Gongsun Xiu led a total of cavalry, which came and went like the wind. The number of cavalry in the Wei army accounted for only 40%, and the rest were infantry. When the distance of pursuit was far, infantry would fall behind and cavalry would rush forward.

After his improvement, the Yan army cavalry were equipped with stirrups, which greatly liberated their hands. While riding the horse, the Yan army could turn around and shoot arrows, shooting the Wei army chasing behind them.

At the same time, the four hooves of the war horse were also put on horseshoes, which made them more wear-resistant and would not wear down the horseshoes when walking on the rugged mountain roads in Liaodong.

Hu Zun rode his horse to chase. Seeing that all the Yan army had time to turn around and shoot arrows in the very fast horse battle, he sat steadily on the horse's back and couldn't fall off. He couldn't help but be shocked: "The Yan army's cavalry is so well trained?"

What he didn't know was that although the Yan army was good at riding, it was not as powerful as the cavalry of Wei. Instead, it had the stabilization effect of stirrups. The Yan army did not need to rely entirely on clamping the horse's belly and sat firmly, and could turn around and shoot arrows anytime and anywhere without worrying about falling off the horse.

Without stirrups, there are very few cavalry who can practice such cavalry. This small change is the gap between mediocre soldiers and elite soldiers.

In this way, Hu Zun followed the large troops behind to chase him, which was like a nightmare, and he had to welcome the Yan army's feather arrows anytime and anywhere. In the pursuit of the two armies, the cavalry on both sides had an average charge speed of 45 miles. Once they were shot off the enemy, even if they were not dead, the cavalry troops that could not stop behind him would be enough to step into meat past.

Falling off is almost a dead end.

Gongsun Xiu completely referred to the combat style of later Mongolians, first used a small group of cavalry to test it and led it to chase and attack. Even the feather arrows were equipped with light and thin small arrows, with a short range, and the victory was fast. The Yan army turned around and shot arrows from time to time, so that the soldiers of the Wei army had to be guarded against the feather arrows that were shot in the face during the pursuit.

Gongsun Xiu saw that the Wei army's siege began to shrink, and the Wei army was everywhere. He pretended to be defeated, turned his horse and rushed into the small path in the forest, and there was no trace of it.

Hu Zun stopped his horse and dared not pursue him, for fear of ambushing him, so he had to slow down his pursuit.

Sima Yi led the infantry to catch up from behind and frowned and said, "Has he ran over there?"

"I've gone on the small road." Hu Zun replied.

Sima Yi was suspicious by nature and sneered: "This kid must have ambushed in the bushes of the small paths. He sent a small group of cavalry to track and explore the way, and the army took a detour and could not fall into his plan."

Hu Zun immediately led a cavalry team of 100 people to chase them from behind into the forest path.

The cavalry team chased after him along the way, and saw the horse's hooves on the ground were messy and walked in. The Yan army flags and axes fell from the ground.

"Ha, I escaped in a panic and even threw away the flag."

Hu Zun immediately turned his horse's head and went back to report to Sima Yi.

When Sima Yi heard this, he said happily: "It must be that his army under him saw that there were many soldiers in our hearts, and a large number of soldiers rushed away as deserters. Since this is the case, we can chase them all the way forward, and our army has many soldiers and few bandits in Yan, so we can easily break them."

Hu Zun received the order and immediately ordered the army to pursue it from a small distance.

The next day, he chased the riverside and threw away a large amount of armor and leather armor by the river. Sima Yi saw the mess on the ground and said happily: "The Yan thief threw away his armor, for fear of being caught by us, so he did not hesitate to remove his armor. He was worried that he would be captured and slaughtered by us. Continue to chase him! If I guess well, the Yan thief no longer wants to fight again. Our army continues to move forward and can capture and kill him."

Hu Zun was overjoyed and praised: "The Grand Marshal is so proud that he is looking for the enemy as good as a god."

Sima Yi shook his head and said, "Stop flattering, continue chasing forward."

The two led the army to chase after him for another two days and two nights. Finally, they saw dozens of trucks of supplies in the dense forest. The sacks were piled up with knives, and the food was scattered all over the ground. The footprints were trampled and messy, accompanied by the traces of wrestling, and seven or eight Yan soldiers fell in a pool of blood.

Sima Yi jumped off the horse, reached out to the neck of the Yan army's corpse on the ground, and frowned and said, "It has been twelve hours since this person died - that proves that the Yan army had an internal conspiracy here yesterday, and they were willing to kill each other in order to compete for food and supplies. At this point, I am afraid that there are only dozens of followers beside him and have become a betrayal dog."

