After dawn, Tong Yuan followed the convoy and set off quickly in the morning, although he knew that the pursuit was inevitable, but he still needed to arrange a lot of things and make a little repair last night.

Zhang Ding and the servants who died tragically have been properly buried, and all the thieves in the fifth tun have been killed to comfort their spirits in the sky.

The third tun is different, except for Li Zhen's dead party, all of them are absorbed. After all, first, they did not succeed in murdering the convoy followers. Second, most of them are displaced people from Shangjun, Jiuyuan and other counties, and they are familiar with the terrain ahead and have a certain usefulness.

In terms of equipment, there was a lot of gain, and now every servant was wearing piercing armor, and all the shooters were equipped with a single bow and thirty or forty arrows. Spears, spears, shields, halberds, hammers, etc., each of which is taken for his own use, shall have one long soldier and one short soldier. Even dozens of non-combatants, such as coachmen and retinues, wore two-gear armor.

As for Tong Yuan himself, he put on a black light iron armor that was flexible and flexible, with four layers of armor superimposed on his body. People who know know that this is a fish scale armor, even if it is a well-equipped Dong Jiajun, it must be worn by a tun commander or above.

In the face of sharp weapons such as bows and arrows, the hard and sloping armor surface can make the tip of the arrow gun pass by, and the overall protection is very high. The best way to deal with this type of armor is to hit it with a blunt object or a spear with all its might, and of course a crossbow can easily shoot through it at the right angle.

As for horseback riding, although Tong Yuan has ridden twice in the scenic spot, he doesn't dare to try it easily now. Although he has been secretly observing other people's riding skills since yesterday, watching and riding are really two different things, and if he falls crippled while riding recklessly, it is no wonder that others are wrong.

After arranging for twenty followers to guard the pass, the convoy set off at full speed. Further north, the verdant hills vanished, and the former bushes, meadows, rocks, streams, and wildflowers were all hidden.

They found themselves in a valley lined with cliffs, and walking along such a path that even the slightest sound would echo in their ears.

After leaving the valley of the col, the ground beneath their feet rose higher and higher, bending to the west, turning eastward, and then to a wind-blown plateau, on which stood deserted beacon towers and military stations, guarding the uninhabited wilderness.

It seems to have once been an important frontier point, with forests and valley roads guarded by a commanding command.

The weather changed suddenly, the wind slowed down, and the direction changed to the west. This is often a good omen, bringing warm and moist rain that moistens the earth, but this time it brings bad news.

"Look!"

A soldier pointed to the south and shouted.

I saw three puffs of wolf smoke rushing into the sky, not far or close, and everyone in the convoy knew where it was.

At the pass of the Great Wall, Li Su stroked his beard and was thinking. A wealthy middle-aged man is not bothered by standing aside, and it is really embarrassing to stand and wait.

"Hiss"

Li Su suddenly startled the middle-aged man, he smiled and said, "I will give you a hundred horsemen, plus a total of two hundred people from your family and the courtyard, immediately pursue it." ”

The middle-aged man perked up and replied, "Okay, this time I must not let Li Zhen's thief run away." ”

Li Su suddenly warned: "However, the person who told you must not let others know about this trick." Even if I have a good relationship with that person, I have to be careful with each other. If something happens, you, your nephew, can't run. ”

"Yes, don't worry, General."

After the man left, Li Su's eyes flashed, revealing a meaningful smile.

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At dusk, the convoy was running rapidly, and a hundred commandos galloped across the back, shouting and insulting while changing the marching formation, forming a half-moon-shaped encirclement situation.

After chasing for half an hour, I saw that it was less than three hundred paces, and unexpectedly a river appeared in front of me. It was late spring and early summer, and the river was more abundant than usual, making it difficult to wade through. Although there was a bridge over the river, the wide carriages could only pass through in turn, and the pursuers behind could easily carry out the killing.

Hu Lang'er gave an order, and the second half of the convoy quickly formed a circle, and the coachman concentrated the oxen and horses pulling the cart in the middle of a circle of carts, and the soldiers stood behind the cart with the cart and the goods as a barrier, holding bows and spears to strictly guard the position. This method of warfare was known as the chariot formation, and it was used repeatedly in the previous Han Dynasty and later dynasties in the Central Plains.

When the Central Plains army did not have the advantage of cavalry, they used horse-drawn carriages to form a circle, and the soldiers relied on the carts as a barrier to defend, which could not only contain the cavalry assault, but also protect the flanks and backs. Covered foot archers can often have a certain advantage when shooting at the archers.

A few pursuers wanted to lure the pursuers with their own riding skills, but the Fourth Tun and the servants had already prepared in an orderly manner and did not waste their physical strength and arrows. At this time, the enemy's 200 cavalry had all arrived, and they were galloping around the perimeter of the car formation.

The momentum of the two hundred cavalry galloping far exceeded the convoy of more than three hundred people, which made everyone nervous, but fortunately, Hu Lang'er was well arranged, and Tong Yuan also stood with the soldiers, encouraging everyone to guard their posts.

At this moment, a leader riding a fiery red horse appeared among the enemy cavalry and shouted: "I am Lu Bu, the Nine Plains Tiger Tiger, don't you surrender quickly!" Many cavalrymen suddenly shouted, "Lu Bu, Lu Bu, unparalleled in the world!" And close to the car array gallop flying.

However, no one in the formation returned fire with bows and arrows, and no one rushed out to fight for their lives, all waiting for orders. Behind Tong Yuan, there was a servant of the Dong family, who was screaming with an arrow in his hand, and another person next to him was lying on the ground and convulsing, seeing that he couldn't survive the arrow in his head.

As the enemy's cavalry became more and more arrogant and gradually approached, Hu Lang'er suddenly shouted: "Shoot the enemy with arrows!" ”

Suddenly, hundreds of arrows in the car formation were shot out in unison, and under the leadership of their respective commanders and commanders, groups of five or ten people shot an enemy cavalryman, and in an instant, the speeding riders fell more than ten people.

Bows and arrows differ from crossbow arrows in that a physically strong archer is specially trained to shoot ten arrows in just three snaps of his fingers. This is not a soft bow for entertainment in later generations, but a hard bow made of sheep's horns, horns, or hardwood, and after firing ten arrows, the arm is sore, and the hard bow cannot be pulled again for a short time.

However, in just a few snaps of time, more than 100 people in the car formation shot nearly a thousand arrows, the first few arrows were still aimed at the enemy cavalry, and the latter was to shoot at the place where there were people. When the dust cleared, there were only a few dozen dead horses and the corpses of soldiers left on the periphery of the chariot array.

At least the first round of attacks was resisted, and the chariot formation was completely superior to the light cavalry.