The Erguna River stretches for thousands of miles from north to south and flows into Hulun Lake. During the spring flood, the river rises sharply, and there are only two places on the surface of the river that can be crossed by horses and rafts without boats and rafts.

The two swimming places are separated by two hundred miles, and Ada alone leads a team of 1,000 people to patrol here.

After Ada received the reward from this survivor, he subconsciously thought that this must be a trick of the Jin people. He was sent by Temujin not because of his bravery and skill, but because of his good brain.

Weak chickens?

was scolded for two sentences, and there will be no less meat, what is the matter. Ada casually pacified the survivor and ordered it to go down and escalate the alert of the whole army.

In the face of the insults of the enemy, the Lord will not care. But after the word spread, several centurions under Ada were all angry and ran over to Ada to ask for battle.

The steppe people value bravery, and when a few centurions were angry and asked for battle, Ada couldn't force the bullet, so he had to agree to test one or two first.

So, Ada took his elite horsemen and rode to the west bank of the Ergun River.

Looking from west to east, dozens of miles on the opposite side are all flat rivers, and there is no possibility of any ambush. Ada looked at the posture on the opposite side, and sent a team of ten people to pass through the water and try to fight again.

The narrow part of the Erguna River is only more than ten zhang, and the place where it swims is crossed, the river surface is more than 100 zhang wide. Before Zhou Xiaojiang and the others arrived, the cavalry under the command of Ada swam through here all day long and went east to inquire about the news. At this time, the ten-man team crossed the river again, and they were completely familiar with the road.

Zhou Xiaojiang led his army to a mile away from the river bank, set up a position, and when he saw that the other party had sent a ten-man team across the river, he asked in a loud voice: "Who wants to fight?" ”

Wang Zhitan responded, Zhou Xiaojiang wanted to agree, and Xu Desheng, the deputy battalion commander next to him, suddenly said: "Battalion commander, the commander of the third company is not appropriate!" ”

"Why?" Wang Zhitan and Zhou Xiaojiang turned their heads to look at Xu Desheng at the same time.

"The commander's order must have a deep meaning. Normally, if the other party sends a ten-person team, let's send a squad to fight, if the commander of the third company fights every time, and the enemy is killed without leaving a piece of armor, I am afraid that the other side will not send people to cross the river again. Xu Desheng said slowly.

Zhou Xiaojiang nodded when he heard this, and then ordered Wang Zhitan to return to the team, and asked the company commander to choose the most capable squad under his command and go to fight.

After the ten-man team of the beggar tribe reached the east bank, they stopped advancing, and were ready to run away at any time when the situation was not good. After seeing that a team of ten people had really been sent here, the team of ten people who had just crossed the river all breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time clenched the scimitar in their hands and began to urge the horses to run forward.

When they were a hundred paces apart, the two groups of men and horses began to draw their bows and arrows at the same time, and after two rounds of arrows, the two sides began to engage in short combat.

The results ended quickly.

There are ten people in the beggar department, and there are still three people in the ten people in White Horse City.

The losing side is naturally silent.

Zhou Xiaojiang and the others also had no joy on their faces, and only sent a row of men and horses to collect the bodies of their own soldiers and bring back all the horses.

Ada also sent two teams of ten to swim across the river and bring back the corpses of his own soldiers.

The centurion to which this group belonged knelt down in front of Ada and shouted, "Ada, please let me take my men and horses into battle!" ”

Ada looked at the other side and shook his head: "The golden man is cunning, let's take a look." ”

After saying that, he sent another team of ten people to the opposite bank.

On the first day, the two sides had three duels with ten-person teams, and although the White Horse City side won all three games, only ten of the thirty fighters sent survived. The last battle was the most brutal, and only one person survived in this group of people in White Horse City.

The sky darkened, and both sides had a tacit understanding to lead the team away from the battlefield and set up camp.

……

The next day, when the spring sun shone across the Ergun River, Zhou Xiaojiang and Ada led their troops back to the location of yesterday.

The survivor of the first encounter was sent across the river by Ada to issue a war letter to Zhou Xiaojiang, asking him to send a team of 100 people to cross the river to participate in the battle, and they promised to meet the battle with the same number of people.

Zhou Xiaojiang shook his head: "The other side of the river is your territory, and my family commander said that we can't cross the line, and we can't step across the west bank." ”

"Our warriors, when crossing the river, consumed too much physical strength."

Hearing that the other party blamed this aspect for the reason for the loss, the soldiers of White Horse City all laughed in unison.

Zhou Xiaojiang treated everyone with a smile, and pointed to the other side with a horsewhip: "Tell your commander, Lao Tzu will give you an hour, let your men and horses rest enough after crossing the river, and see if he dares to let the horse come!" ”

Wang Zhitan scolded on the side: "A weak chicken is a weak chicken, what excuse to find!" ”

This person originally wanted to scold back, but when he said to Wang Zhitan, he remembered his fierceness yesterday, so he couldn't help but shut up again and patted his horse back.

Ada listened to the return, and his brows furrowed into a Sichuan character.

To fight, or not to fight, this is a question of brain pain.

Hit, played three games yesterday and lost three games.

If he didn't fight, he was afraid that the centurions would rebel, so he rushed to the other side of the river with his own people.

After being in a dilemma for a while, Ada finally made up his mind that he still had to fight!

No matter what the enemy's intrigues and tricks are, since they can have a fair duel, if they don't fight, they will not be able to take off their cowardly hats from now on, and they will be reprimanded by the royal court at the least, and lose their lives at the worst.

If a ten-person squad can't beat it, then you can only send a hundred-man team. Ada picked one of the most powerful centurions under his command, and pulled the centurion to give them a detailed advice, so that they could cross the river.

