In fact, it is known from the sound of hooves and the trembling of the ground.

"That gang of thieves still has horses?" Yuan Xi said: "This is a hornet's nest." ”

These cavalrymen were not good, apparently they were in a group with the bandits just now, and just a few of them ran out alone, and the cavalry came immediately. I think there are still famous bandits, and most likely it is the Black Mountain Army. Although the Montenegrin army retreated into the mountains, it would come out from time to time to loot and maintain morale. Among them, Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Iron Cavalry is particularly famous. Back then, even Lu Bu couldn't clean him up, and the two sides had a big battle, and in the end, neither could help the other.

The most courageous Xu Dayan also panicked at this time: "Boss, hurry up and run, as soon as the cavalry comes, we won't even have a place to run!" ”

Yuan Xi is much more cool-headed, he doesn't know why these people are so afraid of cavalry, and he has never seen cold weapon warfare, but from books and film and television dramas, he also knows that to deal with cavalry, it is best to rely on cavalry, originally horses run faster than people, and they can escape thousands of miles if they miss a blow, if you can't catch it, you will never be able to defeat it. And the infantry had to deal with the cavalry, either by muskets or by dense phalanxes. If you turn your back to the cavalry, they will trample you to death.

He yelled, "guy! ”

At this time, everyone realized that they had just left behind their heavy weapons in order to chase a few bandits. They hurriedly ran back, and finally returned to their original place.

The farmers and herdsmen, who had been crying, were also frightened by the sound of hooves at this time, and they all hid behind them.

Yuan Xiyi frowned, called Xu Dayan and said, "You go and disperse them." The rest, form a formation! ”

The smiling tiger Li Ping couldn't laugh anymore at this time, his face turned pale: "Boss, are you still in formation?" You won't be thinking about ......."

Yuan Xi said: "Don't talk nonsense, line up in a phalanx, and the shield is erected on the ground." No one is allowed to move without my orders! ”

There were no weapons such as halberds on the scene, otherwise a barrier in front of the horse and then a halberd would be enough to deal with the heavy cavalry. But no, it's about to be done, can a group of bandits still afford heavy cavalry?

There is calm in every big event! In his previous life, as a cadre, he had to make major decisions at any time, and if he made a mistake, it would affect millions of people. It can be said that he has developed the quality of actually panicking, but on the surface it seems to be stable. A few soldiers were relieved to see that he was very calm.

The ground trembled even more.

After the formation was arranged, Xu Dayan hurried back and said, "That group of people are so scared that they can't walk, they are all sitting in the back waiting for death!" ”

Yuan Xi said: "Regardless of them, you hurry up and join the ranks." ”

Seeing everyone's solemn faces, he ordered: "Listen, as long as I don't have an order, you will nail my feet to the ground, and no one will move." If anyone moves, go back...... There's no need to go back, everyone dies together today. If you can withstand it, go back to 30 acres of land per person. ”

But this time no one cheered, and everyone stared at the darker and bigger shadow in front of them, and their legs trembled.

Yuan Xi was actually trembling, thinking: "It's really unlucky to get home, I killed someone on the first day of crossing over, and then I was almost killed, and now I have to face the cavalry, and if it goes on like this, it will be more exciting than making a movie." ”

"Steady—"

The ground is already shaking up and down, and a total of twenty or thirty horsemen can already be distinguished in front of him, and the strong man on it is also dressed as a bandit just now, holding a short knife in his hand, and he can't help shaking, and the momentum is very scary, but if you look closely, in fact, these cavalry are running very scattered. And at a long distance it is already speeding up the charge. Obviously not battle-hardened.

But this group of auxiliaries on the battlefield can't see it, they are doing chores and doing manual work, either moving wood to smash the wall, or hiding behind and firing arrows, there is no chance to take the lead at all. At this time, I was forced by the momentum of the cavalry, and I couldn't breathe normally. If it weren't for the temptation of sixty acres of land, I'm afraid I would have run away long ago.

