Gao Yuanheng led his cavalry to pursue two or three miles, slashing and killing nearly a hundred thieves, but in front of them, a square array appeared.

Gao Yuanheng raised the long knife in his left hand and slowly stopped the horse. He looked around, and there were also thieves running out of the woods on the left and right, forming several formations, and began to slowly press on them.

The cavalry were a little flustered, all carrying the reins of their horses, and kept shaking from side to side in place.

Gao Yuanheng immediately realized the danger, so he immediately turned the horse's head and ordered: "Turn around!" Return! ”

But when the cavalry turned their horses, they found that a group of men and horses had come out of the woods behind them. Moreover, this group had the largest number of men and horses, divided into two groups, north and south, and it was clear that it was to block them from going north, and also to block their infantry from going south. They are surrounded!

"General, we are surrounded!" One of the soldiers shouted in horror.

Gao Yuan Heng said coldly: "I saw it!" ”

Gao Yuanheng realized that he had to break through immediately, otherwise his cavalry would be in danger of being wiped out. The siege of him by these thieves was premeditated, and at least more than 10,000 thieves surrounded them. Moreover, the encirclement is still shrinking, and if they wait any longer, their war horses will not have the distance to impact.

"To the south! Rush out! Gao Yuanheng ordered decisively. Woods on both sides were not conducive to cavalry assaults. Although there were their own infantry in the north, the defense in the north was the strongest, with huge shields, spears, bows and crossbows, and the largest number, at least seven or eight thousand men. The thieves in the south were fewer, only three or four thousand, and it should be easier to rush out. As for the infantry, as long as he rushed out with the cavalry, those infantry would naturally retreat. Moreover, the slow-moving infantry can also attract the attention of some rogues, so that he can have time to gather the garrisons of other counties to rescue the capital city.

The cavalry was in a hurry again, adjusting their ranks and preparing to storm south.

"Sons! Crush them! Go and rescue the soldiers, come back to save our brothers and families! Gao Yuanheng mobilized loudly, and then the long knife in his left hand slashed down, shouting: "Rush!" ”

"Rush!"

"Get out!"

……

Gao Yuanheng's cavalry brandished their weapons, shouted and beat their horses' bellies, and rushed towards the thieves to the south.

And the "time shift" that was placed at the forefront was also extremely nervous. Although he was determined to train his men, he did not have the courage to face the cavalry face to face. Listening to the rumbling sound of horses' hooves, he watched the official cavalry rush over quickly with the momentum of ten thousand jun, if it weren't for the big boss's personal army and supervision team behind him, he would have turned around and fled.

He still copied the formation he had learned from Li Yan, with sword and shield soldiers in the front row, two rows of spearmen with sharpened sticks in the back, and two rows of crossbowmen in the back. It's not that he doesn't want to use more crossbowmen, it's that they don't have so many crossbows.

"Shi Qian" looked nervously at the rushing officers and soldiers, he felt that he was almost fifty paces, so he ordered loudly: "Bow and crossbow, shoot!" ”

The crossbowmen immediately fired the arrows they had prepared, completely forgetting that they should fire in a rotation, not a salvo.

"Shi Qian" saw that there were a lot of arrows fired, so he turned his head to look and found that everyone was taking arrows and preparing for the next launch. He reprimanded loudly: "Fool! It's a round shot! Roundshot! ”

However, the cavalry of the official army still continued to rush forward in the face of the rain of arrows, and more than 20 cavalrymen in front were taken off their horses by arrows, and the other cavalry with arrows in the middle were trying to control their bodies, even if they had feathered arrows stuck in their bodies, they had to work hard to continue to sit in the saddle.

Gao Yuanheng was also hit by an arrow, but he also wore a chain mail that had been treasured for many years in his armor, so he was basically not injured.

By the time the second wave of arrows arrived, they were only ten paces away from the thieves.

"Kill!" The cavalry shouted loudly. This method of using cavalry to charge directly into battle has not been used by them before. Usually after they have risen, the thieves have fled on their own. But this gang of thieves has not moved until now, which shows that they are well-trained.

"Shi Qian" kept shouting in the ranks: "Don't move! After the fight, each person will be given two buckets of new food! I'm watching from behind you, and if anyone moves, the whole family will die!" ”

His men finally did not dare to move under the high-pressure order, and the sword and shield hand crouched on the ground, and the pikeman pressed the tail of the spear against the ground and pointed diagonally ahead. The crossbowmen, on the other hand, continued to fire arrows at the cavalry.

The cavalry of the first row slammed the horse's belly and tugged hard at the reins, allowing the horses to continue to rush forward despite fear. The horse soared into the air in front of the thief's sword and shield man, and smashed it at the spearman. The riders, on the other hand, threw off their stirrups and jumped off their horses, fell into the crowd of enemies, and slashed with their weapons in the midst of the bandits. Their horses were basically stabbed directly into the body by several spears, and then the spears were crushed, hitting several thieves, neighing and slowly dying.

And the dragon pro-army team in the back also sent people to besiege those officers and soldiers who fell from the sky. The members of these pro-soldier teams are all bandits who have rebelled for many years, and one by one they bravely pounced, cut down the officers and soldiers who were slashed in the crowd, and quickly stabilized the archers who were in a mess. For those crossbowmen who do not listen to instructions and still run around, they also do not hesitate to kill.

The second row of cavalry did the same, using their horses and their lives to open the way for their companions behind. But the ranks of the thieves were as many as seven or eight floors, and their sacrifice was only to crush two or three rows.

By the time the cavalry of the third row rushed over, the cavalry had no courage to continue to rush to death, and they all slowed down their horses, and only a few of them were once again loaded with the array of thieves.

Gao Yuanheng knew that the soldiers had lost their courage and speed, so he ordered: "Turn back, come again!" ”

The cavalry turned their horses and headed north. At this time, they were also killed by the thieves, and the crossbowmen of the thieves continued to fire arrows. And because of the retreat of the officers and soldiers, their morale was even higher.

At this time, the thieves in the north also began to shoot arrows at them, and the cavalry came under long-range attacks from both sides. Their infantry still hadn't caught up, putting no pressure on the thieves from the north.

The cavalry had become chaotic, no longer obeying Gao Yuanheng's orders, and no longer willing to be exposed to the rain of arrows from both sides. So some cavalry began to break through to the left and right, where there were not many thieves, and the hope of killing them was much greater.

"General!" The soldiers shouted loudly: "Break through to the east!" ”

"When you enter the woods, the horses can't run! There may be thieves in ambush in the woods! Gao Yuan Heng roared angrily: "Kill from the south, I will take you to move the rescue soldiers!" ”