Chapter 1381: Escape
"Hehe, you guy loves cleanliness, but it's strange that you, the wolf of the prairie, are not afraid to take a bath?" Zhao Hu said with a smile while washing the black wolf's body. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
This is a shallow river, and Zhao Hu and them, who have been running wild for a few days after leaving the horse thieves market, are resting here.
The black wolf who survived the last to be asked by Zhao Hu in the gambling fight squinted comfortably and let Zhao Hu caress himself, and when he heard Zhao Hu's words, he just glanced at Zhao Hu indifferently.
Seeing the expression of this black wolf, the few people around Zhao Hu were all amused, and only Zhou Wen cursed in a low voice with an angry face.
Seeing Zhou Wen's expression, except for Zhao Hu, Luo and Luo Fei, everyone was snickering on the side.
In this case, it is really impossible not to laugh, because this black wolf is very spiritual, and actually knows how to treat him differently, he is unconditionally obedient to Lord Zhao Hu, friendly to Locke and Luo Fei, and friendly to officers such as squad leader and centurion, cold to Sun Jie and Diou, and completely ignorant of Zhou Wen.
This is also the reason why Zhou Wen has this look, and there is a deeper layer that everyone except Zhao Hu knows, that is, after the black wolf recovers, Zhou Wen will not stay by Zhao Hu's side for long, because he will be driven away by the black wolf.
But speaking of which, the black wolf didn't know what material it was made of, and when it was put into the carriage by the people in the casino, the black wolf was covered with wounds all over his body, and he was already dying, and anyone who saw it knew that he couldn't save it at all.
However, after Lord Zhao Hu used the wound medicine bought in the horse thief bazaar, and fed a few mouthfuls of broth, the wolf actually recovered his spirit the next day.
And what's even more outrageous is that on the third day, you can follow Lord Zhao Hu around. is worthy of being the first wolf who can survive in the hands of Lord Zhao Hu.
On the fifth day of entering the vast grassland, the scout, who had not found anything at all, suddenly reported to Zhao Huyu: "Sir! Thirty kilometers ahead, I found more than 1,000 cavalry galloping towards us! ā
At the same time as this cavalry report, the cavalry who were on guard around also rushed back and reported: "Sir, a large number of cavalry movements have been detected forty kilometers to the left!" ā
"Sir, thousands of cavalry have been spotted fifty kilometers to the right!"
"Sir, smoke and dust have been found sixty kilometers behind, and it is estimated that a large number of cavalry are chasing after you!"
Such news immediately surprised everyone, they were surrounded by people, who was the other party? I actually chased it to this place where there was no water source. Now that there are enemies on all sides, where should I break through? Everyone immediately focused their attention on Zhao Hu.
Zhao Hu first stood on his horse and looked around, and then ordered: "Order, all the cavalry will assemble in front, the extra horses will be put into the carriage to pull, and the logistics soldiers will supply each of them with three pots of arrows." ā
Hearing this, everyone knew that they were going to attack the enemy in front of them, and many people muttered in their hearts: "Those servant soldiers, can't they*?" Will they see that they will turn against their compatriots before they fight? ā
People who have this kind of concern, when they see the disdain of the steppe Tonggerat, they temporarily put the concern in their hearts.
The scouts who came to report immediately changed their careers to become heralds, hula shouting orders to run forward and backward.
The cavalry in the team immediately rushed forward, and the logisticians on the carriage were also busy sending pots and pots of arrows out, and the infantry were also under the command of the captain, trapping the extra horses and carriages.
The centurion of the eight servant soldiers who received the order, of course, noticed the somewhat suspicious gaze of the imperial soldiers, and couldn't help shouting to his subordinates: "Remember! We are Lord Zhao Hu's servant soldiers! For the sake of Lord Zhao Hu, we can point our bows and arrows at anyone! Don't lose the glory of our steppe people! ā
The servant soldiers, who have become a little human these days, under the leadership of the Ten-Commanders, responded with a burst of shouts.
Seeing that Zhao Hu was preparing to attack with the cavalry, Locke, Luo Fei and other personal soldiers were all eager, but they were made to bow their heads in frustration by Zhao Hu's order of "you and the infantry will follow behind".
However, they also knew that there was no way to do it, although their five personal guards could also ride horses, but their riding skills could never be compared with the cavalry, that is, they were just dragoons who rode horses when marching and dismounted during battle.
Thinking of this, Locke and the others made up their minds to practice equestrianism well.
Zhao Hu, who was holding a strong bow, looked at the nearly 1,000 cavalry behind him, and said, "Dio, follow us in a carriage." He waved his hand: "Cavalry attack!" "The first horse galloped straight ahead.
Monte, who was full of ambition, immediately yelled loudly with a blue face after receiving the scout's report on the surrounding situation: "Hurry up! Those damn wolves have noticed our prey! We must get ahead of them and take the prey! ā
Monte's cronies were based on their duties, so he couldn't help but remind: "My lord, there are more than 1,000 people on the other side, and we only have 1,000 people here......"
