Nine dragons fight for the throne, I don't want to sit on this throne

"General Meng, it's bad, the Chu army is chasing us!"

Outside Maple Leaf City, the Qin army retreated quickly.

A spy rode his horse to catch up with Meng Kuo who was commanding the troops to retreat, and shouted loudly.

Meng Kuo's face changed drastically when he heard this, and he quickly turned around to look. As expected, he saw dust flying in the distance and the sound of horse hooves resounding through the sky.

Not only did the dragon flag of the Chu State move towards this side, but even the cavalry in Maple Leaf City also caught up at this moment.

"It seems that Chu Ning must have brought reinforcements, otherwise they wouldn't dare to pursue our army so blatantly!"

A hint of worry flashed in Meng Kuo's eyes.

He announced to the outside world that he had 100,000 soldiers and horses, and the Qin army here, including county soldiers and able-bodied men, indeed had 100,000 men.

With such a large number of troops and horses, the Chu army actually dared to pursue them. There was only one possibility: the reinforcements of the Chu army had arrived!

In addition, the outcome of the battle between Wei State and Han Army had already been decided, so Chu Ning must have anticipated this and brought his troops here to provide support in advance.

Thinking of this, Meng Kuo made a prompt decision: "Leave the able-bodied men behind to hold back the Chu army, and the main force and the county soldiers will retreat faster!"

The only option now is to sacrifice able-bodied men and preserve the main force and county soldiers.

As long as the main force and county troops are still there, there will be opportunities for counterattack in the future.

At the command, the Qin army adjusted its deployment, with the able-bodied men on standby, while the main force of the Qin army and the county soldiers quickly left.

Thirty thousand able-bodied men just stood there motionless, watching the main force of the Qin army and the county soldiers leave them.

But this scene was soon noticed by the strong men.

"Oh no, they want us to be cut off!"

"This is clearly an attempt to send us to our deaths!"

"I don't want to die, go away."

"Let's go together. I don't believe he can kill us all."

The able-bodied men are not just able-bodied men. Among them are many people over 40 years old, with elderly parents and young children to take care of, and no one wants to die.

No one knew who took the lead in running away, but the others followed suit.

Suddenly, a strange scene appeared on the originally open plain.

Many able-bodied men rushed into the Qin army's formation, disrupting their advance.

"General, this is bad. Those young men have rebelled and are running away. This has slowed down our army's speed."

When Meng Kuo heard the spy's report, his face turned green with anger.

But no matter how angry he was, he knew he had no choice but to think of a solution to the problem.

"Pass the order, leave 20,000 county soldiers to provide cover, and the others continue to retreat!"

In desperation, Meng Kuo could only order the county soldiers to stay behind to cover their retreat.

He didn't know how many people Chu Ning brought with him, and he only wanted to preserve the main force of the Qin army.

The destruction of 20,000 troops last time had already made him lose all face. This time, he did not want to lose too many main forces of the Qin army.

Compared with able-bodied men, county soldiers have a stronger sense of belonging and are relatively easier to command.

A quarter of an hour later, the county soldiers stopped and formed a defensive formation on the spot.

But the Chu cavalry rushing from behind were like a tiger descending from the mountain, relying on their numerical advantage to charge forward.

Although the Qin army's county soldiers fought hard, they were unable to withstand the power of the Chu army's cavalry.

At this moment, Chu Ning was watching from behind with three hundred white horse cavalrymen, while Zhao Yu led seven hundred cavalrymen to rush forward and fight.

In fact, he did not bring any so-called reinforcements.

When he said he was going to the Zhou Dynasty, he was just trying to confuse the emperors of other dynasties.

In fact, he secretly changed his route and came to Maple Leaf City.

The soldiers around him were only the one thousand white horse cavalry.

Originally, he wanted to let these thousand men have a good rest after scaring the Qin army, but Zhao Yu insisted on fighting, so he had no choice but to let Zhao Yu go up and fight.

Looking at the one-sided battle in the distance, Chu Ning couldn't help but shake his head: "The so-called 100,000 Qin troops, is this all?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a hearty laugh came from behind him: "Hahahaha, Your Highness, you're here at last!"

As he spoke, Chu Kuang rode his horse to Chu Ning and bowed, "Greetings, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Chu Ning nodded slightly: "No need to be polite."

After looking Chu Kuang up and down, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Didn't I order you to stay in the city? Why are you coming out?"

Chu Kuang laughed awkwardly: "I really can't stay in the city, it's better to go out of the city and fight for a while."

"Since the prince is here, please come into the city and take charge. I will lead the army to hunt down the Qin army!"

It is indeed difficult to let such a battle maniac guard the city.

Chu Ning shook his head: "Be careful."

After saying this, he led the white horse cavalry back into the city.

In this battle, the outcome was already determined when the Qin army chose to retreat. He knew without even looking that the Qin army would only face a massacre next.

Since there was no one in the city, of course he had to go back to the town to defend it.

What's more, he was tired after changing the route to come here and traveling day and night, so he took the opportunity to rest.

As for the battle outside the city, he believed that with Chu Kuang, Zhao Yu and Ma Chao, they would definitely win a great victory.

And the facts were exactly as Chu Ning expected.

The Liangzhou cavalry led by Ma Chao were extremely brave. With just one charge, they tore through the formation of the Qin army's county soldiers.

The Qin army rushed in and killed the Qin county soldiers so badly that they had no power to resist at all.

If it were the main force of the Qin army, with the command of a capable general, they might be able to hold out for a while.

However, the combat effectiveness of the Qin county soldiers was not strong to begin with, and their morale was low as they were left behind to cover the retreat.

After their defense line was torn apart by the Liangzhou cavalry, they were so frightened that some even deserted.

At this moment, Zhao Yu led 700 white horse cavalrymen to charge in, like a sharp arrow, completely breaking the last psychological defense line of the Qin county soldiers.

"It's...too scary. Retreat quickly, retreat quickly!"

"Their horses are too fast. We can't stop them."

"General Meng and his men have already withdrawn, why did they keep us here?"

"Someone has already escaped over there, let's go!"

"You are a bunch of cowards. You will die if you run away, and you will die if you don't run away. You might as well fight to the death."

The Qin county soldiers had no intention of fighting, but some were devoted to their country, which led to a different situation on the scene.

Some county soldiers were fighting desperately, some were fleeing, and some were chasing in the direction of the main force of the Qin army.

The same battlefield, different scenes, resulted in the 20,000 Qin county soldiers completely collapsing after only holding out for less than half an hour.

Seeing this, Chu Kuang couldn't help but laugh: "General Ma, you lead the army to pursue them, and I will lead a battalion of soldiers to surround and kill the Qin army here!"

"Thank you, Your Highness Thirteenth Prince!" Ma Chao was very moved. He bowed and led his troops to pursue.

If we pursue them now, we will surely capture many heads and gain more credit.

In fact, Chu Kuang could have led his own troops to pursue, but he did not do so. Instead, he chose to give the credit to Ma Chao.

Of course, at this moment Zhao Yu also ordered his White Horse Cavalry to stop the pursuit and chose to annihilate the remaining Qin county soldiers on the spot.

His idea was consistent with Chu Kuang's. Most of the soldiers here were from Liang Province. If they pursued the Qin army at this moment, they would be suspected of stealing the credit.

Anyway, he led his troops to kill a lot of Qin soldiers, which was already a contribution. There was no need to compete for credit with the troops from Liang Province.

Ma Chao alone led the Liangzhou cavalry to quickly chase the Qin army for twenty miles. Along the way, corpses were everywhere, it was a horrible sight!