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Chapter 509 The Great Chase
What did the army fear most in the cold weapon era?
Of course it collapsed!

Once the soldiers begin to disintegrate, if they are not stopped immediately, the entire army will instantly flee.

There is no way. Humans are intelligent creatures, and the performance of intelligent creatures when facing desperate situations is actually far inferior to that of lower creatures.

The emotional breakdown of one person instantly spread to the entire army, and tens of thousands of people immediately started a battle royale mode.

When reading history books, many people probably find it strange: why do they often see scenes of a few people chasing and hacking thousands of others?
Even if those guys are all tyrants, thousands of them can kill them with their weight, right?
But human beings are too smart, so this kind of total army collapse phenomenon occurs.

I don't need to run faster than the enemy, I just need to run faster than my teammates!

"This? This is winning?"

Yan Lingji looked at the Chu army running all over the mountains and felt it was unbelievable.

Originally, she felt that Li Qingyuan's tactic of shooting and running was quite embarrassing. After all, these days, what matters is being fair and honest, and their tactics were really too despicable.

Even as a Baiyue person, she felt that doing so was somewhat unfair, let alone a Chu noble like Zhaotong!

But for Li Qingyuan, what does face mean?
In other words, for the general public in later generations, the option of face sometimes seems very important, but in most of the time, it is worthless.

As long as it can be exchanged for enough benefits, something as flashy as face can be discarded at any time.

"What are you standing there for? Put on your clothes and chase after me!"

Li Qingyuan quickly pulled it out, then slapped it and scolded it.

It only takes a moment for the army's morale to collapse. If you fail to take advantage of the opportunity to expand your victory, it will be difficult to encounter such an opportunity again.

Yan Lingji quickly put on her clothes and controlled the fire to chase after them, while Li Qingyuan immediately sent a signal to the soldiers in the rear to rush up.

In fact, Zhaotong only needed to order the army to move forward a little further and cross the mountain to see the Tang army ready to go. After all, the area of the Tang Kingdom was so small that even if later generations of hikers went out to travel spontaneously, they would have arrived by now, not to mention that these were at least considered military marches, right?

Because Li Qingyuan had given all the soldiers double the food in advance, and also gave each of them 100 grams of silver, or three taels of silver, as a resettlement fee before departure, so even though everyone knew they were facing the Chu army, they all rushed forward tremblingly.

After all, there are still many people who care about their reputation these days. Since they have accepted Li Qingyuan's resettlement fee, no matter how scared they are, they have to go to the battlefield.

Of course, this kind of morale supported purely by interests will definitely not last long. It is estimated that it can only withstand two shocks at most, and it will definitely collapse after the third time.

But!
Just like all intelligent creatures have invisible genes that allow them to seek benefits and avoid harm, it is estimated that only a handful of gods can control the situation when the situation collapses, but how can they fight a favorable battle?
Isn't it enough to have just one person? The vanguard troops climbed up the mountain breathlessly, thinking they would face the swords and spears of the Chu army, but in the end they only saw Yan Lingji controlling the fire snakes with great power and chasing tens of thousands of defeated soldiers?

Depend on!
What are you waiting for at this time?
When it comes to kicking a fallen dog’s back, everyone knows what to do.

So the Tang army, which originally felt that they had no strength left, suddenly burst out with unmatched power, and rushed towards the defeated Chu army with weapons in hand, howling.

Well, Li Qingyuan found it difficult to understand what death from exhaustion meant before, but after looking at the chaotic battlefield now, he finally understood!

Not to mention the large-scale scenes with hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides, anyone who has experienced the Spring Festival travel rush or the noisy scenes when tens of thousands of people gather together will understand that unless you really have the strength of "I don't eat beef", otherwise in such a chaotic situation, personal strength really cannot turn the tide.

If Yan Lingji had not been chasing him, the Chu general could have relied on his personal guards and his own strength to slightly slow down the speed of the soldiers' defeat. However, looking at the fire snake following closely behind him, Zhaotong felt that his own life was more important!

After all, even if we organize a counterattack now, it is impossible to win. At most, we may be able to get more soldiers to run back.

But, if Zhaotong is asked to choose between his own life and the lives of these soldiers, does he have any choice?

The pursuit lasted for an entire afternoon, and even went all the way to the border of the Chu State!

There was no other way. The area of the Tang Kingdom was too small, and the Chu army had only marched about fifty or sixty miles in the past few days. The defeated soldiers ran for their lives for an entire afternoon, and many of them actually escaped.

Bai Yifei wanted to hide his identity and run away secretly, but he was discovered by Yan Lingji on the way, who shot him with a fire bomb, so the Blood-Clothed Marquis was instantly turned into the Charcoal Marquis!
In this battle, the Tang army won a great victory, killing 13,000 enemies and capturing nearly 30,000 enemies. But did the Tang army suffer any casualties on its own?
It seems that the number is less than single digits? And the causes of death are even more bizarre.

There were those who were so busy chasing the enemy that they didn't pay attention and fell off a cliff and died. There were those who ran too fast and exhausted themselves to death. There was even a guy who captured several high-ranking officials of the Chu State in one breath and was so happy to learn that he was going to be promoted and make a fortune that he laughed to death!
Anyway, when Li Qingyuan received the battle report, his face was full of smiles. Looking at the quality of these soldiers, if they were not fighting a favorable battle, God knows how they would behave!
But no matter what, these Tang troops can now barely be considered elite!

What is Elite?

Anyone who has been to the battlefield, seen blood, and survived is considered an elite!
Don’t worry about how they gain battlefield experience, but just like those small characters who follow the big characters to gain experience, even if they have no equipment or skills, at least they gain experience and level.

Especially after this battle, the few low-level captains who were originally in charge of managing the army have accumulated rich experience. Although there is still an insurmountable gap between them and the famous generals, they should be able to be a general of a thousand men now!
Considering the size of Chu State, the loss of a mere tens of thousands of people was nothing, but Chu State would not have the energy to fight back in the short term.

After all, Chu's national policy has always been to not release the eagle until you see the rabbit. Originally, they thought that Tang was here to pick up the bargain, so the army was able to organize so quickly. But now it seems that Tang is not a soft rabbit but a hard rock. Then, considering the character of the vassal states of Chu, if they want to organize an army to attack again next time, they will have to wait and see when the five countries will attack Tang again!

Therefore, it was impossible for the State of Chu to unify the six kingdoms, mainly because people across the country were too short-sighted.

(End of this chapter)