But the people on the opposite horse were also surprised at this time, obviously they stepped on the ground and made a sky-shattering sound, and this group of people was not so frightened that they turned their heads and ran, which is contrary to common sense. According to the usual experience, when ordinary people encounter an attack by cavalry, they are not frightened, and they don't have to bother to deal with it at all. As long as you go up calmly, one by one, and then trample a few to death. It would be difficult for him to raise his shield like this, and gather together motionless, so he rushed forward like this, even if he could kill a few people, but when he fell off his horse, he would be stabbed to death by a knife.

As soon as they hesitated, the horses in front of them also hesitated, and just walked around the phalanx.

Seeing a behemoth riding a high-speed sprint past him, everyone's hearts almost rose to their throats. Yuan Xi finally settled down, but found that he was already covered in cold sweat, and he was blown by the wind, and there was a chill on his back.

"Don't move—"

At this time, it was not the time to relax, those cavalry went around the back of the phalanx, and suddenly found a few peasant women hiding here, and suddenly their knives fell, and a miserable scream startled, and those herdsmen still did not escape the fate of the slaughter.

Seeing that Xu Dayan was about to rush to save people, Yuan Xi yelled: "Don't move!" ”

Xu wide-eyed tiger eyes widened angrily, and said, "They killed innocent ...... indiscriminately."

"Continue to form a formation, and if you move, you will die."

So no one moved.

Those cavalry tried to rush over, but after going around a few times, they found that there were no flaws in the phalanx, and they did not dare to step forward and fight.

Yuan Xi silently recited: "One drum and then three times and exhaustion, comrades, don't disperse the formation, go on!" ”

Everyone burst into a loud roar. They now let out all their suppressed anger, and the tigers of the lower mountains pounced on the nearest hesitant cavalryman.

Before, many people were frightened and turned pale when they heard the sound of hooves, but at this time, as soon as the nervous momentum passed, there was naturally a thought in their hearts that "cavalry is nothing more than this". Originally, the threat of cavalry slowing down was half smaller, and the most terrifying thing was when facing the cavalry charge. After experiencing it, I don't take it seriously anymore. When everyone thought about it at this time, they felt that they were officers and soldiers, and they were scared like this by a few bandits, and they lost face. Mixed with this emotion of shame and anger, everyone rose up.

After Xu Dayan fell slightly, he suddenly raised the halberd in his hand, swished, and flew towards the person on the horse. The man didn't pay attention, but he was stabbed by a halberd, fell off his horse, and was then chopped into meat sauce.

The others did the same, throwing their halberds as well, and some of them hit, but more of them were outrageous.

Yuan Xi suddenly thought: "If there are a bunch of crossbowmen in the phalanx, it would be good to shoot arrows in the back while the cavalry was charging." There are heavy infantry in front of it, and crossbowmen in the back to shoot arrows, and if there are two more teams of light cavalry on the flank, then this group of cavalry is finished. ”

He was just thinking about it casually, but Koji Yi, who was more than ten miles away, was thinking very seriously about how the various arms of the army could work together. When the cavalry charged, they missed the shot, and when they rushed to the front of the battle, they were easy to be injured by mistake, so they were very particular about how to grasp the timing.

When those thieves saw that the officers and soldiers were really brave, they were also weak in their hearts. At this time, the attack and defense were reversed, and the person who was still on the horse immediately turned his horse's head and hurried away, and the person who was thrown off the horse immediately got up and ran away.

In the end, the men left a dozen horses behind and fled.

This time, Yuan Xi restrained the people who were dazed: "Don't chase it, be careful that they still have accomplices." ”

Xu Dayan gasped and said, "Boss, it's been so long, and it's getting late, can we still get to Juyepo?" ”

Yuan Xi "chuckled" in his heart, he was so nervous just now that he actually forgot about it. Now I see that everyone is physically exhausted, even if they can barely get there, they don't have the strength to fight. He waved his hand and said, "Everyone is tired too, go further, let's camp and rest." Wait until tomorrow morning before leaving. ”

Li Ping blinked and said, "What about the bet with the general?" ”

Yuan Xi said angrily: "Are you worried about the thirty acres of land?" I give it in peace. Rest well today and cheer up tomorrow. ”

I don't know who said, "What about these horses?" ”

"Huh?"

Yuan Xi glanced up and saw that the dozen or so horses were eating the grass on the ground with their heads down, looking innocent.