheng's talents are definitely not inferior to those of the other four, otherwise Tuoba Lie would not have entrusted Li Yangzhong to him to guard.
At this time, Yan Dongzhi was about to catch up with Lin Ye, and judging from the size of the team, this cowardly army cavalry was the main force.
Judging from the flags, it was still the team led by Lin Ye himself.
Since we are facing the severe winter solstice, we will naturally not miss this opportunity.
In the past few days, Lin Ye divided his troops to harass the Beiye Army. If we really want to say how many casualties the Beiye Army suffered, it is not.
It's just that this style of play forced the Beiye Army to defend itself, seriously affecting the progress of the Beiye Army's siege.
Based on observations over the past few days, Yan Dongzhi determined that Lin Ye had divided approximately 10,000 cavalry into four teams.
This is undoubtedly more flexible, but the disadvantage is that once caught, it will be difficult for such a small number of troops to escape.
But the cavalry we encountered today were obviously not one in four.
Judging from the rising smoke and the size of the cavalry team, it was judged that there were at least five to six thousand people on Lin Ye's side during the severe winter solstice.
In other words, Lin Ye also made changes along with the changes in Kitano Army's tactics.
The teams that were originally divided into four groups are now divided into two groups.
Even so, Yan Dongzhi had 16,000 or 7,000 cavalry, and Lin Ye could only have 5,000 at most.
Therefore, Yan Dongzhi had no intention of letting go. No matter how far Lin Ye ran, he would chase her.
Even if Lin Ye sent someone to bring back another cavalry group, the cowardly army would only be smaller than ten thousand people.
As long as the severe winter solstice persists, another detachment of Luan Wanfu's cavalry can come quickly, encircle and completely eat up Lin Ye's cavalry.
The two sides ran all the way south after leaving Xiantang City. At the speed of light cavalry, they ran like this for only half a day and soon left the battlefield outside the city.
Yan Dongzhi gave an order not to be thrown away by Lin Ye under any circumstances, even if the horse ran away to death, he would still chase him to the end.
Lin Ye's team was running ahead, but it seemed like they couldn't close the distance.
"Ahead is the small square pond!"
A soldier shouted a warning towards the severe winter solstice.
Xiaofangchi City is just a small county town, with a population of only more than 20,000 people at its most prosperous time.
Later, Dongbo was conquered by the Loufan people, and the place was also hit by war, and the people had already fled.
Later, Lin Ye swept northward, and a Dongbo rebel army stationed here was defeated by Lin Ye.
Before Lin Ye withdrew his troops, he ordered the city gates to be demolished and the buildings in the city to be burned down.
At this time, this place is a ruins. A ring of city walls is still there, but there are no people in the city anymore. They are all ruins. The scene is not much worse than hell.
During the winter solstice, Tuoba Lie passed by this place when he left Liyang and went north. At that time, the general Tuoba Lie also said that Lin Ye was indeed a genius.
Cruel and decisive.
A small town like Xiaofangchi could be burned down and would not be left as a stronghold for the Beiye Army.
Although doing so seemed devoid of benevolence and morality and would cause many people to be displaced, Lin Ye did not hesitate at all when he gave the order.
Tuoba Lie also said that if it were him, he would also give the order without any hesitation.
"Little Fangchi?"
Yan Dongzhi recalled it carefully.
He had seen that place with his own eyes. It was no longer a city and there was no danger at all.
"Keep chasing."
He galloped his horse and chased her in hot pursuit.
Lin Ye looked back again and saw that the Beiye Army cavalry was still chasing closely behind him, and his brows furrowed even deeper.
If Yan Dongzhi continues to pursue them like this, no matter how far they go, Lin Ye's team will never be able to get away.
"Enter the small square pond."
Lin Ye gave an order.
The cavalry of the Cowardly Army rushed in from the north gate of Xiaofangchi. Looking from a distance, the smoke and dust in the city soon started to rise.
Yan Dongzhi led his army to pursue him outside the city gate, paused briefly, and sent hundreds of people in to investigate first. Soon after, a whistle sounded in the city, which was a signal that there was no ambush.
Yan Dongzhi immediately urged his horse forward and entered Xiaofangchi City directly.
"Report!"
Shortly after entering the city during the winter solstice, those at the forefront reported the news.
It was said that Lin Ye's cavalry divided into two groups, rushed directly out of the south city gate, made a detour, and left the city from the east.
The team, which is not that large to begin with, dares to split into two?
Yan Dongzhi instantly guessed that it was Lin Ye who wanted him to divide his troops.
"Chase the team with Lin Ye's flag!"
The severe winter solstice gave an order.
One of his generals asked: "General, what if Lin Ye's men beat his flag to lure us away, and Lin Ye takes the opportunity to escape."
"impossible."
Yan Dongzhi said: "Although we have never had a confrontation before, I understand Lin Ye's character. He will not let his subordinates die for him. If it were me, I would lead the enemy away as the leader.
"
He led all his troops out of the south gate and chased the team that flagged Lin Ye.
Yan Dongzhi raised his clairvoyant eyes and saw that Lin Ye's cavalry originally had about four to five thousand people. After dividing the troops, he only had about two thousand people on his side.
"Give me the order to throw away everything except weapons. Only dry food will be left for one day."
Yan Winter Solstice issued another order.
