You do not need to use your reaction to make the first two attacks. If you hit with a melee attack, the target can't run further past you in the direction they were going within your reach, but can go back the way they moved or to the side.
You do not need to use your reaction to make the first two attacks. If you hit with a melee attack, the target can't run further past you in the direction they were going within your reach, but can go back the way they moved or to the side.