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From Chuzhou City to Yukou Town, it is a plain area with a distance of more than 100 miles, because it is located between the Jianghuai River and the Huai River, and there are canals and other water systems passing through, it should have been a very good agricultural irrigation area. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 However, being on the front line of the war between the two countries, facing the pressure of the enemy at any time, it looks a little barren, and when the people of the Song people retreat on a large scale, this barrenness is even worse, and you can see abandoned fields everywhere, which are bare, like scars pasted on the earth, and they are extremely ugly.

The edge of this plain is located in Baoying County and Yancheng County between Sheyang Lake, in different time and space, this big lake is much larger than the famous Hongze Lake in later generations, known as 300 miles long, 30 miles wide, after hundreds of years of siltation, the area is still the crown of Jianghuai, the land by the lake is sandy and soft, if you ride a horse, it will be easy to step out of a small pit.

A group of five horsemen passed by the lake in a column, their speed was not fast, the horsemen on the horses just loosely held the reins, and let the horses march slowly, led by a man of nearly forty years, with a broad face and a pair of narrow eyes hidden in the disorganized eyebrows and stubble, squinted from time to time, and looked ahead.

The group seemed to be arranged according to their age, and the people who came to the back were getting younger, and the last one was a half-grown man with no hair on his mouth, staring at a pair of eyes, and he didn't know what he was looking for, and in front of him looked like some veteran oil, walking his horse with a nonchalant face, and one by one wrapped himself in a thick bucket, and kept muttering in his mouth.

"This thief is good, and it doesn't rain, and it's cold and cold all day long, which makes people feel unpleasant." The words of an old oilman immediately aroused the echo of the remnants.

"But it's not, this cold wind is swishing, pouring it straight into my neck, I really want to go back to roasting, and change this clothes by the way." The man who followed him tightened the Fan Yang hat on his head in vain, but he still couldn't stop the invasion of the cold wind.

"It's best to hug a little lady, you can't feel the cold, right?"

"That's that, you kid still remember the young lady in Yangzhou City, just the one at the end of the fireworks alley, you are not old or young, and most of the reward money under Jiankang City is all pasted."

"I'm afraid it's not enough!" Several veterans laughed and coaxed.

"You know a fart, Lao Tzu is alone, what's the use of asking for money, you have to be happy for a while, not better than you wilted goods, how long have you not touched a woman, you dogs." The man in the middle waved his hand, but it was greeted with even louder laughter.

On the empty plain, their voices spread far away, and the veteran at the head couldn't help frowning, he had not participated in the topic of those people behind, his eyes were always wandering in the distance, similar patrols they had to go every day, at most in half an hour, it would be time to change shifts, back to the town, at least be able to bake a fire, warm up and warm up.

Thirty miles out of Yukou Town, it was a strict order issued by Xu Wende himself, for this reason, a commanding sentry cavalry was divided into ten teams, in several directions to carry out shift patrols, their team is responsible for the shore of Sheyang Lake, the surrounding area of this lake is slightly different from other places, the terrain is more complicated, and it is also their key patrol area.

"It's done, turn around, let's go back."

Thirty miles, almost the end of Sheyang Lake, the old pawn led by him interrupted the laughter of those people behind, no need for him to say anything, everyone also understood that the day's affairs were over, and the mood was already relaxed, this time it was even more unscrupulous, they stopped their horses one after another, and began to turn around, and the front team turned into the back team, but it was just a moment of effort.

"Whoosh!"

The old pawn at the head was turning the horse's head, and suddenly heard a very soft voice in his ears, and before he could make any movement, the horse under his crotch suddenly jumped high, he did not try to hold the reins, but rolled down, and immediately fell down after landing, and at the same time pulled out the long knife at his waist, only to hear a long neighing behind him, and the huge body of the horse fell behind him, raising a large cloud of dust.

The people in front of them reacted immediately, they did not stop or turn around, but tried to keep their bodies as low as possible, and then whipped the horse, the purpose of this is very simple, first distance from the attacker, and then find out what happened, determine whether to continue to run for their lives or rescue their companions, this is the standard process when the spies encounter a sneak attack by the enemy.

"Ahh There was a sound on the ground, and the sentry who fell to the end screamed, and even the man and the horse fell to the ground, and the old soldier who was lying on the ground looked sideways, and a feathered arrow was stuck obliquely on his back, almost without a feather, and then there was another sound, and a war horse fell, but fortunately the man was not hit by the arrow. The old soldier listened to the constant sound of breaking the sky, and immediately judged that this was not an enemy sentry, but a large group of people, he turned his head, no longer caring whether his own people could escape, slowly raised his head, his eyes stared at the front, waiting for the moment when the enemy appeared, the knife in his hand was put aside by him, took out a black box from his waist, groped and pressed on it.