As the order was gradually conveyed, the well-disciplined Beiye Army cavalry immediately began to execute it.
They threw away everything they could carry with them, including their tied quilts, extra dry food, and some even threw away one of the two standard quivers.
Some people simply took off the leather helmets on their heads and threw them away in order to increase their speed.
The lighter the weight, the faster the cavalry, and the distance between them and Lin Ye seems to be getting closer and closer.
Another group of cowardly cavalrymen who separated had no intention of turning back and ran straight in the other direction.
After chasing for another hour, Lin Ye's team was about to enter a forest, Yan Dongzhi immediately ordered the pursuit at full speed.
The soldiers kept hitting the horses, squeezing out the last bit of potential of the horses.
After chasing him into the forest leaves, Winter Solstice reined in the horse violently.
There were many war horses in the woods, but there were no cowardly cavalry on horseback.
Lin Ye's men abandoned their horses and fled on foot?
Even an idiot among idiots would not be able to make such a choice.
"Keep chasing."
Yan Dongzhi shouted and rode forward.
The further they pursued, the more something was wrong. The number of horses abandoned by the cowardly army must have been at least a thousand.
After leaving the woods, the smoke and dust were still there, indicating that the cowardly cavalry were still running, but...
Yan Dongzhi looked back, suddenly realized, and his heart was shaken.
"Cheated."
Lin Ye did not have four or five thousand cavalry at all, he only had more than two thousand men.
But each person brought at least four to five thousand horses, maybe even more.
When being pursued by the Kitano Army, the real cavalry were all behind, and the empty horses in front were blocked.
After entering Xiaofangchi City, the cavalry split up and fled. Lin Ye took a few hundred people with him and continued to confuse the Beiye Army with this large number of horses.
Lin Ye guessed that the severe winter solstice would definitely chase the banner with the word "Lin".
When being chased, he looked back twice and frowned. He just felt that... the enemy was not chasing him fast enough or far enough.
"Return to the army!"
Yan Dongzhi immediately gave the order, and the cavalry reined in their horses one after another and turned around in a panic.
At the same time, in the east of Xiantang City.
Xu Haoran led more than 2,000 cowardly cavalry and ran all the way, while Luan Wanfu led more than 10,000 Beiye Army cavalry in hot pursuit.
Xu Haoran was not using Lin Ye's banner. If it were Lin Ye's banner, Luan Wanfu might have to be more careful and take it more seriously.
Luan Wanfu's thoughts were exactly the same as Yan Dongzhi. How could he let the enemy escape if he encountered them?
"General, ahead is Niutuo County."
A soldier shouted.
Luan Wanfu also visited Niutuo County a while ago and was raided by Lin Ye's cavalry. The city gates were demolished and the houses were burned to the ground.
It was impossible to defend that place. It was more like a ruins than a county town.
"Go straight after him!"
Luan Wanfu saw the enemy soldiers entering Niutuo County, and he gave the order without any hesitation.
Xu Haoran's team entered the city from the west gate and continued to rush forward along the street without slowing down.
Luan Wanfu led his troops and chased him into the city gate. There were three to four thousand people in the team behind him. At this time, a crowd suddenly appeared on the city wall.
A large number of rolling logs, stone sandbags and other things were pushed down from the city wall, directly cutting off the city gate. Someone poured kerosene on it and lit it on fire. The Beiye Army cavalry could not get closer, and the horses were so frightened that they retreated repeatedly.
The people inside the city gate immediately brought a large amount of stones and wood to block the city gate opening.
The cavalrymen in the rear of the Beiye Army were smashed to death. Hundreds of them were killed at the gate of the city. The cavalry behind them immediately reined in their horses and stopped.
"The general is stuck in the city!"
Someone shouted loudly.
The general in the rear immediately gave the order to go around and enter the city through other gates.
At this time, in the ruins of Niutuo County, all the cowardly troops who were ambushing here appeared.
Xu Haoran is the bait, and the teams of Yan Geng and Mo Xucong are already waiting here.
The Northern Field Army cavalry entered the city and formed a long snake-like formation on the street. How could they make timely adjustments?
The ambushes on both sides were raised, and arrows rained down.
In just an instant, less than half of the Beiye Army cavalry that entered the city were defeated.
After Xu Haoran's team stopped, they turned around and fought back. Luan Wanfu was completely blocked in this small county town.
The Beiye army behind divided into two teams, one heading north and one heading south, trying to enter the city through these two city gates to rush for reinforcements.
After arriving, I discovered that both the south and north gates were blocked, so I rushed to the east gate again.
By the time they arrived at the east gate, Luan Wanfu's men had less than a hundred men left, and they were blocked in a small alley.
The Beiye Army cavalry numbering more than 10,000 was forcibly divided by a small county town. The numerical advantage of the cavalry was completely eliminated within half an hour.
And half an hour was enough for the cowardly army.
With 7,000 troops ambushing and attacking more than 3,000 people, if the battle cannot be resolved quickly within half an hour, it will appear that the cowardly army is too incompetent.
At this time, Lin Ye, with two to three hundred people, also circled back from the south.
He couldn't rush to Niutuo County to take command immediately, because it was too far away.
What he had to do was to lure out the other half of the Beiye Army cavalry.
At this moment, Lin Ye was thinking that Xu Haoran and the others were probably almost done fighting, and hoped that their fight would go smoothly.