Xuan Liang listened to Tianli's report, and secretly calculated in his heart, counting the original war horses of the clan, after he went back, he could finally form a cavalry team of five hundred people, which would be a force to be reckoned with in the dragon clan.

Late at night on the sixth day of Tianli's return, Tian Yuan led fourteen cavalry back to Xuanliang's hiding place.

"The northern tribes are dispatched?"

"Are you sure?"

"Sure, I came back after watching them go."

"Okay, let's wait another day tomorrow and then launch a surprise attack after they've crossed the river."

"Don't you wait for them to meet the swords of the Wangshan garrison?"

"No, it's better that the news of our attack on their lair is sent before they launch an attack on the Lookout Mountain station. This can have the effect of dissipating their morale. ”

Originally, before departure, Xuan Liang and Wei Long had a clear division of labor, Xuan Liang was responsible for military command, and Wei Long was responsible for intelligence exploration. Since Xuan Liang said this, Wei Long also felt that it made sense, so he nodded in agreement.

Today, Xuan Liang's men are still the original team when they set off, with a total of eighty cavalrymen. In addition to the 100 arrows and the imperial crossbow that each person brought at the beginning, plus the 1,000 arrows brought back by Tianli, and distributed them to the eighty soldiers, it was 120 each. Xuan Liang and Wei Long personally checked the equipment of the eighty cavalrymen one by one, and then they mostly stayed in hiding places, waiting for a surprise attack on the northern tribe station the next day.

The cavalry of the northern ethnic groups crossed the river in only one and a half days, stationed on the opposite bank, and waited for the subsequent infantry to cross the river. Five days later, 2,000 cavalry and 3,000 infantry of the northern tribe all crossed the river and began to march towards the dragon tribe's Wangshan garrison.

At this time, Xuan Liang and Wei Long also lost no time in leading eighty cavalrymen to suddenly rush out of their hiding place and launch a surprise attack on the garrison of the northern tribe.

As Xuan Liang and the others gradually approached the northern tribe station, seeing that the other party was defenseless, they couldn't help but secretly rejoice in their hearts, and they were all developing according to the pre-conceived plan. However, when Xuan Liang and Wei Long led eighty soldiers to go deep into the northern tribe station, they suddenly found that there was not a single clansman from the northern tribe where they passed, and a trace of foreboding hit Xuan Liang's heart.

"Oh no, we're afraid we've been tricked."

As soon as Xuan Liang's words fell, the shouts of soldiers from the northern tribes were heard all around, and Xuan Liang rode on his horse, looked around, and found that they were surrounded. They were surrounded by infantry from the northern tribes, numbering in the thousands.

"No way, I saw with my own eyes all the three thousand infantry of the northern tribe set off."

Xuan Liang thought for a while and said to Wei Long:

"We may have been fooled by the northern tribes from the beginning. We can only count the number of their soldiers, but we cannot remember every soldier, and if they have more than 3,000 soldiers, and only arrange for 3,000 to practice in turns every day, they can hide from us. ”

Looking around, Xuan Liang found that they happened to be in a relatively low terrain, and the soldiers of the northern tribes surrounding them were standing on the high places around them.

"Lined up, in a row of four, at a distance of a horse's body, rushed out of their encirclement. Watch out for javelins thrown by the opponent. ”

After speaking, Xuan Liang took the lead, let Wei Long break off, and rushed towards the depths of the northern tribe's station together. The reason why Xuan Liang chose to continue to go deeper was that he wanted to rush into the tribesmen of the northern tribe, so that the other party would not dare to throw javelins at will.

When Xuan Liang led the men and horses to rush to a distance of just one javelin from the other party, he reined in the war horse under his crotch, raised the bow and arrow in his hand, and led the soldiers to launch the first round of arrow strikes against the northern tribesmen in front of them.

Obviously, although the northern tribes have found out that the dragon clan has a weapon for long-range attacks, they do not know the power of this weapon. In the face of the first wave of Xuan Liang's eighty-two shots, fifty or sixty soldiers of the northern tribe who were facing him fell to the ground with arrows. Xuan Liang lost no time in leading his subordinates and continued to rush forward. It's just that what he and Wei Long didn't expect was that the soldiers used by the northern tribe to surround them were far more than the thousand people they saw just now, and when Xuan Liang rushed to a high ground and looked around, he found that there were probably more than two thousand soldiers from the northern tribe, close to three thousand. Immediately, Xuan Liang's heart sank.

When all eighty cavalry came to the high ground, Xuan Liang asked them to form a circle, with their horses yearning, holding bows and arrows to guard against the opponent's attacks, and he discussed with Wei Long.

"It's going to be hard to get out this time. The disparity in the strength of the two sides is too great. I will cover you in a while, and you will lead a squad of Tianli to break out of the siege and go to the Wangshan garrison to ask the emperor to send the hunting department of Xiongshan to meet us in advance. ”

Wei Long knew that he was not as good as Xuan Liang in leading troops to fight, so he did not refuse, and immediately nodded and agreed.

