The two returned to the crowd, Cao Jian returned Li Yanzhao's horse reins to Li Yanzhao, and then took a closer look at the expressions of the two, and saw that Niu Erzhuang still had tears on his face, and he knew it in his heart. He stepped forward and patted Niu Erzhuang's shoulder as a sign of encouragement, but he didn't say anything. Presumably what should be said, Li Yanzhao has already said it.

Liu Jiwu and Qin Dayong, seeing this scene, also came up to pat Niu Erzhuang's shoulder. Qin Dayong has been working with Niu Erzhuang and Ma Feed, doing the most strenuous work in the camp, and the two have always had a deep brotherhood. Qin Dayong hugged Niu Erzhuang and said, "Brother, don't be afraid, I, Qin Dayong, and your two brothers were born and died together, and we both have this strength, I am afraid that the Lord of Yama will not dare to accept it." Hearing this, Niu Erzhuang couldn't help but laugh out loud. When everyone saw this situation, they all smiled, and the tense atmosphere of the slaughter before the war had gone a lot.

Ma Ping looked at the sky, and saw that it was almost time to arrive, so he couldn't help but urge his subordinate generals to wake up the sleeping cavalry one after another, and everyone checked their weapons for the last time, and then got on their horses and prepared for action.

After discussion, Ma Ping decided to personally bring more than 200 people from the two divisions of Sima in Zhiyang County, as well as 100 people transferred from Wei Yun's subordinates, the cavalry commander of Xiping, to form the first wave as a tentative attack on the enemy camp as a front army. Wei Yunling, the cavalry commander of Xiping County, led the remaining 400 people to live behind, thinking that he would respond. If the attack is unfavorable and everyone withdraws, they will pass through the passage between the two flags, and when they have passed through, the sergeant will sprinkle thistle terrestris on this piece of ground, so as to stop the pursuit of the thieves.

The more than 300 cavalry soldiers transferred to the front army had been assembled, and the crowd carefully marched through the passage without a pit more than ten zhang wide, and then under the supervision of Ma Ping, the crowd formed four horizontal columns, each with more than 70 people. The sergeants examined the fire that had been lit on the back of the mountain before departure, and when they saw that there were still embers in it, they whispered that they had been prepared. These fire folds were used to ignite rockets. After all, the surprise attack on the enemy camp will mainly be based on fire attacks, which is the strategy set by Ma Ping and Li Yanzhao. Ma Ping whispered an order to the sergeants, and before they rushed to the enemy camp, they all attacked with rockets, firing three waves in succession. If the enemy army is unable to react, they will move away from the horses and other objects, light the torches in the first two rows, rush into the enemy camp and set fire, after setting the fire, do not fall in love, quickly withdraw from the enemy camp and join the people outside the camp, and the army will immediately retreat. After the order was issued, there was no objection from the generals at all levels.

At this time, the horses of the armies were still wrapped in their hooves and caged, but they were to hide themselves as much as possible, so that the enemy could discover their offensive intentions as late as possible. The formation is complete. The soldiers who had just entered the battlefield all clung to the reins of their horses and looked nervous.

"All the troops are on the move!" With Ma Ping's order, all the horsemen clamped their legs between their horses' bellies, and the horses spread their hooves and trotted towards the enemy camp two miles away.

At first the horses were all trotting, and as the distance increased, and the sergeants either struggled to clamp the horse's belly, or whipped the horse's rump from time to time, the three hundred horses were all galloping, and although the horses' hooves were all clothed, the sound of striking on the ground was still unpleasant.

Li Yanzhao rode on horseback, listening to the whirring wind, he couldn't help but clamp his legs tightly around the horse's belly. At this time, there were no stirrups in the army. And Li Yanzhao, who only fed the horses before and rarely rode them, also ignored this. It was only at this time that the horses charged that they realized that there were no stirrups for many inconveniences. When you go back, you must get the stirrups out first. Li Yanzhao couldn't help but think secretly.

At a distance of two miles, the cavalry charged in a matter of moments, and looking at the wooden wall of the enemy camp that was getting closer and closer in front of them, the cavalry heard Ma Ping's shout: "Ignite the fire!" ”

The sergeants all took out their fire folds and shook them violently in the wind. And there was a fire in the hands of all of them.

Without any additional orders, the horsemen had already taken their bows and arrows in one hand, and on the undulating horseback, they lit arrows soaked in pine oil close to the fire folds.

