Feng Yuan didn't think about it, and said resolutely: "The two armies are each other's horns, and they fight to the last man." ”

There is no exaggeration, no definite date, it is a declaration that is stronger than a guarantee, and it will never take a step back.

Gao Ping didn't speak, and a hint of complexity flashed in the depths of his eyes.

"Captain, then go and see, the Tianwu Army is preparing to go out to war." Feng Yuan saw that Gao Ping was silent, obviously not at ease.

"Oh, fighting?" Gao Ping was stunned, and stared at Feng Yuan in amazement, as if he was looking at a monster, it was too late to defend, and you still had to fight.

It was evening, the sky was still gray and the wind was cold, and in the endless wilderness and sand, a convoy of transports was struggling on a simple path.

Miles of convoys, thousands of transport carts, thousands of people and escorts, and some horsemen and knights in front and behind.

This is the transfer road of the Song army, stretching from Huanzhou to Yaode City, the entire road is protected by divisions, and the township army troops and the few forbidden troops take turns to escort it to ensure the safety of the transfer road.

Some of the horse soldiers began to complain that the convoy was as slow as a turtle crawling, and it took so many days to walk a hundred miles, if it wasn't for the fact that they were almost in Yaode City, they really couldn't stand it.

Dang Xiong was quite irritable, he straddled the horse without saying a word, led more than 100 horse troops to explore the road, it is said that he should still be recuperating in the rear, but the middle army broke through more than 100 miles, the troops were quite nervous, his injuries were not completely healed, and he went into battle.

It was precisely because the troops were relatively tight, especially the lack of experienced generals of the forbidden army, that he was able to return to the team, but his face was gloomy and irritable, and he rode on a horse and entered the front of the team without saying a word.

However, he did not return to the combat unit of the forbidden army, but temporarily served in the baggage transfer unit directly under the Western Servant Army, and the official was still the battalion commander. Seeing that his former colleagues were fighting in front of him and making meritorious contributions, and constantly getting promoted, but he was living on the transfer line, he was really bored, and his mood became very bad.

Zhiqi followed cautiously, and the commander made the lord feel bad, he was afraid that he would be accidentally whipped, but he still had to do his duty, and said in a deep voice: "Tai Lieutenant, the front is the periphery of Yaode City, is it to camp and rest." ”

The new military system of the Song Army stipulates that the troops above the battalion level are equipped with military flags, and the selection of those who are strong and powerful is regarded as the first effect of the battalion.

Now that they have arrived at the periphery of Yaode City, it is much safer, at least Yaode City is the closest rear of the main force of the Song army, and they can rest in peace.

Dang Xiong snorted in a deep voice and said unhappily: "The more you get to the end, the more dangerous it is, don't forget the lesson." ”

The corners of Zhiqi's mouth twitched, what Dang Xiong said was the reality, not long ago, a transport team was about to reach the border of Yaode City, and everyone thought that the three armies of the Song Army were stationed, and the party people did not dare to come if they dared to come, so they rested with a big grin and did not send a vigilance force.

Where did you think that the Xia army horse team attacked during the day, and the Song army was caught off guard, the battle was too miserable, more than 400 transfer carts were burned, and hundreds of people were killed. Even as they passed, there were still remnants of the battle, and the scene was shocking.

These days, there has been no attack, and it has made everyone's spirit relaxed, and being mentioned by the party leader still makes people nervous.

Dang Xiong was not in the mood to talk much, and there were still more than fifty miles to go before he could reach Guancheng, although there were sporadic rangers, but there was no guarantee that the party members would not see the stitches, and he had to raise twelve points of vigilance.

However, after a long journey, his old injuries were a little painful, but fortunately he didn't need to wear heavy iron armor, only cotton armor from Shuchuan.

The weather in Shaanxi is dry and rainy, coupled with the large number of township troops, the iron armor is very expensive, and it is not convenient to move, leather armor and cotton armor have become a good choice, as for the paper armor, the forbidden army does not consider it at all, it is used for the defense of the city, which is not conducive to field warfare.

Not to mention leather armor, those high-quality cotton armor is even better than iron armor, which has a warming effect in winter battles, and is very popular with the officials, and his body can just bear it.

"Something isn't right!"

And when he subconsciously looked south, he saw that the southwest sand and fog were in the sky, and it seemed to be thicker than in other directions, and his experience told him that there was a small horse team galloping towards Yaode City.

"Oh, Captain, it could be the Ma Army from the North." Zhiqi also saw that the troops coming from the south were probably not the Xia army, and they didn't have the courage to attack Yaode City.

"No, order to stop advancing and prepare for battle." Dang Xiong shook his head, and his intuition told him that it was not simple, he had not heard of reinforcements for the Ma army, and even if there were, he would protect the transit troops.

In a short time, more than 100 cavalry of the township army gathered, and some infantry troops relied on baggage vehicles to open a guard formation and erect big cards to prepare for battle.

Dang Xiong rode his horse to the south end, and looked at the horse team that was galloping, but saw that the other party had dispersed, and it was quickly outflanked in a first-line formation, and it was clearly an attack. With a happy smile on the corner of his mouth, he said loudly: "Sure enough, something is wrong, each team is ready to fight, protect the baggage." ”

Kan Xian's tiger and wolf eyes, looking around the entire battlefield, he was ordered by the bone power black, led more than 1,000 cavalry to undertake the attack task, there are five or six troops like him, take turns to attack the Song army, and when encountering large fighters, they can also combine to attack.

The attack battle more than ten years ago was the result of his battle, which almost completely annihilated the Song army's transport team, causing thousands of stones of grain and grass to be burned, and hundreds of Song army and township soldiers to be killed. Today, he came back to the horse gun, still in the south of Yaode City, adopting a strategy from south to north, launching an attack on the Song army's transport troops, seeing that the other party is huge, it is obviously an excellent target, first bite off a piece of meat.

"Pay attention, the chariots cooperate with each other to form a circular defensive formation, and intercept them with bows and arrows." Dang Xiong understands that the combat effectiveness of these township soldiers is not weak, but they lack combat experience, and some of them are already as pale as dirt, and no one can suppress them from the momentum.

As he expected, the local soldiers of the township army on the edge of the border were strong in combat, and some of the veteran troops were even stronger than the forbidden army, which made the Xia army frightened.

However, most of the local soldiers of the township army who were responsible for the transfer were from the military states in the interior of Shaanxi Road, and they also received military training, but they did not have the harsh living environment on the border, and many people were psychologically unbearable, some people kept retreating, some people were trembling, and more people's crotch was wet.

The Xia army's horse team was divided into several teams and entered the range of the Song army's bow and arrow, and the party leader gave an order, and the officials guarding the convoy shot with bows and arrows.

Bow and crossbow equipment in the Song army is extremely common, two into a crossbow, four into a bow, almost everyone in the township army is good at shooting, the lethality of the bow and arrow is not as good as the crossbow arrow, but it is better than the arrow like rain, there is still a considerable threat to the light cavalry.