On the third day of February, it is the turn of the last four posts to be on duty, and the first four posts to train. On the first day, Guan Zhuofan had already set the content of the training to be thirty miles of training, and in the early hours of the morning, he ordered Ding Shijie to go out of the whole team in the dark, rush out of thirty miles in one breath on the official road to Luanping, let the team stop on a depression on the north side of the road, dismount and rest and wait, but did not tell them what would happen next.

It's about five miles away from the tavern where we last fought. The reason why he chose the place to wait here is because this is already out of the range of Rehe, and acting this heroic scene to save the beauty will not cause too much commotion, otherwise if the "horse bandits" appear within the scope of the palace, I am afraid it will become a big case. The second is that there are no people around here, and there will be no bystanders to spread out what they see, and he can say whatever he wants.

The topography of this section of the road, with the middle subgrade being the highest, slopes down to both sides to form two slopes. He stopped his team on the north side of the road, and Alhatu they would launch an "attack" from the south of the road, which was also carefully considered. The news I heard from An Dehai was that the horse bandits had appeared in the Zunhua area, and Zunhua was south of Rehe and the capital, so logically speaking, the "horse bandits" had to come from the south to make sense.

The plot of the whole play has also been arranged. People who set off from Rehe always have to go on the road before dawn, so that they can rush to Luanping before dark to rest and sleep, and Guan Zhuofan believes that Zhaoxiang will not be an exception. A "vain marquis" like Zhaoxiang is nothing more than the name of a third-class marquis, and there will not be a few retinues around him. Moreover, from Rehe to the capital, since the retreat of the foreign soldiers, it has become a safe road, so the internal affairs government will never send troops to escort it, and at most send two officials to accompany it as a formal guard.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, Guan Zhuofan thought excitedly. It's a pity that the east wind hasn't come yet, but the north wind has risen, and the strong wind is like a sharp blade cutting the face, whistling, not only blowing so that people can hardly open their eyes, but also can simply chill through the heavy armor. The soldiers in the hollows turned their faces to the road and leaned their bodies against their horses to avoid the wind, but none of them dared to walk around and stomp their feet to keep warm.

It's not easy! Guan Zhuofan thought to himself, this is of course the majesty of military discipline and the hammer forging of training, and Ding Shijie really has his own set of leading troops. When I first met Ding Shijie, I was optimistic about his calmness and heaviness, and now it seems that it is really good. That day, when Lao Mu Fei ran back to the camp and shouted loudly, the camp was in an uproar, and he was also panicked, only Ding Shijie stood still and shouted to stop, so that there could be a purge later. Therefore, the phrase "is a general" can be added to him, and as for whether he is handsome, it can only be known later.

Just thinking of this, I heard the faint sound of a horse bell in the distance. Guan Zhuofan glanced around, and in the hazy sky, he vaguely saw a car, riding a horse, coming from the official road. Guan Zhuofan was nervous and excited, his right hand unconsciously held the handle of the knife on his waist, and said in his heart: It's coming, it's finally here!

When the car was a stone's throw away from them, a whistle suddenly sounded on the south side of the road, and then the whistle came and went, and some people whistled for a long time, and the sound of the horses' hooves could still be heard very well in the whistling north wind.

Guan Zhuofan was excited again: It's coming, it's coming, and the horse bandits are also here! Lao Ah and Lao Cai, it's really not in vain, seven or eight people, they have built up such momentum.

All the soldiers, of course, noticed that the situation was different, and all of them tensed their bodies, some looked at the road, and some looked at Guan Zhuofan to see his instructions. Ding Shijie, who was standing beside Guan Zhuofan, showed a rare nervous look and said in a low voice: "Boss, something is wrong!" ”

The boss is right, you are wrong. Guan Zhuofan laughed and scolded this sentence in his heart, shouted "get on the horse", flew up and jumped on the mount, and galloped first, and all the cavalry followed closely behind him.

Guan Zhuofan rushed to the roadbed, and he met several "horse bandits" who appeared from the south side in front of the left. Guan Zhuofan only hesitated for a moment, then pulled out his saber and swung forward.

"Shoot the arrows!"