"Free Fire!" Ma Ping knew that the horse's back was bumpy, and it was difficult for everyone to unify their movements, so he no longer asked for a salvo, but instead let the soldiers shoot freely.

As soon as Ma Ping's order was exited, dozens or hundreds of rockets were already whistling towards the enemy camp with flames. There was also a whining sound in the sky from time to time. Li Yanzhao thought while lighting the arrow with a fire fold, but he didn't know that the cavalry used a Ming Di. In the middle of the night, the dense whining sound produced by the Ming Di is indeed a great deterrent to the enemy army.

The arrows of the people on horseback and by the force of the forward charge were far farther than if they were fired on flat ground. The arrows flew over the enemy's low wooden camp walls and into the camp. Although the results of these rockets are not visible. However, Li Yanzhao thought about it and felt that it would be difficult for these rockets alone to have outstanding results.

In the blink of an eye, three waves of rockets were launched. The enemy camp had turned from the initial silence to chaos. When everyone listened carefully, they could hear the chaotic shouting of all kinds of nonsense. Seeing that the opponent's camp did not react quickly, Ma Ping ordered several horsemen to hand over the reins of the horses to the people around them, and dismounted to move the rejected horses in front of the opponent's camp. The first two rows of cavalry who led the order to attack had already put down their bows and arrows, took out torches and other things, lit them on the fire folds, and then lined up outside the camp gate, waiting for the attack.

Ma Ping stepped forward and repeatedly emphasized that after entering the enemy camp, he threw the things that ignited the fire in his hands on the tent of the enemy camp, set fire and left, and never fell in love with war. The leader Sima Wang Mao repeatedly said yes. With a creaking sound, the enemy's dilapidated camp gate was pushed open by the advancing soldiers, Wang Mao held a torch in one hand, held the reins of the horse, pulled out the sword around his waist with the other, and shouted: "Sons, follow me to the enemy camp!" ”

The two rows of horsemen under Wang Mao all let out uneven shouts, and then more than 150 people in these two rows of horsemen gathered their formation and galloped into the gate.

In order to prevent accidental injury, the last two rows of cavalry who were responding from the outside had stopped firing at the enemy camp with bows and arrows. The crowd saw that the attacking cavalry rushed into the enemy camp, and the torches and fire folds were thrown away for a while, and everyone waited for about half a pillar of incense, and the enemy camp was already full of fire. The shouts and shouts of those nonsense were getting louder and louder.

After a short time, Wang Mao had already led the army and rushed out, and then there was a neat shout from the enemy camp behind him. Wang Mao, who rushed out of the enemy camp, shouted to Ma Ping who was outside: "The enemy pursuers have come, and the captain retreats quickly!" ”

"The whole army turns its horse's head and prepares to retreat!" Ma Ping shouted, and the horsemen outside the camp had already turned their horses' heads one after another. "Take a bow and arrow!" Ma Ping saw that the cavalry was busy but not chaotic, and continued to drink the order.

Wang Mao's subordinates had already rushed to the front, and Ma Ping raised his right hand: "Tie the strings!" ”

"Put!" The enemy camp was already densely packed with enemy cavalry rushing outward, and Ma Ping waved his right hand violently.

A roar of arrows burst through the air and headed straight for the enemy cavalry. Immediately, Ma Ping turned around and ordered: "The whole army withdraws!" ”

The two groups of horsemen galloped back along the road they had come.

Li Yanzhao was riding on a horse, and arrows broke through the air from time to time behind him. Li Yanzhao hurriedly knelt on the horse's back and ordered the surrounding people to do according to themselves. to reduce the projection area and reduce the chance of being hit by the stray arrows of the pursuers behind them. When everyone saw him like this, they followed suit, but from time to time there were still some horsemen who were shot by arrows and fell off their horses screaming. However, at this time, the people who fled for their lives could not care much, all of them clamped the belly of the horse, and the whip in their hands kept whipping the horses under the seat, and the father and mother who only hated the horse did not give it a few more legs.

Li Yanzhao was fleeing for his life at the moment, and he was still secretly glad in his heart. This time the camp was attacked, and the thieves were really prepared. If the plan is still according to the previous plan, I am afraid that everyone will be more than lucky at this time.

