Each person brought ten days' rations, set off lightly, and headed south.

At this time, there was no satellite positioning, and it was futile to find Liu Bei's troops, so Yuan Xi simply approached Yang Zhai according to the predetermined idea. His army was only a few hundred men, and he couldn't attack the city if he wanted to. According to his idea, it is best to take the initiative to seek the enemy, annihilate the small force, avoid the large force, and eliminate some living forces.

The boundary bridge is just a battle, and everyone piles up their soldiers together. However, this time it was a large-scale corps battle, and when he arrived around the battlefield, Yuan Xi felt that his five hundred cavalry was really small.

The clouds brought by the war had already hung over the area, and the villages that Yuan Xi passed through were all deserted, either fleeing en masse or coke. Not only the soldiers and ruffians who were scattered, but also the nearby bandits, and even the private soldiers of some wealthy families in the township, would take advantage of the fire to rob.

Yuan Xi's stomach churned in the morning after passing through a village, which had obviously been looted, and dozens of families in the village were all slaughtered, and even the bodies of women and children were exposed, and their bodies were covered in black charcoal. The stump and severed arms are arranged in an irregular shape, which is very disgusting.

The wars I read about in the history books are just numbers, but they are just strategies, and I interpret the changes in a high profile, and there is quite a kind of free and easy talk on paper. However, the real war situation is skin to bone, and when peeled off, the flesh and blood are blurred.

Occasionally, when they galloped along the road, they would see civilians on both sides of the road hand in hand helping them fleeing, and when they saw the cavalry approaching, they hurriedly hid in the grass. Yuan Xi's people's army discipline is very strict and generally does not disturb the people, so he also turns a blind eye to this.

The light cavalry traveled extremely quickly, and it only took two days to reach the enemy's hinterland. Yuan Xi sent scouts to patrol around, but still did not find the whereabouts of friendly troops or even enemy troops.

"It stands to reason that Uncle Huang's troops are not happy, so they should be in the vicinity."

Tian Feng also came with the team, following Yuan Xi, and was quite suspicious about this.

Yuan Xi said: "According to the road asked in the morning, further forward here is the line of Xu Du and Yangzhai, if there are troops, it must be the enemy." I don't know if Cao Ren's troops will be here. ”

Before he could finish speaking, a warning whistle came from the left. Whistles have existed since ancient times, but when Yuan Xi arrived, he issued each scout a whistle to hang on his chest, blowing the whistle once the warning was announced, and stipulating that different rhythms of whistles represent different meanings.

When he heard this whistle, he knew that he had encountered a small group of enemy soldiers, so he also blew his whistle, and used rhythm to inform everyone, and directly surrounded and annihilated this group of enemy soldiers.

Their team immediately accelerated and formed a column, Zhao Yun led the personal army to drag back to protect the main general, while Tian Yu led the cavalry forward.

After traveling a few hundred meters like this, Yuan Xi only saw a group of Cao soldiers who were fleeing, and the number was about two or three hundred. Seeing that they had been bitten by the cavalry, the group of soldiers hastily stopped, formed a square formation, raised their weapons in their hands, and looked at them in fear.

Tian Yu's cavalry surrounded them, and suddenly heard the same whistle on the left and right, Yuan Xi was startled, and hurriedly said: "Could it be that the enemy has a large army nearby?" ”

I heard a bang, and an amazing shout erupted from the side, and it seemed that a large group of people and horses were killing from the right side.

Tian Yu immediately made a decision and collected all the cavalry.

It can be seen that this cavalry has also undergone rigorous training in Yuyang, and as soon as it is released and retracted, it is like the carrier-based aircraft on an aircraft carrier, in an orderly manner, and there is not even any friction and collision between horses, which is very smooth.

The cavalry assembled, and Yuan Xi ordered to retreat back.

In this way, Yuan Xi's personal army opened the way in front, and Tian Yu's cavalry slowly moved back. The whole process was silent, in contrast to the loud shouting outside. If a cavalry can do what Sun Tzu said in the Art of War, it is as fast as the wind and Xu Rulin, then it can basically be regarded as an elite soldier, it is easy to be as fast as the wind, but it is not so simple for Xu Rulin, and in the same way, it is easy to invade like fire, and it is difficult to move like a mountain.

Their entire unit retreated two kilometers, warnings from the left and right kept coming, and fierce friction began between the spies, and from time to time there were screams.

In the direction where the shouting of killing came from just now, a large group of soldiers poured out, but they pounced. The first general, who was carrying a big sword, rushed into the central area on his horse, and said in amazement: "What about the enemy? ”

The soldier who was almost besieged by Tian Yu said: "They all ran away." ”

"Ran away?" The mighty man with a scar on his cheek raised his eyebrows, looked ahead, and said, "Chase!" ”

A partial general next to him said: "Niu Shen General, the Lord will have a life, and he must not chase after him." ”

The Scar generals were a little disdainful, but the military orders had to be obeyed, and they also accidentally ran into the enemy army, and fought an encounter, and their own part was a little far away and was almost eaten.

"Lucky for them! Dare to mess with me...... Let's go, keep the team tight, don't be taken advantage of. ”

The partial general next to him smiled and said: "That is, Governor Cao is cautious, according to those Yuan troops a few days ago, they were defeated with only one finger." ”

Niu Jin said: "Yes." I heard that the opposite side was led by Uncle Liu Huang, plus an unknown miscellaneous general of the Yuan army, and before we could exert much strength, their formation collapsed first. ”

They were standing in a meadow that, after autumn, was covered with stiff dirt and dead leaves. Next to it is a small forest, and in front of it is the official road.

Niu Jin commanded the team to march south, and suddenly a sharp whistle sounded, and he hurriedly looked towards the way he came, but he felt the ground suddenly tremble, and his whole vision shook.

"General Niu, it's the front!"

Niu Jin hurriedly turned his head to look, in the direction he was going, at the end of his sight, countless people and horses suddenly appeared, he hurriedly grabbed the knife in his hand, and shouted: "Get closer, release the arrow!" ”

The troops that had just been gathered were obviously not able to form a formation so quickly, and the cavalry on the opposite side were the first to release arrows, and the bows and arrows flew densely, not hurting them, but causing their formations to scatter immediately.

"Gather around." Niu Jin roared loudly, not expecting that the other party would release the arrow first. In these years, there are very few armies that can shoot arrows on horses, you must know that the bows and arrows on horses are of different specifications, and they cost a lot of money, and most of the cavalry who carry bows and arrows will no longer hold assault weapons.

However, the cavalry in front, after firing a round of arrows, all showed their snow-white long knives. This is a snow iron knife personally made by Yuan Xi's craftsmen in Nanpi, which is a little longer than an ordinary saber. Originally, a knife of this length was easy to break, but after the process was improved, it became much stronger.

The cavalry was approaching in an instant, and Niu Jin's subordinates were already frightened when they saw the long knives on the opposite side, where could they form a formation and resist stubbornly. I don't know who was the first to run away, and most of the formation was scattered immediately.

Niu Jin's eyes were about to split, and he was pulled by the general next to him, and quickly fled towards the trees. 10