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Obviously, it has been said that Guan Zhuofan will restrain his subordinates, do not use knives, do not release arrows, why is this so now? Maybe the 1,000 taels of silver, it was used to bring Alhatu and them into the game a few times to buy money?

The so-called famous generals are naturally killed from blood and fire. But only a few people can become famous generals from the blood and fire. The difference between them may be the little bit of innate endowment: who can kill decisively in the midst of rapid change.

Fortunately, although Guan Zhuofan is far from being a famous general, he does seem to have this kind of talent. At the moment when he rushed to the roadbed, although the sky was hazy, he could still see at a glance the body of the "horse bandit" on the opposite side, wearing a white dress with a gray middle band.

Alhatu is talking about "green robe mask"!

Guan Zhuofan suddenly understood what he was seeing—the gray was the clothes, and the white was the sheepskin jacket worn backwards.

This is not the "horse bandit" they played in Alhatu, this is the real and fake horse bandit, the legendary fierce horse thief outside the border!

A "release arrow" blurted out, saving himself and his army of 100 people. Before his words fell, more horse bandits appeared diagonally opposite, ten, twenty, thirty......

This is the outpost of the horse bandits, numbering about seventy or eighty people, wandering north to search, plundering along the way, and it happened here that they met Zhaoxiang's car. If it weren't for Guan Zhuofan who was going to play a play here, presumably Zhao Hou Ye at this moment would have become a fat sheep who fell into the wolf's mouth.

The horse bandits did not take the official army seriously-the corruption and uselessness of the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion were well known, and the Hunan army, which was the most capable of fighting, was still fighting with the Taiping army in Jiangnan at the moment. After they entered the customs, they traveled hundreds of miles, never encountered real resistance or attack, and even if they were only facing this outpost, hundreds of officers and troops would often collapse at the touch of a button, which further fueled their arrogance. At this moment, he suddenly encountered an "ambush" by the officers and soldiers, and refused to retreat, and the horse bandits who went on the main road first drew their bows and shot at the officers and soldiers.

The horse bandits made a big mistake! In fact, Guan Zhuofan's Xiying horse team, although it has undergone considerable training, most of the soldiers have not really experienced such a field battle, and as long as one of the fierce horse bandits on the opposite side gathers and charges, most of the Xiying horse team will be scattered. However, this kind of long-distance shooting gave the officers and troops a big advantage -- first of all, the officers and soldiers had the upper hand, and there was no obstacle in firing arrows, while the horse bandits faced the strong north wind, and it was still difficult to see things, not to mention the accuracy of the arrows. Moreover, this kind of shooting gave the officers and soldiers who were once flustered a buffer, and under the restraint of the officers, they quickly calmed down, and at this time the effect of the training began to be reflected.

"Seven-point bow, left front, put!" Ding Shijie shouted.

When the first row of arrows fell, I saw that some horse bandits fell from their horses, followed by the second row, and then the third row, and the salvos of the officers and soldiers became more and more accurate, and the effect and deterrence were much stronger than the scattered arrows of the horse bandits, and the momentum of the horse bandits was quickly suppressed. Seeing that there were more and more companions who fell from their horses, and many horses were hit by arrows and fell to the ground struggling, the horse bandits finally became afraid! A few whistles turned, turned their horses' heads, rushed down the roadbed, and fled to the south of the road.

"Boss!" Ding Shijie looked at Guan Zhuofan eagerly.

"Quasi-chase fifteen miles!"

Ding Shijie was overjoyed and shouted loudly: "The first sentry goes to the left to intercept!" The second whistle goes to the right to intercept! The third whistle is coming with me! Fourth Outpost...... Escort Qianzong! Kill! ”

It is inherent human nature to beat water dogs. Without mobilization, the fighting spirit of the cavalry had reached its peak, and with a shout of "whoosh", they drew their knives in their hands and rushed away on three sides.

The fourth outpost assigned to the task of guarding Guan Zhuofan was also red-eyed, drew a knife in his hand, and spun in place. However, without Guan Zhuofan's order, who would dare to act rashly? had to focus his pleading eyes on Guan Zhuofan, hoping that he would give him the next order, so that they could have another chance to make meritorious contributions.

Guan Zhuofan had no choice but to be invisible, and muttered in his heart: You all ran away, who will protect Mr. Ben Qian?