It was not long before the galloping crowd finally saw the two large flags standing on the edge of the woods. They all breathed a sigh of relief, Wang Mao's headquarters had already rushed to the front, and the cavalry gathered their formations and carefully walked through the open space of more than ten zhang. Ma Ping's department also followed, and all the horsemen were next to each other, and they also passed. Seeing that his cavalry had passed, the answering soldiers immediately pulled down the banner and took baskets of thistles and poured them directly on the ground. No matter how the thistle terrestris is thrown at will, there will always be an iron tip that goes straight up. After pouring these thistles, the cavalry also returned to the forest, picked up their swords, guns, bows and arrows, and waited for the battle.

In less than half a pillar of incense, the pursuing enemy cavalry had reached the outside of the woods with torches. The leading general, General Hu, rushed towards the forest with his subordinates almost without thinking.

At the same time, in the woods, a cadre of cavalry soldiers who had fled for their lives had dismounted under the leadership of Ma Ping, holding bows and arrows in hand, staring nervously at the chaotic thief cavalry outside the woods. In the blink of an eye, the chaotic thief cavalry had already rushed into the trap formation, and the sergeants in the woods could only hear the sound of "tom tom", and then there were bursts of screams.

Some enemy horsemen saw their predecessors fall into the pit, but they were not in a hurry, but they also saw themselves and their predecessors fall into the same pit, and even the men and horses pressed heavily on the predecessors. In this way, the unfortunate predecessor is no longer alive.

The enemy cavalry came in a big way, and Ma Ping carefully observed, there were about 2,000 people. However, the enemy cavalry commander who led the team was one of the unlucky ones who fell into the pit in the first wave, and at this time, those enemy horsemen saw that the main general was alive and dead, and they were suspicious, but they did not know how to stop, so they had to rein in their horses and find them one pit after another.

Ma Ping saw that there were already many enemies on the opposite side and got off their horses, and walked to the edge of the pit to find his main general. Feeling that the time had come, he immediately waved his hand to the many horsemen holding bows and crossbows beside him. The dense rain of arrows had already gone straight to the enemy cavalry outside the forest. For a while, I only heard the sound of puffing arrows into the flesh, followed by the screams outside the forest, and people shouting and neighing, so it was not lively.

"Put!" Ma Ping waved his right hand downwards vigorously.

"Put!"

"Putting ......"

Ma Ping felt that at this time, his life was only left to wave his hand and shout "release". Several waves of dense arrows rained down, and there was a ghost crying wolf outside the forest. Several enemy cavalry soldiers were unwilling to force their horses and rushed into the forest to see what was going on. As soon as he entered the forest, the horse's hooves stepped on the thistle, and then he threw the knight off his horse, and the men and horses fell on the dense thistle, and they saw that they could not live.

The many enemy cavalrymen chasing after him outside the forest were becoming more and more frightened. Just now they saw that the small group of cavalry they were pursuing had burrowed into the woods, and they didn't think about catching up with them, intending to kill the small group of cavalry that had burned down their camp in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, as soon as they stepped into this wood, they fell into the pit one after another, or with men and horses. Or step on thistle, and then fall off the horse, and inevitably be stabbed into a hornet's nest.

Then the forest did not know how many men and horses were ambushed, and waves of arrows rained down, shooting the many cavalry soldiers outside the forest who had not yet stepped into the trap group. They were warriors of their tribes, and they were never afraid of anything, even if they encountered the most vicious wolves in the steppe, they dared to fight them. However, in the face of this night's incomprehensible woods, which seemed to be a bottomless pit, they felt a deep fear. The life and death of the leader who led them out was unknown, and from time to time there were screams of men or the screams of horses in the pit. And in the woods, waves of deadly arrows still rained down, harvesting the lives of these people.

There are no orders, there is chaos, and the warriors here have turned into cowards. They found a horse and rode out of the terrible woods. Having lost their courage, they are not as good as a docile sheep at this moment of escape. They ran and fled, shouting nonsense that no one could understand. It was as if these nonsense words could dispel the deep fear in their hearts at this moment.

The chaotic and disorderly sound of horses' hooves gradually faded away, and Ma Ping looked at the corpses of people and horses around the woods at this moment, which was still mixed with the screams of people and the sorrow of horses from time to time.

The surprised Ma Ping was full of joy, stretched out his hand and patted Li Yanzhao's head beside him: "Good boy, you really have you." It turned out that the attack on the camp was just an appetizer, and the ambush on the edge of the woods was the main meal! ”