Chapter 948

Time flew by, and two more days passed.

For these two days, Zhang Liao led eight hundred cavalry, pursuing the more than two thousand cavalry of Beigong Boyu ahead almost without rest day or night.

From Zhangye County, they passed through Luanniao, Xiutu, and Xuanwei.

Heading north along the Lushui, they had already entered the range of the Heavenly Desert.

And along this journey, the Huangzhong Volunteer Cavalry led by Beigong Boyu and the Xiutu cavalry led by Xiutu Ye left behind hundreds of corpses.

Upon arriving at Xuanwei, their numbers had plummeted to under fifteen hundred.

The eight hundred cavalry led by Zhang Liao were all equipped with two horses per man.

While the Huangzhong Volunteer Cavalry and Xiutu cavalry were all on single horses.

They were much weaker in terms of speed.

Coupled with the Han army's superior equipment, after four or five engagements along the way, Beigong Boyu's side had almost never gained an advantage.

A few miles north of Xuanwei County.

Zhang Liao licked his cracked lips.

His armor, cloak, and warhorse were already covered in a layer of floating dust from the sand.

Here, apart from the vegetation on both banks of the Lushui, the endless distance was all huge, undulating hills and mounds.

"General, further ahead is Xiutu Lake."

Tian Tong said from behind Zhang Liao: "The provisions we carry are only enough for three days."

Zhang Liao's gaze toward the distance remained firm.

Now both sides were at their limits.

Every few hours, Beigong Boyu would be caught up to once.

But this cunning fellow would always throw away a few hundred men to drag down their pursuit speed, and then flee.

If it weren't for this, he would have had the confidence to cut off Beigong Boyu's head in a single engagement.

"We are at our limit, which means they are at their limit too."

"As long as we catch up to them and kill them, even if we have to kill our horses, we can make it back."

"There is the Lushui here; we won't lack water. If we have meat to eat, we can get out." Zhang Liao said with a firm gaze.

Tian Tong nodded upon hearing this.

This pursuit was the longest they had ever undertaken, and also the closest they had ever been to capturing and killing Beigong Boyu.

"Pursue! They are not far ahead, the footprints are still fresh; this time we must keep them here."

With an order from Zhang Liao, the eight hundred cavalry began to pursue toward the front again.

Sure enough, as Zhang Liao expected.

After pursuing for more than an hour, they caught up to Beigong Boyu's fleeing party at Wuwei City, the northernmost point of Wuwei Commandery, closest to the Heavenly Desert.

Wuwei City was located in the Heavenly Desert; although it was a city.

Because there was no vegetation here, and even water sources were pitifully scarce, it could neither be used for grazing nor farming, so it had been abandoned for a long time.

It had become an abandoned city.

In disrepair for years, the city walls in some places had already been blown down halfway by the wind and sand.

"Kill!"

Seeing Beigong Boyu's party two miles ahead, Zhang Liao raised the long sword in his hand and pointed it at Beigong Boyu.

And the eight hundred cavalry following Zhang Liao, as if seeing the hope of victory, roared with their last bit of strength and spurred their horses to chase wildly.

However, just as Zhang Liao led these eight hundred cavalry to constantly close the distance of the pursuit.

Just when everyone thought that this time Beigong Boyu would again throw away a few hundred men and flee for his life.

Surprisingly, Beigong Boyu did not choose to throw away a few hundred men to cover his escape this time.

Instead, he waited quietly in place.

Soon, the reliance for Beigong Boyu's courage was revealed amidst everyone's confusion.

Squads of cavalry charged out from the abandoned north side of Wuwei City, which Zhang Liao could not see.

The charging cavalry were divided into two groups.

Their horse hooves trod on the yellow sand of the ground, and the yellow dust they kicked up was like a yellow city wall.

"General, it's bad! There are ambush troops!"

Tian Tong, following behind Zhang Liao, exclaimed in surprise.

There were more and more ambush troops on both sides, and looking at the numbers, there were at least several thousand, if not tens of thousands.

Xia Yu, on Zhang Liao's other side, was also startled.

To hide ten thousand ambush troops here, what a huge price that must have cost!

This was a desert area; there was no food, and it was not close to anywhere.

For these ten thousand men and horses to eat and chew, the daily consumption was a huge figure.