Chapter 227 Elite
Horns wandered in the distance with his two brothers.
I watched enviously as my companions in the distance surrounded the caravan as usual, thinking that I might be able to sleep with a soft body in my arms tonight, and there were not many such opportunities.
Thinking of the good things, Niu Jiao couldn't help but laugh, revealing a mouthful of big yellow teeth.
However, those of them who do business without capital are not in a good situation now.
This year, the Turks have occupied the steppes in the clouds, and their lives are beginning to be sad, and perhaps after this trip, they will have to choose whether to go to the far west to earn a living, or to go east.
The loud whistle of his companion woke the horns.
He looked at his companion not far away dissatisfied, but saw that he was constantly waving his finger to the east, and the voice finally reached the ears of the horns, "There are people, there are people over there." ”
A few black dots moved in the distance and gradually approached, and the horns tensed up and gestured to keep their companions on guard.
What reassures him is that there are not many black spots, only three.
He didn't wander in the distance, as they had done before, but walked straight towards them.
The horns of the bull and the men came up to meet them, and they were all slowly holding the bow in their hands, so that anyone who passed by or approached them at this time would be killed here.
It should have been a passing traveler, and the horns judged that if there were more people behind, they should have someone to go back and report the news, instead of coming so unguarded.
As the distance drew closer, the three black dots seemed to finally see what the people were doing in the distance, and they stopped and began to turn their horses' heads.
It's almost close enough. The horns whistled, and the horses were stirred.
Encounters on the steppe. Chase, kill. It's that simple.
The horns of the bull faced the wind, he tried to lower his body as much as possible, kept whistling and urging the war horse, and estimated the distance in his heart, he was not a warrior, but he was the most experienced horse bandit.
He knew exactly what to do and when, so he lived on the grassland for a long time.
He calmly drew the arrow. Resting on the bowstring, on the back of the waddling horse, they felt the familiar rhythm together, and when he shot the bow and arrow, it was the climax of this rhythm.
The figure in front of me, which was becoming clearer and clearer, was doing the same thing.
The horns finally felt that something was wrong, and the figure in front of him suddenly turned around on his horse and opened his bow.
It's still too far away, Niujiao thought subconsciously, but he already felt uneasy. In his peripheral vision, some dark shadows seemed to suddenly appear.
The sharp whistling of the arrows made the horns tingle, and then he felt something penetrate his chest. The world swirled, and then a sharp pain overwhelmed his senses.
A team of knights passed by the corpses of three horse bandits.
Li Po sat on the horse. Walk among the knights without hurrying.
They have been tracking these horse bandits for three days, and it is satisfying. The bandits were unaware.
This is a rare thing in the grassland. In particular, tracking down a group of vigilant hound-like horse bandits only shows that the training is effective.
Of course, the so-called training is actually just continuous improvement in actual combat.
It had been more than a month since they came out, first staying at Yunnei Horse Farm for a while, and then they crossed the Great Wall and entered the Yunzhong grassland.
They went around in a fixed range and circled a few times.
I've been playing a game of hiding and chasing each other.
Of course, this game is not fun, because Li Po will emphasize to the loser every time that this is a matter of life and death, you have been found, you are half dead, and then, you have been caught up, well, you are dead.
Well, the dead don't have to sleep at night, so let's go to the vigil.
Li Po's rules for the scouts are detailed to the point of complexity, where to stay, how long to stay, whether you stay in the upper wind or downwind, even peeing, standing or squatting, I can't wait to set a posture for you.
Yes, Li Po is holding something like a martial arts cheats, and he is constantly making rules for the scouts.
Those who violate it will be severely punished and ridiculed by him.
This is a very rare educational process in the military, and it is full of rigid dogma.
But Li Po quickly gained everyone's respect and gratitude, and his authority was needless to say, but this time, he finally enjoyed the treatment of a teacher more fully.
These 200 Sui soldiers are his students, and they are very conscious, and most of their respect for their teachers comes from the heart.
As a result, the punishment was also willing.
Of course, it is not surprising that in these days, the people who can pass on their knowledge and experience to others are not teachers.
This is a year of lack of basic communication, everything is self-cherishing, what can be learned, one is to see how smart you are, two is to see your opportunities, and third, to see whether you live long enough.
