At one o'clock in the morning on the third day of entering the South Wendula grassland, Jia Min and Princess Chang'an arrived at Sidaowan with 1,550 people from Jia Lian's army.

It's still forty miles from Horseshoe Mountain. According to the original plan, they would eat here, rest for two hours, and arrive at Horseshoe Mountain at five o'clock in the morning, launch a feint attack on Simary, and contain him here.

When the other troops arrived, they launched a siege on Simarui and finally annihilated him.

After setting out from the Qingshi River, this unit has not been in contact with other troops, and has only buried its head in advance.

In this regard, Princess Chang'an has always been a little apprehensive in her heart.

She had dealt with the Tatars and knew how powerful they were.

As for the combat effectiveness of the government corps, although I believe that they have some ability, but, until now, after all, they have not seen it with their own eyes. Therefore, there are still some doubts in my heart. In the end, how sure the Fu Corps was against the Tatars, she was also a little uncertain in her heart.

According to her thoughts, she actually hoped that Jia Lian's troops would move slowly, and wait for the other troops to come, and then move forward together. That way, it seems more secure.

However, now that Jia Min is commanding the troops, she can't say anything. I can only bury my worries in my heart.

At three o'clock in the morning, the troops finished resting and set off again for Horseshoe Mountain.

After walking for about forty minutes, Jia Lian hurried back on horseback.

"Sir Min, there is a situation ahead, and the vanguard has come back to report, it seems that there has been a team coming from the opposite side and is moving towards us."

"How many people?"

"The exact number is not yet known, but it is estimated that there are at least a few thousand."

"If it's a few thousand, it's Simary. It seems that the news of our entry into South Ventura has leaked, and Simari has reacted. ”

"How did you leak the news? Haven't you been blocking messages? ”

Chang An asked.

"With such a big operation, it's normal to leak news. There will be his own intelligence system on the steppe. These battles were all night battles, and even if they were surrounded and beaten, it was not surprising that some people ran out to transmit messages. ”

"Chief Min, if it's Simarui, what does he want to do?"

Jia Lian asked.

"There are only two purposes, one is to go for reinforcements, and the other is that he wants to escape. No matter which one it is, since you've encountered it, prepare to fight. In any case, he can't be allowed to pass through here. ”

"Battalion Commander Jia, order the troops to stop advancing, arrange defensive positions, don't take the initiative to attack, let's fight a defensive battle first."

Jia Lian agreed, turned the horse and left. Greet the troops as you go.

Now that you have encountered the enemy, there is no point in concealing your whereabouts.

"Tall and strong, send two men back to meet the other teams, and tell them that Simari has left Horseshoe Mountain, and tell them to speed up their march and get here as soon as possible."

"Let's go, let's go to the front and have a look, it seems that this decisive battle is going to start early."

The team that came in front was indeed Simary.

The man who ran out of the Qingshi River had already reported to him that the Bukui people had begun to attack.

At first, Simarui was skeptical of the news.

It was not that he doubted the authenticity of this news, but that he did not understand the intention of the Bukui people to attack Qingishichuan.

Up to this point, he did not believe that the Bukwe would dare to launch a large-scale attack on South Windura.

It wasn't until the people who fled back from the three-eyed well said that the three-eyed well had been occupied by the Bukui people and the four thousand troops were all wiped out, that he believed that the Bukui people had come for real.

Two thousand people from the Qingshichuan River plus four thousand people from Sanyanjing, six thousand people were wiped out. In terms of the comparison of troops, the Sidwa people did not have an advantage, and the two sides were basically equal.

Coupled with the advantage of the Bukui people's firearms, their own side is already faintly at a disadvantage.

If someone else came, Sima Rui was not afraid, this time it was the Bukui Mansion Corps, so he had to be careful and did not dare to despise him.

After careful consideration, Simari ordered the village to set up camp and set off overnight for the Red Stone Block.

His plan was to reinforce the Redstone Rock and Xiaobeihe if they were not attacked, and here, to block the advance of the Bukui and then drive them out.

If these two places have been lost, their 5,000 people will go directly to Qingshichuan, and then take the Beifengkou and return to North Wendula.

If the Sydwans had suffered a great defeat in South Windura, his enemies would not be the Buqua people, but the Wattles and Wali Valley people of North Windura.

Almost all of the Sidewah people who remain in North Windura are old and weak, women and children. Once these tribes led by themselves are buried in South Windura, their clansmen and pastures will immediately become the object of the division of these two tribes.

Those people in the family will be turned into slaves by them, and they will be enslaved from now on.

In the history of North Vendura, such a thing has happened more than once.

A horse came back from the front, this was the commander of the thousand commanders, Hugar.

"Hugel, what's going on?"

