There were not 3,000 men under the command of Ulan Kudu, in fact, this number was based on the total number of Mongol cavalry on the side of the right river, and there were 2,000 troops on the other side of the other bank, of course, there was no way to count on it at this moment. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Among the 3,000 people, Aluhun's 1,000-strong team has gone out to the junction of Guohua Prefecture and Guide Prefecture, according to the news they sent back, the Song reinforcements not only came to thousands of people, and there were no cavalry among them, this news made Ulan Hudu a little moved, the reason for the heartbeat was not the record of defeating thousands of foot soldiers, but from the pressure of the coach Sai Chidian.

According to the commander's order, these Mongolian cavalry with their eyes above the top actually played the role of reconnaissance cavalry, and they could return without fighting in the enemy, perhaps the other party had the factor of taking care of their losses, but what was the point of their expedition in this way, such an order gave him the feeling that it was not preferential treatment, but an insult.

Of course, the terrain in this area is indeed not suitable for the large-scale use of cavalry, even the two banks of the Youjiang River, which is called the 'River Valley Plain', are the kind of slopes with inclined angles, not to mention the high mountains and dense forests that are a little farther away, where not only is it difficult for cavalry to walk, but even the foot soldiers of the Song people will not set foot on it, because there is no road in it.

He knows a little bit about the boss's idea, it is impossible to blatantly disobey, even if his Mongolian status cannot protect the disobedience of a single army, but his subordinates are in distress and need him to rescue, this is a reason enough to justify himself, and now Aruhun has given him such a reason.

The problem now is that it is not an overnight matter to gather troops and horses, except for the Aruhun thousand troops in front, the rest of the 2,000 people are scattered along the Youjiang River with Guohua Prefecture as the center, so he did not even let go of the hundreds of people stationed in Wanfeng Prefecture. As a result, when the soldiers and horses were almost gathered, and he was about to set off overnight without waiting for dawn, a news from the rear completely stunned him, and the village of Fengzhou, which had been basically destroyed, was actually captured by the Song people!

"How many of them came?"

Ulan Hudu's mouth asked, but his eyes looked at the dark night sky, if it wasn't for the sworn promise of the comeder, how could he not believe that the Song people would appear there, the question was how did they do it? You must know that this area is tightly covered by his cavalry, and it is impossible for a large group of men and horses to pass such a distance silently, and if there are not many people, it will also be troublesome, it will mean that the target is too small to find.

"Not much, the small ones are estimated to be three or five hundred, but all of them are good hands, and there are people who lead the way for them, when they touch it, no one finds it, and when they attack the hall, it's too late......"

The person who came lowered his head, not daring to let people see his expression, and was even more afraid that the other party would be angry with him in a fit of anger, and he had already relayed the words of the leader of the Song people, who knows what kind of reaction Wanhu would have when he heard it.

Ulan didn't react, let alone put this little soldier who was put back in his eyes, now his mind was a little confused, the words of the person who came not only did not make his thinking clear, but instead generated more questions, if the Song people who came to attack were in collusion with the Dong people, it meant that their defense area would be full of flaws, and no one knew what kind of evil intentions were hidden under the surface deference of the Dong people.

To save or not to save, or where to go first? Originally, it was not a difficult problem to choose, Jiao Fengzhou is located in the rear, not far from the garrison of the Hengshanzhai army, and anything that happens may affect the coach's perception of him, there is no doubt about it, but the question is, what should Aruhun do?

Is there only 2,000 cavalry at his disposal now, half on each side? Wulan Hudu immediately denied this idea, the darkness will produce too many variables, and the reckless mountain makes him even more uncertain, the Song people dare to be so bold, they may not have the intention of luring the enemy, bring a thousand more people to have more confidence, he will never despise the opponent.

"You go to the front and tell Aruhun that he can decide for himself whether to continue dragging the Song people or retreat back, and if all goes well, I will rush to join him before sunset tomorrow, do you hear me clearly?"

With a plan in his heart, he simply didn't call anyone else, and let the person in front of him take another trip at night, which would be regarded as a meritorious service.

Before the small black shadow disappeared, Wulan Hudu took the two thousand cavalry that had been assembled and turned to the direction of Jiaofengzhou, although the road in this area was already very familiar, he still did not dare to be careless in the dark night, all the cavalry lit up torches, and the long line meandered forward like a fire dragon, illuminating the entire side of the right river.

