"Ahh The men in black screamed incessantly, with a round of fifty feathered arrows, and at least twenty people fell off their horses. Chao Gai's longbow was drawn, and three enemies fell off their horses with three arrows in succession.

The cavalry archers replaced their crossbows and took out their bows and arrows. At this time, the enemy had already entered the range of one hundred and fifty meters, and the feather arrows were once again powerful, but the power was far inferior to the crossbow, and only a few people fell off their horses, but as the enemy's cavalry approached, more and more people fell off their horses.

Niu Gao's archery skills were extraordinary, and in the blink of an eye, at least three or four people were shot off the horse, and at this time the enemy cavalry was less than fifty people, but they clenched their spears one by one and wanted to kill them.

The cavalry archers rushed forward, but did not meet them, and shot arrows at a distance of at least fifty or sixty meters. There are only three people in the middle: Chao Gai, Jiao Ting, and Bian Xiang.

Chao Gai seized the opportunity, and finally found the man in black who was the leader, an arrow was as fast as it was popular, and he shot it with a whoosh, and the man was not weak, and he found that the arrow was drawn and cut, but the arrow was very powerful, and the tail was cut off, and the arrow was still inserted into the shoulder.

At this time, there were no thirty of the hundred cavalry left, and a big man next to him said: "Young master, retreat quickly, this group of people is evil, and the tactics are weird." "At this time, the Mongolian iron cavalry has not yet appeared, and the Central Plains people naturally cannot know the method of cavalry and archery.

The black-clothed man led by the arrow had long lost his fighting spirit, turned his horse's head and retreated, and the cavalry in front retreated, and the infantry in the back also retreated.

Chao Gai shouted: "Kill, rush with me." ”

The dark clouds stepped on the snow and the horse flew out, and Jiao Ting rode a big horse behind him and followed closely. Bian Xiang couldn't keep up, and ran behind with a big axe.

The favorite thing for cavalry archers is to pursue the remnants of the enemy, and the feathered arrows are swishing and shooting, and people are constantly being hit by arrows. Dozens of people were shot again, and Chao Gai said: "Collect the troops and go back." ”

The crowd turned back, leaving only the wails of the wounded soldiers of the enemy all over the ground. Fifty cavalry archers did not lose a single one, and the results were very good.

Niu Gao said: "We are on the rise, as long as we chase for a while, we can kill all their infantry." ”

"We have few people, only a hundred cavalry, Liu Tang has to take care of the rear team, we chase too far and the front team will have no one to take care of." Chao Gai said.

The man in black ran out for five or six miles to see that no one came to chase him, so he gathered the team, the cavalry was basically finished, only twenty or thirty horsemen remained, and the infantry was basically complete, and only a few dozen people were lost.

Someone suggested: "Young master, why don't we kill it again." ”

"Fools, they have sharp bows and arrows, and we have no shields and armor, so we will go back to find death. Quick back. ”

The team didn't care about the wounded soldiers and ran away, Chao Gai saw them retreat and left, and ordered people to clean up the battlefield and collect more than 70 war horses, as well as more than 40 wounded soldiers, most of whom were shot in the thigh or shoulder.

Chao Gai ordered their weapons to be confiscated and asked the accompanying health guards to give them hemostatic medicine.

These dozens of captives were blinded, and they originally thought that Chao Gai and the others were going to kill them, and even if they didn't kill them, they would be handed over to the government to receive a reward. Unexpectedly, they were treated for their wounds, and someone asked, "Why didn't you kill us?" ”

Chao Gai said: "You people kill people and oversell goods, and they really deserve to be killed, but thinking that you are small soldiers, I just obey orders and act to spare you." Get out of here, don't come out and do this again. ”

The captives were very moved, and the first one said: "The young master does not listen to the advice, he has to do such a thing, and if he fails, he will flee, and he doesn't care about us at all, but our enemy gives us medicine to treat his wounds, and there is no good fruit to eat when he goes back anyway, so it is better for us to take refuge in Chao Tuanlian." ”

"Okay, take refuge in Chao Tuanlian, take refuge in Chao Tuanlian." The crowd chimed in.

Chao Gai said: "The Yuncheng regimental training is a serious 800 official army, not anyone who wants to come and leave." One of you will take the lead, tell me what is going on? ”

The dozens of captives discussed for a while, and sent a lean guy, this guy is about 1.7 meters tall, with a thin body, but he looks very lean.

"What's your name, tell me what you know." Chao Gai asked.

This man said: "The little one is called Hou Yuan, because he is good at climbing trees and mountains, and he has a nickname called the mountain ape." My hometown is from Gaotang Prefecture, and I went to Zengtou City to participate in the local group training three years ago, which can be regarded as a meal. The official at our top is called Yu Baosi, and this time it was an order from the young master Zeng Mi to rob the war horse, as for the rest, I don't know. ”

Chao Gai was secretly annoyed, this Zengtou City is still ghostly.

Chao Gai said: "We have to continue to hurry, those who are willing to go with us will each choose a war horse, I can't promise you, but I can make you live like a man, if you are lucky enough to participate in my team, even if you die in battle, you will not abandon your comrades." As for those who don't want to go, go their own way, and if you delay the official mission any longer, you're going to come. ”

Niu Gao, the man who died in battle, ordered people to dig a pit and bury it, so as not to be spoiled by wild beasts, and it can be regarded as having done his best to be benevolent and righteous.

The team continued to drive forward and walked dozens of miles, and met Wu Yong, Li Kui, and Chao Ran leading more than 200 people.

