Cao Bianjiao took 3,000 iron horsemen and galloped all the way, only one day to run to the vicinity of Lushan, and then carefully passed through Luyang Pass, crossed the watershed, and arrived near Nanzhao County at noon on the second day.

Nanzhao County is located at the northern end of the Nanyang Basin, after passing the watershed, the terrain suddenly opens up, and then go south for a hundred and ten miles, is the city of Nanyang Prefecture.

According to the speed of the cavalry, it would only take an hour at most, and they would arrive in the afternoon.

Looking ahead, there were all dry and cracked fields, and there were no mountains and dense forests, whether it was Cao Bianjiao or Qian Gao, they were all relieved.

As a cavalry general, he has been wandering around the mountains for nearly a month, which makes Cao Bianjiao very aggrieved, and at this moment he is like a fish in the sea.

Three thousand horsemen, all galloping wildly, as fast as the wind, no longer have to worry about the prison Shizi ambush.

But this made Qian Gao, who was born in the literati and was still carried on a horse, miserable, and the bitter bile almost came out.

However, when the three thousand iron horsemen rushed to the city of Nanyang, except for countless refugees, there was no thief army at all, but the defenders in the city were scared half to death.

After some inquiry, after a conversation.

The defenders of the city said that they had not seen any thieves in the past few days, and that more and more refugees had poured in from all directions.

In order to prevent these homeless dogs from jumping over the wall and becoming thieves, the Nanyang prefect also asked Cao Bianjiao to help disperse these homeless people.

But at this time, how could Cao Bianjiao have the heart to pay attention to him?

Although they were in a hurry along the way, the people along the way said that they saw the thief army passing through the watershed the day before yesterday, wearing uniform clothes and helmets, and there were countless people and horses.

"Mr. Qian, what the hell is going on, the thief army?"

"This..."

Cao Bianjiao was completely stunned, Qian Gao also frowned into Sichuan characters, Cao Bianjiao asked him, who did he ask?

If Hong Chengchou was here, he would like to ask, my lord, didn't you say that the anti-thieves raided Nanyang, what about the people?

Everyone looked at each other, and Qian Gao pondered for a while before he suddenly slapped his forehead and suddenly realized.

"It's not good, it turns out that the purpose of King Xiaohua's division of troops is not to ambush the cavalry, but to lure the cavalry away, and then take advantage of the time when the adults are attacking the city, surprise and attack inside and outside, now it seems that I am afraid that they are not hiding in the watershed the night before yesterday, and as soon as we pass this morning, they will return to Ruzhou."

"What?"

Cao Bianjiao was shocked when he saw him say this, because according to the speed of those thieves, they would have to run for at least a hundred miles a day, and they would be able to return to Ruzhou tomorrow afternoon and raid the governor.

Thinking of this, Da hurriedly said: "Damn that little Hua Wang, it's just too treacherous, no, we must hurry back to Ruzhou, otherwise the superintendent will have to be caught off guard and suffer a big loss." ”

"General Cao, you calm down first, don't be in a hurry, it's getting late at this time, and people are sleepy and tired, even if you want to return for help, you have to wait until tomorrow."

Qian Gao saw that he was about to turn over and get on the horse, so he hurriedly persuaded him.

"It's too late to set off tomorrow, if the thief army marches overnight tonight, I'm afraid it will launch a surprise attack tomorrow morning, and the superintendent is defenseless, so he will have to suffer a big loss."

"General Cao, don't be impatient! Adults have always been strict in governing the army, even if the thief army is taken by surprise, the adults will be able to deal with it, and the cavalry is on the road at night, what if the other party sets up an ambush halfway? ”

Qian Gao stepped forward and grabbed him, and then said, at this time, the other party's real intentions, he is just guessing, so he has to suffer a big loss if he returns recklessly.

"It's... All right! ”

Cao Bianjiao thought that it was indeed too dangerous for the cavalry to rush at night, although he was anxious in his heart, he had to nod.

In fact, in Qian Gao's heart, he was also a little worried about Hong Chengchou's safety.

Because the strength of this group of thieves is too strong, they may not be able to win in a head-on battle with the Supervisor, not to mention that the opponent is caught off guard.

And sending a sentry to inform the news overnight was almost certain to be intercepted by the other party, and he didn't believe that Xiao Hua Wang would not leave a sentry along the way.

This night, Cao Bianjiao and Qian Gao were both unable to sleep, anxious and worried, because Hong Chengchou had the grace of knowing both of them, for fear that he would be killed by that little Huawang.

So the next day, when the sky was still bright, Cao Bianjiao took three thousand iron horsemen and returned to Ruzhou to help.

It was about 300 miles from Nanyang to Ruzhou, and the cavalry was still able to arrive in the afternoon.

No, it was just one morning that I ran more than a hundred miles, crossed the watershed, and came to the vicinity of Lushan.

If you don't worry about the other party's ambush, I'm afraid it's faster, of course, this means that most people have two horses.

At noon, I learned from the mouth of the defenders of Lushan that at noon yesterday, there was indeed a large army trotting all the way to the north, and both of them were shocked and anxious.

"Sure enough, as I expected, the real intention of King Xiaohua is to lure the general's Guanning Iron Cavalry away and sneak attack the adult, I'm afraid it's too late at this moment!"

Qian Gao sighed at the end.

Lushan County is only 100 miles away from Ruzhou in the north, and according to the footsteps of those thieves, I am afraid that they will arrive at the city of Ruzhou in the middle of the night last night.

"The Governor has 20,000 troops in hand, even if he is caught off guard, he will not be defeated so quickly, it is useless to say this now, we arrived a moment early."

Cao Bianjiao is much more pragmatic than him, although he is already sleepy and tired at this time, but the road to the north is flat, a hundred miles of land, and it will take more than half an hour to fight.

"That's what the general said." Qian Gaoqiang endured the pain from his red and swollen thighs and frayed buttocks, and climbed onto the horse again with the support of the soldiers.

"Drive!"

Cao Bianjiao waved his horsewhip, and the three thousand cavalry, who had only rested for about a quarter of an hour, galloped wildly again, and the dust raised along the way covered the sky and the sun.

Let the passers-by look sideways, these two days are really eye-opening.

One moment the infantry trotted south, and the team could not see the end in sight, and the next moment the cavalry rumbled south, and the same war horses were overwhelming.

After two days, the infantry ran back again, and it didn't take long for the cavalry to catch up.

It's really a full man who doesn't know that a hungry man is hungry, and it's a waste of physical strength!

……

"Chief, look..."

"Haha, it's really here, okay, Lao Tzu is going to let Hong Laogou watch his baby cavalry be wiped out by me today, but it's too late to rescue."

On a hill twenty miles south of Ruzhou, looking at the smoke and dust billowing at the end of the south, Qin Yule laughed.

Na Hong Lao Gou was afraid that he would not be killed, and he would ambush the soldiers twenty miles south of Ruzhou.

It also did not occur to him that he would ambush the cavalry when it returned, or under his nose.

So when the time comes, I'm eager to see what kind of expression he has.

Three days ago, after he arrived at the watershed with his army south, he hid in the mountains at night, and did not get out of the mountains until the afternoon of the next day, when Cao Bianjiao's cavalry passed by.

Then yesterday I ran wild for a day to kill here, dug traps and set up ambushes at night, and slept during the day today, and finally waited for the prey.

In the past few days, they have tens of thousands of troops, running back and forth for more than 200 miles, eating and sleeping in the open, sometimes hiding traces, sometimes fanfare.