Soon, there were more and more Khitans gathered around Xiao Shilu and them, but most of them were ordinary clansmen, old and weak women and children, and many of the young and strong elites who really had combat effectiveness were either killed by each other in the battle just now, or died under the iron hooves of the heavy cavalry. Seeing that there were seventy or eighty thousand tribes, only a few thousand people were pulled out, which made Wan Yan Wanting and Xiao Shilu's eyes red.

The blood-stained land is their homeland, and the blood is the blood of their people.

At the same time, Zhang Yuan had already seized the banner of the Northern Khitan tribe and joined up with Ba Dinghan and them, and after knowing Xiao Shilu's calculations, he decided to carry out a strong attack while it was dark, completely defeating the Northern Khitan tribe so that it would not be a little threatened.

But at this time, he was faced with a problem, that is, after a few days of hurrying, the heavy cavalry itself was exhausted, and after this attack, the physical strength was even more exhausted, if he wanted to carry out a decisive frontal attack, he was afraid that a large number of war horses would be exhausted before the battle was carried out.

Zhang Yuan thought about it for a while, and then ordered: "Collect and replace as many war horses as possible, and others who still have strength urgently need to be swept away!" ”

The killing did not stop, and the people of the Northern Khitan tribe became fewer and fewer, and soon they collected hundreds of war horses, after changing them in rotation and hurriedly resting and eating.

The spring rain has begun to stop, and the thick smell of blood mixed with the freshness of the grass permeates the entire Northern Khitan tribe.

At this time, the chaos also began to slowly stop, everyone squeezed out a little physical strength, and they were unable to fight, and the gray sky also allowed people to see each other clearly, remorse, and numbness were intertwined in the hearts of the surviving Khitans.

I have to say a common sense here, in the ancient steppe tribes, the main food was meat, and few vegetables and fruits could be eaten, and most of them were night blind. There are relatively few Han people, but there are many of them, because the ancient food is too simple, so a lot of nutrients can not be supplemented.

This is also one of the reasons why the army has howling camps from time to time in the era of cold weapons.

"All ready! Horse Riding Parade!! ”

The sky began to turn gray, and Zhang Yuan knew that the Armageddon had begun, and both sides were tired, but both sides were eager to get rid of each other as soon as possible.

"Drive the herd!!"

Zhang Yuan said, without the help of the night, only more than 200 cavalry, enough to be consumed alive by the Northern Khitan tribe, after knowing the other party's intentions, Zhang Yuan was looking for a 'helper', and inheriting the long combat experience of the previous life, Zhang Yuan thought of a way.

Still from the Yuan Dynasty's tactical approach, the Yuan Dynasty will use one or more key breakthroughs to engage the enemy, tearing the opponent's position, it will continue to expand its advantage, tear the opponent's position, and then it will surround the enemy, if the enemy resists fiercely, it will let go of a road, follow the road to eliminate the opponent.

And when the breakthrough is blocked, they will keep trying, and drive the herd they carry, and rush into the opponent's formation, to achieve the purpose of tearing the opponent's formation.

The place where the herds were placed at night was exactly the opposite of what they had fled, and they were probably afraid that they would cause a riot among the herdsmen at night and give them casualties, so they deliberately avoided it.

It was their choice that gave Zhang Yuan a bargain, otherwise Zhang Yuan would have withdrawn with the heavy cavalry before dawn.

After all, except for some special battlefields, such as night attacks and fortified positions, in many other cases, the number of people often plays a decisive role.

The heavy cavalry in the frontal duel is naturally the most powerful, but the problem is that Zhang Yuan's heavy cavalry is not many in number, and the heaps can exhaust the heavy cavalry to death.

Driven by the heavy cavalry, a huge herd of tens of thousands of cattle in front and tens of thousands of war horses behind, trampling on the tents of the North Khitan tribe, the corpses, and the blood, all the way to the Khitan gathering place more than ten miles away.

At this time, almost all the Khitans who survived were rescued, more than 10,000 people survived, and the others minus some who escaped, almost 60,000 people died, among these more than 60,000 people, the heavy cavalry only killed more than 5,000 people, and the rest were all after the Xiao camp, they couldn't see the enemy and me clearly in the dark, and when they lost their minds, they killed people when they saw them, and killed each other.

Most of those who survived had already recuperated briefly, and when the light had just shrunk, they began to prepare for revenge on the attacking enemy.

"Kill, don't let Wan Yan Wanting go!!"

Xiao Lu shouted loudly, and with his subordinates, who were also from the Kruqi tribe, he held torches as the main force to drive the cattle, and drove this large herd of cattle towards the Khitans.

The rumbling sound shook the heavens and the earth, and the Khitan people all changed drastically when they heard the sound.

"This is the Fire Bull Formation!! Damn, how could I have forgotten this......!!! Wan Yan Wanting said in horror.

Driving cattle to attack the enemy is not only the preserve of the Mongols, it has appeared as early as the Spring and Autumn period, and it has continued to this day, and it is also one of the methods of warfare often used by the steppe tribes.

Xiao Shilu also regretted it, at that time, they only cared about survival, and subconsciously chose the opposite direction to the herds, one was afraid that the killing would cause a livestock riot, trampled to death.

The second didn't think about using animal husbandry to fight Zhang Yuan, after all, they knew that the people who mixed with Zhang Yuan and them were their own clansmen, and if they were Peng Spleen here, they might not hesitate to order to destroy the enemy with their own people, but they couldn't be so cold-blooded.

How powerful the herd charge is, there is no better than their steppe tribes who have been dealing with cattle for many years, there is almost no hesitation, many Khitan people did not wait for Xiao Shilu to order, they turned around and fled on horseback, Xiao Shilu did not hesitate, glanced at the herd of cattle with a trace of shadow, and shouted loudly: "Everyone flees!" ”

Riding on the horse, Xiao Shilu fled with his clan in embarrassment, he had never felt so ashamed as now, even if he was attacked by Zhang Yuan before, there was only hatred, not much shame.

But he obviously had an advantage in numbers, but he had to flee without a fight, which made him lose face, and he didn't know how to face the questioning of the leader of the Peng Spleen in the future.

Zhang Yuan has prepared so much, can he let them escape easily?

Of course it can't be, at this time the heavy cavalry has taken off its heavy armor, the light cavalry changed to war horses, hid on both sides of the herd, followed the pace of the herd, pursued the Khitan tribe, and guided the herd forward.

"Free Fire!"

Before the start of the war, Zhang Yuan gave such an order, they still have a lot of arrows, and they didn't use a few in the two sneak attacks, and most of the remaining arrows are finally playing their role now.

The most powerful light arrows were the most powerful, hiding on both sides of the herd, and they continued to shoot the Khitans who fled in front of them almost as if they were aiming at a target, leaving them behind.

After chasing for ten miles, there were no Khitans in front of them, and the cattle were gradually tired and began to slow down, Zhang Yuan and they were not in a hurry, but drove the cattle and horses away, as if they were going to slaughter once, and they also went back with the weapons of war, all of which made some Khitans who were far away gnash their teeth - this accounted for almost one-third of their tribe's livestock.