"All the army assembled!" With the shouts of the commanders, the five hundred cavalry under Cao Tong also jumped up immediately, put on their helmets and ran outside, they were wearing leather armor, so they didn't have to take it off at night, and the horses were also by the tent, so they immediately jumped on their horses and gathered in the open space outside after rushing out.

Cao Tong had already ridden to the nearby hills at this time, the sky was already bright, but the sun had not yet risen, and he raised his telescope to look at the northern horizon, he was awakened by the vibration of the ground before, after all, the two years of military career also made him develop the habit of being extremely vigilant, even when he slept with one eye open.

Of course, Cao Tong still can't compare with the veterans in the cavalry battalion, there are not a few people who wake up earlier than him, and some experienced veterans can distinguish the approximate number of the other party from the shaking of the ground, as well as the direction of running, etc., these Cao Tong are far from mastering.

"General, the number of the other party is no less than five thousand, it is definitely not our cavalry, looking at the direction, it should be rushing to attack White Horse City!" At this time, someone once again stepped forward to report that the cavalry of the Song army sent by White Horse City was generally based on battalions, and there would never be more than 500 people, and there were no big tribes nearby, and there was no need for several battalions to cooperate, so the cavalry that came this time was definitely not the Song army.

"Five thousand!" Cao Tong was also shocked when he heard this, if the other party only had 1,000 people, he might still have the confidence to leave a battle, but if the other party had 5,000 people, then his people were not enough for the other party to stuff his teeth, so Cao Tong immediately turned his horse's head and shouted: "In the direction of White Horse City, escape!" ”

With Cao Tong's order, the cavalry battalion immediately left the camp and rushed to the south, and they all knew the news that there were cavalry in the north, and there must be a lot of them, otherwise Cao Tong would not have fled directly without even seeing the face of the enemy.

Cao Tong they ran in front, and the enemy scouts behind also quickly discovered their traces, and immediately a cavalry of about 1,000 people was dispatched, exceeding the large force to speed up the pursuit and killing Cao Tong and others, most of the party members were one person with two horses or even three horses, and they could change horses when running, which was very conducive to long-distance running, which also made the distance between them and Cao Tong also slowly closer.

"The greedy party barbarian actually wants to leave Lao Tzu behind, dream of it!" Cao Tong looked at the pursuers who were getting closer and closer, but he sneered without any confusion, and then under his order, the entire cavalry battalion deliberately slowed down, which seemed to outsiders to be a lack of horsepower, which was very common for cavalry, especially sometimes horses were used continuously without effective rest, and horsepower was easy to decline.

Seeing that the speed of the Song cavalry in front of him slowed down, the party cavalry behind also chased more vigorously, shouting and waving the mace in their hands one by one, which is also the most commonly used weapon of the party people, after all, their weapons are not as sharp as the Song army, and they can't break the armor of the Song army at all, but the mace is a heavy weapon that can directly shock or injure the Song army, which is better than weapons such as knives and guns.

As the party cavalry in the rear is getting closer and closer, the atmosphere is becoming more and more tense, and the party people in the rear have nothing to fear, they only need to bite the tail of the Song cavalry, so that the speed of the other party will be reduced, and the large army in the rear can directly surround the Song cavalry, and then completely eat this cavalry.

However, seeing that they were about to catch up with the cavalry of the Song army, and the two sides were even only a hundred paces away, they only heard Cao Tong yelling: "Throw!" ”

Immediately, I saw the cavalry of the Song army throwing black balls with green smoke behind them, although they were not thrown into the party cavalry team at all, most of them were only thrown into the open space between the two armies, but the party cavalry in the rear changed their faces greatly, and some people shouted in horror: "It's the firearms of the Song army!" ”

It is not the first time that the party has fought with the Song army, and they are naturally very familiar with the firearms of the Song army, and when they saw the black ball with green smoke, many people already recognized that this was the grenade of the Song army, and immediately the cavalry in front wanted to turn the horse's head, so as not to rush into the grenade, but under the high-speed running, it was very difficult to adjust the direction, not to mention that there were more sprinting cavalry behind, they didn't have time to react at all, and directly hit the cavalry in front of them who slowed down due to the U-turn.

As a result, the grenade had not exploded, and the party cavalry behind them were in chaos first, and they also failed to dodge the grenades in front, and many people rushed into the ground full of grenades, and then the explosions of "boom boom boom ~" sounded one after another, accompanied by the screams of the party people one after another.

In fact, the lethality of the grenade is not very large, especially for the cavalry on the horse, when the grenade explodes on the ground, because of the barrier of the war horse, coupled with the protection of leather armor, few cavalry are directly killed by the grenade, but the real fatal is their speed, and when the horse is injured and falls to the ground, the rear cavalry tramples.

Only about 100 people in the front of the 1,000-strong cavalry were affected by the explosion, but their fall to the ground blocked the cavalry in the rear, and at the same time caused greater casualties, until nearly half of the cavalry fell to the ground, the cavalry behind was divided into two and bypassed from both sides, but at this time their speed also slowed down, and then looked at the Song army in front of them was speeding up again and rushing away.

"Hahahaha~, the party barbarians will eat after us!" The Song army in front saw the tragic situation of the party members in the rear, and immediately many people turned around and shouted, they have captured a lot of war horses during this time, and they can also be rotated, but they can't do it The party members can also change horses when they are galloping, but the horsepower is enough.

In the face of the clamor of the Song army, the party members behind were also angry and scolded, and immediately another cavalry chased after them, but this time they didn't dare to get too close, and they didn't even dare to go too fast, for fear that the Song army would throw grenades on the ground again, after all, this thing was simply too terrible for them.

Cao Tong had also seen at this time that the strength of the Dangxiang people should be about 6,000, and it seemed that it should be the vanguard, because he did not see a large number of cattle and sheep behind the Dangxiang cavalry to make food, so there must be more Dangxiang people carrying supplies in the rear.

Thinking of this, Cao Tong also immediately understood the plans of the party members, they must have wanted to take advantage of this time to raid White Horse City, and they were also lucky, they actually camped on the route of the other party's march, and also discovered the other party in advance, and now his only task is to preserve his strength, and then run back to White Horse City to report the news.

The party members in the back also saw Cao Yan's plan, and immediately sent people to pursue again, but this time the party members learned wisely, and actually sent two cavalry to pursue from the flanks, it seems that they want to rely on the speed of their own side to go around to the front of Cao Tong to intercept, and Cao Yan immediately became anxious.