"Here we are."

Shi Zhong got up from the ground, ran quickly to the edge of the mountain forest behind him, and squatted down beside a black shadow, almost at the same time, a "toot" sound sounded beside him, and Jiang Cai, who was originally motionless, raised the microphone in his hand and pressed it on it.

The news of the spies in front confirmed what Shi Zhong had heard, the Tartar cavalry of more than a thousand people was rushing to this side, and after a while, a huge vibration sound came from afar to the feet, and a fire suddenly lit up in the darkness in front of them, and all the Song soldiers who were lying on the edge of the mountain and forest lowered their heads, this was actually a natural reaction, it was impossible for the other party's torches to shine so far, but they could easily see each other's appearances and even expressions.

This is almost the middle of the Fengzhou to the Guohua Prefecture, and after Jiang Cai briefly cleaned up the battlefield, he took all the men and horses who came down from the mountain and headed forward. In order to avoid being discovered by the enemy, of course, they do not use any torches, but in this way, they cannot raise their speed, so they can only run at a low speed by moonlight until they meet the enemy's large group.

Like Shi Zhong, Jiang Cai stared closely at the fast-moving figures in front of him, and roughly estimated their number in his heart, this result was very critical for them, and after all the enemies had passed, the two of them stood up together and exchanged a look with each other, Shi Zhong's eyes had irrepressible excitement, the team of nearly two thousand people was the biggest enemy they could encounter in front, but now......

"Get on your horse, and the whole army will march quickly."

Jiang Cai passed on the instructions without hesitation, and his horse was held by his own soldiers and lay behind him, took the reins, took the title from the horse's mouth, and sat down as soon as he turned over. What is different from usual is that behind his war horse, there is also a reserve horse tied with a rope, which is smaller than the Mongolian horse under his crotch, which is the batch from the Yuebajiang Ranch.

Shi Zhong was at the forefront of the parallel with him, there was nothing behind him, he was supposed to be the one who prepared the horse, but at this moment he was ridden by a mountain man, and followed them closely, there would be no large enemy in front of them, and they could use the road along the river with confidence, even if it was not as smooth as the official road in the interior, it was better than in the wilderness, especially in the night when the light was not good.

"Why don't you hit them?" Jiang Cai was about to speed up, when he suddenly heard a woman's voice behind him.

"Because I'm not sure."

He didn't answer, he rode away on his own, the girl was a little discouraged, but she didn't expect Shi Zhong to wait for her, and when the two were in parallel, he answered her question just now. This is the territory of the Tartars, and the other side is all cavalry, so it is indeed possible to win by surprise, but it is more likely that it will be a crushing battle, and the night is not good for the enemy, and it is also not good for you, how much is the significance of such a victory?

In Shi Zhong's opinion, the eyes of the girl were shining, and she had not yet been freed from the pain of losing her loved ones, since she was not a spy of the Tartars, and she cooperated with Jiang Cai's plan by mistake, her perception of her was much better, and his kindness was echoed by the other party, and the muscles stirred under a seemingly terrible countenance.

Of course, the Ma Ji Department near Guide was ignorant of all this, and it had been almost a day since they had lost contact with Jiang Cai's Department, and the Tartar cavalry, which numbered nearly a thousand people, was attached like a dog skin plaster, and they couldn't get rid of it.

As long as they formed an array, the opponent would run far out of the range of the crossbow, and at the slightest slackening, they would make full use of the speed advantage of the cavalry, and constantly harass, whether day or night, under such continuous attacks, his troops had already suffered casualties, and although the casualties were few, the blow to morale was obvious.

Now, what worries Ma Ji is not only the casualties of the other side, but the other party must have some intention to do this, otherwise they should let themselves advance, and there are no more opportunities in the process of marching?

"How far is the back team from us?"

"According to the schedule, they should rest in Texas this time, and they will arrive early tomorrow morning at the latest, and if they are allowed to come by night, it will only take two hours."

The microphone was operated by a sergeant under Jiang Cai, who was temporarily assigned to him when he set off from Yongzhou, if it weren't for this, Ma Ji's department would be completely primitive, and of course it wouldn't be much better now.

Returning to Texas, Ma Ji pursed his lips and did not speak, it was not too far from there, how could it take two hours with his own marching speed, but the five thousand people of the rear army were completely improvised patchwork, not only was it not reorganized, but even the morale did not have time to agitate, he was originally just used as a box soldier, and it was only at this moment that he suddenly remembered.

