On the second day, Zhu Long finally arrived, lagging behind for nearly three days, and finally caught up with the army.

After Zhu Longbai met Zheng Zhi, he first began to unload the ordnance, and the bed crossbows were assembled one by one and placed on the grassland.

Zheng Zhi was also patrolling on horseback. In the face of today's Jurchens, Zheng Zhi does not have the slightest advantage in equipment, only more than 20 cannons can be regarded as an advantage.

But in the face of the grassland tribe at this time, all the equipment under Zheng Zhi's command is an advantage. Whether it is heavy armor, sophisticated weapons, or large and small bed crossbows, they are all huge advantages.

The steppe Dadan people, although they are a cavalry people. But there is too much difference in the skills of making bows and crossbows, and there is also a lot of difference in the materials used to make bows and crossbows.

The Jurchen's family background was obtained from the Liao people. But the Dadan people, who have been suppressed by the Khitans for more than 100 years, are really a little out of the table.

Ye Yan also followed behind Zheng Zhi, obviously knowing what these huge bows and crossbows that had been assembled were, but Ye Yan had never owned such a thing.

Countless soldiers were busy, and countless beds and crossbows were placed all over the floor. Ye Contempt's face also began to become more and more ugly, obviously he didn't want to see Zheng Zhi have so many crossbows in his hands, even if he was following Zheng Zhi at this time, but he also knew that Zheng Zhi was the same as the Liao people, after fighting this war, he would withdraw from the grassland and return to the place that belonged to the Han people.

Zheng Zhi left, but he was still the khan of the bald man, not much different from his original life, he could still listen to the propaganda or not, and he could still be his own overlord. These powerful weapons are obviously a potential threat to this earth overlord.

This is one of the reasons why you can surrender so easily. But Zheng Zhi is too simple, Zheng Zhi obviously can't be satisfied with the name of a heavenly khan like this. The attitude of the Khitan people towards the grassland obviously cannot be applied to Zheng Zhi.

A group of ironclad scouts went out more than two hundred miles to the northwest, monitoring every move of the grassland.

Everyone knows that there is another big war coming, and after this big war, the southern part of the grassland will belong to the Yanwang Mansion from now on.

Li Qigou, that is, Li Er, Li Xingye's brother, is one of these scouts, and now Li Qigou has long been the battalion commander, and the more than 200 scouts in the north direction are all Li Qigou's subordinates.

Li Qigou, who galloped on the endless grassland, was followed by a dozen knights, and twenty or thirty healthy horses, the spring was getting warmer and warmer, the grass grew and the warbler flew, and the breeze was blowing.

The heavy iron helmet was hung on the horse's back, under normal circumstances, these soldiers would put nearly ten catties of iron helmet on the horse's back, the iron helmet would be worn for a long time and the neck would be sore, until the time of the war was approaching, the iron helmet would be quickly put back on the head.

The bun on the head is tied with a strip of cloth and a wooden hairpin, but after a long time on the horse's back, the bun will slowly fall apart, and the long hair that falls out will flutter in the wind. The Han people have been growing their hair since ancient times, and it was not until the Manchu people entered the customs that this custom was changed.

"Commander, there's a water pool ahead, how about a short rest?" A soldier behind him saw that there was a puddle of clear water in front of him, and shouted.

Li Qigou pulled the reins, turned around and replied, "It's okay to rest for a while, I'll wait for something to eat, and let the horses eat some grass and drink some water." ”

When everyone heard this, they slowly lowered their horses, and dismounted next to the puddle.

The first thing Li Qigou did when he got off the horse was to take off a cowhide bag from the back of another horse, and the shape of the bag was the appearance of the briefcase of later generations.

Li Qigou took out a large piece of paper, took an inkstone from the horse, took the ink strip, and shouted: "Fetch some water to help me polish the ink." ”

A military man quickly turned back from the puddle, poured out some water from the freshly filled water bladder and poured it on the inkstone, and began to grind the ink, and said with a smile in his mouth: "Commander, when can you recommend me to the martial arts academy, I heard that you have a few places in your hand." ”

Li Qigou smiled when he heard this: "Haha... Your kid is still a little worse, and now the martial arts school is not as good as before, when a certain martial arts school was taught, he didn't know a single big word, and only relied on military merits. Now if you want to enter the hall, the recommended quota is only one of them, and you have to take the basic exam first, so that you can learn more words with Lin Yuhou when you are fine, but you don't listen, and would rather keep the wine in your hand than learn words. Now I want to go to the martial arts school, but I am whimsical, and there is no door, so it is a waste to give you a quota. ”

"Hehe, after this battle is over, I will bring some gifts to find Lin Yuhou to learn words, and if you learn words well, you should recommend me to go, right?"

"After learning the words, with your merits, you are qualified to go. But you talk like a fart, you can't be trusted, now you say it well, and when you go back and get a reward, I'm afraid you're just caring about being free again. While talking, Li Qigou licked the ink and began to draw, and the flat ruler pointed to the north compass and the like, and slowly put it on the ground.

The map that came along the way had to be drawn and brought back, which was also one of the most important errands for Li Qigou. Although there are still errors in this way of drawing, it is still enough for military use in this era.

"Commander, don't worry, I will do what I say this time." The military man heard Li Qigou's words, and he had a lot of strength to grind the ink. Nowadays, this martial arts school is very attractive to the military men. It is also a necessary way to become an official and enter the knighthood.

Li Qigou laughed a few times, didn't say much, and picked up the water bladder and drank a few sips between paintings. After drawing the topography of more than 20 miles of land that he had recently passed, Li Yigou put away the pen and paper again, went to wash the inkstone, and then took out the dough cake and began to eat, as well as some bacon jerky, and even a little bit of heavy meat sauce.

