On the sixth day of November, the baggage team that set off from Dengfeng arrived in Huaxian County, and continued north the next day to Puzhou. Lewen

This time there was not much baggage, only fifteen carts, of which thirteen were food, and only two were ammunition and crossbow arrows, after all, the consumption of troops was not large.

The team marched slowly in the cold wind, in addition to the convoy and, of course, the escort troops. Li Yan attaches great importance to the safety of the baggage, and the baggage troops, even the coachmen, have to train normally, although they basically do not participate in the battle, but there is still no problem with their combat effectiveness. And every time the corresponding escort force will be dispatched to protect the safety of the baggage.

Because there are still thieves like Yuyuan thieves around, even if there are not many supplies, the escort force this time has enough wing.

When the team's outpost spotted a thief attacking, it quickly called the police. The team immediately stopped, ready to defend. However, the thieves came from the cavalry, so the troops did not have much time to prepare, so they could only form a line in front of the baggage team. The six tiger squat cannons were also quickly taken out and were being set up nervously.

Except for those who remained to control the horses, the rest of the baggage soldiers took out their weapons and were ready to take part in the battle.

The sound of "rumbling" horses' hooves became louder and louder, and the cavalry of the thieves rushed quickly. The thieves' cavalry numbered four or five hundred, and they rushed over with all kinds of weapons, shouting, and bringing up billowing smoke and dust.

"Tiger Squat Cannon" ordered President Zhao Yi loudly. But at this time, the tiger squat cannon has just been installed, and there is no time to adjust the angle.

At this time, the cavalry of the thieves was about to rush close to a distance of a hundred paces, and he immediately ordered: "Crossbowman, fire"

Although he could see that the enemy in the front row was wearing armor, he had no choice but to let the crossbowman fire in advance to slow down the enemy's impact. Otherwise, his line could easily be overwhelmed by the enemy.

The crossbow arrows whizzed out, although they were not dense and far away, but the powerful crossbow arrows still caused some trouble to the thieves. The screams of the horses rang out, and some of the horses in the front row were even injured and scurrying.

"Tong", "Tong", at this time, the tiger squat cannon was finally adjusted, and sent out shells one after another to the enemy's horse team.

Although the Yuyuan thieves had a large number of horses, they only used horses and livestock to improve mobility, and did not really know how to use cavalry to fight. Their cavalry rushed in a swarm, and there was no hierarchy. So when the shells exploded in their herd, their horses were frightened and began to neigh and run around.

"Boom", "boom", the shells kept interrupting and exploding in the enemy's horse team, except for those who were killed and wounded, the other cavalry behind them scattered and fled to other places, colliding with each other, causing chaos. Where have they seen this formation, they can only try to hold on to the horse's back and not let themselves fall.

Fortunately, their front team rushed relatively forward, less affected by the explosion, and could continue to rush towards Li Yan's baggage team.

"Kill the past, kill the past" Liang Min's cronies encouraged loudly and continued to gallop on horseback.

At this time, Liang Min had been so uncontrollable by the explosion that he couldn't control his war horse, and ran towards the wasteland overgrown with dead grass on the east side. At this time, he regretted it a little, he didn't expect Li Yan's troops to be so violent, and there was such a killing weapon. But he has no way out, if he returns in such vain, then he will lose face, and some of his subordinates will come out to make trouble, then he will really lose a lot.

He shouted, "Follow me, go around behind them"

"Throw bombs and spears and prepare," Zhao Yi ordered loudly again.

Seven or eight baggage soldiers were already ready with bombs, and almost at the same time as Zhao Yi gave the order, they lit the fuse and threw the bomb out. They are all veterans, and although they rarely participate in battles, they have not fallen behind in training at all, and they are still very measured when to drop bombs.

"Boom", "boom", the bomb exploded in the enemy's horse team, once again blowing up the enemy's horse team, so that they could only charge at the front of the dozens of horses.

Crossbowmen seized the last chance to inflict damage on the enemy's cavalry. The neighing fall of the enemy's war horses was trampled by the war horses that had no time to dodge behind, and also tripped some of the enemy's cavalry, causing a lot of confusion.

The cavalry of the Yuyuan thieves finally rushed in front of the troops, they rushed too quickly, and they didn't have time to make the war horses jump up, and rushed directly to the spears of Li Yan's troops. However, this effect was not bad, and the speed of the war horse caused the spear to break, and it continued to ram the soldiers behind.

"Click", "click", the sound of the gun breaking kept ringing. The howls of the soldiers who had been hit also rang out. In the position of the impact, the sword and shield men in the first row, the pikemen in the second and third rows were basically either killed or seriously injured, and in some places the crossbowmen in the fourth row were injured.

Fortunately, through the first few rounds of blows, they scattered all the cavalry of the Yuyuan thieves, and only a few more than a dozen cavalry rushed up. Although they suffered a lot of losses, they were able to resist the onslaught of the thieves.

For the thieves who were thrown into the team, the people next to them either took waist knives or used crossbow arrows, and the results were directly realized. These thieves must not be allowed to stand up and inflict damage on them.

"Tiger squat cannon, fire to the east" Zhao Yi didn't have time to check the damage of his subordinates, and immediately ordered. He had been watching the entire battlefield at once, adjusting his deployment at any time.

"The sword and shield men deal with the enemy who is not dead, and the other teams line up to the east to defend," Zhao Yi then ordered.

The captain of the team immediately told his men to turn to the right, turned a corner, and trotted all the way to the east. Then stop in front of the baggage cart, turn left again, and the whole team's defense line will be completely transferred.

"Mother, so fast" Liang Min was still there to gather his scattered subordinates, and saw Li Yan's team move to his side and line up.

He hesitated, if he rushed hard, he could not afford the huge casualties, and the brothers below might not follow. If he went around in other directions, but looking at the speed of Li Yan's troops, he didn't have much chance.

He looked at the subordinates gathered around him, and looked at Li Yan's troops with a wince, there was no battle to speak of. So in the end, he had to give up the idea of attacking again, and let his relatives go over and shout. Anyway, it is to lure Li Yan to Yulin and achieve the goal.

"The people on the other side listened," Liang Min's entourage came sixty steps away, and shouted loudly: "We are the Yuyuan Rebels, if you know each other, you will leave by yourself, if you don't leave, we will attack the county seat."

He shouted three times in a row, and he didn't care whether Li Yan's troops were clear or not, so he quickly beat his horse and went back. Those bombs could hit far away, and he didn't want to be killed.

Liang Min planted a banner of "Yuyuan Army" on the spot, and then left quickly with his subordinates.

Zhao Yi watched the Yuyuan thief leave in silence, and then ordered: "Treat the wounded, go and notify Puzhou, and let them send reinforcements to respond." ”

This place is still more than twenty miles away from Puzhou, and he has to be cautious for safety. I didn't lose my baggage this time, but next time it's hard to say. It is said that there are more than 100,000 thieves in Yuyuan, and these hundreds of cavalry may just be a striker.

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