Sitting in the carriage, Zhao Xin looked back at the sky behind him, as if he wanted to see the city where he had lived for decades at the end of the sky.

"Father, what are you looking at?"

Zhao Xin, who came back to his senses, looked at his favorite third child, "I don't know how your second brother is doing in Dingtao, I don't know if our Zhao family's foundation for so many years can be preserved." ”

"The second brother is always mysterious and secretive, and people can't guess it, if he is there, there should be no problem with our family's industry."

The words of the third child made Zhao Xin suddenly uneasy, the second child looks gentle and elegant on weekdays, but he always exudes an incomprehensible temperament.

This temperament beyond his peers has always made Zhao Xin jealous of the second child.

Maybe he was too worried, Zhao Xin comforted himself like this. "The second brother should be fine, he is the most powerful of your three brothers."

The people who moved out of the Zhao family planned to continue to flee eastward, intending to go to the capital of the Song Kingdom, where they had old friends.

"Master of the house, a large cloud of smoke and dust suddenly rose from the rear, according to the villain's many years of experience, this is a characteristic of the rapid action of the cavalry."

A private soldier of the Zhao family suddenly ran over and said through the curtain of the carriage, Zhao Xin, who had closed his eyes and recuperated, suddenly opened his eyes after hearing the report of the people below.

The large number of cavalry coming from behind was definitely not the troops of the Song State, because the soldiers and horses in the west were all drawn to the east. So it's certainly not an official one.

This bandit is not capable of organizing such a large cavalry unit, and it seems that he will not be a bandit.

A terrible thought was forming in Zhao Xin's mind, could it be that the cavalry of the Yanzhou Army had caught up. But this is impossible, this route is only known to a few people, and it is impossible to trace it even according to the depth of the rut marks.

Because in the troop movements some time ago, many troops came and went, and all kinds of baggage and materials were also frequent, and they had long been covered with the rutted traces of their own convoys.

"Father, what will these cavalry come from?" The third child sat next to Zhao Xin and said uneasily, and then poked his head out to look at the smoke and dust in the sky in the distance.

Obviously, there would be such a big amount of smoke and dust in early spring, and even if the third child hadn't read the military book for a day, he knew that there must be a lot of cavalry coming behind him.

The private soldiers of the Zhao family who were escorting the convoy picked up their shields and bows and crossbows to prepare for defense, although they did not know whether they were friends or foes, but the necessary preparations had been made.

"Son, don't panic, maybe it's just a rushing troop."

Although Zhao Xin kept comforting the third child beside him, Zhao Xin himself also understood that these people might be the cavalry of the Yanzhou Army.

Zhao Xin got out of the car and gave orders to the private soldiers, and then the private soldiers connected the carriages in a ring to block the cavalry attack. The ladies who were originally sitting in the carriage also got out of the carriage and came to the middle of the circle of carriages.

The privates clenched their weapons and prepared to meet the enemy from afar, the crossbowmen poised in the gaps in the horse workshop, and the pikemen guarded the chariot with their spears.

"Captain, you see that this Zhao family is ready, what should we do?" A cavalryman in the vanguard looked at the already prepared chariot formation and asked his captain.

This prepared chariot formation is like a hedgehog, and if the cavalry rushes directly, it will definitely suffer heavy losses.

"Pass the news to the brothers in the back and ask them to slow down the horse. I really can't do it, so I can only dismount and fight. ”

The discovery of the vanguard was immediately transmitted back to the large forces behind, and the cavalry units behind slowed down when they knew that they had caught up with their targets. No matter how fast the convoy is, it can't be faster than the speed of the horses.

Zhao Xin in the convoy fell into deep thought after seeing the smoke and dust in the distance slowly falling, which showed that he must be the target of the enemy, and it is really not good to come, and those who are good will not come.

"Big brother, is this really Yanzhou's cavalry?"

"Third brother, don't panic, how do Lu Zhan and Duan Xiaohan know which way we will go from which place." Although the eldest brother was relieving the nervous third brother, the eldest brother was also nervous and curious, how could the cavalry of the Yanzhou Army accurately pursue him.

Could it be that the second brother couldn't bear the torture and told Lu Zhan their whereabouts, but there were no flying pigeons in Dingtao City to pass on the book. Could it be that even the carrier pigeons were intercepted?

Stopping not far from the Zhao family's convoy, Duan Xiaohan did not come in person, but only sent more than 2,000 cavalry to pursue the fleeing Zhao family.

"Huh, if this operation is completed perfectly, we will show our faces in front of the lord, and promotion will not be a problem in the future." The cavalry Qianhu Mo Wen, who was in charge of this operation, said to Qian Cheng, another Qianhu.

"Our two partners are really strange, don't ask about the future, it's really an indifferent look to fame and fortune."

"Don't talk nonsense, let's think about how to catch the Zhao family with the smallest loss."

The private soldiers of the Zhao family did not rest well all night, and the Yanzhou cavalry on the periphery did not make a charge at night, the soldiers on the night vigil had to call out their sleeping companions to prepare to meet the enemy, and the cavalry who rushed over stopped outside the range of the crossbow arrows, so that after a few wolves, even the soldiers on the night vigil began to relax their vigilance.

As soon as the private soldiers of the Zhao family who were on vigil had just changed shifts, they saw several groups of cavalry beginning to approach the convoy, and now even the crossbowmen were too lazy to release arrows into the wild in the dark night.

The courage of these Yanzhou cavalry gradually increased, and they even slowly approached the vicinity of the chariot formation, picked up their bows, and released arrows to harass the enemy.

At this time, the private soldiers of the Zhao family released arrows to disperse these approaching Yanzhou cavalry, and in the darkness, no one could see the specific location of the other party, and after a few mutual shots, the Yanzhou cavalry retreated.

"Qian Qianhu, you see that the people of the Zhao family have completely relaxed their vigilance." Mo Wen saw that the troops he was harassing were very close, and the private soldiers of the Zhao family did not drive them away.

"It's time to get started, the fighters are ready."

"It's time for the lord to take a look at our future."

By taking advantage of the dark night, the cavalry of Yanzhou covered the hooves of the war horses with strips of cloth to prevent the sound of the horses' hooves from attracting the attention of the private soldiers of the Zhao family.

The cavalry of more than 2,000 people slowed down and slowly approached the circular convoy of the Zhao family, and the private soldiers of the Zhao family on duty on the night shift did not notice the approaching army.

When it was less than fifty steps, as Qian Cheng ordered the soldiers beside him to blow the horn, the melodious horn sound spread throughout the field.

Even with the horse's hooves covered, the sound of horses' hooves could still be heard, and with the sound of horns, the cavalry launched a general attack.