Wu Yong said: "It's going well." ”

"Fortunately, in the morning, I met the people of Zengtou City, about 500 people, and we were defeated." Chao Gai said.

Niu Gao was still indulged in the bloody battle just now, and said: "I shot six in one go, which is one less than my brother." ”

Next to him, Li Kui said: "Why didn't I catch up with such a good thing, but it's a cheap black boy." ”

Li Kui suddenly noticed that there was a big man next to Chao Gai, and he was holding a big plate axe in his hand, and asked, "Who are you, why do you grow stronger than me." ”

Niu Gao smiled: "His name is Bian Xiang." With the strength of a buffalo in a flick of your arms, your three-legged cat skills are not worth mentioning in front of other experts. ”

"I don't believe it, you dare to compare your strength with me." Li Kui said.

Bian Xiang had also noticed Li Kui, a villainous man, with copper bells in his eyes and beard like steel needles, and he was beaten with iron all over his body, stronger than Niu Gao.

"You also use an axe, and I want to compete with you." Bian Xiang said.

Chao Gai said: "Nonsense, I'm on my way, I'll compare it when I go back." Niu Gao, you take twenty people to the front sentry, Li Kui, you take a hundred people to the rear team to follow Liu Tang. ”

Now Li Kui's 100 people are miserable, except for Li Kui riding a horse, everyone else is on foot, and there is only ash behind the horses and cavalry, but fortunately, everyone has dust masks.

When I went back, I walked very slowly, did not return along the same road, but went east, entered the territory of Dongping Mansion, and walked for five days just to Dulonggang, and met the Hu Cheng brothers.

Hu Cheng, Hu Sanniang, Zhang Lan and others with dozens of Zhuang guests waited at the intersection early, and saw the smoke and dust billowing from a distance, although the soldiers led by Chao Gai were only about 400 people, but there were 3,000 horses, and the horse's hooves were dusty, and it looked very spectacular from a distance.

Wu Yong used a goose feather fan to build a pergola, looked at the people waiting in front, and said to Chao Gai: "Brother Hu Cheng is waiting in front, it's better for us to stop early, after all, the horses are not so good." ”

"Makes sense, let's stop."

Chao Gai waved his hand, and Shi Xiu, Liu Liang and others led the horsemen to circle the horses. Liu Tang and Niu Gao's cavalry were on guard outside.

Chao Gai brought Wu Yong, Li Kui, Bian Xiang, and Chao Ran over, and got off the horse dozens of meters away.

Hu Cheng also brought someone over there, and Hu Cheng smiled: "Haha, I didn't expect it to be really my brother." I heard from the dealer that there was a team driving thousands of horses, so I came out to take a look. ”

"This is just bought from the Daimyo's Mansion, three thousand horses. You don't have enough horses, you can choose fifty if you want. Chao Gai said.

Hu Sanniang curled her mouth next to her and said, "It's so stingy, I drove a team of 3,000 horses, and I only let me choose fifty horses." ”

Hu Chengdao: "Although our Hujiazhuang has a large population, they are all Zhuang families, and there are not many people who can ride horses. ”

Wu shook it lightly with a feather fan and said, "I'm afraid that this Dulonggang is not peaceful, the three big Zhuangzi, no one will obey anyone." It's just that the cavalry is difficult to train, so if my brother sends five hundred Pu knives to Brother Hucheng, it's better to train a strong man. ”

"Yes, yes." Hu Sanniang clapped her hands happily, "Then I'll be a general." ”

Hu Cheng wanted to invite the team to rest in the village, but Chao Gai did not agree, and it was inconvenient for the team to go over. Hu Cheng arranged for Zhuangke to send pigs and sheep to everyone and made a delicious meal.

Li Kui's bastard and Zhang Lan eyebrows, Chao Gai saw it in his eyes.

Hu Chengdao: "I have recently cut down more than 20,000 pine and fir trees in my village, why don't my brother go and see if it is suitable." ”

"That's very good."

In the mountains behind Hujiazhuang, the timber is piled up like a mountain, five hundred trees are piled up, and dozens of piles are piled up, just like the bald warehouse is full of wood.

They are all large trees of the same thickness, about 20 meters high.

"Great, it's really great, you can build a ship in a year and a half, and you can cross the sea with a big ship." Chao Gai said happily.

Wu Yong said: "I heard that the mast of the ship is thirty or fifty meters high, and there are no tall trees on the mountain behind the Hu Cheng brothers?" ”

Hu Cheng shook his head and said: "There are very few tall trees in the mountain behind my village, but I heard that there is a big mountain in Yanggu County called Jingyanggang, and that mountain is full of tall cedar trees, which are just cut to build ships." ”

"Jingyanggang?"

"Yes, it's the mountain." Hu Chengdao.

Chao Gai suddenly remembered a good man, it was none other than Wu Erlang, a good man who fought tigers in Jingyanggang. Wu Song has strong skills and huge strength, and is a rare master of foot combat. At this time, Wu Song should still be in Qinghe County, thinking of this, Chao Gai plans to go to Qinghe County immediately to see if he can find Wu Erlang.

The team rested in Dulonggang for a long time, and they had to return early the next morning. But Chao Gai is a leader after all, and he must pay attention to his image, so he decided to solve Li Kui's problem first.

Chao Gai said to Hu Cheng: "A small team of female soldiers should be formed in the team training team, I think Zhang Lan's girl has good skills, why don't you let her come to help first and build a team of female soldiers?" ”

"I'll ask her, and if she agrees." Hu Chengdao.