No one will hand over the ability to press the bottom of the box to you, most of the time you have to rely on your own exploration and understanding.
Therefore, sharpshooters in the army are very rare, talented people, inexperienced, experienced people, but not that talent.
In this way, people's thirst for some skills and knowledge has almost reached the point where they can be exchanged for their lives.
For these soldiers, it is a very happy thing to have a strict master, plus a wise general, their progress is visible to the naked eye, and the speed is incomparable, and in terms of initiative, later generations cannot compare with it.
As for Li Po, he is also very satisfied with a group of studious students and elite soldiers.
For more than a month, they found a small tribe within a certain range, which loosely managed several small tribes, their range of activities was very fixed, and they did not move on a large scale, and all the characteristics showed that they were a member of the Turkic people.
This is a test site designated by Li Po, and the Turks in the test field are still unaware that there is a wolf pack lurking around them, and they are always watching them.
By this time, the game had actually turned into war.
And at this moment, a group of horse bandits broke into the field of vision of this Sui army, which was gradually becoming quite peculiar.
Ironically, the horse bandits are chasing a caravan that also looks very strange.
This caravan was still flying the golden wolf flag, and the direction they were traveling in was obviously Dali City in Dingxiang County.
The story of the praying mantis catching the cicada and the yellow finch is staged here.
Li Po pondered, maybe this time, he can indeed win a golden wolf flag, although it is a little smaller, but what about giving it to his father-in-law, or do he leave it by himself and decorate his new house?
Of course, no matter what you do, you will definitely make the tigress in the house happy.
By this time, the bandits had already begun their raiding operations, and their main weapons were not bows and arrows and knives and spears, but lassoes.
They wanted to catch all these women like wild horses.
But they didn't go well, and these women resisted extremely fiercely, without any consciousness of being prey.
After paying a few casualties and achieving little success, the bandits finally became angry.
They roared around each other in circles, their bows and arrows shooting at each other's horses, they still didn't want to hurt anyone.
Ashina Rongzhen raised her sword, and the women approached her one after another, forming a queue, and they were ready to charge, this may be their last effort.
They prayed to their gods in their hearts, hoping that the gods would bless them.
Perhaps it was their gods who took a nap and finally woke up, and were surprised to find that their beloved children had fallen to such a state, so they sadly turned on the aura of luck to the maximum.
So, before they could finish their prayers, a group of knights appeared behind the horse bandits, without warning, so that when they were discovered, they were already in sight.
This also means that it is a distance where a direct attack can be launched, and the peculiarities of the grassland war do not need to be explained too much.
The bandits' reaction was very much in keeping with who they were, and they soon gathered together, turned their horses' heads, and fled into the distance, they might be fierce, maybe brutal, maybe greedy, but their courage and glory were out of their way.
The knights rode past the caravan, and no one stayed to talk to them.
They kept adjusting their direction in the gallop, and chased after them loosely and tacitly like wolves.
The horse bandits were fleeing to the southwest, and if possible, they would never enter Dingxiang County even a single step.
What frightened them was that behind them, to the northwest, there were cavalry chasing them, and even in front of them, there were cavalry cruising.
Horse bandits are like herds of horses that have been driven away, constantly forced to change direction.
When the shadow of the Great Wall in the distance became clearer and clearer, the horse bandits finally drew an arc on the grassland and rushed to the east.
Such a blunt change of direction immediately cost them dearly.
The enemy behind them sped up sharply, and also drew a slightly curved arc, which was inserted into the ribs of the horse bandits.
Suddenly, the arrows became the protagonists of the battlefield, and they hurriedly staggered through the air, eager to insert into the flesh, drinking blood.
Knights were constantly shot off their horses, and the pursuers swept over, directly sweeping away half of the horse bandits.
Their archery skills are accurate, their riding skills are proficient, and their tacit cooperation makes the horse bandits hardly have any ability to resist in the battle.
What was even more terrifying was the range of their bows and arrows and the protection on their bodies, and some of them had arrows stuck in their bodies, and they were even fine, because they wore a layer of close-fitting leather armor under their leather robes.
In the evening, the Sui army reunited together, and in the pursuit, they won a complete victory, and less than ten horse bandits were able to escape. (To be continued.) )