Simari eagerly inquired about the situation.

Huger was the most powerful commander of his command, and he trusted him greatly.

"Simari, there's a team ahead."

"Who is it?"

"It's not clear, it's probably a Bukui person. Not our team. ”

"How many are there?"

"It's estimated at around one or two thousand."

"They're coming pretty fast, what do you want to do? Is it the Horseshoe Mountain that comes to mind? One or two thousand people dare to go deep alone, and they can't help but ignore us. ”

"What are we going to do?"

"Stop moving forward and send someone to reconnoitre. Call all the commanders here. You go and see for yourself how many of them there are and whether they have firearms. ”

"Understood, Chief."

After about ten minutes, the four commanders came, and after another ten minutes or so, Hugel also returned.

"Simari head, the other party is indeed a Bukui person, from a distance, they have a Buddha machine, other firearms, I don't know if there are any. However, he carried a lot of baggage, and there were hundreds of climbing plows. ”

"How did they get here with such a big snow? How can you go so fast? Why didn't any of Bukui's spies come to him? ”

"It should have been pulled out by the Bukui people."

"These Bukui people are really hateful, I wanted to beat them up, but I didn't expect them to come first. In this way, the situation of Hongshi Lizi, Baoyinqiu and Xiaobeihe is not good. ”

"Chief, what do we do?"

"I don't think the Bukui people expected that we would be here. Their fire attack is not needed here. But what can you do about the other firearms? ”

Simari hoped that someone would answer his words, but he was disappointed. No one answered.

He also had no effective way to deal with the firearms of the Bukui people.

Originally, relying on the speed and impact advantage of the cavalry, it could be used to some extent. But the snow is now more than two feet thick, and it must have greatly slowed down the cavalry.

"We have to rush over as quickly as possible and get back to North Windura. Otherwise, our people will be in danger. Even if the Bukui people had firearms, they couldn't take care of it. Hugel, you take a team of 1,000 people to attack first, try them. The others were prepared to rush out as soon as Hugh opened the gap. ”

Hugh walked away, and the others followed.

Simari was left waiting here alone.

There is a popular saying in the Windula grassland: "Snow is not cold, snow is cold." ”

This means that on the first day after the snowfall, the weather is not too cold. From the day after the snow, the weather was cold.

It's the third morning after the snow has stopped, and it's four o'clock in the morning, the coldest time of the day.

Although he has lived in the Windura steppe since he was a child, Simari is shivering from the cold.

On the side of the government corps, the taste is not good.

The soldiers of the Fu Corps now wear leather scarves from Bukui on their feet. This kind of skin is generally made of cowhide, and there is no interlayer, just a layer of leather.

In order to keep warm, it is necessary to fill it with a large amount of sagegrass.

If you don't walk long distances, the grass doesn't move in it, and the warmth effect is not bad.

However, when walking long distances, the indigo grass will move, some will be huddled together, and some will burrow out of the shoes. When riding a horse, if you don't move your feet for a long time, you will also freeze and hurt.

In order to prevent frostbite, you have to walk underground for a while from time to time.

After walking for a long time, marching continuously, and wearing a lot of this equipment, I carried a lot of this equipment, and my feet and body sweated. Once you stop, the sweat on your body will disappear and it will become cold.

Therefore, in such a cold season, it will be warmer when marching.

At this time, there were people blocking the road in front of them, and the people of the government corps really wanted to fight, so they could move around and warm up.

Due to the hasty encounter with the enemy, the fire attack tactics that had been designed and had been effective in other places were no longer used here. The plan to weaken the enemy's cavalry superiority has failed.

What is in front of the government corps is to fight a tough battle with the enemy.

Despite the superiority of firearms, however, the enemy had the advantage of being outnumbered, and the situation was not optimistic for the prefectural corps.

"Sir Min, the enemy has begun to assemble and seems to be about to attack."

"Second Brother Lian, how are you going to fight?"

"The first wave, the Franc machine bombarded."

"Okay."

"The second wave, the serial gun interception."

"Okay."

"The third wave, the long-gun shot."

"Okay."

"Fourth wave, bow and arrow interception."

"I don't think they're going to put too many people into the first wave. But this time, it's going to be a bit bigger. Let them really suffer and give them a deterrent. ”

"I understand, these people have never tasted the taste of serial guns, so give them a dismount, and the next time they charge, they will be afraid."

"Turn up all the Franc machines and chain guns, and give them a hard blow. In addition, the security is strengthened to prevent them from escaping from both wings. ”

"Don't worry, Chief Min, they won't be able to escape."

A dark shadow began to move in front of him, and then, there seemed to be some shaking under his feet.

It was the Tatar iron cavalry that began to attack.