Monte glanced at his cronies and said disapprerovingly, "What? Do you think we're going to fail? Don't forget, there are only two or three hundred imperial soldiers on the other side, and the others are all captured banner slaves, do you think those lowly banner slaves dare to fight against our noble masters? ā
The cronies hurriedly said: "No, my lord, my subordinates are not worried about that group of imperial troops, and my subordinates are worried that when we attack the imperial army, those wild wolves will take advantage of the fire to rob."
Hearing this, Monte couldn't help but be stunned, frowned and said in deep agreement: "That's true, then what should we do?" ā
The cronies may have had a way a long time ago, muttering a few words in Monte's ear, Monte patted the cronies on the shoulder with a smile on his face and shouted, "It's all for Lao Tzu!" As long as the prey is hunted, everyone will be promoted to the next level! All flag slaves become flag people! ā
As soon as this benefit came out, the captains, including the expressionless cavalry, all had their eyes lit up, and they screamed and hurried forward with all their horsepower.
The two sides galloped at the same time, and the distance of thirty kilometers was shortened to two or three kilometers in a short time, and there was no place to hide in the sight of the grassland, so both sides discovered each other at the first time.
"Change horses!" Zhao Hu and Monte ordered at the same time, and the soldiers on both sides immediately threw down their sweaty and panting mounts and stepped onto another mount that had been running empty.
On Monte's side, he looked at the cavalry on the opposite side and found that the other party did not have any identity mark, and Monte immediately waved his hand: "Attack!" ā
The cronies immediately asked, "My lord, we haven't figured out each other's identities yet, wouldn't this be too hasty?" ā
"Rush fart! There's no identity mark, it's either horse thieves or those Imperial Army, beating the damn! Monte shouted again, "Now is the time to show your prowess, attack me!" ā
"Phew!" The C-shaped cavalry shouted, threw down the tired mount, and instigated the mount with full physical strength under the crotch to rush towards Zhao Hu and his gang.
And Zhao Hu's side, after changing horses, Zhao Hu actually ordered to ride slowly, Geralt and other imperial cavalry were stunned when they heard this order, because it stands to reason that the two cavalry are facing each other, there is nothing fancy, only the road of the two sides charging against each other, but now that the other party has charged, he actually rode slowly? Do you want to save horsepower?
Now the distance is only two kilometers, and if you don't run, your side will become infantry against cavalry.
Monte, who was surrounded in the middle of the line, saw the striker raise his bow, and couldn't help but scold: "Collect the bow and draw the sword for me in the front!" ā
The cronies knew why Monte had done this, and shouted, "We're going to destroy them in the shortest possible time!" Draw your sword and fight hand-to-hand! The eagles of our steppe are not afraid of any battle! ā
Although it is generally accepted that the steppe people have a set of horse archery, the steppe people believe that they have a set of skills in all horse battles, and they are eager to show bravery, and they prefer hand-to-hand combat to instinctive horse archery, so they have no resistance to this order, which obviously abandons their strengths and picks up their weaknesses.
Geralt and the others also wanted to come to dissuade Zhao Hu, but they were sent down below to lead the team, and they couldn't leave without permission, just when they saw that the enemy army was close to the range of bows and arrows and was about to resist the order to charge, Zhao Hu's order came again: "The servant soldiers shoot from both sides, and the imperial army draws their swords and charges!" After saying that, he drew his sword first and rushed first.
When Geralt and the Imperial cavalry heard this, they suddenly remembered that the Imperial Cavalry* was in close combat, while the Banner Cavalry* was in mounted shooting, and now the opponent continued to rush beyond the range of the guerrilla, and drew his sword, depending on the situation, he wanted to fight with himself in close combat.
When did the Imperial cavalry ever fear hand-to-hand combat? Geralt and the other cavalry captains immediately drew their swords and shouted, "Keep up with the sir!" ā
And the eight servant centurions of the old knife also shouted: "The time has come to show our loyalty and bravery!" "Scattered around with the minions, and began to shoot arrows at Monte's thousand-man team.
The cavalry squadron of the Imperial Army, with more than a hundred people, immediately rushed forward with their swords boiling with enthusiasm, and if Monte ordered all of them to shoot arrows, these hundred or so people would probably die in one volley.
However, Monte certainly did not expect that only a hundred or so people rushed up, and even if he did, he would not take these hundred or so people to heart, in the eyes of these nomads, the servants who were shooting on both sides were their great enemy.
Therefore, when Zhao Hu led the cavalry squadron and rushed into the forward array of the Monte Thousand Men team, the attention of the Thousand Men of Monte and the nine adults were focused on the servants who were scattered around shooting arrows.
The Imperial Army's ability in hand-to-hand combat is one of the best on the mainland, and it was just a charge, and the hundreds of people who met the Monte Striker of the Imperial Army were almost cut off in front of him.