No, you can't let that rabble rush overnight, the Tartars in front of you are extremely cunning, if you find such an easy result, how can you let it go? He shook his head at the thought of this.

"Let them leave later, stay there and wait for those behind, if something is right, there should only be half a day's journey between the two armies."

"But it's all in charge......" The soldiers were a little anxious, in that case, wouldn't it mean that their more than 5,000 people had to face the thousands of cavalry of the Tartars alone, and there were still an unknown number of backups?

"No, we'll at least hold on until sunset tomorrow."

Ma Ji didn't want to do this, but if the rear army was defeated by the Tartars on the way to help, even his own part would lose his fighting spirit, in that case, he could gamble that Jiang would come according to the agreement, and this deadline was before sunset tomorrow, and he didn't dare to guarantee it for a long time, because the army was about to run out of food.

"Anyway, the Tartars are coming up again."

"Cheer up Lao Tzu, don't worry, archers, let's put it when you're ready."

Compared to the lack of food, the consumption of arrows is deadly, a constantly moving target, even if it is a rifle bullet in later generations, on average, it will take many rounds to hit, not to mention the arrow with kinetic energy far less than the bullet, but if there is no means of counterattack, the Tartar will be more courageous, what they want is this effect, to psychologically destroy the confidence of the other party, the same is true for the old soldier, the only difference is that he has to hold on for a while longer than the recruit.

At this moment, his men had shrunk from the horizontal formation they had faced first, into a phalanx, one end close to the direction of the dense forest, and the other cut off the only road that ran through both sides, leaving one side of the river and most of the valley to the Tartars.

Of course, this is also a last resort, not to mention whether the thin horizontal formation can withstand the impact of the Tartar thousand-man team, if the formation is arranged along the side, it is equivalent to sinking into the death of oneself, whether it will be a horse and a horse after the death I don't know, but the possibility of collapse should be greater, behind it is a dense forest, once the worst happens, at least there is a way to retreat there.

Of course, his approach made the Tartars equally uncomfortable, for the simple reason that the terrain in the area of the dense forest was higher and the terrain on the riverside was lower, thus creating a slope with a small angle, and their cavalry actually attacked from the back most of the time.

What's more, the Song people still have the freedom to enter the forest at any time, of course, under the supervision of their own thousand-person team, if they want to retreat into the forest unharmed, Aluhun feels that the Song people will not be too easy, it is a very tenacious opponent, under his own harassment, he still maintains the basic formation, in this regard, it is far beyond his imagination.

After the Song people changed formations, they were more like a hedgehog and difficult to entangle, no matter which direction they approached, the oncoming arrow must be fast and urgent, from the beginning of the contact to the present, the competition between the two sides has become patience, the Song people are waiting for their own reinforcements, and he is the same.

What's more, the Song people still have the freedom to enter the forest at any time, of course, under the supervision of their own thousand-person team, if they want to retreat into the forest unharmed, Aluhun feels that the Song people will not be too easy, it is a very tenacious opponent, under his own harassment, he still maintains the basic formation, in this regard, it is far beyond his imagination.

After the Song people changed formations, they were more like a hedgehog and difficult to entangle, no matter which direction they approached, the oncoming arrow must be fast and urgent, from the beginning of the contact to the present, the competition between the two sides has become patience, the Song people are waiting for their own reinforcements, and he is the same.

It's been a long time since Xiding brought people back, and there has been no new news, what is Wanhu's plan in his heart, Aruhun doesn't know anything, if it weren't for the words that have already been spoken, he has plans to retreat, and no one wants to face such a difficult bone.

"Nagu'er, your people take a rest, and the rest of the people go up, be careful not to get too close, and don't get too far away, just let them feel threatened."

When the other cycle ended, the hundred households he called back with his men, they were in charge of the front just now, all of them were slopes, both people and horses were tired enough, and as soon as they came back, they lay down on the ground directly, gasping for breath, and they didn't even bother to take a sip of water.

"There is no news from Wanhu yet? If this continues, the Song people don't know what to do, and we ourselves will be exhausted. ”

Naguer did not fall, but stood by Aruhun's side with his own warhorse, and even he, a warrior, said such things, and Aruhun knew very well in his heart that things were indeed as he said, and there must be a decision.