The enemy did not attack halfway, and Ada breathed a sigh of relief.

After crossing the river, the hundred-man team jumped off their horses and stood by the river, eating and resting.

Zhou Xiaojiang turned his head to the few company commanders beside him and said, "Wait for any of you to get on!" ”

The five company commanders all spoke out, and they all had to fight this battle.

Zhou Xiaojiang looked left and right, and finally decided, with Wang Zhitan leading the team first.

The remaining company commanders were all a little dissatisfied: "Battalion commander, you are too partial, Taoist priests have been in battle once!" ”

Zhou Xiaojiang's eyes widened: "If any of you can beat a Taoist priest, I will let him take the lead." ”

With Wang Zhitan's martial arts, in this camp, only Zhou Xiaojiang may be able to defeat him. Hearing that they were going to fight Wang Zhitan alone, these people were silent, but they were still a little unconvinced when they looked at them.

Zhou Xiaojiang sighed: "The Taoist priest has high martial arts, he takes the lead, how can he die a few fewer brothers." ”

When these people heard this, they all came back to their senses and changed their tunes one after another.

"Daoist, be ruthless."

"Daoist, don't be merciful."

"Daoist, don't capsize the boat in the gutter, let Lao Tzu come to the rescue."

Wang Zhitan smiled: "Brothers, don't worry, you will tell them to come and go." With that, he ordered the two platoons under his command and asked them to prepare for battle.

Wang Zhitan then jumped off his horse, sat cross-legged on the ground, rested his spear on his knees, and began to close his eyes and recuperate.

Half an hour later, the centurion of the beggar tribe felt that he had rested enough, so he ordered the whole army to mount and begin to prepare for battle.

Wang Zhitan opened his eyes and stood up, wiped the head of the gun with the placket of his clothes, and then jumped on horseback, and began to line up with the soldiers of the two platoons who went out to fight.

The hundred-man team of the beggar department took the lead in forming a formation and began to charge over.

Wang Zhitan scolded: "Despicable! ”

He looked back at the situation behind him, and estimated that he would wait for his own formation to be in good shape before charging, but he was afraid that he would suffer a big loss if he couldn't move up quickly.

Wang Zhipeng's mind turned, and after silently counting five, he pointed his spear at him and shouted: "Charge!" ”

The cavalry charged, all in front of the arrows. The arrows on Wang Zhitan's side had already been arranged, and the soldiers behind only needed to keep up with the queue and be able to set up the formation while running.

Wang Zhitan controlled the speed of the horse, not letting the horse run too fast, and when he estimated that the two sides were separated by one hundred and twenty steps, he shouted: "Open the bow!" ”

"Arrow!"

The people who led the army on the side of the Qiyan Department were still a little happy when they heard Wang Zhitan shouting out the arrows. The range of cavalry bows and arrows is generally between eighty and one hundred paces. And the opponent stretched out his bow and arrows from a hundred paces away, obviously inexperienced.

But after two breaths, when the black rain of arrows reached the top of his head, he felt infinite horror in his heart.

This centurion charged ahead, and was greeted by the rain of arrows the most. When he couldn't make a move, he also threw himself on his body and tried to dodge.

But the man dodged away, but the horse couldn't. He got off his horse and was hit by seven or eight arrows, and the painful man got up and threw him off the horse, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.

The soldiers of the Qiyan Department also fired back with arrows.

But on the battlefield, it is always the first strike. What's more, the biggest reason why Wang Zhitan was able to order a bow and arrow at a distance of one hundred and twenty steps was that their scout army used a one-stone bow, which was at least one step better in range than the ordinary bows and arrows of the Qiyan Division.

After a few rounds of arrow rain, the hundred-man team of the beggar department fell nearly half a horse.

On Wang Zhitan's side, only about a dozen people were folded.

What's worse is that because there are too many people and horses shot in the front of the beggar department, the original edge and arrow formation has been completely scattered.

Wang Zhitan yelled: "Kill!" He swung his spear, enveloping the three enemies in front of him.

Ten breaths later, Wang Zhitan pierced through the enemy formation. When he turned around, he saw that there were not many enemy troops left, and they were basically surrounded by his own soldiers.

The 100-member team of the Qiyan Department was exhausted, and the two platoons led by Wang Zhitan folded sixteen soldiers.

Compared with the battle of the ten-person team, in this battle of 100 people, the side of White Horse City can be called a complete victory. Wang Zhitan's personal bravery is certainly one of the reasons for the victory. But Wang Zhitan knows his own affairs, and his martial arts are far from being invincible on the battlefield.

In this hundred-man team battle, the cornerstone of the victory of White Horse City lies in the equipment: stronger bows and arrows, sharper swords and guns, and more complete armor.

Skirmishes rely more on individual prowesss, but with more people, the better equipped side can continue to accumulate victories when the quality of the warriors and horses is not much different.

Ada looked across the river, sighed helplessly, and said to the previous centurions who were seeking to fight: "Do you still want to fight?" ”

Several centurions shook their heads and said nothing, the gap in equipment was really impossible to make up, so why let the brothers die in vain.

Ada finally breathed a sigh of relief, the loss of the army was not tight, there was no injury to the muscles and bones, and he could complete the task assigned by the Great Khan. He jumped off his horse, wrote down the condition of the two days on a small piece of paper, and whistled.

In mid-air, a harrier eagle hovered down and landed on Ada's shoulder.

Ada carefully placed the note into a small sleeve on the Harrier's feet, fed it a few pieces of jerky, and then patted the Harrier Hawk's head and pointed to the west.

The harrier flapped its wings a few times, took off into the air, and flew westward.