This meal is already quite good, although there are no hot meals, but these foods are enough to ensure the calories needed by the soldiers in the field.

After eating, Li Qigou walked to the horse, tightened the saddle, looked up at the grass knoll not far away, and suddenly found a row of black spots, forty or fifty people.

"Fuck, Dadan's Ranger." Li Qigou shouted, turned over on the horse, took the iron helmet on the horse's back and put it on, and took the crossbow and arrow.

The dozen or so soldiers on the left and right did not need any orders at all, and they all went on their horses to prepare for war.

I heard Li Qigou say coldly: "Don't fight, step back a little and let them come down from the grassy knoll." ”

Li Qigou is full of experience, the enemy is condescending, it is not suitable to fight, and to retreat is to wait for the enemy to rush down from the grass knoll and reach the flat ground, then the time to fight. This is also to see if there are any reinforcements behind the enemy.

After the words were spoken, more than a dozen soldiers turned around, retreating neither fast nor slow.

Sure enough, forty or fifty horsemen on the grassy hill galloped down, and they came to chase them.

Li Qigou looked back as he ran, and when he had run a few hundred paces, he saw that the enemy had gone from the grass knoll to the flat ground, and that there was no enemy cavalry behind the grass knoll.

I heard Li Qigou shouting: "Turn around and rush over." ”

Li Qigou even obviously knew that he could no longer stop the horse and turn around at this time, but directly turned around in a circle to maintain the horse's speed. Speed is very important.

A dozen or so riders began to circle rapidly, and within a moment they had already turned around.

The Dadan people not far away saw that the Han people in front of them did not run away, but turned around, and seemed to be extremely happy, and all kinds of shouts broke out from the mouths of forty or fifty people, rushing straight forward.

"Listen to a certain command!" Li Qigou shouted while stretching his strings and holding arrows.

The soldiers on the left and right are all preparing, and there is coldness in everyone's eyes, who can come out as scouts, which one is not a good hand in the army.

The crossbow was flat in his hand, and the horse galloped with its hooves open.

The Daddans were clothed and began to take their bows and prepare.

"Shoot the arrows!" Li Qigou shouted, and more than a dozen feather arrows rose into the air.

Three or four of them had fallen to the ground.

The crossbow has a longer range, but the Dadan's bow has not yet been used. After Li Qigou fired another round and shot down three or four more people, the Dadan people's arrows began to attack.

The arrows clanged against the iron armor, and fell weakly.

"Shoot flat, shoot an arrow and raise your gun!" Li Qigou's order was not wrong at all, the distance was closer, and the flat shot was better. A flat-firing crossbow can ensure more accuracy, much more accurate than throwing. If you get closer, you will have to prepare for hand-to-hand combat.

A round of arrows went, and seven or eight more Dadan fell off their horses. Aiming in flat fire doubles the accuracy.

At this time, the rain of arrows of the Dadan people also fell, and Li Qigou felt a pain in his shoulder, turned his head to look at it, but he was not worried at all, but reached out and pulled out the feather arrow directly.

Obviously, the power of the bow of the party is much worse, even at such a close distance, it is still only worthy of armor piercing, and it only hurts the skin, so it is not injured.

The bow and crossbow were down, the spear was in hand, and the horse's belly was tightly clamped, and the body leaned forward, ready to fire.

The eyes are fixed on the chest and abdomen of a Dadan person, the strong horses are walking towards each other, the speed is extremely fast, the two meet only in an instant, the timing of the gun is extremely important, early the enemy can calmly deal with it, hit the head of the gun or directly rely on skillful riding skills to avoid the past.

If it's too late, you'll be attacked by the enemy first.

It seems that a simple shot, at that moment, is all the experience and strength of a soldier.

The Dadan people mostly hold sabers, and the sabers are slightly bent, and they are chopped. In fact, for real cavalry, the knife is not the most suitable weapon, and the spear and horse lance are the first choice.

Li Qigou, who was lying on horseback, stabbed out with a spear and lightning, and went straight to a Dadan man wearing cowhide armor.

The tail of the spear was tightly clamped under the armpit by Li Qigou, and a huge force was transmitted from the head of the gun to the tail of the gun, which proved that Li Qigou's shot was accurately pierced to the enemy.

When the huge force came, Li Qigou no longer tried to prevent himself from being pushed down by this shocking force, but quickly loosened his tightly clamped armpits, and his arms quickly went back.

The moment he felt the great force, the head of the spear had already penetrated his body, and it was time to quickly pull out the spear backwards. Not only to ensure that you are in a stable position, but also to quickly separate the spear from the enemy's body.

Immediately fighting, most afraid of procrastination. If you still stab at this time, you will either be pushed off your horse by the force of the shock, or the spear will not come back, and another enemy will be doomed. A skilled cavalryman, experience lies in this.

Scouts meet, most of the time there will be a battle, to eliminate the enemy's scout, is also one of the scout's main errands, only to eliminate the enemy's scout, but also to eliminate the enemy's eyes.

Li Qigou, who stabbed two people in a row, was already out of the battle formation, and when he looked back, more than a dozen enemies fell to the ground. But there was also an iron armor shot down by the enemy, and he was getting up, shaking his dazed head and running forward. The battle of dozens of horsemen and the sparse hooves of the horses are the reason why this iron armor can escape with his life.

Seeing the man running behind him, Li Qigou hurriedly threw the spear to the ground, pulled out the long knife at his waist, and cut the connecting rope of the spare war horse beside him. He shouted, "Pick up the spear and mount the horse." ”

The soldier ran for a moment, picked up the spear thrown by Li Qigou, and went to chase the healthy horse that Li Qigou had cut the rope.

Li Qigou saw that the spare horse next to him was still galloping wildly, instead of stopping and waiting for the soldier behind him, he was very anxious.