24, military cavalry trekking between a water (middle)

Gan Ling and the others looked at it, this cavalry who had just crossed the river, they were dressed in leather armor, armed with broadswords and spears, and carried bows and arrows on their backs.

It looks like it's a sentry back from the other side. Gan Ling thought secretly in his heart.

"Yes, we are from the Zhongqiang tribe."

At the front of the team, all the people who were preparing to cross the river said perfunctorily according to their original false identities, Zhong Qiang was a large tribe with a prosperous race, and he was dressed as their cavalry, and it was not easy for him to be interrogated by the patrolling sentinels to see through his identity.

The young player who took the lead also heard the other party's impatience, smiled, showed his white teeth and said:

"Let you wait a long time, when you get to the other side, be careful when you go deeper, the enemy riders on the other side have a nose that is more agile than a hound, and they bite very tightly, and we just went to a few brothers."

"Okay, thank you."

The young general looked at the cavalry at the water's edge, and his heart moved inexplicably, and he shouted at them again.

"Are you Ryogo-sama's subordinates?"

As soon as the words fell, the hearts of the people who were wading in the water tightened, and they were already nervous, and they unconsciously touched the shield, bow and arrow on the saddle, Gan Ling's face was solemn, he knew that when he encountered this kind of elite battalion cavalry of Ma Teng, he could not hide it from them with ordinary passwords, and the other party was obviously suspicious when he asked this.

After a brief hesitation, Gan Ling turned around and said generously, "We are the subordinates of Lord Jigui. ”

Gan Ling gambled that Zhong Qiang had a complicated race, and the other party was just a test and was not sure.

Sure enough, the young general by the waterside smiled when he heard this, nodded, and seemed to agree with the identity of Gan Ling and the others, and turned the horse's head to run back.

Seeing this, Gan Ling hurriedly urged the team forward, and he was also relieved, and the horse flowed into the river one deep and one shallow.

It's just that the moment the young man turned his head to ride the horse, his smile disappeared instantly, and his hands had quickly picked up the bow and arrow on the side of the saddle, stretched out the bow and arrow, and shot towards the people and horses in the river.

Zhong Qiang has many races, and it doesn't matter whether there are two tribes of Liangwu and Jigui, the important thing is that the other party's behavior is suspicious and his words are vague, and the young general decided not to test anymore and shoot arrows directly.

Sometimes, an arrow is more useful than a thousand temptations.

The arrow was not aimed at Ganling, but with a "whoosh" sound, it crossed the side of Ganling and the others and shot into the river, but as soon as the nervous Quan Qu Evil and the others heard the bowstring behind them, they suddenly exploded collectively, thinking that their identities had been exposed, they immediately raised their bows and arrows and shields, and then accelerated their horses to the opposite bank.

Seeing this, the young general snorted angrily, and ordered the cavalry beside him:

"Sure enough, it's the enemy's cavalry that has infiltrated and spied, release the arrows!"

As he spoke, he had re-entered the gently flowing river, and at the same time opened his bow again.

"Whoosh-"

This time, the opponent's arrows became denser, and the cluster of each arrow was aimed at Gan Ling and the others.

Fortunately, although Gan Ling and the others were shocked and exposed their identities, they also took precautions in advance, and when they heard the sound of arrows breaking through the air, they raised their shields one after another, covering Gan Ling in the middle of the cavalry to continue to cross the river, and then two or three righteous servants raised their bows and arrows to counterattack.

The young general who entered the river and waded in the river saw the other party's changing formation, and became more and more convinced that the other party was the enemy cavalry who went deep into his camp to spy on the military situation, and judging by their reactions, it seemed that they were not an ordinary scout cavalry, with cover and after breaking, as if they were protecting important people in the team!

The young general made up his mind to pursue this unusual-looking enemy scout, and the cavalry behind him also went into the water one after another, slapping their horses and chasing them, and shooting arrows with their bows, but the number of people on the Ganling side was smaller, and they were chased and killed from behind by the other party, and after a while, Yi fell from his horse with arrows, or his horse was hit by several arrows, and fell straight into the river flow.

The sound of the young general shouting, the rattling sound of the horses wading in the water, the sound of arrows flying through the air, and the wailing sound of people and horses falling to the ground constantly sounded in Ganling's ears.

"Protect the Zhonglang General after the break!"

Seeing that the pursuers in the rear did not give up, under the leadership of the young general, the enemy cavalry desperately pursued and shot arrows, and several Qiang Hu Yicong after the break were also forced to red-eyed, replaced the bow and arrow in their hands with a spear and broadsword, turned the horse's head, and rode the horse to stir up another splash, and rushed to the pursuers in the rear.