"The seventh group of ten fingers and two of them encountered the enemy, and the number was ...... More than 1,000 people, all cavalry, located in the west of Sheyang Lake, thirty miles away from our army, finished speaking. ”

With that, he turned sideways and swung it to the side, and the black box arced in the air and fell into the lake.

"How many more can catch their breath?" The old pawn yelled without looking back.

"It's just the two of us, Wu Laosan is dead, Hu Zi and Erwa are still on the run, I hope God will open his eyes and give them a way to live."

The man, who had spoken a little too much, took out a crossbow from his horse, held a quiver in one hand, and the two of them rolled on the ground a few times, and lay down behind the dead horse's corpse.

It was only at this time that their enemies appeared from a distance, looking at the large group of cavalry that seemed to emerge from the ground, slowly pressing towards them, everyone knew that this time they were afraid that they would not be able to get by, but there was not much fear on their faces, at least they had completed their mission, and they were not dead in vain.

"Kill one enough." The man pulled the crossbow machine and lifted a tartar off his horse.

"I still want to earn one." The old pawn listened to the sound of hooves getting closer and closer, and waited patiently until the horse's hooves were raised overhead, and then suddenly burst into flames, and pounced on them.

They were not the only sentinels who encountered the enemy, in the direction of about thirty miles in front of Yukou Town, the alarm sounded almost at the same time, and without exception, they were all cavalry, plus the spies who had been staring at the Yuanren camp, the news came, it was obvious that this time the enemy was a little unkind.

"Fu Shuai, where did he go?" One of the spies who was asked shook his head.

Xu Wende suddenly found that he had become the supreme commander of Yukou Town again, and the reason why he wanted to say 'again' was because Liu Yu's people could not be found, and most of the people in the navy were still wounded, so this idea could only be taken by him.

The Yuan people are only five thousand horsemen in Chuzhou City, this news has been confirmed early on, according to the news, in the several ways encountered with the enemy, it has exceeded five roads, whether the enemy is bluffing or not, these five thousand horsemen are very likely to appear, not to mention that there may be foot soldiers behind, most of them are piled up on the dock, if it is according to Li Xianggong's instructions, he can set fire and then calmly retreat, and the left and right are also cavalry, and the Yuan people can not take advantage of the speed.

But now, he has belonged to Liu Yu's moderation, and the new order he received is to ensure the safety of the officers and soldiers of the Water Division, among them there is also a young security scholar, thinking of these things, Xu Wende's head is as big as two, but he has to cheer up to deal with it.

The specialty of the cavalry is mobility, let them fight defensive battles, there is no need to say that there is no waste, I am afraid that there are no foot soldiers to use, how can I take care of these at the moment, under his command, all the cavalry were assembled and deployed along both ends of the town, and those scattered wounded were also quickly moved to the vicinity of the dock, in case they could not be stopped, they could still get on the boat.

The enemy came faster than expected, and before the layout of the town was completed, horns sounded at the entrance of the town on both sides, and Xu Wende looked at the sky with some melancholy, as if he was imagining whether a certain guy would suddenly fall from the sky, which was of course impossible.

"Come with me."

As a last resort, he had no choice but to introduce the enemy into the town, and those houses and alleys made the space of the battlefield cramped, and the enemy could not use more tactics, just to make up for the lack of experience of the Song cavalry, and the two sides hedged each other in the streets that ran through the center of the town, almost to the point of close combat.

However, the cavalry of the Yuan people are on the periphery, holding the initiative to attack, they obviously will not be satisfied with such a fight, as the battle deepens, Xu Wende immediately felt the pressure, it seems that there are enemies everywhere in all directions, and the number of people is about the same, they can only passively parry, gradually, the battlefield began to compress in the direction of the dock, the feeling of powerlessness, made him shocked and afraid.

In fact, if there is a chance of winning, it is worth fighting all the people, but let the enemy force up step by step, and finally be annihilated here, how could he accept it, but no matter what he does, even if he personally leads people to the top, he still can't stop the edge of the Yuan people, at this moment, he deeply felt how big the gap between the two sides is! And I'm afraid that I won't have the opportunity to make up for this gap.

"Fight to the death!" Xu Wende struggled to open a spear, roared angrily, slashed horizontally with a long knife, and smashed a scimitar open, and the enemies in front of him were like a tide, overwhelming people wave after wave.

Behind the battle formation of the Yuan people, under a black flag, the Shifter who was appointed as the commander of the cavalry saw that there were signs of stalemate in the battle situation, and frowned slightly.

"What about the foot soldiers? How long is it going to arrive, go to urge Yang Tingbi, let those Han people hurry up. Like the Song people, he didn't want to use cavalry to fight the enemy like this.