Marching is no longer a boring thing, at least for Qian Buli, a Lang has affection, a concubine is intentional, one is willing to fight, one is willing to suffer, in a short period of time, the relationship between Qian Buli and Ji Shengqing is in a state of rising straight line.

It would be an exaggeration to say that they were like glue, but it is true that the two men hid in the carriage all day long. It's just that Ji Shengqing was a little shy, in order not to let the rumors spread too outrageously, she resolutely left Ke Lan and Ke Li as light bulbs, and pretended not to understand the hint that money would not leave.

On the fifth day of the march, the scouts on the road ahead found a group of unidentified scouts, although they were wearing Ji Zhouguo's military uniforms, they always avoided them whenever they met. After Wang Rui got the news, he ordered the scout to find a way to catch a few alive and come back, but the other party was quite vigilant, and after half a day, he still didn't catch any of them.

Wang Rui returned to the Chinese army, discussed with Qian Buli for a while, temporarily gave up the reconnaissance on the left and right flanks, concentrated most of the scouts on the front road, divided into several points and echoed from afar to form a wild goose marching array, a large outflanking past, and in the end surrounded six scouts.

After the interrogation of Wang Rui and Qian Buli, they admitted that they were scouts affiliated with Lianchengsai, and they were ordered by the city lord to go to both sides of the Sunset Canyon to inquire about the news. If they continue to ask, they can't say anything else about the specific news, and they are in a hurry and talk nonsense.

Qian Buli ordered the whole army to slow down, and at the same time recruited the broken Du soldiers to prepare for an emergency response. Make a plan to start with the worst, and the worst situation at the moment is that He Jiongming does not hesitate to bear the infamy, colludes with the people of the Flying Eagle Tribe, and prepares to be unfavorable to the princess.

Qian Buli thought about it repeatedly, Zamuhe's Chinese army would not exceed 3,000 people before entering the Sunset Canyon, and after Du Bing's blockade and non-combat attrition caused by passing through the entire canyon, even if Zamuhe did not die, the soldiers and horses in his hands would never exceed 1,000 people. In addition, they couldn't repair it, and with the help of He Jiong's eight guts, he didn't dare to put Zamuhe's guards cavalry into Liancheng Fortress! At most, they will send some armaments, and Zamuhe's people will be able to recover a certain amount of combat effectiveness, but the recovery will be extremely limited.

As for whether He Jiongming will send troops to attack jointly with Zamuhe, this possibility is too small, not to mention anything else, as long as the golden dragon flag is erected in front of the battle, who will dare to attack the army of Ji Zhouguo? His Tianwei Army dared to cut off the Golden Dragon Banner because there was no one under it, and it was also defined as an imaginary enemy by Qian Buli, if the princess stood under the banner, the Tianwei Army would not dare to attack.

However, even if there were only 1,000 guards, they must not be careless, and Qian Buli ordered the troops to shrink, and they came out at dawn and rested after noon, trying to ensure the physical strength of the soldiers.

After another three days, the scouts finally came back with the news that a cavalry team of nearly 1,000 people was rapidly approaching, and the other party had no banner and was not neatly dressed, and it was probably the cavalry of the Guards under Zamuhe.

"Du Bing, if you command the cavalry team to fight them, can you win against them?" Qian Buli looked at Du Bing.

Du Bing smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "No, our cavalry is not as good as them, and we can't fight." ”

"Can we hold each other?"

"It's difficult, if it's a close fight, my cavalry team is not afraid of them, and if we fight for cavalry shooting, our losses will be great."

"Can't even hold each other?" Qian Buli muttered a word, falling into deep thought.

"My lord, my brethren are not a bad seed! But they all grew up on horseback, and even children can be one, let alone elite guard light horses! ”

"How much worse is your bow than theirs? What about range? ”

"The archery is a little worse, but it's not very big, and the range is the same. But they always rushed into range quickly, and when we fired back, they ran out of range into the diagonal spur. If we stand still, the loss is far greater than theirs, and if we rush out and fight with them, our loss will be even greater. ”

Qian is not far away, the tactics proficient by the grassland people in this world are similar to their own world, what a headache! Although there are now nearly 3,000 soldiers, they have an advantage in numbers, but it is certain that the other party will never fight hard with them! Hey? They won't fight hard... I should be able to do something about this.

"My lord, do you have any tricks?" Du Bing looked at the money with anticipation.

"Don't always think of tricks!" Qian Buli glanced at Du Bing: "The brave wins when they meet on the narrow road!" Pass on my words to the brethren! ”

"Yes, sir!" Du Bing agreed, hesitated for a while, and asked unwillingly: "My lord, can you only fight hard?" ”

"I want to fight hard, but Zamuhe won't give me a chance." Qian Buli shook his head: "Do you have any weapons that have a longer range than a bow and arrow?" ”

"Yes, crossbows, ballistae, and catapults have a longer range than bows and arrows."

"How many do we have?" Qian Buli's eyes lit up.

"The pedal crossbow is a special weapon for the Imperial City Guard, we don't have one, the ballista is only equipped by the legion, we don't have it, the catapult seems to have one...

"Damn, it's all nonsense, if you say it, you don't say it!" Qian Buli interrupted Du Bing's words impatiently: "Just a catapult? It's better than nothing, where is the catapult? Take me to see it. ”

The catapult was the only one in Ren Shuai's infantry team. This thing was prepared for the siege of the city, and in front of the Snow Field City was the Kaitian Glacier, and the catapults were useless at all, just for decoration, because of this, according to the number of soldiers, Ren Shuai should have four catapults, but in the end only one remained.

Qian Buli circled around the catapult, and the maintenance was quite good: "Test shoot first, let me see." ”

"Yes, my lord." The catapult was quickly fixed to the ground, two soldiers brought over a stone, and the rest of the soldiers pulled the machine spring, which was not so much a spring as a few wide bands.

With a thud, the boulder was ejected into the air, making an arc, and then slammed into the ground, splashing a wave of snow.

Qian Buli visually inspected it, not bad, it can hit more than 500 steps, much stronger than a bow and arrow: "Try it again." "He needs to know the timing of each reload of the catapult.

"My lord, we don't have any more stones." A soldier said timidly.