The narrow road meets, the water splashes everywhere, and for a time there is more sound of sword fighting, and there are a few broken righteous servants of the desperate fight, the enemy cavalry shoots forward to all the evil, Gan Ling and others The arrows are also much sparse, with their cover, Gan Ling and others stepped up their speed, and finally landed on the horse's hooves and successfully landed on the east coast.

Gan Ling and the others immediately turned the direction of the horses, opened their bows and arrows, and met the cavalry who came ashore behind.

Seeing that Ganling was guarded by several cavalrymen, he rode his horse over the land by the river, and the horsemen who followed the young general also began to persuade him to turn around and give up the pursuit, but the young general became quite stubborn at this time when he saw that the enemy cavalry spying on his military situation was about to slip away from under his nose.

"They have few people, and the horsepower is consumed quickly, this river bank is far from their camp, we can take the opportunity to pursue and kill them, I see that the opponent's cavalry is guarding, I am afraid that it is a general in the army, if he can be captured, it is more worthwhile than risking to cross the river and spy on the enemy camp deeply."

"Send one person back, ask the battalion to send cavalry to answer, the others, follow me!"

After all, there were few people after the break, and at this moment they were either fighting to the death, or under the cover of the cavalry ashore, they began to turn around and fled, and the young general was not afraid of the sparse arrows on the shore, so he only sent a cavalry back to the camp to ask for assistance, and he personally led a group of cavalry, raised his shield and hit the horse, and waded to the shore to rush over.

"General Zhonglang, there are many enemy riders, let's retreat first."

Wulou Thorn raised his shield to cover Gan Ling's side, looked at the enemy cavalry approaching the shore in the water, and said quickly, the other party has more than 30 horses, and there are less than 10 horses left on his side.

"If you are advantageous, you will advance, if you are unfavorable, you will retreat, and you will not be ashamed to escape" is the valuable experience that Wulou Thorn has gained in many years of fighting in Shangjun, and after Gan Ling estimated the strength of both sides of the enemy and us, he also knew that this was not the time to counterattack, he glanced at the corpse of Yicong who fell in the river, and resolutely ordered to blow the horn for help, leading the remaining cavalry to retreat.

When the last Qiang Renyi crossed the land by the river from the horse, he accidentally lost his horse's front hooves, and fell into the shallows of the water with his men and horses.

The four hooves of the war horse struck on the dry land, and the speed of the horse immediately accelerated, and the pursuing enemy horsemen relied on their own side to be outnumbered, and there was an advantage in pursuit, and they began to shoot their bows and arrows at the war horses running ahead.

Gan Ling listened to the sound of "whooshing" arrows in his ears, although the enemy rode on the back of a fast-running war horse to shoot arrows, the accuracy was not high, but it could not withstand the enemy cavalry, and the rear of a nominal subordinate mount was hit by three arrows in a row, and could no longer support it, and fell forward with a bang, and fell forward with the knight on horseback.

Hearing a loud noise behind him, Gan Ling knew that he had lost another servant, he gritted his teeth, his heart was distressed, although he was able to shoot with a bow and back, but the enemy cavalry was too tight, once he reduced the speed of his horse and turned around to aim and release the arrow, it might make the enemy cavalry shooting head-on have a greater chance of shooting his own vital point.

Just as Gan Ling gritted his teeth and slapped his mount's abdomen with a spur, desperately speeding up the horse, a few horns sounded in his ears, and he subconsciously pricked up his ears, but the next thing he heard was the surprise cry of Wulou Thorn.

"It's the servant Gulu who came to answer me and wait."

Gan Ling listened attentively, it was indeed the sound of three long and one short horns in his own camp, thinking that it was the servant Gulu who was cruising on the bank of this section of the river, and heard the sound of his own horn here, and led the army rangers to respond.

The pursuing enemy cavalry also heard the unfamiliar sound of the horn gradually approaching, and they were now on the side of the river bank of the enemy army, although they dared to continue to pursue Gan Ling and the others with a large number of people, but now there may be enemy cavalry coming to support, but they did not dare to risk chasing it anymore.

"It's hateful, it's about to catch up." The young general's two arrows passed by Ganling, and now he heard the horn of the enemy's cavalry coming to help, so he could only put down his bow and arrows, slow down the speed of his horse, and ordered the cavalry to turn around and run back to the river bank, striving to retreat as soon as possible, so as not to be cut off by the enemy troops who came to help.

At this time, Gan Ling also took the lead in slowing down the speed of the horse, according to the meaning of Wulou Thorn, listening to the sound of the horn, the cavalry of the servant Gulu was still some distance away from them, and the horse speed should not be slowed down at this time, so as not to pounce on the enemy cavalry, both defeated and injured, and they were all killed.