"Brothers of the Dragon Clan, now that we are surrounded by each other, if we want to break out together, I am afraid it will be extremely difficult. Next, we attacked forward together, and sent Lord Weilong to lead a squad of Tianli to break out of the encirclement, and return to the Wangshan garrison to rescue the soldiers. The rest of the people stayed and were sure to save their arrows. With bows and arrows, we can still hold on, once the arrows are exhausted, after hand-to-hand combat, we will not be able to deal with the attack of 3,000 men in any case. ”

"Yes."

At this point, every soldier knew their situation, but was no longer afraid, and responded loudly together.

"Brother Long, I will take the lead in a while, you will follow closely, and when you rush out of the place of an arrow, I will turn to the left to attract them to pursue me, and you take the opportunity to get out of the encirclement."

"Okay, you must hold on until I come back with the troops, otherwise I won't be able to explain to the emperor."

"Don't worry, go and go back quickly."

After the two of them had a good plan, Xuan Liang took the reins of his horse and rushed out first. Rushing out of the land of an arrow, he reined in his horse again, fired a flurry of arrows forward, and then turned his horse's head and rushed to the left. Obviously, some of the soldiers of the northern ethnic groups were in unified scheduling, and when they saw Xuan Liang and the others turning around, they also chased after them. The twelve cavalrymen who followed behind Xuanliang and Tianli took the opportunity to rush forward, breaking through the encirclement of the northern tribes in an instant.

If Xuan Liang also wants to escape from the encirclement of the northern tribes, it is not impossible to do it, at most he will lose some soldiers. It's just that Xuan Liang didn't want to do that, Xuan Liang was worried that once he led his men to escape, the soldiers of this part of the northern tribe would be involved in the battle to attack the Wangshan station, which would completely disrupt the original layout of the Wangshan station, and the emperor would definitely be caught off guard. Therefore, Xuan Liang would rather risk his life to deal with the 3,000 soldiers of the northern tribe than make any plans to escape.

Seeing that Wei Long had already led the twelve Tianli people to break out of the encirclement, Xuan Liang led the remaining sixty-eight people and continued to deal with the three thousand people of the northern group. However, it didn't take long for Xuan Liang to discover a very strict problem.

Although they also shot and killed hundreds of each other, these few hundred people were nothing to the three thousand people. The key is that Xuan Liang's arrows are decreasing one by one, but the javelin in the opponent's hand can be picked up and reused after being thrown, waiting for Xuan Liang and the others to leave. But Xuan Liang didn't have time, so he dismounted and picked up the arrows that were shot.

In the end, Xuan Liang had to lead his men to retreat to a high ground. In this way, the opponent throws the javelin, and his own side can take advantage of the terrain to attack them. In this way, Xuan Liang sometimes attacked, sometimes stood in a circle on the high ground, and gradually, the sky darkened. At this time, Xuan Liang had to face another problem, that is, the problem of staying overnight and eating. From the morning to the present, they have not eaten water, and by this time they are already tired, hungry and cold.

"Guards in batches, half of them are outside, and the other half dismounts to rest and hurry up to get something to eat."

The problem when there is no water, how to eat under dry hard food and jerky. And there is also a sneak attack on the other side at any time. Xuan Liang knew that the dark night was the most dangerous time. Although the opponent did not launch a large-scale attack after dark, it does not mean that the opponent will not secretly attack.

Sure enough, not long after dark, the other party threw javelins at Xuan Liang and them from the black shadows on all sides. Since it was impossible to see where the javelins were coming, some soldiers were soon shot and fell to the ground. Xuan Liang's mood at this time can be imagined, he didn't lose a single soldier in such a fierce battle during the day, but now there are soldiers who continue to fall under the sneak attack of the other party. After much consideration, Xuan Liang decided to transfer the place to be entrenched. It is still advantageous to stick to this high ground during the day, but it becomes the target of the opponent at night.

"Assemble, we have a breath of air to spend the night in the woods at the foot of the mountain on the left."

In the winter in the north, the trees have fallen their leaves, and they can no longer hide like in summer, so Xuan Liang is not afraid that the other party will use the woods to hide their figures to sneak up on them. After Xuan Liang and the others hid in the woods, the situation was a little better. Because the other party was afraid of the bow and arrow in Xuan Liang's hand, he didn't dare to get very close, and coupled with the blocking of the trees, the javelin thrown was either pierced into the tree or blocked by the branches, and he lost his accuracy.

"Every fifteen people, take turns to be on guard and take turns to rest."

Xuan Liang counted the number of people, and just now on the high ground, he was shot dead by the other party and wounded five. Xuan Liang did not throw the corpses of the dead soldiers in place, and when he evacuated, he had already let the other soldiers come over. At this point, Xuan Liang could only bury the dead soldiers on the spot, and when the war was over, he would come to enlighten their remains to the Wangshan station.

The five wounded soldiers had basically lost their combat effectiveness, and Xuan Liang ordered someone to do a simple bandage for them, and specially set aside a tent for them to live in to recuperate. The fire is definitely not daring to light it, and it is undoubtedly to show the other party the target of the throw.

Overnight, although the other party continued to harass, there were no casualties to Xuan Liang's cavalry. At dawn, Xuan Liang asked the soldiers to count their arrows, and after yesterday's battle, most of them were consumed. Today, there were less than one hundred and fifty arrows on each person, and most of them were arrows used in the imperial crossbow. There are only a dozen or twenty arrows in each person's hand.