Hu Zun agreed and said, "There is almost reaching Liaokou ahead, less than 150 miles."

Sima Yi sneered: "This is the destruction of Gongsun. He fled to Liaokou, and our army could join forces with Wang Chang."

Hu Zun divided the eighth route and explored the way, leading an army forward, while Sima Yi stayed behind and cut off the rear.

Soon, the Wei soldiers chased to Xiaogu Mountain.

As soon as I advanced into Xiaogu Mountain, it was already night.

Sima Yi sent troops to search everywhere. The Wei army used a spear to sting among the weeds and grass, and cursed: "Get out, disarm and don't kill."

Hu Zun frowned and said, "In theory, the traces are over here. Gongsun Xiu must have been hiding in Xiaogu Mountain."

Sima Yi pondered for a moment and nodded, "There is no mistake. From Liao Tunnel to Xiaogu Mountain, the Yan army had nowhere to hide, and the materials were abandoned everywhere, so it would definitely be defeated."

The Wei army, which had more than 13,000 people, almost turned over every grass and tree in Xiaogu Mountain. Suddenly, eight Wei soldiers stepped on hard things under their feet.

When I looked at it with a torch, it turned out to be a black-colored flag of Wei.

The eight people looked at each other, and used their hands and feet to open the soil. They dug out a large pit of soil. The pit was filled with more than 5,000 flags, clothing, and leather armor. The pit seemed to have just been filled, and even the soil was new. The leading centurion hurriedly said, "Report to the Grand Marshal, General Hu will know."

When Sima Yi heard about this, he walked quickly and saw thousands of Wei soldiers in the pit. He was surprised: "Who stole so many supplies from our army to hide here? Summon the grain cattle in the army to me."

A person flashed out from the rear camp. Liang Cao Li was originally a short, fat and thick middle-aged man with a frightened face and knelt on the ground: "The Taiwei Mingjian, the lower officials do not have corrupt military supplies, and they have account books as evidence. All the uses, losses and additions in the army are controlled by the lower officials."

Sima Yi pondered without saying a word, and suddenly said, "Why are there a large amount of Wei armor hidden here? If it weren't for your corruption, where did you come from?"

Li Yuan was almost stunned and said in a trembling voice: "Return to the Taiwei, it may be... our army killed in the battlefield, and the armor was taken away by the enemy. This is not accurate-"

Hu Zun was furious when he heard this, grabbed the back of his neck, raised it high, and hummed: "Nonsense, after every battle, I would order people to clean up the battlefield and pick up the armor and flags one by one. How could there be thousands of pairs of leather armor left outside?"

Li Yuan left his legs and started Ling Yundang, and smiled bitterly: "General——Listen to my explanation, this..."

Sima Yi suddenly woke up in shock when he heard this and said in a deep voice: "Wait, I know, I am earlier at the northern end of the Liao River, Gongsun Xiu ambushed the troops in half and attacked them, capturing nearly 3,000 troops - could it be that these weapons were taken off the prisoners?"

As soon as this said, Hu Zun let go of his hand, Li Yuan threw himself into the pit with a thunderous sound, and crawled out in a mess with the help of the soldiers.

Li Yuan almost fell into three pieces of his waist, his face turned blue with pain, and he said tremblingly: "Taiwei, could it be that Gongsun Xiu captured my captive from the Great Wei Dynasty and killed him here, right?"

Sima Yi frowned and said, "Are you a pig's brain? Since you are a pit, why are there only armor and flags of Wei, and there are no soldiers' corpses?"

After saying that, he looked at Xiaogushan, who was surprisingly quiet, and his face changed slightly: "I always feel that something is very strange in my heart, so it's better to retreat first."

Hu Zun did not doubt that he was there and ordered his soldiers to pick up thousands of pairs of leather armor from the pit and take them away.

As soon as the Wei army was about to withdraw from Xiaogu Mountain, they heard the sound of horse hooves coming like a tide. Sima Yi's face changed slightly. He rode his horse to a high place and looked away. He saw seven or eight fire dragons twisting and wandering in the southeast direction, rushing left and right in the dense forest, spreading rapidly.

His face changed slightly, and he knew that the winding fire dragon at the foot of the mountain was a large number of soldiers holding torches in their hands and marched at night, with fear on his face: "It's not good, I'm trapped again. The number of enemy troops under the mountain seems to be comparable to ours!"
Chapter completed!