But Ganling was chased all the way from the river to the land, and he was chased out of anger by the enemy horsemen, he was really angry, these arrogant Ma Teng camp riders, even dared to chase him to the other side, either the young general who took the lead was an arrogant man who underestimated the enemy, or the Ma Teng army was so urgent that he needed to seize any opportunity in a short time to defeat the army on the other side of Fengshui.

No matter what the situation was, Gan Ling was determined to eat this horse Teng battalion that had been chasing after the river and relentlessly, and he ignored the dissuasion of Wu Lou Thorn, grabbed the reins, and turned the direction of the horse's head.

So, when the young general was retreating with his cavalry in the direction of the river bank, he heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him sounding rapidly, and suddenly looked back, only to see that the "prey" he had chased from the water to the land had turned back and was chasing him on the horse.

"Damn, he doesn't want to die."

When the young general saw that Gan Ling had a force of less than ten horsemen, he turned his horse's head and chased back, and he couldn't help but curse in a low voice.

If the cavalry on both sides fought and fought, not only would their thirty or so horsemen not be able to escape from the other side, but the less than ten horsemen chased by Ganling would probably be swallowed by them.

However, after hesitating for a while and leaving the army behind, the young general was still unable to make up his mind, and could only ignore the sound of horses' hooves and arrows breaking through the air behind him, and galloped with his cavalry to the river bank to prepare to cross the river.

Gan Ling saw that the young general looked back, but he didn't dare to give the order to meet the enemy, he knew that the other party was already frightened and did not dare to stay on the east bank anymore, he smiled coldly, and ordered the righteous congregation around him to speed up and catch up.

Just as the two sides turned around and chased and fled to the water's edge, the servant Gulu also arrived with twenty or thirty rangers. Seeing that the other side's reinforcements had arrived, the young general did not dare to hesitate for half a minute, and immediately ordered to cross the river as soon as possible.

Men and horses trekked through the river, although the water downstream here was not fast, but also slowed down the speed of the horses, when the young general crossed the river, Gan Ling and others had already assembled on the river bank, and the rangers who arrived one after another also began to fire arrows at the enemy horses in the river.

The young general entered the water, saw the enemy horse stationed on the river bank to release arrows, and did not chase and kill across the river like himself, finally relaxed a little, they hung their shields on their backs, and there was armor on their bodies, unless the rear was a strong bow and crossbow plus a marksman, otherwise the distance, it would be difficult for the enemy horses on the shore to break the shield and pierce the armor from the back, shoot them.

Just when the young man thought that he was about to get out of danger soon, Gan Ling turned over and dismounted, took the crossbow from a ranger, stepped on the ring, leaned over and pulled the crossbow to string it, held the crossbow machine in his left hand, and held the hanging knife in his right hand.

"Huh-" The crossbow arrows shot out, almost in a straight trajectory, making a sound more sharp than the arrows, and the young general, who was already almost in the middle of the stream, heard the sound, but before he could react, he only felt that his back was hit by a strong force, and a pain that pierced the skin came from his back, and his center of gravity was unstable and fell straight off the horse's back and into the water.

Seeing the young general fall into the water with an arrow, the knight who was trekking forward in the river suddenly panicked, and at the same time, four or five people turned over and dismounted at the same time, jumped into the water and wanted to help her up, but Gan Ling, who saw the young general falling into the water with an arrow and the enemy cavalry in chaos, immediately ordered to pursue.

The arrows on the shore became more and more dense, and the two knights who were holding the young man could not help the man on the horse, but he was shot by the crossbow arrows fired again, and the young man fell into the water again, and the river again bloomed with a ball of blood, and the servant Gulu waded with the cavalry, and soon rushed over and crashed into the enemy horse, and the two sides had a melee in the water.

In the melee, arrows flew sideways and swords struck, and the servants Gulu led the men and horses to fight more and more bravely, while the disadvantaged Ma Teng cavalry became more and more frightened, and gradually could not parry, and the support was defeated in less than a moment, and the men and horses trampled on each other, desperately fleeing in the direction of the opposite bank.

In the melee, the horse was slashed and died, and his strong body also fell into the water, the middle stream of the river water has reached the waist, and the lower body is soaked in the water, he waded into the water, but he is still brave and abnormal, and he does not stop fighting, until the enemy cavalry is defeated, he is soaked, and he consumes a lot of physical strength before he can hold the long knife, soaked in the blood and gasp for breath.

Before he could fully catch his breath, the soldier who was mending his sword suddenly let out an exclamation:

"There's a woman here, alive."